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JetBlue Takes Off for Quito, Ecuador This February
JetBlue announced that it will begin service on its recently announced Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Quito, Ecuador's Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) route on February 25, 2016.
The airline announced the new daily non-stop route in May as part of continued growth in South Florida as well as in the Caribbean and Latin America where JetBlue is a leading carrier. JetBlue will soon operate up to 95 daily flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and will serve more than two dozen destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America.
"Ecuador is quickly becoming one of the top travel destinations in Latin America which makes Quito an excellent addition to our growing route map," said Dave Clark, vice president network planning, JetBlue. "Featuring attractions like the stunning Amazon, dramatic Andes, Pacific Coast and picturesque Galápagos, Ecuador offers something for every traveler. With daily flights from our focus city in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, trips to Quito for any of these incredible experiences is easier than ever for customers flying from anywhere across the JetBlue network."
Quito, the world's highest capital city at more than 9,300 feet above sea level, features one of the least-altered, best-preserved historic centers in the world which was declared one of the first World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The city is also home to a long list of museums, parks and other attractions, including one of the highest cable cars in the world.
"Improving air connectivity to Ecuador is a priority for the Ministry of Tourism. Reducing flight times and competitive pricing are key to our success in convincing North America travelers that our destination is their next vacation," said Ecuadorian Minister of Tourism, Sandra Naranjo. "We are delighted to begin this long-term relationship with JetBlue Airways. The company's experience, high-levels of customer service and creative marketing will all contribute to the success of this new route, connecting one of our most important markets with the four, diverse and compelling worlds of Ecuador: Amazon, Andes, Pacific Coast and the Galápagos Islands."
JetBlue will serve the route with its 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.
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Globalization, curricular elements, organizational structures and perceived student outcomes in California schools
recommendations for both Global Academy and a final recommendation for policy makers based off the results of this study
Continue Partnerships
Programs and partnerships are an important component that resulted from this study. Global Academy has a mixture of organizations, including various boards for financial, diverse and environmental factors. These progressive groups seek to continually improve the school and not allow it to stagnate. This is also supported by the various partnerships present at the school. From sister schools in other nations to economic affiliations close to home, Global Academy takes steps to make sure it has the partnerships necessary to make the school work. It is important to continue these enterprises given that a global world will require international interactions. By expanding partners Global Academy can continue the success they have through the curricular and academic help that comes from these joint ventures. In addition, partnerships can also help making the school more accessible to others.
Another recommendation for Global Academy is to help make the program more accessible to families with lower socio-economic statuses. Finding avenues to include lower income families, while providing adequate support for the student, will give others the opportunity to be part of this globalized curriculum. Clearly there is competition amongst the various private schools in the city that Global Academy is in. Allowing
Title Globalization, curricular elements, organizational structures and perceived student outcomes in California schools
Author Vigil, Ricardo
Author email tracer1150@aol.com; ricardjv@usc.edu
Degree program Education
Advisor (committee chair) Gothold, Stuart E.
Advisor (committee member) Hocevar, Dennis J.
Love, Laurie
Abstract The world is becoming increasingly connected and this has begun to affect the political, economic, cultural and societal aspects of our lives. Globalization will push individuals to have sensitivity to foreign cultures, fluency in foreign languages and an understanding of international trade and technology while also having the ability to reshape what people think about nations, boundaries and identities. How people react to globalization will depend heavily on who is viewing it and this complexity brings with it values and tensions from various parts of the world. Consequently, globalization carries tremendous ramifications for education and whether or not globalization is accepted, the forces and trends it is presenting are too strong to ignore. So the questions at hand are now: what are schools doing to address this idea, what are schools doing to educate students about globalization and has the idea of global citizenship been addressed? This study addresses what education in the United States is currently focused on and what education is doing in consideration of globalization; specifically what role students will play in a globalized world. The intent of this study was to identify global curricular and organizational elements that are present in California schools and what associated student outcomes are produced. Furthermore, the idea of global citizenship is now a distinct possibility; an idea that begins to blur current ideas of citizenship in an era of nation-states. The idea of relating to others now goes beyond national borders in ways that make it necessary to be aware of political, economic and social issues in other nations. This study also examines what it means to be a global citizen and what are schools doing to make this happen. As part of a thematic dissertation group of eight at the University of Southern California, this study focused on one school in California and found many elements that support globalization.; These included a well developed curriculum, organized leadership, international faculty, exchange trips abroad, a focus on 21st century skills and more. The results of these organizational and curricular ingredients include altruistic projects, community service, and academic excellence and can be useful to policymakers and school-builders who are trying to integrate globalization into schools. Ultimately, this study, in combination with the others in the thematic dissertation team, have the potential to make the curricular elements, organizational structures and student outcomes found in this study significant in attempting to address questions of globalization in schools.
Keyword California; curricular elements; global education; globalization; international baccalaureate; student outcomes; global curriculum
Rights Vigil, Ricardo
Filename etd-Vigil-4389
Archival file uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Vigil-4389.pdf
Full text 123 recommendations for both Global Academy and a final recommendation for policy makers based off the results of this study Continue Partnerships Programs and partnerships are an important component that resulted from this study. Global Academy has a mixture of organizations, including various boards for financial, diverse and environmental factors. These progressive groups seek to continually improve the school and not allow it to stagnate. This is also supported by the various partnerships present at the school. From sister schools in other nations to economic affiliations close to home, Global Academy takes steps to make sure it has the partnerships necessary to make the school work. It is important to continue these enterprises given that a global world will require international interactions. By expanding partners Global Academy can continue the success they have through the curricular and academic help that comes from these joint ventures. In addition, partnerships can also help making the school more accessible to others. Accessibility Another recommendation for Global Academy is to help make the program more accessible to families with lower socio-economic statuses. Finding avenues to include lower income families, while providing adequate support for the student, will give others the opportunity to be part of this globalized curriculum. Clearly there is competition amongst the various private schools in the city that Global Academy is in. Allowing
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Q: Saving/Restoring custom ArrayList on Android screen rotate? I have a custom ArrayList of MovieItems that I want to save and restore on screen rotation. I checked out this post - How to save custom ArrayList on Android screen rotate? - and implemented and adapted some of the codes but the saving and restoring don't seem to be working for me.
1) Saving the ArrayList:
public List<MovieItem> mItems = new ArrayList<>();

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {

    outState.putParcelableArrayList(MOVIE_KEY, (ArrayList<? extends Parcelable>) mItems);
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}

2) Restoring the ArrayList:
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        if (savedInstanceState != null)
        {

            mItems = savedInstanceState.getParcelableArrayList(MOVIE_KEY);
        }
        setRetainInstance(true);
......

    }

3) Making the MovieItem class Parcelable:
public class MovieItem implements Parcelable{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private String mCaption;
    private String mId;
    private String mUrl;
    private String plot;
    private Double rating;
    private String release_date;
    private boolean favourite;

    public MovieItem() {
    }

    protected MovieItem(Parcel in) {
        mCaption = in.readString();
        mId = in.readString();
        mUrl = in.readString();
        plot = in.readString();
        release_date = in.readString();
        favourite = in.readByte() != 0;
        mTitle = in.readString();
    }

    public static final Creator<MovieItem> CREATOR = new Creator<MovieItem>() {
        @Override
        public MovieItem createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new MovieItem(in);
        }

        @Override
        public MovieItem[] newArray(int size) {
            return new MovieItem[size];
        }
    };

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {

        out.writeString(mCaption);
        out.writeString(mId);
        out.writeString(mUrl);
        out.writeString(plot);
        out.writeDouble(rating);
        out.writeString(release_date);

    }

A: Because you have setRetainInstance(true), the Fragment is not destroyed/recreated on screen rotation. The Fragment will call onSaveInstanceState() after a screen rotation, but the onCreate() portion will not occur.

A: add this line in your Manifest in relevant activity tag , and activity will handle rotation itself
android:configChanges="screenSize|orientation|screenLayout"

test it maybe help you

A: You can try implementing the onRestoreInstanceState() method as well. Its called after the onStart() method. You can read up about it onRestoreInstanceState

A: Use singletone object for storing your list.
    public enum MySingleton {
    INSTANCE;
    private MySingleton() {
        System.out.println("Here");
    }
    private List mItems = new ArrayList<>();
    public List getItems(){
        return mItems;
    }
    }
and for access to your array from anywhere MySingleton.INSTANCE.getItems()

