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Gimli Glider
Flight 143 after landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
|Accident summary
|July 23, 1983
|Fuel exhaustion due to maintenance error and loading insufficient fuel
|Emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, Gimli, Manitoba
50°37′44″N 97°02′38″W / 50.62889°N 97.04389°WCoordinates: 50°37′44″N 97°02′38″W / 50.62889°N 97.04389°W
|Injuries (non-fatal)
|69 (all)
|Aircraft type
|Boeing 767–233
|Air Canada
|Flight origin
|Montreal-Dorval International Airport
|Edmonton International Airport
The Gimli Glider is the nickname of an Air Canada aircraft that was involved in an unusual aviation incident. On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767–233 jet, ran out of fuel at an altitude of 12,500 metres (41,000 ft) MSL, about halfway through its flight originating in Montreal to Edmonton. The crew were able to glide the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport, a former Royal Canadian Air Force base in Gimli, Manitoba.[1]
The subsequent investigation revealed a combination of company failures and a chain of human errors that defeated built-in safeguards. Fuel loading was miscalculated because of a misunderstanding of the recently adopted metric system which replaced the imperial system.
On July 22, 1983, Air Canada's Boeing 767 (registration C-GAUN, c/n 22520/47)[2] flew from Toronto to Edmonton where it underwent routine checks. The next day, it was flown to Montreal. Following a crew change, it departed Montreal as Flight 143 for the return trip to Edmonton (with a stopover in Ottawa[1]), with Captain Robert (Bob) Pearson, 48, and First Officer Maurice Quintal at the controls. Captain Pearson was a highly experienced pilot, having accumulated more than 15,000 flight hours. First Officer Quintal was also very experienced, having logged over 7,000 hours of total flight time.
Running out of fuel[edit]
On July 23, 1983, flight 143 was cruising at 12,500 metres (41,000 ft) over Red Lake, Ontario. The aircraft's cockpit warning system sounded, indicating a fuel pressure problem on the aircraft's left side. Assuming a fuel pump had failed[3] the pilots turned it off,[3] since gravity should feed fuel to the aircraft's two engines. The aircraft's fuel gauges were inoperative because of an electronic fault which was indicated on the instrument panel and airplane logs (the pilots believed the flight was legal with this malfunction). The flight management computer indicated that there was still sufficient fuel for the flight; but the initial fuel load had been measured in pounds instead of kilograms. A few moments later, a second fuel pressure alarm sounded for the right engine, prompting the pilots to divert to Winnipeg. Within seconds, the left engine failed and they began preparing for a single-engine landing.
As they communicated their intentions to controllers in Winnipeg and tried to restart the left engine, the cockpit warning system sounded again with the "all engines out" sound, a long "bong" that no one in the cockpit could recall having heard before and that was not covered in flight simulator training.[3] Flying with all engines out was something that was never expected to occur and had therefore never been covered in training.[4] Seconds later, with the right-side engine also stopped, the 767 lost all power, and most of the instrument panels in the cockpit went blank.
The 767 was one of the first airliners to include an Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), which operated on the electricity generated by the aircraft's jet engines. With both engines stopped, the system went dead, leaving only a few basic battery-powered emergency flight instruments. While these provided sufficient information with which to land the aircraft, a vertical speed indicator – that would indicate the rate at which the aircraft was descending and therefore how long it could glide unpowered – was not among them.
On airliners the size of the 767, the engines also supply power for the hydraulic systems without which the aircraft cannot be controlled. Such aircraft are therefore required to accommodate this kind of power failure. With the 767, this is usually achieved through the automated deployment of a ram air turbine, a hydraulic pump (and on some airplanes a generator) driven by a small turbine, which in turn is driven by the forward motion of the aircraft through the air in the manner of a windmill. As the Gimli pilots were to experience on their landing approach, a decrease in this forward speed means a decrease in the power available to control the aircraft.
Landing at Gimli[edit]
In line with their planned diversion to Winnipeg, the pilots were already descending through 35,000 feet (11,000 m)[2] when the second engine shut down. They immediately searched their emergency checklist for the section on flying the aircraft with both engines out, only to find that no such section existed.[3] Captain Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, so he was familiar with flying techniques almost never used in commercial flight. To have the maximum range and therefore the largest choice of possible landing sites, he needed to fly the 767 at the optimal glide speed. Making his best guess as to this speed for the 767, he flew the aircraft at 220 knots (410 km/h; 250 mph). First Officer Maurice Quintal began to calculate whether they could reach Winnipeg. He used the altitude from one of the mechanical backup instruments, while the distance traveled was supplied by the air traffic controllers in Winnipeg, measuring the distance the aircraft's echo moved on their radar screens. The aircraft lost 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi), giving a glide ratio of approximately 12:1.
At this point, Quintal proposed landing at the former RCAF Station Gimli, a closed air force base where he had once served as a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. Unknown to him, part of the facility had been converted to a race track complex, now known as Gimli Motorsports Park.[5] It includes a road race course, a go-kart track, and a dragstrip. A Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs-sanctioned sports car race hosted by the Winnipeg Sports Car Club was under way the Saturday of the incident and the area around the decommissioned runway was full of cars and campers. Part of the decommissioned runway was being used to stage the race.[6]
Without power, the pilots attempted lowering the aircraft's main landing gear via a gravity drop. The main gear locked into position, but the nose wheel did not, which later turned out to be advantageous. As the aircraft slowed on approach to landing, the ram air turbine generated less power, rendering the aircraft increasingly difficult to control.
As the runway drew near, it became apparent that the aircraft was coming in too high and fast, raising the danger of running off the runway before it could be stopped. The lack of hydraulic pressure prevented flap/slat extension which would have, under normal landing conditions, reduced the stall speed of the aircraft and increased the lift coefficient of the wings to allow the aircraft to be slowed for a safe landing. The pilots briefly considered a 360-degree turn to reduce speed and altitude, but decided that they did not have enough altitude for the maneuver. Pearson decided to execute a forward slip to increase drag and lose altitude. This maneuver is commonly used with gliders and light aircraft to descend more quickly without increasing forward speed.
