I have a page of pizza recipes here, with recipes for different doughs and recipes for sauces and toppings. I keep experimenting and playing around. My old pizza stone finally broke this year. Apparently that happens. Mine got a lot of use! I did some research on stone. I saw these new metal baking "stones", at least they're new to me. And then I went to one of the fancy non-chain local shops that carries lots of baking stuff and I ended up buying this rectangular baking stone that can go on the grill, too. I liked that it had handles because that had been an issue with the old stone. And the lady at the shop said she made all kinds of things on it. So far I've jut made pizza. 😉 But it's good pizza! And I do plan to experiment on it.
I picked up a used copy of American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza (Amazon) recently. I've learned some new tricks and have two new favorite pizza dough recipes.
The first tip was to preheat your oven and stone for at least an hour at the highest temperature your oven can go, which is 500F for me. I had always preheated the oven but I had not thought about how long it would take for the stone to absorb that heat. This has made a big difference I think.
Pizza dough is not hard to make. You can mix it up by hand, in a breadmaker, or in your stand mixer. In a pinch, you can buy dough ready-made from various grocers. In a pinch you can also skip the rising part and just mix it up, flatten it out and make your pizza.
Reinhart has you make up the dough the day before you want to bake pizza and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator. Most of his dough recipes make enough for 3-4 small pizzas so I mix up a batch of dough, let one sit overnight in the refrigerator and freeze the other ones in ziplock freezer bags. The next time I make pizza, I pull a bag of dough out of the refrigerator and let it thaw on the counter half a day or so. Once, I suddenly had 4 people for pizza dinner instead of 2 so I pulled another bag of dough out of the refrigerator and thawed it in the microwave on defrost. That worked, too!
I've tried four or five different pizza doughs from the book and my favorite is one that can hold a lot of toppings. I tend to go for multiple topping pizzas so the super thin crusts don't work very well. (Although I do like to make super thin one or two ingredient small pizzettas for parties.) This is my current favorite recipe for homemade pizza dough and is different because of the milk.
This makes four 10-12 inch pizzas.
In a stand mixer, add all the ingredients and put on the dough hook. Mix on low speed for 4 minutes or so, until the dough has made a coarse ball.
Package each ball into a ziplock bag and let sit on the counter for 15 minutes, then refrigerate or freeze. If you're going to make the pizzas day, let them sit on the counter for an hour, punch down and reshape into balls, then refrigerate until about 2 hours before you're going to make the pizza.
Preheat your oven with the stone in it at the highest temperature, usually 500F, for at least an hour.
Pat or toss the pizza into a 10-12″ roughly round shape.
If you're adventurous, you can put cornmeal or flour onto your pizza peel. I'm not that coordinated and tend to get cornmeal all over the oven when I slide the pizza in. I like to put a square of parchment paper on the peel, build the pizza on that and slide it all, paper and pizza, onto the stone. After 5 minutes, use the peel to lift the pizza up a bit and remove the parchment paper. Continue cooking until the pizza is done, probably another 5 minutes or so. Remove it with the peel.
If you like a crispy crust, let the pizza cool on a baking rack so air gets under it. Otherwise, slide it onto your cutting board and let it cool a few minutes before you slice it.
The choice of toppings and sauces is limited only by your imagination, as they say. Every now and then I make a white pizza but I usually stick with a red sauce. Last night I just heated up a can of tomato sauce seasoned with some salt and a dried Italian mix of herbs plus some red pepper flakes. In the summer, I've been known to just thinly slice fresh tomatoes from the garden and build the pizza on top of them.
Lately, I've been playing with precooking some of the topping ingredients, like mushrooms and onions. I've also been cooking pepperoni slices a bit. This releases some of the grease and gives the pepperoni and nice crispy texture. I've done the same with salami and chicken apple sausage slices. Bulk Italian sausage I always precook before putting on the pizza.
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Microphalera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae. Its only species, Microphalera grisea, is found in Japan and Taiwan. Both the genus and species were first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885.

The wingspan is 28–43 mm.

Subspecies
Microphalera grisea grisea (Japan)
Microphalera grisea yoshimotoi Kishida, 1984 (Taiwan)

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Notodontidae
Moths described in 1885
Moths of Japan
Moths of Taiwan
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Plasmodium malariae is een eencellige en een van de vijf soorten Plasmodium die malaria bij de mens veroorzaken. P. malariae is verantwoordelijk voor de goedaardige malariavariant "Malaria quartana".
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Radom is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Masovian Voivodeship.  It elects nine members of the Sejm.

The district has the number '17' for elections to the Sejm and is named after the city of Radom.  It includes the counties of Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, and Zwoleń, and the city county of Radom.

List of members

2019-2023

Footnotes

Electoral districts of Poland
Masovian Voivodeship
Radom


H. E the Governor Fahim Yassin Twaha has this morning 4th April 2019 flagged off the 105 tonnes seeds distribution exercise at the County headquarter Mokowe. The seeds to be distributed include : maize, rice, sorghum and green grams.
Lamu County Government has bought 46 tonnes of seeds comprising of sorghurm, millet, maize and cow peace.
Residents in witu ward will soon be relieved from the acute shortage of water after a request was initiated by Lamu county government to the national drought management authority NDMA who secured funding for construction of a dam.
Governor Lamu County H.E Fahim Yassin Twaha today 14th November 2018 presided on a ground breaking ceremony for the maternal shelter at Witu Dispensary Witu Ward.
Lamu County Government takes an efficient turn on public lighting.
H.E Governor FahimTwaha and C.E.O KPLC Eng. Jared Othieno have today signed an MoU on Street lighting project at KPLC headquarters in Mombasa this Afternoon.
"kila nyumba iungwe maji safi ya kunywa" hiyo ni kauli yake Gavana wa Lamu Mh. Fahim Twaha. Eneo bunge la Lamu Mashariki ni moja wapo ya maeneo yanayo shuhudia tatizo la maji tamu ya mfereji.


This is the second portion of this article responding to writing by Daniel Krawisz of the Nakamoto Institute. I recommend starting with his piece, found here, and then the first portion of this article, found here, before reading this.
At the end of the first piece, after attempting to demonstrate that the unstable potential equilibrium of multiple, equally-useful currencies is actually a self-stabilizing system thanks to the expected risk-averse behaviors of major participants, I said that this second part would explain how the necessary conditions for that could occur. After all, in order for the proposed self-sustaining equilibrium to be relevant, there must first be two (or more) currencies that are approximately equal in market capitalization and liquidity, and also universally accepted. Let's start with that last one – acceptance.
1. Cryptocurrencies are a nascent and growing marketplace as a medium of exchange (we're currently exiting this status).
2. Cryptocurrencies begin to gain mass-market usability. Solutions are created (such as the Xapo or Coinsis debit card) that allow ordinary users to go full-cryptocurrency without cutting themselves out of large sections of the marketplace. This creates a virtuous cycle of increasing the asset price of cryptocurrencies and of increasing the number of transactions that can be performed without converting cryptocurrencies back into traditional currencies. This slowly creates a closed-loop system, which is nearly impregnable, from an economic standpoint. This in turn promotes further merchant adoption of cryptocurrencies (as their suppliers are beginning to accept it, and so it also promotes merchants entering the closed loop) – they see someone else (Xapo or Coinsis) cutting into their margins, and naturally they will move to take the margins back for themselves. Coinsis, Xapo, and other similar businesses will inevitably lose steam and fade to irrelevance – their only true purpose is to act as a bridge between step one and three. Not to say they aren't good and relevant businesses – just that they are time-limited by the inevitability of Bitcoin.
3. Cryptocurrencies become the default medium of exchange globally thanks to their impressive and varied advantages over traditional currencies (lack of inflation, lack of middlemen, increased speed, peer-to-peer nature, increased security, ano(pseudo)nymity).
Now, as for how a second cryptocurrency could emerge to match Bitcoin? Let's start by eliminating one option: Bitcoin's failure. Obviously, if Bitcoin runs into a serious and unsolvable systemic issue of some kind, something else would replace it. Let's ignore that possibility, and assume that Bitcoin succeeds.
2. Buy an altcoin and propel its market cap to or above Bitcoin's.
Essentially, these are a low-risk and a high-risk option, within the risk spectrum of a cryptocurrency investment. Bitcoin is a lower risk; the altcoin is a higher one. I'd argue that the altcoin is enough of a higher reward to justify the risk, at least for some entities.
This can happen very, very quickly, and it's an extraordinarily powerful play, as well. If it can be sustained, it's a very profitable investment to begin with – sending the coin up in value 50-100x from where it was when the entity was buying it off market. It also sets up for a very strong future – Bitcoin is greatly undervalued at current, and a rival cryptocurrency would be similarly undervalued.
There is a time limit to this, though. If Bitcoin's next bubble takes it up to a stable market cap of $35-45BN, it would be hard for a single entity to accomplish this feat. They would have to act quite quickly – or already have acted.
I'm interested to hear why this would or would not be a workable plan, so please sound off in the comments if you have an opinion! Just remember, economics is not about ethics – if someone is doing this, they're doing it for profit, not for justice.
I just started using Bitcoin a few months ago and have been learning about all of this, so I could easily be off-base with my comments.
One problem I see for BTC is its volatility is keeping it from general acceptance. This volatility also forces most merchants to immediately exchange BTC to fiat. I don't know how stability could be achieved, maybe tying the price somehow to some kind of global index? That's a question for the economists, but I thought I'd take a shot at it anyway.
I think there's room for several crypto currencies. It could be that some are specialized, ie, colored coins. I think that your scenario of Acoin and Bcoin is not far away and people would then choose which they were more comfortable using, depending on the advantages they perceive between the coins. Several coins could be in our future, the only limits being our imaginations and acceptance of the coins created.
Merely because someone accepts a payment in a specific currency does not mean that the are indifferent to how they hold their assets. I can, for example, use my EUR-denominated debit card to by goods from all over the world, but the merchants prefer to hold their local currency.


