Help a woman with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome move into an accessible apartment in Munich Germany. For those of you who do not live in Europe, many renters must "buy" or pay for "fixtures" (the kitchen and the washing machine) before they move in.
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The Internet Archive posted this in Jan 2014:
"We are about to receive a remarkable private collection of video taped U.S. television news that spans 35 years.  We welcome contributions of TV news recorded before the year 2001 to help broaden our research library.


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Sadly, we lost two older fans this past week. Page Lewis was a Star Trek fan who ran fan clubs for George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney. She also published fanzines and was a frequent attendee at Shore Leave. We have set up her Fanlore page here: http://fanlore.org/wiki/Page_Lewis

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First up, the Prancing Elites, an African American gay dance troop from Alabama is offering a special gift for those who donate $25 to their Kickstarter fundraising drive. More details here: "We have a Christmas special for our kickstarter program... if you donate $25 you'll be able to receive a screen print Prancing Elites graphic tshirt & a ( Read more... )

The Prancing Elites, the gay dance troop from Mobile, Alabama were just dis-invited from the Mobile, Alabama New Years Parade. They even offered to wear baggy tracksuits so as to not offend any children or childish adults watching the parade (sarcasm alert). This came after protests over their participation in a Christmas parade in another town. ( Read more... )

This dance group has chosen a difficult path to walk: they are an all-male, African-American gay dance team from Mobile, Alabama.

They have 8 days left to raise funds for next year. Like many Kickstarter campaigns if they do not reach their goal, they do not get funded. They are at the 1/3 level.

The type of fallout they typically encounter.
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The brief also urges the Court to clarify that the sender of a takedown notice is required make reasonable determinations about the law.  In other words, if a copyright holder is going to claim someone violates copyright law, it should first have some idea of what qualifies as a violation. Too often, we have seen copyright owners send takedown ( Read more... )

A fan is selling her zines to raise funds for Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. If you donate direct to the foundation, free shipping in the US.

She still has Stargate, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace and a Smallville zine for sale. And there is a lone Due South zine too. Go read.

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Bookmarking for future reference - two Sears programs to help military personnel. Heroes at Home Holiday Wish Registry (open only for the holidays) and the ongoing Rebuilding Together (repairing homes of military personnel ( Read more... )

I ran out of time to complete my posts about charities to consider - however, there still are a few days to make a donation to help out others ( Read more... )