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    Forms of the Death Penalty Ancient China - First established death penalty laws 18th century BCE - Code of king Hammurabi of Babylon - Earliest form of unified system of justice. Death penalty for 25 crimes‚ including an “eye for an Eye” 16th century BCE - Egypt - first historically recorded death sentence (a man was accused of using magic) 14th century BCE - Hittite code - also prescribed the death penalty 621 BCE - Draconian code of Athens - ‘the death penalty applied

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    Human Eye and Camera

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    The human eye and a camera lens have a few things in common most notably that they both use a converging lens to receive and project images. But human eyes and camera lenses have many things that set them apart from each other. “Retina Provides Color • the image an eye perceives is projected from the cornea to the retina‚ which absorbs the image and projects it to the brain. A camera projects an image on to film where it is captured and saved as a black and white image. The retina contains millions

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    Communication and Eye Contact

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    occur. Communication requires that all parties have an area of communicative commonality. There are verbal means using language and there are nonverbal means‚ such as body language‚ sign language‚ paralanguage‚ haptic communication‚ chromatics‚ and eye contact‚ through media‚ i.e.‚ pictures‚ graphics and sound‚ and writing. It is essential that the basic elements of communication be identified. These elements are: • Sender/encoder/speaker • Receiver/decoder/listener • Message • Medium • Feedback/reply

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    Eye Movement Reprocessing

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    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy treatment developed by Francine Shapiro as a mean to ease PTSD symptoms associated with experienced trauma. Therapy consists of eight phases that address past‚ present‚ and future of the negative event. During treatment‚ a patient is required to summon the negative events while simultaneously focusing on external stimuli such as side to side eye movements‚ hand tapping or audio stimuli. Shapiro claims that in

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    Eyes In The Great Gatsby

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    Eyes Are The Window To The Soul (and the most important motif of The Great Gatsby) F. Scott Fitzgerald married his ‘golden girl’ Zelda: the literal manifestation of Fitzgerald’s wildest dreams. Too early in their relationship‚ they found that Zelda suffered from Schizophrenia and was slowly losing to her own mind. Throughout this time‚ Fitzgerald learned how to communicate with his wife without the capacity of verbal communication. Fitzgerald’s hopes and dreams of being able to converse with

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    Cow Eye Dissection

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    COW EYE DISSECTION Use the following link to watch a video on a cow’s eye dissection. http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/video_sm_all.html Aim: The purpose for a cow’s eye dissection is to learn the different parts of the eye by doing a hands on experiment. You can always see the eye from images or diagrams‚ but this experiment helps you get a better visual and feel of an eye. Materials: * Scalpel * Scissors * Newspaper * Cows eye Method: 1.  Examine

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    Yoga for Eye Sight

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    YOGA FOR EYE SIGHT IMPROVEMENT Published by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Prakashana #19‚ Eknath Bhavan‚ Gavipuram Circle‚ Kempegowda Nagar‚ Bengaluru - 560019 City Office - Ph: 080-26612669 Telefax: 080-26608645 Prashanti Kutiram Campus - Ph: 080-22639996 E mail: svyasa@svyasa.org Web: www.svyasa.org Contents Ch.no. 1 2 Introduction Body Systems in Improving Physical Stamina 3 4 5 Physiology of Muscle Action Physical Stamina According to Yoga Yoga Practices for Physical Stamina Development title

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    Eye Problems and Diseases

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    Eye Problems and Diseases Eye condition Acanthamoeba eye infections in contact lens wearers are rare but serious‚ and they often start because of improper lens handling and poor hygiene. Amblyopia also known as lazy eye‚ affects just two to three percent of the population. But‚ if left uncorrected‚ this vision problem can have a very big impact on those affected. Central vision fails to develop properly‚ usually in one eye‚ which is called amblyopic. A related condition‚ strabismus‚ sometimes

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    Abstract "Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them." David Hume ’s Essays‚ Moral and Political‚ 1742. Beauty: The Eye of the Beholder Beauty is apparent in the moment in time we recognize it. The bases of its perception is not clearly defined by a skeleton pattern‚ but rather hidden within the recesses of our minds derived from the façades of what we love. Beauty then is the moment of one’s realization. Like most stories and novels by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Beloved's Eyes In Beloved

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    causing them to rely on their eyes‚ a recurrent motif of the novel‚ to translate messages of longing‚ need‚ and love. As time passes and the characters’ relationships are developed‚ Morrison creates a clear distinction between emptiness and infinite expression in the eyes of Belove. In Beloved‚ to see is to love‚ and to be loved is to be seen. The most powerful and overbearing love present is the one that Beloved feels for Sethe‚ evident in the descriptions of her eyes as infinite when she looks at

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