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Band Photo: Exodus (?)
Formed: 1980
From: San Francisco, CA, United States
Last Known Status: Active
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Below is our complete Exodus news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Evile To Support Exodus This Friday
Earache Records' latest signing EVILE will support EXODUS and BIOMECHANICAL this Friday, November 3 at the Bradford Rio in England. A poster for the show can be found at this location.
EVILE formed two years ago in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, U.K. by brothers Matt Drake (vocals/guitar) and Ol Drake (lead guitar), along with Ben Carter (drums) and Mike Alexander (bass) and have since rapidly picked up a rabid following, eager to enjoy a night of heads-down, no-nonsense thrash.
While unsigned, EVILE were hand-picked to play two prestigious U.K. festivals in the summer of 2006 — Bloodstock Open Air and most recently, Damnation Festival — both to great acclaim from fans. Now the band will spend the rest of the year gigging far and wide, and expect to record and release their debut album on Earache early in 2007. Meanwhile, check out EVILE's demo and pictures at its MySpace page.
Biomechanical To Support Exodus On Euro Tour
Biomechanical will support Exodus on their forthcoming European tour in November and December. Jon K frontman of Biomechanical says: "This is going to be Biomechanical's first big European tour and we are honoured to be able to support one of the most influential bands in the world of Thrash Metal. I have always been a big Exodus fan and it was awesome to hear that they dig Biomechanical. We can't wait!!"
See Biomechanical support Exodus on the following dates:
1-Nov-06 Wednesday UK Manchester Music Box
2-Nov-06 Thursday UK Nottingham Junktion 7
3-Nov-06 Friday UK Bradford Rio
4-Nov-06 Saturday Ireland Dublin Voodoo Lounge
5-Nov-06 Sunday UK Newcastle Trillians
6-Nov-06 Monday UK Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
7-Nov-06 Tuesday UK London Underworld
8-Nov-06 Wednesday France Paris - venue
9-Nov-06 Thursday Holland Eindhoven Effenaar
10-Nov-06 Friday Holland Haarlem Patronaat
11-Nov-06 Saturday Belgium Hasselt Muziek-o-droom
13-Nov-06 Monday Germany Osnabrück Rosenhof
14-Nov-06 Tuesday Germany Bochum Matrix
15-Nov-06 Wednesday Germany schweinfurt Stattbahnhof
16-Nov-06 Thursday Germany Berlin Kato
17-Nov-06 Friday Germany Saarbrucken Roxy
18-Nov-06 Saturday Denmark Copenhagen Kino
19-Nov-06 Sunday Norway Olso John Dee
20-Nov-06 Monday Sweden Gothenburg Sticky Fingers
22-Nov-06 Wednesday finland Oulu Teatria
23-Nov-06 Thursday finland Helsinki Tavastia
25-Nov-06 Saturday Poland Poznan Eskalup
26-Nov-06 Sunday Czech Rep Brno Faval club
27-Nov-06 Monday Austria Wien Arena
28-Nov-06 Tuesday Hungary Budapest Wigwam
29-Nov-06 Wednesday Serbia Belgrade SKC
30-Nov-06 Thursday Italy Padova Sottosopra
1-Dec-06 Friday Italy Siena Sonar Club
2-Dec-06 Saturday Italy Senigalia(Ancona) Mamamia
3-Dec-06 Sunday Italy Naples Duel Beat
4-Dec-06 Monday Switzerland Wil Remise
5-Dec-06 Tuesday France Lyon
7-Dec-06 Thursday Spain Villareal Salatal
8-Dec-06 Friday Spain Bilbao Santana
9-Dec-06 Saturday Spain Madrid Ritmo & Compas
10-Dec-06 Sunday Spain Barcelona Apolo 2
Look out for the re-release of "The Empires of the worlds" on November 13th featuring Biomechanical's new cover of Judas Priest's PAINKILLER.
Exodus Guitarist Speaks About Recent Touring
Guitarist Gary Holt of the San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS has posted the following message on the group's official web site:
"Just wanted to give everyone a brief update. The [Monsters of Mayhem] tour has been off the hook amazing! I don't think I've ever had as much fun on a tour in my life. HATEBREED, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, NAPALM DEATH, FIRST BLOOD and DESPISED ICON have been a joy to tour with, and the HATEBREED gang have been way to cool to all of us. Much respect to all of them! Many more shows to go, and I'll try to give everybody updates more often.
EXODUS is continuing to tour in support of its latest CD, "Shovel Headed Kill Machine", which was released in October 2005 via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded at Trident studios in Pacheco, California and mixed by Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY), the follow-up to 2004's "Tempo of the Damned" is the band's first to feature new members Lee Altus (guitar; HEATHEN), Paul Bostaph (drums; ex-SLAYER, TESTAMENT, FORBIDDEN) and Rob Dukes (vocals).
Read the full article at Blabbermouth.net.
Kings Of Death and Speed Metal On 'Horror" DVD
The third volume of the "Horror Pain Gore Death" DVD collection of horror music videos (horror films mixed with metal music) from established and obscure death, thrash and '80s metal bands will be released on September 26. The complete track listing for the set is as follows:
CANCER - Blood Bath
EXODUS - A Lesson In Violence
SLAYER - Criminally Insane
MENTORS - Peepin' Tom
MORTA SKULD - Consuming Existence
SODOM - Outbreak Of Evil
NECKTIE - Hostages
BLÜDWÜLF - The Horror
SLAUGHTER - Fuck Of Death
TOXIC HOLOCAUST - Thrashing Death
SEXCREMENT - Menstrual Money Shot
SAVAGE GRACE - Into The Fire
SUFFOCATION - Infecting The Crypts
KREATOR - Pleasure To Kill
SEPULTURA - R.I.P. (Rest In Pain)
VENOM - Don't Burn The Witch
For more information, click here.
UVTV Films Hatebreed, Napalm Death and Exodus
Underground Video Television (UVTV) was at the Monsters of Mayhem tour in Allentown PA at the Croc Rock on Friday Sep 8 with arrangements for filming live footage of Exodus, Napalm Death, and headliners Hatebreed. During the show Exodus bassist Jack Gibson told the UVTV crew stories of tour bus driving expertise in Europe and hoped his hair looked good in the footage. Rob Dukes, Exodus vocalist, asked if his stage dive into the mosh pit was captured on tape. You can read the full Monsters of Mayhem show report and review on the UVTV blogs. Exclusive live footage from this event will be available on the UVTV website in the future.
Exodus Set To "Kick Ass" On Next Tour w/ Hatebreed
With a Decibel Magazine-sponsored roadshow destined to go down in recent history as the one with the highest BBPM (Blast Beats Per Minute) rate, San Francisco's veteran thrashers EXODUS proudly announce they've been drafted for the upcoming "Monsters Of Mayhem" tour, set to launch at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts on September 3rd. Seventeen initial dates have been confirmed; more dates will be announced soon. Five EXODUS off-date shows have been scheduled thus far.
Founding member & lead guitarist Gary Holt checks in from his Northern California home about the forthcoming excursion:
"Let me just say how fired up we are to be taking part in the 'Monsters Of Mayhem' tour. To have the opportunity to tour with Hatebreed, Napalm Death, The Black Dahlia Murder, Despised Icon, and First Blood is just awesome. A HUGE thanks to Jamey Jasta and all from Hatebreed for hooking us up with the chance to crush some people who might not have ever seen us before. I fully plan on hurting somebody! Hope to see you there. Let the mayhem begin!"
