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Madonna at 60: A colourful career in pictures

Trailblazer, icon, leader, woman, Madonna did while others just talked about changing the discussion on what woman can do in music, art and everyday life. I have huge respect for who she is and what she's accomplished. Happy 60th Madonna! Madonna at 60: A colourful career in pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45173301

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Of all the coneflowers, in all the gardens, you fly onto mine

I haven't seen many butterflies thus far this year, so a few days ago I was excited to be  treated to a wonderful scene on my garden coneflower.  This beauty alighted and fed for a long time, but she wasn't alone as another little flying beauty was also admiring the echinacea. The monarch and the …

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The philosophy of Hume

A thought-provoking article posted on Aeon.co, written by Julian Baggini is an excellent treatise on the relevance, and need, for the philosophy of Hume and others, and how philosophy can serve us well in this age of skepticism, individualism, and the need for genuine human sympathy. Socrates died by drinking hemlock, condemned to death by …

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