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Kerby's Exclusive Interview with Superjoint Bassist and Country Savior Hank III
By Jeff Kerby, Contributor
Monday, September 19, 2005 @ 5:11 PM
Risin' Outlaw Goes Straight To
The grandson of legendary country artist Hank Williams is finally set to release the follow up to 2002's Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'. Ordinarily, an artist coming out with a new record isn't necessarily Earth shattering material, but throughout the past three years, numerous business-related legal entanglements had put Hank III's future with Curb Records in definite jeopardy. Besides serving as an obvious distraction from writing and creating music, the prospect of a lengthily court battle also effectively served to block Hand from being able to record and release new material anywhere. Luckily though, as if through some type of cosmic synergy, Williams and Mike Curb surprisingly managed to find a common vision regarding what Hank's career currently is as well as what it could eventually become. It seems that its simply taken time for industry insiders to accept the fact that Hank isn't interested in becoming the next George Strait, Garth Brooks or any other in the long line of supposedly authentic country artists who not only don't write the majority of their own material but who also don't appear to have any true commitment to the original ethos that created real country music in the first place. Many times, it has seemed as though genuine songs written about drinking and broken hearts played with sorrowful despair while performed with soul by singers whose only master isn't the bottom line have become a thing of the past.
Thankfully, Hank is back to continue the work of his grandfather and create some country music that possesses all the dark side of the human condition in all its authentic glory. You see, one of the concessions Curb recently made to Williams was to grant Hank the freedom to write the songs he wanted to write regardless of the amount of coarse language contained within--a task Hank relished as is evidenced by the Parental Advisory sticker that is set to adorn new copies of Straight To Hell. Sure, maybe the occasional obscenity resulted in III having to release alternate versions of the two disc set, but as he states here, it's a small price to pay to see a vision realized and know that the album produced is a true, honest representation of who he is as an artist. One man's freedom though is already starting to prove problematic for the label though, as Wal-Mart has inexplicably decided that it won't be carrying the edited version even thought it contains bleeping sounds over offending words. Since the monster retail chain currently represents about forty percent of the potential record buying market, exclusion from such a large dynamic ostensibly equates to commercial suicide in the minds of many in the industry and is certainly something another country star progeny, Shooter Jennings, probably wouldn't do.
The prospect of touring in support of the new record combined with the uncertainty surrounding Superjoint vocalist Phil Anselmo may cause some to wonder if the band is on a type of permanent hiatus, but Williams seems to give the impression here that anything regarding Anselmo is possible, and whatever eventually becomes of his participation in Superjoint is ultimately going to be alright with him. It isn't as if Hank doesn't have his own outlet for brutal rock music himself--his participation in Assjack guarantees that there is no way Hank is going to cross over to country for good--he's having too much fun excelling at both. Any fan who attends one of the upcoming concert dates can expect the usual two part set featuring country favorites the first half and a thrash/punk/metal explosion in the second. It's the best of both worlds--Hank's world, and if you happen to catch him on a night when he plays "Cecil Brown" there is simply no better place to be.
KNAC.COM: Right after Dime's murder, you became a spokesperson of sorts for Phil and Superjoint. How hard was that for you personally? Was it in any way awkward being a part of a band that was played up by many as a "rival" of Damageplan?
HANK III: It was definitely difficult. It is kinda hard for any musician to go through--no musician has ever been taken down like that on stage. For it to have been Dime just made it that much harder to believe. When I woke up that morning though, I knew something was wrong. There were like eighty fuckin' phone calls and sure enough the whole thing was hard to believe. Everyone thought Phil would be in the ground before Dime just because of the way he lives and all…but that really hit Phil hard. Even though there was some bickering going on between the bands, there was going to be a Pantera reunion tour. You know, he was looking forward to it. They were talking about it. I was even talking to Phil the other day, and he was like, "my guitar player's dead--what the fuck?" He's just working on himself now though and he's getting ready to get his back straightened out and have that surgery. He will be back though--it could be Down or it could be Superjoint or some thing we don't even know about yet. It did fuck us all up though. I'm glad I had my moment though with David Allan Coe and Pantera--it was great to be able to perform with Dime and Vinnie at their house. That was the biggest night in music for me--country or metal. Just to have those guys together was something else.
KNAC.COM: They said any time there was a barbeque, Dime was cranking up David Allan Coe or Kiss.
HANK III: Yeah, he loved that shit, man. They had a great relationship. He was a good guy, man. Like I said, I thought he might drink himself to death, instead of somebody without a ticket fuckin' shootin' him. It was crazy.
KNAC.COM: At what point did your apprehension and anger about what happened to Dime start to affect what you were doing?
HANK III: The very first time I went to Texas, I was a little affected. I was like, "I dunno what the fuck is gonna go on." Yeah, I had my two guys up there with their vests and guns in their pockets and all… but I've probably been back to Texas five times or so since then it happened. No matter what though, you can't escape it. If there is a bullet with your name on it, it's gonna get you man. He was killed in December, and probably by February, I was back out on the road. Like when I do the Assjack stuff, I have tunnel vision and can probably only see about four feet in front of the stage. If somebody jumps up on stage, we don't freak out about it. That was the first thing Phil would say when we played, you know, "Our stage is your stage, so get your fuckin' asses out here!" Now, with that band, in my opinion, it might end up a totally different thing. I don't know if he'll ever feel the same way again--he might. He might just get over it and accept whatever his fate is or it might be a full on freaked out security issue.
KNAC.COM: Do you think it could ever even be possible for Phil to carry on in a way where the Dime tragedy wasn't a primary focal point? I mean, it seems like the quote that bothered people the most was the one where he implied that if he wanted something done to Dime, he wouldn't necessarily have to be the one to do it--there were other people that would.
HANK III: Well, he talked a lot of shit, and that can't be denied, but so did Damageplan. Part of it is though that when you break up with your brothers that you've been out on the road with, there's gonna be some sore feelings for awhile, and then you get back together. It has happened with everybody from Jane's Addiction to Black Sabbath. The problem here though was that this just had a bad twist of fate to it. I mean, Phillip preaches some dark stuff, but did he really want this to happen? No fuckin' way. Not at all. It's just a fucked up fate thing.
KNAC.COM: How much did the uncertainty surrounding Phil have to do with you getting Straight to Hell recorded and getting back out on the road--I know you've said numerous times that you have to keep working.
HANK III: Yeah, I've always had that mentality of trying to keep myself or my band busy. As far as it goes, Phil does want to get back out on the road--he's getting antsy sitting back at his house. I know he has said he would never go back out on the road, but lately he has said that he might actually get back out there. It's hard to say, man. He's working on himself and what he's got to deal with--you know, like he knows that even if he tries to forget, there's always gonna be that one mutherfucker--
KNAC.COM: At every show--
HANK III: Yeah, it used to be that every time he heard someone yell "Pantera" he would take it as a slap in the face. It's like, you can't help that, man. You were in one of the baddest mutherfuckin' bands in the world. Be proud of that. Just because they scream out "Pantera" doesn't mean they don't like you. It is definitely going to be interesting to see whatever happens. He's still gonna make music, and I'm just about positive that he's gonna get back out on the road. Now, with what band…who's to say? Superjoint's label just went under the table, so there doesn't have to be a third album. Basically, he could do anything--he could even start his own label. Phil just has so many projects that most people don't even know about.
KNAC.COM: Speaking of weird events dealing with record labels, how did you get to the point where you could even think of releasing another record on Curb?
HANK III: Well…I guess it was worth it because all that unhappiness got me my parental advisory sticker and a hundred percent control. I even got them to ok a dirty version and a clean version which isn't all that dirty.
