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The Brooks County Sheriff's Office posted a video to its Facebook page of an officer conducting an eye-catching traffic stop in Encino. >> Keep clicking through to see how it played out.
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The Brooks County Sheriff's Office posted a video to its Facebook page of an officer conducting an eye-catching traffic stop in Encino.
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Aerial view of the US-Mexico border fence seen from Playas de Tijuana, Baja California state, on January 11, 2019.
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A part of the U.S. Border wall is seen on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Daniela Serrano and her baby, Maria de Jesus Cabrera, from Michoacan, Mexico wait to cross the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry bridge to turn themselves in to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for asylum consideration on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan rest at the central park of Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, at the border with Mexico, on January 17, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala on January 17, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man from Honduras and a woman and her children from Guatemala put dry clothes on as they prepare to turn themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing part of the Rio Grande river from Mexico to ask for an asylum consideration on January 13, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan gather at the central park of Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, at the border with Mexico, on January 17, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala on January 17, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan cross the Suchiate river, natural border between Guatemala and Mexico, in makeshift rafts in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States on a second caravan get on a truck to get to the customs in Agua Caliente, in the Honduras-Guatemala border on January 15, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)
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A police officer closes the door on a van outside the Casa del Migrante facility as they help bring people trying to immigrate into the United States to a port of entry to turn themselves in to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for asylum consideration on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Central American migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan arrive at Ciudad Hidalgo, after crossing the border from Guatemala, in southern Mexico on January 17, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. (Photo by ALEJANDRO MELENDEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALEJANDRO MELENDEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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Roberto Diaz (R) welcomes migrants to an Annunciation House facility as they arrive to be cared for after being released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on January 14, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The asylum-seekers will then be transferred to their sponsors as they await their asylum requests. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan, receive an identification bracelet from a Mexican migration official, upon their arrival at Ciudad Hidalgo after crossing the border from Guatemala, in southern Mexico on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Daniela Serrano and her baby, Maria de Jesus Cabrera, from Michoacan,Mexico cross the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry bridge to turn themselves in to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for asylum consideration on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Adan Madrid and his father, Adan Madrid, sr., walk together on their ranch land next to the Rio Grande river which marks the border between Mexico and the United States on January 16, 2019 in Candelaria, Texas. The U.S. government is partially shut down as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. Mr. Madrid said, 'that a wall would be pointless because they will come across anyway, since it couldn't be guard 24/7.' He went on to say, ' a more effective solution would be to pay agents or the local law enforcement a good salary as well as make investments in technology.' (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Mexican lawyer performs live capsule to promote the wall that divides Mexico from the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on January 11, 2019. (Photo by David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A part of the U.S./Mexico border wall is seen on January 14, 2019 in Fort Hancock, Texas. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A group of Mexicans numbering over 500, who have been deported recently from America, wait in a tent camp on a rainy afternoon on January 14, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. Like members of the migrant caravan, the deportees, many of whom have lives and families back in the United States, are waiting to try to cross back into America. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Migrants are dropped off at an Annunciation House facility to be cared for after being released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on January 14, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The asylum-seekers will then be transferred to their sponsors as they await their asylum requests. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan remain on the international border bridge between Guatemala and Mexico in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Migrants arrive at an Annunciation House facility to be cared for after being released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on January 14, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. The asylum-seekers will then be transferred to their sponsors as they await their asylum requests. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A woman looks out over a steel fence separating Mexico and the United States on January 14, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A U.S. Border patrol vehicle is seen parked along the Rio Grande river ( just beyond the dirt road) that marks the border between Mexico and the United States on January 14, 2019 in Fort Hancock, Texas. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A man pauses in the rain in a tent camp where a group of Mexicans numbering over 500, who have been deported recently from America, wait on a rainy afternoon on January 14, 2019 in Tijuana, Mexico. Like members of the migrant caravan, the deportees, many of whom have lives and families back in the United States, are waiting to try to cross back into America. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
People walk near the entrance to the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry which is a crossing point to enter the United States from Mexico on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sara Aguilar, Renaldo Aguilar and Aaron Arreola cook dinner together outside their home which is near the U.S. Border fence seen in the background on January 13, 2019 in San Elizario, Texas. Mr. Arreola said the U.S. government should use the money President Donald Trump is asking for to help the people living here. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan wait to be checked by Mexican migration officials as they arrive at Ciudad Hidalgo after crossing the border from Guatemala, in southern Mexico on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
People who said they are from Cuba, board a van outside the Casa del Migrante facility to be brought to a United States port of entry to turn themselves in to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for asylum consideration on January 13, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The U.S. government is partially shutdown as President Donald Trump is asking for $5.7 billion to build additional walls along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Democrats oppose the idea. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan prepare to cross the Suchiate river, natural border between Guatemala and Mexico, in makeshift rafts in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Central American migrants, part of a new 'migrant caravan', wait to enter a Mexican migration station after crossing a border bridge between Guatemala and Mexico to register at an immigration facility on January 17, 2019 in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. More than one thousand Central Americans have set off toward the United States on foot or riding in vehicles, often by hitchhiking, in recent days. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan cross the Suchiate river, natural border between Guatemala and Mexico, in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala on January 18, 2019. - A new caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States made its way across Guatemala Thursday, with the first members crossing into southern Mexico. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan gather at the central park of Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, at the border with Mexico, on January 17, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants from the new 'migrant caravan' climb onto the back of a truck that will drive them toward the Mexican border on January 17, 2019 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. A local business owner donated two trucks for migrants, saying he did so for 'the love of God'. More than one thousand Hondurans have set off toward the United States on foot or in vehicles in recent days. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Migrant walks alone in front of the wall that divides Mexico from the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on January 11, 2019. (Photo by David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan stand before breaking through a police cordon in Agua Caliente, in the Honduras-Guatemala border on January 15, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)
Honduran migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan travel aboard a truck in Rio Bravo, Suchitepequez 130 km south of Guatemala City, on January 17, 2019. - Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
The wall that divides Mexico from the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on January 11, 2019. (Photo by David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Brooks County Sheriff's Office is having a bit of trouble filling some job vacancies.
At least, that is one of the office's dispatchers said Saturday.
On Feb. 28, the organization posted these job listings on its Facebook page.
Almost a month later, the office, located in a county less than 70 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, decided it needed to be a little bit more ... direct with its job recruiting campaign.
So on Friday, the Brooks County Sheriff's Office posted a video to its Facebook page of an officer conducting a traffic stop on Hwy 281 South near Encino in Brooks County.
The search was conducted on a white Ford F-250 after the vehicle came back stolen.
The video shows the driver of the truck speeding away. Following a brief pursuit, the vehicle pulls over and the driver bails out.
But he isn't the only one to make a run for it.
You can watch the scene take a sudden turn below.
However, the BCSO dispatcher also said she believes the incident in the video actually took place in 2016.
