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Based on a study of 174,630 people who were on the wait list for a heart, kidney, or liver from 1999 to 2004, the study showed that those in rural areas were 10% to 20% less likely to get an organ than metropolitan residents. Some gains in distribution equality for minority groups, such as the African-American population, have been reported. However, because most transplant centers are located in cities, the population that lives outside metropolitan areas (about 14%) may continue to struggle to get organ transplants....
What You Should Know About Adopting Are dogs and cats in shelters healthy and well-adjusted? Most shelters screen animals for serious health and behavior problems. Even with the best-behaved animal, however, you should expect to go through a period of adjustment as your pet becomes used to a new home, family, and routine. No animal, no matter where he comes from, will be completely free of health and behavior problems. But if you give your new family member some time, training, and patience, your reward will be a loving companion....
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Who: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the Beautiful”What: Six-foot-two-inch bronze statue showing her at the top of Pikes Peak, where she was inspired to write the song.Where: Falmouth, Massachusetts, her birthplace. Who: Mary McLeod Bethune, educatorWhat: Seventeen-foot bronze statue with arms outstretched to two young children and inscribed with the words, “I leave you love, I leave you hope…I leave you racial dignity.”Where: Washington, D.C. Who: Mary Ann Bickerdyke, Civil War relief worker for the NorthWhat: A stone statue of “Mother Bickerdyke” giving a drink to a wounded soldier with an inscription of the base of the statue which says: “‘She outranks me’—General Sherman....
Chapter One: Top Ten Things NOT to Do the First Day of School By Someone Who Has Done Them All Even though I was still nervous, I saved the file, shut down my computer, and climbed into bed. After twenty minutes of tossing and turning like a beached codfish, I flipped the light back on. Time for desperate measures. I hopped out of bed and got my oldest stuffed animal, Truffles the Pig, down from the shelf....
