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New 7" Single by Those Things
June 20th, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New 7" single by Those Things - A Side 1985 B Side Sexy Frankenstein
Great hooky pop punk, produced by Joe Keithley - available now on Sudden Death Records and iTunes!
New D.O.A. song and video released today!
April 28th, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Purchase the song on iTunes. Watch the video on YouTube. Read a review at Dangerous Minds
Can it get worse before it gets better? Good question? D.O.A., Canada's punk pioneers think it can get worse. So that's why they have re-visited one of their classic tunes.
The end result is a blazing 85 second punk rock commentary on Donald Trump, not so surprisingly entitled Fucked Up Donald. D.O.A., one of the top protest bands of all time take the Donald to task for anti-Mexican, anti-women, stances amongst his many other egregious ill-informed opinions. The end result will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Joe Shithead Keithley, Paddy Duddy and Mike Hodsall, the Men of Action, obviously were ready, as they slammed this frantic piece of "Let's fight this bullshit!" down in 15 minutes flat with producer Cecil English (No Means No, D.O.A., Jello Biafra, The Smalls)
The B side. B side? Funny in a download sense, but just as necessary in a moral sense, is D.O.A.'s version of Barry McGuire's immortal Eve of Destruction. It's hard hitting and of course very timely as well.
Fucked Up Donald
You're fucked up Donald
You're not gonna last
You've spent your whole life
Just talking out your ass
You're fucked up Donald
You're fucked up Donald
You're fucked up Donald
You're fucked up Donald
He wants to be Prez
But he don't have a clue
He'll build a wall
And punish women too
He'll nuke Korea
And bomb Iran
And when he cuts a deal
We'll get scammed
April 6th, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
The video for "Not Gonna Take Your Crap No More" has been posted to YouTube today. Created by Cinestirfilms, and directed by Marcus Rogers.
D.O.A. rally for living wages and corporate fairness on pay! Stop the exploitation. Even full time employment on minimum wage is below the poverty line. D.O.A. have been fighting for your rights since 1978!
Hard Rain Falling review in March Discorder
March 23rd, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
"After nearly 36 years, 17 albums and countless lineup changes, D.O.A. still show that power, angst and raunch they did all those years ago. Their latest offering, Hard Rain Falling, is 29 minutes of wham-bam hardcore punk rock that easily stands beside any of their earlier recordings."
To read the rest of the article by Sean "Scruff" Newton, please visit the Discorder Website.
Thanks from Joe
February 8th, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
I really want to thank everybody who helped out on my campaign and those who donated as well.
We did not win, but we made a significant dent in the two old time party machines. In Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, we increased the Green % of votes by 150%.
The BC Liberal ground game in my riding was weak, but the NDP threw everything they had at CBM. They ran a candidate that will be on the bottom rung of a "top down" party and will have absolutely no say, just follow orders from the 10 people that run the BC NDP.
The NDP spent $78,000 and had upwards of 200 volunteers (it was mentioned by their campaign manager that they would have close to 400 volunteers on the ground).
For my campaign, we spent $15,000 and had about 3-15 volunteers at any given time. We ended up with 1/3 of the votes that the NDP received. So that's what I would call Green Math - we get more bang for the buck because we believe, and we know that we will overcome.
We, as the only open-minded party in BC, will overcome political pettiness and the self serving path of the NDP and the BC Liberals. My friends, I ran and I will run again in CBM in 2017 because i believe in people, I believe in democracy and i believe in justice.
Thanks very much for your support.
Joe Keithley
Brad Kent R.I.P.
February 4th, 2016 Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Brad Kent R.I.P.
I first met the late great Brad Kent when we were both about 18 years old. Gerry "Useless" Hannah, Brian "Wimpy" Goble, Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery, Bruce "Bastard" Coleman, "Fast Eddie" and I had all moved to Lumby, BC to live off the land. We started one of our first bands up there, The Resurrection. One day we were practicing and a skinny kid with greasy blond hair dressed in a tattered jean jacket, came along and listened to us, when we finished the song, he told us he played guitar, We said that's cool, then he went on to say, in not so many words, that we had absolutely no idea how to rock and why are we playing that crap? He was ballsy and he was right, we sucked! We were a bit of a hippie band. So he came along to jam with us and said why don't you play some rock n' roll? How about some Status Quo, or some Zeppelin? He told me "Joe, this is how you play 12 bar, just keep chugging along while I solo." It turned out to be a lot fun and a bit ass kicking!
It was a funny thing, that chance meeting, our gang was from north Burnaby and Brad hailed from south Burnaby and in those days we were separate, We had bad rivalries between north and south in lacrosse, hockey and now it was rock n' roll! It was the same way we felt about East Van.
We all left Lumby in early 1976 and moved back to Burnaby. We rented a big dumpy house and started a rock band called Stone Crazy. Gerry dropped out of the picture and Brad became the defacto leader of the band. We played a few high schools, but we really didn't have the chops to make any dough and we barely had enough gear to play a show.
One day Brad came running into the house huffing and puffing and carrying a brand new Les Paul guitar, which was unaffordable to all except rock stars and rich kid wannabes. Then he told us his tale, he had been eyeballing this guitar in a music store on Kingsway forever. That day he made a bold move, the store owner turned his back, and Brad grabbed the guitar and bolted across 6 lanes of rush hour traffic, almost got hit by two or three cars and ran into an alley with that guitar. Now I am not endorsing thievery, but that guitar became part of Brad's being, soul and our sound.
We soon moved onto punk rock and we formed The Skulls, Vancouver's second punk rock band. The very first version consisted of Brad, Dimwit, Wimpy, Lee (Australian lead singer) and I. We played at the band shell in White Rock BC in August '77 and a mini riot ensued between The Skulls and the greasy audience.
D.O.A. formed in February 1978, for the first little bit we were a three piece, then we brought Brad on board as the guitarist and I just sang. We gave Brad the rather crude nickname of Brad Kunt, I don't think he liked it that much, so I stick with Kent.
For our very first road trip I booked a weekend at the Fab Mab in San Francisco with the late great Dirk Dirksen. We had no van, so I took the train, Randy and Chuck took the hound and Brad hitched hiked the 1,000 miles with his guitar, with no case or gig bag, to SF, he made the show with one hour to spare, The two shows became some of D.O.A.' s most famous ever. The first night, Brad broke a string on the 2nd song, so to entertain the crowd I wrapped my body in tape, while Brad changed the broken string. That's the way we were, we had nothing, so we improvised everything.
Just before we saw The Ramones in Van in '77 and witnessed real punk rock, Brad, Dimwit, Wimpy and I would all play "Gong Shows'" ala Chuck Barris. We almost always got gonged, but we won one nite at the Coach House Pub in North Van, we spent our $50 first place prize on beer, no biggie, but as fate would have it, a 17 year Randy Rampage happened to be at that show. Brad, Dimwit, Dave Noga and I also formed a band called Victorian Pork, as kind of a lark, the Pork was the first of Vancouver's famous "fuck bands" where most members traded instruments for fun, Brad played guitar and I was the drummer.
After those two shows at the Mab, Brad hung around with The Avengers, whom D.O.A. had opened for on that first nite. They became friends and Brad joined the Avengers and helped write the great song Corpus Christi. There's also the unfinished D.O.A. song Trident (Trident nuclear subs) that he wrote, that you can see on the footage of D.O.A. from the Canada Day concert at Stanley Park July 1, 1978 on YouTube. Previous to that, Brad was in Victorian Park and the very first version of the Subhumans with Wimpy and Dimwit.
Brad and I kind of lost touch along the way, but he played in a bunch of bands with Rampage like the Sick Ones, Ground Zero and some other fine outfits. Brad lived life hard and it caught up to him in the end, just before he was hospitalized, he was coming back to Vancouver from Alberta for a show. Damn, now I would almost kill to hear him play again.
This is tough to write, but as I type, Otis Redding's immortal Sitting On the Dock of the Bay comes on the radio – It just reminds that Brad had a beautiful and restless rock n' roll soul, that will never be completely satisfied and at the same time never extinguished.
Big condolences to Mary, his family and his kids (your dad was something really special)
Brad, you taught me how to rock and now I am shedding a lot of tears tonight, you were as talented as they come, I'm going to miss you.
My friend, you'll live on in our hearts forever.
Joe Keithley
Audio Visceral's new cd "Childish Behaviour" now available!
January 5th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
We are happy to now have stock of the new Audio Visceral cd in stock and ready to ship!
Audio Visceral - Childish Behaviour {Sudden Death}Audio Visceral is all about earnest, catchy, energetic punk rock. The music is raw and upbeat; the songs are short and bittersweet. Influenced by everything from surf to hardcore, the members of A/V are all veterans of the Ontario underground/punk rock scene.
Steve Beauchesne (formerly of Constable Brennan) is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Beau's All Natural Brewing Co., but in A/V he handles guitars and lead vocals. Focusing on driving rhythm instead of extravagant guitar solos, his guitar playing is refreshingly simple and catchy, and his bracing vocals transition seamlessly from melancholy to silly to rage-filled. The fingers of Kevin James (formerly of Bender and The Almighty Trigger Happy) stroll deftly all over his bass strings, providing propulsion and structure to the hooks. The entire commotion is pushed from behind by the frenetic drumming of Gary Doherty (formerly of The Almighty Trigger Happy and Headcramp). Order your copy today!
D.O.A.'s Hard Rain Falling and The Pointed Sticks new ST CD have been reviewed.
December 11th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New Zealand's Scanner Zine has reviewed 2 of SDR's most recent releases.
