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Because of the great fire wall of Chinese policy, it's so hard to cross the limit to visit flickr, so I could not reply my dear friends, I'm so sorry about that and please forgive me,thank you so much and hope my friends can still hit on me！由于中国网络原因，访问flickr很困难，速度很慢，所有暂时没有办法一一回应各位好友，请朋友们见谅！还请各位好友继续关注我！

My pro account is out of time，thank you my friends here for supporting me what a long time！！May I have a pleasure to receive a pro gift from you？我的pro账号到期了，感谢朋友们长期以来的热心支持！！有好心人能赞助一个pro账号给我吗，在此先表感谢！！

Blurry because. by Don Cochrane

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I'm using this mess of a photo because of the situation...

One of the trucks has just arrived back on Treasure Island from Burning Man.

The camera that took the picture is a very dusty iPhone.

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- I wrote to R-Evolution (maybe Julia) about the focus. when they explained, I decided to use the photo. it's perfect.

Knee hang by Shambalala

because I don't know how to do a bat hang. lol.

ocean by Christina is Amazing

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because i over photoshop -.-

BBB Diamond 1 by Becker Friedman Institute

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Because a bank's exact need for liquidity is difficult to know in real time, depositors have incomplete information about its ability to survive a run. The incomplete information means that a bank is not automatically incentivized to hold enough liquid assets to survive runs. Regulations similar to those implemented recently can change the bank’s incentives so that runs are less likely.

At this Becker Brown Bag, Douglas Diamond of Chicago Booth discussed how these regulations can be improved.

NERICA-8-P5116278 by AfricaRice

Facts and Figures on Upland NERICA

•Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) scientists in association with their partners were able to successfully cross two species of cultivated rice—Oryza sativa (Asian rice) and O. glaberrima (African rice). This is a formidable scientific challenge because the two species have evolved separately over millennia and are so different that many previous attempts did not lead to reliable variety development. Using conventional and molecular biology techniques, the scientists overcame hybrid sterility—the main problem in crossing the species. This also allowed them to accelerate the breeding process from 5–7 years to 2 years or less. The fruit of this effort was the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), which presents several advantages over traditional varieties.

•NERICA is not just one variety; several hundred family lines have been generated. The development of NERICA varieties for various rice ecologies is a significant international public good.

•NERICA lines had been tested in 31 SSA countries. Farmers were exposed to NERICA varieties through the use of Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Community-Based Seed Systems (CBSS).

•During the period 2000–2006, AfricaRice designated 18 upland NERICA and 60 lowland NERICA-L varieties. More than 1.4 million ha are under upland NERICA production in Africa ((Arouna et al. 2017).

•NERICAs have brought specific benefits to African rice growers, in particular shorter growth duration and tolerance to specific biotic and abiotic stresses, while giving them yield that is generally as good as the high-yield potential O. sativa varieties.

•A study (Arouna et al. 2017) has shown that about 8 million people were lifted out of poverty and 7.2 million people out of food insecurity thanks to the adoption of improved rice varieties, including NERICA, which brought hope to millions of poor small-scale farmers in Africa by reducing poverty and income inequality. The impact of NERICA adoption on poverty reduction has been well documented in Benin and Uganda.

Upland NERICA Pedigree Names

NERICALINE CODEPARENTS

NERICA 1WAB 450-IBP-38-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 2WAB 450-1-1-P31-1-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 3WAB 450-IBP-28-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 4WAB 450-IBP-91-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 5WAB 450-11-1-1-P24-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 6WAB 450-IBP-160-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 7WAB 450-IBP-20-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 8WAB 450-1-BL1-136-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 9WAB 450-BL1-136-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 10WAB 450-11-1-1-P41-HBWAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 11WAB 450-16-2-BL2-DV1WAB 56-104 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-104

NERICA 12WAB 880-1-38-20-17-P1-HBWAB 56-50 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-50

NERICA 13WAB 880-1-38-20-28-P1-HBWAB 56-50 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-50