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ALC-0159 — химическое соединение, конъюгат полиэтиленгликоля (ПЭГ) и липида (синтетический ПЭГилированный липид). Представляет собой N,N-димиростиламид 2-гидроксиуксусной кислоты. Цепь полиэтиленгликоля состоит из 45-46 мономеров — этиленоксидов — с молекулярой массой ок. 2 кДа. Является компонентом липидной смеси в составе липидных наночастиц в вакцине против COVID-19 Тозинамеран, созданной в сотрудничестве Pfizer и BioNTech. Основным компонентом частиц является ALC-0315.

См. также
 Твёрдые липидные наночастицы
 ALC-0315

Примечания

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 Assessment report, Comirnaty, Common name: COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (nucleoside-modified); Procedure No. EMEA/H/C/005735/0000 — gives structural formula for the compound (p. 24)

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A joint venture between White Oak Realty Partners and Angelo Gordon & Co. has agreed to buy 200 W. Jackson Blvd. Photo from CoStar Group Inc.
White Oak Realty Partners LLC is paying about $85 million for a 28-story office tower in downtown Chicago that could have a large hole to fill in three years.
A joint venture between Rosemont-based White Oak and New York-based Angelo Gordon & Co. has agreed to buy the 487,624-square-foot building at 200 W. Jackson Blvd., according to people familiar with the transaction. An exact price could not be determined, but it is believed to be about $85 million, or nearly $175 per square foot.
It would be the first downtown office acquisition for White Oak, which former Fifield Cos. executive Richard Blum formed in 2009. White Oak has pursued other office deals in downtown Chicago, where competition from other investors has intensified over the past year or so. Sales of downtown office buildings totaled $3.25 billion last year, the most since 2007.
Amid rising values downtown, some investors have sought bargains in the suburbs or targeted lease-up challenges in the Loop — or, in White Oak's case, both.
At 200 W. Jackson, the White Oak venture will take over a tower that's about 12 percent vacant, according to real estate data provider CoStar Group Inc. That's below the 14.7 percent overall vacancy rate downtown in the first quarter, down slightly from 14.9 percent a year earlier, according to Los Angeles-based CBRE Inc.
But White Oak faces the possibility of online payday lender Enova International Inc., which fills about a third of the building, moving out when its lease expires in 2017. Enova, owned by Fort Worth, Texas-based Cash America International Inc. and expected to be spun off into a publicly traded company this year or next, leases about 160,000 square feet at 200 W. Jackson and is considering options for a new lease of about 200,000 square feet, according to sources. One option is for Enova to stay and grow at 200 W. Jackson.
Amid the uncertainty surrounding Enova, the tower's owners several months ago hired Stephen Livaditis, senior managing director at New York-based Eastdil Secured LLC, to seek a sale.
Angelo Gordon Managing Director Adam Schwartz declined to comment, and Mr. Blum did not return calls.
The tower last sold for $71.5 million in 2007 to a venture of New York-based Apollo Real Estate Advisors L.P. John Murphy, president of Chicago-based MB Real Estate Services LLC, who has been an investor in the property since 2003, maintained a minority stake in the sale.
Apollo was later renamed Area Property Partners L.P., which was acquired in 2013 by Los Angeles-based Ares Management LLC.
Area and Mr. Murphy refinanced 200 W. Jackson in 2012, replacing a maturing $57.5 million securitized loan with a $58.5 million mortgage.
Mr. Murphy declined to comment. A spokesman for Ares and Mr. Livaditis did not return calls.
White Oak and Angelo Gordon were part of a venture that bought the Central Park of Lisle office complex in the western suburb for $80 million in 2010, and sold it for $116.3 million to New York-based Blackstone Group L.P. in December after another deal with another buyer fell apart.
Another venture of White Oak and Angelo Gordon also : http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20140506/CRED03/140509876/rosemonts-columbia-centre-office-complex-for-sale is looking to sell the Columbia Centre complex in Rosemont, which it bought for $37 million in 2011.
White Oak's other investments include the 351-unit Arkadia apartment tower in the West Loop and a five-story office building in north suburban Northbrook.


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Our secondary students have a separate chapel from our elementary to provide age-appropriate, timely, and engaging teachings. Our student-led worship team kicks off each chapel with songs of praise and worship followed by a message from God's Word.
Our leadership trips are designed to help students grow spiritually and relationally as they get stretched out of their comfort zones.
Our freshmen leadership trip focuses on team building and gaining a deeper understanding of each other and their individual gifts and callings.
Sophomores and juniors take a three day retreat to a local Christian camp. They are challenged to consider the influence and legacy that they have and will have in their communities.
Seniors spend about a week exploring, experiencing, and celebrating God's creation in Northern Arizona. We partner with Christian ministries in the area to see evidence of ancient people groups, extinct volcanoes, and the Grand Canyon. While touring these sites we spend time getting hands-on experience with God's creation as well as the redemption of it.
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A short amount of time is set apart each day for Eagle Time. Secondary students are divided by house groups run by staff members. These groups are paired with our three guiding values of Love, Learn, and Lead, and are named after our character awards: Barnabas, Peter, and Nehemiah.
Eagle Time is different each day consisting of activities such as weekly group competitions, prayer time, check points, devotions, and time spent mentoring younger classes.
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Faith Christian School events are designed to give the opportunity for our students to connect and make memories with their peers.
Fall Fling is a high school only event hosted by Student Council. Fall Fling typically takes place in October. It is a more casual event where you might see a lot of matching flannels, group games, and good food.
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Picknickers 'destroying' Britain's bluebells say conservationists
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People looking for picture perfect picnics are "destroying" some of Scotland's most spectacular bluebell displays, conservationists have claimed.
Around half of all bluebells in the world are found in the UK, and carpets of the violet blue native flowers are about to hit their peak across Scotland.
But the charity Woodland Trust Scotland has warned that trampling and posing for photos on the displays is threatening the flowers for future years and spoiling the views for others.
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The Trust has now issued advice, encouraging the public to "enjoy not destroy" Scotland's delicate bluebells.
George Anderson of Woodland Trust Scotland said: "Trampling has become a major problem. People are threatening the future of the very flowers they have come to enjoy.
"It does seem we are having a particularly bad year for carelessness at some woods. Bluebells will be reaching their peak across Scotland in the coming week. We absolutely encourage people to get out and enjoy what is one of our great natural spectacles. But Enjoy them, don't destroy them.
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"Social media and photo sharing sites may be compounding the problem in some locations. Stunning images quickly spread online, with location information attached.
"This can generate many more visitors who want to get the same shot. That's fine if everyone acts responsibly, but the danger is that trampling increases as the number of visitors goes up.
"This can escalate to cause the worst damage at the most impressive sites. It is heartbreaking.
"Tramping spoils the bluebell experience for other visitors as the carpet of blue is broken up by flattened areas. But it also threatens the survival of the plants in the long term. They have a brief few weeks to replenish their store of energy from the sun."
Issues have already been reported at sites including Kinclaven bluebell wood in Perthshire, although the Woodland Trust said there were problems at many of its sites. In one reported instance, a family waded into bluebells and threw a blanket over a
substantial area to enjoy a picnic.
Seagulls running rings around beleaguered Scots football club
The Trust, which owns and cares for 60 sites covering more than 8000 hectares, has now issued advice to visitors to stay on formal permanent paths through bluebell sites, and not make new routes through the flowers or follow trails made by others.


