Heel

It’s Monday, December 9th. Today just seems unusual, like something big is going to happen! I wonder what it will be for a split second, then go back to studying for the Latin America quiz we have tomorrow. Mr. Fielder announces what questions we should highlight on our worksheets. I watch him go back to his desk. I look up and out the window, I see the glistening shimmer of fresh snow dancing in the sky. I cherish every second of it, wishing the time would go by slower. As time creeps closer…

Little girls as young as eight years old are wearing bras with padding in them, which is disgusting, high heels and a full face of makeup. Lawmakers in France want to completely ban child beauty pageants for the reason that they are transforming little girls into ‘sexual morsels’. This is forcing our children to grow up quickly and is stripping them of their…

the rough cut sarsen weight between 45 to 50 tons. The smaller stones are called bluestones which are an array of volcanic rocks, the bluestones make a shape of a horseshoe facing east. Also to the east apart from the ring of stones is the heel stone, the heel stone marks the point where the sun would rise during summer…

Ankle arthritis What causes it? Unlike the hip and knee, which are prone to develop primary osteoarthritis, the ankle develops arthritis usually because of a traumatic event. In 70% patients with ankle arthritis there is a history of trauma (ankle fracture or a significant ankle sprain). The second most common cause of ankle arthritis is Rheumatoid arthritis. How to diagnose it? The most common location of pain is anterior which gets worse by walking uphill. Pain caused by going downhill…

running shoe your foot sits on an incline of 10-13 millimeters. This in itself could be the sole reason for running injuries as your foot in place in a shoe in an unnatural position, a little exaggerate but the same concept think of the foot in a high heel this is how the foot is in the average running shoes just not that much of an incline. If an ultra-runner has poor running techniques running barefooted, they will correct themselves naturally as the idea behind this is that they will be in…

Classics Holiday Homework Mythic Characters: Ajax: Ajax or Telemonian Ajax was considered Greece’s second warrior during the Trojan War. Ajax fought various battles, most of which were easy victories, however Hector of Troy came the closest to beating Ajax when the two fought one on one. It was when Achilles armour was awarded to Odysseus instead of Ajax that the warrior was ultimately defeated. Ajax became delusional with rage and as a result killed sheep who he thought were the Greeks who…

Each step is precise, each movement fluid, and every sense awake, ready. The hunter is alive, adrenaline coursing through his blood. Rustling leaves scream his prey’s hiding place. His body moves without thought, instincts becoming all that he knows. The hunted recognizes this rhythm of feet pounding the ground, knows it better than his own heartbeat. It’s whats kept him up for two days escaping death again and again. Leaping from the tree, the man almost stumbles, before lurching forward into…

One important quote from Mark Twain’s “The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut” is the narrator’s conscience’s explanation of how it becomes desensitized after it has been jabbed at for too long: "[…] When people plead with you at this late day to quit [smoking], that old callous place seems to enlarge and cover me all over like a shirt of mail. It exerts a mysterious, smothering effect, and presently I, your faithful hater, your devoted Conscience, go sound asleep!"…

Spirit week.Everyone is running around blowing horns and wishing the team and captain good luck. The football team captain and starting player. Mason Jacobs. Girls are head over heels in love with him. I dont see whats so great about him. Hes hosting a party tonight I'll go, but I will also keep my distance. I dress in my blue jersey and white skinny jeans and leave. When I arrive I see Mason standing outside his own party. He walks over to me and says"Hey,good job on your win."I smile and…

them. Me as an observer I can tell she was very aggressive coach the way she carried herself and the intensity and passion she had really grabs the girls attention and also got their respect. As I kept on watching I notice I could see the Achilles heel of the team. Their serving and their…