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Step 2:
Final Repair Attempt
After your vehicle has been subject to repair at least three times for the same defect or condition which has not been corrected - or at least once for a serious safety defect which has not been corrected - you must allow the manufacturer an opportunity to make a final attempt to repair.
You may use the form titled Final Repair Opportunity Notice (Form A), or you may write a letter to the manufacturer with the following information:
- Your contact information (address and phone numbers);
- The vehicle's year, make, model and identification number (VIN);
- The current odometer reading;
- The date the vehicle was originally delivered to you;
- The name and address of the selling or leasing dealer
- The date the vehicle was registered in Georgia, only if purchased or leased in another state;
- The defect or condition;
- The facility/facilities at which repair attempts were made;
- The dates of repair; and
- That the defect or condition still exists.
The notice or letter must be sent by either overnight mail delivery or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the manufacturer at the address provided in the owner's manual. (You should also send a copy of your letter or Form A to us for our records. Mail it or fax it to 404-656-3569.) After the manufacturer receives the notice or letter, you will receive a green card or other receipt or you can get proof-of-delivery information from the overnight courier service. The card, receipt or delivery information will show the date the manufacturer was notified of your request for a final repair attempt. Keep this document for your records.
By no later than the close of business on the seventh (7th) day following receipt of your final repair request, the manufacturer must notify you of a reasonably accessible repair facility. If the 7th day falls on a weekend or holiday, the next business day shall constitute the 7th day. The manufacturer can respond in writing or by telephone, or may not respond at all.
- If the manufacturer responds by telephone within the required seven-day time frame to notify you of a repair facility that is reasonably accessible, note in your records the date of the phone call and the pertinent information.
- If the manufacturer responds in writing to designate a repair facility that is reasonably accessible, the postmark date governs whether the response is within the seven-day time requirement.
If the manufacturer designates a reasonably accessible repair facility by the seven-day deadline, the manufacturer has a limited number of days, depending upon when you deliver your vehicle to the repair facility, to correct the defect or condition. If the final repair attempt has not been completed within 14 days from the date you dropped off your vehicle, please call us at 404-651-9397.
A reasonably accessible repair facility is a facility located within 60 miles of your residence or the location of your vehicle if it is not at your residence. However, if the manufacturer has no facility within the 60-mile distance, it is the closest one to your residence or the vehicle's location. If the manufacturer notifies you of a repair facility that is more than 60 miles from your residence or the vehicle's location, please call us at 404-651-9397.
|Important note to consumers with motor homes
|If your complaint involves a motor home, you would also write such a letter or use the Final Repair Opportunity Notice form. Your request must be sent to all known manufacturers of the motor home, including both the vehicle and the chassis, regardless of which manufacturer you believe is responsible for repairing the problem. You should call Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division if you have any questions about this procedure.
What to Do Next
If the manufacturer did not designate a repair facility within seven days, you will be deemed to have met the requirement for a final repair attempt. You may proceed to Step 3.
If the manufacturer did designate a repair facility within seven days, and
- the defect or condition is corrected after a final opportunity to repair, the Lemon Law process is complete at this stage, and you do not need to proceed further.
- the defect or condition is not corrected after a final opportunity to repair, you may continue to Step 3.
Keep in mind that if the defect or condition does not recur immediately but reappears at a later date, you may pick up at this point and proceed to Step 3.
IMPORTANT: Remember, you have one year from the date your Lemon Law rights period expires to file your completed State Arbitration Application. If you are eligible to proceed to Step 3, you should do so as soon as possible.


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Irit Linur (Photo: Doron Golan/Jini)
Author and talk-show celebrity Irit Linur explained how pleased she was to see the Israeli officer slam the butt of his rifle into the face of the (unarmed, nonviolent) Danish peace activist. She said his golden hair made him look like a member of the Hitlerjugend, and said about him and other activists: "they were born anti-Semites and will die anti-Semites" – a shameful slander, especially considering what the Danes, whose underground was granted a blanket designation as Righteous Among the Nations for their efforts during World War II to rescue the Danish Jews.
The shouts "anti-Semite!", which appear to be a recurring Israeli response to any and all opposition, are becoming comical – but slandering Danes like that is no joke.
[One the one hand they say it causes] embarrassment in the IDF and that the pictures are hard to view, and on the other hand they broadcast it a dozen times in a row. [laughs]
And me – every time – first of all it's scary, because you actually see the weapon, it's smashed into the face of the peace activist in a really surprising way. It's scary at first, because – my nose hurt from seeing it.
After the fifth time I say: "show me again. Can I see it again?"
Now, I want to say things precisely. People are talking about – I really want to be very precise.
First of all, there's a certain something in the image, of the Jew wearing his yarmulke [religious hat], who looks, you know, like one of the householders in [Jewish] town, and standing against him is the golden-haired Dane, with the Hitler-Jugend look to him.
The role reversal – I really-really liked it.
But I don't' want to talk about the black chasm in my soul that is haunted by anti-Semitism and Nazism.
I want to say this: all those people who want to solve problems that they have no clue about, and that in any case, they tend to be on the wrong side of it – because they were born anti-Semites and will die anti-Semites – one of the reasons that they come here, of all places, is that it's a kind of summer camp, they know that they'll maybe demonstrate, they may bump shoulders with policemen, maybe they'll get some teargas thrown at them, they'll catch a bit of actual battle time – a kind of adventure summer camp, at the end of which they'll go back to their privileged northern nation and homeland and feel how good they've been.
They don't go do that in Syria, nor in Iran nor in Jordan, nor in Egypt, because they know that there – they'd be shot at.
A sharp-eared friend in Israel picked this up on Israel's military radio. The original piece – full length, not just the 96 seconds with the slander – is from here.

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What do you think of when you hear the word "teenager"?
Sleeps until noon? Plays their music too loud? Causes trouble?
Those negative stereotypes are often associated with teens, but you can never judge a book by its cover.
Mission Serve, a group of teens from as close as Polkville to as far away as six other states, showed this week that many members of our younger generation are giving back to their communities.
Take the example of Donna and Teddy Blanton of Bessemer City. The couple uses cookware to catch the rain that seeps through their ceiling. They couldn't afford a new roof.
Finances have been a struggle for years, ever since Donna was injured on the job. They now live on one income.
Their air conditioning went out two years ago. They haven�t been able to replace it.
Donna asked for assistance through a local aid program, but she was placed on a waiting list.
�Most of the time I just go without or do it myself,� she said. �We just do with what we�ve got.�
Mission Serve, comprised of about 230 teens and adults, came through this week and went to work for the Blantons. Now they have a new roof.
In all, the group planned nearly 20 projects at job sites in Shelby, Bessemer City, Gastonia and Charlotte. Most of the volunteers are teens who recently returned from a Mission Serve trip of their own to Alabama.
Each morning the group gets up and heads out to the work site by 7:30 a.m. They work until 4 p.m. before heading back to Catawba Heights in Mount Holly to clean up, eat dinner and join in devotions.
