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Objective CEO in the driver's seat
Founder and CEO of Australia's Objective Corporation, Tony Walls is driven to excel at whatever he does. Be that building a successful global enterprise software company, or hurtling around a racetrack on weekends competing against professional drivers in Carrera Cup, a fully-fledged national motor racing championship that routinely acts as the premier support category for the V8 Supercars Championship.
Tony Walls says that while business is his favourite sport, he enjoys the challenge of competition outside the office as well.
His urge to compete has been a driving force in his 25 plus years carving out a leading role in the information management market for Objective. Motor racing started as a consequence of spending time at the kart track in recent years, as an opportunity to share a fun pastime with his young children.
Given his competitive nature it wasn't long before he started racing karts competitively himself, winning multiple championships. Then, when the opportunity presented itself in 2013, he stepped up to competing in the Carrera Cup with his team, Objective Racing. It was a "now or never" moment, and Walls hates words like "never" and "can't".
Walls, a resident of Pittwater on Sydney's northern beaches, earlier took up sailing when he realised he needed challenges outside of the work environment. He built a sailing team which, in just four years, won the Australian Championships in the Sydney 38 One Design class.
"I spend a tremendous amount of time focussed on Objective's success, outside of my family, it's my number 1 passion. But I found long ago that I needed diverse interests to keep me energised" he says.
"I like competing. I approach business like sport and sport like business. Anyone who has been successful in team sport approaches it like a business. You need the absolute best people around you to win."
In his first year as a driver racing in the Carrera Cup in 2013. Walls was the only amateur driver to finish all 20 races in the season including top 10 finishes against a number of professional racing teams. He ending the championship in the upper half of the entire field. Although his number 6 car is emblazoned with the Objective logo, Walls is keen to point out that Objective Racing is his personal initiative and not funded by Objective Corporation.
Objective Australia was another personally sponsored initiative from Walls to create and support Australia's team that recently competed in San Francisco in the inaugural 2013 Youth America's Cup. Whilst the Cup was ultimately won by the New Zealand team, the Objective Australia initiative gave a group of young Australians the development opportunity of a lifetime - to sail on the world's largest stage, in the same high performance AC45 catamarans that they used in the America's Cup World Series.
The passion for success on the racetrack and on the water is even stronger in his quest for success for Objective to lead in the public sector and regulated industries where they compete with a portfolio of Information Management solutions.
Defence challenge
The jewel in the crown is Objective's largest customer Department of Defence.
"What I've always loved about Objective's relationship with Defence is they keep bringing us fresh challenges for managing information on a massive scale. I don't believe that anyone else in the world has a single solution doing what Defence is doing.
"To the credit of the team at Defence and our own engineering team, we're ahead of the curve, and that curve is often steep."
The sheer scale at Defence has always been one of its greatest information management challenges. Today, there are more than 100 shelf kilometres of physical records and over 160 million electronic records in Objective Enterprise Content Management (ECM).
Defence has 60,000 people using Objective ECM each week, making it the fourth most used application in all of Defence. The final roll out to the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will bring the total number of Defence personnel using Objective to 67,500. Those users are creating 160,000 new documents every day, around five documents per second. In the last twelve months Defence has added 60 million documents to their Objective system.
R&D commitment
Walls is focused on the longer term and has made a significant investment in Australian R&D over the past 10 years. He believes that this investment positions Objective incredibly strongly in a perennially competitive environment.
"Objective is routinely investing twice the industry average in R&D, well over 20% of revenue. As a result, the commercialisation of our portfolio of solutions has probably doubled over the past two and a half years," he said.
Objective' product offerings are also broadening as a result, beyond their own ECM customers. This began with the launch of Enterprise Search for HP TRIM in 2011 and the secure information sharing and process management platform, Objective Connect for Objective ECM, MS SharePoint and HP TRIM, in 2012.
These will soon to be joined by dedicated solutions offering Governance and Workflow for SharePoint users.
"Objective ECM continues to deliver, our customers are very invested in it and we're very invested in it. New customers are investing in the solution, in many cases replacing an existing EDRM system.
"Objective 8 has had the fastest take up of any platform we've had in our entire history; full credit to our customer relationship team and again our product management / engineering team. More than 70% of our ECM customers have already upgraded to Objective 8, so by any metric it's a phenomenal result.
"Based on the success we have had with helping customers automate their business processes, we are bringing new solutions to market that add significant value to customers of other EDRMS systems. We've built connector technology as part of Objective Connect and our Workflow solution that allows us to bring connected process management to all organisations." said Walls
Walls is adamant that Objective remains firmly committed to its core ECM platform. While the competitive landscape has changed remarkably over the past 15 years, he believes the history of acquisitions of ECM vendors by large enterprise software companies demonstrates the advantages of remaining firmly devoted to specialising in managing unstructured data.
"With all the acquisitions of ECM companies that have taken place over the last 15 years, every product that gets acquired by a global enterprise software company seems to diminish or disappear" he said.
"You can see it and you ask, "Why is that?"
"I think it really comes down to focus.
"ECM done properly touches virtually every person in an organisation, you have a different mindset about the strategic value of information, where you invest your innovation dollars and the expertise you need to give a customer a successful project outcome"
"To educated buyers, of which most are these days, enterprise systems are no longer about a feature function bake-off. It really is about having an informed discussion about how you are going to add value and produce measurable outcomes".
"The core questions really are "Can you deliver me the business outcomes I am looking to achieve and how well are you going to support me as a customer over the long term?"
"They are the two core questions no matter what solution you're buying. Today, Objective has incredible strong domain expertise and I think Objective globally has one of the strongest evidence bases of having delivered reference-able outcomes for our Customers. Ultimately, that grows trust in your brand."
ECM Market
Tony believes that there is still an outstanding opportunity for ECM market to grow because many organisations who bought a competitors ECM over the last decade haven't always achieved the outcomes that they were looking for.
"A lot of people are coming back to market, not necessarily just looking for the next generation of product, but because they didn't really succeed in implementing EDRMS or ECM the first time.
"I believe that there's a significant opportunity. However customers are now saying "I've got an information governance problem or an efficiency problem. I need a solution that gives a great end-user experience, is simple to use and I need to comply with myriad of government legislation, but it needs to do that as a by-product of automating my business processes".
A little known fact about Objective is that the majority of their customers with Objective Enterprise Content Creation (ECC) and Objective Connect use cloud and hybrid cloud based solutions already. While the talk in the industry for hybrid and cloud-based ECM solutions has grown in volume in recent time, Objective's ECM customer base remains largely on-premise. Given the sensitivities over security and data sovereignty, integration and customer control over change management, for the average ECM user this is understandable. In 2013 Objective's made a significant step towards overcoming these sensitivities and launched a cloud based ECM, Objective ECM for Small Agencies.
"The reason we built Objective ECM for Small Agencies was following a very detailed engagement with National Archives of Australia.