The day, month and or year is not visible anywhere on that Facebook post.
The Brooks County Sheriff's Office does not make arrest records and reports available on its website.
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The dispatcher also said only certain administrators were authorized to release arrest reports and records.
None of those individuals have responded to Chron.com's request for comment as of yet.
Chron.com also reached out to the employee of the Brooks County Sheriff's Office who posted the video.
That individual has also not yet responded to a request for comment.
This story will be updated if more information becomes available.
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Kubuntu este un derivat oficial al Ubuntu ce folosește KDE Plasma Desktop în locul GNOME. Kubuntu face parte din proiectul Ubuntu și folosește același sistem ca și Ubuntu. Kubuntu și Ubuntu sunt compatibile, iar pe același sistem se pot instala pachetele ubuntu-desktop și kubuntu-desktop.

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Numele este derivat din Ubuntu, cu un K adăugat pentru KDE.

Desktopul Plasma din Kubuntu este complet personalizabil, mult mai mult decât un desktop GNOME sau Unity fără instrumente suplimentare. Inițial conceput pentru a facilita tranziția pentru utilizatorii din alte sisteme de operare (cum ar fi Microsoft Windows), permițându-o dispunere similară desktop, KDE Desktop Plasma încorporează modularitate widget-centrică, care permit utilizatorului să includă funcții similară cu toate celelalte sisteme de operare și, de asemenea, să creeze noi funcționalitati ce nu au fost găsite în alte sisteme de operare desktop. Efectele Desktopului sunt integrate în standardul KDE.

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If you are a homeschool mom who really wants to work from home but don't think you have the skills to find a position that offers this kind of flexibility, I just might have the perfect job for you! Appen is hiring Social media evaluators that are Entry level positions!
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DeStream – A Revolutionary Financial Ecosystem for Streamers
CryptocurrencyPosted on July 28, 2018 BTCInvestornet
Streaming is big business. In fact, video streaming sites such as Twitch have a bigger yearly audience than Netflix, HBO, ESPN and Hulu all combined.
The figures are amazing:
In 2017, Twitch pulled in over 666 million viewers of live video game streams.
A Newzoo company report predicts that the video game industry will generate $128 billion by the year 2020.
The numbers grow every year – unsurprising when you consider that there are over 2.2 billion regular gamers worldwide
All adds up to an insatiable global appetite for anything gaming related.
And it's not just gaming – musicians, athletes and other performers also use the internet to stream to a live audience.
Please Note: This is a Press Release
A new service that helps streamers to get the success they deserve
In this new age of live streaming streaming a new profession has been born – that of a 'streamer'.
Streamers can make a living generating revenue from subscription, platform promotions, advertising, selling merchandise and, of course, donations.
DeStream have a revolutionary new concept. Their business model stands apart from other sites that offer services to video streamers. DeStream have harnessed the power of the blockchain to create a financial ecosystem that brings extra revenue and security.
DeStream is an add-on service to streaming services such as Twitch and YouTube, that has aspirations to become an indispensable resource for streamers. They are in the process of building and developing an impressive infrastructure that simplifies content creation and allows for greater interaction with viewers.
Of course, the main advantage of DeStream will be the financial ecosystem. These days, being a streamer can be a full-time occupation for those with the talent and personality to pull it off. DeStream will help this become a reality for more and more people.
The benefits of a decentralized financial ecosystem
DeStream can enhance the service already offered by streaming sites in the following ways:
A single access point for streamers, viewers and advertisers
Lower transaction fees (decrease of up to 0.77%)
Overlay hub for compatible platforms
Pre-prepared smart-contracts between ecosystem users using blockchain security
The ability to create secure smart-contracts
The ability to trade virtual items in the platform and on affiliate platforms.
The DeStream vision is one of an infrastructure that rewards streamers for their hard work that doesn't favor the highest ranked streamers over everybody else.
For instance, it can be difficult for new streamers to make an advertising income, as they won't appear in the top percentiles. DeStream's mission is to create a democratic and secure environment for streamers to build relationships with viewers and advertisers.
Another goal of the infrastructure development is to simplify the life of the content creators and improve engagement with viewers
Reasons to get involved in DeStream's ICO
Let's recap why DeStream is a smart investment.
It rewards streamers, viewers and investors through the blockchain-based token system
Lower transaction costs
Pioneering smart-contracts
Ability to buy digital products directly, such as skins or in-game bonuses
Has great, user-friendly resources to make things easier for streamers and viewers
Is certain to be the go-to service for streamers that want to make their mark on the industry.
The Big DeStream Stratis Token Sale
DeStream's Closed Presale stage has recently finished and they are currently launching their token sale for Stratis token holders.
Make sure you don't miss out on this great opportunity to get involved in an up-and-coming company that is leading the way in a new age of video game streaming.
Visit the DeStream website today to take part in their token sale and reap the rewards.
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Every October, I make the trek to San Francisco for SoCap, an international conference on impact investing. It's held at Fort Mason on the bay with the sea breezes blowing (or howling, as it sometimes happens) while we all catch up and discuss how the practice of investing with the intention of positive social benefit is working. These days, the focus is on lessons learned, new trends and tools, the development of new themes, such as metrics, diversity, gender, improving practice, and new models of enterprise. But, I remember the first years. The topics were, will this work? Is it possible? What will happen if we do this? We had no track record, yet many committed time and money to test the ideas, and, as always, time did tell. A compelling report from 2013 reveals what we all felt would be true – investing with your mind and heart would yield better returns.
This report from Sonen Capital demonstrates to investors that impact investments can compete with, and at times outperform, traditional asset allocation strategies while pursuing meaningful and measurable social and environmental impact results.
These topics have been mirrored by our work at Hatch for a decade, and I've been a speaker at SoCap for years – this year will be my sixth. The emphasis of the conference has been on institutional global investing, seeking change at scale with big ideas that were thought to be applicable in every country, such as microfinance. We started out talking with large and small foundations and funds who were creating new impact funds.
Now, the world's focus seems to have shifted. Two things are happening. One is that, much like "sustainability" became a code word for green-washing, overused by the media to the point of absurdity, the giant financial companies are moving in to claim "impact investing" as an avenue of their own. This indicates that their customers want it, perhaps this is a good shift?
The second shift is that many people are looking through a more community oriented, locally focused lens. A little more close-up and personal. This year, I have been asked to put together a panel with the same name as this post: Local Investing is Impact Investing.
In sum, you know you're on to something when giant corporations emulate you. And, you know something is evolving when the focus narrows and people get more thoughtful.
Truly local investing changes your frame of reference. When you might feel the effects of your financial decision on a daily basis, you make different decisions. We should get to decide what happens in our backyards, not in reaction to some distant corporate act, but to proactively shape our neighborhoods, helping build the services and products we want, retaining local identities with locally launched companies rather than big box or off-the-shelf franchises. Local doesn't only mean nearby. It means identifiable. As in, here as compared to there, and when you say it, people know what you mean. When we have no say (or insufficient capital to stay) the generic brands move in. Our towns end up looking like "Franchise Big Box Town USA." And, it's all the same to the folks back at HQ. Hey, it's just business-as-usual.
