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By Janet Bodnar Sunday, September 5, 2010; G03 Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans? One of my 20-something Kiplinger colleagues answers bluntly: "If I had realized how much debt I wa... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/04/AR2010090400077_pf.html-2010-09-09 topics: HIGHER-ED PERS-FIN)

By Howard Schneider Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 9, 2010; 12:04 AM Large deficits and a weakened financial system have made the United States less competitive in the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in its annual r... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090900018.html-2010-09-09 topics: ECON FED-BGT INTL)

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note[ from the Soc. Entrepren. and Complexity list] by Manu Mayank on September 6th, 2010 Guest Post by: Sonia Jaspal - http://soniajaspal.wordpress.com/about/ We recently celebrated Indian Independence Day on 15 August. I cherish the freedom and ... (http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=188647382&gid=91076&type=member&item=28886987&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stratessence.com%2Fblog%-2010-09-09 topics: WISDOM LD INDIA KEY RSC)

By CATHERINE RAMPELL For years the technology sector has been considered the most dynamic, promising and globally envied industry in the United States. It escaped the recession relatively unscathed, and profits this year have been soaring. But as ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/economy/07jobs.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2010-09-09 topics: JOBS UNEMPLOYMENT GLOBALIZATION RECESION KEY)

By PAUL KRUGMAN Here’s the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president’s policies have limited the damage, but they were too cautious, and unemployment remains disastrously high. More action is clearly nee... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/opinion/06krugman.html?_r=1&ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2010-09-09 topics: ECON RECESSION FED-BGT KEY)

Reweaving social webs will depend in part on the efforts of dedicated local leaders who choose to pursue their goals through the slow, frequently fractious, and profoundly transformative route of social capital building. ~ Robert Putnam and Lewis Fe... (http://www.abundantcommunity.com-2010-09-09 topics: ALLIES BK KEY-A SOC-CAP GOOD-CMTY UNTAPPED-CAPACITY QT INSPIRATION)

Students saddled with loans, few job prospects By Peter S. Goodman, New York Times | March 14, 2010 NEW YORK — One fast-growing American industry has become a conspicuous beneficiary of the recession: for-profit colleges and trade schools. At... (http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/03/14/lure_of_for_profit_schools_can_lead_to_unwieldy_debt?mode=PF-2010-09-08 topics: HIGHER-ED NONPROFIT-ROLE CORRUPTN JOB-TRAINING NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | September 7, 2010 More than 1,000 for-profit colleges across the country, including dozens in New England, could run afoul of new federal regulations because they have student loan repayment rates below new federal... (http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/09/07/crackdown_apt_to_cut_us_aid_to_many_for_profit_schools?mode=PF-2010-09-08 topics: HIGHER-ED JOB-TRAINING NO-EASY-ANSWERS NONPROFIT-ROLE CORRUPTN GVT-ROLE)

By Steven Pearlstein Tuesday, September 7, 2010; 9:04 PM Somewhere between the rantings of the Republican right, which is peddling the nonsense that excessive government spending is to blame for high unemployment, and the Democratic left, which cl... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706644_pf.html-2010-09-08 topics: UNEMPLOYMENT NO-EASY-ANSWERS)

By Peter Whoriskey Wednesday, September 8, 2010; 3:06 AM WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can t... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/07/AR2010090706933_pf.html -2010-09-08 topics: JOBS MANUFACTURING GLOBAL-WARMING NO-EASY-ANSWERS EC-TR UNEMPLOYMENT)

By BENEDICT CAREY Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work sp... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/health/views/07mind.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2010-09-08 topics: EDUC COG-SCI LEARNING)

By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: September 7, 2010 GIVEN the weather of late, extremes seem to have become the norm. Enlarge This Image Sophia Martineck Dot Earth Andrew C. Revkin invites readers to join a discussion of extreme weather and warming o... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/opinion/08revkin.html-2010-09-07 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING KEY)