They said: "Small agencies need the business outcome but they need a enablement strategy that removes the complexity of building a business classification system and reduces the ongoing requirement to manage a larger enterprise ECM.
"So, we took the collective wisdom that we have gained from implementing hundreds of thousands of users of these systems over the last two decades and delivered a preconfigured system via the cloud."
"Objective provides the customer with flexibility and choice in the way that they purchase and implement their solution." said Walls
"Will everything ultimately end up in some type of Cloud? I suspect so. How long is that journey going to take? While I can't give you a specific answer, I can say I don't think that it's going to be in the next three years. I do know that customers that make the decision to move enterprise systems to the cloud will be moving for solid business reasons not just because the cloud term is fashionable."
"In 2012 we introduced Objective Managed Services for our on premise ECM customers. Every Managed Services customer has renewed their contract and the Service is growing rapidly because customers have realised that, as experts and with a pool of expertise, Objective can often manage their ECM more effectively and efficiently than they can.
"And ultimately, that's the real value proposition of the cloud. A customer doesn't have to worry about running the system, because someone competent is looking after it and they can pay for it over a contracted period".
Objective Connect
The launch of Objective Connect in 2012 was simultaneous with the Version 8 ECM upgrade, which is required to make full use of Connect's secure information sharing and process management functionality.
"The uptake of Objective Connect has been very good and we now have a lot of organisations converting to the paid platform. We adopted the model where a recipient of information doesn't need to pay to receive information.
"Customers only pay when they want to share information with others. It's similar to the familiar concept of Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat Reader, where you only pay for the capability to create a PDF but not to read it. We have some great examples of government agencies who have transformed their business processes using Objective Connect. IP Australia is using Connect for their Intellectual Property Oppositions Proceedings process. Further afield we have key customers, such as the UK Cabinet Office and the Welsh Government."
Walls downplays the comparisons that are invariably made with Objective Connect being described as a "Dropbox for Government".
"If you look at the heritage of Objective, we've been implementing multi-server systems across government for a long time. There are still massive silos of information across government and we are finally able to link those up. Objective Connect enables the connection of information and processes across those departments and agencies. A government process typically involves a document or case file of some sort. Connect allows you to securely manage that case file through the reviews, approvals and conversation threads that occur around those documents. Objective Connect is all about connected process management, which is much more than a "Dropbox for Government."
"Our ultimate vision is to connect government, by enabling processes and information to transcend organisational boundaries and also connect with private organisations and citizens. To connect government the culture of government had to change and the technology had to change. With both of these occurring Objective is uniquely positioned to allow an organisations to drive more efficiency and greater strategic value from their information."


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August 2009: In a tremendous victory for ancient forests, Kimberly-Clark, the company known for its popular brands like Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle announces a policy that places it among the industry leaders in sustainability. The announcement brings the five-year Greenpeace Kleercut campaign to a successful completion. More
August 2009: After seven years of Greenpeace pressure, Finnish government-owned logging company Metsähallitus agrees to leave the tall trees of the old-growth forests of northern Lapland standing, and with them, the livelihood of the Sámi people. More
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March 2009: The construction of an open-pit coal mine in Poland, where Greenpeace set up a Climate Rescue Station in December 2008, is suspended, stopping around 50 million tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. More
March 2009: The Great Bear Rainforest protection agreement comes into force in Canada, capping one of Greenpeace's longest running campaigns by protecting an area half the size of Switzerland from logging. The campaign was won with direct non-violent action on the ground, consumer pressure, stockholder actions, and thousands of online activists worldwide. More
February 2009: Following a six-month long Quit Coal campaign by Greenpeace, the Greek Minister of Development states that the government is not considering coal or nuclear power as part of Greece's energy future. Instead the Greek government will be rewriting its Long-Term Energy Plan to exclude coal and promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. More
February 2009: Electronics giant Philips bows to pressure from Greenpeace and consumers and becomes a leader in environmentally friendly take-back policies for electronic waste. An ambitious policy of global take-back exceeds legal requirements in many countries. More
September 2008: Six Greenpeace UK volunteers are acquitted of criminal damage by a Crown Court jury in a case that centred on the contribution made to climate change by burning coal. The charges arose after the six attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent in 2007 by scaling the chimney and painting the Prime Minister's name down the side. The defendants pleaded 'not guilty' and relied in court on the defence of 'lawful excuse' - claiming they shut the power station in order to defend property of a greater value from the global impact of climate change. The landmark case marks the first victory of the 'lawful excuse' defense in a climate-change case in Britain. More
August 2008: After our campaign in the 1990's against toxic PVC the US Congress somewhat belatedly follows Europe's lead of outlawing toxic PVC in children's toys. More
July 2008: Ferrero (famous for its Nutella brand) becomes the latest large palm oil user to changes its position to support a moratorium on cutting down trees in Indonesia for palm oil plantations. More
May 2008: After just three weeks of actions, a hugely popular spoof advert and 115,000 online signatures Unilever changes its position to support a moratorium on cutting down trees in Indonesia for palm oil plantations. More
March 2008: After a campaign in Argentina, the Government announces a ban on energy wasting incandescent light bulbs. More
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November 2007: Together with other environmental groups, Greenpeace gets 1.5 million signatures of support and pushes through Argentina's first federal forest protection law. The new law includes a nationwide one-year moratorium on clearing of native forests while forest management regulations are put in place. After a year, any jurisdiction still lacking regulations will continue to be prohibited from issuing new logging and land clearing permits. The Forest Law also establishes environmental impact studies and public hearings - measures that will help protect forests where indigenous people live and small scale farmers. More.
May 2007: After four years of Greenpeace campaigning to bring an end to deep-sea bottom trawling, representatives from countries around the world gathered in Chile to carve out a fisheries agreement for the South Pacific region, protecting it from this incredibly destructive fishing method. From September 2007, bottom trawling vessels in the region will not be able to fish in areas that have, or are even likely to have, vulnerable marine ecosystems unless they complete an assessment showing that no damage will be caused. More.
May 2, 2007: Apple announces a phase-out of the most dangerous chemicals in its product line in response to a Webby-award winning online campaign by Greenpeace and Apple fans worldwide. The campaign challenged Apple to become a green leader in addressing the electronic waste problem. More.
March 7, 2007: The New Zealand government announces cancellation of proposed coal-burning power plant Marsden B. Greenpeace and local activists had mounted a four-year struggle which involved a nine-day occupation, highcourt challenges, protest marches, a record numbers of public submissions, Surfers Against Sulphur, public meetings, and a pirate radio station. More.
February 15, 2007: In a major blow to the UK government's plans to reinvigorate nuclear power, the High Court rules their decision to back a programme of new nuclear power stations was unlawful on the basis that they had failed to adequately consult citizens and groups who oppose nuclear power as a dangerous distraction from real solutions to climate change. More.
