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I sprang up & said ‘Fire it yourself.’ Layton entreated me to do so, not this time. The sergeant then placed his rifle over the stump, I pointing at (almost bent over him) a man at the corner of a wall. At this moment a round shot struck him in the face, dashing his head into long shreds or ribbons, throwing him backwa... |
P. S. Reference late issue Waterloo Medals. |
I was lucky enough a number of years ago to browse the original Waterloo Medal list at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant (I believe it is now held at Kew). It would seem that the lists sent in by regiments were not always correct and certainly not consistent in their approach; some including the dead others not etc. A numb... |
Gareth! Many thanks indeed for keeping an eye open for Lt Jonathan Layton. I had not expected to get any further with his career and exploits and I really needed to get George Simmon's own words rather than relying on Mark Urban's words. I am therefore most grateful for your verbatim extracts from the original journals... |
More details about the life of Jonathan Layton keep cropping up! On retiring on half pay in 1818, he appears to have returned to Reedham Hall in Norfolk, where his older brother Charles had lived until 1817 - continuing the family's ties with the property, dating from the 1730s. In 1822, however, he held a sale of live... |
One wonders if he had brought the Spanish asses from the Peninsula in 1813, when he returned to England, and if his rifle gun was the one he might have used in the Peninsula and at Waterloo? Or did officers only have pistols and swords? |
After a long silence, I have at last something more to add to the tale of Lt Jonathan Layton of the 1st battalion. |
Named silver campaign medals (Waterloo 1815) were awarded for the first time to all men and officers that took part in the Waterloo battles and were distributed in early 1816. Lt Jonathan Layton must have received one but, possibly because of his wounds, he did not appear on the original medal roll (as was the case wit... |
Does a collector still have this medal? Jonathan may have pawned it when he was hard up in London! |
The Views counter seems to have gone berserk... Nothing more to add unfortunately. |
Keanu Reeves and Drew Barrymore? YAY! 1986? NAY! The Nostalgia Critic takes a look at 1986’s Babe’s in Toyland. |
honestly, Hindsight on the 20/20, this film to me is pretty bad. |
I mean when I was way younger I thought it was sorta nice (like a freakin barny & friends special or somethin’). but looking at it now,.. I’m glad I didn’t even remember it for the longest while. I mean, given the chance, I’ll probably watch it again, for nostalgia sake,.. or because my niece/nephews don’t know how bad... |
This review is imo one of the best you’ve done. I just love the editing so much. |
I could make a joke about the woman who works in weather being called Gale… but I’m better than that. Not by much though. |
World Muslims and non-Muslims must celebrate 12th Rabi’ul Awwal, 1433 – 5th February, 2012 – as World Day of Qur’an for Universal Male-Female Literacy. |
And they must do the same thing consistently every year thereafter – on every 12th Rabiul Awwal. |
And there is a simple and yet a most powerful and convincing reason for doing so: Because it was the Qur’an that first called for universal male-female literacy. |
The Qur’an did so 1400 years ago – by asking everyone everywhere, male as well as female, to read. |
That is one of the greatest miracles of the Qur’an – and the very first one, if you look at it that way. |
And the Qur’an has been keeping up that drumbeat, that perpetual universal call for male as well as female literacy, nonstop ever since – for all these 1400 years. |
There is no doubt that the world has made great progress in that regard since then – absolutely, not a doubt about that. May God bless his world! |
But at the same time, it is also true that much progress remains to be made; especially where Muslims are concerned; and especially where women are concerned; both Muslim and non-Muslim; and much more so in the case of Muslim females. |
The real tragedy of Muslim Afghanistan is not that the Soviets and the Americans invaded and occupied it in quick succession, and laid it waste, and savaged and butchered its people, all of which are heartbreaking tragedies of course. |
The real tragedy of Muslim Afghanistan is that the bulk of the Muslim population of Afghanistan, male as well as female, remained mired in illiteracy, for decades, if not centuries – and no one did anything about it. |
Not a squeak or whimper escaped the mouth of anyone anywhere – Muslim or non-Muslim. |
What everyone seems to forget is that universal male-female education is our game: It is a Muslim game. |