As soon as the wheels touched down on the runway, Pearson braked hard, blowing out two of the aircraft's tires. The unlocked nose wheel collapsed and was forced back into its well, causing the aircraft's nose to slam into, bounce off, and then scrape along the ground. This helped to slow the airplane and avoid injuring the people on the ground. The nose also grazed the guardrail now dividing the strip, which further slowed it down. Seventeen minutes after running out of fuel, Air Canada flight 143 came to a final stop on the ground.[3]
None of the 61 passengers were seriously hurt. A minor fire in the nose area was extinguished by racers and course workers armed with fire extinguishers. As the aircraft's nose had collapsed onto the ground, its tail was elevated and there were some minor injuries when passengers exited the aircraft via the rear slides, which were not long enough to accommodate the increased height.[7]
The Aviation Safety Board of Canada (predecessor of the modern Transportation Safety Board of Canada) found the airline at fault, while[clarification needed] an Air Canada investigation concluded that the pilots and mechanics were at fault.[citation needed]
The safety board reported that Air Canada management was responsible for "corporate and equipment deficiencies". The report praised the flight and cabin crews for their "professionalism and skill".[4] It noted that Air Canada "neglected to assign —clearly and specifically— the responsibility for calculating the fuel load in an abnormal situation".[4] It further found that the airline had failed to reallocate the task of checking fuel load (which had been the responsibility of the flight engineer on the older, three-crew, aircraft). The safety board also said that Air Canada needed to keep more spare parts, including replacements for the defective fuel quantity indicator, in its maintenance inventory, as well as provide better, adequate training on the metric system to its pilots and fuelling personnel. The final report of the investigation was published in 1985.[8]
Fuel quantity indicator system[edit]
The amount of fuel in the tanks of a Boeing 767 is computed by the Fuel Quantity Indicator System (FQIS) and displayed in the cockpit. The FQIS on the aircraft was a dual-processor channel, each independently calculating the fuel load and cross-checking with the other. In the event of one failing the other could still operate alone, but under these unusual circumstances the indicated quantity was required to be cross-checked against a floatstick measurement before departure. In the event of both channels failing, there would be no fuel display in the cockpit, and the aircraft would be considered non-serviceable and not authorized to fly.
Because inconsistencies had been found with the FQIS in other 767s, Boeing had issued a service bulletin for the routine checking of this system. An engineer in Edmonton duly did so when the aircraft arrived from Toronto following a trouble-free flight the day before the incident. While conducting this check, the FQIS failed and the cockpit fuel gauges went blank. The engineer had encountered the same problem earlier in the month when this same aircraft had arrived from Toronto with an FQIS fault. He found then that disabling the second channel by pulling the circuit breaker in the cockpit restored the fuel gauges to working order albeit with only the single FQIS channel operative. In the absence of any spares he simply repeated this temporary fix by pulling and tagging the circuit breaker.
A record of all actions and findings was made in the maintenance log, including the entry; "SERVICE CHK – FOUND FUEL QTY IND BLANK – FUEL QTY #2 C/B PULLED & TAGGED...".[9] This reports that the fuel gauges were blank and that the second FQIS channel was disabled, but does not make clear that the latter fixed the former.
On the day of the incident, the aircraft flew from Edmonton to Montreal. Before departure the engineer informed the pilot of the problem and confirmed that the tanks would have to be verified with a floatstick. In a misunderstanding, the pilot believed that the aircraft had been flown with the fault from Toronto the previous afternoon. That flight proceeded uneventfully with fuel gauges operating correctly on the single channel.
On arrival at Montreal, there was a crew change for the return flight back to Edmonton. The outgoing pilot informed Captain Pearson and First Officer Quintal of the problem with the FQIS and passed along his mistaken belief that the aircraft had flown the previous day with this problem. In a further misunderstanding, Captain Pearson believed that he was also being told that the FQIS had been completely unserviceable since then.
While the aircraft was being prepared for its return to Edmonton, a maintenance worker decided to investigate the problem with the faulty FQIS. To test the system he re-enabled the second channel, at which point the fuel gauges in the cockpit went blank. He was called away to perform a floatstick measurement of fuel remaining in the tanks. Distracted, he failed to disable the second channel, leaving the circuit breaker tagged (which masked the fact that it was no longer pulled). The FQIS was now completely unserviceable and the fuel gauges were blank.
On entering the cockpit, Captain Pearson saw what he was expecting to see: blank fuel gauges and a tagged circuit breaker. He consulted the aircraft's Minimum Equipment List (MEL), which told him that the aircraft could not be flown in this condition. The 767 was still a very new aircraft, having flown its maiden flight in September 1981. C-GAUN was the 47th Boeing 767 off the production line, and had been delivered to Air Canada less than four months previously.[10] In that time period there had been 55 changes to the MEL, and some pages were blank pending development of procedures.
Because of this unreliability, it had become practice for flights to be authorized by maintenance personnel. To add to his own misconceptions about the condition the aircraft had been flying in since the previous day, reinforced by what he saw in the cockpit, Pearson now had a signed-off maintenance log that it had become custom to prefer over the MEL.
At the time of the incident, Canada was converting to the metric system. As part of this process, the new 767s being acquired by Air Canada were the first to be calibrated for metric units (litres and kilograms) instead of Imperial units (gallons and pounds). All other aircraft were still operating with Imperial units (gallons and pounds). For the trip to Edmonton, the pilot calculated a fuel requirement of 22,300 kilograms (49,200 lb). A dripstick check indicated that there were 7,682 litres (1,690 imp gal; 2,029 US gal) already in the tanks. To calculate how much more fuel had to be added, the crew needed to convert the quantity in the tanks to a mass, subtract that figure from 22,300 kg and convert the result back into a volume. In previous times, this task would have been completed by a flight engineer, but the 767 was the first of a new generation of airliners that flew only with a pilot and co-pilot, and without a flight engineer.
