...A coccyx injury is pain and discomfort in the tailbone area also known as coccydynia. These injuries result in a bruise, dislocation, or a break of the coccyx. The healing process is slow but a majority of coccyx injuries can be manageable with at home treatment. The coccyx is a triangular bony structure located at the bottom of the spine. It is composed of three to five bone like segments that are held in place by joints and ligaments. A fall onto the tailbone is the most common cause of coccyx injuries. A direct blow to the tailbone, such as those that occur during contact sports, can injure the coccyx. The coccyx can be injured or fractured during childbirth. Repetitive straining or friction against the coccyx (as happens in bicycling or rowing) can injure the coccyx. Severe localized pain and tenderness felt in the tailbone area. Discoloration of the coccyx. The pain is generally worse when sitting or with direct pressure to the tailbone area. Bowel movements are often painful. Rest and stop any physical activity that causes pain. The more you rest, the quicker the injury can heal. Ice your tailbone for about 20 minutes every hour for the firt 2 days then 2 to 3 times a day. DO NOT apply ice directly to the skin. Use a cushion when sitting. Avoid sitting a lot. When sleeping, lie on your stomach to take pressure off your tailbone. Massaging the muscles attached to the tailbone might help ease pain. An injection of a local anesthetic into the tailbone can relieve pain for...
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...Tapan, Elaine Joyce C. Tapan 1 English 10 March 17, 2015 From Best to Worst Fairy Tail is an on-going Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The story revolves around the adventures of a magic guild named Fairy Tail—one of the foremost magic guilds in the land of Fiore. This is a shounen manga (aimed at a young male audience) and has several other genres such as action, adventure, comedy and fantasy. It has been published in Weekly Shounen Magazine since August 2, 2006. The volumes are released by Kodansha since December 15, 2006 and at present it has already 47 volumes. It also has an anime adaptation which started broadcasting in TV Tokyo on October 12, 2009. Fairy Tail is considered one of the mainstream manga and anime nowadays. It even has a Filipino dubbed version. (Fairy Tail Wiki) Although it is loved by many manga and anime enthusiast, there are several flaws I noticed when I read and watched it. These bothering flaws made me stop anticipating its weekly update. Years ago, this was my most favorite of all. But not anymore. Fairy Tail is one of the worst anime I have ever known. How was I able to have a hundred and eighty degree turn? There are three main reasons why. Reason number one: The animation and illustration have been inconsistent. The manga did not retain its old illustration. In the first few chapters, characters appeared more mature because of the sharp lines and pointed shapes. At present, their appearances changed into Tapan...
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...Facts: Barry would like to transfer his property to his wife, Lucy to avoid being vulnerable to creditors. He would like his three heirs to equally inherit the property after his and his wife’s death. Issue: Can Barry convey his property to Lucy and still be assured that the children will obtain the intended interest? How should this be conveyed? What interests should he give to whom? What kind of remainder interests and tenancies should he give to the children? What type of deed is necessary for this conveyance? Rule: The Rule in Shelley’s Case states that a remainder interest cannot be created in the heirs of the holder of the present interest. The theory behind it is that a person should be able to decide what his or her own heirs will inherit and should not have that decision dictated by a grantor of property. The rule has been abolished in most states. The Doctrine of Worthier Title dictates that a grantor cannot create a remainder interest in his own heirs. The idea behind this rule is that a grantor should rather keep a reversion for himself and then distribute the property to his heirs through the normal inheritance methods. The Doctrine of Worthier Title has been abolished in some states, but still exists as law in many other states Analysis: Since Barry doesn’t want the property in his name due to his financial situation, following the Doctrine of Worthier Title idea of keeping the reversion for himself is not a sensible option. The Rule in Shelly’s Case has...
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...find that this app provides a high quality 3D model (the mortise-and-tenon joint in books are two dimensional drawings) to view the 27 classical mortise-and-tenon joint structures broken down into their composite parts. The first thought that occurred to me was that creativity comes from our “big questions” which lead us toward our purpose. The big question of the designer of the app started with the influence of his father who used to make the furniture by himself. He started to ask himself, “How can I use computer technology to gain a clear perspective of the classical mortise-and-tenon joint structures?” After 6 months of preparation and hard work, his team accomplished the dream. Actually, the app is a good example of the long tail effect. According to statistics, the number of downloads of the app exceeded 160,000 after 20 days of its release. The mortise-and-tenon technique is able to attract wide interest using social networking service though it’s only a hard-to-find item in a niche market, as in the case of many traditional crafts. However, the biggest problem is that “wood...
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...Carlisle IT Part Number Selection Structure Phillip Reynolds PRG/211 Novermber 5, 2012 Jack Warner Carlisle IT Selection Structure in Part Selection Module In order to create a successful program the importance of the analysis and design stages of the program development cycle cannot be overstated. After an in depth look at the problem and analysis of the problem it has led to the first stages of product design. The project is on schedule and an example of the programs functions and use of control structures will be introduced as we discuss the program updates. Part Number Input Module One of the major functions of the program will not only be footage production, which will be discussed in later program development reports but also part number tracking. Tracking what part number is ran within each run will provide a historical database for analysis providing improved inventory control procedures. The data will be tracked as currently tracked on paper but stored digitally into a database. This process can be realized within the program by the utilization of control structures and iteration control structures. Control Structures As discussed within (Venit & Drake, 2011) a selection control structure gives a computer the ability to take a defensive stance against incorrect data, which forces users to enter valid data as the input. Selection control structures additionally offer users the ability to make a decision within a...