September 27, 2006: Estonia launches an investigation into the Probo Koala following three days of blockade by the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise. It is the first official action against the ship, which poisoned thousands and killed eight in the Ivory Coast when it dumped a cargo of toxic waste that had been refused by the Netherlands. After dumping its deadly cargo, the ship simply sailed to Estonia unhindered until Greenpeace took action. More.
July 25, 2006: McDonald's agrees to stop selling chicken fed on soya grown in newly deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest, then becomes instrumental in getting other food companies and supermarkets, such as Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's, ASDA and Waitrose, to sign up to a zero deforestation policy as well. But it goes even further than that, and pressure from all these companies forces their suppliers, the big multinational soya companies such as Cargill, to agree a two-year moratorium on buying soya from newly deforested areas. More
June 26, 2006: Dell becomes the latest company to promise to remove the worst toxic chemicals from it products, closely following the move of its rival HP. Both companies have been pressured by us to make their products greener and help tackle the growing mountain of toxic e-waste. More
May 31, 2006: Despite heavy lobbying by the nuclear power industry, Spain has confirmed that the country's 8 operating plants will be phased out in favour of clean, renewable energy. Spain joins Sweden, Germany, Italy and Belgium as the fifth European country to abandon nuclear power. More.
April 3, 2006: After months of pressure, consumer actions, online activism and more than 100,000 emails from Ocean Defenders everywhere, seafood suppliers Gorton's, Sealord and parent company Nissui withdraw their active support for Japanese whaling. Whalers announce that the 32 percent share in whaling operations owned by these commercial corporations will be transferred to a "public interest entity." The retreat isolates whaling economically and probably scuppers plans to find new markets for whale products. More
March 9, 2006: Electronics giant Hewlett Packard commits to a phase out plan for a range of hazardous chemicals in its products. More
February 16, 2006: French President Chirac announced the dramatic recall of the asbestos-laden warship Clemenceau -- it will be turning around and going back to France. Our actions, emails to Chirac and an embarrassing international scandal left France with little choice but to abandon the misguided attempt to dump its own toxic mess on India. More
February 14, 2006: An area twice the size of Belgium has been given greater protection in the Amazon after a Presidential decree. The decree by President Lula of Brazil to create the 6.4 million hectare (around 16 million acres) conservation area is a great victory for the people of the Amazon battling land grabbers, cattle ranchers and loggers. The decree calls for around 1.6 million hectares to be permanently protected and totally off limits to logging and deforestation. More
February 7, 2006: Take ten years of difficult, dangerous, and at times, heartbreaking work. Add thousands of activists from around the world -- some who sent emails, some who stood on the blockades, some who voted against destruction with their wallets. Some who were beaten, some who were sued, some who were arrested. But eventually common sense has prevailed and one of the world's treasures, the Great Bear Rainforest, is saved from destruction. More
January 13, 2006: Our Argentine Ocean Defenders hit Nissui in their pockets. Nissui own about one third of Kyodo Senpaku -- the people who run the Japanese whaling fleet. Our cyberactivists convinced a major Nissui client in Argentina not to buy from a corporation involved in the killing of whales. More
November 28, 2005: Swiss voters vote no in a referendum to determine whether genetically engineered (GE) crops and animal scan be grown in the alpine nation during the next five years. Their verdict in each and every one of the three main languages was the same; nein, non, no, to GE. More
November 24, 2005: The city of Buenos Aires announces plans to implement a zero waste policy after a campaign by Greenpeace in Argentina. The plan aims to reduce dramatically the 4-5000 tonnes of waste the city dumps every day. Buenos Aires is the largest city so far to announce a zero waste plan. More
27 October, 2005: The intervention of some home-grown celebrities finally tips the balance in favour of protecting the forests of northern Argentina after a long fight by Greenpeace and the indigenous Wichi people. More
October 4, 2005: Electronics giant Motorola and health and body care companies L'Occitane, Melvitacosm and Alqvimia are the latest companies to drop the most toxic chemicals from their products. More
August 17, 2005: Electronics giant LG announces that it is committing to eliminating toxic chemicals from their entire consumer electronics range. More
July 5, 2005: Bad Barbies, toxic Teletubbies and rotten rubber ducks could have been slowly poisoning small children. The very chemicals that made these toys so soft and tempting to teething toddlers have been shown damage organs in animals. But the European Parliament has banned manufacturers from using six of these toxic chemicals, freeing Europe from many toxic toys for good. More
April 29, 2005: Sony Ericsson announces that it will be phasing toxic chemicals out of its products. This is the result of the thousands of participants in our online action to pressure electronics companies to come clean. Sony Ericsson joins Samsung, Nokia and Sony as electronics companies who are phasing toxic chemicals out of all their products. More.
March 22, 2005: Photocopy giant Xerox agrees to stop buying timber pulp from StoraEnso, the Finnish national logging company which is cutting down one of Europe's last remaining ancient forests. Following pressure by Greenpeace cyberactivists, the company agrees a new procurement policy, ensuring that suppliers do not source timber from 'old-growth forests, conservation areas or other areas designated for protection.' More
November 11, 2004: Following years of campaigning in the Amazon by Greenpeace and other environmental organisations the Brazilian government stood up to the powerful forces of illegal loggers and greedy soya and beef barons by creating two massive protective reserves. The presidential decree has protected 2 million hectares of the Amazon forest by creating the Verde Para Sempre and Riozinho do Anfrisio extractive reserves. More
November 4, 2004: Bayer conceded to Greenpeace India that ALL its projects on genetically engineered (GE) crops have been "discontinued"in a letter sent by Aloke V. Pradhan, head of Bayer's Corporate Communications in India. This announcement followed earlier actions by Greenpeace outside Bayer's head office in Mumbai. More
October 29, 2004: MQ Publications (MQP) in the UK becomes the first UK publisher to publicly announce its collaboration with the Greenpeace Book Campaign. MQP has committed to phasing out paper that is not 'ancient forest friendly'. Their next five books, including 'The Armchair Environmentalist' will be printed on 100 percent recycled paper. They have also publicly challenged all UK publishers to follow suit. More
October 29, 2004: Greenpeace efforts to achieve tighter controls on the notorious shipbreaking industry result in an international agreement to treat obsolete ships as waste. Treaty commitments by 163 nations can be expected to increase demands for decontamination of ships prior to export to the principle shipbreaking countries of India, Bangladesh, and Turkey. It will also create new demand for the development of "green" ship recycling capacity in developed countries. More
October 22, 2004: A decade of lobbying, scientific research, and direct non-violent action by Greenpeace and environmental groups around the world comes to fruition as Russia ratifies the Kyoto Protocol, bringing to force the world's sole global effort to address the dangers of global warming. More
September 30, 2004: Cyberactivists in Japan halt introduction of recycling-unfriendly and unreturnable plastic bottles when beer manufacture Asahi bows to citizen pressure.
