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  <title>Auction to help Christchurch, NZ </title>
  <subtitle>Help Christchurch, NZ</subtitle>
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    <name>Help Christchurch, NZ</name>
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  <updated>2011-03-15T00:09:07Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:6214</id>
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      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>news for 3.14.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-15T00:09:07Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-15T00:09:07Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Our preliminary calculations show that &lt;b&gt;we've raised $10,030.34 USD or 13,561.82 NZD!!&lt;/b&gt; We still have to total up the audio post so that number will rise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YAY!</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:6115</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>news for 3.12.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-12T21:53:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-12T21:53:22Z</updated>
    <content type="html">There are 8 hours left in this auction! So make your last minute bids or offer to fulfill &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1776.html" target="_blank"&gt;requests&lt;/a&gt; soon! We're going to hide all the comments at 1:00 am EST US (GMT-5). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="help_japan" lj:user="help_japan" &gt;&lt;a href="https://help-japan.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://help-japan.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;help_japan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; starts it's auction on Monday. Please consider going over there and making offers or bids. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We still have a handful of people we're waiting for confirmations from, but Lighting Round One raised $1, 778.83 NZD and $355.78 USD in v-gifts.&lt;b&gt; So that is $1,678.51 USD and $2,264.28 NZD! &lt;/b&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:5721</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>news for 3.11.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-11T20:52:50Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-11T20:53:20Z</updated>
    <content type="html">We are taking new offers for the auction for the next 8.5 hours, midnight EST US (GMT-5). Then there will only 24 hours left to make bids until we close this auction on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1:00 am EST US time (an hour before our time change for spring!!) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're very sad to see the devestation in Japan following so hard on the heels of the disaster in Christchurch. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. Please go to &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     "  data-ljuser="help_japan" lj:user="help_japan" &gt;&lt;a href="https://help-japan.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/community.png?v=556&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://help-japan.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;help_japan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; if you can make another auction offering, bid some more, or if you can help them out with modding. They are going to need all of those things. Go be amazing over there! I'm doing what I can to help them get going and get organized, while still closing everything out over here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the Linwood College Orchestra in Christchurch is in rather desperate shape. Please consider &lt;a href="http://webcentre.co.nz/linwoodcollegeorchestratour/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;donating to them&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:5577</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>BIG NEWS!!!</title>
    <published>2011-03-07T23:36:10Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-10T01:28:37Z</updated>
    <content type="html">LJ asked me to extend the auction so they could plug it in Thursday's news letter. \o/ And I decided that was too good of an opportunity to pass up. So I'm extending it. We'll also be able to make several fandom newsletters too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will take offers until Friday March 11, 2011 at 12:00pm (noon) US EST (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3862.html" target="_blank"&gt;Crafts and Miscellaneous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3802.html" target="_blank"&gt;Audio and Vids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3490.html" target="_blank"&gt;Words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1776.html" target="_blank"&gt;Requests&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/4138.html" target="_blank"&gt;Art&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>photos</title>
    <published>2011-03-07T20:31:13Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-08T02:41:10Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Here are some very interesting &lt;a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4705106/Photos-Before-and-after-the-Christchurch-earthquake" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;before and after the quake photos of Christchurch.&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:5056</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
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    <title>updated FAQ and Rules 3.3.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-03T17:17:08Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-07T03:24:10Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5494882598_f99e050928_o.gif" fetchpriority="high"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously there are going to be some questions. So, here is your chance to ask them! There is no such thing as a silly question. If you're thinking it, someone else is too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rules&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Be excellent to each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This goes without saying, but please don't wank. This is a multi-fandom, multi-cultural love-fest, and all ships, all creeds, all characters/fandoms/canons are welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Bids are standardized to USD, but donations to charity sites are MADE IN NEW ZEALAND DOLLARS. v-gifts are USD. WE know this is a little confusing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the sake of everyone's sanity, we're going to standardize bidding in USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING BIDS: The donation sites do not, I repeat, &lt;b&gt;do NOT,&lt;/b&gt; automatically convert from USD to NZD. When donating you must first convert your USD bid to NZD or your donate will be less than you pledged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy Conversion Chart (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$5.00 USD = $7.