The volume of jet fuel varies with temperature. In this case, the mass of a litre of fuel was 0.803 kg, so the correct calculation was:
- 7,682 L × 0.803 kg/L = 6,169 kg : fuel already onboard
- 20,088 L × 0.803 kg/L = 16,131 kg : fuel to be transferred to plane
- 27,770 L × 0.803 kg/L = 22,300 kg : fuel for flight
Between the ground crew and pilots, they arrived at an incorrect conversion factor of 1.77, which was the weight of a litre of fuel in pounds. This was the conversion factor provided on the refueller's paperwork and which had always been used for the airline's imperial-calibrated fleet. Their incorrect calculation was:
- 7,682 L × 1.77 lb/L = 13,597 lb : fuel already onboard
- 4,916 L × 1.77 lb/L = 8,703 lb : fuel to be transferred to plane
- 12,598 L × 1.77 lb/L = 22,300 lb : fuel for flight
Instead of 22,300 kg (27,770 L ) of fuel, they had 22,300 pounds (12,598 L ) on board — 10,100 kg, about half the amount required to reach their destination. Knowing the problems with the FQIS, Captain Pearson double-checked their calculations but was given the same incorrect conversion factor and inevitably came up with the same erroneous figures.
The Flight Management Computer (FMC) measures fuel consumption, allowing the crew to keep track of fuel burned as the flight progresses. It is normally updated automatically by the FQIS, but in the absence of this facility it can be updated manually. Believing he had 22,300 kg of fuel on board, this is the figure the captain entered.
Because the FMC would reset during the stopover in Ottawa, the captain had the fuel tanks measured again with the dipstick while there. In converting the quantity to kilograms, the same incorrect conversion factor was used, leading him to believe he now had 20,400 kg of fuel; in reality, he had less than half that amount.
Following Air Canada's internal investigation, Captain Pearson was demoted for six months, and First Officer Quintal was suspended for two weeks for allowing the incident to happen. Three maintenance workers were also suspended.[11] In 1985 the pilots were awarded the first ever Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship.[12] Several attempts by other crews who were given the same circumstances in a simulator at Vancouver resulted in crashes.[13] Quintal was promoted to captain in 1989, and Pearson retired in 1993.[14]
The aircraft was temporarily repaired at Gimli and flew out two days later to be fully repaired at a maintenance base in Winnipeg. Following the successful appeal against their suspensions, Pearson and Quintal were assigned as crew members aboard another Air Canada flight. As they boarded the aircraft, they realized that airplane was the same one involved in the Gimli incident.[citation needed] After almost 25 years of service, the aircraft flew its last revenue flight on January 1, 2008. Air Canada still uses the flight number 143, but the route is now Montreal–Ottawa–Edmonton, or St. John's–Halifax–Ottawa–Edmonton (depending on season) using an Embraer 190 aircraft.[15] However this was not the only incident involving this flight number of Air Canada as of June 26, 2015, where an E-190 at St. John's with this same flight number was targeted in an alleged bomb threat.
On January 24, 2008, the Gimli Glider took its final voyage, AC7067, from Montreal Trudeau to Tucson International Airport before its retirement in the Mojave Desert.[14] An Air Canada newsletter "The Daily" states:[16]
The Gimli Glider retires to the desert. On Thursday, 24 January, fin 604, the Boeing 767–200 better known as the Gimli Glider, will undertake its final voyage from Montreal to Mojave Airport (MHV) before it is retired to the desert. Employees and retirees (bring valid employee ID) are invited to come and say goodbye to the aircraft, which has now become part of Canadian aviation history. Fin 604 is set to depart as flight AC7067, at 9:00 a.m. from the Montreal Line Maintenance hangar – Air Canada Base, 750 Côte Vertu West; Building 7, Bay 8/13 (West end), Gate entrance 5. Captain Robert Pearson and First Officer Maurice Quintal, the flight crew who landed the aircraft to safety in Gimli on 23 July 1983 are expected to be on hand for the aircraft's departure. The hangar will be open to well-wishers from 8:00 a.m.
Flight AC7067 was captained by Jean-Marc Bélanger, a former head of the Air Canada Pilots Association, while captains Robert Pearson and Maurice Quintal were on board to oversee the flight from Montreal to California's Mojave Airport. Also on board were three of the six flight attendants who were on Flight 143.[3][14]
Flight tracking services FlightAware and FlightView indicated on January 24, 2008 that 604's initial flight was from Montreal (CYUL) to Tucson International Airport (KTUS), having a planned cruise altitude of FL400. According to FlightAware, 604 landed at 12:53 p.m. (MST) at Tucson International Airport (KTUS). The Gimli Glider was then scheduled to depart Tucson and make the final flight to the Mojave Airport (KMHV) for retirement, but was delayed.
On the 25th anniversary of the incident in 2008, pilots Pearson and Quintal were celebrated in a parade in Gimli, and a mural was dedicated to commemorate the landing.[17]
In April 2013 the Gimli Glider was offered for sale at auction with an estimated price of 2.75–3 million CAD.[18] However, bidding only reached 425,000 CAD and the lot was unsold.[19]
According to the website dedicated to saving the aircraft, it was dismantled in early 2014, but not scrapped.
See also[edit]
- Falling from the Sky: Flight 174, TV movie loosely based on this event
- Mayday (TV series) (AKA Air Emergency, Air Crash Investigation), incident covered in season 5 episode 2.
- Mars Climate Orbiter, which was lost because of a navigation error when a subcontractor used Imperial units (pound-seconds) instead of the metric units (newton-seconds) as specified by NASA.
- Air Transat Flight 236, an Airbus A330 that ran out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean in August 2001, but was successfully glided to a safe landing in the Azores.
- List of airline flights that required gliding
- ^ a b Witkin, Richard (July 30, 1983). "Jet's Fuel Ran Out After Metric Conversion Errors". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
Air Canada said yesterday that its Boeing 767 jet ran out of fuel in mid-flight last week because of two mistakes in figuring the fuel supply of the airline's first aircraft to use metric measurements. After both engines lost their power, the pilots made what is now thought to be the first successful emergency "dead stick" landing of a commercial jetliner.
