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Mar. 7th, 2011 08:00 amGood morning all, and happy Radio Free Monday! Without further ado...
Ways to Give:
imaginarycircus reminded me that
help_nz is still taking offers until midnight tonight (Eastern US time) and bidding doesn't end until midnight (EST) tomorrow night. Check it out, there's awesome stuff available to help a good cause!
This has been linked a lot this week -- I got eight separate links to it myself -- but one more can't hurt:
delight and her boyfriend are in an unsafe living situation at the moment, and coverage for her mother's cancer treatment has been denied by her insurance company, leaving her and her father and mother with an unexpected eight thousand dollar debt. You can find the full story here and an update here; she's asking for monetary help and any advice people can offer on battling the insurance company. There's also an auction going up at
helpfordelight.
supercrook has a post up on behalf of her friends Megan and Teja in Wellsville, NY, who are looking for support, jobs, or job-finding advice. You can get the full story there, but essentially they're in a hard situation due both to the economy and some mental/phsycial health issues. They're currently at risk of losing internet, which is of course the primary way people find and apply for jobs these days. If you can help, I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
finch let me know about the donation page for Colm Spencer, a dog who was rescued from an abusive living situation after being hit by a car. Colm's vet bills top out at a little under a thousand dollars, and they could use some help getting this handsome lad back on his feet.
Help for Free:
Reesa and her co-author are setting up a blog to promote their books, and decided that they'd go a different route with that old standby, the Author Interview. They're crowdsourcing interview questions: "Is there a totally random question that you'd love to ask people? Something you'd like to get a writer's thoughts on? Share!" You can fill out the form here, and they assure me that information from this form will not be used for anything other than question sourcing, and anonymous questions are welcome.
Stuff To Know:
Harper-Collins has introduced a new "feature" of their e-book lending contract with libraries: after 26 uses, the e-book will self-destruct and the library will have to purchase the e-book again. Their reasoning is that after 26 checktouts, paper books are ready to be retired. You can read more about it here, including viewing a video of some library books that have been checked out 26 times, and their (lack of) damage. On the one hand, the lending of e-books is going to be a major issue, because they're easier to access and share than paper books, so they're going to get a lot more airtime. Repurchase is not a bad idea. On the other, 26 uses is RIDICULOUS, and way to try to rip off public libraries, Harper-Collins.
Anon on the Cafe linked me to a word from Wil Wheaton's mother about Celiac Disease. Raise your awareness! On a related note, it may behoove everyone to be aware that women are massively under-diagnosed for this disease and other gastrointestinal and allergic conditions because internal bleeding is often diagnosed as anemia caused by menstruation.
tesserae wanted to let the Cafe know about Call For Entry, "a website that allows arts groups and organiztions to organise and collect applications for scholarships, grants, contests, competitions, etc." This thing is legit and looks totally awesome, guys.
Stuff That's Cool:
onebrightroad linked me to the EASTURDUCKEN which I have to say I heartily approve of.
This was posted ages ago, but I found it just recently: it's an anagram map of the Chicago elevated train system.
Talking of Chicago, did you know the University of Chicago has a chalkboard tiger that has survived forty years of errant students? It's beautiful and mysterious, and as a bonus there's a contact at the bottom in case you know anything about the anonymous artist.
And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com (PMs are kind of a bad way to reach me). If you're not sure how to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help. Remember, non-embedded links are love.
Ways to Give:
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This has been linked a lot this week -- I got eight separate links to it myself -- but one more can't hurt:
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Help for Free:
Reesa and her co-author are setting up a blog to promote their books, and decided that they'd go a different route with that old standby, the Author Interview. They're crowdsourcing interview questions: "Is there a totally random question that you'd love to ask people? Something you'd like to get a writer's thoughts on? Share!" You can fill out the form here, and they assure me that information from this form will not be used for anything other than question sourcing, and anonymous questions are welcome.
Stuff To Know:
Harper-Collins has introduced a new "feature" of their e-book lending contract with libraries: after 26 uses, the e-book will self-destruct and the library will have to purchase the e-book again. Their reasoning is that after 26 checktouts, paper books are ready to be retired. You can read more about it here, including viewing a video of some library books that have been checked out 26 times, and their (lack of) damage. On the one hand, the lending of e-books is going to be a major issue, because they're easier to access and share than paper books, so they're going to get a lot more airtime. Repurchase is not a bad idea. On the other, 26 uses is RIDICULOUS, and way to try to rip off public libraries, Harper-Collins.
Anon on the Cafe linked me to a word from Wil Wheaton's mother about Celiac Disease. Raise your awareness! On a related note, it may behoove everyone to be aware that women are massively under-diagnosed for this disease and other gastrointestinal and allergic conditions because internal bleeding is often diagnosed as anemia caused by menstruation.
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Stuff That's Cool:
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This was posted ages ago, but I found it just recently: it's an anagram map of the Chicago elevated train system.
Talking of Chicago, did you know the University of Chicago has a chalkboard tiger that has survived forty years of errant students? It's beautiful and mysterious, and as a bonus there's a contact at the bottom in case you know anything about the anonymous artist.
And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can always post items for my attention in comments here (or on any post) or email me at copperbadge at gmail dot com (PMs are kind of a bad way to reach me). If you're not sure how to proceed, here is a little more about what I do and how you can help. Remember, non-embedded links are love.