September 1, 2004: Ford Europe announce a reversal of the decision to scrap its fleet of fuel efficient electric Th!nK City cars, and instead investigate sending them to eager customers in Norway. Pressure applied by Greenpeace and web-based cyberactivists convinced Ford to Th!nk Again. When charged by electricity from renewable sources, these cars help fight the biggest threat to our planet: climate change. More
July 20, 2004: Queensland Energy Resources announce an end to the Stuart Shale Oil project in Australia. Greenpeace campaigned against the project, which would have produced oil with four times the greenhouse impact as oil from the ground, since 1998. The project cost millions of dollars in government subsidies which should have been spent on renewable energy. More
June 22, 2004: Unilever, Coca Cola and McDonald's promise to phase out climate-killing chemicals in their refrigeration equipment. In 1992 Greenpeace launched Greenfreeze with the help of two scientists who pointed out how to avoid HFC's altogether. We found an old fridge factory, appealed to our supporters to pre-order enough units to finance a refit, helped build the market and Greenfreeze was born. Today there are over 100 million Greenfreeze refrigerators in the world, produced by all the major European, Chinese, Japanese and Indian manufacturers. More
June 17, 2004: Consumer power scored a victory following the announcement from electronics giant Samsung that it plans to phase out hazardous chemicals in its products. Seeing its brand-name products graded red -as containing hazardous chemicals - on the Greenpeace database,prompted the company to do the right thing on dangerous chemicals. More
June 10, 2004: Publishers of 34 Canadian magazines pledged to shift away from paper containing tree fibre from Canada's ancient forests thanks to ongoing pressure from the Markets Initiative coalition, of which Greenpeace Canada has a key role. The coalition has similar commitments from 71 Canadian book publishers including the Canadian publisher of Harry Potter, which printed the Order of the Phoenix on AFF paper in June 2003. Greenpeace Canada's work to protect its forests also encouraged Cascades, as the second largest producer of tissue products in Canada to commit to an Ancient Forest-Friendly purchasing policy.
June 1, 2004: Iceland steps back from plans to kill 500 minke, sei, and fin whales over two years, announcing a quota of only 25 minkes for the year. Greenpeace web activists fueled domestic opposition by gathering 50,000 worldwide signatures to a pledge to visit Iceland if the government would stop whaling. With a potential value of more than US$ 60 million in tourist spend, against a whaling programme which generated 3-4 million in profits, the pledge dramatically illustrated that whales are worth more to Iceland alive than dead. More
May 11, 2004: Thanks to years of pressure from environmental groups, the consumers, our cyberactivists and Greenpeace, we can celebrate a victory for the environment following the announcement by Monsanto that it would suspend further development or open field trials of its genetically engineered Roundup Ready wheat. Monsanto stated that it was deferring all further efforts to introduce the crop and that it was discontinuing breeding and field-level research of the wheat. This follows a similar announcement in 2003 when the company announced its withdrawal from the development of pharmaceutical crops. More
April 2, 2004: The UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) designate the Baltic sea as a "Particularly Sensitive Sea Area," a decision which Greenpeace advocated for years. The IMO regulates shipping worldwide, and the new designation means tougher restrictions on oil tankers and other dangerous cargo vessels. The move was vehemently opposed by the shipping and oil industries. More
March 31, 2004: Following the controversial UK government approval of genetically engineered (GE) maize for commercial planting, the only company authorized to grow GE maize withdraws its application. In a victory for activists and consumers across Europe who lobbied for tougher legislation and boycotted GE products, Bayer Crop science, a German company authorised to plant an herbicide-resistant variety of maize known as Chardon LL, said regulations on how and where the crop could be planted would make it "economically non-viable." Chardon LL was the crop pulled up by Greenpeace UK activists in 1999. The activists were acquitted of charges of criminal damage when the court agreed they were acting in the interest of protecting the environment. More
February 18, 2004: The Stockholm Convention comes into force following years of lobbying by Greenpeace and other environmental organisations. A key feature of the Convention calls for the elimination of all Persistent Organic pollutants. They include intentionally produced chemicals, such as pesticides and PCBs, as well as by-products such as cancer-causing dioxins that are released from industries that use chlorine and from waste incinerators. More
February 4, 2004: Esso loses its court case against Greenpeace in France. As part of our "Don't buy Esso, Don't buy Exxon/Mobil" campaign, we developed a parody of Esso's logo with a double dollar sign: E$$O, which the oil giant (which trades under the name Exxon/Mobil in other parts of the world) attempted to censor. In a victory for freedom of expression on the web and for our campaign against the world's #1 environmental criminal, the French court defended the logo as an exercise in free speech. More
November 2003: Thanks to intensive lobbying by cyberactivists around the world, Greenpeace prevails against and attempt by Flag of Convenience States to remove the organisation from the International Maritime Organisation, the UN body charged with regulating shipping worldwide. Greenpeace action against unsafe oil tankers, such as the Prestige, had led to the ouster attempt on purported "safety" grounds. More
August 2003: The Deni, indigenous peoples of the Amazon, celebrate the end of an 18-year campaign to mark their land as protected from logging. 13 Greenpeace volunteers, including a member of the cyberactivist community, used GPS technology and a helicopter for a month to create an "eco-corridor" around 3.6 million hectares of land. More
May 2003: Intense lobbying efforts by Greenpeace and Global Witness results in UN Sanctions on Liberia for illegal logging. More
February 26, 2003: A French court agrees to lift an injunction against Greenpeace for creating a parody version of the Esso logo. In July Greenpeace was ordered to remove the logo from its website. On appeal, the court agreed the depiction on a website branding the oil giant Environmental Enemy Number One was protected speech. More
February 15, 2003: 30 million people worldwide create the largest anti-war protest in the history of humankind. More
February 7, 2003: McDonalds in Denmark bows to pressure and takes a leadership position in opening its first restaurants that use no climate-killing chemicals for refrigeration. A campaign by Greenpeace cyberactivists three years ago had led to a similar decision by Coca Cola to phase out HFC/HCFCs and adopt Greenpeace's innovative "Greenfreeze" technology. More
2002: Brazil declares a moratorium on export of Mahogany following revelations of the extent of illegal logging and timber trade.Greenpeace actions around the world help enforce the ban. More
2002: The European Union, followed by Japan, ratifies the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Intensive Greenpeace lobbying must continue because, for the protocol to enter into force, 55 parties to the convention must ratify it.
2002: Greenpeace helps defeat a major drive by pro-whaling nation Japan and its supporters to re-introduce commercial whaling through the International Whaling Commission. The re-introduction would have been disastrous for whales, which are now protected under the 1982 commercial whaling ban.
2001: Greenpeace turns 30 years old in September. The environmental group has grown from a small band of inspired volunteers to an international environmental organisation with offices in 30 countries. As always, Greenpeace thrives on committed activism and widespread, growing public support.