Real, long-term, local investing puts capacity in our hands to retain capital, retain identity, and frankly, retain our love of place. It is NOT business-as-usual. And, if where we are today is any indication of our typical business practices, a little "unusual" would be a welcomed change.
In Oregon, as we get ready to help launch a second set of entrepreneurs risking everything (meet Kyle Akin and John MacDougall, for instance) taking on a new company or growing an existing one, we have to take a moment to claim our space on the community capital landscape. We are here. We CAN invest – make decisions – about our local businesses and local economies. Oregon has given us real power and we should step up and wield it with wisdom and pride, even though this legal baby is still a toddler, trying to make its way as it grows up.
The name of the report by Sonen Capital about its practice is "The Evolution of an Impact Portfolio" and the image on the front is a very winding river, turning first one way, then shifting and heading an entirely new direction – making its way around unseen barriers. And evolution is probably the right word. Local investing is in its infancy (again, you might say), and it will evolve. But, I believe that winding river keeps going, right to the sea, because it has a power of its own, like the power of local love, and the power of investing as if we gave a damn.
We need to take care of where we live. To do so, we need to hold the checkbook. Without local investing, communities and citizens don't really have any power. Even the once-shiny vote has lost its gloss. We need to grasp the possibilities of local investing, and act. Wisely, responsibly, eyes open, but act.
I like to tell this imaginary story. You and your family are sitting around your Sunday breakfast table, considering going to the Farmer's Market or maybe some garage sales. Your eldest looks up and says, "Hey, look at all the local investment opportunities in town this week! Let's go check some of them out!" And off you go, to check out potential investments the whole family can discuss.
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Prestige, prize money, premiums and a great racing programme !
France is a unique racing nation boasting 28 Group 1 races, including the top highest rated race in the world, Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Legendary racecourses, Chantilly, Longchamp, Auteuil, Deauville… host such prestigious races as the Prix du Jockey Club, the Prix de Diane Longines, the Grand Steeple-chase de Paris and the world famous Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
There has never been a better time to own and race horses in France. Historical training centres, Chantilly, Maisons-Laffitte, designed to craft champions, are located only one hour from the Champs-Elysées. With more than €248.2 millions distributed in 2019, France is the most rewarding system in Europe.
In 2021 each of the 28 Gr.1 races distributed a minimum of €250 000 (total allocations per race), with a minimum of €130 000 for each of the 26 Gr. 2 races and €80 000 for each of the 58 Gr.3 races. The number of listed races has been increased along with a generous boost to prize money.
Prize Money & Premiums
Excellent prize-money and quality bloodlines are at the heart of French racing. With more than €257 Millions distributed in 2019 France leads the field in terms of prize money, breeders' and owners' premiums and maintains the best ratio of keep and training expenses to prize money per runner in Europe.
Programme: France offers a rich and diversified racing programme. With over 142 racecourses (plus another 100 reserved for trotting), the Hexagon boasts the highest number of racecourses in Europe. From legendary courses to an extensive network of provincial tracks there is something for participants at every level whether on the flat or over jumps. Still hesitating? Just look at the figures.
France € Great Britain £ Ireland € Germany €
Group 1 Max €5,000,000 Max £1,900,000 Max €1,500,000 Max €650,000
Min €250.000 Min £250,000 Min €300.000 Min €150,000
Group 2 Max €400,000 Max £530.000 Max €250.000 Max €153,000
Min €130,000 Min £70.000 Min €110,000 Min €70,000
Group 3 Max €80,000 Max £175.000 Max €125,000 Max €155,000
Min €80,000 Min £40.000 Min €60,000 Min €55,000
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India will now greet tourists with a local SIM card on arrival
By Manish Singh 2017-02-16 10:34:04 UTC
Foreigners visiting India will no longer have to worry about the difficulties that they were previously subjected to in getting a local SIM card in the country.
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The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) said Thursday foreigners with e-visas landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi will be provided with a SIM card from state-run telecom operator, BSNL. 15 other airports in the country, who have the provisions for e-visas, will soon initiate the program as well, the association said.
Tourists will now be only required to present a copy of their e-visa and the first page of the passport for proof to get the SIM card, the association added. The SIM card will be loaded with a credit of Rs 50 (85 cents) for making calls, and 50MB data for internet usage. It will be active for a month, and tourists will be able to avail the 24-hour helpline made for them, which is available in 12 languages.
The Indian government offers e-visa facility to over 150 countries, giving those people an option to apply for the visa only four days ahead of their arrival in the nation.
Getting a SIM card has been a pain point for foreigners who have been until now required to go through a fairly lengthy procedure for that. A range of documents including a proof of identity, a photocopy of passport with valid visa stamp, proof of address along with the address of local reference, and photographs among other details were previously required at the time of applying for a new mobile connection, which took days to get activated.
"The initiative will help tourists immediately communicate with their relatives back home, hotels, tour operators and so on. I got this idea when I received a similar card on visiting Sri Lanka," tourism minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma was quoted as saying.
The Union Minister had announced his intentions to introduce this program last year. The move could also help the country attract more tourists. India was the 38th most visited place in 2014 and tourism contributed as much as 6.77 percent to the country's total GDP in 2014, according to the National Council for Applied Economic Research.
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Ubi Libertas	Culture, Food, Jeep, Liberty, Merica, Music, Travel	 August 6, 2021 August 7, 2021
It was 47 years ago this summer, while on a western trip with a church group, that the fellow leading the excursion detoured into the city of Mitchell, South Dakota. He wanted us to see a special attraction, a roadside oddity of sorts — namely, The World's Only Corn Palace.
And see it we did. We drove by, rolled down the windows to snap pictures with our Kodak Instamatics and left town.
Ever since that day in 1974 I've longed to go back to the Corn Palace. To actually visit, I mean. I sensed that it had something to say, and I wanted to hear what that might be.
Deb and I lounged around the campsite most of today before hopping in the Jeep and driving into town. Parking was easy to find, and it was free. After browsing a few souvenir shops we crossed the street to take in The World's Only Corn Palace.
The Corn Palace essentially is a civic auditorium — part basketball arena, part theater, part concert hall, part community gathering place — and a relatively large facility for this city of 16,000. It's been standing for exactly 100 years, the only such "grain palace" (of 34 originally built) still intact.
What makes the Corn Palace unusual, perhaps unique, is that its exterior façade is decorated with large murals made of (you guessed it) corn, along with grasses and other natural materials, conveying a theme that's changed each year. Many of the arena's interior walls feature corn murals, too.
Maybe that sounds lame to you. I assure you it's anything but — it's a spectacular expression of pride and heritage, a place where a city can show the world how the American Heartland is different.
