Boss DS-1W: What is it?
The gear we use has never been so complex as it is right now. Even the amps we use for practicing at home give us access to an infinite number of tones, more effects than we’ll ever really need, the ability to be our recording interface, or loaded with Bluetooth to play our music through. But it wasn’t always this way, and in 1978 Boss launched its first ever distortion pedal: the DS-1.
It had three controls: Tone, Level and Distortion, and was capable of delivering (for the time) a bucketload of gain without having to crank the controls on your amp into Nigel Tufnell territory. It was a hit, and the DS-1 went on to become the company's best-selling pedal and inform many of Boss’s gain-based compact product line over the decades that followed - and arguably still does.
But, where there’s no real complexity, we can count on ourselves as guitarists to find some. Even this humble three-control, orange stompbox isn’t immune, as it’s seen a few revisions during its lifespan. It’s these revisions that will set guitar forums and social media comments alight, and they begin in 1994.
The first change from the original DS-1 design was the removal of the Toshiba preamp chip found in DS-1s up to that point to an op-amp. Then six years later, the turn of the millenium brought us the DS-1 as we know it today, with a Mitsubishi op-amp taking over clipping duties.
Which brings us up to date with now - the era of the pedalboard. What was an affordable, workhorse distortion pedal is now available in hot-rod modded versions as a boutique pedal in the hunt to take it back to the version that was not-so-lovingly stomped on by a broad church of players including Kurt Cobain, Steve Vai, Robert Smith and many, many more.
So, with prices of used originals only ever increasing, and modded pedals/clones arguably diverting customers’ attention, the DS-1 is the latest Boss classic to undergo its Waza Craft treatment with the DS-1W.
Boss DS-1W: Performance and verdict
Essentially, what we have here is a Japanese-made DS-1 with two modes: Standard and Custom. Standard is the common-or-garden DS-1 that we can pick up for around the price of a year’s worth of string changes. Boss describes this mode as a “tight, hard-edged” distortion sound, which is added to by the Custom mode, which promises “a bold new sound that takes the unmistakable DS-1 character to the next level”
One of the best thing about Boss pedals is their familiarity - you know exactly where everything is and how to operate it without having to resort to the R.T.F.M. school of trying it out. So, with the DS-1’s familiar controls positioned at medium levels, we reacquainted ourselves with the Standard mode first, and we’d agree with Boss’ adjectives here.
It’s the same tight, sharp, distortion we know the DS-1 for. With the gain and levels maxed out we get more of the same with a bit more bite to the attack, but cranking the tone control to the right is where the ‘waspy’ side of revised DS-1s comes in. Now, one person’s ‘fizz’ is another person’s idea of a rough-edged sound, so this is of course, subjective, and the number of DS-1s shifted doesn’t lie. If you’re playing aggressive music and are more concerned with sonic abrasion than buttoned-down tone, it’s unlikely to be an issue.
The unknown quantity here is the Custom mode, though, and flicking that little horizontal toggle switch is akin to going from watching TV in old school black-and-white, to a large-screen 4K display.
Boss isn’t exaggerating when its says there’s an output boost, as everything leaps forward, remedying the volume-suck that DS-1 detractors point out. But it’s more than just a level jump, because it’s stronger across the frequency range too. Adding to this is a noticeable mid shift that results in a fuller body to our signal, while the high-end buzzsaw tone is rounded off. Overall, it’s smoothed-out in terms of EQ, while maintaining the hard edge of the distortion and pick attack for a truly pleasing high-gain sound.
So much is the difference between the two modes, that switching back to Standard mode feels like everything is narrowed, more boxed-in, almost like a compressor that’s squashing everything down compared to the wide-open, airy tone of the Custom mode. We can see DS-1W owners keeping it permanently switched to the Custom side. It achieves everything the Standard mode does, just more of it and better.
You can save yourself roughly half the price of this pedal by opting for the regular DS-1, but we’d warn that trying the Custom mode of the DS-1W will result in the realisation that the green grass you can spot over the fence is way more than an illusion.
MusicRadar verdict: Forget the ‘under-the-hood’ geekery, the DS-1W is home to some brilliant distortion tones for what is still not unreasonable outlay at todays prices.
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The Trump administration on Tuesday cut tens of millions of dollars in money for Palestinian refugees, demanding that the U.N. agency responsible for the programs undertake a “fundamental re-examination,” the State Department said.
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Overwatch League week one results are in, Xbox One X has an extensive list of enhanced games, Guardian's of the Galaxy Vol 3 gets a release year and more.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Tuesday refused to answers questions from the House Intelligence Committee about his time working for President Donald Trump, provoking a subpoena from the panel’s Republican chairman.
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On the opening scene, Casear and his friend bathe his horse Cyanide on the beach. His stunning steed partakes in a horse race at the track, with Caesar and Koffee cheering along until an unseen accident occurs. As everyone is dressed in white, the colors adds a subdued element to the visual.
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2022 World Food Prize Laureate Awarded
NASA Research Scientist Awarded 2022 World Food Prize for Pioneering Ag and Climate Modeling Work
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Cynthia Rosenzweig, the senior research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies who first wrote about the impact on climate change on agriculture in 1985, was announced Thursday as the 2022 World Food Prize laureate in a ceremony at the State Department.
Rosenzweig's work focused on how climate change affects food production in different parts of the world. Among her accomplishments, Rosenzweig pioneered a project for climate modelers to forecast how changing growing conditions will affect food production.
