Ancient Greece

• Winning a Gold Lion for Congresso's em Foco’s Transparency Card underscores the importance of work that addresses vital societal issues.
• Every year, Brazil loses about $40 billion to corrupt political spending, data that is accessible to Brazilians but complex to monitor.
• AKQA partnered with Congresso em Foco, an independent Brazilian digital news portal, to create the Transparency Card.
• Launching the Brazilian rapper’s new album, AKQA Coala.LAB presents a modern Icarus, where the metropolis becomes the stage for modern tragedies.

• Thousands of people will visit the small coastal town of Exmouth to witness this spectacular event, while Australians elsewhere will experience a partial eclipse.
• It is imperative to take steps to protect your eyes from solar retinopathy – permanent eye damage caused by looking at directly at the sun.
• Expert guidelines advise people to never look at the sun or an eclipse with the naked eye.

Looking too closely

• While some experienced initial improvements, the damage in others was unchanged 15 years later.
• In 1999, 45 people presented to the Eye Casualty of Leicester Royal Infirmary after an eclipse seen there.
• And after the solar eclipse of August 2017, 27 patients in the American state of Utah presented with concerns about vision.

What happens to your eye when you stare at the sun?

• Solar retinopathy is damage to the back of the eye (the fovea centralis in the retina) from exposure to intense light.
• A process called “phototoxicity” happens when the energy in the light forms damaging free radicals and reacts with oxygen within the retina.
• This disrupts the retinal pigment epithelium (a layer of supportive cells beneath the retina) as well as the choriocapillaris (blood vessels) beneath.

There is no effective treatment

• There is no proven treatment for solar retinopathy.
• Antioxidant medications are used in some eye diseases, but there are no studies showing a benefit in solar retinopathy.

How to spot proper eclipse specs. 5 tips:

Only approved glasses will absorb the appropriate wavelengths of visible, ultraviolet and infrared light. They must:
In Exmouth in WA, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry has purchased some 20,000 eclipse viewing glasses, which meet the international ISO safety standard. Regular sunglasses, polaroid filters, welding shields, X-ray film, neutral density filters, red glass filters, mobile phones and homemade sun filters are not safe for viewing the sun or an eclipse.

What if you think the damage is done?

• Symptoms to watch out for include blurred vision in one or both eyes within one to two days of exposure.
• People may also experience blind spots, altered colour vision, visual distortion (straight lines appearing kinked or wavy), micropsia (objects appearing smaller than normal), light sensitivity and headache.
• There may be no symptoms at all in the first few hours to a day.

What about totality though?

• The Astronomical Society of Australia has an interactive map which eclipse viewers should visit, to determine the precise timing of totality in their location.
• Eclipse glasses should only be removed after totality has commenced, when the moon has completely covered the sun and it suddenly becomes dark.
• Remember, totality will only occur over the Ningaloo region, so it not safe to view the eclipse without protection anywhere else in Australia.

• NEW YORK, NY, March 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The highly anticipated GameFi project, TROY WAR, is set to launch on March 3rd, 2023.
• At the forefront of this movement is TROY WAR, a GameFi project known for its innovative play-to-earn gaming mode and its focus on NFT and DeFi integration.
• The TROY WAR ecosystem is designed to be inclusive and accessible, with mobile mining and pool features, as well as NFTs + DeFi + GameFi integration.
• In order to play TROY WAR more fluently, people can purchase $TROY beforehand, which is the necessary key for them to play in the world of TROY WAR.

• New podcast & web series from St. John's College examines the mysteries of who we are & why we see each other as we do.
• Titled ' Continuing the Conversation ,' St. John's invites listeners who are curious about the books and authors that have influenced civilization for millennia to engage in discussions where questions are more important than answers.
• Using Great Books spanning western and eastern thought on science, philosophy, mathematics, and literature as guides, the series explores ideas that have shaped human history.
• Produced by the College's Communications Office in partnership with 12FPS and Awarehouse Productions , Continuing the Conversation is available at http://www.sjc.edu/continuing-conversation , YouTube, and on most podcast platforms including Spotify and Apple podcasts.