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• DAILY PHOTO: Red Wall at Nrityagram

  

  Taken on August 8, 2015 at Nrityagram Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Faster, Higher, Stronger by Mark McClusky

  

  Faster, Higher, Stronger: How Sports Science Is Creating a New Generation of Superathletes—and What We Can Learn from Them by Mark McClusky My rating: 4 of 5... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Amantani Jetty

  

  Taken in July of 2011 on Amantani Island Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Across a Great Valley

  

  Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Fire Handler

  

  Taken in May of 2015 in Kandy Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related Tags: culture, Fire, Kandy,... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Bats

  

  Taken in May of 2015 in Sri Lanka Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related Tags: animals, Bat, Flying... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Legend of Nai Khanomtom: Hero of Muay Thai

  

  Muay Thai Institute in Rangsit, Thailand In 1767 the Ayutthaya Kingdom of Siam fell to the Burmese. Burma occupied Siam only briefly because Burma’s king, King... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Saffron Draped Buddha

  

  Taken in August of 2014 at Wat Yai Chaya Mongkol Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Character

  

  Taken in June of 2015 in Manali Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related Tags: Himachal Pradesh,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Pisac Overlook

  

  Taken in July of 2011 at Pisaq, Peru Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: What If? by Randall Munroe

  

  What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page If you like the tv show Mythbusters... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Himalayan Wildflowers

  

  Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related Tags: Flora, flowers, GHNP, Great Himalayan National Park,... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Hidimba Devi Temple

  

  Taken in June of 2015 at the Hidimba Devi Temple in Manali The temple at this location dates to 1553, and is built over a cave that is said to be where Hadimbi... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Houhai Pagoda

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2008 in Beijing. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The 4% Rule, Yerkes-Dodson, and Finding the Sweet Spot in Martial Arts Training

  

  I was watching one of Michio Kaku’s Big Think videos recently that addressed American science education. The question of interest was how America continues to d... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Over the Llama’s Shoulder

  

  Taken in July of 2011 at Machu Picchu This is Machu Picchu at a Llama’s eye view. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Pine Cone, Not In Its Natural Habitat

  

  Taken on June 16, 2015 in Manali Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related Tags: Himachal Pradesh,... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Blue Butterfly on a Green Leaf

  

  Taken June 12, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Rushing Glacial Runoff

  

  Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Monument to Self-Immolators at the Dalai Lama’s Temple

  

  Taken at the Dalai Lama’s Temple (Tsug la Khang) in McLeodganj on June 22, 2015 In the Dalai Lama Temple complex, Tsug la Khang, there’s a monument to Tibetan... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 SOCIETY, TRAVEL