One bright, bone-dry day in 2009, I hiked 3,600 feet down to the bottom of the Colca Canyon in Peru. My wife and our Peruvian friend Lizeth were my hiking companions. For some reason, we also climbed back up that same day!
By nightfall, I finally stumbled back into the village at 10,926 feet above sea level. I was hungry, dizzy, and deeply humbled. I had learned a valuable lesson about life and investing that I now call the Philosophy of the Climb.
Our official reason for hiking to the bottom was an "Oasis" complete with pools, palm trees, and beer down on the canyon floor. This Oasis was a stark contrast to the bleak, cold scenery at the top.
As we hiked down we chatted with a local Peruvian guide and his two German tourist clients. He was funny and friendly, and we enjoyed joking with each other as we walked.
We reached the bottom, took a swim in a pool, and had a snack. After lounging around for a couple of hours, we then decided to head back up to give ourselves plenty of time before nightfall.
Our Peruvian guide friend and his clients rested about 20 minutes longer before beginning their hike. This put us far ahead of them.
My wife and I were both confident, fit hikers. At home and many times on this same trip, we enjoyed walking fast and steady up steep inclines. Our pace for the first half of this hike seemed to be no different.
I was feeling so good that I even looked back down the hill to catch the eye of our new guide friend. I motioned with my hands "Come on! What's taking you so long?" They were hiking at a much slower pace, so we continued to move farther away from them.
Little did I know that the joke was about to be on me.
About 75% of the way up the path, I started getting light-headed and weak. My wife and our hiking companion were also very tired, but I was the one really dragging. Our pace up the path slowed to a shuffle. Every 50 feet we had to stop so one of us (mainly me) could rest and lean against the rock wall.
At each resting point, I looked back down. The guide and his clients were moving slowly but steadily. And they continually got a little closer and a little closer. Eventually, we were moving so slowly that the guide and his two clients walked right on past us.
I was too exhausted to be humiliated. And the guide and his clients were too kind to turn the earlier joke back around on me. They disappeared up the path and were back in their rooms taking hot showers long before we got back.
Several times I contemplated just sitting and sleeping right on the trail. I was too exhausted and dizzy to go on. But somehow we kept walking and eventually made it back to the village. Nightfall was near.
We followed our nose to a restaurant with delicious, steaming vegetable and chicken soup (it even had a chicken foot sticking out of the bowl.) Perhaps an hour later, still sitting dazed in the restaurant chair, I could finally think clearly about what just happened.
Altitude sickness & lack of food probably explained part of my dramatic physical letdown. But our attitude and our choice to climb too fast was the part that stuck with me and my wife the most.
The Philosophy of the Climb: On the tough, long climbs of life, a slow and steady pace is faster (and more enjoyable).
Our climbing experience that day would burn this new philosophy deep in our minds. And we would soon have another chance to test it out.
A couple of weeks later, we tested our new philosophy while hiking for 4 days on the Inca Trail to the fascinating ruins called Machu Picchu. The second day we hiked from 9,000 feet to over 13,000 feet (a climb of over 4,000 at one time).
My wife, the more disciplined and patient hiker, took the lead. We took painfully slow steps as most of the fellow tourists sprinted ahead.
To our surprise, we were not fatigued at all. We did not have to rest long at the designed break stops. We also noticed that we enjoyed more of the interesting sights, sounds, and smells along the way. The backdrop for our hike was breathtaking!
About halfway through the hike, we started walking right past the others who had started so fast. Their hands were on their knees, and their faces were pointed to the ground instead of at the amazing scenes around them.
As we reached the high point of our climb at 13,829 feet (aka Dead Woman's Pass), we soaked in the best view yet.
And we also looked back down to see 95% of the other hikers climbing like little ants far behind us.
Getting to the top ahead of other hikers wasn't the point. But we were both struck by the power of the Philosophy of the Climb. We enjoyed the experience, maintained our health, and still climbed faster than most of the others.
Just like my hikes in Peru, your life and your investment projects have plenty of steep, long climbs. It takes courage and wisdom to slow down when you really want to hurry up. It seems like a faster pace will get you there sooner, but most of the time it won't.
For example, I constantly remind new investors to focus on the first baby steps of real estate investing. Too often they are trying to do too much, too fast. And like I did early in my career, they're usually making big mistakes in the process.
This doesn't mean you can't use hustle (the entrepreneur's secret superpower). It's just that with longer projects like investing and business, hustle is more about showing up consistently, day in and day out. And when you move too fast, push too hard, and don't rest enough, you burn out. And that takes you out of the game, which is the worst thing that can happen.
So, even if you feel like you're behind or want to get there fast, remember the Philosophy of the Climb. Take slow but steady steps. Keep moving forward. Pace yourself. And ignore the others who insist on sprinting towards the top.
In the long hikes of life and investing, you'll get there faster by going slower. But just as importantly, you'll also enjoy the climb.
Have you moved too fast with a climb, your investing, business, or other life experience? How did your experience turn out? What other life and investing lessons have you learned from an outdoor experience? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
GREAT article. I want to push forward as fast as possible since I didn't begin investing in Real Estate until age 43. Buying 9, buy and holds in 4 years. I've decided to slow down a little and I hope my patients allows me to do bigger and more profitable deals.
Hey Steve, great job with your 9 buy-hold in 4 years. But congrats to you also for recognizing it's time to absorb those and be patient for the next more profitable deal. I like the approach of just getting a little bit better (more profitable) with each deal so that by the end you're consistently doing much better deals.
Thanks for reading and commenting. It's great to hear from you. Hope to see you down in Wilmington sometime soon.
Thanks for sharing Chad! The wisdom in "slow and steady" is a principle of life that I must remind myself of from time to time. Beautiful pictures. The view is always nicer from the top. I'm inspired to keep climbing.
Thanks Howard. I must remind myself to take it slow and steady more than anyone! That's why I use this story often:) Yes, the place was gorgeous. I highly recommend a trip to the Colca Canyon if you're ever in Peru.
Great story, and sound advice! I count myself as a newly started real estate investor and can't stress this enough. I heard about the 'symptom' of the need a deal syndrome on a BiggerPockets podcast, where many investor look no further then the next deal. Since then I always keep in mind to look ahead, and understand the trail that's still in front of you.
Ah, yes! Need a deal syndrome and it's evil, opposite twin analysis-paralysis syndrome. Both are momentum killers for real estate investors. And I think the slow and steady pace is a solution to both.
Thanks for stopping by to read and comment! Good luck with your next steps!
As a boomer who loves passing gassed millennials on extreme hikes I appreciated your post. It is all a matter of knowing your abilities. In hiking that is pretty easy and if you know you are in beastly strong shape you can go fast, but in investing, nobody really knows enough to go super agressive. While it is embarrassing but usually survivable in hiking to bite off more than you can chew, in your financial life recovering from hubris is often impossible. Really nice post, I'd compliment the elegant prose but I'm too much of a hack to be qualified to praise a master. Appreciate what you do in this community Coach, you are amazing.
Ha, Ha – there is some satisfaction in being the person who passes the younger person who overestimated his abilities (me in this story!). And I totally agree – you've got to know your abilities and how they match with the conditions. Altitude, in particular, will humble anyone if you're not acclimatized. And so true about the lasting impact of hubris in finances.
And thank you for your kind words. Really happy to have you as a part of it. Thank you for reading and commenting.
I will second that comment about altitude. Here in flatland Arkansas we are at 220 ft above sea level so when we get above 10,000 ft it kicks our tails pretty much. Last year on a impulse we hopped in the car and drove six hundred miles to intercept the total eclipse alone in a Nebraska corn field,which was amazing. Then we drove to Colorado and hiked a 14'r (Mt. Princeton) with no aclimatization at all. It was a beast. We made it but I had a bad fall at the very top and nearly blew out my knee. It was a very hard five miles out on a busted knee. We didn't pass anybody that is for sure! I kept thinking how it was going to cost $5,000 if a helicopter had to come get me.
Great article and philosophy Chad. I think the current market requires patience and persistence like never before. Slow and steady is the way to go!
Good point, Brent! There are a lot of investors sprinting ahead right now, aren't there? We will just keep climbing steadily along.
Great advice, Chad, especially about not moving too fast into real estate. I think I needed to hear this one today. Perhaps you also learned to respect mother nature a bit more. If you have never camped in Alaska, that will do the trick in a hurry! Be well.
Yes, mother nature has my respect! I did go camping in Alaska once but it was like luxury camping with people cooking us meals! It was one if the most beautiful (and intimidating) places I have ever been .
LOL! Luxury camping in Alaska. I'm sure that is huge. I confess I never thought about Alaska in those terms. When I was there I was a dumb college kid hitchhiking across long distances solo. That can be an edgy experience, including the people who pick you up!
Enjoy those Galapagos tortoises ;).
I've done the Inca trail and loved it….and it's a great lesson in taking advice from experts…if your guide has taken tourist along the route for years, they are going to know better than you.
Chad, quick question. What do you think about buying real estate without using a real estate agent? Especially for simple properties, I don't think this is all that complex. The trick is you need to get in to see the properties. You can ask the seller's agent to show the property to you, but then would they ask for more than the 3 percent commission they usually get from the seller (since they did a big of extra work)?
I am planning to scale up buying properties to rent, and am not too keen on having an agent gobble up 3 percent when I haven't found them to be hugely value-added (unlike the inspectors whom I swear by). I welcome your thoughts.


