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Comments about Graph Tech String Saver Originals Strat & Tele 2-1/16" Spacing:
I put these on my MIM Strat 5 or 6 years ago along with a String Saver nut to fix a problem with the B string breaking at all the wrong times (is there a right time?). It's been my go-to guitar ever since. It noticeably warmed the tone - less harsh - and I don't think I've broken a string since. After several years, I am still a huge fan.
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These things are awesome. had them for a while now .. been playing the same set of strings on em for 8 months I know its a while for a set of strings but I wanted to put these to the test.
I have no lie either used it during practice of for sweaty gigs every weekend since for 8 months.
1 As long as you wipe your strings off after gigs which should be a habbit anyway this will help out with string life.
2 Sustain is improved a lot.
3 With this being a softer material they actually help in that unwanted body sound for those who don't gate your rigs our guitar lines. its not a muter by any means but I did notice the guitar is a little more straight forward.
4 My main dislike is after putting them on im not sure what or why but its like I lost 50% of my pinch mutes with this guitar. it kinda makes me scared to upgrade my les paul styled bridge on other guitars with this.
5 For those who use these and play low low action I play mine around 4/64s and I use this guitar as one of my main guitars a lot of hand movement on the picking hand .. I wish the studs were shorter cuz my hand looks like a cat I don't own got ahold of it some nights ..
I WOULD RECOMMEND this product to anyone who maybe looking for their first nice upgrade to a hodgepoj guitar .. or even an experienced jazz musician .. for metal dudes this is a great buy for the Backup guitar if you not changing your strings every gig that is .. but if your the weekend warrior and always have the backup with ya if you play a guitar that needs this type of bridge and its your backup definitely worth the buy will deal with the gnarliest bends .. sweat .. and hand oil .. no rust .. with good care these are a really good option for most people especially the new guitar player trying to turn the only guitar they got into a decent thing this will save you money on strings and sounds better.
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These saddles virtually stopped all string breakage! I used to have huge problems with breaking strings, as I'm a heavy bender and use the tremolo bar a lot, the only time I break a string after using these is when the strings are so worn out, they sound bad anyway. They change your tone, but you can tweak the amp, and the gain in sustain is amazing! This is one of those few products that simply does what it's supposed to!
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bought these to replace my old rusty mim strat saddles. also switched to a black pickguard, black pickups, and black knobs (sunburst finish), so thought these would be a cool contrast with the chrome bridge- it looks really sweet. as far as sound, i cant tell a difference, and ive never had a problem with string breakage. the largest difference is in a situation where i'm palm muting, these have a much different feel, but i kind of prefer it i think. well worth the price.
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These saddles are really nice. They did change the sound from the guitar but with a few tweaks of the amp., no problem. They have a nice smooth feel unlike the old Mexi. Strat saddles. I haven't broken any strings lately and play it all the time. Beautifully made. Will put these on my USA Strat for sure.
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I had these on a Strat that was stolen from me. Upon getting a new Strat I immediately got another set for it.
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Well, I have about 20K in debts, my acct number is ....
I like my bank ;D
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Bravo! www.tdcanadatrust.com is using AIX, which I suppose is tried tested and true, so good for them.
Yeah I'd definitely be concerned, especially with the recent critical issues that have come up lately. It's quite possible to completely take over a system if the messenger service is enabled.
Now don't forget that what you see on netcraft is just the server that provides the user interface for the bank's customers. The database is very likely sitting on other, totally different servers. Those database servers are the ones that you really need to be concerend about, not really the user interface server.
However, your bank is FDIC insured, so you won't loose your money in case the bank's database gets compromised. But they also have the highest level of disaster recovery capabilities for that case.
Just because something runs windows doesn't make it insecure, and just because something runs linux doesn't make it secure.
If they're quick with updates they're probably okay regardless of which they're running. If they're slow with updates, it's exploitable regardless. I know I'm not being linux zealoty enough, but the general assumption that MS can't be secure and Linux always is I think will lead Linux into an area where it's very easily exploited due to over-confidence.
I sort of agree with vvx , but cam't still get rid of VERY BAD taste in my mouth when I hear that some critical systems run Windows, just doesn't work for me :
Kudos to www.tdcanadatrust.com , they look OK, actually they run exactly the same setup as www.royalbank.com, so it looks like Canada's major banks are pretty much agree on what the secure platform is :-)
P.S. www.scotiabank.com,www.bmo.com, and www.cibc.com run Solaris/Netscape Web Server combo....buttom line....non of the major canadian banks run Windows in that department. I guess that's a good reason to be 'proud canadian', eh?

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Though the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is not a race, this year's running on November 3 shone a spotlight on three Napier race cars that were pioneers in Britain's involvement in international motorsports. All three were connected with the Gordon Bennett Cup races of 1903-1905, and their tale explains how British Racing Green came to be.