�People think we�re crazy sometimes, spending money to be on a roof or painting or whatever the job is,� said Emily Andrews, from Baltimore.
Thirteen church groups comprise the mass gathering of volunteers.
Most of the 19 planned projects are replacing roofs, but the volunteers also paint and do other home repairs.
Kids involved with Mission Serve are in middle or high school or college.
Andrews is on her ninth trip this year. Now in college, she started volunteering when she was 11.
She said she likes getting her hands dirty for a good cause.
�I love being on the roof,� Andrews said. �It�s just the love for God and serving others.�
We applaud these young people for stepping up and doing what they can to help others. May their hard work inspire others to do the same.
Need help?
Mission Serve has its projects already in place for the summer.
For information about how to get assistance in the future, call 888-421-4408 or look online at mission-serve.com.


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I have today received the latest posting of the Battalion's War Diary. As could probably be predicted from the recent patrols, Harry is now back in the front line.
This section of the War Dairy is extremely difficult to decipher, but I will do my best to update the blog of the War Diaries as the entries occur.
For those that haven't followed the War Diary, Harry's Battalion made it to the Divisional Football (soccer) Cup Final last Wednesday and won 2-0. A great result! BL
Link to The First Post. (New Readers)
Back in the front Line
I have today received the latest posting of the Battalion's War Diary. As could probably be predicted from the recent patrols, Harry is now back in the front line.
109 comments:
Am a new and avid reader of this blog. Think it's a fantastic idea, and it makes me realise what we today owe the young men who fought such terrible battles in years gone by. How they fought in such terrible conditions I will never undestand, but I will be forever grateful.
- January 07, 2008
I've just finshed reading your blog and wanted to say that it is fantastic! People need to be reminded that war is not as it is in the movies.
There is so much in Harry's letters that ring's true, I'm in the forces myself, and the fact that he keeps saying "write back soon" letters are a big moral boost when away from loved one's.
Keep up the good effort.
- January 07, 2008
Those letters are like some that I read in a book called 'Soldier Boy.' I can't remember who the author is but it was a really good book describing what the trenches were like. I've been reading this blog from beginning to end
- January 07, 2008
hey! greetings from Brazil here! i just want to say thank you for posting these moving letters! WWI fascinates me,and altought im only 16 I just love to know the soldier's personal experiences! it must be great have such things in your family! im waiting Harry news!
- January 07, 2008
Brilliant, I am so glad I found this. I have a blog on a smaller scale of my dad's time as a POW in Singapore during WW2
- January 07, 2008
- Hugo King said...
I am another new reader to the blog and just wanted to add my comment to thank and encourage you in all your efforts here.
It is a truly fascinating collection of letters and information. I have spent most of my day reading through the archives and I'm sure I will read each new entry as it appears with delight.
- January 07, 2008
Hi there.
Could I suggest that you used a different font or different font colour when you are posting as a narrator then when you are posting on behalf of Harry? It would make reading easier.
- January 08, 2008
- Alex Guerrero said...
The leading media in the Spanish-speaking world ("El País") featured your blog today:
- January 08, 2008
Thank you so much for these letters. My Grandfather fought in the war. He was from Appleton Wisconsin, USA.
These letters give me an idea of what he went through as a soldier.
When he returned from the war he brought with him 2 rifles. I still use his 1917 Remington Enfield 30-06 rifles for deer hunting.
- January 08, 2008
Hi from the US. I read about this blog on Yahoo. I just finished reading it from the beginning and like so many others, I'm now hooked.
Being only 44, I haven't experienced the fog of war personally, but did serve my country in the reserves so in training for that, I can appreciate.
I did, however, remember stories told of my mothers father who served in WW1 in the US Army.
Keep up the good work, and the way you are posting the letters...the date they occurred 100 years later...is excellent in that it keeps us readers on edge awaiting the next letter just as your grandfathers family did, awaiting the next correspondence.
- January 08, 2008
- michelle hays said...
wow. I hope you can decipher it, because Im eager to hear about it. You got us all interested. It feels like the letters were sent to us...
- January 08, 2008
Excelente por conocer lo que ocurrio hace tantos años como si fuera ahora.
- January 08, 2008
Es importante uno poder conocer esta experiencia sin estar presente
- January 08, 2008
Quite interesting and istructive story. Madness of war appears through soldier's view. They see nothing of the battles, only gunshots, bombing, shrapnels and bullet. Nothing of heroic, but they hereos are.
I've read sime tìme ago the war diary of a man living in Italy dolomites mountains, at that time part of Austria, but the guy speaks italian and he's fighting against people living in tha next valley beyond mountain ridge, people they met at the country fair. They do not understand what is happening, but they are brave.
I recommend to everybody paying atttention to this story to read the last 50 pages of Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg. Rarely i've found better description of war.
Thank you for your time you spend in this blog.
Graziano, Italy
- January 08, 2008
Hi there. Just to let you know that an article has been written about your blog in the NZ Herald, one of NZ's largest daily papers. Go to : http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10485789
So you may be getting more NZ readers and comments now. Great blog idea. Keep up the great work!
- January 08, 2008
I saw this post on the BBC news this morning, so I thought I would just drop in for a quick look. I ended up reading the lot with tears rolling down my face.
We really don't know how lucky we are.
Good luck with the rest of your blog, I shall be dropping in again to follow Harry's journey.
- January 08, 2008
Gostaria que fosse traduzido para português, não sei inglês e acho que deve ser bem interessante, quando eu arrumar um bom tradutor voltarei aqui.
- January 08, 2008
Great idea and a brilliant resource for the younger generation to experience life during WW1. I will be recommending that our pupils have a look when they study ww1 life in the trenches.
What a lovely way to remember a loved one.
DDB - HHS, Earl Shilton
- January 08, 2008
This is a fascinating, yet sad, soldier's perspective of fighting in and living through WWI. I read about your blog yesterday on MSNBC and spent this whole night reading the blog and the comments.
I was especially touched by how often Harry asks for letters from his family (he doesn't quite beg, but gets close on occasion). Our soldiers today experience fear, boredom, death, discomfort, and the unexpected, but soldiers in Harry's day had small rations of bread and water (no mention of meat except at Christmas), rarely had showers or baths, suffered uncomfortable boots and wet feet, barely stayed warm, and went for days and weeks without correspondence. I am not trying to downplay the havoc and despair of war in this day and age; I'm just pointing out that our soldiers now have much more decent food, clothing, bedding, shelter, leave times, and access to email, cell phones, etc. to keep in touch with their loved ones.
I do not know about my family's service (or lack thereof) during WWI. I am grateful and proud that both of my grandfathers were kept in the States during WWII to help with the war effort from home. My maternal grandfather was a mechanic (he was sent to San Diego to work on ships), and my paternal grandfather was a chemist working for a natural gas company (he was kept at his job in Texas, as maintaining and producing power at home was considered of the utmost importance during wartime).
