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I'm a new member...Hello!
Looking into purchacing a new CTS-V in a few weeks. Having owned a few Vettes I'm very familiar with the LSx engive platform...these babies REALLY respond to modifications!!
Question: I just started browsing this forum and noticed that no one is really talking about increase the performance of the motor. I know internally all the Vette Mods will work, however what is available outside the block that can be done to the motor..ie. Intake, Headers, Hi-Flow Cats, Exhaust, MAF, Supercharging etc...
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Welcome to the forum,
A few people have installed cold air intakes and posted their experiences with them recently. More Performance Inc. has posted some results of their ATI supercharger kit (I'm 99% sure it was an ATI kit), Mallett Cars Ltd, offers a comprehensive solution i.e. engine, ported heads, headers, shocks, wheels and tires... and Corsa will be offering an exhaust system in a couple of weeks or so. Highflow cats and a MAF for the V are the only things I haven't heard anything about on this forum or any other place.
- 05-11-04 11:15 PM #3DarthVader Guest
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Since the V is a relatively new machine with low build quantities, there aren't a lot of V specific performance mods yet. Several companies are working on these right now and would expect we'll see more goodies this summer. Some of these topics have been discussed in the past few weeks; a little searching or browsing should bring you up to "speed."
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To add to what others have already posted....MAF and Throttle Body are avail for the Z06/LS6 and will fit the CTS-V, but are generally considered a total waste of $. Feel free to be the Guinea Caddy, no one has yet to buy, install and report back on these.
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Any other "power adders/enhancers" would only further aggrevate the wheel hop.
Getting all that extra power to the ground will only get harder.
- 05-12-04 11:17 AM #6Cadillac Owners Enthusiast
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I'd list new tires in that bunch, since the runflats are not what I would call 'high performance' despite what they may claim. I've seen the tread on the tires off the car. I got Michelin Pilot Sport XLs and I am happy.
I have the CAK and I will be doing throttle body and MAF sensor one the Corsa exhaust is ready. I'll let everyone know how that goes.
Head/cam can be done by any LS6 shop, basically. I don't want it due to the extra noise.
Short shift kit may have to wait for the GTO model to come out due to the different mount from a 'Vette. Mid-mounted versus rear-mounted.
Corsa exhaust ETA is 1-2 weeks as far as I know. Hopefully less. Noone other than Mallett claims to have headers done yet, but he won't sell em to you for months anyhow, if he ever decided to. You have to buy his $16k package for that.
Computer/dyno tune through my shop is $325. I think some other places are around the same. Claims to pick up ~10hp on that alone. I can't wait to see the results from the Corsa, since the exhaust system on the V is SO restrictive. That's why the airbox claims 20+ rwhp alone. I am hoping the throttle body will improve flow as well since the one on there, to quote my shop guy, is a 'cute little mini throttle body'.
If you are in the Tri-State area I can tell you where to take it for mods.
Oh, I forgot the FG2 suspension. Mine should be in this week I am thinking, I will let everyone know how that goes. If you get your shop to order from the dealer it's around $1170 before sales tax. They will try to bang you for $1365 which is the GM mark-up. If your dealer is decent they will let it go at shop price, mine did.
I personally don't sweat the wheel hop, since I don't 1/4 mi. or race like a maniac at every stop light.
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If the Z06 is anything like the LT-1, you cannot change components without a reprogram. An aftermarket MAF and /or TB will throw off the acceptable ranges in the tables of the PCM. I doubt this thing is adaptive. It will throw codes. Same for swapping to larger injectors. For the masses, a good intake, exhaust, change the stat will probably add 30 horses. Thats a lot on this car. Imagine how fast it would be if you could hard launch it. So far, we cant!....Again, the aircleaner is about the same size as my 4 cyl toyota.
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Chaging the T-Stat (-20deg) in an all aluminum block increases wear exponentially (just as being over temp by 20deg for continous periods also would do the same). There are a number of studies on this.
Unless you are doing some other major (not just bolt on) mods I would stay away from the tstat.
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Thanks for all the great replys guys! I started doing alot of research late last night after putting up this post. I'm extremly familiar with the engine itself. In fact my Vette is putting out close to 500rwhp being normally aspirated (Stroker motor) and additional 200hp on the Nitrous...so I certainly am VERY excited about the potential of this car and the drivetrain.
Questions were more directed to Caddy Specific area's like the amount of room under the hood for headers, CIA, Exhaust, Shifter etc. I guess since the car is still so new that these parts will be coming shortly. IMHO I really can't get over how "soft" the shifter is (of course I have a B&M Ripper short throw) in the Vette to compare it against, but it still feels weaker then it should for a car of this power. Any future talk about anyone working on this ie. B&M or Hurst?
Does anyone know if the clutch is from the Z06 or the standard C5? The tranny is the T-56 which is from the C5 so I guess the clutch would be as well, but maybe not. With the T-56 this car would do great with 4.10's in the rear. I know that sounds like alot but 6th at a .5 ratio it is acutally perfect combination.
I just discovered through my searching as well the More Performance is doing alot of work on this car. Owner Mike Osh is a friend of mine and has built several motors for my Vette. He is a top quality guy and does great work...best of all he ALWAYS stands behind his work and if your not happy he'll always make it right.
- 05-12-04 07:41 PM #10DarthVader Guest
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A CTS-V has a 0.56:1 6th gear. (good FAQ material...)
Gear-Ratio-MPH/1000-Max MPH
Same 1-6 ratios as a Z06, but different than a regular C5 and F-bodies.
Tremec T56 (M12)
Type: six speed rear-wheel-drive, manual overdrive transmission
Maximum engine torque: 400 lb-ft (542 Nm)
Maximum validated gross vehicle weight: 4000 lb (1680 kg)
Case material: aluminum
Center distance: 85mm
Fluid type: DEXRON III
Transmission weight: wet: 54.9 kg (121 lb)
Fluid capacity (approximate) dry: 3.8L (4.0 qt)
*Combination of double-cone and triple-cone synchronizers on all forward gears.