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All trade agreements come with predictions of new jobs for Americans, but those promises are always empty. Obama said our free-trade deal with Korea would be a major job creator, but after it went into effect, sales of U.S. goods fell and imports from Korea rose. When you hear someone say TPP will create jobs, hold on to your wallet.
Chinese companies are already investing heavily in Vietnam to gain duty-free access to the American market under TPP and destroy the textile, shrimp, and catfish industries in the Southeast, a region that voted against Obama.
We're also told TPP shows our Asian allies we're serious about confronting China. But it would actually weaken the U.S. As the Chinese People's Liberation Army uses every means possible to infiltrate our command and control systems, TPP bans Buy American policies that require crucial equipment for our troops be produced in the U.S. We don't need TPP to stop China's military expansion – we need to tell the same crowd pushing TPP to stop transferring their capital and technology to that communist dictatorship.
I know that what West says about the Korea US Free Trade agreement is correct. As soon as it passed, the U.S. Korea trade deficit started to expand.
I am very pleased that this issue is getting play on Breitbart. Alan West could be waking up the Tea Party to the fact that the Democrat and Republican establishments are trading away our children's future.


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(c)	Send messages to users entering/exiting or dwelling in created geo-fenced locations
(d)	Authorise Staff Members to access and use UgoRound;
(e)	Create push messages, emails and sms messages
(f)	Manage, monitor and update communications sent
(g)	View a record of all staff communication activities within their UgoRound platform
D.2	The Organisation agrees that:
(a)	It has in place a current and compliant privacy policy covering how it handles personal information, including privacy information and health information;
(b)	It shall only use UgoRound for its intended purpose as set out in this Agreement;
(c)	It shall comply with all anti-SPAM legislation in its jurisdiction;
(d)	It is solely responsible for the use of any information uploaded or input into UgoRound by any Staff Member; and
(e)	It grants UgoRound Australia a royalty free licence to use any Organisation Identifier in any form, media or technology for the purpose of promoting or marketing UgoRound
(f)	It's licence to use UgoRound, as provided for in the General Conditions and any contractual agreement/s is binding and is subject the payment of all necessary Fees.
D.3	Registration:
(a)	Any person who registers an Organisation on UgoRound warrants he or she is an authorised representative of that Organisation, with the requisite authority to bind the Organisation to this Agreement.
E.	STAFF MEMBER TERMS OF USE
E.1	Staff Members enrolled and invited by an Organization agree:
(a)	To use UgoRound in accordance with the rights and obligations of the Organisation that authorises their access
(b)	To not upload copyrighted photographs or photograph people without their consent to do so; or upload material of a pornographic, offensive, abusive or destructive intent;
(c)	Staff Members acknowledge that UgoRound accepts no responsibility for content sent as a report or shared via the share options on a smart phone;
(d)	Staff Members acknowledge all reports sent will be received by operators at UgoRound Australia Pty Ltd headquarters and/or country office locations;
(e)	Staff Members acknowledge that the UgoRound reporting tool does not replace your cities current emergency services contact system, and that any life threatening or security situation should be communicated direct to relevant authorities;
(f)	Staff Members acknowledge and understand messages sent and intended to be triggered via a geo-fence may only be received if their smartphone has enabled location based services and that there is a sufficiently strong GPS or Wi-Fi service available;
(g)	Staff Members acknowledge that their location and movement data may be tracked by the Administrators of the Organizations and by accepting an invite to join a group, your agreement may or may not have been obtained by the organization and use of the smartphone app therefore implies consent;
(h)	Staff Members acknowledge that if they turn off location based services or are not in a cellular or Wi-Fi service zone, that UgoRound will not be responsible for any messages or information not received
F.	CITIZEN TERMS OF USE
F.1	Citizen Users agree that:
(a)	Users under 18 years old but over 13 years old have been authorised by their Parents/Caregivers to use the smartphone app.
(b)	Users who wish to use the reporting tool will not upload or photograph people without their consent to do so, or upload material of a pornographic, offensive, abusive or destructive intent;
(c)	Users acknowledge that UgoRound accepts no responsibility for content sent as a report or shared via the share options on a smart phone;
(d)	Users acknowledge all reports sent will be received by operators at UgoRound Australia Pty Ltd headquarters or country office locations;
(e)	Users understand that reports sent via the reporting tool may be delayed by up to 48hrs before being sent to relevant authorities;
(f)	Users acknowledge that the UgoRound reporting tool does not replace your cities current emergency services contact system, and that any life threatening or security situation should be communicated direct to relevant authorities;
(g)	Users acknowledge and understand messages sent and intended to be triggered via a geo-fence may only be received if their smartphone has enabled location based services and that there is a sufficiently strong GPS or WiFi service available;
(h)	Users acknowledge any advice, instruction, warning, news, or any other information received may be sent by Agencies and Organizations using the UgoRound Platform and the message will describe in the detailed section from whom the message has been sent.
G.	ELECTRONIC AUTHORITY
G.1	The User agrees that
(a)	when you download the Smartphone App that your consent, authority or agreement to use UgoRound is so implied and accepted as an electronic transaction and warrants that such transaction shall be binding on the party;
(b)	The User is under no obligation to use the app or follow warnings, instructions, messages or any other notification received by any Organization using the platform;
(c)	Delete App at any time;
(d)	Disable location based services at any time
H.	VERIFICATION
H.1	The Administrator of the Organization is solely responsible for verifying the identity of any staff member or group member enrolled to use the system;
I.	TERM & LIMITATIONS
I.1	Term.
The Organizations license to access UgoRound shall be ongoing until terminated by either party in accordance with this Agreement.
I.2	Limitations on Use. UgoRound may limit or restrict access to UgoRound from time-to-time as it sees fit, including (but not limited to):
(a)	Entities. UgoRound may restrict access only to reputable and/or registered Organisations; and
(b)	Location. UgoRound may restrict access to UgoRound to certain jurisdictions where it is able to offer UgoRound.
J.	REGISTRATION
J.1	Registration.
(a)	The User must register able staff members in UgoRound to use UgoRound.
(b)	UgoRound may set any registration requirements in its absolute discretion.
K.	CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
K.1	UgoRound will keep confidential all information that it becomes aware of regarding the User's:
(a)	Personal information;
(b)	Student/Child information; and
(c)	Business, employees and contractors;
L.	TERMINATION
L.1	Either party may end this Agreement at any time by 30 days' written notice to the other party.
L.2	Where UgoRound terminates this Agreement without cause, it shall provide a pro-rata refund for any fees paid in advance.
M.	DISCLAIMER – THIRD PARTY SERVICES
M.1	The User acknowledges that UgoRound is dependent on third-party services, including but not limited to banks, credit card providers, BPAY and telecommunications services.
M.2	The User agrees that UgoRound shall not be responsible or liable in any way for interruptions to the availability of UgoRound due to third-party services.
N.	GENERAL
N.1	Governing Law. New South Wales, Australia
N.2	Reference City. Sydney.
1	EFFECT OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1.1	The parties may agree to any Special Conditions to this Agreement in writing. Where the parties make such Special Conditions those Special Conditions shall prevail over any inconsistency with any other provisions of this Agreement.
1.	BACKGROUND
1.1	The User wishes to access UgoRound provided by UgoRound Australia.
1.2	The terms and conditions in this Agreement govern the provision of UgoRound to the User by UgoRound Australia.
2.	INTERPRETATION
2.1	The following definitions apply in this document:
(a)	ABN means Australian Business Number.
(b)	ACN means Australian Company Number.
(c)	Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which banks are open for general banking business in the Reference City set out in item L of the Particulars.
(d)	Commencement Date means the date set out in this Agreement.
(e)	Confidential Information means all information (whether or not it is described as confidential) in any form or medium concerning any past, present or future business, operations or affairs of either party, including, without limitation:
i	All technical or non-technical data, formulae, patterns, programs, devices, methods, techniques, plans, drawings, models and processes, source and object code, software and computer records;
ii	All business and marketing plans and projections, details of agreements and arrangements with third parties, and customer and supplier information and lists;
iii	All financial information, pricing schedules and structures, product margins, remuneration details and investment outlays;
iv	All information concerning any employee, customer, contractor, supplier or agent of the relevant party;
v	The party's policies and procedures; and
vi	All information contained in this document, But excludes information that the other party can establish:
vii	Is known by or is in the other party's possession or control other than through a breach of this document and is not subject to any obligation of confidence; or
viii	Is in the public domain other than by a breach of this document or any obligations of confidence.
(f)	Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
(g)	Fees means the fees and charges as set out in Services Agreement as the Particulars.
(h)	Force Majeure means an event or cause beyond the reasonable control of the party claiming force majeure. It includes each of the following, to the extent it is beyond the reasonable control of that party:
i	Act of God, lightning, storm, flood, fire, earthquake or explosion cyclone, tidal wave, landslide, adverse weather conditions;
