When was the last time that you were truly amazed?
These days we expect so much to be possible and once it is is achieved it is very quickly taken for granted.
Recently a video of a young girl probably less than two years old has been the viral sensation on social media. She is probably about two years old.
In it she runs out of her house into the street delirious with excitement because it is raining and this is the first time in he life she has witnessed this.
Imagine it. Water falling out of the sky.
As expected the adults in her life first reaction is to pick her up and bring her inside.
Their motive is protection. Rain will get you wet and possibly you will catch a chill. All future possibilities and non positive.
Yet this little girl has no concern of such a thing.
Water is falling out of the sky. Now!
Eventually they allow her her pleasure and in observing her joy are transported to her perspective of appreciation and wonder.
I love the company of children (sometimes over adults) particularly ones who still have their spirits intact. They still have purity and honesty and presence that sadly for most, society will succeed in demolishing.
This is the perspective any creative must protect at all costs.
Retain the child within. See the wonder in all things, play and remind the world of miracles.


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Q: Herança com construtores Preciso criar uma classe base animal e 3 outras classes hereditárias de outros animais. Cada classe deverá ter sua própria função emitirSom. Elas devem ser invocadas de forma polimórfica através de um vector. Acontece que eu não sei se o construtor foi feito certo. Tipo, o construtor deve ser feito na classe base ou nas classes hereditárias?

Mensagens de erro:

main.cpp(15): error C2661: 'cachorro::cachorro': nenhuma função sobrecarregada recebe 2 argumentos
main.cpp(16): error C2661: 'vaca::vaca': nenhuma função sobrecarregada recebe 2 argumentos
main.cpp(17): error C2661: 'gato::gato': nenhuma função sobrecarregada recebe 2 argumentos

Header.h
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class animal
{
protected:
    string nome;
    int idade;
public:
    animal(const string &nome_, int idade_);
    virtual void emitirSom() const = 0;
};

class cachorro : public animal
{
public:
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

class vaca : public animal
{
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

class gato: public animal
{
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

Implmentation.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "header.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

animal::animal(const string &nome_, int idade_)
{
    nome = nome_;
    idade = -idade_;
}
void cachorro::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "latindo: Aauauauauau";
}

void gato::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "miando: MiauMiau";
}

void vaca::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "mugindo: Muuuuuuu";
}

Main.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "header.h"
#include <vector>

void fazerBarulho(const animal* const &bicho)
{
    bicho->emitirSom();
}

int main()
{
    cachorro toby("Toby", 8);
    vaca lili("Lili",29);
    gato satanas("Satanas",3);

    vector < animal * > zoo( 3 );

    zoo[0] = &toby;
    zoo[1] = &lili;
    zoo[2] = &satanas;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < zoo.size(); ++i)
        fazerBarulho(zoo[0]);
#if WIN32
    system("PAUSE");
#endif
}

A: Você precisa criar os construtores das classes derivas e chamar o construtor da classe base. Tem uma sintaxe própria para isto. Tinham mais alguns erros que eu corrigi.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

class animal
{
protected:
    string nome;
    int idade;
public:
    animal(const string &nome_, int idade_);
    virtual void emitirSom() const = 0;
};

class cachorro : public animal
{
public:
    cachorro(const string &nome_, int idade_);
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

class vaca : public animal
{
public:
    vaca(const string &nome_, int idade_);
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

class gato: public animal
{
public:
    gato(const string &nome_, int idade_);
    virtual void emitirSom() const;
};

animal::animal(const string &nome_, int idade_)
{
    nome = nome_;
    idade = -idade_;
}

cachorro::cachorro(const string &nome_, int idade_) : animal(nome_, idade_) {}

void cachorro::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "latindo: Aauauauauau";
}

gato::gato(const string &nome_, int idade_) : animal(nome_, idade_) {}

void gato::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "miando: MiauMiau";
}

vaca::vaca(const string &nome_, int idade_) : animal(nome_, idade_) {}

void vaca::emitirSom() const
{
    cout << "\n" << nome << "mugindo: Muuuuuuu";
}

void fazerBarulho(const animal* const &bicho)
{
    bicho->emitirSom();
}

int main()
{
    cachorro toby("Toby", 8);
    vaca lili("Lili",29);
    gato satanas("Satanas",3);

    vector < animal * > zoo( 3 );

    zoo[0] = &toby;
    zoo[1] = &lili;
    zoo[2] = &satanas;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < zoo.size(); ++i)
        fazerBarulho(zoo[i]);
}

Veja funcionando no ideone. E no repl.it. Também coloquei no GitHub para referência futura.

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Stephen Kenn is one of those guys who was born to be a designer. He started his career in denim when he was just 20 years old. The company he founded with his friend got picked up at Fred Segal immediately. Years later, he moved into leather bags. Kenn sewed them by hand and sold them online. He went through close to 100 bags in his first few months—people just couldn't get enough. Five years ago, after selling the bag company, he tried his hand at furniture. Now Kenn counts Todd Snyder, Nick Wooster, and J. Crew's Frank Muytjens as customers. In short, the man has a rare combination of good taste, internal drive, and technical skill. That Kenn's new wife Beks Opperman—a doer and maker in her own right—runs the company with him certainly helps. Sitting with the pair in their downtown Los Angeles loft, which is filled with stuff they've made and thoughtfully collected over the years, and which they've partially turned into a showroom and neighborhood coffee shop, you get the sense that they'll accomplish a lot together. Here, a look inside their incredible, ever-changing space.
"We moved into this space about five years ago. The building used to be a furniture factory, which was fun because we moved in right when we were starting our company. Now it's all artist lofts. We like thinking of our space as a blank canvas. We're always changing and reimagining it.
This is maybe half of the books we own. Most belong to Beks. One of the things that we've learned about each other since we got married is that I'm more of a maker and she's a collector. I gravitate towards new and she gravitates towards old. It's a good combination."
"These lamps are made from vintage wind socks from a military base and we just put shop lights on top of them. I'd like to get into designing lighting. I'm interested in the idea of illuminating fabrics and bouncing light more than structured pieces where you can see the actual bulb and all that. These lights were sort of a study for me, I guess."
"We just did a sailing-themed collection with a company called Colony 2139 in Japan so we took some of the materials from that project and used them in the apartment. We put up a sail as a room divider and we put up a bunch of sailing imagery. We made some wooden tables which are sandblasted to mimic driftwood. They're part of the collection, which is coming out in June.
The stools in this room are from a company in Japan called Truck Furniture. The guy who is the designer, Tokuhiko Kise, is visiting from Los Angeles and was actually here this morning for coffee. We recently collaborated with him on a project for Deus motorcycles. We made furniture for their new Tokyo location. We made two of our sofas with Tok's leather and corduroy, and he made one of his Boomerang chairs with our military fabric."
"We try to avoid filling our space with the 'right' things and instead just slowly collect things that mean something to us. These two chairs are from my favorite designer, Poul Kjærholm. And then, Bek's favorite thing in the house is the Eames lounge chair that's in the front room. We gave them to each other this year as a gift."
"Two weekends ago we built this little hidden storage area for Bek's whiskey collection. Our space is just a rental but we still put money into improving it structurally. The process always teaches you something, which makes it worth whatever the materials cost."
"There's a local tannery called Danfield that I've been working with for a long time and they just approached me about creating my own leather collection. One of the leathers I'm including is inspired by this motorcycle jacket, which I had made for Beks a while back. This leather started out black and it's faded in the sun in this great way. I love the way leather changes over time."
"I designed this dining table a couple of years ago, though we never put it into production. It was a little too heavily inspired by Jean Prouve. I felt like it was too close. We just designed a new dining table and our plan is to start hosting monthly dinners here with different people as soon as it's finished. Our dishware is all from Heath Ceramics. We've been stocking up knowing that we want to have these dinner parties."
"When we were first looking at moving into the building we saw a few different spaces and, though some apartments had really beautiful windows and light, we loved the roll-up garage door in this one. We built out this little coffee bar and put up these walls to create a space for it. We put the sliding doors in to adjoin the two areas. We just really wanted to have a space that kind of blurred the lines between entertaining, hospitality, and home."
"When we first started our furniture company it was very slow. No one knew what we were doing here in downtown, so that's why we decided to serve coffee. We would open up the doors around 8am and I would serve coffee to anyone who came in. Then I'd roll the garage door down around 11am and start running around the city, working on prototypes or making furniture runs. We did cocktails at one point too. Now we just do coffee on Friday mornings and the occasional cocktail party at night. We serve Stumptown Coffee and then we buy pastries at a local bakery called Bread Lounge."
"We use this space in our loft like a showroom. People usually email us before they make a purchase online. If they can, they'll come by and actually sit on the piece. They come, they sit, we talk, we'll walk them through materials. And make them coffee or a cocktail. We really wanted the showroom to be in our home so that we could literally just be hospitable and make the purchasing process really simple and personal. A huge part of making furniture is wanting to know the people who are buying from us. We don't have a lot of clients. We like to keep in touch with people."
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Q: Generating single JSON file for two tables I am trying to create a single JSON file displaying data from two different tables. I can manage to fetch them, however I don't understand how to concatenate the two arrays. I am new to JSON. Any suggestions/tutorials would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
Here the expected JSON:
    {
"array1":[
{"days":"1","id":"1","image":"image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg, image4.jpg"},{"days":"2","id":"1","image":"elephanta.jpg,image2.jpg,image1.jpg,imagica.jpg"},
{"days":"3","id":"1","image":"image3"},{"days":"4","id":"2","image":"image4"}
],
"array2":[
{"id":"1","image_1":"image1.jpg"},
{"id":"2","image_1":"image2.jpg"},
{"id":"3","image_1":"image3.jpg"}
]
}