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Building Bridges with Language and Theater
Sister Joanna Wan-Ying Chan 陳尹瑩
Friday, April 17, 2020 by Sam Biagetti
Among the almost 70 New Yorkers featured in the Museum of the City of New York's permanent exhibition, New York at Its Core, is Sister Joanna Wan-Ying Chan, 陳尹瑩. Chan (b. 1939), a multi-lingual and multi-talented artist who founded vital cultural institutions in Manhattan's Chinatown. She continues to bring social dilemmas to the stage as one of the premier Chinese playwrights and stage directors of her day.
Sister Joanna Chan, 2016
Image credit: Photograph by Julie Cunnah/Museum of the City of New York
New York in the late 20th century, after the liberalization of immigration laws, was more international than it had been in generations. Among the millions who came in the wake of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was Chan, a Catholic missionary nun who devoted herself to bridging gaps among people, institutions, and nations, from Asia to New York.
Joanna Chan was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Guangzhou, China. Her family joined the Catholic Church in 1955, and ten years later Joanna joined the Maryknoll nuns, an order known in South China for providing education and other social services.
Joanna with family and Maryknoll Sisters onboard the Cleveland ocean liner, traveling to the Philippines to enter the Maryknoll Novitiate, 1964
Image credit: Joanna Chan Collection
By the early 1970s, Maryknoll sisters were serving the historic Transfiguration Church, the Catholic parish in New York City's Chinatown. The church, visible in the center-right of the postcards which show Mott Street below, had seen many changes in this transforming immigrant neighborhood. Founded in 1853 to serve a largely Irish immigrant community, Italian parishioners arrived in the late 19th century, and by the early 20th century, its congregation had become mainly Chinese. Chan arrived at Transfiguration in the winter of 1969-70.
Mott Street, Chinatown, New York. ca. 1905 X2011.34.2186
Progressive Publications Inc. Greetings from Chinatown, ca. 1935. Museum of the City of New York. F2011.33.1031
Chan found a neighborhood in transition. Since 1882, discriminatory laws had allowed only small numbers of Chinese immigrants into New York. Most of them were single young men hoping to make some money and return home. But after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the composition of the population began to shift from its early origins in Guangdong Province (whose arrivals spoke Cantonese as well as local dialects) to arrivals from places like Taiwan, where the lingua franca is Mandarin. By the 1970s they were joined by others coming from Fujian and elsewhere, many of whom also used Mandarin as the most widely known shared language. Many earlier Cantonese immigrants did not speak Mandarin, and the language barrier created a divide was keenly felt in the Transfiguration parish.
These changes posed a challenge for the parish, but another opened an opportunity. In the post-1965 era, Chinese women and children began arriving in New York in large numbers for the first time. When Chan arrived in New York, large numbers of young Chinese worshippers were showing up at Transfiguration Church. Chan was assigned to be the parish's first Director of Youth Services. The priest pastor, Maryknoll Father Denis Hanly, told Chan to look around the neighborhood and consider what it needed.
The "Three Musketeers of Transfiguration," Fathers Denis Hanly (left) Joanna Chan, and Richard Grillo (right), 1975 Image Credit: Joanna Chan Collection
Chan Leading the Youth Choir at Transfiguration, 1974. Image Credit: Joanna Chan Collection
Mott Street, 1967, photograph by Frederick Kelly. Museum of the City of New York, 2001.59.6
In exploring Chinatown, Chan found a highly traditional neighborhood whose social life was still organized around small clan and family associations, each with its own meeting hall. She quickly decided that a common project would help to bring the fragmented community together.
Chan's solution was to put on a drama production for the Lunar New Year in the winter of 1970. She persuaded nine associations to contribute to the effort, and the performance was a great hit with audiences. However, she outshone, and so inadvertently affronted, the prestigious Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, which was sponsored by seven clans.
Program cover for the New Year's pageant at Transfiguration Church, Tai Nui Fa, February 1970. Image Credit: Joanna Chan Collection.
The leaders of the Benevolent Association asked Fr. Hanly to apologize for challenging their primacy in Chinatown society. To avoid breaking the taboo against "raising an army in no one's name," Chan founded a community theater company specifically to mount more performances at Transfiguration Church. She called them the Four Seas Players, from the Chinese adage, "within the four seas, all men are brothers."
Through the early 1970s, the Four Seas Players put on plays in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English, mainly adapted from Chinese opera and history. Their popularity gained them attention around New York and throughout the Chinese diaspora. After 1975, Chan, who was putting herself through graduate school at Teachers College, began writing her own original plays for the Players to produce, in addition to directing all the stage productions. She earned her Ed.D. in theater in 1977.
Theater still from "The Tale of the Romanic Fan," directed by Joanna Chan, performed by the Four Seas Players, 1971. Image credit: Joanna Chan Collection
Program cover for "Beyond the Milkyway," directed by Joanna Chan, performed by the Four Seas Players, 1974. Image credit: Joanna Chan Collection
After 1980, Dr. Chan staged plays around the United States and served for several years as artistic director of Hong Kong Repertory Theater. But politics intervened: in 1992, her play The Soongs, which focused on corruption and duplicity by China's Nationalist leaders, Sun Yat-Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek, caused an uproar in New York's strongly pro-Nationalist Chinese community. Four Seas Players canceled the play amidst great turmoil. Sensing that her own presence was bringing dissension to an organization she had founded to promote unity, Chan withdrew from the company.
After losing control of Four Seas Players, Chan formed the Yangtze Repertory Theater, where she continued to direct plays by Asian authors; it has staged her own work to great acclaim in New York, in addition to her Hong Kong Repertory Theatre productions in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and elsewhere. Chan's 2011 work, Empress of China, follows the first American ship to sail from New York to China. Throughout her career, Chan, who was trained as an artist in Hong Kong, did the graphic design for all of Yantze Theatre Company's more than 100 productions.
Theater still from "Empress of China," written and directed by Joanna Chan, at Theater for the New City, with Andrei Drooz as Samuel Shaw (center), 2011. Image credit: Jonathan Slaff/Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America/Joanna Chan Collection.
Remarkably, in 2003, Yangtze re-staged The Soongs in New York without controversy, demonstrating the rapidly changing social and political complexion of Chinese New York. The fiercely Nationalist loyalties of old Chinatown had faded and the new generation was more open to a diversity of views.
Since 1992, Chan has continued to lead prayer and spiritual retreats at Transfiguration Church, but as New York's Chinese community has become more ethnically diverse, she has begun using Mandarin more frequently; when she speaks Cantonese, young parishioners tease her for being old-fashioned. One of her recent plays, The Chalk Circle, is trilingual, with parts in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
The Yangtze Repertory Theater continues to serve as an artery of artistic exchange between the United States and East Asia. The company has staged dozens of Chinese-authored plays in New York. Meanwhile, Chan has also staged a number of plays abroad, including in China. She even got to direct her most controversial play, The Soongs, in Hong Kong in 2014-15.
Theater still from "The Soongs: By Dreams Betrayed," written and directed by Joanna Chan, at the Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. A Hong Kong Repertory Theatre production, 2014. Image credit: Hong Kong Repertory Theatre/ Joanna Chan Collection.
Today, Chan lives at Maryknoll in Ossining, in the Hudson Valley, and teaches inmates at the Sing Sing maximum-security prison. In 2006, she directed a celebrated prisoners' production of Oedipus Rex. During the production, she met an inmate, Eric Glisson, who had been wrongfully convicted and was serving a 25-years-to-life sentence for murder. He was working to prove his innocence, and Chan joined his efforts: she recruited a lawyer who helped to exonerate Glisson and secured his release in 2012.
Chan with Eric Glisson, 2006. Image credit: Rivka Katvin/Joanna Chan Collection.
"For a community leader," Chan once said, "the fondest dream is perhaps not to see the final success of making it in America, but to look beyond seeing the differences that divide individuals."
Text by research assistant Sam Biagetti, adapted by Susan Johnson from his script for the "Joanna Chan" interactive in New York at Its Core.
By Sam Biagetti, Research Assistant
Related Exhibition - Ongoing
New York at Its Core
What made New York New York? Follow the story of the city's rise from a striving Dutch village to today's "Capital of the World," and consider its future in our changing world.

