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Gary Cooper’s Quiet Journey of Faith

“I know,” Cooper announced as he lay dying, “that what is happening is God’s will. I am not afraid of the future.”

* “Gary Cooper’s Quiet Journey of Faith,” by Mary Claire Kendall, Forbes, 05/13/13 (http://www.forbes.com/sites/maryclairekendall/2013/05/13/gary-coopers-quiet-journey-of-faith/#50921a898a56). See also GARY COOPER:  AMERICAN HERO by Jeffrey Meyers, 1998.

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Sugar Doesn’t Just Feed Cancer Cells, It Produces Them

Halloween and the holiday season are approaching. That means lots of candy for some, a lot of desserts, chocolate, and sweets for others. Though most of us are concerned about our waistlines during this time of year, your weight should be the least of your worries. High refined sugar intake has always had a strong correlation to tumor development in cancer patients, but now there is evidence suggests that a high sugar diet can actually cause cancer.

How Sugar Feeds Cancer Cells

Cancer cells uptake sugar at 10-12 times the rate of healthy cells. The Positron Emission Tomography is one of the most accurate tools for measuring cancer growth. The 1931 Nobel laureate in medicine, German Otto Warburg developed a hypothesis that cancer cells have a different energy metabolism compared to healthy cells. Malignant tumors, according to Warburg, exhibit increased glycolysis in contrast to healthy human cells. (1)

How Sugar Produces Cancer Cells

The 2013-2014 Journal of Clinic Investigation released the results of an in vitro study that analyzed the results of increased sugar uptake and oncogenesis (cancer creation). The results demonstrated that increased glucose uptake had a direct and positive correlation to the early phases of cancer cell production. (1)

Moreover, a 1985 study on sugar and the risk of large bowel cancer found that patients with high intakes of sugar were more predisposed to the development of cancer than patients with lower intakes of sugar. A prospective study published in 2006 found that high consumption of sugar and high-sugar foods were linked to a greater risk of pancreatic cancer (2), and a different study showed similar results for breast cancer patients. (3)

One of the crucial mechanisms through which cancer is promoted through sugar is through mitochondrial dysfunction. Sugar burns very differently than fat does, which generates free radicals. When free radicals damage the mitochondria of the cell, the nuclear DNA, and cell membrane are also affected, leading to protein impairment. (4)

Cancer is essentially caused by the replication of genetically mutated cells. Mitosis is the means through which cells divide and promote tissue growth. When the process of apoptosis (cell death) begins to break down, cancer occurs.

Obesity and chronic overeating have had a positive correlation and causation to the growth and development of cancer cells. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, being obese can cause changes in hormone levels, such as sex hormones or insulin, which increase the risk of developing breast, colon or uterine cancer. (5)

But don’t give fruit the boot!

The study takes into account the difference between refined sugar and naturally occurring sugars. Refined sugars include table sugar and high fructose corn syrup that are absorbed by the body when consuming processed foods, sodas, and baked desserts, namely added sugar. Naturally occurring sugars in fruits are deemed less harmful, regardless of their glycemic index. (1)

Dr. Tony Jimenez hypothesizes that sugar from organic produce may not contribute to cancer cell growth in the same way refined sugars do because human cells absorb left-spinning molecules, which occur in fruits and vegetables, while cancer cells can only absorb right spinning particles, which come from refined sugar. (2)

What You Should Do

Sugar has been related to a multitude of health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, immobility, elevated triglycerides and high blood pressure. Cutting out refined sugars from soda and processed foods is a good start to decreasing your risk of cancer cell growth, as well as those other conditions.

Consume your daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. Ensure you are getting enough fiber, iron, and protein in your diet. Do not drink fruit juices that have added sugar, and use natural sweeteners such as honey or stevia, and avoid high-fructose corn syrup and genetically modified sugar or sugar replacement such as aspartame.

