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FDA now considers all contact lenses, including plano, a medical device and can only be sold with the involvement of an Eye Care Professional. All "sellers" of contact lenses must be an Eye Care Professional or work in conjunction with an Eye Care Professional. All prescriptions must be verified. "Sellers " of contact lenses are required to follow all federal and state laws that apply to "Contact Lens Sales"

ANIME EXPLOSION

What is Anime you say?
Well, (this may not be the most politically correct description among the Anime faithful) it is actually stylized cartoons with mature/adult themes (with many similarities to soap operas) and it is all the rage. The story of how Anime exploded in America is fascinating. It is the story of an entrepreneur with vision.

A media company that is run like a startup. A place where the customer is the king, not the content. An atmosphere where the customer is not treated like a criminal who has to be watched to make sure that they are not stealing content and advances in technology are embraced to deliver more profit and product. In other words, it is an industry and business model that Hollywood, the MPAA, the RIAA and any other media company that wishes to survive in this new media age should be seriously be looking at.

Anime is also an industry that the small business owner should be looking at because it is just beginning to grow and that means opportunity! It is a place where niches abound and the motivated entrepreneur can do serious business. I seriously encourage you to check out the world of Anime. - Douglas J. Kersten ANIME EXPLOSION! It's... Profit!

"In the process, anime and manga firms have taken on forms very different from Hollywood studios or publishing houses. They more closely resemble the constantly updating startups of Silicon Valley. Their ethos is to get the product out to the right people-whether it's on a DVD or over a mobile phone or downloadable-and see what happens. If it succeeds, milk it; if not, try something different. And if the fans are into file sharing (which they are), keep the lawyers leashed and find a way to make piracy work for you.

"Companies in this space live and die by their ability not only to produce quality product but to retain street cred with the audience," says Mike Kiley. Editor-in-chief and co-founder of Tokyopop, which dominates manga in the U.S.

"We're always adopting new technology, and we get in front of 250,000 to a half-million fans at trade shows every year all over the country. It's retail politics. It's working the crowd." In Baltimore last summer, some 22,000 anime fans-many dressed up as their favorite characters-paid up to $55 each to attend the Otakon anime convention. By the second day of the three-day event, Baltimore's convention center had sold out and the scalpers started offering up tickets. Another 33,000 showed up at the Anime Expo in Anaheim.