Gordon Bennett Jr., the proprietor of the New York Herald newspaper, had established the race in 1900, intending to encourage competition among automobile-producing nations. Each country was allowed up to three entries in the race. For the 1903 running, the Gordon Bennett Cup race was held in conjunction with the Paris-Vienna race, over the 565 kilometers between Paris and Innsbruck. Just four of the Paris-Vienna racers were also entered in the Cup, and of those, one made it to the finish line: a 6.5-liter Napier driven by automotive pioneer Selwyn (S.F.) Edge.
Victory brought with it the right to host the next year's race, but there was a snag: Britain did not allow racing on its roads. To the rescue came John Scott Montague, a member of Parliament who also happened to be a motoring enthusiast. Montague offered a law that would allow the speed limit in Ireland to be suspended on the date of the race. For the officials of the involved county councils, participation meant that any road improvements needed would be done at no cost to the counties. That did the trick. Several counties competed for the honor, and Kildare was chosen.
Organizers assigned a different color to each nation's cars so that the spectators could easily identify them. To acknowledge the race's hosts, the three Napiers that constituted the 1904 U.K. team were painted "shamrock green"; that gesture is generally acknowledged as the origin of British Racing Green. Alas, the color didn't bring the team any luck: Two 7.7-liter cars crashed, and Edge, aboard a 13.7-liter monster, was disqualified after the finish. Camille "The Red Devil" Jenatzy won aboard a white Mercedes.
Eleven cars vied for the right to represent Britain in the 2004 race: Five Napiers, three Wolseleys and three U.K.-built Darracqs. One Napier and two Wolseleys made the team, but did not do well; Edge's Napier suffered a seized engine, and did not finish.
The trio of Napiers that led the field of 385 cars taking part in the 117th running of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run included the 1902 winner, now owned by Argentinian collector Daniel Sielecki; a 7.7-liter car that crashed and overturned in the race, now owned by Britain's National Motor Museum in Beaulieu; and an 11.1-liter car that crashed during the qualifying trials of 1904, now owned by the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands.
"Napier's competition cars from this period are among the most significant cars in the history of British motor sport. They were not only the first to wear British Racing Green, but also the first cars built in this country to win major races overseas, thus paving the way for today's U.K.-based world championship-winning F1 teams such as McLaren and Red Bull," said Ben Cussons, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club Motoring Committee. "To have three of these incredible machines on this year's Veteran Car Run was very, very special."
The London to Brighton Run is held every year to commemorate the Emancipation Run of November 1896, which celebrated the end of Britain's notorious red-flag laws and walking-pace speed limits. It's open to all automobiles built before 1905. In addition to the Napiers, notable entries this year included a 1901 Waverley, a U.S. electric car, driven by Michael Ward, managing director of Harrods (shown above), and a recently restored 1903 Darracq driven by Mike Brewer and Edd China of the Discovery Channel show Wheeler Dealers, which was celebrating its 100th car milestone. Taking part in his 50th Veteran Car Run was Sir Ray Tindle, aboard his single-cylinder 1904 Speedwell Dogcart.
As we mentioned previously, this year's run introduced an element of competition: a regularity test, in which contestants tried to maintain a precise average speed between two control points. Philip Oldman took the inaugural trophy aboard his 1902 Mors. The first car across the finish on Madeira Drive in Brighton was a 1902 Darracq (above), driven by Allan White. In all, 341 of the starters finished the run by the 4:30 p.m. deadline, cheered on by an estimated half-million onlookers.


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Anyone fondly remember Knorr Tomato Basil soup packets? Discontinued apparently, and I don't see anything like it in my stores--any sources or ideas? Also don't see as many bean soups, I'd be grateful for sources/recipes for that as well, esp. (in both cases) if suited to a long buy-as-you-go walk along the PCT.
Pat, while this isn't a walk as you go recipe I like this one I came up with a while back :-)http://www.trailcooking.com/recipes/creamy-tomato-soup
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|Approximately 20 to 40 % of patients with metastatic cancer will develop brain metastases (BM) during the disease course. Whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is considered the standard treatment for most patients, particularly those with extensive intracranial disease, providing symptom relief and increasing median and overall survival. Despite WBRT, the prognosis for the general population of patients with BM remains poor, with a median survival time of approximately five months. Several studies have examined the relative contribution of patient characteristics to survival and have attempted to identify subgroups of patients with substantially different outcomes in order to tailor therapy and to influence the design, stratification and interpretation of future clinical trials. Here, we review the main prognostic factors and prognostic scores in patients with BM and the value and limits of these prognostic scores in clinical practice.
