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...putting the uniform on and the cookies in front of the store anymore," says Susan Swanson, vice president of membership and volunteerism. "The old troop model is not dead, but we've got flexible options." Meeting monthly to hear a troop leader talk may be a yawner, Swanson says, "but if there's a cool career seminar on Saturday, they...
...decision making, "assessing team dynamics" and "community asset mapping." Is Juliette Low rolling in her grave as camps close down to make way for jazzier Web content and global networking? Lee Ann Maley, a Girl Scout executive in South Carolina, believes that the founder would approve of the new model of assertive girlhood. "We're doing more with science, technology, engineering and math," Maley says. "I think Juliette Low would be standing up and blowing her horn - the girls...
...admire. Then there's Bill Bradley. He played basketball at Princeton, played for the Knicks, was a U.S. Senator and a Rhodes Scholar as well. So he's someone who's won so many hats in his life and been successful combining academics and athletics, and a great role model to aspire to. I got a chance to speak to him about a week ago and he encouraged me to stay strong, keep working hard and using my intellect to advance me in society. I marvel at the things he's been able...
...starters, prices are being slashed on everything. And if the current malaise drags on, it will take a major bite out of inflation - one that could literally offset the decline in your portfolio. "The real enemy of retirement is inflation," notes Fisher. He points to this model: Say you have a $2.5 million nest egg that is growing 7% a year. In one scenario, you have no extraordinary economic events and normal long-term growth that produces inflation of 4% a year as you age from 65 to 95. In the second scenario, a severe recession knocks your portfolio down...
...says Elisabeth Pisani, an epidemiologist and former AIDS researcher in Indonesia. "This sort of nonsense is hardly worth commenting on from a public health point of view, but I think it might give pause for thought to those who are pushing rapid decentralization and local democracy as a development model [in Indonesia...