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Everything You Need To Know About Quora Credits
November 14, 2011 § 204 Comments
By: Yishan Wong
Quora gives you 500 credits to start.
You can see your credit "transaction history" at http:///www.quora.com/credits
If you go below 100 credits, it will be periodically refreshed back up to 100 credits. This means if you have zero credits, you will get 100 credits. If you have 70, you will get 30 credits. Quora calls these "system refreshes."
How you get credits:
You can earn credits by answering an Ask To Answer request, by getting upvotes on answers or posts you've written, or if someone gives you credits.
For every upvote that you receive for an answer or post, you will receive 10 credits. This is even true if you wrote the answer anonymously.
When someone who you Ask to Answer a question write an answer, you will receive 5 credits for every upvote that answer receives.
Spending credits:
The primary usage of credits is the Ask To Answer Suggestion function, where Quora will suggest users to you that you can ask to answer a question. Each user who is not your friend (you are both following each other) may have a price you must pay in order to ask them to answer. You use your credits to send them Ask to Answer requests. 25% of this price is paid to them immediately, and the remaining 75% will be paid if they respond with an answer within a week.
You can give credits to other users, but you must have at least 500 credits in your account. For example, if you have 570 credits, you can only give up to 70 credits to someone. If you later receive more credits, you can then give more. The reason for this is because every user starts out with 500 credits, and Quora doesn't want people to create multiple fake accounts just to send the initial 500 credits to a single account. You can give credits to any user for any reason, and you can send a message along with the credits.
Under the covers:
When you upvote an answer or post, the author receives 10 credits, but you don't spend any of your credits. Yes, this is how credits are "created" in the economy (in addition to system refreshes).
If someone pays credits to ask you to answer a question, you will immediately receive 25% of that fee, and you will receive the remaining 75% if you answer within a week. This 75% is the amount that the system says in the "earn X credits by answering" notification that you receive – the 25% has already been given to you.
The number of credits it costs to ask you to answer a question is determined by the rate of incoming requests that you receive. This gives you a maximum price, which you can adjust to any number of lower thresholds on this page: http://www.quora.com/asked_to_answer – click on the "Asking you to answer costs X credits" link.
If you give credits to another Quora user, there is no way to reverse this transaction.
Tips and Tricks:
You can make money off your friends if they are prominent people whose answers tend to get upvoted out of proportion to their answer's inherent quality (e.g. Quora staff, famous people) by asking them to answer for free, and then collecting the 5 credit/upvote reward that you receive for being the one to ask them to answer.
If you are following someone and they are also following you (i.e. you are "friends"), it is free for each of you to ask each other to answer questions. Therefore, a potentially cost-effective way to get an obvious-but-highly-priced person to answer is to ask someone who is their friend who is also your friend to answer it – it will be free to ask your friend, and they may subsequently then ask the other "obvious" person to answer.
Another way to ask someone to answer who has too high a price (or simply one you don't wish to pay) is to go to their profile and send them a message with a link to the question and ask them to answer it. Obviously this doesn't work if the person disallowed incoming messages, but very few users have that setting turned on. Plus, a personal message asking them to answer is much more likely to meet with a positive response. On the other hand, this means you will not receive the 5 credit/upvote reward that you would normally receive if you had asked them to answer via the "system."
If you are offered a very high bounty to answer a question but don't really want to give an answer (or can't come up with a good one), you can write a crappy short answer and then immediately delete it. You will still be awarded the bounty. Keep in mind that your answer will still generate a notification, and this seems like something Quora would fix pretty quickly somehow.
If you happen to be on a question page and you see that someone is in the process of writing an answer ("Currently Answering") but they haven't posted it yet, you can quickly ask them to answer and, assuming they end up posting the answer they are writing, you will receive credits for each upvote the answer earns. This is a lower-risk way of trying to draft on peoples' answer upvotes because you can be relatively assured that they will probably finish and post their answer.
Got a tip about Quora credits? Add it to the comments below!
Achieving Question Success: Results from an Accidental Experiment
October 5, 2011 § 3 Comments
By: Michael Sinanian
How you usher a question into existence on Quora can make or break the success of that potential lifelong resource. At this point in Quora's development, it's still critical to make sure a question is asked at just the right time, assigned enough relevant topics and directed to the right people to answer it. These steps are absolutely necessary to ensure that question gets the best possible exposure (and thus answers) it could ever hope to receive.
I recently saw the biggest example of this in my own use last week when I asked the question: Why is it seemingly more difficult to remember things from before 3-5 years of age?
Within just a few days, the question had become a Best Source and had the following stats:
- 3,385 views
- over 30 followers
- 20,165 topic followers
- 9 topics
It also got a few really good answers, probably the best you could get short of walking up to a university researcher studying the topic and unabashedly asking them. I know this because I made my friend ask their UCLA neuroscience professor the same question at office hours and didn't receive anything conflicting or all too different from the Quora page.
But what was it about this particular question that made it succeed?
It turns out that the whole scenario was an accidental experiment of sorts. Unbeknownst to me, there was a similar question already around entitled: Why can't most people remember things from their infancy?
I've since redirected that question to the one I asked since mine had become such a hit (so you can't visit it anymore), but I took a screenshot right before to prove my point here:
In the few months it had been around (opposed to just days compared to my question), the page had the following stats:
- 325 views
- 5 followers
- 983 topic followers
- 3 topics
So, what does the data reveal?
In short, it absolutely confirms the advice mentioned in Marc Bodnick's answer to Quora User FAQs: What can I do to aggressively market my Quora question? What can I do to bring an old question back to life?
To rehash that and add a little bit of my own advice…
You need to absolutely do the following to make sure a Quora question receives due attention:
- add lots of relevant topics; stretch the relevancy as far as you can without irking admins and reviewers
- ask the right people to answer; if you find that perfect person to answer a question, they'll make it a standout page and it'll attract even more traffic (not to mention providing a useful answer to begin with). Seek active users with relevant expertise; the new Ask-to-Answer improvements make this a lot easier. In the case of this question, I took the time to ask active psychologists and neuroscientists on the site who had already answered several questions in their fields. Bonus points for asking users that are followed by influential Quora Elite.
- cross paths with influential users; if you see some influential users on the site (lots of followers, lots of mentions, etc) voting or following in areas relevant to your question, somehow indirectly grab their attention. the mere act of them following or voting on your question page will create a huge cascade of traffic.
#3 is especially complicated, but there's definitely a formula to it. For example, to "cross paths" with an influential user, consider the following scenario. In the case of this Human Memory question, I'll hold off on asking till I see someone who works at Quora (they all have lots of followers) start voting and/or following questions in that topic or related topics (like Psychology, Neuroscience, etc), then I'll pose my question at that moment. Odds are, they'll see it, and since their interest is already currently piqued, they'll be more inclined to follow or ask others to answer it.
Yes, I really do take those extra steps. I don't care if you need to jot down questions in a note file and save them for a month or two: timing is everything. I did this for the question at hand and it worked wonders. I've simply had too many questions miss their crucial opportunity window, going unseen and unanswered because of such shortsightedness.
Will the Quora team eventually figure out a way where timing and all these other hacks are no longer necessary for a fluid question-answer marketplace? Hopefully, but until then use the results of these experiments so your questions get the limelight they deserve.
*This is cross-posted from a personal Quora post.
Quora for iPhone: Great, Quora for iPad: Mind-blowing
September 30, 2011 § 3 Comments
By: Michael Sinanian
Quora for iPhone is finally out. After beta testing it for two months, I wrote a generally positive review for VentureBeat.
It covers the whole app experience if you're curious before jumping in. But there's some more I didn't get to expand on in the review: the iPad app.
No, I'm not actually aware of a functioning iPad app prototype. Yes, I did phrase that to catch your attention.
But now that I have it…
In his take, Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb makes the criticism that the app should be available on the iPad, now. I totally agree.
I trust that Quora will eventually get around to it, but it can't come any sooner!
There are two main reasons to tackle the iPad app:
- the iPad and Quora are both habit-forming: talk to any iPad user, they'll tell you how they've formed habits around the device. They'll tell you how they take it to the bathroom with them, how they spend their last waking minutes of the day with it in bed. It's a habit-forming device, and that's perfect for Quora, a habit-forming site, to piggyback on!
- iOS apps are not merely portable versions of the Quora website, but enhanced and extended experiences that the web format by definition cannot offer
Yes, yes, we know: you can access Quora's HTML mobile site on Safari. Big whoop. As mobile lead Anne K. Halsall mentions in her announcement, the mobile team spent time trying to figure out how the mobile experience could enhance and extend Quora, not simply replicate it on a smaller screen. The iPad offers the same opportunity times a thousand.
When the iPad first came out, a lot of people told me, "But it's just a giant iPod Touch…"
And I would always respond, "Yes! But you never knew just how cool that would be!"
The same applies for Quora. Yes, it would be just a physically larger version of the iPhone app, but that opens so many new doors.