We walked around the outside of the large building, marveling at the detail, before ducking inside to see displays of the facility's evolution over the last hundred years. The exhibits oozed pride, and justifiably so.
Just down the street from the Corn Palace is The Back 40 Taphouse Grill. It looked appealing to us, in a rustic sort of way, and since it was dinnertime anyway we figured that'd be as good a place as any for our evening meal.
Boy, did we ever pick a winner. After ordering South Dakota-brewed beers, we started with grilled-and-deep-fried jalapeño rings, drizzled with a dazzling ranch sauce, followed by the house "Jalapeño Bacon Cheese Burger" — a third-pound South Dakota Hereford burger topped with jalapeño bacon, grilled jalapeños and jalapeño cream cheese. (Detect a theme there?) Deb had a side of deep-fried Brussels sprouts, while I went with homemade kettle chips.
Our young waitress was perky, almost annoyingly so, but extremely gracious and helpful. She spoke with an accent I couldn't quite place — she had that yah-shore-you-betcha lilt typical of the northern tier, but there was something else. So I asked her straight-out.
Turns out she emigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine 17 years ago and has lived here since. Proudly, she said, "And I'm a citizen, dontcha know."
I hope I don't have to explain to you how perfect that moment was.
When we left The Back 40, a monthly street fair was underway outside. It was a humble thing, a small collection of vendors and crafters showing their wares. A country duo was playing on an outdoor stage next to the Corn Palace.
The crowd was a mix of tourists, Sturgis-bound bikers and locals. We judged that at least 80% of those attending probably were local residents.
What really caught our attention was the kids' tram parading up and down the street. Picture this — ten 55-gallon plastic drums, each fitted with wheels, a bulb horn and a big yellow steering wheel, hitched together and pulled by an old Craftsman lawn tractor.
We noticed that the kids weren't accompanied by adults. They simply were plopped into the "cars" and turned over — entrusted, that is — to the guy driving the lawn tractor. Not a helicopter parent in sight.
Deb and I talked, in the moment, about what that says about this community. There are no wrong exits here. The townspeople take care of their own. It's tempting to call it a "throwback," but not in Mitchell.
Here, that's just the way it is. Always has been. This is the American Heartland.
We came to town to see The World's Only Corn Palace, and we did. But quaint and wonderful and downright special as that is, there's an America beyond the attractions — rich culture, simple ways and good people we've been told are long-gone.
They're still here — I'm tellin' you, the real America is still here. We've seen it.
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This 11 January 2020 video shows an unusual brent geese family. The parents are a rare black brent goose and a common brent goose.
Their three youngsters are hybrids.
Luuk Punt made this video in Zeeland province in the Netherlands.
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This 17 January 2020 video from the USA says about itself:
Interest in its Natural Resources Is Tearing Libya Apart
Political writer Greg Shupak discusses the failed attempt in Moscow to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Libyan civil war, and the new attempt in Berlin. As Turkey, the UAE, Egypt, and other regional players
Turkey accused of fuelling resurgence of Isis in Libya: here.
not forgetting the proxy war in Libya between French President Macron and French Total oil on one side, and the Italian government and Italian Eni oil on the other side
interfere to promote their interests in Libya's natural resources, the country seems as far as it ever was from achieving peace.
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This 2016 video says about itself:
How Asteroids Really Killed The Dinosaurs – Part 1 | Last Days of the Dinosaurs
In the clip from Last Days of the Dinosaur, we learn how the asteroids really killed the dinosaurs…
Asteroid Day is celebrated every year on the 30th of June.
How Asteroids Really Killed The Dinosaurs – Part 2 | Last Day Of The Dinosaurs
Did you know that if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs from the face of the Earth would have hit another location, they might still be alive? The shallow waters of the Gulf Of Mexico instantly vaporized as the asteroid hit, causing absolute destruction. This was the Last Day Of The Dinosaurs.
From Yale University in the USA:
Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid.
In a break from a number of other recent studies, Yale assistant professor of geology & geophysics Pincelli Hull and her colleagues argue in a new research paper in Science that environmental impacts from massive volcanic eruptions in India in the region known as the Deccan Traps happened well before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago and therefore did not contribute to the mass extinction.
Most scientists acknowledge that the mass extinction event, also known as K-Pg, occurred after an asteroid slammed into Earth. Some researchers also have focused on the role of volcanoes in K-Pg due to indications that volcanic activity happened around the same time.
"Volcanoes can drive mass extinctions because they release lots of gases, like SO2 and CO2, that can alter the climate and acidify the world," said Hull, lead author of the new study. "But recent work has focused on the timing of lava eruption rather than gas release."
To pinpoint the timing of volcanic gas emission, Hull and her colleagues compared global temperature change and the carbon isotopes (an isotope is an atom with a higher or lower number of neutrons than normal) from marine fossils with models of the climatic effect of CO2 release. They concluded that most of the gas release happened well before the asteroid impact — and that the asteroid was the sole driver of extinction.
"Volcanic activity in the late Cretaceous caused a gradual global warming event of about two degrees, but not mass extinction," said former Yale researcher Michael Henehan, who compiled the temperature records for the study. "A number of species moved toward the North and South poles but moved back well before the asteroid impact."
Added Hull, "A lot of people have speculated that volcanoes mattered to K-Pg, and we're saying, 'No, they didn't.'"
Recent work on the Deccan Traps, in India, has also pointed to massive eruptions in the immediate aftermath of the K-Pg mass extinction. These results have puzzled scientists because there is no warming event to match. The new study suggests an answer to this puzzle, as well.
"The K-Pg extinction was a mass extinction and this profoundly altered the global carbon cycle," said Yale postdoctoral associate Donald Penman, the study's modeler. "Our results show that these changes would allow the ocean to absorb an enormous amount of CO2 on long time scales — perhaps hiding the warming effects of volcanism in the aftermath of the event."
The International Ocean Discovery Program, the National Science Foundation, and Yale University helped fund the research.
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This 16 January 2020 video by Democratic party presidential candidate and Iraq war veteran Tulsi Gabbard says about itself:
Trillions spent on Afghan War based on lies
Politicians who say there isn't enough money to pay for health care or education or infrastructure have been lying to us about "progress" in the war in Afghanistan when they knew/know it is unwinnable—lying to justify spending $4 billion a month for 18 years and counting.
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This 2017 Dutch video is about the Schoorlse Duinen nature reserve.
This area has the highest coastal sand dunes in the Netherlands.
We arrived there on 17 January 2020. During a short walk, I saw a flowering common daisy.
Stay tuned, as there will be more on this blog about this area!
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In Honduras, a new report by the Violence Observatory at the Honduran National Autonomous University says that at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. Violence against women, LGBTQ people, indigenous leaders and environmental activists has skyrocketed in Honduras under the U.S.-backed government of President Juan Orlando Hernández.