By tradition, the laureate is not present at the announcement. Rosenzweig will receive the World Food Prize on Oct. 26 at a ceremony in Des Moines, where the World Food Prize Foundation is based.
"Dr. Rosenzweig has advocated that climate change is one of the most significant, pervasive and complex challenges facing the planet's food systems," the World Food Prize Foundation said in a news release.
"Beginning in the early 1980s, when scientists were asking, 'What's causing climate change?' Dr. Rosenzweig was asking, 'What will it mean for food?'"
Rosenzweig completed the first projections of how climate change will affect food production in North America in 1985 and globally in 1994, and she was one of the first scientists to document that climate change was already affecting food production and cultivation. "Her early work was an important methodological breakthrough in the beginnings of climate change impact assessment and established the foundations for current work in this field," the World Food Prize Foundation stated.
In a speech, World Food Prize Foundation President Barbara Stinson said Rosenzweig had been chosen to receive the $250,000 prize for her pioneering work in modeling the impact of climate change on food production worldwide and for leading the global scientific collaboration that produced the methodology and data used by decision-makers around the world.
Stinson noted that Rosenzweig's achievements include founding the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), a globally integrated network of climate and food system modelers started in 2010. AgMIP is dedicated to advancing methods for improving predictions of the future performance of agricultural and food systems in the face of climate change, providing the evidence base for effective food system transformation. Rosenzweig's leadership of AgMIP has directly helped decision-makers in more than 90 countries enhance their resilience to climate change, and her work has shaped our understanding of the relationship between food systems and climate change, Stinson added. The AgMIP is considered "the gold standard" for agriculture and climate modeling research.
The foundation also noted that Rosenzweig "has participated as a lead or coordinating lead author on three global assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."
"Her work contributed to the scientific foundation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the process which led up to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015. Her research also supports work in many countries to develop National Adaptation Plans and National Determined Contributions for the UNFCCC."
Rosenzweig also led the agriculture sector's work in the Environmental Protection Agency's first assessment of the potential effects of climate change on the United States in 1988, creating the first national projections of the effect of climate change on the nation's agricultural regions. A long-time member and fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, she was the first to bring climate change to the group's attention and organized the first sessions on the issue in the 1980s.
"I am honored to receive the World Food Prize this year, as food systems are emerging at the forefront of climate change action," Rosenzweig said in a news release.
"Climate change cannot be restrained without attention to food system emissions, and food security for all cannot be provided without resilience to increasing climate extremes. I salute the modelers around the world in the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project for their tireless work helping countries to achieve food security both now and in the future under changing climate conditions. As we move into a crucial decade of action on climate change, food needs to be 'at the table.'"
Rosenzweig also co-edited the "Handbook of Climate Change and AgroEcosystems" with Daniel Hillel, a 2012 World Food Prize laureate.
The foundation said Rosenzweig developed her interest in agriculture after she and her husband, Arthur, moved to Tuscany, Italy, where they started a farm, growing vegetables and fruits and raising chickens, goats and pigs.
When they returned to New York in 1972, Rosenzweig studied to earn a two-year degree in agriculture from a technical college on Long Island. She and her husband and friends then started Blue Heron Farm in Thompson Ridge, New York, where they grew sweet corn, Indian corn and cucumbers for pickling.
A native of New York, Rosenzweig also served as co-chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, and following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, she led the team that developed new climate projections that were the basis for the city's $20 billion rebuilding and resiliency implementation plan.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was scheduled to host the World Food Prize Laureate Announcement, but he tested positive for COVID-19 and was not present.
Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Jose Fernandez delivered remarks in the absence of Blinken. Fernandez noted that climate change has had a negative effect on food production and that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been felt in food insecurity around the world. He also noted that Blinken will chair meetings on global food insecurity at the United Nations on May 18 and 19.
Cary Fowler, appointed this week as Blinken's special envoy for global food security, noted the event was his first official engagement. Fowler said agriculture is facing "historically unprecedented" challenges, but that the world looks toward World Food Prize laureates for solutions and hope.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was not present but sent a video congratulating Rosenzweig.
"Since the 1980s, her work has been instrumental in building resilience in the U.S. agriculture sector," Vilsack said. "Her creation of AgMIP to further improve vital agricultural data and projections for regions around the world is truly essential to establishing global food security in the era of climate change."
Bill Nelson, a former Democratic senator from Florida who is the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was present in the audience. In a news release, Nelson said, "I'm proud of Dr. Rosenzweig's dedication to improving agricultural models and capabilities that improve life around the globe."
"On behalf of the entire NASA community, I want to congratulate her on this accomplishment," Nelson said.
"As our climate changes, NASA will continue working to understand the impact of more intense weather events that increasingly strain the worldwide food supply. We'll continue to support scientists like Dr. Rosenzweig as we plan for the future in a changing climate."
DTN reported on NASA spotlighting some of its work on agriculture earlier this year. Read the story, "NASA Takes Off at Commodity Classic," here: https://www.dtnpf.com/….
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If you’re interested in learning more about how to apply for credit lines for business then you’re in the right place. There are a variety of resources available to help you make informed decisions regardless of whether you’re applying for a secured line of credit or revolving credit.
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A revolving credit line designed for small-sized companies is a great option if you’re looking for financing. Revolving business credit lines are similar to business credit cards, however, they are more flexible. A revolving credit line may be used for purchasing inventory, covering the cost of hiring new employees, or to make purchases and pay bills when needed.
