During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump was adamantly opposed to the idea of arming Ukraine, seeing it as contrary to a potential diplomatic rapprochement with Russia. As with a lot of candidate Trump's positions, President Trump's position seems to be shifting.
The possibility of arming Ukraine is now the topic of intense debate within the cabinet, with proponents arguing that such arms would be a great way to increasing the pressure on Russia after a flurry of anti-Russia sanctions.
Such a move is potentially risky, because Ukraine is in the midst of a shaky ceasefire with eastern rebels, a ceasefire the US hasn't publicly endorsed. The armament of one side could be seen as overtly trying to undermine the ceasefire, and encouraging Ukraine to attack the rebels.
Practical reasons not to make such a move might not matter, however, as President Trump is seen to be under serious pressure to accept any serious plan that would be anti-Russia, as part of an ongoing effort to escape the "pro-Russia" label.
Trump is SO strong, that anyone can taunt him with a few words and make him do what they want, instead of what he wanted.
Arming Ukraine? The country which exports its homemade tanks? That is the proverbial coal carried to Newcastle.
Ukraine was home to important parts of the Soviet arms industry. They don't need our arms. They have needs, but arms is not one of them.
So Trump might surrender to the demands of The Blob. He's weak. That does not clean up the candidate of the Blob and the promise of The Hillary Wars.
We mustn't pretend there was a better anti-war alternative than Trump. The only other choice was worse, much worse.
That is an ugly truth, and the ugliness of it makes it all the more important to see it so we can prevent it happening again.
Regardless of what he has done since, the election of Trump was a shot by America across the bow of The Blob. What follows, I don't know……probably nothing.
Like your name "The Blob" what a description. Slow and incoherent, yet ever growing and all consuming.


James Hoard is an artist from Denver, Colorado working in photography, sculpture and other forms of artistic production, both conceptual and commercial.
Shortly after high school I enlisted in the Us Navy, this was the location where I was first introduced to photography. This valuable time and training also allowed for international travel, visiting countries such as Canada, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Guam, and Hong Kong. World travel has had a profound affect on my work, by allowing for a greater understanding of global political and military narratives that inform my conceptual artistic production.
Fallowing my service in the Navy I received my Bachelor of Fine Art: with a concentration in Photography from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2012. During collage I spent 5 years at Denver Pro Photo, working in sales and for the photo lab. Fallowing graduation I worked as the assistant photo lab manager for Metropolitan State University and University of Colorado Denver, operating 5 wet darkrooms b&w and color, a film processing center, and 15 digital printing lab with over 300 students. In 2012 I also began operating my own studio, I now work in both photography as well as spacial media; sculpture, and graphics design, I currently lives and works as a artist in Castle Rock Colorado, running JHP Studios with my wife and two children.
His work has been shown at; Contemplations of War 2012; Awesome 2012; Denver Month of Photography- Rejected 2011; as well as Photographing Narratives: Interpreting Contemporary Culture, 2011 and Now Then As I Was about to Say, 2011.. Hoard's art can also be appreciated in the following publications: Hit That Shutter National Undergraduate survey 2011, Lost America, March 2011 and Dirt Rider Magazine including the buyers guide 2008, 2009, and 2010.


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Blizzard Unveils New Overwatch Franchise
Overwatch marks Blizzard's first new franchise in 17 years, and will launch in beta mode next year.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/blizzard-unveils-new-overwatch-franchise
Best known for World of Warcraft and Diablo, game maker Blizzard has unveiled its first new franchise title in almost two decades.
In front of a live crowd of more than 25,000 BlizzCon attendees and an online audience of millions, Blizzard announced the first-person shooter Overwatch pick-up-and-play game.
Set in an entirely new Blizzard universe—a technologically advanced, highly stylized future Earth—the game follows a band of heroes who must save the planet after the international task force known as Overwatch has disbanded.
"Overwatch is our take on a vibrant, near-future universe with amped-up characters and action-packed team-based gameplay," Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime said in a statement.
Choose from heroes like former British test pilot Tracer, who can teleport, drop energy bombs, and reverse time; Reinhardt, the hulking German soldier who can charge great distances and pin his enemies with his rocket hammer; bow-wielding Hanzo (below), the Japanese mercenary, who can scale walls with his bare hands; and Symmetra, an Indian architect with the power to manipulate light and energy to shield her allies and damager her enemies.
Whether playing on your own or in teams of six, players will battle across a range of futuristic global locations, from the hologram-lit streets of London to a bazaar below a high-tech Egyptian pyramid.
Once you've mastered your character's unique abilities, show off on the battlefield, each of which are built to highlight individuals' skills, seamlessly moving fights from streets to rooftops to open skies.
"With every new Blizzard game, we look at our favorite aspects of a genre and put our own spin on things," Morhaime said. "Our goal with Overwatch is to create an awesome FPS experience that's more accessible to a much wider audience while delivering the action and depth that shooter fans love."
Overwatch beta testing will begin next year, though Blizzard did not reveal a specific timeline. The company promised new heroes and maps as game development progresses.
The studio launched real-time strategy game Warcraft in 1994, followed by Diablo in '96 and StarCraft in '98. In the years since, the company has remained busy, expanding its virtual worlds and developing sequels to continue their stories. But WoW has struggled in recent years.
In September, Blizzard scrapped plans for the massively multiplayer game known as Titan after at least seven years in development.
As reported by IGN, Blizzard's Chris Metzen said Titan sort of naturally morphed into what would become Overwatch.
"We [Blizzard] decided internally to go another way," said Metzen. "What really happened was we decided to go this way. Overwatch is a very different game than what we were planning to build."
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A couple to a few months ago, one of our hens went broody, we put some eggs under her, and the Lord graciously granted our first chicks of 2014! I've been lagging in getting this blog post done and out, as you can see, since they are about half way to being full grown. But, we wanted to acknowledge and thank God in His provisions of granting additions to the flock!
As always, we are so very thankful to the Lord for granting any chicks and continuance of food provisions; and we are grateful for Him showing His graces and mercies in these ways.
This past Tuesday, we celebrated the Passover as a group. Each year we observe this, mostly as a teaching tool for the children, although we pray for spiritual blessings and benefits from it as well, in greater worship of the Lord Christ.
And meal time. It was all very yummy!
It was a very nice time of fellowshipping together in remembrance of God's mighty works! We are thankful for the time, pray the Lord glorified Himself through the time, and we pray for His continued light and heat in our lives, and may we be a light to the world for His glory.


Blessed people perform Hajj and Umrah. The people who visit holy cities claim that they get a deep effect on their souls. The practice of performing the Hajj or Umrah, give many spiritual benefits which change life completely. The great impact you get in your personality is that you start cognizance yourself and your hardships start getting easier bit by bit. You can get 5- star Hajj Umrah Packages from the UK and visit the sacred streets. Start writing the supplications that you have thought in your mind that when you will reach there and ask from Almighty.
Marca (Spain): "Cristiano Ronaldo wins half a Ballon d'Or. The Real Madrid star led the comeback against the Netherlands. The Portuguese footballer gave a stellar performance, scoring two goals and hitting the posts several times."
Man Utd fans are shattered that star player Cristiano Ronaldo has gone to Real Madrid. Sir Alex Ferguson accepted a stunning world record bid of 80 million pounds! Man Utd fans might be devastated, but over in Merseyside, Liverpool fans are celebrating! Now the Reds have more chance of winning their first ever Premiership title after missing out last year.
I've got just two more things to say. One, haha, and two, good luck for next season. You'll need it.
THIS is the stunning model seeing soccer star CRISTIANO RONALDO . . . a Ukrainian beauty who's big ambition is to open a cattery for strays.


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Титовское се́льское поселе́ние — муниципальное образование в составе Кимрского района Тверской области России.
На территории поселения находятся 19 населённых пунктов. Центр поселения — деревня Титово.
Образовано в результате муниципальной реформы в 2005 году, включило в себя территорию Титовского сельского округа.

Географические данные
 Общая площадь: 139,7 км².
 Нахождение: южная часть Кимрского района.
 Граничит:
 на севере — с Центральным СП (по Волге) и Приволжским СП,
 на востоке — с Московской областью, Талдомский район,
 на юге — с Московской областью, городским округом Дубна,
 на западе — с Фёдоровским СП (по Волге) и городским округом город Кимры.