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...LD CCloud computing refers to the provision of computational resources on demand via a network. Cloud computing can be compared to the supply of electricity and gas, or the provision of telephone, television and postal services. All of these services are presented to the users in a simple way that is easy to understand without the users needing to know how the services are provided. This simplified view is called an abstraction. Similarly, cloud computing offers computer application developers and users an abstract view of services that simplifies and ignores much of the details and inner workings. A provider's offering of abstracted Internet services is often called The Cloud. The key characteristic of cloud computing is that the computing is "in the cloud" i.e. the processing (and the related data) is not in a specified, known or static place(s). This is in contrast to a model in which the processing takes place in one or more specific servers that are known. All the other concepts mentioned are supplementary or complementary to this concept. Example: Microsoft Windows Azure The Windows Azure platform is a flexible cloud–computing platform that lets you focus on solving business problems and addressing customer needs. No need to invest upfront on expensive infrastructure. Pay only for what you use, scale up when you need capacity and pull it back when you don’t. We handle all the patches and maintenance — all in a secure environment with over 99.9% uptime. ...
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...AEM 4160: Strategic Pricing Professor: Jura Liaukonyte Exam 2 – March 14, 8:40 AM Suggestion: do not delay studying till the last minute. Do not hesitate to contact me to ask questions or to schedule an appointment. I will also answer your questions via email. Exam is cumulative but there is more weight put on the material presented after EXAM 1. There will be approximately 30% of questions (or total points) from Lectures 2 through 8 (excluding the cases and articles) There will be approximately 70% of questions from Lectures 9 through 13 (including cases) Remember that some of the material discussed in Lectures 9-13 actually relies on your complete understanding of prior lectures. Reading Lecture Notes: Lectures 2 through 8 Lecture Notes: Lectures 9 through 13 HBS cases: o Advance Selling for Services o Pricing Information: How to Customize Both the Product and Its Price o Merck: Pricing Gardasil o The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation Some highlighted topics Beyond the problems solved and discussed during the lectures and in HW3 and HW4 the following list should serve as a reminder of what we covered in lectures 9 through 13. Please refer to EXAM 1 handout for topics covered in lectures 2 through 8. • Services Pricing • Advanced booking • Pricing with capacity constraints • Uncertainty in demand • How to calculate optimal booking limit • Overage, underage costs • Optimal protection level and critical ratio •...
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...Test Review from Of Plymouth Plantation 1. What is the “First Encounter”? 2. Please summarize “The Starving Time”. 3. How did Squanto help the colonists? 4. What conditions did the Pilgrims face on the First Thanksgiving? 5. Who is the author? from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 5. What feeling does the author hope to inspire in his listeners? 6. Who is the audience? 7. Who is the author? from The General History of Virginia 8. How was Smith saved form death in Powhatan’s court? 9. Why were the Native Americans important to the colonists? 10. What does Smith’s description of giving gifts to the Native Americans reveal about his attitude toward them? 11. Who is the author? from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 12. How can we tell that the slave traders wanted to keep the captives alive? 13. Why did Equiano fear the sailors? 14. In what ways were the sailors cruel? 15. Why was Equiano whipped? 16. According to Equiano, what added to the horror of slavery? 17. Who is the author? The World on the Turtle’s Back 18. Why does the man go to the Great Tree at the beginning of the myth? 19. Why is the Great Tree important to the Iroquois’ creation myth? 20. What does this creation myth explain about the Iroquois dance rituals? 21. What do the arrows that the man brings to the girl represent? 22. What does the twins’ competition to make animals in this creation myth explain? ...
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...Olaudah Equiano was a man that went through hell and back. Throughout his life time he experienced slavery, pain, and loneliness. Equiano wrote of this amazing and detailed journey and shared the things he saw and experienced throughout his life. In this essay I will be talking about his journey in two ways. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, he explains his detailed experience and in his biography it explains less details about Equiano but it goes into detail when it comes to location, facts, and slave work force. In my essay I will compare and contrast the differences and similarities between the interesting narrative of Olaudah Equiano and his biography. I will prove that Equiano interesting narrative is true based off the comparison of his biography....
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...Olaudah autobiography was very inspirational but very disconsolate. Olaudah speaks about being deprived from education, most slaves presented their stories to ghost writers. Equiano was very intelligent, honest, well spoken. Many believed that Africans were not human, and they endured many hardships. Equiano’s story would be sufficient to wipe off the stigma attached to Africans (73). Equiano life was very fascinating to European and Americans spectators. The book proves that Africans are capable of reading and writing. Equiano’s writing goes far beyond anthropological interest: combing elements of the travelogue, spiritual autobiography, and antislavery argument, Equiano, Equiano combined genres to create a new prototype which slave narratives...
