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This summer, the Girls on Ice program visited an Alaska glacier for the first time. It probably won't be the last, said organizer Joanna Young.
"We talked about how the girls would be inspired, but we didn't count on how much we would be inspired," said Young, a graduate student in the College of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In July, she, two other grad students, and a mountaineer led nine teenage girls onto Gulkana Glacier for eight days of science and life on ice.
The Girls on Ice program, the creation of Alaska glaciologist Erin Pettit, has existed for more than a decade on the glaciers of Washington. Pettit, an assistant professor with the College of Natural Science and Mathematics, expanded the program this year to include Alaska, entrusting the details and organization to Young and fellow graduate students Barbara Truessel and Marijke Habermann. One of their first tasks was to choose an Alaska glacier for the program. They decided on the Alaska Range's Gulkana Glacier.
"It was the perfect spot," Young said. "We all knew the glacier well, it's road accessible, it's got this Indiana Jones bridge and it's safe — there's no huge crevasses."
The trio of instructors, along with Cecelia "CeCe" Mortenson, who was fresh off a guiding trip on Mount McKinley, walked nine girls from Alaska and Washington over a footbridge, four miles up boulders and into a base camp they set up on rocks next to the glacier. Most of the girls had never worn plastic boots, crampons, or a 50-pound backpack. The 15-to17-year-olds faced physical and mental challenges they never imagined.
"The moraine's rocky, unstable side was not the best landscape for me to be on," said 18-year old Heather Gregory of Anchorage of her initiation to the program. "I've never felt so scared to tumble down a hill before! But thankfully the instructors were there to calm me down and guide me through the moraine."
Another participant, 16-year-old Chloe Smith of Palmer, said via email: "The hard part was facing the things that scared me or intimidated me, and the things that made me uncomfortable. Walking over a rickety suspension bridge. Carefully stepping over crevasse after crevasse as you were engulfed in wind, rain, and fog. Listening to the thunder and distant rock slides from inside our three small tents. I told myself, 'You can do this. Even if it's scary, you know you can. Think of how you'll look back immediately after and say I did that.'"
Smith and her new friends impressed their instructors by their unwavering support of one another and their enduring a few days of rain with nowhere to escape except their tents.
"I was amazed at how nicely they interacted," said Habermann, who models a Greenland glacier for her graduate work.
"They were so supportive of each other, and really kind to each other," Young said of the girls. "They were so respectful of us as instructors. It was an opportunity for them to grow a lot and be like adults, and they took it."
The girls performed science on the glacier, choosing studies on glacier ecology, the effects of rocks and dirt on glacial melt or water discharge from the streams on the glacier. After returning to Fairbanks, the girls gave presentations on what they learned at the university. And they experienced a transformation typical of girls who have attended the intense program on Washington glaciers.
"Before Girls on Ice, mountains were just mountains. Valleys were just valleys. Now when I see them they're full of questions and stories," Smith said. "Girls on Ice encouraged a new kind of curiosity in me about things I would have thought boring before. Now I'm considering to pursue geology after high school."
"I liked the living-on-a-glacier part because being on the head of the glacier made you feel like Queen of the Valley," Gregory said. "We also had makeshift classrooms in the tents, and the learning-then-discussions-after were really fun too."
One of Smith's favorite memories of the program is when another girl returned to camp with a tube of greenish glacier mud. That evening, the girls and instructors applied mud facials to one another, laughing and snapping photos.
"We're out on the glacier, but we're still girls," Truessel said.
The instructors, busy trying to complete their own degrees, found the added stress of conducting a school for girls was one of the most rewarding parts of their graduate school experiences so far.
"I learned about grant writing, organizing a huge expedition, covering all the legal stuff and teaching science to girls who have no background in it," Young said.
"Marijke and I have fantasized about having something like this in Switzerland when we're back there," said Truessel, who like Habermann is from Switzerland.
Girls on Ice is free for the high-schoolers, which means that its organizers have to raise all the funds to keep the program alive (this year's sponsors included the Alaska Climate Science Center, the National Science Foundation, UAF's College of Natural Science and Mathematics, the North Face and private donors).
Even though they have much work ahead in order to graduate, Young, Truessel and Habermann said they will do what they can to help create a 2013 Alaska version of Girls on Ice.
"It's just worth it," Young said.
Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute has provided this column free in cooperation with the UAF research community. Ned Rozell is a science writer for the Geophysical Institute.


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I have a 2004 escape and the running lights (just the head lights) are flickering, when I turn the lights on full the problem goes away. It's a constant flashing even when I step on the gas. Can anyone help? Thanks
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I have an 06 Escape XLS FWD 5-spd mnl w/37K on it. This morning, my wife goes out the car and hears a faint beep/buzzing sound. She opens the door and there is a steady high-pitched buzz. We open and close the doors, turn the engine on and off, activate the security system and then deactivate it. This goes on for about 20-30 minutes (may have been going on all night). Then, it stops.