2001: After years of negotiations and pressure from Greenpeace, a global agreement for the elimination of a group of highly toxic and persistent man-made chemicals (Persistent Organic Pollutants or POPs), became a reality in May 2001 when a UN Treaty banning them is adopted.
2001: A historic agreement with logging companies is reached on the conservation of Canada's remaining coastal rainforest and approved by the government of British Columbia. This follows years of campaigning by Greenpeace, most recently targeting the trade and investments of companies involved in logging the endangered Great Bear Rainforest.
2001: Greenpeace lobbying, together with earlier expeditions to the Southern and Atlantic Oceans exposing flag of convenience (FOC or "pirate") vessels, are instrumental in the adoption of an "international plan of action" to combat illegal fishing in international waters.
2000-2001: An ever increasing and significant number of European retailers, food producers, and subsidiaries of multinational companies guaranteed to keep genetically engineered ingredients out of their products due to consumer pressure. Thanks to its consumer networks in 15 countries, Greenpeace tests products, collects information about food products and policies and exposes contamination cases.
2000: Further to Greenpeace's April-May expedition exposing pirate fishing in the Atlantic, an import ban is adopted on all bigeye tuna caught by FOC vessels in the Atlantic.
2000: Turkey's plans to build its first nuclear reactors at Akkuyu as part of a larger project to construct 10 reactors by the year 2020, is finally cancelled in July after eight years of campaigning by Greenpeace and others. The only remaining market for all major western nuclear companies is China.
2000: The Biosafety Protocol is adopted in Montreal, Canada. It aims to protect the environment and human health from risks of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by controlling international trade of GMOs. Greenpeace has campaigned to stop the irreversible release of GMOs into the environment and to protect biodiversity from genetic pollution since 1995. More
1999: Nine countries ban the use of harmful phthalates in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) toys for children under three and the EU introduces an "emergency" ban on soft PVC teething toys.
1999: Japan is ordered to stop "experimental" fishing of Southern Bluefin Tuna by the International Law of the Sea Tribunal.
1998: The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty comes into force.
1998: A historic accord, the OSPAR Convention, bans the dumping of offshore installations at sea in the North-East Atlantic. The Convention also agrees on the phasing-out of radioactive and toxic discharges, as proposed by Greenpeace.
1998: The oil company Shell finally agrees to bring its infamous offshore installation, the Brent Spar, to land for recycling. Greenpeace campaigned since 1995 to persuade the oil company not to dump disused installations in the ocean. More
1998: After 15 years of campaigning by Greenpeace, the EU finally agrees to phaseout drift net fishing by its fleets in EU and international waters by the end of 2001. France, Italy, the UK and Ireland, continued driftnetting in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean after Japan,Taiwan and Korea stopped driftnet fishing on the high seas when the worldwide ban came into force at the end of 1992.
1998: Logging giant MacMillan Bloedel announces it will phase out clearcut logging activities in British Columbia, Canada.
1997: After campaigning for urgent action to protect the climate since 1988 by Greenpeace and others, ministers from industrialized nations adopt the Kyoto Protocol agreeing to set legally-binding reduction targets on greenhouse gases.
1997: Greenpeace collects the UNEP Ozone Award for the development of Greenfreeze, a domestic refrigerator free of ozone depleting and significant global warming chemicals.
1996: The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is adopted at the United Nations.
1995: Following a high profile action by Greenpeace, and public pressure, Shell UK reverses its decision to dump the Brent Spar oil platform in the Atlantic Ocean. More
1995: Greenpeace actions to stop French nuclear testing receive wide international attention. Over seven million people sign petitions calling for a stop to testing. France, UK, US, Russia and China commit to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
1995: Following a submission made with Greenpeace support, UNESCO designates Russia's Komi Forest as a World Heritage Site.
1994: After years of Greenpeace actions against whaling, the Antarctic whale sanctuary, proposed by France and supported by Greenpeace, is approved by the International Whaling Commission.
1994: Greenpeace actions exposing toxic waste trade from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to non-OECD countries culminate in government negotiation of the Basel Convention banning this practice.
1993: The London Dumping Convention permanently bans the dumping at sea of radioactive and industrial waste world-wide. More
1992: France cancels this year's nuclear tests at Moruroa Atoll, following the Rainbow Warrior visit to the test zone, and vows to halt altogether if other nuclear nations follow suit.
1992: Worldwide ban on high seas large-scale driftnets comes into force.
1991: The 39 Antarctic Treaty signatories agree to a 50-year minimum prohibition of all mineral exploitation, in effect preserving the continent for peaceful, scientific purposes.
1991: Major German publishers go chlorine-free after Greenpeace produces chlorine-free edition of Der Spiegel as part of campaign against chlorine-bleaching.
1989: A UN moratorium on high seas large-scale driftnets is passed, responding to public outrage at indiscriminate fishing practices exposed by Greenpeace.
1988: Following at sea actions, and submissions by Greenpeace, a world-wide ban on incinerating organochlorine waste at sea is agreed by the London Dumping Convention.
1985: French nuclear testing in the South Pacific again becomes the subject of international controversy, particularly following the sinking of Greenpeace's ship, the Rainbow Warrior, by the French Secret Services.
1983: The Parties to the London Dumping Convention call for a moratorium on radioactive waste dumping at sea. As a result of Greenpeace's repeated actions against ocean dumping, this is the first year since the end of the second world war where officially no radioactive wastes are dumped at sea.
1982: After at sea actions against whalers, a whaling moratorium is adopted by the International Whaling Commission.
1982: EC bans import of seal pup skins in response to public criticism triggered by Greenpeace actions in Canada.
1978: Greenpeace actions halt the grey seal slaughter in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
1975: France ends atmospheric tests in the South Pacific after Greenpeace protests at the test site.
1972: After the first Greenpeace action in 1971, the US abandons nuclear testing grounds at Amchitka Island, Alaska.
See also: Greenpeace Annual Reports

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Mobile Police Station to visit Henlow on Friday 12th August
A mobile Police Station will be open on Henlow High Street at the 'Pump' (junction with Church Rd) on Friday 12th August from 12 noon until 3pm.
The station will offer crime prevention advice as well as an opportunity to speak with local police about any issues or concerns you may have. There is no need to book an appointment, just come along on the day.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on anything Henlow-related. Contact Mandy our Clerk at email@example.com
Henlow Parish Council


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On September 6th, 2017 the British Virgin Islands were devasted by a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Irma. Since its inception in 1987, Miss Sandy Lyons and her teachers have trained hundreds and hundreds of dancers. The home of the BVI Dance School was destroyed.
The Dance Academy of Stuart was proud to participate in a benefit evening to help support the rebuilding of this dance school. With just a different path, we know too easily that we could be in a similar situation.