Главные реки — Волга (Угличское водохранилище) — западная и северная границы поселения, Дубна — по южной границе с Московской областью.
Поселение пересекает железная дорога «Москва (Савёловская)—Калязин—Сонково—Санкт-Петербург».

Экономика
Совхоз «Кимрский», который был создан в 1964 году при помощи и по инициативе прославленной летчицы, Героя Советского Союза В. С. Гризодубовой.

Население

Населённые пункты
На территории поселения находятся следующие населённые пункты:

На территории поселения находятся 24 садоводческих товарищества.

Бывшие населённые пункты
Ранее существовавшие здесь деревни Борки, Сухово, Бурково, Старое Савёлово включены в черту города Кимры.
Деревни Ратмино, Новое Иваньково, Александровка, Юркино и Козлоки в 1956 году переданы в состав Московской области.

История
В XI—XIV вв. территория поселения относилась к Владимиро-Суздальскому, затем к Тверскому княжеству. В XIV веке присоединена к Великому княжеству Московскому и в XVI—XVII веках входила в Гостунский стан Кашинского уезда.
 После реформ Петра I территория поселения входила:
 в 1708—1727 гг. в Санкт-Петербургскую (Ингерманляндскую 1708—1710 гг.) губернию, Тверскую провинцию,
 в 1727—1775 гг. в Новгородскую губернию, Тверскую провинцию,
 в 1775—1796 гг. в Тверское наместничество, Калязинский уезд,
 в 1796—1803 гг. в Тверскую губернию, Кашинский уезд,
 в 1803—1918 гг. в Тверскую губернию, Калязинский уезд,
 в 1918—1929 гг. в Тверскую губернию, Кимрский уезд,
 в 1929—1935 гг. в Московскую область, Кимрский район,
 в 1935—1990 гг. в Калининскую область, Кимрский район,
 с 1990 в Тверскую область, Кимрский район.

В 1950-е годы на территории поселения существовали Прислонский и Титовский сельсоветы Кимрского района Калининской области.

Известные люди
Абаляев (Оболяев) Иван Михайлович (1901—1941), скульптор-самоучка, резчик по дереву. Родился, жил и работал в д. Нутромо.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Электронный энциклопедический справочник «Тверская область»

Сельские поселения Тверской области
Муниципальные образования Кимрского района

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See A Christmas Story Sequel Tease The Return Of Ralphie
The trailer for A Christmas Story Christmas has dropped, teasing the return of adult Ralphie.
By James Brizuela | Published 4 months ago
If you happened to have grown up in the 1980s and 1990s, you may have been introduced to A Christmas Story while growing up. The hilarious story of Ralphie, the kid who just can't seem to get out of his way while desperately wanting a BB gun for Christmas. Well, now Ralphie is back for the sequel, and he has been teased in the first look at the continuation of the Christmas classic, which is aptly titled A Christmas Story Christmas.
The trailer for A Christmas Story Christmas opens with a family driving in what appears to be an older-looking Crown Vic car, which we can assume is Ralphie's, turning into his old neighborhood. The classic house also appears which is accompanied by some of the best lines from the original film, including the hilarious pronunciation of "fragile." We also get a super close-up portion of the teaser trailer that shows a very adult Ralphie putting on his glasses and smiling.
The original A Christmas Story movie followed Ralphie through several vignettes, which were also narrated by an older Ralphie. We are not entirely sure if the new sequel movie is going to be following the same formula, but we would imagine that older Ralphie is going to watch his children be tortured by Christmas in the same way that he had. We are going to be quite upset if the pink bunny suit is not brought out at least once in this new sequel, and if adult Ralphie wears it, that would be perfect.
A Christmas Story Christmas sees the return of Peter Billingsley as Ralphie, along with Scott Schwartz, Ian Petrella, R.D. Rob, Zack Ward, and Melinda Dillon. The synopsis for the sequel sees Ralphie return home to give his own children the same type of Christmas that he had as a child, while also celebrating Old Man, who has sadly passed away. We would imagine there are going to be more cameos than just the main cast returning, with some of the more minor characters returning for one final laugh.
While there is turmoil in the house of HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery, they are doing what they can to bring tons of Christmas movies to everyone for the holidays, and A Christmas Story Christmas is one of those slated to appear between November and December. This classic story could be just what everyone needs to forget about the massive issues that have been plaguing WBD.
We won't have to wait much longer for A Christmas Story Christmas, which is set to premiere on HBO Max on November 17, 2022. Considering the sequel movie is going to be coming out in a month's time, we are likely to be seeing the full trailer in the next couple of weeks, and the reveal that the sequel will follow the same vignette formula. It would be a bit sad if the sequel movie didn't follow its predecessor, but it would also be refreshing for something new to be tried with this classic Christmas story.
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Q: Show/Hide a popover menu on hover Basically I want to show or hide a menu when hover on block, The issue here is when the cog that contains the menu mess up the stucture of the block, is there a way to show it whithout pushing the block?
Here's my code :
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And please why The cog  show up at first ??
Here's my jsfiddle demo
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The conventional technique used in drying firewood is called seasoning. This involves stacking freshly cut timber in the open for like a year or two so as to dry it naturally in sunlight and air. The recommended moisture for seasoned wood should be at most 35%, as this level of dampness will produce an adequate amount of heat with much less smoke, tar and ash than crisply cut "green" wood.
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We sell firewood in Cubic Metres (m3). We dispatch our logs in volume rather than weight because most of the moisture has been removed through the kiln drying process. Buying logs in weight isn't a good measure because a ton bag of logs could mean you get very few logs if they are saturated with moisture. Beyond our bulk bags, you can also buy individual smaller bags of logs stacked on a pallet.
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How to Avoid Double Taxation with IRD in
Home > Resources > How to Avoid Double Taxation with IRD in Hong Kong
When two jurisdictions tax their residents on worldwide income, it could be a case of double taxation. Luckily, Hong Kong has signed Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) with several countries and adopts the territoriality basis of taxation. This means tax accrues only on the income sourced in Hong Kong. In most cases, profit sourced outside of Hong Kong by a resident is not subject to taxation. Tax treaties are a means to foster cooperation with other tax administrations and to prevent double taxation as well as fiscal evasion.
As a local resident, you will be subjected to DTA rules in order to avoid double taxation in Hong Kong. This is meant to:
Reduce double taxation, which could result in the case of overlapping tax jurisdictions
Prevent tax evasion between Hong Kong and its DTA partners
Provide security about tax rules applicable to specific foreign transactions
Lay down rules that help resolve conflicting claims about a taxpayer's residential status and income source
Provide a taxpayer with an opportunity to forward their concern to the relevant tax administration in the event of double taxation contrary to the terms of a DTA
Provide certainty for investors on their taxation rights
Additionally, investors are better able to assess their potential tax liabilities in Hong Kong. Overseas companies can conveniently do business in Hong Kong without worrying about double taxation. Alternatively, Hong Kong companies can freely do business overseas and not worry about being taxed twice.
Benefits of DTA
How to relieve double tax
IRD amendement
DTA is an initiative of the Hong Kong administrative region government to minimise the exposure of its residents and that of its DTA partner countries to double taxation. Commonly referred to as source-residence conflict, double taxation occurs when you are charged twice on the same profit or income.
When the rules for the division of revenue are clearly outlined between two jurisdictions, there is no risk of double taxation. DTA also lays down how the tax will be imposed, guiding taxpayers about the potential limits of tax liability. Taxpayers are eligible to claim relief for taxes already paid overseas. Not only does DTA prevent double taxation, but also tax evasion.
A Hong Kong resident, who is not the resident of the contracting country, is eligible to claim relief from income tax. Hong Kong incorporated companies to qualify for relief. Companies managed and controlled in Hong Kong can also claim relief from income tax.
A company incorporated in Hong Kong or managed and controlled from the special administrative jurisdiction of Hong Kong is considered a resident. Taxes on income and property are covered under the DTA.
How to relieve double tax in Hong Kong
Tax credit relief
When it comes to avoiding double taxation in Hong Kong, the criteria used is to credit foreign tax against the domestic tax on overseas income. This calls for the deduction of tax payable in the source jurisdiction from the tax payable in the residence jurisdiction on the same income. However, the tax credit does not extend to tax payable in the source jurisdiction and is limited to the residence jurisdiction.
When you earn income in a foreign country, it is eligible for tax exemption in the residence jurisdiction. The exemption may be given on the entire or part of the foreign income.
In most treaties signed by Hong Kong, residents can avoid double taxation by means of a tax credit.
Foreign tax relief
Hong Kong residents can enjoy tax relief on foreign income sourced in a jurisdiction that has signed a CDTA with Hong Kong.
Beginning 2018/19, foreign income tax relief is available where you have paid tax for services rendered in a non-CDTA jurisdiction. Before filing a claim for tax credit within the jurisdiction of Hong Kong, salaried taxpayers must take reasonable steps to minimise tax payable overseas on foreign income.
This income exemption is applicable to everyone, including Hong Kong and non-Hong Kong employment. However, in the case of overseas employment, such exemption may not be practically applicable as only the income earned from services delivered in Hong Kong is taxable.
IRD Amendment: How to avoid double taxation in Hong Kong
As per the new amendment, if you are a Hong Kong tax resident who has paid foreign tax on interest and gains in a DTA country, you are eligible for tax credit, not tax deduction.
Following the IRD amendment enactment (No. 6), tax on profits is not deductible, as it is not an expense on generating chargeable profits.
Hong Kong has signed 40 DTAs or bilateral agreements with Mainland of China, Thailand, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Vietnam.
Under the new legislation, a salaries taxpayer in Hong Kong, who is subject to foreign tax for services rendered in that country having a DTA signed with Hong Kong may be eligible for a tax credit for the amount of tax paid in that jurisdiction. However, it is not applicable to the unilateral income exclusion claim that omits the income for services rendered in a foreign land of which overseas tax has been paid.
That means you are eligible for the income exclusion claim only where overseas tax has been paid in a non-DTA jurisdiction for services rendered on that foreign land.
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Posted on April 4, 2014 by Jim Angel
Tracking Tornado Statistics in the US (Part II)
Yesterday I mentioned the national archive as a source for reports on tornadoes and other forms of severe weather. Today I wanted to mention the NOAA Storm Prediction Center and the many statistical products they have available on their website. Of course, their primary mission is to provide forecasts but they have accumulated an impressive collection of other products as well.
While these are preliminary and subject to change later, one of the best and longest-lived product the SPC provides are the daily storm reports. These are dot maps showing tornadoes, wind and hail damage, with a detailed list below the map showing dates, times, cities, counties, type of damage. You can see "today" and "yesterday" or pick your own date. See example below (click to enlarge).
Monthly and Annual Tornado Summary
This page starts by giving you a table of running totals of tornadoes and tornado deaths for this year, and the last 3 years, plus the 3-year average. So as of April 3, we have 81 tornadoes reported across the US with zero deaths.
TORNADO TOTALS AND RELATED DEATHS...THROUGH THU APR 3 2014
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0833 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
...NUMBER OF TORNADOES...  NUMBER OF          KILLER
TORNADO DEATHS     TORNADOES
..2014.. 2013 2012 2011 3YR                 3YR             3YR
PREL ACT  ACT  ACT  ACT  AV   14  13  12 11  AV  14 13 12 11 AV
---  --   -- ---  ---- ---- ----  --  -- --- -- ---  -- -- -- -- --
JAN   4   --   75   79  16   57    0   1   2  0   1   0  1  2  0  1
FEB  41   --   39   57  63   53    0   1  15  1   6   0  1  7  1  3
MAR  25   --   18  154  75   82    0   0  43  1  15   0  0 10  1  4
APR  11   --   86  206 758  350    0   1  6 363 123   0  1  1 43 15
MAY  --   --  268  121 326  238   --  41  0 178  73  --  5  0  9  5
JUN  --   --  125  111 160  132   --   1   4  3   3  --  1  2  1  1
JUL  --   --   72   37 103   71   --   0   0  0   0  --  0  0  0  0
AUG  --   --   46   38  57   47   --   0   0  2   1  --  0  0  2  1
SEP  --   --   21   39  51   37   --   0   0  0   0  --  0  0  0  0
OCT  --   --   61   37  23   40   --   0   0  0   0  --  0  0  0  0
NOV  --   --   79    7  44   43   --   8   0  5   4  --  3  0  2  2
DEC  --   --   18   53  15   29   --   2   0  0   1  --  2  0  0  1
---  --   --  ---  ---- ---- ----  --  -- --- -- ---  -- -- -- -- --
SUM  81   --  908 939 1691 1179    0  55  70 553 227  0  14 22 59 33
PREL = 2014 PRELIMINARY COUNT FROM ALL NWS LOCAL STORM REPORTS.
ACT  = ACTUAL TORNADO COUNT BASED ON NWS STORM DATA SUBMISSIONS.
COMPARISONS BETWEEN PRELIMINARY AND ACTUAL COUNTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
..CARBIN..04/04/2014
And if you look beyond the table you can get a year by year summary for the US. For example, here is the summary for 2014 so far.
I like to check the Illinois statistics periodically so I choose the year and then the state and look at reports like this one …
Annual Fatal Tornado Summary
This is a nice, modern interface for mapping fatal tornadoes across the US.
Warning Coordination Meteorologist page
Because this page is geared towards NWS meteorologists, it has more extensive and technical information than the other pages. However, it has lots of information of general information. You can find maps of tornadoes by year, basic tornado climatology, number of watches issued by year, severe weather databases, and GIS support. For example, you can find the map of the number of tornadoes by county across the US.
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The article discusses the shortcomings with current federal policies and practices on local immigration in the U.S. that are said to complicate immigration reform efforts. It is reported that U.S. president Barack Obama supports comprehensive immigration reform that reduces lengthy administrative backlogs and balances enforcement. It is expected that the new Obama administration will create a window of opportunity for successful passage of comprehensive reform.


