Here's the week's best and most interesting magazine
articles -- enjoy!
---Sports & Recreation---
An Outside writer travels to Scotland's Orkney Islands to
witness the locals' ancient and violent mob sport, Ba'.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51844
Sports Illustrated tells of Shaquille O'Neal's concerted --
and failing -- efforts to improve his horrible free throw
shooting.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52885
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52885
Women athletes in international competition often have to
undergo testing to prove that their gender is genetically
unambiguous. SportsJones examines the increasing outcry
over this practice.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52847
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52847
Urban bicycle activists are taking back city streets by
arranging monthly to ride en masse, reports Mother Jones.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52478
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52478
---Design---
Mobile Computing looks at what kinds of design innovations
may shape the future of portable computing.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51878
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51878
Auto Industries surveys design experts about the latest crop
of cool concept vehicles.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52877
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52877
---School Violence---
Teacher Magazine reports that more and more school districts
are teaming up with police departments to provide cash
rewards to students for reporting such threats as weapons,
drugs, violence, and vandalism.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51937
A Salon article notes how calm and seemingly unsurprised
students at Santana High School were following Monday's
shooting.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52894
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52894
---The Internet---
Time Europe reports on Norwegian startup Opera, which makes
a smaller, faster, Web browser that they hope can compete
against Microsoft.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52585
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52585
A Mother Jones article looks at the future of college
education and wonders just what an online degree from a
for-profit university is worth.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52517
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52517
Internet World argues that legislators need to pay more
attention to cybercrime.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52452
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52452
Salon reports on the latest Napster court ruling and how
ineffective it, alone, is likely to be.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52900
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52900
---Psychology---
A New Republic article explains a revolutionary development
in the theory of the psyche: "positive psychology" shifts
the focus from what causes psychosis to what causes sanity.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51901
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51901
---Computing---
Dr. Dobb's Journal reports on the crisis of software
complexity and the rising costs resulting from it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52107
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52107
Internet World looks at the future of rich media on wireless
PDAs and phones.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52448
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52448
Atlantic Monthly reviews several computer flight simulators.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52814
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52814
---Cooking---
Looking to equip your kitchen? Kiplingers polls top chefs
on the essentials in cookware.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51991
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51991
---Health---
What happens when your medical implant gets recalled by the
manufacturer? A Salon article investigates.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52395
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52395
---Books---
The Weekly Standard reviews a new book on the crisis of
British identity called "The Abolition of Britain".
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52566
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52566
Buy this book:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/189355418X/magportalcom
---Finance---
Industry Standard reports that online brokerages are feeling
the pain, not only from lower trading volumes, but from a
sharp downturn in their lucrative margin-trading operations.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52709
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52709
China is trying to clean up its stock markets, among the
most disreputable in the world, according to FEER.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51953
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51953
---Business---
Internet World looks at the choice between funding from
angel investors and venture capitalists.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52452
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52452
An Asiaweek article documents the expansive reach and
profitability of the 25-year-old Hello Kitty brand.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52345
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52345
Industry Standard writes about bosses who are not simply
demanding, but abusive.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52626
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52626
Asiaweek reports on how the slack demand for technology in
the U.S. is hurting Asian manufacturers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52380
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52380
An Industry Standard article ponders the future of the great
auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, in the face of
online competition like eBay.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52757
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52757
An Atlantic Monthly article explores how much a company's
culture can really contribute to its success.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52831
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52831
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---U.S. Society & Politics---
Salon outlines the new U.S. policies regarding Iraq that
came out of Colin Powell's trip to the Middle East.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51891
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51891
An article in Reason argues that stereotyping entire
geographic regions by who they voted for in the presidential
election is an insidious and misleading practice.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52055
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52055
A U.S. News article avers that Clintonism is alive and well
in the Bush administration.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52519
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52519
Time has a short, but poignant, interview with Scott Waddle,
the Navy captain whose submarine was involved in the fatal
Hawaii collision.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52864
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52864
---World Society & Politics---
Time Asia reports on the bloody, ethnically-motivated
massacres in Indonesia.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52753
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52753
U.S. News reports that Afghanistan's Taliban, zealous to
adhere to Islamic orthodoxy, has ordered the destruction of
innumerable priceless antiquities such as statues and
paintings.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52510
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52510
Atlantic Monthly reports on the one missing link in the
Pan-American Highway, traversing the unruly Panamanian
province of Darien.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=51818
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=51818
A Salon article examines the risk that foot-and-mouth
disease, the scourge of the U.K.'s meat industry, may travel
to the United States.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=52546
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=52546
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