A business credit line is revolving meaning you can draw it out whenever you need to. This gives you the flexibility to make up for seasonal gaps in cash flow. You will need to make sure that your account is stocked with enough funds to pay for your expenses.
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If you have a small business that is not a large one, a line of credit is an excellent way to ensure that you have the funds needed to make your ends meet. A business line of credit is a type of revolving loan. This lets you borrow cash when you need it and only charge interest on the amount borrowed.
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There wasn’t anything particular that caught my attention in the last week to merit a sketchbook page, so I returned to my roots as it were and made a little patchwork from paper. The design was inspired by quilt patterns that I have seen that remind me of pathways or trails. One was called the Oregon Trail that I found a few years ago now on a website that no longer appears to exist. Another is the blended triangle pattern from Barbara Dieges.
My little paper quilt doesn’t quite form a trail. There wasn’t enough space on a double page and I didn’t have the patience to cut my triangles any smaller, but I am quite pleased anyway with the result. I like traditional quilt blocks, but put together with a twist. I haven’t ever made a full sized bed quilt. I keep thinking I might, but then some other idea takes precedence and the traditional quilt never gets made.
That is actually not quite the truth. The first quilt I ever made was back at the end of the 1970s. I hand pieced a double bed sized quilt using the English paper piecing method and the grandmother’s flower garden pattern. As I’d never seen a patchwork quilt at the time I didn’t know it should have three layers so mine was just lined with curtain lining and didn’t have a proper binding on it. In fact it started out as a single bed quilt, but I got married before I’d finished it so it grew into a double bed quilt. I still have it, but the curtain lining shrank so it doesn’t lie flat any more. Another thing I didn’t know then, was that it’s good idea to wash your fabric first!
So here’s my little paper quilt. I was interested in getting some texture into the pattern by using different images torn from a magazine. The other thing I like is the contrast between dark and light as in the log cabin patchwork block, so I was experimenting with light and dark triangles.


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My name is Elisabeth and I just joined Level Up, hoping to improve my digital painting skills! Here is my first composition study, a painting by the suiss/danish painter Bertha Wegmann (http://www.artnet.com/artists/bertha...uction-results). It took me about 3, 5 hours in Photoshop and I struggled a lot with getting the edges and values right. I usually work traditionally, with graphite drawings and oil paintings so my main issue is to get use to paint with photoshop brushes. For this one I used a hard, round brush with some soft/low opacity edges.
1. Bertha Wegmanns painting is one of my favourites, the color on this one is beautiful (..well now it is black and white, but check her out on Google!) and you can really feel the warmth, the sunlight that comes from the window. The primary focal point here is her face, and hair that basically lights up by the sunlight. The balance of the piece is great, the viewer is led towards the primary focal point (the face), and then the secondary (the hands holding the book) and the third focal point (the cloth and the oil paints/palette)
Hey Elisabth this is a great start! REally good job with the shapes! What I observed is that your values on the fingers are a little dark as well as the shadow in the cuff, and the Mass shadow is is bit dark. Its great to see you did your best to capture the fill light! Other than that fabulous job, Just work on your edges it'll help with capturing the likeness of the painting.
I Agree with the balance and focal points, I can see that the Face, hands,and Paint palett and cloth are Primary, Secondary, and tertiary emphasis. I noticed the leaves help pull the viewers eyes down in a S curve Moving through her head down to the white cloth! Again Fabulous work Keep it up
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Thanks Bobbio! I agree about the values of the fingers, they are a bit too dark. And I will keep on fighting with the edges!
Ok, here is another study, my second one, "Beggar girl" by Repin. This study took about 4 hours, but I had lots of trouble with her face (I made her head too big all the time) so I cheated a bit by using measure lines, just to get the proportions right.I am still struggling with edges, I tried to paint with two types of brushes, one basic hard round brush to get more edges and one more transparant.
2. Beggar girl, Ilja Repin. I love this portrait, it tells a story about that unknown girl. The emphasis is concetrated around her face, her face is calm and dreamy. The dark part of her hair is painted simple and it contrasts with her light face. There are variety on her clothes, with folds in different directions. There are also variety in her pose, with one sholder lower than the other to make a more dynamic pose. I also see a white flower on the left side, that brings balance to the piece and to keep the viewer back in the painting.
Moving on to the third study, "Hailing the ferryman", by Daniel Ridgway Knight. This took me about 3, 5 h.
3. There is lots of rytm, variety and movement in this piece. There is variety in the girls poses, one with her harm streched out and the other girls pose as a contrast. There is also a contrast between the front girls white shirt and the background, and also the other girls dark shirt. The stream in the river gives a direction to the third focal point - the boat at the other shore.
Alright, a late night study of Jules Bastien-LePage - "study of my grandfather".
4. In this one there is a contrast between the great amount of detail in his grandfathers face compare the the background that feels more atmospheric, less detail and out of focus. Nevertheless, with the far away tree to the right, the painting becomes more balanced, and the viewers eye can remain in the picture. Another thing that contrasts to the detailed face is the black coat, which is painted more simple and that gives focus to the face.
This took me about 3-4 hours. There is a lot of texture in the painting that was a bit hard to capture though...
Moving on to study nr 5, "The geographer", by Vermeer.
5. I tried to focus on simply things first, to get the big shapes correct - like the dark shadow on his robe, the window and the cloth in the foreground. The focal point here is the face, the light from the window. The pose feels perfectly balanced to the other parts of the painting. The surrounding furnitures gives a direction to the eye to the focal point. The chest in the foreground, the chair, the painting on the wall keeps the viewers eye back in the painting. There are also diagonals, folds on the cloth that points to the figure. I can also see repetition in shapes, for example the triangled shape that appears in the negative space close to the left arm that meets the window - and his instrument in his hands (which also forms a triangle).