*Needle bearings on all forward gearsets
*5th and 6th gear synchros located on countershaft (allowing selection of 5 & 6 without affecting 1 - 4) contributing to easier shifting.
- 05-12-04 07:47 PM #11Cadillac Owners Enthusiast
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With the size of the car and just for general purposes I wouldn't touch their (More Performance) ATI kit with no intercooler, however.
My shop is going to experiment with the f-body kit for the Procharger, since it may mount on the lower side of the engine. As far as shifters go, as I mentioned we may have to wait for the GTO kit since the 'Vette shifters won't work with this car. I think due to production #s we have a much better chance of a Hurst GTO kit than a V kit. Hurst said they have nothing in production for the V at this time. Mallett has one, but again he won't sell just the kit unless you drop the big dollars, and he said it MIGHT be out in July by itself. I wouldn't hold my breath.
I haven't contaced Kooks or LG about headers, but someone may want to out of curiosity.
I think getting around 470 at the crank without any engine work is realistic. Anything beyond that will require a head/cam or blower. I will be doing a lot of testing myself, so I'll keep everyone up-to-date with dyno slips, etc.
Call me stupid or a purist, but I will never put a new motor in this car. Kind of defies the point, as far as I am concerned. Work with whatcha got. The 2006s with the LS7 aren't too far away anyhow.
- 05-12-04 08:04 PM #12DarthVader Guest
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So...does the V shifter bolt directly into the T-56 like a F-body or is it linkage actuated like a GTO and C5?
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I was told the GTO and V have direct-bolt and no linkage. Mallett said something about reticulating parts that make it a bitch to integrate. If the GTO has linkage I guess we are screwed in that respect too.
Mallett isn't very free with his info but if one of you wanted to call him and find out he might be nice if you pretend to be interested in getting a 2nd mortgage for one of his packages.
- 05-12-04 09:05 PM #14DarthVader Guest
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When my V gets here in a month, I'll be in guinea pig and tear my shifter apart and figure out what the guts look like. Hopefully it is just like a f-bod!
Here's the GTO shifter linkage... http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154225
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Awesome. I don't like the shift either. I want a short throw kit badly. I don't drag, I just like the crisp throws of a Hurst. But then again I don't want to have a shop do something custom, because it won't be tested and/or warrantied. Tough call, I will wait it out till someone comes up with something decent.
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Or, simply, take the opinion of the Virginia Association of School Librarians, which recently named the Dumbarton Elementary library its library of the year – making it the first elementary school ever to win the award.
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Dumbarton is unique in the way it utilizes its library as a developmental classroom for students. Instead of simply being dropped off by their teachers to spend time inside, students in second through fifth grades come to the libraries with their teachers to work on special projects and assignments that go beyond simply researching and reading.
"The teachers buy into the flexible schedule because they are a part of it and see the academic results in their students," Henrico Deputy Superintendent for Policy and Elementary Education Pat Kinlaw wrote in a nomination letter on behalf of the school.
Achieving buy-in from teachers for the new system required some adjustment, principal Eileen Traveline said. But "I don't think anyone would go back now. Once they got in there and realized the benefit of it for the children an their learning, I don't think they would turn back."
Reaching a diverse student body
Dumbarton has a diverse student population – 43 percent black, 25 percent white, 17 percent Hispanic and 9 percent Asian – and more than a quarter of its students speak English as a second language. Panter found that many children and their parents had not been to a county library, so she established regular family literacy nights at the school, during which students play literacy-themed games and read with their families. On other nights, translators explain the program to new ESL families and encourage parents to get their own school library cards as a way to help them learn English.
The school also has organized several field trips to public libraries to further its education and outreach efforts.
Because only about half of Dumbarton's students live in households that have computers, it's even more critical that they are exposed to technology in school, Traveline said.
"If we don't provide them with 21st-century skills, then they don't get them," she said.
Traveline credits Panter with creating the culture that has helped students excel.
"She's very innovative, very much on top of what current research says," Traveline said. "She has a vision, and she's constantly trying to think of new things to do.
"The kids are excited about what they're doing. They're working in groups, they're collaborating, they're learning."
Panter and Dumbarton officials have viewed the school's library as a model for other elementaries because of the unique way it serves its community. Now, the VaASL has concurred.
"Ms. Panter integrates information literacy, skillful research and inquiry, and ethical use of technology for all students," VaASL officials said in a statement announcing the award.
The library's "open-access" model is designed to encourage students to spend time in the library any time. With their teachers' permission, students can visit the library during the school day to return and check out books.
"People just think that kids just come to the library, read books and go, and that's just not how it is in Henrico and at Dumbarton," Panter said. "We collaborate with teachers to come up with projects to teach SOL skills on problem solving drills.
"I'm hoping that we'll become even more of a model, especially with the collaboration piece."
Thanks to federal stimulus money several years ago, the school was able to purchase 10,000 new books for its library, replacing a number of old ones in the process. Now, with a complement of 15,000 books overall, students have plenty from which to choose – and choose they do. They check out an average of 7,000 books each month.
Dumbarton also recently earned a grant from the Henrico Education Foundation to support its e-reader incentive program, which Panter identified as a way to engage students who weren't excited about reading. Students can check out an e-reader for six weeks, take it home and read with their parents.
"The ultimate goal is for kids to love to read," Panter said. "Students will check out the [e-readers] for six weeks and twice a week will come to the library to discuss the books they're reading. Parents are invited once a week as well."
Said HEF program manager Paula Roop of Panter's concept: "We like the idea that she was trying to use technology to impact achievement. By letting children take it home, it engages the parents as well as students."
Dumbarton officials will be honored during the VaASL Conference in Hampton Nov. 9.
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Since this is my first post to the Ancestry blog, let me start out by introducing myself. My name is David Graham and I'm the product manager responsible for the community areas of the website, which include the different tools you use to connect with each other and to help each other on Ancestry.com.
My first exposure to family history years ago was helping my grandmother do data entry as she moved from a paper tree to a digital one. As I've gotten more involved in family history and interacted with more people in the family history community I have found that the interest and passion is definitely contagious! I'm always amazed and inspired by how helpful the family history community is, whether it is reaching out on the Message Boards, sharing research, or just sharing research tips and tricks.