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Boris Johnson's former campaign manager 'hasn't decided yet' whether to back his new bid
British Conservative Party politician Boris Johnson gives a speech during Conservative Party Conference 2018. (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Boris Johnson's former campaign manager "hasn't decided yet" whether to back him again in his bid to be Tory leader.
Security minister Ben Wallace ran Johnson's leadership campaign in 2016 and threatened to go "Game Of Thrones" on Michael Gove after he scuppered his candidate's chances, opening the door for Theresa May's coronation.
Wallace would only say he had not yet decided whether to back Johnson when asked directly on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
He said: "I haven't made a decision yet.
"The one thing I have learned from being inside a campaign is we've got another 10 days - your listeners will be dead bored.
"What we do need to do is make sure this race is about getting the right person to lead the country, but I'm not going to bang on about it."
Meanwhile James Cleverly has pulled out of the race to Britain's next prime minister, saying it was "highly unlikely" he would have won.
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When you first began feeling short of breath after climbing the stairs, you brushed it off as being out of shape. But when combined with that nagging cough, you felt downright limited.
While shortness of breath is a warning sign of many different conditions, one of the more common is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive lung disease most often caused by a history of tobacco use. COPD is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. But it's a disease that can be managed for several years.
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COPD encompasses two main lung diseases — chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Emphysema causes destruction of the fragile walls and elastic fibers of the alveoli. With chronic bronchitis, your bronchial tubes become inflamed and narrowed, and your lungs produce more mucus, leading to a chronic cough in an attempt to clear the airways. Most people with COPD have components of both.
An estimated 80 percent or more of people with COPD have a history of cigarette smoking. Cigar, pipe and secondhand smoke also are known culprits. Other irritants that can bring about the disease include air pollution and environmental exposure to dust, smoke or fumes. COPD also may occur in some people with a history of severe childhood asthma or respiratory illnesses. Genetics also plays a role.
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Surname: Whitney
Christian Names: Trevor Mark
City or Town: Condobolin
Service: Army Reserve
Branch: Royal Australian Artillery
Commencement of service: 7 April 1981
Completion of service: 14 October 1981
Trevor Whitney served as a part time Army Reservist for six months. Because it was part time service his actual time wearing a uniform would be measured in a few weekends rather than months.
Here is an extract from Whitney's Certificate of Service.
To indulge his own ego he purchased and wore two medals that he had not earned. Here is what he said about the medals:
"when the medal entitlement came out i did apply for them, but was told that my service fell short of the time allocated. i was disjointed and fort (sic) hard for them, no success, they did how ever tell me i could wear the two replicas on conditions,
1- that i always informed the correct people what they were and that i remove them at any time if some one would be up set by me wearing them.
i always inform the marshals on Anzac days and even if they asked me to remove them i would. i have always followed, the conditions, i will never disrespect the wearing of medals due to my grandfathers and farther (sic"
The Australian Defence Medal (ADM)
Six months part time service is insufficient time to qualify for this medal
The Anniversary of National Service Medal
As Whitney was born in 23 April 1961 he would have been eleven years old in 1972 when the medal ceased to be issued.
Part of his commemorative regalia includes a National Servicemen's Association Blazer complete with pocket motif.
Whitney could not possibly fill the criterion for membership to the National Servicemen's Association.
It should be noted that when these issues were brought to his attention, Whitney was very honest and cooperative.
Although the medals do not represent operational service, Whitney has worn two medals he did not earn, it is dishonest ego boosting behaviour for him to wear them. Being mentioned in despatches on this web site is ego deflating and will offset the kudos he got from wearing false medals.
Wightley
Surname: Wightley
Christian Names: Ian Russell
It is significant to place the date of birth of this "veteran" at the beginning of his page of glory as the 3rd of October 1953. Just two and a half months after the 27 July Armistice came into effect in the Korean conflict. A conflict that Ian Russell Wightley claims he was in and proudly wears the [replica] medal for. Ian Wightley states that he was in both 3 and 5 Battalions, the Royal Australian Regiment, in Vietnam.
On ANZAC day 2001 he was spotted wearing the following collection of [replica] medals.
The Australian Active Service Medal 45/75 with clasp Vietnam,
The Korean Medal,
The Vietnam Medal,
The Vietnamese Campaign Medal,
The Infantry Combat Badge, and the
US Presidential Unit Citation.
This brave warrior of two major conflicts, Korea and Vietnam [no mean feat considering one of his major claims to fame was fought before he was born], has his regimental number tattooed on his arm and if this raises your curiosity, then he is quite prepared to relate the following stories to anyone that will listen.
It would appear that whilst serving in Vietnam he was holding a wounded Vietnamese child in his arms when enemy small arms fire decapitated the said child right there in his grasp. This despicable act by the enemy has played on his mind ever since, causing severe nightmares and flashbacks to his time in battle.
To lighten this story after he has relayed it to you, he will then proceed to tell you how he adopted another Vietnamese orphaned child while he was in country.... Where is this child now?
Another of the deeds he will relate is how, whilst in battle, a "bomb" hit a tree causing it to fall on him, injuring his spine. This injury suffered in battle was to see him medically evacuated to Australia..... and his back pain has been a major concern ever since. One could ask the question here as to why he was medevaced back to Australia when an action such as this, caused in the field, would surely have seen him casevaced to Australia if the wound was severe enough.
It would appear that our would-be hero has not done quite enough research into his bogus battle service as he would have discovered that there is a vast difference between being medevaced and casevaced.
Smarting and disillusioned by his "treatment" from his wartime experiences, Wightley refuses to enter the R&SL as long as "Bruce Ruxston's ass points to the ground". Here we can see that he has obviously spoken with some disgruntled veterans who have ill feelings about the treatment some veterans received on returning home and has adopted their views as his own. If the truth is known, he is not game to enter a R&SL club for fear of being caught out and completely humiliated in front of his "veteran brothers", a bit like being exposed on the Internet for feats of valour that simply couldn't, and didn't happen.
If you think that the story is good so far; please read on. Here are some truths about our war hero that need to be told.
Wightley's army number is 3178435 , yes that is his real service number and it is tattooed on his body. Ian Russell Wightley enlisted in the ARA in March 1971 for three years . But, due to his personality (and other) problems he was discharged in November 1972, as "Not suitable to be a soldier".
On completion of recruit training he was allocated to the Infantry Corps and posted to the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment. However he saw no active service , and was not awarded any medals, honours, or accoutrements .
All the medals that Wightley owns and wears are available from a medal shop (they are replicas ) . His military service medal collection includes the Korean medal. The Armistice for Korea was signed at 10:00am 27 July 1953. Ian Russell Wightley was born on 3 October 1953, so he was still in liquid form when the Korean Veterans were in uniform.
Had he ever appeared in one of the R&SL branches, that he refuses to enter, he would no doubt have been duly questioned about his rack of medals by all within the premises and his "war-caused" PTSD level would have skyrocketed.
Wightley's story would be quite comical if the circumstances were different, but this miscreant has earned himself a most questionable reputation, now on the public record . His appearances in the Victorian Courts are of a most serious nature.
There is no doubt that there will be a further update on Mr Wightley in the very near future.
Update ....Since the inclusion of Wightley's story on the site, a group of very disgruntled Viet Nam veterans decided to approach him about his said feats in Viet Nam and his collection of medals. Upon seeing the veterans approaching, Wightley immediately rang the police.
On their arrival the veterans informed the police of the facts and that they were there simply to take possession of the replica medals worn by Wightley and to discourage him from telling his stories. At this stage he openly admitted to the police and the veterans that the medals "belonged to a mate" and he was simply wearing them as a sign of respect to his mate. The medals were handed to the veterans and they and the police were satisfied with the outcome and departed Mr Wightley's premises.
We expect more developments in this matter.
This is published in the public interest, particularly that of the Vietnam Veteran Community. All information presented here is fact and the truth. Reports from private citizens are supported by statements of fact and statutory declarations.
Surname: Wilde
Christian Names: Howard Neil
Service: RAN
It was in Vung Tau that his stories became more than just having been a Navy Coxswain who was involved in the injury and subsequent death of a SAS diver in Bass Strait. He continued his charades in Saigon while visiting and later when he moved there after he was virtually thrown out of Vung Tau. He spent well over two years living in Vietnam.
Read his claims of service and decide for yourself if he's just a harmless Walter Mitty or someone who was out to enhance a very ordinary Naval career to insinuate himself into the ranks of War Veterans with whom he mixed on a daily basis.
He embarrassed Veterans with his transparent tales told to anyone who'd listen and gave a false impression of the type of person who would be accepted in the Australian Special Air Service Regiment.
Sailor and wannabe Soldier. Born 11 December 1958. Nicknames "Pommy" and "H". Howard was an Australian Navy Sailor but he was not an SAS Corporal.
He started spinning his tales in Australia before leaving in 1999 to live in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
Two stories that Wilde told about Navy service in Vietnam waters.
(1) Served with the Australian Navy on the Vietnam gun line at age 15.
This would have to be 1973 according to his year of birth 1958, but HMAS Brisbane was the last ship to leave the gun line in October 1971. On the gun line aged 13? No.
(2) Served on board a Navy ship in Vietnam waters at age 15.
This could allude to HMAS Swan which was an escort for the last HMAS Sydney trip in early 1972.
He said his records for this period of time can't be checked because like the records of all good wannabes, they're secret. The Navy wouldn't admit that he was on overseas active duty because he was too young, he says. 14 years old?
Both the above stories are obviously false.
Attached to the SAS as an instructor.
He said that he was detached from HMAS Swan, sometimes HMAS Stirling, to the SAS base to instruct on weapons, urban guerrilla warfare, and small watercraft handling. He was mostly needed for his weapons knowledge.