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$6.00 USD = $8.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$7.00 USD = $9.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$8.00 USD = $11.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$9.00 USD = $12.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$10.00 USD = $13.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$15.00 USD = $20.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$20.00 USD = $27.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$25.00 USD = $33.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$30.00 USD = $40.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-for other amounts please use &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=currency+converter&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;aq=t&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;client=firefox-a#hl=en&amp;amp;safe=off&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=1GX&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&amp;amp;ei=U8dvTZ6OJ8X6lweQ4tiPAQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=currency_onebox&amp;amp;ct=currency_onebox_convert&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ved=0CCMQ6wgwAA&amp;amp;q=1+USD+to+NZD&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.&amp;amp;fp=13412051d08ea2c9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;this converter.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you make your bids in USD, but then go to the Red Cross NZ site, for instance, please realize that you are donating in NZD not USD. The exchange rate is roughly $1.00 USD to $1.33 NZD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're sorry if this is confusing, but it is the easiest way for us to keep track. We decided to stick with USDs partly because the LJ v-gift is in USD and also we're dumb Americans and we think in USD. :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;FAQs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. How do I donate?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donating is easy. You can donate online to one of our approved charities, listed to the right in our Links column. Those are the only charities we're accepting because they are vetted and well rated and are collecting specifically for Christchurch relief. We know there are other worthy charities, but there are the ones we've chosen to work with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you make an online donation, you will receive an email confirmation, which you must forwarded to the offerer of the bid you've won. This is considered proof of donation, and the offerer can then start working on your winnings! Feel free to block out your real name on the receipt and any other identifying information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warning concerning donations: A lot of websites will not accept donations under a certain dollar amount. For example, the Red Cross NZ and the Salvation Army NZ both require a minimum donation of 5 NZD. Please keep this in mind when offering and bidding. The RNZSPCA will accept donations of 1$, as will the government sanctioned relief appeal; both are linked in the sidebar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Who determines the winning bid?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time stamps on the comments at the time of auction closing are what determines the winning bid. Whoever has posted the highest bid closest to the close of auction is the winner. We will use LJ's timestamps on the comm to determine that. Any disputed bids will be handled by a different process, which we are still hammering out and will post about when necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding Lightning Round bids: LR winners are determined by the restrictions set by the offerer. If the offerer denotes the first five people to donate 5 USD win, then the first five people win. These rounds are first come first serve. (Excepting Lighting Round One, which helped us hammer out these rules and was a test auction for us. Some of those auctions will be judged by time stamp.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. &lt;b&gt;Should I email the mods proof of my donation? No.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please email the offeror. The mods will confirm with the offeror a yes or no that a bid in X amount was made to X charity. We will ask for confirmation in the existing thread for each offer. We're using both delicious and spreadsheets to keep track of all this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding Main Auction bids: MA winners will be determined by the mods, with an announcement to the winner and the offerer in the form of a comment after bidding ends Tuesday, March 8th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. I'm broke, how can I help?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can help by offering up fandomy things! Even if you can't bid, if you can write, draw, sing, read, or even put together a basket of chocolates, you're welcome to offer up your unique talents for sale. You can also help by spreading word of the comm to all your friends. *nudge nudge*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. My comment is screened. Why is that?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's an LJ glitch. We opened and support request and were told it was our privacy settings, but changing the setting did not fix the problem. Please notify a mod or comment to this post and someone will unscreen the comment for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. When does the auction end?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll stop taking offers on Monday March 7th at midnight EST US (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Tuesday March 8th at midnight EST US (GMT-5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les Mods can be reached at help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com with questions or concerns. Thank you for your patience as we set this up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TimeLine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All times are in Eastern Standard US Time, which is New York City's time zone. (GMT-5)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lightning Round 2 will be open from now until midnight EST US (GMT-5) Tuesday March 8, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Main Auction will open for offers at precisely 12:01am EST on Monday, February 28th, 2011. Only offers will be accepted this first day. Starting Tuesday, March 1, 2011, bidding will begin and will last one week. The Main Auction will close at midnight EST on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.</content>