This one was really fun to work on, and I learned a lot to just simplify things and look for the big shapes and block in the shapes with a hard brush.
Nice start on these. You are headed in the right direction. When you get your shapes worked out well, pay very close attention to the values. You want to match the values you see as closely as you can. It is important to be very honest about what you are seeing. try to put the accurate value down with each stroke as otherwise you end up having to fix things along the way and being accurate will save you time. Really take the time to observe and compare and choose the right value. If you are off, adjust it, don't keep working and come back to it. You are doing great...just need to focus in on value a little more.
Thanks for the comments Jason! I agree about the values, when I look with a fresh eye, the values in all of my previous studies looks a bit off and too dark overall. This time I choosed to challenge myself with doing a Bouguerau study and really take the time to paint and not care about a time limit. I dont know how many hours I spend on this one, at least 10 hours I guess. It was great to slow down and carefully focus on getting the right values and edges.
You did a nice job on this. Your edge work needs to get even closer...notice how sharp your hair is for example vs. the original. Be sure you are getting the full range of sharpest sharp to softest soft edges and you will see another jump in quality.
You seem to have widened her jaw just a bit as well. Watch for that kind of shape difference, especially when doing portraits.


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Keywords: Aloe polysaccharide; Food allergy; Interleukin-10; Processed polysaccharide of Aloe vera gel; Th2 immune response.
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GreenTree Hospitality Group (NASDAQ: RRR) and Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
10.0% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares GreenTree Hospitality Group and Red Rock Resorts’ gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
|Gross Revenue||Price/Sales Ratio||Net Income||Earnings Per Share||Price/Earnings Ratio|
|GreenTree Hospitality Group||$119.59 million||9.45||$43.86 million||N/A||N/A|
|Red Rock Resorts||$1.62 billion||2.22||$35.15 million||$0.62||49.73|
GreenTree Hospitality Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Red Rock Resorts.
This table compares GreenTree Hospitality Group and Red Rock Resorts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
|Net Margins||Return on Equity||Return on Assets|
|GreenTree Hospitality Group||N/A||N/A||N/A|
|Red Rock Resorts||10.74%||13.23%||2.41%|
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for GreenTree Hospitality Group and Red Rock Resorts, as provided by MarketBeat.
|Sell Ratings||Hold Ratings||Buy Ratings||Strong Buy Ratings||Rating Score|
|GreenTree Hospitality Group||0||0||2||0||3.00|
|Red Rock Resorts||0||4||6||0||2.60|
GreenTree Hospitality Group presently has a consensus price target of $19.30, suggesting a potential upside of 73.41%. Red Rock Resorts has a consensus price target of $34.78, suggesting a potential upside of 12.80%. Given GreenTree Hospitality Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe GreenTree Hospitality Group is more favorable than Red Rock Resorts.
Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. GreenTree Hospitality Group does not pay a dividend. Red Rock Resorts pays out 64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Red Rock Resorts beats GreenTree Hospitality Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GreenTree Hospitality Group
GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, leases, franchises, and manages hotels in the People's Republic of China. The company operates hotels under the various brands, including GreenTree Eastern, as well as Gme, Gya, and VX; GreenTree Inns and GreenTree Alliance; and Vatica and Shell. As of March 31, 2018, it had 26 leased-and-operated hotels and 2,328 franchised-and-managed hotels with 195,552 hotel rooms in 266 cities. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. is a subsidiary of GreenTree Inns Hotel Management Group, Inc.
About Red Rock Resorts
Red Rock Resorts, Inc., through its interest in Station Holdco and Station LLC, engages in casino entertainment, and gaming and entertainment businesses in the United States. It operates through two segments, Las Vegas operations and Native American management. The company develops, manages, and operates casino entertainment properties; and owns and operates 10 gaming and entertainment facilities, and 10 smaller casinos in the Las Vegas regional market. In addition, it manages Graton Resort in Sonoma County, California; and Gun Lake in Allegan County, Michigan. It operates 19,219 slot machines; 319 table games; and 4,316 hotel rooms. The company was formerly known as Station Casinos Corp. and changed its name to Red Rock Resorts, Inc. in January 2016. Red Rock Resorts, Inc. is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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On Tuesday, an unidentified particular person threatened to explode the Mumbai residences of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra. Based on reviews, a cellphone name was obtained by the Emergency Response Assist System (ERSS) on Tuesday, following which the Nagpur Police was knowledgeable, who in flip knowledgeable the Mumbai Police.
Superstar pap Viral Bhayani shared the information on Instagram. He wrote: Yesterday an nameless caller threatened to explode Mukesh Ambani’s home. Other than this, the caller stated that there can be a blast in Amitabh Bachchan’s home and Dharmendra’s home. Yesterday a name was obtained within the management room of Nagpur Police. As quickly as the decision was obtained, the Nagpur Police instantly alerted the Mumbai Police.
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A Texas appellate court has upheld the felony conviction of a black East Texas teenager who was freed in March amid heightened racial tensions in her small town.
Shaquanda Cotton release also came during a shakeup of the state’s troubled juvenile prison system.
The ruling by the Sixth Appellate District Court in Texarkana yesterday doesn’t immediately affect Cotton, who is now 16 and remains free. It does preserve the conviction on her record.
