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>> America's epidemic of gun violence and what can be done, this week on "Firing Line."
A supermarket in Buffalo, New York, Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
[ Gunfire ] >> What are we doing?
Why are you here... >> Senator Chris Murphy stood on the Senate floor and begged his colleagues to act.
>> ...if not to solve a problem as existential as this?
>> 15 Republicans joined him in passing the most significant gun reform in decades, with President Biden signing it into law.
>> Lives will be saved today and tomorrow because of this.
>> It's a mission forged nearly 10 years ago when he was the congressman representing Newtown during the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
>> I went to the first of too many funerals this morning.
>> With more than 40,000 Americans killed by guns each year and children too often in the crossfire, what does Senator Chris Murphy say now?
>> "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover" is made possible in part by... Corporate funding is provided by... >> Senator Chris Murphy, welcome to "Firing Line."
>> Thanks so much for having me.
>> You are the junior senator from Connecticut.
And you were the member of Congress representing Newtown, Connecticut, on that dreadful day when 20 first-graders were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
You have spoken openly about how that moment and that experience really galvanized you and made you deeply passionate about the issue of gun violence in this country.
And you were the lead Democrat on the first federal legislative reform for gun violence since 1994, just signed into law by President Biden.
We're going to get to the law and all the details of the law, but first, what does this moment mean to you personally?
>> Well, my life changed on that day in December 2012.
I'll never forget it.
There are lots of days where I wish I could forget it.
But I established a bond with those families and, then weeks later, with families I met in Hartford and New Haven, who were very angry that I was, you know, just showing up, caring about this issue after 20 White children had died when Black children were dying every day in cities in my state.
But that bond is something that I don't think I had ever had before in my professional career, and I made a commitment to them that I was not going to give up until we passed legislation that made it less likely that those kind of shootings and murders would happen.
And there were a lot of days during the last 10 years where I wasn't sure whether we would ever be able to break the back of the gun lobby, whether we would ever be strong enough to be able to pass laws that would save the lives of kids in this country.
And so to be on the Senate floor delivering the passage of a bill that will save lives -- you know, it means something to me, but really all I care about is, what does it mean to the families in Sandy Hook, what does it mean to the families in Hartford and New Haven and Chicago and New Orleans?
And to me, that's really all that matters.
>> You met this week with the parents of the children who were killed in Uvalde and survivors from the recent Highland Park shooting.
Tell me about that meeting.
>> Yeah, it was awful.
It's just something none of us can fathom, losing a child or having to witness someone dying right next to you at a parade.
It's been 10 years since Sandy Hook, and so maybe I'd kind of forgotten what those first few months are like, how dead inside the parents are who have to go through this.
And being in that room with the Uvalde parents, who really felt half-alive to me, it was just another reminder of how you never, ever recover from this.
And I just -- I hope there's a day when there is not this endless parade of parents of dead children walking into my office.
I can't be confident of that, but I certainly will seek out answers to try to get to that day.
>> On the same day that you met with those parents and those survivors, surveillance footage was revealed of the shooter in the school in Uvalde.
What we saw in that footage was the gunman walking down the hallway, police officers standing by for over an hour before taking down the shooter.
And you took to Twitter.
You wrote, "The Uvalde video puts to bed forever the question of whether the way to deal with bad guys with guns is to make sure there are more good guys with guns.
We've always known it was a gun industry that created that lie designed to sell more guns.
Now we just have the gut-wrenching proof."
[ Door closes ] [ Gunshots ] [ Indistinct conversations ] >> I thought a lot about whether I wanted to watch that video.
I remember being at the first of the Sandy Hook kids' funeral.
It was an open casket.
And this was a child who was unrecognizable, but his parents wanted political leaders to see what had happened.
And I chose not to go up to that casket and look at that child, and I always wonder whether I should have.
I thought about that as I was deciding whether to watch the video.
It's not as stunning and striking as looking into an open casket of a child who's been killed, but it is still jarring to watch that young man walk into that building and then to see law enforcement minutes later enter and do nothing for an hour and a half, as police officer after police officer arrive with more heavy weapons, more body armor, more shields, and yet they still do nothing.
I understand their hesitancy.
I understand why you wouldn't want to confront someone who has a high-powered, military-style assault weapon who's willing to turn it on civilians.
But that's their job.
They should have walked into that classroom.
They should have put their lives at risk.
That's what they signed up for.
But it is frankly a reminder to all of us that if all of that high-powered machinery, all of those trained law-enforcement officers were so scared of that one teenager with an AR-15 inside that classroom, well, maybe the solution isn't more highly trained officers with guns.
Maybe the solution is to just make sure that teenagers don't get their hands on military-style assault weapons and march into classrooms like that.
So, to me, it's proof positive that the solution here is to keep these guns out of the hands of bad guys rather than to think you're going to solve the problem by giving good guys a lot more guns.
That's -- That didn't work in Uvalde.
>> President Biden has just signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
The bill incentivizes states to implement red flag laws, closes domestic violence loopholes, enhances background checks for buyers under 21, criminalizes straw purchases, and allocates money on mental health services.
What is the most important aspect of this law?
>> I think it's important to understand that we wrote this law intentionally in a way where the different pieces work together.
So, let's take what happened in Highland Park.
This was an under-21-year-old buyer who had a long history of really dangerous behavior, and yet he was able four different times, after he had threatened to kill his family, to buy guns.
This law could have changed what happened in Highland Park, one, because this law provides states with money to better administer these red flag laws, these laws that allow you to take weapons away from people who are making threats of harm, but, second, our bill says anytime somebody under 21 tries to buy a gun, the local police department has to be told about it.
And so in Highland Park, what could have happened here is that the local police department would have gotten a phone call four different times that this young man that they knew to be dangerous was buying weapons.
And then, armed with better information about red flag laws, as our bill does, the police department could have started a red flag process, the minute that this kid started to go arm himself, take those weapons away, and this could have all been prevented.
>> So, red flag laws are a relatively new policy innovation on the national scene.
What is a red flag law?
>> So, a red flag law is a process by which you can temporarily take weapons away from individuals who have made threats of violence against themselves, threatening suicide, or against others.
You have to go to a court in order to get a judge to make a finding that this is a dangerous individual.
So, the individual has the ability in court to make their case.
And the order is temporary.
Republicans have been able to support this, both at the state level and now at the federal level, because it really is targeting policy towards the most dangerous people.
And if you're a law-abiding gun owner, you should have no problem with a red flag law because you are never gonna be subject to one of these orders.
It's only people who have made actual, tangible, meaningful threats of violence.
>> And yet Illinois had a red flag law, so -- And many states have red flag laws.
What are the inconsistencies or the challenges with red flag laws that this federal legislation addresses?
>> So, there are lots of states that have red flag laws, including Illinois, but many states' red flag laws don't work.
Because you need to do a pretty robust campaign of education to let people know that the red flag law exists and how to access it.
So, you can have a red flag law on the books, but if your police department doesn't know, "A," that it exists or how you go about filling out the forms and going to court to take someone's guns away, then the law is dead letter.
So, in Illinois, there was one county that did the red flag law well, but in the rest of the state, it was almost never utilized.
In Florida, a state run by Republicans, they've got a very effective red flag law, a red flag law that has taken guns away from thousands of dangerous Florida residents.
The difference between Florida and other states where the red flag law isn't used is education, telling people how to use it, making the system accessible.
And that's what our bill does.
It provides almost $1 billion to help states implement red flag laws, educate law enforcement, first responders on how to access red flag law processes.
I think that will make an enormous difference.
I know it'll make an enormous difference.
>> So, in the same 4th of July holiday weekend in Highland Park where seven people were killed, just 30 minutes away in Chicago, 8 people were killed by gun violence and 68 people were injured.
The trauma touches urban and suburban America.
You wrote extensively about this in your 2020 book, "The Violence Inside Us."
How will this new legislation address urban gun violence?
>> Listen, it's just a fact we value White life in this country more than Black life.
So, when White people are killed, this country pays attention in a way that they don't when Black people are killed.
I was in Baltimore one day visiting an after-school program.
I happened to be there during a morning in which a young father dropped his two twin daughters off at elementary school.
And when he got home, before he opened the door to his townhouse, he was shot dead.
And I thought to myself, "What if that had happened in Westport, Connecticut, right, in White suburban Connecticut?"
That would be national news.
When I went to try to find information out about that young man the next day, I could barely find a story in the Baltimore papers about it.
So, we have decided that when Black men are killed in our cities, it just doesn't matter as much as when White people are killed and White children are killed.
And that's heartbreaking.
That should be unacceptable to all of us.
Our bill includes the first-ever federal ban on gun trafficking and straw purchasing.
And why that's important for places like Hartford and Baltimore is because these cities are awash in illegal guns.
Most of these crimes in these cities are committed with illegal guns, guns that ended up in the hands of somebody who was prohibited from owning a gun but got them through the black market.
We've never had a federal prohibition on the black market trade of firearms.
Because the NRA, the gun lobby, loves the black market.
They make a lot of money off of the black market.
So, now we have the ability of the federal government -- the FBI, the DOJ -- to go after these multi-state gun-trafficking networks and shut them down, which means less illegal guns in our cities, which means less crime perpetrated against communities of color.
That piece of legislation doesn't get as much attention as some of the other pieces, but it, you know, may in the end be one of the most important changes in law that we make.
>> The pushback against a lot of Democratic gun-safety proposals has been this argument that laws won't stop people who want to commit murder from getting their hands on a weapon if they really want to.
And you can even see, in the original incarnation of this program, William F. Buckley Jr. making that exact same argument in 1980.
Take a look at this.
>> If we didn't sell another handgun beginning tomorrow, you'd still have 45 million handguns in this country.