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      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>NEWS POST for 3.1.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-02T06:29:48Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-02T20:45:47Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Please, please pimp the auction. We need more offerors and more bidders! I know I've been relentless, but it's for a good cause. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friendly reminder that we've been bookmarking all &lt;a href="http://www.delicious.com/help.nzeq/Main_Auction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;the offers at delicious&lt;/a&gt; to make them easier to search through. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strike&gt;We finally discovered what was causing the random screening of comments--it was our default privacy settings. It's fixed. \o/&lt;/strike&gt; Screening comments is still a problem. I reopened our support request. *headdesk*</content>
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      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>NEWS POST for 2.28.2011</title>
    <published>2011-03-01T06:05:38Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-09T08:12:52Z</updated>
    <content type="html">We concluded our first Lightning Round and so far we've tallied $1,679.00 NZD ($1261.00 USD) and $260.10 in v-gifts ($345.00 NZD) for a grand total of $2024.00 NZD ($1521.10 USD)! We are still waiting to hear from some people where and how much they donated. WOW! You guys are awesomeness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bidding is now open on all Main Auction posts! \o/ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3862.html" target="_blank"&gt;Crafts and Miscellaneous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3802.html" target="_blank"&gt;Audio and Vids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3490.html" target="_blank"&gt;Words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1776.html" target="_blank"&gt;Requests&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/4138.html" target="_blank"&gt;Art&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We still need people to come and offer up items and people to bid, so please keep spreading the word! Thank you so much for all your help. We couldn't do this without all you lovely people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've been a bit stringent about how to choose charities to include in this auction and so we could not include a &lt;a href="http://womensrefuge.org.nz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;women's organization&lt;/a&gt;. I've been told that violence against women is on the rise since the quake. If you can donate any funds at all to them, please consider it. The reason we did not include them is that they are not vetted by a site like charity navigator, nor are they internationally reputable.</content>
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      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>Main Auction - ART</title>
    <published>2011-02-28T05:00:58Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-13T07:19:09Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5494175811_4c6b2dc4f4_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the Master Post for Art* Offerings. Here you can offer up fanart, original sketches, icons, and graphics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;* Art in this sense refers to the depiction of scenes on 2D surfaces. Crafts such as knit and baked goods can be found in the &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/3862.html" target="_blank"&gt;crafts and miscellaneous post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To post please copy and paste the text in the box below and fill in the blanks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: (to save yourself from spambots, use [at] instead of @ when writing your email)
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Examples of my work&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: &amp;lt;a href="LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE"&amp;gt;Here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What I'm offering&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Starting bid&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandoms&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make offers easier to browse, please place something in the subject line about your offer, such as fanart, or the fandom, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning concerning donations&lt;/b&gt;: Both the Red Cross NZ and the Salvation Army require a minimum donation of $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) &lt;i&gt;Please keep this in mind when offering and bidding.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimum bids for the entire auction must be at least $1.00 USD,&lt;/b&gt; but bids of less than $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) are not accepted by either the Salvation Army or the Red Cross. You may donate less than $5.00 to the NZ Government, by buying an LJ v-gift, or by donating to the RNZSPCA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may only donate to our approved list of charities in the links list at right. The choice is up to the donor, though you may consult with your offeror if you wish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bidding Rules&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bid please reply to an offer with a starting bid. All bids must be in USD, and &lt;a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here is a currency converter&lt;/a&gt; if you need it. Competing bids must be raised by at least $1.00 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please do not delete comments or bids&lt;/i&gt;. If you have an issue with a bid, please contact a mod at &lt;i&gt;help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/i&gt; or reply to your own bid with an explanation. All questions can be directed &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, please use this entry &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; for offers and bids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING BIDS&lt;/b&gt;: The donation sites do &lt;i&gt; NOT&lt;/i&gt; automatically convert from USD to NZD. When donating you must first convert your USD bid to NZD or your donate less than you pledged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your bids in USD, but when you go to the charity websites you will be donating in NZD not USD. The exchange rate is roughly $1.00 USD to $1.33 NZD. See the &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt; if you have any more questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy $ Conversion Chart (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$5.00 USD = $7.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$6.00 USD = $8.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$7.00 USD = $9.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$8.00 USD = $11.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$9.00 USD = $12.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$10.00 USD = $13.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$15.00 USD = $20.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$20.00 USD = $27.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$25.00 USD = $33.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$30.00 USD = $40.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE EXTENDED AUCTION DATES!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Offers will be taken until Friday March 11, 2011 at 12:00pm (noon) US EST (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;/b&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:3862</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/3862.html"/>