Eat the right amount of sugar: for women, have no more than six teaspoons (25 grams) of sugar each day, for men, have no more than nine teaspoons per day (37 grams); this equals to 100 calories for women and 150 for men. The majority of people in America eat over double that amount, averaging at around 22 teaspoons per day. (7)

Hidden sugars: fructose, lactose, sucrose, maltose, glucose, and dextrose are all forms of sugar you can find on the Nutritional Facts label on the back of your next meal.

Other natural sugars: Molasses, agave nectar, honey and maple syrup are natural sugars and contain antioxidants that can protect your body from cancer. But consume these in moderation, as they contain the same amount of calories as any other kind of sweetener. (6)

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Why Successful People Take 10 Years to 'Succeed Overnight'

There's a reason why this 10-years-to-overnight-success pattern shows up over and over. And it's not just about working hard.

This is a guest post from Ramit Sethi, the New York Times best-selling author of  I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Fortune magazine recently called him the "new finance guru on the block." He writes for more than one million readers each month on business, careers, negotiation, and psychology.

There's a reason this 10-years-to-overnight-success pattern shows up over and over. And it's not just about working hard over a long period of time.

I know from personal experience. In 2004, I started a personal-finance blog while I was a college student. Today, that "hobby" is a multimillion-dollar business. For the first three years, we made no money (literally). In 2014, 10 years later, we had our first $5 million week.

I've also studied the backstories of hundreds of successful entrepreneurs before they became known to the world.

Here's the deeper strategy used by successful people to level up that almost no one talks about.

The underappreciated power of sequence

We all have these big goals to attain a rich and meaningful life.

The challenge is that we start our careers with few resources. We have little to no money saved up. We don't know a lot about how the business world really works. We don't have a large professional network.

So the question is, how do we close this gap over time? What's the best strategy?

Conventional experts tell you, "To go big, you need to start big." They tell you a thousand and one things you "need" to do all at once, like SEO, picking the right résumé font, building a business Facebook page, starting a podcast, and on and on.

Forget about all of that.

The strategy that works over and over for successful people is the Domino Strategy.

The Domino Strategy is simple.

First, start so small that you can easily knock over the first domino. For example, the first step in starting a business is brainstorming the business idea. The first step to anything should be deceptively simple.

Second, put the dominoes in just the right sequence so that each small step makes the next, bigger step possible. The second step in starting a business is to find one paying customer to test if the idea has potential. Doing this can be as simple as sending an email. Once you have the first customer, next plan how to get five, etc. If you start small and level up in the right order, you'll never think to yourself, "I don't have time or money to do this."

The real key here is sequence. Creating a plan to get 10,000 customers is great, but your initial step should be to get one customer, not 10,000. Similarly, creating a podcast might be the right thing to do. But if you try to do it at the wrong time, then it's basically the same thing as taking the wrong step. The dominoes won't fall, and you'll fail to reach your goal. Most people miss this.

Gary Keller, the founder of one of the largest real estate franchises in the world, Keller Williams, drives this point home in his book, The One Thing:

"When you see someone who has a lot of knowledge, they learned it over time.
When you see someone who has a lot of skills, they developed them over time.
When you see someone who has done a lot, they accomplished it over time.
When you see someone who has a lot of money, they earned it over time."

How the Domino Strategy helped Elon Musk become Elon Musk

The Domino Strategy shows how a tiny amount of energy can be converted into something 1,000 times or even a billion times larger.

With just 13 dominoes, this YouTuber created a two billion times amplification in energy. The first domino is just 5mm high. The largest domino weighs 100 pounds and is more than a meter tall. With 16 more dominoes, there would be enough force to knock over the Empire State Building.

The power of dominoes explains how a 15-year-old could leave South Africa with no money and no connections and end up becoming the Elon Musk we know today.

Most people have only heard of Musk in the past few years. To many, he seems like an overnight success. This is hilarious--we look at others and compare our day one with their day 500. I do it; you do it; we all do it.

When you learn his story, though, you see how Musk has been focused on the same vision since he was a teenager, and he's been consciously leveling up for decades.