I just wanted to quickly let everyone know about a new feature we've introduced on the Message Boards. We now automatically recognize last names included in message board posts and offer special links to additional surname resources.
These links will look different than direct hyperlinks that members may include in their posts, and will not interfere with any hyperlinks in the message. When you move your mouse over the linked last name you will get links to the surname message board for that last name and to a special page offering family history facts and resources for the surname.
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We hope that giving quick links to these resources makes it easier to find all the valuable information available to help you research your family history. If you have any specific feedback about this new feature please email it to feedback @ ancestry.com. We hope to be able to make improvements based on your feedback. I also hope we can continue to do more to improve your experience connecting with each other and working together in this great online community.
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Mr. Graham, I would rethink this one. As we are now seeing, nearly every capitalized word is being underlined. There is no way this will work. Check out the posts that have been done since y'all announced this "wonderful" new toy. Countries are underlined, Words beginning a sentence are underlined. Concentrate on the things that need fixing and leave the cutsy things alone. They just muddle up the message boards and do no one any good.
Mr. Graham,
If the powers that be insist on retaining this marketing tool, there is a possible way to make it less stupid and disruptive.
Message Board Administrators have suggested keying the links solely to the surnames listed in the surname box that is with each message. Since the program cannot differentiate between regular words and surnames in the message body, this change in the search field would minimize the very irritating popups that readers are now subjected to.
The post I left yesterday on Ancestry forum has several words underlined. These words begin sentences, they are not surnames. Your program cannot differentiate between that. This is stupid with a capital S.
I just this morning posted a feedback about this "feature".
We hope that giving quick links to these resources makes it easier to find all the valuable information available to help you research your family history.It is extremely distracting to see these totally irrelevant pop-ups when hovering over a word in a forum message. The links that are being generated have nothing whatsoever to do with the topic at hand and just create confusion.
As far as I'm concerned, this is an idea that has no legs. I do not want to see these inappropriate links and was very dismayed to find that I cannot disable them in "My Account Options". At the very least, board administrators should be able to disable them for a particular forum.
When I clicked on an underlined word in a post, I found this:
"The thank Surname
Name Meaning and History
Sorry, we couldn't find a name meaning for the thank last name. Try using an alternate form of the name, or a different last name.
Even though we don't have thank surname meaning for you, we may have original historical records for your thank ancestors. Try searching Ancestry now. Share this page with friends and family
thank Family Facts
Name Distribution (US)
Name Distribution (UK)
Place of Origin
Immigration Year
Ports of Departure
Life Expectancy
Civil War ServiceDistribution of thank Families in the US in 1920
Number of thank families 3-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records
Click on a state to view thank census records
How is this helpful?
You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for thank records.
You can see how thank families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
What do I do next?
The information for this map came from Ancestry.com's US Federal Census Collection.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
Click here to search thank census records."
Mr. Graham, this is the kind of nonsense you are perpetuating here. We need a way to at least turn this nonsense off.
This needs to be re-examined. Last names, first names, place names, the word "County", "May" as in the month of, etc. all getting linked. Sometimes the name gets linked in one portion of the message and not another.
Occasionally, it is helpful to highlight a portion of a message and copy it for further review off-line or paste it into a comment/note field,e.g. obits. Try doing that with the links scattered all over the place. It doesn't happen. Someone needs to apply some common sense to these "enhancements" before they become operational.
And the same situation with message boards on RootsWeb. FTM 2008 release, online family tree transition, and now this. I'm beginning to wonder. Who is minding the store?
I have more information on Marshall Cousineau and Lydia Hadley. Lydia was my aunt and Marshall was Lydia's husband and step-brother.
Dear Mr. Graham,
I just finished an email to the help section because I could not find anything relating to the new "feature" requesting a way to TURN IT OFF!
Doing a copy and paste of a simple obituary or other information becomes a massive bunch code intersperced with the original data.
If you really want to keep such a "feature", create it so that a person can highlight a word, them press some magic button to get the same results, if they so choose.
This would accomplish two things: the community posts would be easier to read (not so distracting with all the underlines) and cutting and pasting information would return to normal.
If you really want to improve the community boards, you should consider returning the ability to read/print entire threads of a post, rather than having to go to each individual post.
In addition to my earlier comment, should point out that 'same surname = same family' is one of the oldest genealogical mistakes.
Emphasis on surname collections rather than real data is useless.
This is but one way in which Ancestry and another large organization continue to perpetuate and exploit Bad Genealogical Research.
Do you have users who test your ideas? The concept sounds great, but the implementation has big problems. Most regular users of the message boards would have immediately given you a negative rating had they seen it in action. Why don't you put your resources to implimenting some of the improvements suggested by users for improving the search feature or other aspects of the online experience that users have been suggesting for months.
Dave go back and have a good talk with your Grandmother, She's the one that's has the family tree and see whats She thinks about it. Do you have a family tree?
It looks as if some of the complaints here are being addressed. Thanks, Ancestry!
Yesterday morning, there were a great many words underlined that definitely shouldn't have been, but that doesn't seem to be the case as of this morning. I chose a message at random and the only words underlined were surnames and place names, but I did notice that on one of my own messages, there was NO underline under one of the surnames, so it would seem that there are yet still some kinks to be ironed out.
I would agree that maybe this feature should have been tested a bit more before being unveiled, but wow, some of the comments here? A bit harsh.
I also think this idea should be reviewed. I just looked at some messages. The two occupation words "Head Carpenter" are both underlined. The month August is underlined as well as a number of first names and county names that could also be surnames but are not surnames in the message. It really is of little value. It is just as easy to type in the surnames in the "Find a Board" text box. That way I can get to the counties too.
One user's suggestion to link those surnames in the surname list seems like a good alternative.
Family facts are marginally interesting but when I'm doing research through the message boards, reading up on the history of the family surname is not a high priority. Yes, you can link to Federal Census by Surname/State but you seem to be trying to anticipating research sequence that doesn't fit 99% of the users.