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CRA Hosts 2022 Tisdale Fellows
By: Brian Mosley, CRA Senior Policy AnalystIn: August 2022, Vol. 34/No.7 /
On Wednesday July 6th, the CRA Government Affairs Office welcomed the 2022 class of Eben Tisdale Science Policy Fellows to the CRA Washington DC office. These fellows, undergraduates at universities and colleges from across the United States, spent the summer at high-tech companies, firms, or trade associations in Washington, learning the intricacies of technology policy. Additionally, they took two courses at George Mason University, attended guest lectures and briefings from speakers across Washington, and attended briefings at the Capitol, the Department of State, and the National Press Club. The fellows were in the office to attend a presentation by Brian Mosley, Senior Policy Analyst in CRA's Office of Government Affairs, covering the policy concerns and issues that the association works on and attempts to influence at the federal level.
This year's Tisdale Fellow for CRA is Dalton Hellwege (far right). Dalton is a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, pursuing a major in Statistics and Analytics, with a minor in Studio Art. This summer, Dalton has been tracking key federal appropriation bills and other pieces of legislation. We've been thrilled to have him on staff this summer!
The Tisdale Fellows in the picture are, from left to right: Eveline Bussemaker, Dell Inc.; Bruno Soto, American Tower; Alex Leu, Technology CEO Council; and Dalton Hellwege.
Tags: Tisdale Fellow
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Mozilla has launched the new version of its internet browser called Firefox Version 35 Final which will be followed by Firefox for Android 35.0 in the coming days. The latest version comes with various new features including new room-based conversion tool for Firefox Hello, improved geolocation tools and an integrated download manager for Android.
The new room-based chat model allows users to organise different conversations and contacts in groups, making it easy to keep track of old chats and start new ones with your contacts. The new version has also simplified the chat process by removing certain steps.
Now, when you start a conversation, a window opens showing a self-view until the person you have invited clicks on the link and joins you. When they do, you'll be notified with an audio alert and the Hello icon will turn blue. According to Mozilla, Firefox Hello is the world's first global communications system built directly into a browser.
Second important iteration in the Firefox v35 is the Firefox Marketplace for the desktop, however, it is currently in Beta. The marketplace is already available on Firefox OS and Firefox for Android, now the company is testing apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux with the help of selected users.
Next up is the soon-to-release Android-build version with the promise of improved opt-in geolocation service with the help of your Wi-Fi and cellular signal. Along with this, Bing Search will provide secure search via HTTP and will be integrated with the Android download manager as well.
All of the aforementioned features will be available in Firefox toolbar and in the Customize mode. The v35 is already available for Windows, Mac and Linux as free, open-source download fon Firefox.com while the Firefox Version 35 for Android will be available shortly.


IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have identified a brain network they believe is the biological basis of intelligence.
Richard Haier of the University of California-Irvine and Rex Jung of the University of New Mexico posit the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain are primarily responsible for intelligent thought. The parietal lobe is directly behind the frontal lobe and both are known to process attention, memory, and language.
The researchers said the integration of cognitive functions suggests intelligence is based on how efficiently networks in the frontal and parietal lobes process information.
"Recent neuroscience studies suggest that intelligence is related to how well information travels throughout the brain," said Haier, "Our review of imaging studies identifies the stations along the routes intelligent information processing takes. Once we know where the stations are, we can study how they relate to intelligence."
Haier and Jung, who reached their conclusions after a review of 37 imaging studies of the brain related to intelligence, report their findings online in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences.


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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Redirected from The Fellowship of the Ring Soundtrack)
The name The Fellowship of the Ring refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see The Fellowship of the Ring (disambiguation).
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture song
Soundtrack by Howard Shore
Released 20 November, 2001
Label Reprise Records
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is an album comprising of the soundtrack from the theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was released 20 November, 2001. An extended soundtrack, based on the extended edition of the film, was later released as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings.
[edit] Contents
The Prophecy (3:55)
Concerning Hobbits (2:55)
The Shadow Of The Past (3:33)
The Treason Of Isengard (3:51)
The Black Rider (2:48)
At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony (3:14)
A Knife In The Dark (3:34)
Flight To The Ford (4:14)
Many Meetings (3:05)
The Council of Elrond, featuring the song "Aníron" (Theme For Aragorn And Arwen) composed and performed by Enya (3:49)
The Ring Goes South (2:02)
A Journey In The Dark (4:20)
The Bridge of Khazad-dum (5:57)
Lothlorien (4:33)
The Great River (2:43)
Amon Hen (5:02)
The Breaking of the Fellowship (7:20)
May It Be, composed and performed by Enya (4:17)
[edit] See also
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy - Original Soundtracks:
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy - The Complete Recordings:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on A Magpie Nest
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Category: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


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Q: Getting data from WordPress database to use at out of WordPress I set up WordPress, everything is fine. It is under a sub-directory of main website and it use same database with the custom developed website. The path is like below:
http://www.blabla.com/blog/blabla-category-name/bla-post-title/
I need to list the latest three posts at main website (out of WordPress). I looked WordPress db, but could not see any cat name at table :/ so how can I generate such link to post from out of WordPress?
appreciate helps!!

just found this article online. working great!!
http://www.corvidworks.com/articles/wordpress-content-on-other-pages

A: You could parse the RSS feed that Wordpress generates using something like MagicParser. This would allow you to display the most recent posts on your homepage with relative ease.
The preferred method would be to use one of the methods as described by Dav, though.

A: Try this sql
select te.name from wp_posts as p
left join wp_term_relationships as r on ( p.ID = r.object_id )
left join wp_term_taxonomy as ta on ( r.term_taxonomy_id = ta.term_taxonomy_id )
left join wp_terms as te on ( ta.term_id = te.term_id )
where p.ID = 529
and ta.taxonomy = 'category'

where 529 is the post you want to find the category for.


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Commissioners Travel to Bensalem Twp. Municipal Building for Sept. 7 Business Meeting, Approve 33 Contract Resolutions
While paying a visit to the Bensalem Township Council Chambers on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, the Board of Bucks County Commissioners conducted a full slate of business and issued three proclamations focusing on the themes of suicide awareness and recovery from the ravages of addiction. Commissioners Robert G. Loughery, chairman, Charles H. Martin and Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, LCSW also approved a pair of Bucks County Industrial Development Authority resolutions to approve the issuances of more than $36 million in bonds for the benefit of the Livengrin Foundation, Inc. and the School Lane Charter School (both of which are located in Bensalem Township).
Bensalem Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo and members of council welcomed the commissioners to their municipality, which is the county's most populous. The meeting opened with Chairman Loughery proclaiming September, 2016 as Recovery Month. The annual showcase event "Recovery Walks 2016!" will take place on Saturday, September 17, when 25,000 people will walk for recovery through historic Philadelphia. Statistics show that an estimated 23.1 million Americans are in need of treatment for substance dependence (including approximately 38,000 in Bucks County, but only 1.7 million are receiving treatment and recovery support. "We all know there is an (widespread opioid) epidemic in our communities and what a challenge it is, and we would like to thank those who are involved in the recovery process," Chairman Loughery said.
The tri-chairs of the Bucks County Suicide Task Force, Wendy Flanigan, Sharon Curran and Maria Picciotti, joined Pat Lufkin of the organization Survivors of Suicide to accept a pair of proclamations on behalf of Suicide Awareness Month. Deputy Administrator Dawn Seader of the County Mental Health/Developmental Programs department thanked the Task Force for its two years of work on prevention and awareness initiatives, highlighted upcoming "QPR" training for County employees (Question, Persuade, Refer) and reminded residents of two upcoming public events – a Candlelight Vigil at the Administration Building on Tuesday, Sept. 13 (5:30 p.m.) and a full-day Suicide Prevention Conference on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at Delaware Valley University.
Moving on to the resolution portion of the meeting, for the Children & Youth Social Services Agency, the commissioners approved a one-year, $470,000 contract renewal with Bristol's Neighborhood First, Inc. to provide mentoring and monitoring for youth and juvenile offenders. For Courts, the board agreed to approve and authorize acceptance of a $557,392 grant through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the Intermediate Punishment Program.
The potential sale of the current County Controllers office at 89 E. Court St. moved ahead with the approval of a listing agreement with J. Carroll Molloy Realtor, LLC of Doylestown to market the property. Commissioner Martin abstained from that vote. The Controller staff will be moving into the Administration Building in the near future.
The commissioners approved a $447,453 annual federal grant for the Pennsylvania Health Department's Public Health Preparedness Program that will run through June 30, 2017. The board also agreed to several Housing & Community and Human Services contracts for housing, homeless assistance and rental assistance, including a trio of contract with the Bucks County Opportunity Council, Inc. that totaled just over $300,000. Another Human Services contract involved the one-year, $2.532 million Participation Grant Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to provide transportation services.
As part of the Open Space II referendum of 2007, Falls Township stands to gain $256,592 worth of County Municipal Open Space funding for multiple projects including a pedestrian bridge in Levittown's Vermillion Hills section and a fishing pier that will benefit residents through a series of improvements.
In the capital improvement arena, the board voted to approve the $62,389 purchase and installation of carpet tiles at the Youth Center through Barb-Lin, Inc. of Doylestown.
Commissioner Marseglia cast one nay vote, a one-year, $263,750 contract renewal for Children & Youth involving resident treatment programs through VisionQuest National, Ltd. of Tucson, AZ.
Following the commissioners' approval of a $70,395 purchase of 6,000 doses of seasonal flu vaccine from Sanofi Pasteur of Swiftwater, PA, Chief Operating Officer Brian Hessenthaler reminded residents of three dates on which the County Health department will offer free flus shots this fall: Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Quakertown; Saturday Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Levittown and Saturday, Oct. 15 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Doylestown.
Chief Clerk Lynn Bush told attendees that County planning officials are working in collaboration with the County Commissioners' Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) to address the hardships that have been created for residents in disposing of old televisions and computer monitors.
The next meeting of the Board of Bucks County Commissioners will take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in the Bucks County Administration Building Commissioners' Meeting Room, 55 E. Court St., 1st, Floor, Doylestown, PA 18901. For a complete audio account of the September 7, 2016 business meeting, please visit the official county website, www.BucksCounty.org, and click on the "Audio from Last Mtg" link on the home page.


