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Q&A with Puddle of Mudd Bassist Doug Ardito
As Puddle of Mudd bassist and Fender loyalist Doug Ardito can attest, sometimes the shittiest days wind up being the ones that change your life for the better.
Take for instance a brutally humid day in Florida back in the late '90s when his then-band Cellophane was scheduled to play a show during the Warped Tour.
"The guy who runs it told us that if we helped set up the Warped Tour side stage, he'd let us play it instead of the crappy stage we were scheduled to be on," recalls Ardito. "Limp Bizkit had the same record producer as us so Fred Durst came to see the show. It was a pretty shitty concert and we didn't do that well, but years later and that day changed my life."
Fast forward to six months into his 1999 internship at Interscope Records when Ardito ran into Durst in the hallway.
"He mentioned that he had seen me play once and I was like, 'Yeah, in Florida,'" Ardito says. "He asked what I was doing musically and then told me about some kid he had just met from Kansas City who needed some people to jam with."
A decade later and Durst's introduction between Ardito and Puddle of Mudd lead singer Wes Scantlin is still going strong as the multiplatinum hard rock band recently released its fourth studio album, Vol. 4 Songs in the Key of Love & Hate.
Puddle of Mudd's longevity came as a nice surprise to Ardito, who remembers a concern of being a one-hit wonder after the band's first single "Control" came out in 2001.
"It had this line in the breakdown––'I like the way you smack my ass'––and forever me and the rest of the band talked about how we needed to convince Wes to change that line," shared Ardito. "Since we had just met him we didn't want to bum him out and we figured there was time to get it changed. The next thing you know the record hits and it goes gold. We were all saying, 'Oh, if this is our only hit, we are screwed.' I thought we'd be on the VH1 specials forever as the 'smack our ass' band. But 'Blurry' came out and saved us."
Co-written by Ardito and Scantlin, "Blurry" still stands as the band's most well-known song, reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Guitar One magazine also named Ardito's harmonic riff for "Blurry" as one of its "Top Ten Riffs of the Decade."
While walking his beloved dogs Brando and Luna in his neighborhood off California's infamous Mulholland Drive, Ardito spent some time talking with Fender News about that standout riff, the band's past struggles and successes, and the process and inspirations behind the December released album.
FN: You guys worked with a few producers on this album including Brian Howes, Brian Virtue, Jack Joseph Puig and John Kurzweg. What led to that decision?
DA: It just worked out that way because we decided to do them in batches of three, just because time usually lets you see clearly what is worthy and what isn't. So we did the first set with Howes in Vancouver, went on the road, did three more with Virtue after that and then went back on the road again. When we did Famous, we went to Colorado and spent all of this money to make a whole record that when we came back, no one was completely satisfied with. The whole music industry has changed, and it's not about wasting money. It's about being smart and frugal. So we decided not to waste a ton of money by having them send us off to another state to record a whole record that wasn't necessarily going to end up getting used. Instead we recorded demos for free at my house, honed those down into batches of three and then recorded. In less than a year we had our record.
FN: Your debut album Come Clean has sold over five million copies to date. How much pressure is there to live up to that success and those comparisons when you are making a new album?
DA: You have the old saying, "you have your whole life to write your first record." It's very true. We were a group of guys who came together and met in late '99 and started working all through 2000 and made a record, but we were drawing from everything we had done in the past and combining forces to make this amazing record. I think it has sold 5.8 million copies now worldwide, so you get yourself in a strange situation where you are like, "Ok, now what do we do?" We were one of the last bands to sell a huge number of records in 2001 because Napster and file sharing started and record sales just went to shit. So now, we are trying to up the ante of 5.8 million, which is pretty much impossible.
FN: How do you measure success then?
DA: If you go gold nowadays, it's probably platinum and a half back in the day. People aren't album oriented anymore. I think about how I used to listen to Dark Side of the Moon or The Wall and I could listen beginning to end, even Nevermind by Nirvana in '91. Kids aren't programmed like that anymore. They have the ability to grab the one song that's on the radio and then one Jay-Z song and one Slipknot song. For 99 cents you get a hit song that's on the radio. So why spend 12 or 13 dollars? Kids have been feeling ripped off for a long time because they spent 13 dollars to get their favorite two songs and they are sick of it and now they are just going to take the one song for 99 cents and be happy.
FN: So if someone is going to just spend 99 cents on a Puddle of Mudd song off the new album, what would you recommend they get?
A: It's ridiculous to expect them to get the one I'd want. They are going to get the one on the radio, that's a given. And then if they get turned on to another song off the record that isn't going to be a single, then that'd be nice.
FN: Do you have a favorite though?
DA: Well, there are certain songs that mean more. After our second record, we were just sitting on the back burner at our record company and there was no sign of hope at the end of the tunnel. I was recording demo after demo and it was a really dark period for us––from personal stuff to the president of our record company, who was just done with us. We had to lock ourselves away in the studio and just work and work and get told, "No, you are not going to get to make a record." Finally one day, that president wasn't the president of our label anymore. I had compiled this 35-song demo on multiple CDs to play the new president and he was like, OK, go make a record," and that was Famous. So there's a song from that timeframe, "The Only Reason," that finally made the new album. It's a heartfelt song with great melody. It switches from 6/8 time signature to 4/4 in the chorus. Wes and I co-wrote it and our buddy Duane, who is Dickey Betts son from the Allman Brothers, is a little protégé. From growing up around the Allman Brothers, he's learned that whole southern rock guitar lead playing. Duane put all the spice on top of that song, actually on a Fender Telecaster®, and ripped some leads and harder melody stuff. The song is just pretty. So when I think back to the darkest period of our band, that particular song was the most positive thing that was going on in my life, and the thing I was most proud of then. I was dumbfounded because we had this beautiful, positive message in this song, but people were so narrow minded that they wouldn't even let us make a record. So now to see it finally, even a whole record after Famous, make it onto an album makes me proud. That's the song I would want people to hear the most.
