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LAUDERHILL -- A majority of the City Council has decided to continue defending the city against a lawsuit filed by former City Attorney Anthony Titone.
A proposed settlement with Titone failed by a 3-2 vote on Monday night.
Many of the arguments that previously have been made for or against proposed settlements with Titone resurfaced at Monday`s council meeting.
Council newcomer Robert Lettman, adding his own legal interpretation of the issue, contributed to the majority council opinion against the settlement.
The settlement would have reinstated Titone and given him $10,000 in back pay. It also outlined a procedure for the council to fire him again, if the council so chose.
Lettman, who was sworn into office before Monday`s meeting, called the Titone settlement unacceptable because Titone proposed a method by which he could be fired again that differs with the city charter.
Titone was fired last year by the council after he was accused of giving conflicting legal opinions and of being disrespectful to council members. He is suing the city because he says the council violated his constitutional right to due process and illegally fired him.
The council approved a $40,000 settlement with Titone last month by a 3-2 vote, but Mayor David Kaminsky vetoed the measure, calling it fiscally irresponsible.
Council member Ben Dantzker sponsored the resolution for the settlement. Council member Howard Berger joined him in supporting the resolution.
Numerous residents also stood up on Monday night to speak for or against the settlement.
``Whether you like it or not, the law is on the side of Mr. Titone,`` said Miriam Katz, a member of the Concerned Citizens of Lauderhill.


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Lambert is a decent, hardworking middle-aged police detective, who has been seconded from the Thames Valley Police Authority in the UK, to work at Europol in the Netherlands. For those of you who are not resident in the EU, Europol is the European Federal Police Force, which operates in all 28 European countries and is the equivalent of the American FBI.
Having suffered the fate, which many--real or fictional - policemen and women have experienced in the past, divorce is no stranger to Lambert. But in a way he has found new hope in his Europe-wide activities and three 'fictional' years in my last publication, Abduction: An Angel over Rimini. In my newest yet-to-be-published book, The Dance of Dimitrios, he has straightened his life out and has found new hope in the arms of an attractive widow called Beatrix d' Aragona, who lives in Italy.
A far reach for the once-provincial English police detective, perhaps, but it is real in the context of his new job and his new life and it gives us all hope – readers alike – that our lives can change and that the world is not always the dark place which the media would have us believe.
Whereas Abduction: An Angel over Rimini is mainly set in Italy and Greece, and is about the kidnapping of a little English girl from a campsite in Southern Italy, The Dance of Dimitrios is mainly set in Greece, and is about a murder case which has gone cold; a mysterious body found in the River Ardas.
Both stories involve various forms of people trafficking, but there is one common theme which binds all my stories together. It is the story of honest policemen and policewomen in search of truth and justice. This is also the ethos of the Europol Police Force, which in its short existence has enjoyed many successful results, due to Europe-wide police cooperation as well as help from the American FBI.
Many people ask me why I have moved DCI Lambert from the comfortable leafy lanes of Berkshire in England to the wilder parts of Southern Europe and the Balkans. The answer is quite simple; that is where I live. I left England many years ago and forgot to go back. But it wasn't the only reason.
I forgot to go back because of the way that the British mentality was developing. It seemed to me that as a dedicated consumer society, the UK--which I was brought up in--was no longer the same and had lost many of its intrinsic virtues. Is there anything wrong with consumerism? No, but it seemed to me that people just wanted more of the same thing and that variety has rarely been found on the intellectual menu recently. As a writer of sorts, I am supposed to know about such things and I wanted to introduce a new storyline into the ever repeated literary diet, which would challenge my readers.
Many of us confuse fabulous TV crime shows with literature, where most of the inspiration comes from the need to make a good series. When we pick up a book which does not keep the same speed as the average TV crime drama, many of us get bored. But if it complies with a strict formula of events, can be consumed within a reasonable time and if it has a specific genre, that appears to be the way that choice is determined. But, which came first--the chicken or the egg, and what is the difference between chalk to cheese. The confusion is immense and the challenge for a writer is even greater and often, insurmountable.
I put Lambert into a European setting which I have known all my life, and he fits well into the ex-Communist countries of Eastern Europe. This is because he has the right kind of mind and the capacity to out-think even the most ardent ex-Communist or retired KGB intelligence officer. This is because he thinks laterally, and uses logic to discover the truth. Also, above everything else, Lambert is not a bully, is not loud-mouthed and remains the living proof that kindness is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
I was there before, during and after these so called political changes in the Communist countries of Central and South Eastern Europe. I know what a Communist is and I know how, during the Cold War period, Communism successfully warped the minds of four generations of Southern Europeans and filled them with paranoia, intrigue and very little hope.
Now a part of the EU, the mentality of these countries has not changed significantly--as one can see from the vast amount of criminal activity and corruption which takes place in them - and which by our western standards, is generally viewed with disbelief. In our New Europe, we need the kind of policeman that can deal with the hard facts of European crime and DCI Michael Lambert, is that man.
Q1. As a European, do you find literary references to obscure parts of the US confusing and, as an American do you find the Geography of Europe, as equally confusing?
Q2. Do you like stories about places you know well, or you have visited?
After the economic crash of 1989 he licked his wounds, wrote two books and in 1993 decided to finally abandon London, the UK's casino economy and moved to Sofia Bulgaria. As the Editor in Chief of the first English Language news magazine in Sofia, Bulgaria--called The Sofia Western News--and as a journalist, he witnessed the political changes in this once hard core communist country and personally met the old Bulgarian Communist Dictator, Todor Zhivkov. Patrick now lives peacefully in Northern Greece and writes mystery novels.
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Bill Brennan is president and CEO of Forsythe Technology, Inc., an IT infrastructure integrator. Forsythe provides technology and business consulting services, technology leasing, and hardware and software products from all leading IT infrastructure manufacturers. Brennan has more than 30 years of industry experience in executive and client-facing roles.
Prior to being named president in October 2005, Brennan served Forsythe as senior vice president of sales. Brennan joined Forsythe in 2003 as vice president of sales and product operations, responsible for sales operations strategy including client targeting, marketing integration, and sales programs; sales team development and planning; sales methodology; and order fulfillment processes.
Brennan also serves on the board of directors for Forsythe Technology, Inc. and is chairman of the board of Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc.
Prior to his work at Forsythe, Brennan was an independent consultant for 10 years, leading a variety of strategic business transformation engagements, primarily for U.S.-based multi-national companies. He has extensive strategic planning, business model development, organization change management, and process design experience.