How awesome would it be to glide through the map on that big 10″ screen, finding topics from around the world, learning a thing or two before you go to bed (or finish your bathroom duties)? It is, by definition, a whole new way to experience Quora.
While the iPad utilizes the same capacitive touchscreen as the iPhone, the fact that it's three times larger means you get to interact with apps in a way that's not merely utilitarian. It's deeply engaging, intimate, whatever you want to call it; hold an iPad and you know what this experience is like.
The Quora team's not stupid. They're aware of this and after they're done celebrating the iPhone app's success, I'm sure they'll start brainstorming for the iPad. I just can't help dream up some of the potential features.
If we think the Quora Nearby map features are cool in Quora for iPhone, wait till we see the funky new "question visualizer" or whatever they'll cook up from the future. That's not all, how about:
- Visual-tacticle interaction with Quora's geo-location layer: imagine the map zoomed out to display the whole world, with a real-time overlay of where new questions are being asked and answered: tiny little blips blinking on and off like thunderstorms viewed from space; tap in on a "storm" and zoom in to see what the fuss is about. A concert? A public speaking event? Just remarkable.
- Visual-tacticle interaction with Quora's topic ontologies: explore topic ontologies in new visualizations that truly reveal the depth of Quora's knowledge, see how topics are related and view the genealogy of pure knowledge in ways Wikipedia or other content sites could never provide.
- Visaul-tacticle interaction with Quora's social graph: explore users in a beautiful collage or other layout we can't even imagine that highlights all sorts of cross-linked relationships, zoom in and out, rotate, etc with your fingers to get a wrap-around view of all these interlinkages, tap on intersections to view what posts, questions, answers people overlap on: basically: visualize the social connections that underlie Quora and its content. explore Quora through users in a visual way that titillating
We'll finally be able to interact with Quora in a way that only Stormy Shippy can offer a preview of for however long it takes to read an info-graphic. LAME. [1] We want it longer than that, and we want it in bed, and in the bathroom, and wherever else our iPads journey with us!
Don't do me wrong mobile development team, don't you do me wrong!
[1] – Stormy's work isn't lame. The fleeting excitement is what's lame, because it's not something you can constantly go back to and play with over and over. It's static, non-interactive data visualization.
[2] – This is cross-posted from a personal Quora post.
Foraging on Quora: Making the site better for sharks, microplankton, penguins, sea turtles, bumblebees, albatrosses, spider monkeys, butterflies, honey bees, amoebae, and fruit flies
July 28, 2011 § 13 Comments
By: Edwin Kite
Disclaimer: I'm just a grad student in an unrelated field.
This is about information consumption on Quora. I won't say much about the site's social side.
People forage for information on Quora. It's different from StackOverflow, where people dip in, and Wikipedia, with its sterile content. Foraging on Quora is more rewarding, because the quality of the thinking is occasionally very high. Foraging is structured by Quora's feed – adjacent entries in the feed can lead down very different roads. The feed is tightly personalized, with a little randomness thrown in. Users who follow the feed's cues will diffuse around Quora. Occasionally they will stumble into a new area. There is a natural length scale to their movements: the range of the people and topics they follow, because that's what sets the breadth of their feed. This is like Brownian diffusion.
As an alternative, consider the albatross.
Albatrosses are long range ocean foragers. They are big – the biggest living thing that flies. So big you can strap a GPS receiver and a satellite transponder to one, and it barely notices. The data show [1] that the albatrosses do take many little hops, like Brownian motion. But occasionally they will take a bigger hop. And rarely, they will fly to the other side of the world in a straight line. In fact:-
where l is the length of the foraging flight, and P(l) is the probability that the hop will be that long.
This scale-free pattern (including the exponent -2) has since been found in sharks, microplankton, penguins, sea turtles, bumblebees, spider monkeys, butterflies, honey bees, fruit flies, and amoebae [2,3]. This is called a Lévy flight.
Lévy flights with exponent -2 are optimal for locating resources [4] when those resources are –
- Randomly distributed
- Sparse
- Once visited, are not depleted, but remain targets for future searches (like a person, or a topic)
Sounds like Quora. By manipulating the environment, exponents between -3 and -1 can be produced in ecological simulations. However, including a "crowding" effect (evaporative cooling?) does not affect the -2 exponent, at least not in mussels [5].
For a foraging Quora user, distant topics and users on the graph are also
- Diverse
- Rapidly changing
- Altered by the presence of other foragers
Much of the interesting content is coming from people who pop up, write a few dozen excellent answers, and then either leave or start producing mediocre content. This makes the system dynamic. To find these nuggets in your feed, you need to rove far and fast.
It's unreasonable for users to apply Lévy flight behaviour themselves. This is because Quora is a murky fog of information, not a savanna. The "sightlines" are short, intentionally so, so users have to be tenacious and read many two-line answer previews before they find a truly interesting answer. To bring Lévy flight behaviour to Quora, the company would have to take the lead, by changing the feed.
Brownian motion makes sense for "campfire" social networks, and for Wikipedia. The kind of people who could make Quora great are allergic to sameness and want intellectual challenge. They need Lévy flights.
What would a Lévy-flight personalization system look like?
- Detect novelty-starved behaviour.
- Add a Lévy-flight component to that user's feed. This is not just randomness, because increasing distance from the user's preferences will always decrease P(l).
- Keep tabs on each user's revealed preferences. Some will treat Quora mainly as a social network – keep "campfire" personalization for them. Some are foragers. Some will be in between. I guess the comments/PM ratio could be a tracer of this.
- Openness to experience is one of the Big Five personality traits, so the power-law exponent could be adjusted based on overall assessed openness.
Finally, all Lévy flights are super-diffusive – the mean-squared distance from the origin increases nonlinearly with time. In contrast, Brownian motion gives linear growth in mean-squared distance. Quora's collection of questions and answers is growing faster than the diffusion of high-quality users away from their origin points. The resulting isolation is demoralizing. Celebrities, for example, are encircled by baying fans and rarely meet another celebrity. Lévy flights can fight this.
TL;DR: Quora's feed favors campfire behaviour over foraging, which is bad for some users. Adding a scale-free factor would help Quora retain novelty-seeking users.
[1] Viswanathn et al., "Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses," Nature, 1996. (The Lévy-flight interpretation has been disputed, e.g. by Edwards et al., Nature, 2007. Everyone agrees, however, that most animal foraging has scale-free aspects and is not just Brownian, which is enough here.)
[2] Reynolds & Rhodes, "The Lévy flight paradigm: random search patterns and mechanisms," Ecology, 2009
[3] Sims et al., "Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour," Nature, 2008.
[4] Viswanathan et al., "Optimizing the success of random searches," Nature, 1999
[5] de Jager et al., "Lévy Walks Evolve Through Interaction Between Movement and Environmental Complexity," Science, 2011.
(PM me if you can't get hold of journal articles).
Shame on Business Insider, Gizmodo, et al. for quoting anonymous Quora answer as fact for pageviews!
July 8, 2011 § 19 Comments
By: Michael Sinanian
This blog has discussed Quora's transformative effect on journalism before, bringing to light its disruptive potential on content commoditization and branding.
But over the fourth of July, a lot of this "news innovation" was effectively tossed out the window. The transgression? Prominent tech blog Silicon Alley Insider ran a story that was entirely derived from an anonymous Quora answer with no attribution what so ever.
Addressing a question about potential uses for Apple's astronomically large cash hoard, the user wrote a lengthy answer that received over 570 up-votes and a long stream of congratulatory comments. [1]
Without reliable attribution, this answer should not be up-voted so enthusiastically and it certainly shouldn't be repackaged and resold by the blogosphere as "news analysis." This should be a lesson for both journalists and Quora users alike: well-worded answers that tell us what we want to hear aren't necessarily good answers.
Other "respectable" sites also ran this story, including Forbes, Fortune, and Gizmodo, which went as far as to title their story "Is Apple So Far Ahead Because They Use Tech From the Future?"
Such titles are worthy of the term "link-bait" for their pure intention of securing re-tweets and re-posts to drive up page views, regardless of editorial value.
Although a win for Quora, whose content is now apparently so valuable as to be quoted without a shred of doubt by major tech news outlets, this is a sore disappointment for Journalism 2.0.
Silicon Alley Insider and all the other blogs that followed suit in reposting this should be ashamed of themselves. It's stunts like these that make "blogging" a derogatory term in the face of "real" journalism.
Furthermore, as proud members of the Quora community, we must ask ourselves what's permissible to up-vote. Sourceless answers like the one discussed may still be correct despite a lack of attribution, but that should be taken into consideration when deciding how to vote or sourcing it for a story.
This approval dilemma has arisen in other ways, too. We've all witnessed a highly up-voted answer simply because the content is well-worded or emotionally engaging, despite questionable correctness.
Unfortunately, Quora's current approval mechanisms don't have much granularity. We are only provided the blunt instruments of an up-vote, a down-vote, or a meaningless "thank you" note. It's not possible to simultaneously up-vote for writing style but down-vote for attribution.
