In this issue: Your doctor's secrets, T-rays, and lessons
from Iraq.
---Business---
A major Towers Perrin research study finds that learning and
development is one of the key factors in increasing employee
engagement, which, in turn, is linked to a company's
financial performance, according to LOMA Resource.
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---Christmas---
This Old House recommends that you choose a live Christmas
tree to extend the holiday spirit long past the holidays.
Buy one now, plant it later, then watch it grow year after year.
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---Health---
Smart Money tells you 10 things that your primary-care
physician won't.
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---Mortgages---
People who shouldn't have qualified for a mortgage got their
keys to a piece of the American dream. Now the bill is
coming due, and The Motley Fool doesn't think rates should
be frozen to bail them out.
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The Motley Fool says Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan
to protect homebuyers from their mistakes will punish us all.
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---Taser---
Popular Mechanics reports on Taser's response to a U.N.
committee's declaration that their stun guns are a form of
torture. The company claims the committee is "out of touch
with the reality that confronts law enforcement officers
every day worldwide."
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---Technology---
While X-rays do a pretty good job, Popular Mechanics says a
new portable scanner for medical imaging and security
screening may be a better option.
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---War---
Wired says that Iraq has taught us that the critical
networks in a war are social, not electronic.
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