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I'm sure that the relief agencies would be happy to take a donation. I think these are correct, but double check for yourself. I apologize for not including everybody, please don't let that stop you from making a donation.

American Red Cross
British Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross
Irish Red Cross
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
Croix-Rouge Francaise
Röda Korset
Røde Kors
Røde Kors
Rode Kruis
Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz
Croce Rossa Italiana
Cruz Roja Española
Polski Czerwony Krzyz

Salvation Army donations

You are correct, my statement had nothing to do with his other than to be a bit of a troll and point out that his analogy was poor at best.

but as long as we're off topic, please note the following pages on land mine statistics-
http://www.newint.org/issue294/facts.html
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=1945&tid=110
http://www.unicef.org/sowc96pk/hidekill.htm

a couple of key facts:
2,000 people are involved in landmine accidents every month - one victim every 20 minutes. Around 800 of these will die, the rest will be maimed.
One deminer is killed and two are injured for every 5,000 mines cleared.

you can say i'm ignoring what you're saying about well planned and well maintained minefields, but you decided to ignore "shitty" armies in your calculations, and I feel that 24,000 casualties a year at least warrents some consideration.

Ah, about that cross...

From the Canadian Red Cross page on the Red Cross emblem:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000340&tid=0 19

It may be worth it to clarify that the emblem that they're defending (the one backed by the Geneva Convention) is "five equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background". It is not the Knights Templar cross, nor the Cross of St. George. Concerning the British and various other nations/religions/knightly orders that have commented on the idea of Amcross (or JnJ or the ICRC) defending a trademark over something that is also "theirs", mind that as I understand it, trademarking specifies a particular type of mark, not a general concept. They're not "fighting over your mark", they're fighting over theirs. Specifically, a trademark of five, equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background. I would think that the Cross of St. George (since it seems to traditionally have its arms stretch to the boards of the shield/device/background) is sufficiently different. Ditto with the "latin" cross normally associated with Christianity (at least in North America, no offense intended towards any of the Orthodox/Papal groups)

Here's the Wikipedia link on crosses (kinda nifty):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross


As for the other issues mentioned about Amcross, well, that's another kettle of fish. Here's a few links to audit-related articles about Amcross:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/29/eveningn ews/main516700.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/30/eveningn ews/main516886.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/31/eveningn ews/main517045.shtml

...and their explanations of their actions concerning not operating in New Orleans:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.h tml

...and some other info at a glance:
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/katrina _facts.html
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/2005/fa cts.html

Here's some more grease for the fires. Rebuttals, anyone?
http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_489_ 5052,00.html


For the Americans, here's a link to what Amcross says they can do for you in case of a disaster:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1095,0_378_,00.html

For everyone else, try www.redcross.(insert country code here). For us Canadians, it's http://www.redcross.ca/. Here's the disaster link: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000302&tid=0 25

The South Asian Tsunami was again a different sort of beast, since it was overseen by the ICRC (not Amcross). I can't back this up, since it's hearsay from someone with the CRC, but I had it explained to me that much of the money raised for the SAT was in fact sent to the area. I've have heard people complain that millions of dollars were spent on administration costs. This is true as well. I take it to be a matter of different POVs, since I understand the overhea

Ah, about that cross...

From the Canadian Red Cross page on the Red Cross emblem:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000340&tid=0 19

It may be worth it to clarify that the emblem that they're defending (the one backed by the Geneva Convention) is "five equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background". It is not the Knights Templar cross, nor the Cross of St. George. Concerning the British and various other nations/religions/knightly orders that have commented on the idea of Amcross (or JnJ or the ICRC) defending a trademark over something that is also "theirs", mind that as I understand it, trademarking specifies a particular type of mark, not a general concept. They're not "fighting over your mark", they're fighting over theirs. Specifically, a trademark of five, equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background. I would think that the Cross of St. George (since it seems to traditionally have its arms stretch to the boards of the shield/device/background) is sufficiently different. Ditto with the "latin" cross normally associated with Christianity (at least in North America, no offense intended towards any of the Orthodox/Papal groups)

Here's the Wikipedia link on crosses (kinda nifty):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross


As for the other issues mentioned about Amcross, well, that's another kettle of fish. Here's a few links to audit-related articles about Amcross:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/29/eveningn ews/main516700.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/30/eveningn ews/main516886.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/31/eveningn ews/main517045.shtml

