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    Anatomy of the Eye

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    focus light onto the light sensitive cells. The lens is focused with a circular‚ muscular ring called the ciliary body. 8- Aqueous humour and vitreous humour are 2 pressurised chambers filled with clear jelly and their function is that they simply give the eye its spherical shape. 9- Cilairy body- the function of the ciliary body is the production of aqueous humour and it also controls accommodation by changing the shape of the crystalline lens. 10- Optic nerve- this nerve contains a million nerve

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    distance between Grant and Fiona increases‚ Grant must sacrifice his own happiness for Fiona. This moving story‚ was told from the perspective of the director and screenplay writer‚ Sarah Polley. I believe that she used the films focus of Alzheimer‚ humour and intimacy between the characters to show an honest relationship of a forty-year marriage. Objectively the film is the struggle of relationship with a women suffering from Alzheimers. I think that the director‚ Sarah Polley used role of Alzheimers

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    direct comparison with the film adaptation. In the short film‚ it seems that various aspects of the story do no hold true to the original story. A few of the more noticeable changes include the scenes‚ dialog‚ and the addition of the occasional slips humour from the characters. The story according to W.W Jacobs begins in the parlour of Laburnam‚ midst the Villa forest. In the film the story begins with a shamanistic ritual depicting the paw’s dark enchantment followed by a speeding passenger train‚ assumingly

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    Asperger’s syndrome. They ‘soften the blow’ for kids and adults‚ make this a world where people live good lives‚ fall in love and try their best and succeed. A common ground between Elliot’s animation and these other companies mentioned is humour; they both include humour in their works to make life seem a bit better than it is‚ to get people to laugh and focus on the good in the world.

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    features that convey the concept of Belonging (techniques): 1. Humour: Humour is used in Looking for Alibrandi to convey Josie’s cultural connections to food such as pizza and pasta‚ as shown when Josie is having a conversation with her father who asks if she likes pizza to which she replies‚ “What a ridiculous question. I suppose you’re going to ask me if I like pasta next.” The use of sarcasm by Josie‚ clearly demonstrates the humour in the novel by dismissing her father’s question as the answer

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    Nature is a self-sustaining cycle that slowly over time perfects itself into the most prominent equilibrium. Many of the pre-socratics philosophers connected the similarities between nature‚ and the balance of all things. This way of thinking was also adopted by the Greek philosopher Galen as well. The human eye is one keen example of how nature relates to balance‚ because of its ability to evolve into a shape that is best fit for vision. The shape of the lens in an eye - specifically humans - are

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    Methods Medline and Psyclit searches were performed for a 30-year period (1977–2007). Results Alcoholism is associated clearly with social cognition impairments which include emotional face and prosody perception problems‚ theory of mind deficits and humour processing difficulties. Conclusions In summary‚ the social cognition impairments are consistent with the frontal lobe hypothesis of alcoholism. Future studies should focus on (i) the delineation of the basic cognitive processes which underlie social

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    Whatever-Works-School

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    through a window to commit suicide but a canopy saves his life. Later he meets several other women that turn his life upside down. Finally‚ enjoyment works”. In this grand movie Woody Allen creates a very pleasant atmosphere with subliminal‚ black humour. Boris’ statements and rants are so dark that I was not sure at first whether to laugh or to become clinically depressed. Plot‚ characters and issues that are discussed seem to be old fashioned but I would say that topics like religion‚ love‚ human

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    Shakespeare’s fools appear to be in the best of their wits when they are in possession of the wisest minds. Fools whether in their rustic vigour displaying grotesque humour or in the forms of the sophisticated court jesters with their polished puns occupied a substantial position in his plays. Not only they added the element of humour but often alluded a deeper context under their apparent comic facade. Shakespeare’s plays embodied a varied range of comic characters whose treatment obviously differs

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    companionship between men‚ benevolence‚ the joys of youth and romance. While the novel primarily deals with issues of a serious nature‚ they are disguised and portrayed to the readers in the guise of comedy. Dickens manages to blend these serious issues with humour by contrasting them with some unpleasant aspects of reality. Dickens plays good standard luxurious food and drink off against the bog standard victuals and grubby wine in that is seen in prison. Male friendships are ignited by overbearing and predatory

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