Bone Marrow Registry Drive

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SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
10:00am ~ 6:30pm, main lobby

This winter at Arisia, representatives of the Caitlin Raymond International Registry and volunteers from the fannish community will be running an information table and registry drive. Registration itself is simple and painless: all you have to do is swab your cheek and fill out a form. To register you must be between the ages of 16 and 60 and in general good health.

70% of people requiring a transplant need an unrelated donor.

A person looking for a stem cell match may find one potential donor in a pool of 20,000, or 1,000,000, or more. The most likely match for someone is a person of the same or a similar ethnic background. No one is guaranteed a match, regardless of background, but ethnic minorities are especially underrepresented and patients have even less chance of finding a matching donor.

Then they have to hope that person is on the registry. You might be the match necessary to save a life.

Many people do not consider donating because they may not know they can help, but also because they have misconceptions about the donation process. The drive is a great venue for getting your questions answered.

Program listing corrections: What is the demoscene? & 8bit demoscene dance

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These corrections will also be in the Newsletter, but just to make sure . . .

Title: What is the demoscene
Friday, 6-7pm
Presidential A
*Presenter: Jason Scott* (incorrectly listed on grid and descriptions)
(come find out)

Title: 8-bit and demoscene dance
*Friday, 12 midnight - ?* (incorrectly listed on grid and descriptions)
Presidential A
Presenter: Mike Piantedosi and friends
(classic console and PC game music, remixes, chiptunes, demoscene music)

My panels at Arisia

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The Happiest Place on Earth-6 William Dawes Sat 11:00 AM

How Fans Hurt and Help Public Faces of Fandom William Dawes B Sat 4:00 PM

My Favorite Episode Room 201 Sat 10:00 PM

Continued in the Next Issue Crispus Attucks Media Sun 10:00 AM

What Would My Super Power Be? Fast Track 2 Sun 3:00 PM

Reading - SKy Pirates Room 201 Sun 9:00 PM-9:30

Subculture Mashups William Dawes A Sun 10:00 PM


Ok who is going to around 9:00 pm sunday night?????

Virus warning

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A note  of warning: beware of viruses on this site.

Norton blocked s serious virus while I was looking at Livejournal. (specifically the
page on Wifi accessv off the arisia page on Livejournal.)(

Crash Space

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Hi,

I'm new to the US and to New England. My friend, Lisa Hertel, invited me to come to Arisia and I really want to attend, but I neglected to make sure I had crash space in advance.

I am a 24 years old female and an international student from Israel. I'm kind of shy, so I don't really know how to ask people if they have extra room etc. Lisa told me I could try and post this request to this LJ community.

Unfortunately, I also have a bad back and I am mobility impaired. That means that I can't stay at a place that is too far from the actual con's location, and that I can't sleep on a floor. Getting a room by myself is also far too expensive for an international student's budget, so right now it's basically a choice between lucking out and finding crash space or only attending in a very minimal fashion. I live in nearby Worcester, but traveling back and forth will be very hard for me.

I'd prefer to share a room with other women, but will share a room with a guy if clear boundaries are set and kept. I'm very quiet and clean and I don't intend to 'party out' at the con.

I realize that it's probably far too late to see if anyone still has an available space, but hey, it's worth a try.

Please let me know if you know of anyone who needs a roommate and can provide a bed.

I can be reached at this e-mail address:
mtalmor at wpi dot edu

Thank you,
Michelle Talmor.