The report comes nearly four years after the Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, by hired hitmen. Last month in the capital of Tegucigalpa, seven men were sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for her killing in March 2016. At the time of her assassination, Cáceres had been fighting the construction of a major hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River on sacred Lenca land in southwestern Honduras.
In November 2018, a court ruled that Cáceres's killing was ordered by executives of the Honduran company behind the Agua Zarca dam, known as DESA, who hired the convicted hitmen. Cáceres won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work protecting indigenous communities and for her environmental justice campaign against the massive dam in 2015.
In December, we sat down with one of her daughters, Laura Zúñiga Cáceres, in Madrid, Spain, where she was receiving a human rights award. "This is a late conviction. It has been almost four years of seeking justice. It is the product of a rather difficult and painful process that has been putting us as victims in direct dispute with a murderous and aggressive state, and they produced the minimum consequences that the state could have given," Zúñiga Cáceres says.
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A giant Architeuthis dux squid was caught on camera when it swam into a harbor in Japan on Christmas Eve. The young squid is estimated to be 12 feet long, and scientists say the species can reach over 40 feet in length.
From the Marine Biological Laboratory in the USA:
The mysterious, legendary giant squid's genome is revealed
How did the monstrous giant squid — reaching school-bus size, with eyes as big as dinner plates and tentacles that can snatch prey 10 yards away — get so scarily big?
Today, important clues about the anatomy and evolution of the mysterious giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are revealed through publication of its full genome sequence by a University of Copenhagen-led team that includes scientist Caroline Albertin of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole.
Giant squid are rarely sighted and have never been caught and kept alive, meaning their biology (even how they reproduce) is still largely a mystery. The genome sequence can provide important insight.
"In terms of their genes, we found the giant squid look a lot like other animals. This means we can study these truly bizarre animals to learn more about ourselves," says Albertin, who in 2015 led the team that sequenced the first genome of a cephalopod (the group that includes squid, octopus, cuttlefish, and nautilus).
Led by Rute da Fonseca at University of Copenhagen, the team discovered that the giant squid genome is big: with an estimated 2.7 billion DNA base pairs, it's about 90 percent the size of the human genome.
Albertin analyzed several ancient, well-known gene families in the giant squid, drawing comparisons with the four other cephalopod species that have been sequenced and with the human genome.
She found that important developmental genes in almost all animals (Hox and Wnt) were present in single copies only in the giant squid genome. That means this gigantic, invertebrate creature — long a source of sea-monster lore — did NOT get so big through whole-genome duplication, a strategy that evolution took long ago to increase the size of vertebrates.
So, knowing how this squid species got so giant awaits further probing of its genome.
"A genome is a first step for answering a lot of questions about the biology of these very weird animals," Albertin said, such as how they acquired the largest brain among the invertebrates, their sophisticated behaviors and agility, and their incredible skill at instantaneous camouflage.
"While cephalopods have many complex and elaborate features, they are thought to have evolved independently of the vertebrates. By comparing their genomes we can ask, 'Are cephalopods and vertebrates built the same way or are they built differently?'" Albertin says.
Albertin also identified more than 100 genes in the protocadherin family — typically not found in abundance in invertebrates — in the giant squid genome.
"Protocadherins are thought to be important in wiring up a complicated brain correctly," she says. "They were thought they were a vertebrate innovation, so we were really surprised when we found more than 100 of them in the octopus genome (in 2015). That seemed like a smoking gun to how you make a complicated brain. And we have found a similar expansion of protocadherins in the giant squid, as well."
Lastly, she analyzed a gene family that (so far) is unique to cephalopods, called reflectins. "Reflectins encode a protein that is involved in making iridescence. Color is an important part of camouflage, so we are trying to understand what this gene family is doing and how it works," Albertin says.
"Having this giant squid genome is an important node in helping us understand what makes a cephalopod a cephalopod. And it also can help us understand how new and novel genes arise in evolution and development."
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Was Disney Deceitful With Carrie Fisher Footage In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?
Posted by Rhett Wilkinson | Dec 26, 2019 | Disney, Movie News, Star Wars | 7 |
(Warning: Mild spoilers follow.)
Was the reason for Carrie Fisher's appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker only because of unused footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Carrie Fisher is dead. Yet, she is was in Rise of Skywalker quite a bit. Her character, General Leia Organa, even embraces another character. That's besides wearing different outfits.
Lucasfilm/Disney claimed that Fisher was going to be in the film just because of the utilization of unused footage of Fisher from The Force Awakens. But there's the amount of footage of Fisher…. Fisher's physical contact with another character (she hugs Rey) and the different outfits.
I'm dubious.
Lucasfilm did not return a request for comment about whether Carrie Fisher was in Rise of Skywalker for at least one other reason besides unused footage of her from The Force Awakens.
Image: Lucasfilm Ltd
It seems clear that computer-generated imagery was also used to produce Leia in Rise of Skywalker. But Lucasfilm said in Jan. 2017 that it wouldn't use CGI to re-create Fisher:
We don't normally respond to fan or press speculation, but there is a rumor circulating that we would like to address. We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher's performance as Princess or General Leia Organa. Carrie Fisher was, is, and always will be a part of the Lucasfilm family. She was our princess, our general, and more importantly, our friend. We are still hurting from her loss. We cherish her memory and legacy as Princess Leia, and will always strive to honor everything she gave to 'Star Wars.'"
So did Lucasfilm violate that pledge?
In short words, yes, they did. This is besides the fact that a CGI Leia did appear in the film. So, this whole article could be about the fact that Lucasfilm did indeed break its promise.
General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in STAR WARS: EPISDOE IX
The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams said this in an official statement in July 2018 about using Fisher footage: "We desperately loved Carrie Fisher. Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, we have found a way to honor Carrie's legacy and role as Leia in 'Episode IX' by using unseen footage we shot together in 'Episode VII.'"
What did you think about Carrie Fisher's role in The Rise of Skywalker? Let us know in the comments below!
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John	on December 28, 2019 at 12:17 am
You are a bunch of lying sacks of shit. It was very obvious that it was NOT CGI but unseen footage taken before Fisher's death that was artfully woven into the script of Rise of Skywalker. Shame on you for trying to sensationalize it!
JJ Goodman	on December 30, 2019 at 7:55 am
John, thanks for the colorful comment. You're wrong, of course. Most of Leia's scenes did feature unused footage… but in criticizing the article you conveniently ignore the fact The Rise of Skywalker DID utilize a CGI Leia – a young Leia in training with Luke Skywalker. That use mean that Disney wasn't exactly truthful when it said it wouldn't use CGI for Leia's scenes in the film.
Mike	on January 5, 2020 at 10:23 pm
I think they shot 8 an 9 simultaneously. In Carrie's biography she says worked with JJ.twice. He said so to Steph3n Colbert. There is nothing in this movie that would have made sense in the last.
