The Slits

An vision acuity exam will help doctors decide if you have a visual impairment. A slit-lamp examination can also diagnose cataracts by examining the structure of the eye. A microscope which has a strong line of light will brighten the cornea, lens and iris and the spaces between. The beam of light with allow doctors to microscopically…

Walking into the GoBe, I had no idea what to expect, except that it would probably be along the lines of a career seminar, helping you determine your personal goals, values, and future. I was partly right in my assumptions. The "GoBe" did indeed help me identify my goals, values, and what direction I'm traveling in, but on a more personal than professional basis. We (the students) were given flashcards in five different colors, and each color had a total of six cards in the stack. So six blue,…

The novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor narrated the social development of up-and-coming soccer superstar, Paul Fisher, with underlying meanings contained in his simplistic thoughts. This young protagonist showed his growth as a character by way of childish reason. His quote, “But today I wasn’t a coward, and that counts for something,” provided the background that he was not an exceptionally brave teen. Paul’s view of society was limited because of a lack of attention during his childhood.…

Discussion and Scientific Explanations Colors help most people describe what different objects look like. When white light hits an object, in most cases, the object will absorb all of the wavelengths, except for one group. This group of wavelengths is then reflected off of the objects. The cones and rods in our eyes will then pick up this wavelengths and then the brain sees them as “color”. The reason that solutions have colors is because electrons in the chemical’s 4d orbital are jumping…

Mark Friske 11/1/14 FYS Professor Lauritzen “In wildness is the salvation of the world” – Aldo Leopold All three of the writers that we read pieces from would agree with Leopold in this quote. It is a common theme across the literature of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, and William Faulkner that we are using the land selfishly and recklessly. Each believes that we should have upmost respect for the earth we have been blessed to live on. First off, in “The Land Ethic” by Leopold, it becomes…

R. v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) Facts On May 19, 1884 the Mignonette set sail for Sydney, Australia. The yacht sailed with four crew members: Tom Dudley, Edwin Stephens, Edmund Brooks and Richard Parker. On July 5, the yacht sank. The men found a lifeboat that only contained two, 1 pound cans of turnip. On the twelfth day at sea the men had officially run out of food after eating the cans of turnip and a sea turtle that they had caught. After a week of not eating anything, Dudley, Stephens,…

A Tale Twice Told There is a far-off place full of fantasy and unbelievable tales; where mere imaginations can play an enormous role at the core of stories. This is the skillful beauty of fiction. Two stories "Lucky Dragon" by Viet Dinh and "Hell" by Benjamin Nugent fall into this category expressing the elements that compose fiction. These two narratives have similarities and several differences that can be found in their plots, point of views, settings, and characterization. The plot of "Lucky…

Fate is an inevitable and most often adverse outcome, condition, or we can say end, while free will is the ability or discretion to choose; free choice. In the story Oedipus the King, one of Sophocles masterpiece, free will plays an important and significant role in the story. In my honest opinion, I am up the view that fate only intervenes in one instance, but on the other hand this is not the case with Free will. Free will is distributed throughout the entire story. I do have a strong belief…

Typically the sections of wall between the four corners of the castles. Towers were place at the corners of the castle to increase the stability of the curtain walls and for defense. Arrow loops are holes that are shaped like a keyholes or a vertical slit on the walls. Intended for archers to shoot arrows at invaders. The inner courtyard of a castle is called a bailey, also known as basilica. The entrance to the castle is called the gatehouse it is made out of the combination of the gate,…

Don’t you just love it when you bleed to death on your third birthday. And also when you would be put in the electric chair by age five. Or when you would be killed by your first week alive, just because you don’t produce products. You would be ground up alive, burned to death, crushed by a weight, or drowned in large tubs, just because you are a boy. And you just love how you get force fed 4 times a day just because your liver has to be 9 times bigger than a normal liver. And how would you like…