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Allow or block pop-ups in Safari on Mac

Pop-up windows can be helpful or distracting. Some websites require you to allow pop-ups. For example, a bank website might show your monthly statements in pop-ups. Other websites might fill your screen with pop-up ads.

You can allow or block pop-ups on individual websites or all websites. If you’re not sure whether you want to block pop-ups on a website, you can choose to block and be notified when the site wants to display a pop-up, then decide if you want to show the pop-up.

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Allow or block pop-ups on one website

Choose Safari > Settings, then click Websites.

Click Pop-up Windows on the left.

If you don’t see Pop-up Windows, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the list.

In the pop-up menu for the website, choose one of the following:

Allow: Pop-ups for the website appear.

Block: Pop-ups for the website don’t appear.

Allow or block pop-ups on all websites

If there are websites listed below Configured Websites, and you want to change the settings for these sites (for example, they’re set to Allow, but you want to change them to Block), select each website, then click Remove.

If you don’t see Configured Websites, either you haven’t set pop-up blocking for any sites yet, or you’ve cleared the list.

Click the “When visiting other websites” pop-up menu, then choose one of the following:

Allow: Pop-ups for the websites appear.

Block: Pop-ups for the websites don’t appear.

If you block pop-ups on a website, but you continue to see pop-ups on the website, you might have unwanted software on your Mac. See the Apple Support article Block pop-up ads and windows in Safari .

Note: Blocking pop-ups might also block some content you want to see.

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How to Turn Off Pop-Ups in Safari

Pop-ups can be a major annoyance when browsing the web, and Safari is no exception. Whether it’s a malicious script trying to trick you into clicking on something or a pesky ad trying to get your attention, pop-ups can be a significant disruption to your browsing experience. In this article, we’ll show you how to turn off pop-ups in Safari and regain control over your online experience.

Why Do Pop-Ups Appear in Safari?

Before we dive into the solution, it’s essential to understand why pop-ups appear in the first place. Pop-ups can appear for a variety of reasons, including:

• Malicious scripts : Malware authors use pop-ups to spread malware, viruses, and other types of threats. These scripts can be embedded in websites or inserted through compromised websites. • Advertisements : Advertisers often use pop-ups to promote their products or services. These pop-ups can be intrusive and distracting, making it difficult to focus on your browsing. • Website functionality : Some websites use pop-ups to provide additional information, such as login credentials or user alerts. These pop-ups are usually intended to enhance the user experience.

Safari provides several ways to block pop-ups, and we’ll explore them below.

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Method 1: Enable Pop-Up Blocking in Safari Preferences

The simplest way to turn off pop-ups in Safari is to enable pop-up blocking in your preferences. Follow these steps:

• Open Safari : Open Safari on your Mac or iOS device.
• Go to Safari Preferences : Click on "Safari" in the top menu bar and select "Preferences."
• Click on the Security Tab : In the Preferences window, click on the "Security" tab.
• Select the "Block Pop-Up Windows" Option : Check the box next to "Block pop-up windows" to enable pop-up blocking.
• Close the Preferences Window : Close the Preferences window to save your changes.

Method 2: Use Content Blockers

Content blockers are extensions that block unwanted content, including pop-ups, from loading in your browser. We’ll explore two popular content blockers:

uBlock Origin

uBlock Origin is a popular content blocker that can be installed as a Safari extension. Here’s how to install it:

• Go to the Safari Extensions Store : Click on "Safari" in the top menu bar and select "Extensions."
• Search for uBlock Origin : In the Extensions store, search for "uBlock Origin" and click on the "Install" button.
• Restart Safari : Restart Safari to enable the extension.

uBlock Origin provides a variety of customization options, including the ability to whitelist websites and customize blocking settings.

Ghostery is another popular content blocker that can be installed as a Safari extension. Here’s how to install it:

• Search for Ghostery : In the Extensions store, search for "Ghostery" and click on the "Install" button.

Ghostery provides a simple and intuitive interface for managing content blocking settings.

Method 3: Use a Third-Party Pop-Up Blocker

If you’re looking for a more comprehensive solution, consider using a third-party pop-up blocker. Some popular options include:

• PopUpAdBlocker : A browser extension that blocks pop-ups, ads, and other unwanted content. • Adblock Plus : A popular ad-blocking extension that also blocks pop-ups.