CJackson – mine as well as other comments may seem harsh but that is a reflection of customer disatisfaction with TGN trying to give us cutsie things when the development resources could be used to give us accurate data downloads (i.e. import errors in WWII draft registration records, links to some records) as well as more data.
I'm not sure who is talking to the customer but it seems like there are a lot of wrong turns lately by TGN.
I personally see no value in this feature.
If I want to research a surname, I know enough to go to the respective board.
Also, I hate the way it's been implemented with DHTML pop-up. I find myself having to remember to move the mouse off to the side of the browser window just to make sure those things don't intrude and block the text that I'm trying to read.
A Navy Captain I used to work for at the Pentagon used to say, "K.I.S.S. it!" (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
First you destroy the flow of message board *threads* to accomodate ads.
Now you add the ridiculous linking marketing tool to every message board message.
This new feature is causing frequent error messages that my browser cannot open the message, together with redirect to a standard internet error page.
The links go to nothing useful: there is a search box for surname message boards on *every* message board page. The alleged informational links are factually barren. The link to the ancestry Books at amazon is insulting: don't your decision makers know that 'same surname' is not necessarily 'same family'?
What happened to the idea that folks will be attracted to excellent product, rather than to intensive marketing?
Presenting this as an 'improvement' is also insulting. None of your customers or Boards users requested this.
You are making the Message Boards very inhospitable.
A paying customer
I tried sending feedback as requested, but Feedback was "Unavailable".
I hate to pile on, but this new feature that you have introduced (your words, not mine)is horrible. Not only does it highlight more than I suspect you intended (example – first name John:
Related Resources
John Family History Facts
John Surname Message Board)
But it's unncessary in the context of the message boards. If you need to implement it, can you at least provide an easy to recognize method to disable it? As K. Clark hinted, having to remember to move the cursor outside of the window before scrolling, is not desirable.
Web 2.0 can be cool, but let's do some usability testing.
Fist time user and subscriber of Ancestry .com.
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Please take this "improvement" away. There are not words to describe how annoying this feature is. I just tried to read a 7 line message that had over 40 words recognized as surnames.
The special linking needs a ton of work. In the following examples, the words that are specially linked are marked by an asterisk:
is linking non-surnames "Did you Register* Family Tree* Maker*?"
"Register" can be a surname, but not in the context.
misses a surname "He was married to Ida M. Record."
"Record" is a surname in this context, but apparently the programmers excluded it just as they did "Family".
The linking would be better in the SURNAMES entry. Not only would the programming be easier (every word in the Surnames field should be a surname and therefore no exclusions would be necessary), it would be far less annoying for those who run the mouse pointer along the text as they read. It doesn't seem the programmers took that habit into consideration.
Please change the special linking to the SURNAMES entry rather than the message text.
Mr. Graham,
Why don't you just come right out and say that you don't care how much people hate this message board disruption? That is Ancestry's track record so far. The dreadful deconstruction of the message board threads a year ago was really not necessary to accomodate ad space, but y'all did it anyway.
The poor programmers have tweaked the program a bit so that surnames followed by a geographic feature name are often not tagged, but the computer still tags the locality words 'County' and 'Valley' following the surname words.
This is getting sillier and sillier.
Is this the only way your department can think of to market the stupid Surname books to unwise beginners?
Would TGN collapse if Ancestry devoted 6 months solely to solving the problems that have been brought to your attention, instead of making all of these changes that are so unwelcome and discouraging to users?
To be honest, I am dreading the roll-out of the search engine changes. It is clear that those directing the redesign do not understand how people use Ancestry and Rootsweb for research help and do not care about fact-based genealogical research.
Please turn this off right now!
Mr. Graham, Every month it seems something changes. There are items I found years ago on ancestry and they are no longer found in the searches. If you are replacing links with this new feature I fear you will lose your memebers. Next time try a BETA test and get some feed back. You may know history but you are lacking in code knowlegde.
Terrible – please remove. It is now impossible to cut and paste information while researching. I pay for the ability to use information – I do not want to spend my time taking out junk code from this information. You need to stop mucking up things and just provide the service people are paying for – records and indexing.
You have just proved what most have suspected – that the people directing this lunacy have no experience with or knowledge about genealogical research.
While reading an obituary my mouse cursor accidentally passed over the name of the County. Up popped a very large window covering half of the obit. Here is what it said:
Related ResourcesGreene County, Alabama Board
Greene County, Arkansas Board
Greene County, Georgia Board
Greene County, Illinois Board
Greene County, Indiana Board
Greene County, Iowa Board
Greene County, Mississippi Board
Greene County, Missouri Board
Greene County, New York Board
Greene County, North Carolina Board
Greene County, Ohio Board
Greene County, Pennsylvania Board
Greene County, Tennessee Board
Greene County, Virginia Board
One of the above was the message board on which I was trying to read the obituary.
Mr. Graham, there is no genealogical reason whatever that someone interested in data concerning a family in one County would have an interest in a County by the same name elsewhere.
No reason. None at all. Zilch. Nada.
Therefore, your large disruptive popupse serve *solely* to irritate Message Boards users even more.
I also note that you now have a little 'x' on the big popup to close it. That would be fine if it then stayed closed, but it doesn't. And since your program has now tagged so many words in all of the messages, chances are good that if you click on the 'x' your cursor will land on another highlighted word, opening yet another aggravating popup.
People have kindly, patiently, and with forebearance tried to explain to you why this whole endeavor is a really irritating, non-helpful idea.
Please indicate with a reply on this board, whether you understand what people are trying to say, and are passing on the message to whoever has directed this mess.
Mr. Graham —– oh Mr. Graham —– David —– where are you?????
You asked for our feedback, now we want yours.
Not really a comment about blog – just don't know where else to go right now. I can't believe there is not a telephone number where we can reach someone when we have a problem on the Ancestry Home Page
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This is not a needed change; every month/week something new that is not necesary or user friendly.
In essence, most of these changes are staged toward marketing than genealogy
I vote no.
This new feature is ANNOYING.