To learn more about the BVI Dance School and how you can help visit their facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/bvidance/
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This page is for postings from people looking for
information about past crewmembers of the Henry Clay.
Click on a name in the lists below to see who is looking for them.
To add your message to this page, send email to:
ALLEN, Jon
ALLGOOD, Bart
AMBAGTSHEER, Phil
ANDERS, Dave
ANDERSON, John W.
ARMSTRONG, Robert
BARTSCH, David
BAUTCH, Rory
BEATTY, Jon
BECKER, Ernie
BERGERON, David
BERNDT, Jeff
BILLY, John Ben
BINKLEY, Ricky
BOUCHER, Ed
BRACY, Steven
BREHLER, Walter (Info)
BROOME, Bill
BROWN, Gilbert
CAHILL, John
CAIN, Dennis
CASIDAY, John
CHASE, Charlie
CHATLIN, Scott
CLARK, Larry
CLOUSE, Brian
COOK, Paul
COOK, Paul
COWARD, Jerry
COYLE, Jimmy
CULLIGAN, Dave
DAVIS, Carey
DEITER, Jesse (Info)
DENOMY, David
DOBBINS, Jimmy
DUFFY, Fred
EMORY, Duane
ENGLAND, Larry Dean
FENTON, Cliff
FERNANDEZ, Chico
FIGGINS, Randy
FOWLER, Maurice
FRASER, Cris
FRAZIER, Chris
FRIEMEL, Tom
FUTRAL, James D.
GALLEGOS, Speedy
GILBERT, Warren
GILBERTSON, Chris
HAYES, Clifford
HIGGINS, George
HIGGINS, George
HOLT, Reed
HUTTON, Bill
HUTTON, Bill
JACKSON, David M. (Sam)
JUNGE, Kurt
KENT, Clark
KLEIN, Steve
LaCOY, M.H. "Pappy" (Info)
LAWYER, Andy
LINDSAY, Gary
LINDSAY, Gary
LINDSEY, Gary
LUBAWSKI, Mike
LUCAS, Larry D.
McCABE, Matthew
McROBERTS, Bill
MONDO, John
MOON, John
MORRIS, Roger
MOUNTS, Larry
NICHOLS, Terry (Info)
NUNNALLY, Matthew
ORRISON, Craig
PAVLOV, Mike
"PC Bones"
PENNINGTON, Jeff
PICKERING, Richard H.
PITTS, Lenny
PROBASCO, Mert
PULLENS, Mo
PULLINS, Maurice
RAU, Phil
RILEY, Tim
ROBERTS, Doug
ROBINSON, Greg
ROBINSON, Greg
RUFFIN, Ricky - HMC
RULONA, Al
RUSSELL, Albert - COB
RUSSEL, Elbert
RUSSELL, Elbert
RUSSELL, Georgie
SANER, Gary
SEAMAN, John
SMALLWOOD, Robert
SORLEY, Dennis
SOUTHERLAND, Bob
SOUTHARD, Robert W. (Bob)
SQUIRES, Jimmy
STAYTON, Bob
STOKES, Avery
SWIND, Carl
SWIND, Karl
SWIND, Skip
TERMAAT, Michiel P.
TIMPERLAKE, James
TOMS, Keith
TOWNSEND, James
TURNER, Brian Lee
WALLER, John
WENDT, Jim
WENDT, Jim
WHITE, Andy
WHITE, Andy
WHYBARK, Dan
WILLIAMS, Al
WILSON, Gerald
WOLFF, Donald
|Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:20:42 -0500 (EST)
From: email@example.com (Scottish & Jennifer)
Subject: Carl Swind
Sorry to bother you.
I am looking for a Carl Swind, who I think
served on the Henry Clay. Do you know of
A hundred Thank you's !
|Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:57:36 -0400
From: "Nick LaFrance" <email@example.com>
Subject: Terry Nichols
I'm trying to track down information on a friend of mine who died in
Thank you,
|Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 07:26:00 -0400
From: "DiLorenzo, Raymond" <email@example.com>
Subject: Henry Clay dry dock in Portsmouth
I was on the clay from 7-74 -3-76 bringing it from the west coast to
|Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:20:00 -0700
From: "Jerry & Corinne Shire" <email@example.com>
Subject: SEARCH FOR CHARLIE CHASE
Looking for old friend. Charlie Chase
served on Henry Clay. Was
Jerry Shire
|Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:58:35 -0700
From: "John St. Pierre" <email@example.com>
Subject: Search for Bob Stayton
I'm looking for Bob Stayton MM1(SS) the
last time I saw him. He was a
|Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:30:46 -0500
From: "David Eberhardt" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Where are they?
I am looking for members of the commissioning weapons department.
Larry D. Lucas TM Gold
Crew, Larry was originally from Ohio and went by the
Jimmy Squires, MT
Gold Crew, Jimmy was originally from Michigan, I think I
Any and all information is appreciated.
Dave Eberhardt
|Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:04:22 -0500
From: "David Eberhardt" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Looking For
As my memory clears, other names of people come to mind that I would
like to
Richard H. Pickering,
don't know where he was originally from, but his wife
Dave Eberhardt
|Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:46:28 -0500
From: LEGALMAN <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: looking for friend of father
My name is Stephon Deiter. My father's name was Jesse
Deiter. He served on
UPDATED (MAY 2003) EMAIL ADDRESS: email@example.com
|Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:59:25 EDT
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: DOUG ROBERTS
|Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:08:41 EDT
From: Owen Williams (Willy) <email@example.com>
Subject: David Bartsch
I am looking for David A. Bartsch,
formerly (wierd Harold) STS-3 (SS). USS
He and I were good friends. We both came from the Hampton Roads
Area of
Owen Williams (Willy)
|Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 17:29:36 -0400
From: "Munro, Doug M (SAIC)" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Larry Mounts
I am looking for Larry Mounts who was on
the Henry Clay around 1963. A
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with any information
Douglas M. Munro, MA, CNE, MCP
|Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:06:16 -0800
From: "gregory" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: M.H. "Pappy" LaCoy USS Henrey Clay SSBN625 Blue Crew
My name is Gregory K LaCoy, and I am looking for anyone who may have
|Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 13:08:08 -0600
From: "V. N. Fazi" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Looking for Georgie Russell STS2(ss)
Val Fazi ST1(SS) looking for you ....email me at email@example.com
or at
|Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:15:08 EST
From: "Russ Osborne" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Looking for Dennis Sorley
I am looking for a former Clay shipmate---Dennis
Sorley.We were a group of
|Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:11:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Everett Lingle <email@example.com>
Subject: USS Henry Clay Shipmates
To buddies from the Henry Clay,
Ernie Becker STS
Will think of others and forward pictures
|Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 23:04:26 -0400
From: "DEBORAH FRAINE" <email@example.com>
Subject: LOOKING FOR A FAMILY FRIEND.
|Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:32:03 EDT
From: Hubert C. Dietrich <email@example.com>
Looking for roger morris from the
original blue crew or willy the yeo
|Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:41:09 -0400
From: "Robb Skinner" <email@example.com>
Subject: Henry Clay SSBN-625
Looking for TMC John Mondo who was the
torpedoman chief from 78-80 John
thanks Robb Skinner USN Retired.
|Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:20:41 EDT
From: "Mike Brown" <email@example.com>
Subject: old crew member
I was on the gold crew of henry clay in 1979-81.I think it,s great to
see my
|Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:22:21 +0100
From: "Scherr, Daniel S" <email@example.com>
Subject: has anyone heard from:
I am searching for Sr. Chief (1984) Jim
Massey, MM1(SS) (1984) Brian Clouse,
Russ Johnson MM1(SS) (1984)
|Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:03:59 -0400
From: "Lance Brown" <email@example.com>
Subject: RM1 Gobel's video taping of one of the last patrol's of Henry Clay
Anyone with contact information on RM1/ss Gobel (Blue crew, mid-80's
Thank you very much!
