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«We live in a golden age of nonsense». Read our interview with Oobah Butler
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Today the name Oobah Butler is probably unfamiliar only to those who are unfamiliar with the Internet. Last year, VICE published a story by a British journalist about how he invented a restaurant that topped TripAdvisor's rankings. That experiment earned him worldwide popularity, which also caught up with Oobah's next journalistic experiences such as presenting a fake brand at Paris Fashion Week, sending his doppelgangers to various shows around the world, desecrating ancient British laws, and others.
It seems that humor and relevance of ideas doom all the projects of the prankster, including his latest book «How To Bullsh*t Your Way To Number 1». Butler admits in this book that this was not always the case, and tells how he managed to succeed from scratch.
DTF Magazine got through to Oobah, after weeks of trying to reach Butler, who is hard to catch during his world tour in support of the book, and asked him about his previous projects, social phenomena, routines and lies
— Where are you now? What are you doing?
— I'm working on new projects in London. Something's coming up, but I won't say a word about it!
— Why did you choose the path of shenanigans and funny fakes over insightful journalism at one point?
— I'm just not a very serious person. I tried to be more serious when I first started writing, but then I realized a couple of things. First, I get more pleasure out of fooling around. Second, the people around me also like it when I fool around. And I realized that I was going to do everything based on that now.
All in all, it took me a long time to figure out what it was that I was doing. It wasn't like I walked out the door and decided to do something specific in an instant — everything evolved in an incremental way.
— Whose work inspired you three years ago and what inspires you now?
— I won't say exactly about that time, but I really love comedian John Oliver, he does some very interesting experiments. And I like Andy Kaufman, for example. I used to watch «Jackass» and something else along those lines when I was very young. I like the weird stuff that German artist Christian Jankowski does. A lot of things inspire me, actually.
Casting of Oobah Butler's lookalikes / Photo: VICE, Chris Bethell
— Why do you think funny stories are as much in demand in journalism as articles on pressing current affairs today? Why do jokes attract the same tremendous attention now?
— I think funny news stories and humor in general are great tools for engaging people because they activate other parts of the brain. The world is such a mess, so it can often be hard to cut through the information noise. And humor is a gentle, disarming way to connect with people when you want to not only say something to the audience, but also entertain them.
— How important is it to you to involve ordinary unbiased people in your stories?
— It's really great to get them involved: you make something up around normal people and then you watch them react in a completely organic way. And that's especially curious. I'm not interested in provoking them to do certain things, pushing them into predictable reactions. It's much more fun to allow them to behave naturally in a given environment, to play an active role in what's going on. After all, this isn't really about me — it's about everyone.
— What is the key to a successful drawing? What conditions must be met? And what factors ensure the success of the story with the audience in the end?
— You have to make sure that what you have in mind is relevant and reflects what is happening in the world at the moment. You need to make sure that the idea is unique and that no one has done this before you. And honesty in action is also important, especially if the project involves working with misconceptions, as was the case with the restaurant Shed in Dulwich.
In addition, it is important that the story satisfies interest on several levels. For example, it should be liked because people think it's clever as well as because it's simply fun. The plot must be multi-layered in order for something real to come out of it as a result.
— Name your favorite projects.
— I probably have three of them. First of all, it's a story about a fake restaurant. He became a real game changer, everything changed for me after that.
I liked the story of Georgio Peviani because it benefited the real man behind the brand: he successfully sells his clothes all over the world now. What's interesting here is that the story got a continuation beyond the experiment with a happy ending.
The first story played an important role. People paid attention to me because of it, in fact. I wondered if the market demand for music CDs could be revived using the sales method of Jehovah's Witnesses in the digital age. They go door to door to «sell» religion personally, and this method has not failed them to this day. The result is something like the «Music vs. God» project.
— What was the worst or strangest work experience in your memory?
— I worked in a bar, in a factory, and I worked part-time as a copywriter… I won't define the worst experience, but the weirdest experience was when I designed a cheap sex robot. It was a completely wild idea to build a sex robot for 20 euros or so.
— Did you feel like a super engineer who saves the needy who can't afford a fancy sex robot back then?
— Exactly! Of course, one available sexbot won't save the world, but you have to start somewhere.
Oobah Butler and the «accessible sex robot» / Photo: Chris Bethell, VICE
— How do you usually start working on a project? You get an idea, you go to VICE, you say you want to do this and that, the editorial board approves the project, and you get started, right?
— I have been implementing ideas on my own for a long time. These were Shed in Dulwich, for example. And VICE was looking at already finished material. The magazine began to join in the starting stages of some projects later. I always did «small-sized» projects on my own, when one moment I had an idea, and the next moment I could realize it and come to the editorial office with a finished work in a week.
It always depends on the essence of projects, really, because they usually emerge from your own life experience: you can't just pile up some information and assemble material from it, which is based on a social experiment. I feel this especially now, because I spend a lot of time outside of London and I'm constantly moving around the world. I tend to need time to go somewhere, to be in certain environments, and to interact with people. I need real experiences to do what I usually do, not just the idea of it.
— You launched the Oobah.com service of providing doppelgangers to other people for different purposes after the story of the doppelgangers you sent to replace you at various shows and events. Can you name the top 3 requests for the service?
— I liked the guy who requested a double to break up with his fiancee instead.I also liked the guy who requested a doppelganger to take an algebra exam for his high school graduation. And I liked the doppelganger's request to meet the boyfriend's parents to make a better impression on them. These are the leaders so far.
— And would you really send doubles on these missions? Or would you even go yourself?
— Yes, I am seriously thinking about it. Of course, it's not certain that I can do it myself: there has to be some resemblance to the client, after all. But if there's a guy with white hair who looks like an alien freak among them, I'll go for it.
— What surprised you the most while working on any project?
— Perhaps this is a boring and predictable answer, but I was shocked when people started rebooking tables at the fake restaurant to come back and taste my excellent food again in a damp yard in the November cold. I couldn't understand it.
I was surprised when Australian television didn't notice that it wasn't me who was on the show. After all, the same journalists had seen me in the same studio earlier! But they never realized that it wasn't me in front of them. The jumpsuit had short-circuited my brain; it became an undisclosed distraction. It was truly curious to watch.
— Have you ever had such crazy ideas that you hesitated to carry them out?
— Yes, it was more than one idea. I remember when a pigeon was arrested in India. I wanted to take that case to court, to find out if pigeons were evil or not? And I tried to imagine what that trial would be like with a pigeon on the bench, with the jury and all the people in the courtroom. The idea was completely ridiculous and nothing came of it, thank God. There were a lot of crazy ideas that I would come up with, but the process of working on them dragged on and they turned into something else entirely.
— Your book «How To Bullsh*t Your Way To Number 1: An Unorthodox Guide To 21st Century Success» recently came out. Why did you write it and why would I be interested in reading it?
— Young people from all over the world constantly asked my advice on how to follow my example and succeed on nothing. So I decided to talk about it at length in the book.For as long as I can remember, everything I undertook was doomed to failure. I get to the answer to the question of why I was suddenly successful given such a set of circumstances, and I tell it in the book.
It is interesting to read at least for that reason. In addition, the book is easy to read — there are only 80 pages in simple and understandable language. It is already the № 1 bestselling comedy book in the United States, according to USA Today.
— VICE published an excerpt from a book where you talk about how everyone around you is actually lying incessantly to one degree or another, and how you have been using lying to achieve something since you were five years old. And your talent is finally beginning to pay off judging by the success of your book
— Yes! I've always been full of shit and the book really lays out what the title says: how to bullsh*t your way to the top. That's the main reason it's worth reading.
— What discoveries or insights about contemporary society have you come to in the course of your work in recent years?
— I realized that I shouldn't fall for any nonsense! But seriously speaking, there were many discoveries. First of all, I realized that people still love and appreciate a good story. I realized that we live in an age where people have minimal opportunities and minimal money, but they can make those stories happen, they can travel, they can launch a fake business in two minutes — they just have to mark its presence on the Internet and then handle it properly.I realized that we live in a golden age of nonsense, and the world is full of blabbermouths who can say this nonsense quite freely. It's a kind of sign of democracy, and that's a good thing.
— You've been called the «Banksy of journalism». Do you agree with that comparison? Is there any other way you can label your journalistic style?
— I wouldn't call myself «Banksy of journalism». Although he creates images of phenomena that become more appealing than the phenomena themselves — you can probably see some parallel between us here. I've also been called «the Donald Trump of TripAdvisor», and I didn't like that. I'd say I'm a «dodgy knave of art».
— Does your work resonate with the legacy of the British music group The KLF? Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty are known for their crazy antics like burning a million pounds on a desert island and other acts of art that simultaneously shocked, amused and opened eyes to some social phenomena of their time.
— Yeah, I definitely like what The KLF has been doing. And I'm excited about their current project: they're building a pyramid out of their fans' ashes and not just ashes in England. They take a batch of ashes from people's cremated remains, put them in bricks, and build a pyramid out of the bricks, and they get paid for each brick. It's total bullshit.
And it was just crazy when they burned a million pounds! How is that even possible? I guess the process itself feels like something awesome, but then you look at it from the outside, and you already find it completely horrible and even kind of gross in a way. It is a peculiar act of art, for which the shock effect was necessary to mark the position.
— What question would you ask yourself and how would you answer it if you were interviewing yourself?
— I would ask myself how much I make. The answer is «Not enough!». I was recently asked this for the first time in the United States. It's a very American question. It's an unexpected and strange question for me as an Englishman. We don't talk about earnings, but everyone is obsessed with the question of social class in England.
— What would you like to say that you're not asked about?
— I want to thank my family for their support. They were understanding of my wacky lifestyle and didn't deny me the opportunity to fool around when I was a kid. And I'd like to tell my high school teacher to fuck off! He was a real piece of shit, just the kind of person who is obsessed with class distinctions. I don't wish him any harm at all, but I would willingly send him to hell.
— What do you read, listen to, watch in your normal life?
— I read a lot of journalism. I recently finished Luke Harding's book about life in modern London. Now I'm reading Oliver Bullough's book «Moneyland» about kleptocracy. By the way, the last book also talks about Ukraine. I listen to a lot of podcasts, particularly Fresh Air on NPR, they're excellent. And tons of music, I'm listening to Eagleowl, for example, right now.
— What would you do if you weren't writing and telling stories?
— Maybe I would work in a call center where I could sit and talk to people all day long. And I could be a great enthusiastic cult member.
— What professional goals or dreams are you pursuing?
— It would be great to create a completed full-length work. Let's say it would be great to collect everything I've done and integrate it into one big massive project that gives a complete picture of what's going on and who I am. And I just want to make people laugh. I hope that my activities remain relevant and funny. In fact, it would be very rewarding. And I hope that my work would get better, not worse. Or I'd like to be Prime Minister of Great Britain — that would be nice too!
— And what would you do as prime minister?
— I would legislate a ban on frowning on the subway. And I would make all public transportation free.
— What future do you foresee for the media?
— There will be robots. You and I will be out of a job, and the robots will be programmed by computers and will interview football players.
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Q: Trim trailing zeroes off a number extracted by jq The following command achieve my goal by grepping BTC price from specific exchange.
curl -sS https://api.binance.com/api/v1/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT | jq -r '.price'