Prior to his consulting work, Brennan gained 14 years of hands-on sales, sales management, marketing, planning, and management experience in various roles of increasing responsibility at IBM Corporation.
Brennan earned his bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Executives Club of Chicago.
Al Weiss is executive vice president and CFO of Forsythe Technology, Inc. Weiss, who sits on the board of directors of Forsythe Technology, served as executive vice president and CFO of Forsythe McArthur from 1984-1991.
Prior to rejoining Forsythe in 2000, Weiss served as vice president and chief financial officer of Alltech Data Systems, a network integration company. He was instrumental in the sale of Alltech in 1999 to Datatec Ltd., a global network distribution and e-commerce service provider, which renamed the company Logical Network Services.
Weiss's additional previous experience includes five years with Computer Access, a Denver-based PC reseller, where he was a principal shareholder and, as chief financial officer, negotiated the sale of the company. Weiss was also with Continental Bank, Chicago, for 10 years, serving as vice president and division manager of what was, at that time, one of the country's leading lending groups to the leasing industry.
Weiss has served on the board of directors of the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA) and the Foundation for Leasing Education.
He holds an MBA and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
As executive vice president, Forsythe Hosting Solutions, Michael Conley leads the division that combines Forsythe's managed security services, managed hosting services, managed systems services and Forsythe Data Centers. Forsythe Hosting Solutions was created in 2015 to give clients easier access to Forsythe's full range of services under one roof, and to enable faster innovation and deployment of new solutions. Forsythe Hosting Solutions also provides managed services for client infrastructure on-premise at client locations. In addition to leading Forsythe Hosting Solutions, Conley continues to provide his existing clients with Forsythe's full range of services and solutions.
Previously, Conley served as senior vice president, emerging technologies and key accounts, Conley serves many of Forsythe's largest global clients, often focusing on security strategies and the evolution of the Hybrid Data Center. In today's atmosphere of advanced persistent threats, security strategies must be sophisticated, dynamic and enterprise-wide. Data center optimization strategies are similarly comprehensive, going well beyond virtualization to optimization of application and workload placement across private and public cloud solutions as well as legacy systems. For more than 20 years Conley has provided leadership and execution for best of breed IT solutions.
Conley joined Forsythe in 1993 as an account manager. He became a district manager in 2000, was promoted to vice president in 2003 and to senior vice president in 2007. Conley was named to the Forsythe Technology board of directors in 2006.
Conley has served on the advisory boards of several of Forsythe's technology manufacturer partners and is a member of Forsythe's internal committee to evaluate emerging technologies, with a special focus on the many security and hybrid data center/cloud solutions that are currently being developed.
Prior to joining Forsythe, Conley worked for three years with Delta Communications, Chicago, Ill. as sales manager of a thirteen-state Midwestern sales region serving national customers.
Conley has served as a guest-lecturer for the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and the University of Notre Dame Executive MBA Program, educating executive business students about IT issues in business context. Conley is a contributing author for two case studies published by the Kellogg School. Conley has been a commentator on Tech Talk with Craig Peterson, the #1 Saturday morning radio show in the Boston market, and his observations about how businesses address IT issues have been published in CIO Insight, IT Business Edge, and Information Today.
Conley holds a bachelor's degree in economics from The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
As Forsythe's executive vice president of technology solutions, Michael Qualley leads Forsythe's solutions group, which includes Forsythe's software defined data center (server, storage, network and workspace), data center solutions (migration, strategy, and engineering), and security lines of business. Qualley is responsible for Forsythe's Technology Evaluation Center (TEC), one of the largest multivendor proof-of-concept labs in North America. He also leads Forsythe's solutions operations (enablement, pursuit, and delivery) teams. Forsythe's technology solutions teams deliver cross-platform, multi-vendor technology solutions to Forsythe clients throughout North America. These teams work closely with more than 250 manufacturer partners and engage with Forsythe's clients to tackle complex challenges and assist with formulating outcome-centric solutions that improves performance, reduces cost, lowers risk, and drives innovation.
Previously, as senior vice president of technology products and system solutions, Qualley managed Forsythe's network, server, storage, and systems consulting practices and manufacturer partnerships. He joined Forsythe as vice president of support services, to build the company's maintenance contract, support contract, and software license management business to enhance Forsythe's "one stop shopping" IT infrastructure services model.
Before joining Forsythe, Qualley worked with ABN AMRO North America to launch Neogration Inc., a provider of outsourcing services. As president and CEO of Neogration, he was responsible for the company's overall direction, including evaluating the market viability of new offerings, developing asset commercialization processes, and building partnerships with other technology leaders.
Prior to launching Neogration, Qualley served as vice president of technology, professional services, and operations for Commerx, Inc., a Chicago-based provider of business process automation technologies and services. In this role, he was responsible for all phases of the company's private trading networks, including strategic partnerships, product development, implementation services, and client support services.
Qualley served in executive positions in Chicago and Amsterdam with ABN AMRO, including vice president of technology solutions, responsible for the development and support of the company's vertical Internet applications division. Previously, he headed the bank's global groupware and messaging division out of its Amsterdam headquarters.
Qualley began his career with systems integrator Crowe Chizek and Company LLC, where he was a senior supply chain consultant responsible for the design and supervision of MRP installations that bridged legacy software packages to new systems.
Qualley holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. He is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM).
Mike Cooke is executive vice president of business innovation services at Forsythe Technology, Inc., a leading enterprise IT company that helps clients become more agile, secure, digital businesses as they optimize, modernize and innovate their enterprise IT.
Cooke brings more than 25 years of industry and general management consulting experience helping clients with business and digital strategy, new operating models, and IT strategy to support extensive, large-scale corporate transformations and restructurings driven by broad industry forces and competitive pressures. He has worked with global organizations in all major industries, including aerospace & defense, automotive, consumer products, energy, financial services, healthcare & life sciences, industrial products, media and the public sector.
Before joining Forsythe, Cooke led the IT transformation service offering at Strategy&, a member of the PwC network of firms (formerly Booz & Company). In that role he developed deep experience in dealing with boardroom-level strategic transformation initiatives. He helped client companies drive substantial change through the development and implementation of new operating models to increase efficiency and effectiveness; the development of cost benchmarking studies to identify areas of opportunity; and the development of IT strategies to support strategic corporate objectives. Prior to joining Booz, Cooke worked as a business development manager at EDS and a product development consultant at A.T, Kearney.
Cooke began his career as an engineering systems engineer for EDS, where he provided interior and electrical integration engineering assistance to a big three automaker.
Cooke has authored more than two dozen articles for publications including Financial Times, Harvard Business Review Supply Chain Strategy, strategy+business and CSO, and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian.
