Writing at the Black Iris of Jordan, Naseem Tarawnah asks

Brushfield spots are small, white or grayish brown spots on the periphery of the iris in the human eye due to aggregation of connective tissue, a normal iris element.

Anterior to the lens is the iris, which regulates the amount of light entering into the eye.

Filipino journalist Iris Cecilia Gonzales tackles the impact of higher oil prices in the Philippines, Laos and Cambodia.

Cognizant of the efforts of the Government and people of Belize to relieve the suffering of the victims of hurricane Iris,

In Jordan, Black Iris tells us about Earth Hour in Amman, where support for the event has grown since last year

Despite this growing support Black Iris is determined to raise more awareness about the event, and states that for next time

Still in Jordan, The Black Iris shares with us the following apology to Palestine on the 60th anniversary of Al Nakba, saying

The three main biometric identifiers under appraisal for incorporation into passports are facial recognition, fingerprinting and iris scanning (see www.icao.int mrtd biometrics intro.cfm).

Having been made aware of the extensive damage caused by powerful hurricane Iris during its landfall and passage through Belize on 8 October 2001,

Iris Leung of MSF Hong Kong writes about her experience while visiting the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre in Sanga, about one hour s drive from Kathmandu

The Yellow Iris is a radio play written by Agatha Christie and broadcast on the BBC National Programme on Tuesday 2 November 1937 at 8.00pm.

From 1955 to 1985 Iris continued to lecture in Coptic History at both the Seminary in Cairo and Alexandria and at the Institute of Coptic Studies.

The iris of the eye is brown and has a single incomplete row of eyelashes on the upper lid and two rows on the lower lid.

Version 2.2 has been ported to the Apollo, DECstation, Data General AViiON, HP 9000 Series 300, Multimax, NeXT, PA RISC, RS 6000, Sequent Symmetry, SGI IRIS, Sun 3, Sun 4 and others.

Petachi has undergone an operation on his right eye to make it match the retinal pattern of the US President, which he uses to circumvent iris recognition security at an American military base in England.

In hyperthyroid stare (Dalrymple sign) the eyelids are retracted upward more than normal (the normal position is at the superior corneoscleral limbus, where the white of the eye begins at the upper border of the iris).

In lid lag (von Graefe's sign), when the patient tracks an object downward with their eyes, the eyelid fails to follow the downward moving iris, and the same type of upper globe exposure which is seen with lid retraction occurs, temporarily.

The term object oriented database system first appeared around 1985. Notable research projects included Encore Ob Server (Brown University), EXODUS (University of Wisconsin Madison), IRIS (Hewlett Packard), ODE (Bell Labs), ORION (Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation or MCC), Vodak (GMD IPSI), and Zeitgeist (Texas Instruments).

This advanced F 16 type is an improved version of the Block 50 featuring a more powerful radar, Conformal Fuel Tanks for bigger Ferry Range, advanced communications systems, upgraded engine, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) and is capable of carrying more advanced weapons, including the IRIS T Air To Air missile.

Naseem Tarawnah over at The Black Iris linked up to Top50Jo on his blog as a mental break from all the cynicism and the daily realities that can make you forget how great Jordan really is, while Roba Al Assi from And Far Away borrowed some from other tweeps and classified them into different categories