It is considered to have been conceived in the West as an idea in 1508 and in its current highly-oxygen-permeable form 490 years later, and is..?
Rigid gas permeable lens Rigid gas permeable lens A rigid gas permeable lens, also known as RGP lens or GP lens or colloquially, hard contact lens, is a rigid contact lens made of oxygen-permeable polymers. Initially developed in the late 1970s, and through the 1980s and 1990s, they were an improvement over prior 'hard' lenses that restricted oxygen transmission to the eye. Rigid lenses are able to replace the natural shape of the cornea with a new refracting surface. This means that a regular (spherical) rigid contact lens can provide good level of vision in people who have astigmatism or distorted corneal shapes as
"Bhagavad Gita As It Is" trial in Russia April 11, 2012 Vladimir Lukin, the Human Rights Commissioner of Russia, "warned against court decisions on "Bhagavad Gita" texts based on judges' opinions rather than expert examinations." Lukin stated that the "Tomsk [judges] considered something they should not have… It should have been up to theologians and historians." Lukin noted that "Winston Churchill once said: Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it." On December 28, 2011, the day the Tomsk court dismissed extremism charges against the "Bhagavad Gita As It Is", director of the Human Rights Center of the World Russian People's Council Roman Silantyev