Please get rid of it. Now. Immediately. Yesterday.
and take that One World Tree with you, the ancestry hints with the stupid leaves and that new ancestry member tree too.
All these new gimmicks, gadgets and graphics are useless to research.
This is what we are paying top dollar for?
Who think of these things.
This is a terrible "Feature* – if you can call it that.
Not only is it annoying, but I cannot figure out if one person who tested this could possibly have tried to copy and paste a message from the boards.
I think some explanation of why you think losing the ability to copy a whole message is good, would be appropriate. Hello?
Let's see…28 comments over 9 days and not one of them positive. Please tell us this is just a test preview and that we will be able to disable this.
Mr. Graham,
No forthcoming reply to this irritating "new feature" other than you've tweeked it…which also does not work.
Since you have essentially doomed my PAID subscription usefullness by at least 1/3rd, may I expect a refund of same????
D.M. Behl –
Message Boards are not included in ANY paid subscriptions – they are available for anyone to access simply by registering.
You are not out a penny, no matter how crappy the Boards get. And I'm sure that Ancestry isn't done crapping on us.
I am going more concerned each time at go to the family trees to see that LIVING people are being presented and discussed! I am really concerned that some people like to post medical information which is so inappropriate at these entertainment sites.
I have had this happen to me and after attending a conference last month, discovered that it has happed to other subscribers!!!!!
When I wrote to Ancestry to get help in having the submitter REMOVE the data, they said they were NOT responsible for anything printed at any site, at any of there websites.
When I asked the submitter to remove the information, I was told that he wasn't even a relative or descendant of the family!!!! He had found the information somewhere, couldn't tell me where, and that he believed such information was helpful to family members.
I told him that the person he wrote about never married so no descendants. AND, that the point was his information was complete WRONG. He told me he would leave it there because it was his site and if I didn't like, I should start my own site.
We believe that Generations Network DOES have a responsibility to his subscribers and participants to regulate negative 'Bloggin' style sites.
When a member presents a problem with a particular website, it should and must be investigated!! Your
'abusive comments' above is exactly what I am discussing.
Why can't the living and the deceased be protected from the kind of 'abuse' that has started to surface and the family tree sites.
Any suggestions?
This is TOTALLY a waste. The words having this pop up feature are NOT surnames, they are NOT board locations. The pop up windows are irritating. SHUT THIS OFF.
I've been doing genealogy for over 25 years now (see how many times I've posted help for others on the mailing lists and message boards).
This system has NO value to even new researchers. If they want Stevens County Washington, why would they want to look at the Stevens family name, or all the other Stevens County's in the USA. A lot of capitalized names are being "identified" as surnames.
I want a feature to shut this off, or just take it off the system. It's worthless.
Ron Bestrom
In one randomly chosed 8 Mar 2008 posting [below] there are 14 Surnames WITH* links and 14 Surnames WITHOUT+ links; these being the obvious and absolute Surnames.
I only noted each linked* or unlinked+ Surname ONCE; but that is not case within the posting.
Other links within posting noted in [ ], including repeat Surnames, given names, etc.; although many given names that COULD be Surnames are not linked.
George Frank Taylor*, a retired farmer, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Gupton+ in the Ebenezer community at 12:30 am Wed 14 Jan after a brief illness of pneumonia, at the age of 82. The son of the late [Miskel] Taylor and Mrs. Margaret Arnett* [Taylor], he was born in [Green Co]., 20 Dec 1870. He was a member of the Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church. He was united in marriage to Miss Roberta Hines* some 60 years ago. She preceded him in death November, 1938. To this union one son and three daughters were born. Surviving are: Mrs. E. E. Gupton, Mrs. Evie Perkins*, both of Green County; two brothers, Linzie [Taylor], [Pleasant Plains], IL., Albert [Taylor], Louisville; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p m. Thursday at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, with Rev. V.A. Jones+ in charge. Burial was in the Curry* cemetery. Pallbearers were Jerome Loy*, William D. Strader+, Eugene Bass*, Loren [Bass], [Lilburn] Kelly+, G. W. Dewitt+. Honorary pallbearers were W. A. Paxton+, [Otis] Moss*, Elroy Jeffries*, Elmer Clark*, Frank [Clark], Chick Pickett*, Willie Warren+, Marvin Brown+, Blain Tucker*, R. H. Gupton.
Obituaries of [Green Co]. Ky., Vol. 9, compiled by [Eunice] Montgomery* Wright*, p. 218
Marriages of [Green Co]., Ky., 1891 – 1900, compiled by Judy Froggett*, p. 90: George F [Taylor] and Birdie A. Hinds+. Bond 22 Sept 1892. John Davis+ on bond. Groom age 21, lst mg., farmer, born Green Co., parents born [Green Co]. Bride age 21, lst mg., born [Green Co]., parents born [Green Co]. Married 22 Sept 1892 at clerk's office by W.H. Milby+. Wit. Charles D. Allen+ and J.R. Vaughn+.
Located 5 [Miles] South of Greensburg, Ky. Along US 68
Family notations by Ruth [Perkins], Cemetery Transcription by Ruth [Perkins] and Bill [Clark], Aug 2000
Taylor, George F. Dec 20, 1870 – Jan 14, 1953 (son of [Levi] Miscal & Margaret [Arnett] [Taylor])
Taylor, Roberta A. Sep 15, 1870 – Nov 18, 1938 (dau of Samuel & Mary C. Murry+ [Hinds])
At best, your tweeking of this new feature is now about 50% correct.
