Kelp Forest by lar3 on Flickr.
Chewing khat, the leaves of the Catha edulis plant, a common practice in Yemen and certain East African countries, increases the risk of death and stroke in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome
Ali WM, Al Habib KF, Al-Motarreh A, et al. Acute coronary syndrome use and khat herbal amphetamine use. An observational report. Circulation 2011; DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.039768
“Piracy is the new radio. That’s how music gets around.” —
i don’t think that is how it has to be. music in the cloud can change this.
Neil Young on Music Quality, Record Labels and Steve Jobs - John Paczkowski - Dive Into Media - AllThingsD (via davehyndman)
(via fred-wilson)
Slow Motion (Taken with instagram)
“Since 1980, the GDP has doubled, but wages have been flat.” — Why our economy is stuck in neutral (via azspot)
(via bijan)
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived.”
“It is not that you can’t; It is you presently struggle with”
canyon landscape on Flickr.
Red Rock Canyon
A book commits suicide every time you watch jersey shore (Taken with instagram)