the output will be for the moment 7222.25000000 but i would like to get it 7222.25

A: If you don't mind using a Bash builtin, printf might be the way to go:
curl -sS https://api.binance.com/api/v1/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT | jq -r '.price' | xargs printf '%.2f'

This way you will keep the two trailing digits and get a rounding done as well.

A: Awk is an option also
curl -sS https://api.binance.com/api/v1/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT | jq -r '.price'  | awk '{printf "%.2f\n", $1}'

A: Pass the price through tonumber:
curl -sS 'https://api.binance.com/api/v1/ticker/price?symbol=BTCUSDT' |
jq -r '.price | tonumber'

This would convert the price from a string to a number, removing the trailing zeros.  See the manual for jq.

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Was it a conversation about de-icing? Nice to see him IRL!
:o) Super cute photo of you and The Doctor on Skype. Carrie took a similar photo last week of her and her sweetie and I loved the idea. I need to get my webcam back from her so I can Skype too!


Bhubaneswar, 21st May, 2016: Naveen Patnaik Government in Odisha completes 2nd year in its 4th term, today. Mr. Patnaik, the Supremo of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and elected from Hinjili constituency, had taken oath of office on 21st May, 2014 as the CM in the fourth time, consecutively, breaking all previous records. His Govt. completes 16 years in power demonstrating as one of the stable administration in the country, currently run by a regional party.
Mr. Patnaik became the Chief Minister of Odisha in 5th March, 2000 as the leader of BJD-BJP coalition Govt. Again, the coalition came to power in 2004 election and Naveen was sworn in as the CM for the 2nd time. However, the coalition could not continue in 2009 elections where BJD decided to go alone and again demonstrated a huge strength in the assembly having 103 out of 147. Naveen Patnaik took over as the CM for the 3rd time on 21st May, 2009.
Election – 2014 was certainly a tough time for all leading parties in Odisha because when Naveen led Biju Janata Dal was trying to retain power both BJP and Congress were in the race to improvise their strength on the assembly floor. Especially, with Modi as the poster-boy and the key campaigner, BJP was confident of gaining ground substantially. There was a perception even discussion among certain sections of media and intelligentsia that BJD would lose some ground and face challenge due to anti- incumbency. But to their surprise, Naveen Babu could not only retain his throne but also showcased a landslide victory. BJD with a number of 117, out of 147, again pushed the oppositions to the corner. In the election when Congress dropped down to 16 seats (27 seats, 2009), BJP limited its score to 10 seats only. NAMO wave which changed the mathematics at the center did not work against Naveen's charisma in Odisha!
Naveen Babu and his government continued to become popular among the masses due to many populist schemes including Re.1 per kilo rice. Among his other popular schemes includes 'Aahar Yojana' which offers lunch to common people at Rs.5. In Naveen's Government the people in administration seem to be more powerful than the people's representatives! However, this allegation has proved no fruit as far as the popularity of Naveen among the common mass is concerned.
The first 2 years of the fourth term have not become a bed of roses with stiff criticism from both BJP and Congress. Especially, with the emergence of BJP at the center and the party(BJP) trying to strengthen ground in the State, Naveen has been facing the pressure. However, it seems his govt. and his party in particular, has become more cautious and preparing from inside to fight back on the ground in the future.
BJP has been constantly aspiring to gain in the power politics in Odisha for last four elections. In 2000, as a partner of Naveen led BJD-BJP government BJP had 38 number of seats in assembly. In the subsequent election i.e. 2004, it had got 32. In 2009, after the break up, though BJP was dying to improve it's position and give a good fight to BJD but it failed miserably with only 6 seats in hand. Similarly, in 2014 elections, the roaring BJP had to satisfy itself with 10 seats only. With this backdrop, and the hall of Congress citadel in the country it is BJP which will work hard to give a checkmate to Naveen in the future fights!
However Naveen Patnaik seems to be a silent politician who always try to hit sixes to the googly of Opposition!