The above remarks also do not include the remainder of the 8 Mar 2008 post that included census data; linked items noted in [ ]:
1880 [Green Co]. Ky. Census
Census Place: E.D. 56, Green, Kentucky
Source: FHL Film 1254416 National Archives Film T9-0416 Page 640B
Levi M. TAYLOR Self M M W 38 KY; Occ: Laborer Fa: VA Mo: VA
Margerette [TAYLOR] Wife F M W 38 KY; Occ: Keeping House Fa: [KY] Mo: [KY]
Martha S. TAYLOR [Dau] F S W 13 KY; Fa: [KY] Mo: [KY]
Elisabeth E. TAYLOR [Dau] F S W 11 [Ky]; Fa: [KY] Mo: [KY]
George F. TAYLOR Son M S W 9 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY
Albert M. TAYLOR Son M S W 7 KY; Fa: KY Mo: KY
Tura [TAYLOR] [Dau] F S W 5 KY; Fa: [KY] Mo: [KY]
Elisa T. TAYLOR [Dau] F S W 3M KY; Fa: [KY] Mo: [KY]
1910 [Green Co]. Ky. Miracode census index
George F Taylor; ED: 0045; W; 38; Ky; Visit: 0021; Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife [Bertie] A 38, [Ky ][Dau] Violet M 08, [Ky] [Dau] [Ollie] D 03, [Ky]
1920 [Green Co]. Ky. Census; EXIE Series: T625 Roll: 572 Page: 89; [Heritage] [Quest] Census Images
George Franklin [Taylor], 48, Ky; Birdie Ann, 49, Ky; Violet M., 18, Ky; [Ollie] D., 11, Ky;
1930 [Green Co]. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Greensburg, Green, Kentucky; Roll: 747; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 974.0. Ancestry.com Census Images; 28 / 29
George F. Taylor, 58, age 20 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy; Birdie A., wife, 58, age 21 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy
Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb
TAYLOR, GEORGE F; age 082; death place GREEN; residence GREEN; death date 14 Jan 1953
As an aside to my comment regarding the message boards being a cost of my PAID SUBCRIPTION, no one can be fooled into thinking is not. PAID subscriptions are the nut that pays for hosting "free" content and their advertising and marketing $$ is their PROFIT!!
If everyone cancelled their PAID subscriptions tomorrow; only 2 things could happen.
1) The "free" content would be overflowing with advertising.
2) It would ALL disappear.
I could have ignored the links on words that are NOT surnames (in the message context) and locations.
I could have ignored the links taking me to the board of another county by the same name in a different state.
I could have ignored the links to the useless Ancestry screen showing the meaning, history, and distribution of a surname.
I would have been ecstatic if ONLY this "feature" benefited one surname: Born.
But oh, no, they programmed in exclusions for one of the hardest surnames to research. Absolute brilliance…. (sarcasm flowing)
I don't have as strong a reaction as some of the other posters, but I have to think that this "feature" is making Ancestry look pretty darned silly, at the very least.
Other posters have suggested that the links should only be applied to the surnames that the poster identified as being relevant to the post. The problem is, that this requires the poster to do a reasonable job of filling in that field, which requires that the poster understand how that field is going to be used.
So my suggestion: How about taking the programming effort that went into this "feature", and re-target it towards helping posters identify the surnames that they're using in their posts? With modern browsers, this doesn't even have to require any extra page hits.
Sure, this won't help anyone who's reading an older post; it'll only help those who are creating new posts. But if you don't do something, soon, there won't be anyone left to help.
What happened to the search function on Minnesota birth and death records? Before, I was able to find all children born to and . I could search with first names only or last names only. I am finding I have lost some services/features I regularly used. Will these be restored?
I signed up for the 14 day free trial at the end of January and got a real shock to find a payment of over $170NZ made to the site on Feb8th. I did not want to join for a year, and have tried several methods of contact to have my account closed and the extra amount refunded. This has not happened, so I have now had to pay for a further month I have not wanted. How do we go about settling this sort of thing?
Faye – Does $170NZ mean New Zealand? if so the Ancestry.com number for New Zealand is as follows:
New Zealand 0800-442-100
(toll free)
Monday – Saturday : 9:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST
Sunday : Closed
The fine print most likely said you had to cancel by the end of the trial period. I doubt that you are the only one that got caught by this. Not sure if there is anything you can do by New Zealand law to get a refund but give then a call and find out what your options are. Good luck!
Reiterating what others have said: Concentrate on the stuff that really needs fixing. Some specific BIG issues with the new FTM software, for example — such as too slow to load and publishing tool much more restrictive than the previous versions.
This post is in response to Mr. Keisler's post in item 26, although it is off-topic from this blog-thread (if that's the phrase.)
As I type this, above this comment box is a direction to visit the "help" section for account issues, (including technical issues.) When you click on "help" you go to another window with a series of tabs that seem to contain much pre-recorded or pre-printed information, but nowhere will you find a telephone number! What happened to the Live Help tab? Where is webchat? Can't we at least be given an explanation as to why this has gone away?
I emailed about this a couple of days ago, and did receive a reply that webchat is no more – no explanation – and I was given a telephone number. When I called that number yesteray morning at 7:00 PST thinking I could be first in the "queue" I held for a whopping 35 minutes before I got through to Julie, who was of no help. (I was really calling about a small technical problem on the Military Pages.) She did tell me, however, that as a World Deluxe member, my phone calls are supposed to go to the head of the line. Is this true? Is 35 minutes the head of the line?
I sent another email about all of this yesterday afternoon, and have not yet received a reply, although I did get an automated response that my query is supposed to be answered within 48 hours.
I am resorting to this Blog hoping that I will get somebody's attention. I have been a subscribing member of Ancestry.com for many years, and a World Deluxe member for the last few years. I have put countless hours into my Ancestry Trees – and now Ancestry Press – and I have steered dozens of people to Ancestry, many of them being paying customers. I therefore feel like I should be heard when I say that your customer service right now is atrocious.
I watch this blog every day for updates. I was very pleased to see the recent posting admitting that Ancestry's servers had become really slow and the problem was being addressed. That's the kind of forthrightness that I appreciate. I am waiting to see an upfront explanation as to why Live Help was eliminated, and why Ancestry seems to hide its phone number!
In concluding my rant, I will say that I urge Ancestry to listen to its customers and address the known problems before moving on to something else. There is no point in rolling out more untested bells and whistles if nobody can get through to you to tell you what problems they're having!
As for the topic at issue, I will say that I haven't even ventured onto the message boards given all of this negative feedback. Who could I complain to about it anyway?