By DAVID BROOKS sum[David Platt: “Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream.” :"Platt calls on readers to cap their lifestyle. Live as if you made $50,000 a year, he suggests, and give everything else away. Take a year to surrender... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/opinion/07brooks.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks&pagewanted=print-2010-09-07 topics: LUXURY GOOD-LIFE RELIGION ALLIES KEY COMPENSATION BK MODERATION)

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By DAVID BROOKS The Democrats could be heading toward a defeat of historic proportions in November, but it is possible to imagine a scenario in which things might have turned out differently: On Dec. 16, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama and his ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03brooks.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print-2010-09-04 topics: CONG LD OBAMA RHETORIC ALLIES COURAGE PUB-OP)

By Lisa Rein Saturday, August 7, 2010; A01 Here are some lessons Spencer Clark has learned in three years working for the federal government: When he goes to boring meetings, he sits at the table so no one will think he's a slacker. He knows when... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606461_pf.html-2010-09-03 topics: GVT-MGT UNTAPPED-CAPACITY JOBS FED-GVT YOUTH)

SUM["The big plans quietly faded, the blueprints were rolled up and stashed away, and the city grew back organically, street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood, the way its people wanted. When I was in New Orleans this May, I was dumbstruck by... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082002125_pf.html-2010-09-03 topics: LOUISIANA)

September always brings a burst of hope for the public service. Students show up at universities ready to learn, the federal fiscal year is about to begin, agencies are ready to hire, and the latest surveys of federal employees arrive. I know our s... (http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/light/2010/09/make-it-easier-to-say-yes-to-federal-service.html?hpid=smartliving-2010-09-03 topics: PUB-SRV GVT-MGT UNTAPPED-CAPACITY)

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN sum["the only way to fix our schools is not with a Superman or a super-theory. No, it’s with supermen and superwomen pushing super-hard to assemble what we know works: better-trained teachers working with the best methods und... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25friedman.html?ref=columnists&pagewanted=print-2010-09-02 topics: EDUC SOLUTIONS WISDOM KEY-A RSC)

By David A. Fahrenthold and Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 1, 2010; A1 The lessons that could help keep 33 trapped Chilean miners safe and sane during their months underground were learned at desperate times in iso... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083106120_pf.html-2010-09-02 topics: PSYCH COOP KEY)

ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2008) — "Think globally, act locally" makes for a nice bumper sticker -- but is it an effective policy for coping with global climate change? Can local actions make a difference in a process principally driven by worldwide ... (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080217102119.htm-2010-09-02 topics: GLOBAL-WARMING SOLUTIONS)

433 - I counted on my feet. I wanted to meet people in the flesh and give them a chance to meet me.... (-2010-09-02 topics: LD CHARACTER CIVIL-RIGHTS SOC-MOVEMENT CMTY-ORGANIZING BK)

Composting is easy and fun. Kitchen scraps, leaves and lawn clippings are allowed to decompose naturally and they become a healthy, nutrient-rich and beneficial soil for the garden. In this instructable, I will show how I made a spinning double dru... (http://www.instructables.com/id/Double-Decker-Drum-Composter/-2010-09-02 topics: AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS GARDENING PUB-INFO WEBSITE)

By KARL E. CASE Boston IF you read the coverage of the latest figures on the sales of existing homes from the National Association of Realtors, you may well have come to the conclusion that the American dream is dead. It is indeed worrisome that s... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/opinion/02case.html?hp=&pagewanted=print-2010-09-02 topics: HOUS RECESSION KEY ECON CONSUMER PUB-OP INSTABILITY STATS)

New Orleans is rebounding well from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and could conceivably end up on a stronger economic footing than before the storm — if the city redevelops in the right way. For that to happen, federal, stat... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/opinion/02thu1.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print-2010-09-02 topics: NONPROFIT-ROLE LOUISIANA HOUS MENTAL-ILLNESS DOMESTIC-NEEDS HOMELESS)

sum[ European public opinion, driven by economic fears and nationalism, turns away from goal of Eur. integration.] By Charles Kupchan Sunday, August 29, 2010; B03 The European Union is dying -- not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and st... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/27/AR2010082702138_pf.html-2010-09-02 topics: EUR COOP-LIMITS INTL-ORGS PUB-OP)

by charles Lane Not every American who marches behind a hateful crackpot is a hateful crackpot. The peaceful, thoughtful throng that assembled for Louis Farrakhan at the Million Man March in 1995 -- including a young Barack Obama -- proved that poin... (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/08/why_obama_doesnt_get_glenn_bec.html-2010-09-02 topics: TEA-PARTY)