but the JSON that I get is this:
{
"array1":[
{"days":"1","id":"1","image":"image1.jpg, image2.jpg, image3.jpg, image4.jpg"},{"days":"2","id":"1","image":"elephanta.jpg,image2.jpg,image1.jpg,imagica.jpg"},
{"days":"3","id":"1","image":"image3"},{"days":"4","id":"2","image":"image4"}
]},
{"array2":[
{"id":"1","image_1":"image1.jpg"},
{"id":"2","image_1":"image2.jpg"},{"id":"3","image_1":"image3.jpg"
}
]}

PHP code:
<?php
    //open connection to mysql db
    $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","test") or die("Error " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //fetch table rows from mysql db
    $sql = "select * from image_data";
    $sql1 = "select * from one";
    $result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));
    $result1 = mysqli_query($connection, $sql1) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //create an array
    $imageArray = array();
    $imageArray1 = array();
    $imageArray["array1"] = array();
    $imageArray1["array2"] = array();
    while($row =mysqli_fetch_array($result))
    {
        $tmp = array();
        $tmp["days"] = $row["id"];
        $tmp["id"] =   $row["place_id"];
        $tmp["image"] = $row["image"];
        array_push($imageArray["array1"], $tmp);
       // $imageArray[] = $row;
    }

        while($row =mysqli_fetch_array($result1))
    {
        $tmp = array();
        $tmp["id"] = $row["id"];
        $tmp["image_1"] = $row["image"];

        array_push($imageArray1["array2"], $tmp);
       // $imageArray[] = $row;
    }
            echo json_encode($imageArray);
  echo ",";
  echo json_encode($imageArray1);
    //close the db connection
    mysqli_close($connection);
?>

A: If you want the 2 sub arrays to belong to the same array then use only one array and address the 2 sub arrays like this when loading them
$imageArray["array1"][] = $tmp;

and
$imageArray["array2"][] = $tmp;

Amended code
<?php
    //open connection to mysql db
    $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","test") or die("Error " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //fetch table rows from mysql db
    $sql = "select * from image_data";
    $sql1 = "select * from one";
    $result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));
    $result1 = mysqli_query($connection, $sql1) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //create an array
    $imageArray = array();       // <- removed other arrays

    while($row =mysqli_fetch_array($result))
    {
        $tmp = array();
        $tmp["days"] = $row["id"];
        $tmp["id"] =   $row["place_id"];
        $tmp["image"] = $row["image"];
        $imageArray["array1"][] = $tmp;    // <- address array like this
    }

    while($row =mysqli_fetch_array($result1))
    {
        $tmp = array();
        $tmp["id"] = $row["id"];
        $tmp["image_1"] = $row["image"];

        $imageArray["array2"][] = $tmp;    // <- address array like this
    }
    echo json_encode($imageArray);         // <- only one json_encode

    //close the db connection
    mysqli_close($connection);
?>

I would have done it this way using stdObject and selecting the specific data from the tables, and using mysqli_fetch_obect() so there is a lot less you have to do woman-draulically
<?php
    //open connection to mysql db
    $connection = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","test") or die("Error " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //fetch table rows from mysql db
    // only select what you want
    $sql = "select id,place_id,image from image_data";
    $sql1 = "select id,image from one";

    $result = mysqli_query($connection, $sql) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));
    $result1 = mysqli_query($connection, $sql1) or die("Error in Selecting " . mysqli_error($connection));

    //create an array
    $imageObject = new stdObject();

    while($row =mysqli_fetch_object($result))
    {
        $imageObject->array1[] = $row;
    }

    while($row =mysqli_fetch_object($result1))
    {
        $imageObject->array2[] = $row;
    }

    echo json_encode($imageObject);
?>


"Fat is now a political issue"; so says Minette Marrin in the Times on Sunday. She directly targets her argument at libertarians (such as my good self), saying essentially that she agrees with the government's initiative to do something about the obesity of the nation. Marrin utilises several devices to argue for state control of the people in this area, but it is clear toward the end of her article that she actually blames everyone BUT the individual themselves for obesity – an attitude which has never failed to baffle me. Like the lady who tried to sue McDonald's for medical bills because her son turned out like an oversized tomato from eating too many cheeseburgers. A bizarre lawsuit, it has to be said, a similar concept to me in my old age filing a suit against Sony for my loss of hearing caused by all those years pumping rock music into my eardrums using one of their walkmans.
The initiatives of Toning Blair, John "Slim" Prescott, and the rest of the flabinet will be as follows: to FORCE food companies to make labelling clearer, to STOP companies marketing certain foods within some criteria, to STOP celebrities being employed in advertising of this sort, to BAN vending machines in schools, to increase TAX on fast-food (unbelievably), and utilisation of other ways of coercing individuals who are trying to make an honest living. To increase the government levy on purchases at McDonalds because of some moral vendetta. HOW DARE THEY. But Marrin, writing in the Times on Sunday, says "We cannot really argue with the prime minister. He is right. Fat is bad. Flab must be fought. We must not only start exercising and stop smoking, AS HE SAYS; we must eat less, eat better, drink less -" oh please stop, lady, because this is making me sick. HOW DARE THEY. WHAT business is it of the government whether I smoke or do not smoke, eat chocolate or do not, fry the breasts of humpback whales for dinner everynight or anything else for that matter? HOW DARE THEY. Marrin argues that "fat presents serious problems these days" for libertarians like me. So lets find out why.
1) "It is hard for even the most heartless of libertarians to stand by while parents allow their children to become not just fat but also obese." This is a ridiculous statement. No matter how much heart the libertarian has, no matter how hard it is to stand by watching bespattered little brats get bigger by the burger, this does not justify state coercion of the individual; something which should be a last resort, restricted to a tight criteria of principal by which each proposal is considered.
3) "Libertarians also must and do concede that private choices can have serious public consequences. The private choices that make adults obese inflict illness and disability not only on them but also on the public purse." Oh, I'm SO glad Marrin brought this up! You see, I consider the National Health Service an infringement on my liberty. I have money taken from my salary whether I like it or not to pay for a healthcare of which I have no choice. So, in reality, the obesity of society in a libertarian society would not come out of my purse after all, it would come out of the purse of the individual who allowed themselves to get into such a flabsome state, or their insurance companies, who can rightly impose some of the controls she has been mentioning by charging higher premiums for the obese, for smokers, etc. Of course the acts of individuals can affect more than just them, but unless the acts infringe on the equal rights to freedom of someone else the government should have no right to interfere. So the answer is not to impose on the rights of individuals to eat what the hell they want, the answer is to privatise the NHS! Thanks, Marrin, for making my point so perfectly, by the way.
4) "Education – in Britain at least – is mainly in the hands of the politicians. It is they who can …. astonishingly – permit vending machines for unhealthy sweets, snacks and fizzy drinks in state schools." The standard libertarian answer I'm afraid – privatise state schools, stop the government putting interfering fingers in places they shouldn't be, including what my child learns throught the early part of his life AND what chocolate bars he can have access to. I agree – its astonishing they have that kind of control.
I take issue with the article on some other points too, like Marrin's contentions that "richer people don't buy cheap junk food … better-off people buy expensive natural and organic foods, avoiding additives and microwaves … unfat, unpoor people don't approve of fast-food, sweets and fizzy drinks, solitary grazing and snacking or irregular meals…". She had better speak to my parents, my wife's parents and most of the other middle class people I know who are not fat, definately not poor, like fast-food a lot, enjoy chocolate regularly, keep irregular hours for meals frequently and snack in between. But the major flaw in her article is this: she not once places the blame for any increase in obesity where it squarely belongs, with the individual (or their parents if a minor). I believe in a society where the individual is a rational, capable human being, responsible for themselves. I believe that a truly civilised society does not control its citizens by means of coercion, but protects their rights of freedom to do as they want. Isn't that a novel concept?
Let not any amount of statistics quoted by these people, nor number of obese children, nor weight nor belly circumference nor threshold of pounds gained EVER breach the right of the individual to do what they like. Let not our law be pragmatic rather than principaled. The concept of government is so loosely defined in the UK that it is not bound by anything other than a vague notion of 'democracy' – we, unlike the United States, unfortunately do not have a constitution which defines government and the arena of the power it can exert over the 'collective'. The 'collective' is just a notion, believe me…. we are NOT a collective, we are individuals; we are not one, we are many. Let each man and woman, and the children they are responsible for, be accountable for his or her own body and its size, shape or diameter.