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Peggy wants to write for a month at the Oregon Coast, and we want to gift her a month's stay at her favorite retreat there, all expenses paid.
We thought this would be a wonderful gift from all of her community of friends who love her.
With everyone's help, we can do this. I am stewarding the donations. Any amount is welcome. You can send a check to me, made out to Trish Broersma, and mail to 864 Perozzi, Ashland, OR 97520 or donate with your credit card through PayPal below.
Everyone who donates will have their name added to the card given along with the big check to Peggy on her birthday this August.


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This is a beach break, so safe for beginners but fun enough for pros as well, and in a city with food this good, the ability to exercise off a few calories is doubly attractive. Original Travel can arrange surfboard and wetsuit hire, and lessons for beginners.
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Q: Can you fill an aquarium with nitrogen? My goal is to create an environment of nearly pure nitrogen where only anaerobes can survive. I need to be able to move samples in and out of it. How would you fill it?
You can fill an aquarium with CO2. It is a common demonstration to fill it with smoke or fog and pour CO2 into it. Could you invert the aquarium and fill it with nitrogen?
My thinking is:

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*There isn't enough buoyancy for it to rise and displace the oxygen.

*You would only produce an aquarium with a slightly higher percentage of nitrogen.

A: I have tried this in my Bachelor thesis, and found that it works - but the aquarium needs to be upside down, since the density of nitrogen ($1.165~\text{kg}/\text{m}^3$) is slightly lower than that of ambient air ($1.205~\text{kg}/\text{m}^3$).
I used a box that is open at the bottom that is slowly filled with nitrogen from the top, in order to displace the air.
More interestingly, the natural vapor pressure of evaporating liquid nitrogen is enough to force it through the tube and fill such an aquarium. There is no need for a pressurized mechanism.
Of course, this is quite sensitive to air movement outside - since the densities are nearly equal the gases tend to mix easily and over time diffuse into each other. It is therefore important to continuously supply nitrogen.

A: Do you mean an open aquarium? It won't work, for two reasons.

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*Density of nitrogen is slightly lower than density of air in the same conditions (air consists of nitrogen + oxygen which is more dense + traces of some other gases which are even more dense + humidity which is light and compensates the effect to an extent). The difference is not large, yet nitrogen will tend to move upwards off the tank.

*Gases are prone to diffusion, ie. natural mixing caused by molecule collisions. Small difference of density between pure nitrogen and air only supports this phenomenon. So do air movements caused by differences of temperature in various parts of the room or by moving objects. It's only a matter of time for oxygen to fill your aquarium in a proper proporion.
Conclusion: you can fill your aquarium with nitrogen, but it will be effective only if you refer to a hermetically closed tank.

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## Onyx UI Library

Onyx is a UI library for Enyo 2.

We originally set out to adapt the Enyo 1 widgets for use with Enyo 2, but we quickly determined that we could achieve better cross-platform compatibility and build a more solid foundation for the future by starting with a clean slate. The result is a new UI library for Enyo 2 called **Onyx**.

Despite the changes under the hood, you'll find that Onyx is clearly an evolution of the Enyo 1 UI from a design point of view. This first Onyx release features a variety of commonly used widgets, including toolbars, text inputs, checkboxes, groups and multiple types of buttons. Onyx also includes a base `Slideable` control that you can use to implement views that slide back and forth between pre-defined positions, including on and off screen.

To get a feel for Onyx, check out the [OnyxSampler example](http://enyojs.com/samples/onyxsampler). Needless to say, we're not done -- we'll be expanding the Onyx widget set as we go.

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Africa Portal Main Page Timeline Projects Statistics Bibliography Opportunities and Challenges Community Discuss
See also Category:Africa Centre
The Africa Centre is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 and based in Cape Town South Africa.
The Africa Centre provides a platform for exploring contemporary Pan-African arts and cultural practice as a catalyst for social change. The Africa Centre's objectives are to: formulate innovative models for presenting, debating and encouraging cultural production and the pursuit of knowledge; provide broad access to the creative work and ideas of historical and contemporary African thought leaders; and re-examine the role, identity, transience and creation of cultural expression.
The Africa Centre has presented such seminal projects as Spier Contemporary, Pan African Space Station and the Space for Pan African Research Creation and Knowledge. Among the multiple projects of the Africa Centre there are.
WikiAfrica is one of multiple Africa Centre projects, which include:
Artist in Residency Programme – in partnership, this project awards, across artistic discipline, 10 residencies each year;
Badilisha Poetry X-Change – an online radio station that celebrates the languages, cultures and styles of Pan-African poetry;
Everyday African Urbanism Lab – a research and intervention laboratory which seeks to both understand and disrupt some of South Africa's most pressing social issues;
Infecting The City – an annual public arts festival that stages and exhibits thought-provoking works in the communal spaces of Cape Town; and
Talking Heads – taking place via events and online mediums, the project shares the ideas, visions and manifestations of extraordinary people living in Africa.
http://www.africacentre.net
http://www.youtube.com/TheAfricaCentre#p/a/u/0/XGw2ivvjWxM
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A £1,000 reward has been put up to help catch the vandals responsible for nearly derailing a packed InterCity Express train travelling through Cheadle.
Police say a length of steel weighing almost 70 kilos left by the side of the line by construction workers, had been deliberately moved on to the track at Adswood Road by the culprits.
If it had been placed at a slightly different angle the packed Euston-Manchester Virgin train travelling at 50mph would have been derailed.
Inspector Michael Sutton, of the British Transport Police, said: "If the rail had been put at a slightly different angle it would have derailed the train, without a doubt.
"The possible consequences of this stupid act were horrific."
But despite hitting the huge piece of steel and knocking it out of the way during the incident last Friday at about 5pm, the train was able to continue on to Manchester Piccadilly where it was examined and no damage was found.
British Transport Police, who returned to the scene just days later to continue their investigation, found youths as young as seven throwing stones at trains going past.
But Inspector Sutton said it was unsurprising as the area was well-known for vandalism.
He said: "This is a bad area for vandalism.
"There is no way the rail could have been left there by railway workers, or by mistake.
"It had been deliberately put there."
A Virgin spokesman said: "Apart from what they could do to the train, they are putting themselves in grave danger.
"They must get a thrill from this kind of thing, but trains these days are quiet and they could end up on a mortuary slab themselves.
"It was sheer vandalism and stupidity and we take a dim view of this kind of thing.
"We will always work with British Transport Police to bring the culprits to book."
The piece of steel is thought to have been left over from work being carried out on the line by contractors as part of the West Coast Main Line upgrade, which is set to pave the way for Virgin's new tilting trains.