    <link rel="self" type="text/xml" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/data/atom/?itemid=3862"/>
    <title>Main Auction - Crafts and Miscellaneous </title>
    <published>2011-02-28T05:00:45Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-13T06:28:01Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5255/5494767988_b6d2920179_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the Master Post for Miscellaneous Offerings. Here you can offer up home goods, baked items, gift baskets, chocolates, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make an offer copy and paste the text in the box below into a comment and fill in the blanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Examples of my work&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: &amp;lt;a href="LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE"&amp;gt;Here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What I'm offering&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Starting bid&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandoms&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make offers easier to scroll through please place something in the subject line about your offer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning concerning donations&lt;/b&gt;: Both the Red Cross NZ and the Salvation Army require a minimum donation of $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) &lt;i&gt;Please keep this in mind when offering and bidding.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimum bids for the entire auction must be at least $1.00 USD,&lt;/b&gt; but bids of less than $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) are not accepted by either the Salvation Army or the Red Cross. You may donate less than $5.00 to the NZ Government, by buying an LJ v-gift, or by donating to the RNZSPCA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may only donate to our approved list of charities in the links list at right. The choice is up to the donor, though you may consult with your offeror if you wish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bidding Rules&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bid please reply to an offer with a starting bid. All bids must be in USD, and &lt;a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here is a currency converter&lt;/a&gt; if you need it. Competing bids must be raised by at least $1.00 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please do not delete comments or bids&lt;/i&gt;. If you have an issue with a bid, please contact a mod at &lt;i&gt;help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/i&gt; or reply to your own bid with an explanation. All questions can be directed &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, please use this entry &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; for offers and bids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING BIDS&lt;/b&gt;: The donation sites do &lt;i&gt; NOT&lt;/i&gt; automatically convert from USD to NZD. When donating you must first convert your USD bid to NZD or your donate less than you pledged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your bids in USD, but when you go to the charity websites you will be donating in NZD not USD. The exchange rate is roughly $1.00 USD to $1.33 NZD. See the &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt; if you have any more questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy $ Conversion Chart (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$5.00 USD = $7.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$6.00 USD = $8.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$7.00 USD = $9.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$8.00 USD = $11.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$9.00 USD = $12.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$10.00 USD = $13.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$15.00 USD = $20.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$20.00 USD = $27.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$25.00 USD = $33.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$30.00 USD = $40.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE EXTENDED AUCTION TIME!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well be taking offers until Friday March 11, 2011 at 12:00pm (noon) US EST (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;/b&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:3802</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/3802.html"/>
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    <title>Main Auction - AUDIO &amp; VIDS</title>
    <published>2011-02-28T05:00:31Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-13T06:35:15Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5494799280_2b6387a0a4_o.gif" fetchpriority="high"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the Master Post for Audio Offerings and Vids. Here you can offer up fan mixes, podfics, and fanvids. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NB: If you are making fanmixes or soundtracks please do not post them publicly. You may file share, or burn to CD, or thumb drive and mail.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make an offer copy and paste the text in the box below into a comment and fill in the blanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Examples of my work&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: &amp;lt;a href="LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE"&amp;gt;Here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What I'm offering&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Starting bid&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandoms&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make offers easier to scroll through please place something in the subject line about your offer, such as fanfic, pod fic, fanvid, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimum bids must be at least $1 USD. Be aware that as we know, only the government appeal and the RSPCA accept donations of $1. Set minimum bids accordingly.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning concerning donations&lt;/b&gt;: Both the Red Cross NZ and the Salvation Army require a minimum donation of $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) &lt;i&gt;Please keep this in mind when offering and bidding.