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Location: Mailing Lists / Archive General Hot Articles / 2002-05-01

In this week's issue:  management and computer-buying tips,
boot camp for civilians, our DNA geneaology, bad bishops and
crooked monks...
 
IMPORTANT:  There is a nasty computer virus going around
called "Klez."  If your computer gets infected, the virus
will hunt for email addresses on your computer and send
infected emails to those addresses with bogus "From:"
addresses also culled from your computer, which can cause
problems for people who aren't even infected.  Details:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52174,00.html
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen@mm.html

---Business---
An Entrepreneur article describes how "reverse mentoring"
can work, with younger employees teaching older ones the
nuances of new technology.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95847
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95847
What trends in management have been debunked in the past
five years, and what's next?  An Entrepreneur article
explores.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95854
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95854
Domestic corporate tax haven Delaware is facing a big budget
deficit, reports Salon, and is considering asking big
business to give back a little.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95752
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95752
Smithsonian profiles a Sotheby's contemporary art auctioneer
upon whose credibility the venerable but scandal-rocked
house now relies.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95716
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95716
An Inc article reports on the process of changing your
company completely from one line of business to another.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=96245
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=96245
 
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---Computing & Internet---
PC World shares its editorial staff's tips on choosing the
right computers and peripherals right now.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=96175
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=96175
Salon covers a bill in Congress that purports to safeguard
online privacy, but may in fact open the door for more
intrusive marketing.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95945
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95945
 
---Health---
Science News reports on the controversy over whether
mammograms are effective in reducing mortality from breast
cancer.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95999
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95999
Kiplinger's looks at fitness boot camps, whose intense
discipline is winning converts from health clubs and from
the couch.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95668
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95668
 
---Home & Garden---
A Garden Gate article tackles the question of how to choose
the right lawn care service.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95884
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95884

---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.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=96031
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=96031
 
---Religion---
In a New Republic article, a Catholic criticizes the
American Catholic bishops for failing to address their own
culpability in the pedophilia scandal.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95797
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95797
A Time Asia story looks at crooked Buddhist monks in
Thailand and at the "monk police" charged with stopping
them.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=96078
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=96078
 
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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.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95654
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95654
 Buy this book:
  http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679450785/magportalcom
A piece in The Scientist argues that environmental groups'
crusade against genetically modified crops is misdirected.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95706
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95706
Skeptical Inquirer evaluates 50 years of Bigfoot evidence.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95939
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95939
Atlantic Unbound interviews the author of a new book that
traces human history through DNA evidence.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95933
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95933
Is honey capable of carrying deadly plant poisons?  Science
News reports on three new international studies that suggest
just that.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95982
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95982

---Sports---
During the National Hockey League playoffs it's standard
practice for teams to lie about their players' injuries,
reports Sports Illustrated.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=95694
  similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=95694