D.O.A. - Hard Rain Falling {Sudden Death} Fucking hell - this is smoking!! D.O.A has recorded some average-to-mediocre albums in its time but this baby has to be the best since 'Murder' at least. The opening salvo of 'Punk Rock Hero', 'You've Gone To Far' and 'The Cops Shot A Kid' would not sound outta place on 'Something Better Change' or even 'Bloodied But Unbowed'. 'Warmonger' follows and it would fit on 'War On 45' with ease. Yes - we are talking D.O.A that good. Then you get 'Racism Sucks' and I'm thinking 'Hardcore 81' and 'Ni Hao' could be 'Let's Wreck The Party'. Sure, it's not perfect. The low point of the album is either the cover of THE SLICKERS 'Johnny Too Bad' (which isn't bad - just not as effective as THE 'TONE's version) and 'He Joined The Gang' which on any other latter day D.O.A album would fit in well, but it just doesn't quite cut it with the same kind of savagery as the rest of this. Includes a great cover of JOHNNY CASH's 'San Quentin' too. Production is bold, crisp and cutting and Keithley's vocals snarl like an old grizzly. It's without a doubt that when Joe Keithley is writing songs like these, he is pretty much beyond compare. Total return to form - stunning. (11.12.15) Order your copy today!
POINTED STICKS - Northern Electric {Sudden Death} Latest release from this Canadian Power-Pop band that released the minor classic, 'Perfect Youth' album back in 1980. Three original members from that era remain and, while this is not quite the album 'Perfect Youth' is, it's still an impressive slab of well-crafted tunes. Think TV SMITH's solo work, a bit of BIG STAR, T.REX and Steve Wynn and the DREAM SYNDICATE and you're pretty close. Highlights would be the rolling 'Impatient' and 'You're Not The One' but the standout is 'Tsune's Song' that's got a soaring chorus, subtle but effective backing vocals and a great key-change at the end. Elsewhere 'Tin Foil Hat' is a neat, almost swing-style number and 'Skerabap' an inventive acoustic guitar instrumental. Personally, I would have liked to have heard the guitar more to the fore in the mix; a bit too often it seemed to take second place to keyboards or other instrumentation (including a rather good brass section, especially on 'Yesterday's Girl'). This definitely gets better with repeated plays and, here's a hint - this might be one of the year's most underrated gems. (26.11.15) Order your copy today!
Read more reviews from Scanner Zine HERE.
The Pointed Sticks CD has been reviewed.
December 1st Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
The Pointed Sticks most recent self titled cd has been reviewed in The Big Takeover. Please click HERE to read the review.
New on Vinyl and CD
November 20th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Available now on LP and CD
Available now on LP and CD
Available now on CD
Available now on LP and CD
Available now on LP and CD
Available now on CD
Available now on CD
Available now on CD
Hard Rain Falling review in The Georgia Straight
October 22nd Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
"D.O.A.'s Hard Rain Falling is their fiercest yet" by Allan MacInnis on October 21st, 2015
Read the review on the Georgia Straight website.
DOA "Hard Rain Falling" album review in Big Takeover
by Jack Rabid
October 14th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Don't forget to vote on October 19th!!
October 6th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
September 15th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
D.O.A. to play same spot as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger did at Stelco Plant
D.O.A., Canada's legendary punk pioneers will play a rally for United Steelworkers Local #1005 at the MANA Steel Plant in Hamilton, Ontario. The workers have been on strike for close to two years trying to get a reasonable offer from MANA. It is of historical significance that D.O.A. will play on the same spot that Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger did back in 1946. D.O.A. having shared the stage with Pete Seeger back in the 80's. Joe Keithley, leader of D.O.A., author of the anthemic song General Strike, BC Green Party candidate and 30 year union member had this to say "These workers have a right to a living wage and fair treatment like everybody else in this country. A lot of the folks that helped build our great country are being kicked pretty hard, so it is an honour to stand up for them and play this rally." The performance is scheduled for 2:15 - 2:45, right when the scab replacement workers shift ends at 2:30.
August 26th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
August 26th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Buy your copy today in the SDR STORE.
D.O.A. ranked #22 in "CBC Music's 100 best Canadian bands ever"!
June 30th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Band: D.O.A.
"I'm a big DOA fan, and they have a very special place in my heart because I snuck into a DOA concert when they played St. John's, N.L., and I don't know how I got in there because I was probably 14 at the time. I was way too young to be sneaking into bars, but my brother somehow got me in, and he loved punk rock, so of course I loved punk rock, and DOA was a big part of those years, they were serious punk rockers, and that show was absolutely amazing."
The see the entire list and read the endorsements, head on over to the CBC Website.
New CD's in stock!
June 22nd Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
We have some exciting new stock! D.O.A.'s 2015 release "Hard Rain Falling", The Pointed Sticks new Self Titled cd and ESE's "All In". You can find them all in the cd section of our store.
New Interview with Joe Shithead
June 17th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Muso's Guide recently conducted an interview with Joe "Shithead" Keithley. The topics ranged all over from the early years of punk to being almost 60 and still touring.
Read the whole interview here: Muso's Guide.
New D.O.A. album out June 23rd
May 21st Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New on Sudden Death!
April 13th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
New Pointed Sticks album in 2015!
March 30th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Sudden Death Records is very pleased to announce that Pointed Sticks are working together on the upcoming new Pointed Sticks 2015 studio album, release date to TBA.
In the meantime Sudden Death is very happy to say that we are distributing the excellent 2009 Pointed Sticks studio album, 3 LEFTS MAKE A RIGHT available on LP and CD.
Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble Tribute show
January 7th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
Last night 250 people jammed the Wise Hall to say goodbye to the late, great Brian Goble aka Wimpy. Preceding the musical tribute to our fallen comrade were tearful and funny memories recounted by a long list of friends. Performers included the Frank Frink 5 , The Bughouse Five and The Bloated Cows. The Cows are Ford Pier, John Card Mike Graham and myself. We played 10 of Wimpy's great songs he had written for The Subhumans and D.O.A. The Cows were joined on stage by a great bunch of guests including John Wright (No Means No) Nick Jones (Pointed Sticks) Gerry Hannah (Subhumans) and Jesse gander (d.b.s.) The whole evening was fitting farewell to one Canada's greatest musicians, a great father and one of my best friends. - Joe Shithead Keithley
Now available on SDR!
January 7th Posted by Joe Keithley in SDR News
You can now find these incredible releases in Our Web Store!
subS - yoU aRe yoU - CD $10
Modernettes - Teen City - CD $10 , 12" Vinyl $15
D.O.A. - Positively D.O.A. - CD $10, 7" $6
Wolfpack - Seen Not Herd - CD $10
D.O.A. benefit show to fight Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
Joe Keithley founder of legendary punk band D.O.A and lifetime activist has joined in the fight to try and stop the expansion of the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline and the quadrupling of tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet. The concert will be held at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver on Saturday January 31st. Joe is putting together an all star cast of BC's best musicians to raise money for the legal defense of the pipeline protesters and to keep the public engaged and aware of the potential harm that this pipeline expansion represents. "It's outrageous the way Kinder Morgan is trying to bully peaceful protesters, the city of Burnaby and the province of BC. It's up to us, the people, to protect our rights and our democracy. The National Energy Board hearings are looking more and more like a sham with a per-ordained outcome. " Joe recently said. "It's only going to take one spill to destroy our beautiful coast. We're going to be pro active and try and put a stop to this. Transporting bitumen through inland coastal waterways is insane."
The pipeline which runs from Edmonton, Alberta to its terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia has applied to Canada's National Energy Board to triple its capacity and will greatly increase the amount of tanker traffic in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet carrying unrefined bitumen. A dangerous move that is being pushed by Canada's risk taking ruling Conservative Party. The federal government has made only the token of effort to try and speed up our transition towards renewable energy. After a recent D.O.A. tour Joe said "While touring Germany and I was stunned by the amount of wind turbines and solar panels providing renewable energy, especially when you compared to Canada. We are failing a great test as a country, we should be ashamed."
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Brian Goble Eulogy RIP
Brian Goble aka Wimpy aka Sunny Boy aka Sunny Boy Roy has left us and this world is much poorer because of that. Brian, just 28 days short of his 58th birthday died of a heart attack on Sunday December 7th, 2014. I am writing this because of the loss and heartache I feel out of losing a lifelong friend, but also to remember what a vital and amazing person Wimpy was. The toughest part is the thinking about the children he has left behind, his son Dillon, his daughter Sarah and his step son Cole, who Brian helped raise. My most heartfelt condolences to them and to Brian's older brother Roger.
I first met Brian in 1963 walking home from Lochdale Elementary School in Burnaby, BC. Around the same time I also met Gerry Hannah (Gerry Useless) who lived very near Brian, they were six years old and I was seven and we all lived on Burnaby Mountain. About four years later the three of us befriended Ken Montgomery (Dimwit), whose family had moved to the Lochdale area. From elementary to high school our friendship grew, through our collective love of music and social/political consciousness till we became the best of friends and inseparable. It occurred to me later on in life that we truly were "The Four Amigoes".
The four of us started our first high school band called Misty Grey and we were terrible, but we were learning. In 1975 when we were around 18 and 19 years old we left Vancouver in an attempt to "get back to the land". We were kind of junior hippies in a sense in the small BC towns of Lumby and Cherryville, that was a lot of fun but ultimately that fizzled out. We moved back in Vancouver and started a cover rock band called Stone Crazy, Brian on bass, Gerry on vocals, Dimwit on drums and Brad Kent and I on guitar. We got our first booking in Merritt BC and promptly got fired and our collective asses kicked out of town before "the locals cut you guys in two with their chainsaws".
