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Ask The Readers: 311 More Films Guaranteed To Blow Your Mind

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Ask The Readers: 311 More Films Guaranteed To Blow Your Mind

The readers have spoken! Here’s the complete list of films (mostly) guaranteed to blow your mind.

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Summer’s the peak season for taking a trip. Every year, when the days start to heat up, it’s a perfect time to go somewhere new – whether to a sun-drenched beach on a distant shore, or a uniquely creative vision in a darkened theater.

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Left Or Right? How Political Ideology Shapes Your Moral Worldview

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Political parties the world over rarely seem to share anything in common. But the similarities are revealed if you know where to look.

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Left Or Right? How Political Ideology Shapes Your Moral Worldview

Portia Remnant

You’ve heard the rhetoric.You’ve seen the ads. You’ve chosen sides, and the other guy has, too. And it’s not your side.

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How Changing Your Perspective Makes All Travel An Inner Journey

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How Changing Your Perspective Makes All Travel An Inner Journey

Photo Premasagar

Travel means many things to many people. But if you’re aware, every journey is a soul journey.

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Everyone knows what travel is. There’s not a lot to explain: you buy a ticket, go somewhere, have fun. End of story.

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Discover Amelia Island, Florida for yourself ~ You’ll be glad you did

Discover Amelia Island, Florida for yourself ~ You’ll be glad you did

Amelia Island is located just off the coast of north Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.  This part of the southern United States exudes much history and natural beauty.  Fort Clinch is a military base that dates back to 1847 and saw action in both the Civil and Spanish-American wars.  Amelia Island is now a vacation destination for anyone looking for coastal enjoyment and seclusion.  Fernandina Beach has a historic downtown that offers the visitor a multitude of shopping amenities ranging from surf shops to book stores.

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What Would You Give For Your Traveler?s Moment?

While every trip has the potential to include a traveler’s moment, it isn’t something that can be forced or expected.

What Would You Give For Your Traveler?s Moment?

Photo by Benjamin Orbach

As I waited for the monorail that would take me to my connecting gate at O’Hare Airport, the sun rose and painted red the lower edges of the Chicago sky.

It was the color of the elderly Sikh’s turban in Jaipur, the man who had sold me a bottle of water between handing out change to the pilgrims who passed his shop.

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How To Reconnect With Your Friends After The Journey

How To Reconnect With Your Friends After The Journey

Photo by Rileyroxx

When returning home from long trips abroad, I’m always surprised by how much has changed. Somehow, I seem to have a subconscious expectation that life was on pause ?? just waiting for me to come back and pick up where I left off.

Of course, that isn’t how it works.

I come back to find out that my circle of friends isn’t quite the same. Some people aren’t talking to each other anymore. Old couples have broken up, and new ones have formed. Old roommates have finished school and moved away.

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5 Ways To Protect Your Essential Travel Documents

Losing your passport or bank cards on the road sucks. Not having the numbers accessible sucks even more.

5 Ways To Protect Your Essential Travel Documents

Photo by Tom Purves

For most of us our day to day life takes place in our homes, apartments and offices.

Each of these locations contain pretty much everything we own, need to survive and identify who we are. Somehow though, when we travel we are able to condense all these ???essentials??? into one or two small bags, carry them on our shoulders and hoist them onto trains.

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Who The F*ck Cares About Your Travel Writing?

With greater potential to bare your soul comes the greater danger of getting pecked to death by the peanut gallery.

Who The F*ck Cares About Your Travel Writing?

Photo by Matthew Antonino

Blogs grant unparalleled potential for spontaneity and interaction to writers everywhere ?? a virtual printing press, under your fingertips.

But with this new podium comes one of the less desirable traits of mass media: scrutiny from a faceless mob.

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How To Find And Keep Your Perfect Travel Companion

Off-the-radar activities are just the way to attract the attention of fellow romantic travelers.

How To Find And Keep Your Perfect Travel Companion

Photo by Andy Schnell

I met Mia in New Zealand, while on a bus that was taking us sky diving. I was only along to take photos for my friends, for I had gone skydiving twice before and wanted to save some money.

The initial spark between us was ignited before we arrived at our destination.

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Can You Develop Your Spirituality Without Visiting India?

Forget flying halfway around the world to find happiness. Christine Garvin shows you how to look locally.

Can You Develop Your Spirituality Without Visiting India?

Photo byClaude Renault

Much like the billion others who read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, I fought the immediate urge to chuck my job, rent, friends and credit card bills and book the first available flight to India so that I could meditate all of my problems away.

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