NERICA 14WAB 880-1-32-1-2-P1-HBWAB 56-50 / CG 14//2*WAB 56-50

NERICA 15WAB 881-10-37-18-3-P1-HBCG 14 / WAB 181-18//2*WAB 181-18

NERICA 16WAB 881-10-37-18-9-P1-HBCG 14 / WAB 181-18//2*WAB 181-18

NERICA 17WAB 881-10-37-18-13-P1-HBCG 14 / WAB 181-18//2*WAB 181-18

NERICA 18WAB 881-10-37-18-12-P3-HBCG 14 / WAB 181-18//2*WAB 181-18

*IBP: Interbreeding population, HB: High input homogeneous bulk, P: Panicle selection, BL: Blast, DV: Drought at vegetative phase.

For more information, visit www.AfricaRice.org

Photo : R.Raman, AfricaRice

Because I could by sasastro

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Because it's Summertime! by mediumhero6

Trolley Show

The Moon by David Chao

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Because of the great fire wall of Chinese policy, it's so hard to cross the limit to visit flickr, so I could not reply my dear friends, I'm so sorry about that and please forgive me,thank you so much and hope my friends can still hit on me！由于中国网络原因，访问flickr很困难，速度很慢，所有暂时没有办法一一回应各位好友，请朋友们见谅！还请各位好友继续关注我！

My pro account is out of time，thank you my friends here for supporting me what a long time！！May I have a pleasure to receive a pro gift from you？我的pro账号到期了，感谢朋友们长期以来的热心支持！！有好心人能赞助一个pro账号给我吗，在此先表感谢！！

cat quilt by amazing_podgirl

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because every cat should have a quilt

El Barbas busca ovnis by Pedro de Matos

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Because aliens.

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Because we both are UT people. by Ron Joseph

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We have all but turned our house in S. Florida into a UT Mecca.

Porthia by Masonic Boom

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Because I, like an absolute Nidiot, forgot to bring the charger for my iPhone, I cannot take photos. So here is the view from my bedroom window, looking out over lichen-covered slate roofs down to the harbour below.

I may have missed out some boats. And about 40 billion tourists.

Project of the Day: Zombie Fascinator Headband by Emily

Because I had a tiny plastic brain leftover from my Halloween costume materials and I suddenly realized I could make a theme gift out of it for a friend who enjoys Zombies and Gossip Girl: The "Blair Waldorf Must Pie" gift, named after her favorite episode title. :)

Accurate Intercom by Billie Grace Ward

Because you'd rather not get a different apartment every time you press the same button.

Because You Loved Me by PixelAnnies

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pixelannies.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/because-you-loved-me/

AND

slextravaganza.blogspot.com/2012/05/because-you-loved-me....

Valvonauta. by shimo

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.because in a skatepark, you cannot listen Verdena.

nb: i've never be good in movement photos.

Just Because by Łукιηєα ҠσвαLeίneη

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Because it's summer all year here at atelierniSHASHA =D by Shasha

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I took out the gals to give the summer outfits a new perspective with the "younger gals" as models.

More at my blog:

ateliernishasha.blogspot.com/2015/10/when-you-take-photos...

The outfits:

www.etsy.com/shop/AtelierniShasha

Because #rugby #liberarugbyroma by vinc_wen

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Because sometimes you need a little @StHubert sauce on draught on a roadtrip. Seriously, does the fast food world get better than this? I think not. #sthubert #sauce #tap #gravy #lunch #roadsnacks #travel #travelfood #chickengravy #food #fastfood by LexnGer

Montalcino by Jelltex

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This is my third time in Tuscany, and I have always visited Montalcino. This is because it is probably my favourite place on Planet Earth, the views from the ancient streets and alleys are incredible. And it makes very fine wine.

Previously, I have been here on Sundays, when the cyclists finish a day of riding by passing through the city gates, and it crowded.

So, how would it be early on Monday morning?

I say early, we were going to Florence, but laid in bed too late, really. So, a change of plan and a trip to some old haunts. Or friends.

We did get up, have coffee and breakfast, before loading the car, setting in the destination. One hour.