I am especially grateful that my father, who was drafted, and my uncle (my dad's brother), who volunteered, were both 4-F for the Vietnam conflict (they're both legally blind without glasses). My dad's best friend did serve in Vietnam, and Dad said that his friend wouldn't even talk with him about what happened over there, and they'd known each other since diapers! It was truly terrible, and I'm glad I can't even imagine. As one commenter (Beverly) posted: "I suppose each war has its somewhat
unique brand of horror."
Thank you again for this wonderful insight into what life was like for an ordinary family man who was thrown into unspeakable conditions. Several readers and you have recommended books to go along with your blog. Most of the books describe the soldier's point of view. I strongly recommend a book I read in high school; I think it was called "The Black Hand of Sarajevo", that explains WHY WWI happened in the first place. It's been 20 years, but I still remember how the book explained the complexities of world politics, territorial boundaries, treaties made and treaties broken, and how one assassination brought about such a devastating war.
Keep up the good work!
Yours truly,
Texas History Buff
- January 08, 2008
What a wonderful and touching tribute to your grandfather.
My family has a similar story, in that Grandpop's trench diaries survived with him until 1965 - they were read by my mother and uncle when they were deemed old enough, but he rarely mentioned that part of his life. Unfortunately, on his death, his 2nd wife destroyed the diaries and all other family papers and photographs.
In a strange way, this blog brings me closer to the Grandpop I struggle to remember (he was 3 years older than Harry). Thank you.
- January 08, 2008
- WillORNG said...
Nice work.
How about doing an audio version using an Asworth Lad the same age?
Just a thought!
- January 08, 2008
My grandfather, another Harry, went through the war from its start to 1st July 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Somme. He was a sergeant in the South Staffs. Nothing survives from him.
My grandmother was left with 3 children under 6, one of whom was my father - another Harry. There had been another child but she died a few months before her father. My own father's earliest memory (aged 4) was the black edged telegram arriving and his mother holding it.
The horrors of the trenches are undoubted, but remember also the pain and suffering of the widows and orphans.
- January 08, 2008
Dear Bill
What a brilliant concept !
As an ex-ww2 veteran who spent most of the years between 1943 and 1946 in Italy it has particular significance for me and I shall await each posting with great interest.
I have already posted a link to "a- Trieste",
(an Italian Blog to which I suscribe) and I know they will be equally enthralled.
Best wishes
Ron Goldstein
- January 08, 2008
I speak spanish... ican't understand... I would like translate the text to spanish... sorry for my horrible english. Hablo español y no puedo entender... me gustaria y estoy interesado en visitar el blog pero no entiendo ingles... podria traducirse o algo por el estilo.
- January 08, 2008
I am a 55 year old American. My war was in Vietnam. Reading Harry's letters with his requests for letters from home brought up a well of emotion in me that caught me quite by surprise. I do not believe it is possible for people "back home" to comprehend how treasured each and every letter is to someone so far from home in such an alien environment.
Thank you for making the effort to share this treasure.
- January 08, 2008
- MM said...
Qué guerra al pedo.
- January 08, 2008
Your blog in Spanish main newspaper
- January 08, 2008
- Wendy said...
Hi, H,
Very interesting blog, it must have been scary and exiting for you to to discover these letters from your grandfather. As I am Belgian and from Bruges originally, I'm am interested in WWI, as I grew up near the main battle fields.
Both world wars left quite some traces in the landscape, but the most astonishing is still the scars in the landscape that are over 90 years old. Farmers in the Ypres and Passchendaele regions are still finding WWI bombs...
This summer I visited the north of France and I can advise you, if you ever go there, please visit the WWI museum in Péronne, http://www.greatwar.co.uk/westfront/Somme/museums/historial.htm
This link is only in French:
I did notice in the blogposts that you edit out comments with links, but I can assure you that I'm not spamming!
I just wanted to say, keep up the good work and go to Péronne if you can. It's the best war museum I have ever seen. Not because it's spectacular or overwhelming, but because it's discrete, informative, delicate and confronting. At the time I was there, there was a magnificent temporary exhibition about animals present in WWI.
There there, I shall stop my rambling :-)
- January 08, 2008
- Andrea said...
Your blog just featured in Icelandic media today.
Thank you for sharing this with us. We must not forget the past, it is what shapes our present.
Andrea Ævars,
Reykjavík, Iceland.
- January 08, 2008
I have just spent the last couple of hours reading your blog, and I must congratulate you, on the idea and the thought you have given it. As ex forces myself I can truly relate to "wanting to receive mail" it's a great morale booster, also I received food parcels while away in the 1990s and still send them to my friends who are on ops now so nothing has changed there.
Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next letter!!!
- January 08, 2008
- Dawn said...
Thankyou so much for these letters, they have taken over my life! I heard about the blog on radio 4 and was immediately captivated - as it seems is the rest of the world!
when im not spending time reading Harrys letters, im engrossed by all the comments from other readers!
I have many letters written by my grandfather during world war 2 which are very precious to me. I am inspired and touched by your blogs - what a wonderful way to share and preserve them.
I wait with baited breath and along with readers world wide for Harrys next letter. Once again - thankyou.
- January 08, 2008
Thank you for this informative blog. My uncle (also a Harry) served with the AEF in WWI. His then fiance saved all his letters. Many years ago Harry collected them into a folder which my wife is now putting into electronic form. Maybe I'll do something like this showing an American soldier's perspective of The Great War.
- January 08, 2008
- Charlene said...
I have just finished reading the blog i had found it to be amazing the amount of detail it lets you into on how the soliders in WW1 survived. I read about this blog on Yahoo and immediately logged on to read it. I wait with anticipation on the next letter from Harry to find out how he is. Fantastic, keep up all the good work with the blog.
- January 09, 2008
- Agincourtdb said...
This was a wonderful idea. I have just discovered it via the CNN story today, and I plan to read it from the beginning.
- January 09, 2008
- Chuck said...
Thank you for this wonderful and poignant blog documenting the realities and sacrifices made by WWI Soldiers.
My Uncle Manny gave his life in battle and is buried somewhere in France although I still researching to find out exactly where.
- January 09, 2008
The media explosion continues. Your story and work made the front page of CNN.http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/08/wwi.soldier.blog.ap/index.html
For my part I would simply like to thank you. I'm about to start reading _The Guns of August_ and will greatly appreciate the soldier's perspective that this site brings.
- January 09, 2008
I have just today become aware of your fascinating blog and have read it through in one sitting. I shall be a daily reader henceforward! I wonder, are you aware of the book "Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War" by Martha Hanna? Dr Hanna was one of my grad (post-grad) professors at university, a specialist in French history. Her work is very similar to yours, utilizing as it does a set of family letters to chronicle the experiences of one family through WWI ... though "her" family was French. Your readers may find Dr Hanna's book to be a very good companion to your blog. I shall be sending her a note to alert her to your work. I look forward to your daily updates and to discovering the fate of your ancestors.
- January 09, 2008
New reader here, you just reached the Icelandic press, at
"mbl.is" is a link to your blog.
- January 09, 2008
- Sarah said...
I read about this blog on CNN Online, and I'm glad to be aware of it. I didn't have any relatives serve in the Great War, but my husband's great-grandpa did as a doctor. His grandma told me some stories about him, and he was an honorable man.
