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...term green," he says. "Any building, after all, is environmentally disruptive." His latest disruption is a 48-story glass-and-concrete tower that looms over Times Square. It boasts such eco-conscious features as solar-energy panels, on-site electrical generation, internal waste chutes to ease recycling, huge low-glare windows that reduce artificial lighting needs, pumps to circulate fresh air, and nontoxic building materials...
Once again the suspect safety record of Japan's nuclear power industry has been caught in a harsh blue glare. In a nation where memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still painfully strong, and where earthquake faults run under much of the country, Japan still clings to an uneasy reliance on nuclear power. The country has 52 nuclear power plants, which supply more than 35% of the electricity demand. There are plans to build 20 more plants over the next decade. All of that would seem to demand ultra-strict safety standards. But the industry has been plagued by accidents...
Nearly everyone who undergoes LASIK experiences at least some glare and halos, usually at night or under fluorescent lights. This occurs because the pupil widens in dim light, allowing incoming light to pass through both the corrected and uncorrected sections of the cornea, creating either a blinding or a hazy image. The problems usually diminish within six months. The best guess is that 5% of patients continue to be substantially bothered by glare and halos over the long term...
...equally critical factor, however, is the amount of correction you need, measured in negative (-) diopters for nearsightedness and positive (+) diopters for farsightedness. The greater your correction, the more abrupt the transition zone between the sculpted and unsculpted portion of the cornea, and the greater the risk of troublesome glare and halos...
Only someone raised in the glare of Fleet Street could consider Hollywood a "breath of fresh air." That's how PRINCE EDWARD, Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, described Los Angeles last week when he visited to drum up business for his fledgling TV company. Edward told the New York Times that unlike Angelenos, Britons "hate anyone who succeeds." It turns out they hate perceived traitors even more. Member of Parliament John Cryer pointed out that the Prince "has never had to do anything for his wealth," while the Times of London editorialized, "It ill-behooves a prince to diminish...