The Japan Times |
Does social change in Japan come from the top down or bottom up?
The Japan Times Some movements were instituted after government awareness-raising drives, like the nōshi wa hito no shi (“brain death is a person’s death”) campaign deployed in the 1990s to overcome apparently religious-based objections to organ donation. These and … |
Children make up more than 10 percent of nation’s organ donors – Billings Gazette
Billings Gazette |
Children make up more than 10 percent of nation’s organ donors
Billings Gazette A medical assessment will take place at the time of death to determine whether donation is a possibility. In order for a patient to be eligible for organ donation they need to be on ventilated support and their death must occur in a hospital. Tissue … |
Republicans’ First Step Was to Handle Extremists in Party – New York Times
New York Times |
Republicans’ First Step Was to Handle Extremists in Party
New York Times The committee’s executive director, Rob Collins, dragged complacent donors into the effort, playing recordings for them of some of Mr. McDaniel’s most incendiary remarks and persuading them to underwrite a massive get-out-the-vote effort to defeat him … Republicans first step was to manage extremistsWorcester Telegram McConnell rips Grimes over tornadoThe Hill |
Outside Money Leads to First $100M Senate Contests – Bloomberg
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Outside Money Leads to First $100M Senate Contests
Bloomberg This was similar to the pattern of another key group related to the Koch network, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a Section 501(c)(4) organization that doesn’t disclose its donors. The conservative nonprofit sponsored more than $16 million worth of TV … |
Donations support police dog units – Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton Post Crescent |
Donations support police dog units
Appleton Post Crescent They have no full-time detectives, and there’s growing concern about the rise of drug-related crime. A drug-detecting dog would improve the department’s ability to address those issues, he said. It’s a pricey endeavor for any department, particularly … |
Rick Scott defeats Charlie Crist in close race for Florida governor – Florida Times-Union
Florida Times-Union |
Rick Scott defeats Charlie Crist in close race for Florida governor
Florida Times-Union But he also abandoned his “700,000 jobs in seven years” pledge from his first campaign that has been the source of much criticism because new jobs in Florida unrelated to the improving economy are lagging far behind that benchmark. For his re-election … |
Fighting for Lamont: The Battle for Transplants for People With HIV – TheBody.com
TheBody.comFighting for Lamont: The Battle for Transplants for People With HIVTheBody.comUnrelated health problems often prevent access to organs. Other diseases or conditions, such as a high HIV viral load, opportunistic infections, asthma, diabetes, …
Organ Donation, Persecuted Churches, Choice: Reflections on Joshua 24:1-3a … – Patheos
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Organ Donation, Persecuted Churches, Choice: Reflections on Joshua 24:1-3a …
Patheos For example, anyone who has followed the searing and unending issue of the Bible’s address of Gay/Lesbian existence, and questions of same-sex marriage, have seen again and again the dreadful misuse of biblical texts, recruited rather more as sledge … |
Tory MP Michael Fabricant to push for end to ‘illogical’ gay blood donation … – PinkNews
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Tory MP Michael Fabricant to push for end to ‘illogical’ gay blood donation …
PinkNews Conservative MP Michael Fabricant’s campaign to allow gay men to donate blood moves forward tomorrow when a short film and an interview will take place on the BBC. Tory MP Mr Fabricant last month called for an end to the 12-month deferral on gay and … |
Why you should donate blood this season – The Peak
The Peak |
Why you should donate blood this season
The Peak Don’t feel badly if you’re not a regular donor — Canadian Blood Services reports that only about four per cent of eligible donors in Canada give blood, and Vancouver’s track record is even worse at just two per cent. These statistics are indicative of … Canadian Blood Services launches new blood.caCanada NewsWire (press release) |