Well that unfortunate booking led us to abandon that predictable approach to rock n' roll and to take on the new ground breaking style of punk rock, which we did with an unparalleled zeal. We started Vancouver's second punk band in the summer of 1977, we called it The Skulls. Brian was becoming a stalwart on bass, Dimwit was well on his way to becoming one of Canada's greatest drummers ever and Simon Werner was an ace on guitar. That left just me, by default I became Joey Shithead, "That maniac on vocals". We were soon dubbed "Vancouver's most hated band by Tom Harrison of the Georgia Straight. We played around Vancouver for awhile, then in October 1977 we all moved to Toronto to join the "scene" there. Gerry Hannah, looking for adventure, moved to Toronto with us and this is how the legend of "Wimpy" was born. Gerry was writing songs but had no band, so we had Gerry play bass, Wimpy sang, Simon played guitar and I drummed, we called this obnoxious outfit Wimpy and the Bloated Cows. Thus Brian finally had a great punk rock nickname and also the tradition of "fuck bands" was born, where people traded instruments and made up instant bands.
At the start of 1978 Wimpy and Simon moved to the U.K. with a plan to have The Skulls invade London! Good plan but Dimwit and I screwed up the plan by moving back to Vancouver, Wimpy was broke and freezing in London, so he soon followed. When he got back, Wimpy started the early Subhumans along with Dimwit and Brad Kent. (this was about the same time I started D.O.A.). That line up soon merged with The Stiffs, solidifying the Subhumans classic line up of Wimpy on vocals, Gerry Useless on bass, Mike Graham on guitar and Dimwit on drums. Notably left out of the arrangement were good pals Zippy Pinhead, Sid Sick and Brad Kunt. But one of Canada's greatest bands were on their way.
Featuring the great songwriting of Wimpy, Gerry and Mike, the powerhouse drumming of Dimwit, the Subhumans were led by Brian Wimpy Roy Goble, the most original front man as you could find this side of Iggy Pop. It's not totally clear but I do believe that Wimpy invented "crowd surfing" when Mike would start playing lead Wimpy would jump into the crowd, then one night the crowd caught him and held him up, I had never seen anything like it. Brian was a powerhouse vocalist, our old soundman Hutch believed he had a special power to fire out vocals louder than any human ever had! The Subhumans put out two sterling albums as well as a number of singles and a four song EP, before they broke up in 1982. They later reunited (with Jon card replacing Dimwit) and released two albums.
So in March 1982 Brian joined D.O.A. along with Dimwit (RIP). They replaced Chuck Biscuits (Dimwit's little brother) and Randy Rampage as our rhythm section. Exceptional they were and the two of them, along with Dave Gregg (RIP), myself and producer Thom Wilson recorded in Los Angeles for five days and cut D.O.A.'s 3rd album "War on 45" (some call it an 8 song EP) in any case I would rate that album in D.O.A.'s top four. On that record you hear just how innovative that Brian was on the bass.
Brian was a huge part of D.O.A. from 1982 -1996, we went through personnel changes that included great musicians like Jon Card, Chris Prohom, Ken Jensen (RIP), Ford Pier, Brien O'Brien, John Wright amongst others. I recorded seven albums with Brian: War on 45, Let's Wreck The Party, True North Strong and Free, Murder, 13 Flavors of Doom, Loggerheads and The Black Spot and a number of other releases. After well over a thousand shows around the world, Brian quit D.O.A. after 14 years, making him the second longest serving member of D.O.A.
There are some things I'll never forget, when were both about 11 or 12 Brian introduced me to hockey, we played on the street in our rubber boots with golf balls, boy did that hurt when he would take a slapshot at my net and I got it right on the ankle. Brian and I also played minor hockey together in Burnaby and he later became a devastating hard hitter playing right wing for the D.O.A. Murder Squad. There was the time in Germany when Italian army deserters tried to steal his passport and he ran out of the bar with only one shoe, yelling "Hans Peter help me! Hans Peter help me!". Or on an early tour in Europe when him and I had never seen a mini bar in a hotel bar before, so on my advice we drank the bar dry and in the morning we had to make a run for it from the hotel staff when they wanted the dough! Or the time he was two fisting bottles of wine at a gig in Slovenia and the ride back to the hotel ended up with a Technicolor yawn on the side of the van! There was also the sense of self preservation when Brian, Dave, Dimwit and I barely escaped L.A.P.D. billyclubs at a couple of different police vs. punks riots in Los Angeles. This is indelible stuff that I shared with Brian, that is now part of my very soul and being.
Brian was a humanist, a great father, an incredible singer and bass player, he believed in free speech, was always against war and he would speak up against bullshit. He was also one of my best friends and I'll miss him forever.
Long live the spirit of Wimpy!!! Rest in Peace.
Joe Shithead Keithley
*Musical Benefit/Wake for the Late Great Wimpy Roy - Wise Hall, Vancouver BC, Tuesday January 6th Featuring three great bands: Frank Frink Five, Bughouse Five and The Bloated Cows (Joe Keithley, Ford Pier and John Card) Playing Wimpy's songs from The Subhumans and D.O.A.
Admission by donation, all proceeds will go to Wimpy's family.
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Punk activist playing live broadcast
Will Johnson of The Nelson Star has posted an article about Joe and an upcoming radio show that he will be doing.
From the article: "It's been nearly 40 years since punk activist Joe Keithley founded the legendary band D.O.A., but the 58-year-old singer show no signs of slowing down. While he continues to tour and write with D.O.A.— who have been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring—he's also developed a solo acoustic career.
And as if that's not enough to keep him busy, he still found time recently to be on the front lines of the protest against Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion on Burnaby Mountain."
Read the rest of the article at the Nelson Star website.
D.O.A. is back for keeps! New studio album and Worldwide Tour in 2015
D.O.A. is back for keeps! New studio album and Worldwide Tour in 2015
True North Strong and Free Tour in support of Welcome to Chinatown Live Album
Beau's All Natural Brewery creates Hardcore 8.1 Malt Liquor in Tribute to D.O.A.
D.O.A., Canada's most politically astute, controversial and always wildly entertaining band is back. The godfather of hardcore Joe Shithead Keithley, had announced his retirement back in 2012 to take a run at formal politics in his native British Columbia. That is out the window and D.O.A. is all set to come back with a vengeance. As Joe recently said "When I lost my nomination by five votes, I was pissed. But I soon realized that I had not forgotten how to write songs, how to sing and play guitar and how to kick ass up on stage! So I am ramping up D.O.A. again and we're going to let our street politics tell the stories about what's really happening!"
D.O.A., the Men of Action have a ballsy new lineup featuring the additions of Paddy Duddy on drums (Circle The Wagons, Rusty Nails) and Mike Hodsall on bass (Circle The Wagons) They are starting work on a new studio album (their 16th) that will be out March 2015 and are making plans to tour the world. Which will include Europe, North America, South America Japan and China (for the 3rd time!).
This fall D.O.A. will the road this fall on their True North Strong and Free tour that will support of their latest album Welcome To Chinatown, a 28 song live classic. The D.O.A. tour will take the band through Ontario and Quebec before heading back west for dates in Alberta and B.C. Fans around the world have always proclaimed for the last 35 years that D.O.A. is one of the greatest and one of the most exciting live bands ever, the Welcome to Chinatown album backs that up in a big way.
Welcome to Chinatown released by Sudden Death Records delivers an unbelievable cultural and musical thrill ride with this epic release. The band gives you a tension filled ride through punk classics pulled from albums like "Something Better Change", "Hardcore 81", "War on 45" and "Northern Avenger".
The dates in Ontario will be sponsored by Beau's All Natural Brewing, who created Hardcore 8.1 Malt Liquor in tribute to the band. The brewery states that "Beau's created Hardcore 8.1 to pay tribute to an iconic band we revere: Vancouver's D.O.A., true pioneers and 35+ year veterans of the hardcore punk scene." It's the only certified organic malt liquor in the world. The beer will be available at all Ontario D.O.A. shows. No doubt, D.O.A. will be pulling out all the stops at their live shows, including their punk-i-fied version of Roll Out The Barrels, where they will invite the audience up to try and polish off a entire bomber bottle of Hardcore 8.1 in a single go on stage. www.beaus.ca Joe is really excited to backed by Beau's "It's a natural fit, D.O.A. and beer!" Joe remarked. D.O.A., just like the beer itself could be described as a classy, certified organic interpretation of the iconic punk rock style. In fact you could say, that D.O.A. are close to being the last real punk band in the world: The last band standing, so to speak. So don't be a fool, go see them while you can.
Saturday December 6th, Joe Shithead Keithley - Kootenay Coop Radio, Nelson, BC, Doors 8 PM
Friday January 30th, Gator's Pub, Abbotsford, BC
Saturday January 31st, Benefit Show Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion, Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, BC
The New D.O.A.
Photo by Tom Wiebe
Paddy Duddy - Drums, Joey "Shithead" Keithley - Guitar + Vox, Mike Hodsall - Bass + Vox
Obituary: A godfather of hardcore punk
Thanks very much to John Mackie at the Vancouver Sun for his article about Dave.
Read the article HERE.
Long live the spirit of Dave Gregg !!!
(Photo by Dan Scott)
D.O.A. guitarist Dave Gregg - Rest in Peace
D.O.A. guitarist Dave Gregg - Rest in Peace
It is with unbelievable sorrow that I have to talk about the passing of Dave Gregg. He died of a heart attack this past weekend. I can't even come close to being able to express strong enough condolences to his wife Cathy and the rest of Dave's family.
Dave was a member of D.O.A. from 1980-88 and played some screaming guitar licks on the following albums: Something Better Change, Hardcore 81, War on 45, Let's Wreck The Party, True North Strong and Free and finally on Murder. He was a great guitarist and an unbelievable showman.
But more importantly he was genuinely nice guy and a caring human being, who had one of the most wicked senses of humor I have ever come across.