The whole subject of the politics surrounding WWI have fascinated me for years. I think that it's shameful that the US hasn't paid adequate tribute to the 100,000 who never returned from France. I sincerely hope that Harry came home to Britain. We shall see.
"Lafayette, I have come!"
- January 09, 2008
Have just discovered this blog all the way from New Zealand - what a fantastic record of a conflict in which the repercussions are still echoing even today! I am a keen amateur military historian particularly WW1 and am currently trying to write a fictional account of a New Zealand Soldier's experiences in the first world war, as with it having more or less passed from living memory I feel its a story that must be told - much as you have done here. Thank you for publishing this online - we are indebted to you.
The information of Passchendale in particular resonates with me. Passchendaele is only just becoming recognised in New Zealand for the disaster that it was - much more so than the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. After a supporting role in the successful assault at Broodenseinde Ridge by the Australian units in the (the New Zealand objective in support was Gravenstafal Spur) on Oct 4th (where the artillery support was meticulously planned) the subsequent attack on the 12th of October was hurried and the artillery support insufficent and as a result New Zealand suffered the greatest number of military casualties suffered in a single day - and 2,700 casualties including some 800 killed. This eclipsed the entire number of casualties New Zealand suffered in the entire Gallipoli campaign.
There are eseveral good books for those interested - Nigel Steele and Peter Hart's book "Passchendaele: The sacrifical ground" is a comprehensive look at the Passchendaele offensive, and for a New Zealand perspective Glynn Harper's book "Massacre at Passchendaele" makes for sober reading.
Anyway once again thank you every so much for publishing these. They are a special reminder of the ordinary men who did their duty on both sides. my email address for Correspondence is firstname.lastname@example.com
- January 09, 2008
- Mr. Riley said...
Excellent and good for you, sir. As a teacher of history I know and understand the joy you must feel for creating a project and watching it blossom into a spectacular success. Please keep up the good work.
- January 09, 2008
- Tiffany said...
What a wonderful project that you are sharing with us! I suspect it got away from you a bit in scale, didn't it? :D You certainly have become The Place To Visit on the internet! I have a quick question for you... did Harry and his wife exchange letters with one another? I assume they did, were they lost to the family? Do you have any information to share regarding this? Perhaps you mentioned something earlier in the blog but I have just discovered you today and am currently plowing my way through the archives. Thanks so much for sharing, and keep up the great effort!
- January 09, 2008
I just read about your blog on CNN here in the US. Thanks for doing this. I've read many books about the boys we sent to Europe in WWI. It's good to see that more stories are being published. As we approach the 100th anniversary, I hope the world remembers and stories like this one will help that happen.
Thanks again.
- January 09, 2008
I read about Harry's blog on Reuters two or three days ago, and immediately went to the site and read it from bottom to top. Thank you so much for putting in what is obviously a great deal of work. The extra links to battalion diaries, etc are a fantastic addition, the additional context complements the incredible journey tremendously.
Both of my mother's grandfathers served in France in World War I, though little record of their time there remains--just a couple of photographs--but Harry's letters allow me to imagine, to some extent, my great grandfathers as they endured the horrible "war to end all wars".
As a young college student, I was assigned to read the collected poems of Wilfred Owen, a British soldier turned poet who wrote of the horrors and realities of World War I. If you have never read his works (I'd bet you have), you may find them enlightening and relevant not only to Harry's blog, but to your students as well. His poetry is easily found online (and could be easily linked to from the blog). Among other poems, you may recognize, "Dulce et decorum est".
Thanks again for all of your hard work--checking for new entries is quickly becoming a high point of my day!
- January 09, 2008
- Independence Residents said...
Awesome work!
Are you sure about Connie being Kate's daughter? Since Kate worked later as a mid-wife, couldn't it be that she just took this girl under her care and then because of her hectic life, had to turn her over to her brother (and also because she was single and that way she didn't have to do so much explaining)? They may have just buried them together because she helped her. Just asking.
- January 09, 2008
Your blog story has been picked up by Brisbane Times, Queensland, Australia. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au
- January 09, 2008
Came acroos this by accident, how absolutely fantastic!!
A great read, very informative and very compelling.
My own grandfather served in WW1 survived but died when I was very young, so was unable to get information from him.
I have researched the family tree and got to 1700's but always feel compelled to find more about his war service and his other relatives who served.
Thank you for this insight...
- January 09, 2008
hi bill, just like to compliment you on your blog. came to by accident. like many other readers my grandfather too served in the great war. my grandfather was part of the 36th ulster division (royal Irish Rifles) that took theivpal at the battle of the somme and after being relieved at the front after a few weeks went onto passchendale. my late grandfather survived the war but when i was growing never liked to talk about it as it brought back so many memories of lost colleagues and friends. through your blog and what harry went through one can only imagine what the boys went through. thankyou for trying to give us an insight. keep up the good work, god bless. GARY ULSTER
- January 09, 2008
Outstanding work !
Congratulations for your initiative and thanks to share with us your grand father's dramatic experience ...
The leading journal in Portugal recommends your blog ( http://clix.expresso.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=ex.stories/211204 )
Well done
- January 09, 2008
Hello! I am writing from Western Australia. I'm sure you'll get a few of us "sand-groppers" emailling you due to an article in todays West Australian newspaper. As an avid family historian, with an interest in war-time history, it caught my eye and the curiosity about Harry and his life, his battles, his experiences and the men along side him got the better of me. Wanted to say thank you so much for sharing a part of yourself and your family with the world - and doing it in such a unique and interesting way! Keep it up. All the best. Melissa
- January 09, 2008
- Dave McMurray in Irvine, CA, USA said...
My grandfather Pvt. Ralph Reed, Battery B (U.S. Army) rode a horse pulling the cason's "artillery" and had a horse shot out from under him. He was also wounded in a Mustard Gas attack and spent four weeks in a hospital in France. This is a perfect use for a blog.
- January 09, 2008
Hello, thank you so much for sharing such a personal and beautiful thing with us! I'm from Western Australia. My great-great-grandfather, 2 of my great-grandfathers and all their brothers, 2 of my grand-fathers, my father, my uncle, now my young cousin...all have been to war, all are undoubtably heroes - though they did/do not think so, all have suffered greatly - along with their families. If the madness could only stop, if only we could raise our children - the next generations- in peace.
Thank you once again.
- January 09, 2008
- MommaWhiteCougar said...
I have been sneak-reading this at work when possible since yesterday and have now caught right up to date. The men like Harry made it possible for me to sit and do that. he seems so cheerful and positive, and how he waits for his parcels from home. We need to think of our guys currently deployed around the world and rememeber them with little notes and parcels. It is the same for them now as it was for harry. My thoughts are with is gallant Soul. I hope he makes it home to Ethel.
- January 09, 2008
I've been reading your blog and think it's brilliant, what a great idea. I think as these events get more into the past we have to try different things to keep them alive. My Son is in the forces so I can empathise with the family left at home...we must never forget what we owe these guys and girls! Thanks
- January 09, 2008
My mother had three uncles in this war. I have struggled to find ANYTHING about what they did and where they were. Your Blog is fantastic. IT has refreshed my heart in my search to find out about my heritage. Thank YOU!