FTB1/ss Lance Brown ('86-'89)
|Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 20:19:05 -0500
From: "knight/fraine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: looking for a long lost american friend
hello there,
mick knight sun 12..nov
|Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:08:13 -0800
From: "Stan Wryn" <email@example.com>
Subject: Gold crew 8/70 - 7/72
My name is Stan Wryn YN3(SS) and served during the times listed
|Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 02:02:53 -0500
From: Keith McCall <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Looking for RM Nunnally
I'm looking for a Radioman named Matthew Nunnally
Keith McCall
|Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:22:26 -0800
From: "Clive & Georgia Waite" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Paul Cook, MT, Henry Clay Blue.
Clive and Georgia Waite
|Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:04:08 -0800
From: "MAURICE FOWLER" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Seaching for my Brothers of the Henry Clay Gold
Hey, I'm looking for the following people who served with me on the
a.. FTG1/SS STEVEN BRACY
Thanks, TM2/SS MAURICE FOWLER
|Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 21:39:58 -0600
From: "Patrick Rafferty" <email@example.com>
Subject: Friend
I am trying to locate Keith Toms, he was
a non-nuc ET on the Blue Crew,
Thanks, Pat Rafferty
|Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:44:11 -0500
From: "David Wright" <email@example.com>
Subject: Looking for friends of James (Tim) Timperlake
Thank you.
|Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:32:27 EST
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: BLUE CREW 82-84
William E. Holbrook
|Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:23:30 -0600
From: "sherrod" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Gold crew
Looking for
Any info would be deeply appreciated.
Wally Sherrod
|Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:00:02 -0800
From: "Cary Poston" <email@example.com>
Subject: Looking for:
Ensign / Ltjg Gerald E. Wilson, Blue crew.
He was AWEPS
Cary Poston
|From: "scary grandpa" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:55:49 -0800
Subject: HClay
I was proud to serve on the Clay
You can e mail me at
Gary Alan Parsnick
|From: email@example.com
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:04:52 EDT
Subject: Lt.Cdr. James Thomas Townsend
I am looking for information on my father James
Townsend. I do not know very
|Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 11:43:42 +0100
From: "Mark Runnalls" <email@example.com>
I am looking for someone known as "PC Bones"
who was in Holy Loch, Scotland,
He was known as "PC Bones", but I do not consider this to be his real
Would you know whether this theory could be true ??
I am interested in hearing from you if you were in Holy Loch, Scotland
I look forward to hearing from you, and thanks for your time in advance !
|Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:40:14 -0400
From: "MICHAEL C. BREHLER" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Any stories
My name is Michael Brehler (son of the late Walter
Brehler). Just wanted to
|Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:4:33 -0400
From: "Gilbert Warren" <email@example.com>
Subject: people search
Served on HC from 72-75.
I am looking for the following people and/or e-mail addresses.
And anyone else who served during 72-75 time period that may remember
Gil Warren
|Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:10:34 -0700
From: "Brown, Delroy" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Any Gold Crew Member from 1982-1985
Greetings Shipmates:
My name is Delroy Brown. I was an EM2/SS on the Gold Crew.
I saw Maurice
* George
Man we had it good and didn't even know it, huh?
|Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 23:50:47 +0000
From: "Lance Brown" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: people finder.........thanks...and thanks for the site!
Anybody with contact information for RM1/ss Gobel
(Blue crew, 85-89), please forward to me.
FTB2/ss Lance Brown (Blue, 86-89)
|Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:00:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Cliff Fenton <email@example.com>
Subject: Crew of U.S.S. Henry Clay (Blue) 1970-1972
Greetings Submariners, I'm lookin for anybody on the
A couple people I remember:
Been a few years, so any help on more names and the
Cliff Fenton STS 2(SS) USS Henry Clay (Blue)
|Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 23:40:53 EST
From: email@example.com
Subject: People Search
My name is Ed Olsen. I was on the blue crew from '72 thru '75,
known as
Whatever happened to Jeff Pennington and
some of my other buds? Like to hear
|Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:17:01 -0500
From: Chuck Argue <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Looking for a twidget in particular and decommers in general
I am looking for an RO Brian
Lee Turner. He was on the last four Blue crew
Lenny Pitts
...and a whole slew of others I can't remember because of some massive
|Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:34:04 -0600
From: "nightbird" <email@example.com>
Subject: Looking for crewmembers from 1968-1972
Anyone know who Speedy was? Served
on the Henry Clay around 1970.
My name is Stephon Kyle Deiter. I am in the U.S.Navy. My
father was
GSM2 Stephon K. Deiter
UPDATED (MAY 2003) EMAIL ADDRESS: email@example.com
|Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 22:10:51 EDT
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Does any one know what became of Master Chief Elbert Russel?
Lance MICCIO
|Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:53:05 EST
From: email@example.com
Subject: Looking for help
My father, Robert W. "Bob"
Southard, was on the USS Henry Clay. I'm looking
Robin A. Southard
|Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:31:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marjean Secl <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: David M Jackson (Sam)
Sam and I were on the USS Redfish SS-395 and then
Dave Secl ETN-2 (SS)
|Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:10:18 EST
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Henry Clay gold shipmates
Looking for John Seaman
(Gold crew, 1970), Ed
Boucher (same).
Russ Osborne
|Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 17:17:32 -0500
From: "Joe Runyon" <email@example.com>
Subject: Crew Members
I served on the Gold crew from 72-76.
|Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 17:20:30 -0500
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Looking for HMC Ricky Ruffin
Hello. My name is Rob Shelley and I was a Corpsman striker under HMC
My email is either:
|Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:53:20 -0700
From: "Olortegui, Daniel E." <email@example.com>
Subject: 625 Blue Crew
Looking for Ship mates that served onboard (blue crew) from 1984-1988.