Purveyors of an attitude-driven sound carried out with the brutality of military vengeance, this will be EXODUS' final tour in support of 2005's highly acclaimed Shovel Headed Kill Machine. "Standard metal sounds like love songs compared to the musical violence of EXODUS," stated DRUM! Magazine, and once you experience the band live, you'll realize that no truer words could have been spoken.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Holt denies that he's purchased a set of brass knuckles specifically for this tour.
More Hatebreed, Napalm Death Dates
More dates have been released for the upcoming tour featuring HATEBREED, NAPALM DEATH, EXODUS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DESPISED ICON, and FIRST BLOOD:
September 3 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium*
September 4 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx*
September 5 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
September 6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Zoo
September 8 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
September 10 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom*
September 14 - Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
September 15 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
September 16 - Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
September 17 - Huntington, WV @ Huntington Music Hall
September 19 - Chcicago, IL @ House of Blues
September 20 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
September 22 - Milwaukee, WI @ @ Eagles Club
* = have since been removed from where the date was originally listed.
An official/complete list of dates is expected to be revealed shortly.
Hatebreed Plan Headlining Tour After Ozzfest
Hatebreed will headline a full U.S. tour set to commence in September and run through October. The bill will feature support from the Black Dahlia Murder throughout, plus Napalm Death, Exodus, First Blood and Despised Icon. "We've never gone out on a headline run immediately following Ozzfest, and we've always wanted to, and we always felt we needed to, but there were always plans that superseded that," frontman Jamey Jasta said. "We're taking out a very extreme bill. We're going to call it maybe the Monsters of Mosh, something crazy like that. But it will be a good way for us to give back to the underground, extreme scenes, and also for us to go out and headline for the first time in a long, long time and do a full hour-and-a-half set with our new staging and new gear."
Testament Drummer Clemente To Sit Out Tour Dates
Due to medical reasons, TESTAMENT drummer Louie Clemente will be unable to perform with the band on the upcoming shows scheduled in the United States, Europe, and South Korea. Veteran drummer and good friend Paul Bostaph (EXODUS, ex-SLAYER, FORBIDDEN, SYSTEMATIC) will be filling in for Louie on the following dates in July and August:
Jul. 12 - Key Club - Hollywood, CA
Jul. 13 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
Jul. 14 - Nevada Empire Ballroom - Las Vegas, NV
Jul. 15 - Venue of Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
Jul. 16 - Reflections - Victorville, CA
Jul. 21 - Earthshaker Fest - Rieden, GER
Jul. 22 - Metalcamp Fest - Tolmin, SLO
Jul. 24 - Carling Academy Islington - London, UK
Jul. 25 - Bradford Rio - Bradford, UK
Jul. 26 - JB's - Dudley, UK
Jul. 28 - Metalway Festival - Jerez, SPA
Jul. 29 - Metalway Festival - Gernika, SPA
Aug. 05 - Busan Rock Festival - Busan City, KOR
TESTAMENT are tentatively planning to enter the studio in the fall to record the long-awaited follow-up to 1999's "The Gathering", due in early 2007.
In a recent interview with LivingForMetal.com, TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson stated that the upcoming CD will feature the band's original lineup. He said, "We're gonna get Louie [Clemente] to come back to do some songs. The drummer situation, we are probably gonna use a couple of drummers 'cause we've had people that are in our lives and a part of TESTAMENT so it wouldn't be fair to not have these people play on it. Probably Jon Allen from DRAGONLORD and SADUS will play on it, who's also been a part of TESTAMENT and toured with us. Just the way we do things now, we don't tour extensively so it's kind of hard to keep steady players. Like if something comes up and someone's not available we'll go, 'Let's see if this guy's available.' Yeah it's gonna be killer, the new material is sounding pretty old-school. . . Alex's [Skolnick, guitar] got some riffs that he's been sending me and they sound pretty TESTAMENT, just really cool stuff. Like that 'Apocalyptic City' kind of vibe. Good chord progressions with octaves over it."
Gary Holt Talks About The State of Thrash Metal
Having recently been confirmed for the Lorca Rock festival on June 17th in Murcia, Spain, EXODUS are currently on tour through North America in support of their late 2005 release, Shovel Headed Kill Machine with Full Blown Chaos and Subzero. Besides using his time on the tour bus to work on riffs for the next album (and he SWEARS there will be no delays on this one!), Gary recently spoke to Nashua Telegraph correspondent Shawn Macomber about the current state of the thrash metal genre:
"If I was doing this for some quick buck - and let's be clear, there aren't a whole lot of 'em involved in this, I make a living at it but I'm certainly not rich - it would show. People would see right through it. They would listen to our records and hear the sound of someone past their prime doing it just to make a dollar. You have to love it for it to be honest. I still do."
"It seems like timing [for a comeback] is good right now, but, you know, I never really concerned myself with what everyone else was doing. Of course, that doesn't mean I don't think it's great that after the death of this whole nu-metal atrocity young bands are embracing the kind of music we pioneered and actually doing their own version of it. I couldn't be happier, and some of these great new bands - Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Hypocrisy, The Haunted - have become very good friends of mine. But I'd be doing my thing either way."
"I'm not surprised [to see the resurgence in thrash metal] because I always saw nu-metal as a really, really bad trend that would have no staying power whatsoever," HOlt continued. "The most popular bands from that era are long dead and forgotten. Fred Durst's 15 minutes of fame are way up. I bet Paris Hilton won't even return his calls anymore."
Remaining dates for the EXODUS tour with Full Blown Chaos and Subzero are as follows:
05/14/06 DENVER, CO - Blueprint Theatre
05/16/06 SEATTLE, WA - Studio Seven
05/17/06 PORTLAND, OR - Rock n Roll Pizza
05/18/06 ORANGEVALE, CA - The Boardwalk
05/19/06 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Pound
Read the full article at Nashua Telegraph.
Skinless Announce Tour Dates
Skinless have announced the following tour dates:
April 28 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance w/ Exodus
April 29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (NEMHF)
April 30 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club w/ Exodus
May 20 - Middletown, NY @ Death In The Forest Fest
May 27 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar (Maryland Deathfest)
June 16 - Bucksport, ME @ The Kave
June 17 - Cohoes, NY @ Saratoga Winners
June 23 - Yonkers, NY @ Club Pure w/ Antipathy
June 24 - West Islip, NY @ Almost Home Cafe
June 30 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance w/ The Red Death
Audio Interview With Former Exodus Bassist Online
Audio Interview With Former Exodus Bassist Michael Butler Online
TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 50 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This jam-packed anniversary special contains interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with AMERICAN HEARTBREAK/ex-EXODUS bassist Michael Butler, Keavin Wiggins of antiMusic.com, and voice-over artist Gary. Topics include Butler's "Rock and Roll Geek Show" podcast, Adam Curry, Gibson musical instruments, GUNS N' ROSES, Ozzfest, BLACK SABBATH, and METALLICA. The show also contains music from the Podsafe Music Network by artists including AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, LACUNA COIL, and HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS. The 50-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location. iTunes users can also subscribe to "Talking Metal" for free at this location.
