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I first saw her during the summer. I had just moved here. She was a mound in the middle of an abandoned parking lot beside the car wash. It was the stroller that got my attention. After studying her bobbing head as she napped in the blazing sun, I realized she was alone. I went on.
Another time I saw her was over six miles from there. There was a stroller packed with stuff. She was seated in the same sprawling position on a thin blanket that separated flesh from jagged gravel. The sun beamed down on her as she sat scratching her feet. Just a few feet behind her, was about three feet of shade.
This is what got my attention. I ate my fried cheese sticks in my car at the establishment next door. I watched her for more than twenty minutes as I was timing my munching so I could be just in time for carpool. As I paid the waitress I asked, "Tell me something about that girl there?"
"I don't know," she said. "She is there a lot."
This puzzled me. I watched cars come and go, look at her hard and then continue on, not to mention the four lanes of traffic stopped for the red light. I watched her again, scratching her feet. As I pulled out I rounded behind the abandoned building and pulled beside her. She jumped. She had been sleeping in the nearly 97 degree heat.
"Hey!" I said. "What ya doing here?" Afterwards thinking to myself, "Really? Is that what you want to ask her?" I added, "Are you ok?"
She looked up at me, her black face covered in sweat. "I'm fine," she answered.
"My husband and I pulled in here the other day in that little grey car, you know? He asked if you were ok and you said the same thing," I added.
"Yeah, I remember you," she said as she looked down and shaded her face with her hand.
"Well, you don't look ok to me," I told her. "Do you need anything?" I prodded.
"If you got some bug spray I might need that," she said, scratching her legs again beneath the long socks I had watched her put on in the sweltering heat. "They's eaten me up."
I dug around in my car. There is always something in the bottom of my purse for every occasion. I pulled out lotion and antibacterial gel. "I'll go get you some," I told her. I explained I had to get my child from school, but that I would be back.
"You going anywhere?" I heard myself mumble before I could stop myself from the obvious.
"Nope," she said.
It was then I had to dig deeper. "So if you could go home, where would that be?"
"South Florida, Gainsville." She answered. "I got children there."
I thought about it all the way to carpool. I called my husband. "But she didn't ask me for money. She just sat there.All she asked for was bug spray for her legs. They were itching. I want to get her a bus ticket," I told him. He was on the golf course.
I called the police to see if she had a record. I couldn't imagine much harm she could do. She was so big she could barely move. They were not obliged to give me such information.
I picked up my daughter and I wheeled her in for a shake while I explained the big mound in the rearview mirror to an eight year old.
"Oh, Lord," is all she could say, laughing at her mother who did not surprise her in the least bit.
I helped her gather her things, convincing her to ditch the bent up baby stroller and put them into the back of my husband's pickup truck.
"We gotta get her to gymnastics," I said as I introduced the two.
Her told me her name was Mary.
She, my eight year old daughter and I strolled into the Dollar Store for a few things for her. She picked out some feminine items and we convinced her she had to have a gift for each of her children. She picked out small inexpensive things.
My husband had cooked a roast, potatoes and corn bread. She wouldn't eat any of it, blaming it on the burger and shake she had inhaled on the way to our house but said she would love a to go for the bus.
I had put her in our guest house to shower and get dressed with an outfit my daughter and she had picked out, stretch pants and a long top. A few minutes later I heard a knock on my door.
"No hot water," she said, holding the towel I had taken out to her as I gathered her clothes to wash them.
"Crap, I forgot," I said. The pilot light had started giving us trouble the week before.
"Let her take one in our bathroom," I heard coming from the kitchen. "Really?" I said.
I went up to get it ready, tuck some things away, "just in case" and called her up there. She was there at least an hour, basking in my tub. I had lit the battery candles even.
We smelled her before we saw her. She was coming down the stairs wreaking of each of my perfumes. My husband chuckled as he was finishing up doing spelling words with our daughter.
Mary asked to sit up high on a straw stool behind us instead of the sofa with us as we proceeded to watch an old rerun of Pretty Woman (my husband's selection) while we waited for the ten o'clock bus time to roll around on this school night.
"I don't have no ID," she said quietly.
After a few calls and speaking to the bus stop personnel, we were assured she could "get on the bus". She seemed nervous as we got closer to the gas station/bus stop, which I had no idea existed.
We helped her with her bags, including a lime green monogrammed one that happened to have the same last initial as her first name. "You can't be going home to see your babies with those bags you are carrying," I told her.
She sat in the corner eyeing my husband as he talked to the girls there. They laughed and I could see Mary out of the corner of my eye, her finger swaying and her head bobbing as she told that girl, "Don't you be talking to my peoples."
It was then I realized, Mary had been here before, had taken trips, had been helped before.
But on the way home, after we made sure she got on that bus and didn't sell her ticket, I thought about her sitting there watching my husband with my daughter doing homework. Something had to sink into that heart of hers that night.
In the next few weeks that heat that baked that bumpy gravel parking lot turned cold. I was glad each time I passed it that Mary wasn't there. A week later, I turned to see her perched there again.
I yelled out the window. "What the heck are you doing Mary!" and kept on going. It hurt me. I found that the toys we had bought, she left at the gas station. Every time I passed I wanted to tell her how disappointed I was.
A week later after the first freeze I got a call. It was Mary being released from the hospital from pneumonia. I had shared my story with many of my friends, perhaps for consolation for myself.
"I can't get released without someone getting me," she said. You told me you could help me, she said. I told her I'd have to call her back.
This time I called my husband to say, "We have to do something."
I called the shelters. They don't house women. I called some churches, it was the day before Thanksgiving and they were full. I called the police again, they told me, "do NOT put her in the car with your child. We have had some complaints of violent outbursts."
I thought about my tantrums that might somehow be deemed by my family over the last coke being missing as violent outbursts and felt helpless.
How might I react to people if it was me on the street, for any reason, or any length of time. When might our carnal instincts over ride our self-control?
When I called back to the number she called from I was assured, "There ARE no women here in the waiting room. None."
I thought about what she said when I told her on the phone, "Mary, you lied to me!"
"I didn't. They weren't there. It was all gone, the family, the trailer. I went to Florida!"
She went on to tell me how dangerous it was there and in Atlanta on the streets. She wanted to come "home".
We didn't see Mary again until Christmas morning. We were taking our yearly "breakfast at Waffle House" tradition. She was standing at the turn lane waiting to cross.
We rolled down the window. "Merry Christmas Mary!" She jumped. We introduced her to our teenagers who could not believe she really did exist.
I looked at my husband, "NO." We handed her some money, she covered her face again,which later I came to find was because she has no teeth and said "Merry Christmas" as she began pushing her cart back towards the same gravel parking lot.
On the way home we passed a huge velour sofa on the side of the road.
"Come on now! Lets take it up there and plop it in the parking lot where she sits!" I said.
I imagined Mary's surprise but thought also about the surprise and dismay of the owner of that empty building she had taken up residence in front of, leaving her trash strewn all in the gutters. Maybe one day, I thought, I will cruise by there and see Mary with her legs propped up on the sofa, eating roast and potatoes. But not today.
If you have comments, suggestions, about this story, contact your local shelters to see how we can help people like Mary make it each day. There is nothing, according to the authorities, we can do to make them seek help. She was released from the hospital after a week of observation and is mentally as stable as the other person walking around. The closest shelter is in Birmingham for women. They have agreed to take her, that is if she will ever go.
I don't have the answer. I was even feeling better at least everyone would know she has a name if I wrote about her. Come to find out there is MORE to the story.
I soon discovered that a local photographer had also taken to Mary, had gotten an apartment donated for her, clothes, food. She had lived there for a month or so as he worked out sponsors to help. They taught her to make wire crosses that she could sell on the roadside or in a few local businesses. I was confused when I heard a friend talking about it. They referred to her as Cheryl or Chastity but I knew it was Mary. I recently heard she had relocated to a spot under the bridge. She said it was scary in that apartment. It made me realize, no matter WHAT you do to help someone, if they aren't willing, you are wasting your time. A hard lesson for someone who likes to fix situations. We are all under God's grace but sometimes life blinds us. We are all just one bad decision away from being on the streets, each and every one of us, no matter how much we acquire. We just have to learn to live life the best we can and share a smile with the Mary's of the world. One day, maybe God will give them the direction they need to make a change. Until then, all we can do is share ours.