To install a third-party pop-up blocker, follow these steps:

• Search for the Extension : In the Extensions store, search for the name of the extension you want to install and click on the "Install" button.

Pop-ups can be a significant annoyance when browsing the web, but with the methods outlined above, you can easily turn off pop-ups in Safari and regain control over your online experience. Whether you prefer to enable pop-up blocking in Safari preferences, use content blockers, or install third-party pop-up blockers, there’s a solution for everyone. By following these steps, you’ll be able to browse the web without distractions and enjoy a more seamless browsing experience.

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France Confronts Horror of Rape and Drugging Case as 51 Men Go on Trial

A man is accused of drugging his wife and then inviting dozens of men to rape her over almost a decade. The questions raised by the case have unsettled the country.

By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

Reporting from Paris

For years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s.

But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story.

Her husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot, had been crushing sleeping pills into her food and drink to put her into a deep sleep, the police said, and then raping her. He had ushered dozens of men into her home to film them raping her, too, they said, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.

Using the man’s photographs, videos and online messages, the police spent the next two years identifying and charging those other suspects.

On Monday, 51 men, including Mr. Pelicot, went on trial in Avignon, in a case that has shocked France and cast a spotlight on the use of drugs to commit sexual abuse and the broader culture in which such crimes could occur.

The accused men represent a kaleidoscope of working-class and middle-class French society: truck drivers, soldiers, carpenters and trade workers, a prison guard, a nurse, an I.T. expert working for a bank, a local journalist. They range in age from 26 to 74. Many have children and are in relationships.

Most are charged with raping the woman once. A handful are accused of returning as many as six times to rape her.

The victim, Gisèle, who has divorced her husband and changed her surname since his arrest, is now in her 70s.

Since his arrest, Mr. Pelicot, 71, has “always declared himself guilty,” said Béatrice Zavarro, his lawyer. “He is not at all contesting his role.”

Other defendants have denied the rape charges, with some arguing that they had the husband’s permission and thought that was sufficient, while others claimed they believed the victim had agreed to be drugged.

When the police showed Gisèle some of the photographs they say her husband had carefully classified and stored, she expressed deep shock. She and her husband had been together since they were 18. She had described him to the police as caring and considerate.

She had no memory of being raped, by him or the other men, only one of whom she recognized, she told the police, as a neighbor in town.

The first time she will consciously witness the rapes, her lawyer Antoine Camus says, will be in the courtroom when the video recordings are played as evidence.

The trial comes at a moment of heightened scrutiny of the handling of sexual crimes in the country. Rape is defined in French law as an “act of sexual penetration” committed “by violence, coercion, threat or surprise.” A number of feminist lawmakers want to amend that wording to say explicitly that sex without consent is rape, that consent can be withdrawn at any time, and that consent cannot exist if sexual assault is committed “by abusing a state impairing the judgment of another.”

“There is a kind of naïveté on the topic of predators in France, a kind of denial,” said Sandrine Josso, a lawmaker who led a parliamentary commission into what is known in France as “chemical submission” — drugging someone with malicious intent. She started the commission after she says she became the victim of a drugging last year. A senator is being investigated on accusations that he slipped Ecstasy into her Champagne .

Ms. Josso hopes that the Avignon trial will draw attention to the use of drugs to prey on women, and also shed light on the wide profile of predators. “They could be your neighbors, without falling into paranoia,” she said.

Mr. Pelicot seemed like a classic man next door. He was a trained electrician, an entrepreneur and an avid cyclist. His middle child and only daughter, Caroline Darian, her pen name, described him as a warm and present father in a book published in 2022 about the case, “And I Stopped Calling You Papa.” She tried to turn her family trauma into action, forming a nonprofit association, “Don’t Put Me to Sleep,” to publicize the dangers of drug-facilitated crimes.

Her father, she wrote, was the one who drove her to school, picked her up late from parties, encouraged her and consoled her. Her mother was the stable breadwinner, working as a manager in a Paris-area company for 20 years.