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimum bids for the entire auction must be at least $1.00 USD,&lt;/b&gt; but bids of less than $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) are not accepted by either the Salvation Army or the Red Cross. You may donate less than $5.00 to the NZ Government, by buying an LJ v-gift, or by donating to the RNZSPCA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may only donate to our approved list of charities in the links list at right. The choice is up to the donor, though you may consult with your offeror if you wish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bidding Rules&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bid please reply to an offer with a starting bid. All bids must be in USD, and &lt;a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here is a currency converter&lt;/a&gt; if you need it. Competing bids must be raised by at least $1.00 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please do not delete comments or bids&lt;/i&gt;. If you have an issue with a bid, please contact a mod at &lt;i&gt;help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/i&gt; or reply to your own bid with an explanation. All questions can be directed &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, please use this entry &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; for offers and bids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING BIDS&lt;/b&gt;: The donation sites do &lt;i&gt; NOT&lt;/i&gt; automatically convert from USD to NZD. When donating you must first convert your USD bid to NZD or your donate less than you pledged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your bids in USD, but when you go to the charity websites you will be donating in NZD not USD. The exchange rate is roughly $1.00 USD to $1.33 NZD. See the &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt; if you have any more questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy $ Conversion Chart (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$5.00 USD = $7.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$6.00 USD = $8.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$7.00 USD = $9.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$8.00 USD = $11.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$9.00 USD = $12.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$10.00 USD = $13.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$15.00 USD = $20.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$20.00 USD = $27.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$25.00 USD = $33.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$30.00 USD = $40.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE EXTENDED AUCTION TIME!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well be taking offers until Friday March 11, 2011 at 12:00pm (noon) US EST (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;/b&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:3490</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/3490.html"/>
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    <title>Main Auction - WORDS</title>
    <published>2011-02-28T05:00:18Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-13T06:01:43Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5494175993_e280083c3d_o.png" fetchpriority="high"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the Master Post for Word offerings. Fanfiction and original fiction are welcome, both prose and poetry. You may also offer your beta services here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make an offer copy and paste the text in the box below into a comment and fill in the blanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: (to save yourself from spambots, use [at] instead of @ when writing your email)
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Examples of my work&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: &amp;lt;a href="LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE"&amp;gt;Here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What I'm offering&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Starting bid&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandoms&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make offers easier to browse through please place something in the subject line about your offer, such as fanfic, original fic, beta offer, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warning concerning donations&lt;/b&gt;: Both the Red Cross NZ and the Salvation Army require a minimum donation of $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) &lt;i&gt;Please keep this in mind when offering and bidding.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Minimum bids for the entire auction must be at least $1.00 USD,&lt;/b&gt; but bids of less than $5.00 NZD ($3.75 USD) are not accepted by either the Salvation Army or the Red Cross. You may donate less than $5.00 to the NZ Government, by buying an LJ v-gift, or by donating to the RNZSPCA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may only donate to our approved list of charities in the links list at right. The choice is up to the donor, though you may consult with your offeror if you wish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bidding Rules&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bid please reply to an offer with a starting bid. All bids must be in USD, and &lt;a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here is a currency converter&lt;/a&gt; if you need it. Competing bids must be raised by at least $1.00 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please do not delete comments or bids&lt;/i&gt;. If you have an issue with a bid, please contact a mod at &lt;i&gt;help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/i&gt; or reply to your own bid with an explanation. All questions can be directed &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, please use this entry &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; for offers and bids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING BIDS&lt;/b&gt;: The donation sites do &lt;i&gt; NOT&lt;/i&gt; automatically convert from USD to NZD. When donating you must first convert your USD bid to NZD or your donate less than you pledged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make your bids in USD, but when you go to the charity websites you will be donating in NZD not USD. The exchange rate is roughly $1.00 USD to $1.33 NZD. See the &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt; if you have any more questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Handy $ Conversion Chart (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$5.00 USD = $7.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$6.00 USD = $8.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$7.00 USD = $9.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$8.00 USD = $11.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$9.00 USD = $12.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$10.00 USD = $13.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$15.00 USD = $20.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$20.00 USD = $27.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$25.00 USD = $33.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;$30.00 USD = $40.00 NZD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='cutid1-end'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE EXTENDED AUCTION TIME!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well be taking offers until Friday March 11, 2011 at 12:00pm (noon) US EST (GMT-5). Bidding will end on Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;/b&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:3175</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/3175.html"/>