Throughout his teenage years, he read two books per day, according to his brother, Kimbal Musk. More than a decade before he started Tesla, Musk was studying physics at the University of Pennsylvania and then battery technology at Stanford, both key fields for learning how to build an electric car.

He shows his early obsession with electric cars in a recent interview. He tells the story of what was on his mind during a first date when he was in college more than 20 years ago.

Musk is not alone in using the Domino Strategy. Many of the world's top entrepreneurs are masters of it. Here are a few examples:

	Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, the largest accelerator in the world: "Empirically, the way to do really big things seems to be to start with deceptively small things.... Want to make the universal website? Start by building a site for Harvard undergrads to stalk one another." --Source
	Verne Harnish, co-founder of Entrepreneurs' Organization, the largest association of top entrepreneurs in the world: "Your job is to find that front domino, that number one thing that if you could accomplish, [that] will knock over the other 98 and get more done than the other 98 combined." --Source
	David Sacks sold his previous company, Yammer, to Microsoft for $1.2 billion: "Good strategy = Find an edge, win small victory or foothold, assimilate new resources, level up, repeat. Bad strategy = Attack everything at once. Don't prioritize. Bleed strength ... " --Source

Why we miss the power of dominoes

If the Domino Strategy is so powerful, why don't more people use it?

Over the past 12 years, I've studied the psychology of what stops people from becoming world-class performers.

One of the biggest obstacles is invisible scripts. These are the assumptions so deeply embedded in our psyches that we don't even realize they guide our behavior.

What's the biggest invisible script?

All or nothing, the idea that you need to go all-in or you should just not do anything at all. Here are a few examples:

• Money: "I don't want to have to track every penny of my spending for the rest of my life!" (You don't, but that invisible script allows you to not track anything at all.)
• Health: "I don't want to have to watch every single thing I eat forever. I like having a treat now and then!" (So you just keep doing exactly what you've been doing.)
• Relationship: "So you want me to communicate better. You're saying I have to tell you every single thing I'm thinking. That's just not how I'm built!" (Nobody wants to hear every thought you have. They do want you to communicate better.)
• Business: "I don't have enough time or money to start a business!" (Starting a business requires one thing, a customer. You can get a customer in a few hours, for free.)

Let's unpack this a little bit more. If you believe the "all or nothing" invisible script, you probably respond in one of two ways.

Either you go looking for a magic bullet--like a fad diet or a get-rich-quick scheme--that will knock over the final domino, but skip the preceding, critical dominoes; or you just throw a lot of spaghetti on the wall and hope something sticks.

Just like a lottery ticket, the magic bullet and spaghetti-on-the-wall strategies indulge our need for fantasy and immediate gratification. You think to yourself, "If just one of these hits, I've made it."

But, just like a lottery ticket, they don't actually make sense for accomplishing big goals. They are forms of escape.

Escape is for entertainment, not success.

Escaping the treadmill of disappointment

What makes the magic bullet and spaghetti-on-the-wall strategies so ineffective? You keep on losing momentum and having to start over.

I call this the treadmill of disappointment.

Here's what happens:

First, you work really hard for a long time, but you're not seeing the progress you expected owing to overnight-success stories. You're not sure if things will work out if you keep going forward. 

So, you assume that what you're doing is not working, and you start over. But once you start over, you have to start from close to scratch.

What you didn't factor in is that dominoes are exponential. Just as you were about to see real progress, you gave up.

To escape the treadmill of disappointment, you need to start using the Domino Strategy and have the patience to stick with it in the beginning.

All you have to do to get started with the Domino Strategy is take Gary Keller's advice and ask yourself one key question over and over:

What's the One Thing I can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary? 

Knock down that first domino and you're well on your way to impacting thousands of people and living a rich life. Half the journey is beginning it.

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Quantum Physics

For all you quantum physics nerds like myself, who happen to believe in the inerrant WORD of GOD, here's one for you:

"In a quantum system, superposition means that a particle "can be 'here' and 'there,' or 'up' and 'down' at the same time."