Complete Lineup Confirmed For NEMHF 2006
The full lineup for the 8th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, which is sponsored this year by ESP Guitars and Krank Amps, has been confirmed.
The three-day festival at The Palladium in Worcester, MA, will feature headliners Lacuna Coil, Black Dahlia Murder, and Between the Buried and Me on Friday, April 28. Arch Enemy, Chimaira, and Exodus will headline Saturday, April 29. Headliners for Sunday, April 30 are Gamma Ray and DragonForce.
UK-based DragonForce will be making its first-ever American appearance at the festival. Italy's Lacuna Coil and Sweden's Arch Enemy will be making return appearances at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, after stellar performances at the 2003 and 2002 editions of the festival.
"It's fantastic to be a part of what is quite possibly the best U.S. metal fest around!" said Arch Enemy guitarist Mike Amott. "This is our third time playing the New England Metal and Hardcore fest and it's always a pleasure. It's held in a great venue with great fans."
"It is an honor for us to be one of this year's headliners at the New England Metal and Hardcore festival," said vocalist Andrea Ferro. "We are more than ready for it. We can't wait."
Bands confirmed for Friday (listed alphabetically) are: A Life Once Lost, A Perfect Murder, Alarum, Arsis, Between The Buried And Me, Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage, Dead To Fall, Demiricous, Ed Gein, From A Second Story Window, Haste The Day, If Hope Dies, Lacuna Coil, Ligeia, Necrophagist, Neuraxis, Nodes Of Ranvier, Ringworm, Scarlet, Still Remains, Suicide Silence, The Absence, Thine Eyes Bleed and Through The Eyes Of The Dead.
Saturday's bands include 100 Demons, Arch Enemy, At All Cost, Caliban, Chimaira, Colin Of Arabia, Cryptopsy, Damnation AD, Death Threat, Embrace The End, Exodus, First Blood, Full Blown Chaos, God Forbid, Hate Eternal, Immolation, Into The Moat, Ion Dissonance, Overcast, Ramallah, Remembering Never, Righteous Jams, Scars Of Tomorrow, Shoot To Kill, Since The Flood, Skinless, Spitfire, Suffocation, Sworn Enemy, Terror, The Acacia Strain, The Classic Struggle, The JonBenet, and Turmoil.
Sunday's lineup is: A Love End Suicide, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Born Victim, Bronx Casket Company, Burn In Silence, Byzantine, Cannae, Cellador, Doom Raider, DragonForce, Folly, Gamma Ray, Goat Horn, Hypersolid, Inked In Blood, Into Eternity, Light This City, Losa, Mercury Switch, On Broken Wings, Phoenix Morning, Protest The Hero, Sanctity, The Miles Between, Torn Asunder, Trouble, Twelve Tribes, Who Killed The Prom Queen, Wolf, xdeathstarx, and xlooking forwardx.
Talent is subject to change.
The 8th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is also sponsored by Prosthetic Records, 2nd Stage sponsor; Revolver Magazine, exclusive magazine partner and creator of the official event program; Facedown Records, sponsor of street marketing efforts; FUSE TV; Mazur PR; The Syndicate; and many others.
Vendors this year include Century Media/Nuclear Blast, Deepsend Records, ESP Guitars/Krank Amps, Eulogy Recordings/Hand Of Hope Records, Facedown Records, Fuse TV/Uranium, Lifeforce Records, Metal Blade Records, Oak Knoll Productions, Prosthetic Records, Red Rocket Records, Relapse Records, Revolver Magazine, Stillborn Records/Hatewear Inc., Trustkill Records, Victory Records, and others.
Friday tickets are $35.00; Saturday and Sunday individual day tickets are $40.00. Three-day passes are $109.50. Tickets are available now at all Strawberries Record Stores, online at tickets.com, or by calling tickets.com at (800) 477-6849. There is re-entry at this all-day event until 6 p.m. each day.
The Palladium is located at 261 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Visit the festival website at metalandhardcorefestival.com or myspace.com/metalandhardcorefestival.
The Classic Struggle Drummer Injured, Cancel Tour
The Classic Struggle have announced that they will not tour with Exodus/Full Blown Chaos as planned. Several weeks ago their friend and drummer Tyler Solnosky suffered a severe head injury and has been confined to a hospital bed. Tyler is showing signs of recovery, but will remain in the hospital for an indefinite amount of time.
Not unlike most touring bands, Tyler is without medical insurance and is facing exorbitant medical expenses. The band has set up a PayPal account to collect donations. Please send PayPal donations to email@example.com. The band is also planning a series of benefit shows. More info will be released soon.
States the band: "We would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers while Tyler recovers. Sorry about the shows and tour we have to cancel, but it wouldn't be right to leave him right now. Family comes first. We won't be gone for too long. Stay metal."
Exodus Announces North American Abomination 2006
Exodus has announced their North American Abomination 2006 tour dates in support of their latest album, "Shovel Headed Kill Machine," released on October 4th 2005. The current incarnation of Exodus includes drummer Paul Bostaph (ex-SLAYER, ex-FORBIDDEN), new vocalist Rob Dukes and guitarist Lee Altus (ex-HEATHEN). Exodus are touring with supporting acts Full Blown Chaos and The Classic Struggle with guests Cryptopsy, Immolation and Skinless on a few dates.
Here are the tour dates: More...
Exodus and The Haunted Video Footage Online
Australia's PyroMusic.net has posted over 45 mins of video footage and numerous photos of Exodus and The Haunted from their co-headlining show last night in Sydney Australia. You can check it out at PyroMusic.net.
Skinless Anounce New Album and Tour Dates
Skinless have announced the following tour dates which also includes a release party for their new album, "Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead":
with Exodus, Cryptopsy, Immolation, Full Blown Chaos:
April 28 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
April 29 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (NE Metal & Hardcore Fest)
April 30 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club w/ Suffocation
May 20 - Middletown, NY @ Death In The Forest Fest
May 27/28 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar (Maryland Deathfest)
June 16 - Bucksport, ME @ The Kave
June 17 - Latham, NY @ Saratoga Winners (record release show)
New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2006 Details
MassConcerts has announced that the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival will return once again to the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Friday April 28, Saturday April 29 and Sunday April 30. Friday tickets are $35.00; Saturday and Sunday individual day tickets are $40.00. Three-day passes are $109.50. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 24 at 10:00am at all Strawberries Record Stores, online at tickets.com, or by calling tickets.com at (800) 477-6849.
Proclaimed in past years as one of the best American festivals focusing on heavy music, the three-day show will host numerous metal, hardcore, and metalcore bands along with a jam-packed vendor area where fans can purchase hard-to-find CDs, t-shirts, and other music merchandise. ESP Guitars will be giving away guitars and Krank Amps will be giving away amps and even a half stack. These two great companies will also be bringing you up close and personal with some of the bands they endorse - so as we get closer to fest we will have schedule of artist signings and other surprises.