- January 09, 2008
- eilandkind/islandchild said...
I just found out about this blog and read it all. I think it is an excellent idea.
To relive what those men went through.
Thank you for bringing it to life for us.
- January 09, 2008
- Casdok said...
- January 09, 2008
- Hec said...
In chili also we follow(continue) you and even you have gone out in the press, excuse but my Englishman is not very good
- January 09, 2008
El Mercurio (a chilean newspaper)featured your blog today:
- January 09, 2008
- H5N214 said...
Very stunning the blog I miss the pictures simply from beside the entries.
- January 09, 2008
You should move this blog to your own web site! At least you could than sell advertisments on it and get a little money for your work. Would be alot better than having all these google ads on you site!
- January 09, 2008
We just hear about your blog in the radio, here in France on France Inter. It's a great idea to share your grandda's letters. It's really interesting for every human being. Thank you a lot.
- January 09, 2008
- Philip said...
I came across your Blog via an article on Yahoo. It is fascinating.
Just finished the War Diaries section. On the entry for December 23rd you refer to the strange lettering of the work parties. I assume you mean the (a) (B) (D). If so perhaps these refer to A B & D Coy's.
- January 09, 2008
This blog is amazing. As a young fan of war history, it's totally gripping.
I constantly keeping signing back on, to see if there is anymore news.
What your doing is amazing, and I respect you for it. Your keeping the memory of war alive, and getting across the message that it's not at all glamourous.
Well done.
- January 09, 2008
Thank you for your work on this blog.
Harry's letters make me think about my relatives at war (my great-grandfather was a medical officer, his brothers were in artillery and spent the rest of their lives suffering from shell-shock): I've always thought it's a pity I have no way to know how they felt there in the trenches - just some mementos: a pale photo, an officer's sword. It sounds like, when I'm reading these posts, I get a little bit closer to my deads and their feelings: I guess there are really few things as precious as this, if you want to understand what History means.
Many thanks from V., Italy
- January 09, 2008
- Widowmaker said...
I'm eager to know what happened to Harry.
I'm a Spanish student who is now in Sheffield and I realise here that the WWI and WWII are very different here. Well...it could be just because we didn't fight in any of them (at least, oficially).
Anyway...great job, for me it's a very valuable and enjoyable reading. Thanks a lot and keep up with the effort!
- January 09, 2008
Thank you for setting up such an interesting blog. I heard you being interviewed on BBC Radio 4 when you were asked what you would do with the original letters. I would suggest that you make copies for you/family and donate the originals to the Imperial War Museum so that they can be conserved and archived properly. My brother and I did this with our father's papers relating to his being a political conscientious objector during WW1. They were in bad condition and it is good to know that they have been conserved and will be available to future researchers.
- January 09, 2008
- January 09, 2008
I read about your blog in a Toronto newspaper, and have followed since.
Keep up the good work.
Toronto,Ontario, CA
- January 09, 2008
very moving and interesting at the same time,even though hell is all around him he comes over very calm,as if he is there to do a job and by golly that is what he is going to do.
- January 09, 2008
- El Ratoncito Pérez said...
If you want to see a story on your blog who have delivered in a TV Spain "laSexta." Get http://www.lasextanoticias.com and in the search (buscar) enter the word "Primera" click and click on the first video and watch the film. Thank you.
- January 09, 2008
i am finding myself gripped by the situation harry is in i keep checking if there is any letters and i think it must of been a daily prayer if harrys just hoping for news from home i find that i can almost taste the mood for him it must of been very tough i just want him to be ok
- January 10, 2008
An article on Henry Lamin's blog was featured in the Herald newspaper today (10 Jan) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Brilliant blog this is.
- January 10, 2008
Thank you so much for posting this. I am a student of cultural history so I am just thrilled! What a exciting story and it's so amazing to get into the details of history like that.
I am so excited to see what happens to Harry next!
All the best,
Helene in Norway.
- January 10, 2008
Article in major Norwegian newspaper:
- January 10, 2008
- Laura said...
Hi. I recently came accross this blog, and now that I've read through the archives, I'm fascinated, and am hoping for good news come November, not bad news sooner.
I just wanted to let you know that I named your blog my Awesome Link of the Week. I'd link you, but I know you're keeping links out of the comments, which I understand. Even so, I thought you'd like to know. Thanks!
- January 10, 2008
- Francisca said...
Hi!I've found out about your blog in a local station in Portugal. It's a fantastic an amazing work. A really tribute to your grandfather.
Please continue because i'm eager to find out want happen with Harry.
- January 10, 2008
Read about this blog on a news site; once I started reading the 'letters' I couldn't stop! Am so caught up in Harry's fate that I found myself worrying if he will get back ok. Many thanks to Harry's grandson for doing this project.
- January 10, 2008
I´m one more brazilian reader, and I´d like to thank you for the effort to keep this part of history alive.
Many friends of yours are waiting Harry news!
- January 10, 2008
One of the papers here in Norway had an article of your blog, its really cool :D I just finished reading your blog, and I have to say its fantastic! Keep it up :D
- January 10, 2008
I've just finished reading your blog. Thank you for posting this. My great-granduncle went overseas with the 85th Michigan Division to fight in World War I, but we have no letters of his preserved from that time. I feel as if reading Harry's letters that you've posted helps to give me a better understanding of what his life might have been like. The addition of the Battalion War Diary is an excellent one and is very helpful in putting Harry's experiences in context. Thanks again.
- January 10, 2008
- David Correia (Jota) said...
Another new reader. Great blog.
- January 10, 2008
Good afternoon:
Just received the link to your blog from a friend and have spent the better part of an hour reading them (instead of grading papers as I should be doing!). As a high school teacher of World History and U.S. History, I am moved by the picture that these letters paint. I will be using them in the classroom to enable my students to get a better understanding of the terrible realities of warfare, especially "the war to end all war". Keep up the good work!
Ocoee, FL USA
- January 10, 2008
tht was th weridest things i've ever saw la8ly so idk wat 2 think about it...
- January 10, 2008
Hey,I found your blog in an article in the Fincancial Times Deutschland.
Very interesting idea,best regards Tobias
- January 10, 2008
I just have to read one of these for a school assignment so I hope it is as interresting as everybody says it is
- January 10, 2008
Everyone says this is good but Im only reading this for a school assignment so I hope its good
- January 10, 2008
Im only doing this for a school asignment so I hope it is good
By Timmy S.
- January 10, 2008
This blog is amazing! I saw it as a news item on Yahoo.com.au. Now I'm hooked on Harry.
My Great Grandad fought in WW1 although as far as I know there are no letters, diaries etc. How I wish there were.
I have 2 small children and always remind them of the sacrifice these people made. They love going too the Anzac day marches. (We are in Australia, but I am English). We owe so much to the brave people that fought for us. Thank you for this blog!
- January 11, 2008
This Blog is amazing. I'm hooked on Harry!