Like most wannabes who aren't very bright, he left written evidence of his fantasy.
On a pub wall in Vung Tau, he wrote;
"Pom Wilde R123739 ( his Navy number )
Cpl. 3 SQN SAS." ( Cpl = Corporal, this is not a Navy rank) No photo available at this time.
At the pub he had met a former SAS member who had been in 3 Squadron during the war. He adopted the SQN as his own and dreamed up a rank.
Served with the Australian Navy in the Gulf War.
His name doesn't appear on the Gulf War nominal roll and when challenged on this he stated that he was onboard a Destroyer escort that didn't actually enter the Gulf.
He was posted to HMAS Swan, January 1990 to October 1991, at the time of the war, and Swan didn't go near the Gulf.
Served in Vietnam with the SAS.
No substantiated stories from him about this service. He was very careful to not get into details when there were Veterans around.
A SAS trained Paramedic.
In 2002 he told stories of assisting traffic accident victims in Saigon.
Most expats, with any sense, living in Asia would not go near the scene of an accident in case they got blamed for it.
FACTS. From records.
Wilde served in the Royal Australian Navy from March 1978 to September 1995.
He began a diver's course in 1979 but was back classed (failed) and there is no indication that he attempted to complete the course.
He also failed a Coxswain course in 1988 but apparently managed to pass the course later on.
He did not serve in the Gulf in any capacity.
He was posted to HMAS Swan in January 1990, Quartermaster duties, and served twice on Swan in 1990 - 91 and 93.
From HMAS Swan he was detached to the Navy Clearance Diving Team 4 at Swanbourne as a coxswain from October 1991 to June 1993. CDT divers did train with the SAS.
He was not the Coxswain of a boat that struck a diver in the Bass Strait during an exercise as he said.
He was injured while on duty but this happened after he was posted back to HMAS Swan.
Wilde was awarded the Defence Forces Service Medal in March 1993 for 15 years long service not active service and the DFSM is his only award.
He was discharged as unfit for duty in 1995. Records end.
Just before leaving Australia with a friend in 1999 he was given an SAS beret complete with badge to present to a pub owner in Vung Tau. This pub owner is an Australian who while not being a War Veteran had served in the military and had a collection of berets and war memorabilia in the pub poolroom.
Wilde told people that it was his beret from his SAS days and on leaving Vung Tau stole the beret and a very hard to get book relating to the Vietnam War. The pub owner caught up with Wilde sometime later in Saigon and demonstrated his displeasure by rendering him unconscious.
Wilde made a complaint to the Australian Consulate about this pub owner to the effect that he had stolen and burnt sensitive Government documents belonging to Wilde.
Wilde was a severe embarrassment to veterans living in Vung Tau and Saigon for reasons other than his behaviour while drunk. His tales were transparent even to people who had never served in any country's military; he was virtually thrown out of Vung Tau.
During a courtesy visit to Saigon by HMAS Adelaide, Wilde attended a cocktail party on board the ship and made sure that all in earshot knew that he is a former RAN sailor. He was avoided by Veterans at the reception and was eventually escorted ashore by Navy personnel after becoming drunk, disorderly and obnoxious causing the ship's Captain to order that no more drinks be served.
He has boasted of ripping off the Department of Veterans Affairs and had offered to help a Veteran who lives in Vietnam to do the same thing. This had to do with receiving benefits that aren't available to those Veterans who live overseas, things like pharmaceutical benefits and rent assistance. The Veteran didn't take him up on the harebrained scheme.
It is very likely that he was in breach of DVA directives while living overseas and this then becomes a Federal offence. He had notified DVA of an intended holiday only, not an intention to live overseas for a period longer than 6 months.
He has stated that he is still in possession of a Military identity card that should have been handed in before his departure from the SAS base at Swanbourne, Perth. This card was sighted by a Veteran and deemed authentic.
This is a Federal offence also. He supposedly used this ID, claiming to be a SAS Reservist, to chase a wannabe SAS member out of a Saigon bar. Supposedly, because Wilde told this story to a Veteran who never believed a word he said.
He is in receipt of the TPI. (Ex-service disability compensation payment) He was injured twice, 1983 and 1987, while on duty but not while attached to CDT 4.
Howard Neil Wilde. Discharged from the Navy after 17 1/2 years service with the rank of Leading Seaman, Bosuns mate. For you non-Navy people, that rank equates to between Corporal and Sergeant.
Now living in Parmelia, Perth. He frequents the Medina RSL Sub-Branch.
Surname: Wilkinson
Christian Names: Ian Robert
State or Province: New South Wales
City or Town: Lithgow
Service #: R103588
Service: Navy
Branch: Cook
UPDATE - IAN WILKINSON AUGUST 2018
In our original entry, ANZMI quoted a newspaper article dated May 2017, that stated Ian Wilkinson had previously been the President and Treasurer of the Lithgow Returned and Services League (RSL)
The Lithgow RSL Sub Branch has requested that we advise as follows:
"The Lithgow RSL Sub-Branch have been alerted about a new addition to the website, one Ian Robert Wilkinson RAN R103588. It mentions that he was a previous President and Treasurer of the Lithgow RSL Sub-Branch. Could you please make it known somehow, that Ian Wilkinson has not been a member of the RSL since 2009 and that the Lithgow RSL Sub-Branch does not condone nor appreciates his actions and that on several occasions, some of our members have pointed out to him that he should not be wearing those 'trinkets' where they were, without any success of his removing them"
It is obvious that the Lithgow RSL Sub Branch is an establishment that appreciates protocols and traditions.
ANZMI thank the Management team of Lithgow RSL Sub Branch for providing the additional information.
Ian Wilkinson was formerly the President and Treasurer of the Lithgow NSW Returned and Services League (RSL). He wears six medals, three are for Defence Service, one is for civilian service and the other two are self awarded "trinkets".
Notice he wears uppermost on his left breast the two non official "Trinkets".
These medals are:
HMAS Sydney Medal.
Vietnam Logistic Support Medal.
Below the "trinkets" he wears a rack of four legitimate medals consisting of;
Australian Active Service Medal (AASM) - For Vietnam service
Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal (VLSM) - For Vietnam service
National Medal (NM) - For civilian work
Australian Defence Medal (ADFM) - For Serving in Defence Force
Here are two paragraphs from a media quote about Wilkinson.
He is quoted as saying he did "twelve and-a-half trips to Vietnam" during his service. The Department of Veterans Affairs Nominal Roll shows, he served in Vietnam for ninety four days, this relates to 2,256 hours. Despite what he says and despite what the Nominal Roll shows Wilkinson spent less than three days in Vietnam, in fact, he was on board HMAS Sydney in Vung Tau harbour for an all up total of 59 hours which is 2,159 less that what the RAN recorded. He actually did only four trips to Vietnam not twelve and a half. Each of his four visits were for an average of less than seventeen hours.
The RAN in their mysterious administrative ways, counted time for all RAN who visited Vietnam from the time they left Australia until they returned to Australia. Army personnel were only credited with the days they had their feet on the ground.
An example of the RAN maladministration is that of a monumental blunder that has been uncovered by an official Government Tribunal, whereby thousands of RAN personnel were wrongly awarded the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (RVCM)
See paragraph 22 of this reference.
https://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AF17314681.pdf
Apart from exaggerating his time in Vietnam, Wilkinson's offence is wearing the two "tin" medals on his left breast.
It is iterated, that despite the inference of ninety four days "at war", his time in Vietnam was all spent in the safe Vung Tau Harbour on board the huge RAN ship, HMAS Sydney and his total time in Vietnam was for fifty nine hours only.
Wilkinson should be happy for his service with the Defence Force during the Vietnam conflict and should not need to exaggerate his medal entitlement or his time in Vietnam.
Wilkinson can now sail on board the HMAS ANZMI ,where instead of being an officers' Cook aboard HMAS Sydney, he can be an example to others who bolster their medals with "tin" fakes and exaggerate their time in war zones.
Christian Names: Leonard Richard
City or Town: Coffs Harbour
Service: Army Reserves
Leonard Richard Williams aka "Lying Lenny" [BM]
Many thanks to Louise Croaker for her email shown in the update for Len. Please Read the site story as we originally had it on here and then at the bottom of the page you will see Louise's email and our answers to her queries. Without your assistance we probably would have overlooked the items we have now included.
After retiring from the Army Reserve in Sydney he moved to Coffs Harbour and set about portraying himself as a war Veteran purely to establish himself as a man of action.
He never made an actual claim of service or wore unearned decorations but he gave the impression that he was at the Battle of Long Tan and is a returned Soldier.
He joined every conceivable Military based association and club and when he ran out of these due to being forced out because of his antics, he formed his own branch of the NSW National Serviceman's Association. He was not a National Serviceman but this didn't stop him. He took in genuine former Nasho's and those who never served in any branch of the Military, women and generally anyone off the street. We could equate this to having a club for Redheads and allowing Brunettes and Blondes to join. The membership numbers racket.
Why would he do this? Because in the end he got to be the president of something, an association based vaguely on Military service.
Read more about Williams and his attention grabbing antics Sun Times Brisbane
Williams spent some 20 years in the Army Reserve. We have a video of him stating,
"Regimental Number 2245511. Squadron Sergeant Major retired. I served with 30 Terminal Squadron and 10 Terminal Regiment"
Len served with 33 Terminal Squadron which was a sub unit of 10 Terminal Regiment. 33 Terminal Squadron was an Army Reserve Unit. Len did not serve with 30 Terminal Squadron which was a Regular Army unit. It was at this time that he picked up the nickname "Lying Lenny" He was never in the Regular Army.
October Long Weekend 1993, a Viet Nam Veterans Muster was held at Yamba.
Len Williams stepped in front of the President of the Viet Nam Veterans Association and led the Viet Nam Veterans March. Len Williams had been in the CMF for nearly 20 years, he certainly knew the protocol involved and still he deliberately stepped in front of the President to lead the March. This was greeted with great indignation by the real Viet Nam Veterans both at the march and by the Viet Nam Veterans who watched the news coverage at home.
A Channel 10 video shows Williams in an after parade interview saying.
"More importantly for our fellow Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen who cannot and never will be able to attend a Service like this because they were called upon to make the Supreme sacrifice. "And WE are now part of Australian Military History. And may I remind you that nobody but nobody can take that honour away from US collectively or as individuals"
Williams had a very good opportunity to serve his country overseas during the Viet Nam War but chose not too. He didn't want to be with US then and he's not going to be with US now. WE don't want him in our ranks.
May 1998...Len Williams, who is neither a Viet Nam Veteran nor was he an associate member of the Viet Nam Veterans Association at the time, planted a tree and placed a huge rock in the Viet Nam Veterans Park without permission. The Veterans were furious.
