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Balance BallWounded warriors are constantly sizing each other up -- not out of jealously, but out of reverence. When a single amputee sees a double amputee running through nets and jumping on and off of boxes, he often thinks about his one good leg and it makes him work even harder. Marine Lance Corporal Ivan Sears, who lost both of his legs in the Battle of Marjah in Afghanistan in Oct. 2010, works out at the Center for the Intrepid's main rehabilitation floor. Sears was working on his upper body strength, which will help him balance on his prosthetic legs.

Protestors lock arms and hold their ground during Occupy Portland protests Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

Protestors lock arms and hold their ground during Occupy Portland protests Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

Protestors lock arms and hold their ground during Occupy Portland protests Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

Rosie the Riveter, Norman Rockwell, 1943Rockwell made this painting of the new American working woman, a sort of Pallas Athena in overalls, as a cover of The Saturday Evening Post, a popular weekly magazine in mid-century America. With so many men serving in uniform during World War II, women entered jobs that were customarily closed to them. Rockwell modeled Rosie after Michelangelo's figure of the Prophet Isaiah on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. As an additional contribution to the war effort, she rests her foot on a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Rosie the Riveter, Norman Rockwell, 1943Rockwell made this painting of the new American working woman, a sort of Pallas Athena in overalls, as a cover of The Saturday Evening Post, a popular weekly magazine in mid-century America. With so many men serving in uniform during World War II, women entered jobs that were customarily closed to them. Rockwell modeled Rosie after Michelangelo's figure of the Prophet Isaiah on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. As an additional contribution to the war effort, she rests her foot on a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf.

A protester wearing a paper mask of British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg play-acts with a butcher's knife during a demonstration against cuts in education funding in London on November 9, 2011. Thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against cuts to university funding.

Protestors lock arms and hold their ground during Occupy Portland protests Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

Protestors lock arms and hold their ground during Occupy Portland protests Nov. 13, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.