THE ROYAL WEDDING

On the 16th November 2010 Clarence House announced that His Royal Highness Prince William Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton are to be married in 2011.

 Prince William(who is second in line to the throne) and Miss Middleton became engaged in October during a private holiday in Kenya.

Prince William said that giving Kate his mother's ring was "my way of making sure my mother didn't miss out on today and the excitement".

He added: "The timing is right now, we are both very, very happy."
Kate said that joining the Royal Family was a "daunting prospect" but added: "Hopefully I'll take it in my stride."

David Cameron said “a great cheer went up and a great banging of the table” when he told a Cabinet meeting. The Prime Minister, who said he had slept out overnight in The Mall to watch the 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana, said: “It's great to have a piece of unadulterated good news.”

Prince Charles said he was thrilled and joked: “They have been practising long enough.” Camilla, the Queen and Prince Philip said they were “delighted” on being told. Miss Middleton's mother and father were said to be “as excited as any parents can be”.
The wedding at Westminster Abbey is to be held on 29^th April 2011 and could attract a worldwide TV audience of 2.5 billion.

You can find out all the latest information and news on the engagement and wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton along with links to sources which will make it easy for you to purchase goods and memorabilia related to the engagement, the wedding and the British Royal family itself.

Automotive Battery Chargers

I must admit, I was not always smart when it came to road trips. My friend and I once planned a road trip down to Sydny from where we live in Upper Darby, PA. My brother offered to help with the driving. The trip was around 1000 miles just one way! A few weeks before I got my car ready for the trip with a tire rotation and oil change. The technician at the shop even filled up my tires with nitrogen. He said this allows the tire pressure to stay constant in the summer and winter months, unlike regular oxygen.

At the time of the trip things were tight and we really had to budget. So we actually drove without a spare tire. Fortunately, the ride was all smooth and we had at great time. But please don't follow this example. I will make sure not to be unequipped like that again.

I always keep emergency tools in the trunk of my car. My portable battery charger has great features that helped me countless times. It has a built-in air compressor for my car tires. It saves me from going to gas station to maintain my tire pressure and also has its own pressure gauge. This automotive battery charger also has an emergency light source. These are just some of the things to think about so you can be fully equipped.

Even though we had a full roadside assistance package, I would not go on a trip like that without a spare tire. Even if you have AAA I recommend keeping keeping a tool box, flashlight, spare tire, working jack lift and at least jumper cables (if you don't have an a portable battery jump starter). If you have any other recommendations please feel free to share!

Until next time, happy safe driving!

What is LASIK?

The eye and vision errors

The cornea is a part of the eye that helps focus light to create an image on the retina. It works in much the same way that the lens of a camera focuses light to create an image on film. The bending and focusing of light is also known as refraction. Usually the shape of the cornea and the eye are not perfect and the image on the retina is out-of-focus (blurred) or distorted. These imperfections in the focusing power of the eye are called refractive errors. There are three primary types of refractive errors: myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Persons with myopia, or nearsightedness, have more difficulty seeing distant objects as clearly as near objects.  Persons with hyperopia, or farsightedness,  have more difficulty seeing near objects as clearly as distant objects.  Astigmatism is a distortion of the image on the retina caused by irregularities in the cornea or lens of the eye. Combinations of myopia and astigmatism or hyperopia and astigmatism are common. Glasses or contact lenses are designed to compensate for the eye's imperfections. Surgical procedures aimed at improving the focusing power of the eye are called refractive surgery. In LASIK surgery, precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser reshapes the cornea changing its focusing power 

LASIK is not a synonym for "laser eye surgery" — it is just one type of laser eye surgery. And at the moment, it happens to be the most popular type of eye surgery!

Here's how the FDA defines it: "LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses." LASIK is actually an acronym (which is why it's usually capitalized) that stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis.

This is a medical way of saying that LASIK is a type of laser eye surgery that reshapes the cornea to improve the patient's vision. This latter definition of LASIK is one that you will see throughout this website, for the sake of simplicity and consistency.

Questions About LASIK

How do doctors use a laser to reshape the cornea? What is the typical recovery time for a LASIK surgery? How do you know if you're a candidate for such a procedure? These are just a few of the questions we seek to answer on this website.

Use the navigation menu to the left to learn more about laser eye surgery in general and LASIK in particular.