- ^ a b Accident description aviation-safety.net(Accessed 2008-07-24)
- ^ a b c d e f Nelson, Wade H. (October 1997). "The Gimli Glider". WadeNelson.com (Originally published in Soaring Magazine). Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ a b c Williams, Merran (July–August 2003). "The 156-tonne Gimli Glider" (PDF). Flight Safety Australia: 27. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
- ^ Gimli Motorsports Park website
- ^ Red River PCA website
- ^ "The Gimli Glider". www.damninteresting.com. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ^ Final report of the Board of Inquiry investigating the circumstances of an accident involving the Air Canada Boeing 767 aircraft C-GAUN that effected an emergency landing at Gimli, Manitoba on the 23rd day of July, 1983; Commissioner, George H. Lockwood; Ottawa; Government of Canada; 1985; vi; 199 p. 28cm.; ISBN 066011884X
- ^ Stewart, Stanley (1992). Emergency, Crisis on the Flightdeck. Airlife Publishing Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85310-348-9.
- ^ "' C-GAUN manufacture date". http://www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ "'Gimli glider' recalled at trial of pilot in crash". CBC. 2007. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "FAI Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship". Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ TV program Air Crash Investigation National Geographic Channel
- ^ a b c Jang, Brent (March 13, 2009). "Storied 'Gimli Glider' on final approach]". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-11-09..
- ^ "Air Canada Timetable" (pdf). Air Canada. October 23, 2009. p. 48. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ "The Gimli Glider retires to the desert" Air Canada: The Daily(internal employee newsletter), January 22, 2008
- ^ "Hero pilot is guest for Gimli Glider 25th anniversary". CBC News. July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press (February 22, 2013). "Boeing 767 known as Gimli Glider up for auction". TheStar.com. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ "'Gimli Glider' not sold at Ontario auction". CBC News. April 14, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Further reading
- Emergency, Crisis on the Flight Deck, Stanley Stewart, Airlife Publishing Ltd., 1992, ISBN 1-85310-348-9
- Freefall: From 41,000 feet to zero – a true story, William and Marilyn Hoffer, Simon & Schuster, 1989 ISBN 978-0-671-69689-4
- Engineering Disasters – Lessons to be Learned, Don Lawson, ASME Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7918-0230-2. Pages 221–9 deal specifically with Gimli Glider.
External links[edit]
- Damn Interesting: The Gimli Glider
- CBC Digital Archives: 'Gimli Glider' lands without fuel
- Photo of C-GAUN after the landing
- Picture of C-GAUN in storage (airliners.net)
- Video of retirement fly-by
- 1983 in Canada
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by fuel exhaustion
- Airliner accidents and incidents in Canada
- Aviation in Manitoba
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by engine failure
- Metrication in Canada
- Individual aircraft
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983
- Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 767
- Air Canada accidents and incidents


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Experts? You mean the ones who predicted a BJP win in 2004 & Fractured verdict in 2009? Those who felt Rahul Gandhi is a true star??
Middle class voted for MMS in 2009. And it is that class with whom Anna's charge against MMS govt. finding resonance. Good portion of Middle class will swing away from Congress, because of their disenchantment with MMS.
I was an congress voter last time, will certainly vote against it - Because MMS betrayed my trust.
He has a clean image. But so did "Dhritrashra". A clean image is a necessary but not sufficient qualification for the position of a Prime Minister. We have seen zero action aimed at reducing corruption.
All the people are in congress are corrupted.
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Any insight or opinions? They claim I will win the million.
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With his camera-ready good looks, quirky catchphrases and funky fashion choices, swimmer Ryan Lochte parlayed the five medals he won at the 2012 Olympic Games into a burgeoning media career.
But the 28-year-old athlete said he's back in the pool training for future competitions and only embraced Hollywood to raise his sport's profile.
"My main goal is to make swimming bigger than what it is, or what it was back in 2008, and the only way I can do that is by going and doing cameos, being on talk shows, doing all those little things to help bring people aware that like, just bring them into swimming more," Lochte said.


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Check out the documentation at DepthOfCoverage.
@Geraldine_VdAuwera, thank you for your tireless maintenance of the GATK forums and documentation. Could I ask for some clarification on the DepthOfCoverage tool bulletin and its docs?
If I'm not mistaken, this posting was made for the DepthOfCoverage tool/walker? But the URL points to the VariantAnnotator annotation.
Here is the tool documentation link:
Second, in the tool documentation itself: the command line example calls the walker as "-T Coverage" but GATK says no such walker exists. That should be "-T DepthOfCoverage", yes?
Thanks again!
Ah, yes, there was a mixup because at the time we had an annotator and the tool itself that had the same name, so the automated system that builds the tech docs got confused. Thanks for pointing this out, I'll correct the link here.
And you are correct that the tool command line example should say
-T DepthOfCoverage. That must have been a side-effect of when we renamed the annotator module to just "Coverage" to disambiguate the two. I will correct that as well.
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she's always wears unflattering jeans. Try some J brand or SFAM
you're gay
Someone is trying really hard to get pregnant and having a lot of fun in the process.
It is important to be hydrated and in touch while nipping out in public.
I love that she used to wear the same clothes every time she went out to thwart the paparazzi and now changes shit up while pinching her nipples before going out the door just to get noticed.
Nice balloon knot-oh wait, that's her shirt.
If this chick got fat, no one could genuinely say, "but she's got such a pretty face!".
Maybe she's nuts. Maybe she's getting a little older. Whatever.
As an almost-40-year-old straight male, she's the hottest thing on this planet.
I wouldn't say she's the hottest thing but for 40 she looks damn good. I'd hit it.
like multiple times hit it!
Destroyer of souls
The hottest "butch" I ever seen.
Ya know, I usually like her, but this photo of Jen shows what a smug, self-satisfied bitch she is…
She is still lovely.
What the hell is trying to get out of her crotch
For how many years now has her turkey been ready?
Scientists call this getting tapped on the regular glow!
I think she's trained her nipples to be hard all the time to get attention.
"I would tell you that my eyes are up here, but we all know that I'm fugly so keep staring. It validates me."
The photographer could have cut her head off and I'd still know who that was. I'd recognize the Aniston nipples of steel anywhere.
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I'm done using the whole bottle, been using for a month and a half and NOTHING. I didn't feel any different and I didn't see any changes in my weight. I ate right and exercised before this and continued to do so when I started using Chitosan. I bought it because I read the reviews and a lot of people said it was helpful but it wasn't for me unfortunately...23$ down the toilet...literally. Also the pills are HUGE and you need to take 3...I had to drink so much water and that's great and all (drinking water) but the amount of water I need made me sick...didn't do anything for my appetite, just made me want to puke, the pills sometimes would not go down and I would need to take a minute breaks in between each pill... Kind of a sucky experience, honestly.
