If an officer were to write you a ticket for throwing out your apple core (and I suspect that's a big if) it would bean infraction. As the amount of litter increases it becomes a crime; first a misdemeanor and then a gross misdemeanor, depending on how much litter gets tossed. What ...
A baseball only weighs 6 ounces, but it does a lot of damage when you're on the wrong end of a 90-plus mph fastball. Up close and personal accounts of being hit by a pitch.
(See my post Safety Dance for more on this.) One of the main ideas of The Gupta Program is to tell your worried part that you are safe, that “Whatever happens, I will handle it.” You’re not trying to convince yourself that everything will always go well, but that it’s okay w...
Overall, this was a massive relief; however, the rejection was still a slight bruise to my ego and it took almost superhuman levels of restraint not to buy a plant pot with some soil and a seed in it and drop it off outside her front door with the following message: If you enjoyed ...
You are confused. You have a bruise that suddenly gets bigger. You feel dizzy or weak. Your abdomen looks bigger than usual and is very painful. You vomit blood or liquid that looks like coffee grounds. You stop urinating or urinate a lot less than usual. You have swelling in your face...
And then there was a smaller population of people who were “transplants”, people who moved there but had no roots or family. That was us. Long story short, the living was not easy for transplant families. The was a lot of resentment and animosity from the local population. And the ...
learning happens when students engage deeply with material rather than just skimming the surface. Yes, we want students to dive deep into a topic and develop a stronger understanding to make connections and apply their knowledge in different contexts ie. writing a persuasive letter to a real ...
s more life block if there such a thing. I am depressed and have been like this for quite some time. Perhaps it stems from my constant exhaustion or perhaps it’s just because life is tough and depression happens sometimes. Either way, I find myself once again having to find my ...
Purpura is a condition where purple, bruise-like spots appear on the skin, inside the mouth, or on the organs. This occurs whenblood vesselsbegin to leak and blood collects beneath the skin. Spots may be large and resemble bruises, or small and rash-like. ...
Broken toe.Your toe may be broken if it swells, throbs, and looks bruised. Also called a fracture, this injury hurts. The pain may get worse when you stand or walk. Causes.There's often no mystery about why it happens. It could be that you stubbed your toe or dropped something heavy...