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Embryo adoption is no easy mission (Los Angeles Times)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:08:53 GMT A Los Angeles woman with unwanted embryos searches for someone to adopt them. But the process is fraught with legal, emotional and health issues. DONATING embryos for adoption may seem a logical choice for people with leftover embryos, but few choose to do so. Leanna Wolfe, 55, now understands some of the obstacles.

Adoption group issues melamine notice for parents of Chinese kids (Regina Leader-Post)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:42:22 GMT An Ottawa-based international adoption firm has sent a notice to parents who adopted children from China to address concerns they might have about their babies' potential contact with melamine-tainted formula.

JanRain Promotes OpenID Adoption Through The Long Tail (TechCrunch)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:11:01 GMT JanRain , creator of some of the most popular OpenID software libraries and a forum-like communications tool called Pibb , has released a new SaaS offering for websites that want to become relying parties for OpenID. We're told that the service, simply called RPX , makes it possible to start accepting users with OpenID accounts within one day. This is actually the second SaaS solution ...

Los Angeles Times Examines Issues Surrounding Leftover Embryos (Medical News Today)
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:17:24 GMT The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined how couples with some of the estimated 500,000 frozen embryos in the U.S. leftover from fertility treatments are "finding themselves ensnared in a debate about when life begins." About half of couples who have in vitro fertilization procedures end up with at least one embryo that is frozen and not transferred to the uterus.

East Bay Events and Arts Calendars (Berkeley Daily Planet)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:23:25 GMT El Cerrito Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. at El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito. Ann Flinn from Bear Meadow Lavender will speak on everything about Grosso and Provence Lavender.

Moving Toward Virtualization (SYS-CON Media)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:13:34 GMT The promise of better use of resources, lower cost, and potential reduction of both power costs and real estate is a compelling reason to move toward virtualization. But the virtual data center raises some significant new issues in areas of performance, compliance, and security. Organizations that fail to protect their virtual infrastructure with the same diligence traditionally applied to the ...

US, Pakistan torn apart over terror (Asia Times)
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:22:06 GMT Recent events in Pakistan have raised critical issues concerning the continuation of Pakistan's support for the United States-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan.

Foster parents can choose what they do (The Fort Morgan Times)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:12:38 GMT Every foster family’s experience is different.

Pregnancy center hosts open house (Newton Daily News)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:10:27 GMT For nearly 20 years, the Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa has been offering free and confidential services to women from Newton and surrounding areas. But even with that history, there are those who still may not be aware of the services the center provides.

The Embryo Debate (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:19:15 GMT Infertility patients find themselves caught in the dispute over when life begins. The discussion boils down to a fundamental question: What is this icy clump of cells smaller than a grain of sand' Across the country, people with less personal stakes in the matter are asking that question as well.

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