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Pinoy Pod joins the commemoration of Black History Month with a special podcast on a little known chapter in the histories of the Philippines and the United States.
When Filipino revolutionaries resisted the U.S. occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century during the Philippine-American War, thousands of African Americans were recruited to crush the rebellion.
It was not an easy mission for the black soldiers, most whom were mistreated by their Caucasian officers and came to identify with the plight of the Filipinos. Some of them found it hard to shoot at the brown-skinned rebels fighting for independence. A few of the African Americans defected to the Filipino side.
Evangeline Canonizado Buell is the granddaughter of Ernest Stokes, one of the so-called Buffalo Soldiers who fought and later started a new life in the Philippines.
Buell, who lives in Oakland, recalls her grandfather's experiences in the Philippines in her book
25 CHICKENS AND A PIG FOR A BRIDE: Growing up in a Filipino Immigrant Family
In Part 1 of our interview, Vangie Buell shares her memories of her grandfather and the unusual path that led him to the Philippine islands.
Listen to Part 1 at Pinoy Pod
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**I have a few more pictures from The Forbidden Book here.**
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In development for over eleven years, X: The Human Condition has been designed to embrace the expanding possibilities of multimedia in entertainment. Featuring an immersive, multi-sensory environment, the live, dynamic concert performance by the music group X: THC, enhanced by the emotionally charged film, X: The Human Condition, previews its uplifting and stimulating shock to the senses for Thanksgiving at the Brooklyn multimedia space, Monkeytown (58 North 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY), on Wednesday, November 25th at 10:00 pm. $5 cover,$10 minimum. Full late night dinner menu available.
Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to share with family and friends, but it is also a time when some people feel most disconnected, alienated and alone. X: THC has partnered with the Jed Foundation and AFSP to donate a portion of the profits from X: The Human Condition to help these non-profit organizations in their work, dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, self-injury and suicide. They exist to encourage, educate, inspire and invest into prevention, treatment and recovery.
A formal affair, you know – black ties and dirty goose on the rocks.
Stirred not shaken, beckons the lady in pearls
Executive in Burberry black checks the rolex, smiling -
“The deal is made, better call a cab, time to get laid”
Stirred not shaken, beckons the lady in pearls
Executive in Burberry black checks the rolex, smiling -
“The deal is made, better call a cab, time to get laid”
The empire strikes back
In recent weeks, we've taken huge steps towards blocking spam accounts on LiveJournal. In fact, we've suspended as many as 30,000 accounts in a single day! We've implemented several pre-emptive measures to prevent the creation of spam accounts, and we've honed our detection of suspicious content. Spam bots are a crafty lot, so we'll continue to refine our tactics and keep up the good fight to keep you safe from spam attacks on LiveJournal.RSS feeds again
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Photos of the week
If you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy atlj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too!( Read more... )
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EDIT: If you're reading this, our maintenance is OVER! The problem was not found on our equipment, which means we'll have to work with our ISP to fix this small problem -- which also means another maintenance window in the future -- but at least we have eliminated our side.
Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station.
Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be.
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Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in.
Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :(
Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work.
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status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or elsemarta will get mad at me. :D
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Thank you everyone, and a special shout out to
rekoil for giving me a great suggestion AND also the opportunity to feel like I've just called in to a local radio station.Have a great day, night or afternoon wherever you may be.
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Hi everyone, sorry for the late notice but I'm going to have to do some testing on 1 of our 4 internet circuits TONIGHT; Friday night or Saturday morning depending on which time zone you're in.
Most of us shouldn't notice any impact, though there may be some slowness or lag when I switch traffic on to our other ISP circuits and then another hit when I stop the tests. If a page won't load or times out, try hitting refresh 1 or 2 times and it should load then. If it doesn't work at all... trust me, I'll be typing really really really fast to try to undo whatever I just did. Hopefully you'll have some Halloween candy (if you're in the USA and celebrate that kind of thing) nearby to take away the bitterness of a small site outage. :(
Here's the handy-dandy Website That I Always Use to get a feel for when the maintenance will start in your area. Our site traffic historically dips on Friday afternoons until Saturday morning which is why we tend to pick this time for maintenance work.