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What is your Earthquake Risk?
Posted on July 8, 2014 by smd insurance
In some areas of the country, the risk of an earthquake is never far from people's minds. In areas along the San Andreas Fault line in California, the earth has a way of nudging people awake if Californians ever feel complacent.
But Americans have been relatively lucky in the last hundred years, as truly devastating earthquakes on the level that we have seen in recent years in China, Mexico, Japan and Haiti, involving thousands and even hundreds of thousands of deaths -have been rare.
That's due to a combination of strenuously enforced building codes – and pure dumb luck. Yes, we have had several quakes of 9+ magnitude strike sparsely-populated areas of Alaska over the years. But as of this writing, the United States has not had a major metropolitan area host the epicenter of a 7.8 magnitude-plus earthquake in living memory.
But that could change any minute.
The Federal Department of Emergency Management has developed a threat matrix to help gauge your exposure to earthquake threats.
In addition, FEMA has also published maps to help you determine your proximity to fault lines, which are areas with an elevated likelihood of a seismic event.
You can download the maps from FEMA at http://www.fema.gov/earthquake/earthquake-hazard-maps.
The closer you are to a red area on the map, the greater your exposure to seismic forces. But the damage you will incur has a lot to do with the strength of your building as well.
FEMA divides the map into five basic zones, and designates them as threat levels A through E, or "white" through "red."
If you live in a white area, FEMA assesses your risk as very low. Even if you get a tremor, it would be quite unlikely for you to experience substantial structural damage or loss to property as a result, in these areas. You may want to plus up your coverage for floods, fires, hurricanes or other hazards, but earthquakes are not a huge concern in the white areas on the map.
Your exposure to risk becomes significant in "yellow" areas. These areas can extend a considerable distance from the fault line. If you are in a yellow zone, a strongly fortified modern building will likely withstand the shaking with minimal damage. But poorly-built structures are at substantial risk of significant damage and could be totally written off.
As you move further through the color scale, your risk becomes critical in "red" areas. Poorly-built buildings have a high likelihood of collapse or irreversible structural damage – resulting in a total loss of the building. Even moderately well-built buildings are at risk of collapse or substantial damage. Only the most robust buildings should be considered safe, and even these may well incur substantial structural damage. Buildings can be shaken off of their foundation, and some buildings will be completely destroyed by the quake.
Protecting Yourself and Your Property
The first step should be obvious: Do not skimp on construction quality or building to code. Earthquakes of magnitudes that killed tens of thousands in other countries have not had that effect so far in the United States in living memory, in large part, because of our strong building enforcement in the United States.
Second, if you are in an earthquake danger zone, locate valuable resources – especially people – in solid and well-constructed buildings designed with earthquakes in mind. You can start over if you have a warehouse full of lumber collapse from an earthquake. Having a building full of people collapse is another scenario altogether. No insurance check ever written can compensate a business for that kind of loss.
Third, get earthquake insurance – and keep your policy updated.
Some states, like California, have a state sponsored risk pool to indemnify residents against earthquake risk. In other areas, you'll need to get specialized coverage.
Don't assume a regular homeowners or business policy will necessarily cover you for damage or loss from earthquakes. Generally, you must obtain separate coverage specifically to cover earthquake damage – just as those who live in a flood plain must carry separate flood insurance.
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Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Divisions of the United States Army National Guard, Infantry divisions of the United States Army,
Military units and formations established in 1917
United States Army divisions during World War II
United States Army divisions of World War I
37th Infantry Division (United States)
37th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
2007: as the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Ohio National Guard
Buckeye Division
Meuse-Argonne
Ypes-Lys
Northern Solomons
Battle of Luzon
The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today it is the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from both Ohio and Michigan.
1 World War I
2 World War II
2.1 Combat chronicle
3 Cold War Era through transformation
4 Commanders, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Operation in support of the Global War on Terrorism
5 37th IBCT stationing
6 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
7 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan 2008
8 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mission to Afghanistan in support of OEF, 2011
World War I[edit | edit source]
It was initially activated as the 16th Division, a National Guard formation from Ohio and West Virginia in 1913. It was federally activated in August 1917 as a National Guard Division from Ohio. It was sent overseas in June 1918 and fought at the Meuse-Argonne and at Ypres-Lys.
Casualties: Total: 5,387
KIA: 794
WIA: 4,593
Commanders:
Brig. Gen. William R. Smith (26 August 1917)
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat (3 September 1917)
Brig. Gen. William R. Smith (18 September 1917)
Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat (5 December 1917)
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Gaston (25 April 1918)
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth (8 May 1918)
Brig Gen. William M. Fassett (5 December 1918)
Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth (10 December 1918)
Brig Gen. Steven W. Stepien (14 December 1918)
World War II[edit | edit source]
Activated: 15 October 1940 (National Guard Division from Ohio)
Overseas: 26 May 1942
Campaigns: Northern Solomons, Battle of Luzon
Distinguished Unit Citations: 9
Medals of Honor: 7
Distinguished Service Crosses: 116
Distinguished Service Medals: 4
Silver Stars: 1,008
Legions of Merit: 71
Soldier's Medals: 101
Bronze Stars: 6,807
Air Medals: 84
Commanders: Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler commanded the Division during its entire period of Federal service in World War II.
Returned to U.S.: November 1945
Inactivated: 18 December 1945 (See National Guard)
Combat chronicle[edit | edit source]
The 37th Infantry Division arrived in the Fiji Islands in June 1942 to fortify the islands against possible invasion. The division continued its training on the islands. With the end of ground fighting on Guadalcanal, the division moved to that island in April 1943, continued training, and staged for the Munda campaign. Two battalions joined the Marine Raiders on New Georgia, 5 July 1943, while the remainder of the division landed, 22 July, and assisted the 43d Infantry Division in taking Munda airfield in heavy fighting. After mopping up on New Georgia, the division returned to Guadalcanal, 9 September 1943, for rest and rehabilitation. The division's next assignment was Bougainville as part of the I Marine Amphibious Corps. Landing between 8 and 19 November 1943, the 37th Division expanded the western beachhead sector, constructed roads and bridges, and engaged in extensive patrol activity. On 15 December 1943, IMAC was relieved by the XIV Corps, to which the 37th Division was then assigned. In March 1944, two Japanese divisions made eight major attacks, but division lines held. In April patrols cleared the Laruma Valley area of major enemy units. The division remained on Bougainville and trained for the Luzon campaign. Landing with the Sixth Army on the beaches of Lingayen Gulf, 9 January 1945, the 37th raced inland against slight resistance to Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg where fierce resistance delayed capture of those objectives until 31 January. The division continued to drive to Manila against small delaying forces, and entered the city's outskirts, 4 February. Upon crossing the Pasig River, it ran into bitter Japanese opposition.[1] By heavy street fighting, American and Filipino troops cleared the city by 3 March 1945. After garrison duty in Manila, 5–26 March, the division shifted to the hills of Northwest Luzon, where heavy fighting culminated in the capture of Baguio, 26 April with aided Filipino troops under the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL. Rest and rehabilitation during May were followed by action in June in the Cagayan Valley against deteriorating Japanese resistance. With the end of hostilities, 15 August, the division was concerned with the collection and processing of prisoners of war, leaving November 1945 for the States and demobilization.
Major General Robert Beightler was one of only eleven generals who commanded their divisions for the entire war, and was the only National Guard general to do so.[2]
Cold War Era through transformation[edit | edit source]
The division was reorganized in the Ohio Army National Guard in 1946. It served on Federal service from 1952 to 1954 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Although the division was not sent to Korea, nearly every soldier was as an individual replacement. The 37th went through a number of reorganizations from 1959 until it was disbanded on 15 February 1968. The bulk of the division's combat units became the 73d Brigade, 38th Infantry Division with the remaining becoming the 16th Engineer Brigade and other combat support units. In 1977, the 73d Brigade was released from assignment to the 38th ID and was redesignated the 73d Infantry Brigade, a separate brigade. During the draw down of forces after the Cold War, units of the 73rd and the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment consolidated to form the 37th Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. A year later, the brigade was reunited with the 38th Infantry Division. On 1 September 2007, the brigade was redesignated as the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team under the Army's modular plan. With the reorganization came the return of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 37th Infantry Division.
Commanders, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Operation in support of the Global War on Terrorism[edit | edit source]
Col. Richard T. Curry, 1 February 2006 – 31 August 2009; Operation Iraqi Freedom (Kuwait/Iraq) 2007–2008
Col. James E. Perry Jr, 1 September 2009 – 1 September 2012; Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) 2011–2012
37th IBCT stationing[edit | edit source]
The Headquarters of the Brigade is stationed in Columbus and includes the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment (Walbridge), 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment (Columbus), 237th Support Battalion (Cleveland) and Special Troops Battalion, 37th IBCT (Springfield) of the Ohio Army National Guard. The 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (Flint, MI) and 1st Squadron, 126th Cavalry Regiment (Wyoming, MI), Michigan National Guard round out the brigade.
37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)[edit | edit source]
Mobilized and deployed in 2008 to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was Commanded by COL Richard T. Curry (1 February 2006 through 31 August 2009). The Brigade conducted Convoy Security Operations throughout Iraq, Forward Operating Base Security and Life Support, SECFOR Operations at the two major shipping ports in Kuwait, and Combat Patrols, SECFOR Operations in Ramadi, Iraq (Anbar Province). This was the largest deployment of any singular Ohio National Guard Unit since World War II (2,528 Soldiers). 37 IBCT Battalions/Units mobilized and deployed in support of OIF: 1–125 IN, 1–148 IN, 1–126 CAV, 1–134 FA, 237 BSB, 37 STB, and the HHC 37 IBCT.
