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    to talk to each other. So in the end‚ they met with different dates and their love was ruined. As in the story “The Girl Who Can” from Ama Ata Aidoo‚ there is a little girl named Adjoa who has skinny legs which her grandmother thought were useless. In the end Adjoa won a big race with her skinny legs and that’s when her grandmother thought that they could be useful. Each character is shaped by their cultural perspectives and the narration of their story. The different point of views change what we

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    Broiler Chickens

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    painful leg problems and heart disorders. The muscle grows very quickly but the development of the bird ’s legs and skeleton does not keep pace with the rest of the body. Therefore the legs have to support a great weight. As a result of this fast growth‚ broiler chickens can suffer from painful‚ sometimes crippling‚ leg disorders. It is believed that birds reared and slaughtered to produce chicken meat should not be a variety of bird that grows so quickly that they suffer from painful leg and heart

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    their position steady. This is the only way a dancer can stay balanced in the arabesque (when the position of the body is supported on one leg as the other leg is extended behind the body). To ensure that the net force of gravity sums up to zero‚ a dancer must offset the weight of his/her back leg by leaning over with the upper body just enough distance. Since the leg has less mass‚ it must be stretched farter away from the center of gravity as the heavier torso bends forward a smaller distance so the

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    Quote #1 “The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words‚ but they accepted his explanation‚ and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. FOUR LEGS GOOD‚ TWO LEGS BAD‚ was inscribed on the end wall of the barn‚ above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters (3.10‚ 3.11)” Big words bad‚ small words good: it’s easier to understand rules when they’re simple‚ but simple rules tend to gloss over the complexities of human society. Like‚ "don’t tell lies" is all well

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    Plantar Fasciitis

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    Getting the lower leg muscles to heal helps protect the plantar fasciitis and speeds your recovery. The lower legs muscles work with the foot muscles to absorb the pounding forces of walking and running. If the leg muscles are injured‚ they will not abosrb the impact forces with each step. We have found treatment that combines massage therapy with traditional physical

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    agility‚ endurance and explosive power I will give him the 1rm bench test for his upper body strength and for his lower body strength I will give him the 1rm strength test using the squat instead of the leg press as the squat is a better overall leg exercise that recruits more muscle fibers than the leg press. The squat is also more practical to the sport of wrestling as many of the wresting takedowns require the wrestlers to squat low to the ground. For endurance I would give him the sit up test

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    strengthen the major muscle groups that are used in the sport. In tennis‚ the most common sites for injury are the back from overuse when transferring forces‚ the shoulder from rotator cuff tears‚ the knee from overuse and stress on the patella‚ the leg and ankles from muscle tears‚ and the wrist and elbow due to the overuse of ligaments and tendons. Key ways to prevent these injuries include warming up and cooling down‚ working on flexibility‚ strength training‚ aerobic training‚ and anaerobic training

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    SEAT AND UMBRELLA 2.0 Abstract Some people use walking stick to assist them when walking because their leg is not strong enough to support their body weight or they’ve injured their leg. They will feel tired easily when walking with the assistance of walking stick due to the need of synchronization between their hand which hold the stick and their legs. Therefore‚ they will need to sit down and rest before they continue walking. The problem arises when they are in the middle

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    clouded my vision I could see that the panic room was pristine as ever. The walls unlike their fellows outside in the hall‚ were crisp and colorless. All except for the maroon streak that crawled along the floor oozing from a sizzling wound in someone’s leg. It was May‚ her chest heaving‚ her hands coated in the blackened blood. The acrid stench of burning flesh now filling my nostrils. With each breath‚ she whimpered slightly‚ even though she was evidently unconscious. Her face like mine had been riddled

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    or too tall. Well what if we lost one of our disproportionate feet? Or maybe both? Our hands? A leg? People have been facing this problem for an extremely long time. Losing limbs in battles‚ accidents or just birth defects. This tale is nearly as old as time itself. Once these people lose a part of themselves they need to adequately function in life‚ they try to find a substitute. Sure their hand or leg may be gone‚ but their wits are not. Thus came about the creation of prosthetic limbs. (The following

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