| High-definition Vision Clearly a Boon for the Eyes
Raleigh — High-definition television offers a crystal-clear image compared with older, standard TV sets. What if people with poor eyesight could see with new, crystal-clear vision?Doctors are doing just that with a new laser-and-lens procedure. Margaret Nehrke's eyesight was never great, but it got worse as she aged. "I couldn't read. I couldn't see anything without my glasses," said Nehrke. Now she sees better than ever thanks to a laser-and-lens procedure called "high-definition vision.""High-definition will give better color, better clarity, better contrast," said Dr. William Rand with the Rand Eye Institute in Miami. High-definition vision combines "Custom-Vue" LASIK surgery' with the latest lens-exchange techniques, and it can give almost anyone better than perfect vision.In TV terms, the new vision is like adding more pixels, more picture detail with more visual definition.
GOP Buries Head in Sand and Discovers Sand
Every political party has its strengths and weaknesses. The Democratic Party, for instance, is built on forward-looking issues focused on nurturing individuals, while at the same time being so contentious it occasionally eats its young. The Independent Party pursues an agenda of broad fair-mindedness balanced by a total absence of rational organization. The Green Party develops ennobling principles for all Mankind, combined with a myopia that ignores known reality. .
ReNew Newton proposes tourism wayfinding signs
ReNew Newton representatives unveiled to Newton City Council a plan to add informational signs around the city to promote tourism and create interest in the city. Alan Halferty from ReNew Newton unveiled the plan at Monday evening's council meeting.The plan would place wayfinding signs at various locations throughout the community to direct visitors and tourists to points of interest.Developed by Art a la Carte, the posts feature colorful images and arrows directing visitors to public places like parks, the courthouse, or tourism-related places like the downtown area, wineries and the speedway. Poles could be lighted or left unlighted if placed in an area that already is well lit. .
Britney Goes Valley Girl: 'You're Smart, I'm Stupid'
LOS ANGELES (April 16, 2007) -- It was a wild weekend for Britney Spears, as the pop princess faced her usual pack of paparazzi and delivered a bizarre message to her fans. As she was chased by photographers, Britney broke out look, after look, after look, over the weekend before suddenly deciding to bring almost 4 weeks of post-rehab silence to a screeching halt. And cue the Valley Girl impersonation "I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real.
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