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So - what's new this week? Hmm... it was horrible. Those changes I mentioned in life has its ruts... well we're still making our way through them and will have news soon! [fingers crossed] For now, let's forget all those people and places that think it's so much fun to put stress on a pregnant woman and her husband!! And, let's move onto food. Because we all know retail therapy - which I'm limited to at the moment - and food, cure all! haha Okay not all, but pretty close.
That brings me to another Favorites Friday... this time five foods I've been dying to make off of my food & drink board on Pinterest (come follow me). Anyways, here goes!
I absolutely love blue cheese and hot stuff... these would be great this weekend!
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YUMMY! Need I say more?
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Umm... does this recipe say cream cheese! Yes please!
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Okay - this one's for the hubby!
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Except you should totally use my Pumpkin Pie Recipe and miniaturize them!
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Nothing like a bunch of comfort food! I love fall... and my waistline right now could handle the extra goodness... I'm sure ;) Have a great weekend out there... today's the hubby's birthday so I've convinced him to at least go out for dinner (he's a no fuss, forget it's even happening type of birthday guy). Oh, and don't be afraid to share your favorite fall recipe or one you've been dying to make in the comments below - I'd love to hear from you!

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If you have ever spoken to a life insurance broker or researched life insurance online, you may have come across a type of insurance called whole life insurance. What is whole life insurance and how does it compare to term insurance? More importantly, is whole life insurance worth it?
What is whole life insurance?
Whole life insurance is a type of permanent life insurance. Its premium is guaranteed and level for the life of the insured until age 100, when the policy is paid up and no further premium is necessary.
Because the premium never increases over the life of the policy, it starts out much higher than the premium for term insurance. The premium in the earlier years is more than necessary to cover the cost of insurance. The excess is kept inside the policy as a cash reserve. As the insured ages and his mortality rate increases, the premium he pays is no longer sufficient to keep up with the mortality rate. The excess premium paid in the early stages helps supplement the policy in the latter stages.


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Boko Haram's days of running free rein could be brought to an end by a number of African nations essentially declaring war on the violent Islamists, as reported by the London-based Sky News on May 18, 2014. To further exacerbate an already tense situation, the African leaders announcement comes on the heels of the revelation by The Daily Beast on May 11, 2014 that the Obama Administration has been in possession of solid evidence since 2011 that Usama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network has been Boko Haram's de facto godfather and benefactor since their inception in 2002.
Recently revealed evidence captured from the bin Laden raid clearly cited that the al-Qaeda leader invested millions of dollars in Boko Haram. Not just investing the seed money, "'There were channels between bin Laden and Boko Haram leadership,' one senior U.S. intelligence official told The Daily Beast. 'He gave some strategic direction at times.'"
With even more of the political spotlight is being focused directly on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as to why she neglected to officially classify the West African terrorists as such, the leaders of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin have been meeting in the capital of their former colonial-era masters. The Equatorial African leaders have been conferring with French President Francois Hollande to formulate a joint strategy to battle the often especially vicious terrorists, who have recently kidnapped almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls (overwhelmingly Christians), ostensibly to sell them into sexual slavery, specifically for Muslim men.
Chadian President Idriss Debyhave stated in clear and uniquivicable language that they collectively are in a state of "total war on Boko Haram." Despite Barack Obama's promise to the world prior to the 2012 presidential election that al-Qaeda was both on its heels and also decimated, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan was quoted at the Paris meeting that the Boko Haram jihadists have "become a regional al-Qaeda which threatened all of them."
What difference does it make?
While Hillary Clinton Is the presumptive Democratic candidate for the White House in 2016, she presently has more than a few allies in the Fourth Estate. The hard-left Daily Kos recently exemplified how many of news organs sing her praises with lines such as noting the "exceptional qualities and morally outstanding character of Hillary Rodham Clinton."
But now that Boko Haram's Compare Usama is figuratively and literally sleeping with the fishes, the usually Democratic-friendly The Daily Beast recently hammered Mrs. Clinton in a separate article for her failing to heed the 2011 call by the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, and well over a dozen US Senators and Congressmen for the Clinton-led State Department to brand Boko Haram officially a foreign terrorist organization.
As reporter Josh Rogin of The Daily Beast cited, not only did Clinton ignore calls for the terrorist tag to be applied to the West African islamists, Mrs. Clinton went as far as to publicly wage war against the Republican sponsored Boko Haram Terrorist Designation Act of 2013 (Senate Bill – 198) from ever seeing the light of day. If it would have been passed, the State Department would have been forced to declare Boko Haram as terrorists. If then Sec. Clinton still held fast to her belief that Boko Haram should not be officially named a terrorist organization, then Clinton would be bound by law to explain to the US Congress and people why there was no sufficient reason to do so.


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Vanilla tincture – aged 9 months
Vanilla tincture prepared using comminuted vanilla beans (Madagascar) @10% in pure ethyl alcohol.
The process is trivial: maceration of the beans in alcohol at room temp. for 9 months and filtration.
The odour is quite satisfying, with a rich vanilla bouquet – similar to vanilla absolute though thinner and more volatile.
The topnotes are not very convincing due to a certain sweet-woody note of sweet almonds. The body is a nice rich, dense vanilla. The dryout is a creamy vanillin.
Not as beautiful as the resinoid or the absolute, but certainly easier to produce.
I am now investigating the undesirable nuance of almond – I'd prefer to get a darker, heavier, even greasy accent instead of an almondy feeling. This same note is also perceptible in the hot extract I made (infusion). I am now producing new extracts, in order to make a comparison. An update on this subject is in progress.