( tech details )
status.livejournal.org will, of course be updated before and after the maintenance window. Or else
marta will get mad at me. :Dbt
Hey all,
So, I've started a journal.
The Girly Journal for Girls (Couldn't think of a better name...lol), and now I'm looking for girly girls, or girly women, who are interested in writing articles for the journal.
It will be on a strictly volunteer basis (unless it becomes so popular that people actually wanna advertise in it, which would then mean we might be able to get paid, lol)
What I want are:
- People who are interested in writing reviews, whether it be TV shows, movies, music, book or whatever.
- People who want to write essays discussing topics they find interesting, and it can be pretty much anything.
- People who can come up with great ideas for other things we can have on the journal.
The possibilities are endless.
So if you, or a friend of yours, is interested in doing a little writing, please contact me at
line @ perfect-bloom.com and let me know what you are interested in doing. :-)
I hope to hear from some of you! And please feel free to spread the word about this journal.
This is the address for it: http://girly.perfect-bloom.com
Hugs,
Line
So, I've started a journal.
The Girly Journal for Girls (Couldn't think of a better name...lol), and now I'm looking for girly girls, or girly women, who are interested in writing articles for the journal.
It will be on a strictly volunteer basis (unless it becomes so popular that people actually wanna advertise in it, which would then mean we might be able to get paid, lol)
What I want are:
- People who are interested in writing reviews, whether it be TV shows, movies, music, book or whatever.
- People who want to write essays discussing topics they find interesting, and it can be pretty much anything.
- People who can come up with great ideas for other things we can have on the journal.
The possibilities are endless.
So if you, or a friend of yours, is interested in doing a little writing, please contact me at
line @ perfect-bloom.com and let me know what you are interested in doing. :-)
I hope to hear from some of you! And please feel free to spread the word about this journal.
This is the address for it: http://girly.perfect-bloom.com
Hugs,
Line
In response to user comments from last week, we want to let you know that we'll remain LJ cut-free for the next month in order to get more eyeballs on our evolving newsletter. As for product coverage, that continues to be our top priority. For more granular detail, however, we recommend you join
lj_releases.Super-tweak for Yandex search
Some of our beta testers expressed privacy concerns using the Yandex search engine. Here's why: Last week, when you ran a search, you could see the usernames (and only the usernames) of everyone who commented on an entry, even if that entry was switched to Private or Friends Only after it was originally indexed. You could NOT see the actual comments from Friends Only or Private posts. In response to your input, we've implemented a fix to keep all user activity currently marked Friends Only or Private completely hidden. If you'd prefer your public content not to be indexed by Yandex, click here and use the settings labeled Search Inclusion (this covers your entire journal) and/or Comment Search Inclusion (which covers comments only). To test drive Yandex search now, click here.Postcards from the edge
Several years ago, we asked LiveJournal users to send postcards to help us decorate our dull, white-washed offices. Since a good idea warrants repetition, we're at it again (same issue, new address). We hope you'll surround us with LiveJournal love by sending your postcards to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. We'll post snapshots right here. Be sure to include your username, since we'll randomly pick 10 lucky recipients to win free paid account time.Conquer Writer's Block
Here are some excerpts from this week's most popular question of the day:If a friend or relative makes a racist or homophobic remark, do you tend to confront them or let it slide? Are you more likely to confront them if it offends you directly or someone else who seems reluctant to speak up?
- I find it easier to stand up for other people, and i wouldn't let it slide if they made a rude or hurtful comment.
- Usually if a friend makes a racist or homophobic remark, I tend to let it slide. I think that while i would not say such things myself, I have no right to censor those around me.
- This happens all of the time. I confront some relatives, but I refuse to if they are drunk or watch Fox News.
