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Dangerous malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa have a new foe: the next-generation Olyset bed net, which is made of a durable plastic weave impregnated with the insecticide permethrin and stays potent for five years. Lighter, cheaper and more colorful than previous versions, the Nguvu ya Ajabu (Swahili for Magic Power) is being manufactured in Tanzania for cost-effective distribution. Also new: curtains and door screens cut from the same material...
...MAGIC MATERIAL...
...virtual lock that the magic price point?at which flat-panel TVs switch from being a status symbol of the rich and hip to an everyday feature in many living rooms?will be reached in the near future. That's because the Asian consumer-electronics companies that dominate the flat-panel industry are building too many factories too fast. A glut is in the offing, and while prices have already been falling, more rapid declines are expected. Consulting firm iSuppli Corp. estimates that a 37-in. (94-cm) LCD TV that now retails for more than $4,000 will cost...
...information age will bring a new golden age for Hollywood and for consumers of movies worldwide. However, it will only do so if we address the intellectual property challenges that have gone hand-in-hand with the boom of technology. Failure to address this challenge could take away the magic and the mystery of movies. And that’s something none of us want to see happen, which is why I am committed to making sure that the MPAA is helping to lead the charge to get us to this future...
...what you're looking for is delicate magic, the answer is no. It's just a clunky story--adapted from the children's book by Chris Van Allsburg--of a kid falling asleep on Christmas Eve, seriously doubting the existence of Santa Claus, then dreaming of the eponymous train pulling into his front yard and transporting him to the North Pole. There he finds a not particularly jolly old St. Nick presiding over a kind of super Wal-Mart, in which, you can be sure, the elves toil without protection of a union contract. The mass adoration that greets this...