Anyone have any similar experiences? Thanks.0
duh, replying to myself on the "beep, buzz" problem. The problem occurred on the second consecutive day, same problem, same time, same result. On the third day, I unlocked the car manually with the key in the door, the same noise appeared. We figured it out! In the back section of our Escape was a box of old bicycle parts in which there was a "horn" that was going off. Duh.......sorry to anyone trying to help us out with the problem.0
My 2004 Ford Escapes battery , if not run will go completely dead in 2 to 3 weeks. I hooked up an amp meter to find that .12 amp is being drained. I then removed all fuses one at a time. The only one to make a difference was #27 which has the following in it's circuit:audio,cluster lamps,interior lamp,maplamp,cargolamp,datalink connector and GEM. After removing that fuse the current dropped to .02 amp. Observations: the radio is off,no lites are on. I do not know what the datalink connector or the GEM are. Thats where my troubleshooting ended. Any information/advise would be appreciated. JEL.0
GEM stands for General Electrical Module and it controls pretty much all the dash electrical functions. I am not a technician so I dont know whats causing your problem, but I do work for a Ford dealer and we sell quite a few GEM modules that go bad. Not necessarily for Escapes only but modules non the less. I would get it checked by a Ford dealership, perhaps that is the culprit of your problem.0
I have a Ford Escape with no owners manual. My rear wiper stopped working and I wanted to check if it was a blown fuse. There is a fuse box under the hood as well as at the foot of the passenger. There is no diagram showing the back wiper and either fuse box lid. Does anyone know which fuse box and which fuse it may be so I can check it.0
What year is your Escape? Trim?0
It is a 2006.0
Sorry, mfenn my part catalog does not tell me what fuse goes to what, you will have to do it the hard way and pull every single fuse out and check if any of them are blown. sorry!0
No problem, thank you for replying and trying to help, I appreciate it.0
ksmart Posts: 1We just bought a 2001 escape and have the exact same problem! Did you ever solve the problem?0
68pony Posts: 12001 Escape would not start (could not even turn key in ignition) Was told to push the "manual" gear shift to turn key...car starts! We took it to the shop and were told to have a fuel pump installed...did. Same fuse continues to blow (not right away, sometime 2 weeks, sometimes 2 days) We were told by a guy at Autozone that we needed a new alternator, maybe. Took it to the shop they agreed, butbefore doing the work, they called and said no not alternator, you better take it to the Ford dealer, because..... Help0
lorrainel Posts: 1My 2008 Escape started on FIRE due to an electrical short in the headlight area. The car had been off and parked for 2 hours and just started on fire on the front drivers side area. We put it out with the hose. When the fire dept arrived and looked it over as best they could at 10:00pm they believed it was caused by an electrical short. Our Insurance agent claims he couldn't find anything that could cause it to be Fords Responsibility. Why would a 2008 just start on fire and it not be covered under a warantee? Any thoughts on this?//0
ladydi081565 Posts: 1I have a 2004 Escape. While driving, everything electrical shut off. It made this wierd clicking noise. The battery was completely dead at this point. Replaced it. Then we were told to change the alternator. Did that. The shop we have it does not know why it still has the same problem. Something is draining the alternator. Ford can't even explain it. Can anyone please help me out?0
brattanya Posts: 1Hello,
Hopefully someone here will be able to help me. I bought a Ford Escape 2006 with 44 000KLM on June 11th 2009. July 1st 2009 the alternator blew. The dealer changed it no cost. August 15th the alternator blew again... I noticed every time I use the remote starter (Ford manufacture installed) this seems to happen. The first time the alternator blew, a few days before the battery light would blink on and then shut off. This time, I automatically started the truck, walked up to it and herd a ticking sound in the engine, about 10 mins later my ABS light came on, my gages all stopped working, my cd exchanger was flipping from one cd to the next. I stopped the car in the shopping center and it would not start up again. Half an hour later my husband started it up, got it home. Our dealer is saying its the alternator, but what car blows two alternator's in 2 months???? Anyone else had this problem?0
nikptt Posts: 1We have a used 2006 ford escape xlt (v6 and at 76 000 KLM ) and it won't start. It was working fine all day with the battery light going quickly on once. Then my gf used it to go to the store and came back without problems (although she did say she went over a bump on the way back home). Just as she turned off the ford she noticed the battery light, so she got curious and tried to start the car. Turned the key and all she was that dying battery sound and then a cranking noise, then nothing. If it was the battery, nothing in the car would be able to turn on....riiiiight??
We researched on the internet and couldn't believe how many people are having problems with the alternator O_O0
Update on my battery drain problem (sept.28,2008) Dealer replaced the GEM module, but if not driven for about 2 weeks, the battery will be so deplete that it will not operate the door locks! This is the third battery, GEM replaced, and the alternator replaced.The ford garage suggested hooking up a trickle charger ! They said they cannot find a problem.. I have owned many vehicles and have never experienced any thing like this. No help from Ford either>I had two vehicles in storage last winter from november untill april, and they both started after sitting nearly 5 months. Anyone out there with the same problem?0
woodla Posts: 1Wonder if your dead battery problem was solved. This is my second Escape and both had exactly your complaint. After 2 weeks parked the battery is guaranteed completely dead. My 2001 had the same issue. Dealer can not solve either car's same problem. So much for Arlington Heights Ford shop. Am on the 3rd battery but only a battery tender keeps it starting. Winter is really scary without the tender since it sits on my driveway. I believe I drive frequently enough although not every day. Dealer would only keep my 2001 for 5 days & refused to wait 2 weeks. They said they checked everything and I've metered for a passive battery drain but found nothing unusual. You mentioned the GEM module. What is this? We left on a vacation for 2 weeks last summer, came back to my completely dead Escape and my wife's 2004 Crown Vic started instantly. And she's on her original battery.
I've like Fords but this is my last Escape, for sure. Maybe my last Ford. I must have been nuts to get the second one but figured the 2001 was a freak. They I have found they must have made alot of them! And apparently dealers are no help.0
Hello, anyone had problems with the Airbag light flashing on and off for about a minute then staying on while driving. Sometimes it stays on while driving for weeks only to go off by itself and stay off for a couple of weeks. The patern repeats itself all the time. Help please!0
Two things that come to mind from personal experience.
1) If you travel without a passenger in the front seat but set stuff down there (i.e purse, bag, lunch box, lap top, etc) the OPDS (Occupant Position Detection Sensor) thinks there is a small child or a passenger lighter then 60lbs in the passenger seat without a seat belt.
2) I know that on my 2004 Escape Limited there was a recall done pertaining to the SRS light flashing or staying on back in 2004 or 2005. The fix was as simple as intalling a believe a new connector underneath the seat.
Hope this helps.0
Thank you, will check with Ford and see if there is a recall on this for the 02 models.0
marrinab Posts: 1The 02 Escape had a recall on the ABS module melting down and causing a fire.
Type "ford escape electrical problems" in you search bar... the problems are outrageous at best.0
I am having the exact same problem as you described. I was wondering if you ever got this taken care of? I just had an alternator put in and a new battery. If you would let me know how yours worked out it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and Merry Christmas ( if you celebrate it )
Our Escape recently started to have a power blip while driving, it wants to stall, but doesn't. The first time it happened the "Theft" and the "Check Emissions System" light came on. Several days have gone by and it has happened twice again. Seems to be electrical? I ran the diagnostic "push SET to check systems" button and it came up okay. Then, while parked I ran it again and the messages started scrolling automatically (you usually have to hit the button for each check message). Two messages beeped: "check Emissions" and "Charging System". Any clues for what is causing this? I've made an appointment with the Ford dealer, but they are booked until after New Year.0
aremp Posts: 1I am having similar issues with my 2005 Ford Escape.