ii	Act of public enemy, war (declared or undeclared), terrorism, sabotage, blockade, revolution, riot, insurrection, civil commotion, epidemic;
iii	The effect of any change in applicable laws, orders, rules or regulations of any government or other competent authority; and
iv	Embargo, inability to obtain necessary materials, equipment or facilities, or power or water shortage.
(i)	General Conditions means the terms and conditions set out in the section of this Agreement entitled "General Conditions".
(j)	GST has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
(k)	Intellectual Property means all copyright, patents, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, product formulations, designs, circuit layouts, databases, registered or unregistered trademarks, brand names, business names, domain names and other forms of intellectual property;
(l)	Intellectual Property Rights means, for the duration of the rights in any part of the world, any Moral Rights, industrial or intellectual property rights, whether registrable or not, including in respect of Intellectual Property, applications for the registration of any Intellectual Property and any improvements, enhancements or modifications to any Intellectual Property registrations.
(m)	Health Information has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act.
(n)	Moral Rights means:
i	Moral rights pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth);
ii	Or any rights analogous to the rights set out in Article 6bis of the Berne Convention for Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886 (as amended from time to time).
(o)	Particulars means this Agreement's details and variables set out in the section of this Agreement entitled "Particulars".
(p)	Pricing	means the pricing set out in this Agreement or as notified to the User in writing by UgoRound Australia from time-to-time.
(q)	Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1989 (Cth).
(r)	Privacy Policy means the Privacy Policy of UgoRound Australia.
(s)	Solution means the solution described in the Particulars.
(t)	Special Conditions means the terms and conditions set out in the section of this agreement entitled "Special Conditions".
(u)	Tax Invoice has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
(v)	User Content means data that is uploaded or input into UgoRound by the User or that forms part of the User's Intellectual Property.
2.2	Headings are only for convenience and do not affect interpretation. The following rules apply unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)	The singular includes the plural and the opposite also applies.
(a)	If a word or phrase is defined, any other grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning.
(b)	A reference to a clause refers to clauses in this Agreement.
(c)	A reference to legislation is to that legislation as amended, re enacted or replaced, and includes any subordinate legislation issued under it.
(d)	Mentioning anything after includes, including, or similar expressions, does not limit anything else that might be included.
(e)	A reference to a party to this Agreement or another agreement or document includes that party's successors and permitted substitutes and assigns (and, where applicable, the party's legal personal representatives).
(f)	A reference to a person, corporation, trust, partnership, unincorporated body or other entity includes any of them.
(g)	A reference to information is to information of any kind in any form or medium, whether formal or informal, written or unwritten, for example, computer software or programs, concepts, data, drawings, ideas, knowledge, procedures, source codes or object codes, technology or trade secrets.
3.	APPLICATION AND DISCLAIMER
3.1	This Agreement applies to use of and access to UgoRound.
(a)	Where the User does not accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the User must immediately cease using UgoRound.
(b)	This Agreement may be updated by UgoRound Australia at its absolute discretion from time-to-time, and unless stated otherwise by UgoRound Australia in writing, such updates shall come into effect for use of UgoRound at the User's next login after the User receives written notice of the update(s).
(c)	UgoRound does not warrant that solution will operate error free or without interruption. In the event of a disruption of service, UgoRound will advise all Administrators of Organmziatios within 24hrs. In no event shall UgoRound be liable for any loss, property damage, personal injury, or death arising from a disruption of service.
4.	SOLUTION
4.1	UgoRound is the product described in the Particulars.
4.2	UgoRound is only accessible to the User for the term set out in the Particulars.
4.3	The User agrees and accepts that UgoRound is:
(a)	Hosted by UgoRound Australia and shall only be installed, accessed and maintained by UgoRound Australia, accessed using the internet or other connection to UgoRound Australia servers and is not available 'locally' from the User's systems; and
(b)	Managed and supported exclusively by UgoRound Australia from UgoRound Australia servers and that no 'back-end' access to UgoRound is available to the User unless expressly agreed in writing.
4.4	As a hosted and managed service, UgoRound Australia reserves the right to upgrade, maintain, tune, backup, amend, add or remove features, redesign, improve or otherwise alter UgoRound.
4.5	UgoRound Australia shall not exercise its rights under clause 4.4 in a manner that would intentionally cause the User to lose access to User Content or fundamentally decrease the utility of UgoRound to the User, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.	LICENSE
5.1	By accepting the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the User is granted a limited, non-exclusive and revocable license to access and use UgoRound for the duration of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
5.2	UgoRound Australia may issue the license to the User on the further terms or limitations (including the number of users or volume of use or transactions) as it sees fit.
5.3	UgoRound Australia may revoke or suspend the User's license(s) in its absolute discretion for any reason that it sees fit, including for breach of the terms and conditions in this Agreement by the User or any of its users. UgoRound Australia will ordinarily advise the User of any suspension or revocation however it is under no obligation to do so.
6.	USE
6.1	The User agrees that it shall only use UgoRound for legal purposes and shall not use it to engage any conduct that is unlawful, immoral, threatening, abusive or in a way that is deemed unreasonable by UgoRound Australia in its discretion.
7.	AUTHORISED USERS
7.1	The User shall authorise users to access UgoRound in its absolute discretion. UgoRound Australia accepts no liability for access to User Content by users authorised by the User or using login details of users authorised by the User.
7.2	The User is solely responsible for the security of its username and password for access to UgoRound.
7.3	In the event the security of the User's username and/or password for access to UgoRound is breached, or the User suspects has been breached, it is the responsibility of the User to change these details on UgoRound.
7.4	The User is responsible for ensuring that users comply with this Agreement in full and are liable for any breach of them.
8.	CUSTOMER DATA
8.1	UgoRound Australia obtains no right, title or interest in User Content including any Intellectual Property found within it. UgoRound Australia accepts no liability for the content of User Content.
8.2	The User is responsible for the accuracy, quality and legality of User Content and the User's acquisition of it, and the users that create, access and/or use User Content.
8.3	Despite clause 8.1 UgoRound Australia shall be authorised to permanently delete User Content where outstanding Fees remain unpaid in accordance with clauses 10 and 11.
8.4	UgoRound Australia shall not access, use, modify or otherwise deal with User Content except where required by compulsion of law or upon the User's authority (such as to provide support for UgoRound).
9.	PRIVACY
9.1	UgoRound Australia maintains the Privacy Policy in compliance with the provisions of the Privacy Act for data that it collects about the User and other customers.
9.2	The Privacy Policy does not apply to how the Organisation handles personal information. It is the Organisation's responsibility to meet the obligations of the Privacy Act by implementing a privacy policy in accordance with law.
9.3	UgoRound Australia makes no warranty as to the suitability of UgoRound in regards to the Organisation's privacy obligations at law or contract, and it is the Organisation's responsibility to determine whether UgoRound is appropriate for the Organisation's circumstances.
9.4	The UgoRound website may use cookies (a small tracking code in your browser) to improve a User's experience while browsing, while also sending browsing information back to UgoRound Australia. The User may manage how it handles cookies in its own browser settings.
10.	FEES
10.1	The User agrees to pay all Fees as and when they fall due and to the extent permissible by law. Fees are non-cancellable and/or non-refundable once ordered or paid.
10.2	UgoRound Australia may introduce new services with corresponding Fees by giving the User written notice of their availability and applicability.
10.3	UgoRound Australia shall maintain all Fees for the term of the licence paid for by the Organisation.
10.4	UgoRound Australia shall notify the User of any changes to existing Fees no less than 14 days before the end of the term of the Organisation's licence.
10.5	UgoRound Australia may revoke or suspend the User's license to access UgoRound for unpaid Fees without liability.
10.6	Where UgoRound Australia:
(a)	Is required to perform any services for the User outside of what is set out in this Agreement or otherwise in writing; and
(b)	Is subject to delays caused by changes or complexities outside of its control (and not caused by its breach of this Agreement); then
The User agrees that UgoRound Australia shall be entitled to charge the User an additional amount that is reasonable for the service performed.
10.7	All transactions are processed in US Dollars;
10.8	GST is applicable to any Fees charged by UgoRound to Users within Australia. Unless expressed otherwise, all Fees shall be deemed exclusive of GST. UgoRound will provide the Member with a Tax Invoice for its payment.
10.9	No refunds of Fees are offered other than as specified in this Agreement or as required by law.
11.	INVOICING & PAYMENTS
11.1	UgoRound Australia shall issue the User a Tax Invoice for all Fees for which GST applies.
11.2	The terms of payment set out in the Fees shall apply.
11.3	Should the User dispute a Tax Invoice, the User must notify UgoRound Australia of the disputed item within 5 Business Days of the date of the Tax Invoice. The User must pay the amount of the Tax Invoice not in dispute within the prescribed payment period.
