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    Granicus river. Alexander and the Macedonians won. He then headed south and fought the city of Sardes and easily won. From Halicanassus, Alexander headed north to Gordium, home of the fabled Gordian knot, a group of tightly-entwined knots yoked to an ancient wagon. Legend had it whoever unwound the knot would conquer all of

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    acupuncture and is a westernized form of trigger point therapy (Kalichman & Vulfsons, 2010). In the 1940s, doctors Janet Travell and David Simons promoted injection of substances into trigger points, or muscle knots that can cause radiating pain upon movement of the muscle or pressing on the knot to relieve pain (Kalichman & Vulfsons, 2010; DeLaune, 2015). However, the

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    finding unlikely friendships. Within the book we see many examples of how Maniac rises to the challenge: untying a crazy knot, helping a friend learn to read, and beating his adversary in a race. Early in the book, we witness see how Maniac shows perseverance by cleverly untying the Cobble’s Knot. In Chapter 19 Maniac decides to take on the challenge of untying a flagpole knot, the size of a volleyball,

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    In the last few chapters of Maniac Magee, many things happened. It started with Maniac having dinner with the Beale’s. He stayed and played with Amanda’s little brother and sister, helped Amanda fix her book, and had fun. Then, Mr. Beale decided it was time to take him home. Maniac directs him to a house, which Mr. Beale realizes is full of blacks. He asks Maniac about this and Maniac tells him about how he is homeless. Mr. and Mrs. Beale decide to take him in. Jeffrey is very happy that he finally

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    year, on the way home from school: “[she] ran by the Radley Place as fast as [she] could, not stopping until [she] reached the safety of [her] front porch” (Lee pg.44 Line 7-9). Until one day, when she was running by and something shiny lodged in a knot-hole between the trees caught her attention. Curious to what it was she turned around and hesitantly went to go see it: “...reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers” (pg.44 line 18-21). She tests the

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    “paradise” or garden that starts the beginning of their lives. He also says in line 3, “It was the True-Love Knot, more sweet than spice,” implying that their marriage was delightful, with a little upset. He describes the knot as being a Weddens knot in line 4. This can be interpreted as

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    he was able to untie the Gordian knot. The Gordian knot was a knot so complicated that no one was able to untie it despite the efforts of hundreds of people, which is why various myths state that whoever unties the Gordian knot will be the ruler of the world. In 333BC, Alexander came across the Gordon Knot. After a couple of attempts, he was unable to untie it so he raised his sword and cut the knot open. The fact that Alexander had the idea to just cut the knot (something that no one before him

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    the play are observant. For example when the men are looking for evidence in the kitchen the women take notice of a quilt that is not finished, “She was piecing a quilt. I wonder if she was going to quilt it or knot it? They wonder if she was going to quilt it or knot it!(The men laugh…)”(263) When they find the quilt, it is the first step

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    Recently, various user groups have relied on horseshoe crabs for bait and nutrition. While concerns have arisen that the horseshoe crab populations are declining, management of the American species of horseshoe crabs has been surrounded by controversy (Davis et al., 2006). Historically, horseshoe crabs have been considered a “trash-fish”, not worthy of resources to establish their population data. As a result, reporting regulations and harvest restrictions associated with this fishery have been lacking

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    therapies I was able to pinpoint the similarities and dissimilarities of the two.It is easy for both therapies to be confused and not presume the other (Knot). Both therapies are often used interchangeably to differentiate them from conventional forms of therapy. After years of being labeled as the same the two have finally been distinguished as separate (Knot). Behavioral therapy is a treatment that helps to change self-destructing behaviors. Behavioral modification or cognitive behavioral therapies are

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