FN: Although you are Puddle of Mudd's official bass player, did you also play guitar some on the record?
DA: The two songs I co-wrote on the record, "The Only Reason" and "Uno Mas," I played guitar and bass. I just talked about that first one, but "Uno Mas" is a punker. I realized the simpler I play, the more apt Wes is going to be able to write stuff to it so I just did some simple punk rock guitar. Basically, I was bored on the tour bus one day trying to kill time on a 10-hour drive and that's what I came up with.
FN: Wes has talked about how you've come along as a singer, too?
DA: It's fun and all, but it's definitely like being naked up there when you try to open your mouth and you are not a god-given singer, and I'm just not. But when Paul (Phillips) left the band for a while, I got my buddy Christian Stone to replace him and he's a lead singer in his own right, so all of the sudden I had this guy to sing backup with and it just made my confidence level go up. Wes, Christian and I were all doing vocals and with all of those songs from Famous, even after Paul came back and Christian left, I still can go out and let them fly with confidence. I think that confidence has carried over to the new album now and it does feel good to sing. It's a therapeutic thing.
FN: Who came up with Songs in the Key of Love and Hate as an album name?
DA: That was a Paul thing. When I first heard it I thought obviously he lifted it from Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, but then I started thing about it and realized that Paul definitely does not listen to Stevie Wonder. He listens to bands like Pantera. A friend of mine was like, "No, it's this amazing album concept from Leonard Cohen." Apparently he has an album Songs in the Key of Hate. But I know Paul doesn't listen to Leonard Cohen either, so I'm proud that Paul is subconsciously stealing from people that he'd never listen to. It was a happy accident that's spot on because in a band, there's so many moments of feeling like brothers and then hating each other's guts after being locked together for 10 years on a tour bus, or in airports, van rides, trains. There's so much hate and so much love. It's the perfect title from so many dynamics. Songs like "The Only Reason" and "Keep it Together" are more touching, honest songs about love and relationships and then there's "Pitchin' a Fit" and "Stoned." One of the lines in "Stoned" is based off when the artist relations guys had us pay for a whole record and then told us it wasn't any good. It's about people who sit behind desks and snap their finger at you and you are supposed to jump through hoops. There's a lot of hate in that song. "I've got to get this shit off my chest. Another sucker behind a desk. You try to tell me that you know best, snap your fingers, snap your neck." It's kind of prong lyrics; instead we are saying, "No, snap your finger, we'll snap your neck." So there's your hate. Sorry if that's offensive, but this is a really honest interview.
FN: No problem, anything else you'd like to get off your chest? I hear you have an issue with the interpretation and reaction sometimes to "Blurry."
DA: Yeah, there's nothing worse than going into a strip bar and seeing a girl onstage strip to "Blurry"––which is this melancholy, heartfelt song that people tell me they get married to. That's the ultimate worst, only second to, every time there's a fight at our concert it's always during "Blurry." Why is there a mosh pit during "Blurry"? And why is there always a fight? It's the most emotional song we have and people are slam dancing and fist fighting and girls are stripping to it. I guess it's because of the video since people correlate what they see with the meaning of the song. It paints a picture for people that might not have anything to do with where you were at personally when you wrote the music.
FN: So what was on your minds when you guys wrote "Blurry"?
DA: For Wes, it was a culmination of missing his kid. He was from Kansas City and living in Los Angeles, so that line about "there's an ocean between us but that's not very far" is about him missing his son. But when a lyricist writes to music that someone else comes up with, it doesn't necessarily mean that the guy who wrote the music part was thinking anything about what the lyricist was talking about. I wrote the harmonic guitar part years before I ever met Wes. Originally, I was in a melancholic state of mind and was just messing around with guitar harmonics, like on the fourth and fifth frets and in the fifth fret of the high B and E string. Then years later, I went through a huge breakup with some nasty little girl and I was super angry at the whole world. So I think I was just in my room probably doing bad things to my body and listening to heavy ass music when I had this moment of clarity and that beautiful bell-like thing kept ringing out. It just kept developing until I finally nailed the right progression and pattern of the harmonics with the root notes underneath it. That just took a natural progression of time. It was spread out for three years, developing that one silly part. But I never had a singer around who was worth a damn so when I met Wes, I sat down and played the thing and he instantly just started singing things from his old song. We just took our two songs and slammed them together and it became that monster.
FN: And it started out on a Fender acoustic that was a gift from your mom, right?
DA: Yes, I can't remember if it was for Christmas or my birthday, but I had moved from Boston to L.A. and I was just totally broke at the time. I remember my mom asking what I wanted and I told her I really could use an acoustic guitar to do some writing on. She told me to go pick one out and she'd buy it for me, so I found this blonde acoustic and that's what I wrote it on. It's also what I played it on originally for our artist relations guys. There was just something so catchy and pretty about the harmonics so when they heard it, they told us we needed to make something out of it. John Kurzweg took it to the next level and made me play it way faster. He kept pushing up the click track faster and faster. At first, I didn't think I could even play it that fast. Finally we got the tempo, but I remember being freaked out because in my mind it was this pretty acoustic thing, and then all of the sudden there were these huge power chords in the chorus. I was not pleased at first but they brought the guitars down and I got used to it and it became our biggest song ever.