Despite such shortcomings, Quora does have a system in place that allows reviewers to specify why egregious answers need improvement in certain areas. Without opening this up to most of the user-base, however, content is still liable to be improperly credited on a wide scale.
For those of us who are enthusiastic users or people who use Quora for journalism, we must be careful. Our actions are these missing granular controls, and we must be cautious in their use.
[1] – The only attribution comes in the form of a few commenters who link to articles from earlier in the year that vaguely go over what the answerer talks about. This does provide some credence to the matter, but not enough for wholesale replication by other news outlets.
[2] – This is cross-posted from a personal Quora post which can be found here: http://www.quora.com/Michael-Sinanian/Shame-on-the-Blogosphere-and-Quora-Users
Lofty Goals: The Quora Review as Quora's Fourth Estate
April 25, 2011 § 4 Comments
By: Michael Sinanian
It was in 2006 when Facebook had registered its 12 millionth member, rolled out the controversial news feed and launched its official development platform. That was also when Justin Smith decided to found his "Inside Facebook" blog, the first news site dedicated solely to tracking the social web's most prodigious product and business.
Will The Quora Review (TQR) spawn the same string of daily analytical pieces, research reports and even conferences that Inside Facebook did for their patron company? At the time of Inside's debut, Facebook had just become a platform, a world unto itself, which made a third-party dedicated news site a viable enterprise.
Quora has not yet become that type of all-encompassing platform (and it may never be), but its service is so enticing that it has already spawned TQR. Today we ask: why, and ultimately for what?
A fair amount of TQR's posts have thus far covered Quora as a technology and a business, not too unlike Inside Facebook. Attempting to answer questions about the aforementioned "platformization" is something we can reasonably infer about TQR's coverage trajectory. "Will Quora's monetization plans include advertising or premium subscription features," are sure to follow the spate of articles about how Quora "is Google" or "isn't Wikipedia."
As you may have already realized, answering questions (even about itself) is Quora's raison d'etre, so for what purpose would we frequent a site like TQR? Surely we could satisfy our craving for Quora news, analysis, events, corporate developments, and product innovations from within the site itself!
Yes, and no. It was Edmund Burke who famously labeled the Press the "fourth estate" of civil society, and in this same manner, we must examine TQR as the fourth estate of Quora's Internet society (or "information community," if you prefer).
First, we must come to recognize Quora as more than just a social web product. It is more akin to a 21st-century version of Enlightenment-era intellectual salons whose conversations weren't as straightforward as question-and-answer. Indeed, reputations rested on more than just "who got things right," but also certain political leanings and affiliations. In this sense, Quora is no different. In its current startup-focused orientation, many venture capitalists and entrepreneurs will positively answer questions about their vested interests while avoiding those that could leave more scathing marks. That's just one example, but many abound, and so like all other communities, Quora's stands to benefit from impartial journalistic coverage operating outside the scope of its "government."
It might not be glaringly apparent to us now, but eventually Quora, like all other societies, will have its fair share of internal politics, agendas, opinions, and influences: hallmark maladies of a boisterous community that could incentivize power-grabs through placation of the society and its members. The French Revolution, after all, was indebted to quite a few of those salons!
In stark contrast to dedicated business/product sites like Inside, and what TQR has been up till now, I'd like to bring to light The Daily Dot, a recently founded media startup that aims to be the "hometown newspaper of the Internet." Their angle isn't tech news; it's the community of people that call the Internet their home, that sort of inhabit the vast corners of the Net.
In this manner, they want to cover the Internet symbiotically, in the way that a daily town newspaper covers their community, benefitting their local readers through their coverage while profiting from ads or subscriptions.
As Quora's user and topic-base expands, TQR should certainly incorporate this take on coverage if it is to best serve the needs of this specific information community. There will certainly be times when users forego asking a question on Quora about Quora to instead check "the official newspaper of Quradom."
Take for example the recent "Answer Improvements" development. While this could be discussed and debated within Quora (and it is, through a near-unanimously positive comments thread), wouldn't a third-party forum for discussion be more appropriate? TQR could offer that type of outlet, external to the patron site's own administrative designs and wishes. We are the community after all, and TQR can be our impassioned voice of criticism and reason.
In the end, Quora's product versatility could easily support discussions about these internal issues, but being a community newspaper has the legitimacy of being the fourth-estate, the great moderator. That alone makes TQR more valuable. As such, this site should embody the fourth-estate principle and provide coverage that lives up to such integrity, if only because Quora itself is a community, a society of sorts. In the vein of Inside Facebook, there should of course be plenty of coverage about Quora as a product and business; its own vitality depends on it. But we'll also gather around TQR to discuss the community, the everlasting fabric of Quora that makes it all worthwhile: the curious people, the probing questions, the scurrying users who auto-curate, who debate. We'll be with them.
Q&A of a Q&A'er: I interview Jonas Luster
April 16, 2011 § 1 Comment
As Quora users go, our next subject is pretty rare specimen. A working chef with encyclopedic knowledge of the chemical interactions that go into cooking, who somehow has the time to write as much as he does on quora and his own blog, feastcraft.com: Jonas Luster.
I am grateful he found time in his schedule to answer a few questions about himself:
As a working chef, how the hell do you find time to write?
I am writing this on my Xoom while watching my stocks and sauteeing some onions for a dish. Since I got this marvel of technology, I have become rather adept at writing in chunks, dropping a few lines here and there, until something decent emerges.
That sometimes leads to rather … disjointed … paragraphs which I have to fix after giving them the once-over. Or, horror over horrors, I might miss them. Recently someone wrote something to the effect of "this is such an egregious error, I have to question your whole answer". He's right, of course, but the mistake was to continue writing a sentence that I'd started an hour prior.
When writing your answers, how much of the food science comes off the top of your head, and how much is researched?
About 80:20. We're two cooks in this kitchen with some semblance of food sciences background, so I run some past her when she's in. Otherwise there's always Harold McGee 🙂
Where did you pick up all of your scientific knowledge?
I have some amateur chemistry knowledge, augmented by books like Harold McGee's "On Food And Cooking", a few courses with the Research Chefs Association (culinology.org), which did'nt help much but got me in contact with others who think about food in a new way. It should be mentioned, that most of the things we consider "modernist cuisine" these days have been practiced by the "evil empire" of mircowave meal makers, fast food chains, and even the guys who sell you sacues and little packages of "just add water" foods for decades. We were just very, very, slow in adopting it into our work. There's more dogma involved in food than most religions 🙂
Given your evident interest in chemistry, are you particularly drawn to "molecular gastronomy" kind of cooking of Ferran Adria, Grant Achatz, and company? Is it a direction you would go yourself?
One of my heroes, Hans Heinrich Euler, once said "If we understood the Universe we could make it better or completely remake it into a new one". I don't have as much interest in making a new universe as I have into making this one (culinarily speaking) a better one. I believe that a lot of culinary dogma comes (again, religion comes to mind) from misunderstandings and simplifications. If we understand food, we can make better steaks, reduce waste, sautee better asparagus spears, and take the pain out of complicated sauces and dishes without sacrificing taste and healthy properties.
Take the "63 degree egg" for a second. For centuries people have devised better and better methods to establish the time an egg has to be in water to be of a certain consistency. A little bit of science, the "Chem 101" version, teaches us two things – egg whites firm up under lower temperatures than egg yolks, and egg yolk assumes a "soft boiled" consistency when it reaches 63 degrees for three minutes. The only question left over is, does it firm over time or temperature and, a few experiments later, Herve This figured out that time played no role. Chefs can breathe easier – all we have to do is take the eggs, drop them into 63 degree Celsius water, and we can walk off and forgget them. Once the egg is warmed through, after 45 minutes or so, it stays there until quite a long time has lapsed.
Would you like to one day be a chef/owner of your own restaurant? What would be the concept?
I want to modernize and make gourmet "comfort food". Many have tried, but even the chosen gods of our profession don't go much further than putting better cheese into better bread for a grilled cheese sandwich. I want to take that a few steps further. If I had to elevator pitch it, I want to use the holy trifecta of art, craft, and science in the kitchen to make the best Mac and Cheese you have ever had.
Professionally, what kind of cooking do you most enjoy making?
I am a fan of the New Nordic Cuisine. Bold, strong, flavors with many undertones, always seasonal and always rather spartan in its ingredients. I am happiest when I get to play with tthe preservation, smoking, curing, aspect of the cuisine and when I can work with the ingredient over long time spans.
When designing a menu, how do you draw the line between satisfying your desire to try new things, and satisfying the desires of the eating public?
I honestly don't think there's such a thing as a firm line. I am first and foremost in the "hospitality" business, which means I have to make people happy. I see my style of cooking as complimentary, another tool on the bench, in the pursuit of making great food that makes people smile. You can go overboard. "Crab and Oyster Espuma", anyone? But when I look at a dish like that, my first question is always wether my mother would eat it, and secondly if, on a first date, it would get me invited upstairs for a coffee afterwards. If food doesn't pass those two qualifiers it's not going on the menu 🙂
Where do you enjoy eating the most?