She was found guilty in March 2006 of shoving a teacher’s aide at Paris High School. She had sought to overturn her conviction on grounds that her defense lawyer was inadequate. She was 15 when a judge sentenced her to a state youth prison in Brownsville, where
she served one year.
Before her release, Cotton’s imprisonment won national media attention. She had no prior criminal record, and activists say the fact that the same judge sentenced a white 14-year-old girl to probation for arson signaled evidence of racial bias in Paris.
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Videogame company Roblox was valued at around $four billion earlier this year. But it announced to workers in a memo late Friday that the listing would be delayed till early next yr. Roblox Corp. delayed its planned IPO after firm officials determined that the gravity-defying performance this week of Airbnb Inc. and DoorDash Inc. made it too troublesome to find out the proper worth for the videogame company’s shares. The surprise move comes at the tail end of per week to remember within the IPO market. Shares of DoorDash and Airbnb soared beyond expectations once they began buying and selling Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Similar to with other recent issues, the San Mateo, Calif., firm, valued at around $4 billion earlier this year, was anticipated to draw sturdy investor demand. Roblox had been set to go public in December, a part of a year-finish rush of corporations searching for to faucet the red-sizzling market for preliminary public choices.
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Ranthambore is one of the best national parks in the world to see Bengal tigers, wild, in their natural habitat. But here you don’t just see Bengal tigers you see Noor, Machali , Star male, Unnis and so on. Each of Ranthambore’s denizens are well identified and The Ranthambhore Bagh, with its trained team, is perhaps your best bet to know who is who.
Often described as a “secluded ecological island surrounded by fields and over-grazed plains”, the Ranthambhore tiger reserve lies at the intersection of the Aravalis and the Vindhyan hill systems covered by Northern tropical dry deciduous forests.
For most visitors Ranthambhore means the Ranthambhore National Park, because of its high density of wildlife and the presence of tigers in the national park and its immediate vicinity. All the tiger safaris in Ranthambore are conducted in the national park, Sawai Madhopur and Sawai Mansingh sanctuary, because this is the only part of the entire Project Tiger reserve that has a healthy and visible population of wild tigers.
Best Sightseeing Destination in Ranathambore are:-
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2) Ranathambore Fort.
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At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, Apple's Steve Jobs talks about the company's new cloud photo service. Users have the ability to take a picture on one device and then it automatically shows up on multiple devices. --
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In the middle of January 2022, then-prime minister Boris Johnson trumpeted the thousands of skilled jobs the Britishvolt gigafactory was expected to create.
Almost exactly a year on, the site on the outskirts of Blyth, Northumberland, is deserted, save for two security guards who confirmed no workers were there.
Announcing the Government was backing the ambitious project with cash from the Automotive Transformation Fund 12 months ago, Mr Johnson said Britishvolt would employ 3,000 people directly – with another 5,000 in the pipeline.
It was thought the Government put in around £100 million towards the £3.8 billion project and, last January, Mr Johnson talked of the plant being part of the UK’s “global green industrial revolution”.
Britishvolt expected to make 300,000 battery units a year, fulfilling the demand for around one in four vehicles sold on the British market.
The plan was to develop the 95-hectare site, where a coal-burning power station once stood, and use Norwegian hydro-electric power transmitted 447 miles under the North Sea via the world’s longest inter-connector.
When it was first announced in late 2020, it was hoped the investment would be comparable in the North East to that of Nissan in Sunderland in the 1980s.
But the firm could not secure funding to take the project on and has gone into administration with the loss of 300 jobs.
Opposing political figures in the North East hope it could still happen.
Labour’s North of Tyne elected mayor, Jamie Driscoll, said: “This is still the best site in the country for a gigafactory and I’m sure we’ll see interest in it.”
And Ian Levy, Tory MP for red wall seat Blyth Valley, said he will ask the Government to continue its automotive fund commitment with a future developer.
He said: “The UK automotive industry’s need for a battery gigafactory remains and the site on the Blyth Estuary is still the best in the country with a large area, excellent power connectivity, a deep-water port, strong workforce supply and easy access to the national road network.”


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The largest annual event in San Diego, and the fourth largest fair in North America, The San Diego County Fair draws more than 1.5 million visitors annually. The 2014 "Fab Fair!" promises a summer of fun and games galore. From card games to board games, video games to game shows, this theme spotlights the nostalgic, current, and future "games people play!"
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With the infrastructure changes at F1, the UWP app for Windows 10 has been withdrawn, as already reported. But, with the first Grand Prix (Australia) happening this weekend, what are your other options? It turns out that there's a wealth of information available for Windows 10 to accompany your race viewing in 2018. In part 1 of a staggered two part feature, I introduce the current state of affairs.
With guest Matt Lacey sitting in for Rafe Blandford this week, we chat about his new book 'Usability Matters', about the Windows 10 'app gap', about Podcast Lounge 2, and about the devices he and I have been using.
When I'm using Windows 10 Mobile full time, I can truthfully say that the OS and its applications satisfy all my smartphone 'needs', but there's a huge caveat implied. 'Needs', after all, implies 'necessities', the basics that have to be in place in order for a smartphone to be a smartphone. I get by - I even enjoy the phone and the UI. But there's an unstated reach that lets those with other mobile OS go further, whether its paying for things with their phone in a shop, playing the latest blockbuster games, or streaming video from a particular commercial movie service. Below, I chart the shortfall - how critical is it to you?