FN: I know you are a fervent fan of Fender in general. Which ones in your collection did you use on the new album?
DA: On "Spaceship," which is our first single, I played a '63 Jazz Bass®. I used that on "Stoned" and "Keep It Together." The rest of the record is either a gold anodized '59 Precision Bass® or it's the Fender Custom Shop bass that I had Alex Perez make, which has an ash Jazz Bass body with the back knobs based off a '61 Jazz Bass. The center knob is the volume on the top and the outer ring of the knob is the tone for each Jazz pickup. Instead of putting both Jazz pickups in, we have a Jazz pickup in the rear by the bridge and a Precision pickup in the front by the neck, and then we copied the neck from a '57 P-Bass that I bought from this guy in Louisiana. I had been looking for one forever since it was the very first year of the P-Bass as we know it today––when it stopped looking like a Telecaster. The '57 P-Bass has a V-taper on the back so when you grab it you feel this sharp V. I guess that's the Strat® neck that Eric Clapton used, but in '57, the P-Bass had the V-taper as well. So Alex took my '57 that I bought in Louisiana and had someone take molds, and he bent solder on the taper of the neck every five frets or so to analyze how strong the taper of the V-shape on the back of the neck was. So my custom-built bass has a '57 maple neck with a V-taper on a Jazz body with a Precision and Jazz pickup in it.
FN: How did you finally come across the '57 Precision Bass in Louisiana?
DA: It was right there in New Orleans. This guy's uncle was a blues cat. I had been looking forever, and the one thing there is on tour is time, so I spent so much time on my laptop searching for a '57 Precision and I could never find one. Then all of the sudden there was one listed on Craigslist, but with this horrible, fuzzy photograph. I called the guy from Oklahoma, which wasn't too far for me to get down there to check it out compared to going from L.A. I didn't hear back from him and so I fly back to L.A. and as soon as I landed and turned my phone on, it rings and it's the guy in Louisiana finally calling me back. I ended up getting one of the promoters we work with down there to agree to check it out for me. I sent him photographs of what it should look like and what all the serial numbers should be and he told me it looked exactly like it should. So I wired my promoter cash and then crossed my fingers until it arrived, praying that it was legit and not a reissue. I started taking it out of the box and could smell that scent of a real old vintage instrument. I picked it up and it was an October 1957 P-Bass, and it was like a dream come true. It had never been re-fretted. I don't recommend buying anything like that ever, but this guy was really trustworthy and I lucked out.
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"I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met."
All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.
Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!'
Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.
Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit?
On my fifth trip to France I limited myself to the words and phrases that people actually use. From the dog owners I learned "Lie down," "Shut up," and "Who shit on this carpet?" The couple across the road taught me to ask questions correctly, and the grocer taught me to count. Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly. "Is thems the thoughts of cows?" I'd ask the butcher, pointing to the calves' brains displayed in the front window. "I want me some lamb chop with handles on 'em."
If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt? I accepted the idea that an omniscient God had cast me in his own image and that he watched over me and guided me from one place to the next. The virgin birth, the resurrection, and the countless miracles -my heart expanded to encompass all the wonders and possibilities of the universe.
A bell, though, that's fucked up
I'd hoped the language might come on its own, the way it comes to babies, but people don't talk to foreigners the way they talk to babies. They don't hypnotize you with bright objects and repeat the same words over and over, handing out little treats when you finally say "potty" or "wawa." It got to the point where I'd see a baby in the bakery or grocery store and instinctively ball up my fists, jealous over how easy he had it. I wanted to lie in a French crib and start from scratch, learning the language from the ground floor up. I wanted to be a baby, but instead, I was an adult who talked like one, a spooky man-child demanding more than his fair share of attention.
Rather than admit defeat, I decided to change my goals. I told myself that I'd never really cared about learning the language. My main priority was to get the house in shape. The verbs would come in due time, but until then I needed a comfortable place to hide.
May I bring you a drink to go with those warm nuts, Mr. Sedaris?" this woman looking after me asked - this as the people in coach were still boarding. The looks they gave me as they passed were the looks I give when the door of a limousine opens. You always expect to see a movie star, or, at the very least, some better dressed than you, but time and time again it's just a sloppy nobody. Thus the look, which translates to, Fuck you, Sloppy Nobody, for making me turn my head.
This left me alone to solve the coffee problem - a sort of catch-22, as in order to think straight I need caffeine, and in order to make that happen I need to think straight.
And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests—-disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware.
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Isabella inherited the estates of her husband, William de Fortibus in 1260 at the age of 23. Two years later her brother, Baldwin de Redvers, died and she inherited his lands in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Devon. This meant that by her 26th birthday she had become one of the great landowners in England of her day. It was unusual at that time for a woman to hold such great power and in order to maintain and enforce her rights Isabella became fiercely litigious.
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Washington Post Totally Spoils Ultimate Comics Ultimates
- Written by ThanosCopter on Tuesday, September 18 2012 and posted in News with Benefits
Fortunately, the twist was something everyone saw coming.
Source: Marvel Press Release
The Washington Post became the last media outlet to report on the "big spoiler" that will occur in Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #15, confirming what everyone had already guessed last month. I'll throw in a sentence about spoilers for those who just woke up from a three month coma.
The Washington Post confirmed the not at all obvious twist of Captain America being the new president of the Ultimate United States after winning via a write-in vote. Bleeding Cool had reported this for about a month, as did the Outhouse and every other comic book website, which coincidentally rivals the amount of people currently reading Ultimate Comics: Ultimates right now.