Daniel E. Olortegui
|Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:28:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Keith Hurtt <email@example.com>
Subject: Searching
My name is Keith Hurtt, STS1/SS retired. I made 4 runs out of
Holy Loch 88-91.
|Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:34:42 -0500
From: email@example.com
Subject: David Denomy
Greetings All -
I just found this website while doing a google search for an old shipmate.
My name is
I am would love to find David Denomy; the other half of the "Prep-tones".
We lost
|Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:13:02 -0500
From: "lance" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Lance Miccio looking for David Bergeron
TM3 served with me in 1980 81 gold crew , heard he got hotched to a
Contact Lance Miccio at email@example.com
|Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:10:12 -0500
From: "mark hanson" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: JIMMY DOBBINS
I have been looking for Jimmy Dobbins. He was in A Gang in 1975 with me.
|Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: leo anderson <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: finding out about Jeff Berndt
I am doing a dedication on a HD Road King in memory of Jeff Berndt and
I heard he
Sgt Baird
|Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:58:53 -0500
From: "Bill" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Clark Kent
What ever happened to Clark Kent?
He was on the crew when we left the yard (NNSB&DD Co)
He had purchased a new Mustang, 289, stick, non fast back.
Bill Maness
|Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 22:16:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dominique Termaat <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: USS Henry Clay
Dear Sir,
My father served on the USS Henry Clay sometime
Sincerely yours,
|Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 10:03:00 -0500
From: "Les Long" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: LCDR Murphy
Does anyone know what became of LCDR Murphy, Engineering Officer of
Les Long MM1(SS) Gold 71-74
|Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:01:31 -0700
From: woodpecker38 <email@example.com>
Subject: Shipmates
STS3 Don Lassiter. Do you have any information on his wife's
Thanks in advance
RMC (SS) Weldon N. Wardell RETIRED
|Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:51:02 -0700
From: "Craig Morden" <email@example.com>
Subject: Shipmates from 69-73 Blue Crew
Just found this website.
Looking for any blue crew 69-73 shipmates. I was in the IC forward
Craig Morden (PIG)
|Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:55:49 EST
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Henry Clay
I'm trying to find email addresses for blue crew 82-83 on Henry
Bob Pounders
|Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:15:21 -0400
From: "Wendt, James" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Shipmates from USS Henry Clay, 1972-1975
My name is Jim Wendt and I saw the note that Joe Runyon was looking
Jim Wendt
|Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:56:51 -0500
From: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: USSHC
I have ben trying to get in touch with Tim
Riley at the email address listed on this site.
John St. Pierre STSCS (SS) retired
|Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:00:06 -0800 (PST)
From: kp nelson <email@example.com>
Subject: USSHC
I just wanted to update my information in the site. I made seven patrols
Some of the people I would like to get in contact with are Bill
Hutton, Donald Wolff, Speedy
|Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:08:39 -0600
From: "THOMAS GOOD" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: USSHC
I'm looking for Jon
Beatty. I've heard from another shipmate
|Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:53:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jennifer Calderaro <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Reed "Snake" Holt
My name is Jennifer Holt Calderaro. My father, Reed
Holt, served on the USS Henry Clay
My e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com
|Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:04:36 -0400
From: "Frank Thornal" <email@example.com>
Subject: USSHC
Hey everybody, Looking to hook up with an old shipmate.
Anybody know the
Anybody remember the dirtbag that was transferred off prior to first
|Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:28:25 -0400
From: "Creson, Tony" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: USSHC - Dan Whybark?
I'm looking for an old buddy of mine that was on the USS James K. Polk
|Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:57:39 -0500
From: "Gary Lindsay" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: people search
I served on the gold crew & yard crew from 72 -78
Gary Lindsay
|Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 08:00:58 -0800
From: Matt Stephens <email@example.com>
Subject: USS Henry Clay Gold Crew 1982-1986
I was on the H Clay (gold) from 1982-1986 serving in the navigation
John Waller
Matt Stephens
|Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:48:21 -0500
From: email@example.com
Subject: Gary Lindsay
Patty Blunt
|Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:57:27 -0500
From: "Jere and Joyce" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: USS Henry Clay 2009 Reunion Newsletter #1
Does anybody know the where abouts of Elbert Russell FTCM Cob Gold Crew.??
Jere Minich
|Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 08:41:56 -0400
From: "Thomas M. Reinhart" <email@example.com>
Subject: Lost shipmate
RM3(SS) John Wilkinson and MS3(SS) Marty Reinhart are looking for shipmate
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WHO pays for the wedding has traditionally been the parents of the bride. However, in this day and age of extravagantly expensive weddings, the bride and groom and the groom's parents sometimes contribute their two cents worth (figuratively speaking, of course)or even pay for the entire wedding.
Who pays or why they pay should be determined by your unique situation. The default setting is that the bride's parents pay for most of the expenses.
If the bride and groom are self supporting and have jobs with good incomes, they may pay all or part of the costs. An advantage to the bride and groom is that they don't have to justify expenses to the mom of the bride (or more importantly the dad of the bride). They can make their own decisions with little input from others. The advantage to the bride's parents is obvious!
A disadvantage of this is that they don't have to justify expenses to anyone, and they can make their own decisions with little input from others:) It is not a good idea for a young couple just starting off to go into great debt for a one day experience.
So if the couple are good money managers and make a comfortable income (with seeming future job security) let them do as much as they can or want to.
The parents of the groom usually contribute or pay for the wedding if the parents of the bride are financially unable to provide. Or if the parents of the groom think their son and his Starry Eyed bride should have a grander wedding or reception than the parents of the bride are able or willing to provide. Or if they just want to chip in. Or if they want to have something that the bride's family does not think is necessary.
An example of this might be alcohol at the reception. If the bride's family does not drink alcohol and the groom's family does, they might provide beer or wine or an open bar for their friends and relatives (of course, the bride's friends and relatives could also partake if they so desire!) at the reception.
Even if the bride's parents are picking up the tab for the whole deal, there are a few items that the groom, his parents, and his bride traditionally pay for:
The parents of the groom traditionally are responsible for:
1. the rehearsal dinner, including food, invitations, decorations, and entertainment
2. their own attire and travel expenses
3. a wedding present
The bride traditionally pays for:
1. the groom's wedding ring
2. a wedding gift for the groom
3. her hair and makeup, and the hair and make up of her attendants
4. gifts for her attendants
5. sometimes accommodations for out of town bridesmaids
The groom's traditional expenses include:
1. the marriage license
2. the bride's engagement and wedding rings
3. the honeymoon
4. a wedding gift for the bride
5. the bride's bouquet
6. gifts for his attendants
7. corsages for the mothers and grandmothers
8. boutonnieres for men in the wedding party
9. sometimes accommodations for out of town groomsmen
10. fee for the officiant
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Cholecalciferol participates in calcium homeostasis, provides healthy state for our bones, improves immune responses and in many other aspects is vital for our body. Vitamin D obviously has a great impact on our reproductive health. The loss of Cholecalciferol may lead to the erectile dysfunction and decreasing sexual vigor.
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