The show will once again take place on two stages at The Palladium. Bands that have already been confirmed for the festival are: Lacuna Coil, Gamma Ray, DragonForce (first time EVER in America!), Arch Enemy, Chimaira, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bullet For My Valentine, Exodus, Cryptopsy, 100 Demons, A Perfect Murder, Alarum, Arsis, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Bronx Casket Company, Byzantine, Caliban, Cattle Decapitation, Colin Of Arabia, Damnation AD, Dead To Fall, Death Threat, Demiricous, Dying Eyes Bleed, Ed Gein, Embrace The End, Folly, Full Blown Chaos, Goat Horn, God Forbid, Hate Eternal, Horse The Band, Hypersolid, If Hope Dies, Immolation, Inked In Blood, Into Eternity, Ion Dissonance, Ligeia, Losa, Mercury Switch, Necrophagist, Neuraxis, Nodes Of Ranvier, On Broken Wings, Protest The Hero, Ramallah, Righteous Jams, Ringworm, Sanctity, Scars Of Tomorrow, From A Second Story Window, Shoot To Kill, Since The Flood, Skinless, Still Remains, Suffocation, Sworn Enemy, The Acacia Strain, The Absence, The Classic Struggle, The Miles Between, Torn Assunder, Trouble, Twelve Tribes, I Killed The Prom Queen, Wolf, xDEATHSTARx, and xLOOKINGFORWARDx. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Talent is subject to change.
"We've been extremely happy with how this festival has grown over the years," said MassConcerts Booking Agent and festival co-founder Scott Lee, "and this year the lineup is one of the most varied yet - a great mixture of different styles of bands."
The 8th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is brought to you by ESP Guitars and Krank Amps, teaming up to present the festival this year; Prosthetic Records, which is sponsoring the 2nd Stage upstairs, Revolver Magazine our exclusive magazine partner and creator of the official event program, Facedown Records which is sponsoring our street marketing efforts, FUSE TV, Mazur PR and The Syndicate. Vendors this year include Century Media, Trustkill, Eulogy/Hand of Hope, Metal Blade, Red Rocket Records, and many others.
Death Angel Added To Bang Your Head Festival
Reunited San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL are the latest addition to this year's installment of the Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 23-24 in Balingen, Germany. DEATH ANGEL's performance at the festival will mark their only live apperance on German soil this year and they will perform a special setlist with many songs they haven't played in ages.
So far, the following bands have been confirmed: More...
Exodus, Full Blown Chaos US Tour Dates
Exodus, Full Blown Chaos, and The Classic Struggle will be touring the U.S. together in April and May. Here are the tour dates:
4/15 Concord, CA @ Burbon St.
4/16 Los Angeles, CA @ The Key Club
4/17 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater
4/19 Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theater
4/20 Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
4/21 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
4/22 Houston, TX @ Engine Room
4/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
4/25 Tampa, FL @ The Masquerade
4/26 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/27 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
4/28 Poughkepsie, NY @ The Chance
4/29 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
4/30 New York, NY @ B.B. Kings
5/1 Bedford, NH @ Mark's Place
5/2 Montreal, QUE @ Medley
5/3 Toronto, ONT @ Lee's Place
5/4 Rochester, NH @ Penny Arcade
5/5 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
5/6 Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
5/7 Niles, MI @ White House
5/8 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
5/9 Nashville, TN @ The Muse
5/10 Chicago, IL @ Joe's on Weed St.
5/11 Lansing, MI @ Temple Club
5/12 Columbia Heights, MN @ Star Central
5/13 Cedar Falls, IA @ Reverb
5/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
5/16 Seattle, WA @ Studio 7
5/17 Portland, OR @ Rock'n'Roll Pizza
5/18 Orangevalle, CA @ The Boardwalk
5/19 San Francisco, CA @ The Pound
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So I went for an HSG Firday and when I looked at the screen it was obvious that it did not look like the text books! I could see the dye go up make a complete 180 degree turn and then there was my uterus hanging completly upside down with the fallopian tubes coming out of the bottom and everything! So, here is the question...I have read all I can from google and i can find info on uterus positions when the are tilted forward, backward, right, and left, but have yet to fnd anything on one being 180 degrees upside down! I am sure my OBGYN will get the images from the test and call me next week and I will be able to ask him, but in the mean time I am super curious if anyone knows anything about this?????
My uterus is completly upside down!
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Are you sure it just didn't look upside down from the angle you were at?
180 degrees really biologically would not work if it is the way that I am picturing...
Some people do have an odd shaped uterus, like some peoples are more heart shaped or split into two different sections (sorry can't remember the technical name) but usside down?...I'm really thinking that it was just from where you were sitting that it looked that way. Cause your Dr probably would have said something right then...
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well firdt of all it took two doctors and two different catheters just to get the thing in my utuerus because of the severe angle. When we were done I came out after getting dressed and looked at the screen again and I swear the thing is hanging completly upside down!! you could literally see the path the dye took...up, 180 degree hairpin turn downward and then the whole thing hanging there upside down so it appeared the tubes were coming out of the bottom! It was crazy but I asked the nurse and all she would say is "yup, it is upside down but everyone is built differently honey." Not very reassuring! The radiologist didn't really ssay much, I know they were super frustrted trying to get the catheter in! All they said was, "oh wow her uterus is completly inverted" as the dye finally went in and they could see why it had taken them so long. Im super worried about this.
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Do you have normal periods? I am hoping that if af can come out normally, then sperm can travel up and not be a problem. Good luck with everything. Hope they can clarify and give you some positive information that you can rely on.
Yes, my periods are normal...which I guess is good. The menstral fluids actually have to travel up and around the corner then out. Not sure how that works, but I have always been regular with no problems except for infertility, I am on month 19 of TTC now.
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Ive never heard of it but id have a call in to the doctor asap to put my mind at ease.
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I thoroughly googled =p
It is very very hard to find information from a trusted site, most of it it just from forums and most people don't even have any answers just more questions.
And the other people think that the individual doesn't mean "Upside Down Uterus" that they must be confused.
If you become pregnant you'll have to have a C-Section
And someone else posted that they got pregnant but had to have surgery afterwards. =/
I'm sorry... there really is no information out there..
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Jason Kersey: Oklahoma's defensive line could be the team's biggest weakness
The Oklahoman's OU football writer Jason Kersey took questions from readers in his Power Lunch Chat today. You can join our Power Lunch Chats Monday-Friday at 11 a.m. on NewsOK.com/Sports. Here's a recap of today's Q&A:
11:00 a.m. Why is there 3 walk-ons playing on the OL ahead of Nile Kasitati and Derrick Farniok? Also, Will Gabe Ikard return for the season opener?
11:01 a.m. Nila Kasitati is still recovering from last season's torn ACL. I'm sure they don't want to rush him back to action. Farniok is still pretty raw, but that excuse isn't going to be acceptable for too much longer. Ikard will definitely be OK by the season opener. He told me he'd be fine in the next week or so, actually.
11:01 a.m. Jason- Is the secondary so poor that Gabe Lynn has to be on the field? Wouldn't it make more sense to see a freshman or sophmore on the field making mistakes they can learn from, than to watch #9 dive at ball carrier's feet and miss over and over like he has since his shining moment vs. Texas Tech in '11?
11:03 a.m. I see what you're saying, but I still think Gabe Lynn can be better. He's working at free safety now, and coaches seem to believe that's a good fit for him. Whether it is or not remains to be seen. I do think the freshmen (Hatari Byrd and Ahmad Thomas) are going to compete for playing time immediately, and could eventually become starters
11:03 a.m. Do you think that Chuka Ndule will add enough good weight to be an affective DT? Right now he seems very small.
