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Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoes, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. The center of diversity is the Amazon rainforest.[2] Traditionally, the genus has been placed in the family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research acknowledged by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae.
They are woody hemi-parasitic shrubs with branches 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in) long, which grow on other trees. The foliage is dichotomously branching, with opposite pairs of leaves; these are fairly large, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, green and photosynthetic in some species (e.g. P. leucarpum), but minimal in some others (e.g. P. californicum). Although they are able to photosynthesize the plant relies on its host for some nutrients. The plant draws its mineral and water needs, and some of its energy needs, from the host tree using a haustorium which grows into the stems of the host.[3] The genus name Phoradendron is derived from the Greek for "tree thief".[2][4]
The flowers are inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) diameter. The fruit is a berry, white, yellow, orange, or red when mature, containing several seeds embedded in very sticky juice. The seeds are dispersed when birds eat the fruit and remove the sticky seeds from their bills by wiping them on tree branches where they can germinate.
The foliage and berries of some species are toxic. Leafy mistletoes seldom kill but they cause stress reducing crop productions in fruits and nut trees.[5]
Host and symptoms[edit]
Phoradendron species can infest many taxa of plants including hackberry (Celtis spp.) mesquite, cedar, elm, and Osage-orange.[6] Certain species of Phoradendron are host-specific; for example, in Arizona, Phoradendron tomentosum infests cottonwood (Populus fremontii), sycamore (Platanus wrightii), ash (Fraxinus spp.), walnut (Juglans spp.) and willow (Salix spp.).[7] P. californicum infests shrubs and trees such as acacia (Acacia spp.) and blue palo verde (Parkinsonia florida). Some species infest junipers (Juniperus spp.) and oaks (Quercus spp.).[8] Branches often become swollen and distorted, forming burls and making the tree more susceptible to insect attack.[6] Phoradendron presents serious problems along rivers, streams, parks, and golf courses with large cottonwood trees. Deciduous trees can be mistaken for evergreens during the winter if infection is heavy.[8] Other common symptoms include swelling formations of witch's broom, dieback, and weakened branches.[9]
Disease cycle[edit]
Phoradendron species are hemiparasites which produce their own chlorophyll but rely on the host plant to provide water, minerals, and other nutrients.[10] Birds are the primary means of dispersal of the parasite.[11] Birds consume the drupes of the mistletoe and excrete or regurgitate the seeds onto the branches of the host plant. Germinating seeds produce a radicle, a holdfast, and eventually the germinated seeds produce haustoria. The haustorium is a root-like structure that penetrates the host plant's bark and cambium, reaching the xylem and phloem where it extracts water and minerals, primarily carbon and nitrogen compounds. The most important birds for effective dispersal include the cedar waxwing, euphonias, silky-flycatchers, bluebirds, and thrushes.[7]
Leafy mistletoe can adversely affect trees growing in urban environments and in forests.[10] It is considered a nuisance in urban environments because of its appearance on deciduous trees during winter. Severe colonization of mistletoe can affect the health of an individual tree, and a tree already stressed by other factors can be killed. Control and management regimes include watering the host plant to improve its vigor, and removing infested vegetation. Pruning infested branches is not generally effective because the haustoria can infiltrate deeply. Plucking the mistletoe herbage is a temporary treatment because it easily resprouts, but keeping its herbage sparse can help to reduce its seed production.[7]
Wildlife & human uses[edit]
Phorodendron species are larval host plants for a number of Lepidoptera. The buckthorn duskywing (Erynnis pacuvius) feeds on Phoradendron californicum.[12]
Phoradendron are the preferred food of the Phainopepla, a silky-flycatcher. The male defends territories where fruiting mistletoe is abundant.[13]
Phoradendron californicum was used by Native American peoples as a food and medicinal remedy.[14]
Some Phoradendron species, such as Phoradendron serotinum and Phoradendron flavescens, are used in North America as Christmas decoration, substituting for the European mistletoe Viscum album.[15] They are harvested commercially for that purpose.
There are roughly 235[2] to 240[4] species in the genus.
- Phoradendron aequatoris Urb.
- Phoradendron anceps (Spreng.) G.Maza – goldenfruit mistletoe
- Phoradendron argentinum
- Phoradendron barahonae Urb. & Trel. – island mistletoe
- Phoradendron bolleanum (Seem.) Eichl. – Bollean mistletoe
- Phoradendron californicum Nutt. – desert mistletoe, mesquite mistletoe
- Phoradendron canzacotoi Trel.
- Phoradendron capitellatum Torr. ex Trel. – downy mistletoe or hairy mistletoe
- Phoradendron coryae Trel. – oak mistletoe
- Phoradendron crassifolium
- Phoradendron densum Torr. ex Trel. – dense mistletoe
- Phoradendron dichotomum (Bertero) Krug & Urb. – Bertero's mistletoe
- Phoradendron emarginatum
- Phoradendron flavescens same as Phoradendron leucarpum
- Phoradendron hawksworthii (DC.) Griseb. – Hawksworth's mistletoe
- Phoradendron hexastichum (DC.) Griseb. – tropical mistletoe
- Phoradendron hieronymi
- Phoradendron juniperinum A.Gray – juniper mistletoe
- Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst. (syn. P. flavescens, P. serotinum, P. tomentosum) – oak mistletoe, eastern mistletoe; grows in the west as also in a line down the east from New Jersey to Florida.
- Phoradendron libocedri (Engelm.) Howell – incense-cedar mistletoe
- Phoradendron liga
- Phoradendron macrophyllum (Engelm.) Cockerell – Colorado Desert mistletoe or big-leaf mistletoe
- Phoradendron madisonii Kuijt
- Phoradendron mathiasenii[19]
- Phoradendron mucronatum (DC.) Krug & Urban – needletip mistletoe
- Phoradendron olae[20]
- Phoradendron pauciflorum Torr. – fir mistletoe
- Phoradendron piperoides (Kunth) Trel. – Piper mistletoe
- Phoradendron pomasquianum Trel.
- Phoradendron quadrangulare (Kunth) Griseb.
- Phoradendron racemosum (Aubl.) Krug & Urb. – bigleaf mistletoe
- Phoradendron rubrum (L.) Griseb. – mahogany mistletoe
- Phoradendron serotinum same as Phoradendron leucarpum.