KNAC.COM: No bitches and ho's or what?
HANK III: No, and in general, it ain't that big of a deal. I did get a new contract though, and Mike Curb swears that he's gonna step up to the plate for two years, and if it don't happen, he can go his way, and I can go mine instead of keeping me tied up in court for the next five years. After that, I was then able to call the record Straight to Hell and even pick the cover and the back of the cd. What's fuckin' with them though is that even though Curb accepted it, Wal-Mart rejected the clean version even with edits. Hey, I made a dirty version and a clean version. I beeped it all out, and Wal-Mart rejected it, but they'll sell Southpark which takes on religions, races and everything. Now, Curb is like, "fuck, there goes forty percent of the country." I'm like, "Godammit, you just got to work a little harder. Wal-Mart ain't the only place out there." They're sticking by us right now, and we're even getting ready to do the rock thing. This album should come out in October, and hopefully there will be a rock one in January . I've got some respect from him (Curb), an it's just time for a new beginning. I mean, he was in the room the day I was fuckin' born. I just did a song on a tribute record for a band called Antiseen. I just did an Antiseen tribute song with about forty other bands, and Curb was trying to give me some flack. I'm like, "here's your first opportunity to be real and not fuck with the independent people who put out music for the sake of putting out music and who don't need the machine and all that shit. We'll see what happens, but at least I have a lawyer that Mike Curb fuckin' hates! (laughs)
KNAC.COM: Does the new agreement include more tour support or promotion?
HANK III: I don't even care so much about the tour support. Mostly, what I care about are the releases. Eight months after this fuckin' record, I want another one out there. We know how to get by breakin' even, man, in a fuckin' bus. We've done that for twelve years now. If they want to put a little push behind it, that's cool. If they don't, that's cool too. All I care about is getting some of our shit released and some of the Assjack and the Hellbilly shit released. It seems like it's coming around.
KNAC.COM: I have no idea how you are going to respond to this, but Waylon Jennings son, Shooter, is making a go at country, but he appears to be using a lot of your themes and calling in a lot of big names trying to get recognition--something you don't do. Have you paid any attention to that? Do you see any similarities with him having a famous father in the industry?
HANK III: No, no--hell no. Shooter is a kid who was born into money and always had money around him. He lived with his dad and mom and moved to L.A., and his rock band didn't happen, and then Waylon died. It seems like he was like, "oh well, Starlight didn't go over too well--I'll try the country thing because I've got the connections and people to do it." Me, I had a kid and a judge.
KNAC.COM: No money.
HANK III: No, I was raised by my mom, man. It was a totally different angle. Yeah, as for Shooter, he's here to "put the 'O' in country."
KNAC.COM: I was sort of curious about that because you kinda had that before.
HANK III: Oh yeah, I've already called him on that. "If you wanna go down that road and rip us off, mutherfucker, I'll see you in ten years and five thousand shows down the road. We'll see where the fuck you're at."
KNAC.COM: So…needless to say the situation isn't too cool.
HANK III: You know, I called him out and just flat out said, "fuck you if you're gonna rip us off like that on your first release."
KNAC.COM: The attitude seems to work better for you when you aren't getting video play on VH-1 and touring with Toby Keith. It's kind of hard to play the role of the outlaw when you're purposely putting yourself in situations like that.
HANK III: I'll give it a year and a half. We've already been out here ten. At least we got to say our words, you know. Even David Allan Coe called me up and said, "is it true you and Shooter don't get along?" "I was like, if you had been around this mutherfucker when you were my age, you'd have already kicked his ass." It's just one of those things…I was like, "don't fuckin' go there Shooter." He did. He don't know what the fuck is goin' on though. He's living at David Bowie's house doing two eight balls a day and fuckin' some L.A. girl.
KNAC.COM: The funniest part though is that on his record, there are two audio samples--one is an intro from George Jones, and the other features your dad talking about why he can't be on the record. No one can ever say they've seen you doing that. I mean, it's obvious who you are when you sing…but I don't see you phoning Kenny Rogers for help either.
HANK III: Yep. I'll see ya in five thousand shows man. He can play and do his thing, but the way he went about doing it on this first record…
KNAC.COM: Won't endure him to your fan base for sure.
HANK III: He'll never have what we have, and that is a pit every other night. That's our deal. In Texas, it's never gonna be the same, but we still get in and get crowds who understand the whole show. I'm already satisfied with what I've done with Superjoint and Buzzkill and the country shit.
KNAC.COM: Do you ever throw on the Black Flag tribute record you contributed on a few years ago?
HANK III: It was good. Fuck man--those guys were my heroes.
KNAC.COM: Did you have a lot of contact with Henry Rollins during the recording?
HANK III: It's just like talkin' to your heroes, man. It was just like the David Allan Coe--Dimebag thing. It was just an honor to be there when we were there. Henry was cool and talked to us on the phone before sending us the tracks. Then, he just let us do what we wanted to do. To have the original Black Flag singer say that our track was his favorite on the album was great. I had to cut that little piece out and put it on my wall.
KNAC.COM: Of course--there were some notable artists on there--Iggy Pop, Tom Araya, Mike Patton and Lemmy.
HANK III: I was tryin' to sound a little like Keith Morris (original Black Flag vocalist) on that. That was way cool to just be around all those guys. Most every night, we say, "this is for the West Memphis Three."
KNAC.COM: It is really hard to believe those guys are still in jail.
HANK III: I know…the Bible Belt. It's like..urgggh. It's a fucked up story. When you've got a stern judge and a law system like that it gets scary. When you have that many people and two HBO shows along with Henry Rollins and still nothing gets done…it's like "c'mon." There's some fucked up shit out there.
KNAC.COM: Everyone who checks out the tour can expect the usual two part extravaganza, as usual, right?
HANK III: Yeah, we do the country and then maybe three or four songs of the Hellbilly and then the Assjack, so it's like almost three little things goin' on there. It's still the Jekyl and Hyde show. There will be a lot of the Straight To Hell songs on there as well. Since we let people bootleg, a bunch of people already know the songs. I'm 32 now and some of the songs on the second disc which has a 42 minute hidden track go back to when I was 23 or 24.
KNAC.COM: Can you compare your fan base to anyone else's? I mean, they aren't the typical country crew or even straight rockers necessarily--maybe rockabilly like the Rev. Horton Heat?
HANK III: Maybe the Rev. or maybe Mike Ness just as far as the age gap goes. Even then, it isn't that much the same.
KNAC.COM: A little closer than say fans of the Oak Ridge Boys though--
HANK III: Or Toby Keith or Alan Jackson or Shooter or any of those guys. We're definitely doin' something a little different--something we've been lucky enough to do for awhile.
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The Tricity Auto Rickshaw Union, affiliated with the Janata Dal United (JDU), staged a protest against the Chandigarh administration and blocked the Chandigarh-Ambala road for around 45 minutes on Friday. The protest led to a traffic jam which was cleared only after over an hour.
The Tricity Auto Rickshaw Union, affiliated with the Janata Dal United (JDU), staged a protest against the Chandigarh administration and blocked the Chandigarh-Ambala road for around 45 minutes on Friday.
The protest led to a traffic jam which was cleared only after over an hour. Members of the union gathered at Hallomajra light point at 9.30am bringing the traffic to a grinding halt because of which commuters had to face inconvenience. The union staged the protest against the recent hike in fuel prices, particularly LPG used in autos and indifferent attitude of Chandigarh administration towards their long-pending demands.
Additional police force was called and cops had to restore to mild cane charge to clear the jam.
The members of the union shouted slogans against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the Chandigarh administration. Mahavir Kaushik, secretary, state transport authority, Chandigarh, rushed to the site and managed to pacify the protestors by giving assuring them to start a campaign to impound diesel autos.
Union chairman Surinder Bhardwaj said the Chandigarh administration's silence on the serious issue of plying of unauthorised diesel autos in the city and many representations and reminders to them at different levels have gone futile and unheard. He alleged that the administration was deliberately not taking action against the diesel auto mafia.
Bhardwaj further demanded immediate rollback of LPG prices along with other demands such as immediate ban on all unauthorised, hazardous and illegally-plying diesel auto-rickshaws in Chandigarh and to run only LPG auto-rickshaws as per the decision taken by the administration to keep Chandigarh eco-friendly.


