We are quietly confident that we can do well on the day. Having the game in Tooreen is a great boost for everyone associated with Tooreen hurling over the years. It is powerful that we now have our own superb playing field.Imaging at this level holds considerable promise to improve the research and clinical utility of OCT: for probing structure and function of the microscopic retina, and for earlier detection, more precise diagnosis, and improved treatment monitoring of posterior segment disease. OCT uses lowcoherence interferometry to achieve high axial resolution. AO measures the ocular aberrations with a wavefront sensor and corrects for them with a wavefront corrector to achieve the complementary high lateral resolution.

Every year since 2002 I have closed out the year with my satirical look at the world through the eyes of a professional investor poking fun at what has transpired in our global society in the year we are about to turn the page on. 2011 has certainly be