When Gisèle retired, they moved to a house with a big garden and pool in Mazan, a small town northeast of Avignon. The couple regularly hosted their three children and grandchildren for summer vacations peppered with late dinners on the terrace, where the family debated, held dance competitions and played Trivial Pursuit.

“I think of us as happy,” his daughter wrote. “I thought my parents were.”

None of them harbored any suspicions. Then, in 2020, three women reported Mr. Pelicot to the police for trying to use his camera to film up their skirts in a grocery store, and he was arrested.

The police seized his two cellphones, two cameras and his electronic devices, including his laptop, before releasing him on bail.

On the devices, the police say they found 300 photographs and a video of an unconscious woman being sexually assaulted by many people. They said they also found Skype messages in which the man boasted of drugging his wife and invited men to join him in having sex with her while she was unconscious.

Over the course of their investigation, the police found more than 20,000 videos and photographs, many of them dated and labeled, in an electronic folder titled “abuse.” The timeline they built began in 2011. The list of suspects grew to 83.

Two months after his initial arrest, Mr. Pelicot was arrested again and charged with aggravated rape, drugging and a list of sexual abuse charges. He is also accused of violating the privacy of his wife, daughter and two daughters-in-law on suspicion of illegally recording, and at times distributing, intimate photos of them.

If he is found guilty, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

During interviews with the police, the details of which were included in an overview of the case by the investigative judge, Mr. Pelicot said he began drugging his wife so he could do things to her, and dress her in things, that she normally refused. Then he started inviting others to participate. He said he never asked for or accepted money.

He met most of the men, the investigating judge’s report stated, in a chat room on a notorious, unmoderated French website implicated in more than 23,000 police cases in France alone from 2021 to 2024. It was finally shut down, and its owner arrested, in June after an 18-month investigation stretching across Europe.

The chat room where most of the men met Mr. Pelicot was called “a son insu,” which means “without their knowledge.”

Over the years, Mr. Pelicot told the police, he developed rules for the visitors to ensure that his wife did not wake: no smoking or cologne; undress in the kitchen; warm hands under hot water or on a radiator, so their cold touch would not jolt her. At the end of each night, according to the investigating judge’s report, he cleaned his wife’s body.

Of the 83 suspects, the police identified and charged 50.

Only one of the men is not charged with rape, assault or attempted rape of Mr. Pelicot’s wife. Instead, that man is accused of following the same model, and drugging his own wife to rape her. Mr. Pelicot is also charged with raping the man’s wife while she was drugged.

Five of the men also face charges for possessing child sexual abuse imagery.

Mr. Pelicot is also being investigated in the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in 1991 and the attempted rape of a 19-year-old in 1999. He admitted to the attempted rape, according to Florence Rault, the lawyer representing the victims in both cases, but denies any involvement in the 1991 homicide.

The story has prompted some soul-searching among doctors, since Gisèle had visited gynecologists and neurologists over a series of mystifying symptoms, but had received no diagnosis, according to her daughter.

“What I found disturbing for us doctors was that no doctor considered this hypothesis,” said Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, a well known obstetrician-gynecologist and expert in violence against women. She and a pharmacist, Leila Chaouachi, have now developed training for doctors and nurses on the symptoms that victims of drug-facilitated assault can experience.

Contrary to popular belief, most cases occur at home, not at bars, said Ms. Chaouachi, who runs annual surveys on such offenses in France. Most victims are women, the surveys show, and around half of the victims do not remember the attack, because of blackouts, she said.

In the case going to court in Avignon, some of the accused admitted guilt to the police. According to the investigating judge’s report, many claimed that they were tricked into having sex with a drugged woman — lured by a husband for a three-way encounter and told she was pretending to sleep, because she was shy.

Several said they believed that she had consented to being drugged and raped as part of a sex fantasy. Some said they did not believe it was rape, because her husband was there and they believed he could consent for both of them.

“It sends shivers down the spine regarding the state of affairs in French society,” said Mr. Camus, who is also representing Ms. Darian and many other members of the family. “If that’s the conception of consent in sexual matters in 2024, then we have a lot, a lot, a lot of work to do.”

Catherine Porter is an international reporter for The Times, covering France. She is based in Paris. More about Catherine Porter

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Amur State Medical Academy Russia 2024-25: Admission Procedure, Courses, Fees, Eligibility, Ranking etc.