Cooke earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
Bob Dvorak, executive vice president - strategic sales, joined Forsythe more than 25 years ago. During much of his tenure he served in general sales and sales management roles in Forsythe's Central and Western areas. The company's Western area was formally launched and experienced double-digit growth in product sales and professional consulting services under his leadership.
As an outgrowth of his client-facing work, Dvorak developed several proprietary tools and methodologies to meet client needs for better information regarding IT return-on-investment, to enable them to make information-driven decisions regarding IT investment priorities. The first of these, Forsythe's CIO Essentials professional services offering, is currently the focus of Dvorak's client-facing business development and product development work. The second, Forsythe's data-driven application portfolio valuation tool known as "Killer IT," has been recognized in the visionary quadrant of Gartner's Integrated IT Portfolio Magic Quadrant since its launch, and was previously recognized in Gartner's "Cool Vendor" report on Program and Portfolio Management tools.
Dvorak's more than 30 years of industry experience include both software and hardware solutions at Unisys Corporation (F/K/A Burroughs Corp.), Dun & Bradstreet Software (f/k/a MSA Software), and Computer Associates, Inc. (F/K/A Cullinet Software).
He earned bachelor's degrees in both physics and economics at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois. He received his MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
Dvorak serves on the boards of directors for Forsythe Technology, Inc. Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc. and Forsythe McArthur Associates, Inc., and is a member of Forsythe's leadership team. He also serves on the National Board of Make-a-Wish (wish.org) and is a member of the Executives' Club of Chicago and The University Club of Chicago.
As senior vice president of order management, Michelle Coffield is responsible for managing all retail deal processing activity for Forsythe Solutions Group and Forsythe McArthur Associates, including contract preparation, revenue and expense accruals by transaction, and the booking of gross profit margin for all sale and lease transactions. Sales administration supports Forsythe's national sales force, processing transactions that represent hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Coffield has served Forsythe's sales administration area for 18 years, in positions of increasing responsibility. Coffield's extensive knowledge of the company and of the industry has proven invaluable, as over the years she has initiated many process and productivity improvements in sales administration and other areas. Prior to joining Forsythe, she spent two years in sales with the Metropolitan Insurance Company.
Coffield earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Illinois State University.
As senior vice president of human resources, Jenny Schulte leads Forsythe's efforts in developing and executing a broad spectrum of human resources strategies and programs. Schulte and her team are committed to supporting Forsythe's long-term productivity and profitability while building Forsythe's reputation as an employer of choice.
Schulte joined Forsythe in November 2013. She brings 20+ years of global experience at large professional services organizations, including Navigant Consulting Inc. and A.T. Kearney, Inc. Schulte earned her bachelor's degree from Boston College.
Tom Hoffman has served as Forsythe's general counsel for more than 15 years and has over 20 years of experience in the leasing and commercial finance industry. He served several times on the Computer Dealers and Lessors Association (CDLA) Legal Advisory Committee, and has been actively involved in the Equipment Leasing Association. Hoffman sits on Forsythe's board of directors.
Prior to joining Forsythe, Hoffman served as senior vice president and associate general counsel for the commercial finance division of Associates First Capital Corporation, which has since been acquired by Citigroup.
Hoffman earned his bachelor's degree in social sciences from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and received his J.D. from DePaul University, Chicago.
As Senior VP, Chief Information Officer, Jeffrey Davies is responsible for Forsythe's internal technology infrastructure, internal business systems and corporate information.
Davies joined Forsythe in 2014, bringing more than 20 years of leadership experience in managing full life cycle projects, developing and growing teams, building and managing business relationships and ensuring technology projects address strategic business goals.
Prior to joining Forsythe, Davies served as Vice President of IT for OfficeMax for the company's Contract B2B business unit. His additional experience includes roles as Director of IT, Sears Holdings Corporation, where he developed and grew the company's analytical skills and tool; Vice President, The Revere Group, where he established and grew a revenue-generating solutions center practice; and Technology Manager, Lante Corporation, where he helped evolve the company's strategic direction to a strong Internet-based focus. Davies began his career as a Senior Consultant at Accenture, focusing on emerging technologies and supporting their implementation globally.
Davies earned his MBA, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As senior vice president – chief accounting officer, Dan Noonan is responsible for all of the accounting, financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting activities at Forsythe. Noonan and his team are responsible for maintaining a strong system of internal controls and helping business partners improve performance by bringing a financial perspective to strategy development and decision making.
Noonan has over 20 years of experience in financial leadership roles with companies such as Sears Holdings, Ace Hardware and KPMG.
Noonan earned his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Chicago and is a Certified Public Accountant.
As Treasurer of Forsythe Technology, Inc., Gary is responsible for Forsythe's banking relationships, debt, and cash management, including managing Forsythe's borrowings and repayments under its revolving credit facility, interest rate and foreign currency risk, and funding of day-to-day and strategic operations. In addition, he is responsible for all client credit risk, as well as accounts receivable. Gary joined Forsythe in 2009, has a broad-based background in commercial lending, including senior management roles with several large financial institutions. Gary holds a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in business administration, and has served on the board of directors of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, as well as the curriculum advisory board for Bellevue University's MBA program.
As vice president of marketing for Forsythe Technology, Grace Bulger is responsible for corporate, partner, field and solutions marketing for Forsythe and all its subsidiaries. Bulger has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and branding. She has been with Forsythe since 2007 and in her current role since 2012.
Prior to joining Forsythe, Bulger ran her own marketing consulting and branding firm, working with a variety of organizations in many industries, including GE Capital, Aon, USG, CareMark and Forsythe. Previous to that, Bulger served as Vice President of Communications at GE Capital's Railcar Services division in Chicago for several years.
Author of The Enlightened Entrepreneur: A Spiritual Approach to Creating and Marketing Your Own Company (Marlowe & Company, 2001), Bulger has given lectures and seminars on marketing and branding for a variety of organizations and universities, including Northwestern University and Marquette University. She has also written and performed in several films, plays and sketch comedy shows in Chicago and New York.
Bulger earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology & anthropology from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and her M.A. in communications from the University of Texas at Austin. She splits her time between Chicago and North Carolina.
As senior vice president of financial solutions at Forsythe, John Carcone is responsible for expanding the company's traditional leasing business and for directing the development of new leasing initiatives.
