18Jan/16

State Sen. O’Donnell considering run for County Commission – Wichita Eagle


Wichita Eagle

State Sen. O’Donnell considering run for County Commission
Wichita Eagle
Candidates have several options for disposing of stranded funds when they switch races, including giving the money to their political party, donating it to charity or refunding it to donors. O’Donnell said he “could easily refund money to donors” if he

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18Jan/16

De Blasio defends horse carriage deal on traffic grounds – Capital New York


Capital New York

De Blasio defends horse carriage deal on traffic grounds
Capital New York
This agreement will achieve that,” de Blasio told reporters Monday at an unrelated event in Brooklyn to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. De Blasio has struggled for months to make good on his early promise to ban the carriages, amid pushback from the

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18Jan/16

“Red Sunday” Blood Donation Campaign Aims to Ease Hospital Shortages – Latin American Herald Tribune


Viet Nam News

“Red Sunday” Blood Donation Campaign Aims to Ease Hospital Shortages
Latin American Herald Tribune
BANGKOK – Hundreds of people participated in a blood donation festival called “Red Sunday,” hosted in Hanoi on Sunday as part of an annual government campaign to ease severe hospital blood shortages that hamper medical treatment for accident victims …
Deputy PM urges Viet Nam to register to donate bloodViet Nam News
20000 blood units collected from blood donation festivalSGGP

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18Jan/16

The week’s top 10 (or so) in review: WSU student dies; Lt. Gov. visits Winona … – Winona Daily News


Winona Daily News

The week’s top 10 (or so) in review: WSU student dies; Lt. Gov. visits Winona
Winona Daily News
The program, funded by drug court fees and community donors, includes a two-month Y membership plus weekly training sessions, covering everything from goal-setting to nutrition. It’s voluntary and is intended to equip participants for a healthy

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18Jan/16

Adult Stem Cell Potential Varies Person to Person, Not Organ to Organ – Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Adult Stem Cell Potential Varies Person to Person, Not Organ to Organ
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
“This means that to make reliable observations about the functional implications of genotypes related to an illness requires that biobanks acquire a sufficiently large variety of samples from several donors.” “It is obvious that pluripotent stem cells

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