"I saw this coming," said real life US President Barack Obama during his morning intelligence briefing. "It wasn't exactly an unknown twist."
"I, too, saw this coming," added real life asscrack Mitt Romney. "It's the one thing I've told the truth about this entire campaign." Romney then blamed the collapse of the Ultimate imprint, once one of Marvel's best-sellers firmly on Obama.
Writer Sam Humphries explained that the plotline presented an extreme version of today's America, noting that Ultimate America was also divided and on the brink of collapse. Axel Alonso, Marvel's Editor in Chief, added that special interest groups were terroring Ultimate America apart, just like in the real world. "It's a metaphor on steroids!" said Alonso in a sadly not made up quote.
Marvel also sent out another one of their famed "spoiler emails" this morning to press folk confirming the announcement, although no one really was upset about this one. Here's the text:
New York. NY—September 18, 2012—The people have spoken—and tomorrow Steve Rogers, the man known as Captain America, becomes President Elect of the United States of America! In Ultimate Comics Ultimates #15, from rising star writer Sam Humphries and fan-favorite artist Billy Tan, Captain America's made his dramatic return and publicly saved America from an insidious new enemy in one of his most harrowing battles yet. But when all the dust settles, Steve Rogers is about to get the biggest surprise of his life—he's won the special election for the Presidency via write-in! What does this mean for his future as Captain America? Can he be a President who fights on the frontlines? You'll find out when this landmark issue hits comic stores, the Marvel Comics app (for iPhone®, iPad®, iPad Touch® & Android devices) and the Marvel Digital Comics Shop tomorrow!
"This is one of those stories that could only be told in the Ultimate Comics Universe, where the only rule is simple—there are no rules." said Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief, Marvel Entertainment. "We've seen Captain America fight wars and battle super villains, but running a country is a whole new challenge—but don't worry, this isn't about political speeches and closed door meetings. This is exactly the kind of high-octane, super powered thrill ride you'd expect from a book called The Ultimates!"
Then next week, in Ultimate Comics Ultimates #16, Humphries and artist Luke Ross, Steve Rogers accepts the position of President of The United States- and not a moment too soon! A deadly villain with a personal tie to the Ultimates is about to enact his endgame, one which promises to leave no hero unscathed. Now Captain America must find a way to safeguard this country both as a President and as a super hero—but can he do both?
"Captain America was created in 1941, but this is the first time he's been made Commander in Chief. It's an honor to write a landmark milestone for such an iconic character," explained Humphries. "We've made a commitment in Ultimates to show how epic events have significant consequences. President Cap is no different. This will have a lasting impact on Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and the whole team."
With its inception in 2000, the Ultimate Comics Universe reimagined the world's most popular super heroes for a new generation and has been critically lauded for its bold, resonant stories. In particular, the reinterpretation of Captain America in Ultimates Vol.1 is considered a watershed moment for the character and remains one of Marvel's top-selling collections. With the August 2011 introduction of Miles Morales, an African American and Hispanic character who became the new Spider-Man, the Ultimate Comics Universe again became a hot topic among media and comic fans alike. Now, acclaimed-creators Humphries and Tan begin the next major chapter in Ultimate Comics Universe history with the release of Ultimate Comics Ultimates #15, giving readers a chance to see what happens when the Earth's mightiest hero takes charge of the world's greatest nation.
The biggest decision of Captain America's life is coming tomorrow in Ultimate Comics Ultimates #15, the game-changing issue that fans can purchase at their local comic book store, on the Marvel Comics app (for iPhone®, iPad®, iPad Touch® & Android devices) and in the Marvel Digital Comics Shop.
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The United Way of Greater Chattanooga's community campaign has satisfied almost two-thirds of its $11.5 million fundraising goal, officials said.
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Ten years ago, Wrangell was crawling with feral cats. They roamed the streets, getting into trash and nesting in condemned buildings. Now, it's hard to even find a cat downtown. That dramatic turnaround is due to the hard work of one woman who noticed the problem and decided to fix it. Dolores Klinke runs the St. Frances Animal Rescue, a non-profit that has saved hundreds of strays.
Wrangell Hospital Renovations Don't Preclude New Facility
Like many hospitals in Southeast Alaska, Wrangell Medical Center is starting to look its age. A brand new hospital is still the long-term plan, but for now, the building is getting a much-needed makeover.
Paddle Making Workshop Illuminates State's High Suicide Rate
Suicide rates in Alaskan communities are some of the highest in the country. Last weekend, the One People Canoe Society held a two-day paddle-making workshop in Wrangell. As part of the workshop, participants attended a behavioral health course on suicide prevention. Its goal is to bring communities together to both learn a traditional art and talk about a contemporary problem.
Salty Dog Rally Swaggers To Southeast This Summer
The Salty Dog yacht rally is coming to Alaska this summer. Wrangell is the official end point of the rally and will be the hub of boats and merriment for four days in June.
Coast Guard, ADEC Respond To Sunken Tug
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Coast Guard are still monitoring the site where a tug boat sank and leaked diesel fuel near Wrangell last week.
Technology Gives Exhibit Statewide Presence
This week, you can travel to the Anchorage museum without going further than the local public library.
Furloughed Employees Struggle To Pay Bills
Federal workers who have been furloughed will likely be paid retroactively once the shutdown is over. And government employees who are remaining on the job during the shutdown will be paid for their work eventually, but they don't know when. For Alaska families living paycheck to paycheck, that's a severe hardship.