- Phoradendron tetrapterum Krug & Urb. – fourpart mistletoe
- Phoradendron tomentosum (Lam.) Griseb. – leafy mistletoe; see Phoradendron leucarpum
- Phoradendron trinervium (Lam.) Griseb. – angled mistletoe
- Phoradendron tucumanense
- Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Nutt. – Pacific mistletoe
- Phoradendron wiensii Kuijt
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phoradendron.
|Wikispecies has information related to: Phoradendron
- ^ a b "Genus: Phoradendron Nutt.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ a b c Coder, K. D. American mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum var. serotinum) infection in trees. WSFNR08-25. Tree Health Series. University of Georgia. 2008.
- ^ Hiller, J. B. (2010). Marvelling at mistletoe. Highlights for Children. 65(12) 40-41.
- ^ a b Phoradendron. The Jepson Manual eFlora 2012.
- ^ Krautwurst, T. (2003) The truth about mistletoe. Mother Earth News 195 26-29.
- ^ a b Turner, M. W. Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of our Common Natives. University of Texas Press. 2009. pg. 261.
- ^ a b c Geils, B. W., et al. Mistletoes of North American conifers. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-98. Ogden, Utah: USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2002.
- ^ a b Hine, R. Diseases of Urban Plants. Adapted by M. Olsen. Plant Disease Publications. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Revised 1999.
- ^ Call, R. E. Mistletoe. Home Horticulture. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Cochise County.
- ^ a b Watson, W. T. and T. Martinez-Trinidad. (2006). Strategies and treatments for leafy mistletoe (Phoradendron tomentosum (DC.) Engelm ex. Gray) suppression on cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.). Arboriculture and Urban Forestry 32(6) 265-70.
- ^ Aukema, J. E. (2004). Distribution and dispersal of desert mistletoe is scale-dependent, hierarchically nested. Ecography 27 137-44.
- ^ Soule, J. A. Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Institute. Tucson, Arizona. 2012. ISBN 0-9758554-3-3
- ^ Soule, J. A. Father Kino's Herbs: Growing Them & Using Them Today. Tierra del Sol Institute. Tucson, Arizona. 2010. ISBN 0-9758554-2-5
- ^ Phoradendron californicum. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
- ^ Solomon, J. D., et al. Ash pests: A guide to major insects, diseases, air pollution injury and chemical injury. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-96. New Orleans, Louisiana. USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 1993.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Phoradendron". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ "Phoradendron". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- ^ Phoradendron. Bolivia Checklist. eFloras.org
- ^ Wiens, D. and C. L. Calvin. (2011). Two epiparasitic species of Phoradendron (Viscaceae) from Honduras: one new and for the other a range extension and host determination. Aliso 29(2) 119-23.
- ^ Kuijt, J. (1997). Phoradendron olae Kuijt, a new species from Mexico pivotal in the taxonomy of the genus, with comments on P. californicum Nutt. Brittonia 49(2), 181-88.
External links[edit]
- USDA Plants Profile: Phoradendron.
- Mistletoes on Hardwoods in the United States. USDA Forest Service.


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I am curious to hear other's feedback on this issue, but a friend of mine from my Pheasants Forever chapter put a deposit down a few months back on a pup from a repeat breeding of a 1 year old dog he currently owns. The dog is doing very well in training and is the best dog he has owned to date. His deposit (nonrefundable of course) was on a black male, but he was the second or third in line for a black male.
The litter was born today, 9 pups total and very healthy, mom is also doing well, but only one black male was available. I have no issue with this, afterall, we cannot control how many pups are born, what gender or color they are, etc!! My problem is that the breeder is simply trying to PUSH him into one of the chocolate males, or even a black female, both of which are not what my friend wants. Nonrefundable deposits are OK with me, I understand that by taking a puppy off the market and committing to it, that a breeder loses other opportunities to sell that dog and also get some monetary compensation for the kennel business. I just dont understand trying to push someone onto a puppy that isn't what they wanted.
Taking deposits is tricky in my opinion, there is always that risk of not producing what the customer wanted. It is especially tough when there is a specific litter a customer is intersted in, and what they wanted is not produced. Trying to move that customer to another litter is not always accepted by the customer and creates a tough conversation/disagreement.
Has anyone else experienced this? Am I wrong to think nonrefundable is unfair if the dog a customer specifically wanted since day 1 is not produced? I have never personally had this happen, I care more about what number pick I have rather than gender or color, but everyone has their own preferences and goals when they are purchasing their dog.


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I spend this Christmas, reading Simon Sings Big Bang. And as Simon pretty much says, I say as well, what a wonderful world.
I'm mentally affected by my education that I constantly ask myself if the things that is presented in a popularizing book is really what is true. Did he mean that. Sure people turn things int a better daylight when asked about it afterwords and so on. There is a constant flow on my mentally left margain. Anyhow I'm now really impressed by the puzzle that scientist made to achieve such a solid ground for the Big Bang theory.
There is always weak spots in an arguments but the core argument is really solid in my view.
I like the formulation that uses the potential formulation under the Lorenz gauge if I remember everything correctly. Then all components follow a wave equation and there is one linear first order constraints that look close to a simple continuity equations. Now I wanted to understand what this actually meant and searched for some example that would reveal that to me. And there is one telling partial solution. You could have a solution where you make the constraint a continuity equation. You will have a sort of "magnitude of disturbance field" in the scalar potential and the vector potential will be a sort of momentum potential e.g. the scalar potential times a velocity field of constant velocity c. It's a really trivial and very particular solution. But you can modify it. You can assume that if along a direction you have the same disturbance, then you can choose any velocity you like.
Now, in my view this captures some essential features of electromagnetism. A constant stream of light is not dependent of the speed of the stream and it is information that is constrained to the speed of light. Not necessary the actual physical or disturbance transport.
Note that if we have just one stream the transversal direction has to be transported with the speed of light and indicate plane waves.
Even if this is a simple particular solution. One would probably be able to deduce Maxwell's equations after closing the space using Lorenz transforms
Ok this is just a mathematical play, but it poses from my position of knowledge very interesting question. It's just some speculation from a guy that is not an expert. But I still hope that I've teased your imagination so please have fun, play with the mathematics, enjoy the stars and have a very happy hacking new year.