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For Michaels, what is at stake in following the consequences of replacing ideological difference (based on belief in different things) with identitarian difference (based on our speaking different languages) is a process of ontologizing the argument. As it is a common given that, to begin with, professors and students speak different languages, and that in spite of their beliefs, referentiality works performatively only as a means of indulging, or as Rorty has it, as "redescription." Thus we are able to better understand what Gottlob Frege means to say when he says this: "sometimes I seem to see a difficulty, but then again I don't see it."
And so it goes, ra-ra-ra-ra-ra. I signify here that there is more to say, but the less noise one makes at such hours the better.
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This is what I call keeping it simple. Thank you thank you thank you.
- March 2, 2009 at 10:34 PM
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We need a title for Bent's wonderful biographical poem, don't you think...?! Here are a couple of suggestions, but the list can go on of course:
1. "Five Faces of Simplicity"
2. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Compulsive Hedonist"
3. "Variations, Calypso, and Fugue on a Theme by Camelia Elias"
4. "A High-Toned Old Jewish Woman"
5. "Nuances of a Theme by Camelia Elias"
6. "Cy Est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Camelia"
7. "The Comedienne as the Letter C"
8. "The Romanian Sublime"
9. "Autumn Refrain"
10. "A Postcard from the Volcano"
11. "Parochial Theme"
12. "A Thought Revolved"
(Thanks are due to Wallace Stevens and John Ashbery for the original titles)
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Politics and art have intersected a lot over the course of this election season. Think of Will.i.am's tribute to Obama this spring, or the wave of political art exhibitions that have been up all over the city. The actress Sarah Jones makes her living cultivating diverse characters, and exploring connections between race and politics. She sat down with the Linguist John McWhorter and talked about what it means to sound black.


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Ingredients1/4 cup all-purpose flour
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1 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
2 cloves minced garlic
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
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1 cup half & half
PreparationMix together 1/2 cup of flour, 1 tsp. kosher salt, breadcrumbs and onions in a large bowl. Arranged on a lightly oiled baking sheet and bake in the oven at 475 degrees for about 30 minutes (toss twice during cooking). Remove from oven and cool.
Melt butter in a large cast-iron skillet and sauté mushrooms, 1 tsp. kosher salt, an pepper for 4-5 minutes. Add garlic, nutmeg and 2 tbsp. flour; sauté an additional minute until pan is dry. Add chicken broth and half-&-half. Lower heat and simmer for approximately 6.5 minutes. Stir in 1/4 of onion mixture and green beans. Top with remaining onions and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.


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The Grand Haven girls lacrosse team went into Wednesday night hoping to avenge its lone loss of the season.
Grand Haven outplayed visiting Grand Rapids Christian in the middle portion of their showdown, but a scoring barrage from the opposition at the beginning of the game forced Grand Haven to play catchup, and another burst in the second half allowed Grand Rapids Christian to cruise to a 25-11 win.
"They were our only loss this season, and all we wanted to do was beat them," said senior Katie Harding. "We've beaten everybody, we're technically almost undefeated, but they're really good."
The Eagles came soaring out of the gate against the Buccaneers, to the tune of a 10-1 lead with just less than six minutes to play in the first half.
Then Grand Haven found some offensive mojo of its own.
Casey Davis started the comeback for the Bucs, scoring on a free shot with 5:30 left in the first half.
A little more than a minute later, Claire Reenders weaved through traffic for a goal, after a superb pass from Anna Gagnon.
Davis ran past midfield for a goal with just less than three minutes to play, bringing the score to 10-4.
The teams traded goals before heading into the break, putting the score at 11-5.
Another Davis goal early in the second half was sandwiched by two Eagles' scores, but then the junior scored twice more, bringing the game to 13-8.
Olivia Saber's goal less than a minute later put Grand Haven down by four — the closest they had been since the opening quarter.
The Bucs would never get closer.
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DULUTH -- Tracy Lawrence, the Atlanta-born country music star whose career has spanned 16 years, is playing Wild Bill's tonight. With 17 No. 1 singles to his name, Lawrence keeps his music fresh, relevant and from-the-heart.
"You can't separate Tracy Lawrence the person from the music of Tracy Lawrence," he said. "It's all part of my fiber, who I am."
With several popular hits, such as "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" and "Paint Me a Birmingham," Lawrence's music appeals to young adults as well as more seasoned country fans. "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" was No. 1 on the charts in June 2007, spending 41 weeks on the charts up until that point. "Paint Me a Birmingham" still stands as one of the most requested singles to date.