Municipal Elections Held Across State
Municipalities across the state held elections Tuesday. Homer's ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags went into effect January 1st but nine months later, the ban appears to be history. Homer residents voted to repeal the ban in yesterday's municipal election.
Wrangell Voters Decide Against Sales Tax Decrease
About 600 voters took to the polls in Tuesday's elections. Incumbent mayor David Jack will keep his position for another year after receiving three-quarters of the vote.
Marine Weather Forecasts Remain Available
Many Alaskans live their lives by the weather. But how will the government shutdown affect the organizations that provide weather information to the state?
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As in many small towns in Alaska, there are no babies delivered in Wrangell's hospital. Expectant mothers have to leave town to give birth. When they return, there aren't many services to help them adjust to life with a new baby. Hannah's Place is a non-profit that provides free courses for expecting couples and new parents. In exchange for taking these classes, parents have access to a "free" store that has nearly everything an infant needs.
Wrangell Voters Consider Sales Tax Decrease
A ballot initiative to lower Wrangell's city sales tax by 1.5 percent is up for a vote of the public in the Oct. 1 general elections.
Wrangell Residents Want New Hospital
Wrangell Medical Center has faced a number of issues over the past few years. Finances, personnel turnover, and design changes stalled the plans for building a new hospital. But now, the plans are back on the table. And the hospital and its board of directors think the project is heading in the right direction.
Wrangell in the Picture for Nat Geo Traveler
Wrangell will soon be featured in National Geographic Traveler Magazine. KSTK's Shady Grove Oliver caught up with the photographer working on the article yesterday and sent back this report.
Camp Near Wrangell Teaches Tlingit Culture, Language
The town of Wrangell, once called the "sleeping giant," has seen an awakening of its native culture and history. It began with the Shakes tribal house rededication in May. Last month, it hosted both a national traditional foods conference and a Tlingit basketball camp for kids.
No Rain Means Burn Ban For Wrangell Residents
It's August, the sun's out, and people are hitting the beaches in bathing suits. That's a great summer by Southeast standards, but it comes with a downside.
Wrangell Sawmill Burns
One of the last major sawmill operations in Wrangell has been destroyed by fire. Mike Allen Enterprizes burned to the ground in Tuesday's mid-afternoon fire at 13 Mile Zimovia Highway.
Former Wrangell Hospital CEO Appointed Interim SEARHC Director
Former Wrangell Medical Center CEO, Noel Selle-Rea, has been named the interim administrator for the Southeast Regional Health Consortium, or SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka.
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Hundreds of years in the future, Earth is rendered uninhabitable. Brothers Raymond and Rusty Hayes are battling for survival. Their weapons? A board, a deck of cards, and some dice. KSTK's Shady Grove Oliver takes us inside the world of War Command.
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TAIPEI--China Steel Corp. (2002.TW) said Friday it will keep domestic product prices unchanged for December as a result of sluggish demand.
Taiwan's largest steel producer by revenue said in a statement that demand has not recovered completely after China's National Day holidays in early October, and inventories increased slightly. For the fourth quarter, demand in the global steel market remains to be seen.
The company raised prices for the October-November period by an average of 1.86% compared with September because of higher iron-ore costs.
The decision to hold the line on December prices was in line with analysts' expectations. China Steel followed its Chinese counterparts, like China's largest listed steelmaker Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. (600019.SH), which on Oct. 10 said it would keep prices unchanged for November.
"Although the fourth quarter is traditionally peak season, there is limited room for the company to raise prices due to excessive supplies from China," said an analyst who declined to be named.
But Masterlink Securities analyst Charles Ko said demand will still likely pick up in the near term as Chinese local governments are expected to speed up their investments in public infrastructures to meet their budget targets and further boost economic growth. Gross-domestic-product growth was 7.8% for the most-recent quarter, matching the median forecast of 18 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.
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hi, just felt the need to say that the picture does not show two seperate shakers as some people seem to think... on the picture is the shaker by itself, and then the shaker with the protein/supplement compartment attached.
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Really like this for dividing up portions and means I can divide up a whole days worth of protein and creatine in one bottle. Would be better if it had a mixer ball though because the sieve-style top doesn't allow all the liquid to pour and you get a bit left in the bottom.
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The shaker is smaller than the standard ones which is fine and it works well. There is a handy pill compartment seperator if that is your thing. It also has a compartment for extra protein - which is just too small. Most proteins advise a 70g serving, if you fill this with 70g you will not be able to screw it shut, so it could be bigger in my opinion.
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I love My Protein and their products are really good but the product picture was misleading . The photo shows 2 shakers of different sizes but only received the small one. As the single shaker is 1/2 the price I wrongly assumed this package included everything in the photo.
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Nobody knows how the situation is, and how many survivors there are, but the prime-minister of Norway is in this moment while I'm writing, holding a speech to inform about the things we know.


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Of course over here not only haram food is concerned but also all haram doing. I wanted to know is this hadith true and valid because not many people told me about it. Please reply ASAP on my email which is email@example.com. its actually my brother's.


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This was the case for the Los Angeles Kings. The team lost its starter and one of the best goaltenders in the world in Jonathan Quick to groin injury just over a week ago and found out today that he will miss at least one more month before getting back into the Kings' net.
While this is terrible news for the Kings, their goaltending situation has been anything but bleak since Quick got hurt. In fact, one could say that the club's netminding has been outstanding and is one of the main reasons why the team finds itself just two points behind the Western Conference and league-leading Chicago Blackhawks.