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eorge Zimmerman was quite the contrite killer
eorge Zimmerman was quite the contrite killerduring his bond hearing. In an act of great self-sacrifice and generosity he took the stand and offered up the following apology to the family of the murdered Trayvon Martin:
Zimmerman, 28, appeared in court in a dark suit and gray tie, and, in a surprising move, took the stand. There, in a voice verging on meek, he apologized to the family of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old he admits he shot—but only, he says, in self-defense.
"I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son," he said to the parents, who attended the hearing in the central Florida city of Sanford, where the shooting took place. "I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am, and I did not know if he was armed or not."
As a student of language and semiotics, I would suggest that the latter part of Zimmerman's statement is particularly rich with meaning. Context is key to the analysis of language. Language also constructs meaning through unstated assumptions shared by speaker and audience; oftentimes a speaker–here being Zimmerman–can run into a crisis of communication when the listener does not share his unstated priors and worldview.
Zimmerman is part of a collective consciousness that views all black people as adults regardless of their age. Because African Americans, especially men, have no right to self-defense in their person against White authority (it is rarely mentioned that Trayvon Martin had every right to "stand his ground") all bets are off. Zimmerman is working through this logic as he basically suggests that if Martin were younger, then the presumption of being armed and dangerous may not have applied.
However, because common sense dictates that all black men are armed, at all times, and have the magical ability to transform harmless objects into guns or knives, Zimmerman was acting under a reasonable person's standard of behavior. Anyone approaching a black man would naturally assume that the latter was especially and uniquely capable of deadly force. Thus, Zimmerman's appeal to shared community norms is a basic one: anyone in his position would have reasonably and naturally assumed that a black teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt in the rain and carrying a bag of candy is an imminent and deadly threat.
Zimmerman's statement of "apology" to Trayvon Martin's family is one of the most honest and pronounced distillations of the White Gaze and its debased view of black humanity which we as a country have witnessed in many years. If one ever wondered about the existential dilemma faced by black masculinity in American society, or was searching for an object lesson in how black folks are "niggerized," look no farther than George Zimmerman's "apology" for committing murder.
Zimmerman can assault plain clothes cops, batter his fiancée, ignore police directives, stalk innocent people, carry a weapon in violation of his vaunted "black watch" rules, and shoot unarmed people without doubt or worry. Moreover, it takes a national uproar to even have him properly investigated and eventually arrested on suspicion of having committed murder. Let a black man do the same and see what happens. It does not take a leap of faith, or radical act of imagination, to understand how divergent the outcome would be.
Ultimately, Zimmerman is a murderous clown. As such, and in keeping with the national tragedy and three ring circus that is the color line in America, Zimmerman will find martyrdom as he is a stand-in for every white conservative ever accused of racism or racial bias. During the days and weeks to come, the script will be flipped as he becomes the object of a cause celebre. In this grotesque play, George Zimmerman is the good man done wrong by the system. Trayvon Martin is simply collateral damage.
Those blacks end up dead, in jail, or lying in the morgue for days unclaimed anyway. So what is the measure of a black man's life, one that is doomed to failure, against the shining star and bright future of "good" men like George Zimmerman?


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The Tribune said federal authorities were permitted by a judge to record the governor secretly before the November election after raising concerns that a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama would be tainted. That's the latest in an investigation that has included recordings of the governor and the cooperation of one of his closest friends.
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OK, thanks Mike. Does it have to be elco or will ceramic do?
BTW, so anything from 0.1uF to 1uF will work fine.
1uF ceramics are quite big
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Korg Polyphonic Ensemble S
Polyphonic Ensemble Orchestra / PE-2000
Korg's Polyphonic Ensemble S arrived on the scene in 1976, one of many preset-based analog string and orchestral instrument synthesizers at the time. It was manufactured in Japan by the Keio Organ company (aka KORG). However, during this early period in KORG's history, the name of this synthesizer has become somewhat confused. The KORG distributed units are named the Polyphonic Ensemble "Orchestra" and designated with the PE-2000 model number. Other units were manufactured for Unicord, presumably as part of a distribution deal outside of Japan, and they were named the Poly-Ensemble "S" and designated with the K-5 model number. There are no technical differences between these models, and in this article we will refer to them as the Polyphonic Ensemble S.
The Polyphonic Ensemble S was released in conjunction with the Polyphonic Ensemble P (PE-1000/K-4). The two instruments are quite different from each other, but were intended to complement each other as a pair, with the "S" model being designed around sustained sounds such as strings, choir and organ, and the "P" model designed for percussive sounds such as acoustic and electric piano, and clavichord.
Poly-Ensemble S / K-5 manufactured for Unicord
The Polyphonic Ensemble S was one of KORG's first polyphonic instruments. Like most polyphonic keyboards of the time, it has full polyphony across the entire 48-note keyboard. It featured four preset sounds with two variations each: String 1 & 2, Pipe Organ 1 & 2, Brass 1 & 2, and Chorus 1 & 2. A maximum of two preset sounds could be combined together, ie: Brass + Strings. The sounds were generated by three analog oscillators per note which gave it a much richer sound than the PE-1000/K-4 model. However, very little can be done to modify the sounds; envelope Attack and Sustain, oscillator de-tuning, and EQ Treble and Bass are the only controls. Fortunately a nice Phase Shifter can be dialed in to give the sounds some retro seventies shimmer.
The Polyphonic Ensemble S is a metal and wood construction built into a rugged flight case. It offered stereo output, a dedicated headphone output with volume, and an expression pedal input. While it may not be the most flexible option out there, the Polyphonic Ensemble S's sounds are unique and quite useable, especially if classic seventies string machine sounds are your thing. It has been used by Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream and Hawkwind.
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Do you guys think he will get picked up. Doesn't look like it.
Do you guys think he will get picked up. Doesn't look like it.
I think he's a late round type of player. He spent his college career as a slot receiver only. Those guys go late or undrafted. The only reason why his name rings out in this forum is because he played for Sherman and he ran a 4.37. He'll get picked up but some teams may be concerned about his concussions and his limitations.