On long D.O.A. tours Dave (usually the overnight driver) and I along with our comrades Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, Ken Lester, Dimwit (R.I.P.), Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble, Greg "Peckerwood" James and Jon Card would while away the hours with almost endless conversation. But it usually came down to Dave and I still gabbing into the wee hours. We would scheme about how to change the world and possible wild scientific breakthroughs as we endlessly put up really shitty music on the radio (not much has changed). Dave and I also became very familiar with prices of every kind of crop grown across America and many a gospel preacher on that same radio in the Dodge van we called the Blue Bullet. At one point when D.O.A. had been playing close to 10 years, Dave and I calculated that we had spent four of those 10 years in vans, traveling to shows. As Dave drove he would furiously work his way through bag after bag of spits (sunflower seeds), he would deposit the shells in the door sill of the driver side door until the pile would reach a height of about 12 inches, that was a badge of honor.
On our first tour with Dave he got really drunk at the second show and forgot about half the arrangements, as he stood on the opposite side of the circular bar at the venue we had just played, he smirked at me with a particularly dazed look, I realized I had to get him to shape up, so I threw my 3/4 full can of beer across the bar and nailed him in the forehead. Dave rarely forgot an arrangement after that and went on to become a consummate musician and performer.
I could probably write a book about funny Dave Gregg stories and maybe even promote his one man organization: The New Spartans! LOL
I really wish I had one more chance to sit down with him and cover some of that ground again and explore new avenues of thought, but I can't and that sucks.
Dave, we will all miss you tremendously, but you will live on in our hearts.
Long live the spirit of Dave Gregg !!!
Joe Shithead Keithley - March 31st, 2014
(Photos by Amy Mann from a show called The Eastern Front 1981 Berkeley, California.)
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Sudden Death 30th Anniversary reissue of D.O.A.'s classic WAR on 45
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Chris Cooper will play the Green Goblin in the new Spider-Man franchise, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Technically, Cooper will play Norman Webb, the goblin's alter-ego, in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" for Columbia Pictures.
Osborn was played by Willem Dafoe in the original Spider-Man films. No one has said publicly whether Cooper will become the Green Goblin in the next film. Osborn starts out as Peter Parker's mentor before going green.
It's not like they need him for this one, since they already have about 75 villains, including ones played by Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti.
The film stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and is slated for release May 2, 2014.
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The Fair Isle sweater, named for a small island in Scotland where the multicolored knitting technique was invented, has been a popular winter staple since King Edward VIII wore one publicly in the 1920s. The Fair Isle pattern is created row by row using a special knitting technique, and is usually made of three to five different colors. Over the years, the patterns and colors of Fair Isle have varied slightly to reflect trends, and this season the sweater has again seen a revival in popularity.
Pair a Fair Isle sweater, like our Merino/Cotton Blend Fair Isle Sweater, $145, with a pair of chinos in a color that blends well with the sweater. Wear a pant in a shade similar to the sweater's main color, like in the image above. Alternatively, wear it with a pant that incorporates one of the pattern's colors, like a red or a blue.
For a more formal look, wear a slim-fitting collared shirt and add a sport coat in a light tan herringbone over the sweater, like our Light Brown Herringbone Sportcoat, $650. A tie can be worn with this outfit for work, but take the tie off and relax when you go out for drinks. For your feet, wear a cool wingtip or brogue, like the Alden for J.Crew Waxed Longwing Bluchers, $515.
For a casual look, pair this sweater with a light Henley underneath and a great pair of distressed, worn-in jeans. Push the sleeves up and reveal a cool leather bracelet or vintage watch to add a bit of attitude. To keep in line with the comfortable and relaxed, but definitel stylish, look, pair with a suede desert boot, like the J.Crew Classic MacAlister Boot, $148, in snuff.


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Betty passed away in Carmichael, California on October 22, 2012.
Born in Chico, California on October 18, 1930, she grew up in Gridley, California. Betty attended Gridley Union High School and excelled as a student and a leader. She graduated in 1949 and was instrumental in organizing her class reunions including her 60th reunion in 2009. Go BullDogs!
Betty had great passion in her position as an administrative assistant for both the Grant Union and San Juan School Districts until her retirement. She particularly enjoyed attending the various school activities at both school districts. She also enjoyed managing, organizing and attending softball games in the Carmichael Girls Softball League.
Betty loved to cook for family and friends, especially authentic Italian and Mexican food and, of course, her famous rolls and pies.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Sam, and sisters, Bessie, Bonnie, and Joyce.
She is survived by her children: Elaine, Karen, Susan (Michael), and Carl (Toni); her grandchildren: Kevin, Ryan, Amanda, Isabella, Giovanna, and Antonio; and her loving friend and sister, Selma.
The family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to the staff at Carmichael Oaks Senior Living for the care and compassion given to Betty in her final days.
Friends and family are invited to a memorial service at 12 noon on Saturday, November 3, at the Carmichael Elks Lodge at 5631 Cypress Avenue. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Betty's name to the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento, 3555 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95821.
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An inspection of the Hawley Area Authority wastewater lines was commencing the week of October 14, Councilman John Roberston, Council liaison to the Authority, reported. the project, costing $21,400, will provide information about the sewer lines and any needed repairs.
Entech Engineering recommended the inspection, which will be carried out by Utility Service Group. Back flushing will take two to three days.
Entech's analysis of the wastewater treatment plant and pump stations were accepted by the Authority board. Entech suggested upgrades to extend equipment life, ensure compliance with permits and provide the most cost effective operations.
Robertson also related at the Oct. 9th Council meeting that sewer rates will be going up. Sewer system customers were to receive notice the week of October 14 of sewer rate increases effective in January 2014.
Residents are asked to cooperate in not flushing down "bathroom wipes." A problem affecting sewer plant operators nationwide, some of the pre-moistened towelettes do not break down as they travel through the system. The result is that pipes and sewer system pumps are becoming clogged. Hawley Plant Manager Frank Schweisinger reported that this has become an issue here. Recently, two 55-gallon barrels of debris were removed from the Columbus and Welwood pumping stations by plant personnel.
As of September 26, sewer system delinquent accounts totaled $55,555.50. This was down from $59,758.23 on August 29. Four water termination letters have been sent to delinquent customers.
The Hawley Area Authority's next board meeting is set for Wednesday, October 30 at 6:45 p.m. at the plant offices off of Hudson Street. The following two meeting dates were adjusted due to the holidays: Thursday, November 21 at 6:45 p.m. and Thursday. December 19 at 4 p.m.
These meetings are open to the public.
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September 25
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2003
- As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- selected by Nanobug
- 2004
- Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. ~ Blaise Pascal
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Between grief and nothing I will take grief. ~ William Faulkner (born 25 September 1897)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2006
- No battle is ever won... They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. ~ William Faulkner
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them. ~ Christopher Reeve (born 25 September 1952)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2008
- The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. ~ William Faulkner (date of birth)
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. Since man is mortal, the only immortality possible for him is to leave something behind him that is immortal since it will always move. This is the artist's way of scribbling "Kilroy was here" on the wall of the final and irrevocable oblivion through which he must someday pass. ~ William Faulkner
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol — cross or crescent or whatever — that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. ~ William Faulkner
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews. ~ William Faulkner
- proposed by Kalki
- 2012
|When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them.
|~ Christopher Reeve ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
|I believe that the justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public manifestations. The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenalin but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.
|~ Glenn Gould ~
- proposed by Zarbon
- 2014
|What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have — and you don't have to be a "Superman" to do it.
|~ Christopher Reeve ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2015
|The past is never dead. It's not even past.
|~ William Faulkner ~
- proposed by DanielTom
- 2016
- Rank or add further suggestions…
Ranking system:
- 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
- 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
- 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
- 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
- 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.
A painting is not about an experience. It is an experience. ~ Mark Rothko
- 2 Zarbon 04:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 23:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- 3 N6n 16:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
- 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:06, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one. ~ Michael Madsen
- 2 Zarbon 04:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 23:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 15:06, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of melodic identities which when transposed, inverted, made retrograde, or transformed rhythmically will yet exhibit, in conjunction with the original subject matter, some entirely new but completely harmonious profile. ~ Glenn Gould
The trouble begins when we start to be so impressed by the strategies of our systematized thought that we forget that it does relate to an obverse, that it is hewn from negation, that it is but very small security against the void of negation which surrounds it. ~ Glenn Gould
- 3 Kalki 21:00, 23 September 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4, though I would now extend this to read:
- The trouble begins when we start to be so impressed by the strategies of our systematized thought that we forget that it does relate to an obverse, that it is hewn from negation, that it is but very small security against the void of negation which surrounds it. And when that happens, when we forget these things, all sorts of mechanical failures begin to disrupt the function of human personality.
Everything is perfect about the past, except how it lead to the present. ~ Homer Simpson
- Spannerjam (talk) 07:07, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
- 1 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:10, 24 September 2015 (UTC) I actually like the quote, but this has no clear relation to the date.


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Pain Management Health Center
FDA Warns Consumers About ShoulderFlex Massager
Dec. 21, 2011 -- The FDA has issued a new warning to consumers against the use of a massage device called the ShoulderFlex Massager, which was recalled earlier this year after it was blamed for causing at least one death.
According to the FDA, the distributor, King International, has gone out of business since the firm recalled the massagers on Aug. 31, 2011, and many stores that sell the device may not be aware it is dangerous.
Likewise, the FDA says many people who purchased the massager may be unaware that it is dangerous and that King International's 800 number established for the recall has been out of service.
Dangerous Massage Device Sold in Stores and Online
The ShoulderFlex Massager is a personal massage device sold in retail stores, via catalogs, and over the Internet. It is intended to provide a deep-tissue massage to the neck, shoulders, and back area, while lying down.
But the FDA says hair, clothing, and jewelry can become entangled in the device and cause serious injury or death from strangulation.
There have been reports of one death and one near-death, due to strangulation, associated with the use of the ShoulderFlex Massager.
"The ShoulderFlex Massager poses serious risks," Steve Silverman of the FDA says in a news release.