• Omnipresence ✔️

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Can Quantum Computing Produce a Hack-Proof Network?

Eventually, the world’s most famous physicist became one of quantum theory’s biggest critics. But some of the things Einstein talked about will probably be critical parts of the solution to network security.

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On August 16, 2016, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched the world’s first quantum communications satellite.

It was a huge step for the Chinese. And it may have enormous implications for all of us.

The $100 million Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) project is a joint effort between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences “designed to establish ‘hack-proof’ quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground.”

China is close to another major quantum communication milestone that brings the foggy dream of a totally secure internet into clearer focus.

As IEEE Spectrum reported last week, researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China are on course to complete a 2,000-kilometer-long fiber-optic link that will enable the transmission of quantum keys for secure communication between Beijing and Shanghai by the end of 2016.

If it works, it’ll establish a quantum network of four cities. Combined with the quantum satellite’s potential, we’re talking about a secure quantum network.

China is close to another major quantum communication milestone that brings the foggy dream of a totally secure internet into clearer focus.

So what is quantum computing?

Let’s frame it by talking about two major objectives quantum computing helps achieve: greater precision via increased computing power and greater security.

As defined by the University of Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing, “Quantum computing is essentially harnessing and exploiting the amazing laws of quantum mechanics to process information.”

The most basic element of the chips that are the “brains” of the desktops and laptops we’re using today is the “bit,” which is based on a binary encoding system — ones and zeroes.

Quantum computing is based on quantum bits — or qubits — which allow those binary ones and zeroes to be encoded into different quantum states.

The elegance of quantum computing rests on “superposition” and “entanglement” — phenomena specific to the smallest particles known to man, including atoms and electrons.

In a quantum system, superposition means that a particle “can be ‘here’ and ‘there,’ or ‘up’ and ‘down’ at the same time.”

Entanglement — or “spooky action at a distance,” as Einstein described it — is a relationship between two or more particles so strong that their “actions” are linked no matter the distance separating them.

The two together mean exponentially greater computing power: a classical computer thinks with ones and zeros. A quantum computer will think with ones, zeros, and “superpositions” of ones and zeros.

Those “uncrackable keys” that QUESS is transmitting? That rests on the fact that any attempt to observe or measure a quantum system will disturb the system. This is the principle behind quantum key distribution (QKD), which is a hyper-souped-up form of cryptography.

What it boils down to is that any attempt to hack a quantum computer or quantum network will be detectable.

One main question is this: How close are we to the widespread adoption of quantum computing?

The short answer to the first, says quantum computer expert Daniel Lidar, is within “a couple of years, devices with more than 40 qubits could become a reality.”

The more complex answer is that it’s a matter not necessarily of time but of distance.

What it boils down to is that any attempt to hack a quantum computer or quantum network will be detectable.

QKD, as IEEE Spectrum notes, “encodes information in the states of individual photons. And those photons can’t travel indefinitely in fiber or through the air; the longer the distance, the greater the chance they will be absorbed or scattered.”

Current technology is such that to send a single bit of secure quantum key over 1,000 kilometers of fiber would take 300 years.

Obviously, we don’t have that kind of time. After all, as Scientific American notes – and as many of us experienced during the October 21 Mirai botnet distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on a major U.S. Domain Name System service provider – “the Internet-of-Things is growing faster than the ability to defend it.”

Here’s another problem: Just as a quantum key can’t be hacked without creating a detectable signal, one can’t be copied without breaking it. China’s solution is to incorporate an interconnected chain of “‘trusted nodes’… that measures the key and then transmits it with fresh photons to the next node in the chain.”

It’s imperfect because these nodes have to convert to the traditional binary encoding and then back to quantum when they send information to the next link. This traditional binary step creates an opportunity for hackers to do their worst, undetected.

The solution will be entanglement and the use of “quantum repeaters.” Research here is still in the very early stages, though it is progressing. One solution is an optical quantum repeater that reduces the quantum memory requirement and also the energy required to run such systems.