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text: Anti-Gay Marriage Group's Plan: Divide Gays, Blacks National Organization for Marriage also wanted to recruit Hispanics By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Mar 27, 2012 10:40 AM CDT STORY COMMENTS (44) (Newser) – The National Organization for Marriage came right out and admitted—in previously confidential documents—that a goal of one of its projects was "to drive a wedge between gays and blacks." The group wanted to "fan the hostility" over gay marriage and divide black voters and gay voters, "two key Democratic constituencies," says the internal report. The secret documents were circulated by the Human Rights Campaign and were made public in a Maine court today, BuzzFeed reports. The documents also show that NOM was hoping to recruit Hispanic voters to its side: "Will the process of assimilation to the dominant Anglo culture lead Hispanics to abandon traditional family values?" one reads. "We must interrupt this process of assimilation by making support for marriage a key badge of Latino identity." Says a Human Rights Campaign spokesperson, "Nothing beats hearing from the horse's mouth exactly how callous and extremist this group really is." Click for more from the documents, which also reveal a plan to find "victims," aka children, of gay marriage. Stan, right, and Martha Harper from Wendell, NC, hold signs in support of the National Organization for Marriage Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 in Raleigh, NC. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Takaaki Iwabu) ADVERTISEMENT(Click Prev or Next to continue viewing images.) « Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow BuzzFeed (Source Grid ») Politics gay marriage • National Organization for Marriage • same-sex marriage CLICK BELOW TO VOTE 16% 6% 2% 54% 13% 10% RETURN TO THE STORY To report an error on this story, notify our editors.


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The wireless carrier adds to its many promotions with a $5-a-month program called "Score," designed to unlock lower smartphone prices.
Sprint is on the offensive this week with new pricing plans that put it in a better position to compete against the other three major US carriers.
There's a lot of confusion over whether T-Mobile's new plans are a good thing. CNET breaks it down for you.
The carrier added 2.4 million wireless customers, the first time it's topped the 2 million mark. But growth didn't come cheap.
This story initially said, wrongly, that T-Mobile would eliminate contracts. The carrier plans to only eliminate subsidies for smartphones.
commentary The carrier looks to make good on its promise to disrupt the industry in its 'challenger role.' That's a good thing for consumers.
T-Mobile doesn't waste any time bashing AT&T's new no-contract phone plans and says families can still save more on its own plans.
T-Mobile confirmed that it does not make a profit on the phone, suggesting that Google helps out with a subsidy when purchased at Google Play.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere bashes AT&T's Next upgrade plan, calling it "smoke and mirrors" where customers pay more and get less.
Subsidies artificially devalue sophisticated smartphones and turn them into "throw away" items, says T-Mobile's chief marketing officer.


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Repetitive Motion Injuries
repetitive motion injuries Soft tissue injuries that occur as a result of overuse or performing the same motion over and over. Repetitive motion injuries, sometimes called cumulative trauma injuries, may occur as occupational injuries or ATHLETIC INJURIES. The most common repetitive motion injuries are TENDONITIS (INFLAMMATION of a TENDON) and BURSITIS (inflammation of a BURSA). These injuries may develop near any JOINT though are most common in the knees, hips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
Typical symptoms of repetitive motion injuries are
• PAIN and swelling
• numbness or tingling
• limited range of motion or movement
When establishing the diagnosis the doctor pays particular attention to the personal history of work, recreational, and other activities the individual performs on a regular basis. Diagnostic imaging procedures are usually not necessary. Treatment is rest from the activity that caused the symptoms in combination with NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS); heat or cold to the site; and PHYSICAL THERAPY to learn stretching exercises and techniques for lifting, standing, and sitting that support musculoskeletal health.
Poor posture, staying in one position for an extended time, and repeating the same motion without breaking from it are the key risks for repetitive motion injuries. Prevention efforts include frequent changes in posture and position and frequent, short breaks from the repetitious task. This may be as simple as switching hands to perform the task or pausing at regular intervals to stretch the muscles, stomp the feet, roll the neck and shoulders, and shake or wiggle the hands.
See also CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; PATELLOFEMORAL SYNDROME; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; ROTATOR CUFF IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SYNOVITIS.
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Working out any large muscle group constantly should be useful.
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Traditional Dundee Cake
There are a million and one versions of Dundee cake, so please don't write to me and say this isn't the real one! What I can guarantee is that this is a beautiful cake. It's not rich and moist like a Christmas cake, but lighter and more crumbly in texture.
This recipe is from Delia's Cakes
First of all sift the flour and baking powder into a roomy mixing bowl, lifting the sieve quite high to give the flour a good airing as it goes down. Then simply add the butter, caster sugar and eggs, and, using an electric hand whisk, combine them for about 1–2 minutes until you have a smooth dropping consistency.
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LAS CRUCES >> The defense attorney for Philip Hernandez, the former Centennial High teacher accused of groping a student, said Thursday that Hernandez is innocent and will be cleared of the charges levied earlier this week.
Las Cruces police arrested Hernandez, 25, Tuesday on three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. The charges are fourth-degree felonies, and stem from allegations made by a 17-year-old Centennial student. Hernandez was released the same day on an unsecured bond, which drew some criticism.
People in the local theater community questioned Hernandez's credentials and the vetting process Las Cruces Public Schools officials did when hiring him last summer to teach theater at the city's newest public high school.
"It makes me angry that we could have prevented this," said Susie Whelpley, who has been involved in local theater groups for several years.
The boy told police that Hernandez touched his genitals, made him touch Hernandez's genitals and kissed him at the school, according to a criminal complaint filed in Magistrate Court.
Last November, the boy told police, Hernandez started giving him rides to and from school, the complaint states. On Thanksgiving, Hernandez invited the boy and other students to Hernandez's parents' home for dinner. Hernandez allegedly took the boy home, but when the boy couldn't get inside, they went to Hernandez's house.
That's when, the complaint states, Hernandez told the boy he found him "attractive and wanted to kiss him."