Amur State Medical Academy, located in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia, began its journey in 1975 as the Blagoveshchensk Technological Institute. Over the years, it has emerged as one of the Far Eastern Region’s most promising and rapidly advancing educational institutions. Renamed as Amur State Medical University Russia , it now hosts a diverse international student body from various parts of Russia and beyond. Through partnerships with numerous international educational institutions, the university offers a range of double-degree programs, attracting aspiring candidates, particularly from India, who are eager to pursue medical education, including MBBS, at Amur State Medical Academy.

Known for its excellence in education and research, Amur State Medical University . Stands as a leading institution in the Russian Far East. With more than 9 departments and seven faculties, it consistently produces well-prepared graduates poised for successful careers across various sectors of the Russian national economy.

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College Summary

Before we complete the college Summary, let us look at the major details of Amur State Medical University Russia.

Affiliation and Recognition

The Amur State Medical Academy has earned recognition from prestigious organizations and institutions.

• Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities (ASRTU)
• Euroasian Universities Association (EAU)
• N.E.W.S. (joint non-government organization of universities and colleges from Europe and East Asia)
• Association of the Universities of the Russian Far East and Siberia and North-Eastern Regions of China
• WHO (World Health Organization) recognizes.
• NMC (National Medical Commission) recognized
• Russian Federation’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The faculties at Amur State Medical Academy in Russia vary across departments, covering a wide range of disciplines and specialities.

• General Medicine
• Paediatrics
• Public Health
• Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty for Foreign Students

Courses Offered

Amur State Medical Academy Russia Courses offer quality medical programs under highly qualified faculty and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Amur State Medical Academy is famous for its undergraduate medical programs if you want more details about the MBBS course.

Why Study MBBS at Amur State Medical Academy Russia?

• Amur State Medical Academy has Practical gain of experience with theoretical knowledge.
• Amur State Medical Academy runs Programs for Double Degrees.
• Apart from studying a chosen academic field, students can gain extra qualifications that take two years each.
• The training of graduate students is conducted in 28 departments, and post-graduation – in 6 departments.
• There are 42 MDs, 27 professors, 58 associate professors, 142 PhD, and 22 distinguished doctors of the Russian Federation working at Amur State Medical Academy.

Admission Procedure

If you want to take admission in 2024, you must qualify for the National Eligibility Entrance Exam (NEET) For Indian Students.

Eligibility Criteria

In this section, all the students check the eligibility Criteria of Amur State Medical Academy Russia.

Documents Required

Before admission to Amur State Medical Academy Russia, please do not forget to carry all these related documents.

• Passport (Minimum 18 months validity).
• Class 10th Passing Certificate & Mark sheet.
• Class 12th Passing Certificate & Mark sheet.
• Birth Certificate.
• 10 passport-size Photographs
• Official Invitation letter from the Medical University of Russia.
• Authorization of all documents from the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
• Legalization of all documents from the Russian Embassy.
• Bank receipt of 1st Year of Amur State Medical University Tuition fees (required for some Universities).
• HIV test documents.

Fee Structure 2024-25

In this section, all the MBBS Students get information about the Amur State Medical Academy Fees.

Note: 1$=83. The Mentioned fees may be subject to change.

Ranking 2024-25

According to Edurank, the Amur State Medical Academy ranking in Russia and all over the world:

About Blagoveshchensk City, Russia

• Blagoveshchensk is a city and the administrative centre of Amur Oblast, Russia.
• It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opposite the Chinese city of Heihe.
• The city features frigid, dry winters and warm to hot, humid, and wet summers.
• The city’s economic focus has turned to border trade with China. The town is now home to a large Chinese expatriate community.
• The city is home to cultural institutions, museums and theatres that showcase the history and cultural heritage of the region.
• The city is well-connected by various modes of transportation. The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through Blagoveshchensk, providing a vital link to other parts of Russia.

Contact Details

Amur State Medical Academy Russia Address: 675006 Amur region, Blagoveshchensk, st. Gorky, 95 Working Official Website : https://www.amursu.ru/

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Where is amur state medical university located.

Amur State Medical Academy is located along 675006 Amur region, Blagoveshchensk, st. Gorky, 95 Working.