The notion that someone who desires to put his hands on a handgun can ever be made difficult is almost as preposterous to say as that one could keep people from smoking marijuana, which is also illegal.
>> But that's a defeatist attitude.
I think if we stop now and we have 45 million handguns floating around and we put a restriction, say, "Alright, if you have your handgun, register it, but no more registration."
>> And don't take it from your home.
>> That's right.
"We're cutting it off here."
We would begin to see less violence in our society in 2 years, 5 years, 20 years.
The next generation will look back upon us as if it was the Wild West, only in the urban cowboy -- it's the only way I can describe what's happening in our cities.
>> Take on that argument, will you, that there are already so many guns in the United States that if somebody really wants to commit a mass atrocity, they can get their hands on a gun.
>> Well, first of all, this argument that laws don't make a difference is patently absurd, right?
If laws don't make a difference, then let's get rid of all of them, right?
Why have laws against rape or arson or burglary if laws don't make a difference?
They do, in fact, because there are plenty of people who actually do make decisions about their behavior based upon what is legal and what isn't legal.
And it's a mechanism by which to signal our values to individuals.
Second, we have a lot of experience in this country because we have 50 different states with 50 different sets of gun laws.
So we can look to see whether stricter gun laws make a difference.
And the proof is in our state-by-state experience.
In states that have looser gun laws, there are much higher levels of gun homicide than in states like Connecticut, who have tighter gun laws.
In states that have higher levels of gun ownership, there are higher levels of gun homicide than in communities that have lower rates of gun ownership.
So, we have all the information we need to know that, in fact, tougher gun laws actually do result in safer communities.
And this idea that just because there are some bad people in the world who are going to ignore laws, that we should just stop passing laws, that's pretty bad advice.
>> You mentioned the gun lobby.
I've heard you make the case that there's a mythology around the NRA amongst Republicans, that if they support gun restrictions or laws regulating gun violence, they will lose their seats.
Why do you believe this is a mythology?
>> In the wake of the 1994 election, this idea was planted in the heads of politicians that the House was lost for the Democrats because of this vote on the assault weapons ban.
But that's not backed up by reality.
In fact, the assault weapons ban was wildly popular in 1994.
It was supported by Republicans and Democrats.
It enjoyed sky-high approval ratings.
I think it was President Clinton, who didn't want the story of 1994 to be his unpopularity, trying to suggest it was something else, in this case the assault weapons ban.
But for 30 years members of Congress -- and a lot of Democrats -- decided that they were just going to stay away from the issue of guns, despite increasing evidence that tons of Americans actually wanted us to take action on guns.
It really wasn't until 2018, after the Parkland shooting, that Democrats in this country started running strongly on universal background checks, on banning assault weapons.
And all of a sudden the candidates who were doing that were winning in kind of unlikely places, in Texas, in Georgia, in Florida.
And so I think we are at the point where we are sort of busting up this mythology.
I think now both Republicans and Democrats are realizing that there's actually way more political gain in voting for these gun safety measures and that that mythology about how many votes you'd lose or how powerful the NRA was is just that -- mythology.
>> How powerful do you think the NRA is now?
>> Five years ago, Republicans listened to the NRA, period, stop.
Today, Republicans listen to the NRA, but then they make their own decision.
And that's different.
>> Is that different in the House than in the Senate, though?
Is the NRA more powerful in the House?
>> So, the NRA is still very impactful in Republican primaries.
And so in the House, where you have almost no competitive districts between Democrats and Republicans, where Republicans only really have to worry about primaries, the NRA is going to be more impactful.
In the Senate where, you know, everybody represents the entire state, there are more competitive races as a percentage of Senate seats than there are in the House, the NRA has less power.
Swing voters, independents -- they just have a lot more influence over senators' votes than they do over House Republican votes.
And I think that's why you saw a lot of Republican senators step up and decide to get on the right side of this issue.
>> I've spoken to many of your colleagues in the Senate about the hyper-partisanship in Congress and the polarization that prevents anything from getting done on issues.
And you have just been a leader in the Senate on getting something really historic done on an issue that hasn't seen any action for decades.
You called yourself -- I love this -- you know, a sucker for negotiation, right, that getting, you know, 10% of what you want done is better than nothing.
Are there lessons that you have learned from this process that can apply to other issues?
>> Listen, I'm a progressive Democrat.
I sort of wear, you know, that on my sleeve.
But I think my job ultimately is to get laws passed that make people's lives better, not to just argue with my colleagues on Twitter.
I think it's really seductive these days in this job to just stand for what you stand for, get a lot of clicks online, get a lot of followers on social media, and sort of come to the conclusion that you've done your job.
That isn't our job.
Our job is actually to pass laws.
I think I needed 10 years in the Senate to get this deal done.
>> I think I learned a lot about how to get compromise done, but I also built relationships.
This is the most politically complicated, emotionally fraught issue we deal with.
You have to trust your partners if you're going to sit down and try to negotiate something on guns.
>> Where do you go next on this issue?
>> We just build a movement.
What I know is that success tends to beget success in this place.
I mean, listen, I've gotten better at my job, but what really changed is that over the course of 10 years, the anti-gun-violence movement became just as powerful as the gun lobby, and all of a sudden Republican senators realized that it was kind of equal measure how much they had to lose if they voted for or against this bill.
Now people see that there's power on both sides of this, and that's why we're in a different position.
>> Let me ask you about the Supreme Court, who has just ruled on a pretty consequential gun law.
They've overturned a New York law, ruling that requiring a license to carry a concealed weapon in public is unconstitutional.
Practically speaking, how will this ruling impact gun violence?
>> So, the ruling itself is narrow enough that it shouldn't impact anything that we've passed.
But the language surrounding the ruling is really troubling.
It is possible that there are five votes on the Supreme Court to radically reinterpret the Second Amendment, to essentially say that the Second Amendment is absolute, that it doesn't allow for any regulation of guns, at least any regulation that wasn't contemplated by the very people who wrote the Constitution.
And that's what worries me.
What worries me is not the impact of this ruling.
My worry is what comes next.
>> I've heard you say that if the Supreme Court is going to operate as a majoritarian body, the Senate should, too.
>> And it seems to me that that is at odds with your recent success as a leading bipartisan legislator.
>> Well, I'm working with the system that exists.
So, we did something incredibly meaningful.
I'm proud of it.
But I've been clear from day one that we weren't going to do everything that was necessary.
And part of the reason that we are not doing as much as we should is because we've got these insane rules in the Senate, in which 40 members of the Senate representing perhaps 20% of the American population can stop something as popular as universal background checks from becoming law.
So I don't think it's, you know, inconsistent to say, "I'm going to fight like hell to win as much as I can in the existing rules while also to try to fight to change those rules.
>> So, you support getting rid of the filibuster?
>> I would probably start with reforming the filibuster.
I think if you really want to stop a popular piece of legislation from moving through the Senate, you should actually have to stand there and do the work.
>> As you did when you were filibustering gun violence on the Senate floor with Cory Booker there and many of your colleagues.
For 15 hours you stood.
>> I've had enough of the ongoing slaughter of innocents, and I've had enough of inaction in this body.
Every shooting is different.
The reason why I was willing to stand up on the floor and filibuster for 15 hours is because I knew that my obstruction would be popular.
I knew that people were with me.
In 2013, when the Republicans filibustered the background checks bill, because of how the rules are written, they didn't actually have to stand on the floor.
All they had to do was just cast a vote against closing debate.
If Republicans actually had to stand on the floor for 15 hours or 20 hours and explain why they don't think people should go through background checks to buy a gun, I'm not sure they'd be willing to do it.
>> Final question.
President Biden is 79 years old.
There is a new New York Times Siena poll out this week that his national approval rating is 33%.
64% of Democrats say they would prefer a new candidate in 2024.
Is it a legitimate question for Democrats to be considering whether President Biden should run again?
>> Is it a legitimate question?
I just don't think it's a necessary question.
I think President Biden is -- >> Why is it not necessary?
>> Well, because I think President Biden is doing a hell of a job.
I just worked with him for a month in getting this bill passed.
He was incredibly important to this bill's passage.
I think ultimately elections are choices, and it's pretty likely that when matched up against Donald Trump, who I think will be the inevitable candidate, voters are going to choose Joe Biden, so I'm -- >> Why are you sure that Donald Trump will be the inevitable candidate?
>> Oh, man.
I may be wrong.
I just think we've seen enough of Donald Trump's ego to know that -- I think it's probable he's going to seek the nomination.
And I don't think they'll be able to stop him.
>> Can I reserve the right to ask you that question in a year and a half?
>> Chris Murphy, thanks for your leadership in the Senate, and thank you for joining me on "Firing Line."
>> Thank you.
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Bloomberg reports that Tim Hortons Inc., Canada’s largest fast-food company, is opening a coffee shop at Fort Knox, its first on an American military base, as it expands in the U.S.
The coffee-and-doughnuts seller won a 10-year contract to operate the café on the Kentucky base, 30 miles southwest of Louisville, Chief Operating Officer David Clanachan said in a telephone interview.
Tim Hortons is opening “nontraditional,” co-branded stores to extend its reach in the U.S., after closing 15 New England shops in 2008, Clanachan said. It established 12 cafés in New York City in July, and teamed with ice cream seller Cold Stone Creamery in February, planning at least 100 stores featuring both brands by the end of this year.
“It’s been a pretty successful relaunch,” R.J. Hottovy, a restaurant analyst with Morningstar Inc. in Chicago, said in a telephone interview. He has a $29 target price on the stock. “It’s still going to be a struggle, but it did post positive results in the last quarter for the U.S.”
The chain’s U.S. division posted an operating loss of C$26.5 million ($25.5 million) in 2008 amid competition from Dunkin’ Donuts Inc., McDonald’s Corp. and Starbucks Corp. By contrast, the Canadian unit’s profit rose 8.4 percent, to C$507 million.
Tim Hortons, based in Oakville, Ontario, rose 2 cents to $29.14 yesterday in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. It rose 1 percent this year before today.
The Fort Knox site is scheduled to open today. The company operates on seven Canadian military bases and at the Kandahar Air Force base in Afghanistan, Clanachan said.
Tim Hortons has been focusing its U.S. growth on co- branded stores, schools and hospitals in addition to military bases, rather than stand-alone stores, Clanachan said. It had about 3,000 shops in Canada and more than 500 in the U.S. as of June.
“We’re a smaller player in the U.S. and we need to be more nimble about some of the things we can do,” Clanachan said. “This allows us to garner momentum with U.S. customers.”

