My name is Clayton Hagy. I’m 13 and will graduate 8th grade this year. I’m currently waiting for a bone marrow match because I have biphenotypic leukemia and that’s my best chance for a cure. I wantd to encourage people to become registered through the Be the Match Program (it used to be called the National Marrow Donor Program and if you joined it under that name you’re still in the database). All it takes is a cheek swab and a little bit of paper work to get registered.
If you’re a match for someone the most common way to harvest stem cells is by running the donors blood through a machine and then back into their body. It’s out patient and takes about three hours. You can find out more at http://www.marrow.org. **Be the Match will be at the Half Moon Bay Farmer’s Market at Shoreline Station on Saturday June 6th from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m**. adding people to the registry.
If you can stop by, that would be great. Also, please spread the word. There’s a very big need for donors from minorities and mixed races. Please tell everyone you know. There’s a lot of kids out there who, like me, don’t have sibling donors and need a match from the general pool. June 8-22 there will be a nation wide Marrowthon trying to add 46,000 new people to the registry. There will be more drives in the Bay Area as well as other parts of the country. Thanks for helping get the word out to as many people as possible!
Miramar area DSL problems, Sep 2 8:58am, Kevin Barron — >>more likely to cause AT&T to make the necessary investment Frankly, you are asking AT&T to sink a ton of money in a subscriber base that is very small, and require a very expensive infrastructure investment w/ predictably inverse ...
Miramar area DSL problems, Sep 1 7:12pm, Benjamin Grant — Michael, I had AT&T copper in my previous place but it was close to the CO and we had really good DSL throughput via DSLExtreme. I was also told the copper was fairly new-ish. Apart from the condition of the wires and the CO distance itself I ...
Miramar area DSL problems, Sep 1 10:38am, Steve Portigal — Do you have a thread going on the relevant forum on broadbandreports.com? It may catch the attention of someone who does care and wants to fix this. Hope you can get some resolution! ...
A ballot measure to increase HMB sales tax?, Aug 31 6:49pm, Bob Poole — Thanks for the heads up about San Mateo ...
A ballot measure to increase HMB sales tax?, Aug 31 5:21pm, Barry Parr — Sales taxes in San Mateo County communities: 9.25% Atherton 9.25% Belmont 9.25% Brisbane 9.25% Burlingame 9.25% Colma 9.25% Daly City 9.25% East Palo Alto 9.25% El Granada 9.25% Emerald Hills (Redwood City) 9.25% ...
A ballot measure to increase HMB sales tax?, Aug 31 5:14pm, Bob Poole — At least to San Mateo, as we do so often now, and it wouldn’t be just $1.00 on groceries. ...
A ballot measure to increase HMB sales tax?, Aug 31 4:22pm, Barry Parr — How far would you drive to save $1.00 on a $100 grocery bill, or $.03 on a latte? ...