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Book Talk
- Nancy Guthrie CCM Magazine
- 2004 18 May
My husband often says, "So when was it that books stopped being written by authors?" You know what he's talking about – sometimes it seems like anybody with even a little bit of celebrity writes a book. But then, we always know when we read something crafted by a real writer, don't we? A gifted writer creates a masterpiece painted with words. And that's what I've discovered in several books this month. Michael Card, Charlie Peacock and Max Lucado are three creative personalities, gifted at infusing spiritual and Scriptural insight with beauty.
Singer/songwriter/author Michael Card gave the devotions at a publishing conference I attended last week, speaking from his book, "A Fragile Stone: The Emotional Life Of Simon Peter" (InterVarsity). I sat spellbound. Now I've also been deeply moved as I've read his book over the days since the conference. The introduction points out that Peter is central in so many of the most significant moments recorded in the New Testament – when Jesus walked on the water, at the Transfiguration, when Peter slept in the Garden of Gethsemane and then cut off the soldier's ear, when he denied Christ three times, among others. Card works his way through Peter's life as revealed in Scripture, seeking to focus on Peter's friendship with Jesus and then calling his readers to learn from viewing Jesus through the eyes and experiences of Peter. This is a beautiful and insightful book I will go back to many times.
Honestly, it took some effort on my part to dig into Charlie Peacock's "New Way to Be Human: A Provocative Look at What it Means to Follow Jesus" (Shaw Books/WaterBrook). But little that is worthwhile comes easily, right? Once I was in, I was hooked. Peacock's mind-altering, life-changing, perspective-adjusting answers to the question, "What does it mean to be a student-follower of Jesus?" challenge all of our Christian culture modus operandi. He invites us into the passionate adventure of bending the shape and purpose of our lives into something far more significant than we have settled for. What he has to say has an impact on our love lives and work agendas, and the message is radical. "One of the strange upside-down things about the life of following Jesus is that you really want it to cost your life," Peacock writes. "If it doesn't, you've yet to step into the Story with intentionality." I suggest you intentionally read this book for a deeper "purpose-driven life." (Switchfoot fans will be pleased to discover that the book's forward is written by front man Jon Foreman.)
Remember the old adage "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down"? That is the image I thought of as I read "It's Not About Me: Rescue from the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy" (Integrity) The medicine? Theology. The sugar? Max's simple, authentic style. This book is feeding foundational theology about the nature of God – His holiness and immutability, His goodness and love. But the purpose is not information, it's transformation. As Lucado draws back the curtain on God's nature, we can't help seeing our self-promotion, self-preservation and self-centeredness for what it is in light of God's overriding purpose – to reveal His glory. "God's staff meetings, if He had them, would revolve around one question," Lucado suggests, "'How can we reveal My glory today?' God's to-do-list consists of one item: 'Reveal My glory.'" And Lucado assures us this agenda of God's does not reflect an ego problem. "He does not reveal his glory for his good. We need to witness it for ourselves." Like so many Lucado books, this one is short and easy-to-read and yet profoundly powerful.
You can hear Lucado speak from "It's Not About Me" at your local Regal Cinema on Tuesday, April 13 at the premiere of a digitized, surround-sound, full-length MercyMe concert from "The Imagine Tour." Every Regal Cinema around the country with high-definition digital technology will participate in the premiere. Following the cinema debut, "MercyMe Live Featuring Max Lucado" will be available the rest of April via national pay-per-view television outlets such as Direct TV and IN-DEMAND.
What singer do you think has sung live in front of more people than any other performer? Elton John? Elvis Presley? No. George Beverly Shea. It's true. Shea, through his life-long association with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has sung in front of more people than any other singer. (After all, Billy Graham has presented the gospel in person in front of more people than anyone in history.) In his new book, "How Sweet the Sound: Amazing Stories and Grace-Filled Reflections on Beloved Hymns and Gospel Songs" (Tyndale), Shea tells the history of how such treasured songs were written or introduced, offers moving accounts of songs touching tender hearts and shares remembrances of people and places from his long ministry through music. Talking about Shea's trademark song, "I'd Rather Have Jesus," worship leader/recording artist Jeff Deyo said, "These words are still the heartbeat of a generation of young people who have been saturated with technology – the microwave generation. The cry of their hearts is still: 'I'd rather have Jesus than anything' – more than fame, money, success or power!"
Music from the Soul Survivor movement via Matt Redmond and Tim Hughes seems to have crossed the Atlantic long ago, and now we are seeing its influence in the form of books from the UK youth movement. In "SOUL Sister: The Ultimate Guide to Being a Girl of God" (Regal), Beth Redman (married to Matt) deals with loneliness, self-image, relationships, purity and the ways to find help for all of life's issue through prayer and study of Scripture.
Also out this month from the leader and founder of the movement (and mentor to Redman and Hughes), Mike Pilavachi, is "Soul Survivor: Finding Passion and Purpose in the Dry Places" (Regal). In short chapters, Pilavachi invites his readers into the desert – dry places where we meet God in new and significant ways that change the way we live. "The desert is a place where you have to come to terms with your humanity, with your weakness and fallibility," he writes. "The desert is a lonely place; there are not usually many people there. Above all, the desert is God's place; it is the place where He takes us in order to heal us."
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Williams Pinball Vol 3 Interview
Now that the Williams Pinball Vol 1 and Vol 2 Beta has run its course on iOS and Android, it's time for Zen to channel their inner Ariana and say "thank u, next" for the latest Williams Pinball DLC drop across all platforms.
Hear Mel Kirk and Thomas Crofts (apologies from Akos Györkei who had to bail early to get Zen's Twitch stream set up) lay down what we can expect from Volume 3.
For those forensic fans out there, one of the tables will not be a surprise. But there may be a couple of tables in Volume 3 that have come out of left field.
There's also some (now somewhat old, but nonetheless) awkward and uncomfortable news about Magic Pixel's Zaccaria Pinball app on Android at the end of the show.
So many pictures in the show notes. Check them out at https://blahcadepinball.com/166-zen-studios-vol-3-interview


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Mac Miller's breakout mixtape will be available on streaming services soon.
Mac Miller's life was cut far too short but his music will undoubtedly live on forever. As today marks the nine-year anniversary of the release of his breakout mixtape, K.I.D.S, fans reflect on all of the music he gave us within a short amount of time. Although a few of his mixtapes have been uploaded to streaming services, K.I.D.S is still only available for free download on selected mixtape hosting sites. Soon enough, that'll change as the founder of Rostrum Records announced that he's working on bringing the project to streaming services.
Benjy Grinberg commemorated the 9th anniversary of Mac Miller's K.I.D.S. with a major announcement that will surely bring joy to his fans. The project, which marked Mac and Rostrum's first release together, will finally be hitting streaming platforms. Grinberg explained that Mac asked to clear this project in order to have it available for fans across Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
"On this 9th anniversary of the first tape that Mac and Rostrum put out together, I'm excited to announce that "K.I.D.S." will be available on all streaming services later this year! After Macadelic came out, Mac asked if we could clear this one next. It has been challenging but we are getting through it. We miss Mac every day and we see our job as making sure his music lives on. We love you, Mac," he wrote.
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Madden NFL 16 just came out this week, and it has been reviewed fairly highly. Despite the high reviews, however, the game does contain a few bugs, but thankfully a patch is in the works that is poised to fix them.
On Twitter, EA Sport Madden NFL Creative Director Rex Dickson explained that a patch will be coming out within the next few weeks.
@RickECooke Won't be day one but as soon as possible. You won't have to wait 6 weeks.
— Rex Dickson (@RexDEAFootball) August 24, 2015
He then went over a number of different issues that will be fixed in the patch, including:
- Ratings that change during Franchise games
- Issues while in the huddle
- Issues with Aggressive Catch balancing
- Custom playbooks that don't appear
Stay tuned to PlayStation LifeStyle, as more details on the upcoming patch, including a release date, will be posted when they become available.
[Source: Rex Dickson (Twitter) via Pasta Padre via GameSpot]


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Our July was busy, really busy. We celebrated the Fourth of July with family in the Central Valley, we took a trip to Maui, and did a ton of other seemingly huge things. While these make great memories, you know I love the tiny details that I hope my little ones will remember most when they're grown. Like the fleeting life of a sparkler, and how we have to drive to Grandma's house to buy any because they are illegal here, and how I always make them pose together for at least one photo during each beach trip.
I hope that they grow to a point where they cherish these photos forever, and I hope it brings back all the details they may forget with age. I hope they remember sand in their toes and dirt in their hair because they were allowed to (safely) explore the world around them. I hope they remember forts in the living room and pretending to be asleep after promising to nap in them (doesn't happen), and I hope they remember evening walks to cool down because the summer has been too hot to be inside the house. I want them to remember far away family coming to visit and that distance doesn't mean anything if you're willing to maintain a relationship with someone. I want them to cherish these #LifeInBetween moments forever, just like I will.
These photos are part of my Life In Between photo series, click here to view them all.
I've had such a great time following along with your #LifeInBetween moments on Instagram as well, and I encourage you to keep noticing, enjoying, and documenting them. If you haven't shared any, won't you join me?