11.4	Overdue Tax Invoices shall accrue interest at the rate of 1.5% per month, or in default, the maximum rate of penalty interest prescribed under law.
11.5	The User authorises UgoRound Australia to use the User's information for the purposes of obtaining a credit assessment or to otherwise make investigations as to the User's payment history.
12.1	Security. UgoRound Australia takes the security of UgoRound and the privacy of its users very seriously. The User agrees that the User shall not do anything to prejudice the security or privacy of UgoRound Australia's systems or the information on them.
12.2	Transmission. UgoRound Australia shall do all things reasonable to ensure that the transmission of data occurs according to accepted industry standards. It is up to the User to ensure that any transmission standards meet the User's operating and legal requirements.
12.3	Storage. UgoRound Australia may limit the amount of data that the User stores in UgoRound, and shall advise the User of such. Data that is stored with UgoRound Australia shall be stored according to accepted industry standards.
12.4	Backup. UgoRound Australia shall perform backups of its entire systems in as reasonable manner at such times and intervals as is reasonable for its business purposes. UgoRound Australia does not warrant that it is able to backup or recover specific User Content from any period of time unless so stated in writing by UgoRound Australia.
13.	ACCESS
13.1	Solution. By accepting the terms of this Agreement the User agrees that UgoRound Australia shall provide access to the solution to the best of its abilities, however it accepts no responsibility for ongoing access to UgoRound.
14.	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
14.1	Trademarks. UgoRound Australia has moral & registered rights in its trademarks and the User shall not copy, alter, use or otherwise deal in the marks without the prior written consent of UgoRound Australia.
14.2	Proprietary Information. UgoRound may use software and other proprietary systems and Intellectual Property for which UgoRound Australia has appropriate authority to use, and the User agrees that such is protected by copyright, trademarks, patents, proprietary rights and other laws, both domestically and internationally. The User warrants that it shall not infringe on any third-party rights through the use of UgoRound.
14.3	Solution. The User agrees and accepts that UgoRound is the Intellectual Property of UgoRound Australia and the User further warrants that by using UgoRound the User will not:
(a)	Copy UgoRound or the services that it provides for the User's own commercial purposes; and
(b)	Directly or indirectly copy, recreate, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise obtain, modify or use any source or object code, architecture, algorithms contained in UgoRound or any documentation associated with it.
14.4	Content. All content (with the exception of User Content) remains the Intellectual Property of UgoRound Australia, including (without limitation) any source code, ideas, enhancements, feature requests, suggestions or other information provided by the User or any other party with respect to UgoRound.
15.	CONFIDENTIALITY
15.1	The information and classes of information set out in the Particulars are Confidential Information for the purposes of this Agreement. In default, information relating to the business operations, personal information and other information that should be confidential is Confidential Information.
15.2	Each party acknowledges and agrees that:
(a)	The Confidential Information is secret, confidential and valuable to the disclosing party (Discloser);
(b)	It owes an obligation of confidence to the Discloser concerning the Confidential Information;
(c)	It must not disclose the Confidential Information to a third party except as permitted in this Agreement;
(d)	All Intellectual Property rights remain vested in the Discloser but disclosure of Confidential Information does not in any way transfer or assign any rights or interests in the Intellectual Property to the receiving party; and
(e)	Any breach or threatened breach by the receiving party of an obligation under this Agreement may cause the Discloser immediate and irreparable harm for which damages alone may not be an adequate remedy. Consequently the Discloser has the right, in addition to other remedies available at law or in equity, to seek injunctive relief against the receiving party (and its agents, assigns, employees, officers and directors, personally) or to compel specific performance of this clause.
15.3	A party must notify the Discloser in writing, giving full details known to it immediately, when it becomes aware of:
(a)	Any actual, suspected, likely or threatened breach by it of clause 15.1;
(b)	Any actual, suspected, likely or threatened breach by any person of any obligation in relation to the Confidential Information; or
(c)	Any actual, suspected, likely or threatened theft, loss, damage, or unauthorised access, use or disclosure of or to any Confidential Information.
15.4	The receiving party must promptly take all steps that the Discloser may reasonably require and must co-operate with any investigation, litigation or other action of the Discloser or of a related body corporate if there is:
(a)	Any actual, suspected, likely or threatened breach of a term of this Agreement; or
(b)	Any theft, loss, damage or unauthorised access, use or disclosure of or to any Confidential Information that is or was in its possession or control.
16.	LIABILITY & INDEMNITY
16.1	The User agrees that it uses UgoRound at its own risk.
16.2	The User acknowledges that UgoRound Australia is not responsible for the conduct or activities of any user and that UgoRound Australia is not liable for such under any circumstances.
16.3	The User agrees to indemnify UgoRound Australia for any loss, damage, cost or expense that UgoRound Australia may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with the User's use of or conduct in connection with UgoRound, including any breach by the User of these Terms.
16.4	In no circumstances will UgoRound Australia be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential or indirect damages, loss or corruption of data, loss of profits, goodwill, bargain or opportunity, loss of anticipated savings or any other similar or analogous loss resulting from the User's access to, or use of, or inability to use UgoRound or any content, or in any way relating to an experience itself (or the provision or non-provision of an experience), whether based on warranty, contract, tort, negligence, in equity or any other legal theory, and whether or not UgoRound Australia knew or should have known of the possibility of such damage, to business interruption of any type, whether in tort, contract or otherwise.
16.5	Certain rights and remedies may be available under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or similar legislation of other States or Territories and may not be permitted to be excluded, restricted or modified. Apart from those that cannot be excluded, UgoRound Australia and UgoRound Australia's related entities exclude all conditions and warranties that may be implied by law. To the extent permitted by law, UgoRound Australia's liability for breach of any implied warranty or condition that cannot be excluded is restricted, at UgoRound Australia's option to:
(a)	The re-supply of services or payment of the cost of re-supply of services; or
(b)	The replacement or repair of goods or payment of the cost of replacement or repair.
17.	BREACH
17.1	Where a party is in breach of this Agreement, the other party may issue a written notice (Breach Notice) requiring the party in breach that must set out:
(a)	The nature of the breach;
(b)	The provisions of the Agreement that are alleged to have been breached;
(c)	A reasonable timeframe to remedy the breach in no less than 10 Business Days; and
(d)	The action required to remedy the breach.
17.2	Where a party issues a compliant Breach Notice in accordance with clause 17.1, the receiving party shall be required to respond and/or remedy the breach as so set out in the Breach Notice. Failure to respond in writing setting out:
(a)	The steps taken to remedy the breach; or
(b)	Why the party believes it is not in breach as put forward in the Breach Notice,
(c)	Shall not in itself confirm the alleged breach but shall be in itself a breach of this Agreement.
17.3	Failure to remedy a breach set out in a Breach Notice shall be a material breach of this Agreement (Material Breach).
18.1	Breach. Where a party is in Material Breach of this Agreement, the other party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice of termination, which shall become effective 5 Business Days after the date of the notice.
18.2	Insolvency. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately by notice, if either party:
(a)	Stops or suspends or threatens to stop or suspend payment of all or a class of its debts;
(b)	Is insolvent within the meaning of section 95A of the Corporations Act;
(c)	Fails to comply with a statutory demand (within the meaning of section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act) unless:
(d)	The debt to which the statutory demand relates is discharged within 15 Business Days of the date of the failure; or
(e)	The party demonstrates to the satisfaction of the other party (acting reasonably) that it is able to pay all its debts as and when they become due and payable;
(f)	Has an administrator appointed in respect of it;
(g)	Has a controller within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act or similar officer appointed to the whole or a substantial part of its assets or undertaking and that controller or similar officer is not removed within 15 Business Days of the appointment;
(h)	Has an order made or a resolution passed for its winding up or dissolution or it enters into an arrangement, compromise or composition with or assignment for the benefit of its creditors or a class of them;
(i)	Has any security enforced over, or a distress, execution or other similar process levied or served against, the whole or a substantial part of its assets or undertaking; or
(j)	Is subject to any event, which, under the law of any relevant jurisdiction, has an analogous or equivalent effect to any of the events listed above.
18.3	Expiry or termination of this Agreement is without prejudice to and does not affect the accrued rights or remedies of any of the parties arising in any way out of this Agreement up to the date of expiry or termination.
18.4	The rights and obligations under the relevant provisions of clauses 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 21.6 survive termination of this Agreement.
19.	DISPUTES
19.1	All disputes shall be handled in accordance with UgoRound Australia's dispute resolution policy. 19.2	Where UgoRound Australia does not have a relevant dispute resolution policy for a type of dispute, the following process shall apply:
