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Submitted by ghola (View user info) at 2007-10-27 21:45:56 EDT
I just finished taking the GRE. It was a horrible experience. I'm sure that a good deal of you can relate or have taken the LSAT or GMAT or some shit like that. You sit nervously in front of your computer, watching the time tick by, hoping you'll finish answering all the questions after you read an article about cataracts.
They give you your scores back immediately so that you can kill yourself right there. They drain your blood, sale it vampires and then rape your body, generally through your left ear. All because you forgot what the word 'mire' meant. And I mean, goddamnit, I know what the word means, I just couldn't think with that fat woman staring at me through the glass.
So after you've paid $140.00 to be ear raped, you have to decide whether to delete your scores. Only, you have to decide before the computer tells you what your scores are. I mean, how am I supposed to know whether I guessed right on those 15 math questions I didn't bother to answer. YOU NEVER KNOW.
Other things I don't know about:
TRIANGLES
EXPONENTS
MAYANS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
THINGS GREAT THAN (x-1)
I remember taking the SAT and they didn't ask me SHIT about cataracts.
Now that I've gotten home, here's what I know about cataracts:
Cataract
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Cataract
Classification & external resources
Magnified view of cataract in human eye, seen on examination with a slit lamp using diffuse illumination
ICD-10
H25.-H26., H28., Q12.0
ICD-9
366
DiseasesDB
2179
MedlinePlus
001001
Human eye cross-sectional view, showing position of human lens. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute
Human eye cross-sectional view, showing position of human lens. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute
For other uses, see Cataract (disambiguation).
A cataract is an opacity that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope. Early on in the development of age-related cataract the power of the crystalline lens may be increased, causing near-sightedness (myopia), and the gradual yellowing and opacification of the lens may reduce the perception of blue colours. Cataracts typically progress slowly to cause vision loss and are potentially blinding if untreated.[1] Moreover, with time the cataract cortex liquefies to form a milky white fluid in a Morgagnian Cataract, and can cause severe inflammation if the lens capsule ruptures and leaks. Untreated, the cataract can cause phacomorphic glaucoma. Very advanced cataracts with weak zonules are liable to dislocation anteriorly or posteriorly. Such spontaneous posterior dislocations (akin to the historical surgical procedure of couching) in ancient times were regarded as a blessing from the heavens, because it restored some perception of light in the bilaterally affected patients.
Cataract derives from the Latin cataracta meaning "waterfall" and the Greek kataraktes and katarrhaktes, from katarassein meaning "to dash down" (kata-, "down"; arassein, "to strike, dash"[2]). As rapidly running water turns white, the term may later have been used metaphorically to describe the similar appearance of mature ocular opacities. In Latin, cataracta had the alternate meaning, "portcullis"[3], so it is also possible that the name came about through the sense of "obstruction".
Contents
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• 1 Cataract Surgery Video
• 2 Causes
• 3 Epidemiology
• 4 Cataract surgery
• 5 Prevention
• 6 Recent research
• 7 Types of cataracts
• 8 Associations with systemic conditions
• 9 References
• 10 See also
• 11 External links
[edit] Cataract Surgery Video
• Video of Patient Undergoing Cataract Surgery
[edit] Causes
Cataracts develop from a variety of reasons, including long-term ultraviolet exposure, exposure to radiation, secondary effects of diseases such as diabetes, and advanced age; they are usually a result of denaturation of lens proteins. Genetic factors are often a cause of congenital cataracts and positive family history may also play a role in predisposing someone to cataracts at an earlier age, a phenomenon of "anticipation" in pre-senile cataracts. Cataracts may also be produced by eye injury or physical trauma. A study among Icelandair pilots showed commercial airline pilots as three times more likely to develop cataracts than people with non-flying jobs. This is thought to be caused by excessive exposure to radiation coming from outer space.[4] Cataracts are also unusually common in persons exposed to infrared radiation, such as glassblowers who suffer from "exfoliation syndrome". Exposure to microwave radiation can cause cataracts.