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    <title>NEWS POST 2.27.2011</title>
    <published>2011-02-28T03:58:24Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-28T03:58:24Z</updated>
    <content type="html">There is less than an hour left in Lightning Round 1, which also means that the Main Auction starts in less than an hour! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've decided to leave Lightning Round Two - Requests open for the duration of the Main Auction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please feel free to repost your offer if it was not completely filled in Lightning Round 1.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:2709</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/2709.html"/>
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    <title>NEWS 2.26.2011</title>
    <published>2011-02-27T06:09:17Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-27T06:13:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">We've updated our &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;FAQ and Rules.&lt;/a&gt; They still need some additional info, but we're getting there. Thank you all for your patience and support. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 23 hours left in Lightning Round 1. We'll take offers right up until the very end. Any unclaimed offers can be relisted in the Main Auction, which starts Monday EST US at 12:00am (GMT-5) or 6pm Christchurch, NZ time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We know we have raised well over $1,000.00 USD ($1,331 NZD), but we haven't confirmed most of the bids for Lightning Round 1 yet so that number will go up quite a bit when we close the auction tomorrow night and fill in our handy spreadsheet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 137 offers in Lightning Round One. They've been bookmarked &lt;a href="http://www.delicious.com/help.nzeq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to make it easier to search. Just select "Lightning Round 1" and then browse by fandom. Auctions that have closed are marked private so as not to clutter up the bookmarks.</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:2408</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/2408.html"/>
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    <title>News for 2.25.2011</title>
    <published>2011-02-26T05:14:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-26T23:21:08Z</updated>
    <content type="html">We've hit our first bump in the road and I take complete responsibility for it. We've noticed we were not explicit enough in our FAQ and Rules, nor in the Lighting Round 1 post about whether bids were first come first serve (like a Buy it Now auction on eBay) or whether bidding could continue until the auction closes on Sunday night. Both things are happening and my gut says to roll with it. If you and your offeror have agreed on one method or the other--we're cool with that. If there is a problem please contact me (Katie) at help.nzeq at gmail dot com and I will find a way to resolve any issues. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're going to update the Rules and FAQ tomorrow for clarity and so you know how to close out offers. (NB: You email your receipt to your offeror as proof that s/he may go ahead and fulfill the item. We ask that all offerors make a comment at the bottom of their thread saying they received proof of donation and that the auction item is officially closed.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We currently have three approved charities that you may donate to: the RSPCA, the Red Cross, and the Salvation Army who all have appeals specifically for quake relief in Christchurch. (links permanently in sidebar at right)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've heard about some pretty cool auctions going on elsewhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weta is holding an &lt;a href="http://shop.ebay.com/wetalimited/m.html?_nkw=&amp;amp;_armrs=1&amp;amp;_from=&amp;amp;_ipg=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;eBay auction&lt;/a&gt; of amazing items. Weta are the geniuses behind the Lord of the Rings movies among others. Items are already running in the thousands of dollars. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nice people at &lt;a href="http://cosplaynewzealand.forumotion.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Cosplay New Zealand&lt;/a&gt; are holding an auction to raise funds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This auction is already much larger than I expected. You guys are wonderful! &amp;hearts;s</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:2255</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
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    <title>NEWS 2.24.2011</title>
    <published>2011-02-25T00:54:40Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-27T05:49:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">We have &lt;a href="http://www.delicious.com/help.nzeq/offer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;91 offers&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1054.html" target="_blank"&gt;Lightning Round 1&lt;/a&gt; for fanfic, vids, icons, and all sorts of amazing stuff. You have until Sunday night February 27th EST at midnight to snap up these offers! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have &lt;a href="http://www.delicious.com/help.nzeq/request" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;11 requests&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1776.html" target="_blank"&gt;Lightning Round 2&lt;/a&gt; for fanfic, icons, and a fic story collection for an LJer going to Nepal for a month! This round will be open for takers until Monday night, March 1 at midnight EST. (like in Boston, MA) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've gotten a fair amount of bidders, and some people who snapped up requests, but we need more. :D &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(NB: If an offer or request is still open when the auction closes we will nudge you to move it into the main auction!)</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:1819</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
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    <title>Virtual Gift available! </title>
    <published>2011-02-23T23:11:07Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-23T23:15:27Z</updated>