Silverman, director of the FDA's Office of Compliance in its Center for Devices and Radiological Health, says, "consumers should stop using this device, health care providers should not recommend it to their patients, and businesses should stop distributing and selling the device."
How to Dispose of the Device
The FDA says it discovered during a recent compliance audit that King International had gone out of business and that it had not followed through with recall procedures.
The FDA warning includes a recommendation to "safely dispose" of the massagers. It says the massage fingers should be removed and disposed of separately from the device, and the power supply disposed of separately, as well.


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An epic evening for Marvel at Comic-Con
'Thor: The Dark World,' 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and "Guardians of the Galaxy" were front and center in Hall H
The Marvel universe had a night so explosive, so epic on Saturday of Comic-Con that even Superman couldn't have kept up.
And that's OK because Marvel's host of superheroes and stellar announcements overshadowed Superman and many other presentations.
It all started when the crew at Marvel dropped three — it had previously announced it would be bringing two — of its upcoming films: "Thor: The Dark World," "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of the Galaxy."
Those inside the packed 6,500-capacity hall had a chance to see exclusive footage from "Thor: The Dark World" that was preceded by Tom Hiddleston — dressed in costume as his character "Loki" — bursting onto the stage out of the darkness. The crowd went crazy and eventually was chanting "Loki" again and again at Hiddleston's request.
Next came the cast of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," including Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. Fans also got a chance to see footage from the movie, which is almost done being filmed and will hit theaters in 2014.
"The movie is very different in tone from the first film," Anthony Russo, who co-directed the film with his brother, Joe Russo, said at a press conference Saturday night. "The first film is sort of a wonderful love letter to the origin of (Captain America) and the time period. (Captain America) is now in the modern world and the film is a political thriller."
Next to join the stage was the biggest surprise of the night: cast members from "Guardians of the Galaxy." They included Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Batista, Michael Rooker and director James Gunn.
"'Guardians' is about a family coming together and it really is about a group of individuals who have acted selfishly and only as individuals throughout their lives and then learning something about themselves that makes them heros," Gunn said.
But that's not all. Some of Marvel's greatest heroes have already begun to weave in and out of each others' stories via films already produced — one of those being "The Avengers," which was wildly successful upon its release last year. So fittingly, the next announcement had the costumed comic-book lovers in the audience on their feet.
Comic-Con legend and "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon took to the stage to announce that the sequel to the film will be called will be called "Avengers: Age of Ultron."
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Southside Drive to be closed
Published: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:48 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | Southside Drive between 29th Street and 30th Street will be closed from 9-11 a.m. today, for fire protection installation by C&B Plumbing, according to the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation.
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There will be a fundraiser to raise awareness for children with a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 at Veteran's Park, 6910 Routes 5 and 20 in East Bloomfield.
A CDH is a hole in the diaphragm that allows organs from the abdomen to move into the chest.
The event will feature balloon animals, live music, face painting, a magic show, bounce houses and more.
All money will be donated to a CDH research fund and to the Golisano Children's Hospital, said event organizer Melinda Brocklebank.
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Soldiers often call plastic surgeon Adam Tattelbaum in a panic. They need liposuction — fast.
Some military personnel are turning to the surgical procedure to remove excess fat from their waists in a desperate attempt to pass the Pentagon's body fat test, which relies on measurements of the neck and waist and can determine their future prospects in the military.
"They come in panicked about being kicked out or getting a demerit that will hurt their chances at a promotion," the Rockville, Md., surgeon said.
Service members complain that the Defense Department's method of estimating body fat weeds out not just flabby physiques but bulkier, muscular builds.
Fitness experts agree and have joined the calls for the military's fitness standards to be revamped. They say the Pentagon's weight tables are outdated and do not reflect that Americans are now bigger, though not necessarily less healthy.
Defense officials say the test ensures troops are ready for the rigors of combat. The military does not condone surgically altering one's body to pass the test, but liposuction is not banned.
The Pentagon insists that only a small fraction of service members who exceed body fat limits perform well on fitness tests.
"We want everybody to succeed," said Bill Moore, director of the Navy's Physical Readiness Program. "This isn't an organization that trains them and says, 'Hey, get the heck out.'"
The Defense Department's "tape test" uses neck and waist measurements rather than the body mass index, a system based on an individual's height and weight that is widely used in the civilian world.
Those who fail are ordered to spend months in a vigorous exercise and nutrition program, which Marines have nicknamed the "pork chop platoon" or "doughnut brigade." Even if they later pass, failing the test once can halt promotions for years, service members say.
Failing three times can be grounds for getting kicked out.
The number of Army soldiers booted for being overweight has jumped tenfold in the past five years from 168 in 2008 to 1,815. In the Marine Corps, the figure nearly doubled from 102 in 2010 to 186 in 2011 but dropped to 132 last year.
|From Fort Carson:
As of Oct 29, 2013 and since 2011, Fort Carson has separated 126 Soldiers for weight control issues. This is .005 percent of Soldiers stationed at Fort Carson.
A Soldier is placed in the Army Weight Control Program after they have failed a weigh in and a body fat percentage test. At this point, the Soldier is seen by a physician assistant who will draw blood for tests to determine that the weight gain is not a medical condition. If the determination is that the weight gain has no medical reason, the Soldier is put into the weight control program where they attend mandatory nutrition counseling and remedial physical fitness. The Soldier is weighed or taped monthly.
To stay in the Army, the Soldier must show either a 3-8 pound loss or 1% body fat loss. If at any time, two months inconsecutively, the Soldier does not show improvement, it is the commander's discretion to separate the Soldier from active duty normally under honorable conditions. If the Soldier loses the weight or body fat percentage and passes one of those aspects, they are no longer weighed monthly or in remedial physical fitness. However, if the Soldier fails at any time within 12 months of making weight, the commander can determine to separate the Soldier for weight control issues.
A Soldier entering the weight control program stays in the program for a total of 3 years.
The Air Force and the Navy said they do not track discharges tied to the tape test.
Still, service members say they are under intense scrutiny as the military trims its ranks because of budget cuts and the winding down of the Afghanistan war.
Dr. Michael Pasquale of Aloha Plastic Surgery in Honolulu said his military clientele has jumped by more than 30 percent since 2011, with about a half-dozen service members coming in every month.
"They have to worry about their careers," the former soldier said. "With the military downsizing, it's putting more pressure on these guys."
Military insurance covers liposuction only if it is deemed medically necessary, not if it is considered cosmetic, which would be the nature of any procedure used to pass the test. The cost of liposuction can exceed $6,000.
Some service members go on crash diets or use weights to beef up their necks so they're in proportion with a larger waist. Pasquale said liposuction works for those with the wrong genetics.
"I've actually had commanders recommend it to their troops," Pasquale said. "They'll deny that if you ask them. But they know some people are in really good shape and unfortunately are just built wrong."
Jeffrey Stout, a sports science professor at the University of Central Florida, said the tape test describes the body's shape, not its composition, such as the percentage of body fat or the ratio of fat to muscle.
"I wouldn't want my career decided on that," he said.
A more accurate method, he said, would be to use calipers to measure the thickness of skin on three different parts of the body.
"That way these guys are not hurt by a bad measurement," said Stout, who has researched the accuracy of different body composition measurements.
Strength-and-power athletes and those who do a lot of twisting that builds up the muscle tissue over the hips would likely fail the Defense Department test, he added.


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I did it! I did Wildflower.
A few weeks ago both Gale and Stephen said that even if I doggy paddle the swim, granny-gear the bike and crawl the run, I can still call myself a triathlete. I was covered! Then I read the Wildflower rules the day before the race and learned that if you crawl at Wildflower, you will be disqualified.
I also went down to the pier on Saturday and watched the pros dive in for the swim on the long course. That got me worrying that my first lake swim just might be a doggy paddle.
But Sunday morning I felt surprisingly relaxed and happy. Standing on the boat ramp waiting for my age group to start I was joking around with some of the other girls.
Then the horn went off.
The water was cold, the wetsuit was choking me, there were elbows in my face, and hands swatting my ankles. My heart rate must have been higher than I thought because I had trouble breathing. I had to stop and tread water and tell myself to calm down. There was even a part of me that wanted to swim back to the boat ramp and stand on solid ground for a minute. I had never met that part of me before.
But thankfully there was a bigger part of me that said, 'Are you crazy? Are you actually thinking about turning around in the first 100 yards of a race you trained 6 months for, just because of a little panic attack?'
So I kept swimming, breathing every two strokes instead of my usual 4, and talking my heart rate down. I made my way to the outer edge of the pack and finally found my rhythm about 10 minutes into the swim.
Even though it was hard to keep track of the buoys and even though I felt like I was swimming in circles, I still swam in the amount of time I had estimated (30 minutes).
Coming out of the water I was disoriented and felt dizzy, but I ran my way up the ramp and into the transition area. It took me just under 4 minutes to get through, and then out on the bike. It was better than my 15- and 7-minute transitions from training but still pretty slow. Although for this race, the transition times were the least of my worries.
I was more prepared for the bike than anything else and the 40K ride felt great. On one of the initial descents I looked over at the bikers coming up and thought, 'This looks like a killer hill on the way up.' Then the song Killer Queen got stuck in my head and distracted me from worrying about a hill I wasn't at yet. So I started humming along to the tune in my head.
"She's a Killer Queen...Gunpowder, gelatine...Dynamite with a laserbeam...Guaranteed to blow your mind...Anytime..." and I forgot all about the killer climb. I was passing people going up the hills, smiling on the way down and I finished 25 minutes faster than I had anticipated in 1 hour, 34 minutes.