Sometimes you can't always get what you want, but.... you might just get what you need. So sang The Rolling Stones and a bit of a life lesson, but borne out by several technological trends, not least something that had been close to my heart, the subject of replaceable batteries in smartphones. See below for links, quotes, and current thoughts on the reality.
In this week's podcast, Rafe Blandford and I chat about the pros and cons of Windows 10 Mobile versus jumping to (e.g.) Android, helped by the appearance of the new Galaxy S9. Fear not though, as there's plenty of monthly update chat plus app reviews, and more...
If you're watching intently then you may have noticed that March's 'Patch Tuesday' updates haven't (so far) included Mobile. Sod's law says that Microsoft will issue them right after this article goes live, but in the meantime I can't help but feel frustrated about the lack of TLC given to Windows 10 Mobile and the immense resources being ploughed by Microsoft into gimmicks elsewhere.
Guest writer Lloyd Moritz brings us a review of Nimbus Note UWP, a worthy replacement under Windows 10 (including Mobile) for the likes of Evernote. He reports on the background for the app's existence, how it works in practice, and tips on getting your data from Evernote itself.
I know, I know, Sygic GPS Navigation is something I'd been meaning to review for years here on AAWP*, but it never quite worked right, despite multiple attempts. Yet the continued failure of Microsoft to offer real time traffic avoidance in Windows 10 Maps, added to the 'old' maps used (I'm still chasing that one down), led me to experimenting with Sygic all over again. And... it's a story of brickbats and bouquets. The latter because it's a first class navigation solution, the former because it's not 100% stable and because it too has old (2016) maps.
It's perhaps the imaging shootout that many have anticipated, at least here on AAWP - the classic Lumia 950/XL camera against the very latest pretender, the Galaxy S9, with a triple 'layer' sensor (see below), dual aperture and hyper-multiple exposure system driven by a Snapdragon 845 chipset or equivalent. Surely, surely the 2015 Lumia can't defeat a flagship that's two and half years newer? Let's find out.
It's a fair cop - I'm comparing a 2015 phone with one from 2018, so it's not a fair fight. Yet in the interests of showing Windows 10 Mobile users/fans one of the more likely Android phones that they might like to move to in the next 12 months, here's a blow by blow comparison of the ageing but classic Lumia 950 XL against the brand new Galaxy S9. And yes, an imaging comparison is next...!


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On a recent trip to Moab, I found gallerist Brian Parkin, a British native and soon-to-be American citizen who came to Utah via San Francisco, at the Grand County Library running a slide show/art talk/review with friends and artists of the Moab Abstracts 2007. This annual show, now in its second year, is the potent brainchild of Moab artist Michael (Mick) Kaniecki and this year brought together works from 25 disparate artists from the area (catalog available).This vibrant community meeting introduced me to the cosmopolitan art scene now emerging in Moab, something I’ll be discussing in the pages of 15 Bytes over the next couple of months. For now, I’ll content myself with a peek into two exhibitions going on this month, one about to close and the other about to open.
The morning after the art talk, in his newly established gallery Moab Art Works, Parkin gave me a sneak peek at Sandstone Symphony, a show introducing the photographs of one of the artists he represents, Patrick Paul René, that will open this Friday with an artist’s reception the following day, March 10, from 6-9 p.m. This coincides with the city’s first art walk of the year also from 6-9 pm.
A Frenchman who found love while vacationing in Moab, René now lives in redrock country, exploring his philter with the camera. Avoiding the over-photographed and well-populated areas, René revels in solitude, searching for rendezvous sites–marking the location with his GPS—so he can return again and again hoping to observe his favorite type of flattened light stroke the land formations. René typically looks for shadow-less scenes, allowing atmospheric conditions to romance the image. Like a chaperone, René watches the low light as it gently massages the unexpected textures and shapes onto his lens, carefully timing each exposure. He declines to use filters and limits himself to only three lenses–choosing to move forward or back to frame the shapes and contours of the rocks—a dangerous risk here because it is Moab after all, known for slick rock with unexpected shifts and cliffs.
René charms the viewer by capturing bewitching depth of field images like Fallen Moon, which lured him away from his typical oeuvre of shallow images in low light. Rainbows in Moab often reek with sentimentality, but René documents a raw rainbow image in Island of Pillars that is worth viewing. |5| The rainbow, strangely enough, looks like the edge of a potent lavender bubble that will surely pop at any moment as it balances on the craggy red death cliffs below. Remember, this image was captured without a filter. The first time I saw this photo I felt like an ogling child holding my breath with the hope that my sacrifice might save the shimmering orb from suffering the expected pop.
The strict limitations René imposes upon himself, in this unrestrained setting, provide a memoir of compelling images. You will not find the typical Moab rock formations shouting at you in this show; Rene’s patient camera records light as it whispers sweet nothings to soften impregnable rock, conceiving memorable editions that you will want to make your own.
If you can make it to Moab a day before René’s exhibit, you’ll be able to catch the work of Western Artist Don Weller before it comes down. The Overlook Gallery, established ten years ago, is located in a building covered with authentic cowboy brands burned into the wood façade that was once the front for a local saloon. In this atmosphere I met gallery owners Tim Morse and Louise Seiler at an opening for Weller’s work coinciding with the Cowboy Poetry festival going on at the MARC (Moab Arts and Recreation Center).|7| I overheard Weller exchange cowboy talk with horse-loving art patrons in the gallery and can confirm that he is the genuine article. It is clear that this man paints what he knows and loves. Weller’s fine mark-making lassoed my interest, drawing me forward to examine his vivid water media (acrylic and water color) images as closely as possible. These are fresh, crisp renderings of western entanglements that run the gamut of buckin’ broncos at a rodeo to the quiet contemplation of drivin’ cattle home on the range. The surprise in his work is the way Weller uses every color in the rainbow to paint his contemporary cow people. The show is hanging through March 9. Bruce Hill will be the next artist featured at The Overlook Gallery And his collection of new paintings from the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and Canyonlands, “Landscapes of the Four Corners,” opens March 10 6-9 p.m. as part of the Moab Art Walk.