Thank you so much for doing this. My Great Grandad fought in WW1 but unfortunatley I do not have any memorabilia.
These guys are the real heroes. Thanks to them we live as we do. We are making sure our 2 children know this as they grow up.
Thank you again. I'm really encouraging my 9 year old to read this too.
- January 11, 2008
- Pedro Braz Teixeira said...
Brilliant idea!
Your blog is featuread today, in Diário de Notícias, one of Portugal's main newpapers.
- January 11, 2008
just read your blog, had to photo copy it for my family to read, gret as you feel like you are with him and find out information you neve hear about keep it up as I shall keep reading, my granfather was on the sea so shall be looking through his old letters found to see what I can find out.
from Kent england.
- January 11, 2008
Having just finished reading this blog I would like to say to the author that you have done a wonderfull job!
I take great interest in WW1, having visited the majority of battlefields many of them mentioned on this blog. It is a very humbling experiance and would recommend it to anyone (in particular Vimmy Ridge, Messine, Tyne-Cot cemetry, Hill 60, Hooge Crater). Toc H is worth visiting, this being the very first NAAFI set up by a Padre for all ranks, it was a refuge in Ypres where soldiers could go to rest or use the homemade chapel in the roof. Be sure to make time to visit the Menin Gate, I had the privalige in laying a wreath here. I was 17 at the time and had just joined the Army (it is an emotional memory that I shall allways cherish).
I myself am a serving soldier, my grandfather also served and my great grandfather served in WW1 (Royal Artillary). My family have kept letters from all generations, be it mine from operational tours to grand parents from the wars. I wonder how many diaries or letters that are in attics that people don't know about, it would be a shame to loose this bit of history.
Before I stop rambling some books that are a must read:-
Regeneration by Pat Baker, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon, War Diary by John Glubb, Forgotton Voices of the Great War.
P.s. Looking forward to Harry's next letter
- January 11, 2008
- Jon Teboe said...
Incredible! What a great idea!
I am currently working on a similar blog about a P51 fighter pilot from WW2. I am planning on publishing his complete diary from Jan 1 to June 12, 1944(the day before he gets shot down).
Your blog is quite an inspiration!
My blog is
- January 11, 2008
Hi from Colombia Bill!
Your blog is amazing! That's a wonderful document about how real people live a war. No the generals who are living like at home guiding the war as far as possible from the front. Here we have a war also. We have lots of horrific stories told by the victims of our conflict. Your blog gives the world the opportunity to see how terrible a war is.
Congrats and go ahead!
- January 11, 2008
I'm from Brazil and I'm having one of the most interesting experiences of my life reading this diary.
I've read about the blog in a newspaper from here and got interested on it - now also sharing it with my friends.
Excellent idea! It's history happening in front of our eyes!
Wish you lucky,
Ana Maria Rosa
- January 11, 2008
- Unknown said...
Btw. the German media now jumped on the bandwagon. Not in some kinda bad way, plain reports. I'm pretty curious, but all great stories end tragically ;-)
Not only after the "Joyeux Noel", I knew the common soldier back in the day on any side was more alike with his counterpart than with his own committed officers. My great-grandfather was dead by the time I was born in '81 but my great-grandmother told me about the WW1 when I was kid, she was born 1888 and lives 101 years.
But nowadays you can barely talk about bravery in war here, but it's becoming more normal.
- January 11, 2008
WOW. Just read your blog, extremely interesting. Puts my own experience in Iraq in a new prespective. I have little to complain about.
- January 11, 2008
- SkinnyTanked said...
So..We will never know what a war will be like unless your there and we hope a world war never happens again. But with this, we can try to feel wjhat ti was like to there.
- January 12, 2008
Hi there. I know you are aware of the BBC's coverage of your blog, but I thought you might be interested to hear that I found out about it watching the CBC's (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.) news program "The National". Small wonder you are feeling overwhelmed with the attention.
Anyway, I intend to read everything you've posted so far and follow it into the unknown.
British Columbia
- January 12, 2008
German Financial Times reported about
your blog, take a look at:
My Grandpa was in Verdun...he never talked about that time, but when he was POW in South France..he could report a lot, this was around 1917.
He had luck, he was only 4 weeks in Verdun, than the Allied catch him.
Its sad i cant find out more about, because the german central archive from the WW1 was lost in WW2, after a bombing attack. It burned down.
So every file from all soldier from the WW1 was lost.
Only a chance is the French central WW1 Archive, but they need time.
Well anyhow...great blogg...like it
Friendly greets from germany
- January 12, 2008
I feel sorry for Harry to be "now" in the front where Italy and Austria were fighting in the Alps, specialy in this time of the year. Terrible cold, avalanches and low oxygen levels means that Harry is "now" shivering in cold and gasping for air. And coming now from the western front means that he has litle or no fat to help him keeping warm.
- January 12, 2008
Thank you for creating this amazing blog. I have just spent the last few hours reading it and am totally in time and space with Harry and his family.
I have spent a lot of time also following the history of my own family in WW I. I am the grandson of two soldiers who fought there, one with the Royal Montreal Regiment (DCM, MM-Bar) and the other with the 75th Canadian Artillery. I can only follow history documents to understand what they did or saw, your blog following Harry adds so much human detail that it brings many of my own thoughts to life.
Thank You for doing this,
Jim Shaver - Oakville Ontario
We Shall Remember Them
- January 12, 2008
last week here in Italy appeared an article about your blog on "corriere della sera" our most important newspaper.
this blog is really interesting and i can't wait to read more about harry's story...
- January 12, 2008
hi, very interesting letters! Thanks for giving a chance to look at the history
- January 12, 2008
I came to read this wonderful record of remembrance through seeing an article in the media and wanted to thank you so much for making the effort to produce such an honest and considered record of your family history for us all to appreciate.
Things such as this are so powerful and important as 90 years ago young men and their families faced horrors that where so devastating and terrific that future generations still feel awe struck and moved by such sacrifice, as the comments to this blog show.
Like most families rooted in the combatant nations of WWI we (and my wife's) made a covenant with those left behind that this would not be forgotten, a promise I passionately hold dear but much more importantly reading these personal notes from a simple cog in a huge industrial war machine should be the strongest argument to remind ourselves that we also promised the "never again" sadly an impossible commitment, but one we should always remind ourselves of when we ask young men to stand again.
- January 12, 2008
- Dharma Designs said...
Wow - what a great idea for a blog! I'm totally fascinated!
- January 12, 2008
my Grandfather fought with the 20th Battalion 2nd Division CEF and survived the war. this blog brings his experiences closer to me. Thanks
- January 13, 2008
Here's the link to Corriere's article.
Thanks for what you're doing.
- January 13, 2008


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Jets coach Rex Ryan saved his job. His fraternal twin can't say the same thing.
The Cowboys have fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, according to multiple reports.
Rob Ryan took the job in 2011, after being fired by the Browns.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has vowed that changes are coming to the franchise. He also has lamented the absence of fundamentals, like solid and basic tackling skills.