Food is kind of sacred to me. People worked hard for it, ominvores like me eat stuff that some other living being gave its life for, the Universe provides. I enjoy eating most where it's obvious that everyone involved, from growers and ranchers to cooks and servers, respects that sanctity. And because food is such a big deal it's too big a deal to be eaten in bad company :). In other words, if I go have dinner with someone I really like them 🙂
What topics do you find yourself doing more reading and less writing?
I am but a dilettante in every aspect of life. In some, like cooking, I am enough of an educated dilettante to open my gob, but generally I avoid talking and spend more time listening 🙂
And the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Coming home and having my son laugh and run towards me.
What is your greatest fear?
Funny how stuff changes once you produce offspring. It's all about perpetuating DNA, sure, but it does a hell of a number on most people's perceptions of reality. My greatest fear used to be a catastrophic event like a quake, war, or something like that. Now it's not being there to be able to protect my son from harm. Or failing to do so.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
The Brothers Grimm. They struck a fine balance between preserving history and lore, while being very experimental about things in their writing and publishing. And they were quite misunderstood :). In 43 versions of their book they often had to remove or add things because most people weren't used to "that kind of story". Over the decades, however, they really influence and changed things.
Which living person do you most admire?
Since you ask this of me in the context of cooking, I'll narrow it down to that. Outside of the world of kitchens I admire a few people, from aid workers to human rights advocates, who are above anything in cooking. It's hard to name just one, but in culinary sciences it's definitely Herve This who didn't let dogma and the "French style" get into his way to explore the boundaries of cuisine.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My temper. It tends to flare, especially at work.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Sheepishness and subservience. The willingness to accept without questioning, to take things at faith value. I find science and intelllectual pursuit to be the cornerstone and center of humanity.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My gadget obsession. At this very moment I am writing on a Xoom, tethered to a Droid X, listening to music on Grooveshark, waiting for a a few vacuum packed sprouts to finish bathing in an immersion circulator while checking the temperature with my infrared thermometer. And not ONE of those things is necessary, it's pure indulgence 🙂
On what occasion do you lie?
Any time someone asks if I got enough sleep.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
I am 5'6. I am statistically not able to become a CEO or COO in a Fortune 500, desirable to less than four percent of all females (according to a match.com survey), and my back is hosed from working in kitchens designed for 5'8 fellas. Three inches would be nice to have (no, not the kind that's flooding my inbox, I speak stature).
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
See "appearance" 🙂
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Nothing. My folks are perfect.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Beating Cancer. Since you asked for achievements, not accomplishments, that'd be it :). I am well aware that anything in this regard was accomplished by the people who fought it for me, generations of researchers, and a lot of factors I can't control, but somehow I managed it. Which makes it my most treasured achievement :).
If you died and came back as a person or a thing what do you think it would be?
My dog. I'd be sleeping, eating, chasing squirrels, and basking on my porch all day.
What is your most treasured possession?
My knives.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Hopelessness. The feeling that there's nothing you can do to change what needs changing. Maybe on par with subservience.
Who are your heroes in real life?
The men and women standing up and demanding democracy in places where this could very well mean pain or death. The aid workers flying into ravaged areas and doing what needs to be done, again often at the peril of their own lives. The French resistance during WWII.
What is it you most dislike?
Preconceived notions and shallowness. The unwillingness to give things or people a chance. Give it a try, be open about it, and then judge 🙂
How would you like to die?
Happy, quickly, by myself, and listening to Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World". It's the end of my existence, might as well make it a fun event.
What is your motto?
"Shut up and get out of my way" if you ask my coworkers and friends.
"This above all: to thine self be true", if you ask me 🙂


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My new article at Flashbak takes a close look at five episodes of the original Star Trek that I consider underrated, given their quality.
Here's a snippet (and the url: http://flashbak.com/the-5-most-underrated-episodes-of-star-trek-18299/ ):
"In 2016, the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek (1966 – 1969), a TV series and cultural phenomenon that has spawned cartoons, comic-books, films, live-action spin-offs and more toys than you can shake a tribble at.
The original series episodes have been updated to feature modern CGI special effects too, in a bid to make the series seem more contemporary, but the effort was largely unnecessary because the storytelling on the program remains so vibrant and cerebral, even half-a-century after first broadcast.
Many episodes of Star Trek are considered classics because of their importance to the franchise. "Space Seed" introduced Khan (Ricardo Montalban), for example. Some episodes reveal new shades of the beloved characters, and engender empathy for them ("City on the Edge of Forever," "This Side of Paradise," "All Our Yesterdays.") Others involve events important to the galaxy itself ("Errand of Mercy," "The Doomsday Machine.")
But some of the seventy-nine Star Trek episodes produced simply don't get their fair share of the sunlight. Perhaps these shows don't possess the most memorable high-concepts of the most enduring episodes, or perhaps they are superficially similar to other, more popular segments, and thus easy to forget.
With that description in mind, here are my choices for the five most underrated Star Trek episodes."


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Watch Fan Almost Break His Face Making Impressive Home Run Ball Catch
We're not sure what the best part of this video taken at a minor league baseball game between actually is.
Yes, there's the throw-safety-out-the-window-in-the-name-of-getting-a-souvenir catch from this die-hard fan who gets up and looks proud, if not slightly dazed.
But there's also the broadcast of the game, which inexplicably cuts to images of funny faces made by animals.
It's all very weird. And very entertaining.


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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different types of treatments doctors use for people with salivary gland cancer. Use the menu to see other pages.
This section explains the types of treatments that are the standard of care for salivary gland cancer. "Standard of care" means the best treatments known. When making treatment plan decisions, you are encouraged to consider clinical trials as an option. A clinical trial is a research study that tests a new approach to treatment. Doctors want to learn whether the new treatment is safe, effective, and possibly better than the standard treatment. Clinical trials can test a new drug, a new combination of standard treatments, or new doses of standard drugs or other treatments. Clinical trials are an option to consider for treatment and care for all stages of cancer. Your doctor can help you consider all your treatment options. To learn more about clinical trials, visit the About Clinical Trials and Latest Research sections.
Treatment overview
Many salivary gland cancers can often be cured, especially if found early. Although curing the cancer is the primary goal of treatment, preserving the function of the nearby nerves, organs, and tissues is also very important. When doctors plan treatment, they consider how treatment might affect a person's quality of life, including how a person feels, looks, talks, eats, and breathes.
In cancer care, different types of doctors often work together to create a person's overall treatment plan that combines different types of treatments. This is called a multidisciplinary team. An evaluation should be done by individual head-and-neck specialists before any treatment begins. The team may include these specialists:
Medical oncologist: a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication
Radiation oncologist: a doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer
Surgical oncologist: a doctor who specializes in treating cancer using surgery
Maxillofacial prosthodontist: a specialist who performs restorative surgery in the head and neck areas
Otolaryngologist: a doctor who specializes in the ear, nose, and throat
Oncologic dentist or oral oncologist: dentists experienced in caring for people with head and neck cancer
Physical therapist: a professional who addresses functional challenges that may develop as a result of cancer and cancer treatment
Speech pathologist: a specialist who helps people use muscles in the mouth and throat
Psychiatrist: a doctor who specializes in detecting and treating mental disorders
Psychologist: a professional who helps detect and treat mental disorders
Cancer care teams also include a variety of other health care professionals, including physician assistants, oncology nurses, social workers, pharmacists, counselors, dietitians, and others.
Descriptions of common types of treatments used for salivary gland cancer are listed below. Your care plan also includes treatment for symptom and side effects, an important part of cancer care.
Take time to learn about all of your treatment options and be sure to ask questions about things that are unclear. Also, talk about the goals of each treatment with your doctor and what you can expect while receiving the treatment. Learn more about making treatment decisions.
Surgery is recommended for nearly everyone diagnosed with salivary gland cancer and is usually the first treatment. During surgery, a doctor performs an operation to remove the cancerous tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue, called a margin. A surgical oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer using surgery.
The goal of surgery is to remove as much of the tumor as possible and leave negative margins. This means no trace of cancer was found in the healthy tissue that was removed. The type of surgery depends on the location and extent of the tumor.
Types of surgery used to treat salivary gland cancer include:
Parotidectomy. The removal of the parotid gland is called a parotidectomy. This surgery may involve the facial nerve. If cancer has spread to the facial nerve, frequently a nerve graft is necessary for the person to regain use of some facial muscles. Any tissue that is removed can often be restored through reconstructive surgery (see below) and tissue transplantation.
Endoscopic surgery. Occasionally, it is possible to remove the tumor by endoscopic surgery (see Endoscopy, under Diagnosis), which is less destructive to healthy tissues than regular surgery. This is used particularly when a salivary gland tumor begins in the paranasal area (around the nose) or in the larynx. However, this is rare. More often, a tumor may be found unexpectedly during endoscopic surgery for what is believed to be chronic sinusitis (inflammation).