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Every leader should have immediate access to these two leadership references guides by placing them in their office bookcase and downloading them to their laptop, tablet, eReader, or smartphone.
In Can't Get Enough Leadership, author John Agno pulls it all together by taking a full 360-degree view on this multi-faceted subject we call leadership. In Triple Crown Leadership, the authors show that triple crown organizations, that are excellent, ethical and enduring, require a new brand of leadership.
One of the primary tasks of leadership is to get results--ideally, exceptional results. Leaders seeking to build their organizations engage people more, gain their loyalty and creativity, and inspire mutually beneficial relationships with other stakeholders.
Yet, in their quest for excellent results, most organizations fall short. Some cut ethical corners. Meanwhile, leaders today face new expectations about social impact and sustainability. The real question is not just how to achieve the results, the business ethics or the sustainability but how to achieve all three.
"Can't Get Enough Leadership: Self-Coaching Secrets" can be used as a "get unstuck guide for leadership," as the self-coaching tips will get you thinking about what you have to do in your current leadership and management position to stimulate productivity and creativity. The sections of this unique guidebook contain multiple insights on the topics of: leadership principles, self knowledge, accidental leaders, leadership brand, success and failure, interpersonal relations, creativity, work life, knowledge workers, leadership transitions, and leadership self-coaching tips.
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"Triple Crown Leadership" focuses not just on excellent results and ethical practices but also on making them endure. For example, when Amazon.com went public in 1997, its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos issued a manifesto in which he wrote that "It's all about the long term," and that they are focused on building "something that we call tell our grandchildren about." In interviews, Bezos has argued that by lengthening its time horizon, the company can engage in endeavors that it could never otherwise pursue.
Major leadership in action sections of Triple Crown Leadership include:
Breakdowns: Personal and Organizational
Turnarounds: Early Stage and Rebirths
Startups: Built to Last or Built to Flip
Social Impact: In parallel with Financial Performance
Bob Vanourek: Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations (ebook $9.99 and hardcover $18.97)


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Boots - New Look
First we stopped off to get lunch and I had my first Mcdonalds in a month, which is saying something for me, then wandered around a few shops. Of course it kept pouring it down throughout the day so my hair got soaked!
To warm up we thought we best get a Starbucks as it's pretty much a must. I'm really liking Chai Tea Lattes now and this time I got it with soy milk and for some reason I think I prefer it! Also I have to say I love love LOVE my new phone case which I found on eBay. I've become really obsessed with French Bulldogs so I have to have anything I see with one on.
First stop in town was CEX which sells second hand DVDs and games ect. and I picked up The Pursuit of Happyness. I love this film and have been wanting to watch it these past couple days so I thought why not just get it because it was only £2.
Next was Waterstones as I'd just finished one of my Darren Shan books and had spotted Paper Towns online when I was looking for something new to read. I've already read The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and I loved it so much, I can't wait for the film! Whilst I was in there I also saw the notebook which says 'Even my ideas are recycled' and I thought it would be cool to get as a notebook to carry around with me and to write ideas in of course.
I've never been in Paperchase before so when I went past I decided to have a look. I spotted this really cute florally Journal which was £6 and I've been wanting a Journal for a couple of weeks.
Originally I went into New Look to look for some slippers as their ones are usually really comfy and cute. As soon as I walked in I spotted this amazing holographic clutch bag sitting on the Sale shelves. I grabbed it immediately as I've been looking for one for a month to go with a dress I have for my birthday, which is only another week away! It didn't have a sale sticker on it but I still took it to the till and it was only £3 which is a total bargain! I was so pleased.


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Windows 8 is such a big change to Microsoft's operating systems (OS), we thought it might be useful to have a look at their plans for the types of devices that will use it and also their longer-range plans.
Since Windows 8 became available in the TechSoup Asia program, we're covering different angles on what Windows 8 is all about. It may help to understand Microsoft's objectives with Windows 8 and Windows RT by looking at a surprising new crop of devices that have just launched that are designed for the new OS family.
Convertible or Slate Computers
Probably the most intriguing new devices are the convertibles, which are hybrid tablet and laptop devices. These are also called slates. They run full-fledged Windows 8 and so will run full versions of other PC desktop software.
Microsoft slates are designed to be as functional as a laptop, in a small touch screen form that weigh only a pound and a half. There's good evidence in the education market that many people are trying to replace laptops with tablets.
This is a new type of PC. If you want to see what they are, check out the Samsung Series 7 Slate (above), Lenovo ThinkPad 2 Tablet, or ASUS VivoTab TF810C Tablet.
Touch-Enabled Ultrabooks
The new touch screen ultrabook computers are more on the laptop side. Ultrabooks have been around for a while now.
Ultrabooks are light, thin, laptop computers with long battery life and costs usually under $1,000.
Apple's MacBook Air is generally considered to be the first ultrabook and has been around since early 2008.
The newest ultrabooks now have touch screens so you can use them like a traditional point-and-click laptop, or move around by tapping, sliding, scrolling, panning, and rotating icons directly on the screen with your finger.
These devices have the traditional laptop form factor but with a touch screen and a keyboard. The current versions cost a bit more than conventional ultrabooks.
Examples of Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks include the Dell XPS Duo Touchscreen Ultrabook (above) and the Toshiba Satellite U925t Touchscreen Ultrabook. They're a bit heavier than a tablet at around three pounds.
The Microsoft Surface
The new Microsoft Surface tablet is essentially a tablet computer, like an iPad, but with a built-in keyboard that is part of the cover. It's called a Touch Cover. On the inside of the Touch Cover are the keys and a trackpad made from a fabric material.
Microsoft itself makes and markets the Surface online and in its new retail stores in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
The current $500 Surface launch model runs on a version of Windows 8 called Windows RT. It is Microsoft's new mobile operating system, and somewhat different from PC-based Windows 8, but is in the same family of operating systems.
It can't run any desktop programs except Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. It makes the Surface more of a cloud-reliant device.
In early 2013 Microsoft is planning to launch a Surface with Windows 8 Pro which is expected to be more full-featured, a bit larger, and more expensive.
The Windows 8 all-in-one computers are iMac-type desktop computers that are mostly composed of a touch screen monitor.
Unlike conventional desktop computers, the computer case for them is in the base of the monitor. They come in different monitor sizes, all the way up to 27 inches. They are primarily geared for consumers rather than business settings.
The big screens are good for games, movies, and other entertainment, and like desktops they come with big hard drives and are heavy. The HP ENVY 23 TouchSmart (left) weighs over 24 pounds.
Windows Phone 8 Smartphones
Microsoft has been busy this 2012. Not only have they launched new stores with a variety of of tablets, slates, ultrabooks, desktops, and all-in-one computers that are all optimized for Windows 8, there is also a new line of smartphones called Windows Phone 8 Smartphones.
The Nokia Lumia 900 (above) is the flagship phone for both Microsoft and Nokia to compete with the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy.
Most major phone makers will be coming out with Windows Phone 8 smartphones like the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the Samsung Ativ S.
One key difference between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 is the display resolution. All Windows 8 Store apps will have to be relatively high resolution.
In addition, the main Windows Phone 8 software features include a very close integration with Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage to store, retrieve, and sync photos between devices.
It also integrates Live Tiles, which are apps that deliver automatic updates on what is important to you like your calendar, and Rooms, which let you create invitation-only spaces where you can privately share notes, photos, a calendar, and group chat with the people you choose.
Why All These New Devices?
Essentially the new Microsoft hardware and Windows 8 strategy is to make it easy for offices to have all their IT, including consumerized IT like phones and tablets, on a single supportable platform.
Forrester Research just came out with a great report called Windows: The Next Five Years. In it, the author, Frank Gillett, describes how Microsoft is now rapidly shifting from its previous PC-only strategy (now less than one-third of all personal computing devices) to a world where both consumers and offices use multiple personal device types.
Windows 8 and the new devices for it are only the most visible part of its strategy. The company is building a new programming model for applications, launching a new mobile app ecosystem, developing an array of cloud-based services, and developing new technologies that will be added across all their platforms involving touch, voice, and gesture.
Windows 8 is only the beginning. The Forrester report believes that adoption of the new Microsoft computing ecosystem will be gradual, but will be start gaining momentum not just in PCs, but in mobile and cloud computing in 2014.
Will you be jumping on the Windows 8 train? Or adding more touch screen devices to your organization's hardware? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Chin Track Days @ Sebring Int'l Raceway
Chin Track Days
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Sebring Int'l Raceway, Sebring, FL
**Canceled for virus prevention See our Blog at www.chintrackdays.com for COVID-19 updates** As one of the leading track event providers in the USA, Chin Track Days maintains their own stand-alone website for driver registration and event information. Please go to: www.ChinTrackDays.com for complete event details. Largest calendar of track events in USA. Lower enrollment, fewer run groups, more track time. Registration not available here at MotorsportsReg. Please go to: www.ChinTrackdays.com.