Laurie A. Barthlow
David – As a product manager should have a lot of say of what stay, what to add, and what to eliminate. When I was a QA Manager, I worked with product managers. Sometimes ideas sound better than they realistically can be implemented. This is one of those ideas! In our company, this would not have gotten past the customer focus groups and if it did, it would have been pulled by now.
Real users have real concerns about this "feature". It is not helpful and detracts from the value of the message boards. Have some guts. Recommend that it be removed or at the very least, implemented with surnames in the surname box only. If changed to surname box only, try it on customer focus groups first.
The new feature announced today to Board Admins and on the Rootsweb staff blog, a 'turn off links' link on the popups, is alleged to work for one's ensuing visits to Message Boards.
It works in IE browser if you don't go elsewhere in Ancestry or Rootsweb sites between Boards visits. If you come back to a Message Board, the popups are back.
It only works in one message, in Firefox browser.
This turn-off feature was a request by Boards users. Thank you, but it is not very effective.
You can completely eliminate the tags linking to same-named-counties in other states. They are illogical, genealogically speaking, and useless.
Eliminating these tags from the messages completely, and putting them only in the surname-list field heading each message, will eliminate the high error rate — in tagging non-surname words in Message Boards messages. This would also help Ancestry to seem less stupid.
I can't tell you how annoying these new connecting links on the message boards are. I find all that underlining and popup boxes very distracting. I hate coming to the message boards now.
I just saw that the option of turning off the underlining and links has been added. Thank You!
Yes, they added the option to stop the underlining. BUT IT ISN'T ENOUGH. You have to go to one of the underlines and indicate to stop the underlinings. BUT THEY ARE BACK THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO A BOARD.
We want a PERMANENT stop that can be added to our preferences. They are STUPID, for ALL the reasons previously posted. I WANT a PERMANENT stop.
Unfortunately I am unable to LINK onto anything in Ancestry.com.When will there be an alternate way to join Ancestry.com other than credit card?.
Like many other babyboomers I have never had a credit card and shudder at the thought.
Could someone tell me why a money order or cheque or direct bank transfer can't be done.I have been told its simple.Many people are uneasy about plastic cards.Its a huge untapped market out there.Changes would benefit everyone.I can't even connect with the paying people and I have a lot of info.
Make it easier for people to be a part of Ancestry.com!
Ok this is a message board so where do I go to find out who out there is looking for the same people that I am. I have not seen anything about this and maybe I jsut missed it let me know.
should that name be. J. Langley?


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(Video) Writer, educator Shmuel Ben-Artzi passes away after being cared for by his daughter Sara at prime minister's residence in Jerusalem
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The prime minister, his wife and their two sons were at his bedside when he died.
An educator, writer and poet, Ben-Artzi was born in Poland and immigrated to Israel
in 1933. He served in the Irgun and Haganah organizations, and after the State's establishment he became a teacher, a school principal and an educator in communities across the country.
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Most Companies Moderately Concerned About Comparing Pay, Performance
Barry B. Burr
July 29, 2011
Sixty-four percent of companies surveyed by Towers Watson & Co. are moderately concerned about having to show the relationship between executive pay and corporate performance, as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Only 10 percent are greatly or very concerned, while 26 percent are not very concerned or not concerned, according to findings of the July 28 survey.
The SEC plans to propose and finalize implementation rules for the Dodd-Frank act's provision on executive pay and corporate performance sometime between August and December, although there is no indication they would take effect for the 2012 proxy season, Steven Seelig, executive compensation counsel, Towers Watson Center for Research and Innovation, said in an email.
Some 35 percent of responding companies believe it is too soon to tell what influence contrasting executive pay with corporate performance will have on shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, while 28 percent believe it will be moderate, 10 percent significant, 3 percent great, 12 percent not significant and another 12 percent none.
Only 20 percent of companies already provide additional information in their compensation disclosure and analysis statement describing the alignment between executive pay and key performance metrics, a Towers Watson report on the survey said.
Some 34 percent of companies responding believe proxy-voting advisory firms are somewhat influential on shareholders in their say-on-pay voting, while 29 percent believe they have been influential, 21 percent very influential, 11 percent not influential and 5 percent extremely influential.
But 44 percent of the companies surveyed believe proxy advisory firms have been somewhat influential on executive pay design, while 24 percent believe they have been influential, 14 percent very influential, 13 percent not influential and 4 percent extremely influential. Overall, the findings suggest say on pay "has been a catalyst for further refinement of executive pay programs and governance processes," according to the report.
Some 91 percent of companies surveyed have made or are planning or considering at least one change in pay-setting process for 2012 as a result of their experience in the first-ever say-on-pay voting, according to the findings.
Executive compensation executives at 179 U.S. companies were surveyed June 16-29.
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(Rams Tailgate Show) --As the Rams held their eighth OTA Wednesday, it was good to see No. 24 on the field. No. 24 is running back Isaiah Pead, one of the team's three second-round picks who had been barred from participating since the rookie minicamp because his school (Cincinnati) didn't conclude final exams until Tuesday.
The reasoning behind the rule in the relationship between the NFL and the colleges makes sense, but often affects rookies and also seem misguided when some of the players aren't in school anyway.
As Pead said, "It was frustrating because I had to wait for classes to be out in school and I wasn't even taking classes. So I was just sitting at home (in Columbus, Ohio) and working out."
Of course, he wasn't only doing that. Pead was sent a playbook and was in frequent contact with running backs coach Ben Sirmans via computer (FaceTime on Apple).
Said Pead, "We'd go over plays and install, but it's not the same as being on the field and in meeting rooms. I was a tad behind but I did a lot of watching today, learning visually.
"Most of it was things we had talked about and then finally being able to see it live, it was like 'Oh, that's that run play.' There were a couple of plays which I think were new today that we went over for the first time as a group so we all learned up on that. I just really am asking most of the rookies who are kind of doing the same thing I am doing here and then of course, I am asking Steven (Jackson) and a couple of other vets what to do. They have helped me come along."
With coach Jeff Fisher canceling a Thursday OTA, Pead let it be known he won't be taking the day off.
