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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By voicefortheunspokeninnocence | Views [81] | Scholarship Entry
I hope to encourage a new perspective in others life's. Animal cruelty is a major and painful issue in all animals including farm factory's. I want to encourage a new lifestyle , kindness , compassion , love, mindfulness and giving. Being able to experience ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By avidreader | Views [149] | Scholarship Entry
Q: Did you hear about the winner of the Polish beauty contest? A: Me neither. It’s time to throw that joke out, because there is a Polish beauty contest winner and she resides in Milwaukee, and has for the last 114 years. Yet after all these years, ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By ababybestguy | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
"What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?"- At the first, what I think, when heard this question was: “Yeah! I am in the USA!” It was 2012 year, summer. I was a participant of international program Work and Travel USA, that giving opportunity ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By joannaguthrie | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
Key West is known as ‘The Last Resort’. It’s the final southerly outpost of North America – which can be a big deal if you are American, and even if you are not. It is a long way out into the water : it is a semi-aquatic frontier town. It’s also the ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By gogogobrooke | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
I’m straddling a 3-foot wide canyon, 8 feet above the cave floor, and I’m stuck. I’m supposed to follow the footing of my “guardian angel,” but mine is a Siberian exchange student who moves like a gazelle. She is long gone, out of sight around a bend.... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By mstarks | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
Just twenty-six miles outside of Estacada, Oregon, in the Mt. Hood national forest, I make a stop at an unusual store. Inside are souvenirs, snacks and drinks, and pamphlets with maps of the trails and attractions nearby. After speaking with the ranger ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By kelly_travelbug | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
Driving the iconic route 66 features on many a bucket list and I have had the pleasure, at least in part. It was whilst cruising down this fabled road that I stumbled upon the town of Williams, Arizona. Nestled at the base of Bill William Mountain this ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By oliviaoconnor | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry
You know when you hear about an event happening and the first whisper of it strikes you right in the middle of your stomach? You don’t know what it is, but you know that you’re going. That’s how I felt about the 2011 Quicksilver Pro after party in San ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By melissawing | Views [109] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
It was the third of July and I was in New York City. The air was sticky and charged with excitement for a holiday that had nothing to do with me and yet I felt entirely a part of. That’s what New York feels like. Being part of something that you don’t ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By the_augusta_nut | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
U.S. Masters tickets are almost impossible to get. It's universally known that the only ticket harder to get is the Superbowl. To give you an idea, just last year for the first time since 1972, tournament organizers released a small number of tickets, ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [135]
So, I finally got waved down at a Police check point today, about 70 miles south of the Caribbean coast of North East Colombia. Up till now I've been waved through all Police checkpoints, and the army ones too, since Mexico.
So I stop.
The ... Read more >
Fri, 22 May 2015 | By yoshic | Views [109]
I have come to the conclusion that the countries of Central America (to which I add Mexico, despite its designation as a North American country) have ar some point gathered together to discuss how to conduct their respective border logistics. By this ... Read more >
Fri, 22 May 2015 | By cydneymcfarland | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By roadreign | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
As I turned onto the access road, I remembered the stories of this place. A thriving, ancient, mysterious culture vanishes, leaving their village to be discovered a thousand years later. Stories of war, stockade walls, pyramids, and even cannibalism.... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By nweaver | Views [102] | Scholarship Entry
As a Canadian, I had no idea I could be sitting on a tropical island within a three-day’s drive from home. I’d been to South Florida many times, but never to the Keys. I’d heard of them but was never too inspired to go. To my northern imagination, a palm ... Read more >
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