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India in No Hurry to Dispatch Troops to Afghanistan
P 12.11.2017 U Vladimir Terehov
From October 23 to October 25 of this year, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson embarked on a trip to a number of countries in the Middle East, Central and Southern Asia. His main task was to look for answers to the questions that arose after the speech of the President Donald Trump on policy of the new US administration on Afghanistan. The final and main point of the trip of the high American official was India.
The military operation of the USA in Afghanistan, which has dragged on for 16 years, has turned into one of the most costly and intractable adventures in the whole of American history. An attempt was made to get out of it during the administration of US President Barack Obama, who, during his term in office, managed to reduce the US military presence in this country by 10 times.
Declaring the previous administration "guilty of everything" during the election campaign, nevertheless, Donald Trump rather accurately expressed the intention to continue with Barack Obama's policy aimed at the full withdrawal of the American military from Afghanistan to its logical end.
Therefore, the expert community was surprised by the statement of Donald Trump (already as President) that the USA would not only continue its military presence in this country, but would also dispatch about five thousand more soldiers from private military companies to its territory.
The wording on the need to achieve "victory" without specification of over whom and how it would look, also sounded weird. For the many previous years, nothing similar to "victory" in Afghanistan was ever achieved; and we would like to repeat, during that time, the American military contingent (taking into account forces of the NATO member countries) much exceeded the group that is being deployed today, which is mainly engaged in the protection of its own area of deployment.
There is information appearing that the 'hawkish' words mentioned above were included in Donald Trump's Afghan speech under pressure of his Secretary of Defence and the Secretary of State. Both of them, apparently, proceeded from considerations of the need to gain some time until the full military withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan. We recall, that the latter is an indispensable condition that was put forward by the Taliban in response to appeals to enter into negotiations on the termination of hostilities in the territory of the country and creation of something similar to a 'government of national reconciliation'.
Until now, the main platform for such negotiations was the Quadripartite Coordination Group, which included representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs of the USA, the People's Republic of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The several rounds of the negotiation process that have taken place on this platform this year have not yielded any practically meaningful results due to the ignoring of the negotiations by the Taliban, i.e. by one of the main parties to the conflict.
We should also pay attention to that India,, whose role in Afghan affairs is growing and whose inter-governmental relations with the latter look quite positive (the same cannot be said about the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan), is not a member of this group.
Undoubtedly, Washington is also taking into account such an extremely important point of the game around the Afghan problem, as radical change in the last 10…15 years of positioning of India and Pakistan in relation to current main world powers, that is, to the USA and China.
If, at the time of the Cold War, India was an adversary of the USA (and a quasi-ally of the USSR as the main opponent of America), then today, it (together with Japan) is considered by Washington as one of the main American pillars in the confrontation with China. As for Pakistan, the transformation with its positioning in relation to the USA and China that has occurred in the same period of time has exactly the opposite character.
All these changes were clearly reflected in the above-mentioned Afghan speech of Donald Trump, in which India was represented positively, while Pakistan was presented as "a safe haven for terrorists".
In the same speech, a way out (literally and, in the author's opinion, inevitable) of the Afghan problem was also clearly outlined. This 'way out' can be presented as a 'victory' only in case of the 'transfer of the duty' in Afghanistan to friendly India which was urged to expand its presence in the country. The hint on the desirability of the inclusion of military components into the Indian involvement in the Afghan affairs was also quite transparent.
At the same time, the pressure on Pakistan to force it to terminate its 'ambiguous' policy towards Afghanistan is growing. It is presupposed that Pakistan should strengthen control over the cross-border migration of the Taliban (i.e. the Pashtun people) who do not recognize the so-called "Durand Line" randomly drawn back in the day as the Afghan-Pakistani border.
However, we shall repeat that today, Pakistan relies on the strong support of the People's Republic of China and, while declaring its commitment to the 'fight against terrorism", is conducting a policy in the region that it considers favourable for itself.
Official comments on the visit of Rex Tillerson to India (where he arrived after brief stops in Kabul , Islamabad, and the capitals of Qatar and Saudi Arabia) are presented in positive tones. And there are strong reasons for this. Suffice it to refer to the confirmation of the promises to supply India with "the most advanced" American weapons (for example, 22 Sea Guardian drones for a total amount of USD 2 billion); to the statement for the forthcoming bilateral meeting in the 2+2 format (that is, with participation of the ministers of foreign affairs and defence); to the announcement of the possibility of carrying out negotiations in a tripartite format with participation of representatives of the USA, India and Afghanistan in December this year.
Nevertheless, there is not a hint of any prospects of India sending expeditionary military group to Afghanistan as a result of Rex Tillerson's talks with the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India and the Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi. Perhaps, after carrying out the tripartite negotiations mentioned above, there will be more clarity on this issue.
Let us note that such a step would look extremely precipitate for India today. And the point is even not so much in Pakistan, which considers Afghanistan as a 'backyard' in the confrontation with the same India (which sums up the essence of the problematic Afghanistan-Pakistan relations).
The inevitably negative response of China to such a (hypothetical) step with which India has just narrowly avoided a military conflict in the Himalayas is much more important. The way how the conflict was avoided showed the desire of Delhi to avoid the further exacerbation of relations with Beijing and their transfer into a zero-sum game.
However, this will happen with high probability in case of a positive response of Delhi to the transparent messages from Washington concerning Afghanistan.
Besides, despite the generally positive development of the US-Indian relations, there are still serious problems remaining, which came to light during the negotiations between Sushma Swaraj and Rex Tillerson. It was clearly shown to the latter that India shall not curtail its relations with DPRK and Iran. In particular, the implementation of the extremely important project (both for India and Iran) on the upgrade of Chabahar Port on the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman shall be continued.
The American guest was once again made aware of the problems with obtaining visas by millions of Indian specialists (primarily programmers) who have worked for many years at American companies. These problems have been exacerbated by the generally 'anti-immigrant' policy of the new US President.
India continues to pursue an independent policy, proceeding from its own interests. Therefore, the USA would have to continue floundering further alone for some time in the Afghan 'swamp' counting on more favourable times, which have yet never come in this 'burial ground of empires'.
Vladimir Terekhov, expert on the issues of the Asia-Pacific region, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook."