I imagine he'll go at some point in the draft just because the positives outweigh the negatives by the last dozen picks or so. He's got a concussion history but the pluses he can bring as a seventh round pick far outweigh the medical history. His ceiling seems much higher than a normal seventh rounder.
guess not..cardinals
he just got drafted by the cardinals this ish is crazy RYAN SWOPE IS A MOTHERFUCING BEAST MIAMI IDIOT IRELAND
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I think you're exaggerating when you say he's a beast. Slot receivers are not beasts, otherwise they'd be number 1 receivers.
Wes welker isn't a beast? Wes welker gives teams more headaches then most guys in the league, I'm not saying swope is Wes welker but where he was picked, he was more than worth the pick
I'm gonna take Sherman's evaluation over the board members on this one, sorry boys...my evaluation had him in the 4th-5th range so it's not like I was a fan. Would've taken him in 5 without an issue tho.
second round talent, fell so late due to concussions, Shefter sad many teams him off the board completely as a result. I can only assume Miami were one of those teams. I hope he has a long and injury free career, but its not looking good right now.


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Anxiety Disorders
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II
Depressive Disorders
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Substance Abuse
Procedure: Regional Anesthesia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Regional Anesthesia in Combat Trauma Improves Pain Disability Outcomes
- Total Outcomes of Pain Survey (TOPS), a pain-specific health-related quality of life instrument. [ Time Frame: Two years from start of injury rehabilitation ]
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|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Group 1
Soldiers with one or more severely injured, mangled or amputated limbs from the Iraq/Afghanistan war aggressively treated with regional anesthesia for pain control.
Procedure: Regional Anesthesia
Subject received regional anesthesia to affected limb(s) within 72 hours of traumatic event.
Group 2
Soldiers with one or more severely injured, mangled or amputated limbs from the Iraq/Afghanistan war receiving standard treatment for pain control.
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Adequate pain management for combat casualties balances the need for emergent, life-saving care with the urgency to remove soldiers from harm's way. Control of pain in traumatic battlefield situations may be impossible until safe evacuation to a surgical facility is achieved and a wounded soldier can receive general anesthesia. Recent evidence suggests that neural plasticity in the central nervous system coupled with hyperstimulation of central neuronal pathways lead to neuropathological remodeling. This neural rewiring may result in chronic pain for patients who have experienced severe, unrelieved acute pain. In addition, the stress of combat along with the suffering of prolonged uncontrolled pain may contribute to psychological disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance abuse.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of early and aggressive advanced regional anesthesia on the chronic neuropathic pain, health related quality of life, and mental health of OEF/OIF veterans who have suffered a major limb injury in combat. An additional aim of this study is to quantify and characterize the short-term and long-term effects of traumatic combat limb injuries on post-injury acute pain, chronic pain, health related quality of life, functional status, social reintegration, psychological adjustment, and substance abuse behaviors in a population of injured military personnel.
This study employs a cohort repeated measures study design involving prospective data collection at scheduled intervals. Interviews with participants provide data on pain outcomes, psychiatric morbidities, and quality of life. Follow up evaluations conclude at the two year anniversary of the start of combat injury rehabilitation. Medical records information collected retrospectively from armed services treatment facilities provide data on the use of pain management therapies as well as individual responses to regional anesthesia.
The findings of this study may impact the clinical field by providing information on the effectiveness and benefits of early advanced regional anesthesia for chronic pain control. This study may also provide data to determine whether regional anesthesia pain treatments prevent or reduce the development of psychological maladjustment disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance abuse in a population of military personnel with combat limb injuries.
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|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Major injury in one or more extremities requiring hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major head trauma
- Cognitive deficits
- Inability to concentrate
- Poor judgment and impulse control
- Substantial hearing loss
- Bilateral upper extremity amputation with no alternate means to complete the survey forms
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00431847
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|Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20889
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Pain Management Service
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Texas
|Brooke Army Medical Center & US Army Institute of Surgical Research
|Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States, 78234
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|Rollin McCulloch Gallagher, MD MPH
|Pain Management Service
|Responsible Party:
|VA Office of Research and Development
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|NCT00431847 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 2, 2007
|Last Updated:
|October 24, 2014
Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
Anesthesia, Regional
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II
Neuropathic Pain
Combat Stress Disorders
Afghan War, 2001-
Iraq War, 2003-
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Depressive Disorder
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Anxiety Disorders
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Substance-Related Disorders
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Pathologic Processes
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Perhaps there are existing enhancements or patches available that already accomplish the same, in a more elegant manner?
Also, I am "happily unaware" of any unexpected consequences this change could have, although it does seem that every time a sketch compiles, the libraries are also re-compiled, so it seems safe. Or is there perhaps something that I really should know?
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you guys find anything lately?
you guys find anything lately?
and then she said "Do ya love me?" and I said "NO! but thats a pretty nice ski mask!"
I got the find of a lifetime: A slew of F/X Emperors at the Orem TRU at rock bottom prices!
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I'm throwing this out there just for what it's worth. I hadn't been to Target for a few weeks since I got a B-Wing from customer service. It looks like I didn't need to go back yesterday since they had jacksquat (Orem Target by the way). Althought they did have the shelf sticker for the B-Wing, they had none on the shelf. As far as figures go all they had were Porky Boy and some Bespin Leias. They did have a slew of the 12" bounty hunters, but for some reason they are calling them Star Wars Legacy assortment. I wonder what's up with that.
I can't say anything for the local TRU or W-Ms, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't received anything new for ages as well.
It's been over a month since I've found anything even remotely new at Orem Wal-Mart, but I have to admit I don't check very often any more (maybe once a week, and not in the morning).
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I stop at target in Orem today they have 4 B-Wing and 12" BH, TRU they have sandtrooper wave
Hello , I stop today at TRU in Orem and they have the 12" death star droid wave
I stopped off at WM, TRU, and Target in Orem last Friday. W-M had moved their whole line of POTJ stuff, which wasn't much, to the clearance aisle. Then they jacked up the price to $6.44
I saw the 12" Han/IMP/DS Droid wave as well as the CrapTalkers which are even less than useless. Other than that, they have squat. One of their floor guys mentioned that they should get the TIE Int. in this week.
The Target had one last B-Wing which I grabbed up. I even got $4 off because I signed up for a Target card. The package was in preemo condition with pretty much zero dings or tweaks.