The inappropriate touching escalated afterward, to the point Hernandez allegedly asked the boy if "they were dating."
The boy told police he didn't "know how to say no" to Hernandez — the teacher gave the boy special privileges in class, bought him food and gave him money on out-of-town theater trips, the complaint states.
Near Christmas, the complaint states, the boy began dating a girl, and that seemed to anger Hernandez. The boy made his allegations last week to a school official and police officer working there.
By that time, Hernandez had been placed on paid administrative leave for about a week. LCPS spokeswoman Jo Galván said that was for inappropriate conduct with a student, but declined to give more details.
Hernandez, of the 700 block of Homestead Circle, resigned April 21, Galván said.
He had also been teaching at Doña Ana County Community College, a class designed to help students adjust to college and professional life. He was relieved of his duties in the past two days, DACC spokesman Eddie Binder said.
"Those familiar with Philip understand that he is innocent; he has not committed a crime," Hernandez's attorney Michael Stout wrote in an email to the Sun-News. "He feels embarrassed for those close to him that such charges would be made, but he will defend vigorously against any claim of impropriety, and will be cleared."
Stout described Hernandez as a "talented and dedicated" teacher, known for being "energetic and helpful" to his students.
Students came to his defense on the Sun-News' Facebook page, calling him a "fantastic teacher" and a "sweetheart."
On his personal website, Hernandez described himself as a producer, entrepreneur and author. He was hired at Centennial last summer.
Whelpley said that move stunned many in the theater community. She described him as a "con artist" and said she brought her concerns, based on interactions with people within the theater community, to school and LCPS officials last August.
One former theater teacher said Hernandez sought a recommendation before being hired at Centennial. But the teacher declined, saying Thursday that his experience was in producing and logistics, not the actual performances.
On his website, Hernandez says he graduated from NMSU with a hotel, restaurant and tourism management degree, with minors in English and business management.
Others involved in local theater groups declined to comment about their interactions with Hernandez.
It's not clear if he had obtained his teaching license. Galván did not have that record immediately available and the New Mexico Public Education Department could not be reached. Teachers can get a waiver to be hired without a license, as long as they are pursuing it.
Galván said LCPS policies governing student-teacher interactions follow state policies. Aside from the obvious prohibitions of romantic and sexual relationships, the LCPS policy also says teachers should give rides or money to students only in extenuating circumstances; neither should be a regular occurrence.
She said the rules are meant to keep teachers from crossing traditional student-teacher boundaries.
"You have to be wary when you're going to step over that line," she said.
After Hernandez's arrest, prosecutor RoxeAnne Esquibel stipulated that Hernandez could have an unsecured $15,000 bond. That means he doesn't have to pay a bondsman or the court up front, but would be liable for the money if he violates conditions of bond or misses a court appearance.
That did not sit well with local bondsman Randy Gomez.
He said he has tried to get representatives of the district attorney's office to Magistrate Court for arraignments — where bonds are often discussed and set — but that they declined, citing a lack of resources. Gomez said if Hernandez didn't have money or a prominent defense attorney, Esquibel wouldn't have been there.
Gomez also said the system failed to protect the victim in this case.
Esquibel noted that some arraignments take place in Magistrate Court before the DA's office is aware of cases, and that decisions about bond are examined on a case by case basis.
She said that Hernandez's long-established community ties, lack of criminal history and the fact he had already resigned from his teaching position were factors in her decision to stipulate to the unsecured bond. The boy's family had been in touch with police, Esquibel added, and were aware of the bond issues.


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When it comes to promoting Undefeated apparel stores, co-founder James Bond prefers things gently stirred, not shaken. He wants to keep a low profile and maintain mystique. "I feel like it's best that people know very little—other- wise you open yourself up for more criticism than you really want," Bond says. "You're never going to make everyone happy, so we've always maintained a ninja-type mentality."
The one time the entrepreneur was front and center was when he collaborated on a shoe line with David Beckham for Adidas and had to do a plethora of press. But even then, given that Beckham was British and Bond's name invoked the famous 007, the soccer star's name was the only one gracing the shoe, which was fine with his collaborator.
This year marks the Undefeated chain's 10th anniversary; they have three locations in L.A., one in San Francisco, one in Las Vegas, and two in Japan, with designs on New York City and China. Bond and his business partner, Eddie Cruz, came up with the Undefeated concept a decade ago "over a barbecue and a couple of rounds of golf" while working on other businesses. Bond says it was a "strict passion play" with no business model that has since evolved into stores selling hip, cutting-edge footwear and apparel, including their own line of the latter. He describes Undefeated as being "the performance of the lifestyle."
Even though the company runs below the radar, Bond wants sports icons like LeBron James to wear their stuff, and he admires the Foot Locker business model. "They took something really basic and simple and turned it into a viable business model, and they appeal to everybody," he says. "That's what Undefeated really is. We don't try to be a vintage or heritage sport line. We just want to be a legit, well-made, well-curated brand."
When it comes to his tattoos, Bond still keeps it discreet, despite the fact that about 90 percent of the skin above his waist is inked. He simply believes some things are private. "Most people don't know I have tattoos unless I'm in a short- sleeve shirt, and you don't see it through my collar. It's always something that's more personal and underneath. I don't have anything on my legs because I wear shorts." Bond adds that he has a mixture of Japanese and Mexican gangster-style ink. "I ran around the breastplate, I didn't cover the full chest, then the back is from the waist up to the shoulders and wraps around the collar, almost yakuza style."
His first tattoo was a "skanky ska guy" that a Philadelphia artist did in reverse, inadvertently creating a swastika, which Bond later had covered with an octopus. Since then he has accumulated exclusively black-and-gray tattoos. Mister Cartoon has done most of his work, including the portraits of his daughter, Jersey (when she was 12 months), and his son Ace (a.k.a. James Bond V, at 11 months) on his forearms. He also has a piece he got in New Zealand—an abstract image on his forearm of two circles forming a lifeline that his wife designed and then turned into a sculpture. On one arm he has a samurai with a geisha that turns into a Japanese tree with symbols on it, while the other arm features water with a couple of koi and a geisha.
