captained both my school and club swim teams. This past year, I decided to combine my love of swimming with a fundraising target. My older brother worked as an intern on the Flying Eye Hospital run by the international sight-saving charity ORBIS. I was horrified by his description of the magnitude of curable, but untreated eye diseases. I knew I had to take action. To help those who have or will lose their sight for no fault of their own, my triplet siblings and I organized, planned, publicized, and successfully
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Homework On Eye Contact I read the article, “Just Look Me in the Eye ” and wondered, how true! This is exactly what the era of technology has done to the nature of personal conversations. The paired activity we had in our last class was quite interesting too. It helped me realize that holding eye contact for more than 20 seconds was very uncomfortable. It made me question a lot of things in my mind such as if my looks are okay or if my smile is perfect or am I too stiff, however the moment our
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to everyday eyesight. Glaucoma, is increased pressure inside the eyes. Intraocular pressure is the increased pressure overtime, the increased pressure causes damage to the optic nerve in which images are transmitting through the optic nerve to the brain. Damage from glaucoma causes blindness. This typically occurs in individuals over the age of 40 whose aqueous humor is not flowing properly. Cataracts is the clouding of the eye lenses typically causing blurred or discolored vision. Individuals
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Caroline Torres Gutierrez ENGL-1301 October 30, 2015 “Pogo the Clown” Ever wonder what kind of person is under all that make and the clown outfit? Are they really that jolly or do you think they're hiding something? Like for example, this one clown gives people a reason to be scared, instead of making the laugh. They call him Pogo the Clown, a famous serial killer. Now, who is Pogo the Clown? Son of Marion Elaine Robinson, and John Stanley Gacy, John Wayne Gacy is this killer clown. Maybe the fact
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Sight Beyond The Human Eye Our eyes are only the surface of our sight. If one searches deeper they have the ability to see things beyond their eyesight. It can travel into thoughts to make everything seem like it is an entirely different story. As you read the two poems constructed by Emily Dickinson you can see a hidden message within it. We grow accustomed to the dark has more meaning to it than one would see at first glimpse. Before I got my eye put out also displays a view that isn’t directly
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In a square, colorless, cell-like room, only lit by a large rectangle slit at the peak of the wall, sits a man. The only color in the room appears through butterflies that fill the cell behind the man with vibrant blues, greens, yellows and purples, however, they appear blurry and out of focus to the rest of the scene. Despite the beautiful event happening in the cell, the man ignores it all by facing the other way. Like the room, the man is made up of no color causing the man to appear ghost like
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How many of you love a good laugh? Well for many of you SpongeBobSquare pants can provide you with a good laugh. I’ve been watching SpongeBob since I was eight sadly I have never met the voice of SpongeBob. Even if you have a bad day SpongeBob can turn that frown upside down. First, I’ll discuss who is the voice of SpongeBob, who is SpongeBob, and who made SpongeBob. I am going to start by discussing the voice of SpongeBob. Most have heard the voice of SpongeBob in other T.V. shows but
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This can cause irritation and/or dryness of the eye. In addition, too much of the white of the patient's eye is visible. The correct treatment for this condition is not removing skin, but tightening the eyelid itself. Recovering from a Blepharoplasty • External incisions will leave scars; however, these scars remain well hidden within the natural folds and lines around the eye. • Dr. Gershenbaum will gently remove the stitches in the upper eyelids over a five
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He smiled and placed his hands around my waist, pulling me into him, he held onto me tightly. I have never felt so much peace as I do right now. The comfort, the security I am feeling from this man is something I haven’t had in a long time. Overcome with complete relaxation, I fall asleep. I awoke the next morning to Lefty gazing at me, “what are you looking at?” I asked in a sleepy voice. “Only the most beautiful girl in the world,” he replied as he placed a soft peck on my lips. I begin to blush
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After the young blond man sees Penelope for the first time, he is frightened. His eyebrows furrow and his mouth opens as he points directly at her face, he then turns and runs away with his arms flailing. These are nonverbal affect displays that clearly demonstrate to Penelope and the others present that he is scared of her appearances. The young man arrives at a police station to report what he saw. He describes a monster with fangs to the officer, and as he talks about the shape of the monster's
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