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"A Day Without an Immigrant" Strike/Boycott, Los Angeles : "On May 1, we will wear "white" a T-Shirt and/or white arm bands, we can paint and write our political demands (and creative arts) at the T-shirt go to rally, protest, strike, vigil, work or school--we will have an ocean of white T-shirts with our political demands from east coast to west coast, at the street, work place, school, bus station & store... and our voice will be LOUD AND CLEAR AND CANNOT BE SILENT FOR EVER!" Statement provided by demonstration organizers.

"A Day Without an Immigrant" Strike/B...

Brian Lowe

"On May 1, we will wear "white" a T-Shirt and/or white arm bands, we c ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2006 9:46am PST

High Hope Steeplechase :

High Hope Steeplechase

Rob & Sherri Taylor (taylor2you)

Updated: Jun 10, 2006 8:10am PST

Santa Ana, California Immigration Protest - May 1, 2006 : "Un dia sin immigrante" - A Day without an immigrant.

Santa Ana, California Immigration Pro...

Branin Johnson

"Un dia sin immigrante" - A Day without an immigrant.

Updated: May 03, 2006 12:05am PST

Los Angeles Immigration Protest : Immigration Student Protest on Los Angeles City Hall. Monday, March 27, 2006

Los Angeles Immigration Protest

Branin Johnson

Immigration Student Protest on Los Angeles City Hall. Monday, March 27 ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2006 5:02pm PST

My Travel Journal for Africa, India, and Southeast Asia : On February 14th, 2002, I boarded an airplane bound for Europe and a 2 month holiday. I returned home 16 months later - after globetrotting through 52 countries and 5 continents...Sometimes things don't always go as planned!

If you've ever wanted to sneak a  peek inside someone's journal, here's your chance.  I have not omitted a single page or edited anything with this book.  It remains unchanged since the day I finished it, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This journal is stock-full of interesting stuff, including, but not limited to:

Global attitudes towards Americans, Racism in South Africa, Funeral homes on every street corner in South Africa, looking down a 3000 foot sheer cliff face, the perseverance of human spirit inside a Capetown ghetto, adjusting to India's poverty, a personal Letter to family about politics, poverty, and responsibility, thoughts on terrorism, the start of the Iraq War, why Buddhism is cool, getting mugged in Johannesburg, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a day in the life, and the interesting odds and ends at the back of the journal

My Travel Journal for Africa, India, ...

Fitz Carlile

On February 14th, 2002, I boarded an airplane bound for Europe and a 2 ...

Updated: Oct 29, 2005 3:35pm PST

Balloons :

Balloons

Rob & Sherri Taylor (taylor2you)

Updated: Oct 21, 2005 8:15pm PST

California Ghost Town : Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by prospector W. S. Bodey (also spelled Body). That November, Bodey perished in a blizzard after making a supply trip to nearby Monoville.

In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising a few prospectors and company employees to a Wild West boomtown. Rich discoveries in the adjacent Bodie Mine during 1878 attracted even more hopeful people. By 1880, Bodie boasted a population of nearly 10,000. Over the years, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than $34 million.[1]

As a bustling gold mining center, Bodie had the amenities of larger towns, including two banks, a brass band, railroad, miner's and mechanic's unions, several newspapers, and a jail. At its peak 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences. Legend has it that a little girl, upon learning that her family was moving there, prayed one night, "Goodbye God, we are going to Bodie." But a local editor claimed she had really prayed, "Good! By God, we are going to Bodie."

Gold bullion from the town's nine stamp mills was shipped to Carson City, Nevada by way of Aurora, Wellington and Gardnerville. Most shipments were accompanied by an armed guard. Once the bullion reached Carson City, it was delivered to the mint or sent by rail to the mint in San Francisco.

California Ghost Town

Fitz Carlile

Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2005 12:15pm PST