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Despite the finger-pointing about who is to blame for the spread of the LA fires, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell believes no level of preparation could have fundamentally changed the ...
Whitehead Refugee Camp, HK disused in 2008 The old RAF headquarters on Kwun Tong Road, Kai Tak, which housed boat people until 1997. Bat lau dung laai (Chinese: 不漏洞拉 or 北漏洞拉 [1]; Jyutping: bat1 lau6 dung6 laai1) is a Hong Kong Cantonese corruption of the Vietnamese phrase bắt đầu từ nay, meaning "from now on" (bắt đầu = begin, start; từ = "from", nay = "now ...
The idiom is intended to evoke a military commander who is in such intimate communication with the battlefield that it is as though he has a fingertip on each critical point. In this sense the term is synonymous with the English expression of "keeping one's finger on the pulse", and was expressed in the 18th and 19th centuries as "having a feel ...
In medicine, a finger tip unit (FTU) is defined as the amount of ointment, cream or other semi-solid dosage form expressed from a tube with a 5 mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger of an adult. [1] [2] The "distal skin-crease" is the skin crease over the joint nearest the end of the finger. One ...
The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking the fingernail downward, allowing the middle finger to flick upward reflexively. A positive response is seen when there is flexion and adduction of the thumb on the same hand. [4] Eg. in hypertonia, the tips of other fingers flex and the thumb flexes and ...
A mallet finger, also known as hammer finger or PLF finger or Hannan finger, is an extensor tendon injury at the farthest away finger joint. [2] This results in the inability to extend the finger tip without pushing it. [3] There is generally pain and bruising at the back side of the farthest away finger joint. [3]
Sex and relationship experts provide a guide for how to talk dirty in bed without offending or alarming your partner, including examples and guides.
Nón lá at Sầm Sơn market in 1905 A bhikkhunī in Huế is wearing a nón lá and riding a bicycle. Nón lá (chữ Nôm: 𥶄蘿; lit. ' Leaf hat ') or nón tơi (𥶄𥵖) is a type of Vietnamese headwear used to shield the face from the sun and rain. [1]