As for when we’ll see a fully functional, large-scale quantum network, we’re probably talking a matter of decades. It is, after all, “one of the most ambitious endeavors in quantum physics right now,” said Phys.org.

Four years ago, scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics established the first universal quantum network, connecting two labs 21 meters apart. The Chinese are about to link up two major cities 2,000 kilometers apart.

So we’re getting there. And it’s going to happen faster than you think.

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Take Coconut Oil to Prevent Colds, Flu

Many people take a tablespoon of coconut oil every day because of the way it has been shown to improve brain health.

Among other things, it's been linked to the prevention, even reversal, of symptoms associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's because of its ability to provide an alternative energy source, ketone bodies, to brain cells in instances where glucose uptake is posing a problem.

The remarkable cognitive benefits of coconut oil sometimes overshadow its other amazing attribute: the ability to fight viruses. Several research studies have documented how coconut oil actually eradicates viruses such as herpes, AIDS and the flu.

That's why as cold and flu season approaches, you may consider adding a tablespoon of organic, first cold-pressed coconut oil to your immune system arsenal. That means cooking with it as well as simply taking a spoonful a day. It has the same effect.

Coconut oil is made up of high amounts of immune-boosting lauric acid. In fact, coconut oil is almost 50 percent lauric acid, making it the greatest source of lauric acid aside from human breast milk.

What makes lauric acid so effective at fighting disease is the fact that when it's metabolized with another type of acid in coconut oil, capric acid, it results in monoglycerides that literally destroy viruses by tearing down the coating surrounding them.

This is great news because there are very few effective treatments to fight viruses.

Antibiotics do not kill viruses. They do not work when you have a viral infection. This can be confusing, because most of the time when you're sick, you have a virus. Nevertheless, your doctor will most likely prescribe an antibiotic, even though it won't cure you and your doctor knows it.

Why then, do doctors prescribe antibiotics when they know it won't work on a viral infection?

Two reasons: patients want antibiotics and doctors want to please their patients.

Many doctors (incorrectly) believe that taking antibiotics won't hurt the patient even if it doesn't help them. The other reason is because there is a chance the patient has a bacterial infection, in which case antibiotics will indeed work.

Doctors typically don't know whether a patient has a viral or bacterial infection. The test takes about three days, and most people don't want to wait that long.

The scientific community is increasingly discovering the importance of good bacteria in our intestinal system. These good bacteria are responsible for our overall health, including our immune system and brain function. Antibiotics kill all bacteria: the bad ones that infect us, but also the good ones that keep us healthy.

This is why we should only take antibiotics when we have a serious bacterial infection. Some experts go so far as to say antibiotics should only be used when a person has a life-threatening bacterial infection and other interventions should be tried first.

That might include coconut oil. In addition to fighting viruses, coconut oil has also been proven to fend-off bad bacteria, thus thwarting bacterial infections. Coconut oil also kills fungi and parasites and is a powerful antioxidant.

Mary Enig, Ph.D writes:

"Lauric acid is a medium chain fatty acid, which has the additional beneficial function of being formed into monolaurin in the human or animal body. Monolaurin is the antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoal monoglyceride used by the human or animal to destroy lipid-coated viruses such as HIV, herpes, cytomegalovirus, influenza, various pathogenic bacteria, including listeria monocytogenes and helicobacter pylori, and protozoa such as giardia lamblia. Some studies have also shown some antimicrobial effects of the free lauric acid."

University of Maryland lipid biochemist researcher Dr. Beverly Teter puts it this way: "The coconut oil tends to keep the bacteria down so that if you're assaulted with a virus, your immune system can concentrate on the virus. It doesn't have to concentrate on 27 other bacteria that day."

Some people are concerned about taking coconut oil because it is a saturated fat, which has been linked to heart disease. However, a growing number of doctors say saturated fat has been unfairly demonized in the last few decades.

For example, diabetes expert Dr. Eric Westman says fats like coconut oil raise your HDL cholesterol.