Now open for business, under new ownership with a stylish, modern refurb throughout. Situated in the village of Middle Handley about 9 miles from the centre of Sheffield. A clean, modern pub-dining experience, in relaxing surroundings. If you are looking for a pub or place to eat in Sheffield then The Devonshire Arms is the perfect place to go. Our Bar brings together the comfort of a country pub with barista-class coffee, premium beers & ales, gin menu and bespoke cocktails – a characteristic pub with a warm and cosy environment. Attached, The Stag Restaurant, the perfect setting for a casual or formal occasion – Marco Caires Executive Chef serves traditional pub food with a modern twist, including daily seasonal specials and locally sourced food.
Food is delicious and open kitchen gives the restaurant a great feel.
Our second visit, all just as good as the first!
More choice of Beers would be nice.
A perfect lunch, thank you.
Superb Sunday lunch on Monday's Day.
Friendly staff and everything was good.
The children,too,enjoyed everything- crayons?,drawing pad and,not least,the Alexa(?)( or whatever it's called) in the back,Private,room.
it was excellent all round but maybe a little on the costly side but as a treat well worth it, not something for us for every Sunday lunch but the next celebration meal will be here.
Great food and excellent service. Arrived early but accommodated without any problem. Pie was great and compliments for the food from the rest of the party.
Always guaranteed to have a good experience. Thank you!
Excellent Mothering Sunday lunch,quality food and service throughout. A most enjoyable day.
Many Thanks for a lovely meal and night.   70th Birthday celebration went smoothly and a lovely touch was the music provided.   The singer in the other room was also a bonus,   The food was delicious, hot and un-intrusive with just the right amount of time between courses. Its a lovely pub with great ambiance and décor.  Just one teeny weeny downside - couldn't get parked, you need an extension on the car park.
Lovely food and great service, thank you!
Fantastic Mother's Day family lunch. The food was excellent, the service attentive but not intrusive and the cost reasonable.  I'm looking forward to returning.
Lovely food, drinks and service. Look forward to visiting again soon.


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Feb 27 - Mar 1 Event
CTE Showcase - March 1st
We are BACK FULL SPEED this 2022-23 school year!
After shifting, moving, virtualizing, and consolidating the last two years of the STEAM Carnival, it is a pleasure to say that we are back to full speed ahead for the 2022-23 school year!
We are not going to be hosting a virtual event during the school year. Instead, we will be back with our FULL 3-day event beginning on February 27 with the last day on March 1st.
This means a jammed-packed Student Showcase area where we love watching our students share their projects with other attendees! Our fully-loaded Midway where students can compete in the eSports arena, play against other students in our interactive VR game zone, and much more! The fan-favorite Warehouse area where students can build and launch their rockets, fly a mission in the flight simulators, navigate the drone challenge, or compete in our engineering challenge. If that's not enough to get your students' brains and bodies on overload, the Final Act provides even more opportunities to think, build, and play in educational activities.
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In: Mighty Good
[Origins Of The Club]
[Member Profiles]
[Club Photo's]
[Club Trips]
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[Nelson News]
Origins Of The Club
Our club was formed in 1972, and is the only officially recognised Rick Nelson fan club in the world, with members from all over the globe. But though we may be going strong now for over thirty years; how it all began happened quite unexpectedly!
My wife and I had gone to see Rick and the Stone Canyon Band at the Liverpool Apollo in February 1972. Prior to going into the theatre, we went round to the stage door and made ourselves known to the Stage Manager (I told him that I was in Rick's fan club, even though it had unfortunately folded some 3 years previously, I had kept my membership card!!!) He told us that Rick hadn't arrived yet, and would only be doing so after the concert started, but that if we came round after the show, he would let us in to see Rick. That night Rick was superb! It was the first time I had seen him 'live' and we couldn't wait to see him afterwards.
Following the show, we duly made our way round to the stage door, to be confronted with a crowd of people numbering around 100. Not to be deterred, we pushed our way through them and knocked on the stage door. It opened a little, and they recognized us and ushered us in. We were told that Rick was still in his dressing room, so we waited in the corridor. His wife, Kristin came out shortly, and we introduced ourselves to her; and then shortly after Rick came out with Tom Brumley. He saw us standing there looking at us rather quizzically - and then smiled when I told him how I had managed to get in to see him. He said it was sad that the old club had folded, and that he now had no-one representing him in this way. He then stopped, thought for a second, and then said "...would you like to do it Andrew?" I was speechless for a few moments, and then stammered something like "I wouldn't know where to start". He told me that he would contact Geoff Thorn at MCA and advise him (if I said yes) to help me in any way he could to organize the club, and would also get his American club to do the same. How could I refuse! We then chatted for a few minutes longer before saying our farewells.What a guy. He was totaly unaffected by his fame, and my wife and sister-in-law were totally speechless and wide-eyed, unable to say more than "hello".
I duly contacted Geoff Thorn several weeks later, after I had contacted David Nelhams who ran Rick's previous club, and who is a good friend to this day. He sent me his list of previous members and I had a friend who had an old duplicating machine in his bedroom. I received 36 replies from old members, and the club has now got hundreds of members world-wide. including those from Australia, Japan, Canada, USA, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Spain, Finland, Portugal, Ireland, Switzerland, France, and Yugoslavia.
The last time I saw Rick was back in 1985 - just a few short weeks before recieving the tragic news that he, his fiance Helen Blair and his entire band had been killed in a plane crash on New Year's Eve. We had travelled over to see Rick at the Manchester Apollo for his concert there, and had arranged for him to meet with us and some club members backstage after the show. We held this meeting in the press room and there were maybe 30 members there when Rick and Helen came into the room, Rick holding a can of coke, and there followed a good 45 minutes of general chat and photo calls. Rick was fantastic! He really entered into the occasion, and generally was totally relaxed. In the end, he didn't want to leave us, and it took the theatre management to come in and tell us they were waiting to "lock-up"!
We went downstairs after saying farewells. Rick told us he would see us the next Spring as he was planning a series of concerts over here with Fats Domino, and that was that - so we thought! We were all milling around outside the theatre saying our personal farewells when Rick came out of the stage door with his manager Greg McDonald ready to board the coach, and there followed a further 20 minute photo call and more conversation. As Rick was about to board the coach, he turned and faced me saying (with sandwich in hand) "...I'm reall hungry (laughing) - see you again soon Andrew"
Our lasting impression as we followed the coach to the motorway, was Rick and Helen waving to us as they went off toward Bristol, and we the opposite direction towards Preston. What a night - what a tremendous occasion it all was. We were literally on cloud nine travelling back home. We had taken some friends with us, and were still partying until 4.00am at home. Memories that will last forever!
Our membership continues to grow, and we know there are countless Ricky Nelson fans like yourselves out there. Our club is a totally non-profit making organisation and is run with the full co-operation of the Nelson family. We are totally committed to keeping his name, music and memory alive. We encompass all age groups, for in the love of music there is no such thing as 'age'. Indeed, we have members in their twenties, right up to our oldest member, my father-in-law, who, for the past few years, has joined us on our annual "Garden Party" get-togethers, and decided he too wanted to become a member, and he's in his late eighties!
So why not consider joining our family - you will be made most welcome, Details on just how to join us can be found as you continue touring our site. I shall look forward to hearing from you, and please feel free to contact me for any further information you may require.