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Chicago — It was a teaching moment for rookie catcher Grayson Greiner, but on a bigger scale, it was a mostly encouraging first start back for right-hander Jordan Zimmermann.
"Yeah, I felt great," said Zimmermann, who had been out since May 5 with shoulder impingement. "I had a really good slider and my fastball command was spot-on. My velocity on the fastball was up and my slider was like it used to be with the depth.
Off-balance and off the bases. Zimmermann was perfect through four innings, 12 straight outs on 53 pitches. His fastball was consistently at 92-93 mph and he struck out four.
The first four White Sox hitters reached and scored and a 5-0 lead became 5-4 in a blink.
Matt Davidson singled sharply, then after a broken-bat single by Kevan Smith, Tim Anderson sliced an RBI double down into the corner in right and Charlie Tilson slapped a two-run single.
Four hits, three runs, in five pitches.
The fourth run came home on a sacrifice fly by Trayce Thompson.
Anderson's double was well-struck, but Zimmermann felt like the wind carried it to the wall.
"If there's no wind, that's a routine fly ball," he said.
Zimmermann also had Tilson picked off in the inning. Tilson broke early and Zimmermann stepped off and had him dead-to-rights at second base — but Ronny Rodriguez dropped the ball.
Still, the White Sox came out in attack mode in the fifth. Normally, Zimmermann can use their aggression to his advantage. This time it didn't work that way.
"That might be on me," he said. "Not seeing that they were just coming out really aggressively in that fifth inning. The first guy got on with a base hit and I just tried to make a pitch to get a ground ball and the guy got one off the end of the bat and got a base hit.
It's a double-edged deal, though, because part of Zimmermann's strength is his attack-mentality.
"He's a bulldog," Greiner said. "He comes right at hitters. He's not going to mess around. He's going to throw strikes and make you beat him. That's part of what makes him such a good pitcher. He attacks the zone. He doesn't beat himself.
All things considered, though, it was a good first start for Zimmermann, and, bonus, the Tigers scrapped and won the game, 7-5.