Moab has many charms to seduce the visitor and with the exciting happenings I witnessed on my trip, their art scene may soon be as enticing as their world-famous vistas, trails and river runs.


Croatian Daily Claims that Italy Is about to Close EU Door on Croatia over Sea Issue
Zagreb, 3 October - Italy formally reported Croatia to the EU because it assessed that by declaring an exclusive economic zone, Croatia is proclaiming war not only on Slovenia, but on Italy as well since it is endangering Italian fisheries and ruining good neighbourly relations specified by the 1976 Barcelona declaration, writes the Rome correspondent for Croatian daily Jutarnji list Inoslav Besker on Friday.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was a cryptic figure in the 1980s art scene, and he remains enigmatic 30 years after his death from an accidental overdose in 1988.
“a solid choice for a novice Leonardo enthusiast, curated by a seasoned Renaissance specialist.”
“Beautifully produced, Van Gogh and Britain adds greatly to our appreciation of the artist who created such universally beloved paintings, over 800, in just 10 years.”
Every year, more than six million people visit the Louvre Museum in Paris to view Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa for an estimated average of 15 seconds.
“‘Florence received its greatest gift with the birth of Leonardo, and lost infinitely more with his death.’ Da Vinci was so much more than an artist; he brought sophistication and reverie t
“Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory defends Bonnard’s surprising historical significance, pushing him forward from the traditional French art history shelf onwar
“Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Imaginary Travels traces the life and works of this fascinating German artist during an exceptionally trying historical time period.”
“The result is an art book: an exploration of an artist’s work with an eye to comprehensive coverage.”
“a conversation loaded with details, ideas, analyses, and a profound understanding of a moment in American literary history and the people who lived it.”
Alexander Calder: From the Stony River to the Sky is the catalog publication that accompanies an art exhibit by the same name, staged in rural Great Britain, 150 miles west of L
“Classy and scholarly, punchy and approachable, Jean Dubuffet and the City demonstrates what future research and curating could offer to the next generation of art history publicat
Published to coincide with the first major Berthe Morisot international exhibition in decades, if ever (this is, in fact, the first exhibition of its kind to be held in Canada), Berthe Morisot,
Sargent: The Masterworks is a beautifully illustrated biographical narrative of the American Impressionist painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
Robotic Existentialism: The Art of Eric Joyner is a playful fantasy picture book that celebrates the “what if” of robots having free rein to live “human” lives.
“No doubt, Georgia O’Keeffe would paint her support for the #MeToo movement though she might not post the tweets.”
“Cézanne Portraits by John Elderfield is an exquisite book based on the exhibition . . .”
“A bold and ambitious project, Jasper Johns: Pictures within Pictures, 1980–2015 serves as the most comprehensive collection to date of Johns’ mature work.”
“this isn’t the usual tearjerker cancer story. It is a gleefully offensive cancer story. It is the Blazing Saddles of cancer stories.”
“an insightful and ambitious book that is lavishly illustrated . . .”
“Noma Bar is a master of the stylized silhouette and uses flat-color shapes to achieve highly sophisticated illustrative graphics.”
“as our fore-artists set the example, so shall we copy.”
“Lead Poisoning is a fantastic voyage into the head of an artistic visionary.”
“a beautiful if hefty volume that will serve well as a fundamental study of de Kooning.”
Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Roy De Forest does a wonderful job of presenting both the person of Roy De Forest and the artwork he created.
“The past and the future are her playground, and she relays an open invitation to all who seek a daring museum experience.”


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Microsoft closed out its Xbox and Bethesda Showcase with the reveal of a brand-new title from Arkane, the studio that developed Dishonored and Prey. The game is called Redfall, and it’s heading to Xbox and PC in 2022.
Redfall is an open-world co-op shooter, where a team of players are fighting to push back a legion of vampires. The reveal trailer is a mash of Left 4 Dead and Back 4 Blood, which showcases the different characters working together to rid their city of these bloodsucking foes.
According to the official Redfall website, the game is described as blending “single-and multiplayer options seamlessly.” You can venture off solo or group up with three other players. The vampires that are raging through the city are a result of a scientific experiment gone completely wrong. There are also various mutations, as well as human cultists who support them. Of course.
Redfall is going to be exclusively released Xbox Series X|S and PC in the summer of 2022. The game will also be available on Xbox Game Pass on launch day, like other first-party Microsoft titles.


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More South Africans are kicking smoking in the butt
There has been a significant drop among adult smokers, but we still lag behind other countries thanks to stress
The rate of smoking among adults in SA has declined by more than 65% over the past 12 years, according to the recently released Foundation for a Smoke Free World report.
There are 7 million South Africans over the age of 15 who smoke, but the smoking rate has declined from 27.1% in 2000 to 18.2% in 2012.
The report, titled State of Smoking in South Africa, was released by the foundation, which works with researchers worldwide searching for information that could help smokers quit.
