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Two colorblind Rocklin boys win glasses that make the world more colorful

Along the same line, the National Football League fumbled in November when red-green colorblind fans could not tell the Buffalo Bills from the New York Jets in a game in which the teams were playing in special uniforms for one game only. The Bills were in red and the Jets in green. Red-green colorblind fans were in a state of confusion, not being able to tell the teams apart. The NFL pledged to incorporate a colorblindness test when designing “Color Rush” alternate jerseys next season. EnChroma co-founder Don McPherson was playing Frisbee with a friend while wearing special laser protective eyewear he had developed to help doctors perform surgeries. McPherson liked how the glasses enhanced colors. His Frisbee partner, who was colorblind, asked to try them on. He marveled at all the colors, hues he had never seen before. McPherson began exploring whether the glasses might help the colorblind see colors. With the support of a National Institutes of Health grant, EnChroma was born seven years later. The glasses cost from $250 to $450 per pair. The company explained that normal color vision is based on light entering the eye and activating three photoreceptors. In the normal eye, the green and red photoreceptors overlap significantly. For the colorblind, this overlap is even greater, and in the most severe forms of colorblindness it completely overlaps. For boys such as Declan and Ryan, the red and green photoreceptors’ extra overlap causes colors to become indistinguishable. Simply put, according to the company, EnChroma’s glasses work by re-establishing the correct balance between signals from the three photo pigments in the eye. The glasses don’t work for severe colorblindness, EnChroma said. Meanwhile, researchers at the Eye Institute of the University of Washington have used gene therapy to cure colorblindness in squirrel monkeys. Male squirrel monkeys are red-green colorblind, but the females see color normally. Researchers used gene therapy to cure colorblindness in the males. Scientists are optimistic that the same techniques can be used to cure colorblindness in humans, but the gene therapy is not yet available for people. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article51059910.html

Boys swimming: Friday, Dec. 11 scoreboard

Cross (Bar) 1:09.05; 400 free relay: Palatine (Klein, Carter-Buckman, Korniychuk, Bartosik) 3:43.45. F/S: Barrington 140, Palatine 36. * buffalo grove 127, elk grove 52 200-yard medley relay: Buffalo Grove (Velu, Lawson, Poirier, Kolanko) 1:51,70; 200 free: Gontko (BG) 2:08.51; 200 IM: Verdico (BG) 2:24.54; 50 free: Poirier (BG) :23.58; Diving: Delattre (BG) 250.80; 100 fly: Poirier (BG) :58.23; 100 free: Lawson (BG) :54.84; 500 free: Verdico (BG) 5:36.84; 200 free relay: Elk Grove (Meceli, Doruff, Wlodarz, Banasik) 1:39.65; 100 back: Banasik (EG) 1:06.57; 100 breast: Lawson (BG) 1:10.61; 400 free relay: Buffalo Grove (Poirier, Kolanko, Verdico, Lawson) 3:40.54. F/S: Buffalo Grove 118, Elk Grove 62. * fremd 127.5, conant 58.5 200-yard medley relay: Fremd (T.Lee, Y.Lee, Maciunas, Nevins) 1:44.58; 200 free: Maciunas (Frm) 1:49.30; 200 IM: Y.Lee (Frm) 2:07.14; 50 free: Benjamin (Frm) :22.84; Diving: Aykroid (Con) 269.40; 100 fly: Maciunas (Frm) :54.66; 100 free: Benjamin (Frm) :51.78; 500 free: Schillinger (Frm) 5:14.09; 200 free relay: Fremd (Ponte, Flowers, Amy, Genova) 1:51.68; 100 back: T.Lee (Frm) :59.92; 100 breast: Song (Con) 1:04.44; 400 free relay: Fremd (Schillinger, Nicholas, Nevins, Benjamin) 3:28.16. F/S: Fremd 95, Conant 59. * prospect 96, wheeling 87 200-yard medley relay: Wheeling (J.Noel, Reiff, Gorenyuk, Loquercio) 1:43.77; 200 free: Reiff (Whl) 1:51.70; 200 IM: J.Noel (Whl) 2:04.18; 50 free: K.Noel (Whl) :22,67; Diving: Liva (Pros) 258.35; 100 fly: Gorenyuk (Whl) :57.55; 100 free: K.Noel (Whl) :49.79; 500 free: Reiff (Whl) 5:09.96; 200 free relay: Wheeling (K.Noel, Konstantos, Loquercio, Reiff) 1:33.14; 100 back: J.Noel (Whl) :55.50; 100 breast: Kosinski (Pros) 1:05.37; 400 free relay: Wheeling (K.Noel, Gorenyuk, Konstantos, J.Noel) 3:29,55. Frosh: Prospect 120, Wheeling 89. * schaumburg 103, Hoffman Estates 76 200-meter medley relay: Schaumburg (Kula, Thomas, Kelland, Soltau) 2:04.13; 200 free: Wahlen (Sch) 2:12.47; 200 IM: Reynolds (Sch) 2:34.46; 50 free: Heitkotter (HE) 26.66; Diving: Gershman (Sch) 166.35; 100 fly: Hobar (HE) 1:04.36; 100 free: Heitkotter (HE) 58.45; 400 free: Wahlen (Sch) 4:39.40; 200 free relay: Schaumburg (Thomas, Soltau, Wahlen, Kelland) 1:50.53; 100 back: Kula (Sch) 1:14.60; 100 breast: Hobar (HE) 1:13.74; 400 free relay: Hoffman Estates (Rios, Walsh, Baranov, Polzin) 4:28.35. F/S: Schaumburg 106, Hoffman Estates 46. * ... http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20151211/sports/151219620/

Bison Will Find Home In Lawrence County

BEDFORD) - Bison once wandered Indiana and were so common that it has been included in the state seal since its earliest incarnation. While wild buffalo are long gone from the Hoosier State after being hunted to near-extinction nationwide in the 19th century, the land beast will make a comeback of sorts in 2016 to celebrate Indiana's 200th birthday. Lori Hammer of the Indiana Association of United Way told the commissioners Tuesday morning about a bison-tennial public art project that aims to place uniquely-styled 5-foot tall fiberglass bison sculptures throughout the state starting in May. "The goal is to have at least one bison in every county," Hammer says. If chosen, Lawrence County's bison could be on display through the summer and featured along the route of the Bicentennial Torch Relay that runs from September 9 - October 15. The nonprofit charitable organization is seeking artists to decorate bison sculptures and businesses and community groups to sponsor the project, which is endorsed by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission. Artist specifications and sponsorship information is available online at: iauw.org/bison. "We understand this would be the first-of-its-kind statewide public art project in the country," Hammer added. "Local art... http://www.wbiw.com/local/archive/2015/12/bison-will-find-permanent-home-in-lawrence-county.php