What scholarships and grants are available to students?

Various scholarships and service grants are available to deserving students. The Study Now case to case available on a chance-to-case basis.

Does Amur State Medical Academy Russia accept transferees?

Amur State Academy accepts transferees on a case-to-case basis.

What language is used for instruction at Amur State Medical Academy Russia?

Instruction at Amur State Medical Academy is in English.

Is it possible to work while studying at Amur State Medical Academy Russia?

Yes, it is possible to work while studying only if the company you chose agrees with the student’s condition.

How much does it cost to study at Amur State Medical Academy Russia?

The tuition fees at ASMU Russia are very affordable, especially compared to other medical universities in India and Europe.

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At 2,824 kilometres, the Amur River (known in China as the Heilong Jiang or “Black Dragon River”) is the 10 th longest in the world. For much of its length it forms the border between Russia and China.

At its confluence with the Zeya are two cities of roughly equal size which face each other across the Amur, less than 600 metres apart.

These are the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, administrative capital of the Amur region, and the Chinese city of Heihe in Heilongjiang province.

Although brought together by geography, these two cities have been separated by history and are very different from each other.

Prior to the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 the area north of the Amur, in what is now Russian territory, had been part of Imperial China.

Following the Treaty, which ceded the land to Russia, Tsar Alexander II approved the founding of the city of Blagoveshchensk, which literally means “the city of good news”, after the parish Church of the Annunciation.

At this time Heihe did not exist, although in the 1650s a small town had been established by the indigenous Ducher people some 30 kilometres to the south.

The Treaty of Aigun bred resentment among the Chinese, who felt they had been forced to sign it when in a weakened state. This resentment of foreign domination resurfaced during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. As part of that rebellion the Qing Imperial Army and the Boxer insurgents shelled the city of Blagoveshchensk which, at that time, included a significant Chinese population.

These Chinese were viewed with suspicion by the Russian authorities as potential “fifth columnists” and in July of 1900 the Police Chief and the Military Governor ordered the deportation of the entire group. The deportees were taken to a narrow point in the Amur and ordered to leave, but were not given boats.

Those that refused to leave were shot while most of the rest were drowned in the attempt to cross the river. According to Chinese authorities about 5,000 people lost their lives.

For much of the twentieth century the border between Russia (later the USSR) and China remained closed. Hostilities flared up again in 1969, including a battle over a disputed island downstream from Blagoveshchensk that cost the lives of hundreds of soldiers.

The border was finally reopened in 1989. At that time Heihe, which had been established only nine years earlier in 1980, was little more than a village, but it grew very quickly after the border was opened.

After 1989 there was a rapid increase in traffic between the two sides of the Amur. The main driving force was the availability of cheap goods, such as clothes and electronics, on the Chinese side. This gave rise to the “suitcase trade” in which Russians from Blagoveshchensk crossed by ferry to Heihe and returned with suitcases stuffed with Chinese goods to resell in Russia for a profit.

Since trade with Russia was a large part of Heihe’s raison d’être , Russians were permitted to cross into the city without visas for short visits.

Although there is currently no permanent bridge linking the two cities (one is under construction) the Amur is frozen for several months each winter and for 60 -70 days each year it is possible to cross by means of a floating ice bridge 614 metres long and 13 metres wide.

The inhabitants of Heihe did everything they could to encourage this trade. Many learned to speak some Russian and they put up Russian signs, provided Cyrillic versions on street signage and opened many restaurants and shops to cater to Russian visitors.

They even installed some Russian-themed statues and street furniture, although a well-intentioned initiative to design garbage cans in the shape of traditional Russian nesting dolls was not well-received by some Russians.

The city also staged a night-time lightshow on its waterfront in the hope that it would attract Russian customers. While it may have had this effect, it also bred resentment among some in Blagoveshchensk who saw it as Heihe flaunting its modernity.

A by-product of all these efforts to attract Russians was that Heihe became a destination for Chinese tourists who sought to experience a bit of Russia without having to visit the country itself.

The central area includes some faux-Russian architecture, which adds to the illusion of being in Russia.

