Back when the earthquake hit Haiti, and due to all the subsequent global tragedies that followed that sad situation, I had the link to this page repeat-tweeting for over a year. One day, I stopped it. Bad idea. Millions of people are still in need of help all over the world. That’s why I decided to get it going on repeat tweet again. A little help from a lot of us will go a long way in helping mitigate some of the suffering going on in our human family. Won’t you consider helping?

Natural and man-made disasters are affecting the human family from one end of the globe to the other, even in well-developed nations like the United States. It’s time we think about broadening our reach.

If you’re not in a position to donate your time to help those in need, please think strongly about donating your money and things like non-perishable foodstuffs, clothes, shoes, blankets and even water.

There are so many organizations to consider. Please do your research and find a credible organization with which to volunteer or give.

An excellent place to start is with Charity Navigator. Their tagline is “Your Guide to Intelligent Giving.” Charity Navigator evaluates organizations that collect donations for humanitarian purposes. Start by checking out their Top Ten Lists:

• 10 Highly Rated Animal Charities with the Most New Reviews
  
• 10 Well Known Charities without Reviews
  
• Top 10 Highly Rated Charities with Favorable Reviews
• 10 Charities with the Most Consecutive 4-Star Ratings (Excluding Universities)
• 10 Top-Notch Charities
• 10 Charities with the Most Consecutive 4-Star Ratings
• 10 Least Viewed Charities with High Ratings
• 10 Highly-Rated Charities with Low Paid CEOs
• 10 Charities Overpaying their For-Profit Fundraisers
• 10 Super-Sized Charities
• 10 Slam-Dunk Charities
• 10 Celebrity-Related Charities
• 10 of the Best Charities Everyone’s Heard Of
• 10 Highly Rated Charities Relying on Private Contributions
• 10 Charities Routinely in the Red
• 10 Most Frequently Viewed Charities
• 10 Consistently Excellent Charities
• 10 Charities Worth Watching
• 10 Highly Paid CEOs at Low-Rated Charities
• 10 Inefficient Fundraisers
• 10 Charities Expanding in a Hurry
• 10 Charities in Deep Financial Trouble

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NING.com, a popular social-network-creation site, has decided to begin charging a monthly and/or yearly subscription fee to all users.

NING became popular because, unlike Facebook and MySpace, NING allows its users to create their own social networking communities based on whatever goals or interests the creator would like to promote.

NING.com has this to say about its services:

Ning is the social platform for the world’s interests and passions online. Millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits.

NING began emailing current users at the beginning of May about their free-to-fee intentions.

Starting in July, and there has been no specific date that has been mentioned, all current and future users will be asked to choose from three pricing plans to continue and/or start a customized network. The following image shows NING’s proposed pricing structure:

For detailed information on the different pricing plans, go to Pricing Plans on the NING.com site.

Once the fee-based services begin, NING discloses in its Frequently Asked Questions section that it will not maintain a free-based business model. Once the fee-based structure is live, current users will have 30 days to decide to stay and pay or discontinue their networks. New users will be given a 30-day free trial, but they too will have to decide to pay or go once the trial ends.

For more information about NING.com in general, and about their free-to-fee plans specifically, vist their site.

The first time Amazon.com is allowing Kindles to be sold outside their website, they’ve chosen Target to do it.

According to the article on Reuters:

The $259 Kindle will carry the same price whether purchased on Amazon’s website or Target stores. The device will debut at Target’s flagship store in downtown Minneapolis and 102 South Florida stores beginning April 25, and will roll out to more later this year.

Read Target to carry Kindle at stores in late April.