Neck dissection. A neck dissection is when the surgeon examines all of the critical structures in the neck and removes lymph nodes from the neck. This may be performed if the doctor suspects that the cancer has spread. A neck dissection may cause numbness of the ear, weakness when raising the arm above the head, and weakness of the lower lip. These side effects are caused by injury to nerves in the area. Depending on the type of neck dissection, weakness of the lower lip and arm may go away in a few months. Weakness will be permanent if a nerve is removed as part of the dissection.
Reconstructive surgery. Reconstructive (plastic) surgery may be used to replace tissue and nerves that were removed during surgery to eliminate the cancer.
Surgery can have significant risks because the cancer may be close to the eyes, mouth, brain, and important nerves and blood vessels. Surgical side effects can include swelling of the face, mouth, and throat, which makes it difficult to breathe and swallow. Frequently, a person may receive a temporary tracheostomy, a hole in the windpipe, to make breathing easier.
Facial nerves may also be affected, either temporarily or permanently. Changes to a person's appearance because of surgery may need to be addressed using reconstructive plastic surgery. If the maxilla (upper jaw) is removed, a prosthodontist will play a large role in the rehabilitation process. A prosthodontist is a dentist who specializes in replacing teeth and parts of the jaw. Learn more about cancer rehabilitation.
Surgery is typically followed by additional treatment, most often radiation therapy. Sometimes, more than 1 operation may be needed to remove the cancer and to help restore the appearance and function of the affected tissues. Occasionally, it is not possible to remove salivary gland cancer using surgery. This type of tumor is called inoperable. In these cases, doctors will recommend other treatment options (see below).
Before surgery, talk with your health care team about the possible side effects from the specific surgery you will have. Learn more about the basics of cancer surgery.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays or other particles to destroy cancer cells. A doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer is called a radiation oncologist. A radiation therapy regimen, or schedule, usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time.
There are 2 main types of radiation therapy used for salivary gland cancer:
External-beam radiation therapy. This is the most common type of radiation treatment and is given from a machine outside the body. External-beam radiation therapy may be used when a tumor has grown into the soft tissue, has spread to the lymph nodes, or surrounds a nerve. Doctors also recommend this type of radiation therapy for poorly differentiated tumors. (See the Stages and Grades section for more information.)
A specific method of external radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), allows more effective doses of radiation therapy to be delivered while reducing damage to nearby healthy cells. Another type of external-beam radiation therapy used for salivary gland tumors is proton therapy. At high energy, protons can destroy cancer cells. Proton therapy may be used when a tumor is located close to structures of the central nervous system, such as the brain and spinal cord.
Internal radiation therapy. When radiation therapy is given using implants, it is called internal radiation therapy or brachytherapy. Internal radiation therapy involves surgically implanting tiny pellets or rods containing radioactive materials in or near the tumor.
For a salivary gland tumor, radiation therapy is most often used in combination with surgery. Radiation therapy may also be given along with chemotherapy (see below). If a person cannot have surgery or decides not to have surgery, radiation therapy may be used as the main treatment.
Before beginning radiation treatment for salivary gland cancer, a person should receive a thorough examination from an oncologic dentist or oral oncologist. These doctors are experienced in treating people with head and neck cancer. Radiation therapy can cause tooth decay. Often, tooth decay can be prevented with proper treatment from a dentist before beginning treatment. Learn more about dental and oral health.
Other side effects from radiation therapy to the head and neck may include redness or skin irritation in the treated area, dry mouth (xerostomia) or thickened saliva from damage to salivary glands, bone pain, nausea, fatigue, mouth sores, and/or sore throat. People may also experience pain or difficulty swallowing; loss of appetite, often due to a change in sense of taste; hearing loss, due to the buildup of fluid in the middle ear; and buildup of earwax that dries out because of the radiation therapy's effect on the ear canal.
Radiation therapy may also cause a condition called hypothyroidism in which the thyroid gland (located in the neck) slows down and causes the person to feel tired and sluggish. People who receive radiation therapy to the neck area should have their thyroid checked regularly. Talk with your health care team about what side effects of your treatment plan are possible and how they can be prevented or managed.
Learn more about the basics of radiation therapy.
Therapies using medication
Systemic therapy is the use of medication to destroy cancer cells. This type of medication is given through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body. Systemic therapies are generally prescribed by a medical oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication.
Common ways to give systemic therapies include an intravenous (IV) tube placed into a vein using a needle or in a pill or capsule that is swallowed (orally).
The types of systemic therapies used for salivary gland cancer include chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells, usually by ending the cancer cells' ability to grow and divide.
Systemic chemotherapy gets into the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body. Common ways to give chemotherapy include an intravenous (IV) tube placed into a vein using a needle or in a pill or capsule that is swallowed (orally).
A chemotherapy regimen, or schedule, usually consists of a specific number of cycles given over a set period of time. A person may receive 1 drug at a time or a combination of different drugs given at the same time.
Chemotherapy is not often used to treat salivary gland cancer. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy is being studied as part of clinical trials to determine its effectiveness. For salivary gland cancer, chemotherapy is most often used to treat later-stage cancer or to relieve symptoms. Some chemotherapy drugs are available in clinical trials that may treat cancer at an earlier stage.
Each drug or combination of drugs can cause specific side effects, and it is important to talk with your doctor about which side effects to expect and whether any may be permanent. In general, chemotherapy side effects can include fatigue; nausea; vomiting; hair loss; dry mouth; loss of appetite, often due to a change in sense of taste; weakened immune system; diarrhea and/or constipation; and open sores in the mouth. Open sores in the mouth, coupled with a low immunity, can lead to infections. Talk with your health care team about how they can help manage or relieve treatment side effects.
The medications used to treat cancer are continually being evaluated. Talking with your doctor is often the best way to learn about the medications prescribed for you, their purpose, and their potential side effects or interactions with other medications. Learn more about your prescriptions by using searchable drug databases.
Care for symptoms and side effects
Cancer and its treatment often cause side effects. In addition to treatments intended to slow, stop, or eliminate the cancer, an important part of cancer care is relieving a person's symptoms and side effects. This approach is called palliative or supportive care, and it includes supporting the person with his or her physical, emotional, and social needs.
Palliative care is any treatment that focuses on reducing symptoms, improving quality of life, and supporting people with cancer and their families. Any person, regardless of age or type and stage of cancer, may receive palliative care. It works best when palliative care is started as early as needed in the cancer treatment process.
People often receive treatment for the cancer at the same time that they receive treatment to ease side effects. In fact, people who receive both at the same time often have less severe symptoms, better quality of life, and report they are more satisfied with treatment.
Palliative treatments vary widely and often include medication, nutritional changes, relaxation techniques, emotional support, and other therapies. You may also receive palliative treatments similar to those meant to eliminate the cancer, such as chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation therapy. Talk with your doctor about the goals of each treatment in your treatment plan.
Before treatment begins, talk with your health care team about the possible side effects of the specific treatment plan and palliative care options. During and after treatment, be sure to tell your doctor or another health care team member if you are experiencing a problem so it can be addressed as quickly as possible. Learn more about palliative care.
Metastatic salivary gland cancer
If cancer spreads to another part in the body from where it started, doctors call it metastatic cancer. If this happens, it is a good idea to talk with doctors who have experience in treating it. Doctors can have different opinions about the best standard treatment plan. Clinical trials might also be an option. Learn more about getting a second opinion before starting treatment, so you are comfortable with your chosen treatment plan.
Your treatment plan may include 1 or more of the treatments listed above. Typically, the main treatment is chemotherapy or taking part in a clinical trial. Palliative care will also be important to help relieve symptoms and side effects.
For most people, a diagnosis of metastatic cancer is very stressful and, at times, difficult to bear. You and your family are encouraged to talk about how you feel with doctors, nurses, social workers, or other members of the health care team. It may also be helpful to talk with other people with cancer, including through a support group.
Remission and the chance of recurrence
A remission is when cancer cannot be detected in the body and there are no symptoms. This may also be called having "no evidence of disease" or NED.
A remission may be temporary or permanent. This uncertainty causes many people to worry that the cancer will come back. While many remissions are permanent, it is important to talk with your doctor about the possibility of the cancer returning. Understanding your risk of recurrence and the treatment options may help you feel more prepared if the cancer does return. Learn more about coping with the fear of recurrence.
If the cancer does return after the original treatment, it is called recurrent cancer. It may come back in the same place (called a local recurrence), nearby (regional recurrence), or in another place (distant recurrence).
When this occurs, a new cycle of testing will begin again to learn as much as possible about the recurrence. After this testing is done, you and your doctor will talk about the treatment options. Often the treatment plan will include the treatments described above, such as surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy, but they may be used in a different combination or given at a different pace. Your doctor may suggest clinical trials that are studying new ways to treat this type of recurrent cancer. Whichever treatment plan you choose, palliative care will be important for relieving symptoms and side effects.
People with recurrent cancer often experience emotions such as disbelief or fear. You are encouraged to talk with the health care team about these feelings and ask about support services to help you cope. Learn more about dealing with cancer recurrence.
