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Notes augmented

We've enhanced and de-bugged Notes. If you haven't tried it yet, now's the time! You can create a private note when you ban multiple users. You can also delete multiple notes at once. Lastly, paid users have the option to add a note (visible only to you) whenever you add or remove a friend (guaranteed to avoid embarrassing social mishaps). If you don't currently have a paid account, you can upgrade now! It only takes a few minutes and costs less than a bad shopping mall haircut (plus, it's way more fashionable)!

Product tweaks and bug kill

1. In another effort to zap spam, comments containing links from domains LiveJournal deems untrustworthy are now automatically screened
2. If you sign up to get notifications of the Writer's Block question of the day, you'll now see the daily question in the email notification, so you'll have a little extra time to ponder before you post. You can subscribe to Writers Block notifications here
3. The issue causing random comments to vanish has been fixed!
4. If you visit a LiveJournal page and get prompted to log in, you'll be returned to the same page after you sign in (Thanks, Dreamwidth)!
5. If you don't edit the timestamp for an entry at all, the entry timestamp will indicate the time the entry was posted instead of the time the Update Journal page was loaded
6. Comments with paddings/backgrounds render correctly within the comment box (and will no longer wrap outside the box and break frames/margins)

New FCK fixes rich text editor!

1. We've updated our RTE (Rich Text Editor) to FCKeditor version 2.6.5
2. When switching from the RTE to HTML editor, links for syndicated feeds are no longer broken
3. RTE now functions properly in Safari 4.0
4. An extra line/space will not be auto-inserted whenever you switch from RTE to HTML editor
5. The insert image link now works correctly in all browsers

LiveJournal Cares

We’re pleased to introduce you to lj_cares, a new LiveJournal community dedicated to raising awareness and funds for U.S. charitable organizations that improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Each month, we’ll spotlight a nonprofit that is making a significant global impact through medical research, public outreach, and/or humanitarian social programs. Charities will be selected in accordance with the U.S. calendar of national health observances based on a high rating (of over 60%) on Charity Navigator and global scope of impact.

In this, our inaugural month of November, we will celebrate national adoption month by offering a charitable virtual gift (priced at $2.99) to support Love Without Boundaries, an organization that saves the lives of orphans with life-threatening diseases and places them in loving homes around the world. LiveJournal will donate 100% of the proceeds from the sale of charitable vgifts (we'll cover the cost of credit card transaction fees). To learn more about Love Without Boundaries, please visit lj_cares and read about how they helped save Baby Kang and the Rainbow Twins from fatal illnesses, who are now thriving in nurturing families. You can purchase your Love Without Boundaries gifts in the Virtual Gift shop.

Papered in postcards

A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to send in postcards to surround us with LiveJournal community. Thanks for coming through! We've received postcards all the way from Germany, Finland, and Canada and from all over the US, including Texas, Florida, Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, Indiana, Hawaii, and Oklahoma just to name just a handful. We're thrilled with our improved decor.

Please keep the love coming for one more week by writing to Frank the Goat, Esq., c/o LiveJournal, Inc., 539 Bryant Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, CA 94107. Be sure to include your username, since we'll be drawing the names of ten random contributors next Thursday to win paid account credits!

Photos of the week

We have more dazzling images posted by talented LiveJournal photographers from around the world. We're hoping to span the entire globe, so please continue posting and tagging. Of course, you can also sit back and enjoy the view at lj_photophile.

You can see a sample of this week's gorgeous photos and check out spotlight communities and awesome user content after the jump!

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We thank you, once again, for joining us. See you next week!

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It always rains on Veteran’s Day

a long moment of silence

we share with spirits passed

those scattered like raindrops

across all lands

and in our hearts

like flowers waving goodbye

from our hearts and our homes

It always rains on Veteran’s Day

a heavy cloak of honour

or a cleansing of sadness

as we hope for the return

of body and soul

to lighten our days

in freedom and love

and gratitude

It always rains on Veteran’s Day

while we stand and remember

and pray for the sunlight

of your smile

beside me again


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I seem unable to write my usual letter to my Dad this year. However, I have been very weepy the last several days, thinking about our men and women in service. Last week one of my co-workers found out that her daughter is being deployed to the Mid East in the Spring. Sunday one of my football pre-game shows was broadcast from a military outpost in Afghanistan. One of my new co-workers served in the Army (Korea, where my dad served). A new Navy ship, made with tons of steel recovered from the Twin Towers, arrived in New York last week. The news has more stories about bombings, hostilities between the Koreas, etc. etc.  When I woke up this morning the day was grey and rain is in the forecast. And it struck me that, indeed, it always does rain on Veteran's Day, for as long as I can remember. Cliche, maybe, to say that the heavens mourn and pay honour too, but it does feel like that.

Take the time to remember the service of the men and women who have fought for freedom and human rights over the years. Assabetheapointed out, it doesn't really matter whether or not we agree about the war. It doesn't really matter how we feel about our countries' involvement in these conflicts. What matters is that these men and women give up their own security, their own comfort, and all too often, their lives, for the sake of other peoples' security and comfort. They put themselves in harm's way for others. They choose to do this. They need our love and support and honor - and they deserve it no matter what. We must honour the examples they set of how to live with loyalty, perseverance, teamwork, and understanding that every moment, every movement, every word and every gesture is important.

Thank a Veteran today. And thank whatever gods you honour for creating brave men and women who will fight for others.

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