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When most people think of us, they think of Guide Dogs. But a Guide Dog is just one of the ways in which we support people who are blind or vision impaired.
At Guide Dogs NSW/ACT we provide assistance to anyone with vision loss, no matter what your age or level of vision. You don't have to be totally blind, or want a Guide Dog to receive our free services.
While training Guide Dogs is an important part of our work, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT also provides a variety of supports to people who are blind or vision impaired that increase independence, minimise the impact of vision loss and build confidence for further education, employment and social participation.
Our services include:
- Training people to use canes, canines and electronic aids to improve their mobility and thus their independence and quality of life
- Training companion dogs for children and adults who are disabled or disadvantaged owing to age, isolation or ill health
- Advocating on behalf of the people we assist to make the community an easier place in which to live and work


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Sergei Babkov
Flying a Red Flag 1956
Oil on card
11 x 16 cm
Signed and dated
Provenance: John Barkes, London, bought from the artist in the artist's studio, St Petersburg
Born 1920. Very well known in St Petersburg artist. A war hero, he fought in the Seige of Leningrad. Studied Repin Academy, Boris Ioganson workshop.
refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Babkov
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There are a few unspoken rules of society that everyone knows, whether or not they're admitted. Among these is that, unless you want to get into a fight with your spouse, you should probably keep your complaints to yourself around your in-laws.
However, these people didn't think that rule was worth obeying, or maybe they just couldn't stand to keep quiet in these particular instances. Whether they were shocked or plain in awe, these folks opened up about the ballsiest thing their spouse or significant other ever said to their parents.
Shark Week
Was having dinner with my mom and my brand new boyfriend at the time when he started hugging me at the table (the kind of hug a child gives to a pet rabbit where you just feel bad for the creature receiving the love).
I say, "Don't. Stop." He responds, "Don't stop? Okay" I grumbled and said, "No, there's a period in there." Without missing a beat he said, "Girl you know a period never stopped me." In front of my mom. (maclovinscousin)
Older Model
My girlfriend and I were on a ski trip with my parents, and this was the first time she would be spending an extended amount of time with them. In the morning while getting ready, my dad walks out in his long johns and underarmor top, and overall tight-fitting outfit.
My girlfriend wasn't really expecting this, and my dad caught her looking his way. And my dad, as always one to put someone on the spot (in a fun way), says "whatchya looking at?"
Without a moment's hesitation, my girlfriend goes: "Just checking out the older model."
Needless to say she was instantly accepted into the family. (ThePeckerOfPriapus)
My dad was talking to me and my boyfriend about safe sex when my boyfriend whipped out the condoms he had in his bag and said "Don't worry, I'm already prepared" (ssands-of-time)


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§ Mr. McMaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount spent by his Department in the last five years for which figures are available on consultancy contracts; if he will list each consultancy firm, the subject of assignment and, if appropriate, the executive agency for whom the consultancy was carried out; which executive agencies and quangos responsible to or appointed by him are excluded from the information provided; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lang
I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 21 February at columns51-52 and to the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman) on 16 March at columns 659–60.


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Located in the north Oak Lawn area of Dallas, Windsor West Lemmon is just minutes from great dining, shopping and downtown. Our amenities and homes are designed to provide the ultimate in style, convenience and comfort.
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Japan earthquake: Struggle to reach tsunami survivors
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Rescuers are searching for survivors of a huge earthquake and tsunami that have devastated Japan's north-eastern coast, killing at least 1,000 people.
In one town alone - the port of Minamisanriku - 10,000 people were listed as unaccounted for, officials were reported as saying.
Across the region, TV footage showed people stranded on rooftops surrounded by debris-filled water.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said 50,000 troops were joining the rescue effort.
The government said that all military resources available, including personnel, vehicles, aircraft and vessels, had been mobilised for the rescue effort.
Mr Kan said 3,000 people had been rescued so far.
However, operations are being hampered by aftershocks, continuing tsunami warnings and damaged roads.
An explosion at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima has also prompted fears of a meltdown and people have been ordered to evacuate the area within a 20km (12-mile) radius of the plant.
Cries for help
Hundreds of people are missing, and is it feared that the death toll will rise significantly.
Before-and-after aerial images of coastal towns on Japanese television suggest that virtually entire communities along the coastline were washed away.
The 10m (33ft) tsunami swept up to 10km (6 miles) inland, destroying many towns and villages.
In Minamisanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, reports said the 10,000 people listed as unaccounted-for represented well over half the town's population of 17,000.
NHK World television said the water reached the fourth of a five-floor hospital building.
About a third of the city of Kesennuma, also in Miyagi, with a population of 74,000, was submerged, and the city was also hit by widespread fires.
In Iwate prefecture, Rikuzentakata, a coastal city of some 23,000 people, was almost completely destroyed as the tsunami reached as high as the third floor of the city hall. Some 300-400 bodies were found there.
The coastal area of Miyako and almost all of the town of Yamada, both in Iwate, were also submerged.
A municipal official of the town of Futaba in Fukushima prefecture said: ''More than 90% of the houses in three coastal communities have been washed away by tsunami. Looking from the fourth floor of the town hall, I see no houses standing.''
In one of the worst-hit areas of Fukushima prefecture, people buried under rubble could be heard calling out for help, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Four trains running in a coastal area of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures are still unaccounted for.
In Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, many homes are still without power and there are queues at the few petrol stations that are open, says the BBC's Chris Hogg.
In other developments:
- There have been reports of more than 125 aftershocks, including a 6.8 magnitude quake
- The number of partially or completely destroyed buildings has reached some 3,400
- Some 5.57 million households had lost power as of Saturday morning, while more than one million households have had their water supply cut off, the Kyodo news agency reported
- Fires have continued, with Sendai airport said to still be on fire and Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture experiencing three large-scale fires, Kyodo reported
- Two US aircraft carriers are on their way to the disaster zone - the USS George Washington, which is based near Tokyo, and the USS Ronald Reagan, which was on its way to South Korea
- The welfare ministry said 181 welfare facilities, including nursing homes, were damaged
- More than 200,000 people are in emergency shelters. More than 50 countries and territories have offered assistance
The earthquake struck on Friday afternoon off Honshu island, about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo.
It was nearly 8,000 times stronger than last month's quake in New Zealand that devastated the city of Christchurch, scientists said.