If treatment does not work
Recovery from cancer is not always possible. If the cancer cannot be cured or controlled, the disease may be called advanced or terminal.
This diagnosis is stressful, and for many people, advanced cancer may be difficult to discuss. However, it is important to have open and honest conversations with your health care team to express your feelings, preferences, and concerns. The health care team is there to help, and many team members have special skills, experience, and knowledge to support people with cancer and their families. Making sure a person is physically comfortable and free from pain is extremely important.
People who have advanced cancer and who are expected to live less than 6 months may want to consider hospice care. Hospice care is designed to provide the best possible quality of life for people who are near the end of life. You and your family are encouraged to talk with the health care team about hospice care options, which include hospice care at home, a special hospice center, or other health care locations. Nursing care and special equipment can make staying at home a workable option for many families. Learn more about advanced cancer care planning.
After the death of a loved one, many people need support to help them cope with the loss. Learn more about grief and loss.
The next section in this guide is About Clinical Trials. It offers more information about research studies that are focused on finding better ways to care for people with cancer. Use the menu to choose a different section to read in this guide.


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Kyle Medeiros' buzzer-beating 12-foot shot gave Wabash a come-from-behind victory over Kenyon College that locked up the third seed for the Little Giants when the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament begins Tuesday.
Wabash sizzled the nets in building a 33-25 first half lead. The Little Giants hit 64 percent of their shots and 57 percent of the three-pointers. But the Lords stormed back behind the hot shooting of junior Matt Formato, who finished with a game-high 24 points.
As hot as Wabash was in the first half, they were just as cold in the second half. The Little Giants hit only 28 percent of their second-half shots and were just one-of-10 from behind the three-point line.
Despite missing a dozen free throws, including eight in the second half, Wabash chipped away at the Kenyon lead that swelled to as many as eight points mid-way through the second half.
Kyle Coffey hit a rebound basket and the ensuing free throw to knot the game at 54-54 with 35.2 seconds left. After Wabash held Kenyon scoreless, Gary Simkus threw a length-of-the-floor pass with 1.4 seconds to play. The pass was intercepted then dropped by Tyler Rehm.
Medeiros scooped up the loose ball and tossed it in for the game-winner, the first game-winning shot of his career.
Medeiros led the Little Giants (13-12; 10-6 NCAC) with 14 points, while Simkus had eight points and a team-high seven rebounds.
It was Senior Day for Wabash. Seniors Doug Ross (2 points, 2 steals), Nate Bell (4 points, 3 rebounds), and David Wagner (7 points, 3 assists) all earned starts against Kenyon.
By virtue of the win, Wabash will host Ohio Wesleyan University, the sixth-seeded team, in Tuesday night's opening round of the NCAC tournament. Tipoff is set for 7:30.


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Bill Gates bigged up collaborative technologies and demoed a new device called the Touch Wall, which looks to us rather like a wall-mounted iPhone.
Gates, speaking at the firm's CEO Summit at headquarters in Redmond, used much of his chat with 100 or so heavyweight execs including billionaire investor Warren Buffett, to pitch the firms' collaboration and productivity platform SharePoint Server 2007.
Gates said that web-based collaborative software leads to "direct empowerment of end-users so it doesn't require the time delay and cost of getting things done," reports Dow Jones.
The Microsoft co-founder and CEO also pointed to the limitations of using email in the corporate environment. Gates said: "That form of communication is inefficient when you get to having to make decisions that include groups," .
Collaborative technologies such as SharePoint, which uses similar elements of networking sites like Facebook, would, according to Big Bill, become as ubiquitous in the workplace as Microsoft Office apps proved to be in the 1990s.
He added that collaborative software could help make organisations "paperless" and said that the "incredibly complex process" behind HR management would improve if companies adopted – wait for it – SharePoint.
Big Bill gets touchy-feely with Warren and chums
Microsoft's Touch Wall was also demoed at the event. According to various reports, the device is a vertical version of the oft-touted Surface computer that Gates has rolled out during many of his farewell speeches.
The prototype touch-based computer uses lasers and infra-red lights to offer business customers an "infinite canvas" concept which allows them to give presentations.
Gates said, "The way we interact with these devices today is overwhelmingly the keyboard and the mouse. But we're beginning to see a change from that into natural user interfaces."
Surprisingly, Gates didn't give Live Mesh – which represents Microsoft's key biz strategy for the future – so much as a cursory mention at the event.
Gates steps down from day-to-day activities at the firm on 30 June to concentrate on his philanthropy. ®
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Serves 6 | Prep Time 10 minutes | Cook Time 45 minutes
1 cup Eden Quinoa, washed and drained
or Eden Red Quinoa
1 1/3 cups boiling water
1 tsp Eden Hot Pepper Sesame Oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed
2 tsp curry powder, optional
1 cup celery, chopped
2 cups broccoli, chopped
1 medium organic tomato, chopped
1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, or to taste
2 Tbsp Eden Brown Rice Vinegar
Preheat oven to 350°. Roast rinsed quinoa in a dry skillet until it pops, stirring constantly to evenly roast and prevent burning. Place quinoa in a casserole dish and add the water. Heat oil, sauté onions, garlic and curry in skillet until onions are translucent. Add celery, broccoli and tomato. Sauté briefly and add to quinoa. Add shoyu and vinegar. Mix, cover casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes or until the quinoa is tender.


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The internet is chock-full of highlight-reel dunks by Rodney Williams Jr. The high-flying Minnesota senior forward has dunked over mascots and other players, he's done put-backs and alley-oops, and he's often been a featured attraction at dunk contests on campus.
Asked about that 360-degree slam he threw down last night off a steal against North Dakota State, Williams told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "I got nervous. I had to do what I knew would go in, so I did a 360. You see I almost broke my back afterward, so maybe next time I should just lay it up or something." What he knew would go in? Yeah. Williams has done this before.


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Uprising44 combines third-person action play with real-time strategy. It is a unique combination of the two modes of play, and has an in-depth and interesting story-line which has not yet been used in WWII computer games – the greatest civilian against Nazi occupying forces – the Warsaw Uprising. It is a story of the Silent Shadows - forerunners of modern day special forces - paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines to organize resistance and use diversionary tactics in the fight against the forces of the Third Reich. An appropriate audio-visual setting combined with cover system (an excellent, proven method of game play), the story-line, and diverse settings ensure a dynamic and enjoyable game not only for players familiar with this type of theme, but also those merely wanting entertainment.
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Java Result: -1
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 15 seconds)
It's only been happening since yesterday but I can't find the cause of it. I'm hoping I didn't delete the wrong thing one day (sometimes I might have copied a project from one place to another twice and maybe I mistakenly deleted something I shouldn't have. I'm not sure. But it's keeping me from using it.
While I don't use it that much for my own programs, I am using it heavily for a web development class. It even affects new apps, not just old ones.
I can't just go and delete everything as I need it there, even if that would solve the problem.
Let me revise that. It will let me do some web service apps and index pages of websites but no java files compile correctly. Or at least they won't run if they're compiling. I'm not sure which kind of error that is above. Since there's no syntax error markers in any of the documents, I'm going to guess that it's a runtime error.


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My 8 year old sister gets crazy and starts crying over "nothing". My parents agree that this is a problem, but they have no clue what to do. Luckily I know about SE :)
I'm not sure if this is on-topic as I am not a parent as such.
THIS IS NOT A FAD / CRAZE / WHATEVER. It has been happening for a long time.


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Lubbock man who killed parents is put to death
HUNTSVILLE — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for killing his parents at their Lubbock home 15 years ago during a drug-influenced rampage that also left his 89-year-old grandmother dead.
Michael Yowell, 43, told witnesses, including his daughters and his ex-wife, that he loved them.
"Punch the button," he told the warden.
He took several deep breaths, then began snoring. Within about 30 seconds, all movement stopped.
His daughters and ex-wife hugged as they watched through a window in the death chamber.
Yowell was pronounced dead 19 minutes later at 7:11 p.m. CDT.
Yowell tried to delay his execution, the 14th this year in the nation's most active death penalty state, by joining a lawsuit with two other condemned prisoners that challenged Texas prison officials' recent purchase of a new supply of pentobarbital for his scheduled lethal injection.
The punishment was delayed briefly until the U.S. Supreme Court, in a brief ruling, rejected the appeal.
The prisoners argued use of the sedative could cause unconstitutional pain and suffering because the drug, replacing a similar inventory that expired at the end of September, was made by a compounding pharmacy not subjected to strict federal scrutiny. Texas, like other death penalty states, has turned to compounding pharmacies that custom-make drugs for customers after traditional suppliers declined to sell to prison agencies or bowed to pressure from execution opponents.
The lawsuit sought an injunction to delay the execution and gain more time to ensure "the integrity and legality" of the drug and be certain its use was within constitutional protections.
Attorneys for the inmates took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court after lower federal courts ruled that the drug appeared adequate and that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice did nothing wrong in acquiring it.
