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drdadbooks · 2 years

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Precious Offspring U8A8472 by Daniel D'Auria Via Flickr: A week doesn't seem like much time but it's amazing how much a young deer grows and accomplishes in such a short time. Still, a little fawn spends much of the day alone and in hiding until it has grown enough to keep up with the other deer. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to see them grow and I am humbled that their mothers feel that our yards are safe havens for their precious offspring.

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stevensalerno · 1 year

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Just the ENDS! -a look at endpapers created for many of my picture books

Not every one of the 38 picture books I’ve illustrated to date have end papers art included… perhaps only about a third do. (usually it’s a publisher’s budgetary issue) But when the publisher does give the green light on a picture book project to include the end papers, I’m thrilled! It’s always fun and challenging to devise and create a thematic pattern reflecting the subject and feel of the story.

Posted here are some endpapers I’ve created over the years for various picture books:

^ above: endpapers from, Wild Child -written & illustrated by Steven Salerno -August 2015 Abrams Books for Young Readers. (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, Wild Horse Annie Friend of the Mustangs (nonfiction) written by Tracey Fern & illustrated by Steven Salerno - April 2019 by Farrar Straus Giroux. (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, The Secret Code Inside You -all about your DNA (nonfiction) written by Rajani LaRocca, MD & illustrated by Steven Salerno -Released in 2021 by Little Bee Books. (digital)

^ above: endpapers from, Pantaloon -written by Kathryn Jackson & illustrated by Steven Salerno -March 2010 Golden Books/Random House. (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, Love from MADELINE -written by John Bemelmans Marciano & illustrated by Steven Salerno (in the style of the creator of MADELINE, Ludwig Bemelmans) Released in Jan 2022 by Viking Books for Young Readers (Penguin-Random House) (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, PRIDE The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag (nonfiction) written by Rob Sanders & illustrated by Steven Salerno -April 2018 by Random House. (digital)

^ above: endpapers from, Harry Hungry! -written & illustrated by Steven Salerno -February 2009 Harcourt Children’s Books. (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, BOOM! -written by Mary Lyn Ray & illustrated by Steven Salerno -June 2013 Hyperion Books/Disney. (gouache & digital)

^ above: endpapers from, PASS GO And Collect $200 The Real Story of How MONOPOLY Was Invented (nonfiction) written by Tanya Lee Stone & illustrated by Steven Salerno -July 2018 by Henry Holt & Co/Christy Ottaviano Books. (digital)

^ above: endpapers from, Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates -written by April Jones Prince & illustrated by Steven Salerno -October 2017 Farrar Straus Giroux/Margaret Ferguson Books. (gouache & digital)

#picture books #publishing #children's books #Steven Salerno #illustration #end papers

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bitcofun · 1 year

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Decentralized financing (DeFi) has actually grown in appeal to end up being a billion-dollar market that's providing users the very same monetary items as in conventional financing (TradFi), plus making extra chances. These are liquidity supplier charges or governance tokens made through yield farming. The absence of policy in DeFi has actually raised a lot of issues about crooks utilizing procedures to wash cash and financing prohibited activities. This is where CeDeFi can be found in. Read on to discover what CeDeFi is and how it compares to DeFi and CeFi. What is CeDeFi? CeDeFi means centralized decentralized financing, a term describing a monetary system that combines the functions and advantages of CeFi and DeFi. Hence, CeDeFi uses the DeFi items like yield farming, loaning, loaning, liquidity staking, and token switching, which are readily available on DeFi procedures while being certified in regards to guidelines. CeDeFi deals with the absence of guideline in the crypto area. It does this by abiding by the guidelines that assist police recognize prospective wrongdoers in a more simple method. CeDeFi is likewise defined by central entities that utilize comparable governance structures understood from the conventional monetary sector. It welcomes the performance of decentralized financing, consequently decreasing expenses. The Role of Binance in the Creation of CeDeFi One of the biggest central crypto exchanges, Binance, released its own blockchain in April2018 The objective was to develop a network with high throughput and able to process numerous deals per second. The blockchain was called Binance Chain (later on rebranded to BNB Beacon Chain). The network utilized the Tendermint agreement design and concentrated on a main app, the Binance DEX, instead of on numerous applications. DeFi was growing on Ethereum, and the Binance DEX wasn't making much traction. As an outcome, Binance understood that it required a blockchain that supported wise agreements and permitted other designers to develop decentralized applications (DApps) if this chain was to take on Ethereum. So, Binance forked the Ethereum Go customer (Geth), developing Binance Smart Chain in September 2020 (now described as BNB Smart Chain). The brand-new blockchain ran parallel to the BNB Beacon Chain and supported clever agreements. It had a various agreement system, block time, and gas limitation per block than Ethereum. The BNB Smart Chain jeopardized decentralization to obtain scalability and, with it, high deal throughput. It embraced the Proof-of-Staked-Authority (PoSA) agreement design. This agreement system does not merely permit anybody to begin verifying deals on the network since particular limitations have actually been put in location. The BNB Smart Chain just permits the top 21 active validators ranked by the variety of BNB they've staked to take turns verifying blocks. Validators do not make a block benefit. The restricted number of validators makes BNB Smart Chain a more central blockchain network and, consequently, a great example of CeDeFi. That stated, Binance is intending on enhancing decentralization and censorship resistance through BEP131, a network upgrade that will increase the variety of validators from 21 to 41. DeFi vs. CeFi vs. CeDeFi - A Comparison Criteria DeFi CeFi CeDeFi Know your consumer (KYC) There are no KYC requirements KYC is needed KYC is required Custody Non-custodial, which implies users hold their personal secrets Custodial, which suggests the platform holds the personal secrets CeDeFi procedures are non-custodial Governance Decentralized because there's no main authority Centralized Centralized Regulatory Compliance Doesn't adhere to policies Complies with the policies of the nation, where the platform lies CeDeFi platforms are regulatory-compliant with the laws of the jurisdictions in which they run Intermediaries Smart agreements change intermediaries Third celebrations are included Intermediaries communicating

