Jean Pierre Harris passed away Monday morning, tired of his earthly life, longing for the trip to a beyond which he sincerely believed. At the announcement of his death, a great silence settled and each of us has faced the memory and introspection on the moments, all different and many shared with Jean Pierre.
Some have ended up with emotion philosophy professor who was able to share his passion and enthusiasm to many students who scored his mark on many young minds, has opened many horizons and sometimes attracted vocations.
Others have mentioned the man opening and culture, friend of the arts and artists, the president of the Maison de la Culture de Nevers, the origins, creators of Malraux and Lauberty, who was also for 10 years, the National Chairman of the Houses of Culture.
Still others who shared his interest in the development of tourism, remember the years spent first at the Presidency of Nièvre Tourism and answering the request of François Mitterrand in a national and international level through its prominent action in the Inspectorate General of Tourism and Chair of the Committee of Flowering of France.
His closest friends accumulate in the evocation of John Peter Harris, the diversity of its interests, the breadth of his curiosity to others and the world, its vast culture and endless conversation.
But recognition of spontaneous Nivernais goes naturally to the local scholar - as he liked to describe himself -, the historian, lover the Nièvre and Nevers, fine spirits and testimonies of the past, the narrator of his "little fatherland", anxious to get him out of anonymity, in which time had plunged forgetful, that the figures of Nevers deemed worthy of mention in the interest of its citizens
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Dear Mahamat Saleh is with great pleasure and real joy that the Party leadership Liberal Chad has learned your coronation at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes film where you have already won a trophy with your latest film, "A man who cries is not a dancing bear," put into competition for the Palme gold. On behalf of all Chadian and all Chadians, and on behalf of the Liberal leadership of Chad and its thousands of members and supporters, we extend our warmest congratulations for this distinction is the culmination of many years commitment and work in the service of culture and peace in our country. 