Cataracts may be partial or complete, stationary or progressive, hard or soft.
Some drugs can induce cataract development, such as Corticosteroids[5] and Ezetimibe[citation needed]
There are various types of cataracts, e.g. nuclear, cortical, mature, hypermature. Cataracts are also classified by their location, e.g. posterior (classically due to steroid use[5][6]) and anterior (common (senile) cataract related to aging).
[edit] Epidemiology
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world.[7]
In the United States, age-related lenticular changes have been reported in 42% of those between the ages of 52 to 64[8], 60% of those between the ages 65 and 74[9], and 91% of those between the ages of 75 and 85[8].
[edit] Cataract surgery
Main article: Cataract surgery
Cataract surgery, using a temporal approach phacoemulsification probe (in right hand) and "chopper" (in left hand) being done under operating microscope at a Navy medical center
The most effective and common treatment is to surgically remove the cloudy lens. There are two types of surgery that can be used to remove cataracts: extra-capsular (extracapsular cataract extraction, or ECCE) and intra-capsular (intracapsular cataract extraction, or ICCE).
Extra-capsular (ECCE) surgery consists of removing the lens but leaving the majority of the lens capsule intact. High frequency sound waves (phacoemulsification) are sometimes used to break up the lens before extraction.
Intra-capsular (ICCE) surgery involves removing the entire lens of the eye, including the lens capsule, but it is rarely performed in modern practice. In either extra-capsular surgery or intra-capsular surgery, the cataractous lens is removed and replaced with a plastic lens (an intraocular lens implant) which stays in the eye permanently.
Cataract operations are usually performed using a local anaesthetic and the patient is allowed to go home the same day. Recent improvements in intraocular technology now allow cataract patients to choose a multifocal lens to create a visual environment in which they are less dependent on glasses. Under some medical systems multifocal lenses cost extra. Traditional intraocular lenses are monofocal.
Complications after cataract surgery, including endophthalmitis, posterior capsular opacification and retinal detachment, are possible.
In ICCE there is the issue of the Jack in the box phenomenon where the patient has to wear aphakic glasses - alternatives include contact lenses but these can prove to be high maintenance, particularly in dusty areas.
[edit] Prevention
Although cataracts have no scientifically proven prevention, it is sometimes said that wearing ultraviolet-protecting sunglasses may slow the development of cataracts.[10][11] Regular intake of antioxidants (such as vitamin C and E) is theoretically helpful, but this has not been proven.
[edit] Recent research
Although statins are known for their ability to lower lipids, they are also believed to have antioxidant qualities. It is believed that oxidative stress plays a role in the development of nuclear cataracts, which are the most common type of age-related cataract. To explore the relationship between nuclear cataracts and statin use, a group of researchers took a group of 1299 patients who were at risk of developing nuclear cataracts and gave some of them statins. Their results suggest that statin use in a general population may be associated with a lower risk of developing nuclear cataract disease. [12]
Research is scant and mixed but weakly positive for the nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin[13][14][15][16]. Bilberry extract shows promise in rat models [17][18] and in clinical studies.[19]
[edit] Types of cataracts
Bilateral cataracts in an infant due to Congenital rubella syndrome, courtesy CDC
The following is a classification of the various types of cataracts. This is not comprehensive and other unusual types may be noted.