with clever agreements Security Smart agreement bugs might be made use of Platforms are vulnerable to security breaches The exploitation of wise agreement bugs is possible CeFi Centralized financing (CeFi) describes platforms that provide crypto product or services however keep a conventional financing governance structure. The entities behind such platforms make choices behind closed doors without including their clients. Users likewise need to follow the guidelines supervised by CeFi platforms. The company under this monetary design deal users hot wallets for saving their crypto properties. They are in control of their user's properties given that they hold the personal secrets to the crypto properties. This describes why central crypto exchanges can suspend digital possession withdrawals, and users can do absolutely nothing however await the suspension to be raised. CeFi platforms abide by the guidelines of the jurisdictions where they lie. The typical compliance requirements consist of KYC, anti-money laundering (AML), and combating the funding of terrorism (CFT). DeFi Decentralized financing (DeFi) is a monetary system that looks for to eliminate the control CeFi platforms have more than crypto users. They offer users the flexibility to manage their own wallets and the digital properties they hold. DeFi procedures totally operate on code, which indicates no regulative compliance is essential, and users connect with clever agreements to gain access to monetary items like financing, loaning, trading, yield farming, liquidity staking, and token transfers from one network to another through bridges (which are still mainly centralized, though). DeFi is likewise more available considering that users do not need to finish KYC, AML, and CFT requirements. All they need to do is link a wallet to utilize a DeFi procedure without supplying personally recognizable details. CeDeFi CeDeFi procedures utilize clever agreements, similar to DeFi, consequently providing customers DeFi services. Most CeDeFi platforms stay in control of user funds in one method or another. Some CeDeFi business enable users to engage with them in a non-custodial way, however. At the exact same time, CeDeFi platforms are usually regulative certified, and itheir governance design is centralized. As an outcome, it integrates the non-custodial nature of DeFi offers with the compliance discovered in CeFi. CeDeFi platforms might lean more towards centralization than decentralization. Binance, Unizen, CoinZoom Nexo, Bybit, and Midas Investments are examples of CeDeFi platforms. Advantages of CeDeFi Regulatory compliance: CeDeFi platforms typically comply with KYC, AML, and CFT guidelines. No intermediaries: Users communicate with wise agreements rather of intermediaries. Lower expenses: The expenses of including intermediaries are gotten rid of for this reason decreasing general expenses. Institutional crypto adoption: CeDeFi might promote institutional crypto adoption due to the addition of regulative compliance. Enhanced property control: Some CeDeFi designs enable users to have more control over their digital properties than CeFi users due to the fact that their wallets are non-custodial. Faster deal speeds: CeDeFi platforms are most likely to select scalability over decentralization. That suggests they will provide quicker deals per second. Drawbacks of CeDeFi It's fairly brand-new: CeDeFi platforms are fairly brand-new and couple of. Their success is likewise unverified. Beginners might discover DeFi items hard to utilize: DeFi items aren't simple to comprehend and might require preliminary research study from crypto novices. Centralization might increase the danger of attacks: Highly decentralized blockchain networks are most likely to be more safe and secure than their central equivalents. BNB Smart Chain suffered an attack in October where millions of dollars were taken. Numerous jobs developed on the BNB Smart Chain were assaulted in 2021.