My transition from bike to run was a little faster than my first transition at just under 3 minutes. Exiting the transition area you go straight up a flight of stairs and onto a dirt path. The first few miles I felt strong and positive. Then I realized the mile markers weren't mile markers...they were kilometer markers. That's when the shady trail turned into a sun-exposed path and I started to slow down. There was a big hill between kilometers 4 and 5 where my body got in a fight with my mind.
My body said, "I want to walk this hill: There is nothing wrong with walking this hill"
My mind responded with, "There is everything wrong with walking this hill, don't you want to say you ran the whole thing?"
My body shot back with, "Yes, but it will be even better if I can actually finish."
During this debate I would stop running briefly, feel bad about it and two second later start running again, then my body would scream that I was going too fast and I would slow all the way down to a walk again. There was an older gentleman near me that kept a steady pace, and when I slowed to a walk he would pass me, but when I ran, I would pass him. I realize now I should have kept pace with him and I probably would not have walked at all. But the final big hill, combined with the heat, got to me and I had to walk a bit.
I picked up the pace again at the crest of the hill and was able to keep a decent clip on the long descent to the finish line. Coming through the final chute I was neck and neck with another girl and we pushed each other in a sprint to the finish. They announced everyone crossing the line and I felt proud to hear my name over the loudspeaker.
I could have collapsed on the other side of the line but a volunteer threw a cold, dripping wet towel over my shoulder that revived me. I also saw a co-worker who was at the finish line cheering Team in Training athletes across. He congratulated me and I was grateful to see a supportive smile. A smile that said, "Look at you. You just did Wildflower!"


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R.E.M. was at the height of its powers when it ventured into the studio to record its first "MTV Unplugged" session in 1991.
The legendary Athens, Ga., band -- consisting of drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and singer Michael Stipe -- had just released "Out of Time," a work of uncommon beauty and bold ambition that would firmly establish R.E.M. as one of the biggest acts on the planet.
It was a very different R.E.M. that returned to tape a rare "Unplugged" encore in 2001. It had lost one of its original members -- Berry, who suffered a brain aneurysm onstage in 1995 and retired from the band two years later -- as well as much of its sales power. Its then-current album, the gorgeous "Reveal," managed to go gold but was still seen as a major commercial disappointment in comparison to such multiplatinum triumphs as 1992's "Automatic for the People" and 1994's "Monster."
Yet both "Unplugged" outings were equally glorious affairs. And "Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions" offers invaluable evidence that R.E.M. deserves to be ranked as the greatest American rock band of all time. I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for these acoustic recordings to be "officially" made available to the public. (Yes, I know that bootlegs have been around for ages.)
So I was thrilled to hear that the always-fabulous Rhino record label was offering up this "Unplugged" collection as a limited edition four-LP set for Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent music retailers that took place in April.
But, of course, not everyone digs vinyl (or has a record player).
So, it's nice to see that this set is also being released on CD ($24.98) and in digital download formats on May 20.
Fans should really enjoy this striking set, which includes every song from the original TV broadcasts as well as 11 cuts that were never aired.
The first 17 songs hail from the 1991 "Unplugged" set. The band sounds at ease in the acoustic setting as it tackles "Out of Time" material, including the megahit "Losing My Religion," as well as old favorites like "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." The group travels all the way back to its 1983 debut, delighting with "Perfect Circle," and even includes a memorable cover of the Troggs' "Love Is All Around."
If you only plan to purchase a couple of tracks from the 1991 batch, when it becomes available for download, I recommend going with "World Leader Pretend" and "Fall on Me." The former really benefits from the acoustic setting, sounding even more satisfying than the original version found on 1988's "Green." The latter is even more stunning, with Stipe's vocals soaring, aching and soothing in ways that are nothing less than astounding.
The 2001 tracks are just as magnificent -- in some cases, even more so. The band does a great job re-imagining some old favorites, including "Country Feedback," "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" and "The One I Love," but the newer material sounds even stronger.
That might surprise those who lost track of R.E.M. after its commercial heyday in the mid-'90s. Yet the band produced some of its very best material later in its career. The proof can be heard on the "Unplugged" versions of "At My Most Beautiful" "Daysleeper," "Electrolite," "Imitation of Life," "I'll Take the Rain" and other offerings from 1998's "Up" and 2001's "Reveal."
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AT&T Enters Online Video-Streaming Wars
AT&T is jumping into the video streaming wars.
The phone company's U-Verse television service will start offering an online video streaming service called "U-Verse Screen Pack" for $5 extra a month, available to U-Verse television subscribers, AT&T said today at the Consumer Electronics Show.
The new service will launch with 1,500 mostly older movies, from Sony Pictures Studios and MGM Studios Inc. "among others," AT&T said. A spokesman said that newer releases as well as TV shows are on the way.
AT&T is entering a crowded space. Aside from Netflix and Amazon.com Inc., several other pay TV operators have launched streaming services Comcast's Streampix service lets subscribers stream a variety of movies and TV shows for $4.99 a month Verizon Communications and Coinstar's joint venture dubbed Redbox Instant last month began rolling out its streaming and DVD-rental service, which costs $8 a month Dish Network has a streaming service for subscribers using the Blockbuster name, which costs $10 a month. Then there's Hulu, owned by several major entertainment companies.
With Netflix Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. investing heavily in older shows and movies, and in original series, competing in the space requires a hefty investment to license content. Dish Network Corp. executives have said publicly in recent months that the high price of streaming content deals has hobbled Dish's ability to expand its Blockbuster unit into a Netflix competitor.
AT&T said it plans to expand its streaming library over time. It remains to be seen just how well it can do that, considering the costs.


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- May 21:
- San Jose Sharks' Brent Burns shows good and not-so-good side to Los Angeles Kings
- San Jose Sharks beat Los Angeles Kings 2-1, tie playoff series
- Sharks goalie Antti Niemi barely breaking a sweat against Kings
- Tommy Wingels says Sharks need more production from third and fourth lines
- San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi could face more shots in Game 4
- Sharks' Logan Couture 'all good' for Game 4
- Kawakami: San Jose Sharks' Joe Thornton comes up big when the team needs him the most
SAN JOSE -- The Sharks did the very necessary thing Tuesday night. They beat the Los Angeles Kings, 2-1, and turned a best-of-seven series into a best-of-three. With momentum.
The Sharks also proved their point. Don't discount that portion of the equation, either.
Last week after they blew a lead in the final two minutes and lost Game 2 in Los Angeles to go down 0-2 in the series, there was much bravura talk by the Sharks' that the crushing defeat would not affect them. A few players expressed their belief that they were the better team than the Kings, even if the scoreboard didn't show it.
We've heard so many teams in so many sports make those sorts of statements over the years. How many back it up?
Well, at least one team.
"We were happy with our effort in Game 2," said Logan Couture late Tuesday after he'd scored the Sharks' winning power-play goal for the second straight game. "We obviously lost that game. But we tried to build off it."
And remarkably, they did. Tuesday night was no easy night at the rink for them. The game followed almost the same pattern as Game 2, the week previous. The Sharks dominated the first period, held service in the second period, then held on for dear life in the third against the best the Kings could muster.
This time, however, Los Angeles did not score two goals in the final two minutes to tie and win the game. The Kings pulled within a goal halfway through the third and then poured it on even more. The Sharks might have been running on fumes in those final moments, poking and clawing desperately to clear the puck or diving to block shots. But the desperation succeeded.
And that's why the series is headed back to Staples Center in L.A. for Game 5 on Thursday night -- with a guarantee that there will also be a Game 6 on Sunday back at HP Pavilion, where the Sharks had the best home record in the NHL this season and where they remain undefeated in the playoffs.
Dan Boyle, the Shark defenseman who'd been one of those expressing his opinion that his team was a slight cut above the Kings even after losing in Game 2, refused to gloat after Tuesday's victory about his hockey correctness.
"We knew if we kept playing that way, we would give ourselves a very good chance to win," Boyle said. "We felt confident about that with our group when we came back here, unlike sometimes in years past when you ... questioned some things."
Boyle left that statement hanging, not adding any details. But the history books contain all the grimy details about Shark teams of yore, who looked so flashy and skilled but at a certain point hit a playoff wall and melted.
This 2013 version of our beloved Los Tiburones must contain an anti-melt gene. Because their work in Games 3 and 4, trying to rally from adversity, was impressive. Couture snapped back from his leg injury to score the big goals. Joe Thornton's line with the Tasmanian Devil of hockey, Brent Burns, gave the Kings all sorts of problems. The third line centered by Scott Gomez kept the Kings busy and bothered. Antii Niemi, the goalie, allowed one goal in each of the two HP Pavilion games.
And none of that matters moving ahead, although it's probably better to enter a game with a two-game winning streak than a two-game losing streak. The Kings are still the defending Stanley Cup champions. Their fierceness in the third period Tuesday showed their mettle.
"They brought it," Couture said. "We knew they would. But except for that power-play goal in the third, we kept them out."
"It's going to get tougher," Boyle said. "As you get older in this game, that's what you realize. As hard as it was tonight, it's going to be harder in the next game. We're obviously playing a very good team."
Three times before in franchise history, the Sharks have rallied from an 0-2 deficit to tie up a series at 2-2. But all three times, they've gone on to lose the next two games and be eliminated. One more victory would put them in uncharted waters.
But at least they're sailing into Game 5 with a headwind.
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CUTLER-When U.S. presidents give a President's Volunteer Service Award to volunteers around the nation, each must have completed 4,000 hours of volunteer work.
Ruby Hall, 87, of Cutler has given over 17,200 hours to RSVP of Washington County, said Lisa Valentine, the program's director.
"She's made four lifetimes of volunteer service in her lifetime. That's amazing!" Valentine added.
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SHARON BOPP The Marietta Times
Ruby Hall, 87, of Cutler works on her latest quilt project in her sewing room Friday. A volunteer with over 17,200 hours given to RSVP of Washington County, Hall has donated over 250 quilts to organizations in the county in the past 10 years.
