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Defeat

Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory. Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance, Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot And not to be trapped by withering laurels. And in you I have found aloneness And the joy of being shunned and scorned. Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield, In your eyes I have read That to be enthroned is to be enslaved, And to be understood is to be leveled down, And to be grasped is but to reach one's fullness And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed. Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion, You shall hear my songs and my cries an my silences, And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings, And urging of seas, And of mountains that burn in the night, And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul. Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, And we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous.” Excerpt From: Gibran, Khalil. “The Madman.”

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The Door to Hell, a burning natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan. Photo by Tormod Sandtorv

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Alaska's Boundary Range this past summer

Photo by Marc Adamus: http://www.marcadamus.com

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Three Elements of Great Communication, According to Aristotle

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How ILM Created the Hulk for The Avengers

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Investing 101

You simply cannot find a better #Investing 101 primer than this http://t.co/MP4dNb20

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Mooby Bicycle

Mooby-Bicycle-by-Madella-Simone (o http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=517099458330116&set=a.216438731729525.62967.112397672133632&type=1

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The Fibonacci Series is a sequence of numbers first created by Leonardo Fibonacci (fi-bo-na-chee) in 1202. It is a deceptively simple series, but its ramifications and applications are nearly limitless. It has fascinated and perplexed mathematicians for over 700 years, and nearly everyone who has worked with it has added a new piece to the Fibonacci puzzle, a new tidbit of information about the series and how it works. Fibonacci mathematics is a constantly expanding branch of number theory, with more and more people being drawn into the complex subtleties of Fibonacci’s legacy.

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By Matthew Kepnes

Think you don’t have enough money to travel? Think again. Travel guru Matt Kepnes puts that myth to rest with this guide to traveling on little (or no) money.

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The Ultimate Guide to Traveling When You're Broke

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10 Feng Shui tips you should apply in 2012 [Infographic]

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What the heck does “pythonic” mean?

This was a question asked a few months ago, on, of all places, the EuroPython mailing list, which is mainly used to plan the EuroPython conference. It was an interesting question though. I realized I’ve seen the word been used a lot, but that I’ve...

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