Is CeDeFi the Future of DeFi? No. Most likely not. As more CeDeFi provider emerge, the DeFi sector will not disappear given that it provides advantages that can be used by neither from CeFi nor CeDeFi. The absence of KYC requirements in DeFi increases the level of personal privacy for users. This is a benefit that can not be neglected due to the fact that personal privacy is ending up being significantly substantial for users in the digital area. Moreover, users can access monetary items much easier by means of DeFi procedures, as KYC isn't needed. This is called permissionlessness and makes it possible for de facto anybody to participate. The security problems that feature trading off decentralization might restrict the development of CeDeFi in the long run. Scalability concerns might fade away as blockchain innovation develops over the years. Trading off decentralization to acquire scalability will no longer be essential. That might suggest a middle monetary system moderating in between CeFi and DeFi will no longer be important. As far as financier defense is worried, many future DeFi procedures might carry out insurance coverage to protect users in case of theft. These future procedures might likewise have services to criminal activities without the requirement to include regulators. Read More

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jupiter-bringer-of-jollity · 3 years

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Let them Be 3I0321 by Daniel D'Auria Via Flickr: They walk on unsteady legs, are fully at the mercy of any creature that approaches, but they are, without doubt, masters of disguise. I cannot even estimate the number of times I have crossed their paths, only to be startled when they bolted away. Mom will leave them for many hours and sometimes days while off finding food. She returns to nurse her fawn in solitude and then coaxes it to stay put. They spend the majority of their first three weeks alone. Once they are able to keep up with mom she will allow them to follow. If you see a fawn bedded down, don’t assume it has been abandoned. It’s normal for them to be alone. Let them be. Mom will return.

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czech-trucker · 3 years

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Český Trucker - duben 2018 by Česky Trucker - advertising magazine Via Flickr: issuu.com/ceskytrucker_/docs/ct_duben_2018_ceskytrucker

#ceskytrucker #ceskytrucker2018 #czechtrucker2018 #ceskytruckerduben2018 #ceskytruckerapril2018 #april2018 #duben2018 #usedtrucks #trucksales

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eligarciamar · 3 years

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127/365 This is the time when I miss the most this place 🥺 #365días #365days #home #abril2018 #april2018 #greenland https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_75MTFvJ4/?utm_medium=tumblr

#365días #365days #home #abril2018 #april2018 #greenland

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kaleidojpg · 5 years

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@stay-eighteen-forever

#throwback #april2018 #a few months b4 we got together #we were so young omg #whos idea was it to drink four lokos on xanax #jk it was totally calvins it had to be #calvin #stay-eighteen-forever #macie #me

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mathiaskammerer · 5 years

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Mathias Kammerer, 2018

#slyt #mathiaskammerer #original photography #original photography blog #original photographer #thenorth #april2018

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fwthrowback · 5 years

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Finn via Instagram a year ago today! ‘Pictures of pictures ❤️ 🇮🇪 ❤️’ (April 1st 2018)

#finn wolfhard #stranger things #itmovie #finn #april2018

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fiwphoto · 6 years

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Ögonfransars önskan

Fransarna på kudden är det enda som är kvar från ögonlocken du av mig stal Tystnaden var det enda svar jag fick till min önskan om ett val Känner kroppen fyllas av kvicksand Trögflytande rinner det ur när kroppen skaka Fast i ett ingenmansland där vägen är avstängd både fram och tillbaka Det ena kan inte existera samtidigt som det andra Så jag klyver allt itu Sätter koppel på tankarna som fritt vill vandra Början, slutet och allt som är nu

#april2018 #writings

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drdadbooks · 2 years

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New Kid in Town... 6952 by Daniel D'Auria Via Flickr: Spring is a favorite time of year but not because of its weather. I cherish the flurry of animal activity that characterizes the season. Most of all, I love the new lives coming into existence and watching them make their way through life. Yesterday’s new kid in town chose a neighbor’s garden to make her debut. Mom knows she is safe there while she goes out to forage. The evening light was beautiful filtering through the grass and the little fawn’s ears.