you look pretty. But today I am not going to talk about the women’s high heels; I am going to talk about the Chinese foot-binding, what cause it and what it affects. They have similar function but it’s different. High heels are the shoes of the foot, but the foot-binding is changing your foot’s shape as a high heel. You see the difference, one is shoes and one is foot. Chinese foot- binding started during song dynasty, it is a Chinese custom of wrapping women's feet with 10 feet long bandages in
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The Skeletal System The Skeletal System serves many important functions; it provides the shape and form for our bodies in addition to supporting, protecting, allowing bodily movement, producing blood for the body, and storing minerals. Functions Its 206 bones form a rigid framework to which the softer tissues and organs of the body are attached. Vital organs are protected by the skeletal system. The brain is protected by the surrounding skull as the heart and lungs are encased by the
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get a workout, and the muscles engaged there include our iliopsoas, tensor fasciae latae, pectineus, and adductor longus and brevis. As our feet hit the floor, normally with a heel-to-toe movement, our calves interact with our ankles to allow each foot to be pulled back on forth. This part of our walk will engage our gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris, and tibialis posterior and
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Pg457 Q9 Loan & Wrongful Act Bob and Sally decided to open a shop providing pedicures and selling foot-care products. They called it “feet first”. They agreed that Bob would be solely responsible for performing the pedicures and Sally would be solely responsible for providing and packaging the foot-care products for sale. Mei Ling, a friend of both Bob and Sally’s, agreed to lend them $10,000 to get the business started, provided she received half of the profits at the end of the first year.
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heels at least three days a week and a third have fallen while wearing them. Statistics show that high heels are one of the biggest factors leading to foot problems in women. Michael Liebow, a podiatrist in Bethesda, pulls out an X-ray of a foot in a high-heel shoe: It reveals the ball of the foot at a 90 degree angle to the bones in the rest of the foot. That doesn’t sound very logical. He says that when people go into his office with six inch heels and say, “My feet are killing me!” he responds “That's
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standing, he had chosen to do the right thing and paid the price. He imagined the faces of the people laughing as they streamed away, and kicked the sand. He stopped abruptly when his foot hit something in the sand. Rainsford yelped in pain. Kneeling to the ground, Rainsford stared in bewilderment at what his foot had hit, it was a mummified monkey’s paw, he reached towards it. As soon as his fingers touched the paw, an odd sense of foreboding passed through him. He pocketed the item, and out of
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The main muscles used while underhand serving a volleyball are the pectorals, anterior and posterior deltoid, and the latissimus. 4. Ankle Movement Plantar Flexion- Plantar flexion is when the toes point down, flexing the arch of the foot. This is used in most ballet moves or exercises, such as a tendu or a grande battement. https://balletclassroom.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/ballet-pointed-foot.jpg http://www.functionalballetpedagogy.com/content/sketches/img/8
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Activity 3.1b Linear Measurement with US Customary Units | Introduction The United States is the only developed country that does not use the International System of Units. The U S Customary units are the accepted units of measure. However, due to the global nature of the economy, SI units are also common. In order to participate in the global market, we must be able to understand and communicate using various measurement systems. In this activity you will practice taking linear measurements
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breeding ground. (Johnson 1993) The most common is Trichophyton Rubrum, the same causes “athletes’ foot”. This commonly affects the sole, dorsum, lateral borders and in between toes. If left untreated, the infection can spread to the nail matrix. (Bristow I. 1996) Fungal infections can start by trauma to the toenail which leaves it vulnerable to infection. People who do not maintain a good standard of foot hygiene are predisposed to fungal infections. Failure to dry the feet thoroughly and the use
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Canteen Canteen is an important place for students to get food to continue their learning process. There are many items in the area such as canteen cooking gas stove, cooking utensils, and so on related to food preparation activities in the school canteen. However, there are some hazard and things that can make student and staff in this school exposed to risk easily. i) Arrangement In the canteen, we will see where the sink and the plug placed in a very dangerous place. As we know, if the
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