37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Afghanistan 2008[edit | edit source]
During the 37th IBCT 2008 OIF Mission and within 90 days of the brigades re-deployment to the United States of America it was tasked by CENTCOM and ARCENT (3rd Army) to provide 42 Signal Soldiers and their Joint Nodal Network (Communications) systems to a mission in Afghanistan for the remainder of their tour, C/37 STB (Signal Company), known as Task Force Dragon Blade, performed this mission. The task force was led by the Brigade leadership of MAJ Teri Williams and MSG Christopher Ravis and by the Company leadership of CPT Walt Work and 1SG Ray Tummel. The soldiers accomplished every task asked of them in providing Signal services and filling a vital communication gap that existed in that theater. The entire network was up and operational two days in advance of the DA FRAGO suspense. On 10 December 2008, the 37th IBCT Soldiers redeployed to Kuwait and then to Home Station on 12 December 2008 on schedule with the Brigade Headquarters which was the last 37th IBCT element to re-deploy. The 37th IBCT Soldiers once again proved that they are trained and proficient on the JNN equipment. The Commanding General CSTC-Afghanistan, the 27th IBCT, the 33rd IBCT, and other service members, who were supported by the communications provided in Afghanistan, presented many accolades to the 37th IBCT Task Force (Dragon Blade).
37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mission to Afghanistan in support of OEF, 2011[edit | edit source]
The Ohio National Guard received an alert order {3} for a possible mobilization of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan, expected to depart in the fall of 2011. An alert order is one step in a process leading to mobilization. The intent of the alert order is to two-fold. First, it gives the individual soldiers the opportunity, along with their families and their employers, to prepare their private lives for their upcoming deployment. Second, it gives the National Guard and the 37th IBCT command the time and resources necessary to meet the training and validation requirements prior to the unit reporting to the mobilization station, a base somewhere inside the United States, to complete their training prior to moving into theater. The full deployment, including the likely two months at the mobilization station, will last 1 year.
The 37th will replace the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, V Corps (US Army Garrison Baumholder in Germany), conducting counter-insurgency operations alongside Afghan National Security Forces. The Ohio National Guard Infantry Brigade Combat Team has six battalions – four are based in Ohio and two in Michigan.
Rodger Wilton Young
John N. Reese, Jr.
George Sweigert, inventor of the cordless phone, veteran of the 37th Division, participated in action at Guadacanal and the Solomon Islands. Sweigert was assigned to the 145th Headquarters Company as a radioman and intelligence scout.
↑ "Video: Aircraft Carrier is Named for President Roosevelt etc. (1945)". Universal Newsreel. 1945. http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.39064. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
↑ Order of Battle, p. 374.
Sources[edit | edit source]
CMH The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States - U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950
United States Army Center of Military History, Force Structure and Unit History Branch (29 May 2008). "37th Infantry Division". Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cc/037id.htm. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
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I first told you about NCLA back in November, now here's the polish! I received a few colors to review, but I couldn't wait to get Miss Sunset Strip on my hands first - literally! Now the square caps on these polishes come off to reveal a smaller round cap but I couldn't get my square cap off this polish for some reason, but know that they do come off. Miss Sunset Strip is a glitter polish with blue and purple microglitter, slightly larger purple and rainbow reflecting glitter, and a clear base. There's so much glitter that it looks like it's a purple base, but sadly, it's not. I used a base coat of Duri Rejuvacote, 3 coats of polish and a top of CND Air Dry. I also used China Glaze Harmony as a base for my index and middle fingers.
You can really see the medium purple glitter in the sun but not so much the rainbow reflecting glitter which is too bad because you can see it in the bottle! I definitely need a base under this color for it to really shine.
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Air Force Sergeant Overcomes 100% Disability Rating To Return To Full Duty
A dozen years after he was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro was...
By Tom Roeder, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) | Published Dec 1, 2017 8:00 AM
A dozen years after he was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro was on the verge Saturday of completing a final, unbelievable stage of his comeback.
After miraculously surviving third-degree burns over 80% of his body, Del Toro has returned to his feet, his family and his job in uniform. Now, the first airman to return to duty after being deemed 100% disabled was looking to return to Earth — by parachute.
"It's one of my personal goals," said Del Toro, universally known as "DT."
After enlisting in the Air Force in 1997, he signed up for one of the service's hardest jobs — calling in airstrikes from the ground.
He trained to jump into combat with airborne Army units, leaping from the sky 130 times in the eight years before his injury.
There's something different about airmen who spend so much time with the Army and special forces teams, Del Toro said.
"We're not right in the head," he said.
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Before getting a chance to leap from a plane, Del Toro had to go through parachute training a second time, relearning alongside cadets at the Air Force Academy, one of two Defense Department jump schools.
Real Challenges
The parachute program at the academy has long been held up as among the things that makes the school special. For most of the 18-22 year-olds in the class, parachuting is the scariest thing they've ever done.
It's a class taught by cadets, who show their comrades the ropes. Along the way, the students also learn how to overcome their fear – a useful skill for future military officers.
"Some of these guys will face real challenges in their careers," explained Tech. Sgt. Josh Pickering, as he helped oversee the cadet instructors.
Long before the bombing, Del Toro knew a lot about real challenges and overcoming fear.
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq he and a team of two dozen troops were flown to an airfield behind enemy lines.
With enemy troops trying repeatedly to reclaim the place, and just two .50 caliber machine guns on Humvees, the team held their ground with no sleep and repeated airstrikes, called down by Del Toro.
"We did that for 70-plus hours," Del Toro said.
Parts of academy parachute training are designed to shake students up.
One part has students hanging from a harness as instructors shout contradictory orders. Students have to properly run through parachuting procedures during the chaos.
It's enough to drive some to tears.
But Del Toro kept a smile on his burn-scarred face.
"If I can be blown up, be on fire, jump in a creek, and still call in an airstrike, I can do this," He explained.
Months In Darkness
On Dec. 4, 2005, Del Toro was in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb went off under his Humvee as it crossed a creek.
The blast tore into his flesh, severed his fingers and removed his nose.
He remembers hitting the creek to put out the flames and using a radio to call down close air support for his embattled unit.
"My medic kept me awake until I got on the helicopter," he remembers.
He has flickering memories of a hospital in Afghanistan before losing consciousness.
"I woke up in March of 2006 at Brooke Army Medical Center," he said.
During those months of darkness at the Texas hospital, his bride Carmen was at his side. They were a young couple then with a toddler in tow — Little DT who is now 14.
The doctors told her that Big DT would probably fade from the coma into death.
"They only gave him a 15% chance of living," she said.
The doctors hadn't known the DT she fell in love with.
"He thinks he's Superman," she said.
Except Superman never earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals.
On Saturday, The master sergeant wore a tan replica of an American flag on the shoulder of his green flight suit.
"This is the flag I got hurt with," he said.
Two months after he came out of the coma, Del Toro walked out of the hospital. Doctors had told him he would never walk again and would need a respirator to breathe.
But he kept fighting.
"You adapt and you overcome," Del Toro said.
A Battle To Stay
The biggest fight for Del Toro may have been his quest to stay in the Air Force.
Former President George W. Bush fist bumps U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro during the 2016 Invictus Games Symposium on Invisible Wounds in Orlando, Fla. May 8, 2016. The symposium hosted by Prince Harry and President George W. Bush sought to destigmatize the victims of post-traumatic stress and other injuries that are not regularly visible.DoD News photo by EJ Hersom.
Even with his remarkable recovery, Del Toro was still significantly limited by his injuries.
Burn patients have to struggle to regain use of their muscles and limbs.
"It's been a very long journey since my injury in 2005," he said.
Del Toro fought through two years of physical therapy and still was considered "100%" disabled — a status that leads to a pension rather than a promotion.
He didn't accept his discharge without a fight.
And Del Toro picked up some powerful allies along the way, including President George W. Bush, who had visited his room at the Texas hospital.
In 2010, Del Toro became the first airman with a 100% disability rating to be allowed to re-enlist. This year, he'll become the first fully-disabled airman allowed to stay in uniform past 20 years of service.
The Air Force isn't keeping Del Toro around due to some sense of charity or pity.
Lt. Col. Sean Baerman, who commands the 98th Flying Training Squadron which includes the jump school, said cadets need people like Del Toro to teach them what's expected of those who serve.
"It's fantastic to have him here," Baerman said.
Once Del Toro finishes jump school he'll be working for Baerman at the squadron and working with the school's 4,000 cadets.
"I hope I can inspire and motivate them," Del Toro said. "Even give them a couple of words of wisdom."
In the parachute training program, Del Toro has already been dishing out wisdom. The training is grueling, designed to push the strongest of the cadets to their limits.
When his youthful classmates falter along the way, Del Toro gives them a little push.
"Don't let a guy with no hands beat you in this course," he says.
The Checklist
Del Toro has kept himself going with a strict set of priorities and plans.
"When I got back to active duty, I had three goals," he said.
He's checked off two – flying an airplane and regaining his ability to control airstrikes for troops.
He also picked up a few – mentoring airmen, setting an example for wounded comrades and winning medals at the Invictus Games for wounded troops.
Check, check and shot-put, discus and javelin.
The last of the original big three was to complete his 131st parachute jump. But the Air Force was reluctant to risk the life of a man who already had been so close to death.