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The dogs are real. The facts are real. The bacon is photoshopped. Enjoy!
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Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence オキナワにおけるオレンジ剤散布−−新たなる証拠 •Japanese translation available
Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence Japanese translation is available
In September 2011, The Asia-Pacific Journal published my research into the presence of US military defoliants, including Agent Orange, on Okinawa during the 1960s and early '70s.1 Drawing on the testimonies of over 20 US veterans who had served on the island at a time when it was a forward staging post for the war in Vietnam, the article catalogued the storage, spraying and burial of these dioxin-tainted chemicals on 14 American installations from the Yambaru jungles in northern Okinawa to Naha Port in the south. Despite this large number of firsthand accounts, however, the Pentagon continues to deny that military defoliants were ever on the island.
Fuelled by the September article - as well as others I have written for The Japan Times and investigations conducted by journalists from the Okinawa Times - Okinawa's politicians and activists have now demanded that both the Japanese and US governments allay residents' concerns by coming clean on the usage of Agent Orange on the island.2 This tide of anger culminated on October 28th when Okinawa's governor, Nakaima Hirokazu, met with John V. Roos, the US Ambassador to Tokyo, and requested that he launch an investigation into the issue. Roos reportedly replied that he would do so assiduously.3
With new information regarding the presence of these defoliants on Okinawa emerging rapidly, this article aims to update readers on the most significant developments. First, it looks at the recent statement from a senior US official who claims defoliants were tested on the island between 1960 and 1962. Next, it examines a 1966 Air Force document which seems to debunk contemporary Department of Defense denials that herbicides were ever present on Okinawa. Following this, the article explores new evidence that these defoliants were used post-1972 - specifically on Iejima Island as well as at Camp Foster and MCAS Futenma. Finally, it outlines the press conference I held in Nago City on November 4th where, for the first time, Okinawan residents told the media about their experiences of US defoliant usage on their island.
November 4 press conference in Nago. Jon Mitchell is third from left (Photo courtesy of Sunao)
Tests in the Yambaru jungles: 1960 - 1962
On September 6th, 2011, the Okinawa Times led with a front page story written by the paper's US correspondent, Heianna Sumiyo. Titled "Defoliants sprayed (on Okinawa), testifies former American high-ranking official", the article outlined defoliant tests that had been conducted between 1960 and 1962 in jungle near the northern villages of Kunigami-son and Higashi-son.4
According to the veteran, who spoke to Heianna on the condition of anonymity,
"Within 24 hours of the spraying, the leaves had turned brown. By week four, all of the leaves had fallen off. It was confirmed that weekly spraying stopped new buds from developing. I do not recall the specific size of the area sprayed."
The former service member claimed that the Department of Defense chose Okinawa for these tests primarily for two reasons. Firstly, the effects of the defoliants on the Yambaru jungles would elucidate how they would work in Vietnam since the two environments were very similar. Secondly, since the entire island of Okinawa was under US military control, the Pentagon could bypass the more stringent health & safety standards imposed by civilian authorities elsewhere.
The high-ranking official's account dovetails with publicly-available records regarding the Pentagon's defoliant tests at this time. During the early 1960s, the US military was still fine-tuning the technology with which it conducted aerial spray missions over south Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand.5
In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.
Some Department of Defense officials were growing impatient with the slow pace of results so they expedited tests elsewhere under the cloak of the highly-secretive Project AGILE.6 Although, some of the documents concerning AGILE show that defoliant experiments took place in Puerto Rico, Thailand and the mainland United States, the details of the other locations remain classified. Attempts to release the remaining files related to Project AGILE under the Freedom of Information Act have thus far been unsuccessful.
Service members stationed on the north of the island at the time in question substantiate the Okinawa Times story. One veteran who was on Okinawa between 1961 and 1962 claims that, during war games in the Yambaru, he witnessed defoliated sectors of jungle. Having bivouacked in these areas, he is now suffering from several diseases that the US government lists as dioxin-related - and he believes were caused by his experiences in the Yambaru. Adding weight to the high-ranking official's account is the fact that, to date, the only case in which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has paid compensation for sicknesses contracted from defoliant exposure on Okinawa was to a former Marine Corps truck driver who came into contact with these chemicals between 1961 and 1962 when they were "used in Northern Okinawa for War Games training".7
Air Force Report on Okinawa and herbicides: 1966
In October 2011, I received a Department of Defense document8 from Paul Sutton, the former Chairperson of the Vietnam Veterans of America Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee. Dated September 8th, 1966, the report detailed an 18-day trip made by civil engineering representatives to the Philippines, Taiwan and Okinawa. While on Okinawa, they visited Naha Air Base, Kadena Air Base, the Headquarters of the US Army and the US Army Medical Laboratory.
According to the report, one of the purposes of the trip was to "review base programs and assist individual bases with establishment of safer and more effective programs" related to "pest control" and "herbicides".
"Literature on various products was distributed at the conference and all bases visited. This action is designed to keep sections informed on some of the newer chemicals now available for pest and weed control."
The document also states that "Okinawa certifications are valid until October 1966. Due to language problems, translation will be necessary."
Before discussing this document, it is important to clarify the US military's usage of the terms "herbicide" and "defoliant". According to William Buckingham in his official Air Force history of Operation Ranch Hand, "'herbicide' and 'defoliant' are used practically interchangeably in discussions about the "Ranch Hand" program."9 Even today, the Pentagon avoids references to "defoliants" - possibly due to the term's dioxin-laden connotations. For example, during recent email correspondences I have received from Major Neal Fisher - Deputy Director of Public Affairs for United States Forces Japan - he repeatedly refers to Agent Orange as "Herbicide Orange."
With this in mind, it seems that the 1966 report directly contradicts current Pentagon denials. In 2004, for example, General Myers stated, "records contain no information linking use or storage of Agent Orange or other herbicides in Okinawa."10 This 7-year old denial has become the benchmark by which the VA continues to refuse aid to veterans claiming dioxin-exposure on Okinawa.11
The 1966 Air Force report, which specifically refers to herbicides, appears to offer sufficient grounds for former service members to appeal against their denials of recognition and support by the VA. Joe Sipala, the organizer of the Agent Orange Okinawa Facebook campaign to push the Pentagon for transparency on the issue, says
"It really helps veterans. Here is an official Air Force document that clearly mentions herbicides on Okinawa - contrary to what the Department of Defense states about having no records."
Numerous veterans with whom I am in contact have begun to incorporate the document into their appeals and, to encourage others to do so, I have made the complete 1966 Air Force report available here.
The Pentagon and the VA are likely to try to argue that the herbicides mentioned in the report were not the same as the dioxin-tainted ones employed in Operation Ranch Hand. However, the available evidence overwhelmingly suggests otherwise. The 1966 visit was organized by the Air Force, the branch in charge of Operation Ranch Hand, in a year that the US military undertook a massive escalation of its defoliant usage in Southeast Asia.12 Furthermore, the report's reference to "newer chemicals now available for… weed control" suggests Agent Orange which had first been shipped to Vietnam in 1965. Veterans I have interviewed are adamant that these herbicides bound for the war zone were also sprayed on Okinawa. Among them is one former service member stationed on Naha Port in the late-1960s who said, "It wasn't a secret. Everybody knew that we were using the exact same defoliants they were using over there (in Vietnam)."
A final point worth noting is the reference in the document to the need for translation of "Okinawan certifications." This indicates that civilian base workers were involved in herbicide usage - a belief substantiated by veterans who report having seen teams of civilians involved in weed control on Camp Kue, Camp Foster and Machinato supply depot.13
The potential health impact on these workers is discussed in more detail below.
Use of defoliants: post-1972
Although evidence of the toxicity of the dioxin found in Agent Orange had been uncovered as early as 196514, the Pentagon and military contractors consistently sought to suppress this information. Throughout the 1960s, the international media reported unusually high incidences of birth defects in South Vietnam - but the White House dismissed these accounts as communist propaganda.15 However, in 1969, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a report that dioxin killed and caused stillbirths in laboratory mice and recommended that the usage of Agent Orange be curtailed.16 The Department of Defense and manufacturers fought tooth and nail to keep employing defoliants which, the Pentagon still claimed were "relatively nontoxic to man or animals"17 - but, in 1971, Operation Ranch Hand flew its final mission. By April 1972, the US had removed the remainder of its stockpiles of defoliants from South Vietnam.18