I have about 130,000 km on it. Got my battery replaced for the first time last winter.
However, since the summer, I have had to replace the same battery 3 times now. (All under warranty, so that is ok.) The current battery is less than 3 weeks old now and if the vehicle sits more than a day it wont start.
I noticed that taking short little trips wears out the battery it seems. It turns over when I start it, but it struggles. If I take long (200+ km) trips, then it will start no problem.
I also noticed on the highway that my lights dim. They seem to fade out (not off) slowly and gradually so that it is barely noticeable, but then for whatever reason they kick in again and I realize I have been driving with my lights on at about half strength.
The altenator was checked a few months ago, and they found nothing wrong with it.
I was going to have it replaced, but am worried this may not solve my problems.
Wondering how anyone else here made out with getting their altenators replaced.
If you could email me, it would be much appreciated.
stever Posts: 52,462Please don't ask for "personal" help via email. We all benefit when a problem is discussed on the open forum. Thanks.0
Just to let everyone know what has ensued: After taking the Escape to a Ford dealer, they seemed eager to check out the alternator ... go in that direction. Frankly, after reading much on the web about people and similar Escape situations, I shot over to an AutoZone, had them read the codes and none appeared...none. The person at AutoZone said that the majority of issues like this she'd seen over her tenure were all traced back to faulty plugs. I then decided to hold on the Ford service until my next scheduled maintenance--a few weeks from now--when they'll be changing the plugs anyway. Incidently, the problem hasn't occurred since the last episode. But I did call Ford and share the Autozone comment about the plugs with them, and they agreed saying that if Autozone's code check hadn't produced any faulty codes then Ford's wouldn't either. When I mentioned my service documentation not ever showing a change of plugs in over 5 years, save a problem I once had just after purchasing the Escape--a bad #6 plug was replaced and its coil sprayed cleaned (was causing horribly bad starting and sluggish acceleration after only 10 or so thousand miles) Ford did offer up the fact that they use 100K plugs and that would have been the reason for no plug changes. For now, I'm going to put my money on the plug change which will occur in three weeks or so. I'll also, as a matter of course, have Ford check out the starter--a diode was mentioned as a possible culprit, also battery, which in my case is pretty new--and then I'll check back in here and share with the chat folk.0
emagpies Posts: 1Just had this same thing happen to my wife's '05. Had the battery checked, it was okay. Was just about to tackle changing the alternator and thought I'd better read a little to be sure something like this wasn't out here.
I guess I'll take the alternator back and see what the local Ford place has to say and get back.0
I put in a second battery and it ran for about 2 hours. The shop ( licensed Ford Dealer ) has it now and there are changing the alternator again. This is the third in about 4 months. The first was bad out of the box. I also purchased the supposed top model alternator. They have run diagnostics and say that they cannot find a problem. Having read about other people with similar problems I believe it is something wrong with the Escape and will more than likely trade it in. I would like to mention that all of the replacement parts have been covered by warranty , so I guess it is a good thing that it burns things out so quickly. lol0
bobbiebryant Posts: 1I have a 2001 Escape and on 2 or 3 occasions, I would be driving and suddenly all of the dash and headlights would noticeably dim for just a few seconds. Then everything would go back to normal. I have tried to force this to happen by turning all the lights on and the radio all the way up. The battery is new. can anyone help?0
Looking for someone that knows for sure what could be wrong with my Escape. I installed an HID kit on my Escape and it works great, I lost my high beams because I got the non-hi/low HID kit. However now my foglights do not work. I checked the fuses and I know for sure that the installation is correct because I followed it step by step. The HID bulb is using the low beam connector/power because when I switch it to high beams the HIDs turn off meaning that they are not using the high beam connector to get power, therefore, it is not a matter of my switch being in the high beam position which turns off the foglights.
There is power to the foglight switch because it still illuminates and all other lamps (parking, turn signals, stop, back-up and HID (headlamps)) are in perfect woking condition. Any help or suggestions???0


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Where to Drink at Portland Cocktail Week 2011
Portland Cocktail week is rapidly approaching. If you've glanced at the schedule on the PDXCW homepage you know just how many great looking tours, seminars, and parties are taking place. As much as I would l love to go to every event, I must be realistic, I still have my job—as well as my liver—to worry about.
So where will I be sipping? Here's the game plan.
Thursday, October 20
The week's festivities will be kicked off at Wilf's. Sponsored by Pernod Ricard, the Welcome to Cocktail Week party is sure to be glitzy affair hosted and attended by the biggest names in the cocktail community. Dale Degroff along with the rest of Pernod Ricard's top notch crew of brand ambassadors will be behind the bar to get the party started. Make sure you dress to impress—this likely will be the most stylish party of the week.
8 p.m. Thursday at Wilf's, 800 NW 6th Avenue at Union Station, Portland, OR 97209. ($40, event website.)
Friday, October 21
Of all things, Friday morning starts off with a run, so this listing is a 'where to go' and not a 'where to drink.' You should probably drink water. The Bartender's Run to Kick Cancer's Ass is 4k run/walk sponsored by Novo Fogo, whose co-founder Emily LaCroix-Axinte is battling breast cancer. Being hung over is no excuse for skipping this one, my fellow USBG members. Novo Fogo will cover the $25 participation fee for any bar guild member who participates. 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
10 a.m. Friday at the Jupiter Hotel, 800 E. Burnside Street, Portland, OR 97214, ($25, event website.)
Saturday, October 22
Your Saturday afternoon priority should be the 7th annual Great American Distillers Festival (GADF), which features an expansive tasting room containing some of the best craft distilled spirits on the market. I recommend pausing halfway through your tasting to attend one of the many excellent seminars that are scheduled to take place—focus on beer cocktails with Ryan Conklin and Jacob Grier, or learn about mezcal with Misty Kalkofen. There is also a cocktail competition with a preliminary round on Saturday and a final round on Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Left Bank Annex, 101 North Weidler Street, Portland, OR 97227 ($10 for one day, $16 for a two-day pass, event website.)
When I finish my shift on Saturday night, I'll be heading straight over to the Jupiter Hotel to see Robots vs. Humans. Rumor has it that there will be robots built by MIT students competing against some of the finest bartenders in the country to see who can make the best cocktails. Sounds like something I can't afford to miss.