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SPEED QUEENS
A new women's racing series hopes to smash Formula 1's glass ceiling
Tough pack.
Image: AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim
Jill Petzinger
Formula 1 is one of the few sports in which both sexes are free to compete on a level playing field. Yet it persists as one of the last male-dominated bastions in the sporting world. The last woman to score a point in a F1 race was Italian Lella Lombardi, who came in sixth in the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975.
A new racing series for women launched this month, the "W Series," aims to give women a better chance of being chosen as an F1 team driver. More than 100 drivers from slightly more female-friendly tournaments like F3, rally, and Nascar have already applied to the W Series selection program ahead of the inaugural competition in May 2019. It will start at circuits across Europe, with plans to expand further afield. Twenty will make the cut. The series provides the single-seater race cars, and there is a $1.5 million prize pot, with the winner getting $500,000.
"We believe that history has shown that the current feeder mechanism doesn't work—if it did we would have seen a Louise Hamilton or whatever by now—so let's try something different," says Catherine Bond Muir, the W Series chief executive.
"In order to be a successful racing driver, you have to be skilled, determined, competitive, brave and physically fit. But you don't have to be a man."
By making the competition free to enter, the W series eliminates one of the biggest hurdles of F1 for all drivers trying to break into the sport. Around half of the F1 competitors today can be described as "pay drivers," who have secured their place in the cockpit of an F1 car by bringing money with them to a team—for example, through family money or sponsorship. While pay drivers have always been part of F1, they illustrate how far the sport is from a meritocracy, even for men. The W Series won't guarantee that women will get into the championship, it will give them the training and a higher-profile that could help them attract the attention of team bosses and sponsors.
Bond Muir, a former sports financial and legal advisor, has spent three years developing the concept, which has attracted both praise for creating a new platform for female drivers, as well as criticism that it's a backwards move to have a separate women's competition.
One of the most outspoken critics last year was race driver Pippa Mann, who railed against the concept of a separate series in a blog post, arguing that female talent needed backers who supported them to race against men, not separately. In October, Mann tweeted that the launch of the W Series was a "sad day for motorsport. Those with funding to help female racers are choosing to segregate them as opposed to supporting them."
Catherine Bond Muir
Image: W Series
"We're all singing from the same song sheet, the disagreement is about how we get there," Bond Muir said, noting that both sides in the end want to see mixed grids of men and women drivers. She has described the W Series as a sort of "artificial device" to help women break through into F1, and said that support from female drivers has been overwhelming.
"We've had a number of drivers who have historically said they don't agree with a women's only series," she said. "When they heard our positioning and our belief that we are a stepping stone, they have changed their minds."
Bond Muir points to competitive sailing as an example of how a women's-only competition can kickstart a change. In the 1970s there were hardly any women competing in Olympic sailing. The creation of a female-only class in 1988 helped instigate a change that has led to scores of women competing in mixed races.
If, in a few years time, we can have women in Formula 1 and performing well, that would be a remarkable achievement."
David Coulthard, the winner of multiple Grands Prix, Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, and F1 team manager Dave Ryan are three of the judges on the W Series selection board. "In order to be a successful racing driver, you have to be skilled, determined, competitive, brave and physically fit. But you don't have to be a man," Coulthard said in a statement.
Beyond putting a woman on an F1 grid again, the W Series wants to encourage more women to join the traveling tribe of engineers, technicians, mechanics and other specialists who work in the pits and behind the scenes to make a race happen. Bond Muir has plans to promote STEM subjects among female students, as well as to train qualified female mechanics and technicians to more senior levels—a task that will be easier if there are more inspiring female role models in the top tier of the sport.
"We're not naïve enough to say we're going to get a woman into Formula 1 in a couple of years," Bond Muir says. "But if in a few years time we can have women in Formula 1 and performing well, that would be a remarkable achievement for us."


Rep. Linda Sánchez, a member of House Democratic leadership, said Thursday she thinks it's time for longtime Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants to step down.
"I do think we have this real breadth and depth of talent within our caucus and I do think it's time to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders," Sanchez said Thursday on C-SPAN.
Sánchez currently serves as vice chairwoman of the House Democratic Caucus, the lowest ranking leadership position. Still, her comments are surprising given her prominent position within the caucus and the fact that she and Pelosi both represent California, generally a tight-knit group within the caucus.
There have long been rumblings among rank-and-file members about how long Pelosi, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) would rule the caucus. Pelosi and Hoyer have been the top two Democrats in the House for nearly 15 years. But most members, even those who are critical of leadership, don't take their complaints public.
A source close to Sánchez said the lawmaker isn't calling for a leadership election right now, but added, "What she's saying is we need to have a discussion and can't continue to ignore that there is an elephant in the room."
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) also defended the current leadership regime.
"Leader Pelosi, Whip Hoyer, and Assistant Leader Clyburn work harder and smarter each and every day for our members and our party," Crowley said in a statement.
Multiple senior Democratic aides who reached out to POLITICO were furious, saying that Sánchez's remarks were out of bounds and pointing out her own potentially tenuous leadership position; Sánchez won her race for vice chairwoman last year by a single vote.
One aide said the timing of Sánchez's remarks "looks particularly craven" to caucus members after Pelosi's recent deals with President Donald Trump and the GOP's failed Obamacare repeal efforts.
Sánchez isn't alone within the caucus in her opinion. Pelosi beat back a challenge from Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) last year for Democratic leader, winning the race 134-63. A handful of vocal lawmakers also publicly challenged Pelosi's leadership this summer after Democrats lost a competitive House special election in Georgia.
Sánchez made the remarks during a taping of C-SPAN's Newsmakers, which will air in full on Sunday. Reporters for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, which participated in the taping, first reported her comments.


This is the story about a little girl and her Robin at the beach.
This little girl preferred pigtails and skinned knees over frilly dresses and Mary Janes. She favored trees and man hunt to dolls and playing house, and her favorite Barbie was a little action figure Robin from the DC Comics with limited motion and the paint chipping off his face. She kept him in her pocket, and he knew all her secrets. She loved him. He trusted her.
One day, her family went to the beach. She was very excited because she and Robin were sent on an important, top secret rescue mission. She knew she had to send in her best operative, so she did. She scouted the area, Robin did some recon, and when they found the target, they knew what they had to do. She buried Robin in the sand.
I know I am, silly. It's you.
I'll get them out. I'll save everyone.
I don't need to. I've got you.
"Always," and with that, she covered him.
This is where it gets foggy. Somebody or something distracted her mid-extraction, and she didn't dispute, for even as a girl, she wasn't very contrary. By the time she got back to her mission, it could have been seconds, it could have been hours, and by the nature of the tide, and the nature of the ocean, and the nature of the magic of the sand crab demons underneath, she couldn't unbury Robin.
Now, it might have been a normal day, with the sun shining and the beach full, but in her memory, there was only a gray breeze and wet sand and chaos as her heart pounded in her ears and panic set in. She frantically dug through the sand, then methodically, then frantically again, then everything stopped. All sounds, mute. All thoughts, blank. Her breath stopped and started, shallow in her throat as she realized that Robin was lost.
Her mother pulled her arm, forcing her to her feet. She reached out to him. She told him she was so sorry. She never said anything to her mother; she never told her, never could. The guilt was unbearable. She buried her best friend. She abandoned him in the sand. Alone. Forever. Lost.
Back at the house, she took her remaining two best friends, Blanky and Mutsy, into her arms. "I'm so sorry," she said with tear-soaked words, promising she will never abandon them the way she did Robin. Twenty years later, ragged, ripped, and ratty, she whispers these words to them still.


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How to add likes on Instagram without applications
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How to multiply instagram likes without apps and coins. Instagram is already owned by various people, ranging from young people to adults. Apart from that, all of you want to multiply likes in each post, but do not know how.
The auto like application will worsen the security of your Instagram account, even if your account will be taken over by the auto-like maker and as a result you don't get many likes on Instagram.
Multiply likes on Instagram photos using apps and auto followers, auto like Instagram is no longer effective, even having time to explore it will endanger your Instagram account if you use an auto-like application or site.
More dangerous isn't it? Therefore, I will share how to add likes on Instagram so that your photo fans will increase.
This technique is commonly used when uploading photos on Instagram because the method used is very effective if you apply it to a personal account.
Use Hastag (#)
Wearing his hashtag will affect a lot of people who like photo you upload. The nature of this hastag will display a photo of your upload to all the hastag that you gave in your photo description.
Using Hastag will multiply likes on Instagram, the proof is that there are many characters scattered every day that you can sample for your latest photos. This Hastag can only be written in photo captions 20 times, if you want more than that then you must use the tag in the comments.
Adjust your passion
Passion or what we often call skill in certain fields, you can do this to increase Instagram likes. If your passion is related to travel, it's easy enough to get lots of likes, why? Because many people like beautiful natural beauty.
Therefore, you should follow the current trend to multiply like in instagram. Because people prefer the name of current trends, not present selfies.
Promotion using a business profile
Instagram business profile is already a lot of online businesses who use it. Therefore you have to try it if you want to multiply like photos on Instagram. But you must be able to pay a fee as a guarantee that uploaded photos will get a lot of likes.
There are also promotions that do not involve money or free of charge for likes. Simply spam like in some people you might know and later that person will also respond to you back with spam like to add likes to Instagram photos.
Follow popular photos.
Imitating celebrity photo styles will also add to your likes. You try to photograph a scene, a tourist attraction or something more popular now, for example, a new tour, delicious food, and so on according to the style of the celebrity.
Sometimes you forget that the photos that are popular on social media are just an illusion or an edit. So don't imitate their style that is too extreme and dangerous for your body. Instead of wanting to get a lot of likes but instead impacting your loss of life.
Upload photos in casual hours
Adding a photo does not take into account the time it will affect the least likes. Upload photos at 7am, 2pm, 4pm and 7pm. The clock has an accurate potential for many active users.
Photos with idol artists
Well, how to multiply likes on this one will also add so many likes in uploaded photos at that time. Photo by the artist will multiply love and netizen reactions to instagram. One of them takes a photo with the artist who is on the rise, it's your golden opportunity to raise Instagram likes.
Don't overlap photos during the night
Have you done this one thing? Do not do it. because many people on Sunday nights are not busy in the real world. But make no mistake, even on Saturday night there is rarely anyone who likes your photos because Instagram users tend to teenagers and teenagers always go out late at weekends.
Interact with friends on Instagram
Interacting fellow instagram users will also affect her a lot or not like you. By interacting you will establish a bond of friendship to the person you want to interact with. Interact in a trivial way, for example, comment on your friend's photo.
Mark friends
Marking a friend in your photo will raise a lot of likes. What's more if you mark Instagram accounts that are already popular eg Instagram, Instadaily, Instafood and so on.
How to add likes on Instagram without apps and coins to get a lot of likes. All of this has been conveyed above and hopefully it will add to your insight so that likes of photos on Instagram are increasing.
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Great hotel, comfortable and clean! Was disappointed that there was no complementary breakfast and the price of the breakfast a la cart or the buffet was over priced. We were actually there because of travel team soccer matches and was unprepared in the morning to feed my athlete.


