...not participating or kneeling on one knee to represent freedom of speech. Freedom of speech can be exercised in many ways, but the choice of using it against our country should not be tolerated. Kneeling during the National Anthem is a form of disrespect and betrayal towards our country. Recently, NFL players have kneeled during the National Anthem to exercise their right of freedom of speech. This act of disagreement has caused dispute over the...
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...games every Sunday to watch their favorite teams compete. However, during the past few weeks, players think that it is okay to use our nation’s flag to protest their rights. This is a very controversial topic that has been gaining coverage since quarterback Colin Kaepernick proceeded to take a knee during the National Anthem. The message that is trying to be conveyed is not wrong, it is just how it is being done that goes against what many people believe in. Kneeling for the National Anthem is extremely disrespectful, it creates division in our country, and finally, it has turned into a social attraction where players are seeking attention. The National Anthem pays respect to those who have risked their lives, been injured, or died defending the United States. Americans are very fortunate to have the choice on how to dress, what religion to follow, what to study, who our leaders are, etc. In some countries they do not have these freedoms. However these freedoms come with a cost and that cost has been the lives of thousands Americans. So for this reason we owe the families of soldiers the respect during the National Anthem. The message that some football players are trying to get across is not wrong, there needs to be a change...
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...One of the most controversial and debated topics in the United States is revolving around the NFL and our National Anthem,” The Star Spangled Banner”. The issue is if NFL players should be required to stand during the National Anthem or be allowed to protest and take a knee. It is literally dividing households, and even bigger dividing the entire country. Personally I think every American no matter race or ethnicity should stand during the National Anthem and respect our nation because the anthem should bring all americans together and not divide us. When people go to watch sports, in person or on T.V., the last thing they want to see or hear is politics. People watch sports for entertainment and to get away from real problems, such as politics. When over half of the players in the NFL decided to take a knee this past Sunday, it was a disaster and dropped the NFL’s ratings. Donald Trump’s statement on the topic resulted in double the number of players protesting than ever before, by taking a knee during the National Anthem, which is morally wrong and just plain wrong. The National Anthem unites all Americans no matter what you do, where you are from, what language you speak,...
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...Colin Kaepernick’s Movement Lately, more and more protests have been happening around the United States over the issue of social inequality and the justice for minorities. Celebrities from all over the country have been joining the movement and one celebrity in particular, Colin Kaepernick, has been in the news a lot over the controversy of his protest. Kaepernick has been protesting the misconducts against African-Americans and minorities, by not standing for the national anthem, which I believe is his right as an American. The controversy began in the preseason of the NFL. When the national anthem began to play; instead of standing up Kaepernick took a knee throughtout the anthem. When asked why he took a knee instead of standing, Kaeparnick...
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...TThe historical background for the early 20th century literature A: 1. Universities that try to take a student's individual background into account are liable to be accused of political correctness. (”are” istedet for ”is” da der er tale om en kongruensfejl, for der er jo tale om flere universiteter) Engelsk Grammatik - §166 2. I've had to give up training after a knee injury. (”Training” istedet for ”to train”, "to give up" skal altid følges af en -ing-form) Engelsk Grammatik §140 3. The incredible thing was that he had no idea of the impression he made on her. ("incredible" kan ikke bruges som et substantiv alene, og der bruges derfor støtteordet ”thing”.) Engelsk Grammatik §35 4. Let's hope Geri does better than Britney, whose marriage ended in a divorce (Det er "whose" i stedet for ”which” da which er om en ikke-person) Engelsk Grammatik §78 5. 14 months after Mel tried the knot with Jimmy, the relationship was in tatters (Der skal ikke være omvendt ordstilling, så ”was” kommer foran ” relationship”) Engelsk Grammatik §196 6. History shows that violent protests lead to repression. (Der skal ikke være “the” før “history”, da det ikke er en historie, men historien om.) B: 1. I have never laid eyes on them before. 2. She had lain awake, filled with worry about what would happen in the morning. 3. He laid on the floor and looked into the garden. 4. She was still laughing softly as she laid the phone down. 5. The seeds had lain in the ground...