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Improving Women’s and Girl’s Education:
In Somaliland, before 2000, women’s access to education at all levels was very low. Due to the vicious cycle of poverty and cultural rigidities, parents used to prefer to educate boys rather than girls. Currently, girl’s enrollment rate is more than that of boys (in some urban areas). In the higher learning institutions, the number of female students has significantly increased, and for the coming years they may outnumber male students.
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text: My daughter came to me a week ago and asked if she gave me money, could I order her notebooks online with my credit card. Every day since she has tracked her package and finally yesterday it came. I was sitting at the kitchen table when she walked into the room holding the package, smiling ear to ear. I vaguely remember her saying, “I love these notebooks, which one should I use first?” I think I responded by saying, “It’s your choice, just pick one”. It dawned on me today that I didn’t even take the time to look at them. I was so wrapped up in what I was doing that I didn’t take a moment to share her excitement. Tonight when she gets home, I will ask her to show them to me. My job is not to rule the world. The most important thing I can ever do is to make the people who I love feel valued and important. It is not how much money that defines you. It is not how many college degrees that hang on a wall. It is simply how well you treat others and how you make them feel that matters. We have got to find a way to give more time and attention to the people and things that do matter rather than the things that never will.

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Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
The Lord Almighty from all of his heavenly throne drew an all-seeing glance to Syria, where the crusader army was standing. For the sixth year, the warriors of Christ had fought in the East, many cities and kingdoms had succumbed to them, but the Holy City of Jerusalem was still the stronghold of the infidels. Reading in human hearts as in the revealed book, He saw that only the great Gottfried Bouillon from the many glorious leaders was fully worthy to lead the Crusaders to the sacred feat of the liberation of the Holy Sepulcher. Archangel Gabriel brought this message to Gottfried, and he reverently accepted God's will.
When Gottfried summoned the Franks' leaders and told them that God had elected him to be the commander over them all, a rumbling rose in the assembly, for many leaders did not concede to Gottfried either in the nobility of the family or in exploits on the battlefield. But here, in his support, rose the voice of Peter Pustynnik, and all until the last took into account the words of the inspirer and honored adviser of the soldiers, and next morning the mighty army in which under the banner of Gottfried Bulonsky rallied the color of the chivalry of all Europe, went on a campaign. The east trembled.
And now the crusaders had camped in Emmaus, in the face of the walls of Jerusalem. Here ambassadors of the king of Egypt appeared to them in tents and offered to retreat from the Holy City for the rich ransom. After listening to Gottfried a resolute refusal, one of them went to vise, the second, the Circassian knight, Argant, grieving with the desire to quickly expose the sword against the enemies of the Prophet, drove to Jerusalem.
King Aladin ruled Jerusalem at that time, vassal the Egyptian king and the evil oppressor of the Christians. When the crusaders went on an attack, the army of Aladin met them at the city walls, and a brutal battle began, in which the number of non-Christians fell apart without numbers, but many brave knights fell. The Crusaders suffered particularly heavy damage from the mighty Arganta and the great Virgin warrior Klorinda who had come from Persia to help Aladin. With Clorinda, an incomparable Tankred was fighting in the battle, and a helmet drew her into the battle with a blow of spears, but, having noticed a beautiful face and golden braids, fighting with love, lowered his sword.
The bravest and most beautiful of the knights of Europe, the son of Italy, Rinalde was already on the city wall, when Gottfried gave the army orders to return to the camp, for it was not yet time to fall to the Holy Castle.
Seeing that the stronghold of the enemies of the Lord almost fell, the king of the underworld called his countless servants - demons, fury, chimeras, pagan gods - and ordered all the dark force to collapse on the Crusaders. The servant of the devil among others was the magician Idraot, the king of Damascus. He commanded his daughter to Armede, who obscured the beauty of all the East, to go to the state of Gottfried, and, using all the female art, to make a disorder in the ranks of the warriors of Christ.
Armida was in the state of the Franks, and none of them, apart from Gottfried and Tankred, could not resist the charm of her beauty. Called Princess of Damascus, by force and deceit of the deprived throne, Armida begged the leader of the Crusaders to give her a small detachment of select knights to overthrow the usurper; in exchange, Gottfried gave the Damascus alliance and all sorts of help. In the end, Gottfried commanded the lottery to select the ten brave men, but hardly it was a question of who would head the squad, the leader of the Norwegians, Gernand, upon the preaching of the devil, initiated a quarrel with Rinald and fell from his sword; incomparable Rinald was forced to go to exile.
Armida, armed with the love of the knights, led not to Damascus, but to the gloomy castle that stood on the shores of the Dead Sea, whose waters did not drown either iron or stone. In the walls of the castle, Armida revealed its true face, offering prisoners either to renounce Christ and to oppose the Franks or perish; Only one of the Knights, the despicable Rambald, chose life. The rest she sent in the shackles and under guarded guard to the king of Egypt.
In the meantime, the Crusaders carried a regular siege, carried Jerusalem with a shaft, built a car for assault, and the city's residents strengthened the walls. Disgusted with idleness, the proud son of the Caucasus, Argant, went out into the field, ready to fight with anyone who would accept his challenge. The brave Otgon went to Arganta first, but soon he was beaten incorrectly.
Then came the turn of Tankred. The two heroes came together like Ajax and Hector at the walls of Ilion. The brutal battle lasted until the very night, without revealing the winner, and when the herders interrupted the fight, the wounded soldiers agreed at dawn to continue it.
Hermione, the daughter of the King of Antioch, followed the duel with the city walls with a fading heart. She was once a prisoner of Tankred, but the noble Tuncred gave the princess freedom, Erminia undesirable, because she was flaming an irresistible love for her captivating her. The honey in medicine Herminia intends to penetrate into the state of the crusaders, in order to heal the wounds of the knight. To do this, she cut off her strange hair and clad in Clorinda's armor, but on her steps she found the guard and rushed behind her in pursuit. Tankred, having thought that a warrior was kind to his heart, because of him had endangered life, and wishing to save her from persecutors, he also started following Erminia. She did not catch her, and, having gotten out of the way, was deceived by the deceit in the enchanted castle of Armida, where she became her captive.
Meanwhile, it was the morning and no one came to meet Argantu. The Circassian knight began to suffer the criminality of the Franks, but none of them dared to accept the challenge, until Raymond, the Toulouse Count, had finally left. When the victory was already almost in the hands of Raymond, the king of darkness tempted the best Saracen archer to release an arrow into the knight and he directed her flight. The arrows sank into the armament of Lat, but the guardian angel saved Raymond from the true death.
Seeing how the laws of the duel were insidiously violated, the Crusaders rushed to the infidels. Their rage was so great that they hardly broke down the enemy and did not burst into Jerusalem. But not this day was determined by the Lord to take the Holy City, so He allowed the hellish army to come to help the wrong people and to hold back the pressure of the Christians.
The dark forces did not leave the plan to crush the Crusaders. Inspired by Furia Alekto, Sultan Soliman, with the army of nomadic Arabs at night, suddenly attacked the Franks' camp. And he would have won, when the Lord did not send the archangel Michael, so that he took away the unfaithful help of hell. The Crusaders made their breath, the rows closed, and then the knights who were liberated by Rinald from the Armidian captivity came to the very end of the day. The Arabs fled, and a mighty Soliman fled, in the battle that had deprived the lives of many Christian warriors.
There was a day, and Peter Pustynnik blessed Gottfried to go on an attack. Serving the molberen, the Crusaders surrounded the walls of Jerusalem under cover of siege cars, the Wicked fiercely resisted; Clorinda sowed death in the ranks of Christians with his arrows, one of which was Gottfried himself. The angel of God healed the leader, and he again went out on the battlefield, but the fallen night darkness forced him to give an order to retreat.
At night Argant and Clorinda made a fortune to the state of the Franks and set fire to the siege machines with a mixture made by the magician Isman. When they retreated, persecuted by the Crusaders, the city's defenders slammed the gate, not knowing in the dark that Clorinda was left outside. Tankred entered with her in battle, but the soldier was in armor unknown to him, and the knight recognized the beloved, only causing her a mortal blow. Born in the Muslim faith, Clorinda knew, however, that her parents were the Christian rulers of Ethiopia and that she would have to accept baptism in infancy as she wished. Mentally wounded, she asked her assassin to accomplish this sacrament over her, and she already sent the spirit to a Christian.
In order that the Crusaders could not build new machines, Isman let the devils into the only forest in the district. None of the knights dared to enter the enchanted area except Tankred, but that was not enough to dissolve the evil master's magic.
Despair reigned in the camp of a crusading army, when Gottfried in a dream revealed that only Rinald would overcome witchcraft and that only the adversaries of Jerusalem finally quaked before him. At one time, Armida vowed to take revenge on Rinaldi, who had been repulsing captive knights from her, but barely saw him, as she fluttered with irresistible love. The young man also struck her beauty in the very heart, and Armida moved with her beloved into the far-off enchanted Happy Islands. To these islands and went to Rinald two knights: Danish Karl and Ubald. With the help of a good wizard, they succeeded in reaching the ocean, whose waters only Ulysses had previously flooded. Having overcome many dangers and temptations, Gottfried's ambassadors found Rinald's forgotten about everything through the joys of love. But it was worth Rinald to see the armor, as he remembered the sacred duty, and without hesitation followed Charles with Ubalod. The frightened Army rushed to the state of the Egyptian king, who, with the recruited all over the East, went to help Aladin to the army. Inspired by eastern witches, Armida was promising to become the wife of someone who would fight Rinald in battle.
And so Gottfried gives an order to the last assault. In a bloody encounter, Christians mumbled the infidels, of which the most terrible - unbeaten Argant - fell from Tankred's hand. The Crusaders entered the Holy Grail, and Aladin, with the remnants of the army, took refuge in the Tower of David, when clouds of dust arose on the horizon-the Egyptian army came to Jerusalem.
Again the battle began, cruel, because the power of the infidels was strong. At one of the most difficult moments for Christians to her help brought out the soldiers from the David Tower Aladin, but everything was vain. With the help of God, the crusaders took the upper hand, the non-Christians fled. The Egyptian king became a prisoner of Gottfried, but he let go of him, not wanting to hear about the rich redemption, for he did not trade, he came with the East, but to fight.
Dispersing the blood of the infidels, Gottfried and his associates entered the liberated city and, even without removing the blood-stained lat, slipped their knees in front of the Holy Sepulcher.