11:05 a.m. I'll be really interested to see what Chuka weighs when OU returns for the start of fall camp. I do think he needs to add weight to be a more effective DT, but I also don't necessarily think he should add so much that he loses some of the things that make him a good pass rusher. It's also possible that some of the newcomer DTs are good enough in the fall that Chuka could move back to DE. That's all going to depend on the new guys
11:05 a.m. Interesting Battle between Gage Lynn and Trey Franks at FS. Who do you think emerges as the starter or do they share the position?
11:06 a.m. I think the job will be Gabe Lynn's for the time being, but Trey Franks was definitely impressive in the spring game. He seems to be a really good fit at free safety.
11:06 a.m. Mike Stoops said that OU needs 50 quality snaps per game out of Jordan Phillips. I'm concerned because Stoops didn't sound to convinced Phillips would be able to do it. What is your assessment of Phillips?
11:08 a.m. I thought Phillips played pretty well in the spring game. We know he's a talented guy, but the knock on him has always been that he's raw. Like I said earlier with Farniok, that excuse is only valid for so long. Now that he's entering his third year in the program, he'll be relied upon for heavy duty on that inexperienced defensive line. I think he's capable of being a good player, but a lot of that is up to him
11:08 a.m. I liked the way that both Quentin Hayes and Ahmad Thomas played? Who do you think wins that battle? I can really see Ahmad becoming the starter be the 6-7 game.
11:10 a.m. I think that's definitely possible. Ahmad Thomas came to OU very advanced for a true freshman, so he's capable of making a push. I think Hayes holds onto the job for now, and probably starts the season opener. But after that, who knows?
11:11 a.m. What is the latest on Quincey Russell? Do you think that he honors his commitment or does he follow Jackie Shipp to Arizona St?
11:12 a.m. My understanding is that he's upset about Jackie Shipp being fired. That doesn't mean he won't show up, though. That's going to be one of the more intriguing things about OU to follow over the next several months.
11:12 a.m. Most of Metoyer's catches came against walk-on DBs. Is this a reason for concern or just a strange coincidence?
11:14 a.m. Maybe a little bit of both. I still believe Metoyer is a big-time talent who can make a big-time impact, but it's pretty interesting that he wasn't out there with the first-team offense.
11:14 a.m. He played very well against WRs that were playing within our vanilla offense. But do you think Cortez Johnson can develop the consistency to become a shut down corner against the best b12 WR?
11:16 a.m. Mike Stoops loves to use the word "consistent" when discussing Cortez Johnson. He's definitely the favorite to start opposite Aaron Colvin, and I think he's capable of being a good player in the Big 12. But I also think the young newcomers like Stanvon Taylor and LJ Moore will push for playing time
11:17 a.m. Seeing Roy Finch make our defense look silly makes me question our coaches even more. With that said, do you think Finch gets more carries this season?
11:18 a.m. I do think Finch will have the opportunity to be a bigger part of the offense next season. Sounds like he's starting to develop the off-the-field and practice habits that make coaches more inclined to play him. He's definitely an electric player with the ball in his hands.
11:18 a.m. Who is the best TE on the team? Personally, I like what I saw from Sam Grant.
11:19 a.m. I think Taylor McNamara probably has the most upside, but he did drop a big pass in the spring game. Sam Grant has a chance to be a good player, too. That position group still has a long way to go, though.
11:19 a.m. A lot of OU fans really hated Landry. I suspect those idiots will learn to appreciate him this year.
11:21 a.m. That's tough to predict. I agree that there were some very vocal fans who were awfully hard on Landry, and it was often unfair. But there were legitimate concerns with some of his decision making and lack of mobility. Whoever the next guy is will experience some growing pains, sure, but I think these three guys are all capable of being successful OU quarterbacks. Will that make Landry more appreciated? That's tough to say.
11:21 a.m. If Gabe Ikard is unable to return by the start of the season, do you think that Ty Darlington can "hold the line together."
11:21 a.m. I do think Darlington is more than capable of taking over that center position if he needs to, but I have no reason to believe Gabe Ikard won't be ready by the opener
11:22 a.m. With all the WR talent that we have, will Donnon Cavil redshirt or does Stoops unnecessarily blow away his freshman year?
11:22 a.m. Good question. Cavil had a good spring, but was injured for the spring game. He's a big, tall guy. I think he'll have a chance, but alot of that also depends on guys like Jaz Reynolds and Trey Metoyer.
11:23 a.m. Hey Jason. The spring game. Bob or Mike said something along the lines of the 4-2-5 being necessary to defend the league, or the Big 12. How come teams like Bama, and these SEC teams need none of that spread out mularkey to stop offenses, but OU keeps retooling? Isn't there more weight to what past OU Players said, that there are no tough players on the squad, that that toughness is missing?
11:25 a.m. I think there's a lot of truth to what the former players have said about toughness, but the spread out, Big 12 (and Texas A&M) offenses do present legitimate problems for most defenses they face. Just look at what Johnny Manziel did to Alabama. Bama started to figure it out a little bit in the second half, to be sure, but those types of offensive attacks are difficult for anyone to defend. OU's got a lot of different problems on defense.
11:25 a.m. What is the biggest weakness in our defense? For me it is a toss-up between the DT and the DE.
11:28 a.m. I think you're right on the money. The entire defensive line is a question mark entering next season because of all the lost experience. But honestly, I think all the defensive units have their own questions. The secondary is talented, but lost a lot of experience and might have to rely on youngsters, too. The linebackers are coming off a season where they were made largely irrelevant. Just about anything relating to OU's defense is tough to predict right now.
11:28 a.m. Are we better off using 4 WR or 3 WR and TE?
11:29 a.m. In a perfect world, I think you're better off with 3 WRs and a TE. But in OU's case, with slot receivers like Jalen Saunders and Sterling Shepard, they might be better off with 4 WRs, at least until they have a tight end they can consistently rely on.
11:29 a.m. I think that Trevor knight is the best option at QB. Are we better off losing an extra game next season with the more talented Knight or investing in the short term with a very average QB like Bell?
11:31 a.m. Trevor Knight very well may have the most upside of any of the quarterbacks. With a good summer and fall camp, he's certainly capable of winning the job. But I also think -- like Chuck Long said on the spring game broadcast -- OU coaches need to narrow this thing down to 2 guys pretty soon. Fall camp, with the opener coming up, isn't a good time to be splitting first-team reps between three guys. And based on what we all saw Saturday, I think those two guys will be Bell and Thompson.
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SurrenderYour Key to the Kingdom Within
By Dan Clark
iUniverse, Inc.Copyright © 2012 Dan Clark
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Chapter OneWhy I Wrote This Book
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. —Carl Jung
I wrote this book to serve two functions: to help you and to help the world. As mentioned in the introduction, my life as a Jehovah's Witness, my experience with the Watchtower Society, and my break from that ideology has been recorded elsewhere. My first book was written as a sort of personal gestalt, an expression of how my past and present experiences combine to form the total that is me. This book is my attempt to pay forward what I've learned so others may benefit from the same lessons. First I want to help you, the individual reader, to break free from your pain and suffering, whatever its source. Second, I hope to awaken your desire toward Sunship so you too can become a vessel, a light worker, to help carry God's light into the world where it is so sorely needed.