8 p.m. Saturday at the Jupiter Hotel, 800 E. Burnside Street ($40, event website)
Sunday, October 23
There are too many activities on Sunday for one person to attend (and you should definitely check out the ongoing Distiller's Festival if you haven't already) but I'll definitely be stopping by the Maker's Mark Arcade Happy Hour at Portland's boozy house of pinball and video games, Ground Kontrol. What could be better than bourbon, video games, and dozens of friends?
9 p.m. Sunday at Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR 97209. $25.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Right away my boys took to the the books and over the last several years they have read each one countless times. If I'm honest the books didn't do a whole lot for me. Sure they were amusing tales but I've never been a huge comic book or graphic novel kind of guy so I read them only so as to discuss them with my boys.
But any book or series that gets them to read is top notch on my eyes so when we heard there was a movie coming out I pledged to take them on opening night.
Our adventure to see Tintin the movie turned into quite the caravan as along with my wife and I and our two boys (age 9 and 11) we had my niece (10) and nephew (5), a young seminarian poet (23), and a young lady (18). Before I go on in detail about the movie let me say ALL 8 of us enjoyed the movie.
A month or so back I read an article that some religious group (twas either Southern Baptists or a Evangelical Christian group but despite internet searches I can not find the article) was urging a boycott of the film. The group claimed that the Tintin works were both racist and promoted alcoholism. The article explained that the issue wasn't with the movie but the collection of books.
Given that I am a contrary sort of guy the protests did nothing more than make me more eager to see the film. I hate being told not to do something based on the personal opinions of someone else.
The animation in the movie was stunning. As good as I've ever seen.
And I found the rum loving sea captain quite entertaining. He is kind of the anti-Popeye and I admire a fella who gets a bit of life saving strength from a good stiff drink rather than a can of evil green spinach.But I suppose of you are a teetotaling fun-hater Captain Haddocks drinking might bother you. Then again if you are a fun-hater you probably are not going to like the high speed chases, the gun battles, the sword fighting, treasure hunting adventure that makes up the movie.
The writers of the movie did a great job of capturing the spirit of the characters literary persona and yes the hijinks are outlandish in an Indiana Jones sort of way but my entire gang, found the film to me a very entertaining family adventure worthy of the price of admission.
Now where did I put that bottle of rum?
9 comments:
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
I've never been enamored of Tintin either but to be so, I think you have to be just at the right age when you encounter the books. Clearly your boys were at the right age and that's great! Glad to hear you all enjoyed the movie!
P.S. I'm halfway through your book and it is laugh out loud funny!
- December 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Deanna said...
I only recently became aware of Tintin and am looking forward to seeing the movie. Maybe I'll take all ten grandkids with me. Yea right... that probably won't happen. Thanks for the review.
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
- December 23, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- jjdebenedictis said...
It must be an age thing. I loved the Tintin books when I was a kid, but as an adult, the magic just isn't there for me anymore. (And yeah, some of them are racist. Captain Haddock--boozer extraordinaire--never bothered me, however.)
- December 23, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- Old Kitty said...
Nope never liked Tintin - but as for rum.. well! Rum is a true classic!
Take care
- December 23, 2011 at 6:00 PM
- G said...
I read an excellent story about the movie a week or so ago in USA Today and this will be the first YA movie that I'm actually looking forward to seeing.
I remember watching the cartoon series on HBO some years ago and it was really good.
- December 23, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- alex keto said...
All right Travis, this is about enough.
First you dis Beowulf, which I can understand since it is a bad poem with a lot gaps in the story line written in an incomprehensible language, but hell, not all writing is perfect.
But now you dis Tintin, the holy of holies of my childhood. But worse, like the piedpiper you lead your unsuspecting and wholly ingenuous but innocent flock on One Rung Etc into following your footsteps into sacrilege.
Well, just see it this way...
You have the your past. I have your kids' attention right now, so who's going to have the future?
I bet one day one of your sons when they are in high school says, "You know, Dad, I'm really into Beowulf" That would be poetic justice, pardon the pun.
And you know who's going to be at the door handing them a copy of my book?
- December 23, 2011 at 10:25 PM
- alex keto said...
My last word on this is you ought to keep that one-toothed, old goat handy.
He's going to get a well deserved work out one of these days.
- December 23, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Kainja said...
I never read these but the movie looks kind of interesting. I will have to get one and give it a try. I still read kid's stuff. I'm not mentally much older than a kid anyway.
- December 24, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- pattinase (abbott) said...
Have a great holiday, Travis. Have never read Tintin but it sounds great.
- December 25, 2011 at 5:45 AM


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When proponents of concealed carry wax eloquent about self defense philosophy, they will spend virtually no time on the age-old notion that you should "always bring a gun to a gunfight." That's a foregone conclusion. They will, however, voice all manner of opinion with all kinds of emotion on which make, model, and caliber of firearm you should bring to a gunfight: "I would never carry anything other than a [insert manufacturer or model] in [insert caliber]!"
Somewhere in these discussions about single-action vs. double-action or 9mm vs. .45 ACP, a wise old soul will offer up the idea that you should always bring two guns to a gunfight — a main gun and a backup, just in case. A hush might fall over those engaged in the discussion as they contemplate a scenario where guns have been drawn, shots have possibly been fired, and the main gun has either been lost or dropped or has no more ammunition or has failed. Now what?
Backup guns, the smallest of which are sometimes called mouse guns due to their diminutive size, have saved lives and long played important roles in police and detective work. Moreover, with 49 of the 50 U.S. states offering some manner of concealed carry for citizens, small handguns are more popular than ever. Often chambered in smaller calibers (.380, .25, .22, etc.) and smaller dimensions, these weapons are truly pocket pistols. Some people carry them as a primary carry gun—always bring a gun to a gunfight, right?—and some carry them to back up their primary weapon, just in case.
Beyond the matter of reduced caliber, guns with smallish dimensions offer additional challenges for shooters. For example, because they are smaller they may be more difficult to hold properly. Indeed, some might struggle to keep hands or skin out of the way of the moving parts or find it awkward to place a finger properly on the trigger or manipulate the magazine release. Bottom line: It is possible for a gun simply to be too small to hold comfortably or handle safely.
