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Giant Rubber Duck: 54foot world traveler tours Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam..bids adieu to Hong Kong, heads to Pittsburgh
*update* August 21, 2014
an unusual visitor: giant rubber duck sailed into LA port Wednesday
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[HuffPost] Giant Rubber Duck Heads To Pittsburgh, Bids Adieu To Hong Kong (PHOTOS) read more »
"Do well by doing good." Benjamin Franklin featured on Canada Post's 250th anniversary stamp
Stamp marking the 250th anniversary of the first formalized postal service in Canada, initiated in June 1763 by Benjamin Franklin, then the Philadelphia-based postmaster for Britain’s colonies in North America. The stamp features a portrait of Franklin and a vintage scene of Quebec City.
"Do well by doing good." - Benjamin Franklin
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." - Benjamin Franklin
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But the Canadian postal tribute to Franklin - plotter of the would-be conquest of Quebec during the Revolutionary War - is not some colossal printing error. read more »
Photos: "still alive?" "defying gravity" "chicken farm" "vinegar cancer test" "female martial artist" "goth festival"...
Nimes Pentecost Feria, France: brave French matador Juan Leal vs. bull
Luck. Atop a car that fell into the Skagit River: the I-5 bridge collapse
Defies Gravity. ‘Dancing With The Stars’ finals: 20May2013
chickens provide the fertilizer on this Pennsylvania farm: the Chesapeake Bay
simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by 1/3: study of 150,000 women
(L) Martial artist Michelle Yeoh stunned in a sexy nude Roberto Cavalli gown at the 2009 premiere of Vengeance. (R) Wave and Goth Festival: Leipzig, Germany;
Roger Federer set a new standard of excellence in men's tennis: 2013 French Open read more »
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum ("I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am") - philosophical Latin statement
Cogito ergo sum ("I think, therefore I am") - or -
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum ("I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am")
This is a philosophical Latin statement proposed by René Descartes.
The phrase became a fundamental element of Western philosophy, as it was perceived to form a foundation for all knowledge.
Good luck travels decades fr Cape Town S. Africa back to US folk musician, Rodriguez, to Oscar for "Searching for Sugar Man"...
Best documentary feature winners Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn accept their award onstage for "Searching for Sugarman," about the reclusive Detroit musician Rodriguez, at the 85th annual Academy Awards.
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'Searching for Sugar Man' Wins Oscar, and More Praise for Rodriguez
"Searching for Sugar Man," honored with more than 30 awards in the last year, won the big one when it was named best documentary at the 85th annual Academy Awards. Director Malik Bendjelloul's film about the forgotten musician Rodriguez capped its journey that began at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where Sony Pictures Classics acquired the film, leading to a theatrical release in July.
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Sixto Díaz Rodríguez (born July 10, 1942) is a folk musician, wildly popular, extremely successful and influential in South Africa, mistakenly rumored to have committed suicide. In his home country - America, no one knows about him, about his music - two little-sold albums in the early 1970s. read more »
"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world." - William Shakespeare
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
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