mothernaturenetwork:

Photo of the day: Golf resort vs. offshore wind farm
Donald Trump is hit on the head by a balloon-wielding bandit after visiting the Scottish Parliament to voice his opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm, which he says will spoil the view from his new $1.2 billion golf resort, slated to open in July in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
 
“Scotland, if you pursue this policy of these monstrous turbines, Scotland will go broke,” Trump told the group. “They are ugly, they are noisy and they are dangerous. If Scotland does this, Scotland will be in serious trouble and will lose tourism to places like Ireland, and they are laughing at us.”

Donald Trump: Always Has His Priorities Straight

medicalschool:

mediclopedia:

Teach for America

This is slight off topic from medicine, but this is something I truly believe in.

Our nation prides it self in equal opportunities. However this is not always the case.  We see great inequalities in our education system everyday.  There is an ever-growing gap between different socioeconomic, racial, and gender groups.  And mind you this is the twenty first century.  We can observe this gap right here in our community.  In the Los Angeles Unified School District we have over 700 thousand students, and over 700 operating schools, within these schools we see high funded private schools that send numerous students to the most prestigious universities across the nation, while we also see low income high schools struggling to keep their students from dropping out. 

This is not what equal opportunity is. 

I have recently began working with the Teach for America Recruitment team, in hopes of joining the corps when I graduate (Medical schools allow for 2 year deferrals!).  I truly believe in the importance of education and especially find its correlation with health interesting. This sort of opportunity seems too good to pass. 

I’m going to be a person who changes the world, but first I’m just hoping to change an individual’s world.

If any of you are interested in teaching, making a difference in your community, or if you are looking for an amazing experience before going to medical school, I seriously encourage you to look into the Teach for America program!

Check out the website for more details: http://www.teachforamerica.org/

Such a great program (and not just for medical students either!). Definitely on my short list of things I want to do with my life.

kjmichalak:

“[D]on’t ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that’s what they’re there for. Use your library). Don’t apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend’s copy. What’s important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read… ” 
― Neil Gaiman

Personal note: this is my best friend at college. Not Neil Gaiman, but kjmichalak. I’m so proud :,)

dergrossekrieg:

Dunlop Cycle Tires, 1914 

(by Bart King)

As submitted by markct:

Row 2 of the Periodic Table of Super Elements.

Silicon looks like such a badass…

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music …I get most joy in life out of music.”

-Albert Einstein

A sculpture by Luca Pozzi based on the String Theory, which will be featured in the Higher Atlas exhibition, at the Marrakech Biennale, from February 29th to June 3rd. Read More

Invisible Children responds to criticism, including a complete overview of their funding and spending.

missfolly:

Musical notation by Ludwig van Beethoven (II)

I feel like this is appropriate with yesterday’s accidental theme