• Classified by etiology
• Age-related cataract
• Immature Senile Cataract (IMSC) - partially opaque lens, disc view hazy
• Mature Senile Cataract (MSC) - Completely opaque lens, no disc view
• Hypermature Senile Cataract (HMSC) - Liquefied cortical matter: Morgagnian Cataract
• Congenital cataract
• Sutural cataract
• Lamellar cataract
• Zonular cataract
• Total cataract
• Secondary cataract
Slit lamp photo of Anterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of Intraocular lens in eye, magnified view
• Drug-induced cataract (e.g. Corticosteroids)
• Traumatic cataract
• Blunt trauma (capsule usually intact)
• Penetrating trauma (capsular rupture & leakage of lens material - calls for an emergency surgery for extraction of lens and leaked material to minimize further damage)
• Classified by location of opacity within lens structure (However, mixed morphology is quite commonly seen, e.g. PSC with nuclear changes & cortical spokes of cataract)
• Anterior cortical cataract
• Anterior polar cataract
• Anterior subcapsular cataract
Slit lamp photo of Posterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of Intraocular lens in eye, seen on retroillumination
• Nuclear cataract - Grading correlates with hardness & difficulty of surgical removal
• 1 - Grey
• 2 - Yellow
• 3 - Amber
• 4 - Brown/Black (Note: "Black cataract" translated in some languages (like Hindi) refers to Glaucoma, not the color of the lens nucleus)
• Posterior cortical cataract
• Posterior polar cataract (importance lies in higher risk of complication - posterior capsular tears during surgery)
• Posterior subcapsular cataract (PSC) (clinically common)
• After-cataract - posterior capsular opacification subsequent to a successful extracapsular cataract surgery (usually within 3 months - 2 years) with or without IOL implantation. Requires a quick & painless office procedure with Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy to restore optical clarity.
[edit] Associations with systemic conditions
• Chromosomal disorders
• Alport's syndrome
• Cri-du-chat syndrome
• Conradi's syndrome
• Myotonia dystrophica
• Patau's syndrome
• Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome
• Trisomy 18 (Edward's syndrome)
• Turner's syndrome
• Disease of the skin and mucous membranes
• Atopic dermatitis
• Basal-cell nevus syndrome
• Ichthyosis
• Pemphigus
• Metabolic and nutrition diseases
• Aminoaciduria (Lowe's syndrome)
• Diabetes mellitus
• Fabry's disease
• Galactosemia
• Homocystinuria
• Hypervitaminosis D
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypothyroidism
• Mucopolysaccharidoses
• Wilson's disease
• Infectious diseases
• Congenital
• Congential herpes simplex
• Congenital syphilis
• Cytomegalic inclusion disease
• Rubella
• Others
• Cysticercosis
• Leprosy
• Onchocerciasis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Toxic substances introduced systemically
• Corticosteroids
• Haloperidol
• Miotics
• Triparanol
[edit] References
1. ^ http://www.aafp.org/afp/990700ap/99.html
2. ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/10/29.html]
3. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cataract
4. ^ Rafnsson, V; Olafsdottir E, Hrafnkelsson J, Sasaki H, Arnarsson A, Jonasson F. "Cosmic radiation increases the risk of nuclear cataract in airline pilots: a population-based case-control study". Arch Ophthalmol 123: 1102-1105.
5. ^ a b SPENCER R, ANDELMAN S. "STEROIDSAREBAD CATARACTS. POSTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT FORMATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS ON LONG TERM STEROID THERAPY". Arch Ophthalmol 74: 38-41. PMID 14303339.
6. ^ Greiner J, Chylack L (1979). "Posterior subcapsular cataracts: histopathologic study of steroid-associated cataracts". Arch Ophthalmol 97 (1): 135-44. PMID 758890.
7. ^ https://web.emmes.com/study/areds/mopfiles/chp2_mop.pdf
8. ^ a b Sperduto RD, Seigel D. Sperduto RD, Seigel D. "Senile lens and senile macular changes in a population-based sample." Am J Ophthalmol. 1980 Jul;90(1):86-91. PMID 7395962.
9. ^ Kahn HA, Leibowitz HM, Ganley JP, Kini MM, Colton T, Nickerson RS, Dawber TR. "The Framingham Eye Study. I. Outline and major prevalence findings." Am J Epidemiol. 1977 Jul;106(1):17-32. PMID 879158.
10. ^ Epidemiology. 2003 Nov;14(6):707-12. Sun exposure as a risk factor for nuclear cataract
11. ^ http://www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/pdf/NEHEP_5_year_agenda_2006.pdf p.37 quoting Javitt, J. C., F. Wang, and S. K. West. "Blindness Due to Cataract: Epidemiology and Prevention." Annual Review of Public Health 17 (1996): 159-77.