Len Williams was the secretary/caretaker of the Coffs Harbour Branch of the National Servicemen's Association NSW then. He claimed he was the President; he wasn't. The Coffs Harbour Council resolved to move the tree and rock from Veterans' Park and Len Williams was ordered to write an apology to the Viet Nam Veterans, he didn't
Len Williams visited John Paul College. Len showed the principal and two students his personal mementoes of the Battle of Long Tan. Prior to the visit Len had invited the Advocate Newspaper photographer to attend for a photo opportunity and once again created the illusion of being a war Veteran. The caption under the photograph reads.Students "experience" Viet Nam War "Students from John Paul College have had the benefit of personal mementoes from the battle of Long Tan in Viet Nam lent by Veteran Len Williams for a project the students are doing. The mementoes included a shield with the manning details from South Viet Nam, New Zealand and Australia and a videotape of interviews with people involved in the battle. Mr Williams second from left showed the material to the school's new principal and students." (The names of the Principal and students have been removed from this caption)
Notice the print of a famous painting in a frame on the table. It's a print of Bruce Fletcher's Battle of Long Tan. This and the other items on the table are not the property of Williams; they belong to a genuine survivor of the Battle. The owner testified in court that he had given the items to Williams as a gift.
Len Williams had not been on the Executive of Coffs Harbour RSL Sub-Branch since 1995 and had no reason to wear an RSL nametag, tie and RSL Badge. This gave the impression that he was still on the executive of Coffs Harbour RSL. The nametag reads "Mr Len Williams BM, Coffs Harbour RSL Sub-Branch" He had this name tag made for him. Actual members of the RSL wear business card sized ID in plastic holders.
You will also notice that he wears a bullion patch on his beret that should only be worn by Colonel's and above. Len later admitted in court that he sewed the patch onto the beret some 10 years ago. As a 20 year CMF serving member, Williams would have been fully aware of the protocols and implications of wearing this bullion badge and the impression it would have created on the knowing general public. The wearing of more than one badge on a beret at any time is also against all protocol, is illegal and unless the mans name is Montgomery, or he considers himself in the same class, he does not have an entitlement to wear a beret displaying the badges he does.
He has attended just about every occasion that has a Military theme, a 1 RAR reunion, a Rats of Tobruk reunion, a Viet Nam Veteran's dinner dance and others, usually uninvited but he'd follow on the coat-tails of a genuine Veteran to heighten his profile in the community.
Concerned Veterans had finally had enough of Williams and they published documents objecting to his behaviour. Williams sued them and the wife of one of these ex-service personnel for defamation.
Len likes to sue people and sometimes won but this time he lost badly when other ex-service people gave evidence to support these published documents and confirm the fact that he is an old fraud. The Veteran population have had enough of frauds and those who steal their service for their own means. Sunday Telegraph Brisbane newspaper article.
Williams was ordered by the court to pay his and the defendant's costs which amount to tens of thousands of dollars. He didn't pay a cent and the last that was seen of him was his back as he was leaving town. He did not display the courage he supposedly possesses.
Why is Lenny here on the site? He is more than just a poseur, he is a vindictive trouble-maker. He attempted to disgrace a genuine Veteran by publicly claiming that the Veteran was wearing un-awarded decorations. He also complained to a Member of Parliament that the publishers of the damning documents did not deserve the TPI [Totally, Permanently Incapacitated] compensation payments that they receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs as compensation for war caused disabilities. These complaints were groundless and the MP told him so.
The following is a statement from someone who assisted in this investigation.
"What I really think though is that Len is trying to make a mockery of the Viet Nam Veterans because he covets the supposed glory that he perceives Viet Nam Veterans to have."
Run "Lying Lenny" run. You'll start up with your rubbish again somewhere and we'll find you.
You will not be permitted a minute's peace until you apologise to the genuine, dedicated members of your former community to whom you caused so much stress, strain and for some, financial hardship.
Len, an apology to CPMH will not change a thing; you are not the Veteran you wish to be and the story of your posturing will remain here for the rest of your life. Veterans are offered the chance to apologise and have their names removed. You are not a Veteran.
Late info; Williams has transferred his RSL membership to Yamba RSL and has redirected his mail to his son's address. He has been seen at Mudgereeba RSL and borrowing money.
He owes $63,000 in court costs, his and the people he sued for telling the truth. Keep running Lenny, the Australian Veteran community is small and you've got nowhere to hide.
In all fairness to Louise, who appears to have put a lot of passion into the email below, we have reproduced it in total including the spelling mistakes. After reading this and to help show our new discoveries the email has been broken down into sections and the answers for Louise are below her inquiries/questions. Again Louise, on behalf of our investigative staff we thank you for reading the pages and bringing these important facts to us for clarification.
From: Louise Croaker email address removed as a courtesy to Louise.
Sent: Saturday, 11 October 2003 10:26 PM
To: file@cpmh.net
Subject: LEN WILLIAMS AKA LYING LENNY
Although I agree your website is doing a great job to weed out the wannabees
and have-nots from our military........ I would like to make a statement
regarding Len Williams. Although I served as a reservist in 33 terminal
squadron, I also served with both 10 terminal squadron and 30 terminal
squadron on occasions, as was part of our affiliation with these two
squadrons. First of all, Coffs Harbour is not Len Williams "adopted town",
as he was born raised, eduacated and worked in Coffs Harbour, and has a
large family history in this town.
As your article says "Len Williams stepped in front of the Vietnam Veterans
association and led the Vietnam Veterans march". This statement has been
totally misconstrued. It was actually alledged in court that Len stepped in
front of one of the high dignatories in an Anzac day march in Coffs Harbour.
This was refuted by the dignatory in question.
Lens joining of all conceivable miltary clubs and associations was due to
his love of the military system and at the request of the people involved in
his one and only law suit regarding anything military.
Len was never "forced out" of any of these military associations, Len either
resigned or was voted out due to the democratic way our society runs through
voting.
Len did not form his own branch of the National Servicemans Association of
Australia, of which I am a member, he was asked. I also am not a National
Serviceman. Len refused the first invitation to start the Association, but
upon frequent requests, he agreed, but made it known from the very beginning
that he was neither a Vietnam Veteran or a National Serviceman. As regards
to your articles comments about Len "taking anyone off the street to join
the sub-branch", All members are either ex-National Servicemen or army
reservists (which are associate members), and their wives, which is
allowable under constitution of the National Servicemens Association of NSW.
Len was voted in as president of the Coffs Harbour Branch of the National
Servicemens Association of NSW by the democratic way of voting, which we are
all entitled to as Australians.
Len Williams has never claimed to be in the regualr army, However his unit
has worked in conjunction with the 30 Terminal Squadron and 10 terminal
regiment as Sqadron Sergeant Major. As you are probably well aware, once in
unform, it does not matter wether you are regular army or reservists,
proptocol and ranking structures well exist. As one example of being
involved with both regular army units was the embarkation and deployment of
troops on an exercise involving not only the above mentioned regular army
units but also the HMAS Tobruk.
"More importantly for our fellow Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen who
cannot and never will be able to attend a Service like this because they
were called upon to make the Supreme sacrifice. "And WE are now part of
Australian Military History. And may I remind you that nobody but nobody can
take that honour away from US collectively or as individuals" The above statment, made by Len, was directed to ALL military personnel,
both regular army and reservists alike. As anyone with any military history
know, World war one was fought by volunteers, AKA reservists.
Although Len did not serve in Vietnam, he did play an important role as a
reservist. During the Vietnam War, as I am aware, there was a dock strike.
Len aided in the loading of vital supplies of the Japarret ( spelling may
not be accurate) in his capacity as a qualified freight handler.
The "rock and tree planting" was performed with the full approval of the
Coffs Harbour council, who owns the land. Although Len was not, at this
time, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Association, to my knowledge, he was
asked AGAIN to be on the board of the Vietnam Veterans Association. The
planting and the placement of the rock was to be for all Vietnam Veterans
who died during this conflict, of which his brother was one.
The placing of the rock and the planting of the tree did NOT infuriate All
Vietnam Veterans, but was accepted by the majority, but then again, a
minority of jealous people, who did not think of it first, protested.
The "John Paul College" article, which was printed incorrectly by the
reporter, was retracted by Len Williams in the next issue. The young girl in
the article was summoned to court and did state that Len did not say he was
a Long Tan Vet.
The momentos in question from the battle fo "long Tan" were given to Len by
a long standing friend, who was in fact a Long Tan Vet, and still holds Len
in the highest regards, even following the allogations made about Len.
As a member of the RSL myself, under the constitution of the RSL myself, you
are entitlted to wear ties and badges. The nametag in question was worn by
Len when he was a member of the RSL sub-branch board, this badge has not
been worn since. The "business card identification" the articel talks about,
I have NOT seen worn by any member of the board.
In regards for wearing the "Bullion Badge", the person who submitted this
article to you, should be fully aware (that is if they are fully military
complacement) that the badge was in fact a WOII insignia. The fact that it
was worn on a beret should be inconsequential as Len had been out of the
service for some time. The wearing of the RACT badge over the top of the
WOII badge should not be regarded as anything more than national pride.
On his "attendance of military occasions", these have always been on written
request or invitation only. Len will not and has not attended any occasion
without invitation.
Len Williams'court case was executed on three people only, who suffer from
professional jealousy, from Lens medals. It is well known that the 3 people
in question during the court case are very jeolous of Len's 3 medals, in
which to my understanding is the only combination of therse 3 medals in
existance.
Len has never said he was a Vietnam Veteran, he has always clained that he
was Citizens Military Forces, which was changed to Army Reserves. The people
named in this court case were also aware that Len was never a Vietnam
Veteran, and have known this for a number of years, as Len has worked side
by side by one of the people in a military fashion.
Len has not left or run out of Coffs Harbour as depicted in your article,