"I was at the point where it was never going to happen," he said.
But Baerman saw possibilities, not disabilities when he thought about Del Toro returning to the skies.
The colonel green-lighted Del Toro for parachute training.
On Saturday, a dozen cadets lined up for their first jumps at the Air Force Academy. Del Toro was at the end of the line for No. 131.
Carmen and Little DT watched as he prepared to board a plane for a 4,500-foot climb above the school's airfield.
"It's emotional," Carmen said. "It's my first time seeing him jump."
Little DT, now not-so-little, said he wants to parachute on his 18th birthday in a few years. But he admits that will be a smaller leap than the one his father is taking.
"Not many people can do what he has done," he said.
With a red parachute "like Deadpool" packed away on his back, Del Toro stood in the door of the circling plane.
Despite everything he's done and every obstacle he's toppled, the master sergeant still knows fear.
"I was thinking, 'Am I really going to do this?'" he said.
But Del Toro had come too far to let the butterflies win. One step and he was in the sky.
A few minutes under the silk canopy and he was back on the ground.
A smile was fixed on that scarred face.
"Success," he said.
© 2017 The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Posted on November 7, 2016 by Metal Mark
Do you love extreme music and craft beer? If you answered yes, get ready for a trip to Philadelphia on April 22nd and 23rd. Continue reading →
Posted inConcert Announcement, Concert Tour Dates, Concert Tour On Sale Dates, News | TaggedAgoraphobic Nosebleed, Beer, Cemetery Piss, Crypt Sermon, Decibel Magazine, Falls of Rauros, Immolation, Khemmis, krieg, Metal & Beer Fest, Municipal Waste, Panopticon, Philadelphia, Pig Destroyer, Sleep, The Fillmore, Withered
Abigail Williams Books East Coast Tour With Wolvhammer and Amiensus
Posted on October 10, 2016 by News Team
US Black Metal leaders Abigail Williams have booked a headline tour of the east coast. Wolvhammer and Amiensus will act as direct support on all dates. Abigail Williams are working on a new album, due for release in 2017. Further info will be announced as it is available in the months ahead. Continue reading →
Posted inConcert Announcement, Concert Tour Announcements, New Album Announcements, New Album Progress Updates, News | TaggedAbigail Williams, Amiensus, artwork by Stevie Floyd, black metal, Candlelight Records, Ken Sorceron, krieg, kvlt, Neill Jameson, The Accuser, Twilight, USBM, Wolvhammer
Krieg Signs With Profound Lore, Plot New Album – Guilt For 2016
Krieg, by Hillarie Jason
USBM leaders Krieg, fronted by Neill Jameson have signed with Profound Lore Records for their new album entitled Guilt, due later in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Ghost Cult, Jameson told Hillarie Jason about signing their new deal, another release long in the works, and the process of writing the new full length:
On signing their new deal:
"Jef Whitehead brought up that we were about to be released from our Candlelight contract to Chris Bruni and it went from there. I've had contact with Chris since he wrote for Metal Maniacs and I'm a big fan of some of the bands on his label, and also just how he has built an empire with his own two hands in the image of exactly how he wants it to go. I look forward to causing the label to lose a lot of money and respect worldwide with this next record."
Concerning a long in the works split release with Integrity:
"...The split's been recorded for about a year and is the best song we've ever recorded and the general basis for the next record so they tie in nicely with each other."
On the forthcoming album:
"Yeah, we're going to get together to start putting it together after the new year. There's been less time between the two so I imagine there's going to be more similarities between those two than there was between Isolationist and Transient. But I'm more inspired this time around by hardcore and crust than even the last one so there's probably going to be a strong emphasis on that, without the shitty tough guy posturing."
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Posted inNew Album Announcements, New Album Progress Updates, New Album Release Announcements, New Record Deal Signing, News | Taggedband life, black metal, Chris Bruni, crust punk influences, Ghost Cult Magazine, guilt complex, Hillarie Jason, Imperial, Jef Whitehead, krieg, Metal Maniacs, N. Imperial, Neill Jameson, new Krieg album Guilt in 2016, new Krieg album in 2016, Profound Lore, USBM
The Master's Voice – Neill Jameson of Krieg
Posted on December 17, 2015 by News Team
Neill Jameson of Krieg is one of the more fascinating people you will ever come across. Outspoken, articulate, philosophical, funny, and mild-mannered could all describe the man based on meeting him say, if you bumped into him at the bookstore or record shop. However, anyone witnessing him perform or create music, has a very different image in their mind. As one of the most important figures in the USBM scene, he clearly is more about "the work" and not about the accolades. In an exclusive interview with Ghost Cult'sHillarie Jason, Neill discusses some changes going on in his life, the next Krieg album due in 2016, his thoughts on coping with mental illness, and other topics.
Neill recently moved to Virginia from southern New Jersey, and we opened things up by discussing how that is affecting the creation of a next Krieg album.
"Virginia is a nice change from Jersey in a lot of ways but mostly it's just been a much needed change in my life that I'm hoping continues to stay positive. Plus I'm fortunate to live in a city that has a good music scene so there's always something to look forward to."
"Having a different place to work through ideas always helps. I have a lot of different places I haven't explored yet but I'm able to take long walks that ease my mind and let me think through the ideas I want to convey with this next record, both sonically and lyrically."
The forthcoming new Krieg album, entitled Guilt is due in 2016. It promisesthe progression of Krieg's growth from Transient (Candlelight), which was definitely a different animal sonically than Isolationist (also Candlelight) was. So should we assume that Guilt will be just as different? "Yeah, we're going to get together to start putting it together after the new year. There's been less time between the two so I imagine there's going to be more similarities between those two than there was between Isolationist and Transient. But I'm more inspired this time around by hardcore and crust than even the last one so there's probably going to be a strong emphasis on that, without the shitty tough guy posturing."
Speaking of shitty tough guys, Neill has commentated on the foibles of such men in the metal scene in his occasional op-ed series for Decibel Magazine. He was equally praised and condemned by keyboard warriors regarding his past observations on bigotry, chauvinism, and elitism in metal. We asked how he dealt with the praise and backlash:
"I'm happy to have some kind of platform to speak out about stupidity in general, be it about stupid shit like horse masks and chicken costumes or the heavier stuff I've dealt with the last few columns. I'm also very used to people talking shit about me on the internet so this isn't anything new nor will it be something that goes away. So I don't particularly care one way or the other. I'm not interested in being a social justice warrior nor do I think censorship in case someone's fucking feelings get hurt is a good idea. I'm all in favor of freedom of speech and expression but I'm also aware those come with consequences, an idea not a lot of these dry dicks hollering at me while their mothers are upstairs drinking away the memory of having a failure of a child can seem to grasp. But I've spent long enough being a shithead myself so now's my chance to atone a bit I guess."
Neill has been candid about his struggles with mental illness publicly and in past interviews. So much so that it may have paved the way for a public discussion in the music community on these topics, since a lot of heavy music imagery and lyrics focuses on madness. We asked what, if anything if the underground music community can do to break the stigmas attached to mental illness, bipolar disorder, etc.?
"Odd you bring that up right now. Yesterday I made the decision after five years off to go back on meds to treat my bi-polar depression and anxiety. I was going to try to use my writing to document the experience and try to follow in a lot of people's footsteps and keep the dialogue about mental illness in music and art in general open and flowing. There's less of a stigma to it now than ten years ago, but also everyone's doctor has them on something for shit they probably don't even need treatment for and that's what kept me from being on them for so long, it had stopped making a difference and I felt the whole thing was a fucking sham, I still do for the most part, but I'm also at a place in my life where I know I need help otherwise I'm going to fucking ruin things for myself which I almost did when I did Blue Miasma and again after The Isolationist and I want to see if exploring this will somehow be beneficial to myself and maybe others through sharing the experience."
Neil is well known for a slew of collaborative projects and split releases. We wondered if it's easier to run your own band with no interference: "I don't just have myself to think about anymore, that's a big part of it. A lot of people who suffer from these conditions aren't aware how it affects those close to them, I have been aware for a long time and that's where the "guilt complex" comes in but it's been recently that I've decided it's not a cycle I want to keep reliving. It doesn't add to my "creativity" or anything positive."
"The collaborations I do have each been so entirely different that I focus on them more as a way to learn new methods and techniques from other artists and how to incorporate them into my own music. So they're entirely different experiences to me so I can't say if one is necessarily easier than the other."
On working with working with Thurston Moore (in Twilight):
"One of the most valuable learning experiences I've ever had. Plus he's such an open and excited collaborator that it made what we were doing all the more vivid and dynamic. I would love for the chance to work with him again on something."
"As opposed to other previous Twilight members, two in particular, who just dialed it in and sat back to collect praise and whatever money was available."
Krieg recently left Candlelight Records and signed with Profound Lore Records: "Jef Whitehead brought up that we were about to be released from our Candlelight contract to Chris Bruni and it went from there. I've had contact with Chris since he wrote for Metal Maniacs and I'm a big fan of some of the bands on his label, and also just how he has built an empire with his own two hands in the image of exactly how he wants it to go. I look forward to causing the label to lose a lot of money and respect worldwide with this next record."
In general Neill has had a fairly prolific couple of years. What is his regular creative process like or does he prefer to work project to project?
"It's sporadic. For most of this year I barely picked up a guitar or wrote any lyrics. Other times it's like I can't turn it off. I don't know what causes this to happen, it's like the seasons change. It's always been like this."
"I could sit and force it but you can tell when I do that. I'd rather just let it come naturally."
Commenting further on the release date: "Sometime next year. Same with the split with Integrity.
The split's been recorded for about a year and is the best song we've ever recorded and the general basis for the next record so they tie in nicely with each other."
WORDS AND PHOTOS BY HILLARIE JASON