12. ^ Klein, Barbara; Ronald Klein, Kristine Lee, and Lisa Grady. "Statin Use and Incident Nuclear Cataract". Journal of the American Medical Association 295 (23): 2752-2758.
13. ^ Nutrition. 2003 Jan;19(1):21 Lutein, but not alpha-tocopherol, supplementation improves visual function in patients with age-related cataracts: a 2-y double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study
14. ^ Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Sep;47(9):3783-6. Lutein and zeaxanthin and the risk of cataract: the Melbourne visual impairment project
15. ^ Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006 Jun;47(6):2329-35. Plasma lutein and zeaxanthin and other carotenoids as modifiable risk factors for age-related maculopathy and cataract: the POLA Study
16. ^ J Am Coll Nutr. 2004 Dec;23(6 Suppl):567S-587S Lutein and zeaxanthin and their potential roles in disease prevention
17. ^ Dietary supplementation with bilberry extract prevents macular degeneration and cataracts in senesce-accelerated OXYS rats Adv Gerontol. 2005;16:76-9
18. ^ Yamakoshi J, et al. J Agric Food Chem. 2002 Aug 14;50(17):4983-8.
19. ^ Ann Ottalmol Clin Ocul, 1989
• Pavan-Langston, Deborah (1990). Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy. Little, Brown and Company.
[edit] See also
• List of eye diseases and disorders
• List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations
[edit] External links
• Cataract Resource Guide from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
• eMedicine Health
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Pathology of the eye (primarily H00-H59, 360-379)
Eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
Stye - Chalazion - Blepharitis - Entropion - Ectropion - Lagophthalmos - Blepharochalasis - Ptosis - Xanthelasma - Trichiasis - Dacryoadenitis - Epiphora - Exophthalmos - Enophthalmos
Conjunctiva
Conjunctivitis - Pterygium - Pinguecula - Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Sclera and cornea
Scleritis - Keratitis - Corneal ulcer - Snow blindness - Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy - Fuchs' dystrophy - Keratoconus - Keratoconjunctivitis sicca - Arc eye - Keratoconjunctivitis - Corneal neovascularization - Kayser-Fleischer ring - Arcus senilis - Band keratopathy
Iris and ciliary body
Iritis - Uveitis - Iridocyclitis - Hyphema - Persistent pupillary membrane
Lens
Cataract - Aphakia
Choroid and retina
Chorioretinitis - Choroideremia - Retinal detachment - Retinoschisis - Retinopathy (Hypertensive retinopathy, Diabetic retinopathy, Retinopathy of prematurity) - Macular degeneration - Retinitis pigmentosa - Retinal haemorrhage - Central serous retinopathy - Macular edema - Epiretinal membrane - Macular pucker
Optic nerve and visual pathways
Optic neuritis - Papilledema - Optic atrophy - Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Ocular muscles,
binocular movement,
accommodation and refraction
Paralytic strabismus: Ophthalmoparesis - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia - Palsy (III, IV, VI) - Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Other strabismus: Esotropia/Exotropia - Hypertropia - Heterophoria (Esophoria, Exophoria) - Brown's syndrome - Duane syndrome
Other binocular: Conjugate gaze palsy - Convergence insufficiency - Internuclear ophthalmoplegia - One and a half syndrome
Refractive error: Hyperopia/Myopia - Astigmatism - Anisometropia/Aniseikonia - Presbyopia
Visual disturbances and blindness
Amblyopia - Leber's congenital amaurosis - Subjective (Asthenopia, Hemeralopia, Photophobia, Scintillating scotoma) - Diplopia - Scotoma - Anopsia (Binasal hemianopsia, Bitemporal hemianopsia, Homonymous hemianopsia, Quadrantanopia) - Color blindness (Achromatopsia) - Nyctalopia - Blindness/Low vision
Pupil
Anisocoria - Argyll Robertson pupil - Marcus Gunn pupil/Marcus Gunn phenomenon - Adie syndrome
Infectious diseases
Trachoma - Onchocerciasis
Other Nystagmus - Miosis - Mydriasis - Glaucoma - Floater - Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy - Red eye - Keratomycosis - Xerophthalmia - Aniridia
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AUTO +2...
