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Lipsitch said that the H1N1 vaccine might be widely available by December or January, but he estimates that the number of people with the flu will peak in October or November...
...College looks to juggle the transition between its old Core curriculum and the new General Education program meant to replace it, the Gen Ed office has been accommodating dozens of drop-in visits and around 200 e-mails a day—including a surprising number from upperclassmen for whom the program is not mandatory. The rush seems to go beyond the normal “beginning-of-term insanity,” according to Stephanie H. Kenen, administrative director of the program in General Education. Administrators had not anticipated the number of juniors and seniors who have shown interest...
...three longest songs in a row at the album’s end. These songs comprise a prodigious 37 minutes (longer than a few of their early LPs), and only one of them seems essential. “The Fireside” drones and wanders but never ignites; closing number “And the Glitter is Gone” picks up where “Beat Your Ass” extended intro “Pass the Hatchet” left off, but can’t register the same urgency without handclaps and vocals. “More...
...This is a new idea in a nation where our most iconic economist, Milton Friedman, wrote in 1970 that a corporation's only moral responsibility was to increase shareholder profits. Since 1995, the number of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual funds, which generally avoid buying shares of companies that profit from such things as tobacco, oil or child labor, has grown from 55 to about 260. SRI funds now manage approximately 11% of all the money invested in U.S. financial markets - an estimated $2.7 trillion...
...That's an impressive start but still a small number. Not everyone in America embraces the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) or ethical consumerism. Only 59% of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies have publicly available environmental policies. Fewer than 8% of companies go to the trouble of having a third party verify their CSR reports, which many consumers don't bother to read. As Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland and a leader in corporate responsibility, noted recently, "The vast majority of our consumers buy Timberland products because the shoe fits ... not because we maintain a measurably higher standard...