Other than that zippo. Still no sign of the Lando wave south of the POTM (point of the mountain).
I either seem to be the only one from Utah who bothers posting new findings or there really isn't anything new to be found. Well, I have one today.
I am pleased to announce that I have found the TIE Interceptor! The Orem TRU put out some yesterday while I was there and was able to get one. This was about 5 yesterday (8/27) so hurry over there to see if there's anything left.
"I'm just a YES man trying to make my way in the universe." - Jango McCallum
"Good dialogue and smooth editing are no match for a good YES man by your side, kid." - George Lucas
I have stop in target,TRU,Wal Mart in Orem and AF, K mart and Orem and AF. AND NADA, but I m looking,
I finally found Ketwol, Sabe, and the Bespin guard at Babbages (University Mall) last night. At $9 each, I passed, but they're not bad figures.
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Panelists to focus on Brazilian slave chants, Nov. 17
Posted November 11, 2004; 04:47 p.m.
"Chattering Songs," a panel discussion on the collection of slave chants ("jongos") recorded by professor emeritus Stanley Stein in Brazil 60 years ago, is planned for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in 10 East Pyne.
During the late 1940s, Stein was in the Paraíba Valley in Brazil, investigating the decline of the coffee plantations and the resulting deterioration of the entire system that had guaranteed the Brazilian elite's wealth during the 19th century. While doing his fieldwork, he recorded former slaves singing jongos.
This brief recorded material recently has been turned into a CD, not yet available commercially. Over time, the field of black slavery studies in Brazil has been progressively expanding its perspectives, recovering, through the investigation of new sources, the effective participation of slaves and former slaves in the social and cultural history of Brazil.
The "Chattering Songs" panel will offer the opportunity to listen and reflect on the jongos. The panel will encourage the discussion of the significance of oral traditions in the formation of collective cultural perspectives, as well as the importance and complexity of collecting such oral material.
Discussants will include: Stein; Princeton faculty members Arcadio Diaz-Quiñones, Michael Stone and Colin Palmer; and Silvia Lara and Robert Slenes of the University of Campinas, Brazil.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Department of History, Program in African-American Studies, Program in Latin American Studies and Davis Center for Historical Studies.
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It's not about convenience; it's about preserving the freshness of the product! High quality food can spoil if not sealed against oxidation. Go ahead and market your contrapation to the uninformed. It's not for me!
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What a tough crowd....I wouldn't use one cause I only have 3 dogs, but I say if you got the desire I bet you can sell it. Think about humane societies and such....grey hound kennels, etc....good luck. I think it's awesome to see someone with entrepreneur spirit....
The idea is great, but the product is already out there. These are pricey, but if you've got a bunch of dogs to deal with on a daily basis...I'm sure they eventually pay for themselves. http://www.quickfeed.com/products/de...ic-Feeder.aspx.
Thanks for asking. I am not an expert in the field of canine nutrition, so I'll relate portions of an article written by Steve Brown, a dog food formulator, researcher, and author on canine nutrition. The two books he has authored on canine nutrition are See Spot Live Longer (now in its 8th printing) and Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet. Here are some quotes from the article Fat's Chance which appeared in the December 2012 issue of The Whole Dog Journal.
"As soon as a food is manufactured, it begins to undergo a variety of chemical and physical changes. It's a basic law of the universe (the second law of thermodynamics) that everything degrades over time. This includes the proteins and vitamins in dog foods, but it's the fats I worry about the most."
"Dogs require fats in their diet. However, fats are among the most chemically fragile nutrients in dog food; they are the limiting factor to the shelf life of most dog foods. Fats that have degraded - gone 'rancid' - can cause all sorts of health problems for dogs." "All fats chemically react to and degrade with exposure to oxygen; this is called oxidation. Oxidized fats are said to be rancid; they have degraded from a nutritionally beneficial substance to one that is actually toxic to animals."
"Rancid fats reduce the nutritive value of the protein, and degrade vitamins and antioxidants. That bears repeating: rancid fats can so vastly reduce the benefit your dog can get from the proteins and vitamins present in his food, that he can suffer from protein and vitamin deficiencies. Rancid fats can also cause diarreha, liver and heart problems, macular degeneration, cell damage, cancer, arthritis, and death. It's a good policy to avoid feeding rancid fats to our dogs."
"All of the omega-3 fats are fragile - they turn rancid quickly - with the long-chain omega-3 fats EPA and DHA among the most fragile."
"If using a food container, keep the food in its original bag and place the bag in the container."
This is a very brief synopsis of the article highlighting the potential dangers of allowing dog food to spoil. Leaving dog food in a sealed plastic container is not adequate to preserve the freshness of the dog food we all pay good money for. The "dead air space" within the container has plenty of free oxygen in it and will hasten oxidation. The natural antioxidants that are commonly used in today's dog food formulations are not as effecitive as some of the chemical antioxidants used in the past, such as ethoxiquin. For these reasons I choose to store openned dog food in the bag, rolled tightly closed with as much of the air squeezed out as possible, with a weighted object on top of the bag to keep it closed.
In the interest of fairness to the author and the publisher I feel I must add that reproductions of the article are available from The Whole Dog Journal; 800-829-9165 or on-line at whole-dog-journal.com/cs.
No, I don't vacuum pack portions to avoid exposure to oxygen, but it would be a good thing to do to preserve the quality of the food. The Orijen dog food I buy comes vacuum packed in foil bags, which are more effective at keeping oxygen out than are the typical paper/plastic dog food bags.
As you point out, a covered bin isn't meant to keep oxygen out and that's why I choose not to store my dog food in such a container.
Once you open the vacuum packed bag, the fats are subject to oxidation.
An open bag of dog food vs a clean food safe bin...as far as oxidation how are they different?
Well all I know is that I have been storing my dog food the same way for years without any effect. Just cant believe it could go bad almost instantly upon opening. Maybe some one could make a liquid food in a sealed container with a straw and the dogs could learn to suck it right out of the bag to avoid oxidation. Think I'll also devlope a helmet for my dog to wear while running and get him a life jacket for swimming. Think I'll also keep him in on days of bad air quality. Also going to request our retriever club treat the ponds on our training grounds, cant have my dog swimming in the yucky water. They also need to clear the grounds of all the goose poop before a trial so my dog wont be eating any of it and I want contestants wearing sterile booties on their shoes and every dog should have a current health certificate before entering the grounds. I could go on and on but it's just making me more paranoid


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Author to speak on 'Terror in the Name of God,' Oct. 16
Posted October 9, 2003; 04:48 p.m.
