In this week's issue: Ditching Windows, selling the
schools, the virtues of midlife crisis, and open-source
genes.
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---Business---
A Salon piece argues that Enron CFO Andrew Fastow was just
doing what today's CFOs are told, and expected, to do.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89366
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89366
A Red Herring article looks at the murky reality behind
Microsoft's fantastic vision of a thriving, democratic
future Internet powered by web services.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89905
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89905
---Computing---
Fed up with Windows? The Computer Paper has an introduction
to migrating to Linux, the free operating system that has
matured into a viable option for your desktop.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89395
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89395
---Education---
Vandalism is becoming a more expensive problem for schools
these days, due to the cost of replacing damaged technology
equipment, reports Education Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89359
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89359
The New Republic addresses a troubling issue: immigrant
kids initially do very well academically, but lose that
advantage the more "Americanized" they become.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89417
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89417
An American Prospect article asks whether the next NCAA
president will be able to reform college sports.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89530
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89530
Facing increased competition for students from
homeschooling, private schools, and charter schools, some
public school districts have launched aggressive marketing
campaigns, reports Education Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89837
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89837
---Health---
IDB America reports on a study of rampant corruption in
Latin American public hospitals.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89416
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89416
Physicians have found that inducing mild hypothermia in
patients who have just had heart attacks can increase their
chances for survival and prevent brain damage, reports
Science News.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89579
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89579
---Humor---
In a Salon piece, a former editorial assistant at a
publishing house talks about the thankless, sometimes
amusing ordeal of reading unsolicited manuscripts -- "slush"
-- sent in by innumerable crazies.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89723
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89723
An Atlantic Monthly piece extols the virtues of the midlife
crisis as an all-American duty.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89461
---Social Issues---
A Salon article covers the debate over whether the
information contained in the human genome should be
patentable by companies, weighing in on the side of
"open-source" access.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89871
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89871
---Travel---
Salon looks into the case of a man recently charged with
disrupting a Delta flight. Was he a rude troublemaker, or a
well-meaning hero convinced the plane was being hijacked?
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89343
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89343
---U.S. Politics---
"Enron" is becoming politicians' buzzword of choice to
associate with people and things they disagree with --
substituting for substantive argument, according to Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89337
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89337
---World Politics---
A FEER article describes how internecine fighting and a lack
of international unity have destabilized the new Afghan
government so quickly.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89513
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89513
Time Europe recounts the Italian police's prevention of a
possible chemical attack on the U.S. embassy in Rome.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=89756
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=89756
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