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Hello and welcome to Fabulous Freebie Friday (FFF) with Sassy Studio Designs! Every Friday Lindsey from Sassy Studio Designs will be offering you a free digital stamp over on the Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet Site!
Today Lindsey is offering you a FABULOUS free digi stamp called MAGAZINE MARGIE!! Head on over to pick up your freebie and you may also want to join in the challenge there as well. Use your "Magazine Margie" freebie and create a BOOKMARK!
Here is my bookmark I made for you to see with Magazine Margie. This image was so much fun to colour, let me know what you think!.....
* Copic Xpress Paper
* Kodak Hero Printer
* Copic Markers (colours listed below)
* Copic 0.03 Black Multi-Liner Pen
* Cardstock: from my stash
* Dew Drop Versa Magic Chalk, Night Sky
* Ribbon: All 3 colours of blue from Michaels
* Twine from Doodlebug
* Hole punch
* Spellbinders Nestiabilities: Long Classic Retangles Large
* Spellbinders Nestiabilities: Long Classic Scalloped Retangles Large
* Glossy Accents
Here is a close up of the image for you to see the colouring.....
COPIC COLOURS USED:
* SKIN: E11, E00, E000
* EYES: E23 + Glossy Accents
* LIPS: RV34, RV32 + Glossy Accents
* HAIR: E29, E27, E23
* SHORTS: B39,B37, B34, B32
* SHIRT: B04, B02, B00
* GROUND: E42, E41, E40, 0
* MAGAZINE: Copic 0.03 Black Multi-Liner Pen
Pop on over to Sassy Studio Designs Paper Craft Planet Site to pick up your FREE Magazine Margie and enter this weeks challenge!
I hope you enjoyed this post, and I would love to hear from you =)
Until next time, keep crafting!