"Saturated fat, the fat that we've been taught not to eat, raises your good cholesterol best of all the foods you can eat," he explained.

Saturated fat also provides building blocks for cell membranes, hormones, and hormone-like substances.

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Drugs That Harm Your Hearing

Here’s a checklist of common medications that can damage your ears

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En español l Your lower back aches. Your head is pounding. The knee you hurt skiing is acting up, so you reach for an over-the-counter painkiller. No big deal, right?

Common medications you're taking could be damaging your hearing. — Corbis

Not so fast. Ibuprofen, acetaminophen and aspirin — three of the most commonly used drugs in the United States — can damage hearing, even if you only take them a few times a week.

It turns out that more than 450 drugs (some prescription only, others over the counter) can wreak havoc on hearing. These ototoxic medications — a term that literally means poison for the ears — are particularly risky for older adults.

"People need to know not only what types of medications cause ototoxic hearing loss, but also that combining medications, taking them in higher doses than prescribed or taking them over a long period of time can lead to problems," says Sharon G. Curhan, a physician and clinical researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Doctors still don't understand exactly why these medications hurt hearing, but they suspect that damage to the hair cells or blood vessels inside the inner ear may be to blame. 

If you're taking any of the following, here's what you need to know.

Painkillers

Aspirin is a very safe drug, but it's not harmless. Unfortunately, people tend to reach for it every time they have even a minor ache or pain. While experts have long known that high doses of aspirin can damage hearing, they've recently discovered that even moderate doses can be ototoxic. Ditto for other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen (Aleve), ibuprofen (Advil) and diclofenac (Voltaren).

Antibiotics

Fluoroquinolones such as Cipro and Levaquin are prescribed too often for bronchitis or sinus infections, when they should be reserved for the most intractable bugs, experts say. Also: The "mycin" family — gentamicin, erythromycin, vancomycin and neomycin — can be harmful.

Antidepressants and anti-anxiety agents

Drugs such as Prozac, Elavil, Zoloft, Paxil and Celexa have been linked to tinnitus. Caffeine, alcohol and nicotine may exacerbate the problem.

4 Ways to Protect Yourself

1. Be sure your doctor knows exactly what medications you take. Combinations of over-the-counter products and herbal supplements may damage your hearing. "Some people take several medications, all prescribed by different doctors," notes Ross J. Roeser, executive director emeritus of the audiology program at the University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders. "Unless you're clear about what you're taking, a doctor has no way of knowing if any new drug will increase the possibility for the hearing loss."

2. Ask about side effects. Many medications have benefits with short-term use under medical supervision. Some are lifesaving. "Still, it can't hurt to ask if another drug might work just as well," says Roeser.

3. Recognize early signs of trouble. Ringing or buzzing in your ears — or a worsening of tinnitus if you already have it — is the first sign. Other symptoms include hyperacusis, a condition in which loud noises are extremely painful; dizziness; or difficulty hearing in a crowded room. Once the drugs are stopped, tinnitus may recede over time. However, never stop taking a drug before first checking with your physician.

4. Opt for nondrug alternatives. Don't reach for a pill at the first sign of pain, advises Neil G. Bauman, director of the Center for Hearing Loss Help in Stewartstown, Pa. Tight back? Do those stretches or yoga poses that you know you should be doing every day. Headache? Learn mindfulness techniques to dial down stress. Try acupuncture for that arthritic knee.

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Loop diuretics

Doctors suspect that drugs such as Lasix (furosemide), Bumex (bumetanide) and Demadex (torsemide) — prescribed most commonly for heart failure or kidney problems — damage blood vessels in the inner ear, interfering with signals traveling over the auditory nerve to the brain.

Chemotherapy drugs

Cisplatin (Platinol) and vincristine (Oncovin) — used to treat bladder, ovarian and testicular cancers — may damage the delicate inner ear structures and cause temporary or permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, balance problems and dizziness.

Margery D. Rosen is a freelance writer for AARP Health.

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