At the NFL level, Rob Ryan has worked for the Raiders, Patriots, and Cardinals. It's possible that the Cowboys will look to replace Rob Ryan with Mike Pettine, who has served as Rex Ryan's defensive coordinator since 2009.
There's a chance that Rob Ryan will join the Jets' coaching staff, but Rex didn't hire Rob when he was available two years ago. Rex reportedly will be making Dennis Thurman the new defensive coordinator in New York.


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- "They bought Harry's school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all."
- —Harry Potter's first time at Flourish and Blotts.[src]
Flourish and Blotts Bookseller is a bookshop in North Side, Diagon Alley. Established in 1454, it is where most Hogwarts students purchase their schoolbooks. The shop has had a few problems with certain books, such as The Invisible Book of Invisibility which cost them a great deal of money though they never found them, and The Monster Book of Monsters which tore each other up as well as biting the manager when he tried to get one out.[1] Flourish and Blotts also runs a service, which enables purchasers to buy books via owl delivery.[2] They also take advance orders for book that are in high demand, such as The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore.[3]
Flourish and Blotts was first established in Diagon Alley in the year of 1454.[4]
Sometime in early 1992, Flourish and Blotts was closed as it attempted to locate its order of Disappearing Ink. In August of 1992, famous wizard author Gilderoy Lockhart held a book signing at the shop and used it as an opportunity to announce his taking of the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that year. In an effort to gain more publicity, he dragged Harry Potter into the spotlight against his will and gifted Harry a complete set of his books. That same day, a fistfight occurred between Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley, and Lucius Malfoy secretly gave Tom Riddle's Diary to Ginny Weasley.[5]
During the Christmas holidays, the bookshop was temporarily closed, as they were still tidying up after Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing in August.[6]
In the summer of 1993, the front window of Flourish and Blotts held an iron cage filled with hundreds of copies of The Monster Book of Monsters. To deal with the vicious books, set for the third year Care of Magical Creatures class taught by Rubeus Hagrid, the harassed manager had to gear up with thick gloves and jab at them with a knobbly walking stick, as the books tend to rip each other apart. When Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley went to the shop to buy their schoolbooks, the manager almost cried when Ron and Hermione said they wanted two copies of The Monster Book of Monsters, but was very relieved when Harry noted that he already had a copy. Harry also asks for a copy of Unfogging the Future to which the manager leads them to a small corner in the back of the shop where a small table lies for books on Fortune Telling, such as Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks and Broken Balls: When Fortunes Turn Foul.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
- The set for Flourish and Blotts was a redress of the set for Garrick Ollivander's Wand Shop, which reflects on the real-world as shops on Diagon Alley would most likely have similar layouts due to space requirements, as a row of mini-mall shops might.
- The 2-disc DVD edition of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets includes an interactive tour of Diagon Alley and this shop, which is the only shop interior in the tour to also be interactive.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Possible appearance) (Briefly)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
- Pottermore
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 11 (Hermione's Helping Hand)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 8 (The Wedding)
- ↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (see this image)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version


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VAN ECK, Ernest. Do not question my honour: a social-scientific reading of the parable of the minas (Lk 19:12b-24, 27). Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2011, vol.67, n.3, pp.285-296. ISSN 2072-8050.
This article attempted to read the parable of the minas in a 30 CE context, employing a social scientific reading. The integrity of the parable was delimited to Luke 19:12b-24 and 27. It was argued that this version of the parable (that stems from Q) goes back to the earliest layer of the historical Jesus tradition and is a realistic version of the historical background, political background and socioeconomic background of 30 CE Palestine. In this reading of the parable, attention was given to an aspect much neglected in previous scholarship regarding the interpretation of the parable, namely that the third slave in the parable is not condemned. It was argued that this neglected aspect is important for the strategy of the parable. The reading concluded that the parable has two foci; it shows how, in the time of Jesus, the elite exploited the nonelite and how to protest in a situation where the peasantry (the exploited) had no legitimate way of protesting against the exploitative practices of the elite.


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At the recent UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Conference in Vienna, Austria, Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon encouraged the Alliance "to support peacemakers on both sides [of conflicts]."
As an example, he highlighted the work of National Geographic Explorer Aziz Abu Sarah:
"A Palestinian raised in Jerusalem, Aziz was 12 years old when his brother was killed. His first response was anger and frustration and radicalization. As a teenager, he wanted revenge. But as he matured he realized he had a choice. He chose not to hate.
…Aziz now works to advance mutual understanding, creating tours of the Holy Land that show both sides' views…
We must support more of this kind of work, especially among the youth who can lead our world from conflict to harmony." (Watch video above.)
I spoke to Aziz shortly afterwards and here's what he had to say:
Did you know you would be mentioned in this speech?
No, I knew when my friend who was there sent me a message telling me the UNSG is talking about you.
The support of the Alliance is helping you to increase the work of your group, MEJDI Tours. How is the expansion going?
Very good. I am in Tunisia with BMW at the 2nd Young Leaders Forum where MEJDI (Middle East Justice and Development Initiative) is getting help, and consultation on how to grow. I am exploring expansion to Tunisia. We already started Turkey, Northern Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, and this year Spain and next year starting with Northern Ireland.
What are some other groups that would be good for the Alliance to support?
They choose every year 10 new groups to support. They have chosen two other organizations I am involved in: Radio All for Peace and the Parents Circle Families Forum. (See all this year's awardees.)
What does having your work highlighted in this speech mean for you?
The UN partnership from last year has been very helpful and I appreciate that the Secretary-General took time to talk about peacebuilders and not only politics. It shows that he understands that change doesn't happen by politicians alone but rather by individuals who decide to make a difference from the bottom up. He mentioned my company MEJDI which aims to do that through business and tourism.
That is is important because change doesn't happen through non-profits alone, but rather through transforming our every day life, our businesses, our transactions. I feel that him mentioning this project especially is an endorsement of this vision.


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We have already seen the mostly unchanged innards of the latest Mac mini update. Now, for your Mac-vivisecting pleasure, iFixit has graciously disassembled—and lovingly photographed—Apple's latest all-in-one desktop.
The team at iFixit got its hands on a new 20" iMac and proceeded to strip the machine of all its pieces and parts. While it hardly differs much from the previous-generation, Intel-based iMac, we did learn a few interesting details about the design.
One is that the front glass is held on with magnets. Though Apple isn't offering a matte screen option (much to the dismay of many Ars readers), it could be fairly trivial for a third-party company to offer a matte-coated replacement. Another is that getting at anything other than the RAM slots, which requires removing just one Philips-head screw, takes some significant disassembly. Oddly, once removing the LCD display and removing 21 other Torx screws, the 3.5", 7200 RPM hard drive pops out without removing any other screws.
Other interesting details include the fact that the 20" LCD display is backlit with the traditional CCFL backlighting instead of LED backlighting like the 24" LED Cinema Display and Apple's unibody notebooks. Also, the SuperDrive used in the iMac is a 12.7mm height model, as opposed to the 9.5mm height drives used in MacBooks, though like the new Mac mini it uses SATA to connect to the tiny, custom-shaped logic board.