Jessica Stern, a U.S. expert on terrorism, will present a lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. She will speak on "Terror in the Name of God," the topic of her new book (HarperCollins, 2003).
Stern is a lecturer in public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a faculty affiliate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. From 1994 to 1995, she served as director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council; from 1998 to 1999, she was the Superterrorism Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; and from 1995 to 1996, she was a National Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
For her book, which is subtitled "Why Religious Militants Kill," Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews and Muslims. In her extensive travels, she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist bomber in Oklahoma have much in common. She explains how terrorist organizations are formed by opportunistic leaders who use religion as both motivation and justification to recruit the disenfranchised.
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TUPELO – Blake Whitt, a 24-year-old Lee County Schools substitute teacher, turned himself in Wednesday for arrest on two sexual battery counts.
Whitt is accused of crimes associated with an alleged sexual relationship with a female student at Mooreville High School, where he reportedly taught about five times this school year.
Judge Court Judge Sadie Holland presided over his hearing in the Lee County Justice Center and set his bond at $15,000.
His parents sat on the front row in the large courtroom. His mother wept as a deputy put handcuffs on her son and took him to jail.
About 12:30 p.m., Whitt posted bond and was released.
Sheriff Jim Johnson told Holland the case was brought to his department's attention by the girl's parents.
He said the investigation continues with the likelihood additional information will be presented to a Lee County grand jury in March.
County Prosecuting Attorney James Moore presented the state's case to Holland.
At trial, Assistant District Attorney Sadie Gardner will prosecute the case.
In this case, sexual battery is defined as a crime committed by sexual penetration of a child older than 14 but less than 18 by a teacher or others in positions of trust or authority over the minor.
Whitt, who has yet to enter a plea to the charges, is presumed innocent until proven otherwise.
He was represented in court by attorney Kent Smith of Holly Springs.
As a condition of his bond, Whitt agreed to have no contact with the alleged victim, her family or third parties associated with them. He also agreed not to come within 500 yards of Mooreville High.
While not much more information about him is public, his Facebook page shows he attended Blue Mountain College and is interested in sports.
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Description ADULT In summer has dark gray-brown upperparts, including nape. Neck and upperparts are brick red, cheeks are pale gray bordered with white, and cap is dark with hint of crest. Underparts are otherwise whitish, with gray streaking on flanks. Bill is stocky and yellow with a dark culmen. In winter, neck color is lost, but often retains hint of reddish collar. Cheek pattern is less well defined and ear coverts are grubby-looking. JUVENILE Recalls winter adult, but shows more extensive red on neck; note striking dark stripes on cheeks.
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Later tradition claims all Biblical references to staves actually allude to a single magical rod that was given to Adam, then traveled with the Patriarchs, Prophets, and Kings of Israel across history. This rod, created on the eve of the sixth day, was made of either sapphire or almond wood and bore an inscription of the Tetragrammaton as well as an acrostic phrase constructed from the initials for the Ten Plagues. Like Excalibur, only the rightful owner could withdraw the rod once it was planted in the ground.
Hidden away by Elijah, in time the staff will reappear as a weapon in the hands of Hephzibah, the mother of the Messiah. It then will pass from her to the Messiah ben Joseph and then to the Messiah ben David who will wield it in end-times struggles.
Christianity developed additional magical traditions about this legendary staff, regarding it to be a relic from the Tree of Life and linking it closely to various Biblical figures and finally to Jesus, for whom the staff served as the cross beam of his crucifix.
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Though I grew up in northern Indiana, my mother took us to visit her large Southern family during summer and holiday breaks. A recent road trip to a reunion that has been going on for 52 years reminded me that the foods of my childhood encompass a wide range of dishes seldom seen in New England; that home-cooking in northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and East Texas is worlds apart from the biscuits and sausage gravy now ubiquitous at breakfast buffets in Southern motels; and that Southern food reflects a mix of cultures not always recognized or fully appreciated.
Take Southern peas, that family of legumes that includes black-eyes, field peas, crowders, pink-eye purple hulls, and cream peas. We found the latter two, fresh shelled, at a market in Ashdown, Arkansas, along with okra and our first tomatoes of the summer. Okra and these kinds of peas are said to have come to our shores in the pockets of the enslaved peoples of West Africa, and it was their growing, harvesting, and cooking of them (along with collards, mustard greens, and turnip greens) that instilled a love for them in all Southerners.
When we cooked the cream peas, a cousin-in-law suggested a bit of okra simmered with them, as long as we were careful not to cut into the pod, which would create the characteristic gumminess often associated with this veggie. They were delectably creamy, full of a sweet, earthy flavor quite different from English peas, as my family calls those round green Yankee peas.
We also had fried okra (dredged in cornmeal and pan-fried), chicken 'n' dumplins, crookneck squash simmered with onion, "fried" corn (cut from the cob and cooked down with butter and milk), okra stewed with tomatoes and onions, both cornbread and grits made from white cornmeal, buttermilk biscuits with mayhaw jelly (the small tart fruit of a hawthorne tree native to the river bottoms of Louisiana) or fudgy chocolate gravy (a family "secret," made with cocoa powder).
In Ashdown, we discovered a Texarkana-based local chain (four locations) called Big Jake's Bar-B-Q, and we loved it so much that we went back two days in a row. Was it for the all-you-can-eat pinto beans simmered with sliced jalapenos? The potato salad with sweet pickles? The sweet potato fries (with or without powdered sugar!)? The fried pies (a turnover-like pan-fried delicacy, stuffed with a variety of fillings)?
No, it was actually because of the Texas-style barbecue, so tender and smoky from its long, slow cooking (usually over hickory) that it melts in your mouth, whether it's pork, brisket, chicken, or turkey. That's right, both chicken breast and turkey breast (pink from the smoking) are so delicious that it's hard to stop eating the slices on a "small" plate (enough for two meals). "Pulled" pork or brisket is called "chopped" or "sliced" in this neck o' of the woods.