- I'd let it slide if it was just a private remark... As much as I despise bigotry and intolerance, I know that you can't change people-they have to change themselves ...
- Confront! confront! confront! Politely, but without equivocation.
- SPEAK UP. Always, always, always speak up. Letting something slide lets ignorance win. No matter if it offends me directly, or someone else, I will confront the speaker and let them know that's not ok.
- I don't get offended personally. As an immigrant, woman, gay and person of color if I took every single potentially offensive remark seriously I wouldn't get anything done.
- I punch them in the balls. With my mind.
- I do speak up, but often very timidly because I feel that I'm white and therefore I don't really have any authority to lecture someone on what's racist and what isn't...
- Generally speaking, I do not let this shit fly, because it reduces me as a person, to this non-person and it replicates the destructive discourse that makes sure that sexual minorities, racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, trans people and every intersection thereof into something other than human... And sometimes... I'm just too tired to deal with it, so I roll my eyes, make a sarcastic remark and hope the conversation moves on quickly.
writersblock. FYI, we don't want to invade your privacy, so we haven't credited individual users for their responses. We'd appreciate your feedback on this! Spotlight community of the week
We can't resist making one last midnight trip to the ol' pumpkin patch. If you adore crazy costumes, fiendish festivities, and bottomless candy consumption as much as we do, this community has just what it takes to light up your jack-o-lantern.
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Curtains
Thanks, again, for tuning in. We look forward to seeing you next week.Many of our beloved are ill in this fluey season and I think they need a little love. I am one of the lucky healthy ones so I've decided to create an art project to help very minimally.
This is an open call for entries, asking you submit your "loudest image" at the request of and for the aesthetic enjoyment of my friend Cody who is sick. And send whatever you pick as your entry to your random sick friend too!
You don't have to follow the loudness topic, you can also submit your best bumble bee face, but no other subject will ever be considered for our grandest prize cause it's my contest.
send images to beheppe@gmail.com
If it turns out well I will put an adorable little section on my website all about it and i"ll talk about how great people are.
Bring some fun to the infirm
GRANDEST ONLY PRIZE: one dollar and 2 karma points will go to the creator of Cody's favorite picture.
This is an open call for entries, asking you submit your "loudest image" at the request of and for the aesthetic enjoyment of my friend Cody who is sick. And send whatever you pick as your entry to your random sick friend too!
You don't have to follow the loudness topic, you can also submit your best bumble bee face, but no other subject will ever be considered for our grandest prize cause it's my contest.
send images to beheppe@gmail.com
If it turns out well I will put an adorable little section on my website all about it and i"ll talk about how great people are.
Bring some fun to the infirm
GRANDEST ONLY PRIZE: one dollar and 2 karma points will go to the creator of Cody's favorite picture.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is hailing Edward Brooke, who made history 43 years ago as the first black man elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate.
The president on Wednesday was on Capitol Hill as Brooke, now 90 years old, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The honor is Congress' highest form of appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions to society.
Obama said that many leaders — including himself — have followed the trail that Brooke blazed. And Brooke sat and smiled as the president spoke. Brooke had grown up in an era of racial segregation in D.C. He won the first of his two Senate terms representing Massachusetts in 1966. Obama said Brooke trusted that people would judge him on his character and ideas.
AP News
So, I am almost done reading the book, but I thought I'd get the discussion post up first.
We'll cover the first half of the book right up until her initial meeting with Gene Roddenberry and her casting session for Star Trek.
The highlights:
-Talks of her father's parents, her grandfather the son of a wealthy white plantation owner in the South and how he and his wife, a black woman, had difficulty settling down because of racism towards interracial married couples. They settle near Chicago, Robbins? I think. An all-black town.
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I WANT TO MARRY NICHELLE NICHOLS!! I am totally fangirling this woman. Amazing. TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS PEOPLE!!!
Young Nichelle in the '50s
ETA: Next Beyond Uhura Book Club Discussion: 11/02!
**This was initially posted at
spock_uhura on 10/26.**Page Summary
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