World Blood Donors Day special – making blood as freely available as glucose
YourStory.com
The solution to every problem related to blood donation lies in donating blood voluntarily, and as frequently as possible. When blood is available in its shelves, it becomes logistically impossible for a blood bank to ask for replacements. Since blood …
World Blood Donor Day: Red cross looking for new blood donorsLuxemburger Wort – English Edition
Nigeria needs 1.7m units of blood annually – OfficialThe Eagle Online
Nigeria needs 1.7milion units of blood annuallyP.M. News
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Education reforms spur lobbying ‘arms race’
Press & Sun-Bulletin
And it’s led to an “arms race,” as a spokesman for NYSUT put it, between the powerful union and organizations backed by Wall Street activists who are championing more charter schools, a tax credit for donors to schools and more accountability. The end …

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The woman who had 11000 cookbooks
Haaretz
She is one of the major donors to New York University’s collection of nearly 60,000 books in the realm of food studies: In recent years she’s turned over 11,000 volumes – and there are still thousands more in her apartment, which will also eventually …

Assembly Dems unveil new education tax credit plan
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (blog)
The bill from Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, D-Queens, comes as the Assembly’s Democratic leadership continues to oppose a broader tax credit package that would allow donors to schools, including private and parochial institutions, to receive an …
Assembly Dems propose new education tax deductionPolitics on the Hudson (blog)

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Quincy snow contractors among Mayor Koch’s political donors
The Patriot Ledger
Snowplowing in all cases is exempt from the state law requiring public projects to go out to bid, while other weather-related jobs, like hauling snow to dump sites, must go out for bid unless municipalities consider them emergency procurements. Quincy …

Hollywood Museum remembers Marilyn Monroe
Los Angeles Times
The museum, said Dadigan, has an international network of donors. “This time we have five different collections from all around the … She related to Marilyn — she was of the same time period.” Monroe, who would have been 89 this year, “has gotten …

First Draft | Longtime Bush Adviser Focuses On Jeb’s Messaging
New York Times
But two people familiar with Mr. Mottola’s current role said that he had been advising the team on messaging and strategy related to Monday’s planned campaign kickoff. If Mr. Mottola does take an official role with the campaign, among the open …

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Clinton’s shady pals: Not quite ‘everyday’ Americans
New York Post
In fact, the Clinton Foundation, Bill and Hillary’s elaborate slush fund, includes numerous donors and even board members with dodgy backgrounds, shady dealings and even criminal convictions that should repel rather than lure a once and perhaps future …
Kathleen Parker: Bill’s Clintonesque rebuttalLexington Herald Leader

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Secretive Donors Gave US Climate Denial Groups $125 Million Over Three Years
AlterNet
Almost all of the think tanks and activist groups on the Donors rolls work on a broad range of topics – and in most cases there was no way of tracking what portion of funding went to climate change related work. But all of the groups have a record of …