I engage all gears and we lurch off, up the gravel drive and onto the lane beyond.

Places change, but I find it hard to believe that Tuscany has changed that much in 16 years, so, we go a different way. Pass through the portal of a walled village, criss-cross the little-used railway, through olive groves, then up and up to the town.

We parked at the other end of the village, next to the church which is perched on the edge of a sheer drop of hundreds of feet to the lush countryside that spreads out like Google Maps below.

The car park was half full, so we park up. I go to visit the church, but there was a lady inside, so I don't linger, take a half dozen shots, and we leave. Back outside into the blinding bright sunshine.

Two guys were strimming grass, which was more herbs than grass, and smelt fantastic, they stopped for us to pass, so up the wide steps into the town, there this view opens up to our left.

I have taken it before, and better, but this'll do. The road seems to plunge down the sides of the cliffs to the farmland below, which then stretches to the horizon.

We try to find somewhere for breakfast. Second breakfast. But most places didn't start serving until midday. And it wasn't yet ten.

I then spotted and ice cream parlour, so we tottered down on the cobbles, and ordered two huge waffle cones and cappuccinos. Then sat down outside to watch the (Italian) world go by, which was at least stylish.

The ice cream was wonderful, of course.

Then there was a wine shop.

The local wine is Brunello, a dark and mysterious wine, and pricy. I say pricy, I baulk at paying a tenner for a bottle, but I stump up the cash for a box of three bottles, and a small phial of aged Balsamic Vinegar.

I won't say how much it was, but I had to explain to Jools.

Now laden down with bottles, we had to walk back to the car, which was pretty much all uphill, and steep uphill too.

The town was getting busy, so it seemed good to be going the other way, back to the car.

Once back, all hot and bothered, we programmed the car for Pienza, where we hoped to have lunch.

Montalcino is at 2,000 feet, this is what comes with owning a car with an altimeter, and to get to Pienza, we would have to get down to the level of the farmland way below, this is done at a crazy roundabout near the city gates, two exits near each other, but one goes down at about 1:4, and that's the way we had to go.

However, before that fun, the sat nav tried to lead us through the middle of the town, were what is a road and what isn't, isn't always easy to tell.

After ending up at two dead ends, we retraced our way back to the car park and round the edge of the town to the roundabout.

We made it across, and the road just dropped like a stone, some 1,500 feet in five minutes, where we joined the main road for a twenty minute blast, before turning off, and heading up, up, up again.

Through more olive groves and woodland to Pienza, which I always remembered as being quiet.

Not at one on a Monday, the new car park was nearly full, but we nabbed a spot, then waled to the start of the ancient town centre, where we were sucked in by a pizza place, where I ordered a diavalo hot and spicy pizza, and Jools ordered one with truffle shavings, which added €10 to the price.

The wait meant we could people watch, the fussy French couple opposite, the noise eight person American group who argued about spitting the bill and left no tip.

The food came, and was very welcome indeed, and not that spicy. And the unfiltered beer went down well.

Normally we would also have gone to Montepulciano to complete the hat trick, but it would be crazy busy, and the car park is a long hard walk up a cobbled street to the town a couple of hundred feet above.

I have been twice, and so thought I could live with missing a third, so we headed back home, it being a hot and humid day, and too hot to be walking in crowds looking into shops selling stuff we don't need.

Though there is always room for more cheese and wine.

Talking of wine, we needed some, as we were nearly out. And I remembered a couple of places near to our apartment, where we could buy some local.

So that's what we did, following signs across farmland and over drainage canals to a castle, where we two scruffs were very much out of place. But our money is as good.

We parked and the gardener told us where the shop was, so in the air-conditioned coolness, we bought a bottle of rose and a bottle of red and made good our escape, back to the main road and back to the old farm.

Too hot for butterfly chasing, so we stay inside, drinking wine and listening to the Clash.

As you do.

Bon Jovi @ Because We Can Tour, Ford Field, Detroit, MI - 07-18-13 by Chris Schwegler