Too many of us live out our lives stuck in a matrix of human conditioning. Every day we wake up and go to unrewarding jobs we don't like. We stay in unhappy relationships that no longer serve either us or our partners. We go to churches where God's Word is misinterpreted and twisted to serve the human needs of religious leaders who govern us with fear and shame. Life becomes a test of survival, devoid of pleasure or fulfillment. We accept these conditions as just the way it is. Hopeless and desperate, we exist as victims trapped in our inherited, predestined situations. We become aging, withering shells—dying a little more each day. We're like the living dead.
While I remained stuck in my own human matrix, the religious ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the only solace offered me was this: "Those are the cards you've been dealt. Live with it." People told me to accept my lot and be grateful: "At least you have a job. At least you have someone to sleep with every night." I was told to accept horrible, degrading life conditions without questioning, to eat crumbs while I watched others eating steak. My world was dominated by guilt and shame, but most of all by fear.
People today are filled with fear, and with good reason. The infrastructures within which we grew up are falling apart. The secure institutions we took for granted for years upon years, like home, family, schools, employment, religion, and government, seem to be crumbling before our eyes. People are losing their homes to foreclosure and their jobs to outsourcing and economic disaster. Financial and social pressures are breaking up families; churches are closing; our dichotomized country seems to teeter on the verge of collapse.
Everywhere we turn the media proclaims doom and disaster. News of tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, starvation, disease, and war bombard our ears and eyes. Yes, the Bible offers prophecies that such events will herald the end of times. For example: "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places" (Matthew 24:7); and "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:21); and "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10). But believing in the end of times only encourages us to wait: wait for Jesus to return on the clouds and rescue us from the chaos we've created, wait for God's judgment to fall, and wait to find out whether we'll be saved or overlooked during the rapture. Put in our time on earth and go to church every Sunday, hoping frantically thus to receive ultimate deliverance and reward, to gain admission into paradise earth, or to reach heaven with a bevy of virgins in tow—whatever.
Instead of sitting around waiting, paralyzed by fear, I suggest that now is the time for us to act. Why? Because that's what Jesus called us to do. Even if we believe that now is the end of days predicted in Biblical prophecy, our question should be this: What are we supposed to be doing during these times?
Jesus didn't hide or run away from the world; in fact, He wanted to stay. On the day of His crucifixion, "He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, 'O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will'" (Matthew 26:38–40). Jesus did not charge us to sit around waiting for His return, but rather tells us to get to work, and that He will remain with us always: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:19–20; emphasis mine). And finally, Jesus promised not that we would witness the world's destruction, but that "you will see greater things than these" (John 1:50); as He told the Pharisees, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:20–21; emphasis mine).
Christ himself invited us—you, me, the whole world—to see and to do greater things. All that is required of us is the merest little amount of faith: "For ... if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20; emphasis mine). Now, in these times of trouble, the world needs us to become what Jesus wanted us to be. We must become bearers of the light. We must become suns of God.
You may have been sleepwalking through life, slaves marching to the beat of someone else's drum. You are not living the life of your dreams. You've wondered how you could be more, get more, and give more. What's the missing ingredient? What's the magic formula? No one is happy living in a box, dancing to someone else's music. Each of us forms a unique expression of God. How could such a unique expression, such a spark of divinity, be happy going through the motions of life as a clone just like everyone else?
I am writing this book to tell you that you have a choice. You can wake up from the trance in which you've existed and create a life that works for you. Your upbringing, parents, teachers, preachers, relatives, and friends and the media have surrounded you with a reality that limits your exposure to life and its many resources, the teachings and ideals that lie outside your box. Each of us is born with a unique essence of God that can bring great light into the world. That shining essence is so beautiful that it must be of God. We are living evidence of God's existence.
Look at Jesus Christ. The light He brought to the world was so beautiful, so powerful, so stunning that more than two thousand years later we're still talking about it. Jesus was the Son of God. He has called us to be suns of God.
You were created with divine potential, and there's nothing worse than letting that potential go to waste. It's like a tree that dies before producing fruit, or a father who dies in religious shame before realizing that God is love. At a time when the world seems dark with uncertainty and grief, more than ever your unique divine essence is needed. You are asked to shine God's light into the dark corners. You're not defined by your job or some self-righteous religious ideology. You are a light worker, a divine being with a divine purpose.
Millions of people march through life wanting God to kill anybody who's not like them, anyone who doesn't believe what they believe. Whether one's ideology derives from the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, or anywhere else, that mean, angry, hateful God is a product of propaganda. We need to wake up from the propaganda we've been fed and into the realization of our own life-giving spark, the spark that waters, nourishes, uplifts, encourages, loves unconditionally, and radiates life every moment of every day. We must become like Jesus, like the living Christ now—today. You must "let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). The world needs you!
Just like Jesus, you can tap into that energy source, the power of spirit that is God. Divine guidance can lead you to your own individual promised land flowing with milk and honey. You can have a life filled with peace, hope, joy, security, liberation, beauty, and prosperity. I know this because I have learned to tap into God's power and light, and I have witnessed the synchronicity His light creates in my own life.
This is the life God wants you to live. He wants you to become the people He created you to be: whole, complete beings of light; light workers. He wants you to fully embrace your Sunship, to become one with Him, to be of light and of spirit. That spirit grows brighter every day. Be willing, available, and confident. Stop living small. Stop waiting for Christ's return to have life in abundance. Stop waiting and realize that the kingdom of God is at hand—the kingdom of God is within you. It is here, now!
This book presents my personal miracles and describes how they became the catalysts that released me from the matrix of my human programming and led me on a journey toward Sunship. Join me in this journey to find God for yourself. For God is not a religious ideology; he is not a job or a person or a place. Rather, "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24).
Chapter TwoBreaking Free
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Sometimes in life, we're gifted (graced) with the greatest of invitations—and that is to see beyond the limits of our own religious ideologies and beliefs—to see God, the world and people like we've never seen them before. —Dan Clark
How do we come by our belief systems? We're born, and immediately we begin to learn. We learn from our parents, siblings, and extended family. Later we learn from our teachers and peers, mentors and colleagues; we learn from the media to which we're exposed. We grow up being told which behaviors are acceptable and which are taboo. Our culture teaches us what to value and establishes the laws—ostensibly founded to protect society's greater good—by which our lives are governed. These social norms become our reality.
Our religious upbringing, often delivered through a traditional infrastructure of church and a spiritual leader (pastor, priest, rabbi, or elder), helps us develop our sense of what is right and what is wrong, what's good and what's bad. When fear and shame enter the equation, those beliefs become that much stronger. Religious ideology in its purest form is meant as a protective shield against harm to safeguard our souls from eternal damnation. But when religious shepherds control their flocks using fear, shame, and guilt as crooks, one begins to wonder whether those spiritual leaders are actually serving God or merely serving their own interests.
Any time you're asked to believe a doctrine without the freedom to question, your worldview can be only as wide as that doctrine's confines. Any beliefs that you're forced to accept through fear will then construct the narrow box of your reality. If you're born in the box, you may never know what lies outside it. What if you were a fish spawned in a river? You might never know anything about the air above the stream, or the land forming the riverbanks.