From Decatur's Church Street to downtown's Flatiron City and Midtown's Colony Square, coworking spaces have proliferated in recent years, accommodating thousands of Atlanta workers who shun traditional offices.
But a new shared-office venture in Buckhead is aiming for a level of refinement beyond ping pong tables and Friday afternoon Creature Comforts summits.
Launched in Sweden in 2012, a luxury workspace concept called No18 has picked a 32,000-square-foot slot at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta for its debut location in the United States, reps with developer OliverMcMillan announced today.
The No18 "ethos" embodied in a meeting room.
The members-only club for businesspeople will offer a range of flex workspaces, a high-style members lounge, meeting rooms, and private offices and desks, all with concierge-level services, per officials.
The environment is described as "aspirational," "bright and inviting," and within walking distance to Buckhead transit.
No18 is scheduled to open in Buckhead this fall on Bolling Way Northeast.


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Bacterial outbreak closes Mass. oyster beds and confounds scientists - Macleans.ca
Bacterial outbreak closes Mass. oyster beds and confounds scientists
BOSTON – A mystery of sorts threatens to stunt Massachusetts' small but growing oyster industry after illnesses linked to bacterial contamination forced the state to shut down beds for the first time ever.
The culprit is the Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacterium, which has occurred in state waters since the 1960s. Theories abound about the recent increase in illnesses linked to Massachusetts — but those are only theories.
"Honestly, I'm confused by the whole thing," said Don Merry, an oyster grower from Duxbury, where oyster beds have been closed.
Average monthly daytime water temperatures in the region rarely approach the 81 degrees believed to be the threshold that triggers dangerous Vibrio growth. Rising average water temperatures locally, while not reaching that threshold, could be causing environmental changes that cause strains of Vibrio to thrive, said Suzanne Condon, associate commissioner of the Department of Health.
In addition, virulent Vibrio strains that aren't as temperature-sensitive may have been carried from overseas in ships' ballast water in the past decade, said the state's chief shellfish biologist, Michael Hickey.
Meanwhile, it has been only six years since states were required to federally report Vibrio illnesses. So testing for it is relatively slow and underdeveloped and can't yet predict, for instance, if outbreaks are coming, Hickey said.
The bacterium causes gastrointestinal problems, including vomiting and cramping, but the illness is generally severe only in people with weakened immune systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the U.S. has about 4,500 cases of Vibrio infection annually.
Since May, Massachusetts has had 50 laboratory-confirmed cases of Vibrio, compared with 27 during the same period last year. Other states have also seen increases in Vibrio-related illnesses.
Last month, Connecticut closed oyster beds and issued a voluntary oyster recall after its first Vibrio outbreak, which sickened at least 14 people. Also last month, officials in Washington's King County, where Seattle is located, warned oyster fans that Vibrio had sickened twice as many people as normal.
Cape Cod oyster farmer John Lowell said the trouble hits everyone working to build his state's industry, though his East Dennis farm is nowhere near the closed beds.
"You either hang separately or you hang together, so it affects all of us," he said.
Massachusetts has about 260 oyster growers who harvested roughly $12 million worth of oysters in 2012. That total is dwarfed by Louisiana — the highest-revenue oyster state, at $42 million — but it's in the top five nationally, according to federal statistics.
Hickey said a boom in aquaculture operations fueled a 67 per cent increase in the value of the Massachusetts oyster catch between 2010 and 2012.
Massachusetts' first closures were announced Aug. 30 for oyster beds along the shore south of Boston, after illnesses caused by Vibrio were linked to an oyster-growing area in Duxbury. The second closure, announced Monday, shut down oyster beds in Katama Bay in Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard.
Combined, this year's closures affect about 14 per cent of Massachusetts growers, Hickey said.
Sal Bartolomeo, an oyster eater from Boston's North End, said that he's always cautious with shellfish, and news of the closures will make him more so. Now, he'll be sure to ask restaurants where they get their oysters, though he added he'll likely just avoid oysters altogether for a while.
"But I wouldn't give them up, like, for forever," Bartolomeo said.
Vibrio growth is not pollution-related. Since it grows quickly at higher temperatures, state oyster dealers are under are strict handling requirements to keep the oysters cool, and it's unknown where things went wrong with Massachusetts' recent cases.
As researchers try to figure it out, they may also be able to find correlations in existing data that could help avoid future problems, Condon said. "Is there some way we can predict, maybe, when (harvesters) shouldn't be collecting oysters?" she said.
Hickey figures it may be a month before the closed beds can reopen. Growers like Merry won't lose their oysters during that time, just the chance to sell them.
No estimate of total lost sales is available. Merry said it's costing him about $6,000 to $7,000 a week. Another cost, he said, may be higher.
"Quite honestly, the worst thing, is when we get back and rolling, is anybody going to want to eat a Duxbury oyster?" Merry said. "It's hard to quantify how much this has hurt us."
Obama says he'll unveil climate plan 'for the sake of our children'
Keystone: Obama changes the question. (This is big.)
One in eight world bird species at threat of extinction, report says
Ottawa raising offshore liability cap to $1 billion in Arctic, Atlantic waters
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Nova Scotia to see 250 EV chargers installed by 2023
Canada's Nova Scotia will receive $1.2 million in funding to install up to 250 electric vehicle chargers. The money will be made available through Natural Resources Canada and go to the Clean Foundation that will select locations as per demand.
The funding is part of Canada's Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP), a $280 million program ending in 2024. The country has set a mandatory target for all new light-duty cars and passenger trucks to be zero-emission by 2035.
For the charging network at hand in Nova Scotia, Canada's second-smallest province, EV chargers will be installed in public places, multi-unit residential buildings, on streets, at workplaces or service facilities by spring 2023.
"Building Nova Scotia's electric vehicle charging infrastructure will help address one of the key barriers to zero-emission vehicle adoption….It will also support the province's climate goal of having electric vehicles account for 30 per cent of vehicles sales by 2030."
Erin Burbidge, Director, Policy and Programs, Clean Foundation.
The announcement also follows earlier news that Nova Scotia was the fourth Canadian province to adopt an EV rebate program.
This had prompted Enel X to increase its presence in Canada and to install 438 smart EV charging stations across Killam properties in the province as reported. Natural Resources Canada's ZEVIP provided $730,000 in funding to help establish the chargers across 50 Killam properties.
The Enel X initiative appears unconnected to the programme announced today, however. The information available so far for the planned 250 charging stations is that these will be Level 2 AC chargers and installed at locations according to demand. The overseeing Clean Foundation is a Nova Scotia-based independent, non-governmental environmental charity founded in 1988. Their mission statement is to provide "the knowledge, tools and inspiration needed to encourage the actions that lead to positive environmental change."
See also Ionity launches new Ionity Passport subscription model for EV Charging
In general, funding through NRC's infrastructure program ZEVIP can cover up to 50% of total project costs, to a maximum of $5,000 per connector in the case of Level 2 charging stations.


