In this week's issue: electronic gift ideas, mad deer
disease, democracy's laggards, and more.
---Books---
A Salon article explains why books cost so much.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115829
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115829
---Business---
A MyBusiness article shares ideas that may help
entrepreneurs to improve the image and reputation of their
businesses.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115295
An article from CIO focuses on the technical and business
challenges of integrating hundreds of systems into the new
U.S. Office of Homeland Security.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115395
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115395
Time Europe profiles the ten individuals who wield the most
power behind the scenes of the European financial markets
and economy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115425
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115425
---Computing & Electronics---
PC World warns about the Winevar email worm, which may
delete all of your files.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115219
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115219
Just in time for the holidays, Wired provides its geek gift
guide.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115196
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115196
---Economics---
Reason interviews recent Nobel-laureate economist Vernon
Smith, whose experimental approach to the science keeps
human beings at the heart of an often detached discipline.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115623
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115623
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---Education---
Schools in South Africa face the challenge of uniting a
country torn apart by apartheid, according to Education
Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115773
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115773
---Europe---
In the "season of the strike," Time Europe covers massive
work stoppages in the U.K., France, Italy, and Greece.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115428
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115428
---Entertainment---
Entertainment Today is unimpressed with Eight Crazy Nights,
Adam Sandler's animated film.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115226
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115226
Culture Vulture declares the movie Solaris a "humorless
journey into a philosophical void."
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115199
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115199
---Health---
A Managed Care article looks at the controversy of "retainer
medicine," where some doctors are charging wealthy
individuals a hefty annual fee for around-the-clock access.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115509
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115509
---Science---
A newly discovered brain disease is cropping up in North
American game such as elk and deer. Science News reports
that researchers are worried the new disease, similar to
"mad cow" disease, may pose a threat to humans.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115305
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115305
---U.S. Politics & Society---
Atlantic Unbound looks at the cause and impact of the large
nonvoting population in the U.S.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=115170
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=115170
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