Use my Jehovah's Witness upbringing as an example. The Watchtower Society defines its belief system in absolutes: right/ wrong, good/bad, us/them. We have Jehovah; they don't. We will live; they will be destroyed. Everything was either black or white—no middle ground, no gray areas where I was allowed room to question or explore. As I was growing up, what was crazy seemed normal. There was a time in my life when this belief structure worked just fine for me. It was where I needed to be in the moment. Yet now I can't even comprehend the smallness of the world I experienced during that time. I spouted out the words and ideas I was fed, not once realizing that another way of life was possible. The WTS and the elders told me what to do, what to say, whom to marry, how to live, and whom to be; I swallowed it whole. I call this process programming.
For too long we've been walking, talking programs—programs we didn't even design. And our programming need not be founded in religious structure. Many programming sources are out there: television, schools, careers, political parties, and even our exercise regimens or health status can come to define who we are. How many people do you know who let their personal hopes ride vicariously on the fate of some contestant on American Idol? How many others let their lives be built and defined around the fact that they've contracted an illness, like diabetes or cancer? We let other people control us while ignoring our own potential for growth, experience, and achievement. We live in our boxes. The time has come to ask ourselves this: Is that what God really intended for us?
For me, the moment of questioning arose when I discovered that the Watchtower Society had lied to me. For forty years I had lived under the premise that the end of days was just around the corner. Christ would return and destroy the faithless, and only Jehovah's chosen would remain to inherit the earth's riches. The WTS stated with absolute authority that the end of times would occur within the lifetime of those people who had been alive in 1914 to witness the beginning of World War I. Since the late 1930s, they'd been holding up the United Nations as evidence that the end of the world was at hand. The UN was an "anti-Christ organization," man's disgusting, evil, and arrogant attempt to bring about peace on earth.
Then one day in 1991, I opened Awake! magazine and read:
Jehovah's Witnesses firmly believe that the United Nations is going to play a major role in world events in the very near future. No doubt these developments will be very exciting. And the results will have a far-reaching impact on your life. We urge you to ask Jehovah's Witnesses in your neighborhood for more details on this matter. The Bible clearly paints a picture showing that the United Nations will very shortly be given power and authority. The UN will then do some very astonishing things that may well amaze you.
And you will be thrilled to learn that there is yet a better way near at hand that will surely bring eternal peace and security! (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society 1991)
Soon after that, I learned that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society had applied for and gained status as a nongovernmental organization (NGO) with the UN, a role that apparently served the goals and agenda of the WTS and its leaders. This reversal of doctrine was followed by instance after instance where Jehovah's supposedly irrefutable law was reinterpreted and redefined—from the end of times, to the pronouncement against accepting blood transfusions, to the doctrine dictating circumstances under which a woman could claim to have been raped. My world was rocked to its foundations; there were holes in my box.
As the Watchtower Society altered Jehovah's doctrines to fit the shifting needs of the organization, I began for the first time to question the calling of my faith. If one piece of my ideology was based on lies, what else among the tenets of my faith was untrue? A small voice of discontent was challenging the ideals to which I had clung out of fear, guilt, and shame.
Fear, Guilt, and Shame
I've said that the box I grew up in was reinforced by fear and shame. What does that really mean? Let me give you a few examples to illustrate fear- and shame-based ideology.
For a Jehovah's Witness, fear is the one constant in an inconstant world. Armageddon would come soon; whether we knew the exact moment or not, we were absolutely sure the end was coming. At the end of times (according to the Watchtower Society), Jehovah would destroy everyone who was not performing His demands perfectly. This isn't figurative destruction I'm talking about here. It's a total, God-willed cut-off-your-head death—an absolute end to existence. That's the fear that shadows every single day of a Witness's life. The problem is that there's really nothing you can do (according to WTS doctrine) to reach Jehovah's standard of perfection. If I spent two hours pioneering, couldn't I have done four? If I spent four hours, couldn't I have done six? The sense of guilt becomes overpowering. No matter what you do, it is never, ever enough.
When a Witness is deemed "weak" by the elders, or (heaven forbid) breaks free from the faith, that person is disfellowshipped from the congregation. Here's where the shame comes into play. Let's say you've been disfellowshipped and then see the "error" of your ways and decide you want to come back. Do the followers of Jehovah welcome you back to the fold with open arms? No. You may come to the Kingdom Hall, but you must sit in the back, and no member of the congregation may acknowledge or speak to you. This goes on for at least a year; you're a pariah, treated like a leper. At the end of that year, if you've shown sufficient penitence, you may be allowed to petition for reinstatement. Your petition is sure to be rejected at least once. This overwhelming shame can't be designed to encourage your return; they don't really want you back. Witnessing the shame of others is meant to keep you from resigning in the first place.
I have seen the fear and shame of being a Witness; I have experienced it firsthand. I know exactly how it feels to give up every worldly desire and pursuit to work tirelessly, endlessly at futile efforts that are never good enough for Jehovah. I know how it feels to live with the constant trepidation of being literally horribly destroyed at any minute. I have watched how the guilt escalates into self-hatred, abusive behavior, and eventually, for some, even mental illness. And yet I stayed. It's like a woman who remains in a relationship with a husband who periodically beats her up. On one hand, she'll want desperately to escape the physical and emotional pain. On the other hand, she'll say, "But I love him" and "I know he really loves me" and eventually "It's my fault." Again: fear leads to guilt, which leads to shame, which eventually leads back to fear. The cycle never ends.
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Printing inks serve to circulate information and are used in nearly all products surrounding us in our day-to-day lives. A quick glance suffices: a calendar on the wall, the newspaper on the table, a packet of biscuits, a catalog of goods or the wallpaper itself - all those products have been printed in order to color and decorate them or to provide us with information regarding their content. The importance of printing inks greatly exceeds the revenues of more than US$20 billion that were generated in this segment in 2011.
Challenges posed by digital media
Developments in modern information technology results in both positive and negative changes that producers and traders of printing inks have to adapt to. The major challenge is posed by the increasing popularity of electronic media; newspapers and books are read on e-readers, information and correspondence are exchanged via the internet. Marketing expenses that account for a substantial part of the financing of publication printing are more and more directed towards the segments TV and radio commercials as well as internet ads; thus, they contribute even further to the substitution of traditional print media.
Shift in applications: from publication to packaging
As a consequence, the packaging sector becomes more and more important to the printing industry. Goods still have to be packed and consumers need information about the product when they are holding the package. Trade conducted via the internet supports mail order trade and, consequently, increases the need for packaging. Demographic changes in industrialized countries and socio-economic changes on many emerging markets result in a change of consumer behavior in regard to packaged foodstuffs. This influences demand for packaging material accordingly.
Change of printing processes: from rigid offset to flexible digital printing
At the same time as the requirement profile in printing applications changes, so does the distribution of the printing processes employed. As print run sizes fall and demand for customized printing products rises, digital printing is in the best position to substitute other printing processes and to expand into new application areas. Because no rigid pressure plates are needed in digital printing, the printed image can be altered in each copy. Continuous developments further reduce production costs while quality rises. Another printing process to currently profit at above-average rates is flexography. Given its dominance on the market for package printing, this segment in particular is able to capitalize on the expanding market for packaging products. Flexography can also replace printing processes used in other segments.