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As of March 15, 2018, here are the top Asian and Black Couple YouTube Channels, all with more than 1 million video views. We know many, many YouTubers and while it may look easy, it's really hard work particularly with Google / YouTube recently demonetizing several videos. Big props to all of the Blasian couples who share their lives with the world to give everyone a glimpse of Asian and Black couple life!
Top Asian and Black Couple YouTube channels
Ranked by total number of video views as of March 15, 2018
1. Timothy Delaghetto channel with 733 million views over 11 years – Timothy Delaghetto, Thai and girlfriend Chia, Eritrean (African) and Salvadoran (Central American) – top left in the cover photo. https://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyDeLaGhetto2
2. The Lavigne Life channel with 97 million views over 4 years – Jerry Lavigne, Afro-Creole, and wife, Dee, Filipino, Chinese, & White – top right in the cover photo. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLaVigneLife
3. MazeLee channel with 76 million views over 8 years – Alena Maze, AfrAm, and husband, Joe Lee, Korean American – bottom left in the cover photo. https://www.youtube.com/user/livinamaze
4. Lily Petals World channel with 44 million views over 9 years – Lily J. Lee, Korean, and husband, James, Kenyan – bottom middle in the cover photo. https://www.youtube.com/user/lilylee55
5. Wode Maya channel with 13.5 million views over 4 years – Wode Maya, Ghanaian, and sometimes girlfriend, Candice, Chinese – bottom right in the cover photo. https://www.youtube.com/user/MrGhanaBaby
Other channels not pictured with more than 1 million views are:
6. ItsLovelyMimi channel with 8.4 million views over 2 years – Mimi, Vietnamese, and husband, Remy, AfrAm. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWfaDcy6LDEbwTZilr7ctA
7. Slice n Rice channel with 7.4 million views over 3 years – Matt, AfrAm, and girlfriend, Glory, Korean American. https://www.youtube.com/user/SliceNRice
8. Primrose Panglea with 3.6 million views over 6 years – Primrose, Zimbabwean English, and husband, Jaspreet, East Indian English. https://www.youtube.com/user/BlissfullyEnchanted7
9. GS350JPN channel with 3.1 million views over 9 years – Ralph, African American, and his Japanese wife who is seldom shown. https://www.youtube.com/user/GS350JPN
10. Yuri Bruce channel with 2.4 million views over 4 years – Yuri, Filipina, and husband, Bruce, AfrAm. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClPn38quemFi2x5VqqhRNQA
11. Blasian Sensation channel with 1.5 million views over 2 years – Phet, Lao, and wife, Nishi, AfrAm. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJs9B8a3dwFLHgtFO9n353g
12. Forbidden Love: Justin & Sarah channel with 1.5 million views over 5 months! – Justin, Korean Canadian, and fiance, Sarah, Blasian: Filipino/Sudanese. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk2ywidaKVmMW4QRTO2-TRg
13. Our Life Yesterday channel with 1.2 million views over 2 years – Himali, East Indian, and husband, Billy, AfrAm. https://www.youtube.com/user/ourlifeyesterday
Let us know if you know of other Asian and Black couple YouTube channels with total video views over 1 million. Also several of the Asian and Black couple YouTube channels with fewer than 1 million views can be found on the ABC groups page.
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The overall aim of this research is to determine the effects of marijuana (MJ) on brain connectivity in adolescents, and to establish whether such influences on complex neural networks are more pronounced in biological relatives of schizophrenia (SZ) patients. This proposal is significant because it will provide new information about the potential hazards adolescent MJ exposure poses to public health. Adolescent MJ use is a known environmental risk factor for SZ. MJ is also the most commonly used illicit drug among adolescents in the U.S. where first MJ exposure often occurs in mid-adolescence. Recent youth surveys report rising MJ usage, persistent easy MJ access, and declining perception that MJ is harmful. Activation of cannabinoid receptors is vital in regulating neural cell survival, brain development and neuroplasticity. Animal studies provide clear evidence that tetrahydrocannabinol present in MJ is deleterious to the brain, especially during the sensitive period of adolescent brain maturation. However, human neuroimaging studies have been contradictory partly due to the absence of longitudinal data on human adolescents. To address these gaps in knowledge, we will conduct a prospective MRI study of healthy adolescent volunteers without family history of SZ (HNV), and a matched sample of first-degree relatives of SZ patients. At study entry, subjects have no prior MJ use. Targeted recruitment strategies and close attention to promote subject retention will be utilized. Brain anatomic, diffusion-weighted magnetization transfer ratio, and resting-state functional MRI data are obtained at intake and 3 years later. Using reliable and well-validated assessment protocols at 6-monthly intervals, subjects will be monitored for onset and severity of emergent MJ use (expected to be 25% of intake sample). This prospective study design will yield 4 informative comparison groups (stratified by MJ use and SZ family history) providing an explicit test to reveal the unique effect of adolescent MJ exposure and of familial SZ risk on longitudinal brain changes.
Specific Aims 1 and 2 utilize state-of-the-art statistical analyses to assess the impact of emergent MJ use on within-subject changes in brain structural integrity, and on differential effects in SZ relatives. he hypothesis is that adolescents with emergent MJ use will show deficits in structural brain integrity. Against a background of genetic vulnerability for SZ, biological relatives will be more susceptible to MJ's deleterious effects.
Specific Aim 3 uses novel graph theory methods to quantify the topographical properties of brain structural and functional connectivity. The influence of adolescent MJ use on changes in brain network organization will be contrasted between HNV and SZ relatives.
Specific Aim 4 explores secondary outcomes of neurocognition, personality traits and prodromal symptoms to develop integrative models to explain the adolescent MJ-SZ link. Thus, this proposal with its longitudinal study design and innovative network connectivity measures will advance knowledge regarding the impact adolescent MJ exposure has on public health and on SZ susceptibility.
Marijuana is a major public health problem worldwide. Schizophrenia is a leading cause of chronic disability among young adults. This research is of public health significance because greater understanding of how complex brain network systems are affected by the intricate interactions between adolescent marijuana use and schizophrenia susceptibility will lead to more effective treatments for these neuropsychiatric disorders.
|Ho, Beng-Choon; Barry, Amy B; Koeppel, Julie A (2018) Impulsivity in unaffected adolescent biological relatives of schizophrenia patients. J Psychiatr Res 97:47-53
|Onwuameze, Obiora E; Titone, Debra; Ho, Beng-Choon (2016) Transitive inference deficits in unaffected biological relatives of schizophrenia patients. Schizophr Res 175:64-71
|Ho, Beng-Choon; Koeppel, Julie A; Barry, Amy B (2016) Cerebral white matter correlates of delay discounting in adolescents. Behav Brain Res 305:108-14
|Onwuameze, O E; Nam, K W; Epping, E A et al. (2013) MAPK14 and CNR1 gene variant interactions: effects on brain volume deficits in schizophrenia patients with marijuana misuse. Psychol Med 43:619-31