The inhabitants of Blagoveshchensk did not reciprocate. Few learned Chinese and there was there was no great effort to encourage visitors from Heihe. There were almost no Chinese signs and, apart from a few Chinese restaurants, no shops catering to Chinese traders.

Some of this may have had to do with wariness over growing Chinese influence given the population disparities in the region. One writer reports that the authorities were seeking to shut down the local Confucius Institute over suspicions that it was being used as an instrument to project Chinese soft power.

Moreover, the Russian government began to have misgivings over the “suitcase trade” and started to reduce the quantity of goods that could be brought in duty-free as well as the frequency of trips allowed.

The situation changed in 2014 with the collapse of the rouble against the Chinese currency following the slump in the price of oil and the introduction of sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its annexation of Crimea.

As a result the “suitcase trade” ceased to be profitable and Chinese merchants who had set up shop in Blagoveshchensk, many of whom were there on tourist visas, were required to leave. Many businesses in Heihe suffered as a result.

Visitors have remarked on the contrast between the two cities.

Heihe is a modern Chinese-style city full of tall apartment blocks. One visitor has described it as clean, green and pleasantly uncrowded, at least by Chinese standards. Its river embankment has been turned into a pedestrianized promenade lined with trees and small parks and, in the summer, cafés and restaurants.

Blagoveshchensk is a much older and more settled city, with none of the brash mercantilism of Heihe. Visitors have remarked that it has a European feel to it. It features leafy tree-lined streets, some fine 19 th century civic buildings and a Byzantine-style Orthodox Cathedral.

It also has some traditional wooden painted houses (now somewhat faded) dating from the Tsarist era, along with grey Soviet-era concrete apartment blocks and more modern apartment buildings. A number of modern shopping centres have sprung up and the waterfront is gradually being developed.

Although the “suitcase trade” has declined, other opportunities for interaction between the two cities have opened up. According to Chinese sources, in 2017 a new hospital was announced in Heihe catering to increasing numbers of Russians seeking healthcare services in China.

A new two-lane highway bridge linking the two cities is being constructed across the Amur and is scheduled to open in October 2019. Since it is situated downstream from the confluence with the Zeya, the connection is indirect requiring anyone wishing to go from one city centre to the other to use an existing bridge across the Zeya as well.

These developments are taking place in the context of growing the economic linkages between Russia and China as Russia has responded to the Western sanctions by looking eastwards for economic opportunity, while China has launched its “belt and road initiative” to promote connectivity and cooperation between Eurasian countries.

Meanwhile, Blagoveshchensk and Heihe continue to gaze at each other across the Amur, not in a hostile way, but with a degree of mutual incomprehension.

Although separated by only a few hundred meters of water they still remain in two different worlds, with Blagoveshchensk oriented towards Moscow and Eastern Europe and Heihe towards Beijing and the rest of China.

They are even two time zones apart.

In the end it is perhaps not surprising that they have remained ethnically separate, as shown on the map.

References:

• Amur Bridge Project
• Amur River Wikipedia
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November 16, 2018 at 9:48 pm

Very interesting, want to visit these two cities.

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February 21, 2019 at 8:16 pm

Great article, amazing I was looking at google maps if there was a city where both culture are mix, but reading the history in this article it makes sense no such city exits. I wish one day I visit this twilight zone…..

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Lol) I live in Blagoveshchensk)

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Customers like the ease of assembly of the freestanding shelter. For example, they mention it's easy to put up and take down, well made, and dependable. Customers are also impressed with the color and performance, saying it works well and is easy to move and transport.

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Customers find the freestanding shelter easy to set up and take down. They say it has a sturdy frame and provides adequate shade. Customers also mention that the back wall can be added in minutes, making subsequent uses completely hassle free.

"...This canopy has become a go-to for all our family gatherings. It’s easy enough for one or two people to set up, and it provides much-needed shade..." Read more

"...However, I can assure you that it expands easily and can be setup completely by on person in just a couple of minutes...." Read more

"...7. Did I mention this was stupid easy to put up , takedown and stow?Cons:1...." Read more

"The overhang is great! Easy to put up and is really exactly what I was hoping for. It even includes a great, easy to install, side panel...." Read more

Customers like the quality of the freestanding shelter. They say it's well-made, holds up very well, and is stable. Some mention that the canopy is made of good fabric and that the overhang is great.

