02Nov/15

How Alabama Eye Bank took its tech needs into its own hands – Birmingham Business Journal


Birmingham Business Journal

How Alabama Eye Bank took its tech needs into its own hands
Birmingham Business Journal
In the increasingly tech-driven world of business, it’s easy for companies to get lost in the mix of new products, software updates and secure data storage, especially when it comes to what products fit their respective business models. But Birmingham

02Nov/15

Deep-Pocketed Donors Behind Campus Anti-Koch Movement – Washington Free Beacon


Washington Free Beacon

Deep-Pocketed Donors Behind Campus Anti-Koch Movement
Washington Free Beacon
Liberal foundations financing a nonprofit news venture that is reporting on donations made by the Koch Brothers to colleges are also financing on-campus groups protesting the Kochs’ donations. The same foundations have also … These groups are also

02Nov/15

Marni Soupcoff: Requiring alcoholics to be dry months before a liver … – National Post


National Post

Marni Soupcoff: Requiring alcoholics to be dry months before a liver
National Post
We are told that the organ transplant rules in Ontario, which require six months of sobriety before a patient can be considered as a recipient for a liver transplant, are necessary to protect a scarce resource — and the organ donors who provide it

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02Nov/15

Red Cross blood donation opportunities Nov. 16-30 – Quad-Cities Online


Dearborn Press and Guide

Red Cross blood donation opportunities Nov. 16-30
Quad-Cities Online
(Oct. 30, 2015) – The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to help ensure a sufficient blood supply throughout the holiday season. A seasonal decline in donations often occurs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day when donors get …
Red Cross encourages blood donationsAlbert Lea Tribune
Red Cross introduces new RapidPass online donor health historyAustin Herald

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02Nov/15

The Closing Space Challenge: How Are Funders Responding? – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Closing Space Challenge: How Are Funders Responding?
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Bangladesh passed the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Bill, 2014 in December of that year, placing stringent limits on foreign funding for NGOs and outright bans on all “foreign donations for electoral candidates and government

02Nov/15

Bid to name new aeroplane after Barnstaple teenager Katie Gammon – North Devon Gazette


North Devon Gazette

Bid to name new aeroplane after Barnstaple teenager Katie Gammon
North Devon Gazette
People are being urged to lend their support to a campaign to name a new aeroplane after teenage organ donor campaigner Katie Gammon, who died in August. Thomson Holidays is asking people … Katie’s sister Louise said: “We only heard about the