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...nonprofits is by looking for charities with low operating costs. Ask a nonprofit what percentage of the budget covers overhead and how much the CEO takes as salary. But you should be wary of smaller nonprofits that have been around a while and have grown tired or obsolete, says Robert Egger, author of Begging for Change, a book about nonprofits. Egger's advice: look for an organization with some turnover at the board level, a sign that new ideas are welcome. But you should probably avoid an organization with persistent turnover in management, a sign that the charity is ineffective...
From polluted rivers to smog-filled air, Asia's environmental challenges have grown along with its economies. Readers were shocked at the scale of the crisis, but optimistic that the region will clean...
...Place - a no-nonsense pub on the edge of the grubby Sanlitun bar area - Briton Russell Probert has already paid his dues in the city. He decided to go upmarket when Frank's came under a city planner's wrecking ball in 2005. His new operation, the decidedly grown-up Pavillion, tel: (86-10) 6507 2617, features luxurious fittings, fine wines and what might be described as discriminating prices. It's aimed, says Probert, at "locals who have become more affluent and discerning." It's not just foreign investors who are targeting the city's moneyed class. Prominent Beijing nightlife...
...with irony suitable for the oughts. The song rocks hard—but there’s Finn’s nasal speech-singing drone squarely in the middle of the mix. The video, too, is stripped bare. No special effects, no gimmicks—just grown men dressed up as priests and pool boys, battling for the attention of a woman in front of an abandoned desert hotel. It is wonderful. And Franz, as Zorro, somehow makes that goofy porn ’stache work. The Hold Steady isn’t cool. The Hold Steady is so cool...
...next match against Dartmouth will be a battle,” said Caples, who, despite the team’s lackluster performance thus far this year, is confident. “Given where we started this year and where we are now, this team has grown tremendously.” Caples emphasized repeatedly that her team’s strength comes from its fortitude. “I’m proud we kept fighting, we learned that you create your own luck and your own breaks...