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Food Allergy Protein Link Discovered
By Alisa Fleming on October 17, 2007 In The News
Over the past few years, many claims have emerged about the hypoallergenic nature of various mammal milks. While this may sound like a ludicrous statement, new research shows that this may in fact be true. Scientist have found that the allergic nature of certain animal food proteins may lie in how related they are to a human protein…
While in theory, all proteins have the potential to become allergenic, a study out of the Institute of Food Research in Norwich and the Medical University of Vienna found that the ability of a particular animal food protein to trigger a food allergy depended upon its "evolutionary distance" from a human equivalent.
Overall, it seems that animal food proteins that are less than 54% identical to a human equivalent have the ability to become allergenic. This explains why cow's and goat's milk, which are under this range, are more quite prevalent food allergies. However, mare's (horse) milk, which is up to 66% identical to human milk proteins, can often be tolerated. The more distant proteins may hinder the ability of the human immune system to discriminate between foreign and self-proteins.
While this alone is fascinating, their research went further. They identified three protein families to categorize most of the major animal-derived food allergens: tropomyosins, EF-hand proteins, and caseins. Their studies of these proteins included birds, fish, mammals, and the milk from rabbits, rats, camels, sheep, goats, cows and horses. To read in detail about these three proteins, visit Food Navigator.
The researchers feel that this brings them one step closer to a vaccine for food allergies.
Source: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, "Evolutionary distance from human homologues reflects allergenicity of animal food proteins." John Jenkins, Heimo Breiteneder, Clare Mills. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.08.019
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Asia investors seen growing cautious about private equity
Although only 14% of investors surveyed by S&P Global said they expect private equity deal volumes to drop in 2019, a disproportionate share of these are from the Asia-Pacific region.
Investors based in the Asia-Pacific region are less optimistic about private equity markets in 2019 than in other regions, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence survey.
Growing economic worries are cited as a principle factor behind their gloomier outlook, although valuation concerns are also stalking the sector.
The survey of "over 1,000" private equity professionals published on Tuesday by S&P Global showed 14% of total respondents think that private equity activity will deteriorate in the coming year, with those based in the Asia-Pacific accounting for more than two-fifths of these relative pessimists.
The study also showed a 15 percentage-point drop to 44% since end-2017 in the proportion of respondents expecting an improvement in private equity activities in the coming year.
Barry Tong, joint APAC head of transaction advisory services at consultancy firm Grant Thornton, agreed that private equity investors seem to be harbouring growing concerns and that the market might be nearing a peak.
"High purchase-price multiples ... could damage future returns," Tong told AsianInvestor.
That chimes with concerns aired elsewhere that too much money might be chasing too few deals, and pushing valuations up as record amounts of capital for private equity investing are raised. Data from Preqin shows that the amount of private capital raised globally and ready for investment reached $2 trillion as at the end of June 2018, the highest since 2006. By asset class, private equity funds accounted for 58% of this so-called dry powder figure.
A survey by Grant Thornton released in late January, showed activity still bubbling along, with total mergers and acquisitions across Asia up more than 20% by deal value in the first nine months of 2018, compared with the same period a year earlier.
And more growth looks on the cards in 2019, according to S&P Global.
"With an appetite for further investing and a record amount of dry powder [available], we expect [General Partner] investors to accelerate deal activity in 2019," noted the survey.
Those surveyed by S&P Global, even so, indicated their growing disquiet with the market's extreme valuations and with the increasingly shaky trade, monetary and economic backdrop.
More than 70% of the Asia-Pacific respondents said the changing economic environment, in particular, posed the biggest challenge to their portfolio companies as growth slows.
Close to 40% of these respondents said they considered protectionism the second-biggest risk. The report noted, though, that this is "largely isolated to professionals directly exposed to the global trade spat by being located in either China or the US."
HEALTHCARE INTERESTS
On a positive note, the survey showed that the healthcare sector continues attract interest.
An S&P Global spokeswoman told AsianInvestor that 50% of the respondents from Asia plan to invest in the sector in the next 12 months.
"[The] healthcare sector is one the favourites among APAC investors due to its high margins with strong growth characteristics," Tong said. "With the socio-economic factors including ageing global populations and rising income levels, demand for quality healthcare services ... [and] continuous drug and medical devices innovation are high."
Asia Pacific-based investors are not alone in this.
"Healthcare is an area to watch over the next four to five years," one executive director at Canadian pension fund who declined to be named told AsianInvestor. "We have done a deep-dive analysis on hospitals, single specialty clinics and pharmaceutical companies. We haven't fully decided where to put our money but these are the areas we are open to investing in."
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Singer Lily Allen has sent out the 'save the date' cards for her upcoming marriage to Sam Cooper.
The cards confirmed the event is due to take place on June 11th 2011, according to the Daily Mail; and showed a picture of a farmer and his wife, with the heads of Allen and Copper superimposed on.
They also confirmed the wedding is to take place in Gloucestershire; however details of the wedding reception venue were kept private.
The fact that it is to be held in the countryside only confirmed earlier preconceptions of Allen – that she is obsessed with "village life," Now Magazine reported.
Previous reports confirmed that despite her country bumpkin reputation, Allen wasn't going to wear a dress more suited to a farmer's wife; instead opting for a unique Karl Lagerfeld creation.


Netflix CEO confirms it will not collaborate with Apple.
Apple is just days ahead from introducing its video streaming service, but Netflix has already confirmed that its service won't be a part of the new service.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed the news to the press in Los Angeles. According to Bloomberg, Hastings described Apple as a 'great company,' but has chosen to not collaborate with the Cupertino-based company for its latest venture.
"We want to have people watch our content on our service," he said. Netflix has "massive competitors which are amazing, large, well-funded companies with very significant efforts." But he believes, "You do your best job when you have great competitors."
The news comes a few months after Netflix stopped users subscribe to its service from Apple's online store. This doesn't mean we would never see both the companies, but it's not happening anytime soon.
Apple is expected to announce the new streaming service at its March 25 event in California. The service will offer original TV shows, content from Apple's partners such as HBO, Showtime, and Starz.
Besides, Apple also recently announced the updated version of the iMac 4K and the iMac 5K. The new Apple iMac 4K sports a 21.5-inch 4k Retina display with 4096×2304 pixel resolution, priced at Rs 1,19,900. It is powered by the 7th Gen Intel Core-i5 Hexa-core processor with AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 GPU.


A question of, "Who's to guard the guards themselves?", aye Steed?
The final Dr King episode has a lot more going for it on paper than it's able to pull off. It has the potential to be something of a Tinker Tailor-esque affair, complete with four possible suspects for the informer (including Steed, "But then, I'm Caesar's wife"), but it ends up rather static and disinterested. Still, King's departure is properly foreshadowed and the supporting cast includes some strong performers.
Steed is assigned to protect French UN negotiator Monsieur Roland (Carleton Hobbs), but is under suspicion himself from One Twelve (Arthur Hewlett of State of Decay, the old giffer who ends up on the Vervoids' revolting compost heap in The Trial of a Time Lord and Blake's 7's The Keeper); we don't see his usual boss One Ten, although he pops up in the next, first Cathy Gale episode). We eventually learn Harvey (Frank Gatliff, The Monster of Peladon and Blake's 7's The Harvest of Kairos as well as three more Avengers episodes) is dealing the secrets. His reason? He has a very lovely wife who lives expensively and well (Anne Godley).
Steed: Just one of those "Pay me now, who do I shoot next?" sort of chaps.
Dr King: Oh, you two should get along famously.
Steed: That is unworthy of you.
This one's notable for a fair bit of London location filming. It also does a good job of building up Steed's smooth-talking rep. Harvey comments of King "But you don't have Steed's sense of humour, do you?" which is undoubtedly the case, although King ironically gets his wittiest lines in this one ("You know, Steed, you'd be far better off with a pathologist"). Steed responds, "That's quite a pretty thought" to King's suggestion of prescribing a bulletproof waistcoat on the National Health. And although King intervenes with a rugby tackle at a crucial moment, it turns out he means it when he tells Steed he's "Just going to be a doctor".
One Twelve evidently has Harvey in his sights from the off, since he makes a point of commenting on his attractive wife the first time he meets Steed (who is wonderfully and cheerfully lacking in deference towards his superiors), and later comments that he wanted Harvey to think Steed was the informer; appropriately, he gives Steed an approving smile of respect in the last scene (this has something of a Harry Palmer-Ross vibe, just without the class commentary undercurrent).
As is customary now Keel has left, Steed is granted the end heroics, poking a gun in the back of the would-be assassin at Roland's climactic press conference, while King opts to take the bus home. The material is there for a decent bout of intrigue, but The Sell Out falls short.


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Less than a year after a series of wildfires in California destroyed more than 1.3 million acres, the Golden State has gone up in flames again, and is burning faster and bigger than ever before. That's devastating news for residents, many of whom were forced to evacuate their homes for the second year in a row, not to mention the 14,000 firefighters working day and night to contain at least 16 major blazes from spreading any further. Also crossing their fingers for rain are the state's many marijuana growers.
California's legalization of recreational marijuana in 2016 — which went into effect in late 2017 — has created an economic boom, but Mother Nature has proven to be an even bigger foe than anti-weed politicians. Last year, as reported by Rolling Stone, an approximate 30 to 40 percent of California's marijuana growers were impacted by the fires, according to the California Growers Association, but the recreationally legal weed industry was still in its relative infancy then, and has rapidly expanded in the months since. Many cannabis farms are within some of the driest parts of the state, where the ongoing drought conditions, extreme heat and strong Santa Ana winds can turn just about anything into kindling.
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In a span of just a few days, what officials are calling the Mendocino Complex Fire — which encompasses two separate blazes, the Ranch Fire and the River Fire, around Clear Lake — has exploded in size to become the largest fire in state history, a title previously held by last year's Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. So far, there have thankfully been no human casualties, but 283,800 acres have burned and 75 homes have been destroyed. Over the weekend, police arrested three men in the town of Nice for interfering with a fire operation after they refused to stop watering their marijuana plants and evacuate the area.
Late last month, in Greenville, to the east of Mendocino in Las Plumas County, a massive fire tore through at least eight greenhouses containing some of the state's most coveted premium herb, destroying five of them. 'Terp Town,' as the farm is affectionately known, is operated by the town's largest employer, Loudpack, which supplies dispensaries all over the state. Thankfully, none of the facility's 300 employees were injured or killed, but the company is still assessing the damages.
Also in late-July, to the northwest near Redding in Shasta County, several buildings operated by AlienLabs, another one of the leading cannabis growers in the state, were destroyed in the still growing Carr Fire, which has consumed 173,522 acres so far. And it's early yet — last year's most damaging fires began in November and December, and with one state record already beat, 2018 is shaping up to be even more catastrophic for California, its residents and the still-young marijuana industry.