nor has he used his sons postal address, nor has he borrowed money.
"He is more than just a poseur, he is a vindictive trouble-maker. He
attempted to disgrace a genuine Veteran by publicly claiming that the
Veteran was wearing un-awarded decorations. He also complained to a Member
of Parliament that the publishers of the damning documents did not deserve
the TPI [Totally, Permanently Incapacitated] compensation payments that they
receive from the Department of Veterans Affairs as compensation for war
caused disabilities. These complaints were groundless and the MP told him
so."
In regards to this statement, the Veteran who was wearing unawardede
decoarations was not publicly declared by Len, but by a Vietnam Veteran who
not only ripped the unawarded decorations from the Veteran in question but
assaulted him for wearing unawarded decorations. The TPI in question was
also taken and cut from a prominent member of the Coffs Harbour RSL as he
fradulently claimed his pension, as he was not as incapacitated as he
claimed. This is public knowledge and is available through the court system.
Len is not runnig or hiding from any of these people, as all of these
allogations made by these people are false.
Although your site, as I said at the bginning, will weed out the unjust and
the frauds, this is an unjust statement towards Len Williams, who has at no
time said, alledged or passed himself off as a Vietnam Veteran. I think your
site should investigate such allogations more thouroughly before such
slander is printed against an individual.
I am entitled to wear 3 medals for my service in the army reserves. I wouild
be infuriated if someone came and said that I was not entitled to wear those
medals which I have earned.
In summation, get your facts straight before bad mouthing a great
Australian.
and so you see her email reproduced in total. Now to break it down and explain or answer the questions posed.
The following is from the email written by Louise Croaker
Although I agree your website is doing a great job to weed out the wannabees and have-nots from our military........ I would like to make a statement regarding Len Williams. Although I served as a reservist in 33 terminal squadron, I also served with both 10 terminal squadron and 30 terminal squadron on occasions, as was part of our affiliation with these two squadrons.
The following is from the website
Len served with 33 Terminal Squadron, which was a sub unit of 10 Terminal Regiment. 33 Terminal Squadron was an Army Reserve Unit. Len did not serve with 30 Terminal Squadron, which was a Regular Army unit. It was at this time that he picked up the nickname "Lying Lenny" He was never in the Regular Army.
CPMHcomments
Len Williams had stated on video that he had served with 30 terminal squadron.
This was a lie as 30 terminal squadron was a regular army unit and Len Williams was never, ever in the regular army. Len Williams finally admitted in court that he didn't serve with 30 Terminal Squadron which was a regular army unit.
The following is from pages 42 , 43 and 44 of The Judgement brought down by Judge J C Gibson on 3rd April 2003.
d) 1991 Old Diggers and World War II Veterans Luncheon
112. Unlike the evidence of the plaintiffs conduct and participation in marches, the plaintiff's conduct on this occasion was direct evidence of an attempt to portray himself as a Veteran. The plaintiff was shown video of the annual luncheon for Veterans hosted by the Coffs Harbour RSL Sub‑Branch. On the video tape (Ex 9) of this function, the plaintiff is clearly seen and heard describing himself as "regimental number 2245511" and "Squadron Sergeant Major Len Williams B.M. retired".
113. It was put to the plaintiff that these statements clearly inferred he was retired from the Army. He responded that he was retired from the Australian Army Reserve, which he considered perfectly appropriate (day 2, T‑57‑8).
114. However, the _ plaintiff is also heard on the video saying "I served with the Royal Australian Engineers from 1966 to 1976". It was put to the plaintiff he had never served with RAE from 1966‑76 but the plaintiff claimed (wrongly) it was in his service record (T‑58). The plaintiff did not serve with the RAE from 1966 to 1976 as claimed, and his service record makes this clear.
115. The plaintiff is also heard on the video tape saying he served with the Royal Australian Corps of Transport from 1974 to 1985 and was "Squadron Sergeant Major of 30 Terminal Squadron" (T‑58). The plaintiff described this second assertion as follows:
"That is true sir, that was a slip of the tongue and I just kept going. It was an in‑house function; we'd all had a nice dinner with a few wines and I never thought ... that 10 or 15 hours [sic] down the track that in‑house video would be used in a Court case, I was never advised of that, but as soon as I said 30 Terminal Squadron sir, I just kept going, I just glossed over it".(T-58)
116. This is one of several occasions when the plaintiff said that conduct of this kind by him arose out of a mistake, although on other occasions (such as his 1999 visit to John Paul College) he said the mistake was made by others and not by him.
117. The plaintiff agreed that 30 Terminal Squadron was "regular army" and that it was "incorrect" (T‑59, line 17) to say he was a member. He denied, however, that he was indicating to those present that he had performed overseas service (T‑59).
118. The plaintiff's counsel in his written submissions submits that even if I do not accept that the plaintiff made "a slip of the tongue" the evidence cannot establish that the plaintiff attempted to pass himself off as a Vietnam Veteran "or as a Veteran of any sort". I do not accept the plaintiffs explanation of "a slip of the tongue" or that he is not attempting to pass himself off as a Veteran "of any sort". This video tape is evidence of the plaintiff publicly intimating to other Veterans at a Veterans' function that he is also a Veteran. His continued practice of wearing the badges of these squadrons is further evidence that he has continued to hold himself out as a Veteran who belonged to regular army units. I have set out further below (in the section on the plaintiff's credit) my~ reasons for not accepting the plaintiffs "slip of the tongue" on this and other occasions.
119. It has to be said that the plaintiff did not, on this occasion, claim to be a Vietnam Veteran. However, viewed in context when examining the plaintiff's conduct on other occasions and in particular his association with Vietnam commemorations, it is part of the plaintiff's ongoing representation of himself not merely as an Army Veteran but as a Veteran who served in Vietnam. The circumstances of the plaintiff attempting to pass himself off need to be viewed as a series of related events, rather than 'splitting up occasions when the plaintiff wore a particular badge, or marched in a particular march. However, it must be stressed that without the actual circumstances of later events where the plaintiff actually did represent himself as a Vietnam Veteran, these earlier occasions would not of themselves be sufficient to establish the plaintiff attempted to pass himself off as a Veteran who actually served in Vietnam, as opposed to a person who served in the armed services.
Comments from Louise Croaker
First of all, Coffs Harbour is not Len Williams "adopted town",as he was born raised, eduacated and worked in Coffs Harbour, and has a large family history in this town.
Len was born and educated in CoffsHarbour and he returned to Coffs after he left the railway.
As your article says "Len Williams stepped in front of the Vietnam Veterans association and led the Vietnam Veterans march". This statement has been totally misconstrued. It was actually alledged in court that Len stepped in front of one of the high dignatories in an Anzac day march in Coffs Harbour.
This was a complete lie as Mr Erwin Hodikin and Mr Trevor Blay testified in court that Len Williams had stepped in front of Erwin who was the President of the Coffs Harbour Association of Vietnam Vets. News coverage of Len Williams leading the March was shown on a Channel 10 news coverage, which was also shown in court. We have included information from the website and also we have included the page numbers of the Judgement when the Judge handed down her decision.
CPMH comments
The President of the Coffs Harbour group of the Vietnam Veterans, Erwin Hodikin testified in court that Len had stepped in front of him to lead the March. The writer of the letter was certainly not in court and if she was referring to Erwin as a high dignitary, Erwin certainly agreed that Len had stepped in front of him.
Mr Trevor Blay also testified in court as to Len Williams leading the march.
The incident was also on the Channel 10 news coverage, which was shown in court.
Page 49 of the Judgement
137. I note Mr Blay in his evidence (T‑302, 4/12/02) said he considered the plaintiff deliberately led the march.
138. The inquiry came about after complaints from Veterans after the broadcast went to air. Mr Porter (the Veteran the plaintiff denied calling an "old drunk") wrote a letter of complaint to the Vietnam Veterans' Association saying, inter alia: '`
"I believe his actions on this day were an embarrassment not only to me but to the whole Association in the yes of visiting members and presidents of various Vietnam groups. His actions on this occasion warrant an apology to our members and an undertaking that he will not take it upon himself to represent our Association in this manner" (Ex 1).
139. What Mr Porter was complaining about was that the plaintiff was acting as though he was a Vietnam War Veteran. That was his impression and, having seen the broadcast, I consider it a reasonable one, even if the plaintiff had said the additional words the plaintiff claims he said.
140. The ordinary reasonable listener to the Channel 10 broadcast and indeed any person seeing the plaintiff lead the march could reasonably infer that the plaintiff by his words and deeds was holding himself out as a Vietnam Veteran. I am of the view that the plaintiff did so deliberately and with intention to deceive, knowing that his words and actions were likely to be broadcast by Channel 10. I should add that I do not accept he spoke the additional words he claims, by reason of my general findings concerning the plaintiffs lack of credit.
(h) October Long Weekend 1993 ‑ Vietnam Veterans Muster at Yamba
128. This was the occasion when the plaintiff stepped in front of the president, Mr Irwin Hodikin and led the Vietnam Veterans march to the Cenotaph where a service was held. There was an inquiry into this matter and at the time, showing the generosity and compassion that is a hallmark of all of the conduct of the retired servicemen who gave evidence in these proceedings on behalf of both parties, the plaintiff's explanation was accepted and he received a letter from Mr Hodikin saying he was excused on the basis that the whole thing was an accident.
Lens joining of all conceivable miltary clubs and associations was due to his love of the military system and at the request of the people involved in his one and only law suit regarding anything military.
Len was never "forced out" of any of these military associations, Len either resigned or was voted out due to the democratic way our society runs through voting.
Len Williams had stepped in front of the President of the Coffs Harbour Vietnam Veterans Association at Yamba in 1993. Len Williams stepped up next to the Mayor of Coffs Harbour, John Smith and the Deputy Mayor, Brigadier John Essex Clarke [retired], in November 1994 to take the salute at a Remembrance Day Parade. Len Williams was the Senior Vice President of the Coffs Harbour RSL during 1993 and 1994. People's attitude towards Len Williams changed and he was not even nominated for a position on the executive of Coffs RSL in February 1995. Peter Millett was elected as Senior Vice President.
The following is from Page 50 of the Judgement
13 November 1994 ‑ Remembrance Day March
142. This was the occasion when the plaintiff was listed on the program as the protocol officer (day 2, T‑73) whose job was essentially to usher official guests to their seats. The salute was to be taken on the steps of the Civic Centre by the Mayor, John Smith, and the Deputy Mayor; Brigadier John Essex‑Clark (Retired). It was the evidence of Brigadier Essex‑Clark and others that the plaintiff positioned himself on the steps of the Civic Centre and then took the official salute, along with the Mayor and Brigadier Essex Clark.
