eyeglasses News Archive

22-May-2009

 

  • Long-sought way to make 'nano-raspberries' may fight foggy windows, eyeglasses (PhysOrg)
    In an advance toward preventing car windshields and eyeglasses from fogging up, researchers in China are reporting development of a new way to make raspberry-shaped nanoparticles that can give glass a permanent antifogging coating. Their study is scheduled for the June 11 edition of ACS` The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.


  • Clearly Contacts Launches Free Eyeglasses Promotion In Downtown Vancouver (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
    Clearly Contacts, Canada's largest online optical store, announced today that it is launching the promotion in Vancouver's downtown core on May 20th. Based on past successes with this type of promotion, the company expects an enthusiastic response from carefully placed ads targeting people who work and live in downtown Vancouver.


  • Lions to Attempt Largest Single-day Collection of Eyeglasses at the National Memorial Day Parade (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
    First time ever collection of eyeglasses from parade spectators at the National Memorial Day Parade


  • Lions Club looking for used eyeglasses (San Jose Mercury News)
    The Los Gatos Lions Club is collecting used eyeglasses it can recycle and give to needy people around the world.


  • Lions to Attempt Largest Single-day Collection of Eyeglasses at the National Memorial Day Parade (PRWeb)
    First time ever collection of eyeglasses from parade spectators at the National Memorial Day Parade (PRWeb May 19, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/lions/memorial_day/prweb2436144.htm


  • Ten Last-Minute Retirement Tips (Investopedia)
    In the United States , there are about 78 million baby boomers . By 2008, the oldest had already turned 62, the earliest eligible age for Social Security benefits. Over the next ten years, many more are expected to retire or at least start to think seriously about their retirement situation.


  • Assemblyman faces additional charges (Courier-Post)
    A slate of new corruption charges have been filed against New Jersey assemblyman and former Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas, as well as his longtime aide.


  • Celebrating a century of the Richvale Grange (Zanesville Times Recorder)
    Family, friends and members of the Richvale Grange celebrated its 100th anniversary at Friendly Hills Grange Camp and Conference Center on Friendly Hills Road.


  • Shoot the Loop cruisin' downtown (The Marion Star)
    MARION - During the '50s and '60s, people spent their evenings taking a joy ride around Downtown Marion. Shooting the loop was a rite of passage, especially if the driver had a vehicle worthy of catching passersby's eyes.


  • Italian Stocks: Bulgari, Finmeccanica, Saras, STM, UniCredit (Bloomberg)
    May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Italy?s benchmark S&P/MIB Index fell for the first time this week, losing 642, or 3.1 percent, to 19,883 in Milan. The following stocks were among the most active on the Italian market today. Symbols are in parentheses.


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