In an effort to mitigate some of these concerns, Miami, Fla.-based Taurus Manufacturing in 2009 produced a small .25 Automatic pistol based on a Beretta pistol design they purchased many years ago. Compared to the old Beretta, Taurus president Bob Morrison says the new Taurus .25 a "modernized and technically superior version."
Called the PT 25PLY, Morrison says it is the result of significant input from customers and is designed to meet the expectations for a present-day concealed carry weapon. New features of the 25PLY include enhanced ergonomics and polymer construction. Yet it retains the tip-up barrel from the old design. Morrison says Taurus produces the entire gun, as well as a .22 caliber model, in its Miami manufacturing facility. The PT 25PLY retails for $273 (blued) and $289 (stainless) and despite being produced in 2009, the gun has not been available until now.
The most notable features of the PT 25PLY are its size and weight, or lack thereof. At 5.33 inches in length the PT 25PLY certainly qualifies as backup gun ("BUG") or mouse gun or hide-out gun. In fact, when holding it in my medium-sized hand and placing my trigger finger along the slide, my fingertip extended just beyond the muzzle. Grasping the PT 25PLY resulted in most of the gun disappearing under my grip; the exposed slide and barrel sat low but a small beavertail kept the web of my hand out of the path of the slide. The PT 25PLY weighs in at 10.8 ounces, unloaded. With eight rounds of .25 Automatic on board, the weight increased to 12.9 ounces. By comparison, most subcompact handguns weigh twice that amount.


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WSJ's Taranto Ignores Real Hate Crimes To Pretend Oppression Doesn't Exist
Wall Street Journal online editorial page editor James Taranto ignored the thousands of hate crimes committed against minorities each year, misleadingly fixating on four allegedly falsified incidents to claim minority oppression "scarcely exists."
In a May 2 Journal post, Taranto focused on four incidents in which individuals allegedly falsely claimed they were the victims of hate crimes, and claimed that these "phony" accusations were "common, especially on college campuses." He concluded:
Oppression of minorities, and certainly of women, scarcely exists in America in the 21st century. Genuine hate crimes happen, but they are very rare. Few societies in history have offered more security to the previously downtrodden. But the presence of security only makes the need for identity and stimulation more pressing. Hate-crime hoaxes are an extreme way of meeting those needs.
Taranto's fixation on a small number of discredited cases hides the reality that hate crime in the United States is not as rare as he claims. According to the FBI's most recent data, law enforcement agencies reported thousands of hate crimes in 2011 alone:
- In 2011, 1,944 law enforcement agencies reported 6,222 hate crime incidents involving 7,254 offenses.
- There were 6,216 single-bias incidents that involved 7,240 offenses, 7,697 victims, and 5,724 offenders.
- The 6 multiple-bias incidents reported in 2011 involved 14 offenses, 16 victims, and 7 offenders.
These crimes included murder, rape, assault, intimidation, and destruction or theft of property. According to the data, most of the crimes were motivated by racial bias, followed by bias against sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and national origin, and disability.
However, these numbers likely underestimate the true amount of hate crime in the United States. Business Insider explained that hate crimes are vastly under-reported to the FBI, as the data "is highly dependent on reports from local police, some of whom are better at reporting hate crimes than others."
Indeed, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Justice, only 35 percent of hate crimes from 2007 to 2011 were reported to the police. Accounting for hate crimes not reported to authorities, the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that there were 181,190 violent hate crimes in 2011. An additional 13,200 violent hate crimes were motivated by gender bias, which the FBI does not track. The percentage of violent hate crimes that resulted in an arrest declined from 10 percent in 2003 - 2006 to 4 percent in 2007 - 2011.
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Imam, Arabic Imām, ("leader," "pattern"), the head of the Muslim community; the title is used in the Qurʾān several times to refer to leaders and to Abraham. The origin and basis of the office of imam was conceived differently by various sections of the Muslim community, this difference providing part of the political and religious basis for the split into Sunnite and Shīʿite Islām. Among Sunnites, imam was synonymous with caliph (khalīfah), designating the successor of Muḥammad, who assumed his administrative and political, but not religious, functions. He was appointed by men and, although liable to error, was to be obeyed even though he personally sinned, provided he maintained the ordinances of Islām.
Political disagreement over succession to his office after the death (661) of ʿAlī, the fourth caliph and Muḥammad's son-in-law, propelled the Shīʿite imam along a separate course of development, as partisans of ʿAlī attempted to preserve leadership of the entire Muslim community among the descendants of ʿAlī. In Shīʿite Islām, the imam became a figure of absolute spiritual authority and fundamental importance. ʿAlī and the successive imams, who are believed by Shīʿism to be the sole possessors of secret insights into the Qurʾān given them by Muḥammad, under Neoplatonic influences of the 9th–10th centuries ad became viewed as men illumined by the Primeval Light, God, and as divinely appointed and preserved from sin. They alone, and not the general consensus of the community (ijmāʿ) essential to Sunnite Islām, determined matters of doctrinal importance and interpreted revelation. With the historical disappearance (ghaybah) of the last imam—there has been no consistency in the number legitimized: among the major sects, Sabʿīyah Ismāʿīlīs acknowledge 7 imams and Ithnā ʿAsharī (Twelvers) 12—there arose a belief in the hidden imam, who is identified with the mahdī.
Imam has also been used as an honorary title, applied to such figures as the caliph ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib and the theologians Abū Ḥanīfah, ash-Shāfiʿī, Mālik ibn Anas, Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, al-Ghazālī, and Muḥammad ʿAbduh. The title imam also is sometimes given to the specially trained Muslims who lead prayers in the mosques.


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BEREA -- Browns coach Pat Shurmur sounds like a broken record when he talks about his team's broken record.
More times than he'd care to mention, Shurmur has spent his Monday news conferences explaining why his young team couldn't win a close game.
It's been a painful, recurring theme this season for the Browns, who blew a 13-point halftime lead on Sunday in Dallas and lost 23-20 in overtime to the Cowboys, who exploited Cleveland's injury-riddled secondary in the second half and capitalized on penalties -- some of them questionable.
"We just have to find a way to finish," Shurmur said. "We have a whole locker room full of winners. This whole organization is full of winners. We just have to put it all together and do it."
