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Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Early Modern Human / Cro-Magnon Man Entry #1: Squat down on the ground, the sun beating down on me, I wipe a droplet of sweat out of my eye. The bare ground comforted me. My eyelids start to twitch, mouth watering with drool. Just closing my eyes for a minute and… “RAA!” a cry goes out in the distance. I jolt awake, heart beating fast, and squint to see the farthest I can in every direction my head can turn. But all my eyesight could hold was yellow from too much light.…

dropped my head into my hands, I was so exhausted. Everything happened so quick and ended even quicker. I slowly moved my head to the back cushioning of my seat. I sank down slightly and looked up at the top of my compartment. I yawned and let my eyelids slowly sink down, immersing me in an energy reserving sleep. I awoke just as the train arrived in the Los Angeles station. I stood up and grabbed my bag. I paused momentarily to look out the small train window. A patrol of Rebellion soldiers…

Oberon sends his mischievous servant, Puck, to acquire a magical flower, the juice of which can be spread over a sleeping person’s eyelids to make that person fall in love with the first thing he or she sees upon waking. Puck obtains the flower, and King Oberon thought that being Queen Titania 's husband he was superior to her, and she had a right to obey his commands. However Queen…

People constantly worry about being labeled as an outsider. What exactly is an outsider? According to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, an outsider is defined as “a person who does not belong to or is not accepted as part of a particular group or organization” (Merriam-Webster.com). Frequently, in literary works, authors will utilize this idea of not belonging in order to encourage empathy for a character, or to display their caricature in an indirect form. In both Chronicle of a Death Foretold…

“There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image.” This similarity is made clear in the conversation between the valet and Garcin, when Garcin states, “So that's the idea. I'm to live without eyelids. Don't act the fool, you know what I mean. No eyelids, no sleep; it follows, doesn't it? I shall never sleep again. But then— how shall I endure my own company?” (6). Another similarity in the hell of No Exit is torture by separation. Many Christian sources depict…

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad details the horrific and gruesome effects of colonialism in Africa. As an employee for a Belgian ivory trading company, Charlie Marlow experiences these grisly conditions of the Congo; they help to create the dark atmosphere of the novella. The story achieves this effect in part by its use of grotesque imagery throughout the story, which is aided by the first person point of view of Marlow’s story. This horrid imagery aids in creating the inescapable…

There are different stages that happen to a human body after someone dies. The stages goes by hours after death. In the first hour all the muscles in the body relax, which is called primary flaccidity. The eyes start to lose their tension, the pupils dilate, jaw usually will fall open. (Verywell) All the joints and the limbs in the body are very flexible. The skin will sag, which makes the bones in the body become pronounced. Within minutes of the heart stopping, a process called pallor mortis…

eyelashes. I was totally pleased and impressed with the effectiveness of Latisse. I no longer have any complaints regarding the length of my eyelashes. I can curl them, apply mascara and adorn them the way I want without worrying about pinching the eyelids. I would like to inform you that do not stop the treatment mid way otherwise you may end up having a relapse. It does not even have any systemic adverse effects. In a nutshell, this cosmetic item proved to be totally fantastic for me. My…

Have you ever seen someone have a seizure and thought to yourself what causes them? Well I have my daughter has them she started having them about Four years ago. I didn’t know anything about them what caused them or what do I do to help her. We was out of town when she had her first one. I didn’t see how she had it or what happen I was out in the hall talking to some friends and one of the friends’ kids came out of the room and said “something has happened to Veronica and we don’t know what…

The Australian Salt-Water Crocodile [Crocodylus porosus] is an ancient group of achosaurs, which first appeared in the fossil record during the Late Triassic; over 200 million years ago. An ancestor of the Salt Water Crocodile, is the Isisfordia duncanii, which originated in Isisford Qld during the Mid Cretaceous period. The Isisfordia duncanii is essentially, the beginning of the lifestyle, known as “semi aquatic ambush predators” and despite being considerably smaller than the average Salt…