In this week's issue: management and computer-buying tips,
boot camp for civilians, our DNA geneaology, bad bishops and
crooked monks...
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---Business---
An Entrepreneur article describes how "reverse mentoring"
can work, with younger employees teaching older ones the
nuances of new technology.
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What trends in management have been debunked in the past
five years, and what's next? An Entrepreneur article
explores.
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Domestic corporate tax haven Delaware is facing a big budget
deficit, reports Salon, and is considering asking big
business to give back a little.
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Smithsonian profiles a Sotheby's contemporary art auctioneer
upon whose credibility the venerable but scandal-rocked
house now relies.
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An Inc article reports on the process of changing your
company completely from one line of business to another.
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---Computing & Internet---
PC World shares its editorial staff's tips on choosing the
right computers and peripherals right now.
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Salon covers a bill in Congress that purports to safeguard
online privacy, but may in fact open the door for more
intrusive marketing.
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---Health---
Science News reports on the controversy over whether
mammograms are effective in reducing mortality from breast
cancer.
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Kiplinger's looks at fitness boot camps, whose intense
discipline is winning converts from health clubs and from
the couch.
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---Home & Garden---
A Garden Gate article tackles the question of how to choose
the right lawn care service.
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---Relationships & the Law---
A piece in Kiplinger's points out the many legal steps that
unmarried couples must take to have financial rights similar
to those granted to married couples.
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---Religion---
In a New Republic article, a Catholic criticizes the
American Catholic bishops for failing to address their own
culpability in the pedophilia scandal.
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A Time Asia story looks at crooked Buddhist monks in
Thailand and at the "monk police" charged with stopping
them.
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---Science---
Knowledge@Wharton reviews E.O. Wilson's new book, The Future
of Life, a tome that seeks to revitalize the conservation
movement and reconcile it with technophile pragmatism.
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A piece in The Scientist argues that environmental groups'
crusade against genetically modified crops is misdirected.
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Skeptical Inquirer evaluates 50 years of Bigfoot evidence.
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Atlantic Unbound interviews the author of a new book that
traces human history through DNA evidence.
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Is honey capable of carrying deadly plant poisons? Science
News reports on three new international studies that suggest
just that.
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---Sports---
During the National Hockey League playoffs it's standard
practice for teams to lie about their players' injuries,
reports Sports Illustrated.
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