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- Bipolar disorder is a common mood disorder that affects 1% to 2% of the population. Individuals with bipolar disorder tend to have periods of mania that are characterized by extra energy, very poor judgment or unrealistic beliefs about their thoughts and abilities, and an inability to complete thoughts and tasks; as well as major depressive episodes. The range and frequency of symptoms in affected individuals can vary greatly. Most individuals have cyclical symptoms and spend more time in a normal mood state than in an overtly symptomatic state.
- Relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder have an increased risk for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders. Currently, risk assessment for recurrence of a mood disorder is based on family and medical histories; genetic testing has not proved particularly useful to date for assessing risks of a mood disorder.
- Despite its prevalence, there is limited research on coping with bipolar illness. No published studies have examined adaptation to living with bipolar disorder or risk for bipolar disorder. More specifically, though a positive family history is the most important known risk factor for bipolar disorder, there are no published studies about response to the threat of future illness onset in children, risk modification efforts undertaken by affected parents, or coping with the risk for illness in children.
- To examine parents appraisals of the impact and cause of bipolar disorder, and the association with their perceived risk for bipolar illness in their child and how they cope with their perception of risk to their child.
- To assess whether parents adaptation to their own illness is associated with coping with perceived risk to their child.
- To describe parents coping strategies related to perceived risk in their children.
- Men and women at least 18 years of age who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and who have at least one biological child (30 years of age or younger). Participants must be a primary caregiver for their children.
- Participants in this study will take an online survey and answer questions about disease perceptions, coping strategies, and adapting to a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, addressing issues such as the following:
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Bipolar Disorder
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|Official Title:
|Parents With Bipolar Disorder: Relationship of Adaptation to Own Illness With Risk Perception and Coping With Perceived Risk to a Child
- Adaptation to bipolar disorder.
- Coping with perceived risk of bipolar to ones children.
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|October 2009
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Though psychiatric disorders are extremely common and individuals with bipolar disorder have reproductive fitness approaching population rates, we know very little about the perceptions and coping of parents with bipolar disorder related to their at-risk children. Bipolar disorder is an etiologically-complex psychiatric disorder that is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors. This study proposes to assess perceptions of parents with bipolar disorder about their illness, response to illness threat, and concerns about their children s risks. We then propose to assess whether those appraisals are associated with the outcomes of coping strategies and adaption. As informed by the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping, we propose to use a web-based survey to examine disease perceptions, coping strategies, and adaptation to the disorder. Respondents will be recruited through the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI). The study is cross-sectional and the survey is composed of several valid and reliable scales to measure the constructs predicted to be involved in adaptation. Open-ended questions are included to help interpret results from the measures. Knowledge about parents perceptions and coping with their own illness and with risk to children may lead to studies of potential coping interventions. Ultimately, downstream studies may help to improve parents adaptation to their own condition and how successfully they are able to manage concerns about perceived risks to their child.
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- Have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
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- A participant must meet inclusion criteria.
- A participant s child cannot have been diagnosed with a mood disorder or other serious psychiatric disorder.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01012180
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|National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), 9000 Rockville Pike
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|October 23, 2014
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Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Bipolar Disorder
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Bipolar Disorder
Affective Disorders, Psychotic
Mental Disorders
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
In 1982 wrestling coach Steve Henry became a Soddy-Daisy High School Trojan and never looked back. He still hasn't tapped out after 29 years.
For his continued efforts in the wrestling arena, Henry was recently named the 2011 A.F. Bridges Male Coach of the Year. The TSSAA designation is the highest award given by the organization.
Henry said he was surprised to win the award, but he dedicates it to his wrestlers. He was also recently inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame, but said he is more interested in seeing his players succeed than in his own personal successes.
"We've finished second place 12 times in my career at state," he said, adding that his wrestlers have been committed every year to succeeding in the sport. "We were second in state last year."
Inside the Trojans' new gymnasium, banners hang from the walls displaying times the wrestlers took down their opponents. In 1989, 2002 and 2007 the Trojans were Duals Wrestling State Champions and in 2006 and 2007 the wrestlers were named Classical Traditional Wrestling State Champions.
"We've got good wrestlers and a great support system," said Henry. "Our parents are second to none."
In the current 2011-2012 wrestling season, the team is stacked with 42 wrestlers, a large increase from last year's 28.
"There's nobody out there that intimidates them," Henry said of his wrestlers. "They are very confident. This team has the potential to be the best team that's walked through this school, and that's saying a lot."
He said he can't take all the credit for the great wrestlers walking the halls of SDHS. He said Soddy-Daisy Middle School wrestling coach Rabbit Turner and Soddy-Daisy Mat Brats coach Steve Russo trained the young wrestlers well. He said the freshman Trojan wrestlers all started out in Mat Brats.