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... professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. | | Acts of Civil Disobedience(s) By: Team C CJS/211 - ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Instructor: MELISSA ANDREWJESKI Schedule: 10/27/2015 - 11/30/2015 Campus: ONLINE MAIN Group ID: BSHB1IZ706 Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline. Fifty-two environmental activists were arrested Monday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject a permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline project, which would deliver Canada tar sands oil to refineries in Texas, and rather focus on developing clean energy. An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience outside the White House every day for the next two weeks — 162 have already been arrested since Saturday. Also joining the protest are indigenous First Nations communities in Canada and landowners along the Keystone XL pipeline’s planned route. An editorial in Sunday’s New York Times joined in calling on the State Department to reject the pipeline, noting that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production. Meanwhile, oil-industry backers of the project emphasize what they say are the economic benefits of the $7 billion proposal. As the Obama administration remains undecided whether...
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...Running head: SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE There’s Something Happening Here: Occupying Wall Street Mindy Newell, R.N., CNOR Grand Canyon University NRS – 432V Teresa Ortner, RNC, MSNEd October 8, 2011 There’s Something Happening Here: Occupying Wall Street The Plan of Action On September 17, 2011, nearly 1,000 protesters gathered around the symbolic sculpture of a charging bull that is the focal point of Bowling Green Park, which is in the financial district of downtown Manhattan, to say to the kings of Wall Street “Enough! No more! You will not continue to profit on the broken backs and weary shoulders of we, the people! You will not destroy the American dream with your greed!” They did not leave, but hoisted tents and unrolled sleeping bags to “Occupy Wall Street” (Smith, 2011). Since that day, the movement has spread across the country, from New York up the coast to Boston, down the coast through Washington to Miami, and across the country through Chicago and St. Louis all the way to Los Angeles, from large metropolises to small towns across America. It has become a genuine social and political movement, utilizing both old media such as newspapers and television news and new media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube (Ellis, Raja & Follman, 2011). Major labor unions, such as National Nurses United, the AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the United Auto Workers, the United Federation of Teachers, the Writers Guild...
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...Choose a medical condition that interest you and research it. Write about the possible use of hypnosis in the treatment of the condition as you see it. Osteoarthritis The condition I have chosen is Osteoarthritis (OA). Arthritis means inflammation of the joints and osteoarthritis is the most common form In UK. It affects the joint cartilage and the bone tissue next to the cartilage. To appreciate the effect of this we need firstly to understand how the joint works. A joint is where two bones meet. Joints allow movement and flexibility of various parts of the body. The movement of the bones is caused by muscles which pull on tendons that are attached to bone. Cartilage is a hard, smooth tissue that covers the end of bones. Between the cartilages of two bones which form a joint, there is a small amount of thick fluid called synovial fluid. This fluid lubricates the joint which allows smooth movement between the bones. The synovial fluid is made by the synovium. This is the tissue that surrounds the joint. The outer part of the synovium is called the capsule. This is tough and helps to give the joint stability. Surrounding ligaments and muscles also help to give support and stability to joints. We know need to understand how osteoarthritis is caused. All normal joints and joint tissues are constantly undergoing some form of repair because of the wear and tear that is placed on them through our daily activities. However, in...
