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...disease and that all of the blood of MSM is tainted.” Granted, it is not the role of the FDA to legitimize or de-legitimize any number of lifestyles (from injecting intravenous drugs to having sex with men to traveling to Africa or Great Britain) by allowing or disallowing such individuals to donate blood. The FDA’s job is, simply, to maintain an adequate, safe supply of blood for patients who need it. But the FDA is only succeeding on one count: the blood is safe. Donated blood is in short supply nationwide...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel, | Title: Donation Disparities | 2/10/2005 | See Source »

...that works in the affected areas, such as Oxfam or ActionAid, then send your donation to them directly. Since you'll already be on their database, this will cut down on their administrative costs. Alternatively, you could give to an umbrella group such as the Disasters Emergency Committee in Britain (www.dec.org.uk) or Aktion Deutschland Hilft (www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de) in Germany. These groups coordinate donations for several national charities and ensure that money goes to organizations best placed to help those in need. If there is a specific charity you admire, you might want to consider giving an unrestricted donation, which allows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Continuing Care | 2/8/2005 | See Source »

Less than six weeks after I started at EPA, I was scheduled to travel to Trieste, Italy, for what would be my first meeting with my G8 counterparts--the environmental ministers from Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Russia. The official purpose of the meeting was to further an ongoing effort among the G8 to agree on the next steps in addressing global warming. I was keenly aware that this was the first opportunity for our closest allies to take the measure of President Bush's stance on environmental policies. I also knew their expectations were low because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Losing the Green Light | 2/8/2005 | See Source »

...BRITAIN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Security: Going Private: Lessons from Overseas | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...other Chinese cities. Today, in order to accommodate Shanghai's swelling population and enhance its image as an international gateway, China's largest metropolis is again bringing the West to the East?this time on its own terms. Shanghai's seven satellite cities will draw so much inspiration from Britain, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Holland and Canada that one urban planning official announced in a 2002 press circular that "foreign visitors will not be able to tell where Europe ends and China begins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ye Olde Shanghai | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

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