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The Independent: The 10 Best Cities in the World
1) Melbourne, Australia 2) Vienna, Austria 3) Vancouver, Canada 4) Toronto, Canada 5) Calgary, Canada 6) Adelaide, Australia 7) Sydney, Australia 8) Helsinki, Finland 9) Perth, Australia 10) Auckland, New Zealand Check out the list and images — here.
This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading
“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil,” Bill Gates wrote this summer. That’s quite an endorsement—and it gave a jolt of fame to Smil, a professor emeritus of environment and geography at the University of Manitoba. In a world of specialized intellectuals, Smil is an ambitious and astonishing […]
5 Ways to Achieve Wellness Through Mindful Eating
1. Eat at a table. Ahh, the Western productivity obsession. A desk at work does not count as a table. Nor does your car on the way to work. Scarfing down a sandwich while staring at a computer screen or racing through traffic ~ these are not lucid practices. We’ve become so accustomed to multi+tasking […]
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? from TEDTalks on Vimeo.