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Posted inAlbum Previews, Featured Conversations, Ghost Cult Exclusives, Interviews | Taggedart, band life, bipolar disorder, black metal, calling people out, Candlelight Records, Chris Bruni, creativity, Crust Punk, Decibel Magazine, free speech, Ghost Cult Magazine, guilt complex, Hillarie Jason, Imperial, Jef Whitehead, keyboard warriors, krieg, males in the metal scene, mental illness, N. Imperial, Neill Jameson, new Krieg album Guilt in 2016, new Krieg album in 2016, political correctness, Profound Lore, prolific song writing, racism, sexism, shitty tough guy internet trolls, SJW, social justice warriors, Thurston Moore, Twilight black metal supergroup, USBM
The Body / Krieg – Split
Posted on December 2, 2015 by Steve Tovey
A collaborative effort between two or more bands is not an unheard of concept, especially within our world's more avant garde entities, from the sublime – Scott Walker and Sunn O))) – to the not so good (Metallica and Lou Reed just to open a can of worms). Experimental extremists The Body are certainly no strangers to such work, with their previous collaborations with the likes of Thou and this release with black metallers Krieg (At A Loss).
The first thing to note is how dissonant and visceral this release is. As with their previous joint works, The Body choose to bolster the white rage intensity of Krieg, building on a distinctly metal record with their dark traits. Rather than the more distinctive black metal blast beats however, this is much more electronic based, programmed beats, high pitched frequencies and feedback and a bulldozing pace, albeit with Neill Jameson's piercing growls and shrieks on top.
This clash of raw black metal and the mechanized and programmed beats match up so well in what is an equally horrifying, dizzying and hypnotic effort, while Jameson's vocals add an even weightier punch of pure terror as this conveys the absolute epitome of dismay and filth.
This is extreme metal crawling to its warped and perverse limits, dragging it kicking and screaming to the future.
CHRIS TIPPELL
Posted inCollaborative albums, Reviews, Splits/Singles | TaggedAt A Loss Recordings, black metal, Chris Tippell, Collaboration, Dark Metal, Electronic Music, Ghost Cult, Ghost Cult Magazine, horrible music, Industrial Metal, krieg, Neill Jameson, Scott Walker, Split Album, Sunn 0))), The Body
Whiplash, Valkyrie, Krieg, etc Confirmed For Death To False Metal Festival
Posted on April 23, 2015 by newsteam
The inaugural Death To False Metal Festival will be taking place on May 1, 2015 on August 14 and 15, 2015 at The Outer Space & Ballroom in Hamden, CT. The event is sponsored by Earsplit PR and Metal Insider. The lineup will feature the following artists:
Friday night's lineup:
Valkyrie (Relapse Records)
Nightbitch
Bedroom Rehab Corporation
Saturday night lineup:
Krieg (Candlelight Records)
Secrets Of The Sky (Metal Blade Records)
Destroyer Of Light
Godhunter (The Compound Recs/Battleground Records)
Secret Cutter
Tomb & Thirst
Grizzlor
Archaic Decapitator
Death To False Metal on Facebook
Death To False Metal on Twitter
Posted inFestival Announcement, Festival Announcements, News | TaggedArchaic Decapitator, Bedroom Rehab Corporation, Death To False Metal Festival, Destroyer of Light, Earsplit PR, Godhunter, Grizzlor, Immortal Bird, Imperial Triumphant, krieg, Metal Insider, Nightbitch, Secret Cutter, Secrets of the Sky, Tomb & Thirst, Valkyrie, Vengeance, Whiplash
Krieg – Transient
New Jersey isn't a place you'd imagine was capable of spawning a Black Metal act that could appease the kvlt masses, all 666 of them. Indeed, the Garden State had best prepare for the oncoming blizzard. Being a band for nearly 20 years, Krieg has been among the forerunners of the USBM movement alongside Judas Iscariot, Weakling, and Leviathan, a distinction well deserved if it culminates in the release at hand, entitled Transient. The unassuming cover art features naught but a ruined building in black & white; no logo, no title, just an unassuming portrait of decay to accompany the equally grim music.
Far from being merely an imitation of the Norse masters, one can still pick out glimmers of old Immortal, and DarkThrone, as well as that distinctively American (fuck yeah) sound that pays homage to Crust Punk. Speaking of that, there's a killer cover of Amebix's 'Winter', with faithfully replicated vocals, cleverly placed in the middle of the album as opposed to being tacked on at the end. Not many bands do this, but I feel as though Transient on its own could have gotten away with that, seeing as the material is strong enough to hold its own merit. The drumming's cannonading assault is rhythmically sound, and even provides enough subtlety, particularly in the cymbalwork, to keep me tuned in throughout. The guitar work is simple, but does its job well enough that they don't need flashy solos, complex intertwining harmonies, etc. Just endless snow. Even the bass is audible, and that extra layer of low end goes a long way in enhancing the already potent axes.
Overall, I found myself preferring the tracks with the catchiest melodies, as I'm a sucker for songwriting in my Black Metal. 'Atlas With A Broken Arm' has a particularly sorrowful, even catchy melody, and near the end puts in a rockin' headbang section, complete with an atmospheric lead (or is it a synth?), finishing with a spectacularly anguished wail that departs from Lord Imperial's standard delivery. 'Ruin Our Lives' opens slow, has a brief electronic interlude, and returns with renewed malice in the form of Satanic Warmaster-esque pummeling. Closing track 'Gospel Hand' is perhaps, alongside 'Atlas', one of the strongest tracks, due to its melody also being quite the earworm, insofar as Black Metal can have catchy riffs without being false. Take notes, aspiring Black Metallers, before strapping on those spiked gauntlets: You can make music.
Picturesque bleakness and a comforting sense of nihility pervade this release. No filler makes itself known here, even though the average song is around 4-5 minutes, the longest being 'Home', an ambient track featuring a seasonably bleak spoken word piece that drives er… home the essence and heart of the album. Enriched by electronics and a simple acoustic guitar riff, it's a welcome shift musically, tonally cohesive enough to earn its place. In all, the album doesn't reek of modernity, nor wallow in its vinyl closet, but offers quality at every turn. A highly recommended soundtrack for your impending death.
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SEAN PIERRE-ANTOINE
Posted inAlbum Reviews, Reviews | TaggedA. Poole, black metal, classic black metal sounds, Crust Punk, D. Sykes, D. Zdanavage, death metal, depression, J. Dost, krieg, kvlt, Lord Imperial, Neil Jameson, nihility, spoken word, Transient, USBM
666% Free – Jan Slezak of Ramlord
One of the most exciting underground bands in America today is Ramlord. Led by the positively nihilistic Jan Slezak (Leather Chalice), their mesh of crust-laden blackened d-beat has kids beating the piss out of each other up and down the east coast and scowling a lot in general. Sort of an anti-hero band for people in these times of anti-everything; these guys play fast, sick music without apology or regard for typical conventions. Their recent album, Crippled Minds, Sundered Wisdom (Hypaethral Records) was a keeper too.Ghost Cult scribe Sean Pierre-Antoine has risked his own life and limb in the mosh pits of raided-by-police DIY venues and Elk's Lodges to witness the fury Jan and his mates put down. It was only fitting that a fellow eccentric, like Sean, pen this Q & A for the band to try to uncover some ugly truths about them.
Aside from the obvious, what inspired the name Ramlord?
The name Ramlord was created by founding member and ex-bassist Brian, who played on Stench of Fallacy and the couple splits that followed it. I can only imagine his sick obsession with melding common livestock with honored religious figures. We praise the horned one eternal at the dawn of each painful, regrettable day.
On the topic of influence; what are some non-metal/punk artists that the band draws from?
I honestly don't listen to anything outside of trve territory besides some harsh noise/power electronics and dark ambient, although those genres don't have much influence on Ramlord. We draw from all extreme corners within punk and metal though.
You've got splits out with Cara Neir, Condensed Flesh, Welkin Dusk, and most recently, Nuclear Devastation; do you have a favorite?
Each release is special to me and slowly helps fill the many voids I experience on a daily basis. The romantic sounds of 'Ceaseless Grief' (from Welkin Dusk split) serve a different purpose than the introspective 'Affliction of Clairvoyence' (from Cara Neir split) so it is difficult to decide.
How would you describe the creative process behind the "normal" Ramlord song?
Although I write a majority of the music and bring it to practice beforehand, the songs shape and evolve when other members contribute their ideas to the sound. We often jam on one riff for a very long time until we can churn out the filthiest noise from it and then commit the best part of the jam into a short section of the track. It is an ever-evolving mass of sewage although it is always very clear when the trail of slime runs dry.
At the risk of raising discontent; is there anything you are dissatisfied with under the Ramlord name?
Ramlord is the ultimate project I can image being in, as I feel 666% free to pursue the musical direction in my filthy heart. All those strange pieces somehow come together to create one vision, or perhaps not, but our discography is so fragmented through short releases that no one notices.
How do you view the growing popularity of your stench?
It is very rewarding to see people making bootleg crewnecks and getting numerous pressings of releases and seeing my words and music resonate with many other suicidal failures. I have a very specific vision for songwriting and I am getting closer and closer to it with each release, this is the only optimistic aspect of my life.
What are your thoughts on the term "USBM", and do you feel as though Ramlord fits in this category?
I would guess our closest genre is "blackened crust" although I feel quite detached from the metal, hardcore and punk scenes in my area. People have told us we aren't "black metal enough" so this could be a big reason why.
What band(s) would you kill to tour with; active, non-touring or dead?
For all eternity :: Discharge. Other legends like Blasphemy, Incantation, Venom, Coffins, Abigail, Autopsy, Saint Vitus, Bathory hologram, etc..
How many songs about death, despair and loneliness do you have left in your collective soul?
I always thought I was constantly evolving lyrically with each release but I recently read through all the lyrics in one session and realized they are all about self-loathing and the fetishism of death's release. No matter what I set out to write about, it comes full circle to the one true master : death.
Should we expect musical experimentation on future releases?
The newer recordings we have are heavier and use more ODSM influence, however, there are no plans to leave the banner of punk and metal any time soon. We have often talked about doing a 40-minute song of pure doom but with the constant barrage of splits, it might be a while before that happens.
Is there ever too much Discharge?
Absolutely not. I have never heard of a Discharge-clone I didn't like, especially live. All bands should play Discharge covers, regardless of genre, if they want to be taken seriously (by me).
Smoke weed//Kill cops forever
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Future Ramlord releases:
Krieg/Ramlord (7" on Unholy Anarchy, cassette on Wolves ov Hades)
Stench of Fallacy repress (cassette on Wolves ov Hades)
Untitled EP (7" on Broken Limbs)
Sea of Bones/Ramlord (7" on Broken Limbs)
Posted inInterviews, Q & A | Taggedblackened punk metal, Cara Neir, Condensed Flesh, Crippled Minds, Crust Punk, d-beat, death beat, doom, Ghost Cult Magazine, Hardcore, Hypaethral Records, Jan Slezak, krieg, Nails, Nuclear Devastation, powerviolence, Punk, Ramlord, Sean Pierre Antoine, Sundered Wisdom, Trap Them, underground metal, Welkin Dusk