As a student-athlete, Henry wrestled at Red Bank High School and ran track at Middle Tennessee State University. He graduated from MTSU in 1979 and began coaching. He coached for short stints at Central High, East Ridge High and Soddy-Daisy Junior High schools before starting his main wrestling coaching career at SDHS.
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I've been visiting this site for about 3-4 months now. I regularly visit a couple of other sites related to where I hike. [The AT] And after my last surgery in Nov I have had alot of time on my computer. Well, because of my surgery I need to find a way to lower my packweight if I want to be able to keep hiking. So I started with the search engines and started plugging in things to research. Alot of them led me to BPL. I have always heard of BPL but I always thought it was a pay to view site. Since I'm a wage slave[haha] I never came here to check this site out. Actually I'm a non wage earner since my 3 back surgeries. So money is very tight. But thats ok. I don't mind. I love to fish and hike. And I have all of that where I live. ... So after finally visiting the site a few times I was very impressed. There is a ton of usefull information here. There is also a Great amount of knowledge from the everyone who post here. So first let me say' Thank You Everyone". [even the trouble makers, haha]. The articles are fun to read every night till my eyes get blurry.I also need to send a Big "Thank You" to the donor who signed me up for a membership to BPL. The kindness of your giving warms the heart. ... Backpackers have to be some of the best people around!!!!!And one more big 'Thank You' goes out to someone I never met. Someone on here sent me two packs so I could see if they will work for me. He didn't even know me as I was brand new to visiting this site. They are some cool packs that he made himself. Thank You again. I can't wait to pif. Hopefully I'll be in a better postion to do so this spring.So ............ Thank You BPL
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Great story. Welcome to BPL. I'm one of the troublemakers. Pleased to meet you.
What Ken said, word by word.No, really, this is a great place and what unites us is a love for the outdoors, not any particular ideology. That is why we can disagree so much on the chaffy stuff, but we also learn because we are not just among like minded people. And yes, there are some very kind and generous people here that share with real grace.Welcome!
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In the window is a gray bunny that can bounce a ball. On a recent visit, there was an impossibly fuzzy goldendoodle puppy. Inside, there is leather furniture, a gas fireplace and glossy dog books in a cherry bookcase.
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Campbell scoffs at such criticisms, saying they are understandable bumps in the road for any new business. It's the kind of response he expects from established organizations who view his business model as a threat.
"What we're doing with Hannah," he says, "is trying to help people have a better life."
To understand Hannah's business model, consider the genius behind Banfield Pet Hospitals. Campbell, 55, was raised in Burns, a small prairie town in Eastern Oregon whose 2,000 residents are outnumbered by cattle. His dad, Bert, was the town doctor, and his mother, Hannah, was a nurse.
Campbell married his hometown sweetheart, Sandy, and earned his two bachelor's degrees and two veterinary degrees from Oregon State and Washington State universities, finishing in 1985.
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A year and a half out of school, he bought the original Banfield Pet Hospital, founded by Dr. Warren Wegert. Before he died, Wegert told a newspaper: "Scott Campbell's a brilliant person. He's a genius at marketing, and he could foresee the future of veterinary medicine."
The future, Campbell believed, meant standardizing veterinary care, reducing costs, marketing a brand and offering pet owners a wellness plan—a monthly contract that covers clinic visits, shots and other basic care for their pets.
Will Novak, who served as Banfield's chief medical officer and vice president of operations, says the goal was to make Banfield the Southwest Airlines of the veterinary industry.
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Banfield grew by locating many of its clinics inside PetSmart stores. And by 2006, there were 600 Banfield hospitals in the United States and in England. More than 1 million pets were on a Banfield Wellness Plan.
Such a massive chain was a big change for the highly fragmented veterinary industry.
While some called Banfield "vet in a box," the cash flow was considerable—the business grew by more than 20 percent a year for the two decades Campbell ran it.
"He was really good at locking in payment plans; that's where he's a champ," says Greg Lathrop, owner of Powell Boulevard Veterinary Clinic, who met Campbell several times.
Lathrop says he was always concerned about what he saw as a lowered standard of care at Banfield.
"He's a smart guy," Lathrop says. "He's pretty charming and quite engaging. He's certainly opinionated. He sees life as a business model and a business opportunity. That didn't have much to do with the best care for a pet."
Campbell denies this and says Banfield was always about a higher level of medicine for a lower price. When he bought Banfield, he says, the average death rate for pets under anesthesia was greater than 1 in 100. When he sold the company, the death rate was 1 in 12,000, Campbell says.
He owns numerous businesses, including a Portland pipe-drilling company and a restaurant, Bear Valley Roadhouse, in tiny Seneca, Ore. He spends most of his time in Seneca, about 60 miles north of Burns, where he is developing a 140,000-acre ranch. The Silvies Valley Ranch is a working cattle ranch; Campbell is building as many as 575 guest cabins, lodge rooms and time-share units.
