05Dec/14

Merry Christmas Fund breaks $1000 mark — only $59000 to go – The Delaware County Daily Times

Merry Christmas Fund breaks $1000 mark — only $59000 to go
The Delaware County Daily Times
Five donors chipped in $250 more to the campaign which seeks to provide winter coats and holiday meals to more than 300 needy families this holiday season. Thursday’s donors were: Anonymous, “In memory of deceased members of AARP Chapter #4496, …

05Dec/14

Weighing a second presidential bid, Perry picks up pace on 2016 prep – Houston Chronicle


Houston Chronicle

Weighing a second presidential bid, Perry picks up pace on 2016 prep
Houston Chronicle
Angling for a head start in what could be a crowded field for his party’s nomination, Perry is hunkering down in Austin with hundreds of influential activists, potential donors and policy experts. The aggressive foundation-laying, which is kicking into

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04Dec/14

Planned Parenthood: We’ll have to close our clinics if Gov. Walker … – Lifesite

Planned Parenthood: We’ll have to close our clinics if Gov. Walker
Lifesite
A 2012 report accused the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, of using various forms of mislabeling to maximize its take of taxpayer funds, including overbilling and “unbundling,” in which services provided as part of an abortion

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04Dec/14

Predicting the storm: Can computer models improve stem cell transplantation? – EurekAlert (press release)

Predicting the storm: Can computer models improve stem cell transplantation?
EurekAlert (press release)
Despite efforts to match patients with genetically similar donors, it is still nearly impossible to predict whether a stem cell transplant recipient will develop potentially fatal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a condition where the donor’s immune

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04Dec/14

China to stop using executed prisoners as source of transplant organs – The Guardian


The Guardian

China to stop using executed prisoners as source of transplant organs
The Guardian
China will stop using executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants from 1 January, the head of the country’s organ donation committee has said. The move, which has been widely welcomed by human rights groups, will worsen the huge shortfall
China to stop harvesting executed prisoners’ organsBBC News
​Dying to donate: China will end controversial prisoner organ transplants by RT
China to Halt Harvesting of Organs from Executed Prisoners for TransplantWall Street Journal
NPR (blog) –Telegraph.co.uk
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04Dec/14

American Red Cross Won’t Reveal What Percentage Of Donations Actually Go … – Huffington Post

American Red Cross Won’t Reveal What Percentage Of Donations Actually Go
Huffington Post
The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, for example, says that fundraising expenses should not exceed 35 percent of related contributions. McGovern, a former Harvard Business School marketing professor, has faced criticism within the Red Cross …

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