Increasing importance of the environment
One reason for substituting printing processes is a weaker negative impact on the environment that a new process may have. Both authorities and consumers increasingly demand that processes which use hazardous chemicals in the production of printing plates or utilize solvent-based printing inks with high VOC emissions are to be replaced by alternative methods. Both printing techniques such as offset printing, gravure printing, flexography and screen printing as well as the inks used have been refined. Progress has also been made in the sectors radiation cured printing inks or mixtures with natural resins.
New application areas: electronic printing
New developments are limited and conditioned by the high requirements consumers place on the industry. Printing inks are customized products that have been developed to fit specific printing processes and applications. The vast diversity of media to print on and of application areas for final products continues to necessitate considerable capacity to adjust to particular cases. Additionally, new application areas emerge that offer the opportunity for printing technologies to establish themselves. A current example is electronic printing, a process that creates complete electronic parts utilizing conductive printing inks. Intense use of those parts in RFID-chips, displays or solar cells results in this production process carrying considerable importance.
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This market report covers all relevant data and facts on the global printing ink market, market trends, market size and market growth.
Chapter 1 provides a presentation and analysis of the market for printing inks including forecasts up to 2019: revenues development as well as production and consumption volumes are analyzed for each individual region.
Chapter 2 examines the 16 largest countries of the market in more detail. Data on demand, revenues, production, import and export is provided. Demand is split by the printing processes offset, gravure, flexography and digital printing as well as other printing processes and is analyzed in detail.
In chapter 3, processing technologies of printing inks as well as influences exercised by various areas of application are examined in an in-depth analysis: data on demand development, split by Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4 provides profiles of the largest manufacturers of printing inks - clearly arranged according to contact details, turnover, profit, product range, production sites and profile summary. In-depth profiles of 87 manufacturers are given, including Altana, Dainichiseika, DIC, Flint Group, Fujifilm North America, Huber, Royal Dutch Van Son, Sakata, Inx, Sanchez, Sicpa, Siegwerk Druckfarben, T&K TOKA, Tokyo Printing Ink or TOYO INK.
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Merie Wallace © Twentieth Century Fox Pitt as '50s parent (with screen son Laramie Eppler).
The Dinner: Chicken burrito at Tacos Guaymas (1415 Broadway).
Merie Wallace © Twentieth Century Fox Pitt as '50s parent (with screen son Laramie Eppler).
The Movie: The Tree of Life, at Egyptian (805 E. Pine St.).
The Screenplate: Since he makes so few movies, any new film by Terrence Malick is an event. However, The Tree of Life, so beautifully shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, is being screened at the Egyptian, which lacks the tiered seating and first-class projector that the Cinerama or Pacific Place might provide. (Drive over to Lincoln Square, if you prefer.) The Seattle location is understandable, however, since Capitol Hill is thick with serious filmgoers willing to endure a 138-minute puzzle picture that is, for long stretches, tedious and obscure. But, being a Terrence Malick movie, long stretches of Tree are also moving, profound, and--a word you don't often find in a film review--rapturous. The film, co-produced by its star, Brad Pitt, deals with nothing less than the birth of the cosmos, the place of God, familial love, death, and resurrection. All that, in a 138-minute overstuffed burrito of a movie.
Which is why, for dinner, I first opted for an overstuffed burrito just around the corner . . .
The Pike-Pine area of Cap Hill has lately gained some fine new restaurants, but most of the Broadway strip near the Egyptian offers franchise eateries and fast food. Maybe things will improve when the light-rail station is completed, new zoning is set, and the economy improves. (Look at all the vacant storefronts in those new condo and apartment blocks!) Still, sometimes you want to leave the profundity to the movie, not the meal. Which is why I grabbed a chicken burrito ($6.50) at Tacos Guaymas, located in the QFC block at Broadway and Pike. It's a Mexican-themed chain with cousins all around Seattle; and it certainly lacks the charm of the stucco-clad Taco del Mar just north up Broadway. But it's also clean, quick, and convenient. And the regular-sized burritos are huge. Ordering a super-sized burrito requires two people, at least, to eat. But I prefer ordering for one, which reminds you of your solitary position in the universe. We're born alone, die alone, eat burritos alone, though The Tree of Life makes a sometimes compelling argument to the contrary.
Burritos can be big. The universe is certainly big. But man is very, very small in Malick's estimation. His film begins with a citation from the Book of Job: "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?" God is taunting Job, the upright man who's done nothing to deserve his misfortunes, putting him in his puny place. Here in the place of Job is pious, stern Mr. O'Brien (Pitt), who, near the beginning of the film, receives a terrible blow: the death of one of his three sons. How could this happen? He and his wife (Jessica Chastain) receive the news separately; and the terrible hurt inflicted upon their loving, occasionally fractious family sends Tree back to a cosmic starting point of swirling stardust. These trippy oil-on-water sequences play like bad outtakes from 2001.
Moving forward to the dinosaur age, Tree seems like some IMAX nature movie gone off the rails. (SW contributor J. Hoberman says Malick took three years to edit the picture; time clearly got away from him.) Only when Tree returns from montage to a relatively concrete place and period (Waco, Texas, in the 1950s) does the film achieve any magic or heft.
Gradually it emerges that Sean Penn's adult character, a sour, grumpy architect first seen wandering around Houston muttering to himself like he's misplaced his cell phone, is Jack, eldest of the three O'Brien boys. Their childhood--obviously near to Malick's own--is a twilight paradise of fireflies and endless playtime, one ruled by a loving, devout mother (Chastain) and a more ambitious, worldly father (Pitt). Preteen Jack is torn between the two: the father who, despite his artistic yearnings, tries to toughen up his sons, and the mother whose love is unconditional and faith improbable. "That's where God lives," she tells Jack, serenely pointing to the sky. Much later in life, he'll design skyscrapers and find nothing up top. "Follow me," a ghostly voice whispers in his ears. When and where was paradise lost? "Find me," he's implored.
Tacos Guaymas doesn't quite command the same urgency or profundity. But it's a more direct and satisfying experience than The Tree of Life. Order burrito. Pay for burrito. Eat burrito. There are no flashbacks or dinosaurs, no Oedipal tensions with one's father, no loss of innocence, no conflict between the spiritual and the material worlds. It is a linear endeavor, this chicken burrito. Once it's done, it's done. The whole cheap, soulless experience takes about 20 minutes. No afterlife, no eternity, no Genesis, no regrets. Just burritos. Tree is all about Jack's rueful recollection of childhood's paradise, that intimate, distant family idyll. "I dishonored it all. I didn't notice the glory," says grown Jack in voiceover.
Is that it? Do we never meet again? Are there no second chances for love and reconciliation? Well, not for the dinosaurs. Once they're dead, they're dead (or they become fossil fuels). Likewise the burritos. But what of us, the living whose existence is so unbearably, cruelly brief? The Tree of Life is infused with Christian themes and Biblical passages, much of them surely derived from Malick's Episcopalian youth. And though the director hasn't given any interviews since the '70s, it's been credibly reported that he lost one of his two brothers to suicide. The O'Brien family's grief is palpably, painfully conveyed in The Tree of Life, as is the wish for ultimate reunion and forgiveness. Whether it comes in heaven, church, a Utah salt flat, or a cheap Mexican restaurant, the yearning is the same. Let us gather again, Lord, and once more enjoy the shelter and protection of thy grace.
And if we can't have that, there's always a burrito joint around the corner.