Yowell's reaction to the drug was similar to the 23 other Texas inmates put to death since last year when the state began using pentobarbital as the lone lethal drug for executions.
Yowell's lawyers said the execution was a disappointment and characterized the use of compounded drugs as "a dramatic change from prior practice — making the need for oversight, now and in the future — that much more important."
"Surely this is not the way we want our government to carry out its most solemn duty," Maurie Levin and Bobbie Stratton said in a statement.
Yowell's parents, John, 55, and Carol, 53, were found dead in the wreckage of their home following an explosion on Mother's Day weekend in 1998. Yowell's 89-year-old grandmother, Viola Davis, who was staying there, died days later of injuries suffered in the blast.
Yowell already was on probation for burglary and drug convictions. He was arrested on federal firearms charges and charged with his parents' slayings after authorities determined his mother had been beaten and strangled and his father was shot. Prosecutors showed John Yowell was killed when he caught his son stealing his wallet. Yowell then attacked his mother, opened a gas valve and fled.
The home blew up.
"At some point he's looking his mom in the face, beating her and wrapping a lamp cord around her neck," Lubbock County District Attorney Matt Powell, who prosecuted the case, recalled Tuesday. "I think always there are some unanswered questions. You want to know how somebody is capable of doing that to their parents."
Evidence showed Yowell had a $200-a-day drug habit he supported by stealing. Evidence also showed he burned some of his bloody clothes and hid a blood-stained jacket and the murder weapon in the crawl space of a friend's house. Defense attorneys unsuccessfully tried to show Yowell was insane.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review appeals that contended Yowell received shoddy legal help at his 1999 trial and in the early stages of his appeals.


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A natural gas well is still burning in the Gulf of Mexico, 55 miles from Louisiana, several hours after a Tuesday blowout ignited it, the Associated Press reports.
No injuries have been reported, but 44 workers were evacuated from a drilling rig at the site. The well is owned by Walter Oil & Gas.
The good news is that the leak is unlikely to cause significant environmental damage.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement told the AP that it hasn't seen any oil sheen on the surface of the water (meaning the gas is probably burning off), and a member of the federal panel that investigated the BP oil spill said the gas might not affect the Gulf's water system.
This leak resembles a similar incident from earlier this month, also in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana. In that instance, the natural gas leak caused a sheen on the surface of the water. That site was also evacuated. Both rigs were older and not currently being used.
Natural gas dissolves much more easily than oil, so it's not nearly as dangerous as the crude that leaked into the Gulf during the BP oil disaster. Researchers said they should be able to stop leak relatively easily.
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Interview – Kim Stanley Robinson – Utopia, Transhumanism, Social Systems, Climate Change & Strategic Foresight
Renowned Science Fiction author, Kim Stanley Robinson is interviewed by H+ director Adam Ford. Robinson's novels have won eleven major science fiction awards, and have been nominated on twenty-nine occasions. Robinson won the Hugo Award for Best Novel with Green Mars (1994); and Blue Mars (1997); the Nebula Award for Best Novel with Red Mars (1993) and 2312 (2012); the Nebula Award for Best Novel...Read More »


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veriquest had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit77 ontwerpen ingezonden door29 freelance designers.
VeriQuest a direct to merchant credit card processor is in need of a logo ASAP - The Logo Design is the MAIN priority for us now and we are looking for a truly unique look that will help establish and drive a brand. Please read full Description
Desired Color Scheme:
open to your ideas!
Desired Style:
Please throw all your designs at us we are open to everything! thanks and good luck!
Accepted File Formats:
GIF, EPS, TIF, JPEG - vector as well
I will award $300 to the winner for the logo, and an additional $250 to that same designer for business card and letter head designs. Must be able to provide post-contest revisions, new designs on theme, and ongoing graphics relationship.
To START, I need a LOGO idea, and all other designs can build from there. This contest is just for the corp identity logo, but after that several additional designs will be needed for marketing materials etc.
Our company is VeriQuest and we are a direct to merchant credit card processor. That means that we set small online and store front business with the ability to accept credit cards from customers. We are in a very competitive business and trust is a major concern for the clients we work with so we are looking to create an image that is reflective of a solid, high integrity comapny. I am open to ALL ideas and PLEASE throw any idea at me! For colors - we are open to greens, blues, reds and black but DONT take that to heart. PLEASE use your own creative talet and throw ANY idea at us WE ARE VERY OPEN...I dont want to over influence you all with my input for the fear that your designs will all travel down the same road and follow the subtle ideas I share with you so I am keeping my input to a minimum - I hope you can all understand that :)
We are also open to something "Fun" for example http://www.peachtree.com/ not that we want a peach but just to show that we are open to anything! Another Idea we had was to create a cartoon type character out for a credit card so if any of you can play with that idea we would love to see what you come up with!
Good luck to you ALL!!!!
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From an open thread over at the Great Orange Satan, a comprehensive list of the various (non-obscene) nicknames applied to the current occupant of the Oval Office:
The Decider
The Boy King
Smirky McStumbletounge
Worst. President. Ever.
Moron in Chief
That Man
King George
Clown Prince
Miserable failure
Bush the lesser
Commander Codpiece
(and his little Weapon of Mass Destruction)
Reverse Midas
Bubble Boy
The Texecutioner
Dr Zeaus
Commander Cuckoo-Bananas
Chimpy McFlightsuit
Dear Leader
The Uniter
Mission Accomplisher
Incurious George
The village idiot
The Turdmaster (c. ref. "Turdblossom" Rove)
C+ Augustus
Mr. Misunderestimated
Mr 24 percent
Commander in thief
Pretzel boy
Dick Cheney's hand puppet
President* Bush (*disputed)
President Rainman
Mr Malaprop
The Lame Duck
Little Lord Pissy Pants
Mayberry Machiavelli
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06 January 2008
Sunday Morning Snark
From an open thread over at the Great Orange Satan, a comprehensive list of the various (non-obscene) nicknames applied to the current occupant of the Oval Office:
Posted by shadowfax at 11:00 AM
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Here's mine: Spurious GeorgeReplyDelete
I had been operating under the assumption that I was the only one who thought that up, but others have too (there's even a website), proving once again that great minds think alike.
I like these nicknames because it makes liberals look like clever little 4th graders rather than the usual obnoxious little 4th graders.ReplyDelete
Dumbya! Oh, how funny is that! A combination of "W" and "Dumb".
*Rolls eyes*
- Anonymous1/06/2008 3:17 PM
Cute. It is really funny to see liberals with their panties all bunched up.ReplyDelete
Which is true: People other than liberals do not approve of George Bush, or just over 70% of the country is liberal?ReplyDelete
His disapproval rating has never been 70%. In fact, it's pretty close (60%) to Hillary's (52%). But yes, some nonliberals generally disapprove of Bush's performance. But I doubt many of them approve of the idiotic liberal name-calling.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/06/2008 11:15 PM
Garrison Keillor always used to just refer to him as the Current Occupant, which I thought was just right.ReplyDelete
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Ah, I was careful to say that 70% do not approve rather than 70% disapprove. Just about seven in ten Americans are not among those who approve of the President.ReplyDelete
Re: Hillary, the only sad thing about Obama delivering us from the politics of fear of the policies of failure is that it will be so much easier for conservatives to deal with than Clinton 44.
Oh well, I guess somebody has to think about what is best for the country rather than what is worst for their enemies.
My New Years Resolution for 2008 is that I learn to be as tricky as JimII.ReplyDelete
I believe that is called the Audacity of Hope.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry, guys. You're right--we don't NEED name-calling. What good has come out of the last eight years? More people are dead in Iraq than were killed on 9/11. Our economy is hurtling toward recession. The dollar is at its lowest point in years. We are not respected (or feared, for that matter) on the world stage anymore. We've ignored Bin Laden, Afghanistan, and now Pakistan at our own peril...ReplyDelete
Ugh, I swore I wouldn't comment on political stuff, but I guess we all have a first time for everything.
- Anonymous1/07/2008 10:52 PM
He's not tricky, he's just bad at math.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/08/2008 9:03 PM
When I read this list of sophomoric cheap shots, the question that occured to me was: "These people call BUSH dumb?"ReplyDelete


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Kinnick 1940 "Census Substitute" based on City Directories at Ancestry.com
When I entered "KINNICK" as the surname, there were 112 entries. The following list was created by only counting each entry once (where there were multiple city directory year entries). That got us down to 70. Further analysis is needed, but this is a good list to work with for my purposes. At the end of the list I'll make some notable observations for purposes of this "first pass!"
[Sorry, it is not in alpha order by given name!]