Hall says the first volunteering she did was when she and her late husband Richard were den parents for their three sons who were Cub Scouts.
For nine to 10 years starting in the 1950s, the Halls held Cub Scout meetings in their Marietta living room. As part of their scouting duties, the scouts marched in local parades.
"We practiced marching all over the neighborhood," Hall laughingly remembered.
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Ruby Hall
Age: 87.
Address: Cutler.
Accomplishments: Hall has given over 17,200 volunteer hours to RSVP of Washington County; donated more than 250 quilts to county organizations in the past 10 years; and once made 40 pies for the Washington County Fair in nine hours.
Other volunteer work: Hall and her late husband Richard were Cub Scout den parents for nine to 10 years in the 1950s; she also served as a volunteer health representative for the Washington County Extension Office.
After doing volunteer therapy with a child through Easter Seals, Hall was handed a book and recruited as the group's secretary.
She was to find her true forte-fundraising- while serving with Easter Seals.
"She's an amazing fundraiser," Valentine said. "She's very organized, ...(and) people don't tell her 'no.'"
Hall's first money-raising experience was at an annual apple butter stir and sell off, where she was one of about 10 volunteers.
Sensing that Hall had a bent for coming up with fundraising ideas and getting the job done, Easter Seals recruited her again.
"Every time I turned around I got handed a 'book,'" Hall quipped.
In 1962 or 1963, Hall and her family moved to a Cutler farm. She remains in that area today.
Soon she was volunteering as a health representative with the Washington County Extension Office and became involved with the Washington County Farm Bureau.
"I always liked to help people out or I wouldn't have made time to do (volunteering)," said Hall.
"I was doing it for free so why not do something worthwhile?" she added.
As a member of the farm bureau's women's committee, Hall helped with membership drives, the Washington County Fair and more.
During one county fair in the 1970s, Hall was in charge of picking up homemade pies from four churches, that were to be used to raise funds for the farm bureau.
During the four days of the fair, a total of 160 donated pies were needed-or 40 pies per day.
"The first day there were 40 pies. The second day there were only 20 of the 40 pies I needed," Hall said.
The last day of the fair, no pies were made by the church members.
"Somebody's got to make those pies!" Hall thought worriedly.
That somebody was Hall, who made 40 pies that evening in just nine hours.
Quilting became a passion of Hall's after her retirement in 1987, she said. Most of her quilts are donated for raffles and other area fundraisers.
In the last 10 years, Hall said she has stitched and donated over 250 quilts. Each quilt takes her about a month to complete.
"I can make something for this (group) and they can make a little money out of it and it keeps me busy," said Hall.
Hall's quilts have helped raise funds for the fire departments in Bartlett and Barlow, The Ely Chapman Educational Foundation, RSVP, Harmar Bridge Association, Marietta Memorial Hospital and those whose homes have been destroyed by fire.
Valentine did the math on how much Hall has helped organizations raise with her 250-plus quilts.
"You multiply that by $400 or $500 per quilt, and that's a lot of money," she said.
After 32 years with RSVP, Hall recently "retired" from the group's advisory council. Council members have proclaimed her an honorary lifetime advisory council member.
"I'm sure we're going to miss her at the meetings," said Evelyn Worstell, RSVP Advisory Council member. "She always has some very good suggestions on fundraising."
But Hall isn't ready to throw in her fundraising towel just yet.
On Dec. 1, the O'Neill Center in Marietta will host its annual Christmas craft show. RSVP makes and sells chicken and noodles at the event as a fundraiser.
Although Hall has taught Worstell and another RSVP member how to make the dish, Hall admitted "I might go in (to RSVP) that day."


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(WOMENSENEWS)--A cameraman focused his frame on a stage. Production staff draped gold fabric on the backdrop and fastened crimson and orange bouquets to gilded columns.
As they set up the mundup--a sacred area where traditional Hindu wedding ceremonies are performed--the cameraman checked the color contrast among the flowers and six white chairs placed in a half-circle around a shrine.
The wedding director, Sonal Shah, examined the layout and adjusted the lighting. Looking at the red hues of the roses and the sparkle of the foil basin of the shrine, she gave her approval. The camera zoomed in on the women's saris, gold jewelry and dramatic makeup common to Bollywood stars.
This was the wedding of Sowmia Nair and Sachin Kamath at Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, N.Y.
The November 2007 event was organized by Shah, an ethnic wedding planner and founder of Sonal J. Shah Event Consultants, a company known for making wedding venues look like ornate movie sets.
Shah said ethnic wedding planners such as herself are still a novelty; she guesses there are about 20 to 30 in the United States.
In the past, many families used what she calls "in-house wedding planners," or family members, to organize the event. "But what people are starting to realize is that the aunt or cousin can't really help them get through a 600-person wedding and be a guest. Who's their team?"
Even in the struggling economy of 2009, Shah doubts her business will suffer.
"The economy has not changed the fact that Indian families still show success and 'making it' by having lavish events and it is still tradition to give your daughter the best wedding possible," said Shah, whose New York company plans and produces between 20 and 25 weddings a year across the country. She says each one costs anywhere between $100,000 and $600,000. "I don't think people realize the amount of dollars spent on our weddings."
Business Grew From Her Own Wedding
Shah's career as a consultant began six years ago after she planned her own wedding without the resource of ethnic wedding Web sites or an ethnic wedding planner. The Indian vendors she found for her own wedding later formed the core of the company.
For all the years she has been in business, the U.S. wedding industry has been booming.
The Bridal Association of America, in Bakersfield, Calif., estimates that from 2007 to 2008, the wedding market value expanded by more than 11 percent--from $66 billion to $71 billion--outpacing the increase in weddings, which grew 2.4 percent.
Indian weddings, at the high end, fed the boom.
"Let's say you went to a florist and you were having your wedding for 130 people with maybe 13 or 16 tables," said Shah in an interview in her midtown Manhattan office. "Great. For us, it's like 60 tables, which is 600 guests, or 90 tables, which is 900 guests."
Shah glanced at her watch and added, "I mean, these are not out-of-the-ordinary numbers. The sheer volume that people spend on Indian weddings, just because of their guest lists, is enormous."
While the Bridal Association reports an average of 169 guests at most U.S. weddings, Indian weddings often attract between 500 and 900 guests.
But the number of such events, if not the scale, could subside this year.
Kyle Brown, founder and executive director of the Bridal Association, predicts a 15 percent decrease in the number of weddings in 2009 due to the recession. At bridal shows across the country, he says, about 60 to 65 percent of brides are planning for upcoming nuptials this year, down from 80 percent in prior years.
Ethnic Wedding Planners a Novelty
Celebrity makeup artist Lily Rivera, founder of BridalGal, has made ethnic weddings her specialty. "We have been working with Indian brides for the past five or six years now and are busier now than before," said Rivera.
Due to the recession, however, she says Indian couples are doing their homework more than before and being choosier about vendors.
Many Indian weddings last three to four days and have multiple venues.
Nuptials can last for four or five hours in India, but in the States they are sometimes shortened to an hour and translated into English.
Brides' mothers often contribute to higher costs. Some want their daughters to look like Bollywood actresses wearing theatrical makeup, glamorous saris and layers of gold jewelry as a marker of status or to keep up with the Patels. And since most parents attend many weddings a year, they have long guest lists.
Nair wore a mango-colored sari with dozens of gold bangles and a traditional gold necklace and earrings that required numbing cream on her ears because of their weight. She and her mother decided on a different ensemble for the reception: a white dress with champagne-colored beading and another set of bangles in white gold and diamonds.
Maintaining Cultural Traditions
Unlike other expensive elements of the event, her mother, Suja Nair, says jewelry isn't about decadence. "Jewelry is given by the parents as a form of wealth to the bride. When she goes to her husband's house, traditionally, she brings along her own wealth from her parents."
Rivera, the makeup artist, tries to help mothers and daughters balance traditional and modern elements in ethnic weddings.
"The younger generation of Indian brides is more conservative, a lot of them struggle between a more natural look and love the look of glamour, yet are afraid that it may look too heavy like traditional Indian makeup can," said Rivera. "She still wants to look traditional yet glamorous, and more stylish and modern in their styles."
At the Nair-Kamath wedding, Shah and her staff communicated through headsets connected to walkie-talkies.
In their matching orange-and-gold tunics with black pants, the consultants managed problems that arose from 9 a.m. until after midnight. That included traveling 45 minutes back to the bride's parents' house for Nair's suitcase and explaining some of the cultural elements of the ceremony to the bridesmaids.
Inside the lobby of the Crest Hollow Country Club, chandeliers and a piano player greeted guests as they arrived in stretch-Escalade limousines. Women dressed in saris floated inside wearing violet, tangerine and blue fabrics, making the room bloom with color.
Later at the reception, laughter and chatter passed across chocolate brown table tops as votive candles lit smiling faces. Nair's white beaded dress and diamond bangles sparkled as she and her new husband held each other on the dance floor.
At that moment, Nair and Kamath's marriage was about to begin.
But for Shah, nine months of preparation had culminated. "It gets very emotional when you are planning every detail," Shah said as she watched the couple. "It's kind of sad when it's all over."
Christa Fletcher recently graduated with her master's degree in journalism from New York University and works as an editor for Channel One News. She has written about women's issues for Marie Claire and The New Black Magazine
This story, part of our New Writers Program, was funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Healing, Reiki and Non Judgmental Communication
By Experience Nirvana on June 9, 2009 - 6:36pm
Heal your body and free your mind
With original ancient Tibetan singing bowl sound therapy
In ancient Tibet, sick people were treated with the sound of the singing bowls. The miraculous sound coming from bowls made of seven metals and the special music composed for the therapy were guarded secrets there until recent times. This knowhow reached Nepal in 1959 when the Tibetans left their country. Today, there are only few artists in Kathmandu pursuing this practice. Megha Ratna Shakya has just recently come to settle in Vancouver and he brought along with him this ancient knowledge in its original form.