NICOSIA | A ship detained off Cyprus has breached a U.N. ban on Iranian arms exports, Cyprus' foreign minister said Tuesday.
But Markos Kyprianou refused to specify what had been found on the Cypriot-flagged Monchegorsk, which U.S. officials suspect was delivering arms to Hamas militants in Gaza.
Cyprus inspected the Monchegorsk twice after it arrived Jan. 29 under suspicion of ferrying weapons from Iran to Hamas fighters in Gaza. It remains anchored off the port of Limassol under tight security.
Last week, Cyprus applied for and received guidance from the U.N. Security Council Sanctions Committee on whether the cargo breached sanctions barring Iran from sending arms abroad.
DUBAI | A container ship collided with a tanker Tuesday and set it on fire in a shipping channel off the coast of Dubai, the city's port operator said.
No fatalities were reported. The tanker's crew was evacuated safely after two sailors were pulled from the water with light injuries.
Rescuers from the Emirates coast guard and an emergency response division of DP World's parent company were dispatched to the scene.
BAGHDAD | French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived Tuesday in Baghdad on his first trip to Iraq - a major step in his efforts to rebuild ties with Iraq and end any lingering U.S.-France animosity over the 2003 Iraq invasion.
The French leader was received by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a welcoming ceremony shown on state television. He also was due to meet Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Former French President Jacques Chirac's refusal to back the U.S.-led military effort in Iraq led to a new low in France-U.S. ties. France was vilified in U.S. public opinion, with some Americans boycotting French wines, and french fries taking on the name "freedom fries" in the House of Representatives' cafeteria.
UNITED NATIONS | The top U.N. official in the Gaza Strip has criticized Israel for blocking shipments of paper to the Palestinian territory to print textbooks for a new human rights curriculum to be taught to children there.
Israel also has refused to allow 12 truckloads of notebooks into Gaza as well as plastic sheeting, which is turned into plastic bags to distribute food that the U.N. provides to about 900,000 people, said John Ging, head of Gaza operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Because Israel and Egypt have blockaded Gaza since Hamas gunmen seized control of the territory in June 2007, most Gazans depend on U.N. food and other aid. But Israel controls the key crossing points.
Israeli officials said they were not willing to allow raw materials designated for one purpose to be shipped into Gaza, where they could be processed for another use.


The terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices apply to Lima Memorial Health System operating as a clinically integrated healthcare arrangement composed of Lima Memorial Health System and the physicians and other professionals seeing and treating patients at the hospital. The members of this clinically integrated healthcare arrangement work and practice at Lima Memorial Health System. All of the entities and persons listed will share personal health information of our patients as necessary to carry out treatment, payment and healthcare operations as permitted by law.
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of our patients' personal health information and to provide patients with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your personal health information and to notify you in the unlikely event of a breach or unauthorized disclosure of your personal health information. We are required to abide by the terms of this notice so long as it remains in effect. We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices as necessary and to make the new notice effective for all personal health information maintained by us. You may receive a copy of any revised notices at Patient Registration, or a copy may be obtained by mailing a request to Patient Registration Department, Lima Memorial Health System, 1001 Bellefontaine Avenue, Lima, Ohio 45804.
Marketing purposes, unless the communication is made directly to you in person, is simply a promotional gift of nominal value, is a prescription refill reminder, general health or wellness information or a communication about health-related products or services that we offer or that are directly related to your treatment.
2. Uses and Disclosures for Treatment. We will make uses and disclosures of your personal health information as necessary for your treatment. For instance, doctors and nurses and other professionals involved in your care will use information in your medical record and information that you provide about your symptoms and reactions to plan a course of treatment for you that may include procedures, medications, tests, etc. We may also release your personal health information to another healthcare facility or professional who is not affiliated with our organization but who is or will be providing treatment to you. For instance, if after you leave the hospital you are going to receive home health care, we may release your personal health information to that home health care agency so that a plan of care can be prepared for you.
3. Uses and Disclosures for Payment. We will make uses and disclosures of your personal health information as necessary for payment purposes of those health professionals and facilities that have treated you or provided services to you. For instance, we may forward information regarding your medical procedures and treatment to your insurance company to arrange payment for the services provided to you, or we may use your information to prepare a bill to send to you or to the person responsible for your payment.
4. Uses and Disclosures for Healthcare Operations. We will use and disclose your personal health information as necessary and as permitted by law for our healthcare operations, which include clinical improvement, professional peer review, business management, accreditation and licensing, etc. For instance, we may use and disclose your personal health information for purposes of improving the clinical treatment and care of our patients. We may also disclose your personal health information to another healthcare facility, healthcare professional, or health plan for such things as quality assurance and case management but only if that facility, professional or plan also has or had a patient relationship with you.
5. Our Facility Directory. We maintain a facility directory listing the name, room number, general condition and, if you wish, your religious affiliation. Unless you choose to have your information excluded from this directory, the information, excluding your religious affiliation, will be disclosed to anyone who requests it by asking for you by name. This information, including your religious affiliation, may also be provided to members of the clergy. You have the right during registration to have your information excluded from this directory and also to restrict what information is provided and/or to whom.
6. Family and Friends Involved In Your Care. With your approval we may from time to time disclose your personal health information to designated family, friends and others who are involved in your care or in payment of your care in order to facilitate that person's involvement in caring for you or paying for your care. If you are unavailable, incapacitated or facing an emergency medical situation and we determine that a limited disclosure may be in your best interest, we may share limited personal health information with such individuals without your approval. We may also disclose limited personal health information to a public or private entity that is authorized to assist in disaster relief efforts in order for that entity to locate a family member or other persons that may be involved in some aspect of caring for you.
7. Business Associates. Certain aspects and components of our services are performed through contracts with outside persons or organizations, such as auditing, accreditation, legal services, etc. At times it may be necessary for us to provide certain elements of your personal health information to one or more of these outside persons or organizations that assist us with our healthcare operations. In all cases, we require these business associates to appropriately safeguard the privacy of your information.
8. Fundraising. We may contact you to donate to a fundraising effort for or on our behalf. You have the right to "opt-out" of receiving fundraising materials/communications and may do so by sending your name and address to Lima Memorial Foundation together with a statement that you do not wish to receive fundraising materials or communications from us.
9. Appointments and Services. We may contact you to provide appointment reminders or test results. You have the right to request, and we will accommodate reasonable requests by you, to receive communications regarding your personal health information from us by alternative means or at alternative locations. For instance, if you wish appointment reminders to not be left on voice mail or sent to a particular address, we will accommodate reasonable requests. You may request such confidential communication in writing and may send your request to Lima Memorial Health System, Patient Registration Department.
10. Research. In limited circumstances, we may use and disclose your personal health information for research purposes. For example, a research organization may wish to compare outcomes of all patients who received a particular drug and will need to review a series of medical records. In all cases where your specific authorization has not been obtained, your privacy will be protected by strict confidentiality requirements applied by an Institutional Review Board or Privacy Board which oversees the research or by representations of the researchers that limit their use and disclosure of patient information.
11. Other Uses and Disclosures. We are permitted or required by law to make certain other uses and disclosures of your personal health information without your consent or authorization.
o. We may release your personal health information to workers' compensation agencies if necessary for your workers' compensation benefit determination.
Ohio law requires that we obtain a consent from you in the following instances: before disclosing the performance or results of an HIV test or diagnosis of AIDS or an AIDS-related condition; before disclosing information about drug or alcohol treatment you have received in a drug or alcohol treatment program; and before disclosing information about mental health services you may have received. For full information on when such consents may be necessary, you can contact the Lima Memorial Health System Privacy Officer.
1. Access to your Personal Health Information. You have the right to copy and/or inspect much of the personal health information that we retain on your behalf. All requests for access must be made in writing and signed by you or your representative. You may obtain an access request form from the Lima Memorial Health Information Management Department.
You have the right to obtain an electronic copy of your health information that exists in an electronic format, and you may direct that the copy be transmitted directly to an entity or person designated by you, provided that any such designation is clear, conspicuous and specific with complete name and mailing address or other identifying information. We may charge you a fee for our labor and supplies in preparing your copy of the electronic health information.
2. Amendments to your Personal Health Information. You have the right to request in writing that personal health information we maintain about you be amended or corrected. We are not obligated to make all requested amendments but will give each request careful consideration. All amendment requests, in order to be considered by us, must be in writing, signed by you or your representative and must state the reasons for the amendment/correction request. If an amendment or correction you request is made by us, we may also notify others who work with us and have copies of the uncorrected record if we believe that such notification is necessary. You may obtain an amendment request form from the Lima Memorial Health Information Management Department.
3. Accounting for Disclosures of your Personal Health Information. You have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures made by us of your personal health information for six years prior to the date of your request. Requests must be made in writing and signed by you or your representative. Accounting request forms are available from the Lima Memorial Health Information Management Department. The first accounting in any 12-month period is free; you will be charged a fee at the rates set by the State of Ohio for photocopying of medical records for each subsequent accounting you request within the same 12-month period.
When you request an accounting of disclosures of your electronic health record, the accounting will be for three years prior to the date of the request for the accounting and will include, in addition to all types of disclosures listed in the general policy, disclosures for treatment, payment and healthcare operations.
For electronic health records acquired by us as of January 1, 2009, these requirements will apply to disclosures made by the organization from such a record on and after January 1, 2014.
For electronic health records acquired after January 1, 2009, these requirements will apply to disclosures made by the organization from such a record on and after the later of January 1, 2011.
Restrictions on Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Health Information. You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your personal health information for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. A restriction request form can be obtained from the Lima Memorial Health Information Management Department. In most cases, we are not required to agree to your restriction request but will attempt to accommodate reasonable requests when appropriate, and we retain the right to terminate an agreed-to restriction if we believe such termination is appropriate. In the event of a termination by us, we will notify you of such termination. You also have the right to terminate, in writing or orally, any agreed-to restriction by sending such termination notice to Lima Memorial Health Information Management Department or Lima Memorial Patient Registration Department. We will honor any request to restrict disclosures to your health plan if the information to be disclosed pertains solely to a healthcare item or service for which Lima Memorial Health System has been paid in full.
Breach Notification. In the unlikely event there is a breach or unauthorized release of your personal health information, you will receive notice and information on steps you may take to protect yourself from harm.
Complaints. If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with Lima Memorial Health System Privacy Hotline by calling 419-998-4499. You may also file a complaint with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington D.C. in writing within 180 days of a violation of your rights. There will be no retaliation for filing a complaint.
Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice. You will be asked to sign the General Consent form which will indicate that you received this Notice of Privacy Practices.
Uses of Telephone Contact Information. Lima Memorial Health System, its service providers (including service providers contacting patients about obtaining potential financial assistance for account(s) and/or for collection services) and their successors, assigns, affiliates or agents may contact you at any telephone number associated with the account(s), including wireless, cellular or internet telephone numbers or other numbers that may result in charges, whether provided in the past, present or future. The methods of contact may include pre-recorded or artificial voice messages and/or automatic telephone dialing systems, as applicable.
This Notice of Privacy Practices is effective September 1, 2013.