And yes, in case you're wondering, James Bond is his real name—he is J.B. III, his son is J.B. V—and he jokes that it's good for hotel upgrades. Further, the co-owner of Stu?ssy, the company that holds the license to the Undefeated brand, is named Frank Sinatra Jr. (that's got to be fun for the duo at parties— and for making dinner reservations).
His name, however, is the most high-profile thing about him. Even Undefeated storefronts do not blatantly advertise the brand's name, typically featuring a small sign and the hash mark–like logo instead. "I think when you're confident in who you are, being out there with a big S on your chest isn't as needed," he says. "We're very subtle in our approach—clean, simple, not a lot of bells and whistles. That's how we live our lives."


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Small businesses—particularly those with 10 employees or fewer—stand to be the big winners if a public health insurance option such as the one now before the House of Representatives becomes a reality, according to a new issue brief by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in Washington, DC.
The study, "Health Care Reform, Big Benefits for Small Businesses" estimates that small businesses with 10 or fewer employees could save about $3,500 per worker annually under a public plan similar to the House Tri-Committee's proposal.
Elise Gould, director of health policy research at EPI and one of three authors of the issue brief, says the findings shouldn't be surprising. "Small businesses bear a heavy burden in the current failing healthcare system," Gould says. "Small businesses and their employees pay higher prices for less coverage. They are often priced out of the private market completely and, when that happens, it puts them at a great disadvantage when it comes to hiring and retaining employees."
The EPI brief compares the House bill to a similar plan called Health Care for America, which was drafted under EPI's Agenda for Shared Prosperity program. The House bill and the EPI plan create a new public insurance option and a requirement that employers offer affordable coverage to their workers or pay to defray the costs of enrolling in a national insurance marketplace.
"The gains to small business are likely to be even greater under the House version of the healthcare reform bill, as it is even more generous to small business," says Josh Bivens, EPI economist and coauthor of the brief.
Employer-sponsored insurance is the primary source of health insurance for nonelderly Americans, covering nearly 63% of U.S. adults. EPI premiums of $532 billion in 2008 accounted for nearly one-quarter of all non-Medicare healthcare spending in the United States.
However, rising healthcare costs have been particularly tough for small businesses. Small employers hold little bargaining leverage with health insurance companies and have suffered relentless cost hikes that threaten to make health insurance too expensive. The brief notes that the ongoing decline in small business coverage for employees is responsible for much of the erosion in EPI coverage since 2000.
Nearly half of the uninsured worker population is employed by small businesses. In 2008, an employer survey by the Menlo Park, CA–based Kaiser Family Foundation found that 35% of small businesses offer health insurance to their workers, compared to 99% of large firms with 200 or more workers, and 63% of all firms.
Small firms that offer health insurance pass on a higher share of the cost of plans to workers; average contributions by workers in small firms are 30%–45% higher than in larger firms. Small businesses are paying, on average, 18% more than larger firms for identical health insurance policies, owing to higher and more variable health risks, a lack of competition among small-group market insurers, greater administrative expenses, and lower wages, according to the issue brief.


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J.R. Holder scored a game-high 24 points and added six assists as Mount Zion cruised to a 75-45 Region 4-AAAAA, Div. A win over Forest Park on Tuesday at home.
Teammate Carnilious Simmons added 19 points and 20 rebounds as Mount Zion improved to 10-3 overall and 5-1 in the region.
"It was a great team effort by everybody," Mount Zion coach Maurice Trische said.
Dutchtown 70, Locust Grove 63: Donovahn Jones scored 20 points to lead the Bulldogs to the home victory.
Jonesboro 70, Spalding 68: DeAntre Mack had a game-high 21 points to lead ninth-ranked Cardinals to the road win.
The Cardinals also got 14 points from Elijah Wade and Michael Robinson added 13 in the Region 4-AAAA, Div. B victory.
Splading was led by Terence Brittian, who had 15 points. Phillip Goodrum added 12 and Markee Dickerson had 11 for the home team.
Westminster 39, Stockbridge 37: Ronald McCloud scored 12 points and Nathaniel Green added 11, but it wasn't enough as the Tigers dropped the non-region game at home.
Green missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Tigers, who dropped to 4-10 overall.
This was the lowest point output for the Tigers all season.
Carver-Columbus 66, Henry County 62: Despite three players in double figures, the Warhawks were unable to pull out the home win.
Sheldon Williams had 20 points to lead two other players in double figure scoring in the Region 2-AAA contest.
Tondric Johnson had 15 points and Dre Souder added 12 as Henry County fell to 10-5 overall and 4-1 in the region.
Ola 39, Forest Park 37: Andrew Caldwell scored 12 points and Derrick Battle had eight to lead the Mustangs to the home victory.
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An AFM probe is a cantilever, shaped like a tiny diving board with a small, atomic-scale point on the free end. To measure forces at the molecular scale in a liquid, the probe attaches its tip to a molecule such as a protein and pulls; the resulting deflection of the cantilever is measured. The forces are in the realm of piconewtons, or trillionths of a newton. One newton is roughly the weight of a small apple.
The new probe design, described in ACS Nano,* is the JILA research group's third recent advance in AFM technology. JILA is jointly operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder.
The group previously improved AFM position stability by using laser beams to sense motion** and removing the gold coating from long probe tips, or cantilevers, to enhance long-term force stability.*** However, removing the gold reduces the strength of the signal being measured, and using long cantilevers leads to other measurement problems such as slower response to dynamic events like protein unfolding.
The latest modification overcomes these and other issues, improving precision without loss of stability, speed, or sensitivity. JILA researchers used a focused ion beam to cut a hole in the center of a short commercial cantilever and thinned the remaining support structures, thereby reducing the cantilever's stiffness and friction near surfaces. The result is excellent long-term stability and improved short-term precision, respectively, in AFM force measurements.
JILA researchers also added a protective glass cap over the gold coating at the end of the cantilever to retain beneficial reflectivity, and then removed the remaining gold to gain force stability. The modified cantilever enables rapid, precise and stable force measurements across a broad range of operating frequencies.