Born in 1986 in London to British and Jamaican parents, Antrobus is a deaf poet whose debut collection, The Perseverance, was a Poetry Book Society choice last year.
on shanty town dapper dandies, of Cuba Gooding Jr.
on the arms, trains that blur the whole city without delay.
I want to be fluent in confidence so large it speaks from its own sky.
of hot combs, rollin' roadmen and rubber.
my mother becoming a circus clown.
that accepts the locks it doesn't fit.
and the black water under them.


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Question of supremacy of EU law in discrimination case - The Minister for Justice and Equality and Commissioner of the Garda Síochána v Workplace Relations Commission (C-378/17) [ECJ AdvGen] 11.09.18 (Unreported)
Request for a preliminary ruling — A rule dividing jurisdiction between two bodies in specific cases on the basis of the nature of the complaint made — Complaints of discrimination in the context of employment — Limited jurisdiction of a statutory body — No jurisdiction to hear cases requiring the disapplication of national legislation in conflict with EU law — Primacy of EU law — Full effectiveness — Procedural autonomy of Member States — Equivalence and effectiveness. OPINION that a rule of jurisdiction which divided jurisdiction in specific cases between a statutory body and an ordinary court on the basis of the complaint made, did not breach the principle of the primacy of EU law and fells within the scope of the procedural autonomy of Member States.
Link to Opinion
Category: European Union Keyword(s): Employment; Jurisdiction; Supremacy of EU law. Area(s) of law: Employment; Public Sector.
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Pretty sweet art for their T-shirts.
Wow you guys are good. Do you think you could come up with something for our group? Here is a thread where we discussed something along these lines. I really like your ideas.
Some of those are grat! My favorite is "The last act of defiance and "it's not your world".
What is the saying that is in the ribbon on some of those? Looks like Latin and i think it translates to something like "Dive til death"?
Yep, you got it - thats essential what it is in latin - "urino donec mortalis"
That dive flag with the skull pressed up from behind it is so well drawn it freaks me out! Sorta reminds me of the old Iron Maiden posters.
Sorry, I forgot to put the link in the previous post. Any help with designs would be great. Thanks in advance.
Those are awesome. They look like really good tattoos on t-shirts. Nice site layout as well.
Great designs! thanks for the site.
do you have any idea how much money you just cost me by showing me that?
oh and texdiveguy, are you a part of this or did you just find them and post?
if your part of the group that does this i think our dive club would be interested in getting something printed up for us.
pm me if you want, and im part of Las Vegas Divers, which reminds me, i really need to put that in my sig.
No part of this group....just found the site and have bought a shirt from them.
Thanks for the Link, knocked out another Xmas gift while I was there!


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Several successful campaigns have been launched under our "Start Living Healthy" brand. Most recently, the youth-focused Rethink Your Drink campaign (2013) encouraged teens to choose water over sugary drinks like soda or energy drinks. You can print the Rethink Your Drink Posters or visit our YouTube Channel to watch the Rethink Your Drink public service announcements and other informative videos.
Fruits and Veggies. Good Choice (2008). Encouraged adults to eat one more serving of fruit and one more serving of veggies every day. CDPHPD's Healthy Hawaii Initiative (HHI) worked with grocery store partners that provided discounts on fruits and vegetables and coordinated special events to promote their consumption.
Step It Up Hawaii (2007). Encouraged adults to walk at least 30 minutes, five days a week, and to build physical activity into their day. Included community walking events and incorporated messages related to worksite wellness.
1% or Less (2004 & 2005). Encouraged high-fat milk drinkers to switch to low-fat milk. The campaign featured public relations and taste test activities. About 65,000 Hawaii residents switched from high-fat to low-fat milk as a result of the campaign. See the article "Statewide Implementation of the 1% or Less Campaign" for more information.


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Fright Night — дебютный студийный альбом финской пауэр-метал-группы Stratovarius, вышедший в 1989 году.

Список композиций

Участники записи
 Тимо Толкки — гитара, вокал
 Юрки Лентонен — бас-гитара
 Антти Иконен — клавишные
 Туомо Лассила — барабаны

Создание
 Записан на: Finnvox Studios
 Продюсирование: Stratovarius
 Инжиниринг: Make Torronen

Ссылки
 Тексты песен на Darklyrics

Альбомы Stratovarius
Дебютные альбомы 1989 года

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US Labor Department's OSHA cites China Grove, Texas, bakery for 49 violations following finger amputation
Region 6 News Release: 11-498-DAL
Contact: Elizabeth Todd Juan Rodriguez
Email: todd.elizabeth@dol.gov rodriguez.juan@dol.gov
US Labor Department's OSHA cites China Grove, Texas,
bakery for 49 violations following finger amputation
Lone Star Bakery exposed workers to combustible dust, electrical, fall, other hazards
CHINA GROVE, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Lone Star Bakery Inc. for 32 serious, one repeat and 16 other-than-serious violations following an amputation incident and multiple inspections at two of the company's facilities in China Grove. Violations include exposing workers to combustible dust, fall and electrical hazards, among others. Proposed penalties total $229,400.
"This company has jeopardized the health and safety of its workers," said Jeff Funke, OSHA's area director in San Antonio. "Employees were exposed to many hazards, including excessive accumulations of combustible flour dust that could have ignited and caused serious injuries."
OSHA's San Antonio Area Office initiated a safety and health inspection on Oct. 18, 2010, at the company's facility at 8100 E. U.S. Highway 87, following a finger tip amputation incident on the pie processing line. A second safety inspection began on Dec. 15, 2010, at the company's facility at 6905 E. U.S. Highway 87 as the result of a fire that occurred from excessive buildup of bread materials in the ovens. A second health inspection was initiated Jan. 24 at the company's 8100 Highway 87 facility following a report that employees were being exposed to excessive levels of noise and not being protected by a hearing conservation program.
The serious violations include failing to ensure that employees were protected from falls; to clean combustible dust from workroom floors and other surfaces; to cover drain openings; to ensure that exits were free from obstructions and unlocked; and to ensure electrical deficiencies were corrected. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
The repeat violation is failing to ensure that a metal junction box was permanently mounted in accordance with the listing and labeling required by the manufacturer. A repeat violation exists when an employer previously has been cited for the same or a similar violation of a standard, regulation, rule or order at any other facility in federal enforcement states within the last five years. OSHA cited Lone Star Bakery for a similar violation following a 2006 inspection that resulted in total penalties of $78,300.
Other-than-serious violations include failing to record each work-related injury or illness case that met general recording criteria, and complete an incident report form for each work-related injury or illness case that met the general recording criteria for both locations from 2007 to 2010. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm.
Lone Star Bakery, a private commercial bakery that employs about 500 workers at the two China Grove facilities, has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director in San Antonio or contest the citations and penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Employers and employees with questions about workplace safety and health standards can call OSHA's San Antonio office at 210-472-5040 or the agency's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) to report workplace incidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers.


