26May/15

Dying Well Matters: But Is A Good Death Possible? – Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

Dying Well Matters: But Is A Good Death Possible?
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
This week is the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), Dying Matters Coalition, Dying Matters Awareness Week (DMAW), with the theme, ‘Talk Plan Live’. The aim being to highlight the importance of talking about dying and, importantly, of planning

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26May/15

Ohio lawyer has behind-the-scenes influence in conservative politics – Columbus Dispatch

Ohio lawyer has behind-the-scenes influence in conservative politics
Columbus Dispatch
Nonprofits can’t have election-related activity as their primary purpose and need not reveal their donors, making them attractive vehicles for anonymous political spending. Such groups’ politicking has proliferated since the decision. Langdon isn’t the

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26May/15

Push to name donors in political ads hits FCC roadblock – The Hill


The Hill

Push to name donors in political ads hits FCC roadblock
The Hill
But the title of the House proposal — which overtly references GOP mega-donors Charles and David Koch — indicates that the party sees it as more of a messaging bill than anything else. And a failed vote on the legislation in a House Energy and
FCC will not change rules on PAC donors identifying themselves in political adsAL.com

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26May/15

Sam Asano’s Let’s Invent: Remembering inventor Gertrude Belle Elion – The Union Leader


The Union Leader

Sam Asano’s Let’s Invent: Remembering inventor Gertrude Belle Elion
The Union Leader
She went on to develop several epoch-making drugs, one of which enabled kidney transplant from unrelated donors. The world’s scientific community recognized her spectacular achievement and presented her with a Nobel Prize in Medicine shared with …

26May/15

Mum-of-three Amy, 33, back home after second heart attack – The Press, York


The Press, York

Mum-of-three Amy, 33, back home after second heart attack
The Press, York
Amy, who was born with a congenital heart defect, spent six weeks in York Hospital but has now returned to her parents’ home in Wilton Rise, Holgate. Amy, mum to 13-year-old Jess, Louise, ten, and Charlie, four, is now waiting to hear if she requires a

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