In Portland, he keeps the same home in the Pleasant Valley area that he bought in 1986 with Sandy, and still votes here. His two sons attend Oregon State. He also runs an internship program for OSU veterinary students.
But even that is not enough.
In 2010, Campbell decided to start Hannah the Pet Society, which he named after his mother.
Campbell says he looked at the major reasons 38 percent of American households don't have pets, and tried to tailor Hannah to address those issues.
The big one, he maintains, is that people worry whether a pet is going to be a good fit—if it isn't, they're stuck with an unwanted member of the family.
So Campbell developed a software he calls Hannahware to match owners to pets. A visitor to Hannah is asked a series of questions to find a perfect match: "Do you prefer to make decisions intuitively or with a lot of research? If a pet does something wrong, do you blame yourself or the pet?" Hannah will sometimes have the perfect pet at a location, but more often it will find an animal by contacting a network of shelters, rescue groups and small-scale breeders.
If a pet doesn't work out, a family can return it and try again to be matched to another pet through Hannah.
The cost of pet food is another reason folks shy away from animals, Campbell says. "It's confusing as shit when you go in and try and figure out what you should be feeding your pet," he says.
Customers who subscribe to Hannah get food delivered to their homes anywhere within 10 miles of Portland.
Health-care costs are another concern, so vet care is included in the monthly rental fee—although only at Hannah's hospital in Vancouver or a Mall 205 location.
Renting the animals, rather than owning them, addresses what Campbell says is another obstacle to keeping a pet. Among other things, this feature is attractive to the elderly, who often won't get a pet because they're afraid the animal will outlive them. Now, Campbell says, they can rest easy knowing their pet will have a good home if that happens.
Hannah the Pet Society doesn't just find pets for people, it also allows those with their own pets to join the program, if the animal passes a physical and personality test. Such animals make up a significant portion of Hannah's business.
In only two years, Campbell has become the largest pet owner in the world, at more than 2,000.
"Our model is to own the pets," he says. "Everybody says nobody will go for that. It turns out nobody really cares."
Novak, the president and CEO of Hannah, adds, "All the standards we had at Banfield, we will have here."
The monthly cost of renting a pet from Hannah varies. Cats, rabbits and guinea pigs start at $39 a month; dogs start at $59. Younger animals and large dogs cost more (a Great Dane puppy runs about $138 a month).
Julie Skeen says she loves Hannah the Pet Society. She runs a home-based doggie day care in Portland, and two years ago signed up her now-11-year-old miniature pinscher-Boston terrier mix, Iki. For $66 a month, Hannah provides all vet care, which includes eye medicine and dental work. She was so pleased with the plan that she leased a puppy. For both, she pays $124 a month.
"They're my new religion, that's what I tell people," Skeen, 44, says.
Hannah provides Prozac for the younger pup, and has been an immense help with obedience training, Skeen says.
"I just wish I could get that good of health care for me," she says, laughing.
Others aren't quite so satisfied.
Portlander JeJe Shenteal and a friend visited Hannah and spent hours with sales staff in Clackamas and Vancouver getting attached to two Chihuahua puppies. They ultimately backed out.
What sent her running, Shenteal says, was what happened when she asked whether she would still be bound to the contract if a Chihuahua died.
"You can mail the carcass back to us, and then you can get out of the contract," Shenteal recalls staff telling her.
In a telephone interview, Campbell said he couldn't imagine Shenteal was told that and joked, "Come on. Why not just the ears?"
But if a pet dies, Hannah does require proof.
A contract obtained by WW says if a Hannah pet dies in a Hannah hospital, the contract ends. Otherwise, the agreement "will terminate upon the pet family immediately contacting us so we can arrange for the proper cremation of the pet's remains."
If there is no proof because, say, an animal runs away, the family has to buy out the contract—at a cost that starts at $150 for cats, rabbits and guinea pigs, and $600 for dogs, says Lori Davis, Hannah's placement director.
Davis says all Hannah pets are microchipped, so permanent loss of a pet isn't likely.
Shenteal says it took six calls for her and her friend to get their $145 "holding fees" refunded. They later filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Hannah says it was clear with Shenteal she would be charged, and called the complaint a misunderstanding.
Rose, a Portlander who asked that her last name not be used, says she and her boyfriend got a purebred Yorkshire terrier puppy from Hannah in June and were attracted by its affordability—$60 a month for the dog, food and vet care. A Yorkie can cost $600, she says. The rental option was "a little bizarre," but also enticing since she says she lives paycheck to paycheck.
Months later, Rose says she's having second thoughts, in part because she realizes she would not be allowed to decide what treatments her dog received if it became ill. It would be up to a Hannah vet, not her, what care her dog gets.
