Degenerative disc disease in the neck (the cervical spine) causes: 1  Decreased flexibility. 2  Neck pain. 3  Stiffness. 4  Pain radiating to the back of the shoulder or into the arms. 5  Numbness and tingling in the arms and hands. 6  Weakness. 7  Lower back and leg pain and weakness.
People & Events: Boston Brahmins. The term Boston Brahmins refers to a class of wealthy, educated, elite members of Boston society in the nineteenth century. Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term in a novel in 1861, calling Boston's elite families the Brahmin Caste of New England..
Brahmin is a varna in Vedic Hinduism and also a caste of people who are members of it. Members are subdivided into numerous communities known as gotras.he Brahmin castes may be broadly divided into two regional groups: Pancha-Gauda Brahmins from the Northern part of India (considered to be the region north of the Vindhya mountains) and Pancha-Dravida Brahmins from the region south of the Vindhya mountains as per the shloka of Kalhana.