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In 1970 that the Department of US Navy authorized the use of the SEAL warfare insignia on SEAL service uniforms. The SEAL Trident is worn on the left breast of the SEAL or Navy uniform just above decorations and service ribbons. The SEAL insignia is used in the form of a gold metal pin for formal dress uniforms and as an embroidered patch for BDU's (Battle Dress Uniform) and other camouflage uniforms.
The pistol is cocked and this represents readiness for battle. The Eagle's wings are spread wide and this represents for courage, and strength.
Navy SEALs are a special breed of warrior who conduct special operations in any environment, but who are uniquely trained and equipped to operate from, around and in maritime areas. SEALs take their name from the environments in which they are trained to operate: sea, air and land. Their small highly trained teams usually work quietly at night conducting some of the nation's most important missions. SEALs are constantly deployed throughout the world to protect national interests.
Navy SEALs and their high speed boat driving counterparts, Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, form the operational arms of the Naval Special Warfare community, which is headed by the Naval Special Warfare Command. NSW acts both as the Navy's special operations force as well as the Navy component of the U.S. Special Operations Command, which is responsible for all U.S. special operations forces.
NSW training and preparation stresses an enduring commitment to individual initiative, personal responsibility and mission accomplishment. Naval Special Warfare goes to great lengths to ensure that its forces are capable and prepared. The information on this site provides a glimpse into making a Navy SEAL.
World War II Today's Naval Special Warfare operators can trace their origins to the Scouts and Raiders, Naval Combat Demolition Units, Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers, Underwater Demolition Teams and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons of World War II. While none of those early organizations have survived to present, their pioneering efforts in unconventional warfare are mirrored in the missions and professionalism of the present Naval Special Warfare warriors.
Scouts and Raiders To meet the need for a beach reconnaissance force, selected Army and Navy personnel assembled at Amphibious Training Base, Little Creek, on Aug. 15, 1942 to begin Amphibious Scouts and Raiders [ Joint ] training. The Scouts' and Raiders' mission was to identify and reconnoiter the objective beach, maintain a position on the designated beach prior to a landing and guide the assault waves to the landing beach.
The first group included Phil H. Bucklew, the "Father of Naval Special Warfare," after whom the Naval Special Warfare Center building is named. Commissioned in October 1942, this group saw combat in November 1942 during Operation Torch, the first allied landings in Europe, on the North African coast. Scouts and Raiders also supported landings in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy and southern France.
A second group of Scouts and Raiders, code-named Special Service Unit #1, was established on July 7, 1943, as a joint and combined operations force. The first mission, in September 1943, was at Finschafen on New Guinea. Later operations were at Gasmata, Arawe, Cape Gloucester, and the East and South coast of New Britain, all without any loss of personnel. Conflicts arose over operational matters, and all non-Navy personnel were reassigned. The unit, renamed 7th Amphibious Scouts, received a new mission, to go ashore with the assault boats, buoy channels, erect markers for the incoming craft, handle casualties, take offshore soundings, blow up beach obstacles and maintain voice communications linking the troops ashore, incoming boats and nearby ships. The 7th Amphibious Scouts conducted operations in the Pacific for the duration of the conflict, participating in more than 40 landings.
The third Scout and Raiders organization operated in China. Scouts and Raiders were deployed to fight with the Sino-American Cooperation Organization, or SACO. To help bolster the work of SACO, Adm. Ernest J. King ordered that 120 officers and 900 men be trained for "Amphibious Roger" at the Scout and Ranger school at Ft. Pierce, Fla. They formed the core of what was envisioned as a "guerrilla amphibious organization of Americans and Chinese operating from coastal waters, lakes and rivers employing small steamers and sampans." While most Amphibious Roger forces remained at Camp Knox in Calcutta, three of the groups saw active service. They conducted a survey of the Upper Yangtze River in the spring of 1945 and, disguised as Chinese nationals, conducted a detailed three-month survey of the Chinese coast from Shanghai to Kitchioh Wan, near Hong Kong.
In September of 1942, 17 Navy salvage personnel arrived in Little Creek, Va., for a one-week concentrated course on demolitions, explosive cable cutting and commando raiding techniques. On Nov. 10, 1942, this first combat demolition unit succeeded in cutting a cable and net barrier across the Wadi Sebou River during Operation Torch in North Africa. Their actions enabled the USS Dallas [ DD 199 ] to traverse the river and insert U.S. Rangers who captured the Port Lyautey airdrome.
Plans for a massive cross-channel invasion of Europe had begun and intelligence indicated that the Germans were placing extensive underwater obstacles on the beaches at Normandy. On May 7, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Draper L. Kauffman, "The Father of Naval Combat Demolition," was directed to set up a school and train people to eliminate obstacles on an enemy-held beach prior to an invasion.
Naval Combat Demolition Units On June 6, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Kaufmann established Naval Combat Demolition Unit training at Ft. Pierce. By April 1944, 34 NCDUs were deployed to England in preparation for Operation Overlord, the amphibious landing at Normandy.
On June 6, 1944, in the face of great adversity, the NCDUs at Omaha Beach managed to blow eight complete gaps and two partial gaps in the German defenses. The NCDUs suffered 31 killed and 60 wounded, a casualty rate of 52 percent. Meanwhile, the NCDUs at Utah Beach met less intense enemy fire. They cleared 700 yards of beach in two hours and another 900 yards by the afternoon. Casualties at Utah Beach were significantly lighter with 6 killed and 11 wounded. During Operation Overlord, not a single demolitioneer was lost to improper handling of explosives.
NCDUs also operated in the Pacific theater. NCDU 2, under Lt. j.g. Frank Kaine, after whom the Naval Special Warfare Command building is named, and NCDU 3, under Lt. j.g. Lloyd Anderson, formed the nucleus of six NCDUs that served with the 7th Amphibious Force tasked with clearing boat channels after the landings from Biak to Borneo.
Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers Some of the earliest World War II predecessors of the SEALs were the Operational Swimmers of the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS. Many current SEAL missions were first assigned to them.