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Everyone knows that you should be backing up your data, but that unfortunately doesn't translate into everyone regularly doing it. The reason for this is pretty simple, it's a chore, it's not fun to do and it's easy to ignore, as the consequences of your inaction aren't visible; unlike with other chores in your life which impact upon you right from the start, gradually increasing in their annoyance until you just can't take it anymore and cave into their demands, and clean up that spilt chocolate milk.
What The Cloud can offer you.
You don't wait for a major disaster like a friend getting lost in the long grass at your backyard BBQ, before you mow the lawn. No, you mow the lawn because it starts to look long, of course leaving it until just before it gets so long your lawn mower will break merely at the sight of it. You also don't wait until a new species of life has evolved in the sink on your unwashed dishes and begins asking you for a toll just to get to the pantry before you wash the dishes. No you clean them because you and others need to be able to use them and the sink, though maybe you give it a chance at life first, but it has to be a quick evolver, after seven days you will definitely get around to doing the dishes. So without tangible consequences of failing to backup right before your eyes, you need to be the one reminding yourself of them and be proactive about stopping them.
There is no shortages of horror stories out there about people losing their data, but unfortunately their effects on your fade quite quickly. So in order to regularly inspire dread you can set up regular calendar updates that re-introduce you to some of the more frightening statistics, or sign up to a backup horror story email mailing list, or if you need something more personal, just wait until you suffer a catastrophic failure, then take a photo of your sad face and set it as your screensaver. While there are ways to retrieve lost data, such as with the Super IT Solutions' Data Recovery Centre, that should only be a last resort. But if you can't get your data back from the cloud , then recovery is the only other option. Sure, you can always try recovering the data yourself, but the methods available to you won't be as sophisticated as Super IT Solutions' Data Recovery techniques.
So in a world where our devices are set to fail 100% of the time, the saviour to our collective backup laziness is The Cloud. The reason for this is that with the Super IT Solutions Cloud Backup for example you are able to install a program onto your computer, so that the cloud storage appears in your computer's file directory (Windows Explorer) and in the taskbar giving you easy access to manually backup your files. But most importantly it also allows you to set it up to automatic backup any new files, meaning that your valuable data is safeguarded, moments (an interval set by you) after you save it.
This means that you can then laugh in the face of device failure and memory corruption, well at least until you realise that you will most likely have to spend money replacing your device. But at least your device is completely replaceable, unlike your photos, videos and unfinished memoirs of your fictional life as an apprentice astronaut.


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Last year, the actress Laverne Cox was on the cover of Time heralding "the transgender tipping point." "We are in a place now where more and more trans people want to come forward and say, 'This is who I am,'" she told the magazine. That comment seemed to prove true this summer when the woman formerly known as Bruce Jenner, an Olympic athlete turned Kardashian reality TV star, requested in aVanity Fair cover story that the world "call me Caitlyn." Barely four hours after her first tweet, Caitlyn Jenner had set a record for the fastest Twitter user to reach 1 million followers—beating out President Obama and tipping the trans movement forward.
Top: Caitlyn Jenner. Source: National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; AP Photo
In a year when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country, Cox and Jenner have emerged as the most public faces of what many describe as the next civil rights frontier in America: the fight for equality—in housing, employment, health care and more—for people who are transgender. Cox, best known for her role in the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black," has said her transgender character on the show is a sign of progress in itself. But by speaking around the country and on social media, acting and producing documentaries, Cox, who in 2014 became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy, aims to shift the conversation about trans people away from the experience of physical transition and toward the discrimination members of the trans community face as the targets of high rates of harassment, murder and arrest. Ever since announcing her transition, Jenner, too, has begun to use what she calls the "power of the spotlight" to work for more inclusiveness for those who are trans. While skeptics initially doubted that a wealthy celebrity would get involved in policy advocacy, when she accepted an ESPY award for courage in July, Jenner vowed to "do whatever I can to reshape the landscape" of how transgender people are viewed and treated.
Despite backlash from socially conservative politicians, Cox and Jenner's message seems to have begun to reach Washington. The month after Jenner's coming out, the Pentagon announced it was looking into lifting its ban preventing openly transgender people from serving in the military, and lawmakers in Congress also introduced a bill to rewrite the Civil Rights Act to include protections for LGBT Americans. Even the Democratic sponsors of the bill acknowledged it would be an uphill climb. But if pop culture helped to change the American public's mind on same-sex marriage—no family in America seems more normal today than Mitch and Cameron, the gay couple on "Modern Family"—maybe it can do so again on trans rights, with Cox and Jenner out in front in the spotlight.
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Q: Stronger estimates for dynamical analogue of a sum of multiplicative order and primes Let $a$ be a positive integer and $\mathrm{ord}_{p}(a)$ denote the multiplicative order of $a$ modulo $p.$ We know by a result of Murty, Silverman and Rosen that the sum $$\sum_{p~\text{prime}} \frac{\log p}{p \operatorname{ord}_p(a)^\epsilon}
\le \log\log a + \frac{2}{\epsilon} + C.$$
The dynamical analogue of the above sum for orbits of polynomials of the form $$\mathcal{O}_{\varphi}(\alpha)= \{\alpha, \varphi(\alpha), \varphi^{2}(\alpha)\ldots \}$$ for a polynomial $\varphi$ and point $\alpha$  has been considered by Silverman in his paper and it states that sum $$\sum_{p~\text{prime}} \frac{\log p}{p \cdot e^{s\cdot m_{p}^{\lambda}}}
\le \frac{C}{s^{1/\lambda}}$$ for all $s> 0$  and $\lambda\ge 1$ where $m_{p}$ denotes the size of orbit modulo $p.$
Do we have any stronger estimates like the first sum  in the case when $\varphi\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ and $\alpha\in\mathbb{Z}$ for the above sum?Thanks in advance.


