In this week's issue: pain for the soul's sake, bad
teachers, how successful businesspeople would start out
again now, and more...
---Books---
First Things reviews a new book on the spiritual purposes of
human pain.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92375
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---Business---
An EMarketect article argues that in order for an enterprise
to have success in external collaborations, it must first
learn to collaborate successfully internally.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92462
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92462
An Inc article shows how one small company managed to build
morale and dedication while saving money through an
assortment of little initiatives.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92500
Inc surveyed a number of business and venture capital
leaders to ask them what businesses they'd start now if they
had to do it all over again.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92557
Time Europe examines the rise of Samsung Electronics, which
has gone from making cheap knockoffs of Sony products to
making hip, must-have products, in the process becoming a
threat to Sony's brand dominance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92919
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---Computing---
PC World investigates whether refurbished computers are
really the good deals they seem to be.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92862
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92862
---Economics---
Will paper money ever disappear? A Finance & Development
article explains why it probably won't and the significant
role of the global underground economy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92304
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92304
---Education---
A Teacher Magazine article reflects on the permanent scars
left by bad teachers on their students.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92517
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92517
Education Week looks at schools' efforts to comply with a
new Internet-filtering mandate in a fair and responsible
way.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92953
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92953
---Health---
A Salon article urges parents and society to face up to the
looming obesity crisis facing today's youth.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92610
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---Investing---
Should investors consider the CEO of a company when
evaluating a stock? An Inc article weighs in.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92525
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92525
---Movies---
Salon suggests new rules to fix the "sloppy, corrupt"
Academy Awards.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92882
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92882
---Pet Care---
Pet Life has an article on veterinary diagnostic tests and
why they're a good thing for your pet.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92435
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92435
---World Politics---
Time Europe looks at the Zimbabwean political and social
landscape after contentious (and allegedly fraudulent)
elections kept in place Robert Mugabe, who has helmed the
country since 1980.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92478
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92478
In a Salon interview, a former U.N. official urges the
consideration of alternatives to the U.S.'s threatened
invasion of Iraq, asserting that invasion would create
long-term insecurity.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=92336
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=92336
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