143. The evidence was that Brigadier Essex‑Clark stood to take the salute from the parade, the plaintiff walked up and stood with him and the Mayor to take the salute (day 4, T‑75; day 7, T‑314; day 3, T‑206). Mrs Millett, the third defendant, showed in the witness box the physical action she saw the plaintiff make. There was considerable evidence of the outraged reaction of the other persons attending the parade (day 3, T‑206; day 4, T‑76; day 7, T‑299, 314, 316, 361).
144. The plaintiff vigorously denied attempting to take the salute and in written submissions counsel for the plaintiff pointed to geographical inconsistencies in the evidence of some witnesses as to where the events actually occurred.
145.Evidence was given by Brigadier Essex‑Clark which impressed me by its objectivity and honesty (day 7, T‑314‑6 ‑ the day in question and T‑319‑320) He gave a very clear description of the plaintiff's conduct. I accept Brigadier Essex‑Clark as a witness of truth and prefer Brigadier Essex Clark's evidence
146. As this was a Remembrance Day march, Veterans from all major conflicts were attending. The ordinary reasonable person watching the plaintiff take the salute would conclude he was not merely a Veteran but a War Veteran and would also, by reason of his age, assume him to be a Veteran of Vietnam.
The plaintiff s conduct on this day is hard to comprehend other than as a wish to be seen as one of the persons deserving respect on that day as a war Veteran. As such, he must be seen as. having sought to pass himself off as a War Veteran of the Vietnam era.
(k) February ‑ April 1995 ‑ Failure to stand for election for Coffs Harbour RSL and resignation from Vietnam Veterans Association
147. In February ,1995 the first defendant was re‑elected president of the Coffs
Harbour RSL and the second defendant was elected as senior vice president,
replacing the plaintiff. It was put to the plaintiff that he stood unsuccessfully
as President in 1995 but was not elected to any position (day 2, T‑76). The
plaintiff said he did not even nominate for a position on the Executive of the
Coffs Harbour RSL. In addition, in April 1995 he resigned from the Vietnam
Veterans Association where he had been protocol officer. Although the
plaintiff said this was a "personal choice" (T‑76) it is clear ,that his ceasing to
hold office in the RSL and resignation from the Vietnam Veterans Association
is linked to the reaction to his conduct, in particular his conduct on 13
November 1994. The plaintiffs withdrawal meant that he was no longer on
the Executive of the RSL and he was thus no longer, a de:egate of the North
Coast District Council. This is of some importance because it indicates that he
was essentially a rank and file RSL member and not a person with any
executive status entitled to wear executive lapel badges or to represent the
RSL. Nevertheless he continued to do so (day 2, T‑80 line 40), including on
the day he visited the John Paul College.
Len did not form his own branch of the National Servicemans Association of Australia, of which I am a member, he was asked. I also am not a National Serviceman. Len refused the first invitation to start the Association, but upon frequent requests, he agreed, but made it known from the very beginning that he was neither a Vietnam Veteran nor a National Serviceman. As regards to your articles comment about Len "taking anyone off the street to join the sub-branch", All members are either ex-National Servicemen or armyreservists (which are associate members), and their wives, which is
Len was voted in as president of the Coffs Harbour Branch of the National Servicemens Association of NSW by the democratic way of voting, which we are all entitled to as Australians.
Len Williams has never claimed to be in the regualr army,
Len Williams certainly stated on video that he was in the Regular Army (see previous evidence and comments)
Len Williams after being banned from the Coffs Harbour National Servicemen's Association formed his own association, which is the Coffs Harbour Association of National Servicemen (NSW Inc). This was because the real National Servicemen had left the original association and formed their own association.
Ron Brown who is the State President of the National Servicemen's Association NSW Inc. stated in court that anyone with an interest could join the association. As it is a National Servicemen's Association why are people who are not national servicemen permitted to join? Why are women permitted to join as it is a National Servicemen's Association?
However his unit has worked in conjunction with the 30 Terminal Squadron and 10 terminal regiment as Sqadron Sergeant Major. As you are probably well aware, once in unform, it does not matter wether you are regular army or reservists, proptocol and ranking structures well exist.
It does certainly matter if you were Regular Army or a Reservist. This comment is not here to spark a conflict between Regulars and Reservists but clearly to point out that for a Regular Soldier the Military is full time employment and for the Reservist it is part time as they hold down normal civilian employment. To claim to have been a regular Soldier and to have done what Len Williams has done to genuine Veterans is a crime that he still hasn't paid for in monetary value. See the conclusion to this update.
As one example of being involved with both regular army units was the embarkation and deployment of troops on an exercise involving not only the above mentioned regular army units but also the HMAS Tobruk.
This is irrelevant; Len Williams had stated that he was in 30 terminal squadron, which was a Regular Army Unit. Len Williams was never in the Regular Army!
"More importantly for our fellow Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen who cannot and never will be able to attend a Service like this because they were called upon to make the Supreme sacrifice. "And WE are now part of Australian Military History. And may I remind you that nobody but nobody can take that honour away from US collectively or as individuals" The above statment, made by Len Williams, was directed to ALL military personnel, both regular army and reservists alike. As anyone with any military history know, World war one was fought by volunteers, AKA reservists.
Len Williams was speaking at a dinner during the October Long Weekend in 1993. It was also during that weekend that Len Williams had stepped out in front of Erwin Hodikin the President of the Vietnam Veterans Association from Coffs Harbour. Erwin Hodikin stated this in court. Len Williams implied by saying "We are now part of Australian Military History" that he was also a Vietnam Veteran. This is on record.
As far as the statement being made by Len Williams to all Military Personnel both Regular Army and Reservists alike, it was not and the you were not present. The statement was made to a group of Vietnam Veterans and from the words Len Williams spoke he was most certainly posing as one of them.
The statement by Louise about who fought World War 1 is irrelevant.
Although Len Williams did not serve in Vietnam, he did play an important role as a
Len Williams aided in the loading of vital supplies of the Japarret ( spelling may
CPMH comment
What has that got to do with the fact that Len Williams had stated that he was in the regular army when he wasn't!
Comments from the Louise Croaker
Coffs Harbour council, who owns the land. Although Len Williams was not, at this
time, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Association, to my knowledge, he was asked AGAIN to be on the board of the Vietnam Veterans Association. The planting and the placement of the rock was to be for all Vietnam Veterans who died during this conflict, of which his brother was one.
Len Williams had contacted the Coffs Harbour Council who had assumed that Len Williams was going to place the rock and plant the tree on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans Association. At no time were the Council made aware that Len Williams was not a member of the Vietnam Vets. When the Vietnam Vets and other Veterans and ex-service personnel saw the article and the photograph of Len Williams planting the tree in the Advocate they were certainly ALL infuriated.
May 1998 ‑ Vietnam Veterans Park Tree Planting
166. These disputes reached a climax in May 1998 when the plaintiff, despite not
being a Vietnam Veteran or an Associate Member of the Vietnam Veterans
Association, both planted a tree (obtained for this purpose from the local
council) and placed a commemorative rock in the Vietnam Veterans Park
without the permission of the Vietnam Veterans Association. It was the
evidence of Brigadier Essex‑Clark (who was also the Deputy Mayor and a
councillor at the time) that the Council employees who gave the plaintiff both
the tree and permission to carry out this task believed that the plaintiff was a
Vietnam Veteran (transcript). The plaintiff had invited the Advocate to
photograph the planting of the tree.
167. The plaintiff was subsequently requested to appear before the Judiciary
Committee of the Cof£s Harbour RSL Club for conduct unbecoming a member. This hearing, on 14 July 1998, directly followed the tree planting incident.
168. On 28 July 1998 Brigadier Essex‑Clark intervened in the Judiciary Committee
proceedings. He had been asked by the Mayor to mediate the matter on
behalf of the Coffs Harbour City Council. The Council had already resolved
to remove the tree and rock from the Vietnam Veterans Park and the
mediation proceeded on that basis, with the result that the plaintiff agreed to
write an apology to the Vietnam Veterans. It is common ground that no such
apology was ever provided by the plaintiff to the Vietnam Veterans
Association.
169. On Tuesday, 11 August 1998 the plaintiff was requested to appear before the
Coffs Harbour RSL Club Judiciary Committee for disregard of a directive by
senior management to quit premises after the judiciary hearing on Tuesday, 14
July 1998. He was suspended of his privileges as a member of the Coffs
. Harbour Ex Services Club for six months. He appealed against this decision
on 15 September 1998 and this appeal was dismissed. He was accordingly a
suspended member up until 14 January 1999 when his privileges were
reinstated.
reporter, was retracted by Len Williams in the next issue. The young girl in the article was summoned to court and did state that Len did not say he was a Long Tan Vet.
Page 5 of the Judgment
12. After the plaintiff joined the newly formed Coffs Harbour branch of the National Servicemen's Association in 1997 he sought to promote this association and his role in it by publicity in the Advocate newspaper over activities such as the planting of a tree in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park. As I have set out in my findings of fact below, his making available souvenirs of Long Tan on or about the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1999 was another such opportunity for publicity for both the plaintiff and the Association he sought to promote.
13. The plaintiff in his evidence does not suggest that when he telephoned the headmaster he said he was not a Veteran, or that the personal mementoes he intended to bring were not his. He says he told the headmaster this information after he arrived at the school on 13 August 1999. It is clear from Mr Walton's statement (Ex 10) that the information about the plaintiff's status as a non‑Veteran, and the fact that the mementoes were not his own, was not revealed to Mr Walton until after he had invited the plaintiff and indeed after the plaintiff arrived at the school, and it is also clear from the plaintiff's own evidence that neither the journalist, Jacqui Sheather nor the children photographed with the plaintiff were present when these statements by the plaintiff about his status were made.
14. The events of 13 August 1999 were as follows. The plaintiff went to the headmaster's office (which is where he says he told the headmaster he was not a Veteran) and thereafter was taken to the library. Jacqui Sheather, a photographer from the Advocate, then arrived and the headmaster brought two children in from classes in the immediate vicinity to be included in the photograph. The plaintiff spread out the memorabilia and photographs were taken.