The Browns (2-8) are perfecting the close loss. According to STATS LLC, Cleveland has lost an NFL-leading 18 games by seven points or less since 2010. This season, the Browns have lost five such games and their inability to finish what they've started has intensified the pressure on Shurmur, who dropped to 6-20 in two seasons and may need a flurry of wins to save his job.
On Sunday, the Browns were 67 seconds away from snapping an 11-game road losing streak when it all unraveled.
The Cowboys, aided by two penalties for 50 yards against a Cleveland defense missing top cornerback Joe Haden, drove for a game-tying field goal with two seconds left before winning in OT.
It was right there for the Browns. And once again, they came up short. The losses are growing in number along with the frustration level for players accustomed to winning.
"It's real difficult, because it's a difference when you're losing by 20 points or 30 points," rookie cornerback Trevin Wade said. "But just losing at the end by one score in well over multiple games is really hard and stressful. We're just right under the hump and we just need to find a way to get over."
Shurmur is sure that day will come. He was on a Philadelphia coaching staff that went through a similar experience with losing tight games. He learned there are no shortcuts, and that the only way things will get better is by working and winning.
"You just play. You just keep working on the fundamentals and you develop some mental toughness and then you go and do it," he said. "That's what it is. There are no formulas for it. That's what you do. You put together a locker room of guys that are willing to fight and willing to work and then you do what you can to play the next opponent and then you go do it."
For most of the young Browns, losing is as new as anything else they've experienced in their first year as pros. They came from solid college programs, where winning was routine.
"I've never been on a team that doesn't win," said rookie linebacker James-Michael Johnson, who played at Nevada. "In college, we were all on good teams. In high school, I was on good teams. But I feel like this team and the teams that I've been on there's not that big of a difference. It's not like we're getting blown out and embarrassed.
"Every game we're in until the end."
The Browns didn't help themselves with costly penalties. Dallas picked up 10 first downs on penalties, seven of them called against Cleveland's defensive backs.
A few of the infractions against the Browns were border-line calls, including an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on a hard hit by safety T.J. Ward on the game-tying drive, but Shurmur refused to blame the officiating for another gut-wrenching loss.
"I'm not going to go there," Shurmur said when asked if the officials had too much of an impact on the outcome. "The Browns played the Cowboys and it was officiated. That's it."
While Shurmur wouldn't touch the officiating issue, Wade said the inordinate number of yellow flags thrown against the Browns was alarming.
"I was really surprised," he said. "It seemed like every third down or so there was a flag that gave Dallas a first down. It was real shocking and just crazy."
Shurmur won't allow his players to use any excuses for their current state. He's focused on making them better, and anything that steals their attention from improvement or preparing to play the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) next Sunday is counterproductive.
If and when the Browns start winning consistently, maybe they'll get the benefit of the doubt on calls. Until then, their only choice is to work on putting together a complete, 60-minute game.
The losing may be taking its toll on Browns fans, but Shurmur believes his players haven't been broken.
"Unfortunately, dealing with adversity and developing mental toughness is part of this thing as you're building," he said. "We know there are going to be some tough days. That's unfortunate, but that's where it's at. That's why you just stay with a nice tight focus on the next game."
Johnson is one of the many rookies taking his lumps this season.
He thinks it won't be long before the Browns are giving some back.
"It's frustrating," he said. "You want to win, but at the same time, I know what we have here and who we have coaching that we can win. I know that. I can tell just by being around these people.
"We're going to win one day."
NOTES: CB Joe Haden's absence Sunday with an oblique injury hurt the Browns, who are 0-5 in games he's missed this season. Haden was injured during practice last week and was a game-time decision that Shurmur said "went right to the wire." Shurmur said the Browns would try to get Haden "ready to go" against the Steelers, who could be down to third-stringer Charlie Batch at quarterback. ... CB Dimitri Patterson said he'll test his injured ankle this week in practice and could return to the lineup after missing five games with torn ankle ligaments. ... Shurmur felt rookie QB Brandon Weeden (20 of 35, 210 yards, 2 TDs) "was pretty efficient" against the Cowboys. Shurmur said Weeden made mistakes and there are "plenty of things he can do better."
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Various attempts at 2D-rendering benchmark suites have appeared and even become popular. Notable examples are x11perf and gtkperf. My claim is that these tools range from useless to actively harmful when the task is understanding performance of real applications.
Unfortunately, the workload of things like x11perf and gtkperf rarely come close to simulating practical workloads.
Should I be offended and sad as someone as respected as Carl blames my precious GtkPerf? Well of course not! Citing myself from GtkPerf website:
I know that bencmarking tools (including GtkPerf) can be fooled and don't give real-life results. Yet, I belive that GtkPerf can be helpful to solve for example this kind of things:
So as seen, I fully agree (and have always agreed) that GtkPerf is not the tool to use for getting real-life application performance measurements. But what it is, is a very easy and fast way to get a view of the GTK+/GDK/Cairo performance of your system.
These days I spend my time mostly with Qt and often benchmark the actual frame rate of the application, which with QGraphicsView-based UI is easily done for the whole view using the paintEvent() callback. And keeping the FPS visible when developing your new flashy UI really helps (at least me!) to spot & fix the performance regressions while they happen.
The last thing Carl says is:
The punchline is that we now have an easy way to benchmark 2D rendering in actual, real-world applications. If you see someone benchmarking with only toys like x11perf or gtkperf, go ahead and point them to this post, or the the cairo-perf-trace entry in the cairo FAQ, and insist on benchmarks from real applications.
So pointing: When measuring GTK+/Cairo performance trying to get accurate real-world results, please don't use GtkPerf. Instead use the cairo-perf-trace as noted, thanks!


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Obama's OFA: We're non-partisan
President Barack Obama's new nonprofit Organizing for Action insists that promoting the White House's legislative agenda can't be counted as "partisan political activity."
The organization on Wednesday quietly posted new guidelines on its website formally declaring its intention to stay out of campaign politics.
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"Neither OFA nor its chapters will be involved in any way in elections or partisan political activity," OFA wrote. "Its exclusive purpose is public policy advocacy and development, and in particular, both enactment of President Obama's legislative agenda and the identification and advancement of other goals for progressive change at the state and local level.
The freshly articulated mission language mirrors that of similarly structured conservative groups that have played heavily in recent elections and have drawn criticism from Obama and his allies for corrupting democracy and abusing the tax code.