"...Final Thoughts:If you’re looking for a dependable , versatile canopy tent, I highly recommend the CROWN 10 x 10 Canopy Tent...." Read more

"...This one is made of sturdy material , has well designed strap closures and sturdy handles...." Read more

"The overhang is great ! Easy to put up and is really exactly what I was hoping for. It even includes a great, easy to install, side panel...." Read more

"...When the product arrived, we noticed that there was a burn mark on the fabric canopy ...." Read more

Customers like the color of the freestanding shelter. They say the yellow is fun and really pretty. They also say the design is superior to similar products and it will be a great help on sunny days. Customers also mention that the purple color makes their spot stand out and blends in nicely with natural surroundings. They are very stable and easy to assemble. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend the product to others.

"...any outdoor occasion, offers great value for the price, and comes in a variety of colors to match your style...." Read more

"...And it looks nice ! Definitely kept the sun off us and the heat down while we were working outside in nearly 100 deg F...." Read more

"...This one is made of sturdy material, has well designed strap closures and sturdy handles...." Read more

"...The back wall is easily added in minutes. And the pretty purple color makes my spot stand out...." Read more

Customers like the weight of the freestanding shelter. They mention that it has wheels on 2 legs and is easy to move around. They also say it's light enough to load into their car without help. Some customers also say that the cover makes for easy storage and transport. Overall, most are satisfied with the weight.

"...canopy (which means it will stay put on breezy days), but it's more compact and easily zips into the storage bag...." Read more

"...That being said, these tents are extremely high quality, VERY easy to move around and re-pack into their bags, and have many features that are far..." Read more

"...It comes with a durable, handled, zip-up cover. And it is light enough for me to get it into and out of my truck by myself...." Read more

"...It really is one small push to pop up the middle. They are lightweight , easy to carry, the zipped bag makes putting it away simple and I can leave..." Read more

Customers like the performance of the freestanding shelter. For example, they mention it works well, it's easy to set up, and the shade wall works exactly as advertised. Some say it'll break if you leave it out in a storm. That said, most are happy with the center pop and say it works great for 1 person pop ups.

"...It’s so useful that even my cousins borrow it for their events—talk about a well-loved product!Versatile and Convenient:..." Read more

"...lining while selling my goodies at the farmers' market, and this works perfectly !..." Read more

"This thing is really nice. The quality seems very good and I love the overall operation of this unit. The ease of setting up is amazing...." Read more

"...I have my potting bench underneath it and it all works very well together ...." Read more

Customers appreciate the value of the freestanding shelter. They say it's a solid investment and well worth the money.

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"...little shade flap that comes for one side of it , This is a very nice unit for the price ." Read more

"...The first 2 were NOT great. Granted this cost 3times more, but well worth it ...." Read more

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Customers like the shade provided by the freestanding shelter. They say it helps keep the sun out, and the sidewall provides additional shade. Customers also mention that it's a great option for shading an area, and that the side panel blocks the sun very nicely.

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"...And it looks nice! Definitely kept the sun off us and the heat down while we were working outside in nearly 100 deg F...." Read more

"...I tried it out at the beach. It does help keep the sun out , but it was blocking the breezy so we ended up using the canopy without the wall flap...." Read more

"I put this thing up by myself in about 10 minutes. Perfect to put out in backyard here in Texas in Summer...." Read more

Customers like the size of the freestanding shelter. They mention it's a great size, the bag is big enough, and it fits perfectly in the trunk. The tent is sturdy and easy to store, with a nice size pocket for the sidewall and some stakes. The bag easily fits over and can lock in place so it doesn't easily come off. The big storage compartment comes in handy, and the pocket provided actually fits all the extras for staking it down.

"...but it's more compact and easily zips into the storage bag ...." Read more

"...Super nice to have as you can move it around as needed. It fits perfectly and is very secure, even when its windy...." Read more

"...Easily a 1-2 minute full set up, even when the kiddos do it! The bag is big enough that after the first time we don't take that cover off the frame..." Read more

"...The height is easily adjusted and locks in place. The bag easily fits over and can lock in place so it doesnt easily come off and also has a large..." Read more

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