I accept the evidence of Jessica Pinkerton on this issue; whereas the plaintiff changed his evidence, Jessica's evidence was given in a frank and straightforward fashion. She was frank in her admissions about what she could and could not remember and was clearly a witness of truth. The plaintiff, by comparison, gave inconsistent evidence and answered questions evasively. I am satisfied that there is evidence that the plaintiff was seeking to deceive school children and that he did in fact take advantage of his presence in a school to make some form of speech to Jessica and the other school student, not simply about what the names were on the plaque but no doubt other matters along the lines of statements, which are set out above from his evidence.
In court it was never stated that the reporter had printed the story incorrectly. In fact the editor of neither the newspaper nor the photographer were asked by Len Williams' barrister to appear in court. The writer of the letter was not in court and the young girl you are referring to, her name was Jessica Pinkerton, certainly said she was under the impression that Len Williams was a Veteran and posed the question about why would he go to a school and show his personal mementoes of the Battle of Long Tan when he was not there!
There was a small retraction printed the next day, which said that Len Williams was not a Veteran. It incorrectly stated that Len Williams was the President of the National Servicemen's Association. He was the caretaker/secretary at the time. The retraction made no mention of the facts about the personal mementoes of the Battle of Long Tan.
The momentos in question from the battle fo "long Tan" were given to Len by a long standing friend, who was in fact a Long Tan Vet, and still holds Len in the highest regards, even following the allogations made about Len.
The fact that Mr Ross McDonald gave Len Williams the mementoes was certainly not disputed in court.
When the newspaper article appeared in the Advocate it showed a photograph of Len Williams with "his personal mementoes of the Battle of Long Tan". No one at that stage knew where they had originated.
Even Mr MacDonald admitted in court that if he didn't know Len Williams nor given him the mementoes he would have been disappointed to see someone who wasn't a Vietnam Vet portrayed as a Vietnam Veteran in the newspaper.
What had upset many members of the Veteran and ex-service community was the fact that a photograph of Len Williams and the mementoes stating that they were his personal mementoes of the battle of Long Tan had appeared in the Advocate on 19th August 1999, the day after Vietnam Veteran's Day.
As a member of the RSL myself, under the constitution of the RSL myself, you are entitlted to wear ties and badges. The nametag in question was worn by Len when he was a member of the RSL sub-branch board, this badge has not been worn since. The "business card identification" the articel talks about, I have NOT seen worn by any member of the board.
Len Williams had not been a member of the executive of Coffs Harbour RSL since February 1995. Len Williams went to John Paul College in August 1999 wearing a nametag, which said "Mr Len Williams, BM, Coffs Harbour RSL Sub-Branch"
Len Williams had this nametag specially made. On the website we certainly accurately pictorially depicted the nametag which the members of Coffs RSL wore and that the Executive of the RSL wear. The executive of Coffs RSL does not know the type of nametag and you do not go to meetings so how would you know about the correct nametags? You certainly sound confused about the nametags! The members wear nametags, which are business cards, slipped into plastic holders. The executive wear totally different nametags, which are depicted, on the site.
In regards for wearing the "Bullion Badge", the person who submitted this article to you, should be fully aware (that is if they are fully military complacement) that the badge was in fact a WOII insignia. The fact that it
was worn on a beret should be inconsequential as Len Williams had been out of the service for some time. The wearing of the RACT badge over the top of the WOII badge should not be regarded as anything more than national pride. On his &quo
Christian Names: David Allen Gordon
City or Town: Merrylands
Service #: R64538
Service: Royal Australian Navy
Branch: Engineering
Commencement of service: 02/07/1965
There are numerous former Australian military service personnel, who appear on the ANZMI website, and who have had honourable operational careers in the Army, Navy or Air Force.
Some of these individuals have been honoured with distinguished awards that many of their colleagues have not.
For some reason, they have gone the extra yard, and not being content with wearing the genuinely awarded medals, they see the need to purchase a worthless tin junk medal. They then pay additional money to a medal dealer to have the medal court mounted and added to their rack. It just does not make sense.
David Allen Williams initially enlisted for 9 years in the Royal Australian Navy on the 2 July, 1965. Following his initial training at HMAS Cerberus in Melbourne, Victoria, he was posted to HMAS Vampire on the 4 February, 1966. He served on HMAS Vampire until the 10 August, 1966. During this time, HMAS Vampire deployed to Vietnam, to escort HMAS Sydney, a former Aircraft carrier that had been converted to accommodate troops travelling to and from Vietnam, as well as supplies.
This was HMAS Sydney's third deployment to Vietnam and HMAS Vampire met HMAS Sydney whilst en route and escorted the ship into Vung Tau harbour. Both ships anchored at 7.40am on the 4 May, 1966. HMAS Vampire remained at anchor until 6am on the 6 May, 1966, when it then left and sailed to Hong Kong. The crew of HMAS Vampire was accredited with 13 days operational service for the two days in Vung Tau Harbour. The crew remained on the ship for those two days
In the photographs above, Williams is wearing the following medals for his RAN service.
1. Australian Active Service Medal 1945 - 1975
2. Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal.
3. Australian Service Medal clasp FESR. 1945 - 1975.
4. Australian Service Medal clasp special ops.
5. Defence Force Service Medal.
6. National Medal.
7. Australian Defence Medal.
8. Unofficial Australian Logistics Support Forces Medal. (tin)
9. Pingat Jasa Malaya Medal.
The worthless tin medal is the second last from the right. This medal can be purchased on e bay or at a commemorative medal dealer shop for about 30 Australian dollars. To have all his medals court mounted with the tin one included would be a further cost of about 200 Australian dollars.
Prior to 1993, no medals for short Vietnam deployments were issued by the Australian Government. This meant that Australian Naval personnel who visited Vietnam, i.e. Crew members of HMAS Sydney and her escorts, that anchored from 8 hours to one or two days in Vung Tau harbour received no recognition .
Australian Naval Associations then designed and sold an unofficial commemorative medal. They called it the "Australian Logistic Support Forces Medal". It was not recognised by any other official body. (Australian Government, R &S.L, etc). It was to be worn on the right hand side.
AUSTRALIAN LOGISTIC SUPPORT FORCES MEDAL.
With continued representations to the Australian Federal Government by Naval Associations, the Defence Department relented. As a result, the Australian Government then issued an official Australian award to those who were eligible.
VIETNAM LOGISTIC AND SUPPORT MEDAL
In 1993, the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal was established to recognise those who had served in Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam War for relatively short periods of time in support of Australian operations and who had not received any recognition for that service.
David Williams and thousands of his Royal Australian Navy colleagues then became eligible for that award.
However, not satisfied with being rightly awarded the Vietnam Logistic and Support medal and the Australian Active Service Medal for his 46 hours in Vung Tau harbour, David Williams has seen the need to place the unofficial Australian Logistic Support Forces Medal on his rack as well.
If worn, these tin and other commemorative medals should be placed on the right side, and not added to or mixed with officially awarded medals. By wearing them on the left side they demean the value of awarded military medals and show disrespect for their Naval colleagues, who did not purchase it and who do not wear it.
We know that this matter has been brought to his notice, on several occasions, but that advice has been ignored.
Recently, ANZMI sent a confidential and personal communication to the President of the Merrylands R&SL , Mr Robin Grimley, informing him that Williams is still wearing the medal after he had been advised by others to remove it.
This communication was sent in good faith offering respectful advice as to a satisfactory resolution of this matter for all concerned.
Grimley's response is below -;
I have come to the conclusion that you are a cyber bully and that is why you do not want to duscuss (sic) by ohone (sic) or in person.
I am sure that the wearing of medals to which a person is nor (sic) entitked (sic) is a Federal offrnce(sic) .Should you have evidenced (sic) of such offences you a nd (sic) ANZMI are also at fault for not reporting it to Federal Police.Sub branches are not empowered nor authorized to investigate nor acion (sic) claims of impropriety
Sinceeely (sic)
Mr. RobinGrimsley (sic)
ANZMI then sent Grimley a communication with photographs clearly depicting Williams wearing the tin medal. His response -;
"I am informed by real people of real organisations that Mr Williams has not worn such a medal , which appears to have been issued by a Viet.Vets organisation not Naval Association"
Grimley has obviously concluded that ANZMI manufactured the above photograph, and somehow placed the tin medal in the photograph on William's medal rack..
With that mindset, you wonder how people like Grimley can become a President of an RSL Sub Branch.
Grimley is wrong in his original response. Sub Branch Executives are certainly empowered to tell one of their senior Committee representatives and Life Member, that he should not be wearing an unawarded purchased tin medal. Grimley has been condoning this behaviour for years. If Grimley, as President of an RSL Sub Branch has no respect for Governor General's and RSL medal wearing protocols, he should resign his position immediately.
RSL Medal Protocols
Ideally, unofficial medals should not be worn. However if they are worn as the occasion
demands, they may be worn on the right breast.
This advice is based on official protocol and practice'.
Fraudulent Wearing of Medals
Fraudulent wearing of medals attracts penalties under Federal regulations and also attracts
subsequent penalties under the RSL Constitution.
Grimley has also threatened ANZMI with legal action if we publish this matter. We hope that his Sub Branch do not have to pay the legal fees.
ANZMI tried to reason with Grimley, but his aggressive response has led to this exposure. His management of this entire situation has been diabolical.
David Williams is a genuine returned serviceman with a distinguished career, both above and below the waves. It amazes us at ANZMI, that a former serviceman with that impressive background, would want to wear a purchased tin medal just to "add one more" to his rack. He has been advised to remove it. He has declined..
He is a Life Member of the Merrylands (Sydney) Returned and Services League (RSL) Sub Branch. He should know better. It is time to remove it. The fact that he is a Life Member of the RSL does not exempt him from traditional medals wearing protocols, that have been in existence for about 100 years.
Grimley, and the committee of the Merrylands RSL Sub Branch should ensure that all members of that organisation comply with Governor General's and RSL protocols in regards to the wearing of medals.
If you had to buy it, you did not earn it.


