The mission of the North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board is to protect the public by setting standards for qualification, training, and experience for those who seek to represent themselves to the public as certified social workers or licensed clinical social workers and by promoting high standards of professional performance for those engaged in the practice of social work in accordance with the Social Worker Certification and Licensure Act.
The top of your windpipe (your glottis) closes immediately after your diaphragm contracts which makes the typical 'hic' sound. A hiccup is an automatic action of the body that you can't control (a reflex). However, unlike other reflexes, such as coughing and sneezing, hiccups do not seem to have any useful purpose.
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series Hiccups, young Beverly Marsh in Stephen King's It, and Brigitte Fitzgerald in Ginger Snaps. Since the late 1980s she has appeared in various films and television series