This traction on the retina, which is painless, sends a sensation of light to the brain that we see as flashers. People typically describe these as non-colored sparkles of light in one corner of the field of vision, usually affecting one eye.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday in the U.S. Senate in December 2002; New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the oldest current U.S. senator; he is to turn 89 next month.
Lautenberg is the second oldest member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Daniel Ken Dan. Inouye (Japanese: äºä¸ å»º, Inoue Ken; born September 7, 1924) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Hawaii.