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Uncle Sam, red, White, and Blue. words and music by Irving Berlin. This is the theme song of the National Defense Savings Program. For U.S.Savings Bonds and Stamps. Copyright by Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the treasury, Washington, D.C. Very good condition. One staple and a small tear(not noticeable if framing)
A military March and two step by Abe Hilzmann.Wonderful cover art by Starmer. WWI war cover picture of lady Liberty draped in the stars and stripes, holding the Declaration of Independence, and Americas proud Eagle mascot by her side. A great cover to frame. All music is complete also. Edges a little rough on the inside page edges. Over all I would say very good condition.
The name says it all! Red white and blue cover, stars and stripes. By Ira Schuster,paul Cunningham, and Leonard Whitcup. Good condition.
The condition of this 1922 music is simply amazing as to the great condition. Nice bright colors, crisp paper! Words and music by George K. Hamilton. A very patriotic cover.
From 21 American Republics,Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Cuba,Dominican Republic,Ecuador,El Salvador,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,Uraguay, Venezuela, and the United States of America. 13 pages of music.BY Luis Guzman from 1944, and in very good condition.
This selection was from Dick Powells "Maxwell House Coffee Time" program on the radio, 1940. Cover art of Uncle Sam standing proud and tall, in red White and Blue. Lyric by Charles Newman and music by Lew Pollack. Very good condition. One tiny tear on spine.
Great cover illustration with Uncle Sam with his dukes up! BY Cliff Friend and Charlie Tobias. Excellent condition.
Bush Cheney campaign button. Not sure if this was for the first or second term running. Nice condition, measures 2 1/2" in diameter.
An Original campaign button for the presidential race in 1964. Large button measures 3 1/2" in diameter, Great condition. Features a large black & white picture of a smiling Barry Goldwater, and says GOLDWATER ** For President.
Original campaign button for the 1964 electio, Measures 1" in diameter, and says Goldwater in '64. Not perfect, some blemishes.
A Special Edition collectors plate that is hand numbered. Issued by the American Treasury. Plate made of white porcelain with gold trim. Measures 10 1/4" in diameter. Has the declaration of Independence wrote on the front, a circular picture of the signing, and all signatures at the bottom. Perfect condition. Not sure exactly when this plate was issued. It is older, and not new.Email for more pics.
Great cover on this vintage sheet music from 1915. Picture of our Liberty bell . Music is for the piano. Liberty bell 1776 Introducing Church Chimes by Karl Lenox. Great condition, slight wear on edges and light corner bends. Great coloring, no writing. Suitable for framing also.
Sherrys Antiques* Collectibles* Frivolous Necessities
Great old souvenir bookends of The Shrine of Democracy Mt. Rushmore Memorial. Made of heavy chalk. Very nice condition. A few flakes off one of the bottoms that can be touched up easily without detection. Measures 6 1/2" tall and is 6" wide.(slightly smaller than the original Mt. Rushmore :) Felt on the back and bottoms.
WWII music from 1943. Music is all intact and in pretty good shape. No tears bends or rips. It is a little faded on the bottom front cover.
Jim Beam commemorative decanter made in 1970. On the back it has the liberty bell and the front has our country's emblem of the eagle with the arrows grasped in his talons and a banner across the front. There are 6 bronze commemorative coins on the decanter. One is Crispus Attucks and shows the flip side of the Boston Masacre in 1770, another has Alexander Hamilton and the flip side showing he was the 1st secretary of the treasry...
Nice porcelain beer stein with a patriotic motif. An American eagle, flags, and our liberty bell. On the back it reads 1776-1976 200 years of freedom. Made by Viletta, Roseburg Oregon, USA. Made of nice porcelain with gold trrims. Measures 7 1/2" tall and is in pristine condition.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's first - 1953 - Presidential Inaugural can be fondly remembered by this souvenir bottle of Old Mr. Boston's whiskey! The (empty) bottle is in excellent condition, made of brown molded glass and is 11" high. It has the original tax seal attached to the plastic screw top. On the front, is the Capitol with a brief history of it below, surrounded by stars...
This nice bone china mug is made in England with a crown logo, It has a black & white picture of Sir Winston Churchill on the front commemorating his time with us, 1874-1965. On the back of the mug is his House of Commons speech he made August 20th 1940. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Measures 3 7/8" tall and has gold trim . Mug is excellent, with no damages.

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Are you a bit unsure of how to choose the perfect air conditioner for your caravan? Perhaps you’ve read all the information online and still remain a bit confused?
Well, that is completely understandable! With so many different types of air conditioners available, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out which best suits your caravan. Here, we have simplified it for you.
First of all, the choice of air conditioner depends on the size and features of your vehicle:
- How long is your motor home? Larger vehicles need a more powerful air conditioner or, in some cases, several units that are coordinated with each other.
- Where can the air conditioner be installed? On the roof or in the storage area of your vehicle
- Is your RV a dark colour and has large panorama windows? If so, it will heat up faster and therefore requires more cooling than a white vehicle with small windows.
- How well is your RV insulated? For a new vehicle that is well insulated, it is generally enough to have one low-powered air conditioner.
When you’re buying an RV air conditioner, these personal preferences play an important role:
- In which regions and at what times of year do you travel?
- How many people will be travelling with you?
- Do you cook often in the RV and does steam form?
- Do you shower regularly in your RV, increasing the humidity?
- Do you prefer air conditioning in the entire vehicle or only in the sleeping area?
- To what temperature do you want to cool the vehicle?
Why do I need a Caravan air conditioner? Will a household air conditioner do the same job?
If you plan to travel around in your Caravan, you’ll need an air conditioner to suit. A standard household air conditioner might work in your home, but it’s not designed to withstand the rigors of travel.
You need a unit that is built to withstand vibrations, constant movement, and other environmental factors that a Caravan air conditioner can easily deal with.
Furthermore, a Caravan air conditioner also has to be big enough to cool an entire space – not just one room. Make sure that you select an air conditioner with a high CFM (cubic feet per minute) rating, as this will ensure that the unit can work hard and efficiently to cool down your caravan.
What types of Caravan Air conditioners are there?
There are two main Caravan air conditioner types on the market. Roof Mounted and Under bunk Air conditioners.
1. Roof Mounted Air conditioners
If you are purchasing a brand-new caravan air conditioner and have the space, a roof-top air conditioner is a great choice. This allows you to maximise space and/or storage within the cabin. Other benefits include:
- Easy to retrofit.
- Don’t take up storage space.
- Cool directly via the inside air distributor.
- Outlets can be adjusted individually.
Roof-top units come in different sizes, and also different weights. Something to consider when choosing a roof-top unit is the extra weight you might be adding to the top of your caravan or vehicle, especially if you already have solar panels or other heavy items on the roof.
The roof cut-out needed for fitting one of these units could vary between 360x360mm or 400x400mm.
If you are using an existing roof hatch cut-out and replacing it with an aircon, you may find the cut out size is closer to 360x360mm, so you may need a specific adaptor to fit an aircon designed for a 400x400 cut-out.
What does the 360mm or 400mm opening mean?
Caravan air conditioner models include a number next to the ‘opening’ measurement.
This refers to the size of the front panel of the air conditioner and is usually measured in either 360mm or 400mm. It’s important to make sure that the size of your chosen model fits the opening of your caravan.
If the measurements don’t match, you’ll need to have the unit fitted by a professional. Make sure to measure the width and height of the space where you want to install the air conditioner.
This will help you find the perfect model for your home away from home.
The Truma air conditioning systems are especially silent, light, and powerful. They can be used in a variety of vehicles, including vans and motor homes, in a variety of sizes and operating levels.
Aventa Comfort is suitable roof mounted air conditioner for vehicles up to 6.5 metres in length. It cools the vehicle's interior rapidly and creates a pleasant environment.
During spring and autumn, the caravan's air conditioning system can be utilised as an additional heater thanks to the integrated heat pump.
2. Under bunk Air conditioners or Storage Box Air conditioners
Under bunk or Storage box air conditioners are installed in the storage space of your vehicle. The cool air is directed upward through ducts. Under bunk air conditioners are suitable when a Roof mounted air conditioners are not possible.
For example, Pop top caravans and Small off-road camper trailers generally do not have the suitable structure to hold a roof-mounted air conditioner so an under bunk is an ideal solution.
Benefits of an under bunk or Storage Box Air Conditioner include:
- Distributes the air flexibly.
- Cools very quietly.
- Shifts the vehicle's centre of gravity downward, which has a positive effect on driving properties.
- Skylight remains.
Vans that have been converted have typically gone with the under bunk air conditioner to maximise space on the roof for other caravan accessories such as solar panels.
Truma offers suitable storage box air conditioning systems for all sizes of vehicle. They can be installed so that they require very little space and have many different options to distribute cool air throughout the vehicle interior.
This is done with the flexible cold air ducts that distribute the air evenly where it is needed without any draughts.
Saphir RC is the most powerful Truma storage box air conditioning system. It also has a heat pump mode so that it can be used as a heater during spring and autumn.
Understanding the Cooling/Heating System
When buying a caravan air conditioner, one thing to look out for is how the cooling/heating system works. Some air conditioners use heat exchange to cool the air and an electrical heating element to warm.
While not the most efficient heating method out there, it does a good job of keeping your caravan warm even in the coldest of weather conditions.
Most caravan air conditioners are the reverse cycle units wherein a compressor is used for both cooling and heating. These types of units are the most efficient ones out there, but can suffer from component damage when the temperatures are freezing.
For Australian weather, we recommend a reverse cycle unit due to its energy efficiency. But if you plan on travelling to areas with a particularly cold climate, then a heating element system will work best for you.
Does the profile affect wind resistance?
The roof top versions seem to all provide about the same frontal area that needs to go through the air, however some are short and wide and others are higher and wider.
The following shows the relative height of each roof top unit in mm. Please check current specifications of products that may vary from below.
How cold or hot will an Air-Conditioner make my Caravan?
This will depend on a number of factors such as the size of your caravan, the size of the unit and the settings you choose when installing the air conditioner.
For example, if you have a small unit, you may find that it doesn’t cool the entire space. If you have a larger one, it will be able to cool the entire space much quicker.
If you have a smaller unit, you may want to consider adding a couple of fans to help circulate the air and cool the space even quicker.
Furthermore, make sure you follow the installation instructions carefully and read the owner’s manual carefully. This will help you determine the perfect placement of your unit and how to set it up correctly.
This will also ensure that you are using your appliance correctly and that it’s running efficiently.
The Comfort Zone
The balance between temperature and humidity has an effect on your well-being. As the room temperature increases, humidity will decrease.
Rooms with a temperature of 18 to 24 degrees and relative humidity of 40 to 70 per cent are considered comfortable.
Example: Temperature of 27°C and relative humidity of 65%. The comfort zone can be achieved with a compressor air conditioning system (dark blue arrow), but not with an evaporative system (light blue arrow).
Installing My Caravan Air-Conditioner
Before you install your caravan air conditioner, make sure you have read the instructions and are familiar with the model that you have purchased.
You don’t want the installation process to be rushed and you want to make sure that you do it correctly – this includes where you place the unit.
Make sure that it is not blocking any doors and is positioned in the best possible place.
If you have young children or pets, you may also want to consider installing a safety gate to avoid them touching or getting too close to the unit.
This will help to avoid any accidents and make your caravan safe.
If you are in any doubt, please get in touch with a professional to help you install your air conditioner. They will be able to advise you and make sure the installation is done correctly.