CellarPass, an online, mobile guest management system for fine beverage tasting reservations and ticketed events, officially expanded its reservation domain to the craft brewing market with the addition of Anchor Brewing Co.
Founded in 1896, Anchor Brewing is a San Francisco icon. The brewery offers tours and tastings twice daily at its only flagship location in the Portrero Hill neighborhood. Through its participation in CellarPass, Anchor Brewing joins a select group of premium wineries and distilleries that offer easy, one-stop searching to book reservations through the CellarPass.com website and mobile app.
By managing their tour schedule through CellarPass, Anchor enables beer-lovers to book and securely pay for a tour, while receiving an instant confirmation, and even have turn-by-turn directions to the brewery sent directly to their smartphones.
Officially launched in mid-2012, CellarPass provides a robust guest management platform wineries, distilleries and breweries use to promote events nationwide while connecting with their guests in ways that enhance the visitor experience and build long-lasting relationships.


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Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit his second successive Twenty20 half-century to help India thrash Bangladesh by six wickets and register their first win in the tri-nation tournament yesterday, reports AFP from Colombo. Chasing 140 for victory, India rode on Dhawan's 43-ball 55 to achieve their target with eight balls to spare at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium.
India, who won the toss and opted to bowl, gained the upper hand after pacemen Jaydev Unadkat and Vijay Shankar shared five wickets between them to restrict Bangladesh to 139-8.
"I think it was a great performance, something that was expected from us. Right from the start to the end, it was clinical and a complete team effort," India skipper Rohit Sharma said after the win.
"Bowlers executed plans very well. We kept it simple and got the basics right, which was missing in the first game." Dhawan, whose 90 went in vain in India's opening loss against hosts Sri Lanka on Tuesday, then made sure that his side cruise home, despite initially slumping to 40-2.
Sharma faltered in his second successive outing after chopping a delivery onto his stumps from left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman. He made 17.
Dhawan, hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes en route to his sixth T20 fifty, and Suresh Raina, who made 28, put on a crucial 68-run third-wicket stand.
Dhawan finally fell to Taskin Ahmed's right-arm medium pace in the 17th over but Manish Pandey, 27 not out, carried the team home.
Earlier Bangladesh's batting faltered with only Liton Das, who top-scored with 34 and Sabbir Rahman, who hit 30 off 26 balls, giving some respectability to the total.
Unadkat claimed three wickets with his left-arm pace while Shankar, who took his first international wicket in Mushfiqur Rahim, returned figures of 2-32. "We didn't bat well. We should have scored 30 more runs. We need to find out how to get runs on these kind of wickets," said Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah.
"One win will boost us and will reflect in our game. Hopefully we'll get it." Bangladesh will next take on Sri Lanka in the third match of the tournament, which is timed to commemorate the host island's 70 years of independence, on Saturday.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit his second successive Twenty20 half-century to help India thrash Bangladesh by six wickets and register their first win in the tri-nation tournament yesterday, reports AFP from Colombo. Chasing 140 for victory, India rode on Dhawans 43-ball 55 to achieve their target with eight balls to spare at Colombos R Premadasa Stadium. India, who won the toss and opted to bowl, gained the upper hand after pacemen Jaydev Unadkat and Vijay Shankar shared five wickets between them to restrict Bangladesh to 139-8. I think it was a great performance, something that was expected from us. Right from the start to the end, it was clinical and a complete team effort, India skipper Rohit Sharma said after the win. Bowlers executed plans very well. We kept it simple and got the basics right, which was missing in the first game. Dhawan, whose 90 went in vain in Indias opening loss against hosts Sri Lanka on Tuesday, then made sure that his side cruise home, despite initially slumping to 40-2. Sharma faltered in his second successive outing after chopping a delivery onto his stumps from left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman. He made 17. Dhawan, hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes en route to his sixth T20 fifty, and Suresh Raina, who made 28, put on a crucial 68-run third-wicket stand. Dhawan finally fell to Taskin Ahmeds right-arm medium pace in the 17th over but Manish Pandey, 27 not out, carried the team home. Earlier Bangladeshs batting faltered with only Liton Das, who top-scored with 34 and Sabbir Rahman, who hit 30 off 26 balls, giving some respectability to the total. Unadkat claimed three wickets with his left-arm pace while Shankar, who took his first international wicket in Mushfiqur Rahim, returned figures of 2-32. We didnt bat well. We should have scored 30 more runs. We need to find out how to get runs on these kind of wickets, said Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah. One win will boost us and will reflect in our game. Hopefully well get it. Bangladesh will next take on Sri Lanka in the third match of the tournament, which is timed to commemorate the host islands 70 years of independence, on Saturday.


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HELENA, Mont. — Medical marijuana advocates and patients are asking a judge to fix a mistake in a voter-approved ballot initiative that inadvertently delayed the re-opening of shuttered pot dispensaries in Montana by eight months.
A state law that limited medical marijuana providers to three patients apiece took effect on Aug. 31 after a five-year battle, leaving thousands of registered users without legal access to the drug.
HELENA, Mont. — Montana's wildlife agency broke ethics laws by allowing the Montana Trappers Association to use state equipment to campaign against an anti-trapping ballot initiative in 2014, the state commissioner of political practices ruled Wednesday.
Commissioner Jonathan Motl's ruling raised concerns about the relationship between Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the trappers association that led to the association's use of an FWP trailer and displays of furbearing animals to political purposes.
BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone Lake has had another record year for lake trout removal after about 366,000 of the nonnative trout were netted and killed to make way for the fishery's native Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
The Billings Gazette reports that only 315,000 lake trout were taken last year. Intensive efforts to remove the invasive fish have been ongoing since 2012.
MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana needs to further reduce its faculty and staff to match its lower enrollment numbers or the state may have to make those decisions, officials said.
"UM currently has too many faculty and staff," said Kevin McCrae, a deputy in the state office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. "Last year UM had more faculty and staff than they did at their peak enrollment."
Enrollment on the main campus has fallen by 22 percent since 2010.
HELENA, Mont. — An ethics complaint against Gov. Steve Bullock was rejected Monday for failing to offer evidence of violations and being a clear attempt to embarrass the governor as he sought re-election, the state commissioner of political practices said.
The complaint alleged that Bullock and Commerce Director Meg O'Leary misused the state-owned plane by flying to a Paul McCartney concert in Missoula in August 2014 and violated ethics laws by accepting concert tickets from University of Montana President Royce Engstrom.
BILLINGS, Mont. — A 92-year-old man casting one of Montana's electoral votes has been criticized for his comments about gay people.
The Billings Gazette reports that elector Dennis Scranton suggested in a 2010 Facebook conversation that gay people should be hanged.
When Scranton spoke to the newspaper on Monday, it wasn't clear whether he remembered the Facebook comments. Scranton also misstated his age twice and offered two different versions of how he became an elector.
HELENA, Mont. — A Republican state lawmaker has filed a wrongful discharge lawsuit alleging his refusal to support certain bills during the 2015 Legislature got him fired from a sales job he'd held for more than 15 years.
Rep. Randy Pinocci's Nov. 14 lawsuit says the Montana Contractors Association urged him to vote for bills that would have resulted in state government spending on construction projects. He did not support those bills.
MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula employees will now be able to take six weeks of paid maternity leave.
The City Council on Monday approved a measure to grant paid leave, effective immediately. Previously staff would have needed to use sick leave or vacation time for pregnancy-related medical leave.
All female employees who have been employed for at least 90 days are eligible.
BOISE, Idaho — Officials from across the U.S. Northwest hope it's not too late to contain invasive mussels found for the first time in Montana.
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he'll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely — not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work.