Mili Cja	on January 11, 2020 at 4:17 pm
That is debatable. They used the CGI all right, but in a way they would have used it in any sort of context where "deoldification" was needed. I, personally, wouldn't count that one as a breach of promise. They did not CGI'd her in her older age. I know that it is borderline hypocrisy, but somehow (for me at least) it makes a difference.
James	on January 13, 2020 at 3:03 am
You're an absolute twat! The scene where she embraces Rey was reused from TFA. Ok, they did alter her clothing, hair and Jewellery but apart from that it was pretty evident that this was real footage! You just sound like the biggest cock head on the planet right now!
JJ Goodman	on January 13, 2020 at 6:37 am
Food for thought, "James" – There was ANOTHER scene in The Rise of Skywalker in which they completely recreated the Leia character using CGI. Ignoring that fact, and disparaging one of our writers, just might put YOU in line ahead of our author for sounding like the biggest… well you get the point.
Look, if you want to criticize and comment on an article, we not only welcome it, we encourage it. We are always happy to engage in reasoned discourse with our readers. But… keep it clean, man. Resorting to obscenities and name-calling only lessens any argument you can make… especially in this case where you ignore facts of the film to make a misguided point.
Petri Tanner	on January 24, 2020 at 11:48 pm
jag tycker att Star Wars movie är bra faktiskt eftersom det är värd att se faktiskt! förut om Boba fett åcksa faktiskt! och Lea organa som prinsessa Lea!


The last twelve months were really busy but also rewarding for us. Our headquarters received a variety of prestigious awards for its interior design. We've been appreciated by CBRE with the Office Superstar award for the best office in the IT industry in Poland, we won the Architecture XXL voting and we've been mentioned by the Polish edition of Elle – to name a few.
These distinctions are great indeed. However, the process of renovation was a tiring work. Coordinating it was not only a demanding task for me but also a valuable lesson. That's why I've decided to share some insight with you. I think it's a perfect time to rewind and take a closer look at the whole process of construction and renovation itself.
For example, you can compare a framework to a solid basement. Or backend to the "invisible" parts of the house (foundations) which are extremely important for the final building (frontend). And so on. But is it accurate? Being the CTO of the software development company and having dozens of projects completed, makes me feel confident to try and compare the area of my expertise with the construction project I had a chance to coordinate.
It was my first construction project of this size, so I was not only a client, a novice but also a non-technical partner who knows nothing about this particular "technology" (i.e. construction industry). It was a valuable experience for me, as normally I stand on the other side of a relation between a builder (developer) and a client. During the construction process, I had to coordinate the work of 11 working crews managed by 11 supervisors who had to arrange and renovate around 1600 m2 of the office space. I was really curious if you can easily compare these two industries. Below, I'll try to present its similarities and differences I've noticed during the construction process. Also, I've pointed out some of the conclusions I've come up with.
1. Just like in software development, initial questions in construction are: "how much is it?" and "when can I expect the results?". And just like in software development – it's difficult to estimate total expenses.
2. When you need to develop an app, there are many possible solutions – exactly as when you build a house. Also, even if you have an exact specification (which is even more precise in the construction industry), there is still a lot of questions which appear during the development.
3. You shouldn't save on quality – whether you need to build a house or develop an app – quality is the key. The truth is that low costs = poor quality in both software development and construction industry.
4. In both industries, there are some specific, internal processes. In construction, there are design, ventilation, sewage system, plasters, paintings and finishing – processes which need to come one after another but also mesh with each other and sometimes need to be repeated. Doesn't it sound like the iterative model in IT?
5. Both in IT and in construction, there's a strong division into two groups: technical and non-technical people. The first ones use a complicated jargon and look down on the second ones who don't understand a single word. For example – do you know what veneering is? It's simply about arranging two surfaces in one line. I've heard this term multiple times before I learned (from context!) its meaning. Using jargon by developers in IT looks exactly the same for a non-technical person.
6. Another similarity is the commonness of misunderstandings. Even though you've signed piles of documentation files and agreements, there's always a person who works on a particular part of the project and complains that wasn't informed clearly enough about how to do something, making lots of excuses. On the other hand, if something is not agreed in a straightforward way, the same person will simply choose the easiest way to do it.
7. Aesthetics – or rather the lack of them. For any technical person (in both construction and software development industries) they are in the background. For example, our "green wall" in the dining room is covered with reindeer lichen (very nice-looking and quite useful kind-of-moss thingy) and during the construction work, it turned out that in the middle of this wall there need to be two huge ventilation grills. Obviously we didn't want them to be on that wall as they would destroy the whole visual effect, however, the workers were more than surprised – they only thought about the functionality, not about the aesthetics. On the other hand, in both industries there are people who care about the final, visual effect. That's why both industries need technicians and designers.
8. In both construction and software development costs never grow in a linear way which means that for twice as much money you wouldn't get the twice as good product. At some point, you have to spend a lot to get just the slightly better thing, but that's the cost of being the best.
9. Both industries are full of invisible yet essential things (like backend in IT or sewage system in a building) that usually cost you more than you expect (especially that you simply don't understand them).
10. I thought that software developers are the "masters of excuses" but actually builders are even better. Well, it seems that in all industries, all delays or mistakes are explained with a variety of prepared, sophisticated excuses. Or the fault is blamed on someone else.
11. Many things look way more complicated than they are and… conversely. Some elements of construction look difficult to be changed but, in fact, sometimes it's relatively easy. For example, I thought that moving a wall a few centimeters further is a huge problem. It turned out that it's easier than, let's say, rearranging wires in the same wall. Very similar surprises await you in the software development.
12. Finally, I found out that, in construction, there's something called a "framework"! It means nothing more but using different elements of interior finish which fit each other (have a matching colour, shape etc.).
1. The final price in the construction industry is a component of two elements: the cost of materials and labor. at The Software House (and in a variety of other software development companies based mostly on FOSS) it's almost only about the labor.
2. When talking about the material costs: it's way easier to explain why it's worth paying more for high-quality floor tiles than trying to justify the price of something as "abstract" as the better quality code. At least to non-technical clients.
3. Crew members change very often in the construction industry and pretty rare in software development (at least in responsible software houses). It's mainly because of the domain knowledge and difficulty in replacing a developer.
4. A vital part of the construction industry is the presence of a variety of subcontractors and it's a substantial difference comparing to the software development. It's caused by the industry specificity – you need electricians, plasterers, sewer workers, plumbers, fitters and so on. And when you develop a piece of software, normally there's only one contractor – the software house that you outsource to. Of course, software houses also cooperate with some trusted vendors supplying them with the additional workforce, but usually, it's a deeply internal process that is transparent to the customer.
5. In the construction industry, it's easier to speed up the work by increasing the number of workers. In IT, it won't help – or even could make things worse.
6. Some issues seem to be difficult to solve or change in the construction industry without putting the money on the table, as the construction industry is way more budget-focused than the IT industry. In software development, at the estimation stage, you agree on the price, but you also indicate that the final expenses may vary depending on the development. In the construction industry, you get the exact estimation and a construction plan beforehand and it's difficult to perform any changes during the construction process unless you mention that you're willing to pay more.