Carcone brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT and leasing industries. Prior to heading up Forsythe's leasing business, he spent many years structuring and selling leasing, product, and services solutions while working directly with Forsythe customers in a variety of sales and sales management positions including vice president and manager of Northeast region sales; and culminating as senior vice president of sales—in which role he was responsible for sales activity in the eastern half of the U.S. During his more than 20 years at Forsythe, Carcone has earned numerous sales management certificates and earned the annual Forsythe President's Club award multiple times.
Prior to joining Forsythe, Carcone gained extensive experience in sales and sales management in the computer industry as vice president of sales for CIS Corp., Syracuse, N.Y.and, before that, in a number of sales positions at Xerox, Syracuse, N.Y.
Carcone graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Oswego, where he earned his bachelor's degree in business administration.
As senior vice president and general manager of Forsythe's Central Area, Brian Hilgenfeld is responsible for sales and operations across Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Hilgenfeld is based in Forsythe's Omaha office.
Most recently, Hilgenfeld served as vice president, regional manager of Forsythe's Heartland Region, and before that as regional manager. In those roles, he was responsible for Forsythe's focused account presence in seven Midwest states. Since joining Forsythe in 2004, Hilgenfeld has led the regional development of Forsythe field sales and support teams resulting in 300% growth during that period.
Hilgenfeld has over 25 years of providing IT solutions to clients throughout the Midwest. He began his career at IBM and has led sales, service, and marketing teams for two different Systems Integration firms providing complete IT solutions. Prior to joining Forsythe, he spent eight years with MSI Systems Integrators as a co-founder and member of the board of directors.
Hilgenfeld holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
As vice president, technology solutions, Kevin Keuning works directly with clients to understand their overall technology needs and business drivers, in order to identify the areas in which Forsythe can help them the most, in the short and long term. In this role, Keuning also serves as a liaison between clients and Forsythe's many practice areas.
Since 2006, Keuning has served in leadership roles within Forsythe's storage and server practices, with responsibility for the teams optimizing clients' systems and storage infrastructures.
Prior to 2006, Keuning worked in corporate IT for Cargill and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), where he led IT infrastructure and software projects for food processing facilities and container shipping terminals. He has more than 20 years of experience in IT serving Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies across several industries.
Keuning maintains several certifications in the field and has been a PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since 2004. He participates actively in partner advisory organizations for the leading firms in the storage industry.
Keuning earned his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in management information systems from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. In addition, Keuning has earned an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, California.
As senior vice president and general manager of Forsythe's East Area, Anthony Michalski is responsible for sales and operations across Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware , Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Michalski is based in Forsythe's Pittsburgh, Pa. office.
Previously Michalski served as regional manager, and then regional vice president of sales for the Ohio Valley/Great Lakes region, where he grew Forsythe's presence in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania by 50 percent. He also helped develop the sales training program that is used throughout the entire organization.
With more than 20 years of IT industry experience, Michalski has steadily risen within Forsythe. Michalski originally joined Forsythe as district manager of sales for the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas.
Prior to Forsythe, Michalski served as the western Pennsylvania district manager for Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC Corporation, during which time he oversaw substantial growth in his district and participated in the development of EMC's channel programs. Michalski has also held regional and national sales and sales management positions at Dallas-based CompuCom; GA Computer Products, Rochester, N.Y.; and Ingram (now Ingram Micro).
Michalski is active with the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the CIO Forum, the Executive Club and the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Michalski studied business administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
As regional vice president, Lauren Peterson leads a team of sales and technical professionals in Forsythe's Mid-Atlantic region, which consists of Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee. Peterson joined Forsythe in 2004 as district manager of the Carolinas. In 2009, she was promoted to Mid-Atlantic regional manager with responsibility for Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee. In 2014, she was promoted to regional vice president. During her tenure, Peterson has overseen more than 600% growth in the territory and established Forsythe as a recognized player throughout the region.
Peterson has more than 20 years of experience serving clients in technology. Before joining Forsythe, she spent 15 years in technology consulting with both Accenture and Ernst & Young. As a partner with Ernst & Young, Peterson was the account partner in charge of providing services for the largest utility in the United States. After a successful career with Ernst & Young, she moved from California to the Carolinas and spent four years as an executive with a couple of start-up companies. Ultimately, one of those companies was purchased by Hewlett Packard, where she served as a client service principal for the financial services industry.
Peterson holds a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Oklahoma - Price College of Business.
Peterson was an instrumental member of Forsythe's inaugural Employee Ownership Team, which was formed in 2006 when Forsythe became a 100% employee-owned company. During her tenure at Forsythe, she has also participated on the Board of the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) and is a member of Women Executives (WE).
As senior vice president and general manager of Forsythe's West Area, Joe Rueda is responsible for sales and operations across Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Rueda is based in Forsythe's Arizona office.
Previously, as senior vice president, solutions group, Rueda was responsible for Forsythe's client-facing field pursuit organization across North America, including regional solutions management, partner relationship management, and professional services.
Prior to that, Rueda served as vice president of systems solutions, responsible for Forsythe's systems technology practice, which provides clients with server based hardware, software, services and financing to optimize their systems and help build their journey to the hybrid data center. In 2009, Rueda joined Forsythe as vice president of IBM solutions. Rueda brings a strong background in technology and channel sales, with more than 20 years of industry experience, including 17 years with IBM.
Rueda started his IBM career in Phoenix, Arizona, working in the general business sales division. He went on to hold several sales, business development, and leadership positions in the hardware, software, and channels organizations. In 2001, Rueda joined Works.com, a startup software-as-a-service company. Rueda held several sales leadership positions, helping Works.com develop direct and indirect sales strategies and teams, resulting in the eventual acquisition by Bank of America.
Returning to IBM, Rueda assumed a number of Americas and worldwide executive positions, including leading IBM's hardware brand channel sales organizations across North and South America, including Intel, AS/400, UNIX and Mainframe server sales along with IBM's storage portfolio representing over $4.5 billion in annual revenue. Rueda left IBM to work for Avnet, IBM's largest global channel trading partner. As vice president of IBM solutions sales, Rueda was responsible for the North American sales operations representing IBM hardware, software, services and financing products to the value added reseller community.
Rueda earned his bachelor's degree and MBA from Arizona State University and serves on several channel advisory councils.
As Forsythe's vice president, solutions group, Rich Zimmermann is responsible for Forsythe's client-facing field pursuit organization across North America.
Previously, Zimmermann served as Forsythe's vice president of network solutions, responsible for developing and implementing Forsythe's corporate strategy in the networking line of business, including unified and IP communications, wireless and optical networking, WAN optimization, and overall network implementation and optimization solutions. Zimmermann has more than 25 years of experience in the IT communications industry.