(a)	Negotiation. If there is a dispute between the parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement, then within 5 Business Days of a party notifying the other party of a dispute, senior representatives from each party must meet (or discuss directly via the telephone or internet) and use all reasonable endeavours acting in good faith to resolve the dispute by joint discussions;
(b)	Mediation. If the dispute between the parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement is not resolved within five Business Days of notification of the dispute under Clause 19.1, the parties must agree to submit the dispute to mediation, administered by lawyers engaged in alternative dispute resolution;
(c)	Arbitration. If the dispute between the parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement is not settled by mediation under Clause (b), either party may by written notice to the other refer the dispute to arbitration administered by the Institute of Arbitrators Australia. The arbitrator will be agreed between the parties from a panel suggested by the President of the Institute of Arbitrators Australia or failing Agreement, an arbitrator will be appointed by the President of the Institute of Arbitrators Australia; and
(d)	Court proceedings. A party may not commence court proceedings in relation to a dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement until it has exhausted the procedures in this clause (d) unless the party seeks appropriate injunctive or other interlocutory relief to preserve property or rights or to avoid losses that are not compensable in damages.
20.	FORCE MAJEURE
20.1	If a party is prevented in whole or in part from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement as a result of Force Majeure, it will promptly notify the other party accordingly. The notice must:
(a)	Specify the obligations and the extent to which it cannot perform those obligations;
(b)	Fully describe the event of Force Majeure;
(c)	Estimate the time during which the Force Majeure will continue; and
(d)	Specify the measures proposed to be adopted to remedy or abate the Force Majeure.
20.2	Following a notice of Force Majeure in accordance with clause 20.1 and while the Force Majeure continues, the obligations which cannot be performed because of the Force Majeure will be suspended, other than obligations to pay money that is due and payable.
20.3	The party that is prevented from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement as a result of Force Majeure must remedy the Force Majeure to the extent reasonably practicable and resume performance of its obligations as soon as reasonably possible.
20.4	The party that is prevented from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement as a result of Force Majeure must take all action reasonably practicable to mitigate any loss suffered by the other party as a result of the party's failure to carry out its obligations under this Agreement.
20.5	The term of this Agreement will not be extended by the period of Force Majeure.
21.	ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, AMENDMENT AND ASSIGNMENT
21.1	The words in this clause that are defined in the Electronic Transactions Act 1999 (Cth) have the same meaning.
21.2	The User can direct notices, enquiries, complaints and so forth to UgoRound Australia as set out in this Agreement. UgoRound Australia will notify the User of a change of details from time-to-time.
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After a series of delayed flights, we finally arrived at the city of Chiang Mai. Since I was traveling with my sister and she's always ever so efficient, she made sure we wasted no time touring around the city. From the moment we landed, we already had a private tour guide waiting to take us to one of Chiang Mai's most sacred temples, the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Ideally, we wanted to catch the sunset there. Because the temple is located on top of the Doi Suthep mountain, which is 1053 meters above see level, it offers an incomparable view of the entire city and the most dramatic sunset. Unfortunately though, as all tourists know, things don't always go as planned. Mother Nature just wasn't feeling it that day. The weather was gloomy and it was raining the entire time so we weren't able to catch the sunset nor see the temple's view of Chiang Mai. All we saw was fog. The travel blogger in me wanted to cry.
Despite this, we continued on with the tour. Tourists have the option to climb up the 306 steps to reach the temple or ride the funicular for 20 Baht. We took the latter option since it was already dark and the rain hasn't stopped pouring. If the weather is better, I'd definitely recommend the first option so that you can marvel at the intricately carved mythical Naga (Serpent) Staircase and its surroundings.
Once you get to the first level, you'll see the White Elephant shrine right away. This was built in honor of the White Elephant that chose the temple's location. Legend has it that when a monk named Sumana found a miraculous relic believed to be part of Buddha's shoulder bone, King Kuna built Wat Suan Dok (which means Flower Garden) to house it. While moving the relic into Wat Suan Dok, it miraculously divided itself into two pieces, with each piece growing back to the size of the original. King Kuna felt the second piece of the relic needed its own temple as well so he placed it on a White Elephant and released the elephant into the jungle to look for divine guidance. The elephant climbed and climbed until it reached the peak of Doi Suthep Mountain, trumpeted 3 times, made three counterclockwise circles, and laid down refusing to go any farther before it died at the site. The King took this as a sign and built the temple there in 1383. Now, aside from the White Elephant Shrine, you'll see plenty of other shrines enclosing the main golden pagoda or chedi–like the Shrine of Thao Mahaprom Statue and Shrine of Hermit Statue of Sudeva, along with copper bells, brightly colored murals and a Bodhi tree. Everywhere you look is a visual treat!
The main attraction, however is located on the 2nd floor terrace. At the center of the upper terrace is the picturesque golden pagoda or chedi that enshrines the relic. It greets you with its five-tiered umbrella built in honour of the city's independence from Burma and its union with Thailand. I had to walk around barefoot because it was a scared area but I wasn't really minding my feet getting soaked in the rain. I was in complete awe of the golden chedi and the buddha shrines around it! Seeing all of them upclose felt so unreal! I had to make sure my jaw hasn't dropped to the floor by the end of the tour. If you ever visit Chiang Mai, good or bad weather, make sure you visit this temple. It is a must!
P.S. Be respectful of the dress code. Wear long pants and make sure your shoulders are covered.
สวัสดีและ ความปรารถนาดี I spent four months in Chiang Mai and the surrounding mountains in 2013, and I grew to love the city and people and temples… So many temples there. Visited Wat Phra That Doi Suthep three times. And also Wat Chedi Luang five times…. spending time chatting with monks and taking part in prayers and rituals. All together I probably visited about twenty five temples in the area. Hoping to return later this year, or next year. Long 14 1/2 hour flight from Toronto,Canada to Hong Kong… then 2 1/2 hour flight to Bangkok, then another 1 hour flight to Chiang Mai… I'll be 65 in November… so have to go so while I'm still strong enough to carry my max carry-on size backpack. Yes.. I have taken refuge in the Triple Gem, and taken the Five Precepts. I'm a Buddhist in the Theravada tradition now..
Glad that you like my hometown. Welcome and be our guest again anytime.
In the year BE 2477 (1934 A.D.) at that time the government couldn't raise sufficient money to build the road, so Kruba Srivichai, the most revered monk of Lanna Thai, from Lamphun, Wat Ban Pang, came to Chiang Mai to initiate the road construction project which linked from the foot of the mountain to the site of the pagoda.
Because of the fact that there were more people than needed, Kruba Srivichai requested that workers from each village should contribute only 50 feet in length of road construction. However, due to the increasing number of volunteers, the monk limited the construction to only 10 or 15 feet per village.
It's very wonderful that the road on the mountain which is 11 kilometers long was completed within five months and 22 days without any government fund and in spite of the fact that those days volunteers used only hoes and spaded as their tools; modern machines were not yet available at all.
Wat Prathat Doi Suthep is really a sacred place for Chiang Mai locals. There's a tradition made for 50 years by Chiang Mai University students, esp. freshmen, to walk 14 kms from the university up the mountain to worship the temple. Faculty of Engineering will carry a small stupa and be the first of the parade, while Faculty of Fine Arts will be the last with a long strip fabric to covered the base of the Chedi. There is only one rule: No body get left behind. if your friends tired, you have to help them. If your friend is disabled person, you have to push his/her wheelchair. If your friend cannot walk, you have to carry him/her.
Wow! That's such a cool story, especially about the "nobody gets left behind" part. So enlightening! Thank you for this!!
Wow!!! Everything is gleaming!!! I wouldn't mind getting soaked too if I will be able to see this view!
carried the print on print look so well!! :) Ate diba, be cautious of the dress code but why you and your sissum's shoulder are exposed? hmmn..
The temple… I can't even.. It's so majestic! Everything looks so expensive haha those details, wow! Truly magnificent! This has to be the most majestic temple I've ever seen compared to the ones in Japan and Korea. I mean, I can't really believe all those details! I can't wait to see more of these in your next blog post!
Would you recommend your tour guide? Where can we reach her?
Wow, that is a lovely post, colours are so cool… congrats!!
I love your style.. Have you dream of having a reality series like Rachel Zoe Project or Fashion Bloggers? I think it would be great for you and your fellow bloggers..Hehehe.. Just suggesting..Been so long since I check your blog..
The Co sisters love the hair bun! Matchy-matchy. So cute! This is why having a sister has its perks! You've got really amazing photos Cams given that the weather was gloomy.
Love those photos! I am sorry for your delayed flights and the weather.
Was not expecting such beauty and bombardment of colour!
Woah so beautiful! Your travel diary is always full of information! I jist love it so much :) i love how you walked barefoot even though it was raining! Walang arte arte! Taray! Hahaha LOL!