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Taylor Swift's latest album Red was significant not only for its humongous sales (1.2 million copies in its first week!), but also for tracks that abandoned the country sound she broke out with. Her poppy smash singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," "I Knew You Were Trouble." and "22" were the work of pop-producer extraordinaire Max Martin, who apparently is playing a major role is T.Swift's upcoming LP.
Idolator quotes a Rolling Stone story that says Martin has worked "on most of" Tay Tay's upcoming record, which means this will probably be her poppiest yet. RS also quotes Scott Borchetta, CEO of Taylor's country label, as saying, "Will country stations play a complete pop song just because it's her? No. But when she comes to town, her friends at country radio will come and see her."
For fans who love the Taylor Swift they hear on Top 40 radio these days, this is probably great news. But for those who first fell in love with her self-titled debut album ("Teardrops on My Guitar," anyone?), this is likely not the direction they hoped for.
Taylor recently said that the new LP is "already my favorite thing that I've ever created." Big words coming from a girl who's sold more than a million albums in a week for two different records.
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Scientists find rice gene for grain size and yield
[BEIJING] Chinese scientists have identified and cloned a rice gene that influences rice grain weight and yield, which could help scientists develop higher yielding varieties of the world's most important food crop.
Little is known about the genetic mechanisms that determine yield and seed weight in plants, despite tremendous efforts by agricultural scientists in the past decade.
In a study published this week (8 April) in Nature Genetics, lead author Lin Hongxuan and colleagues from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, studied two varieties of rice with highly significant differences in grain size.
After mapping their genomes, they found a gene called GW2 in the large-grain rice that was lacking in the small-grain rice.
They then created a variety of the naturally small-grained rice with the GW2 gene, and found that the gene increased the width and weight of rice grains and increased grain yield per plant by nearly 20 per cent.
The high-yield variant had nearly the same cooking or eating quality as conventional rice, although the grains had a darker appearance.
The team say the GW2 gene will facilitate breeding efforts to improve grain yield in food crops. But they say further evidence is needed to support their finding.
"The increased output of single plants might be influenced by environmental factors, so our finding needs to be tested in the randomised blocks of plants in paddies," Lin told SciDev.Net.
He said the GW2 gene might affect grain size by regulating the cell division cycle.
Zhu Zhen, deputy director of the Bureau of Life Sciences and Biotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, praised the study, saying it would give breeders more alternatives to explore in the search for improved varieties of rice.
"In the process of developing new crop varieties, the discovery of important agronomical genes is very important," Zhu told SciDev.Net.
Link to full paper in Nature Genetics
Reference: Nature Genetics doi: 10.1038/ng2014 (2007)


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The Central Connecticut softball team opened their season on Thursday night at the University of South Florida. The Blue Devils fell to the Bulls by a score of 8-0 to open their season, it was the first game played at USF's new softball facility. Central falls to 0-1 with the loss, but they continue play at the USF Fairfield Suites Tournament tomorrow.
After going down one-two-three in the top of the first the Blue Devils surrendered the first run of the season to the Bulls in the bottom of the first. The Bulls used a walk and a pair of hits to manufacture the run against Blue Devil starter senior Elizabeth Montemurro.
Central went down in order again in the top of the second. In the bottom half of the inning the Bulls put up six runs against the Blue Devils. The Bulls scored six runs off six hits and three walks in the inning. Freshman Julie Marks relieved Montemurro and picked up the final out of the inning.
Marks held the Bulls offense to one run in the final two innings. She allowed only four hits and struck out a pair of Bulls.
The Blue Devils finally broke through against the Bulls getting their first hit of the season with a single in the top of the fourth inning. Senior transfer Amanda Dilworth got the Blue Devil hit with a single down the right field line.
Montemurro (0-1) took the loss for the Blue Devils and Lindsey Richardson got the win for the Bulls. The game was halted after four and a half innings because of the collegiate mercy rule.
Central returns to action tomorrow afternoon against #5 Alabama, first pitch is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.


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His wife, Eva, claimed the kinetic art of the 1950's and 1960's as the inspiration for Roberto Cavalli's pre-fall outing, but if that reference made you think of the airy, primary-colored geometry of an Alexander Calder mobile, you were in for a surprise with the dark, fuzzy clothes that made up the collection.
Cavalli's standout Spring show set a shimmering new gold standard in fashion. What was on offer here was a shaded view of the Cavalli signatures: blackest fur trims, leopard-colored khaki, python graphically reconfigured in black and white. Actually, that way, it did look almost as geometric as a Calder. Or maybe more Art Deco, especially in drop-waisted flapper dresses.
There was geometry in the silhouette, too, often short and tiered, with volumes emphasized by the use of plissé and structured fabrics like silk gazar. They made the Cavalli woman look a bit more aloof, maybe even stern, especially with added details like her haute bourgeois jabots, pie-crust collars, ruffles, and discreet little bows.
She could still find her floaty python-printed mousseline if she wanted it, but there was a new seriousness of purpose in the substantial outerwear: shearlings, alpacas, a crocodile-print jacket with a detachable fur collar. Intense, overdyed shades of garnet and teal—not to mention the furred, feathered black that was the foundation of the collection—loaned a rich but solemn air to the clothes. If it's been the season of the bandbox-smart gentleman in menswear, here was a gothic-ized twist on a rather strict gentlewoman.


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Chapter 1
"Daisuke Matsumoto!" Sang a young woman's beautiful voice.
Her words bounced off the walls and echoed throughout our dark and silent home. Normally I'd be overjoyed to hear a pretty girl call my name, but the sound of her voice sent nothing but terror down my spine.
"It's her, she's coming," whispered Akito.
I expected my teacher to be freaking out in terror like me, but his black eyes were calm and his brow was narrowed in concentration.
"But Mana!" I hissed hysterically. "We have to help Mana!"
I couldn't forget the image of Mana lying face down unconscious on the floor. Her short black hair was messed up, bloody, and she looked like a broken doll beyond repair. The cute girl who helped me on several occasions could be moments away from death if someone didn't aid her soon.
I jumped up and attempted to climb over the desk we were hiding behind, but Akito quickly grabbed my shirt and pulled me back.
"Don't worry about her! There's nothing we can do now!" He hissed.
"What! You can't be serious!"
Mana wasn't my only concern. It was also uncertain if my other friends were alright. I lost track of them among the madness.
"How can you say that?" I cried. "Aren't you supposed to protect them? Isn't that your job?!"
"It's not them she's after!"
My mouth clamped shut. He was right. It wasn't poor Mana she was targeting.
She only had one target in mind, and that person was me.
I gave up and went limp.
He was right, it wasn't his fault, it was all mine.
The situation would have been more acceptable if I had done something to deserve it. Like throwing rocks at baby animals, or being a terrible person, but I didn't do anything to incur her wrath. Everything went to hell just because my name is Daisuke Matsumoto.
Akito was holding Nina back with his other hand, but she wasn't making any attempt to run.
Like me, Nina was also another one of Akito's students who had been caught up in this madness and probably wasn't going to live to see tomorrow. Her long brown hair was stuck to her forehead with sweat. She wasn't shaking with fear, but was abnormally silent and staring anxiously at the door like she knew what was to come.
I couldn't understand how she could endure being so still. But maybe like me, she was counting on Akito to protect her.
The monster stopped calling my name in her morbid game of hide and seek, and all was silent in Akito's Japanese style home.
Suddenly I could hear moans of pain from somewhere outside the room. I prayed that whoever it was would stay quiet, otherwise they'd be next on her dinner plate.
I heard the floorboards creak and groan with every step the vile monster took as she crept closer and closer towards us.
Did she know already? Had she heard us? Or maybe she was going to finally give up and return to whatever hell she came from.
My thoughts screamed "Please don't stop here, whatever you do, please don't open this door!"
Suddenly the paper screen door went flying across the room. It hit the desk and splintered into two. We all ducked down and covered our heads to protect ourselves from the debris, but something must have hit Nina because she let out a cry of pain. Nina realized her mistake instantaneously and her hands flung to her mouth, but it was already too late.
That was all it took.
The monster knew we were here.
We were done for.
I peeked through a gap in Akito's hasty barricade of chairs and furniture, and found myself staring at her in horror, unable to move or look away.
In my mind, she was a possessed demon, but all that stood before me was an abnormally beautiful woman with long raven hair, dressed neatly in a red summer Kimono. She was smiling pleasantly which would have caught anyone unaware. I certainly was.
She was completely unharmed, except for her charred left sleeve which was almost blasted off by my friend's lightning charm.
You may be wondering why we were all so terrified and currently bleeding because of this pretty young woman, and the answer was incomprehensible but simple.
She was a fox monster.
"Found you!" She called.
I expected Akito to have a plan (he had to have a plan) but all I could hear was his sigh of defeat.
"Looks like it's come to that," he said.
What! It can't be? Don't tell me he's given in. I thought to myself.
My teacher Akito had always gotten my hopes up and then quickly smashed them. Apparently now wasn't going to be any different.
I tore my eyes away from my approaching death and back to Akito, who was now holding a knife in his right hand instead of Nina. I was uncertain if he procured it from his clothes or desk, but the details don't matter anymore.
I forced myself to feel hope. Maybe it was a magical weapon that was highly effective against fox monsters.
"Hey, Akito," I whispered hopefully. "What's up with the knife?" I was looking for words of reassurance but his face was stone cold. "Akito?" I asked again.
He grabbed me by the shoulder to stop me from fleeing and held the knife to my face.
"I'm so sorry Daisuke, but I don't think we have any other choice."
"What? What are you talking about Akito?"
"I'm so sorry Daisuke," he apologized again.
"What, so this is it?" I said. My eyes flicked from the knife to his face which wasn't giving anything away. "Don't tell me that I'm going to die here?"
They say that your life flashes before your eyes once you know you're going to die. I could see it all before me in the reflection of Akito's blade. I was standing under the slide on my first day of elementary school, eating cake at my sister's wedding, outside praying that the monster wouldn't come tonight.
I'm sorry. You don't know what I'm talking about do you?
I've become so immersed in this world that I often forget that regular people don't know about the monsters lurking right under their noses. Maybe it's best if I explain to you the events of that morning, or the previous month, or from my first day of high school?
No, that still wouldn't be far enough.
How about we go way back?
Let's start from the beginning.
Let's go back to the day when I learned about monsters and the fox monster for the first time.


