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...commandment against worshipping false idols from the Old Testament and its reappearance in the New Testament. I was able to share my take on the origins of the law, since it’s a reminder of when Abraham, the founder of Judaism, gave up his occupation as a maker of idols and swore to worship the one Hebrew Lord. The guys in the group explained to me the context of Christian interpretation of the law. But I felt most at home when we started discussing how these passages were applicable to our daily lives. As an intense literature-nerd...
...home laser is on the table. Leading the way: Zeno and ThermaClear, two FDA-approved antiacne devices already on store shelves. Most other products are still in development. "This trend is going to change the way consumers get cosmetic treatments," says Rick Krupnick, CEO of Light BioScience, the maker of GentleWaves, a technology that uses light-emitting diodes to combat wrinkles and revitalize the skin...
...line last year--P&G invested an additional $1.5 million in the project after the product got FDA over-the-counter clearance. Days later, P&G also signed a joint agreement to develop and distribute home-use antiaging devices with Syneron Medical Ltd., a $150 million medical-device maker in Yokneam, Israel, known for its patented "elos" technology, which combines bipolar radio frequency and light sources to combat the signs of aging. "P&G clearly views the consumer segment of aesthetics as a big market," says Jose Haresco, a senior analyst for Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. in San Francisco...
...consumer-products companies, dozens of private investors are also jockeying for a piece of the action. "There's definitely a feeding frenzy going on," says Haresco. "Venture capitalists are tripping over themselves looking for consumer products in this area." Last month, for example, Therative, the San Francisco-based maker of ThermaClear, a battery-powered, handheld antiacne device ($150, with a $20 replaceable tip), announced it had secured $14 million in venture-capital funding. "It's amazing what people are willing to spend to do the whole vanity thing," says Mark Foley, managing director of RWI Ventures, one of Therative...
...Start with the source material. Young Frankenstein, Brooks's update of Mary Shelley's horror tale, in which the monster-maker's grandson returns to Transylvania and gets pulled back into the family business, probably has more laughs, and more fondly remembered bits, than any film in the Brooks canon. And Brooks (working again with his Producers writing collaborator Tom Meehan) has faithfully reproduced most of them on stage: Igor and his wandering hump; the steely Frau Blucher, whose very name incites the horses; the monster's visit to the cabin of a kindly blind man who turns into...