When we got to Shreveport (several cousins live in or around the city), we discovered Minerva cantaloupes (huge, ribbed, juicy, and floral-sweet) and homemade chicken tamales (another cultural influence, eh?) at the farmers' market. The tamales were excellent, as is most Tex-Mex food in this tri-state region (our "fast food," as teenagers, was chili spooned over Fritos). There's also a family tradition of hot-pepper-soaked vinegar sprinkled on greens or peas.
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Sound Off for December 13th: Do you have a problem with the city putting porta potties near homeless camp?
The city of Spokane is placing six portable toilets under an elevated section of Interstate 90 where homeless people congregate.
City Council President Ben Stuckart says it's a response to complaints about human waste outside businesses in the downtown area.
During a KXLY investigation, we discovered the homeless were doing their business up against a wall next the U-Haul rental business at 3rd & Division.
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By now, you've taken stock of the best that Black Friday has to offer. It's a technologist's favorite holiday, when brand-name, top-of-the-line electronics suffer seriously slashed prices in exchange for devoted consumerism.
But is it worth it? Not only have brick-and-mortar retailers felt the push of Cyber Monday sales, but some companies like Amazon and eBay are beating in-store retailers to the punch by opening for business Thanksgiving morning. The lure and ease of the Internet has also evolved e-commerce and altered the shopper's frame of mind, which all might be heralding the end of Black Friday as we once knew it. Is e-commerce turning Black Friday into a quaint antiquity, or does the tradition of sidewalk camping still yield the best deals?
Is Black Friday a dying institution of American capitalism?
Some experts suggest that braving the Black Friday lines is just no longer worth it.
"I personally would never advise someone to shop in-store on Black Friday," says DealNews CEO Dan de Grandpre. "The savings are great. The question is: How much money are you saving for getting something and giving up a vacation day, versus buying one online and staying home?"
There are more than a few reasons to sit out Black Friday: the cold, the crowds, the pushing, the shoving, the general hysteria. "What is your time worth to you?" de Grandpre asks, suggesting you're likely to find the same item online within $50 to $100, or even the same price. "The trend every year is that the deals online are almost as good, if you look at them as a whole."
In fact, sometimes you can even get a better deal. "If you're looking for higher end electronics, stay away from the stores," he says, explaining that many of those cheap tablets and laptops you're seeing are decent options for first-time users and kids, but they aren't powerful devices. Better choices with high-quality graphics cards or more storage will come around Cyber Monday week, and keep an eye out for discounts on high-end TVs around Superbowl season.
The convenience factor is also hugely detrimental to in-store Black Friday shopping. Not only could you engage in what's being called "couch commerce" and save your time and sanity, but your money too. "Thank about how much gas the average American uses on multiple shopping trips during the holidays," says SortPrice CEO Doron Simovitch. "Online shopping takes that cost out of the equation completely."
Everyday is Black Friday
The saturation of daily deal services on the market means deep discounts aren't quite the novelty they used to be. Every morning, many of us are greeted by a friendly run down of slashed prices on local goods and services from Groupon, LivingSocial, Google Offers, Amazon Local Offers, the list it goes on and on.
Now, many of these sites are beginning to offer products and holiday promotions. Of course flash shopping services like Gilt Groupe (which will open for special sales at 6 a.m. EST Friday morning) are even more tailored to finding the lowest prices on in-demand items. Are they hurting the lure of what's traditionally been a holy day for coupon clippers?
Not yet, says de Grandpre. And that's mainly because of the nature of Black Friday's big products. "Black Friday is a much more heavy electronics day," he says. While some daily deal sites have featured tech discounts, de Grandpre claims "the deals are frankly terrible."
That doesn't mean we aren't witnessing an evolution in shopping and e-commerce that could eventually hinder Black Friday's impact. "This could all change as [those sites] focus more on products. Right now they are sort of only for services."
So if you're drooling over the cut prices on brand name TVs, laptops, tablets, and cameras, don't hedge your bets on these options. Flash-sale sites and Groupon-types might not steal shopping thunder this year, but our consumer-mindset is definitely being molded by this trend. It's possible that the simple abundance of deals at our disposal make sacrificing for Black Friday seem less worth it.
"We're kind of conditioned to think that we can find that rush of saving money every day of the year, thanks to daily deals," says FreeWarranty CEO Tom Forrest. "It's maybe taken a little bit of the luster out of standing in the cold, hoping for that discount."
Of course, it's not only daily discounts: Various Web-based tools for saving money are eternally at our fingertips. FreeWarranty, which partners with retailers to extend manufacturers' warranties on electronics and consumer goods, is one example. But there are too many tools like this to count.
"In-store shoppers get blinded by the door-buster, they don't necessarily know what they're getting is a good value in comparison to what's available from other stores or brands," says Forrest. "I think Black Friday, getting in line and shopping in the stores, can lead to irrational shopping, whereas online you have rational shopping."
Mobile has changed the game
While daily discounts won't take a significant bite out of chain stores' Black Friday profits this year, there is one development that definitely will: the smartphone. According to the NPD Group, 59 percent of all U.S. handset sales in the third quarter of 2011 were smartphones. And these pocket computers are seriously swaying consumers who would otherwise buy that product then and there on Black Friday.
Enter the rise of the Black Friday browser. You used to have to take discount prices at face value, either doing your research well in advance to know you were getting the best deal, or hoping a retailer would price match if you didn't get the best deal. Now there's an app for that—and a variety of other Black Friday-related for instances. Shoppers are just as likely to peruse the goods at their favorite chain, snapping up barcodes via smartphone apps from the likes of eBay, Amazon, and others, using them to look for a better deal, in store or online.
"It's too easy to find information," says de Grandpre, who reasons there will be some shoppers who use smartphones for price comparison come Friday. It's a sentiment Amazon's Grace Chung echoes, referencing the companies Price Check app. "Smartphones offer a new opportunity for price transparency — we love that."
Be aware, however, that retailers are growing wise to this game. Best Buy doesn't display bar codes that smartphones can read, a move other stores have adopted as well, in order to discourage virtual shopping around.
Shapiro also mentions another tactic retailers rely: Making a deal with a manufacturer and changing the model number so consumers have a harder time comparing prices.