Among the US veterans I've interviewed, the consensus is that most of the military's supplies of defoliants were transported off Okinawa in a similar time frame. In 1972, the US army initiated Operation Red Hat to ship stocks of bio-chemical weapons from Okinawa to Johnston Island - and it is widely believed that barrels of defoliant were included, too.19 The VA itself supports this suspicion when it stated in a 2009 ruling that "the records pertaining to Operation Red Hat show herbicide agents were stored and later disposed in Okinawa from August 1969 to March 1972."20
However over the past two months, details have surfaced that defoliants were present - and sprayed - on Okinawa until much later than had been previously feared. By the mid-1970s, the US military was irrefutably aware of the health risks posed by dioxins. The continued use of these chemicals at this time is clear evidence of criminal disregard from the base commanders who ordered or allowed their usage. Furthermore, it exposes the Pentagon to serious charges of liability for its failure to prevent such actions.
1. Iejima Island: 1973
Since 1955, when the US military seized over two-thirds of Iejima island at bayonet-point in order to construct an air-to-surface bombing range, the army had waged a battle of attrition against local farmers who still tried to work the fields now under military control.21 In an attempt to deter local residents from entering the base, soldiers regularly used gasoline to raze their crops.
According to an Okinawa Times article dated October 31, 1973 - "American military in defoliant operation" - in that month, US forces employed a new technique to discourage the farmers.
"This time, the military did not use gasoline, they sprayed for the first time an unidentified defoliant. Villagers lost their pasture land and they worried about pollution of the nearby shore and the effect on their health. It seemed that the defoliants were used in a 2000 square meter area around the perimeter of the firing range, but the true extent of its use and whether other areas were affected is not clear." 22
The Okinawa Times article explained that the villagers of Maja filed a complaint with the US military protesting the spraying of these defoliants and demanding that they never be used again.
The usage of the chemicals on Iejima - the birthplace of the Okinawa civil rights movement - reveals a new depth of brutality. Given that the US military was now aware of the health dangers of these defoliants, its actions border on biological warfare against the very Okinawan allies who it was supposed to be protecting. I am currently in talks with residents of Iejima in order to ascertain the location defoliated - and I am attempting to track down the US base commander's response to the villagers' 1973 complaint.
2. Camp Foster: 1975
Between 1975 and 1976, Caethe Goetz was stationed with the Marine Corps on Camp Foster. While there, she witnessed military personnel spraying herbicides along the base's perimeter.
"The fence line was devoid of vegetation. When I walked past it, there was a pungent smell and I would get a headache. I sometimes saw men using hand sprayers… One time there was a breeze and some of the mist blew onto me." 23
Caethe Goetz
Today, Goetz is suffering from multiple myeloma - one of the fourteen diseases recognized by the VA as related to dioxin exposure. Despite being seriously ill, Goetz has been a vocal activist in the struggle to win recognition of the presence of defoliants on Okinawa. The banner of Sparrow Walk, the blog she started during her lengthy stays in hospital, reads "As a former Marine who served in Okinawa, she advocates for the VA to acknowledge the use of Agent Orange in Okinawa for the benefit of all who served in Okinawa." 24
The accounts of three other veterans support Goetz's claim that Agent Orange was used on Camp Foster in the mid-1970s. One former truck driver alleges that he saw dozens of barrels on the base at the time, while another recalls he often witnessed spray teams clearing weeds near the perimeter fences. The third veteran also saw barrels of defoliants on Camp Foster - and he says that the "demand for AO was strong on the island" due to its potency in killing vegetation. He explained that other branches of the military had removed their supplies due to fears over its health effects, but the Marine Corps kept theirs longer since "disposing of it would have been wasteful."
3. MCAS Futenma: 1975
Carlos Garay, a former Marine Corps Lance Corporal, was stationed on MCAS Futenma between 1974 and 1975 at the base's supply section. According to Garay, there were stocks of defoliants present on the installation and he typed up a request to dispose of 12 barrels containing the chemicals.
"The disposal process was still being decided. Since it was toxic material, only the D.O.D. (Department of Defense) could designate its destination and disposal. I had sent messages to the D.O.D and informed H.Q.M.C. (Headquarters Marine Corps) on several occasions in accordance to follow up procedures, but they never replied."
"Some of the other squadrons also had a leftover barrel or so but were told to wait since the D.O.D's response time was extremely slow."
The Pentagon's failure to reply to Garay's requests reflects its confusion as to how best to dispose of the approximately 7.5 million liters of defoliants left over since the cessation of Operation Ranch Hand in 1971. Buckingham's official history catalogues the government's disorder as, for six years, it flailed from one increasingly desperate proposed solution to the next: "injection in deep wells, biodegradation in soil, disposal in underground nuclear test cavities, sludge burial, microbial reduction and high temperature incineration."25 Eventually, after protests by local residents over the continued storage of Agent Orange in Gulfport, Mississippi, stocks were burned at sea aboard the Dutch-owned incinerator ship, Vulcanus, between July and September 1977.
In addition, Garay's account confirms fears that base commanders had failed to relay the health risks of these chemicals through the chain of command.
"We were instructed to gather some of the barrels together. I believed my senior's statement that, 'If you're not a damn plant it won't fucking kill you." So I didn't wait for the forklift with the special barrel lift attachment. As a result, during the move I got spillage from the barrel on me. The Agent Orange splashed my arms, legs and boots."
Today Garay, like Caethe Goetz, is suffering from illnesses related to this exposure – while his claims continue to be denied by the VA.
The experiences of Nago residents: November 4th, 2011
At the beginning of November, I held a press conference in Nago City to update the Japanese-language media on my current research and collect statements from residents with information regarding the use of US defoliants.26 Thanks to a concerted publicity drive by Citizens' Network for Biodiversity in Okinawa27 - combined with the Okinawa Times' publication of the 1966 Air Force document on the morning of the press conference - the meeting was well-attended. Over 50 local people came (including Akutagawa Prize winning author, Medoruma Shun28), representatives of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, Prefectural Assembly member Tokashiki Kiyoko, and members of the Nago City Council.
In September, Nago had become the first municipality on Okinawa to adopt a resolution demanding an official investigation into Agent Orange usage. Councilors' fears focused on Camp Schwab - a USMC installation located within the city - where former service member Scott Parton claimed that large volumes of Agent Orange had been stored and sprayed on the base between 1970 and '71.
According to Parton:
"Dozens of barrels of Agent Orange were stored in a big galvanized barn that was off-limits to most of us. Some of the barrels were marked with a single orange stripe. Others had a double orange stripe… Some of the barrels were leaking. So the military had dug a foot and a half (45cm) deep ditch around the palettes to catch the spills."
Parton's claims were supported by a second marine who had come forward with similar accounts of having witnessed defoliated areas within the base.29
After I had summarized the two veterans' testimonies at the press conference, local residents were invited to speak. Many of them were particularly troubled by Parton's claim of defoliant usage on the banks of a creek that fed into the nearby bay. City councilor, Oshiro Yoshitami, believed that he had identified the area - located close to a shore once popular for collecting shellfish.
Nago resident, S. Higa, explained that, prior to the 1970s, the rocks and shoreline of the nearby beaches had been covered in algae and seaweed but as time went on, all of the vegetation died and the rocks became bleached with no signs of sealife in the area.
Next to speak was F. Shimabukuro, who had worked as a maid on Camp Schwab's Kanno barracks between 1962 and 1972. She remembers talking to Okinawan base workers who had sprayed herbicides on the installation. Some members of these teams had died young. Another resident echoed her fears, stating that over the years there had been an unusually large number of leukemia cases in the area.30
F. Shimabukuro, Nago resident, speaks at the Nov. 4 press conference (Photo courtesy of Okinawa Outreach)
Y. Iha's photographs of the barren land
F. Shimabukuro also reiterated Higa's concerns about poisoned sealife. She recalled the deaths of several men who had died after eating shellfish consumed from the waters near the base. "The last words of one of the men was never to eat shellfish from the area [near Camp Schwab]." Another resident recalled a dark oily substance emerging from clams that had been gathered near the installation - a particularly worrying observation given that the US army describes Agent Orange "as a dark-brown oily liquid which is insoluble in water."31