...cause my grampa has a catarac, he drives that thing all over the pwace. Sheeit, just wast munff they loaded the trunk and went to florida. The cataracs trunk was so big they took their golf cwubs too.
I didn't wead the WHOLE thing, but I get the idea.
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also, monkey-
We found it and it was awesome and the story enclosed was awesome. Start posting that sort of stuff and I will +2 the hell out of you. Simple catalyst says he won't though. He asks for a new calculator.
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Damnit. If he had asked beforehand I could have delivered it on the same run. It's a nice pen/calculator combo, I payed nothing for it, and would gladly get rid of it.
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Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2007-10-28 02:41:53 EDT (#)
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Cool shit. The eye is one amazing mofo. But technically, you don't see with them. You see with your brain. Don't get me started on that.
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Yay Retinine, Opsin, Rhodopsin, light inhibition and dark inhibition...
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-10-28 12:35:15 EDT (#)
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I took the GRE.
I still wake up at night screaming.
Amazing how standardized testing turns rational adults into neurotic, sniveling lab mice in a grand learned helplessness experiment.
When I pulled up to the testing center, I puked in the bushes. When I left, before I got into the car, I did it again.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-28 12:23:17 EDT (#)
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also emission you are a dumb prack
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-28 12:21:56 EDT (#)
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also, monkey-
We found it and it was awesome and the story enclosed was awesome. Start posting that sort of stuff and I will +2 the hell out of you. Simple catalyst says he won't though. He asks for a new calculator.
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-10-28 11:15:11 EDT (#)
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"They drain your blood, sale it vampires and then rape your body, generally through your left ear."
Did I miss something here? You know that this was crap, so surely you'd expect me to tell you, right? Have a good day, ghola.
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Do you honestly think I need some sort of affirmation? When someone copies and pastes an entire article from wikipedia, they're not expecting applause.
That being said, the line you copied and pasted is almost a direct quotations from a poster in the GRE lab. Those bastards.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-28 12:15:44 EDT (#)
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does rob berg have Leprosy?
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-10-28 11:15:11 EDT (#)
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"They drain your blood, sale it vampires and then rape your body, generally through your left ear."
Did I miss something here? You know that this was crap, so surely you'd expect me to tell you, right? Have a good day, ghola.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-10-28 09:28:01 EDT (#)
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If I remember correctly, you said something about wanting to major in fiction writing (or whatever that course of study is called). GCSU is a very good school for such a major (although, alas, it IS in Georgia). A guy in my British Lit class, who is an amazing fiction writer, has taken work shops over the summer there and plans on attending next fall. He says it is probably the best school in Georgia for those wishing to become fiction authors.
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Didja find it? Did ya? I sure hope so, because the morning after I left it, the rain began to pour down, and I'm afraid it may have washed away into the pond.
Good luck on your testing BTW. The missus just had to pay out for another class to finish up her Master's in Public Health.
What really pisses me off though is that she has to pay out AGAIN because the stupid fuckers lost the email containing her final for that class, due to "technological error".
Also, WTF-INRAT.
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Replace "but" wth "by" and we're all set.
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Let Shlongy cheer you up but massaging your ass until you orgasm.
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Interesting that yours in America coincided with what I assume is a similiar thing in Sweden. I did mine yesterday.
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A short (150 words or less) explanation as to why this post has a rating above -1.5 would be luvverly.
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A short (150 words or less) explanation as to why this post has a rating above -1.5 would be luvverly.
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Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2007-10-28 02:41:53 EDT (#)
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You get a plus 2 because I find this kind of stuff infinitely interesting.
Cataracts need to "ripen" before they can be removed.