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Univision adds rights to 2021 Copa América
by Christopher Harris October 28, 2021 EST
Univision's TUDN has acquired the U.S. Spanish-language rights to this summer's 2021 Copa América. The deal gives TUDN access to the 28 matches from this summer's tournament, as well additional CONMEBOL events, including Women's Copa América and Men's Olympic qualifiers.
With the acquisition of the Copa América rights, the deal positions the Spanish-language broadcaster as the go-to network for soccer this summer. TUDN's The Summer of Champions campaign kicks off with the UEFA Champions League Final on May 29 and continues through the summer with competitions including the Liga MX Guardianes 2021 Final, CONCACAF Nations League, UEFA EURO 2020, Copa América Argentina – Colombia 2021, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Campeón de Campeones, the MLS All-Star Game, and UEFA Super Cup.
"We are excited to see the crown jewel of South American soccer return to the Univision family as TUDN continues to double-down on its promise to provide the best soccer from around the world," said Juan Carlos Rodriguez, president of Sports, Univision. "This deal gives TUDN this summer's three biggest soccer tournaments for a total of nine trophy competitions and 120 plus matches, marking a historic run of live soccer telecasts never before seen in the industry. It will be an action-packed summer for the home of soccer, and we look forward to bringing every moment to our fanáticos."
In the world of sports business where change is always constant, it appeared that Telemundo Deportes was close to securing the Copa América rights in early 2020. And then the coronavirus pandemic struck, the 2020 Copa América competition was rescheduled to the summer of 2021, and the rights negotiations took a pause. When conversations restarted with CONMEBOL, Univision Deportes emerged as the new frontrunner with today's announcement making the acquisition official.
It's going to be a busy summer for Univision/TUDN. The 2021 Copa América (June 13 to July 10) runs almost in parallel to Euro 2020 (June 11 to July 11). What it'll afford Univision is the ability to broadcast Euro 2020 games in the morning and early afternoons followed by Copa América games in the evenings for an entire month, followed by a month-long broadcast (July 10-August 1) of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Today's news is a welcome relief for Univision. After Univision suffered the double blow of losing the Spanish-language rights to both the 2018/2022/2026 FIFA World Cups and 2019 Copa América tournaments to Telemundo Deportes, Univision bounced back by acquiring the rights to the UEFA club competitions. Now with the Copa América acquisition, Univision has been able to muscle out rival Telemundo Deportes who tried to acquire the rights for the U.S. market. Telemundo can focus on its Spanish-language coverage of the rescheduled Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Having rights to three major soccer tournaments over two months would be a major headache for most broadcasters, but Univision has big plans. Univision Communications already has the over-the-air Univision and UniMas networks, in addition to TUDN (previously known as Univision Deportes) and Galavisión. More details will be released soon, but later this month, Univision will launch its free, ad-supported Spanish-language streaming service titled PrendeTV (loosely translated as "turn on television.") Coverage plans have not been announced as of press time, but PrendeTV will surely play a key role in expanding the reach of the Copa América coverage this summer.
With the streaming wars heating up between leaders Disney+, Paramount+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Netflix, AppleTV+ and Peacock TV, Spanish-language content is missing out on the transformative change in viewing habits of U.S. consumers. PrendeTV plans to change that with live sports, linear channels and on-demand content. As many as 30 live, linear streaming channels are expected at launch — each focused on different categories such as sports, movies, news and comedies.
PrendeTV will be available via connected smart TVs as well as apps across OTT streaming devices and phones, tablets and computers.
With streaming making a big play in 2021 and beyond, competitor Telemundo Deportes is left without a compelling streaming service. In its way is Peacock TV, which is owned and operated by Telemundo's parent company NBCUniversal. In the last few weeks, the streaming service has begun streaming soccer games in Spanish-language from Telemundo Deportes. But by doing so, it's cannibalizing the far greater viewing numbers the broadcaster could have achieved for the same games on its television network.
Telemundo Deportes finds itself caught between a rock and a hard place — a Peacock TV streaming service that isn't thought of as a destination for Spanish-language content, and a Telemundo television network that is prevented from broadcasting some soccer games when those games are available in English on Peacock.
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While Telemundo faces several challenges, Univision/TUDN will be optimistic about the boost the viewing numbers for Copa América can bring. Looking back to the last time Univision had the rights to the tournament, the 2016 Copa América Centenario was a ratings bonanza for the Spanish-language broadcaster. With the benefit of games being played in the United States and featuring the host country as well as Mexico playing games in U.S. primetime, the 2016 final alone was watched by 6.8 million viewers across Univision and Univision Deportes.
While Mexico won't be participating in this summer's tournament, the competition features some of the most exciting national teams on the globe including Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay.
Anticipation is already building for the 2021 Copa América with Lionel Messi proclaiming that it's his best chance to win a major trophy with Argentina.
As for the English-language rights to this summer's Copa América, no decision has been reached as of press time. With Euro 2020 happening on the same dates, which will be quickly followed by the 2021 Gold Cup, plus Univision/TUDN attracting the vast majority of the viewers interested in Copa América, the value of the English-language rights to the competition are expected to not be as great as usual.
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They're the books that got many reluctant readers turning pages, but what to do once they've finished them all? It's a question I hear often when I work in the Children's Room. Parents want to keep the interest going, and are keen to know which other books will appeal to their DOAWK fans.
A couple of the attractions of this series for reluctant readers is that there are pictures, which provides a text break and makes reading feel more manageable, and humor, which makes them fun rather than work. Here are 10 suggestions for books that hit those sweet spots with middle grade readers.
Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis. Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look. Frightened by everything out in the world and completely quiet at school, Asian-American second-grader Alvin Ho becomes a force to be reckoned with at home when he transforms himself into the loud, talented, and fearless Firecracker Man!
How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon.
Origami Yoda series by Tom Angleberger. Tommy and his friends interact with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, to try and figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future.
Tom Gates series by Liz Pinchon. Irritating his teachers with his lack of focus and creative excuses, Tom Gates spends his time drawing pictures and writing down observations about everything from his grumpy sister and annoying classmate to an unsatisfying camping trip.
The Odd Squad series by Michael Fry. When his school counselor insists that he needs better socialization skills after being stuffed into a locker by a bully, middle-schooler Nick finds himself, along with two other misfits, joining the school's lamest club: Safety Patrol.
Clueless McGee series by Jeff Mack. Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries.
The Terrible Two books by Mac Barnett and Jory John. Disgusted when he has to move from the oceanside community where he was infamous for his tricks to a sleepy, cow-filled town that already has a notable prankster, Miles plots mischief that culminates in a daring partnership.
Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton. Take a peek inside the diaries of middle schoolerJamie Kelly – she's cool (sometimes), nice (mostly), and funny (always). She's the nerd, the cute girl, the jealous girl, and the brainiac all wrapped up in one.
The Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renée Russell. Through journal entries, sketches, and drawings, the complicated life of eighth grader Nikki Maxwell is presented – her relationship with her mother, secret crushes, dealings with her biggest rival at school, passion in pursuing art as a career, and overall views on the world in which she lives.
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many (not all) of the things you mentioned have been fixed in the "Advanced" version and the "new" Ladoga converted many a paddler here that had the same issues with the "old" model (including ver positive tests in major national kayak magazines where the L-1 Advanced won over e.g. the Cooper and Fujita PE 500 but not the FC Whisper, if you understand German see http://www.out-trade.de/download/KM_Test_Faltboote.pdf - one can always argue over those tests, but at least ist shows that this is no bad boat by far...).