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ATP Brisbane: Federer opens 2015 with battling win
Roger Federer survived a close call in his first match of the season, needing three sets to reach the Brisbane International quarter-finals.
The 17-time grand slam winner came from a set and a break down to beat Australian wild-card entry John Millman 4-6 6-4 6-3.
"I'm sweating like crazy," Federer said.
The weather was reasonably mild for sub-tropical Brisbane, where Federer lost in the final last year. It was the hot reception from world No.153 Millman that troubled him for a while.
Federer, who had a first-round bye and delayed his opening match until the fifth day of the tournament, made an uncharacteristic 19 unforced errors in the first set and finished with 38 for the match.
Milos Raonic hit 17 aces and didn't face a break point in a 6-3 6-4 win over Mikhail Kukushkin to set up a quarter-final against Sam Groth, who beat Lukasz Kubot 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(3).
Australian wild-card entry James Duckworth progressed with a 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 win over Jarkko Nieminen and will meet Federer in the next round.
"I served well. Finished last year and we definitely thought I could do a lot better with my serve, so we spent a lot of time this off-season on that and I'm happy that it's going well," Raonic said.
The 24-year-old Canadian said he's coming off his best off-season ever, and is ready to make his breakthrough at the grand slam events.
"That's the biggest goal I've set for myself, is to do much better in specifically one major," said Raonic, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals and French Open quarter-finals last year. "I've been in a semi-final now, but I can do much better."
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Ubuntu Linux Gaming Performance Rivals Windows 8.1
by Paul Lilly — Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 10:15 AM EDT
When Windows Vista first came out, it was plagued by problems, including performance issues and compatibility woes (most of which were resolved with the first Service Pack). At the time, there were some who predicted that Linux would supplant Windows as the mainstream OS. That didn't happen, of course, partly because SP1 solved most of Vista's issues, and also because user friendly versions of Linux weren't quite ready to hold Aunt Mabel by the hand. Plus, it wasn't the platform of choice for gamers.
Are we on the verge of a revolution now? Probably not, but Linux has definitely improved in every area since those days. What's more, gaming support and performance is fast becoming center stage, especially with Valve making such a hard push with its SteamOS platform and Steam Machines initiative.
If you're rooting for Linux, there are encouraging signs. The folks at Phoronix compared gaming performance on Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit and compared it to Windows 8.1 64-bit. The test system consisted of an Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell processor, ECS Z87H3-A2X Extreme motherboard, 16GB of RAM, and a 240GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. They tested a variety of video cards ranging from an NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT all the way up to an AMD Radeon R9 270X.
What they found through a battery of tests is that gaming performance on Ubuntu is somewhat comparable with Windows 8.1, generally speaking. Windows 8.1 came out ahead more often than Ubuntu, and sometimes by a large margin, but Ubuntu managed to steal a few wins, too. Across the board, many of the graphs were neck-and-neck.
The takeaway here is that even though Windows 8.1 is still a superior gaming platform, Ubuntu shows it can hold its own. If developers start optimizing for Linux, it could be a whole new ball game out there.
Tags: Gaming, Microsoft, Linux, Ubuntu, Canonical, NASDAQ:MSFT, Windows 8.1