Obama's aides don't deny the inherently political nature of their new group, which has been billed as the successor to Obama's vaunted campaign apparatus and it's being run by former White House and campaign officials.
"I think we can affect elections even if legally we can't be involved with them for this particular organization,"Stephanie Cutter, Obama's deputy campaign manager, said last month.
Organizing for Action — like the Karl Rove-conceived Crossroads GPS and the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity — is registered as a non-profit under section 501(c)4 of the tax code. Such groups are able to accept unlimited and secret donations from corporations, lobbyists and political action committees – cash streams that Obama attacked bitterly when GOP-allied groups tapped them.
While Organizing for Action intends to accept unlimited corporate and individual donations, it stressed in its new guidelines that won't take donations from lobbyists, foreign agents or PACs.


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Here is proof that Barbie wasn't in love with Ken… Barbie is in love with big black dicks:
Ken didn't even have a penis, trust me… I stripped my sisters Barbie and Ken enough times to know… So I totally understand why Barbie needs the feel of a real man! She is clinging onto that black dick for dear life!
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Heather Derr-Smith was born in Dallas and spent most of her childhood in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She received her undergraduate degree in Art History from the University of Virginia, where she also took poetry workshops with Charles Wright, Rita Dove, and Greg Orr. She went on to earn her M.F.A. in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her first book, entitled Each End of the World, a collection of poetry about the war in Bosnia in the 1990's, was published my Main Street Rag Press in 2005. Her second collection, entitled The Bride Minaret was published at University of Akron Press in 2008.
On this edition of The Poets Weave, Heather reads from her new book the poems "Cover," "Bloom," and "Iraqi-Style Fish Shop, Damascus."
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923)
Wilhelm Roentgen was a German physicist. In 1895 he discovered X‑rays, which became important in medical diagnosis and therapy.
Roentgen was a professor of physics at Würzburg University. He was conducting an experiment when he noticed photographic plates near his equipment glowing. He discovered the glowing was caused by mysterious rays emitted by the glass tube used in his investigation. This tube contained a pair of electrodes. As electricity passed between the electrodes, X‑rays were emitted and appeared on the photographic plates. Roentgen called the rays 'X' for unknown.
Roentgen published his work months later. In it were astonishing pictures of the bones in his wife's hand, still wearing a ring. The discovery made Roentgen a celebrity.
Becoming a physics professor had been difficult. Roentgen was expelled from school in Utrecht, and was unable to sit the examinations needed to get into university to study physics. Instead he enrolled at Zurich Polytechnic to study mechanical engineering. August Kundt was a professor of physics at Utrecht University. He recognised Roentgen's talent and gave him a job in his laboratory, enabling him to begin a career in physics teaching.
Roentgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 in recognition of his incredible discovery. Despite international fame, he stopped conducting X‑ray experiments just over a year after his discovery - he preferred investigating crystals and physical phenomena.
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W Nitske, The Life of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Discoverer of the X ray (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1971)
B Holtzmann-Kevles, Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1997)
E Burrows, Pioneers and Early Years: A History of British Radiology (Aldeney: Colophon, 1986)
A Michetter and S Pfauntsch, (eds) X-rays: The First Hundred Years (London: Wiley, 1996)
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Google Inc. GOOG, -0.92% on Thursday said its board has approved the distribution of Class C shares that will trade under the ticker 'GOOG.' The Class C shares, which will have not voting power, will begin trading on April 3. The new class of shares was created by the company to give Google more options when it comes to compensation and acquisitions. The move was opposed by some investors, before the dispute was settled in court last year. The company's Class A shares will trade under 'GOOGL.'
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William A. Howell, 88, of Kent, died Friday, November 16, 2012 at KentRidge at Golden Pond.
He was born June 19, 1924 in Harrison County, to Roy C. and Doris M. (Bethel) Howell.
He was a veteran of the Army during World War II. William retired from Goodrich Aerospace in 1984 and from Sealmaster Corporation in 1994. He was a member of Rockton Lodge 316 F&AM and the First United Methodist Church in Cuyahoga Falls.
He is survived by sons, William (Lois) Howell of Kent and David Howell of Cuyahoga Falls; grandchildren, Kelly (Chris Wortendyke) Howell of Chicago, IL, Karli (Zachary) Nielsen of Groton, CT and Brett Howell of Kent; brother, Harry (Pat) Howell of Rochester, IN; sister, Jean Smith of Ft. Myers, FL. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Wayne Howell; sisters, Mary Mobley and Doris Endlich.
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That's a lot of cash and Cramer has a few thoughts on where it could be going.
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Nader Ale Ebrahim, Shamsuddin Ahmed and Zahari Taha
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Abstract: This paper explores potential advantages of using virtual teams for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on various aspects of virtual teams. Based on the standing of the pertinent literature, attempt has been made to study the aspects by online survey method in Iran and Malaysia. In both countries, SMEs play an important role in their economies, employments, and capacity building. Virtual R&D team can be one of the means to increase SMEs efficiency and competitiveness in their local as well as global markets. In this context, surveys have been conducted to evaluate the effects of virtuality to the growth of SMEs. The study addresses some differences between two countries in engaging virtual research and development (R&D) teams in their SMEs. It is observed that there is a significant difference between the SMEs turnover that employed virtual team and that did not employ the virtual team. The way for further studies and recommend improvements are proposed.
Keywords: Virtual R&D team; small and medium enterprises; survey; developing countries. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2010-07-01, Revised 2010-07-13
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Published in African Journal of Business Management 11.4(2010): pp. 2368-2379
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Disbarred Miami lawyer charged with selling guns stolen from Iraq's Hussein family
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged a disbarred Miami-area lawyer and three other people with hatching a scheme to sell a cache of stolen guns that once belonged to the family of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Prosecutors say David Ryan, 48, a one-time personal injury lawyer from Pinecrest, obtained at least seven guns that had been smuggled out of Iraq and then tried to sell them, with the help of others, through a New Jersey sporting goods store. Officials with Iraq's embassy in Washington confirmed that the guns had been taken from Iraq, and that they are considered property of the Iraqi government, court records show.
Two of the pistols in the arsenal are stamped with the initials "Q.S," believed to be the initials of Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti, the second son of Saddam Hussein and the one-time heir to Hussein's seat. Qusay Hussein was killed by U.S. soldiers in a raid in Mosul, Iraq, in July 2003.