7. Some things during the building process cannot be changed as, for example, they need to meet fire protection standards. In IT almost everything can be changed (but sometimes it requires more time).
8. Durability – in software development, it's way easier to develop a product which will work forever. In construction, it's different – you must consider a variety of factors (and spend lots of money) before you decide on a solution that won't break down easily.
Well, the construction of our new headquarter was definitely a valuable lesson for me. Performing the role of the client in a huge project helped me putting myself in the position of our partners and understanding them better. What are the most important lessons I've learned?
1. First days are the most important. I remember how lost I felt at the beginning. I didn't know what should I do and what will happen next. I think that both in software and in construction projects it's important to have a guide – someone who can help you understand all the processes.
2. I had to trust a lot of people (in fact, I had no other choice). And, while I wanted the trust to be maintained, I lost it very quickly. The best examples of trust test are deadlines – if someone promises to finish a piece of work on Friday and it's not even close to being done on the next Monday, your level of trust naturally drops down. This is why I never make promises to my clients if I'm not 100% sure that something is doable.
3. You need to be careful about what you agree on. Sometimes, you can instinctively agree on some solution just because you believe that the person who presents the idea is a professionalist who won't harm you. Unfortunately, it may happen that your partner offers the easiest – and sometimes a useless – solution.
4. Therefore, if you want your client to make a crucial choice you should describe each option and their consequences – to make sure that your client's decision is well-considered and not random.
5. Also, you should be able to provide a regular update on progress. Nothing is more frustrating than a situation when you can't see any progress in the project. Even if progress is slow, it's worth showing any new element.
It's time to answer the initial question. Is software development like construction? Well, you've probably already realised that it's difficult to give a definite answer. You can point out some similarities but, at the same time, there are a lot of differences between software development and the construction industry. However, for me as the CTO of a pretty big software house, one thing is most important: you can really learn a lot when you decide to change a seat and become a client. Such a shift of perspective can definitely improve the way you look at your own clients in the future.
CTO at The Software House, building bridges between technology and business. Former full-stack developer and experienced Scrum master with over 30 finished projects in PHP, Java, Ruby and .NET. Now, coding just for fun.


Free puzzle of a thick forest growing on the side of a mountain. Tall trees cover the tops of the mountains in the distance.
Beautiful photo - was wondering where the photo was taken.
That maybe a hitching post to tie up horses. It looks like a section and not an enclosure..Would be a pretty place to be riding and camping.
I wonder why there is a fence around one tree? Seems odd. Has anyone else noticed?
You are right and it is hard to notice that. So beautiful view that God makes.
I never noticed it. After reading your comment, went back and looked. There sure is Seems very odd. Your very observant.
That's one of those little "points of interest" that I find in so many puzzles.
They like to keep us guessing and to be observant.
We have had so much rain here in Mexico city that everything look so green just as the trees in this puzzle do.
Beautiful puzzle! Takes you right into the back woods! Thanks Team!
I love landscape puzzles. This is a very nice one.


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Why a Mathematician, Statistician, & Machine Learner Solve the Same Problem Differently
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A-Ha - Analogue
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Q: Justification of inequality Denote
$$L(f) = \sup_{p,q \in X}{\dfrac{\rho(f(p),f(q))}{\rho(p,q)}}$$
The following proposition is extracted from the book 'Lipschitz Algebras' by Weaver.

Proposition $1.2.4$ Let $X$ and $Y$ be metric spaces and let $f$ and $f_i (i \in I)$ be functions from $X$ to $Y$. Suppose $f_i \rightarrow f$ pointwise. Then $L(f) \leq \sup L(f_i)$.

Proof: For any $p,q \in X$, we have
$$\rho (f(p),f(q)) = \lim \rho(f_i(p),f_i(q)),$$
and dividing by $\rho(p,q)$ shows that $\rho(f(p),f(q))/\rho(p,q) \leq \sup L(f_i)$. Taking the supremum over $p$ and $q$ now yields the desired conclusion.
Question: How to obtain the inequality $\rho(f(p),f(q))/\rho(p,q) \leq \sup L(f_i)$?

A: Let, $M=\sup_{i} L(f_i);$ Note that by definition of $L(f)$, for each $i$, we have
$\rho (f_i(p),f_i(q)) \leq L(f_i) \rho(p,q) \leq \big(\sup_{i} L(f_i)\big)\rho(p,q) = M .\rho(p,q)$
Now Left side of the equation converge to $\rho(f(p),f(q))$ as $i\to \infty$. Hence we have
$\rho (f(p),f(q)) \leq M. \rho(p,q)$ and this holds for every $p,q \in X.$ So we have
$\sup _{p,q \in X} \frac{\rho(f(p),f(q))}{\rho (p,q)} \leq M$ which gives us $L(f) \leq M$.