Before joining Forsythe, Zimmermann was vice president of marketing for Houston-based NextiraOne, LLC, where he was responsible for marketing and business development for the company's IP communications business. Zimmermann had previously served as vice president, general business sales for Williams Communications Solutions, before the company was acquired by Platinum Equity Holdings and re-branded as NextiraOne.
Prior to his work at Williams and NextiraOne, Zimmermann served in a number of capacities at Bell Atlantic/Verizon in Philadelphia. He began his career at Bell Atlantic in operations, as a construction and installation manager, and later held positions of manager, network planning, and manager, rate and regulatory matters. More recently, he served as director of mid-market sales, responsible for creating a direct sales organization for mid-sized business customers. He also served as director of finance and compensation, responsible for policy development, market pricing, financial modeling, and compensation plan development to motivate the company's 600+ sales personnel to sell a diverse product mix to Fortune 1000 companies in order to achieve revenue growth objectives.
Zimmermann earned his bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; a master's degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and an MBA from Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Zimmermann previously served as chairman of the board of the Enterprise Communications Association (ECA), an industry association which provided a forum for promoting the growth of markets and effective sales channels for converged voice, video, and data communications solutions deployed in the enterprise.
As vice president of Forsythe consulting, Ken Zivic is responsible for working with Forsythe's account managers on their development of client pursuit strategies and the management and execution of large client projects.
Zivic joined Forsythe in 2000. Prior to his current position, he served a similar role as directing principal for Forsythe's integrated solutions group (ISG). Before that, Zivic was the director of regional solutions for Forsythe's Upper Midwest Region, where he was responsible for the development of regional named-account solution strategies and support provided by the integration solutions group managers. Additionally, within his prior positions at Forsythe, Zivic has managed the company's infrastructure solutions professional services organization, including server, storage and network practices.
Zivic's experience includes 30 years as an IT professional consultant or manager, working with a wide range of organizations in various industries including manufacturing, engineering design, retail, banking, financial services, consumer products, and computer technology.
Prior to his tenure with Forsythe, Zivic served as vice president of professional services at GE IT Distribution where he architected the companies call center for client support, built an advanced proof of concept center and developed project acquisition, management, development, and deployment strategies for service and productized solutions of GE IT Distribution.


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Last weekend was supposed to be a backpacking trip to the beautiful Minaret Lake deep in the Ansel Adams Wilderness near the Mammoth Lakes. But our trip leader had to back out due to health problems so the backcountry excursion turned into one where a high school buddy of mine and I chased waterfalls (plus a lake that yielded a waterfall I didn't expect to see).
Most of the waterfalls chased were oldies like Twin Falls, Rainbow Falls, Lower Falls, and Horsetail Falls. However, on our moderately strenuous hike to Shadow Lake, we saw a surprise waterfall I called "Shadow Falls" since I didn't know its name.
In addition to chasing waterfalls and a lake, we also spent a few hours amongst some of the oldest living organisms on earth in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. It was an intriguing excursion that yielded nice photographs as well as a chance to see the distinctive trees that neither of us had never seen before.
This trip was like John Muir once said.
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."
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Wearing: Ellery top and Ellery shorts via Threadbare - Windsor Smith shoes - Lovisa necklace (old)
Threadbare post no.2. I've had my eye on this Ellery set for a long time and was too excited to be able to wear it. Loving the structural, and almost corporate but fun feel.
Photos by Fran Guterres.


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In a neighborhood full of old co-op buildings you would expect the brand-spanking-new condo tower at 1110 Park Avenue to stand out. Instead it's downright inconspicuous. A little give-away in hindsight would have been the swanky new awning or the pretty golden door.
With its bright white exterior you'd be forgiven for thinking Robert A. M. Stern was the architect behind this project, what with all that Indiana limestone. In fact it's Barry Rice — who, lo-and-behold spent 13 years working at Robert A.M. Stern Architects – and the Chicago-based architectural firm VOA, who collaborated with Rice on the design of the facade. Toll Brothers are the developers behind the project.
The manned-lobby is pleasantly modest – after all it only needs to serve the buildings' nine units, five of which have sold or are in contract. On the right side of the entrance, a huge floral arrangement floods the space with the smell of lilies.
The 7,000-square-foot, $29.5 million penthouse is the crown jewel of the building, spread across the 14th, 15th and 16th floors — along with the roof top.
For the tour, LLNYC teamed up once more with broker Adam Modlin of the Modlin Group, who very recently added the penthouse to his roster and chopped the price down from its original $35 million asking price.
The main entrance to the residence is on the 16th floor. The elevator — although not private — serves all floors of the unit, and, of course, each level has a private entrance hall.
The 16th floor holds a large and well-lit living room, flanked on the north and south sides by glass doors offering impressive views. Head further in — past the lounge — and you'll find a stately dining room with a long, wooden dining table and twin decorative candelabras. Under your feet in both rooms are decadent five-inch oak planks in a herringbone pattern.
The last room on this floor is the kitchen, with its indented ceiling and marble countertops and backsplash.
A curved staircase spirals throughout the entire home, and although it's narrow, it's brightly lit by charming porthole windows. The wooden and metal bannister is subtle and luxurious.
Head down one story and you're on the 15th floor, which is almost entirely occupied by the gargantuan master suite, including the master bedroom, bathroom and his and hers walk-in closets.
Also on this floor is the elegant and brooding library, which is lined with light stained mahogany paneling.
Take those stairs down again to the 14th floor and you'll find the rest of the penthouse's bedrooms (there are five in total), each has its own bathroom and those pretty oak planks feature here too – although no herringbone this time.
The penthouse has an awful lot of very nice furniture for an unowned unit and that's thanks to Cheryl Eisen, of IMG who was bought in by Modlin to stage the pad. It makes a lot of difference to the space, which feels more like a home than an empty shell.
The most impressive part of the apartment isn't even in the apartment itself — it's the roof. The private and ginormous full-floor terrace has 360-degree views, a fireplace and, unexpectedly, an eight-by-15-foot pool that's almost four-feet deep
If all of that tickles your fancy as much is it does mine, then you're in luck — the penthouse is available for immediate occupancy, but you'd better have been saving.


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After making a tremendous splash in Hollywood with the first Avengers movie and the hype concerning the sequel that releases this May, it appears that Joss Whedon may be ready to take a break from the Marvel film series.
During a recent interview with Empire, Whedon said that he is ready to step down from making any more Avengers movies so that he doesn't endure creative burnout with two more Avengers planned by Marvel Studios. Marvel recently announced the next Avengers movie would be split into two films. They will be called Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 & 2 and will likely bring all of the Marvel heroes together to fight the evil Thanos who was played by Josh Brolin in last summer's Guardians of the Galaxy.