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Fifty years ago Porsche brought the mid-engine from the racetrack to series production with the 914. The latest incarnations of the engine in front of the rear axle include the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and the 718 Boxster Spyder.
Even before it can be seen, the sound is effervescent. It first emerges as a muffled, bubbling rumble that makes the air vibrate. Then comes the ever-brighter crescendo—a bombastic symphony of the sort that only a six-cylinder, naturally aspirated engine can will into being. Brawny. Crisp. Emotional at higher engine speeds. Fractions of a second later, it bolts out of the corner on the test track in Weissach: the most powerful, fastest of its kind, with the potential of an über-Porsche and half a century of tradition in the trunk—the epitome of the mid-engine concept that Porsche took from the track to series production fifty years ago. "The mid-engine sports cars from Porsche possess charming character traits that haven't changed to this day," says Andreas Preuninger, director of GT cars. The driver and passenger sit "closer to the machine," making the driving experience even more emotional. "To my mind, those are critical factors in the success of our mid-engine sports cars."
Until 1969, there was no question about it; series vehicles from Porsche had their engine in the back. But that changed abruptly with the Porsche 914, that boldly drawn, boxy Targa with the removable roof and the hip, pop-up headlights. Like a race car, the 914 kept its four- or six-cylinder boxer engine in front of the rear axle, around which Porsche head designer Heinrich Klie tailored a body that's undeniably radical. The 914 is eighteen centimeters shorter than the 911 S from the model year 1967, but the wheelbase is nearly twenty-four centimeters longer. At 1.23 meters high, it's nine centimeters lower than the 911 and four centimeters wider. The result: an exceptionally low center of gravity with reduced weight. Even the bullish 914/6 with the 110 hp, two-liter, six-cylinder boxer engine from the 911 T weighs in at just 980 kilograms, while the center of mass shifts to the middle of the car. All of which, taken together, made the 914—even with 80 hp—an agile, sprightly driving machine by the standards of the day, pressed to the road like a board. With the four-cylinder models, the ignition lock is on the right and the handbrake to the left of the driver's seat.
Face to face: the 718 Cayman GT4 and the fifty-year-old 914/6
"Mid-engine sports cars have always been at their best on narrow and curvy roads," says Jan Roth. The director of the 718 model range sums it up succinctly: "Extremely light on its feet and agile." Exactly 115,631 units of the 914/4 were built at Karmann in Osnabrück through 1976. Meanwhile, 3,338 units of the 914/6 top model came directly from Zuffenhausen until 1972, as did eleven of the Porsche 916 with up to 210 hp, twelve 914/6 GT for racing, and two prototypes with eight-cylinder racing engines—specially built for Ferdinand Piëch and Ferry Porsche.
The 914 was initially something of a rarity—the fruit of a collaboration between Volkswagen and Porsche that ended almost as soon as it began. Today the mid-engine sports car is celebrated as an emblem of a time in which the cars' Signal Orange found its way into the bathroom decor of the middle class, skirts got shorter, sideburns longer, and the hems on pants expanded to colossal diameters. Yet the 914 was never about fashion. Indeed, the mid-engine concept was used as early as the 1930s. Ferdinand Porsche incorporated it in the Auto-Union Type 22 race car in 1934. In Porsche's first sports car, the 356 "No. 1" Roadster of 1948, the four-cylinder was positioned in front of the rear axle, which was aligned centrally with the transmission. But the two-seater convertible didn't offer Ferry Porsche enough storage space. For the coupe model, the engine therefore shifted to the back, making space for emergency seats and luggage—the birth of the classic Porsche.
The GT4 and the Spyder can also be driven without activating vehicle stability control system
The mid-engine idea ignited the Porsche legend. Racing-mad Americans venerated the 550 Spyder. The stunning aluminum two-seater with its initial 110 hp and later 135 hp, vertical-shaft, four-cylinder engine, came to epitomize its era. James Dean—the rebel, cult figure, forever young—perished in one. For the mid-engine 904, officially the 904 Carrera GTS, Porsche first had to build one hundred street-legal units in order to race it. Due to demand, the final number was 116. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed the artificial resin bodyshell of the 904—design history. Of the Carrera GTS, it was later said to have put its stamp on an era of racing.
And yet, after the end of 914 production, the mid-engine concept was put on ice for two decades at Porsche. Zuffenhausen concentrated on four-cylinder transaxle sports cars like the 924, 928, 944, and 968—until the Boxster celebrated its world premiere in 1996. Its water-cooled, six-cylinder engine was positioned before the rear axle, and the gritty sound and exceptional driving characteristics of the roadster caused an immediate stir. In 2005, the coupe version was launched with the Cayman. "Of course," says Jan Roth in looking back, "the decision in favor of the mid-engine in the 1990s was also influenced by the desire to distinguish the Boxster from the 911. In addition to the visibly different concept, the more balanced weight distribution and having the weight centered in the middle of the vehicle creates sophisticated driving dynamics that can be experienced." The Boxster and Cayman were a hit. The year 2016 saw the launch of the fourth generation of the model range. The new model designation 718 recalls the 550 Spyder from the 1950s and subsequent 718 models. Four-cylinder engines are used as they were back then, albeit turbocharged in this case.
Hungry for every curve: The Porsche 718 Spyder
This year brings the crowning achievement: the 718 Cayman GT4 and the 718 Boxster Spyder. Once again, the Cayman GT4 will feature a high-revving, six-cylinder, naturally aspirated GT engine. It's even more powerful than the predecessor model and also propels the Boxster Spyder, which together with the suspension and the stability control, resembles an open GT4. "We build both cars for true fans, for racers and purists who have waited for these models and whom we don't need to persuade of the benefits of the mid-engine concept," emphasizes Andreas Preuninger. "They don't buy a 718 GT4 or 718 Spyder because of their stats, but out of pure devotion."
Hungry for every curve and optimised for the racetrack
The 718 family welcomes new members: with the new 718 Spyder and the 718 Cayman GT4, Porsche introduces two particularly emotional and powerful top models to claim top spot in the model series.
The coupe and convertible set off a fireworks display of technical refinements. The completely redesigned four-liter boxer engine, now 420 hp strong (309 kW; fuel consumption combined 10.9 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 249 g/km), adopts important components from the new 911, including its electronics. The selective cylinder control cuts out three of the six combustion chambers during constant cruising, thereby lowering consumption considerably. Particle filters help comply with current emissions standards.
The Spyder in particular ups the ante notably with the chassis, which—like the GT4—is based on many lightweight aluminum components from the 911 GT3 and the Cup race car. Newly developed ultra-high-performance tires ensure even greater grip with special rubber mixtures. And the Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and Porsche Stability Management (PSM) driving dynamics systems are precisely adapted to work in lockstep with the new features. And, as in all GT models from Porsche, they can be completely switched off as well. Optional ceramic brakes reduce the unsprung masses per wheel by up to 4.75 kilograms, or almost 50 percent.
The aerodynamics are part of the performance. The mid-engine concept offers sufficient space in the back for a diffuser channel, which improves the GT4's downforce by 25 percent and cuts the Spyder's lift by half—without increasing drag. It is what Markus Atz, project manager for motorsport GT street vehicles, refers to as "aerodynamic efficiency."
The four-liter, six-cylinder, naturally aspirated engine of the 718 Cayman GT4 and the 718 Boxster Spyder are even more powerful than the engine of the predecessor model
And the exceptional handling characteristics that once defined the 914? "Thanks to the modern suspension kinematics and the high grip of the tires, mid-engine sports cars like the GT4 or Spyder drive like they're from another planet, even without vehicle stability control systems activated," says Atz with a wry grin. "Fifty years of continuous development do pay off."
The 718 Spyder
The 718 Cayman GT4
Design sketches of the 718 Spyder and 718 Cayman GT4
Impressions of the new Porsche 718 Spyder
Optimised for the racetrack: The 718 Cayman GT4
718 Spyder, infographic, 2019, Porsche AG
718 Cayman GT4, infographic, 2019, Porsche AG
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With the new 718 Spyder and the 718 Cayman GT4, Porsche introduces two top models to claim top spot in the model series.
New Cayman GT4 Clubsport with natural-fibre body parts
Three years after the premiere of the first Cayman GT4 Clubsport, Porsche now unveils its successor.
Porsche runs Cayman GT4 Clubsport as course car
The Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport will run ahead of the starter field at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland.
The new Porsche 718 T – maximum driving pleasure
With the 718 T, Porsche has transferred the puristic design of the 1968 911 T to its range of two-seater sports cars.
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ANS Nuclear Cafe Matinee: Radiation Belt Storm Probes
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission is scheduled for launch early on Thursday morning, August 30. How and why? An ANS Nuclear Cafe double feature matinee:
Quite a lot of fascinating "right stuff" goes into getting a scientific mission into orbit. A behind-the-scenes look at Radiation Belt Storm Probes launch preparation:
Once these dual satellites are in orbit, the mission will allow us to better understand fundamental radiation and particle acceleration processes throughout the universe. So, what are the Van Allen Radiation belts, and what will the Radiation Belt Storm Probes do there?
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