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5TO12 - Faces of the Kingdom
5VOOR12 has developed their first project in the past year, called 'Faces of the Kingdom'. A photo exhibition that examines the extent to which the institute can make words such as diversity and inclusion tangible. This has brought many new insights and issues to 5TO12. 'A first try in, not only making the words diversity and inclusion tangible, but also giving these terms a face.'
The photographer of 'Faces of the Kingdom' is Les Adu. The exhibition can be seen in the 'Zuid' stairwell of the Academy of Theatre and Dance at 3 Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam.
This is only the beginning, the door of 5TO12 is wide open and we like to work together with other students (and initiatives). Let's keep the conversation going and maybe start great things together.
The video and slideshow of the expo is already online, you can also go to the ATD (Jodenbreestraat 3) to see it live!


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The next generation of household gaming is almost here, with both Microsoft and Sony set to drop their new consoles after a very long wait. The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are set to launch by the end of the year, as keen gamers do their research and save their funds in anticipation. There’s a lot of things to factor in when making your decision, from power and storage space to hardware preferences, subscriptions, and game exclusives. Let's take a look at the Xbox Series X and PS5 and what it means for your Christmas budget.
Like always, the next generation of gaming is all about processing power and eye-popping visuals. While the internal specs driving the two consoles are fairly similar, the Microsoft device does have a slight edge in some ways. Claiming to be four times more powerful than the Xbox One, the new console will feature a custom Zen 2 eight-core processor running at 3.8GHz per core. While the PS5 will also ship with an eight-core Zen 2 processor, it will run at a slightly slower 3.5GHz per core.
RAM inside both machines is 16GB GDDR6, both support solid state drives (SSDs), and both will run RDNA 2 graphics. However, the Xbox also seems to have the edge in terms of shear graphics power, offering 12 TFLOPS across 52CUs in comparison to the PS5 at 10.28 TFLOPS across 36 CUs. Like any geek knows, however, power specs are not the same thing as real world performance, with detailed benchmarks the only real way to compare the gaming experience. Both consoles are aiming for smooth performance at 60fps and 4K resolution upon launch, with 120fps available for some games and 8K resolution likely for both consoles in the future.
Due to similarity in power and performance, Microsoft and Sony have made big moves to differentiate the two machines, both in terms of design and also with game subscriptions and exclusives. The two units could hardly be further apart when it comes to looks, with the new Xbox looking black and monolithic and the PlayStation sporting a sleek and curvaceous white design. Brand loyalty is also likely to play a big role in how people decide, with Microsoft offering complete backwards compatibility and Sony committing to supporting roughly 100 of their most popular games.
Cloud gaming is another major differentiator between the two consoles. Microsoft continues to invest heavily in Game Pass Ultimate as a subscription service with mobile coverage, while Sony is supporting their much less powerful PS Now cloud service. As part of its renewed focus on the cloud, Microsoft is also launching the digital-only Xbox Series S as an affordable alternative. A digital edition of the PS5 is also being planned, as some gamers look forward to throwing away their disks entirely in favour of efficient downloads and more compact hardware devices.
In terms of the games themselves, both consoles will launch with major exclusives to help seal the deal. Key exclusives for the Microsoft Xbox Series X include Halo Infinite, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Forza Motorsport 8, and State of Decay 3. Key exclusives for the Sony PlayStation 5 include Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon II: Forbidden West, and Gran Turismo 7. In Australia, pricing for the new Xbox Series X will start from $749, with the Xbox Series S selling for $499. The PS5 will also be sold for $749, and the PS5 Digital Edition for $599.

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Businesses have been seeing the value in a digital-first approach to their operations, which has been further emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic—demonstrating the need for remote system operations.
What Are Private LTE Networks?
Private LTE networks are cellular networks, independent of large provider networks, that are focused on designated locations. These networks are unavailable to public mobile users, reducing network traffic and congestion significantly. Private LTE networks are similar to WLANs with their flexibility and cost-saving benefits but have a number of key differentiators.
There is increased security with the use of SIM cards over Wi-Fi since device authentication is stronger. By traveling across a licensed wireless spectrum, there is also less radio interference compared to Wi-Fi when it comes to Voice and Data.
What Are the Benefits of Private LTE?
By adopting Private LTE, organizations can customize their networks to support their specific connectivity requirements. This solution is revolutionary for organizations with connectivity requirements that typical communication networks cannot meet. Network functions and service quality are managed by the core network allowing for performance optimization based on device needs. Applications that require low latency can even be prioritized and separated from public network congestion.
Implementing a local network offers a vast amount of opportunities for warehouses, agriculture, transportation, and shipping ports. Rural areas with limited or poor network connectivity can also benefit greatly from Private LTE.
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Belfast A City Shaped by Conflict
PLACE's new city tour is a fascinating look at how conflict has shaped Belfast's urban architecture
There is a man with a bicycle at the launch of PLACE NI’s new series of weekly walking tours in Belfast (and one in Derry). It is a fairly nifty bike – it’s yellow and folds up – but if he is setting the pace for the Belfast: A City Shaped by Conflict tour, then this arts journalist will stay back and have a coffee.
Luckily, it turns out that today at least, the tour guide is the strictly pedestrian Aisling Shannon, a Ph.D student at Queen’s University. Her sphere of interest is in the influence of violence on the built environment.
On the face of it, that seems like an easy question to answer – it turns it into rubble. However, Shannon’s tour reveals the odd and knock-on ways that conflict has shaped Belfast. Things that growing up here, you just accepted or never even noticed.
The tour starts at the Europa Hotel, which used to be the most bombed hotel in the world (apparently a Holiday Inn in Beirut has that dubious distinction now). Shannon drops a few interesting factoids about the hotel, such as that one reason the Europa was so frequently bombed was because the press stayed there, so it was convenient for them to get the story.
Then she points out that the Europa is one of the best known hotels in Belfast not because it is the tallest (although it was) or the swankiest but because of its connection to the violence. That is one way that conflict can shape a city, imbuing landmarks with meaning.
From the Europa the tour heads around to Grosvenor Police Barracks. Shannon, after a quick warning not to take pictures, fills us in on the history behind the walls and gun turrets. It turns out that the two-toned walls were designed by an architect in order to minimise the impact on the local community.
Next we head past Galway Street (with some of the few remaining examples of traditional Belfast two-up and two-down housing), out towards the Belfast Met campus and then over the West Link to the Peace Wall.
Walking along here it is hard to believe that the Good Friday agreement was nearly 15 years ago. At 7pm the gates are locked at either end and no-one is allowed through.
Shannon pauses here to explain that part of the natural growth of a city is the expansion and contraction of neighbourhoods. In Belfast, that growth has been artificially retarded by the Peace Walls, almost like a bonsai tree. The Shankill has shrunk, with people moving out and leaving space, while in the Falls space is at a premium.
Interesting tidbits like that sprinkle the tour. The odd-shaped, awkward car-parks that pop up in odd corners of Belfast are another legacy of the violence here. Buildings that were damaged by bombs were often just levelled and repurposed. I would assume the Blitz might be responsible for some of them though?
Or there is the fact that Belfast still happens mostly at ground level. Take a look up and around at the elegant, old Victorian floors above the glossy shop-fronts. In a lot of cities those spaces would be used as flats. Here, they are empty or used as store-rooms. People either didn’t want to live in the city centre, or couldn’t during the ‘Ring of Steel’ years when access to the city was restricted.
The tour isn’t all doom and gloom though. Shannon also points out the potential for peace-time architecture in Belfast. There are modern apartment buildings in the Shankill, the odd-shaped car-parks could become new buildings (although the parking situation would be even worse) and the walls around the police barracks will eventually come down.
After a brief stop at Castlecourt – which was originally meant to be faux-Victorian – the tour heads on down towards ‘Nuala with the Hula' (properly the ‘Beacon of Hope’).
Belfast: A City Shaped by Conflict is probably not the first tour a visitor to the city would think of taking. However, it is a fascinating, speculative look at a Belfast most of us never really think about. It is well worth an hour and a half's walk on a weekend.
Places on Belfast: A City Shaped by Conflict and other PLACE tours can found at http://www.placeni.org/whats_on.