...and their explanations of their actions concerning not operating in New Orleans:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.h tml

...and some other info at a glance:
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/katrina _facts.html
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/2005/fa cts.html

Here's some more grease for the fires. Rebuttals, anyone?
http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_489_ 5052,00.html


For the Americans, here's a link to what Amcross says they can do for you in case of a disaster:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1095,0_378_,00.html

For everyone else, try www.redcross.(insert country code here). For us Canadians, it's http://www.redcross.ca/. Here's the disaster link: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000302&tid=0 25

The South Asian Tsunami was again a different sort of beast, since it was overseen by the ICRC (not Amcross). I can't back this up, since it's hearsay from someone with the CRC, but I had it explained to me that much of the money raised for the SAT was in fact sent to the area. I've have heard people complain that millions of dollars were spent on administration costs. This is true as well. I take it to be a matter of different POVs, since I understand the overhea

Ah, about that cross...

From the Canadian Red Cross page on the Red Cross emblem:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000340&tid=0 19

It may be worth it to clarify that the emblem that they're defending (the one backed by the Geneva Convention) is "five equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background". It is not the Knights Templar cross, nor the Cross of St. George. Concerning the British and various other nations/religions/knightly orders that have commented on the idea of Amcross (or JnJ or the ICRC) defending a trademark over something that is also "theirs", mind that as I understand it, trademarking specifies a particular type of mark, not a general concept. They're not "fighting over your mark", they're fighting over theirs. Specifically, a trademark of five, equal-sized red squares arranged in a cross pattern on a white background. I would think that the Cross of St. George (since it seems to traditionally have its arms stretch to the boards of the shield/device/background) is sufficiently different. Ditto with the "latin" cross normally associated with Christianity (at least in North America, no offense intended towards any of the Orthodox/Papal groups)

Here's the Wikipedia link on crosses (kinda nifty):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross


As for the other issues mentioned about Amcross, well, that's another kettle of fish. Here's a few links to audit-related articles about Amcross:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/29/eveningn ews/main516700.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/30/eveningn ews/main516886.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/31/eveningn ews/main517045.shtml

...and their explanations of their actions concerning not operating in New Orleans:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.h tml

...and some other info at a glance:
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/katrina _facts.html
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/2005/fa cts.html

Here's some more grease for the fires. Rebuttals, anyone?
http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_489_ 5052,00.html


For the Americans, here's a link to what Amcross says they can do for you in case of a disaster:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1095,0_378_,00.html

For everyone else, try www.redcross.(insert country code here). For us Canadians, it's http://www.redcross.ca/. Here's the disaster link: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000302&tid=0 25

The South Asian Tsunami was again a different sort of beast, since it was overseen by the ICRC (not Amcross). I can't back this up, since it's hearsay from someone with the CRC, but I had it explained to me that much of the money raised for the SAT was in fact sent to the area. I've have heard people complain that millions of dollars were spent on administration costs. This is true as well. I take it to be a matter of different POVs, since I understand the overhea

There are a couple of places that mention it:
http://www.patentarcade.com/2006/02/news-red-cross -enforces-trademark.html
http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2006/01 /30/ARE-YOU-USING-THE-RED-CROSS-SYMBOL-IN-YOUR-GAM ES

Here's an internet archive of the letter mentioned in the blogs in pdf format: http://web.archive.org/web/20060206213819/http://w ww.davis.ca/community/blogs/video_games/files/red_ cross_letter.pdf

I have also found the link for the Red Cross Emblem Brochure that for some reason doesn't seem to work in the pdf:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000340&tid=0 19

The Canadian Red Cross already have used such technology in previous relief operations.

Restoring Family Links Program

The Canadian one, at least, is a fast online credit-card donation. You can print out your tax receipt right away. (hey, before midnight gets it in for this tax year, right?)

Or, there are plenty of other organizations that would be happy to receive a donation.

pitch in some CPU time for a good cause.

Not to sound crabby, but how in the world is this a good cause? Get out of the house and volunteer helping the needy and homeless for fucks sake, its getting colder outside and help is always needed. American Red Cross and the Canadian Red Cross volunteer sites.

If you need an excuse, sure download the clients that crack the TiVo code and leave your system so that its idle time is maxed out and your free to help the homeless and needy...