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Electricity is wrenching through your veins and suddenly your eyes are closed bruises glowing against the paper thin eyelids and your fluorescent teeth are flashing and your hair is wild, wisping from your head curls of smoke ashen against the murky sky and there is a treacherous feeling rushing up your spine. You're teetering on the edge of Alice's Rabbit Hole and magpies are meandering over your head, watching you with cool, cool eyes following you down into the cool cool tunnel. You gulp…

SUNA, otherwise known as "Short-lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform Headache Attacks", is often common in men after the age of 50 years old. This disorder is marked by stabs of moderate to severe throbbing, burning, or piercing pain usually surrounding one side of the head, located explicitly around the eye or temple. The stabbing pain usually peaks through within seconds of the onset and may follow a pattern of increasing and decreasing pain intensity. The SUNA Attacks can usually last up to 4-5…

Case Report: PK, a 34 year-old, Indian female, first presented to the Cornea and Contact Lens Department of the University Eye Care Center on October 18, 2016 with a chief complaint of dry eyes and blurred vision through her current glasses most prominent in the evening. Patient PK is a financial analyst that spends eight to ten hours on the computer each day. During her free time she enjoys going out with friends and running. PK reported a history of occasional soft contact lens wear with…

In 2014, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported that 10.3 million cosmetic surgeries were performed. Over 12 billion dollars were spent on these alterations. Women represented 90.6% of those operations, meanwhile men were the other 9.4%. In modern society, striving for perfection is common, reaching that “ideal” appearance. The statistics stated earlier prove that Americans (and around the world) want to continue the appeal of what society considers “perfect”. Not many know…

their species. Penguins catch their food with their bill. Penguins bills are usually long and thin. Penguins usually have brown golden or reddish eyes. Like other birds, penguins have a nictitating membrane. Sometimes this could be called the third eyelid. This helps them from injuring their eyes. Nearly all birds studied have circular pupils. Rare…

Late at night, firemen sitting at a big round table playing a silent game of poker as the alarm goes off ringing the whole building. “The flutter of cards, motion of hands, of eyelids, the drone of the time-voice in the firehouse ceiling ‘...one thirty-five, Thursday morning, November fourth...one thirty-six...one thirty-seven A.M….”’ (p. 38) When Beatty was introduced into the book he was said to be a usual fire captain who acted much like Montag in his actions and as well as in his thoughts…

The size of the antelope’s head has a long symmetrical structure that is 14 5/8 inches long, and the based of the mask stretch a few inches wider than the antelope’s head to fit a human size face. The material is made out of a dark and warm-brown wood. It is smooth, and is faddily shiny on the mask. Starting from the top of the mask shows two long drilled horns that are straight and pointed. The length of the mask’s horns is not as long as the original antelope’s horns, yet it has a similar size…

In the case to simply taking the step to quit smoking it can also lead to second and third hand smoke. By some Americans smoking can also cause others not want to be around and sometimes things like that be ending friendships. The main way smoking hurts nonsmokers is through secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is the combination of smoke that comes from the cigarette and smoke breathed out by a smoker. Smoke can stay in the air for several hours after someone smokes. Breathing secondhand smoke…

of tree decoration, demanding more colored lights in certain areas and less tinsel in others. Soon enough, my opinion loses its importance and the tree work marches on without my input. The excitement of the day soon begins to take its toll and my eyelids flutter shut, thoughts of tomorrow’s extravagance painted in the…

Overview Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable muscle spasms that can occasionally be quite painful. Caused by incorrect brain signals, these spasms pull on muscles in such a way that the body starts to move in twisting repetitive movements or causes it to assume abnormal postures. The condition may affect a single area of the body, or it could cause issues in several places at once. In some cases, dystonia can impact the entire body. It is…