Commenting on the report, Professor Solomon Rataemane, head of psychiatry at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, said he believed South Africans smoked to alleviate stress. “Most people say they have anxiety, they cannot just do without cigarettes. So they find that when they smoke the nicotine helps them relax.”
“We have a very strong anti-tobacco campaign in this country, but moving people to quitting is hindered by people’s perceptions about what smoking does.
“If they [smokers] don’t deal with the intrinsic psychological difficulties, they will depend on smoking to keep calm or reduce their level of anxiety.”
A smoker quoted in the report said that despite her father and grandfather dying of lung cancer she has never tried to quit. “When I get cross at work then I smoke and I forget about even getting cross with my colleagues.
“I’ve heard of my friends that tried quitting. They went on programmes, six months later they’re back on the cigarettes again.”
Dr Kgosi Letlape, president of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, said the smoking rate drop was much lower compared with other countries. There had been bigger decreases in places like the UK and Japan.
The research was carried out in 13 countries selected for their diversity in a number of areas, including smoking population, tobacco control policies, and historical and current approaches to ending smoking.
The report said younger people were more keen to find alternatives to smoking.
“Tobacco use has steadily declined, although the illegal sale of cigarettes remains prevalent as a means to fulfill consumer demand for cheaper products ... An increasing number of consumers have expressed interest in safer alternatives to cigarettes,” the report stated.
“This trend has been most noticeable among millennial smokers [who look to vaping and other alternatives to quit smoking].”
The Cost of a Lunch Break survey, released last month by online job board CareerJunction, found that 28% of smokers quit when they managed to release their stress.
“If we as a medical profession are saying these are preventable deaths then we have a responsibility to assist the people that smoke. We have a responsibility in keeping the communities healthy, and for them to be as healthy as possible,” Letlape said.
The numbers in SA: Smokers make up 18.2% of the population, down from 27.1% in 2000;
Approximately 7 million people aged 15 and older currently smoke;
Approximately 27 billion cigarettes are smoked a year;
Illegal tobacco products account for an estimated 25% of the market;
66% of ex-smokers require multiple attempts at quitting before succeeding. What the law says:
According to the Smoke Free World report, The Tobacco Products Control Act of 1993 remains the principal tobacco control law in SA. The act bans most tobacco advertising, but there are exemptions: Tobacco products are allowed to be visible at point of sale, but customers are prohibited from handling tobacco products prior to sale;
Designated smoking areas in indoor workplaces, public places and public transport are allowed;
For workplaces and other specified public spaces, up to 25% of floor space may be set aside as a permitted smoking area;
Total taxes on cigarettes (including excise and sales taxes) make up 52% of the retail price.

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Framework for women's economic empowerment of the MELYT (Mujeres, Economía local y Territorios). A practical model for women's economic empowerment for dynamic and sustainable territories in the COVID-19 recovery
This working paper provides a framework for women’s economic empowerment, which draws on lessons learned, key strategic documents, and expertise generated by the implementation of the MELYT Programme focusing on women, the local economy, and dynamic territories in the Trifinio area2 of Central America
Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region
This document compiles and analyses the main experiences and initiatives implemented to promote the participation of women and girls in the STEM sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls
Analysis and compilation of the General Recommendations and Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, on the rights of Rural Women


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From the October 2012 video archive: The Island's new £34 million school gets officially opened. Headteacher Andrew Fox welcomes the the pupils and guests to the event
Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Treasury Minister –
What plans the Department has to expand private pension freedoms within the Island; and how those plans compare with the pension freedoms available in the UK?
Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Chief Minister –
If he will make a statement on the Data Sharing Memorandum of Understanding with the United Kingdom on the exchange of immigration, travel and passport information?


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These are trying times for everyone across the world. Eight Israelis have now succumbed to the coronavirus and another 41 patients are in serious condition. According to Israel Hayom, there are now 2,666 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Jewish state. The BBC reported that globally, there are 460,000 people plagued by coronavirus and over 20,000 have succumbed to it thus far. In the wake of this global pandemic, many countries across the world are being locked down in the hopes that their nations won’t end up needing to cremate bodies like in Italy or to bury people in mass graves, like they are doing in Iran.
There is a genuine fear that if countries don’t lock down, then there will be so many sick people that the hospital system will collapse and this poses a major threat to the entire functioning of nations across the globe. Due to this belief, the INSS, a prominent think tank in Israel, even published an article claiming that Israelis who rebel against the Israeli Ministry of Health guidelines pose a “national security threat.” Ruthie Blum in her column in Israel Hayom called all coronavirus rebels “entitled brats.” On social media, so many people are so scared of the coronavirus that many people who dare to criticize the economic and psychological cost of a prolonged lockdown have been harshly criticized by their peers.
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Rachel Avraham is the President of the Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi Centre for Human Rights in the Middle East. She is also a political analyst at the Safadi Centre for International Diplomacy, Research, Public Relations and Human Rights and a contributor at the Haym Salomon Centre.
Rachel has a vast experience in newspaper industry, and has worked as an editor at JerusalemOnline, as Content Manager at United with Israel, and more. She was also a correspondent for Israel Resource News Agency, Jerusalem.
She is the author of “Women and Jihad: Debating Palestinian Female Suicide Bombings in the American, Israeli and Arab Media“.


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New pair of Ossa E71 Enduro Fork Tubes, these will fit the Ossa Enduro Models below, but will not fit models that were fitted with the brand “Telesco”, there is an option of 2 fork lengths, 535mm and 585mm, Please confirm if you need the larger length when ordering
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