 Mat_26-45 in the Modern Literal Version.
Then he comes to his disciples and says to them, Furthermore, are you$ sleeping and resting yourselves? Behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners.


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Q: Set webcam on different USB bus my objective is to capture from two webcams simultaneously at a resolution of 640x480. I am currently experiencing a problem where my two webcams are plugged in different USB ports but are using the same USB bus. Therefore, I get the following error:
libv4l2: error turning on stream: No space left on device

VIDIOC_STREAMON: No space left on device

and  not able to capture from both cameras at 640x480. I would therefore like to be able to set each Logitech webcam on a different bus, which I believe would then allow me to capture from both webcams simultaneously.
This is what the output of lsusb shows:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ca:18b0 Ricoh Co., Ltd Sony Vaio Integrated Webcam
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 147e:1000 Upek Biometric Touchchip/Touchstrip Fingerprint Sensor
Bus 002 Device 012: ID 046d:0821 Logitech, Inc. HD Webcam C910
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 046d:0991 Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro for Notebooks

Is there a way to set each webcam to use a different USB bus?

A: The answer is: it's not actually your problem.
Some logitech cameras have usb bandwidth allocation bug. Lets see if that's the case.
cat /sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices | grep "B: "

will give you current bandwidth allocation of all usb hubs, output will be something like this:
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc= 35/900 us ( 4%), #Int=  3, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0

As you can see, I currently have 35 mbps allocated of my usb3 hub. The problem with some logitech cameras, though, is that they will always allocate as much as they can get (480 mbps), disregarding of mode. And so it's down to simple arithmetic as 480 + 480 > 900 and second camera just "won't fit".
As long as your cameras are plugged in the same hardware usb hub, you will have that problem.
Also bear in mind, that webcamera usually allocates 128mbps in MJPEG and 424mbps in uncompressed mode for 640x480.


Care child specialist Lynn Crabtree has been celebrating recently after notching up thirty years as a qualified solicitor.
After studying at Keele University and the College of Law at Chester, Lynn qualified as a Solicitor on the 16th January 1989. Since then Lynn has amassed three decades of experience working in Children Law throughout Kirklees and Calderdale. Lynn was Head of the Child Care team at Kirklees Council and became a member of the Law Society's Children's Panel in 2000. Later the same year Lynn joined Wilkinson Woodward, becoming a partner in 2007 and a director in 2012.
As one of the area's most respected children law specialists, Lynn spends most of her time in local family courts, acting on behalf of the Local Authority, parents or children.
Lynn, who is based at our Huddersfield office, is married to fellow director, commercial and property specialist, Andrew Crabtree.Outside work, Lynn is a keen skier and walker who loves nothing more than a long walk in the Yorkshire Dales.


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Q: echo text of html file after submit a password I have to do a php website for college.
I have to create a password and a submit button. After the I have posted the password I should get text from a html file. What is the best to achieve that?
I tried:
    foreach($files as $file2) {
if($_POST['submitPassword']){
if($file2 === '.' OR $file2 === '..' OR $file2 === 'thumbs.db' OR !is_dir($folder.'/'.$file2)) {continue;}
    if(file_exists($folder.'/'.$file2.'/doubleindemnity.gif') AND file_exists($folder.'/'.$file2.'/DOUBLEINDEMNITY.htm')) {
        echo '
';
        echo "
";
        $lines4 = file($folder.'/'.$file2.'/DOUBLEINDEMNITY.htm');
         $count = count($lines4);
        for($a = 0;$a < $count;$a++) {
        echo substr($lines4[$a],strlen($folder),strpos($lines4[$a], '.')-strlen($folder));
        }
        echo "
";
    }
      echo "
";
}
}
?>

Help would be highly appreciated:)
Cheers:)

A: You can easily include the contents of an html file through include(). For example:
include($folder.'/'.$file2.'/DOUBLEINDEMNITY.htm');

It will call the entire file, and output it (since it's not a PHP file for execution)