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...possible presenting symptoms after a hard knock on the leg in the area behind the knee. The knee is the joint situated in the leg between the thigh bone (the femur) and the shin bone (the tibia). It is designed in such away to allow great flexibility of movement, yet it is still strong and stable enough to hold the body upright. (DR Maxine Long1999) According to (Tortora, Derrickson 2011). The knee joint is the joint most vulnerable to damage because it is a mobile weight bearing joint and its stability depends almost entirely on its associated ligaments and muscles. A hard knock in the leg to the area behind the knee would be painful. This area is called the popliteal fossa. The tibial nerve travels through the popliteal fossa under the soleus muscle and also between the deep superficial calf muscles which travels through the area of the popliteal fossa. (DR Alice Roberts 2010) The personal nerve travels past the knee and wraps around the neck of the fibula. It splits in to the deep and superficial peroneal nerves. The deep peroneal nerves supplies the extensor muscle of the shin, it then opens out to provide sensation to the skin at the back of the foot. The superficial peroneal nerve stays on the side of the leg and supplies the peroneal muscle. (Tortora, Derrickson 2011) Twists and sprains are common knee injuries caused by excessive force stretching the knee joint and ligaments. The knee swells swelling may occur immediately or hours after an injury. The initial swelling...
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...deafness, otitis media, toothache, temero mandibular, stiffness, arthritis, sore yes. F1 - facial paralysis, toothache, mouth ulcers, excessive saliva, facial oedema, clears the head and jaws TH4 - bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, wheezing, coughing, clears the lymphatic system TH7 & TH8 - improve circulation to the heart, heart valves problem, cardiac spasm. TH6 - hepatitis, jaundice, gallstones, cholecystitis, enlarged liver A3 - enlarged liver, hepatitis A6 - vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, infertility, appendicitis (right side) UE3 - arthritis of the shoulder and upper extremities A5 - constipation, kidney stones, kidney pain, kidney dysfunction LE7 - knee pain, knee swelling, knee cap problems, clicking of knee joints, stiffness and calcification of knee joint, hip and thigh pain LE8 - same as LE7 and irregular menstruation, abnormal uterine bleeding LE11 and LE12 - irregular menstruation, abnormal uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhoea, nocturia, wet dreams LE13 - strengthens the spleen, improves liver function, benefits the kidneys, amenorrhoea, irregular menstruation, urine incontinence LE15 - arthritis in the lower extremities HI - migraine, psychosis, facial paralysis, blurred vision, eye pressure, trigeminal neuralgia F3 - sinusitis, rhinitis, vertigo, headaches, dizziness, nasal polyps, clears toxins from nose & eyes F2 F2 - tinnitus, deafness, otitis media, toothache, temero mandibular, stiffness, arthritis, sore yes. F4 - sinusitis, blocked...
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...1. The article that was read talked about adolescent girl athletes having a higher risk in knee injuries than boys. It states that girls are eight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than boys. Throughout the study they looked at the reason why this injury affects mature girl athletes. The sports that have maneuvers like jumping and landing, or quick stops and turns are usually involved in the ACL injury cases. Other reasons for girls having a higher risk in ACL injuries are they tend to have larger quadriceps strength without increasing the strength of the hamstrings. This causes an imbalance on movements and increase stress on the ACL. The second reason is girl’s skeletal structure matures earlier during puberty. This makes girls have an upright position and placing stress on the ACL. More information was displayed in the article on the injury, but the conclusion shows girls have a higher risk of an ACL injury in sports due to physical growth and maturation. 2. The research article that we found talked a lot about the same issues as the journal article above. The knee joint is the second most frequently injured body part, falling behind the ankle. The research was done during 2005–2007 school years and 100 US high schools were randomly selected for a sample. Athletic trainers tracked all injuries using an online injury surveillance system. This research followed most injuries and came up with some conclusions and some insights on injuries...