Also among the weapons: A Chinese-made pistol with the flag of Yemen on the grip, two German pistols with gold inlay and two Cosmi 12-gauge shotguns.
Ryan and three other men were arrested Dec. 19 on charges of conspiracy to transport stolen firearms and conspiracy to sell stolen property Ryan also was charged with unlawfully mailing firearms. He was released on $250,000 bail.
Ryan's lawyer, Miami attorney Edward O'Donnell IV, said Ryan believed the guns had been obtained legally, and he believed his attempts to sell the guns were legitimate. O'Donnell said Ryan showed the guns to a licensed firearms dealer in Miami, and he shipped them to New Jersey through a licensed dealer.
"The people he got them from are not criminals," O'Donnell said. O'Donnell would not say how Ryan obtained the guns, and the arrest report does not provide details about Ryan's acquisition of the weapons.
Investigators with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said Ryan first contacted a Pittsburgh man, Karlo Sauer, last spring seeking an appraisal of the guns and e-mailing Sauer photographs of the weapons, which were stored somewhere in Florida, court records show. Sauer then contacted two New Jersey men, Howard Blumenthal and Carlos Quirola, who in turn tried to find buyers for the weapons last summer.
ATF agents then learned of the scheme and used undercover informants to try to set up a deal to buy the guns for $160,000, court records show.
Ryan then shipped six of the guns by mail from Miami to the sporting goods store in Ridgefield., N.J., and flew to New York on July 17 to try to close the deal, investigators said. Ryan later told one of the informants that he was "100 percent, absolutely, completely and totally positive that these guns are from Iraq," and Ryan said they had been appraised at more than $1 million, according to the arrest report.
According to the arrest report, Blumenthal and Quirola both acknowledged to ATF agents that they knew the guns had been stolen or taken out of Iraq without proper approval.
When ATF agents interviewed Ryan on Aug. 7, he gave them a seventh gun from the same weapons cache, which he retrieved from Security Arms International gun store, 13981 S. Dixie Hwy. in Palmetto Bay, according to the arrest report.
Ryan worked as an attorney for 13 years until 2010, when he was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court after auditors found that he had misused money he held in a trust account for his clients, records show. Ryan also filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010, but his petition was dismissed after he failed to submit follow-up paperwork, court records show.


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Entrance to the festival is paid during 11 days.
Price: 50 UAH, (opening day - 80 UAH)
From Monday till Friday - from 15:00 to 23:30
Saturday and Sunday - from 12:00 to 23:30
The entrance ticket allows to visit the territory of the festival and free events.
There is a separate ticket to the paid events, which you can buy online, at the box office in the city or near the entrance to the festival). This separate ticket allows not buying the entrance ticket to the event area.
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The Green Bay Packers are playing without Jordy Nelson once again.
The wide receiver did not return to 23-14 win against the Minnesota Vikings after suffering a hamstring injury. His status was changed to "out" in the third quarter.
Fox's Pam Oliver reported that the Packers would not say if it was the same hamstring injury that cost Nelson two games earlier this season.
Nelson was hurt Sunday at the conclusion of a 10-yard reception with 6:02 remaining in the first quarter. Nelson jogged gingerly to the Packers' sideline, then was seen walking to the locker room.
Nelson, who's Green Bay's leading receiver, has 46 receptions for 658 yards and six touchdowns this season.
UPDATE: Packers tackle T.J. Lang left the game with an ankle injury and was deemed questionable to return.
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The Maine Oral Health Coalition (MOHC) is a public-private partnership focused on improving access to oral care. The Coalition's mission is "To advocate for and improve access to quality preventive and comprehensive oral health care for all Maine residents."
The Maine Oral Health Coalition welcomes contributions!
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Why Oracle Database?
Oracle Database 12c introduces a new multitenant architecture that makes it easy to consolidate many databases quickly and deploy or manage as a cloud service. Additional innovations like Automatic Data Optimization with Heat Map compress and tier data at a higher density, maximizing resource efficiency and flexibility. These unique advancements, combined with many other enhancements in availability, security, and big data support, make Oracle Database 12c the ideal database for private and public cloud deployments.
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SAME is encouraging Post involvement in the support of rehabilitation and support programs for our wounded military engineers and their families and the families of fallen military engineers.
The U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command (WTC) has established Warrior Transition Units (WTU) at major military treatment facilities. WTUs provide personal support to wounded soldiers who require at least six months of rehabilitative care and complex medical management.
The U.S. Marine Corps' Wounded Warriors Regiment oversees two Wounded Warriors Battalions (WWB) whose mission is to take care of wounded, ill and injured Marines and their families. Their reach extends across 23 locations from Landstuhl, Germany to Okinawa, Japan and throughout the continental United States.
The Navy has founded a similar organization, Navy Safe Harbor (NSH), which provides non-medical care of wounded, ill, and injured Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and their families. Through proactive leadership, NSH provides a lifetime of individually tailored assistance designed to optimize the success of shipmates' recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration activities.
Finally, the Air Force established the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) program ensures wounded warriors and their families are well-prepared for their transition to civilian life. The AFW2 program works hand-in-hand with the Air Force Survivor Assistance Program and Airman & Family Readiness Centers to ensure Airmen receive professional support and care from the point of injury, through separation or retirement, for life.
There are many resources available for our wounded warriors, their families and supporters looking for ways to assist them. Following is some resource information that may be of interest to you. The list is by no means a full listing of resources available.
Hiring Our Heroes
U.S. Chamber of Commerce year-long nationwide effort to help veterans and their spouses find meaningful employment.
Army Wounded Warrior Project
Assists and advocates for severely wounded, ill and injured Soldiers, Veterans and their Families, wherever they are located, regardless of military status.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of programs and services provided by the VA. Information and locations of VA services including Vet Centers, PTSD Program locator, Substance Use Disorder Program locator, may be found on the VA website.
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after you have been through a traumatic event. A traumatic event is something horrible and scary that you see or that happens to you. Anyone who has gone through a life-threatening event can develop PTSD, but there is help available.
Wounded Warrior Project
Association of the United States Army (AUSA) – Wounded Warrior & Family Support
Army Engineer Association (AEA) – Wounded Warrior Website