    <content type="html">LJ has made a v-gift to help the CHCH recovery effort! Special thanks to &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="heidi8" lj:user="heidi8" &gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;heidi8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="i-ljuser-badge i-ljuser-badge--pro" data-badge-type="pro" data-placement="bottom" data-pro-badge data-pro-badge-type="1" data-is-raw hidden href="#"&gt;&lt;span class="i-ljuser-badge__icon"&gt;&lt;svg class="svgicon" width="25" height="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 33 24"&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for poking LJ about that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/shop/vgift.bml" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5472461454_049e8eec0b_m.jpg" fetchpriority="high"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;(click flag for link to v-gifts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is ideal for us because we just realized that online donations must be at least $5 for some charities. Now people can buy auctions under $5 by buying a v-gift. :D</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:1776</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/1776.html"/>
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    <title>REQUESTS</title>
    <published>2011-02-23T21:51:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-13T06:36:05Z</updated>
    <category term="requests"/>
    <category term="lightning round"/>
    <content type="html">Lightning Round 2 - REQUESTS ONLY! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Instructions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is our second Lightning Round. You may request anything that &lt;u&gt;doesn't need to be mailed&lt;/u&gt; in the Lightning Rounds. We were not clear about that in our first Lightning Round, but we're not asking anyone to withdraw their offers! Round 1 will just be a little weird :D Please feel free to request fanfic, original fic, fanvids, fanmixes, icons, graphics, LJ layouts, banners, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to offer something please go to &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/1054.html" target="_blank"&gt;the Main Auction threads.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To request just copy/pasta this text into a comment and fill in the blanks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; 
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Requesting:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;willing to pay:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandom:&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Details&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;
&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to make more than one request, please make a separate comment for each one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This round will remain open until Sunday March 13, 2011 at 1am US EST (GMT-5).&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Questions? Please email the mods at help.nzeq at gmail dot com&lt;/b&gt; or go &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and comment.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:1325</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="imaginarycircus" userid="6860247"/>
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    <title>NEWS</title>
    <published>2011-02-23T21:22:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-25T05:16:38Z</updated>
    <category term="mod_post"/>
    <category term="news"/>
    <content type="html">I've approached several more people to help us steer this ship. I'd like to thank &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="heidi8" lj:user="heidi8" &gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;heidi8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="i-ljuser-badge i-ljuser-badge--pro" data-badge-type="pro" data-placement="bottom" data-pro-badge data-pro-badge-type="1" data-is-raw hidden href="#"&gt;&lt;span class="i-ljuser-badge__icon"&gt;&lt;svg class="svgicon" width="25" height="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 33 24"&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for her guidance, and &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="tresa_cho" lj:user="tresa_cho" &gt;&lt;a href="https://tresa-cho.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://tresa-cho.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;tresa_cho&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; for being such a rock. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strike&gt;There might be a help-nz v-gift in the works. &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="heidi8" lj:user="heidi8" &gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://heidi8.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;heidi8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="i-ljuser-badge i-ljuser-badge--pro" data-badge-type="pro" data-placement="bottom" data-pro-badge data-pro-badge-type="1" data-is-raw hidden href="#"&gt;&lt;span class="i-ljuser-badge__icon"&gt;&lt;svg class="svgicon" width="25" height="16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 33 24"&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M19.326 11.95c0 2.01 1.47 3.45 3.48 3.45 2.02 0 3.49-1.44 3.49-3.45 0-2.01-1.47-3.45-3.49-3.45-2.01 0-3.48 1.44-3.48 3.45Zm5.51 0c0 1.24-.8 2.19-2.03 2.19-1.23 0-2.02-.95-2.02-2.19 0-1.25.79-2.19 2.02-2.19s2.03.94 2.03 2.19ZM7.92 15.28H6.5V8.61h3.12c1.45 0 2.24.98 2.24 2.15 0 1.16-.8 2.15-2.24 2.15h-1.7v2.37Zm1.51-3.62c.56 0 .98-.35.98-.9 0-.56-.42-.9-.98-.9H7.92v1.8h1.51ZM18.3802 15.28h-1.63l-1.31-2.37h-1.04v2.37h-1.42V8.61h3.12c1.39 0 2.24.91 2.24 2.15 0 1.18-.74 1.81-1.46 1.98l1.5 2.54Zm-2.49-3.62c.57 0 1-.34 1-.9s-.43-.9-1-.9h-1.49v1.8h1.49Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2 8c0-2.20914 1.79086-4 4-4h20.5c2.2091 0 4 1.79086 4 4v7.9c0 2.2091-1.7909 4-4 4H6c-2.20914 0-4-1.7909-4-4V8Zm4-2.5h20.5C27.8807 5.5 29 6.61929 29 8v7.9c0 1.3807-1.1193 2.5-2.5 2.5H6c-1.38071 0-2.5-1.1193-2.5-2.5V8c0-1.38071 1.11929-2.5 2.5-2.5Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; very kindly spoke to someone at LJ about this and they are considering it. There is also a &lt;a href="http://news.livejournal.com/134666.html?thread=93781258#t93803786" target="_blank"&gt;request here&lt;/a&gt; on the LJ news post. You can co-sign the request to show support for the idea. It might help sway them. :D&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/shop/vgift.bml" target="_blank"&gt;IT'S HERE!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Important Dates:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lightning Round 1&lt;/b&gt; will run until Sunday Feb. 27th at midnight EDT. Stay tuned for info about further Lightning Rounds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Main Auction&lt;/b&gt; will start taking offers and requests on Monday Feb. 28th at 12:01 am. We will stop taking new offers at midnight on Monday March 7th. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;BIDDING on the Main Auction&lt;/b&gt; will begin on Tuesday March 1st at 12:01 am and will close on Tuesday March 8th at midnight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a delicious account and are bookmarking every offer and request by fandom and type of offer to make it all easier to sort through. The link is permanently in our sidebar, but the page is &lt;a href="http://www.delicious.com/help.nzeq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:1054</id>
