Challenges In The News 09/15/08

Improving Our Schools: A Donors Choose Challenge. I have posted “Councilwoman Wendy Greuel’s Help Our Kids Challenge” on their website. For the challenge, I have chosen 32 worthwhile projects in Council District 2. Meeting the goal for the challenge requires $5,279, and $3,651 has already been donated.
Now, let’s look at the challenges of racing.
The biggest constant challenge we face is getting sponsors.

That is a challenge to us.

How would you grade your organization in terms of diversity? Many donors are paying close attention to these statistics, and the trend promises to continue, says Richard Potter, vice president for development at American Humanics. Potter shares a candid look at what it means to embrace the challenge of diversity in a nonprofit organization.

Yet the Massachusetts experiment, enacted in 2006 by a Republican governor in a Democratic state, still faces a huge challenge: costs.

The state has 355,000 newly insured residents as of April, according to the journal Health Affairs, a leading chronicle of health policy, which recently outlined the success and challenges of the effort.

In The Lead: Business Books to Pack for Quick Read on Beach. Here are some books to consider bringing along that address pressing challenges yet are quick reads.

Betting on a Biofuel: Biobutanol has several advantages over ethanol. And one big disadvantage. “The challenge is how can we make this move faster,” says John Ranieri, vice president of biofuels at DuPont, who’s heading the company’s biofuel efforts.

Help From Evolution. One major challenge ahead is figuring out how to make butanol out of non-food feedstocks. Ethanol has recently come under fire because if absorbs large amounts of grain that would otherwise be available as food. Its critics blame increased production of the fuel for contributing to skyrocketing food prices.

Jamie Moreno, MLS’ all-time leading scorer, netted an early penalty kick after a clumsy Galaxy challenge and played a key role in the attack.