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If the following is something you normally carry around,

Two Nikon D700 camera bodies
Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 G lens
Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 G lens
Batteries and charger for the D700s
Monopod
Tripod with ball head
R-Strap
Artic Butterfly sensor brush
Lens cleaning paper
Rocket Blower
Shootsac
WhiBal card
Compact Flash cards (mix of SanDisk 8GB and [...]

“What is it specifically about creative ventures that seems to make us really nervous about each others mental health in the way that other careers kinda don’t…”
Writer Elizabeth Gilbert explores why is it that creativity and suffering must be linked? What is another way of exploring genius and nurturing our creativity? Like her book Eat, [...]

Wonder, expression, optimism, raw, complexity…here architect Daniel Libeskind shares his bold vision for architecture.
And shines light on the field that he believes is about “carving out a space” that at its best “creates a space that never existed – a space that we never enter except in our minds and spirits.”

Inspiration for any [...]

“The world has changed from analog to digital – and it’s time for our mathematics curriculum to change too…”
In this short but powerful TEDTalk Mathematics Professor and Magician Arthur Benjamin proposes a bold alternative to Calculus as the “top of the mathematics curriculum pyramid”.
Discover it here:

It seemed like a nice way to start the week, with two speakers focusing on happiness:

“Happiness is not just the absence of misery” is one of the findings Nancy Etcoff, the instructor of “The Science of Happiness” at Harvard Medical School, shares with us as she explores research and theories on happiness, pleasure and [...]

“We are living through a change in the way ideas are spread and implemented” says marketer, author, blogger, entrepreneur Seth Godin. Here he entertains us with his latest topic of interest, Tribes. And challenges us to change the world, today. “You don’t need everyone. You just need a few people…”

You’ve probably seen photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s stunning work, “Earth from above” as it traveled around the world. Through this TEDtalk, Yann takes us beyond the image of a single beautiful photo.  To show us the human impact on Earth.  And to challenge us to start believing what we know.

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At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits by designing for sustainability. In this beautiful speech, Anderson talks about living in harmony with nature, about more happiness with less stuff, and ends with a poem written by Glenn Thomas, a company employee  inspired by Anderson’s vision.
Tomorrow’s Child by Glenn Thomas
Without a [...]