Now in it's sixth year, Little Christmas is a traditional evening street event offering great pre-christmas fun and festivities.
We're closing South Street on Friday 5th December from 5.30pm so you can enjoy Santa and his reindeer, carol singing, delicious festive food and a hog roast, late night shopping and a Christmas street market. Plus there'll be rides and entertainment for all the family.
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Hi, do you still have stalls available? I would like to sell superhero capes, is insurance needed? And do you provide tables? How much is the pitch? Thank you.
If you are looking to have a stall at Little Christmas in Little Chelsea on Friday 4th December 2015, please email Sally on littlechristmas@hotmail.com and she will be able to provide you with all the information.


These 9 inch tall multi-hook ornament stands and ornament hangers display up to 3 ornaments, crystals, etc. For maximum 4" diameter ornaments. Dimensions: 9" overall height, 4" diameter base. Three hanging heights: 8", 6", and 5".


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Dubai's Department of Economic Development harnesses AI for intelligent industrial innovation
Nicky Lung
As recently
announced, the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai is
participating in the Dubai 10X initiative through the Dubai 3i project.
The Dubai
3i project aims to create a future regulatory framework for an innovative and
intelligent industrial sector. The initiative seeks to create an innovative
industry sector outside the traditional framework by: (1) providing live data
on industrial opportunities, (2) enabling industries to harness the latest
technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), big data and 3D printing,
and (3) transforming the industry to be less labour-intensive and more
technology-intensive.
to the official press release, the Dubai 3i initiative will be a "single point
of facilitation" providing complete support to industries and will seek to
establish Dubai as an incubator for all modern industries, small and medium
enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and exporters.
Dubai 3i initiative aims to create a suitable future government
environment for new industries based on AI and smart industry.
Mr Sami
Al Qamzi, Director General of DED, said: "Dubai is racing ahead against
time in everything it offers. Through the Dubai 3i initiative, we have set
strategic and achievable objectives towards building a new and innovative
industrial sector for the next 10 years and we aim to create a future
government environment suitable for industries based on artificial intelligence
in the emirate rather than being a routine government department.
"The
Department of Economic Development does not deal with challenges as challenges,
but we look at them as opportunities to communicate with our customers and find
suitable solutions for them. We adopt strategies and reform them as needed, and
we have created a work team led by Dubai Exports, which is one of our agencies,
to co-ordinate with the industrial sector, and address the current and future
needs of the sector in co-operation with local and federal agencies," he added.
The Dubai 10X initiative aims to enable
government entities in the emirate to foresee global trends in all sectors and
position Dubai as the city of the future. Recent new initiatives aligned with the
Dubai 10X initiative include the "Police
without Policemen" project, the
Human Genome Map, Rammas
AI platform by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and gateless
border using biometrics and blockchain.


