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I've been following the drought in Somalia causing horrible famine and mass…

By Michele Baron

Beginning to read Wrighteings – 1. … in media res… by Dr. A. V. Koshy (& his brother, A.V. Varghese, in one paper) is like cross-training for an intellectual decathlon. A self-proclaimed autodidact of multifaceted interests, Dr. Koshy has put together the best samples of his writings from the last 12 years of his “pilgrimage” through life, work, the works of man, doubt, learning, identity, sense of self and…

I've been waiting to post my thoughts on the death of Osama Bin Laden to give myself some time to reflect and think about all that has happened, and what continues to happen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Ivory Coast, and other places around the world.

Initially when I heard of his death I felt some relief, and I re-lived a bit of anger remembering what he had helped do to the United States.  However, I became more upset about the people celebrating here in the…

We are currently living outside Washington, DC, and I sing in a number of places, as well as work on humanitarian and sustainability-related projects. I happen to sing with a person, who knows of my other work, who attended the April 4 conference at the "Center for American Progress," where Ali Aujali, Official Representative to the United States, Transitional Council of the Libyan Republic, spoke. My friend gave me these Briefing Materials (public information). The materials I transcribe…

I was in Libya from September to July  in 2009 to 2010. I was teaching as an Associate Professor at Al Mergib University which is now called Misurata University.  I taught English at a teacher's training college in Al Khums. They paid us well which helped me because i have an autistic son but getting the money home was difficult. Al Khums is famous for being the gateway of Africa once upon a time and contains the magnificent ruins of Leptis Magna. It was a peaceful semi-urban space/place and…

I just read about UN workers killed as a retaliation over the burning of the Koran.  These UN workers were killed during a protest in Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran by some pastors in Florida.

I firmly believe in free speech, but my question is, should we at home be aware that the free speech we enjoy while here safe at home, might be putting others at risk who are outside U.S.…

Autim for help village project won the second round of urgent evoke , namely the evoke participation global giving challenge.

Will update further as things keep happening.

The Autism for Help Village project was born as a seed concept during the World Bank/Urgent Evoke season 1. Since that inception, these are the steps taken for this project to become a full fledged reality.

1. Achievement: AfhVP was chosen as one of the winning evokations by none other than the World Bank Institute, and called "exemplary" and "outstanding."

2. Achievement: The Project Leader was certified as a legendary hero in social innovation and entrepreneurship, in…

• About 70 percent of the world’s oil discoveries in the past two years have been offshore
• With global demand expected to rise as much as 18 percent in the next 10 years, energy producers will have no choice but to exploit oil deposits under thousands of feet of water and hundreds of miles from shore
• Cobalt International Energy Inc., the oil explorer whose largest shareholders are…

• Guardian article - Alistair Darling joins EU plan to rescue sinking euro (Chancellor to keep…