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Q: let to right the combo box in html I have a combo box which is for age in html I want to change it from left to right side to right to left side. here is the code:

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Training Teachers About Reading and Writing Interventions - Effectiveness Study
Mc Cutchen, Deborah
Search 9 grants from Deborah Mc Cutchen
Spatially Resolved Metagenomics to Explore Tumor-Microbiome Interactions in Human Colorectal Cancer
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Genome-Wide Profiling of Brain DNA Hydroxymethylome in Alzheimer?Sdisease
Human Mitochondrial tRNA Structure and Function
Program of Excellence in Molecular Biology
The goal of Project II is to test the effectiveness with which research and clinical practice in reading and writing can be disseminated to and implemented by classroom teachers. Because research findings generated in the laboratory seldom translate simply and neatly to real world settings, Project II will include not only a dissemination component but also an implementation component. Project II will involve a collaborative partnership between University of Washington faculty researchers, who will provide training and assessment of teacher behavior and student outcomes, and practicing teachers, who will implement the recommended practices and provide feedback to the researchers about the implementation. In each of the 4 academic years covered by the project teachers will participate in a two-week Summer Training Institute in which current research findings related to teaching children with reading and writing disabilities will be disseminated to both regular and special education teachers. The dissemination will include live and videotaped demonstrations of procedures and guided practice in implementing those procedures. The interventions disseminated to the teachers will include interventions from treatment research from (a) other NIH funded groups, (b) groups at the University of Washington (e.g., R01 in Appendix A of Project I and Project I of this application), (c) reports in the literature in the field of learning disabilities, and (d) reports in the literature for instructional practices for normally developing children. Our approach to intervention will emphasize balance (i.e., integration of low-level and high-level skills and the interrelationships among motivational and cognitive variables). We will evaluate the effectiveness of our training by (a) monitoring and enhancing the fidelity of teacher implementation of targeted procedures; and (b) assessing progress of children on targeted skills. Each year we will compare teachers in the Experimental Group (10 regular teachers with less than 5 years experience, 10 regular teachers with more than 5 years experience, and 10 special education teachers) who participated in the summer training institute and the on-going support activities with the Wait-listed Control Group (10 regular teachers with less than 5 years experience, 10 regular teachers with more than 5 years experience, and 10 special education teachers) who do not receive the training initially but will have the option to participate in it the following summer. Teachers will be randomly assigned to Experimental and Control Groups, and the progress of children will be monitored in the Control Group prior to their teacher receiving the special training. Like Project I, Project II will use multi-level hierarchical linear modeling to evaluate growth over time on the target skills at the treatment group level, at the teacher/class level, and at the individual level. Dissemination beyond the project participants from the 1st through the 5th years will be through videotape libraries and edited volumes.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
5P50HD033812-05
Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney et al. (2016) Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults. Learn Disabil (Pittsbg) 21:38-56
Abbott, Robert D; Fayol, Michel; Zorman, Michel et al. (2016) Relationships of French and English Morphophonemic Orthographies to Word Reading, Spelling, and Reading Comprehension during Early and Middle Childhood. Can J Sch Psychol 31:305-321
Rubenstein, Kevin B; Raskind, Wendy H; Berninger, Virginia W et al. (2014) Genome scan for cognitive trait loci of dyslexia: Rapid naming and rapid switching of letters, numbers, and colors. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 165B:345-56
Berninger, Virginia W; Abbott, Robert D (2013) Differences between Children with Dyslexia Who Are and Are Not Gifted in Verbal Reasoning. Gift Child Q 57:
Peter, Beate; Matsushita, Mark; Raskind, Wendy H (2011) Global processing speed in children with low reading ability and in children and adults with typical reading ability: exploratory factor analytic models. J Speech Lang Hear Res 54:885-99
Berninger, Virginia; Richards, Todd (2010) Inter-relationships among behavioral markers, genes, brain and treatment in dyslexia and dysgraphia. Future Neurol 5:597-617
Richards, Todd L; Berninger, Virginia W; Stock, Pat et al. (2009) Functional magnetic resonance imaging sequential-finger movement activation differentiating good and poor writers. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:967-83
Brkanac, Zoran; Chapman, Nicola H; Igo Jr, Robert P et al. (2008) Genome scan of a nonword repetition phenotype in families with dyslexia: evidence for multiple loci. Behav Genet 38:462-75
Richards, T; Stevenson, J; Crouch, J et al. (2008) Tract-based spatial statistics of diffusion tensor imaging in adults with dyslexia. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 29:1134-9
Richards, Todd L; Berninger, Virginia W (2008) Abnormal fMRI Connectivity in Children with Dyslexia During a Phoneme Task: Before But Not After Treatment 1. J Neurolinguistics 21:294-304
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As many of you already know, since the last few years the developers of the well-known and most used instant messaging application, of course, I am talking about the WhatsApp have worked very hard to bring the best features to the application. However, now according to the latest reports, the most used instant messaging application, of course, WhatsApp to get this ultimate new feature.
There are several functions and features that little by little the most used instant messaging application, of course, WhatsApp has been adding to its application, and not only that even we already know some of the functions of the most used instant messaging application, of course, WhatsApp that could arrive soon.
However, the latest beta version of WhatsApp simply advances that soon nobody will be able to add us to groups without our permission, as now it will simply provide us the opportunity to configure the app so that nobody can be able to add us to any group without our permission.
The basic objective is simply to offer an annoy free experience in WhatsApp, as each time you enter WhatsApp, you discover that someone has put you in a new group without your permission.
Hence, the complaints of users about it have been hanging around the Internet for some time, claiming that it is an evident commitment of private data such as our mobile phone number since any user can see the number of contacts added to a group.
Now a new exclusive feature, which is not yet available, will reach the application which will simply allow us to configure the privacy and security of the app, of course, WhatsApp, so, that nobody can be able to add us in any groups without our permission as we told earlier.
While this brand new feature has been discovered recently in the beta version of the app for iOS and is expected to be fully functional in the next stable versions of the application, of course, WhatsApp.
As several months ago they began to talk about a privacy option for WhatsApp Business that would prevent them from being added to groups since a personal profile is not the same as a business profile. Now it seems that WhatsApp has decided to extend this function for any user, either WhatsApp Messenger or WhatsApp Business.
Everyone: If you activate this option then the user can always be added to any group of WhatsApp and will not receive any invitations.
My contacts: If you activate this option the user can always be added to any group of their contacts only.
Nobody: If you activate this option the user cannot be added directly in groups and will simply receive a request each time someone wants to add it to one.
When the administrator of a WhatsApp group is not able to add us, we will receive a request to join the group based on the privacy options that we have configured. As we already said that this new feature is not yet available but will be enabled-by-default on the next update of the beta version of the app for iOS and not only that this new feature is also expected arrive soon for Android as well. So, what do you think about this? Simply share all your views and thoughts in the comment section below.


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Royals Sign 3rd Baseman Maikel Franco To A One-Year Deal
Derek Nesterhttp://sunflowerstateradiocom.wordpress.com
Derek Nester was born and raised in Blue Rapids, and graduated from Valley Heights High School in May of 2000. He attended Cowley College in Arkansas City and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park studying Journalism & Media Communications. After stops at KFRM and KCLY radio in Clay Center, he joined KNDY in 2002 as a board operator and play by play announcer. Derek is now responsible for the digital content of Dierking Communications, Inc. six radio stations. In 2005 Derek joined the staff of KCFX radio in Kansas City as a production coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network, which airs on over 94 radio stations across 12 Midwest states and growing. In 2018 he became the Studio Coordinator at the Cumulus Kansas City broadcast center for Kansas City Chiefs Football.
KANSAS CITY, MO (December 27, 2019) – The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has signed third baseman Maikel Franco (pronounced: MY-kehl) to a one-year Major League contract. Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Franco, 27, played in 123 games with Philadelphia last season, batting .234 with 17 doubles, 17 homers and 56 RBI. His 19 intentional walks were second most in the Major Leagues, trailing only the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger (21). The right-handed hitter got off to a fast start, slugging seven home runs and collecting 25 RBI in his first 30 games (through May 1). During that stretch, he struck out just 12 times, which included a season-best 38 consecutive plate appearances without a strikeout (March 31-April 10).
Franco has spent the last six seasons (2014-19) with the Phillies, after making his Major League debut on Sept. 2, 2014. He hit 20+ home runs in three-straight seasons (2016-18), which included a career-high 25 in 2016. Franco totaled 71 roundtrippers in that span, which tied with Javier Báez and Jay Bruce for 18th most in the National League. In 2018, he was the only player to hit 20 or more homers and strike out fewer than 62 times.
A native of Azua, Dominican Republic, Franco was originally signed by Philadelphia as an international free agent on January 13, 2010.
Following today's transaction, the Royals have 40 players on their Major League reserve list.
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