Back pain - what can you do yourself Back pain is a common complaint‚ and most have had‚ or will have‚ back pain sometime in their life. For many‚ it is a short-term inconvenience that goes by itself. But for some problems may occur frequently and last for long. In most cases‚ the cause of the pain is harmless. Most commonly‚ back pain passes or gets significantly better after one to two weeks. Symptoms may be sudden or insidious Often the symptoms begin when the spine is subjected to any strain
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Bring Back Flogging by Jeff Jacoby advocates the restoring of the ancient Puritan penalty for crimes to some extent. Via the sentence “Now we practice a more enlightened‚ more humane way of disciplining wrongdoers: We lock them up in cages”‚ the author pointed out the unwise in the application of the all-purposed penalty-imprisonment in an ironic tone. By wording with statistic and citations‚ the author revealed the plight faced by the present imprisonment penalty: imprisonment is an all-purposed
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Polingaysi Qoyawayma is a great Hopi leader. Polingaysi is dealing with a straggle to live between two worlds‚ her Hopi culture and the Christian culture. Polingaysi is an author of two books called "No Turning Back" and "The Sun Girl". The book "No Turning Back” is an autobiography of her and how it was like living in Old Oraibi. The book "The Sun Girl" is an old folk tale about a young girl wanting to know what is outside of her village. Polingaysi was told this story when she was a little girl
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just graduated from high school the day before‚ and hadn’t gotten around to cleaning up yet. “Well‚ since I have nothing else to do‚” I thought‚ I shrugged and started placing piles on my shelf. This wasn’t the best system‚ and my things were already disorganized‚ so inevitably the top shelf spilled its contents onto the ground. The first thing I went to pick up was a ripped green folder‚ stuffed to the brim with papers. When I sprang it open‚
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Samantha Delgado Mrs. Shreiner English III: American Literature 9/27/13 When Turtles Walked Upright!? The Earth on Grizzly’s Back!? In the Native American origin myths “Earth on Turtle’s Back” by the Onondaga and “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” by the Modoc many cultural values are revealed. In both stories the indigenous people are able to give insight as to how they feel life begins and their religious beliefs. By doing so they reveal details about their tribes that otherwise would have remained
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The World on the Turtle’s back is an appealing story written by an Iroquois; is about a woman and what could happen when if she did not do what she was supposed to do. But most importantly the story is to teach and inform the younger people how the people were in Native American times. One way he showed how they were is by using literary devices in his short story‚ or in other words: creation myth. First and foremost‚ the Iroquois use allusions to Native American tradition gender roles
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In William Bradford’s Chronicle “Of Plymouth Plantation” (1606-1646) and Iroquois’ Creation Myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back” (2012)‚ they showed that it takes guts and the confidence to become an explorer of the unknown. Can curiosity lead you to your thinking of death but changes the thinking of being the most amazing thing happened to you in life? Even with the risks of starvation‚ dehydration‚ disease‚ and possibly death‚ would you still go and explore the unknown? An explorer seeks the unknown
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Put a hook of some sort here… “Back Roads”‚ by Vinnie Rotondaro‚ and “A Winter’s Drive”‚ by ReadWorks‚ there is a common theme throughout the stories: the discovery of freedom and tranquility that is blatantly present. Not only do the stories share a common theme‚ but they also share other similarities‚ such as a male protagonist‚ the main character’s choice to take a ride in his car‚ the lazy flow of the story‚ to name a few characteristics. Despite the many similarities‚ there are also a plethora
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To the uninitiated‚ the significance of Flannery O ’Connor ’s Parker ’s Back can seem at once cold and dispassionate‚ as well as almost absurdly stark and violent. Her short stories routinely end in horrendous‚ freak fatalities or‚ at the very least‚ a character ’s emotional devastation. Flannery O ’Connor is a Christian writer‚ and her work is message-oriented‚ yet she is far too brilliant a stylist to tip her hand; like all good writers‚ crass didacticism is abhorrent to her. Unlike some more cryptic
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I Ain’t Comin Back After reading this short story‚ I ain’t comin back‚ by Dolphus Weary‚ I have such a different type of appreciation for what I have. My outlook on poverty‚ my lifestyle‚ and what I take for granted has all changed. I see poverty as a very real‚ scary‚ and possible thing for all of us. We‚ as a nation‚ should realize how lucky we are to be living in nation that is free. Free to do ultimately whatever we please. I have always learned about poverty and what the blacks had to deal
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