"They decide if they want to fix it or not," she says. "It could be: 'Oh, she has a tumor, we're just going to put her down.'"
According to the Hannah contract, "Hannah's Medical Standards Board, in consultation with the Pet Parent, is the final determiner of any support, care or 'end of life treatments.'"
Campbell says if a vet can reasonably treat a pet, Hannah will do it.
"We'll recommend what we believe is best," he says.
If a pet parent wants to opt for other treatment, the parent can get veterinary care elsewhere, Campbell says. Or she can buy out her contract. But Hannah clients must wait for the end of a five-month-to-one-year "honeymoon period" before paying hundreds to end the lease.
Ultimately, if a pet is likely to die, Campbell says a Hannah doctor may give the pet away for free to the pet parent, who can then seek treatment elsewhere.
Earlier this year, Laura McNamara, who lives in Southeast Portland, says she decided to enroll her two rescued dogs, Alvin and Peanut, in the program. That way, their veterinary care would be covered.
Both are small dogs, but both have big medical problems: Peanut, a 7-year-old schnauzer-poodle mix, survived a bout of distemper, and Alvin, a 4-year-old bichon frisé-Maltese mix, suffers from a degenerative spinal-disc disease.
Not owning her pets was unsettling, but McNamara says the flat monthly fee appealed to her. She went in to the Clackamas Town Center location and described her pooches' issues. The bubbly salesgirl told her Alvin and Peanut's pre-existing conditions would add about $5 to $10 a month to the basic $69-per-dog-per-month fee. Her contract reflected that estimated price.
"It really is just sell, sell, sell," McNamara says. (Davis told WW that Hannah salespeople have backgrounds in used cars and gym memberships.) "The salespeople, they were like, 'Yeah, we'll give you anything you want. Yeah, it's covered.'"
McNamara signed a certificate of ownership that stipulates, "I hereby transfer/sell full ownership of this pet unconditionally to The Hannah Society." She also handed over $95 per dog to sign up.
When she brought in Alvin for his physical six days later, however, the doctor told her the dog's health posed too big a risk. He quoted her $300 a month, or more, for the one animal.
McNamara left. The Hannah Society kept her $190, until she called four times and finally returned to the Clackamas location to get it back. She filed a complaint with the Oregon Department of Justice. A spokesman says the department is not investigating.
"The whole thing was creepy and weird," McNamara says.
Campbell says just one-third of the pets that owners bring to Hannah are accepted into the program. Novak points out that an initial contract always includes an estimated price, not a set one.
"There's no way for us to get an accurate picture until a veterinarian sees a case," Novak says. "I know for a fact that everything has been set up that way, and that in those circumstances we don't give a final cost [at the sales location]."
He acknowledges Banfield has also had complaints with the BBB and attorney general: "If you practice long enough, someone will feel like their expectations were not met."
Hannah hasn't won over local animal-rescue groups, either.
At the store, signs tout Hannah's partnerships with local and national shelters and rescue groups. "Straight from a shelter, directly into your heart," reads one.
But no metro-area shelters—including the Oregon Humane Society and Multnomah County Animal Control—have agreed to work with Hannah, and some believe the company might be overselling its role as a rescue organization.
For Multnomah County Animal Control director Mike Oswald, the impermanence of the Hannah arrangement is what made him decline an advance from the company.
"We've told them we adopt animals here, and if they want to send people to us to go through our adoption program, that's great," Oswald says. "What's critical in any adoption program is that you're placing them in a lifelong home with a family."
Despite an open invitation to critics, Novak says, most of Hannah's detractors haven't bothered to visit and learn about what he agrees is a radical new way of doing pet business.
Novak and Campbell won't say which groups it works with, save the Columbia Humane Society in St. Helens. There, shelter head Lisa Beggio says she has provided about 100 animals to Hannah in the past year.
"It's a win-win," Beggio says. "Every animal that we place with them opens up a spot for another animal."
Others are leery of where Hannah is finding goldendoodle and Maltese puppies—designer breeds under 6 months old don't often end up in shelters, and if they do, they go fast.
As much as Hannah touts its work finding homes for pets, Lytle, with the Humane Society, says he thinks many get the wrong idea.
"I think people have the impression that it's not a for-profit," Lytle says.
Campbell jokes that his 24-month-old venture is currently a nonprofit. But it's clear he believes it won't be for long: Hannah is growing.
Hannah is opening a new store in Washington Square mall. And nearby the company is also building a 15,000-square-foot veterinary clinic, boarding facility and training center, in addition to those at Mall 205 and in Vancouver.
It's beginning to look like the start of Campbell's second empire. The company has nearly 10,000 likes on Facebook and a website overflowing with glowing reviews.
