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I was born and grew up in China. My parents always tell me that education is very important, and I always was motivated and had curiosities for the new things, for the new technology. Well, the...

Each July Texas Parks & Wildlife publishes a special Water issue that showcases the beauty and the importance of all of our Texas water resources. This year I had an opportunity to shoot a...

Northern Guardian of Sedona at Sunset by TravelPod member globalgramma Looking North at Sunset from Airport Viewpoin by TravelPod member globalgramma Another Sunset View by TravelPod member...

These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to me Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To...

~ Hercules: Heroic Quest ~ Hercules (Heracles), the greatest Greek hero, was the son of the goddess Hera and god Zeus. The 12 labors of Hercules were a penance. They were sited at prior strongholds of...

NARRATOR: Four years ago, May Fathallah was working for the U.S. Embassy in the Green Zone in Baghdad. She enjoyed her job, but she feared for her safety. Iraqis who worked for Americans were often...

01 Potala by TravelPod member melp 02 Potala by TravelPod member melp 03 Me and Potala by TravelPod member melp 04 Barkhor from above by TravelPod member melp 05 Prayer scarves for sale at Barkhor by...

~ Knowing versus Believing ~ Osho: Guida Spirituale, 1998 (paraphrased excerpts) Everything is known, unknown or unknowable. Science is the study of the known and the unknown. Science studies the...

~ Joan of Arc: Mystical Messenger ~ England occupied France during the Hundred Years War, begun in 1337. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was an intelligent, chaste, devout peasant from the tiny, farming...

~ Ulysses: Adventurous Life ~ Homer, author of the Odyssey Before the Trojan War Ulysses (Odysseus) was King of Ithaca, an island in Greece. Ulysses and Penelope, his wife Telemachus, his son, with a...