It had been open just one day when I arrived, and the new rail service would save me from retracing the uncomfortable five-hour bus trip I had endured to get here from the tourist hub of Guilin city, about 150km to the southeast.

BBC: A bullet train to nowhere

And the other day, this new friend of mine said something to me.

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One day, I showed up and found that he had moved away from New York, leaving me no choice but to re-create my own version from memory.

WSJ: Cold-Snap Couscous

Mr. MAX MUTCHLER (Space Telescope Science Institute): About the middle of June, he gave it to me, and within a day, I discovered these two new moons.

NPR: NASA Sends Spacecraft to Pluto

Check back next week for step 5 on balancing your new business and your day job, which is especially challenging for those intrepid entrepreneurs, like me, who make the more adverse choice to start a new business before leaving the security of a regular paycheck.

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