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Mouvement héroïque is een schilderij van de Nederlandse schilder Theo van Doesburg in het Centraal Museum in Utrecht.

Beschrijving
Voorafgaand aan dit werk maakte van Doesburg een kleine pasteltekening met dezelfde titel. Deze tekening sluit aan bij visioen-achtige pasteltekeningen, die hij in 1915 maakte na een ontmoeting in Utrecht met de 'schilder-mysticus' Janus de Winter. Het uiteindelijke schilderij draagt rechtsonder Van Doesburgs monogram en het jaar 1916. De compositie is gebaseerd op een schets van een lopende figuur met de handen voor de borst. Deze schets bevindt in een schetsboek van Van Doesburg, gedateerd 1915, in het Centraal Museum.

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Door middel van infraroodreflectografie is in 1982 vast komen te staan dat het werk geschilderd is op een raster van 9 vlakken met diagonalen. Op de snijlijnen van dit raster zijn passerpunten teruggevonden, waarmee de ronde vormen geconstrueerd zijn. Opmerkelijk is dat een recensent van de tentoonstelling van kunstenaarsgroep De Anderen, waar dit werk voor het eerste te zien was, dhr. Borel, schreef dat '"Mouvement Héroïque", van Van Doesburg te beredeneerd geconstrueerd in plaats van heroïsch uitgezwaaid [is]'. Ook vond men het schilderij te groot van formaat. 'Een honderdste van deze grootte ware voldoende geweest om hetzelfde uit te drukken', schreef een anonieme recensent.

Het werk is mogelijk ook geïnspireerd op La Dance uit 1910 van Henri Matisse, dat Van Doesburg in 1917 gebruikte in zijn boekje De nieuwe beweging in de schilderkunst. Hierdoor wordt het werk ook wel aangeduid als Mouvement héroïque (La Dance).

Herkomst
Na Van Doesburgs dood in 1931 kwam het werk in bezit van zijn vrouw Nelly van Doesburg, die het in 1975 aan haar nicht Wies van Moorsel naliet. Van Moorsel schonk het in 1981 aan het Instituut Collectie Nederland, die het in 1985 in blijvend bruikleen gaf aan het Centraal Museum.

Schilderij in het Centraal Museum
Schilderij van Theo van Doesburg

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ZQ216/100Y iron roughneck is the special equipment for string fastening and shackle in drilling, integrated with manual tong, pneumatic rotary pliers and hydraulic cathead, it is the development trend of wellhead automatic equipment. The equipment has a compact structure, and is wildly applicable and safe to use for small drilling rig in narrow space. ZQ216/100Y iron roughneck is equipped with a set of linkage, which is scalable forward and backward, and pedestal bearing slewing mechanisms to facilitate stretching out or drawing back and slewing in well center or mouse hole and adjustment of tong as per the height of joint. It occupies small space when drawn back for storage. Roller and tong die do not need to be replaced for safe, fast and reliable shackle on string with a diameter of 4.1/4-8.1/2in. It can fix drill pipe with the specification of 3.1/2-6.5/8, and can fasten stabilizer, spiral drill collars and other bottom hole assembly with connecting length conforming to regulations. The maximum torque provided by the hydraulic system is 80KN.M/100KN.M for string fastening/shackle of iron roughneck. ZQ216/100Y iron roughneck can be easily installed as socket type without the need of cable. And through iron roughneck, one man operation at wellhead can be achieved to alleviate the labor intensity of workers and improve the drilling efficiency.
1. Applicable pipe diameter (in): 4 1/4-8 1/2; 2. Maximum torque (KN.M): 100.


Blueprint for Water, first launched in 2006, is a group of likeminded organisations with a bold plan: to revolutionise the way water is managed in England for the benefit of people and wildlife. Together with their members and supporters Blueprint for Water forms a dedicated movement of over six million people.
Previous work has included the publication of two Blueprints for Water, in 2006 and 2010, which have described the steps needed to achieve a sustainable water environment. In 2015 they will be launching their revised Blueprint for Water, based on the five goals described here.
It's easy to understand why most people think water is an infinite resource. But when businesses, agriculture and homes demand more water, it is taken from the natural environment and can harm wildlife and their habitats.
There are protected areas for wildlife, but many are in poor condition and desperately need restoring. Many are isolated havens which wildlife can't spread beyond. Species are being forced to adapt with changes in climate.
We all know that pollution is a bad thing, both for people and wildlife. But at the moment, efforts to stop pollution tend to focus on expensive clean up afterwards. Wouldn't it be better to remove the sources of pollution from our environment?