Ben Scrivens, who the Kings acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs when they dealt Jonathan Bernier, has been terrific for the Kings since jumping into the net for the injured Quick. Since Quick's injury back on November 14, Scrivens, 27, has just one loss (in overtime to the New Jersey Devils) and has done more than his part to help his team win hockey games.
On the season, Scrivens is 5-1-2 with a 1.43 goals against average (first in the league), a .942 save percentage (third in the league) and three shutouts (first in the league). Not bad for a netminder who many thought would play very little behind Quick.
Most of Scrivens's great statistics are due to his play last week in a trip to New York and New Jersey. Scrivens stopped 23 of 25 shots in a win over the Islanders and then followed up with back-to-back shutouts in which he made 26 and 37 saves against the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers, respectively.
For a team that plays on the west coast, those trips across the country to the east are never easy. There is a lot of travel involved, a lot of games over the course of several days and not much time to relax.
Scrivens handled last week like a veteran and showed that when given the opportunity to shine, he will take it by the horns and get the job done. Not only did he take things his stride, but he passed much of the credit over to his teammates, which is something he explained to CBSLA.com after his team shutout the Rangers this past Sunday night.
With Quick due out for another month, it is easy to say that the team is going to need Scrivens to continue playing the way he is playing right now in order for them to keep pace with the rest of their conference. There are several reasons why he will be able to do this.
"It's only three games. I wouldn't look too much into it," Scrivens said in matter-of-fact fashion as he drank from a water bottle. "The guys play well in front of me. I'm just trying to go out and give the team a chance."
For starters, Scrivens is playing with a lot of confidence. Scrivens is not only stopping the first shot, but he is finding ways to get into position to stop second and third shots as well.
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|Build date: Wed May 19 12:30:29 2004
|Group: Trustix Official
|Build host: trustix-21.trustix.net
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|Source RPM: dhcp-3.0pl2-12tr.src.rpm
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|Summary: The ISC DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. The dhcp package includes the DHCP server and a DHCP relay agent. You will also need to install the dhcp-client or pump which provides the DHCP client daemon, on client machines. If you want the DHCP server and/or relay, you will also need to install the dhcp-server and/or dhcp-relay packages.
* Wed May 19 2004 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot org> 3.0pl2-12tr - No longer %ghost the files in /var/state/dhcp * Sun Feb 29 2004 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot org> 3.0pl2-10tr - Added more PreReq's. * Wed Feb 11 2004 Tor Hveem <torh at trustix dot org> 3.0pl2-8th - Package splitups - Included LIBDIR and INCDIR in patch * Mon Feb 09 2004 Jaakko Heinonen <email@example.com> 3.0pl2-7jh - added /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd for command line options * Mon Feb 02 2004 Chr. Toldnes <christht at tihlde dot org> 3.0pl2-6tr - chkconfig --add in %post * Fri Dec 05 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot org> 3.0pl2-5tr - New upstream. * Wed Jul 02 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> 3.0pl2-4tr - XPloy could not parse config file -> Removed comment at end of line. * Mon Jun 30 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> 3.0pl2-3tr - Rebuilt with -tr. * Sun Jun 29 2003 Janåke Rönnblom <janron at trustix dot org> 3.0pl2-3jr - Missing man pages (man8, man1, man3) * Wed Jun 18 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> 3.0pl2-2tr - Big rebuild * Wed Jun 04 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> 3.0pl2-1em - New upstream with fixed buffer overflow. - Do not try to update DNS by default. * Tue May 06 2003 Frode Ramsvik <froder at trustix dot com> 3.0pl1-6fr - Installing the example configuration file as /etc/dhcpd.conf as well. - Added /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases - Server is "not authoritative" in configuration file. - Stop service when uninstalling. * Mon Mar 24 2003 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> 3.0pl1-5em - Rebuilt against glibc 2.3.2. * Wed Jan 22 2003 Tor Hveem <torh at trustix dot org> 3.0pl1-4th - don't install initscript as a config file * Thu Nov 21 2002 Christian H. Toldnes <christht at trustix dot com> 3.0pl1-3ct - dhcpd initscript now uses $INITLOCK * Tue Aug 20 2002 Gerald Dachs <gda at trustix dot org> 3.0pl1-2gd - changed init script location * Sun Jul 14 2002 Gerald Dachs <gda at trustix dot org> - Updated to 3.0pl1 * Tue Sep 12 2000 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> - Updated to 2.0p5 * Wed Aug 16 2000 Erlend Midttun <erlendbm at trustix dot com> - Updated to 2.0p4 * Fri May 05 2000 Per Ivar Paulsen <perp at trustix dot com> - Initial release for the Trustix Secure Linux distribution. - Added noreplace. - Moved man and info pages to /usr/share adhering to FHS * Thu Feb 03 2000 Erik Troan <email@example.com> - gzipped man pages - marked /etc/rc.d/init.d/dhcp as a config file * Mon Jan 24 2000 Jakub Jelinek <email@example.com> - fix booting of JavaStations (reported by Pete Zaitcev <email@example.com>). - fix SIGBUS crashes on SPARC (apparently gcc is too clever). * Fri Sep 10 1999 Bill Nottingham <email@example.com> - chkconfig --del in %preun, not %postun * Mon Aug 16 1999 Bill Nottingham <firstname.lastname@example.com> - initscript munging * Fri Jun 25 1999 Jeff Johnson <email@example.com> - update to 2.0. * Fri Jun 18 1999 Bill Nottingham <email@example.com> - don't run by default * Wed Jun 02 1999 Jeff Johnson <firstname.lastname@example.com> - update to 2.0b1pl28. * Tue Apr 06 1999 Preston Brown <email@example.com> - strip binaries * Mon Apr 05 1999 Cristian Gafton <firstname.lastname@example.com> - copy the source file in %prep, not move * Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <firstname.lastname@example.com> - auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 4) * Mon Jan 11 1999 Erik Troan <email@example.com> - added a sample dhcpd.conf file - we don't need to dump rfc's in /usr/doc * Sun Sep 13 1998 Cristian Gafton <email@example.com> - modify dhcpd.init to exit if /etc/dhcpd.conf is not present * Sat Jun 27 1998 Jeff Johnson <firstname.lastname@example.com> - Upgraded to 2.0b1pl6 (patch1 no longer needed). * Thu Jun 11 1998 Erik Troan <firstname.lastname@example.com> - applied patch from Chris Evans which makes the server a bit more paranoid about dhcp requests coming in from the wire * Mon Jun 01 1998 Erik Troan <email@example.com> - updated to dhcp 2.0b1pl1 - got proper man pages in the package * Tue Mar 31 1998 Erik Troan <firstname.lastname@example.com> - updated to build in a buildroot properly - don't package up the client, as it doens't work very well <sigh> * Tue Mar 17 1998 Bryan C. Andregg <firstname.lastname@example.com> - Build rooted and corrected file listing. * Mon Mar 16 1998 Mike Wangsmo <email@example.com> - removed the actual inet.d links (chkconfig takes care of this for us) and made the %postun section handle upgrades. * Mon Mar 16 1998 Bryan C. Andregg <email@example.com> - First package.