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...Why it matters? It's a mystery of literature involving a man of words. Words which caused uproar back in 1789. The British readers were captivated by his personal experience of being enslaved at age 11, kidnapped from Nigeria, and brought into slavery of a New World in a terror-filled ship. Equiano's tale is viewed as an authoritative description of the villainous Middle Passage, one of the very first narratives from a slave, a story that gave the hatchling abolitionist movement a buzzing moral influence; except it may not be exact. Therein lays the mystery: Because if the gentleman who penned "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African" was not born in Africa, but rather born into slavery in South Carolina -- as Vincent Carretta suggests -- then who was he? Where did he learn to speak fluent Igbo? And how did he obtain such agonizing details about life aboard an 18th-century slave vessel? The air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died, thus falling victims to the improvident avarice, as I may call it, of their purchasers. This wretched situation was again aggravated by the galling of the chains. . . . The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable. (Equiano, 1789) In that lies the controversy: Carretta's findings, detailed in his biography of Equiano, have ignited a blaze...
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...William Bradford and Olaudah Equiano write about their ideas and terrors to white settlers and new generations on their way to America. In “The Interesting Narrative about the Life of Olaudah Equiano” Olaudah Equiano did not have a choice but to come to America but in “Of Plymouth Plantation” William Bradford leaves America in search of new laws and ways of living. Olaudah Equiano somehow found a way to write down his descriptions about what happened and what he saw. At 11 years old, Equiano was kidnapped from his home. Being separated from his family you would think he would have been terrified. In The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, instead of being negative he explains the things he saw for the very first time in his life “I first saw flying fishes, which surprised me very much..” Equiano’s new journey was “heightened” he saw the land of the Barbados and the clouds looked like land to him as they sailed. (Equiano 174) Once arriving in America Equiano “We were conducted immediately to the merchant's yard..” (Equiano 175) had to begin working....
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...Plantation the Pilgrims wanted to be able to practice their own beliefs so they went on a long and hard journey across the Atlantic to start a new and free life in America. The colonist almost didn’t make it but what kept them going was their dream of being able to live a life of freedom of religion. Another lesson that readers can learn is that people should be thankful because their situation could always be worse. Even though these stories don’t exactly talk about thinking positive and being thankful they still portray this message. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, this narrative is educating readers about the life of a slave. Equiano uses a lot of detail in his story to inform how inhumane and foul being a slave on a slave ship was. Readers learn to appreciate what they have through hearing this story because their situation is probably not as bad as Olaudah Equianos. La Relacion, Of Plymouth Planation and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano all include strong messages and lessons to the readers. One lesson is that you should never give up and always fight for what you believe in or believe is right. Another lesson that I learned is that I should be thankful for what I have and appreciate my...
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...In the essay prompt, number five explains, “How history is not just shaped by events that unfold, but also by people and how people can shape history through their actions through the recording of an event or by leading a revolution.” In my essay the person who will be the topic is “Olaudah Equiano”. I am to choose an individual and discuss their impact on world history. Olaudah Equiano, who was born 1745 in West Africa, contributed to a ton of accomplishments. He was an abolitionist and former slave who was the author of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”; Written by Himself. Equiano’s Narrative told the story of his capture and life in bondage. At 11 years old, while caring for the family compound, he was kidnaped along with his sister. The two were taken away from the place where they grew up, and sold to the neighborhood slave traders. Following a concise time of remains in Africa, in 1755 Equiano was captured and sold to the European slave brokers, who then transported him over the Atlantic to Barbados in the West Independents in 1756. In Virginia, Equiano was bought by Michael Pascal, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Pascal gave Equiano the name of Gustavus Vassa, which stayed with him for the better part of his lifetime. Domestic slaves in...
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...The debate surrounding Equiano’s birthplace is also of great importance when determining which name he should be referred to as. Vassa preferred not to use his birth name, as was previously stated, except “for purposes of establishing his African birth” (Lovejoy 166), a fact that has been contested for centuries. In 1792, a London newspaper accused Vassa of not being born in Africa, but that he was in fact “born and bred up in the Danish Island of Santa Cruz (St. Croix), in the West Indies” (Lovejoy 173). However, not only does Equiano repeatedly state that he was born in Africa, the entirety of the first chapter of his autobiography is filled with anecdotes and cultural rituals he remembers from living in Africa that he would not have known about had he been brought up elsewhere; Lovejoy follows with this idea by accepting that “the weight of evidence still indicates that Vassa had firsthand knowledge of Africa” (Lovejoy 174). On the other side of the debate, it is argued that Equiano was born in South Carolina, with evidence to support this as well. The first piece of evidence is a baptismal entry in a parish record: “Gustavus Vassa a black born in Carolina 12 years old” (Lovejoy 170); the second is that “the muster book for the Arctic Expedition of 1773 lists a Gustavus Weston, identified as a seaman, aged 28, born in South Carolina” (Lovejoy 170). The first of these could be interpreted in two ways. The first is that he was born in South Carolina and baptised at the age of...
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