azcentral.comLetter: Organ donors need protection from insurersazcentral.comThe bill also also gives donors access to procedure recovery time through the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA). This bill is significant for me, a kidney transplant recipi…
Delmarva Daily TimesDonations pour in for displaced dogs in WicomicoDelmarva Daily TimesThe Humane Society of Wicomico County has issued an open letter of thanks for donations that supported the care of more than 300 dogs rescued from a Wicomico County…
Times Colonist |
Bring us your books: Your guide to the TC book drop-off this weekend
Times Colonist Please donate only books that are in good condition. If it’s coffee-stained, weak-spined, or dog-eared (sounds like Les Leyne!), it can’t be sold. • Before packing up your books, please check inside the covers to ensure they’re not hiding banknotes … |
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Poll On Organ Donation In The Mother Lode
MyMotherLode.com An informal myMotherLode.com poll asked “Are You Designated As An Organ Donor Through The DMV?” The results were 55 percent Yes and 43 percent No. Over 590 votes were made over the two day poll. A related news story was posted before the poll … |
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Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections
Miami Herald In total, Giustra has committed $100 million to the foundation, according to at least one report, though foundation records don’t give an exact amount, saying only that he is one of the largest individual donors giving more than $25 million. In 2007 … |
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IMF and World Bank’s Influence on Economic Policy Making in Developing Countries
Bretton Woods Observer One of the principals of that agreement was country ownership, meaning that governments, csos and stakeholders within countries should be the ones defining their own development strategies, rather than donors. Donors should support those efforts. Now … |
Los Angeles Times |
LA’s effort to equip officers with body cameras stalls
Los Angeles Times The LAPD already has about 860 cameras, purchased through private donations. Last year, the LAPD negotiated a contract with Taser … But he came under fire from critics who said he should not have accepted $8,400 in campaign contributions from a dozen … |
National Post |
Canadian ‘transplant tourists’ putting their lives at serious risk: study
National Post The trade in organ transplants has been widely condemned, evidence indicating that donors are at best poorly compensated and treated, at worst kidnapped and their organs harvested involuntarily. In China, a destination for some Canadian patients, … |
Duluth News Tribune |
Gifts of life celebrated at Duluth ceremony
Duluth News Tribune Families of donors and recipients often don’t learn one another’s identities, let alone meet. But the Mattakat family and the Jahn family would meet a little more than a year after the transplant, at Barker’s Island. “It was pretty neat hugging Susie … New Mexico organ donor list sign-ups in top 10Albuquerque Journal |
Iowa City Press Citizen |
Rastetter delays $5 million donation to Hawkeye football
Iowa City Press Citizen She said it’s not unusual for donors to make gifts over periods of time. The organization refused to release documents related to his pledge, saying they can be kept confidential under Iowa law. Rastetter declined comment. “Regent Rastetter doesn’t … Delay in regent’s $5M gift to Iowa football raises questionsWTOP |