Residents' fears extended to the jungles north of the city. Y. Iha, showed recent photographs that he had taken in Higashi-son, the village mentioned by the high-ranking US official as the site of the 1960-2 defoliant tests. The land in the photographs had belonged to the US military until the early 1990s but in the twenty years since its return to civilian use, the foliage still had not grown back.
Iha felt this was unusual given that Okinawa's vegetation usually reclaims any open spaces within four or five years. Further adding to fears that the area was contaminated by dioxins were media reports from 2007 cataloguing deformities among lizards, turtles and wild boars in the area.32
Y. Iha explains the photographs to the author (Photo courtesy of Sunao)
Toward the end of the press conference, I was approached by a middle-aged man who told me that his father had used defoliants donated by the American military in the years prior to the 1972 Reversion of Okinawa to Japan. According to the man, the defoliant was "oil-based, thin and, when mixed with gasoline, light brown. I saw it sprayed along the streets. The results were truly impressive."
The man recalled how, within a couple of days, "the weeds were killed. The parts of the leaves that had been splashed by the spray also became black. The chemical even stripped the leaves off large trees on the roadside."
While neither he nor his father suffered any ill-effects from the spraying, he was concerned that the chemical was Agent Orange since the only Japanese herbicides available on Okinawa at the time tended to be water-soluble and not powerful enough to defoliate large trees.
Conclusion - the urgent need for environmental testing
This recent surge of new information regarding military defoliants on Okinawa is clear cause for alarm. Evidence that these chemicals were used into the mid-1970s and the accounts from Okinawan civilians suggest that the human and environmental toll may be far graver than suggested by my September 2011 article.
In the absence of environmental tests on the sites believed to have stored Agent Orange, it will be impossible to allay the fears among both Okinawan residents and US military personnel currently stationed on the island's bases. The dioxin-poisoned veterans I have interviewed, well aware of the health risks of Agent Orange, have expressed their unconditional cooperation in pinpointing the precise location of these areas.
The chief scientist formerly in charge of identifying dioxin hotspots on past-US bases in South Vietnam, Wayne Dwernychuk, states that such tests would categorically confirm or disprove the presence of these defoliants on Okinawa.
"Results of the tests and the congener composition of the various dioxins would enable determining if the contamination was of Agent Orange origin. Agent Orange had one specific congener of dioxin: 2,3,7,8-TCDD. A very high concentration of this single congener would indicate the contamination came from Agent Orange, unquestionably."
At the moment, two obstacles impede this course of action. Firstly, there are no facilities on Okinawa equipped to test for dioxins and the $1000-per-sample price tag is too high to meet without financial support from the authorities.
The second difficulty lies in the reluctance of both the Pentagon and Okinawa Defense Bureau to cooperate with such tests. On November 11, for example, the Okinawa Defense Bureau refused to agree to the soil tests requested by Nago City on Camp Schwab despite a 1973 Japan-US Joint Committee agreement which allows local municipalities to order such investigations.
According to Wayne Dwernychuk, this recalcitrance backfires on the authorities.
"If the US wanted to put this to bed and stop the insinuations, they would approve a small sampling program. This, to me, is a red flag. What are they trying to hide?"
In the past, Tokyo and Washington might have tried to hold their ground and wait for this storm to blow by. But recent developments appear to have ruled out such an option. Okinawa's leaders have linked Japanese and American cover-ups of Agent Orange with comparable malfeasance over the relocation of MCAS Futenma to Henoko. As such, over the coming weeks, as Tokyo and Washington attempt to increase pressure on Okinawa to accept a new base at Henoko, it seems likely that they will come under heavy pressure to concede to tests for these defoliants which, many people are now convinced, have been poisoning the island's land for over half-a-century.
See the updated version of this article here.
Former service members and Okinawan citizens with information regarding the usage of Agent Orange on Okinawa are encouraged to contact Jon Mitchell at jon.w.mitchell@gmail.com
Regular updates on this rapidly-moving subject are posted here.
The leading online community - Agent Orange Okinawa - is hosted on Facebook by Joe Sipala (link).
Jon Mitchell is a Welsh-born writer based in Yokohama and represented by Curtis Brown Ltd., New York. He has written widely on Okinawan social issues for the Japanese and American press - a selection of which can be found here. Currently, he teaches at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
For their help and advice with this article, I would like to thank Paul Sutton, Masami Kawamura, Sunao, O.N., Carlos Garay, Michelle Gatz and Hideki Yoshikawa.
Recommended citation: Jon Mitchell, 'Agent Orange on Okinawa - New Evidence,' The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 48 No 1, November 28, 2011.
Articles on related subjects
• Jon Mitchell, US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange
• Roger Pulvers and John Junkerman, Remembering Victims of Agent Orange in the Shadow of 9/11
• Ikhwan Kim, Confronting Agent Orange in South Korea
• Nick Turse, A My Lai a Month: How the US Fought the Vietnam War
• Heonik Kwon, Anatomy of US and South Korean Massacres in the Vietnamese Year of the Monkey, 1968
• Ngoc Nguyen and Aaron Glantz, Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims Sue Dow and Monsanto in US Court
1 Jon Mitchell, "Military defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange", The Asia-Pacific Journal, September 12, 2011.
2 In October 2011, Prime Minister Noda sent Cabinet members to Okinawa to pave the way for the relocation of MCAS Futenma to an expanded base at Henoko. During these meetings, the Agent Orange issue was cited as one of the primary complaints that local leaders wanted Tokyo to address. On 18th October, the leaders of three municipalities - Chatan, Kadena and Okinawa City - met Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gemba Koichiro, and requested a wide-ranging investigation into the matter (details of which can be read in Japanese here). On 21st October, 2011, the Mayor of Chatan met the deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Saito Tsuyoshi, and asked him for reassurances on the burial of defoliants in his town (a Japanese-language link is here). The account of the alleged burial of dozens of barrels of Agent Orange in Chatan Town can be read in full here.
3 See: 軍転協「辺野古は不可能」外相・米大使らに訴え, Okinawa Times October 29 2011. Available here.
4 Japanese text is available here.
5 William A. Buckingham, "Operation Ranch Hand - The air force and herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971", Office of Air Force History, Washington D.C., 1982, 16.
6 Some declassified sections of Project AGILE are available here.
7 The complete text of the 1998 VA ruling can be read here.
8 A full pdf file of the document is available here.
9 Buckingham, 196.
10 Quoted in "Agent Orange was likely used in Okinawa: U.S. vet board", Kyodo News Service, July 8, 2007.
11 The VA often relies upon a formulaic denial along the lines of this 2009 decision: "The Board is unaware of any official confirmation that veterans were exposed to herbicides anywhere in Okinawa... There appears to be no actual evidence of herbicides in Okinawa." (The full text of this denial can be found here.)
12 In 1966, the Air Force began to spray defoliants over Laos and the border between North and South Vietnam. This expansion put such a strain on herbicides supplies that in 1966, there was almost a herbicide shortage in the United States. Buckingham, 133.
13 See my September article for more information related to the exposure of Okinawan base workers.
14 Philip Jones Griffiths, "Agent Orange - 'Collateral Damage in Viet Nam", Trolley Ltd., London, 2003, 165.
15 Buckingham, 164.
16 Griffiths, 169.
17 "Employment of Riot Control Agents, Flame, Smoke, Antiplant Agents, and Personnel Detectors in Counterguerilla Operations," Department of the Army Training Circular, April 1969.
19 The alleged disposal of Agent Orange during Operation Red Hat is explained in detail in my September, 2011 article.
20 Attempts to acquire the documents upon which the Montana VA made these comments are currently the focus of a protracted Freedom of Information request tussle with the National Archives and Records Administration.
21 Jon Mitchell, "Beggars' Belief: The Farmers' Resistance Movement on Iejima Island, Okinawa", The Asia-Pacific Journal, June 7, 2010.
22 米軍が枯葉作戦, Okinawa Times, October 31, 1973.
23 A fuller account of Goetz's struggle with the VA can be read here.
24 Goetz's blog can be accessed here.
26 A Japanese-language TV report on the press conference can be viewed here.
27 Originally formed in anticipation of COP-10, Citizens' Network for Biodiversity in Okinawa is a group focusing on the interrelationship of the environment, peace and human rights.
28 Medoruma Shun has become increasingly involved in the recent struggle for truth over defoliant usage on Okinawa and his coverage of my press conference can be read here.
29 A complete account of Parton's testimony can be read here.
30 In an October 2011 meeting with Nakamura Goro, Vietnam War photographer and one of Japan's leading experts on Agent Orange, he explained to me the problems faced by researchers attempting to identify clusters of dioxin-related diseases in Japan. Unlike the US, whose Centers for Disease Control and Prevention record spikes in diseases, Japan has no such system. With no centralized source available for tracking down records related to public health, it is almost impossible for researchers to pinpoint higher incidences of dioxin warning signs such as birth deformities and specific cancers. The only way involves surveying clinics and hospitals near the areas of suspected defoliant usage.
32 For example, see: 薬品影響?北部で奇形生物 Okinawa Times, July 12, 2007.