In May 1944, the OSS was divided into groups. Group 1 was loaned to Adm. Chester Nimitz, as a way to introduce the OSS into the Pacific Theater.
Adm. Nimitz's "Granite Plan" for central Pacific operations required an efficient amphibious force. Many of the targeted islands were coral atolls with reefs that acted as natural obstacles to landings. During early November 1943, Seabees engaged in experimental underwater blasting work were assembled at Waipio Amphibious Operating Base on Oahu to begin training in underwater demolition.
On Nov. 23, 1943, the U. S. Marine landing on Tarawa Atoll emphasized the need for hydrographic reconnaissance and underwater demolition of obstacles prior to any amphibious landing.
Underwater Demolition Teams After Tarawa, 30 officers and 150 enlisted men were moved to Waimanalo Amphibious Training Base to form the nucleus of a demolition training program. This group became Underwater Demolition Teams One and Two.
The UDTs saw their first combat on Jan. 31, 1944, during Operation Flintlock in the Marshall Islands. Flintlock became the real catalyst for the UDT training program in the Pacific Theater. In February 1944, the Naval Combat Demolition Training and Experimental Base was established at Kihei, Maui, next to the Amphibious Base at Kamaole.
Eventually, 34 UDT teams were established. Wearing swim suits, fins and facemasks on combat operations, these "Naked Warriors" saw action across the Pacific in every major amphibious landing including: Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, Ulithi, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and on July 4, 1945 at Balikpapan on Borneo, which was the last UDT demolition operation of the war.
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the North Korean army invaded South Korea. Beginning with a detachment of 11 personnel from UDT Three, UDT participation expanded to three teams with a combined strength of 300 men.
On Sept. 15, 1950, UDTs supported Operation Chromite, the amphibious landing at Inchon. UDT One and Three provided personnel who went in ahead of the landing craft, scouting mud flats, marking low points in the channel, clearing fouled propellers and searching for mines. Four UDT personnel acted as wave-guides for the Marine landing.
In October 1950, UDTs supported mine-clearing operations in Wonsan Harbor where frogmen would locate and mark mines for minesweepers. On Oct. 12, 1950, two U.S. minesweepers hit mines and sank. UDTs rescued 25 sailors. The next day, William Giannotti conducted the first U.S. combat operation using an "aqualung" when he dove on the USS Pledge.
For the remainder of the war, UDTs conducted beach and river reconnaissance, infiltrated guerrillas behind the lines from sea, continued mine sweeping operations and participated in Operation Fishnet, which severely damaged the North Korean's fishing capability.
Establishing SEAL Teams Responding to President John F. Kennedy's desire for the services to develop an unconventional warfare capability, the U.S. Navy established SEAL Teams One and Two in January of 1962. Formed entirely with personnel from Underwater Demolition Teams, the SEALs mission was to conduct counter guerilla warfare and clandestine operations in maritime and riverine environments.
In February 1966, a small SEAL Team One detachment arrived in Vietnam to conduct direct action missions. Operating out of Nha Be, in the Rung Sat Special Zone, this detachment signaled the beginning of a SEAL presence that would eventually include eight SEAL platoons in country on a continuing basis. Additionally, SEALs served as advisors for Provincial Reconnaissance Units and the Lien Doc Nguoi Nhia, the Vietnamese SEALs. The last SEAL platoon departed Vietnam on Dec. 7, 1971. The last SEAL advisor left Vietnam in March 1973.
Post-Vietnam The UDTs again saw combat in Vietnam while supporting the Amphibious Ready Groups. When attached to the riverine groups the UDTs conducted operations with river patrol boats and, in many cases, patrolled into the hinterland as well as along the riverbanks and beaches in order to destroy obstacles and bunkers. Additionally, UDT personnel acted as advisors.
Naval Special Warfare forces have participated in Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada 1983; Operation Earnest Will, Persian Gulf 1987-1990; Operation Just Cause, Panama 1989-1990; and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Middle East/Persian Gulf 1990-1991. NSW has also conducted missions in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Liberia and elsewhere.
Afghanistan In response to the attacks on America Sept. 11, 2001, Naval Special Warfare forces put operators on the ground in Afghanistan in October. The first military flag officer to set foot in Afghanistan was a Navy SEAL in charge of all special operations for Central Command. Additionally, a Navy SEAL captain commanded Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force South. Commonly referred to as Task Force K-BAR, the task force included U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force and Coalition Special Operations Forces. During the initial stages of Operation Enduring Freedom, NSW forces carried out more than 75 special reconnaissance and direct action missions, destroying more than 500,000 pounds of explosives and weapons; positively identifying enemy personnel and conducting Leadership Interdiction Operations in the search for terrorists trying to escape by sea-going vessels. Subsequent NSW operations have continued to positively impact national objectives in Afghanistan.
Iraq Naval Special Warfare has played a significant role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, employing the largest number of SEALs and SWCCs in its history. At the inception of Operation Iraqi Freedom, NSW forces were instrumental in numerous special reconnaissance and direct action missions including the securing of the southern oil infrastructures of the Al Faw peninsula and the off-shore gas and oil terminals; the clearing of the Khawr Abd Allah and Khawr Az Zubayr waterways that enabled humanitarian aid to be delivered to the vital port city of Umm Qasr; reconnaissance of the Shat Al Arab waterway; capture of high value targets, raids on suspected chemical, biological and radiological sites; and the first POW rescue since World War II. Subsequent NSW operations have continued to positively impact national objectives in Iraq.
In times of war or uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation's call. A common man with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America's finest special operations forces to serve his country, the American people, and protect their way of life. I am that man.
We expect to lead and be led. In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my teammates and accomplish the mission. I lead by example in all situations. I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. My Nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.