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How will Colorado’s proposed family and medical leave legislation impact your business?
Come to this informative luncheon and find out!
Paid family and medical leave benefits both employers and employees. Research suggests dramatically better outcomes for both mothers and infants, and infant mortality rates drop, when employees have access to paid parental leave. Some believe the state should pass legislation requiring employers to provide family leave to employees. Yet some believe a market-based solution would allow businesses to design a package that works best with their current leave/paid time off package, and enables them to be responsive to the needs of their employees.
Our regional coalition, the Northwest Chamber Alliance, will be presenting a discussion regarding Family and Medical Leave legislation. This will be a joint event by the chambers in Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont, Broomfield, Superior, Louisville and Latino Chamber of Boulder County.
775 W. Baseline Rd., Lafayette, CO
Wednesday, December 11, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Click here for information supporting the FAMLI legislation, and click here to learn about some of the concerns.

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A shortened (and riveting) account of how I got where I am (existential as that is)
While I studied journalism and public relations at Asbury University in Kentucky, I didn’t immediately become a scribe upon graduation. I had long been interested in all things international (my dad trained bush pilots, so I grew up in East Tennessee hearing the stories of lots of people working in remote international locations). Pursuing that interest, I lived in Washington, DC, immediately after college, exploring possible careers on Capitol Hill or in international development. But my writing/journalism interests wouldn’t go away either.
Eventually, I ended up in Nashville, Tenn., working at Starbucks and doing some music industry work….and talking journalism with Tennessean reporters who came for their daily coffee. I gained my first freelance assignments for The Tennessean in 2003, and a freelance career was born. Still interested in all things international, in 2007 I organized a four-month reporting trip that took me to seven countries in Africa. I worked for nonprofits, magazines, and more while interviewing and meeting people ranging from a former Ugandan president to people living in the parking lot behind a Cape Town liquor store. This was my journalism grad school. It was also the junket that birthed the journalistic vision I’m now pursuing.
After that trip, I spent one- to three-month stints abroad and built a full-time freelancing career—while growing my professional skills through doing a wide range of communications, journalism, writing, and editing projects. Then in 2012 I moved to southern France to study French and be better placed for covering outside-the-U.S. stories. Et voilà!
If we ever meet over coffee, I’ll tell you a less-shortened version of the story—the one that includes all the hairpin turns and risky moves and this-life-has-no-map moments.
Integrity requires that my writing have the intentionality inherent in the rest of my life. Thus, at the root of my work is the real pursuit of stories that honor people who have the least opportunity, for myriad reasons, to tell their own stories. Already firmly established as a freelance writer, several years ago now, I was finally released to explore in earnest my long-standing interest in people and places outside the United States. For two initial years I traveled extensively as a writer, returning to Nashville between months-long stints abroad. These travels deeply inform both my domestic and international work. Since then I have continued traveling and now work from a base in southern France.
As I listen to the people I meet and to the whispered clues of cities and country-sides themselves, both at home and away, I am always looking for the story that isn’t normally told, the story that defies cliché and stereotype, the story one has to lean in close to hear. I seek to understand that story well and be the bridge that conveys that understanding to an audience lacking the time, opportunity or skill to discover the unexpected stories on their own.
When I tell stories, I love to discover new ways of weaving words together. Something pleasant dances inside me when words work themselves into the right rhythm for the story they’re telling. I am inspired by prose writers who are also poets, who write for the sake of beauty not only for the sake of information.


Africa’s railroad framework is going to get a noteworthy redesign with the dispatch of its newest quickest invention.
Specialists in Morocco are trying trains equipped for achieving 200mph – the best speed of the Eurostar – cutting voyage times between the nation’s key financial center points by very nearly 66%.
The 215-mile travel from Casablanca to Tangier by means of the capital city of Rabat will now take a little more than two hours, instead of five, when the administration dispatches next summer.
Amid testing on Monday, one prepare achieved 170 mph along an extend of track between the northern urban communities of Kenitra and Tangier, it was uncovered.
“This is already the fastest train on the African continent,” announced French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who was in Morocco to sign a €2 billion (£1.7bn) loan deal between the French Development Agency and Morocco’s national railway operator, the ONCF.
He said the railway, dubbed the LGV and 50 per cent financed by France, was “emblematic of the Franco-Moroccan bilateral relationship”.
According to the latest figures, the project is set to go around 15 per cent over budget, but ONCF head Rabii Lakhlii said the project had still cost “less than €9 million euros per kilometre (£13million per mile), compared to a European standard of €20 million euros per kilometre”.
The route, first mapped out in 2005, was made more complex by hilly terrain and strong winds and required the building of several viaducts including some more than two miles long.
The high-speed trains will be supplied by French conglomerate Alstom, 14 in total, each capable of carrying 533 passengers.
The ONCF expects the line to attract six million traveler within its first three years, with other expansions in the North African country planned for the next three decades.
It currently costs in the region of 136-261 Moroccan Dirham (£11-£21) to take the line all the way from Casablanca to Tangier on the ONCF’s existing service, and Mr Lakhlii said that tickets will cost about 30 per cent more when the LGV rolls out.
Moroccan leaders have heralded the project as a key step in modernising the country’s infrastructure.
But opponents say the project, which has been under construction for six years, unfairly favoured French companies when handing out contracts.
Supporters contend, in any case, that if the new fast railroad prevails with regards to drawing in more sightseers, it will help what is as of now a standout amongst the most lucrative divisions in the Moroccan economy.


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CPABC, in collaboration with the CPABC Surrey/Langley/NDelta Chapter, hosted a free PD session entitled “CPA Program Overview” on February 7 at the Guildford Golf & Country Club in Surrey.
Over 45 members attended this event which was presented by CPABC staff Lily Dayson CPA CGA and Suzanne Berry (pictured above). Chapter chair Carl Markwart CPA CGA served as the emcee for the session.
The session is designed to educate legacy members about the basics of the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP) so that they can feel confident engaging prospective students about the CPA program.
At the conclusion of the session, Carl thanked members for their interest and for being #cpaproud of their designation. Attendees were awarded CPA pins to wear as proud ambassadors of the profession.
Additional sessions are being held at the CPABC office in Vancouver and the session will soon be offered across the province. Watch for details in upcoming chapter emails and chapter blogs.


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I rarely use the "s-word" in the title to a blog post, but an article in today's Washington Post merits it - in spades.
The article in question was displayed below the fold on the front page, and concerned the fact that, even though women are a majority population in Virginia (as they are everywhere else, big duh), no woman has held "statewide elected office" (by which is meant Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General) since Democrat Mary Sue Terry was elected Attorney General back in the 80s.
The article then went on to (of course) insinuate that the big bad Republicans were deliberately discouraging women from running. That's the impression one would get from the portion of the article appearing on the front page. Naturally there was no mention of the fact that female legislators are well represented in both houses of the General Assembly. And of course the Post took pains to mention Republican Gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli in the same paragraph as the failed (and we detested this proposal) attempt to require trans-vaginal ultrasound before an abortion.
However, when one turned to the page on which the article was continued, the banner over the article announced that "one reason" there are few women in "statewide office" is because 'few run".
No shit, Sherlock.
The article is disingenuous because it does not recognize members of the Virginia House and Senate as "Statewide" elected officials even though their decisions affect every resident of and place in the Commonwealth. Really, we here at the Alexandria Daily Poop are more than a bit tired of the Post's sniping at the Commonwealth all the time. If the people at the Post can't just report facts and not try to twist them for partisan political purposes, then we invite them to butt out.


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The last bit of inadvertent influence my father had on the music I listen to — and it’s a big one — is from Sonny Boy Williamson. My father happened to buy a Sonny Boy Williamson record. He didn’t listen to it. I did and my head nearly exploded. Most of my favourite artists are influenced by the blues. I hear the blues in everything. I still listen to and appreciate the music of plenty of great blues artists like B.B. King, Blind Willie McTell, Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton, Lightin’ Hopkins, Little Walter, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, Skip James, Son House, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. But if I have to pick the one blues artist who can’t do wrong, who I know, whatever track you pick, I’m going to love it, it’s Sonny Boy Williamson. In my book, he’s the embodiment of everything that is the blues.
If you don’t like Sonny Boy Williamson, get out of my house.