Tonight's image is a set of train tracks from late last summer. As I write this post a thunderstorm is raging through the mountains. My little buddy Scout has pointed out the clause in his contract that requires he be comforted during any all thunderstorms. ( In return he keeps the ninjas out from under the beds in the house 😉 ). This set of tracks is one of the ones that always indicated my sense of adventure. I've never seen what it is that is around the corner. For now, Scout and I will look at picture and distract ourselves from the thunder. I hope you enjoy the image as well.
Thank you Sophia ❤ Yes Scout is my dog. He's a 4 year old Border Collie and Beagle mix that just turned up at our house. He is very intelligent and eager to obey.


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Jess makes sure that she has exposure to all the areas of law that Tait Lawyers practices and is currently studying her masters in law at the University of Melbourne.


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Very few restaurants in the city have a great view & yes I am considering Navi Mumbai to be part of Mumbai. Vashi is blessed to have one – Mojo Bistro. With a great view of suburb and extended parts, this is a new entrant which is making its present felt.
On a sunday afternoon post some heavy showers, a 1.5 hour drive and fancy lift ride later, we reached here for a bloggers table. Located on the 6th floor of Cyber One, Mojo Bistro has indoor and alfresco seating. Enter & a bright LED panel confirms you are at Mojo. The bricked wall, hanging lights & comfortable sofa, chair seating form the inside seating.
We decided to move outside for the afternoon. A series of drinks – cocktails & mock tails started pouring in.
Though we were served 6-7 really great looking mock tails none of them left an impact.
The Apple Martini & Virgin Orange Mojito were kinda the saving grace.
Cheese Corn Balls & Paneer Malai Kebab began our food expedition.
Crumb coated deep fried cheese balls stuffed with corn served with a spicy mayo dip was a promising start to the afternoon. Chunks of absolutely soft paneer topped with a malai sauce is melt-in-mouth good.
Panko Coated Mushrooms Button mushrooms stuffed with cheese, coated with panko & deep fried – Panko Coasted Mushroom are a must-try for all mushrooms fans.
Nachos served next need a makeover big time. They lacked beans, a good cheese sauce – overall was really disappointing.
While we were deciding the main course, the place starting filling in with people for an afternoon filled with conversation's, drinks, food & sheesha/hooka. Mojo's outdoor seating is perfect for a post-office session for chilling.
Being multi-cuisine, our main course included Italian, Indian & Thai.
Thin & Crisp base coated with Pesto Sauce topped with green &black olive and cheese made the Pesto Pizza which was thoroughly enjoyed everyone at the table.
Floating in the creamy smooth gravy similar to a makhani gravy with a sweet after taste, the kofta's were falling apart just at a touch. This is a MUST-TRY with the yummy garlic naans.
Thai Green Curry n Rice With fresh veggies including broccoli, zucchini, mushroom, baby corn, etc this gravy was spicy, flavourful but would want it to be a little thick.
We also tried the Spaghetti Aglio Olio which for me was good but greasy.
Thanks to the cloudy, gloomy yet great weather, the experience at Mojo Bistro was thoroughly enjoyed. The service might disappoint you a little.
Enjoy the comfy seating inside or just plonk yourself on the couches outside, with the array of food & drinks on the menu & sheehsa (if you like it) you are meant to have a great time.


Nursery bedding and linen from Etsy - our top picks!
Nursery bedding and linen from Etsy – our top picks!
It's bedtime, people! Almost every parent just loves it when their babes are sound asleep. We could watch them forever sweetly snoozing under the covers. Here's a roundup of some of the best nursery bedding we have found on Etsy. Get ready to covet, because there are some beauties!
Above and below are just two of the amazing geometric creations from Alphabet Monkey.
Such an original blanket just perfect for a gift for the nursery, we love this hedgehog blanket from Brouk Sisters.
The crib sheets from Ivie Baby just won't leave my head. Fabulous for the modern nursery and beautiful quality to boot – they do custom orders too. I swoon every time I visit this Etsy shop!
Fancy a nice quilt, but don't want a fussy traditional style? Look to Pippa Quilts for some wow for the nursery.
Mod Fox's Black Arrow organic cotton baby blanket is soft and lovely and won't break the budget.
It looks like my obsession with geometric design has well and truly surfaced in this post. Don't forget that these sellers cater to many design tastes so you'll find varied colours and shapes within their pieces. It's well worth having a look through their individual stores.
I'll finish off with these gorgeous baby blankets from Lucky Palm Tree, and then a reminder of the SIDS and Kids guidelines for sleeping baby safely in a cot or bassinet. You can also download the free SIDS and Kids Safe Sleeping app from iTunes..


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Q: angularjs 1.3 controller as not working I am using one controller on two different part of Page, For that i    am using alias of controller using "controller as" syntax. But after    upgrading to Angular 1.3.15 it is no longer working.Following is the    fiddle to simulate the situation.

*

*Working example with 1.2.20

*it is not working with 1.3.15
Please let me know if i am making any mistakes.

    <input type="text" ng-model="first">

{{first}}

{{person.$scope.first}}

A: From : docs.angularjs.org
The isolated scope of a component directive no longer leaks into the template that contains the instance of the directive. This means that you can no longer access the isolated scope from attributes on the element where the isolated directive is defined.
See https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/10236 for an example.
Requesting isolate scope and any other scope on a single element is an error. Before this change, the compiler let two directives request a child scope and an isolate scope if the compiler applied them in the order of non-isolate scope directive followed by isolate scope directive.
Now the compiler will error regardless of the order.

A: This is related to migration issue.
The old controller style syntax is not working.
From  https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/migration
Due to 3f2232b5, $controller will no longer look for controllers on window. The old behavior of looking on window for controllers was originally intended for use in examples, demos, and toy apps. We found that allowing global controller functions encouraged poor practices, so we resolved to disable this behavior by default.
To migrate, register your controllers with modules rather than exposing them as globals:
Before:
function MyController() {
  // ...
}

After:
angular.module('myApp', []).controller('MyController', [function() {
  // ...
}]);

Although it is not recommended, you can re-enable the old behavior like this:
angular.module('myModule').config(['$controllerProvider', function($controllerProvider) {
  // this option might be handy for migrating old apps, but please don't use it
  // in new ones!
  $controllerProvider.allowGlobals();
}]);

Hope this help you.

A: Try this as in working fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/janega/tnnh6u5w/1/
var PersonCtrl = (function () {
    function PersonCtrl($scope) {
        this.$scope=$scope;
        this.$scope.first = 'First';
        this.$scope.last = 'Last';
    }
    return PersonCtrl;
})();

angular.module('myapp', []);

angular.module('myapp')
    .controller('PersonCtrl',PersonCtrl);

PersonCtrl.$inject =['$scope', '$log'];

function PersonCtrl($scope,$log){

    if (PersonCtrl.Instance === undefined) {
        PersonCtrl.Instance = new PersonCtrl($scope, $log);
    }
    return PersonCtrl.Instance;
}

A: Simply remove Second controller with "as" and Make
 as parent controller and write expression again in another div to take effect of same controller ng-model.

    <input type="text" ng-model="first">

{{first}}

{{first}}


Prinspóló is the brainchild and former alter ego of Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson (of Skakkamanage and Rúnk fame). Prinspóló started as a one man band but soon developed into a full band. Svavar Pétur is a graphic designer from Breiðholt (Reykjavík suburb). He worked on a farm as a child where he studied singing with a walkman and a shovel. He now designs stuff for Kimi Records and runs HAVARÍ with his lovers.
The few moments he has to himself he changes his bottled up feelings into songs and puts them on tape. You might wonder what Jukk means. Jukk is everything that does not have a logical origin.
Jukk is a happening, state and/or entity that everybody knows and has perceived but can't explain. At some moment everything is Jukk.


