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Thanks for visiting! Echoes of War. Sergei Larenkov His photographs of the siege of Leningrad and St.

Echoes of War

Petersburg really got lots of name on internet and are famous too. so we present some really nice photographs by sergei, where past and present meet in Moscow, Berlin, Vienna, Prague.. 1. Vienna. 1945/2010. EPICURUS EXONERATED. Masterymistery/flickr Why is pleasure so suspicious?

EPICURUS EXONERATED

None of the greatest western philosophers has produced a proper guide for today's enlightened hedonist, writes Anthony Gottlieb. But Epicurus, that much-maligned Greek, was on to something ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, Autumn 2007. Vietnam Spa Accommodation & Resort - Six Senses Ninh Van Bay – An Ana Mandara Property. A blog of very little brain. As I sit here on the coach from Oxford to London, reclining in a fabulous maxi dress from Monsoon and blogging on my Macbook, I look around and I think to myself, “I am a massive twat.”

A blog of very little brain.

The deal is, a long time ago in the misty recesses of 2009, I decided to start a blog. I had plans, nay, dreams for this blog. I would mix a light scattering of poetry, music, art, television and film with lessons in every day pragmatism that could be drawn from them. I would make witty and incisive comments on popular culture. The Twilight Experiment: Part 1. ► Old Number Seven by The Devil Makes Three. BBC One - Super Smart Animals, Episode 1, Chimp genius. George_orwell_with_quotes.jpg (JPEG Image, 648x500 pixels)

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WHAT DO PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE?

Anthony Gottlieb decodes an unusual opinion poll ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Spring 2010 There was once a website on which academic philosophers listed the curious things that strangers had said to them upon learning that they were in the presence of a philosopher. The following conversation allegedly took place on an aeroplane: “May I ask you a question?”

In a similar vein, also from the skies: “What do you do?” This exchange makes professional philosophers titter, because their daily work is far removed from the production of sage utterances. One answer – a novel one, it seems – comes from a new survey of philosophers’ views. Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. Shady 2.0 Cypher (Eminem,Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf) BET. Maximising your memory. The Drinks Every Man Should Know.

A no vote in Scotland could leave England begging for mercy. There's a pattern here, of sorts.

A no vote in Scotland could leave England begging for mercy

Tony Blair became bored and frustrated with domestic policy and – heartened by success in Sierra Leone – decided that it was much more exciting to apply himself to exporting liberal democracy around the world. Hideous, inexorable foreign "adventures" followed, of course. Gordon Brown also struggled with the detail of home affairs, most notably in his desperate, off-the-cuff pledge of "British jobs for British workers". Only when the global financial crisis struck did Brown step on to the international stage and become sure of himself (even if he didn't convince the electorate). Hear Two Unreleased Radiohead Tracks. Book-A-Minute Classics. Got another book report to do?

Book-A-Minute Classics

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