And, Campbell adds, if people don't want a Hannah pet, they don't have to get one.
"A lot of people feel threatened by anything new," he says. "If you just create a business that does what every other organization does, you're probably going to get the same results."


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Poll Results: Knoxville Says National Parks Are a Good Investment
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|Ann Froschauer, Program Coordinator, NPCA, P: 865.329.2424, ext. 27
Poll Results: Knoxville Says National Parks Are a Good Investment
Knoxville, Tenn.
Knoxville, Tenn.- More than 90 percent of the participants in a recent online poll agreed that America's national parks are a good investment. The poll was posted on the website of the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
"National parks should be a national priority," said Ann Froschauer, program coordinator with the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) in Knoxville. "The Smokies provide an obvious economic benefit to the surrounding communities. An investment in our national parks is an investment in East Tennessee."
A small sampling of readers of the News-Sentinel participated in a poll posted on the newspaper's website in response to the newspaper's Jan. 3 editorial, "National parks provide return on investment." When asked if they agree with the editorial, 94.3% said yes; 3.8 % said no, and 1.9% said they were not sure.
"Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg wouldn't have made it to where they are without the economy the park has generated," one respondent wrote.
The newspaper editorial was sparked by news coverage of new economic analysis released by NPCA. This analysis by independent economists Hardner & Gullison Associates, LLC, shows that the U.S. National Park System generates at least four dollars for state and local economies in return for every one tax dollar that the Federal Government invests in the parks' budgets.
To help maintain this good investment, NPCA is advocating that Congress and the administration provide significant new funding to address the parks' critical annual needs in the fiscal year 2008 budget.
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Classic Country Rock
Since then I have been listening to a deeper variety of each of their music. My favorite Willie album remains "Red Headed Stranger" and I do prefer to listen to Kris's songs that are done by someone else (hey, he never claimed to be a good singer but, man, can that guy write a song!). Merle Haggard is more country than I'm used to but I just love his irreverent songs like "Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" or "Living With the Shades Pulled Down."
It's amazing how many songs these men share, covering each other back and forth, performing songs written and previously performed by each other. Each man brings his own flavor to their covers so it's very interesting to listen and compare.
I've gotta say though that "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is probably the only song written by Kris and sung by Kris that I prefer to anyone else's version.
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If you haven't already, check out some Gram Parsons, arguably the father of country rock. His work with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers and as a solo artist are excellent examples of the genre. His album "Grievous Angel" is one of my favorites.
That is true Parsons is great, i also neglected Townes Van Zandt , now i feel like a bum!
Okay, I will give Kris a chance.
Indeed you should, but like i said he is more poet than singer think leonard cohen. great songs though!
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Q: I recently fed my almost-3-year-old son kiwi, and he immediately complained that his "mouth hurt". His top lip did appear somewhat swollen. We have no history of food allergies in the family, and he has eaten kiwi four or five times before without any reaction. I won't give it to him again, but what are my next steps?
Dr. Waserman: Kiwi has indeed been associated with acute allergic reactions and anaphylaxis. In fact, kiwi allergy [1] is becoming much more prevalent in North America as this fruit's popularity grows, and as more of us are including it in our diets.
It also cross-reacts with many other foods and substances, including birch pollen, avocado, banana, hazelnuts and latex; this means the allergens share similar properties and can react in the same way in the body.
Even though your son had eaten kiwi before without a problem, lip swelling is often a symptom of allergy and you are correct to avoid it. Speak to your doctor about seeing an allergist for a proper assessment of whether this is a true allergy.
Dr. Susan Waserman is an allergist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. She is also a past president of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
See also: Serious Fruit Allergy: Kiwi [1]
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In January JoAnne Forman asked if her small company had to refund discounts it received from a bankrupt freight carrier ("Discount Suits," [Article link]). Our answer pointed out just how entangled bankruptcy cases can become. A reader weighs in with an opinion.* * *
No way. If somebody hands you a discount, you look at it as if it were a reduction in price, right? That carrier offered to let you keep extra money in your pocket, so your company shouldn't be responsible for subsidizing its misfortune. Those price reductions are, exactly as stated, discounts, not IOUs to be paid upon bankruptcy.
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Michael Brooks, who plans to lease a building for his start-up cabaret, wondered if a personal signature is commonly required on lease agreements ("Signing Your Life Away," November 1992, [Article link]).* * *
You should never have to sign a personal guarantee on your lease. If your company has good credit, its financials should suffice.
If it is a young company without much history, find a space that's already built out and ready for you to move into. The landlord will not have to spend any money improving it and should require only a thorough credit check with references and the last month's rent as a security deposit. Retain a savvy real estate agent who knows the local market and the landlords who work with young businesses.
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