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TCL Chairman Li Dongsheng has a post on his Weibo account in which he hints a possible tie-up between his company and HTC. In the post, Dongsheng expresses his admiration for Cher Wang, founder and chairman of HTC and suggests that both companies could pose a serious threat to the likes of Apple and Samsung.
This isn't the first time TCL's Chairman hints at operations behind the scenes in this Weibo account. Previously, he noted made a small indication of TCL's partnership with Baidu on the TV front.
Back in 2004, TCL invested €55 million in Alcatel's phonemaking business in return of 55% shareholding and a year later bought the remaining 45% for $8.1 million. Now, 9 years later, Alcatel is doing nicely and showcased some great smartphones at IFA 2014.
HTC's latest quarter results show the company only managed to return a profit thanks to tightening its belt and cutting costs. Similarly to what it did with Alcatel, TCL could invest a considerable amount of money in HTC resulting in the phonemaker having more room to breathe and produce great products.
if what TCL says happens , i will heading to lumia,s , it will more to professionals and no more androids at last.
HTC quietly and slowly going bankrupt.
Yes, this is something they need. They need money for R&D and to be able to produce and innovate on new products. But just as an investment, don't think HTC will ever sell itself. Especially to a company in mainland China.


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Selected by the Flyers in the third round (95th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, center Patrick Sharp has established himself as an NHL regular in just his second professional season.
The former University of Vermont standout spent the majority of the first season and a half of his career with the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League. There, he earned a reputation as a smart, fundamental player and a quick learner.
He was recalled to the Flyers for good in late January 2004, after the team was hit with an unusual assortment of injuries to a number of players at the forward positions. To this point, he has recorded 7 points (5 goals, 2 assists), a minus-2 rating and 55 PIMs in 38 games with the big club.
The Thunder Bay, Ontario native is not expected to develop into a big offensive contributor for the Flyers, but could be counted upon in a second or third line role with the team for years to come.
Hockey's Future met up with Sharp following a recent Flyers game at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
HF: Patrick, you've made the jump to full-time NHLer in just your second pro season. What has been the primary factor in the development of your game?
PS: I'm competing more and being much more tenacious on the puck. Those are things I really worked on over the summer and throughout last year in the minors. I was told at the beginning of the year that I hadn't improved enough in those areas. So, in the first 35 games with the Phantoms this season these were things I really focused on, and it's really helped me make the transition to the NHL.
HF: A big deal is often made about the complexity of Ken Hitchcock's system. Did you find it difficult to adjust at first?
PS: Well, it's the same system they play with the Phantoms. Hitch has got it throughout the organization. The Philadelphia Phantoms organization really prepares young players well. So, when I was given the chance to step in and play for the Flyers, I was ready to go.
HF: Have any players been particularly active in helping you adjust to the NHL?
PS: A bunch of guys, actually. It's a great team to be on for a young player. There are a number of great veterans and great forwards here. Mark Recchi has really taken the time to help me out, and guys like John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick are always available to talk to and are willing to give advice. The leadership in the room really helps the younger players.
HF: You and John LeClair are two of the few University of Vermont products in the NHL. Do you have any sort of special bond because of that?
PS: Yeah, a little bit. We get to talking about Vermont quite a bit. I think, as a young player coming out of Vermont, he has always looked after me and taken it upon himself to make sure things are going well for me. While I was with the Phantoms, he always checked in to see how things were going. He's a great role model for me.
HF: Earlier, you mentioned your time in the AHL. In terms of your development, how important was your stint with the Phantoms?
PS: It was great. I enjoyed the year and a half that I played there and I certainly will use it to my advantage. They have a great coaching staff, led my John Stevens, and really took the time to develop young players like myself, Dennis Seidenberg, Antero Niittymaki, Jim Vandermeer, and a bunch of young guys who have been able to play a certain amount of games in the National Hockey League. I enjoyed playing with the Phantoms, and we'll see what happens when everyone gets healthy with the Flyers. I may be returning back, and it will be exciting to have a good playoff run.
HF: You played in three games over two brief stints with the Flyers last year. How did those appearances help you prepare for your eventual role with the team this season?
PS: It helped me a lot. Basically, what it did for me was give me the confidence that I could be a National Hockey League player. Growing up, it's always a dream that seems so far away. So, to get into three games and get a taste for what it's like, well, it just makes you hungry and makes you want to make it there that much more.
HF: The Flyers have dealt with injuries all season long and the team has been in a constant state of instability. As a young player, how has this affected you?
PS: Injuries happen, so you really have to try not to worry about things like that. The Flyers have one of the top lineups in all of the National Hockey League, and those injuries actually allowed me to play a little bit more and get some more ice time. You never wish injuries on people, but whenever someone goes down it opens up a spot for another player. It gave me the opportunity to step in and gain some more experience.
HF: With just a few games remaining in the regular season, what does the team need to do to prepare for the playoffs?
PS: We just need to refocus and understand that the season is winding down and these last few games are very important as far as the playoff picture is concerned. We saw last year that the home ice advantage is critical and that's something we're definitely shooting for. With the team that we have, with the leadership and experience, there's no doubt that the guys will be refocused and ready to go [the rest of the way].
HF: Do you have any personal goals for yourself as the playoffs approach?
PS: This time of year, everyone is playing hard. I just need to raise my level of play in every game situation. Playoff hockey is right around the corner and you have to be prepared to play your best game every night. That's what I'm focused on at this point.


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Based on an image processing technique, the peculiarity of the technique proposed here, is to get eight successive images of the skin, each one of a different degree of "depth". Thus, the dermascope is capable to see "more" than the eyes of a dermatologist and offers a real added value to the current techniques.
The collected data is then transferred to the cloud for analysis, which also includes a use of GPU. The subject then receives a notification of the results from the analysis on its smartphone.
The biggest innovation of this project is the development of a multispectral dermascope. Eight different wavelengths, which are subtly chosen, allow a thorough vision under the skin. The first series of tests were already performed by a private dermatologist.