Higher Ground

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Subtly

The beginning of the end is usually not identified as such-
An unsuspecting subtlety of lost keys, forgotten birthdays and that time you showed up at the airport, two days late.
The path that you have taken around town for the last thirty years suddenly seem like a labyrinth of stop signs and dead ends.
Everything and everyone you hold dear mean nothing-
No thoughts of future, only past that slowly fades down-
As if turning the knob, to lower the volume...turning until...eventually you turn to the click of the off position.

You sit...in silence...eyes glossed over...waiting

-Cristal Rais

Last day of finals. Anxious to get going on my vacation.

This Is Why Elizabeth Warren Should Win Any Damn Elected Office She Ever Runs For

This Is Why Elizabeth Warren Should Win Any Damn Elected Office She Ever Runs For

Elizabeth Warren is the best person for the job

Global Revolution

As Americans we must stand in solidarity!

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"Born This Way" Blog: DC

"Born This Way" Blog: DC

A photo/essay project for gay adults (of all genders) to submit childhood pictures and stories (roughly ages 2 to 12), reflecting memories & early beginnings of their innate LGBTQ selves. Nurture allows what nature endows. It's their nature, their truth!

World Water Day

Water ink _ BDDP Unlimited and Solidarités International - UK from BDDP Unlimited on Vimeo.


• 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water, roughly one-sixth of the world's population.
• 2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die every year from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
• Half of the world's hospital beds are filled with people suffering from water related illnesses.
• In the past 10 years, diarrhea has killed more children than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II.
• Despite the size of the problem, we have made little progress against it.  There were only 181 million fewer people living without safe drinking water in rural settings in 2004 (899 million) vs. 1990 (1.08 billion)*1.
• 50 percent of people on earth lack adequate sanitation. Another way to look at it: Nearly half of the world's population fails to receive the level of water services available 2,000 years ago to the citizens of ancient Rome.
• Lack of sufficient funding.  It is estimated that, in 2004, only US$4b in overseas development assistance was provided to meet the UN’s Millennium Development Goal (MDG) around water*2, versus a projected need of approximately US$10b annually for basic water and sanitation services and an additional US$15b to US$20b annually to provide a higher level of service and to maintain existing services.*3  Note that the MDG goal, reducing the number of people living without safe drinking water and sanitation by half by 2015, still leaves hundreds of millions of people without water and sanitation.

These stats and more information are found at:

http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts

Super Full Moon - NASA Science

Super Full Moon - NASA Science

The moon was just incredible tonight!

BREAKING NEWS: The occupation of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing has begun!

This streaming live from Lansing, Michigan.  All of us Americans should be in solidarity with the brave people of Michigan.


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ODU

One month into Spring 2011 semester on my return from a two year hiatus and I am having a great time! My classes are challenging and my Professors are knowledgeable. Life is good for me.
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Solidarity in Egypt

People coming together in peaceful protest.

After 30 years of rule Mubarak needs to step down!

Al Jazeera English: Live Stream - Watch Now - Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English: Live Stream - Watch Now - Al Jazeera English

Watch what's going on in Egypt. People are rising and revolting! Very Powerful!!

A thought...

So all week I have been at home sick with what I think is the flu. Is it really 2011 and we haven't found a cure yet?! I mean really, technologically we have made incredible discoveries jumping leaps & bounds. When it comes ourselves, humankind, we are still succumbing to germs & disease. How primitive we truly are when it comes to our bodies and our minds for that matter. -India Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®