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Controversial education bill gets Gujarat governor's nodThe Times of India.
The Gujarat Higher Education Council bill was passed in the state assembly on 2 April last year amid protests by the opposition and teachers' federations of the state. The act will bring all the universities of the state under the ambit of a Higher Education Council which will be chaired by the chief minister.
This, according to the state chapter of All India Federation of University and College Teachers’ Organisations or AIFUCTO, will undermine all the existing bodies and structures in higher education, including the department of higher education; the university and its senate and syndicate; as well as the knowledge consortium of Gujarat. “If the bill has been approved in the old form, we have strong objections," said Gujarat President of AIFUCTO, Mahadev Desai. "There is absolute centralisation of powers which may threaten the autonomy of our education system."
Full report on The Times of India site


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PROS: -It was a nice hotel walkable to the main street in National Harbor. -It had several dining options and for the most part, the food was great! -Free Shuttle to everything -The atrium was.nice and provided us with entertainment one of the nights -The staff was all very friendly -The halls were ...
Marvyn from the Bellboy department was extremely helpful and professional, upon the arrival he was there to help us with everything we needed and with his help we got the room ready in a short time instead of the time that the receptionist told us. The rooms are comfortable specially the beds, you ...
Nice and close to Dupont Circle and still walkable to most of the area. Dupont Circle subway stop is also close and will get you where you need to go as well.
The staff was very welcoming especially Katherine . She went out of her way to make us feel like we were at home. Our room was beautiful ..the decor and I have to say the most comfortable bed ever. The linens in your hotel are top rated.
Location near all interested places for sightseeing. Very friendly staff. Free wifi, water and continental breakfast for Hiltonhhonor members. The only thing need to improve is the noise issue near the room door, can hear noice outside of the rooms.
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Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Sunday morning ranked the 7th worst polluted city in the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI).
The air in Dhaka was categorised as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ in the morning and the megacity had an AQI score of 120 at 09:03am.
When the AQI remains in between 151 and 200, members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected in this condition.
South Africa’s Johannesburg, Indonesia’s Jakarta and Pakistan’s Lahore occupied the first three spots in the list of cities with the worst air quality with AQI scores of 195, 156 and 129 respectively.
The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants – Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and Ozone (O3).
Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate characterized by wide seasonal variations in rainfall, high temperatures and humidity.
Dhaka’s air starts getting fresh when rainfalls begin from mid-June. The air remains mostly acceptable during monsoon season from June to October.
Source: United News of Bangladesh


A Record Of Deported Persons
Please note, this event has expired.
A performance of songs with lyrics adapted from interviews with people who have been deported from the United States. Performed by Anthony Barilla and Merel van Dijk.
The culmination of a year of interviews and writing, supported by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
101 N Milby St #3, Houston, TX 77003


Throwback thrillers to terrify
Published: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013 17:08
Never underestimate the power of black and white movies. Though these movies are from a generation where screen shots were limited because of conservative views, and technology lacked special effects as well as HD quality, there are a lot of films that have great substance and tend to go unnoticed simply because they’re not from this century. With Halloween just around the corner, it’d be a true shame to miss out on these classic horror movies that can keep you up at night, wondering what is lurking in the dark.
In 1999, Hollywood made the mistake of releasing a remake of “House on Haunted Hill” based off of the original from 1959. The remake received terrible reviews, and it will never compare to the classic Vincent Price original. Price was a well-known actor for appearing in horror or warped movies, and was also famous for his distinguished voice that had the power to make any narration sound terrifying. You can hear him narrate the end of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson; he gives the famous cackle at the very end. Despite his long resume in the horror movie genre (dating from the 1930’s to his death in 1993), a lot of his greatest movies go unnoticed. “House on Haunted House,” which Price stars in, is a classic example of the typical haunted house movie with a few spooky surprises. What usually turns people off is the fact that it was made in 1959, so no special effects were added. But at the time, directors managed to get creative with scares, and they certainly got creative within this film. “Expect the unexpected” is one thing to remember when viewing “House,” because the thrills can really sneak up on you.
Another classic Price is famous for is “House of Wax.” No, not the 2005 remake where (spoiler!) Paris Hilton gets a pole through her head. In the 1953 version, no one gets a pole through their head, but it does leave you wondering what happens when an artist goes mad and is willing to do anything to make their work more lifelike. Price delivers yet another astonishing performance that may leave you jumpy but wanting more. His list of movies goes on throughout the decade, so there are plenty to choose from.
Taking a step further back in time, 1930’s and 40’s Hollywood began to pump out the typical monster movies that we all know and love. Such titles include “The Wolf Man” (1941), “Dracula” (1931), and “The Mummy” (1932).
However, one title that has gone largely unnoticed is “Freaks” (1932). Although the concept behind the movie is offensive, it’s important to keep in mind that this movie was made in a time before being politically correct was an issue. It’s a simple movie about deformed circus people who are very loyal to the leader of their sideshow, until a woman wants to marry him for his money. Of course, they find out, and it doesn’t end well for her. What makes this movie terrifying is the song they sing right before they strike and the fact that the camera never really shows what exactly happens to the woman. It is left up to our imagination. The climactic scene has been parodied in “South Park,” among other shows, and the film is widely regarded as a cult hit.
The list of horror movies goes on, including titles such as “The Haunting” (1963), where mysterious screams and shadows will leave you shaking, and “The Howling” (1981), which gives a very different perspective on the werewolf genre. We cannot forget Alfred Hitchcock, either; “Psycho,” “The Birds,” “Rear Window” and plenty more, still scary today. So put away “Halloween,” “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Saw” and try something more old-school. They’re not technical marvels, but these movies will leave you wondering what the bump you heard in the night was.


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It’s that time of year again! That most glorious time each summer when for one magical week the Capital Fringe festival is extended. It’s a great chance to see the hit Fringe shows you missed or revisit ones you loved. For us, however, the most exciting prospect of Extension Week is resurgence of our favorite game […]
For the past 12 years, DC’s Capital Fringe Festival provides performance space and resources to small theatre companies, solo and performance artists, dance troupes, musicians, and more. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Julianne Brienza, has managed the festival since its inception, including overseeing a major shift in location from a rented space near the Convention […]
Imagine a bird emoji tweeting. No, it’s not another bizarre White House official message. The Hodgepodge Group has adapted Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. It would be wise to be have read the original or at least be familiar with the plot prior to this production. I read it way too long ago in high school.
Break out your pink pussy hats! Wonder if Gloria Steinam and Florynce Kennedy started this way? The production of Portraits of Grrrls felt like I walked into a high school guidance counselor’s activity. This should not diminish the discussions, content, importance, and impact this activity has, I’m just not sure this is the venue for […]
Jon Johnson here, managing to score an interview with the director of Shakespeare in the Pub’s “Fringe” offering – Titus Andronicus, as well as the head honcho of the company itself. I’m pleased to introduce Jill Tighe, director, and John Stange, producer. Mr. Stange has been producing Shakespeare in the Pub productions for the past […]
Some people find the Fringe festival to be an intimidating environment. Sure there’s a ton of great art and stuff going on, but how can one truly connect with the people behind the art and form meaningful bonds of friendship that will last a lifetime? In short, the answer is ponies.
By nature of being a Fringe festival, DC’s Capital Fringe often sees provocative or pioneering work that pushes the envelope. This year, one unsuspecting play in particular has struck a nerve with the outside world. Theatre Prometheus’ production of Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett has attracted the attention of the Far Right Pro-Life community.
Lorraine to John’s idea of writing a piece about getting to Fringe: “Yes! Public transportation! Very funny!” 4:15 p.m. It’s pouring rain and I need to be at Atlas by 6:30 for a Hexagon live chat. Leaving Gaithersburg now because the traffic will be a mess. Probably take me 45 mins. just to get to […]
Lakeboat was thought controversial when it debuted 40 years ago, but now it seems almost quaint, verging on classy. The very first script by David Mamet, it features many of the hallmarks of his style: vulgar language, clipped and repeated dialogue, and men being macho and misogynistic.
It’s a sold out house, the second performance of Numesthesia, my third Capital Fringe Festival show. The audience is great. I’m feeling their energy; the musicians and I are riding a synergistic wave with them. We’re in the moment. We’re all helping each other. There’s a communal spirit that unites audience and performers.