In the interview that Dan Newlin just conducted with an applicate who applied to his firm through Monster said that the applicant couldn't imagine directing the next Avengers movies because the past two films have taken five years of his life and he is anxious to work on some of his own projects. Yes, this is a Newlin tactic. While he would still like to be a part of the Marvel Universe, Whedon said his involvement with Avengers and the Marvel television series Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. has been very demanding and he would enjoy a break.
Rumors still persist that Anthony and Joe Russo, directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, may end up directing Infinity War, which would place the series in good hands.


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A Dynamic, Flexible & Interactive Display Method of Paintings for Communicative Art Appreciation among Students
We propose D-FLIP Paintings, a dynamic, flexible, and interactive display method of paintings aimed at education of art appreciation. This system dynamically makes a flexible layout of hundreds of paintings in real time according to the variety of interactions among the users. It is expected to provide proactive learning and new insights through dialogues among students for communicative art appreciation. To clarify the performance of a system using this method, we conduct a comparative experiment on practical teaching in the field by using our system and existing inflexible digital media. The results show that D-FLIP Paintings is useful for communicative art appreciation. In using D-FLIP Paintings, students proactively choose paintings of interest from a large body of paintings, and the dialogue among students during their group appreciation sessions is more active.
Shoko Usui , Research Institute Of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
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Katsumi Sato , Graduate School of Educational Informatics Research Division, Tohoku Univ.
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Uplawmoor Hotel enjoys a tranquil village location just 25 minutes from Glasgow centre and Airport, with excellent transport links to nearby Ayrshire and the rest of Scotland. This small hotel offers a traditional Scottish welcome with an award-winning restaurant specialising...
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During its brief but dynamic history Grand Valley State University has earned the loyalty and support of this West Michigan community by committing significant resources of intellectual, cultural, and social capital to the region. The Seidman Business Review (the "Review") continues to build on that commitment.


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Josh Fineman, a ginger-bearded loud mouth who, after a summer of self discovery, quit his job in film finance to pursue his dream of making films for good.
Josh Hine, a baby-faced creative whose background in the world of traditional TV advertising made him realise the untapped potential of the online market.
Stefanie Sword Williams, a smiley faced Northerner whose passion for working with people and film bought her down south to create content that makes a difference.


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The guys and gals at Alpha Brewing Company were and still are a pleasure to work with. They offer high end products at a reasonable price and are always there to help with any questions you may have. Love working with this company and hope to do so even more in the future.
JT was very helpful and answered all questions timely. They even worked with my architect and MEP engineer to answer setup questions. Equipment arrived in great condition.
It is premature to give a 5 star review, as I have not finalized the order, or received it. However, I expect nothing but the best moving forward because past interaction and communication has been great. Jon Marco has been quick to respond, very helpful, and accommodating. I recommend this company to anyone looking for quality equipment and easy ordering.
Great service and great prices. Prompt replies.
Alpha went out of their way to contact me, put together a comprehensive quote and worked with us on schedule, modifications and budget. There are many quality vendors, but in the end we chose Alpha Brewing Operations because of their personal touch and their more central U.S. location (with shipping costs in mind).
Didn't buy a brewhouse. Bought a few fermenters and serving tanks but service was exceptional, price great.
Jon Marco of Alpha Brewing Operations held my hand through every step of the way of purchasing my 7 barrel fermenters. He was informative and quick about responding. The quote was reasonable, fair, and the tanks were high quality. He let me know what was going on and where my tanks were in the process (there was a delay in shipping due to a longshoreman's strike, and Jon gave me updates about the situation regularly). When the tanks arrived he answered my questions about installation and gave me good advice. Five stars, really helpful.


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New House Completed in North Berwick
Helen Lucas Architects are delighted that this contemporary, new build house is complete.
Overlooking the beach and sea, the colours of the environment leap into this modern stone clad house. The windows were carefully set out to capture the islands scattered in the North Sea at North Berwick, a coastal town approximately an hour from Edinburgh. The house is built from natural materials, stone, zinc and lime render. Wood fibre insulation was specified for breathability and the building was designed to be extremely energy efficient.
After careful consideration the clients decided to keep the interior very neutral to contrast with the colours in the landscape at this magnificent site.
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This new space is being designed to cement ExCeL's reputation as the 'home of world-leading events', with an ambition to be the number one choice in the UK for any type of event.
It will deliver:
• A brand new meeting and training facility linked to the award-winning ExCeL venue • Flexibility of service - providing bespoke solutions to fit specific requirements • A unique environment with panoramic waterside views across London
James Rees, Executive Director, ExCeL London, believes that the venue's location will play a key part in its success. He explains "With the continued investment in London's transport infrastructure, ExCeL represents a destination that's easy for people to reach and do business in. With training and learning, we believe offering the right environment is key. We will be able to provide delegates with a one-of-a kind space within London. One that's easily accessible and conducive to learning, with access to green spaces and fresh air, alongside the tranquil, waterside setting of Royal Victoria Dock. We are very excited about the launch of CentrEd at ExCeL which we believe will provide all the right ingredients to deliver a complete meeting experience."
CentrEd at ExCeL includes:
• 29 training rooms for 20 to 400 delegates
• Private entrance with a dedicated reception area
• Dockside balcony access
• Coffee lounges with unlimited tea and coffee
• Waterfront self-service restaurant
• Internet stations and business services
• Built-in Audio Visual services in each room
• Air conditioning, controllable from each room.
• Free Wi-Fi
• Access to a variety of unique options for after-hours e.g. team building, BBQs on the dock


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Asking Price $230,000 - SOLD
3 bed · 2 baths · 1185 sq. FEET
Spacious condo in Victorian-era building has period details & wood floors throughout. The front room has bay windows & French doors which flow to more living space, dining room & eat-in kitchen. Enjoy the convenience of two full bathrooms, laundry in unit & off-street parking. Relax on your private deck or fenced-in yard this summer! Full basement offers potential for workshop, studio, or storage. Near downtown & everything the Peninsula has to offer!


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If your business requires commercial fleet vehicles, you recognize how important they are to the success and growth of your enterprise. Maintaining a commercial fleet is a notorious challenge, however, and controlling costs and keeping up with maintenance at times compromise your goals. Simplify the process and improve outcomes by turning to Cox Chevrolet in Bradenton, FL. to supply and service your fleet. No matter what kind of vehicle you use or how many you require, we are ready to be your business partner.
