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...voluntary program in 2008 are some of the nation's most élite private schools. One of the largest recipients of Goldman money in 2008 was New Jersey private school Rumson Country Day School. Also on the list are Choate Rosemary Hall, Lawrenceville and Spence. Top colleges got their share of Goldman largesse as well. Harvard, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago all got over $150,000 in donations from Goldman employees. "Corporations have to be careful to avoid the appearance of special access in return for charitable giving," says Ferrell...
Nonprofits, too, are likely to cheer the plan. Bradford Smith, who is the president of philanthropy-research firm Foundation Center, says Goldman's move could help service organizations at a time when many are struggling to raise funds. "Ideally, you would hope rich people would voluntarily share their wealth," says Smith. "But Goldman is leader in the corporate world, and if others follow, this could be a needed windfall for nonprofits...
...nearly 34% of American adults and 17% of kids had emphysema or heart disease, we'd hardly consider it a cause for celebration. But an announcement on Wednesday that that same share of us now qualify as obese - and that a whopping 68% of adults and 32% of kids are at least overweight - is being hailed as encouraging news. Why? Because the numbers aren't even higher...
...Ethnicity makes a difference too - sometimes a big one. The least obese women are non-Hispanic whites, at 33%; the worst-off are non-Hispanic blacks, at 49.6%. Among men, the range is smaller, from 31.9% for whites to 37.3% for blacks. But what all the groups share is that the worst of the gaining appears to be over. (See 10 myths about dieting...
...July seems a strange month to choose as Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness month. I don't want to be aware of anything disastrous in July other than tan lines. But July is also National Hot Dog Month, Ice Cream Month and Cell Phone Courtesy Month, as well as National Share a Sunset with Your Lover Month...