The Courier-Journal (blog) |
Andy Beshear campaign money machine rolls on
The Courier-Journal (blog) As of Dec. 31, the campaign reported having about $1.25 million on hand. RELATED: Andy Beshear has money but no foe in AG’s race. The report shows that many of the donors to the younger Beshear’s campaign continue to be state contractors, state … |
Asheville Citizen-TimesHealth-related events, classes, more around AshevilleAsheville Citizen-TimesDonors must be healthy, at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more and have not donated blood in the last 56 days. Walk-in donors accepted but th…
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Sources: Priorities snags Justin Brennan as finance director
Politico They also are concerned with how the new rider related to party fundraising, slipped into the recent “cromnibus” bill, will affect their efforts in making pitches to donors. Brennan served as the New England deputy finance director for the Obama 2012 … |
LA Magazine |
Gut Feelings: Why Fecal Transplants are Gaining Ground
LA Magazine Then she heard about fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), an unconventional procedure in which bacteria-rich stool from a healthy donor is deposited into a patient’s intestine via a colonoscopy or an enema. It took extensive research on her part … |
Scientific American (blog) |
Troublemaker Lee Smolin Says Physics—and Its Laws—Must Evolve*
Scientific American (blog) While there has been development of the mathematics related to string theory and also progress on applications of an idea (AdS/CFT) )that originally arose in string theory to other fields, the obstacles to taking string theory seriously as a … |
Ten Philanthropists From Finance to Watch in 2015Inside PhilanthropyAfter donations of $110 million to the University of Michigan and nearly $40 million to the Huntington library in 2013, he was back at it again last year, making a $65 million contribu…
USA TODAY |
Which 2016ers can actually raise money, anyway?
Washington Post (blog) There’s a related question that emerges from that estimate, of course: Can anyone? To get a sense of the fundraising capacity … probably couldn’t raise as much money. But it also means that they don’t necessarily have access to a wide population of … Huckabee Quits Fox to Mull Presidential Run, But Is He for Real?Vocativ |
Mondoweiss |
How Salaita’s critics have distorted the Salaita report
Mondoweiss Montgomery: I can’t say to what extent donor pressure played a role because I’m not familiar with any of it except what little that I’ve read, and it only related to one donor [presumably referring to press reports about an unknown six-figure donor … |
Yahoo Parenting |
‘I Had a Baby For My Gay Best Friend’
Yahoo Parenting They also considered potential emotional complications. “I thought about it a lot,” she says. “I know Ben and his husband Eduardo are awesome people, they’re good with my girls and they’d be great parents. It’s expensive to pay an egg donor and do IVF, … |
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Shelter to Ebola Orphans: Abundant Life Chapel, Making Difference
Front Page Africa We have 51 children here, the rest of the 41 are Ebola related; children orphaned by Ebola.” Rev. Wilmot … Yalateh said the need is huge and the church has been seeking help from international donors and the government but help has not come. He said … |