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Spain's goalkeeper Unai Simon looks round after Morocco's Achraf Hakimi scored the winning penalty during a shootout after the World Cup round of…
Spain's goalkeeper Unai Simon looks round after Morocco's Achraf Hakimi scored the winning penalty during a shootout after the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Hakimi's 'Panenka' penalty advances Morocco at World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — The sheer audacity. The simple execution. And then … delirium.
Achraf Hakimi converted the decisive spot kick for Morocco with a little dink of a shot known as a "Panenka" in a penalty shootout win over Spain to make his team the first Arab country ever to reach the World Cup quarterfinals Tuesday.
Instead of using his full force to strike the ball, Hakimi instead waited for Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón to lunge to his right before lightly pushing the ball into the center of the goal.
"If you're brave enough to do it, then you can do it," Morocco midfielder Azzedine Ounahi said. "It doesn't matter how the ball goes in."
After watching the ball sail in uncontested, Hakimi performed a little celebratory dance and then added to the playful theme by faking out his onrushing teammates in terms of which area of the field he was going to run to for more celebrations.
Eventually the team caught up to Hakimi and mobbed him.
The penalty kick technique that Hakimi employed is named for Czech player Antonín Panenka, who introduced it to an international audience during the 1976 European Championship final.
Hakimi, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and is considered Morocco's most talented player, was born in Madrid to Moroccan parents and spent 10 years in Real Madrid's youth system. His mom cleaned houses in the Spanish capital and his dad was a street vendor.
"He's fast, he's skillful. He gives assists, he scores goals. A panenka in the penalty shootout," Ounahi said. "So he does everything. (And) he's a team player."
Hakimi is one of 14 members of Morocco's 26-man squad who was born abroad.
Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who was born in Canada and plays for Sevilla in Spain, saved two of Spain's penalties during the shootout, which Morocco won 3-0 following a 0-0 draw after extra time.
Morocco's quarterfinal opponent on Saturday will be Portugal.
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You may call it building awareness or online marketing, it doesn't matter what you call it — they're activities we engage in that allow clients to see us, (hopefully) like and trust us, and eventually, buy from us.
Hold up. Let's rewind for a sec and go back to the part where we "allow clients to see us." Because I think what doesn't get said often enough is that it takes courage to be seen.
And I don't mean it takes courage to set up a Facebook page and post things to it. I mean it takes courage to truly be seen for who we are, to tell the world about the amazing gifts we have to offer and to really–I mean really–put it out there.
What are those things you KNOW deep in your heart will get you visible with the right people but you're just not doing them?
What is YOUR thing? What's holding you back from doing it? What things are you doing instead that aren't doing a damn thing to help you get visible?
What Does Your Comfort Zone Look Like? As soon as those thoughts appear we quickly push them to the back of our minds and focus on something else, some activity that feels safe… an activity that's not going to get us visible.
👉Checking analytics, seeing how many new followers and subscribers you have.
👉Reading blog posts that promise the secrets to achieve our goals.
👉Checking out the competition… man, they're killin' it.
👉Getting completely overwhelmed, shutting it all down, and turning on Netflix.
Those things you know you need to do? That's for later. That's for when you feel more ready.
If I could overcome this limiting belief, how would that change the game for me?
Then I want you to visualize your future-business and in turn, your future life… how is it different? What would you be able to do for yourself, your family, your community–even the world–that you can't do now?
Ready? Let's figure out you can get from where you are now to that vision-board version of your business.
Fun Fact About Imposter Syndrome: It's most prevalent among high-achieving people.
Instead, think about the people you can help. You are capable of helping others even if you're only one step ahead of them, so you don't have to wait until you're the leading expert in your industry to get out there and help people.
They need you to show up. They need to hear from you. What they don't need is for you to be perfect, a leading expert, a guru, or a ninja.
It's helpful to be aware of the stories you tell yourself because our ego means well and tries to protect us, but that doesn't make the stories we tell ourselves true.
When you catch yourself thinking, "Who am I to put my voice out there? Somebody else is already doing it better!" that's your ego being a trickster.
You are enough. Today. Right now. So see #1 and do something to get more visible with the people you can help.
It's easy to think that everyone else has it all figured out, but they don't.
When someone achieves success in one area, they move on to the next challenge. As soon as they conquer Imposter Syndrome in one area, a new one crops up.
"Who am I to do this thing? Somebody else is already doing it better!" starts all over again.
Conquering Imposter Syndrome is a process. It all starts with being aware when it's holding you back–that's probably your signal that it's the very thing you need to get over in order to get visible.
What could you accomplish if you really put your mind to it?
Imagine your future-self one year from now: you've dedicated yourself to learning or mastering a thing and you applied regular, consistent effort toward that achieving goal.
Where could you be? That's the vision you want to hold in your mind, and when you want to compare yourself to something, compare yourself to where you were a month ago, six months ago, a year ago.
That's not a tiny thing, that's a BIG HUGE THING, so celebrate the hell out of it.
Those micro wins are signals that you're on the right track and tell you that you need to keep going, double down, amplify.
Big wins don't just happen… they're an accumulation of hundreds and thousands of micro-wins along the way.
Be grateful for what you have now. For every person who trusted you enough to hire you or buy from you, for every person who followed you on Facebook or visited your website… be grateful for them. It's too easy to look at our stats and forget that there are real people attached to those numbers.
One thing we forget is that people don't start out being super-mega successful. They start at step one. But for some reason, people insist on comparing their step one with someone else's step 1000!
Here's one of the internet's leading thought leaders, Marie Forleo. This is how her website looks now — BEAUTIFUL!
What she teaches her students about running a successful online business comes from the experience of building a successful online business. The things she advises people to do with their websites today are the things she was doing all wrong in the beginning.
Even Marie Forleo didn't have it all figured out on day one.
It's okay to grow as you go.
I don't think less of Marie because she didn't come out the gate with a perfectly polished internet empire. In fact, I respect her more for keeping her brand and domain name the same so we can see the evolution.
Ooof, this is a biggie. Ready?
I'm just going to say it. Fear of failure is just another way to say you're prideful. It's great to be proud of yourself when you accomplish things, but it's not very helpful when it comes to tackling something new.
Fun Fact About Criticism: The only things that aren't criticised or judged are things that ARE. NOT. SEEN.
I mean really go for it and be specific. "I'd like to make more money" isn't gonna cut it. Envision your future business and life transformed in a way that gets you psyched.
When I struggled in my business, the only goal I really had was to get work and pay my bills. I think a lot of us get stuck there from time to time and we forget to DREAM.
It's when I really got clear about how I wanted my future-life to be that things started turning around for me, and I started applying relentless and consistent effort toward achieving those goals.
These are all things that are far more important to me than any one person's opinion.
My dream is to do this every day — visit Saša's art studio where he's doing what he's meant to be doing.
Notice the trick? Motivation. Get yourself some great motivation and fear just simply can't stop you.
And you shouldn't try to be! Trying to appeal to everyone means you'll say the same recycled things everyone else is saying and that's not going to help you build a brand that gets noticed or get you visible with the right people.
But you're for someone, and they need you to show up.
I can tell you that being vulnerable–putting yourself out there and being unafraid to reveal that you just don't have it all figured out — is one of the most liberating things you can do.
Not only that, it's effective marketing. People don't respond to stiff, perfect, corporate robots… they respond to humans being humans. We're all in this and it ain't always easy or perfect.
When you have a chance to let your expertise shine? Do that. But don't be afraid to share stories about areas you struggle with.
Ironically, by being transparent and real and imperfect, people are more likely to trust you.
Imagine if the author had been afraid of reviews like this and decided not to publish the book at all.
I guarantee that you're going to see "thumbs down" votes. Imagine if they stopped giving speeches because they were afraid of those?
Brené Brown is a personal hero of mine and she's had a big impact on the way I view the world. I'd be pissed if she let her haters stop her because I need her!
The people who need you are the ones who count, not the critics.
What are you going to do to get more visible?
I hope this has helped you figure out where you're holding yourself back, and if you recognized yourself in any of these areas I just want you to know: YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Please leave me a comment below if you have a story to share, I'd love to hear it!
If this post really hit home for you, you might check out my book, The Client Attraction Mindset. It's filled with exercises you can do to get clear about the brand you want to build and how to go about getting visible with the right people so you can build that vision-board version of your business.
Go out there and BRAND BRAVELY!