X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.3 Sender: -2.6 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j4HHQblj011845 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:26:38 -0400 Received: from informer.mr.itd.umich.edu (informer.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.72]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.2/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j4HHQVfa004198; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:26:31 -0400 Received: FROM cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu (cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu [141.211.97.58]) BY informer.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 428A2901.2BC43.15063 ; 17 May 2005 13:25:21 -0400 Received: from cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4HHPHGs004044; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:25:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (wrand Æ localhost) by cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id j4HHPHbt004040; Tue, 17 May 2005 13:25:17 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu: wrand owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: wrand Æ cscs02.physics.lsa.umich.edu In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <56e157e805051709315044ac69 Æ mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:25:17 -0400 (EDT) To: Robert Felty cc: Christine Kapusky , improvetheworld Æ umich.edu, ian tadashi moore , Michael Scott Lerman , Melanie Hassel , Susan Hamilton , "William J. Leadford" , Genevieve Anne Humenay , Laura Avers From: Bill Rand Subject: Re: Ugly Area Blood Supplies - Our Attention Needed Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 163 They've recently changed the Mad Cow requirement its now 5 years for europe though its still 3 months for the UK. -Bill On Tue, 17 May 2005, Robert Felty wrote: > Don't forget that you can't have traveled much either - I am > disqualified for spending too much time in Europe - something like a > total of 6 months or more in the last 5 or 10 years. You also cannot > admit to being gay. > > Rob > > > > On May 17, 2005, at 12:31, Christine Kapusky wrote: > > > Looks like it's time to give some blood, folks... > > > > ATEO's next blood drive will be held right after the Memorial Day > > holiday, on Wednesday, June 1. The Red Cross advises that all > > holiday weekends drain available blood supplies; after all, when > > likely blood donors are out of town, they don't donate. Hard on the > > heels of that major holiday, the timing of our next drive will be > > hugely challenging, but that's no accident. We get scheduled at tough > > times because, drive after drive, people on this campus deliver. > > > > A Red Cross note which reached me today indicates that blood supplies > > in the 5-county metro area are at all time lows. Take a look: > > > > O positive - 86 units on hand and we should have > > 972..........6 hour supply > > B negative - 6 units on hand and we should have 57.......... > > 6 hour supply > > O negative - 58 units on hand and we should have 228........23 > > hour supply > > A negative - 111 units on hand and we should have > > 168........48 hour supply > > B positive - 226 units on hand and we should have 273.......60 > > hour supply > > > > Not even one of these blood types has an available 3 day safety > > margin. Can you imagine having an emergency need in your own life and > > learning that low supplies like these just wouldn't support your need? > > Wow! That's why the pints you and I donate on June 1 will matter so > > very much. > > > > If you're healthy, if it's been 56 days since your last donation, and > > if you're willing to invest an hour at ATNPC on June 1, you can do a > > world of good. Our drive will run from 7 AM - 5:45 PM. Please visit > > the Red Cross' registration website at > > https://www.givelife.org/index.cfm?hlc=ford13 and sign up today. > > > > > -- Bill Rand 1427 Broadway Apt. #2 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-717-7965 wrand Æ umich.edu http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~wrand/ "All the stars in your sign have an important message of hope, but you may not get it before the sudden explosion in your galactic spiral arm on Wednesday." - Pisces Horoscope, The Onion, 9/8/2004 <>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>[]<>