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Jesse Owens of USA winning gold for the long jump in the summer Olympics in Germany, 1936.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The man saluting behind Owens is Lutz Long, a German who shared training tips with Owens and was the first to openly congratulate him after his final jump in full view of Hitler. After the Olympics, the two kept in touch via mail. Below is Long's last letter to Owens while he was stationed with the German Army in North Africa during World War 2. Long was later killed in action during the allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ "I am here, Jesse, where it seems there is only the dry sand and the wet blood. I do not fear so much for myself, my friend Jesse, I fear for my woman who is home, and my young son Karl, who has never really known his father.⁣⁣ My heart tells me, if I be honest with you, that this is the last letter I shall ever write. If it is so, I ask you something. It is a something so very important to me. It is you go to Germany when this war done, someday find my Karl, and tell him about his father. Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we not separated by war. I am saying—tell him how things can be between men on this earth.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If you do this something for me, this thing that I need the most to know will be done, I do something for you, now. I tell you something I know you want to hear. And it is true.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That hour in Berlin when I first spoke to you, when you had your knee upon the ground, I knew that you were in prayer.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Then I not know how I know. Now I do. I know it is never by chance that we come together. I come to you that hour in 1936 for purpose more than der Berliner Olympiade.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And you, I believe, will read this letter, while it should not be possible to reach you ever, for purpose more even than our friendship.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I believe this shall come about because I think now that God will make it come about. This is what I have to tell you, Jesse.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I think I might believe in God.⁣⁣ And I pray to him that, even while it should not be possible for this to reach you ever, these words I write will still be read by you.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Your brother,⁣⁣ Luz"⁣⁣ More chilling historical photos: bit.ly/46yA996

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@Campbell_Barry Love the transparency @Campbell_Barry. A few that jump off the page are: sustainability, dev & growth and pools.

For every $100 you pay in rates in Lower Hutt, we’re proposing the following spend for the next 10 years. Hutt.city/10yearplan

@TeachingInHD @ClaireAmosNZ Thanks mate. An honour to be alongside some impressive individuals!

Awesome to see @jbhaddon appear in an article alongside the one and only @ClaireAmosNZ both with some very relevant point. Shot bro! idealog.co.nz/venture/2019/0…

Do you want to create a better, stronger and more inclusive government? We’re still accepting project submissions for Lightning Lab GovTech 2019. If you have a project that can positively impact Aotearoa, we want to hear from you: bit.ly/2NYKanK bit.ly/2DGEjzT

@EdNZ @craigaatkinson @piawaugh @verbman @BR3NDA @AndreaSiodmok @frankadvicenz @GracefulLillian @hendysh @HoneyBeeGeek @ben_r @graememuller @AIForumNZ @LightningLab Definitely an interesting thread. I have also been having conversations about how agencies might take a unquie approach to policy making...

Nice spot for a spot of reading

@TeachingInHD Hardcore

Stoked to now call this place home. #Taranaki

Just unwrapped the perfect waste free Christmas gift! A book from @pncitylibrary. 3 weeks to read it before it's due back

Here are Eight Gov Tech issues that should be on your radar in 2019. From 5g, #Blockchain, #Micromobility, #Privacy & more. bit.ly/2Su6JlA

Ordered a steak. Come out well done. Changed order to chicken. Came out rare. Got food poisoning. That'll teach me

Just took my first @limebike. The trip cost me $6.10. I got a @zoomyNZ back for $7.40? One of them has the wrong price structure...

Our work with @docgovtnz and @CreativeHQ won the people’s choice award at the @LightningLab GovTech programme for an innovative strategy designed to find a new way to protect the nationally critical Antipodean albatross. Read all about it >> fisheries.govt.nz/news-and-resou…

On the other side of the world from #GovTechSummit, here in NZ We have reached our fully stretched Demo Day RSVP limit at 650 for @LightningLab #govtech

@dwdowns @FlyAirNZ I'm pleased, this means you haven't missed you flight

Ok @FlyAirNZ it’s not just that your latest safety video is terrible (everyone around just said “thank god that’s over”) but it’s dangerous. It’s almost impossible to understand the instructions. If elderly or tourists can’t understand it then what’s the point? Please ditch it.

@LightningLab #GovTech Demo Day is here!

Congratulations to @TheGovLab on the launch of the blockchain.ge platform! #blockchain #opengov #innovation

Quote from Cook islands Prime Minister Henry Puna who directly feels the effects of #climatechange... "I wish we could eject Trumps US to another world."

Aotearoa is becoming a global leader of Public Sector Innovation and I would be honoured to invite you @HelenClarkNZ to our @LightningLab GovTech Demo Day on Nov 13th in Wellington to help spread the word!