26Feb/15

Watchdog files complaint over Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock’s travel spending – Northwest Herald


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Watchdog files complaint over Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock’s travel spending
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Schock, a 33-year-old Republican, has faced scrutiny in recent weeks amid revelations he used the funds to pay for trips on his donors‘ aircraft. … Schock’s expenses also include fundraising-related charges to a massage company and for music concerts.
Watchdog group files complaint over lawmaker’s travel expenses on donors Newser
Watchdog files complaint over Schock’s travel spendingAlton Telegraph

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26Feb/15

Pride from tragedy: a Canberra family’s story of organ donation – ABC Online


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Pride from tragedy: a Canberra family’s story of organ donation
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Organ donation is not a conversation most people have in their early 30s, and Mark’s wife Janelle said she and Mark felt like they were “indestructible”. “We’d never discussed organ donation, but we knew how fit and healthy Mark’s body was,” she said.

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26Feb/15

Organ Donation Agency Lauds ‘American Horror Story’ Actor For Lifesaving Gifts – CBS Local


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Organ Donation Agency Lauds ‘American Horror Story’ Actor For Lifesaving Gifts
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — OneLegacy, an organ donation agency serving the Los Angeles area, lauded actor Ben Woolf for saving lives through three donations Wednesday. … Signing up to be an organ donor was absolutely fitting with his character.
‘Horror Story’ Actor Killed in Accident ‘Saves Three Lives’ — via DonationsNBCNews.com

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26Feb/15

After Kendall Square, InnerCity Weightlifting Eyes 2 More Secret Gym Locations – BostInno


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After Kendall Square, InnerCity Weightlifting Eyes 2 More Secret Gym Locations
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The rest comes from individual donors. … Ellen Frechette, 55, and a Dorchester resident, works with ‘Cali’ Pelote, 30, of Roxbury at InnerCity’s Dorchester gym, which sits off Dorchester Ave., tucked behind a couple of car-related businesses. There

26Feb/15

United Blood Services issues a call for donors – Hattiesburg American


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United Blood Services issues a call for donors
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United Blood Services is calling on Pine Belt residents to donate blood to help maintain blood supply inventories during this week’s winter weather in central and north Mississippi. Cancellation of blood drives and other related weather issues has
United Blood Services calls for donorsWDAM-TV
Emergency Blood Drive Wednesday in MeridianWTOK

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26Feb/15

What do Indonesia and Australia expect and get from aid? – The Conversation AU


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What do Indonesia and Australia expect and get from aid?
The Conversation AU
Aid, both as loans and grants, is given because it is seen as ultimately being in the national interests of the donors. The benefits for the recipients … First, a large part of the aid is related to Australia’s economic interests in Indonesia

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