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Posted June 30, 2011 at 9:25AM
Had a search around and all current comments appears to be at least a year plus old so thought I would ask the hrad drive replacement question agian for an updated response.
Bottom line is my current HDD appears to be getting somewhat unreliable and I would like to replace it with minimum fuss and effort. Computer is an Advent 9207 Desktop, several years old, running Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600). Hard drive to be replaced is a Maxtor 6L250S0 250 GB.
I would like to replace the HDD with a newer and greater capacity HDD (500 GB min but notice that there are very reasonably priced 1.5 and 2 TB around). Hopefully I can just copy complete content of current HDD (including applications) to the replacement, install replacement and then just carry on. Is this the case or am I being somewhat hopeful/naive?
Any recommendations for HDD, software etc that can be used to accomplish what I am after (preferably free software) would be most welcome. Will also then re-format replaced HDD, put it in a caddy and just use for miscellaneous, not too important stuff.
Thoughts appreciated and many thanks in advance.
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Posted June 30, 2011 at 9:33AM
Many HDD manufacturers,such as Seagate include free software to enable you to transfer the contents of your old HDD to the new one.
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Posted June 30, 2011 at 9:41AM
link text This free software will do what you want, that is - Clone old drive to new drive. This takes complete contents of old drive to the new drive, you then simply replace the two drives and hey-presto, done.
Put new drive in Caddy to make the Clone, then change the actual drives over.
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Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse)
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890
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Van Gogh painted Augustine Roulin, the wife of Joseph Roulin, in bold, exaggerated colors against a vividly patterned background; the rope in her hands leads to a cradle. At right, the painter inscribed the title "La Berceuse," which means both "lullaby" and "she who rocks the cradle." Van Gogh once wrote, "I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize, and which we seek to convey by the actual radiance and vibration of our coloring."


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cesarcervantes replied to your post: What's your opinion on marriage? Do yo…
It's very interestin reading your answers, specially this one, the difference of culture is enormous.
Assuming you're talking about my beliefs on marriage, that's not related to my culture, that's a personal opinion of mine. My culture would have me believe that marriage is the end goal of one's romantic life.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: fun facts from stat counter:
jajaja, i'm sorry, i had to google "kate sloan naked" This popped first 25.media.tumblr.com/tum…
hahaha! I'm assuming the person who Googled that was unsatisfied by the results of their search. Unless they have a thing for armpit hair.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: cesarcervantes replied to your post: Sexuality and…
gender doesn't change as we grow older
Not for cis people, no. The post was about people who are trans and/or genderqueer, whose self-identified genders are different from the one written on their birth certificate. That was the entire point of the post.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: Sexuality and weight are two very different things. We are born a certain way, and what we do later in life is nobodys business. But I wouldn't call a person a woman if he was born male, unless he ask me too.
Jaja. I was referring to your earlier post, that also didn't make any sense either, by the way.
I know you were referring to my earlier post (which did make sense – it was a comment on how ridiculous it is to expect someone to always be the way they were when they were born, specifically in regards to gender and trans people).
Your reply didn't make any actual argument at any point. You stated that gender and weight are two different things (duh; the post wasn't arguing that the two things are identical or analogous, just that they are both qualities we have at birth which have the capacity for change as we grow older), that we may be different when we're older than we were when we were born (again, duh – that's obvious and was the whole point of the post), and that it's a good idea to respect trans people's self-identification (once again, duh).
I'm just not sure what you were trying to argue, if anything. You seem to be agreeing with what I reblogged, and yet you stated it in an argumentative way.
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Still, calling people "idiots" for something that, at least for me, makes sense, is exactly the kind of behaviour that stops us from making that world possible.
What are you talking about? People are idiots if they think that feminism is about female supremacy or some other shit like that. It's about gender equality, but people are so often too afraid to take it on as a label because, if they're a woman, they think it makes them look like a dirty man-hating hippie, and if they're a man, they think it makes them look like a submissive sissy.