"Previously, we had to average the Brownian (random) motion of our favorite cantilever for about 60 milliseconds to get a measurement that had a precision of 1 piconewton," JILA/NIST biophysicist Tom Perkins says. "Now, we can get the same precision in 1 millisecond or so."
JILA researchers demonstrated significant benefits for single molecule studies. For instance, the short, soft cantilevers can quickly measure abrupt changes in force when a protein unfolds. Protein folding is required for proper biological function and misfolding can lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's. The new cantilevers match the response of stiffer, unmodified cantilevers but with greater stability and precision. Force stability is crucial in this application because protein folding and unfolding rates are exponentially sensitive to tiny changes (smaller than 1 piconewton) in applied load. The new device also can track fleeting nanoscale events, including protein folding, over hundreds of seconds—much longer periods than previously possible. The new design should also be applicable to rapid probing of the mechanical properties of materials at the nanoscale.
Significantly, the new cantilevers are robust enough to be reused for multiple days. Moreover, JILA researchers say the new design is simple and inexpensive to make, and thus, suitable for routine use.
"Amazingly, this project was spearheaded by a talented undergraduate. We hope other groups with similarly talented students will adopt these cantilevers. We certainly are," Perkins said.
The research was supported by the National Science Foundation and NIST.
*M.S. Bull, R.M.A. Sullan, H. Li and T.T. Perkins. Improved single-molecule force spectroscopy using micromachined cantilevers. ACS Nano. Published online March 26,2014. DOI:10.1021/nn5010588
**See 2009 NIST Tech Beat article, "Making a Point: Picoscale Stability in a Room-Temperature AFM," at www.nist.gov/public_affairs/tech-beat/tb20090324.cfm#afm.
***See 2012 NIST Tech Beat article "Not-So-Precious: Stripping Gold From AFM Probes Allows Better Measurement of Picoscale Forces,"at www.nist.gov/pml/div689/afm-062712.cfm.
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German Federal Prosecutor General Harald Range is to launch a probe into claims that the US intelligence service eavesdropped on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone conversations.
Range told a closed session of the German parliamentary justice committee on Wednesday of his decision to undertake the investigation into the claims about the activities of the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Germany, officials told dpa.
The allegations about tapping Merkel's phone emerged from documents released by former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden and formed part of claims about far-reaching surveillance by the NSA of German and European Union institutions as well as the wider population.
Last year's revelations about the tapping of Merkel's mobile phone lead to considerable strains in the relations between Berlin and Washington.
The NSA is also believed to have eavesdropped on the phone of Merkel's predecessor, the Social Democrat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who opposed the US war in Iraq and later forged close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's state energy giant Gazprom.
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Greensboro, NC-- The Parks & Recreation Department is asking people to stop feeding the wildlife because it is detrimental to the environment, animals, and people.
The city is introducing the Do Not Feed Wildlife Campaign 2013 to spread the word about the dangers of feeding animals in area parks.
Most commonly people feed Canadian geese. The geese can produce more than a pound of feces daily carrying E. coli bacteria and other infections.
Feeding also contributes to over population in parks and gardens around Greensboro. Too many of them isn't good for landscaping and lawns.
It's best for people to leave the geese alone. They can become aggressive when provoked by humans and should not be fed.
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Chris Johnson and Mickael Gelabale signed 10-day contracts with the Timberwolves in the morning, just hoping for an opportunity to prove they belong in the NBA.
In the evening, that opportunity turned into a prime-time showcase against the Houston Rockets at Target Center.
Newcomers Johnson and Gelabale played all 12 minutes in the fourth quarter Saturday night, Jan. 19, and led their team to a 92-79 victory.
Johnson, a slender 6-foot-11 center, scored the Wolves' first eight points of the fourth quarter. Gelabale, a 6-7 forward from France, scored 10 of his 11 points in the frame. By the time the quarter ended, the duo had combined to score 23 of the Wolves' 29 points in the period.
What really made the fourth quarter special were "M-V-P" chants from the crowd of 16,799 when Johnson stepped to the free-throw line with 9:18 left in the game.
"I don't agree with that at all," Johnson said with a smile. "This is a great fan base here. They were just showing support."
It had been awhile since Wolves' fans had something positive to embrace. The injury-plagued Wolves entered the game with a five-game losing streak, but the sight of Johnson and Gelabale igniting the team at clutch time prompted fans to show more appreciation than usual.
"You always smile when new guys come to the team and they succeed," forward Andrei Kirilenko said. "They were great replacements.
Johnson and Gelabale did more than give the Wolves' offense a late spark. Gelabale, a second-round pick of the Seattle Sonics in 2005, did a creditable job on Houston guard James Harden.
The Wolves pursued Gelabale in part because of his length and perimeter defense. Harden was limited to four points and four shot attempts in the fourth quarter. He also was harassed into a turnover when Gelabale was draped all over him in front of the Wolves bench.
Harden couldn't find a teammate to pass to and eventually fell down, resulting in a traveling call, which made Wolves players and coaches jump in jubilation.
Johnson, who was in the Wolves' training camp this fall, had two blocked shots on one Rockets possession and was later rewarded for running the floor when he got lob pass from Luke Ridnour for a dunk.
In the fourth quarter alone, Johnson and Gelabale combined to make 6 of 9 shots and 11 of 13 free throws, and pulled down eight rebounds.
"I don't recall in my experience getting two guys like that, just having them step in and putting in the type of work for us at both ends of the floor," Porter said. "Both of them had tough assignments at the other end."
Johnson finished with a career-high 15 points and six rebounds; Gelabale had 11 points and four boards. The Wolves had only nine players available for Saturday's game with center Nikola Pekovic (thigh bruise), Alexey Shved (ankle sprain) and Dante Cunningham (illness) unable to play.
Because of the Wolves' injury problems, many of the team's healthy players have been asked to play more minutes. Johnson and Gelabale delivered the ideal scenario -- performing well enough to spark a win and allowing Porter to rest some of his regulars in the fourth quarter.
"We have two guys who didn't even practice with us, and they did an unbelievable job," Wolves guard Ricky Rubio said. "That's what we needed. It's been tough with not having enough fresh bodies. They helped us a lot."
The 10-day contracts don't give Johnson and Gelabale much time to make an impression, but they got off to an impressive start.
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