Man with fetish charged with stealing eyeglasses

An Illinois man was accused of stealing more than $45,000 worth of eyeglasses from suburban Milwaukee stores because he enjoys being around eyewear. Jerry Lowery, 38, was charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of fleeing an officer. The charges carry a maximum penalty of more than 120 years in prison and a $310,000 fine.

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Working with Lions Club International, ReadingGlasses.com has donated hundreds of new adult and children's prescription-ready eyeglass frames to provide for visually impaired children and adults worldwide.

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Excerpt: One online expert said that he can get single-vision lenses for $27, compared to an average of $400 for buying the same glasses in normal stores.

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Are Sarah Palin's eyeglasses the "Jackie O" look of the 21st century? These Kawasaki 704 frames are selling like hot cakes in many parts of the country and for a pretty penny too. Well, at least she set a new "fashion eye-wear trend"!

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One of our big plugs for bamboo, besides it's sustainability, is the extreme durability of the grass. With a tensile strength superior to steel, it's the strongest growing woody plant on Earth.

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This new invention can transform any pair of eyeglasses. They look pretty cool, I think. My invention is a custom magnetic clip for any frame. Base curve matched, polarized lenses are custom shaped to fit your specs. This can be applied to new or existing frames.

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useful article on looking after your glasses

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Latest Generation Internal Progressive Lenses. The Widest field of Clear Vision … Possible In A Progressive Lens

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LASIK Surgery: A Safer Alternative to Contact Lenses?

Historically, people who wanted to correct their vision without the aid of glasses turned to contact lenses. In recent years, however, an increasing number of people have elected to undergo vision correction surgery, the most popular form of which is, by far, LASIK.

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Interesting article for women who wear glasses

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Now Li, Nasser Peyghambarian, and a team from Arizona and from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have demonstrated a liquid-crystal-based lens that quickly switches its focusing power with the application of an electric signal to provide a distortion-free image of the en …

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Dr. Lloyd reports on very cool advances in technology for eyeglasses -- autofocus lenses that automatically adjust the correction for whatever viewing distance is needed, using LCD technology

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