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...Knee Injury - Meniscal Cartilage Tear The menisci are cartilage tissues which act like shock absorbers in the knee joint. A meniscus can be torn, commonly after a forceful twisting injury to the knee. Symptoms include pain, swelling, and locking of the knee. Some heal by themselves, but an operation to fix, trim or remove the torn meniscus may be advised. Meniscal cartilage injury The knee is commonly injured in sports, especially rugby, football and skiing. You may tear a meniscus by a forceful knee movement whilst you are weight bearing on the same leg. The classical injury is for a footballer to rotate (twist) the knee whilst the foot is still on the ground - for example, whilst dribbling round a defender. Another example is a tennis player who twists to hit a ball hard, but with the foot remaining in the same position. The meniscus may tear fully or partially. How serious the injury is depends on how much is torn and the exact site of the tear. Meniscal tears may also occur without a sudden severe injury. In some cases a tear develops due to repeated small injuries to the cartilage or to degeneration (wear and tear) of the meniscal cartilage in older people. In severe injuries, other parts of the knee may also be damaged in addition to a meniscal tear. For example, you may also sprain or tear a ligament. Meniscal cartilage does not heal very well once it is torn. This is mainly because it does not have a good blood supply. The outer edge of each meniscus has some blood...
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...I’m proud of my dirty hands. Yes, they are dirty. And they are rough and knobby and calloused. And I’m proud of the dirt and the knobs and the calluses. I didn’t get them that way by playing bridge or drinking afternoon tea out of dainty cups, or playing the well-advertised Good Samaritan at charity balls. I got them that way by working with them, and I’m proud of the work and the dirt. Why shouldn’t I feel proud of the work they do – these dirty hands of mine? My hands are the hands of plumbers, of truck drivers and street cleaners; of carpenters; engineers, machinists and workers in steel. They are not pretty hands, they are dirty and knobby and calloused. But they are strong hands, hands that make so much that the world must have or die. Someday, I think, the world should go down on its knees and kiss all the dirty hands of the working world, as in the days long past, armored knights would kiss the hands of ladies fair. I’m proud of my dirty hands. The world has kissed such hands. The world will always kiss such hands. Men and women put reverent lips to the hands of Him who held the hammer and the saw and the plane. His weren’t pretty hands either when they chopped trees, dragged rough lumber, and wielded carpenter’s tools. They were workingman’s hands – strong, capable proud hands. And weren’t pretty hands when the executioners got through them. They were torn right clean through by ugly nails, and the blood was running from them, and the edges of...
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...District High School Patellar Dislocation What is a Patellar Dislocation? The patella rests in a groove on the anterior aspect of the femur, called the patellofemoral groove (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 2011). Patellar dislocation occurs when the patella (kneecap) slides laterally out of the patella femoral groove where it normally rests (Ebraheim, 2011). Anatomy The patella bone protects the largest joint in the body, the knee (Temertzoglou & Challen, 2003). The knee is made through the union of 3 bones; the femur, tibia and the patella. (Physio Advisor, n.d.). The patella is situated at the anterior aspect of the knee and lies within the patellofemoral groove (Ebraheim, 2011) which, according to Physio Advisor (n.d.) is located on anterior of the femur. The patella is enveloped by the tendon of the quadriceps muscle, and then goes on to attach to the anterior surface of the tibia (Physio Advisor, n.d.). This relationship forms a joint designed to give the quadriceps muscle leverage when extending the knee (Sports Injury Clinic, n.d.). Each of the bones involved is lined with cartilage to allow cushioning between the bones. The patella also has connective tissue known as the patella retinaculum which attaches it on either side of the femur. This joint is known as the patellofemoral joint (Physio Advisor, n.d.). The patella normally lies in the patellofemoral grove and is only designed to move vertically within it, so dislocation occurs when the patella...
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...At first, patients may have severe pain which can be described as a deep dull ache similar to sharp stabbing pain. Some people also experience tingling, numbness, muscle weakness in knee, hip or ankle movements. The shin or sciatica is typically worsened by sneezing, coughing, bending or prolonged sitting. Causes: Degeneration of the disc or disc aging is a gradual process. A lumbar disc prolapse occurs when the annulus is too weak for preventing the nucleus prolapsing out. In most cases, no specific event causes the prolapse. But it can be triggered due to an injury or exertion. Usually, this condition is caused by heavy lifting, twisting and bending of the spine, mild activity or at rest. A normal, healthy disc cannot prolapse unless there is some pre-existing disc degeneration or weakness....
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