In the old days, before cataract surgery, the patient would need tremendously powerful plus lenses in order to have any kind of vision at all. These lenses are called lenticular lenses. The patient who had the surgery and not an intraocular implant was known as an aphakic because the condition is known as aphakia. You ever see an old person with lenses on that looked like they had a really round front sticking out of them that magnified their eyes what seemed like a billion times? Those are lenticular lenses. A patient that has the surgery done now and receives an implant is called a psuedophakic because the condition, of course, is called psuedophakia.
In any event, if you look closely at someone who has intraocular implants, sometimes you can see a reflection coming off of the implant itself. It's kinda cool.
Cataract surgery on film is fascinating. They break that shit up, just like in the explanation in your post, and suck it out.
The crystalline lens is a miracle of modern anatomy. It flexes when pushed or pulled by muscles adjoined to it. This helps people accommodate to things at different distances. When the lens becomes a little more rigid, usually as we age, the muscles still push and pull at the lens, but it doesn't flex properly like when it was young. This is when we need bifocals.
Cataract surgery is now, I believe, a very easy and very common operation. In and out so to speak. A cataract patient should expect their prescription to change slightly over the first three to six months following the surgery.
Cool shit. The eye is one amazing mofo. But technically, you don't see with them. You see with your brain. Don't get me started on that.
Submitted by beer-turtle (user info) at 2007-10-28 02:02:59 EDT (#)
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g to the hola,
girl, this was crap.
I'm sorry, but once you started defining cataract ad-nauseum you totally totally lost me.
If it is any consolation I am a test admin/proctor for Pearson Education. I've seen people fail PERSONALITY tests.
I've seen an undertaker cry because she failed her national board certification...how fucked up is that... she failed a test ( 3 times mind you) on how to properly handle a corpse and prepare it for viewing.
I've invalidated test results on medical board certifications because the doctor wanted to do yoga during her board exam and didn't listen when I told her to remain seated (she was PISSED).
Trust me when I say this: Not knowing something on an exam is not the end of the world, everyone has "off" days and can take a test again and improve their score.
Submitted by vexx (user info) at 2007-10-28 01:48:59 EDT (#)
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shut up
Submitted by Leonore (user info) at 2007-10-28 01:42:16 EDT (#)
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I took the GRE.
Got a 97% on the written. Easiest two essays I've ever written.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-10-28 00:44:07 EDT (#)
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I liked the character development, but it ended a little dry.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-10-27 23:20:51 EDT (#)
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"Mr. Hiakawa, I'm sorry to tell you, but you have a cataract."
"Oh, no, honorable doctor. I drive Rincoln!"
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-27 22:59:51 EDT (#)
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btw, here are schools i'm thinking about.
GA College and State U
The New School (NY)
West Virginia University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
And maybe:
GA State U
Memphis University
George Mason University
And maybe maybe:
University of GA
Adelphi (NY)
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-27 22:57:29 EDT (#)
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i kept them.
keeeeeeeeeeept them out of unwillingness to pay another 140.00 to the bitches.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-10-27 22:52:17 EDT (#)
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You should keep writing.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-27 22:50:02 EDT (#)
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So did you delete them or get them or what? NOW I NEED TO KNOW.
Just drink a bottle of wine and write a poem. It will all be better in the morning. Actually, it won't, you'll be hungover and depending on your answer to the above question, might start your quarter life crisis a little early. But don't worry, being jaded is all part of the charm and for some people that's only temporary. And if it's not- more wine.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-27 21:54:40 EDT (#)
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oh my god i think i got that one wrong too
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-10-27 21:50:32 EDT (#)
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Then how comes does it the Nile river have cataracts when it doesn't have eyes???!?!
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-27 21:49:46 EDT (#)
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Oh, I'm sorry.
To clarify:
The lens is a transparent, biconvex (lentil-shaped) structure in the eye that, along with the cornea, helps to refract light to be focused on the retina. Its function is thus similar to a human-made optical lens. The lens is also known as the aquula (Latin, a little stream, dim. of aqua, water) or crystalline lens.
In humans, the refractive power of the lens in its natural environment is approximately 15 dioptres, roughly one-fourth of the eye's total power.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-10-27 21:48:43 EDT (#)
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um...?