    <author>
      <name>that which cannot be seen</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="tresa_cho" userid="3252578"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/1054.html"/>
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    <title>Lightning Round 1</title>
    <published>2011-02-23T02:06:34Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-24T14:40:14Z</updated>
    <category term="lightning round"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k162/tresa_cho/help_nz/lightning_round.png" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Instructions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is going to be the first of our Lightning Rounds, to hold us over till the auction proper starts. &lt;b&gt;So, in this post, make an offer with a certain number of bidders to fill, or something similar.&lt;/b&gt; For instance, an offer can be to write a fic for the first three bidders of a certain dollar amount.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To offer, just copy/pasta this text into a comment and fill in the blanks. Offers can be drabbles, snippets, or full fledged fic, if you're feeling ambitious! And obviously, fic is not the only thing you can offer here. This is a 'multi-optional mish-mosh of awesome' post. Get creative!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;User name&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Email&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: (to save yourself from spambots, use [at] instead of @ when writing your email)
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Examples of my work&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;: &amp;lt;a href=" URL LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE"&amp;gt;Here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;What I'm offering&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Starting bid&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:

&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Fandoms&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;:

&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make offers easier to scroll through, place a small description in the subject line about your offer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bidding Rules&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To bid, simply reply to an offer with a starting bid. All bids must be in USD, and &lt;a href="http://www.xe.com/ucc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;here is a currency converter&lt;/a&gt; if you need it. Competing bids must be raised by at least 1 USD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Please do not delete bids&lt;/i&gt;. If you have an issue with a bid, please contact a Mod at &lt;i&gt;help.nzeq [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/i&gt; or reply to your own bid with an explanation. All questions can be directed &lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/975.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, please use this entry &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; for offers and bids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be holding a larger auction on the other side of the weekend, so this post is just to get us through the weekend. Offer up those lovely, little fandomy tidbits for us :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go for it!</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:975</id>
    <author>
      <name>that which cannot be seen</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="tresa_cho" userid="3252578"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/975.html"/>
    <link rel="self" type="text/xml" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/data/atom/?itemid=975"/>
    <title>Rules and FAQs</title>
    <published>2011-02-23T01:50:30Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-07T02:35:17Z</updated>
    <category term="!faqs"/>
    <category term="!mod post"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k162/tresa_cho/help_nz/rules.png" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously there are going to be some questions. So, here is your chance to ask them! There is no such thing as a silly question. If you're thinking it, someone else is too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/5056.html" target="_blank"&gt;RULES AND FAQS HAVE MOVED HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:727</id>
    <author>
      <name>that which cannot be seen</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="tresa_cho" userid="3252578"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/727.html"/>
    <link rel="self" type="text/xml" href="https://help-nz.livejournal.com/data/atom/?itemid=727"/>
    <title>Help spread the word!</title>
    <published>2011-02-23T01:21:08Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-08T21:32:05Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Hey guys! Let's get this thing off the ground, shall we? I've created a banner that you can use to spread the word around about us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5509765493_3cb698cfbf_o.png" fetchpriority="high" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get the image to link back to this comm, just copy/pasta the URL in the text box and paste it in the HTML coding for your journal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea&gt;

&amp;lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/help_nz/"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5509765493_3cb698cfbf_o.png"/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you guys have banners to add, let me know! I'll get them up here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mindheists.tumblr.com/post/3455795737" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Epic tumblr post&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="swappedplaces" lj:user="swappedplaces" &gt;&lt;a href="https://swappedplaces.livejournal.com/profile/"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="https://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&amp;v=923.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://swappedplaces.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;swappedplaces&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;; you can reblog it!</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:help_nz:430</id>
    <author>
      <name>imaginary circus</name>
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    <title>help_nz @ 2011-02-22T09:08:00</title>
    <published>2011-02-22T14:08:11Z</published>
    <updated>2011-02-22T14:08:11Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1708375"&gt;View Poll: Auction &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content>
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