He said, "When I leave here I am going to go get extra work with coach (Sirmans) and then coach (Fisher) called practice off tomorrow so I am going to be here all day tomorrow just catching up, so by the time we get back to practice the next day I should be all caught up."
Fisher said the team will be careful with Pead. "It's his first day," Fisher said. "It looks like he's been in the (play)book but we'll have to watch him. He appears to be in good shape but there's no substitute for working here so we'll watch him over the next couple of days and then get him really into our minicamp next week. We know he's been working. But you want to be smart about it. You don't want to put him in position to pull something."
One thing Pead was in position to do was send a tweet revealing he had signed his contract, calling it his "first job." That four-year contract is worth a shade more than $4 million that includes a signing bonus of 1.377 million with guaranteed salaries in 2012 ($390,000) and 2013 ($573,550).


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The Directors Guild of America issued a statement on Friday about SOPA and PIPA – in conjunction with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), and Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
First this collective of Hollywood interest groups attempted to put a happy face on a bad situation:
"We thank and commend Senators Reid, Leahy and Kyl as well as Congressmen Smith, Conyers, Goodlatte, Watt and Berman and all the other co-sponsors of the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act, who in the face of an onslaught of mistruths and great pressure to renege on their commitment, stood steadfast in their belief that the uniquely American creativity embodied in our country's films, TV programs and music deserves to be protected from illegal foreign profiteers. We fought for this legislation because illegal Internet businesses that locate offshore expressly to elude US laws should not escape the very same rules of law that currently apply to illegal US websites – they should not be allowed to reap in profits if they knowingly sell or distribute illicitly gained content and goods which they had no role in creating or financing to the American consumer. "
The statement goes on to say that these groups are an important part of a debate related to creativity, the American economy, free expression and a civil society. They also say that – despite trying to get both these bills fast-tracked through the congress – that they want all stakeholders to have a say in crafting future legislation:
"We welcome this debate. We hope a new tone can be set and it is not one that turns our advocacy for this legislation into an implication that we promote censorship. Our commitment to the First Amendment is decades old and long established – it is a matter of public record from long before the word 'Internet' was part of anyone's vocabulary. If one truly embraces free expression, they do not take down the Library of Congress websites, the very symbol of our country's belief in knowledge and learning. We would hope a new tone can be set that does not pit the creativity and innovation of our directors, actors, performers, craftspeople, and technicians against those innovators in other industries. We hope a new tone can be set that does not include website attacks, blacklists, blackouts, and lies. We believe an Internet that does not allow outright stealing has to be the Internet of the future or all the promises it holds will be unrealized."
They close by saying that they are committed to an open debate and that they will continue to work with (and no doubt give money to) Chairmen Leahy and Smith to create fair legislation.
There's no nice way of saying that Leahy and Smith tried to ram these bills through the process in hopes of getting a vote on these bills. If not for the efforts of a few senators and congress members SOPA and PIPA would be the law of the land and would have been signed into law by the president.
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Can someone tell me how I can do the following:
My company built its own project management system with Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. In the web application's database, there is a table called t_project that stores information on all the company's projects. My boss wants me to devise a solution where if someone sends an email to (t_project.project_id)@mysite.com, the web application will write the email to a database table called t_project_message.
How do I solve this problem? What do I need to learn?
Additional notes I just noticed that the text in my question dropped "(t_project.project_id)@mysite.com" which I've added back. So does this mean i will need as many email accounts as there are projects in my database? That could be tens of thousands...


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Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam (2008)
by David G. Dalin
No current Talk conversations about this book.
That Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was a bit of a psycho, is not (or should not) a matter of conjecture. The question is why his name is not more synonymous with the Holocaust.
Dalin and Rothman set out to fix this situation but in a book somewhat shorter than I expected, really don't delve deeply into the life and times of the Grand Mufti, and fall into the trap of going to lengths to reinforce the Mufti's evilness (the man complained to German Gas Chamber operators that they weren't killing Jews quick enough, so I don't think we need reminding that he wasn't the most savoury of characters).
While "Icon of Evil" might be useful as introduction to the world of Haj Amin al-Husseini, according to the Bibliography there are a multitude of sources that will give you a fuller view of the Mufti.
This is a very readable and well documented account of the political career and legacy of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the influential mufti of Jerusalem who allied himself and the Arab cause to Nazi Germany. Escaping trial for war crimes, he returned to the Middle East and continued in the creation of today's radical Islam. A fairly brief book, I felt that it greatly enhanced my understanding of modern history.
The book focuses on the mufti's political and polemical career, almost completely ignoring his private life except to note his fondness for luxury. Family members are mentioned only if they, like Yassar Arafat, were disciples of his vision. If he had a wife (or wives) and children, they are not mentioned here. The chief focus is on the Nazi years; one criticism that I have is that there is no explanation of why he went into eclipse in the 1960s.
One comment, this is not a criticism, is that the book is written from a Jewish/Zionist point of view. This is not a secret, and I am not aware of any evidence that the authors have shaded the facts. It is rather in the tone of the work. One problem that I have in discussing the Arab-Israeli situation is that I can genuinely sympathize with both sides. I don't find it surprising that al-Husseini, and quite a few other Palestinians, were not enthralled with the prospect of massive immigration of Jews into Palestine with the subsequent formation of a Jewish state. What is unconscionable is how this became the excuse for mob violence, murder of opponents and a call for the extermination of all Jews throughout the world. As an atheist, I put al-Husseini on my list of people who prove that religion doesn't necessarily create moral people. I will never lose sympathy for Israel in the face of the rabid, and sometimes deranged accusations against Jews. I have not yet heard that Zionists have been accused of arranging the 2004 tsunami, but I won't be surprised if that's coming.
There is a substantial section on the history of radical Islam, especially in Palestine, up to the present, including the continuing popularity of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Blood Libel, Mein Kampf and Holocaust denial. The authors feel that this is all so obviously nonsense that they fail to examine the matter of whether or not Muslims, either the leadership or the average person, actually believe this. These ideas are spread by the governments, but do they actually believe it themselves, or is this a completely cynical manipulation of public opinion?
A very worthwhile book.
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