On the mountain the weather changes fast, you have to be prepared and move quickly to survive and succeed.

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If there is a trend, Mr Rosedale says, it is perhaps that Second Life does best in places with bad weather, fast broadband connections and unexciting entertainment options.

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Old people die like goldfish in that weather, also high school juniors at fast-food restaurants with hundred-dollar sneakers and short tempers.

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Ashton's men made a fast start but were forced to weather a fierce Samoan storm before ending strongly with second tries for Martin Corry and Paul Sackey.

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As well as cancelling its Pembroke sailings on Friday, Irish Ferries has also called off its Dublin Swift fast ferry services from Holyhead, north Wales, to Dublin - the fast ferries can be stranded in bad weather.

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"The topography plus the hot, windy weather created a perfect storm for the fire to spread fast, " he said.

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This is the so-called jet stream, the fast river of air that helps drive our weather, which interacts with the storm's updrafts to create a spinning column of air.

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They've been able to coax enough power out of their cells, but the cells still degrade too fast and don't work well in freezing weather.

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ValuePlace's business model still needs more time to shake out: meanwhile, they expanded too fast and they're about to go through some bad weather.

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Any new propulsion system has got to at least match what drivers are used to-it has to be fast, it has to last, it has to start up and run smoothly in every kind of weather, and it can't cost tens of thousands of dollars.

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