The iMac may not have changed too much from previous generations, but the lower prices and Snow Leopard-ready multi-core GPUs represent a great value.


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There's no denying it. Upcoming PS3 exclusive God of War III is a big game. But how big is big?
"35Gb of goodness," tweeted Sony Santa Monica Director of Technology Tim Moss. "Thank heavens for Dual Layer Blu-Rays." Dual Layer Blu-ray discs started shipping in 2006 and can hold up to 50GB.
For comparison's sake, Ratchet and Clank Future was around 22GB, while Metal Gear Solid 4 was too big for the 50GB Blu-ray disc. God of War III is somewhere in the middle.
Disc space can change depending on, say, whether or not the cutscenes are rendered in game or whether or not they are pre-rendered. Because it's not how many GB your game has, but how your game uses them. (And whether or not they can do that figure 8 move with their hips.)
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Forum:Gboyers, How did you?
Gboyers, How did you?
I've looked all around your wiki short of sifting through and checking the history, how did you get that wonderful banner image across you site? I'm working on one for the Jurassic Park wiki and would love the info on how to make it work. If you could at least point me in the right direction, that would be appreciated.--My Name Is Tom 06:58, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
I left this for you in the forums, but i decided to leave it here just in case you missed it. BTW, we share a love for GTA games i have 6 of them, and it looks like you have plenty of help, so you don't need mine, but could i get yours?--My Name Is Tom 21:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- If you're good with CSS, then it's fairly straightforward. All my CSS is at MediaWiki:Monaco.css, so if you copy the relevant bits into your monaco.css, then that would be a good start (obviously you'd need to change the images etc). However, if you're struggling, if you make the images I'd be happy to set up the CSS for you. Gboyers talk 21:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, you're awesome. I'm glad you moved your site over to wikia, but did you think it would cause you to have to deal with less intelegent people like me? Again thanks for the help, i think i should be able to figure it out from here. I'll send you the link when i'm done to see what you think. Luv the site.--My Name Is Tom 22:08, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- Haha - there are much worse people than you around, trust me. It's all good fun though. But good luck - let me know how it goes. Gboyers talk 22:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Speaking of discussions not ending.... I was able to create a banner to the same specs as yours, but i was only able to view the source of the .css, i'm not sure if i missed anything or put all the right info in. I also updated the wiki.png and created the MediaWiki:Monaco.css. In that, the only things i changed from yours was removed the admin info with colors, and changed the banner link. I've refreshed and purged the Main page, but to no avail. I'd like to change the colors as well to a black BG but keep the Jade Wikia & More logos, but i don't know how to find the links to those files. Thanks again for the help.--10px My Name Is Tom (Talk / Edits) 06:27, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- If you can't edit the MediaWiki namespace, you need to be a Bureaucrat. If you are a bureaucrat and still can't access it, speak to Wikia staff about it and they can set the permissions for your wiki. Basic styling (colours) is all listed at w:c:help:Help:Customizing_Monaco. Gboyers talk 09:30, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
- It's done. Check it out. I was able to access the MediaWiki as an admin. The problem was I couldnt switch it to Custom monaco, the Bureaucrat there had to. I didnt realize i had to do that untill you sent me the second link. Now if anyone asks again you can reference this exchange, or send them my way , i'll gladly pay it forward. Thanks again for all the help.--30px My Name Is Tom (Talk / Edits) 22:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


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Marivaux (1688-1763) is the second most-performed comic playwright in France, after Molière. Yet he was controversial during his lifetime for his irreverent use of language and propensity for making up words – an affront to the French tradition of protecting the sanctity of the language. He wrote La Dispute in 1744 for Théatre-Français, only to have it shut down after one performance. The actors lacked the physical skills to portray its comic aspects, and the play's failure to provide a "moral to the story" was shocking to its contemporary audience. The Dispute was not performed again until 1938, and then not again until the mid-1970s.
Guest director Perlman has trained with Marcel Marceau in Paris and with world-renowned director Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. A specialist in 16th-18th century tragicomedy, he has spent more than two decades performing throughout the United States and Europe in the half-masks of the Italian commedia dell'arte in both English and Italian, as well as Shakespearean roles. In addition, he has taught and performed at more than 20 universities, including Harvard, Notre Dame and his alma mater, Stanford.
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Tickets are $7 each for SMU faculty, staff and students. Buy tickets online or contact the Meadows Ticket Office, 214-768-2787 (214-SMU-ARTS).
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John Miller was a prosperous farmer in Williams County, in the NW corner of Ohio. To keep the story, here, short, in 1869, my Grandfather, James P. Preston, "came riding in on his horse out of the West" - as my parents told the story - from his homestead in Montana Territory (and years as a gold miner), and in a few weeks, married the young daughter of John Miller, Ellen Miller. [It could be noted that James' father had been the first Sheriff of the original (larger) Williams County in 1826, in Defiance. James had returned, at least partially, to participate in the court settlement of his father's estate; he had died under mysterious circumstances, and the estate took years to settle.] Further, a cynic could also suggest that James needed a wife, and family, to settle his "Homestead Act" claim on his Montana ranch, which he did shortly after returning from "the states" to Montana Territory with his new wife.
James and Ellen went off to Montana, which did not please her father. There, they had four children over the next ten years, Ellen born in 1880: the three "Preston boys," Ernest, Harry and John, and, my grandmother, Ellen Preston (named after her mother - how clever!). When Ellen became ill, and returned to Ohio to recover (without the children), her father would not let her return to Montana. When she had been gone a year, James filed for divorce. In the meantime, again, making the story short - really - John Miller had let his daughter move to Coon Rapids, Iowa, where her older brother was a local banker and respected citizen. In the divorce settlement, James allowed the children to go live in Iowa with their mother (all grade school age, at the time). They each attended and graduated from High School in Coon Rapids (which, of course, is also my home town!)
In his will, John decided to bypass his daughter, and her husband, by making bequests of land, farms, to each of his four grandchildren, directly, and having them pay a sum monthly ($5) to their mother, through her life... so she would be taken care of, but not have the responsibility of the land.
Here is how it worked. Have you seen this before? I'm a bit curious if any of my cousins have heard the story differently.
On these images, I've clipped it a bit - so I'll comment on what is here. First, this is two pieces laid together, to set up the premise, and you can see that Ernest got the first farm. Each was 160 or 200 acres of prime farm land, in the area near Coon Rapids.
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The court only delivered its judgment on Friday and reasons are expected to be handed down on December 18.
The Mail & Guardian understands that the court's decision means that the provincial executive committee that existed prior to the provincial elective conference, which was held in June this year in Parys, is reinstated and whatever meetings and events presided over by the executive committee that was elected at the Parys conference on June 21 to 23 this year will now be invalid.
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Mpho Ramakatsa, the main applicant in the matter welcomed the judgment saying "justice has prevailed" and was of the opinion that the branch general meetings held after Parys to nominate leadership choices and decide on voting delegates to go to Mangaung were now invalid.
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