By Dana Milbank Sunday, August 29, 2010; A19 There is a telling anecdote in Glenn Beck's 2003 memoir about how the cable news host was influenced by the great fantasist Orson Welles. To travel between performances in Manhattan, Beck recounts, Well... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/27/AR2010082702359_pf.html-2010-09-01 topics: TEA-PARTY)

By Ruth Marcus Wednesday, September 1, 2010; A17 I left the Glenn Beck rally worried that I didn't have much of a story. It was all revival meeting, no political fireworks. The news reports accurately likened the atmosphere to that of a church pi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083104555_pf.html-2010-09-01 topics: TEA-PARTY)

Dr Brian Jude and Associates present.... LEADERSHIP – INFLUENCING PEOPLE UNDER YOUR DIRECTION & CARE A Dynamic Morning Seminar Effective leaders are required to improve staff performance, and to influence or oversee the workplace and workf... (-2010-09-01 topics: LD CONCEPTS)

By DAVID GREISING As some of the nation’s biggest financial institutions rushed to assemble a $150 million bailout of ShoreBank last week, people knowledgeable about the bank’s image as a successful, crusading lender in some of the country’s ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/business/23cncshorebank.html-2010-09-01 topics: BANK RECESSION MGT NO-EASY-ANSWERS NONPROFIT-INNOVATION RISK SOLUTIONS)

The Healthy Communities Network® is a customizeable web-based information system designed provide access to high-quality data and decision support, helping to improve health indicator tracking, best practice sharing and community development in ord... (http://www.healthycommunitiesinstitute.com/index.html-2010-08-31 topics: ALLIES NCCS KEY-A WEBSITE RSC)

By DAVID BROOKS The U.S. venture into Iraq was a war, but it was also a nation-building exercise. America has spent $53 billion trying to reconstruct Iraq, the largest development effort since the Marshall Plan. So how’s it working out? On the ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/opinion/31brooks.html-2010-08-31 topics: IRAQ F-PLY PROGRESS-POSSIBLE)

By Chrystia Freeland Monday, August 30, 2010; A13 Forget the "Ground Zero mosque," Michelle Obama's Spanish holiday and even the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When future historians look back to the summer of 2010, the event they are most likel... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/29/AR2010082902898_pf.html-2010-08-30 topics: CHINA CAPITALISM DEMOCRACY)

By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 30, 2010; A1 On Thursday, some of the country's most respected environmental groups - in the midst of their biggest political fight in two decades - sent a group of activists to Mi... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/29/AR2010082903879_pf.html-2010-08-30 topics: ENV ADVOCACY NONPROFIT PUB-OP)

By Greg Jaffe Monday, August 30, 2010; A1 In the summer of 2006, Maj. Walt Cooper was convinced that his Special Forces team's work was only contributing to the violence spiraling out of control in Baghdad. Cooper and his soldiers were training a... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/29/AR2010082903891.html-2010-08-30 topics: IRAQ WISDOM HUBRIS F-PLY PROGRESS)

By PAMELA PAUL Kiran didn’t seem like the type of kid parents should worry about. “He was the easy one,” his father, Raghu, a physician, says. “He always wanted to please.” Unlike other children in his suburban St. Louis preschool, Kiran ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29preschool-t.html?ref=todayspaper-2010-08-29 topics: MENTAL-ILLNESS PARENTING CHLD PSYCH DEPRESSION)

By DEXTER FILKINS and ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — One of the country’s most senior prosecutors said Saturday that President Hamid Karzai fired him last week after he repeatedly refused to block corruption investigations at the highest ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29afghan.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=print-2010-08-29 topics: AFGHAN CORRUPTN)

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