This invention relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of an alpha-amino beta-hydroxy acid of Formula 1wherein the variables R1, R\u20321 and R2 are defined herein and the compound of Formula 1 has an enantiomeric excess of 55% or greater. A device proxy may implement a device protocol and a distributed computing environment protocol to bridge devices into the distributed computing environment. An exemplary water miscible polymer is a naturally existing, or synthetically prepared, salt form of the carbohydrate alginic acid, such as sodium alginate, or alginic acid itself. Furthermore, the mobile device can further receive an indicator associating the one or more media files with the first destination location. Dark space required for the seal between the interior tile edges and active regions of the pixels is decreased, as is the space allocated for wiring thereby increasing the feasible aperture ratios near the mosaic edges and all apertures. A spring is within the case that compresses and expands in response to oscillatory motion of a bar that extends through an opening in the case.