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Q: usages of obstacle, interrupt, and obstacle Obstacles such as the tress avoided us to see the sea.
The trees were obstruct our view of the sea.
The trees interrupted our view of the sea.
I am wondering whether the bold parts could mean the same thing.
Other than that, would you correct the first sentence in a way that it could mean the similar meaning like the two other sentences.
In addition, would you please learn me other synonym for the following?
our view of
Any help would be greatly appreciated

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*Obstacles is fine in your first example, but you cannot use avoid in this context. Avoid designates an action which the subject does not take:

Kris avoided looking at the sea, because it made him nauseous.

To express an action which keeps someone else from doing something you may use prevent:

Obstacles such as the trees prevented us from seeing the sea.

*Were obstruct is not grammatical English; the progressive construction requires the present participle:

The trees were obstructing our view of the sea.

*Your third example is fine. The only alternatives to view (of) I can think of which will work with interrupt are line of sight (to) and sightline (to); but these are  rather technical and would not ordinarily be used in casual contexts:

Sightlines in older theatres were often interrupted by columns or restricted by inadequate rakes.
At this point trees interrupted our line of sight to the tank formation, and we were unable to bring our artillery to bear until we posted a spotter 200 yards to the west.


Now that you have decided to start looking for hardwood flooring for your home, what elements should be of consideration?
Lifestyle ~ What is your lifestyle? Homes that have busy traffic such as young children or rambunctious pets should consider hardwoods that have grain, texture, lighter colours and lower sheens. Where as empty-nesters that spend some of our bitterly cold months down south, should consider engineered hardwoods to help lessen the gapping that tends to happen when the humidity drops in the winter months. Is your home a show piece with lots of entertaining, then perhaps an oiled floor would give you the look you're after. Once you pick the colour of the floor, let us help you with the details.
Mixing the Old with the New ~ Are you renovating but have to keep the existing Oak throughout the kitchen and on the mantel piece? Or are you building but the existing dining table is a keeper? Regardless wood goes with wood and our helpful Sales Consultants can find the right wood to help tie in all the elements of your home.
What comes first? ~ We usually suggest to fall in love with either your cabinetry or your flooring. There are so many choices so fall in love with one, and then the decision on the other will be a lot simpler. Items like lighting, back splashes and paint are all things that are less expensive and can be upgraded easier as the budget allows down the way. You will not be changing out your flooring or your cabinets down the way if you didn't get the ones you loved.
How big is big? ~ In 2018 the most common width of hardwood we installed was 7in wide. We offer widths as narrow as 1 1/2in wide to the largest at 10in. Often times a wide board will compliment a large space as there are a lot less joints to distract the eye. However, a small space can look larger for the same reason; fewer seams. We would caution however if the furniture or other architectural elements are smaller or dainty a wide board will seem out of proportion.
Did we say hardwood was clean? ~ For those of you with allergies or problems with your breathing, hardwood is the perfect floor. Many Doctors and Specialists will recommend hardwood flooring for patients with these difficulties. Once again, if hardwood can breathe, it will never have mildew, bacteria or odor. As opposed to carpeting, hardwood floors can be cleaned thoroughly to remove allergy-causing agents such as dust, pollens, animal hair or dander. Carpet is evil.
The number one question we are asked is what is better ~ Hardwood or Engineered? ~ Not such an easy question to answer as there are so many styles of construction of engineered hardwood on the market and they do not perform the same. Our Sales Consultants have been trained to know the good construction from the bad and will be more than happy to spend time explaining the differences. As a quick answer, the better milled engineered floors will be made with a Solid hardwood wear layer. (not peeled veneer or sliced hardwood) The thicker the wear layer traditionally the better they will perform in our dry Alberta climate. We carry many with a 4mm-6mm wear layer. The thinner profiles here in Alberta are susceptible to dry cupping, face checking or delamination from their cores. This is not warranted if you have low humidity. Price points are as follows, the most expensive is the better quality engineered, then solid hardwood, then the cheap rotary peeled veneer wear layered engineered. Cheaper yet, those from China.
The most exciting things to happen in our industry was the launch of textures, such as hand scraped or wire brushed hardwoods, then followed was the fuming of the hardwood flooring which naturally deepens and darkens the tannins of the wood making the wood darker but with variation of color, and lastly the combination of oils to give hardwood a deep rich multi toned low sheen finish. All of these on their own or combined have made some spectacular hard wearing floors that have become Touchwood's "go-to" based on popularity.


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When Robert of Locksley returns home from the Crusades after fighting alongside King Richard, he finds his home and its people crushed under the fist of the Sheriff of Nottingham and the despotic Prince John. After a personal tragedy in which he loses his home, his family, and his title, Rob escapes into the deep vastness of Sherwood Forest, a foreboding place, known to be haunted. But instead of ghosts and goblins, Rob finds a community oppressed by cruelty, one that he vows to lead towards a better life.
Originally conceived centuries ago, the Legend of Robin Hood is as timeless and as powerful now as it was during the Middle Ages. In a time when the world suffers from dwindling resources, income inequality, the tyranny of the rich, and forces far beyond the control of common people, Robin Hood is a lasting symbol in these dark and frightening times. Based on the original ballads and tales, The Legend of Robin Hood: Outlaw speaks today with a rich and powerful voice, one that urges everyone to stand up and fight oppression, bigotry, and fear.
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We live just outside Hobart near Seven Mile Beach. We are a family of four, Rob, Caroline Bea (13) and Eddie (10) and our dog Fagus (5). We love to eat nice fresh food and enjoy the outodoors, we regularly boat, snorkel, surf and fish locally. We also love to go camping and bushwalking around Tassie.
We have a large garden and have recently planted a commercial crop of garlic! We would appreciate help with general garden maintenance and house hold duties. We we expect around 4 hours a day help in exchange for accommodation, meals and use of all our recreational toys which we encourage you to use and enjoy. You can work extra hours some days and choose to got off and explore Hobart and surrounds in your free time or join us on our family activities.
If you think you would like our lifestyle we would love help with garden and general housework.
If you have a creative streak we would love to explore that with you. I enjoy natural plant dying and basket weaving from natural fibers. I recently organised a gathering of friends to create baskets from my neighbours vine pruning!
You would have your own room and bathroom at the far end of the house for when you need to wind down.


We are proud to launch the Think Right Initiative in India.
We are very passionate about Right Brain Method of education and believe in it strongly. In our endeavor, in the first phase we are building a family of like minded educationist who would help spread the new age method of education in our country.
For this THINK RIGHT is offering Licensing of the program pan India for the promotion and development of the Right Brain method of education.
As time progresses and we are able to ascertain your strengths and sincerity for implementation and persuasion of this program we will be able to guide you as to how you can embark on this journey with us.


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Vedomosti.ru, an outlet of Russian news reported that Telegram's Open Network has moved into private beta. This will give the beta testers and programmers access to the massively publicized cryptocurrency project.
The venue has given two references where access has been given to beta network yet the details of how the testing looks like are ambiguous.
In addition, there have been talks about the development of Telegram Open Network (TON) since 2018 when its ICO set records when it raised to 1.7 billion in 2018. Since that time the progress has been slow and any bonafide development of TON is awaited.
Telegram is intending to purchase its massive user base unlike Ethereum, NEO, or Tron, that allow users to have decentralized applications powered by the Gram token. Gram has the potential to become one of the most valuable cryptocurrency if it sustains its ICO market capitalization. The reason why people have an interest in this project is that it seems to be capable of getting the position of top 10 or top 5 cryptocurrencies if it delivered results.
According to reports t in order to remain valid, gram must have launched for token purchase agreements by the end of March. By starting in March would have given gram 6 months for completion. It also stated that reports of a testnet are encouraging.
On the other hand, another outlet, Profile.ru says that it is not the right time to talk about testnet results since the testing of blockchain code and smart contracts is still not done.
Earlier this year, telegram sought to shut down one of its business registrations in Britain which raised many eyebrows possibly as a response to rule changes in the British Virgin Islands.
Moreover, Telegram is also banned in Russia. It was banned when the company refused to cooperate with an FSB ( Russia's Intelligence)application for helping coded conversations between the users. Although the app is popular in other places and has proved to be helpful for thousand of cryptocurrency users groups.
It was also reported in February this year that the blockchain was 90 percent completed and a testnet was expected in March but then no test happened.
The testnet is still not accessible to anyone, however, according to Russian sources a private beta is opened and surprisingly telegram gave Russians the access despite the fact that Russians banned it. Gram has potential to see heavy trading if once it goes live.