Neither is true, obviously. If someone really knew what they were talking about and had the confidence to care about issues more than their own image, they'd call themselves a feminist if they believed the genders should be equal.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: cesarcervantes replied to your post: people who…
So, you don't think that stopping practices, or beliefs that enhance those inequalities is indeed a way for making that world possible?
Obviously, if we could stop all inegalitarian beliefs and practices, then that world would come about pretty quickly. But that's just not going to happen, at least not for a long time. Even today, our culture is filled with rape apologism, shitty stereotypes about women, double standards, and glass ceilings. We've come a long way, but it hasn't been enough so far to eradicate gender inequality.
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In a world where we're all equal, should feminism exist?
This isn't a world where we're all equal, so feminism should exist, yes. But if we were truly all equal, then no, there would be no need for feminism. However, I can't see that happening in my lifetime.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: cesarcervantes replied to your post:…
Those things I said are TRUE in MY experience, what part of that don't you get? They are true to me, and in the world I live in, which is not the same as you do.
I understand that. All I'm saying is, when you assume that those experiences will hold true outside of your social group, your community, and your culture, and when you make statements that are phrased as if they are universals of humanity, you are perpetuating stereotypes, whether you think so or not.
You need to recognize that your experiences come from a largely gay-suppressive culture and so the information you glean from your life is going to be skewed on this issue.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: cesarcervantes replied to your post:…
I don't perpetuate them.
You JUST did. Direct quotes from you: "I believe an interest in the arts IS kind of a feminine quality." "Being a gay man does make you more feminine." Those are prime examples of perpetuating stereotypes rather than considering the possibility that they are not as true as you believe them to be.
cesarcervantes replied to your post: cesarcervantes replied to your post:…
Stereotypes exist, I'm Mexican… believe me, I know. I don't think that talking about my personal experience hurts any movement.
The more that you perpetuate stereotypes like "gay men are more feminine" and "straight men aren't interested in the arts," the more you limit each group of people you make those statements about. That's just the way it is, unfortunately. It happens on a large-scale cultural level but it can also happen on a small-scale personal level.


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- NTI Appliance
- Night Guards
- Pain Management
- Sealants
- Silent Night
- Sleep / Insomnia
- Snore Guards
- TMD Splints
- Treatment Of Halitosis
Practice Focus:
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- General Dentistry
- Halitosis Treatment
- Hygienist
- Migraine
- Oral Surgery
- Orthodontist
- Pain Management
- Periodontist
- Prosthodontist
- Root Canals
- Sleep
- TMJ Specialist
- 1 Hour Whitening
- Bonding
- Braces
- Brite Smile Whitening Process
- Crest Whitestrips
- DaVinci Veneers
- Day White
- In Office Tooth Whitening
- Interactive Patient Education System
- Invisalign
- Laser Whitening
- Lumineers
- Mac Veneers
- Nite White
- Non-surgical Bite Correction
- Opalescence
- Porcelain Veneers
- Retainers
- Snap On Smile
- Tooth Whitening
- Tres' White
- Waterlase
Restorative Dentistry:
- Amalgam Fillings
- Bridges
- Composite Fillings
- Crowns
- Denture Repair
- Dentures
- Full Mouth Reconstruction
- Inlays
- Laser Cavity Detection
- Laser Treatment For Fillings
- Onlays
- Partial Dentures
- Restoration
Oral Hygiene:
- Air Abrasion
- Cleaning
- Diagnodent
- Digital Xray
- General Checkup & Cleaning
- Intraoral Camera
- Oral Cancer Screening
- Panorex Dental X-Ray
- Prophy Jet Polisher
- Prophylaxis Dental
- Ultrasonic Cleaning
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Dentists in Willowbrook - Houston, TX 77064
West Houston Dentistry
"Welcome to West Houston Dentistry. Whether you visit us for a simple cleaning or a full smile makeover we will be committed to your personalized care in a comfortable inviting environment. We treat patients of all ages with general restorative and esthetic dental services.Backed by a talented team we discuss recommendations with patients and will happily answer questions to ensure thorough understanding of all treatment options. Our team emphasizes patient education because informed patients make wise decisions.Choosing a family dental practice is an important personal decision so we invite you to come in and meet us explore the office and let us answer your questions. Call us to schedule your appointment we look forward to meeting you!We accept most payment methods but do not accept state aid. Call 877-423-7613 now.
(877) 423-7613
Serenity Dental
(866) 992-1360
Brident of Tomball
(877) 423-5470
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Can a 77064 Dentist help?
Dentists in 77064 diagnose and treat problems with teeth, gums and tissues in the mouth.
Dentists perform dental surgery on gums and supporting bones to treat gum disease. They remove tooth decay, fill cavities, place protective sealants on children's teeth, straighten teeth, repair fractured teeth and provide dental care. Willowbrook - Houston Dentists extract teeth and make models and measurements for dentures to replace missing teeth.
How are Dentists licensed?
Licensed Dentists in 77064 have generally completed 3 or more years of undergraduate education plus 4 years of dental school and have passed the National Board Dental Exams. State licensing boards then require professionals to pass state licensing exams in order to practice in general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a 77064 dental specialist, such as an orthodontist, periodontist or oral and maxillofacial surgeon. (Source: American Dental Association).
How to use my dental insurance?
Most 77064 Dentists and dental groups accept health insurance. Check to see if your insurance is covered. There are only a few medicare dentists and medicaid dentists serving the 77064 market. Follow these links to see if there is one nearby. There's no such thing as a cheap dentist and the best dentist is the one who gives you the best care.