We invented it; and yet we are lagging behind. Other teams are beating us, on home court – in our own game. |
So it stands to reason that we must now go full-court press and redouble our efforts in the field of education and literacy – for men as well as women. |
And we must do so in all parts of the world. |
And if you consider it seriously, there is no better day for the world Muslims, and non-Muslims, to launch a whole new campaign for universal male-female education and literacy than coming 12th Rabi’ul Awwal, 1433 Hijri – 5th February, 2012. |
That is the day associated with the noble birth of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam. |
It is the day that Muslims around the world honor, revere and celebrate in different ways as Maulid-un-Nabiy: Birthday of the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam. |
And it is Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, to whom God Almighty gave the Qur’an. |
And it is the noble Qur’an in which the very first commandment to both men and women from God Almighty – the very first revelation to Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam – was: Read! |
And Muslims being, maybe, over one-fifth of the population of the world, it makes perfect sense for the United Nations, Organization of Islamic Conference/ Countries/ Cooperation (OIC)/ Whatever, Organization of African Unity (OAU), UNESCO, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and other world bodies and org... |
And do so every year thereafter – every 12th of Rabi’ul Awwal. |
As for Muslim governments and societies throughout the world, from Morocco to Malaysia, and everyone in between, what prevents them from declaring 12th Rabi’ul Awwal, 1433 – 5th February, 2012 –as World Day of Qur’an for Universal Male-Female Literacy? |
And repeat the same thing every year after that – every 12th of Rabi’ul Awwal? |
Can you imagine what a glorious celebration that would be? And what wonderful benefits it would bring to the whole world in terms of culture, education, progress – and universal literacy – for females as well as males? |
Come on, let us face it! Muslim individuals and governments today control trillions upon trillions of dollars of wealth. |
I don’t want to go into details, but take it from me they do. |
So, here is what I propose super-rich Muslim individuals and societies of the world do: Regardless of what else they do or don’t do with their money, much of it stolen from their fellow-Muslims, it is time for them to take out a trillion or two of that money – not billion, but trillion – and devote it to take the messa... |
That way, I say to them, you get to keep the rest of your trillions – and continue to use them, as always, for your personal profligacy and for such social purposes, that you have long been using them for, as killing fellow-Muslims; destroying Muslim societies; and perpetuating all forms of tyranny over the minds and b... |
That is so far as this world is concerned. |
As for the Day of Judgment, in the next world, there I suspect you are on your own. Your God there may, and the expectation is that he will, ask you to render a complete account of every penny you ever possessed: How and from where you got it; and how and in doing what you spent it. |
That is why I am hereby asking the super-rich individuals and societies among Muslims to repent, while there is still time, and to turn to God, and to return the wealth they stole from God and his people to God and his people. |
And they can all start doing this by celebrating 12th Rabi’ul Awwal, 1433 – 5th February, 2012 – as World Day of Qur’an for Universal Male-Female Literacy, and doing it every year thereafter. |
To the Muslims of the world – and to non-Muslims as well – I have one simple thing to say: It is time to make the goal of Universal Male-Female Literacy a done deal. |
No more ifs and no more buts. Let us just go ahead and get the job done: starting with our first celebration of the World Day of Qur’an this coming 12th Rabi’ual Awwal, 1433 – 5th February, 2012 – and every year thereafter. |
[PRESS RELEASE] Dr. Pasha Calls for World Day of Qur’an for Universal Male-Female Literacy! |
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK… The first of our nation's great parks…You'll be blown away by Old Faithful's on time performance, and by the steamy Hot Pots and Mud Flats along Geyser Trail. GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK… Jenny Lake's beauty will take your breath away, but save some breath for your hike to Hidden Falls and Insp... |
