Common Running Injuries: Back Pain Heel (retrocalcaneal) bursitis Pain, tenderness, and swelling at the back of the heel can indicate inflammation of the retrocalcaneal bursa. This bursa is a small, fluid-filled sac that serves as a both a cushion and lubricant between the heel bone and the Achilles tendon.
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red was a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper. The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because the opium extracted from them is a sedative, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular.In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead.ome species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies can be over 4 feet tall with flowers up to six inches across. The flowers have 4 to 6 petals, many stamens forming a conspicuous whorl in the centre of the flower and an ovary consisting of from 2 to many fused carpels.