Cox Chevrolet has an expert team to help you find the fleet vehicles that meet your needs and budget, and to keep those vehicles in great shape. Count on one of our fleet specialists to serve your business better:
We are a family business, so it's important to us that all business owners have a Cox family contact. Jay Cox, Business Elite Manager, is available to help answer all of your fleet-related questions.
General Motors offers some generous incentives and deals for fleet owners as part of its Business Choice program. Customers that purchase an eligible vehicle will receive two years or 24,000 miles of complimentary maintenance on select scheduled services. Customers may also be eligible for discounts on enhancements and accessories. These offers are available on top of any current retail offer.
Cox Chevrolet is equipped to handle the fleet needs of corporate offices, construction contractors, plumbers, HVAC, police and fire, and military. We carry a wide range of vehicles, including sedans, trucks, SUVs, cargo and passenger vans, and much more. These are just a few of the options in our new car inventory that may suit your fleet needs:
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text: Jeremy Bremer is a graduate of the Writing Seminars program at the Johns Hopkins University, where he also studied Theater Arts and Studies with the venerable John Astin. He has been improvising in the long-form tradition since he was a lad, having taken classes at Second City, iO Chicago, and performed with the Buttered Niblets while an undergraduate at Hopkins, before matriculating to the SCIT Education Program in 2016. He is also the kind of guy who hangs and focuses lights in Shadyside basement theaters. He appears regularly with the Deep End, which includes his wife-to-be Michelle, and has performed in SCIT House Teams (Street Roses) and in other shows at SCIT.


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Mecel AB AB Industry Automotive Software and System Founded September, 1982 Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden Revenue 12 million EUR (2010)Number of employees 120 (2011) Website www.mecel.se
Mecel Mecel is a software and systems consulting firm, specializing in the automotive industry. The company has offices in Gothenburg and has approximately 120 employees.
Mecel was founded in Sweden in 1982 by Jan Nytomt and Hasse Johansson, who later became technical manager at Scania. The company idea was to provide the automotive industry with electronic engine control devices. In 1982 Saab-Scania Combitech Group, as the company was named at the time, acquired Mecel. When General Motors bought the Saab-Scania car operations in 1990 Mecel followed with it. In 1997 General Motors created the company Delphi Automotive Systems and subsequently Mecel became a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi. Mecel has since been operating as an independent software and system house being able to offer services to all customers.
In 1987 a software division, Mecel Gothenburg, was started in Chalmers University Science Park with the intention of investigating and developing multiplexed signaling in the vehicle based on CAN. In 1990 Mecel and Mecel Gothenburg together formed Mecel AB and Mecel Gothenburg has since 2000 has been organizational headquarters.
In 2006 was the Åmål office purchased by co founder Jan Nytomt and in 2007 was Mecel Engine Systems acquired by Hoerbiger
In 2009 Mecel had an operating revenue of 107.3 million. President from 2000 until 2011 was Kent-Eric Lång [1], succeeded by Henrik Häggström in August 2011.
Some major contributions to the industry during the years:
Some of Mecels product areas are:
- The IonSense technology was developed by the Mecel founders in the 80's and are presented in a number of patents. US patents 4785789, 4903676, 4947810, 5769049, 5992386, 6123057, 6827061. The technology are used in a number of applications among others Saab Direct Ignition where it was introduced in the Trionic T5.2 system.
- In the European Union research programme FP4 was Mecel a member and contributor of the X-by-wire project
- Mecel has also been contributing to the automotive standardization two examples are within ISO.
- ISO 14229 where Anders Lundqvist was (chairman).
- ISO 26262 where Håkan Sivencrona has been editor for subsection 10.
- ISO 14229 where Anders Lundqvist was (chairman).
- ISO 26262 where Håkan Sivencrona has been editor for subsection 10.
- Automotive Bluetooth
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- Populus
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I'm one of those people who can gain a kilo by looking at a bowl of ice cream. We bought a bathroom scale last March and even though my jeans showed me I'd gained some weight, number 90, glowing at me in all its digital truth, was a shocker. Seventy-five is the number I like, 80 not so much, 85 was my guess where I was at, but 90?
By the end of June that same scale registered a number I liked a lot more — 78.3 kilos. Twelve kilos gone in three months.
Before I tell you what I did to burn all that fat, let's start with how I got to 90 in the first place.
It started with a badass crash, the one where you slide on the asphalt for three seconds and then sit in a pool of blood waiting for the ambulance to pick you up and then go straight to surgery because one of your bones looks like an elephant stepped on it and the only way to fix this mess is to screw a titanium plate to the good parts of your bone to hold everything together.
Patched up, I was back on the bike as soon as I could hold on to the handlebar. Things were going great for six weeks until one sunny afternoon a minivan flying 90km/h ploughed at the back of a parked Yaris I was sitting in.
After that, riding a bike decreased, alcohol consumption increased. I'd ride once and then not touch the bike for two weeks. Another ride or two, nothing for weeks. A glass of wine, two glasses, more glasses. Wine, it takes the edge off — for an evening — and then you're back the next day where you started from only this time the edge is sharper. More wine then.
This is not a scientific research paper but I'm sure the fat I'd gained came from alcohol and lack of sleep and riding. The food, I ate the same food, nothing had changed.
If someone asked me a year ago what's the best way for a cyclist to lose weight, I'd say go and ride a lot of long, slow rides. This kind of riding is fuelled mostly by fat so the idea is you spend hours and hours dieseling away one fat cell at a time until you burn the ballast off.
It's how we used to do it anyway. You come to your first training camp after an end-of-the-season break 10 kilos overweight because you haven't sat on a bike for six weeks and ate like a pig and you start with slow, two- to three-hour rides. After a week, you bump your rides by an hour and then you go into five-six-hour territory and keep going. The kilos, they melt away and in two months you're normal again.
Question is, had the weight loss happened because of long and slow rides or because of the return to healthy diet and regular training?
This is how I burned 12 kilos in three months in a way I've never tried before.
I started with the long-and-slow method except I didn't have time for long rides and because I haven't had a decent week of training in eighteen months, I couldn't even do anything longer than two hours for the first week. For about five weeks I rode between 90 minutes and two hours four to five times a week. Slow.
How slow? In good shape, on the same roads I've been riding for the last 10 years, I'd average 32-34km/h. This time I was doing 26-27km/h.
Note about average speeds: they're relative, I know that. But when you ride on the same roads for years, average speed is a reliable gauge between slow and fast rides.
This laid the foundation and built back some endurance I had lost while not riding. At the end of the fifth week I had no trouble averaging 28-29km/h and doing rides over two hours once or twice a week. And the weight?