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MONTEREY/CARMEL… See amazing undersea life at the fabulous Monterey Bay Aquarium Visit the Original Cannery Row and Fisherman's Wharf. Take the Seventeen Mile Drive on the Pacific Coast Highway to Seal Rock and the Lone Cypress, then play beach football or just relax on the white sand of this world famous California re... |
SAN FRANCISCO… We'll check in to the beautiful Embassy Suites on San Francisco Bay. Walk down Lombard Street, the world's crookedest, grab a bite at Pier 39 or Fisherman's Wharf, then dessert at Ghirardelli Square. We'll take in a Giants' or A's night baseball game. Have dinner at the Hard Rock Café and take a Night Cr... |
Escuela Popular’s High School Academy under 19 provides intensive English Language Development so that students are able to meet their goal of graduating bilingual and biliterate. Students benefit from the individual attention afforded by a 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio. What sets the Escuela Popular High School 19 and... |
In fact, we meet the student where she/he is at academically and accelerate learning from that point forward. Many of our under age 19 students have not done well in traditional schools. |
As Lidia Reguerin, the school founder, so wisely explains, “Escuela Popular is in solidarity with its students.” This solidarity is evidenced by the staff’s willingness to accelerate learning by tutoring on Saturdays and after school. This solidarity is also reflected in the relationship structure between teachers and ... |
A generic watch that a person is trying to pass off as a Rolex. |
"Hey man, check out Frank's new watch. It's a Rolex!" |
"Nah dude. That's just a Trolex." |
Get a Trolex mug for your grandma Rihanna. |
A drink-driver who sneezed and crashed his car before walking home to get another vehicle to tow it back onto the road has avoided jail. |
Farm worker Ian Simpson, 59, was more than three times the limit when he veered off the B967 Arbuthnott Road, near Inverbervie, on October 28 and ended up down an embankment. |
He walked home, had a large whisky, then went back to the scene in another car in a bid to pull the first one up the hill. |
Simpson, of Kinneff, Aberdeenshire, previously pled guilty to driving with 76 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath – the limit is 22mcgs. He also admitted being in charge of another vehicle. The court heard he has a previous conviction for a similar offence. |
Defence agent Gail Goodfellow said her client had been working as a dairyman but since the offences he had been signed off work and intended to resign. She said her client was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, his mental health had been impacted and he had “regrettably resorted” to alcohol use. |
She previously said Simpson had been working on the evening prior to the offence. He returned home, had a bottle of beer and a large whisky – but was then called out to deal with an alarm going off on a milk tank. |
Sheriff Ian Wallace banned him from the road for three years as well as placing him under supervision for a year and ordering him to carry out 180 hours of unpaid work as an alternative to custody. |
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I’ve been following General Motors (GM) and the new Transformers movie and I think it is great that car companies want to advertise on movies. As I take a sip of cool, refreshing Coca-Cola, I realize that I don’t mind good product placement now and again. But I’m not really hoping for anything great from this next movi... |
I liked the first Transformers movie. It was a fair plot, plenty of humor, lots of action, and a chance to see the new Camaro. But the Camaro is the exact thing that is bothering me about the new movie. Apparently GM has decided that some changes needed to be made to the car, though it is still the same color and basic... |
This year GM has been showing a bunch of cars at the Chicago auto show that are going to be in the Transformers 2, and guess what? They don’t exist either. GM is going to be putting a new Stingray Corvette, the Chevy Beat concept, and the car that really makes me angry, the Volt. That car doesn’t even have a real sales... |
The whole allure of Transformers growing up to me was My cousin’s VW bug could be an Autobot, my Dad’s pick-up could be an Autobot, and the 911 Turbo next to me could be an Autobot. There is no allure if I don’t get to see it, touch it, and listen to it. |
I’m just frustrated. If you are going to be advertising cars in your movie please, please let them be available for a test drive. Well I guess I’ll just have to see how everything pans out with the movie and GM. |
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Geiler Post. Fast so toll, wie das Zocken von Computerspielen selbst. |
förderlich für das Reaktionsvermögen sein kann. |
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