Best wishes for the holidays from Hot Neuron.
In this issue: Questionable R&D, a loss for intelligent
design, and diluted drugs.
---Business---
Companies that pump more money into R&D do not show better
results, in terms of growth or profitability, according to
Inc.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232090
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232090
Bank Systems & Technology points out the need for business
continuity plans to prepare for the possibility of a major
flue outbreak.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=231945
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=231945
Faulty spreadsheets and poor spreadsheet practices have been
implicated in a wide variety of business and financial
problems, according to Science News.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=231979
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=231979
The American Prospect tells how one Wal-Mart true believer
was excommunicated for his faith in doing what he thought
the company expected of him: crying foul. Today Lynn is one
of several prominent whistle-blowers suing the company in
high-profile unjust-termination cases.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232263
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232263
The Motley Fool says DuPont paid the largest civil fine ever
levied over a chemical used to make Teflon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=231926
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=231926
---Education---
A Pennsylvania judge ruled that the Dover Area School
District's science curriculum, which required the
presentation of intelligent design as an alternative to
evolution, is unconstitutional, according to Geotimes.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232389
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232389
---Money---
Why pay for things like doctors' bills, disability
insurance, and baby-sitting if your boss is willing to pick
up the tab? The Motley Fool explains how to milk your
employer for every last penny that is rightfully yours.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232434
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232434
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---Movies---
In King Kong, Peter Jackson's most significant triumph in
our age of visual oversaturation is that he creates images
worth falling in love with, according to Eye.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=231904
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=231904
Culture Vulture reviews Memoirs of a Geisha, a film set in
pre-World War II Japan that relates the tale of how a poor
young girl from a fishing village became the most renowned
geisha in all Kyoto.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232095
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232095
The film adaptation of The Producers, starring Matthew
Broderick and Nathan Lane, strikes a perfect balance between
silliness and levity, according to Culture Vulture.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232214
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232214
---Shady---
The Motley Fool reports that a scandal involving the biggest
gem-certifying lab, the Gemological Institute of America,
has the diamond industry fretting over the potential impact.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232392
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232392
When fakes of a GlaxoSmithKline anti-malarial drug turned up
in Africa, authorities assumed the company would want to
know. Instead, The American Prospect says they learned
about a huge, evil trade in fake drugs -- and about an
industry that doesn't want the truth to get out.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232252
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232252
---Space---
So far, NASA's plan to reach Mars has been short on detail.
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin unveils his own step-by-step
proposal to Popular Mechanics for mankind's next giant leap.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=231894
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=231894
---Technology---
Information Age describes a high resolution visualization
room that helps Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers
simulate large nuclear explosions, replacing the need for
live nuclear testing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=232356
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=232356
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