Be aware that, as far as I know, you will/can still get the "old" model in Russia, so a newly build L-1 initially bought there might be very likely the non-advanced version (take that into account when you look at Russian sites/discussions). And prices over here in Germany are quite different as well (L-1 ~$2000, Cooper ~$2400, Kahuna ~$4500.
Russian stores may sell both old and new L-1, but Russian forums participants will tell which model/year it is, "new" or "old". If this boat is very popular in Russia (which it is not, AFAIK), there will be many reviews, comments and suggestions on the Russian web regarding "new" L-1 (introduced in 2006 or earlier, according to this magazine).
May be I misunderstood tests results in the magazine (couldn't read the whole article). There is a Price/Performance index(i.e. price divided by performance) - the lower is the score, the better (kind of "Bang for the Buck", only inversed). L-1 is relatively cheap in Germany. I wouldn't consider buying it for $US 2000 in Canada, but in Germany other boats cost much more, you're right. So L-1 scores the best "bang for the buck" at 1.9. Cooper costs more, but scores same "bang" at 1.9, which means to me that its performance is better. Wisper is so expensive that despite good performance it scores the worst "Bang for the Buck" mark - 2.9. Well, nobody says that Wisper gives you the best bang for the buck - it does give the best "bang", though.
There is also another mark - Total of all parameters, and again, the lower, the better, right?
Cooper #4 (poor Cooper - boat faster than #2, same assembling time as #2, much easier to assemble than #3, capable of longer trips than #1 and #2, but testers sure know better).
Regarding 2006 "new" Advanced L-1 - I don't know, honestly. Different shape of rudder blade, carrying handles in bow and stern and anodized ribs are the only new additions that I can see on the photos. I see same frame, with same tricky connectors, same spraydeck with tiny cockpit (I forgot to mention this - yes, it is very small), with lame plastic rim, placed too far aft in the boat. This is what I see and recognize. I have reasonable doubts that with this frame assembling has become much easier since the 1st model, or that it is easier than Cooper or F500.
I assume, nobody in these tests evaluated long-term durability (say, 2 weeks) and repairability. I wonder if anybody has seen those rivets on L-1. They are not "pop rivets" familiar to me. It looks more like a nail going through the frame tube, mushroomed on the other end. Has anybody tried replacing them? Well, you should, then. Doing it in field will be a lot of fun. I did it at home.
Replacing sponsons on L1... Well, you'd better forget about it. They are built-in.
I had a Lagoda briefly, and I still recall working on it riverside with a professor of mechanical engineering who happened to be passing by. It took us quite a while to figure it out.
Even after you've figured out what part goes where (they are not marked and not connected with bungee cords like FC), and how exactly to put it there without breaking, and done this more than once, time and efforts of assembling exceed the most difficult FC models like K1 or Klondike.
2) Dissembling FC is easy, while in L-1 it can be more challenging than assembling, you never know what will go wrong, and time is unpredictable.
Alm, there is a reason why I (still) like my Kahuna (or other FC models) best .
I never said the L1 Advanced is the best folder out there (no, it isnt - by far, at least not for me) and concerning this magazine test, I mentioned as well that one can rightly argue about the result (I was and still am as surprised as you about the result of the Puffin compared to those other boats) but building on these results and from personal feedback of several owners of this boat and seeing this boat perform on several tours, I can say it is not "a piece of junk" (as it was stated in that Blog that spiked me to spin off this discussion).
I personally find the use of velcro in a kayak used for saltwater paddling bad, but the same goes in my opinion for zippers (like in the Cooper, Nautiraids) and several systems used by Klepper and Pouch.
Still people very successfully used / use all these folders in saltwater (yes, I know of people paddling the L1-adv. in the sea without problems).
(Dis)Assembling is definitely easier with the Kahuna or Whisper (although I have seen people having mayor problems doing that as well), probably the FC K-1 is faster to assemble too. But I have seen (normal) people (including a skinny woman) assembling their L-1 faster than doing that with the FC Khatsalano S. I have not yet seen other FC folders like the Klondike over here and no Folboats (those seem to be extremely rare in Germany ) at those smaller or national folder gatherings I have attended, so I can not commend on that.
One thing that L-1 owners I talked to agree is that assembling can be a major pain in the ... if you do it wrong and do not use those "tricks" (marking the tubes, using plastic bags, right order etc.) now floating around - the manual seems to be really terrible and leaves a lot to experimentation and imagination. But I have seen that assembling a L-1 Adv. can be quite easy and without the excess need of muscles.
Concerning durability: Now several L-1 (Adv. and non-Adv) have been around here and in use a couple of years and as far as I know there where no major problems. To the contrary, some people seem to praise the ruggedness and the positive simplicity of design - but only time will tell as this is still a rather new folder (even compared to FC folders, not to mention all those Klepper-ish designs).
I know of one guy that bend one of the tubes during the initial assembly because he did it wrong and tried to use brute force, but then I know a Kahuna where the owner bend the keel tube as well during the first few assemblies (although I think this is much more unlikely to happen with the FC design).
So, yes if you have the money and what a worry free folder that you really can depend your "life" on without have to do or think a lot, in my opinion there just is no alternative to the excellent FC folders.
If you do not need that high standard and you do NOT look for using the boat only for day paddling the L-1 Adv. is in my opinion a good choice (in my personal opinion a better choice even compared to Cooper, Nautiraid Greenlander, Puffins etc.).
L-1 could work as a boat in permanently assembled condition, - i.e. like we use hardshells or skin-on-frame designs (but see the last paragraph). Assembling it for a day is too much pain, assembling it for a weekend is almost the same - you assemble it Saturday morning and dissemble Sunday afternoon, so again this is not the boat for a weekend. Doable, but too much trouble.
Assembling it for a 7-10 days trip - possible, but I don't feel comfortable with the boat that might "refuse" to dissemble (when you have a bus and airplane leaving in a few hours), or something breaks when you assemble it in the first day. This would ruin my vacation, and I am willing to pay a little more and be totally sure that Kahuna or Longhaul or Cooper or Fujita will not let me down.
Added later: This "let me down" requires more explanation. This goes to repairability. If you look at FC, Folbot, Klepper/Longhaul - smaller parts on frame and ribs are either very simple, or made of very hard materials. They are difficult to break, and are easy to make in field or at home, or tighten the parts together with shoelace or thin wire. (The only exception is this big plastic screw of Cooper - you can't make it at home, and I don't know what can replace it at a pinch in field - may be there is a temporary solution, I don't know. But it is not easy to break). Unfortunately, this isn't the case with L-1. Plastic locks and hinges on tubes and ribs of L-1 are complicated, you can't make them at home, not to mention in field. Rivets that they are attached with, are difficult to remove. On the 1st L-1 plastic parts were made of soft and fragile material. I've heard that material is better now, but they are still complicated - you can't make them. And you can't use a shoelace or wire, because L-1 frame is under tremendous tension. Consequently, under this tension, even with better plastic these parts will fail, it's just a matter of time - one wrong move in assembling, one not absolutely correct positioning of the part or one forgotten "trick", - and it fails. You can't maintain maximum level of alertness at all times, this is impossible and unnatural, and defeats the very purpose of vacation trip for me.
Re: aluminum tubes. Breaking aluminum tubes of L-1 is hardly possible, bending them is difficult, but there are many other parts in L-1 that can (and do) break.
Re: use of Velcro on deck (spraydeck).
It is not same Velcro closure as on Cooper. The difference is that on Cooper it works, while on L-1 it doesn't. Cooper has zipper and deck stringer along this Velcro, so if you press it inwards or outwards, nothing happens. In L-1 when you load the gear and some drybag is slightly bigger than it should be (as it often happens), you shove the bag in, it's pressing outwards against the spraydeck and Velcro opens. Same easily it will open when pressure is from the outside, - for example under heavy waves.
On Klepper/Longhaul or Puffin Velcro closure has a different role - it is either short strip on sprayskirt funnel (Longahul), or the closure is vertical, i.e. shear stress, and it is in contact with hard coaming (Klepper and Puffin), very difficult to open by inward or outward pressure against the deck.