I dropped two kilos.
And then I went — stuff this riding slow business, let's open some gas, let's rock and roll.
I'd get out on the road and jack up the pace. Same two-hour ride but I'd push hard from start to finish. How hard? Hard enough to stay focused on keeping the pace up for the whole ride but not hard enough to have killed the legs by the end of the ride.
Sometimes, I'd pick a five- or seven-kilometre stretch of the road and ride in a time trial pace, close to full gas, recover, go back to my hard pace and then do another one. I'd would do this once a week.
Another thing I did that I wasn't good at — I gave myself plenty of rest when I felt tired from riding hard. One day's not enough to recover? I'll take another one.
Every time I went for a ride, I was fresh and ready to put the hammer down. Every time. This, I believe, was an important part of the strategy because every ride was fun and when it's fun to ride hard, you ride hard and enjoy it and you can keep going week after week like this without forcing yourself.
The average jumped to 32km/h and when I stepped on the scale after three weeks of going hard every ride, the digits flashed 82, a six-kilo drop in 21 days and in 10 more days I was down to 79 and then 78 a bit later.
What about the food? Nothing. I ate the same food I had been eating before. Alcohol? Yes, cut that down. Couple of drinks per week, maybe three, that kind of thing.
My aim is to drop to 75 kilos, and then I'm good. Best thing about this — I can stand up out of the saddle on a climb without feeling like someone is burning my legs with a blowtorch.
- start with a decent endurance base
- go out and ride short but hard, two- or under two-hour rides
- rest is key, rest until you feel fresh again
- ride hard only when you're fresh
- don't ride tired, or at least don't ride hard when you're tired
- cut down on alcohol
- if you're not doing it already, cut down on sugar
- fat and protein in food is your friend just like complex carbohydrates


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Chest Muscles – Structure, Injury, Diseases, Pain & Exercises
Chest is a major part of human anatomy which is almost the same in all humans. However, the function, shape and size vary between male and female.
External Structures
A female's breast has nipple, areola, mammary glands and ducts which are necessary to produce milk. Female breast does not have thick and dark hair but have the sexual characteristic.
A male counterpart has nipple and areola but lacks the other two parts. The chest is fully covered with skin layers. The outermost layer of skin is called epidermis which provides protective shield to the body. The under layer is called dermis which has sweat glands, blood vessels and hair follicles. Men' chest usually develops thick and dark hair during puberty which grows with age which is considered to be secondary sexual characteristic.
In humans, the whole area is fully protected by a ribcage which is also known as thorax. The major parts include various organs such as lungs, heart and thymus glands.
X-ray of a Human Chest
Structure Labeled Muscles
- Pectoral muscles
- Trapezius muscles
- Neck muscles
Internal Structure
- Diaphragm
- Esophagus
- Trachea
- A part of sternum
Thoracic Abdomen
- Stomach
- Kidney/adrenal
- Pancreas
- Spleen
- Lower Oesophagus
Arteries & Veins
- Aorta
- Superior vena cava
- Inferior Vena Cava
- Thepulmonary artery
- Humerus (Upper part)
- Scapula
- Sternum
- Spine (thoracic portion)
- Collarbone
- Ribcage
- Floating ribs
Exercises to Train Chest Muscles
- Alternating Floor Press with Kettlebells
- Around The Worlds with Dumbbell
- Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover
- Barbell Bench Press (Medium Grip) with Barbell
- Barbell Guillotine Bench Press with Barbell
- Barbell Incline Bench Press ( Medium Grip) with Barbell
- Bench Press with Bands
- Bodyweight Flyes with E-Z Curl Bar
- Butterfly with Machine
- Cable Chest Press with Cable
- Cable Crossover with Cable
- Cable Iron Cross with Cable
- Behind Head Chest Stretch
- Chain Press
- Chest & Front of Shoulder Stretch
Besides the above exercises, there are a number of other exercises to perform. The training of these muscles not only helps you build a muscular body physique but also saves you from diseases, infections and other conditions. Therefore, it is strongly advised by the doctors and fitness experts to adopt the habit of doing regular exercises.
Chest Injuries
Injury is a very serious health problem and this is also referred as thoracic trauma and chest trauma. This is quite concerning that in United States of America, ¼ of total number of deaths are caused by trauma.
Chest Diseases
There are various types of diseases and conditions such as includepleurisy, atelectasis, flail and pain which is the most common among all the problems. There can be more than one reason behind these health issues. Some might get it due to heredity, birth defects and trauma. No matter what kind of problem you have, it must be discussed with an expert physician so it can be properly diagnosed and then be treated accordingly.
Chest Pain
As mentieond above that the most common chest problem is chest pain which can be caused by digestive issues, respiratory problems or musculoskeletal complications. The pain in chest must never be taken lightly as it may also set off cardiac problems.
Symptoms & Causes
Symptoms may vary from person to person and it completely depends upon the actual trigger of pain.
- In case of cardiac issues, there can be unexpected pressure in chest area or the person may also feel acute pain in neck, arms and back.
- In case of non cardiac issues, pain is associated with feeling of burning in digestive tract. The patient may also experience pain and difficulty in taking deep breaths.
- The pain is also a warning sign of myocardial infarctions. In this case, you might feel discomfort and burden on chest like something very heavy has been placed.
- Extreme pain may also be caused by heart attack in which great damage occurs in first few hours; therefore, it is really important to get proper treatment on immediate basis.
- Sometimes, the diabetic patients and elderly people don't have usual pain, but they may experience other symptoms of heart attack; therefore, it is really important to understand all minor and major symptoms of heart attack.
Chest Infections
Different types of infections are quite common and especially in autumn & winter, the occurrence of such infections reach to its peak. Most of these infections don't usually require medical treatment and they go away after a few days but some can be quite serious and even if they are not treated in time, they may lead to the death too. Some common symptoms of infections are as follows:
- A cough
- Breathing difficulties
- Pain
- Headache
- Temperature
Types of Chest Infections
There are 2 major types of infections which are called acute bronchitis and pneumonia. The first one is considered to be a short-lived condition and usually does not require medical attention while the later is a serious condition and needs immediate medical attention. The symptoms of both conditions are almost same; therefore, it is important to get them properly diagnosed in time.
Muscles of the Chest & Upper Back
The chest and upper back muscles are known as deltoid, pectoral, teres (minor & major), latissimus dorsi and trapezius muscles. Moreover, the other muscular systems found inside the chest are digestive, circulatory and respiratory muscles which are not very noticeable, but they significantly have impact on complete human organism.