Human body is made of innumerable cells. Each cell carries electrical energy. Each cell vibrates creating certain sound frequency. When a person is sick, there is imbalance in the sound frequency of the cells in the body and mind. The singing bowl balances the sound frequency rejuvenating the sick person's body and mind. If you are suffering from stresses, pains and other difficulties, physical and mental, try out this sacred sound therapy used by sages and monks in monasteries. Megha provides this service with Reiki energy which also happened to have originated in Tibet.


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Handel's "Messiah" is everywhere at this time of year, a good thing. Special, too, is the chance to sample alternative sources of "Comfort and Joy" -- the name of this weekend's program at Mission Santa Clara, where the Santa Clara Chorale is jubilantly embracing seasonal masterworks by C.P.E. Bach and Charpentier.
The 80-voice community choir, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in the spring, has a guest leader on the podium: Charlene Archibeque, the choral conducting guru who taught for 35 years at San Jose State University. At Friday's performance (the program repeats Sunday afternoon), she shaped those voices into a big unified sound, which flew through the Mission in waves as the Chorale began its performance of the junior Bach's "Magnificat."
In their time, it's often pointed out, C.P.E. -- whose music is a bridge from the Baroque to Classical periods -- actually was better known than his father. The younger Bach's "Magnificat," composed in 1749, a year before the senior Bach's passing, is lyric and triumphal: Trumpets! Drums! The Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, also part of this program, surged alongside the singers to terrific effect in this historic venue, decked out for Christmas.
Archibeque has assembled a fine cast of soloists. Soprano Sandra Bengochea brought aria-like warmth to "Quia respexit humilitatem" ("He hath regarded the low estate"), a lilting number suffused with ornamentation. Baritone Krassen Karagiozov delivered "Fecit potentiam" ("He has shown strength") with weighty import; every word was round and potent. Braiding their voices though "Deposuit potentes" ("He has put down the mighty"), mezzo-soprano Alexandra Mena and tenor Brian Thorsett grew luminous, a highlight of this "Magnificat."
But if I were to vote for a favorite moment or two, I'd choose the choir: "Et misericordia" ("Mercy") was opulently blended, and ached with feeling. The "Gloria" was propelled; true animation in this celebratory movement. The choir lost its focus during the extended fugal workout of "Sicut erat" ("That ever shall be"), which concludes the work. (Mozart borrowed some of this movement's themes for the Kyrie of his "Requiem.") Still, this was an impressive performance.
After intermission, Archibeque and her musicians turned to Charpentier's "Messe de Minuit pour Noël" ("Midnight Mass for Christmas"), composed around 1690 and awash with painterly touches -- always just the right chords to capture moments of pathos or jubilance. Also, it's filled with hit tunes: In each portion of the liturgy, Charpentier tucks in one or more popular Christmas melodies of the time. (In France, many of these carols, known as "noels," are still widely sung.)
Bengochea was lustrous here, at times joined in duet by another bright-voiced soprano, Maria Cammisa. Thorsett was exceptional: ease of delivery, gorgeous tone, and with a powerful thrust to his phrasing, exploding out of his upper register. And yet -- it's time to vote again -- let's give No. 1 credit to the chorus. Its "Sanctus" was swinging and spirited. No real surprise; Archibeque has a way with choirs. In her days leading San Jose State's Choraliers, she and her singers won seven international competitions.
When Charpentier was finished, Archibeque turned to the audience: "And now's the moment you've been waiting for," she said. "You get to sing."
Together, audience and Chorale sang "O Come, All Ye Faithful" and "The First Noel." The program ended with "As It Fell Upon a Night," another English carol, fancifully arranged by Katherine K. Davis and lovingly performed (sans audience) by the Santa Clara Chorale.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/richardscheinin.
Santa Clara Chorale
Charlene Archibeque, guest conductor
When: 4 p.m. Sunday
Where: Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara University
Tickets: $25 general, $20 seniors (and Santa Clara University faculty and staff), $10 students, $5 ages 18 and under; 408-883-4722, www.scc.org/tickets


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The diagnosis and prognosis of esophageal cancer includes the following:
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. Significant elements in your medical history include your country of origin, race, symptoms of chronic reflux esophagitis ( heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease ), and exposure to substances that irritate and damage the throat. Your doctor may also ask about rare congenital conditions.
No part of your physical exam points directly to this disease, but your doctor will do a thorough exam to evaluate your overall health and look for associated conditions, like malnutrition, pneumonia , and head, neck, and lung cancer .
Your doctor may do the following tests:
X-rays —This series of x-rays will be taken while you are swallowing contrast medium (barium). The barium makes it easier for the doctor to see abnormalities on the x-ray.
Endoscopy —This test involves the insertion of a fiberoptic tube with a lighted tip (an endoscope) through the mouth and down through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to examine the entire passageway from mouth to stomach. This allows your doctor to look for abnormalities and perhaps to obtain a biopsy specimen of the cancer. A similar examination of the lungs (bronchoscopy) may also be done.
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) —During this procedure, a thin, lighted tube (endoscope) is passed into the esophagus. The endoscope has a miniscule ultrasound transducer within it.
CT scan —This is a type of x-ray, done to determine the extent of your cancer, that uses a computer to produce cross-sectional images of the inside of the body.
MRI —This test uses magnetic waves to produce images of the inside of the body. Using a large magnet, radio waves, and a computer, an MRI produces two-dimensional and three-dimensional pictures. This is done to determine the extent of your cancer.
PET scan —This test assesses metabolic activity in the tissue, since cancer cells typically generate more activity than noncancerous cells. A PET scan can be performed on a variety of body tissues. A nurse or technologist administers a radioactive substance by an intravenous injection. It takes between 60 to 90 minutes for the substance to be absorbed by the tissue under study. You lie on a table and are moved into a machine that looks like a large, square-shaped doughnut. This machine detects and records the energy levels emitted from the substance that was injected earlier. The images are viewed on a nearby computer monitor.
Bone scan —An injection of a radioactive compound called technetium- methylen diphosphonate is given. Three hours later, you lie on a table while special cameras move slowly above and below the table taking pictures. These cameras detect small amounts of radioactivity in the injected technetium. This test is performed to detect if you have cancer cells in the bone. Usually a bone scan is performed if you complain from bone pain.
Laparoscopy —Tiny incisions are made in the abdomen, and a small fiberoptic tube with a lighted tip (a laparoscope) is inserted. This allows for a visual examination of the abdomen. Miniature surgical tools can also be inserted into the abdomen for biopsies.
Cytology is the study of cells. The cytology of cancer cells differs significantly from normal cells, and physicians use the unique cellular features seen on biopsy samples to determine the diagnosis and assess the prognosis of a cancer.
It may be difficult to remove a sample of tissue for biopsy, because it is often covered with a thick layer of normal tissue. Cells may be obtained by brushing the tissue during endoscopy. At the present time, due to the grim prognosis for this disease, biopsy and tissue identification is not particularly helpful other than to confirm the diagnosis.
Staging is the process by which physicians determine the anatomical extent of the cancer disease. Accurate staging is considered one of the main prognostic factors that determine the fate of the disease. Staging is also essential for making treatment decisions, such as surgery vs. chemotherapy . Several features of the cancer are used to arrive at a staging classification, the most common being the size of the original tumor (T), lymph nodes involvement (N), and spread to distant sites (M), called metastasis. Low staging classifications (1-2) imply a favorable prognosis, whereas high staging classifications (3-4) imply an unfavorable prognosis.
The TNM system of classification is used to stage esophageal cancer. The stage may be predicted by the use of radiologic data, such as that from CT scans, MRI, endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, and biopsies. The stage is comprised of a T (size of the tumor), N (presence of cancer in lymph nodes), and M (presence of cancer in distant sites like bone, liver, and lung).
Stage I : Cancer is found only in the innermost layers of the esophagus.
Stage II : Cancer penetrates deeper into the esophagus, or it has spread to nearby lymph nodes.
Stage III : Cancer is found still deeper in the wall of the esophagus or has spread to tissues or nearby lymph nodes.
Stage IV : Cancer has spread to other parts of the body.
Tx : The cancer cannot be evaluated.
T0 : No cancer is present.
Tis : Cancer does not invade beyond the superficial mucosa (in situ).
T1 : Cancer is present in the lamina propria or submucosa.
T2 : Cancer is present in muscularis propria.
T3 : Cancer is present in adventitia.
T4 : Cancer is growing directly into an adjacent structure.
Nx : Lymph node involvement by tumor cannot be assessed.
N0 : Cancer cells are not present in local (regional) lymph nodes.*
N1 : Cancer cells are present in local lymph nodes.*
*In esophagus cancer, a regional lymph node is based on the location of the tumor in the esophagus.
Mx : Metastasis cannot or has not been assessed.
M0 : Metastases are not present.
M1a : Metastases are present in nonregional lymph nodes.
M1b : Metastases are present in other organs.
|Overall Stage
|T, N, and M Stages
|Stage 0
|Tis, N0, M0
|Stage I
|Stage IIA
|Stage IIB
|Stage III
|T4, any N, M0
|Stage IVA
|Any T, any N, M1a
|Stage IVB
|Any T, Any N, M1b
Esophageal cancer. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php . Updated June 2, 2013. Accessed August 2, 2013.
Esophageal cancer treatment. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/esophageal/HealthProfessional . Updated February 15, 2013. Accessed August 2, 2013.
Esophagus cancer. American Cancer Society website. Available at http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003098-pdf.pdf . Accessed August 2, 2013.
Last reviewed May 2015 by Michael Woods, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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