Re: assembling time. I believe that somebody can assemble L-1 same fast as Khatsalano. Khats is the slowest FC single kayak to assemble (I forgot about it when wrote that K1 takes the longest), and assembling takes longer than K-1. But I don't believe that an average person can do it with L-1 repeatedly that fast, and I am sure that with L-1 frame there often will be something that will make assembling and dissembling much longer. Marking parts - I've done this - it doesn't help much, there are too many of them. And it's difficult to follow same order, as you have to keep too much in memory (and you're right, the Manual doesn't suggest any certain order, and I can tell even more - there is no certain order, many steps can be done differently by different people). Tricks like grocery bags on the ends of the frame - OK, I will not be laughing, will just say that you might forget this bag at home some time (or forget to put it on). When so much is left to user's skills, attention and creativity, it becomes tiresome (and I can't stop asking myself why I paid these money at all when I have to re-invent so much in this boat).
I don't think that Puffin belongs to this lineup. We shouldn't compare it to multiday singles, because it is not one of them. it is good in other situations, but it is not the boat in same class with Cooper, F500, Kahuna or L-1. I am surprised that the above review/rating included Puffin - this doesn't make sense.
re: "high standards". I am not sure what you mean by that. Aluminum tubes of L-1 are thick, skin is tough. It is not that I'm worrying about the seat not soft enough or the deck lacking tie-downs for soda bottle or a fishing rod holder. Yes, it is a little upsetting when footrest is sliding back and forth, so you can't have any support when paddling. Or when you lose spare paddle or pump or whatever you've put under the deck bungees because the deck is loose (no deck stringer) and bungees don't work. This is alright, I can live with it. It is just that L-1 has so many deficiencies in practically any area, that together it amounts to very limited options of use, reliability and enjoyment.
At least I can not repair my Kahuna (other than doing temporary field repairs with duct tape), I am not even able to get a replacement rivet of the same quality FC uses or HDPE (I am sure there are sources somewhere here but those things are not readily available) and neither do I have the right tools, machines, room or skill. So I can not comment on one boat being more complicated to repair than the other.
And keep in mind, I am not talking about "expedition" boats (one of the things that I meant with "high standards") either.
Strange as well that you claim the velcro on L-1 does not work, strange because I now several people and it works well enough for them (no Velcro opening due to to big drybags or when typical waves hit etc. as you state).
Assembling/disassembling: You make it sound that assembling the L-1 is a mixture of rocket science & forced labor... I know enough people owning the L-1 who say this is not the case (and remember I do not claim this is an easy boat to assemble/disassemble - definitely not a boat you want to assemble just for a day). But I will take a closer look at our next big folder meeting end of September at some of those people when they assemble and disassemble their L-1 Advanced.
P.S.: As I already stated, I neither own a L-1 or have any special interest in advocating this boat. As well I feel no "need" to change you personal feelings about this. My intention was/is solely to help others by giving people another option looking at an increasingly popular boat here in Europe (must have some reasons why this is so). But if we two are the only ones that are involved / interested in this thread we can stop or continue with private messages - otherwise it is just wasted energy.
One thing is for certain, if it inspires that much frustration in its owners I'll bet I could find one super cheap used!
Oh, I'm sure this is not the end of its "secrets". I wouldn't be surprised, for example, to find that tubes (in addition to hardware) are also metric. Which means - you would have to order them from Russia when you damage or loose some (there are 4 or 6 small pieces, few inches long, as I recall - easy to lose, and there is always a possibility to bend longer tubes). Finding metric tubes in Vancouver metal shops - I doubt.
if it inspires that much frustration in its owners I'll bet I could find one super cheap used!
Well, it inspires frustration mostly in North American owners, - and they are few and far between, for some reason. I guess, because most of kayakers here are "financial masochists" - they love spending $4000 on something like FC, but spending several times less on a good boat like L-1 isn't their kind of fun . $450 in Craigs was perhaps as low as you could find here. Chances are, this one was either "old" model bought new for the same $450 few years ago, and/or with so many original flaws or damages acquired over 1-2 seasons of use, that you'd get something close to what I had before I fixed everything for re-sale; such a find wouldn't be worth buying. Due to weird economical and political climate they have incredible inflation rate in Russia, and new L-1 costs $800-900, so even in Russia nobody would sell a used one for, say, $100.
Kahunafan - I thought that true wilderness was to be found here in "colonies", but looks like it's shifted to Europe now. HDPE or Lexan pieces can be bought in woodworking and hardware stores here in Vancouver. Even exotics like Delrin wasn't a problem to buy, though I needed unusually big size and had to mail-order it from another city (not for boat repair - Delrin parts on Feathercrafts are small, such pieces are easy to find or replace with HDPE, and none of them failed yet, but I had to make some Balogh sail parts). Stainless rivets - don't remember, I think they are not sold in regular hardware stores, but can be mail-ordered. Only once I had to replace rivet on Feathercraft, and used a cheap aluminum one. Removing failed rivet on FC in field is easy (temporary replacing with screw or wire, as nobody carries rivet tool in wilderness trip) . On L-1 it is not easy even at home. What "right tools, machines, room"? You're scaring me ... I don't have anything more sophisticated than electrical drill and few manual tools in my condo, or as they call it in UK, "flat".
No, not the case with all boats. Look at those plastic parts on L-1. They are thin-walled, with small pieces that have to carry high stresses. Feathercraft or Folbot don't have anything similar. In Klepper small/thin fixtures are made of aluminum (stainless steel in Longhaul), and wooden frames have so much redundancy and so little tension that importance of a given single part is minimal.
Kahunafan - I thought that true wilderness was to be found here in "colonies", but looks like it's shifted to Europe now.
Yeah I felt that way a couple of times, especially as I have a weakness for NA products (why is it that you always crave for things that are hard to get by ). Strangely everyone is talking about global markets but in some areas it is still a long way to go (like trying to "free" my ordered Hennessy Hammock from German customs ).
What "right tools, machines, room"? You're scaring me ... I don't have anything more sophisticated than electrical drill and few manual tools in my condo, or as they call it in UK, "flat".
I live in a condo as well and my family will tell me something if I "occupy" the living room with the boat parts and start drilling out loose rivets of my Kahuna (but then at least one rivet definitely has to be replaced or I will loose that connected Delrin piece). And I would like to add some holes in the tubing of my kayak cart, but doing it straight and right just with the drill in my hands is just not working.
The next weekend I will look at the plastic parts and rivets that they use now with that current version of the L-1 Advanced, just because nothing happened with those L-1 owners I know of does not mean that something wont fail systematically in a couple of years. Even the L-1 costs enough that it should be usable in normal routine for at least, lets say, 10 years.
Last weekend I had the chance to take a look again in detail at a L-1 Advanced.
This was not a new one but is already in use since 4 years, so it was good to see whether and where things might have been troublesome.
The only mild complaint the user had with his L-1 Adv. was that in his model the Velcro strip was sewn onto the skin without sealing the seam on the inside, but as far as he knew newer models do not have that problem anymore (but I have no confirmation on this), so if he is paddling with waves constantly washing over the boat he is getting some water into his boat, but nothing serious, as he claims.
I looked at the different plastic pieces, tubes and rivets and they looked to be still in nearly perfect condition, no corrosion etc. that I could see. As well the plastic coaming is quite sturdy and the custom spray skirt used had a good grip, extreme edging (water-level came up / over the skirt) was working well enough (We did not try to roll though, as those channels where quite shallow). I made some pictures using the macro mode of my camera, but will only be able to retrieve and post them next weekend.
Btw. right next to the L-1 Adv. a Pakboat Puffin was build and although, yes, this was an easier and faster assembly (however that owner had quite some trouble with the ends of the bow and gunwales popping out of the skin while assembling) the used materials (Velcro, plastic, tubes etc.) of the L-1 Adv. seemed at least equal. Of course the L-1 Adv. is a much longer, sleeker and stiffer boat - much more serious looking in my personal opinion.