As with everything, there are workarounds. "I would find the specs on an item and use those to search and find out if it's a good deal," says de Grandpre.
In defense of Black Friday
But there are holdouts. GottaDeal's Dev Shapiro is a defendant of the in-store Black Friday tradition. Partially, this is for practical purposes.
"With the way technology is, you have thousands, sometimes million of people hitting a Website all at once on these shopping days, and you're not guaranteed an item," he says. He references the countless many who purchase bargain electronics and other holiday gifts online, only to later receive an email informing them their order won't be fulfilled because the item was oversold. "That really upsets people," he says.
He's right: the only way to entirely avoid such heartache is to hold that product in your likely-frostbitten-from-the-early-morning-cold hands.
Obviously, brick-and-mortar retailers have found a winning formula. Stores are opening earlier and earlier, and much of that can be attributed to consumer demand. Shapiro even mentions that Target is beta testing opening Denver, Colorado stores for Thanksgiving Day. If buyers are happy and it's a success, the entire chain could implement the change next year.
But what about nostalgia? "People have been doing Black Friday long before the Internet became a popular way of shopping," he says. "With online shopping, you are sitting in your underwear at the computer and when the time comes for the online sales you click here and click there. Then you are done and wait a week for the mail."
There's definitely a hunter-meets-its-prey element to the in-store Black Friday experience that some shoppers just can't refuse. And as Shapiro puts it, "If you do online shopping, and not shopping in the stores, you have one less place to wear those ugly holiday sweaters."
In the end, e-commerce has been a game changer and its impact will be felt again this year. "The best brick and mortar retailers can hope for is a repeat of last year's number," says Simovitch. "With more online shopping options plus a continued sluggish economy, it's likely online sales will dominate in-store sales by perhaps the widest margin ever."


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Wareham Haunted History Night 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013
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What better name is there for a haunted location than Fearing Tavern? The legendary landmark located in Wareham's historical district was first built in the early 1690s. It's seen every day of this country's history and has played a major role in it—from loyalty to the Redcoats in the Revolutionary War (including a hidden room that allegedly housed British soldiers) to possibly serving as a stop in the Underground Railroad, this amazing building is full of period-era antiques and artifacts. Spooky Southcoast was the first group to ever investigate the Tavern, and the place simply came alive!
Since first discussing the investigation on their radio show, Spooky Southcoast and the Wareham Historical Society were inundated with request from investigators wanting a chance to check out the Fearing Tavern. Thus was born Haunted History Night 2011—which featured an investigation not only of the Fearing Tavern, but also of the Old Methodist Meetinghouse (circa 1835), the One-Room Schoolhouse (circa 1825) and the Union Chapel (circa 1880).
This year we're doing it again! You'll hear about some of the most interesting evidence to come out of the Fearing Tavern and some of its history; You'll hear updates on some of the latest paranormal investigation techniques and equipment, and we'll feed you!
Following dinner, attendees will be broken up into smaller groups to investigation the different buildings. The groups will rotate from one building to another, getting an hour to investigate each zone with a different group leader.
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The Fearing Tavern
- The Tavern, restored in 1958, is situated in Wareham, Massachusetts where the Wampanoag Indian Agawam Trail from Plymouth crossed the Wankinco (Wareham) River.
The building contains portions built in 1690, 1765, and 1820. Sixteen period rooms contain authentic 18th and 19th century furnishings, toys, tools, and many decorative and useful objects. The major portion of the Georgian Colonial house with its white clapboarded facade was built by tavern keeper Benjamin Fearing in 1765. The property remained in the Fearing family for over 200 years. It was Benjamin's father, Israel Fearing, who purchased the home in 1747 from Isaac and Elizabeth Bump (Bumpas).
Isaac Bump operated a grist mill and lived here following King Phillip's War. The original 1690 home contained four rooms, and the original proprietors of the Agawam Plantation met here to conduct business and planning which resulted in the incorporation of the town of Wareham in 1739.
In the 1820's Benjamin's son, Benjamin Haskell Fearing added a new kitchen and the bedroom wing to the house.
The One Room Schoolhouse
– Schoolhouse #6 was originally built on Great Neck in 1825. It served as the school for residents in that portion of Wareham for 100 years. It was also used by the residents of Great Neck for church services until a chapel was built. During the latter 1800's a kitchen was added by the Union Chapel Association of Great Neck so that other community events could be more easily held in this building. The Schoolhouse was moved from Great Neck to its present location next to the Old Methodist Meeting House on Main Street by the Wareham Historical Society in the 1970's.
The Union Chapel
– The Union Chapel was built about 1880 by the residents of Great Neck in Wareham as a non-denominational place of worship for the times when the weather made it difficult to travel to Wareham Center. The Union Chapel Association of Great Neck was formed and the original list of subscribers and the money they each contributed toward the cost is available for viewing in the Chapel. The Wareham Historical Society moved the Chapel to its present location next to the Schoolhouse and the Old Methodist Meeting House on Main Street in Wareham in the 1990s.
The Old Methodist Meeting House
- The Methodist Meetinghouse was built in 1835 across the green from the First Congregational Church on Tihonet Road which, until then, had been the only house of worship in Wareham since 1739. The Meetinghouse was used for a variety of purposes throughout its life, including as a bakery and a laundromat. When it was given to the Wareham Historical Society, the facade was restored to its original state. It is used by the Society for their meetings, and is also available for rental by other groups.
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Jeff Belanger
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Our Haunted Lives
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Who's Haunting the White House
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Tim Weisberg
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Ghosts of the SouthCoast
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Andrew Lake
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Ghosthunting Southern New England
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Matt Moniz
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Tiffany Rice
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Toronto-based indie bicycle company Beater Bikes will be back with 2 new models for 2012.
The step-through (loop frame) and roaster (diamond frame) models continue the bare-bones theme of the brand. In fact, for 2012 they've gone even more minimalist. Both steel frames are available in single speed with coaster brake or 3-speed internal gear hub models (also with coaster brakes) meaning no exposed derailleurs and no cables or brake levers. The branding on the bikes has been cut down with only a logo headbadge remaining.
Both models come equipped with full front and rear fenders, rear racks, partial chain covers and double kickstands. The step-through frame is pictured with battery operated front and rear lights, while the roadster model comes with a front rack in lieu of the lights.
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