Blaine, Stamford, Conn (1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943)
Ralph, Bay Cities, CA (1936)
Lois E, Bay Cities, CA (1936)
Bertha Mrs, Palo Alto, CA (1936)
Geo, Palo Alto, CA (1936)
Geo, Fort Lauderdale, FL (1936-1937)
Belle Mrs, Fort Lauderdale, FL (1936-1937)
Geo (Belle), Fort Lauderdale, FL (1936-1937)
Rhetta B Miss, Fort Lauderdale, FL (1936-1937, 1942-1943)
Belle Mrs, Fort Lauderdale, FL (1936-1937)
Leo, Des Moines, IA (1936)
Paul D, Salt Lake City, UT (1936)
Pauline H, Salt Lake City, UT (1936)
Frances J, Tacoma, Wash (1936)
Arnold B, Modesto; Turlock, CA (1937,1939, 1940, 1941, 1942)
Melvin R, Modesto; Turlock, CA (1937)
L C Mrs, Duarte, CA (1937)
Leslie C, Monrovia, CA (1937, 1939)
Geo P, Monrovia, CA (1939)
Wm, Butte, Montana (1937, 1939)
John, Wallington, NJ (1937)
Steven, Wallington, NJ (1937)
Jos, Connellsville, PA (1937)
Mary, Connellsville, PA (1937)
Micl, Connellsville, PA (1937)
Frank J, Clarksburg, WVa (1937, 1939, 1940-1941, 1942, 1944)
Frances E, Clarksburg, WVa (1940-1941, 1942, 1944)
Guy, Clarksburg, WVa (1940-1941, 1942)
Mrs, Marysville;Yuba City, CA (1937)
Nile C, Iowa City, Iowa (1938)
Geo, Lewistown, Montana (1938-1939, 1941, 1944)
John, Lewistown, Montana (1938-1939, 1941, 1944)
Sol, Lewistown, Montana (1938-1939, 1941, 1944)
Wm, Lewistown, Montana (1941, 1944)
Leslie C, Lewistown, Montana (1941)
Betty, Missoula, Montana (1938)
John, Missoula, Montana (1938, 1940-1941, 1943)
Ralph R, Portland, Oregon (1938)
Geo H, Pasadena, CA (1939, 1941) Bertha A
Geo H, Temple City, CA (1939) Bertha A
Helen L, Oklahoma City, OK (1939)
Wm, Connellsville, PA (1939)
John C, Centralia, Chehalis, WA (1939, 1941-1942) Gladys
E Bernard, Centaralia, Chehalis, WA (1941-1942) Hazel N
Ila, Des Moines, Iowa (1940)
Benj G, Omaha, NE (1940)
Nile C, Omaha, NE (1940)
Nile C jr, Omaha, NE (1940)
Cath T Mrs, Riverside, CA (1941, 1942, 1943, 1945)
P K, New London, Conn (1941-1942)
Peter L, New London, Conn (1945) Margaret; in USNavy
Ann, Helena, Montana (1941-1942)
Nicholas, Buffalo, NY (1941)
Wm, Dunbar, PA (1941)
Glenn, Bridgeport, Conn (1942-1943, 1944)
Dale D, Bridgeport, Conn (1942-1943)
Chas H, Indianapolis, IN (1942)
Wm W, Livingston, Montana (1943)
John P, Livingston, Montana (1943)
Mike, Livingston, Montana (1943)
W J, Livingston, Montana (1943)
Wm, Livingston, Montana (1943)
Edw, Livingston, Montana (1943)
Helen, Monrovia, CA (1944)
Hillis, Evansville, IN (1944)
Henry, Great Falls, Montana (1944)
Jas W, Bristol, VA (VA-TENN) (1944)
R Mack, Bristol, VA (VA-TENN) (1944)
C R, Nampa, Idaho (1945)
Jas W, Missoula, Montana (1945)
First pass notes:
1. The most famous KINNICK is Heisman Trophy Winner Nile C Kinnick, Jr., University of Iowa football great and U.S. Navy pilot who died in WWII. He is listed at his dorm residence in Iowa City in 1938. In 1940, he is listed with his father and brother at their home in Omaha, NE, prior to returning to Iowa City for law school.
2. For me, it was neat to see my uncle, Leo (my mother's older brother), listed in school in Des Moines, in 1936 [this is the year my mother graduated from high school]. Leo was at Commercial College to become a banker, which he did.
3. Mom and Leo's first cousin, Ila [I knew her as "Ila Jean"] is listed in Des Moines, as a maid. I think she was at beautician school, as well.
4. I do recognize many of the names, especially those in Montana, Florida and California as persons in my database, identified from 1930 and earlier census data. It will be fun to work through the further identification process.
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Kinnick 1940 Census Substitute
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Chrysler Group is recalling about 119,000 model year 2011 and 2012 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans in the United States because of a problem that could cause the anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control systems to malfunction.
Anti-lock brake systems pump a car's brakes extremely rapidly in order to prevent the wheels from "locking up" during hard braking. Locking up can lead to loss of control and longer stopping distances because it can cause a car to skid.
Electronic stability control systems, which also use computerized brake controls, intervene to prevent a car from skidding during sharp turns or abrupt maneuvers.
In the recalled cars a fuse for the computer controller that operates those safety systems can overheat, causing it to lose effectiveness.
Owners will be asked to bring their vehicles to Chrysler dealers to have the fuse replaced. The new fuse will be mounted in a different location inside the car where it won't be subject to extreme temperatures.
The problem was first discovered on Dodge Charger police cars. Chrysler engineers initially believed the problem was confined to police models. Further research, however, showed that civilian cars were also experiencing the problem.
Although they look different, the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 are both based on the same underlying engineering.
"Despite a small number of incidents, we concluded it was in the best interest of our customers to repair the vehicles and eliminate the potential for this condition to occur," David Dillon, Chrysler's head of product investigations and campaigns said in a statement.
No accidents or injuries have been reported as a result of the problem, according to Chrysler.


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On Nov. 8, the Houston Corps of Cadets will host a three-mile jog through the University of Houston campus in commemoration of Veteran's Day and the many American troops serving near and abroad. All active duty, veterans, reservists, National Guard, retired military, and civilian public are welcome to participate in this free jog to be held from 6-7 a.m. Donations will be accepted and will benefit the Michael E. DeBakey Houston Veteran's Medical Center and the DeGeorge House at Union Station Shelter for Homeless Veterans.
Registration will take place in front of the Garrison Hall, Room 109 entrance from 6-6:20 a.m. The jog will begin at 6:25 a.m. following opening remarks from AFROTC Detachment 003 Commander, Lt. Col. Aldru Aaron. The three-mile route will be completed at a 9 minute, 30 second per mile pace.
The Houston Corps of Cadets is the official association of Air Force, Army and Navy/Marine ROTC programs in the Houston metro area. With about 340 cadets and midshipmen, the Houston Corps of Cadets is the second largest Corps in the Gulf Coast region.
For additional information, please contact Branden Turnbough at 214-334-8050.
To attend this event, please RSVP to email@example.com or phone in at the number above.
|Veteran's Day Jog with the Troops
|6 - 7 a.m., Nov. 8, 2010
|Detachment 003
3855 Holman St.
Houston, TX 77004
|Houston Corps of Cadets


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Sorry to disturb if you're still reeling from the news that America's favorite black market laundry detergent, Tide, was recently found to contain alarmingly high levels of the carcinogenic solvent 1,4-dioxane (not too shockingly, the brass at Procter & Gamble claim it's nothing to worry about and currently have no plans to reformulate), but consumer watchdog organization Environmental Working Group (EWG) has just released a veritable rogues' gallery of the most noxious, nasty household cleaners on the market, and it's certainly worth a look.
Best known for Skin Deep, a database detailing the good, the bad, and the ugly of ingredients found in personal care products and cosmetics, EWG is gearing up to release a cleaning product-centric counterpart this fall in which more than 2,000 individual products from 200 brands are scrutinized via independent scientific analysis. The goal, like Skin Deep, isn't to scare the pants off of people (although this can be a side effect) but to help (sometimes oblivious) consumers make healthier and more environmentally conscious purchasing decisions. I've spent a fair amount of time on Skin Deep in the past and it's an excellent, eye-opening resource.
Anyways, as a sort of unsettling tease before the EWG Cleaners Database is officially published, EWG has released the Cleaners Hall of Shame. Basically, it's a "worst of" list that spotlights the ickiest products to appear in the forthcoming cleaners database.
The inductees of the Cleaners Hall of Shame are divided into several categories such as "High-Hazard Ingredients," "Fatal if Inhaled" and "Mystery Mixtures." While the usual suspects are represented (oven and toilet cleaners, drain openers, air fresheners, etc.) there are some surprises on the list, particularly in the first category titled "Greenwashing." Three products appear in this area: Citra-Solv Cleaner and Degreaser, Simple Green Concentrated All-Purpose Cleaner, and Whink Rust Stain Remover. The first product contains d-limonene, a citrus oil-derived solvent that can seriously compromise indoor air quality when combined with trace levels of ozone air pollution; the second product contains 2-butoxyethanol, a red blood cell-damaging, eye-irritating solvent; the third product warns: "may be fatal or cause permanent damage" and "causes severe burns which may not be immediately painful or visible." The moral of the story? EWG explains that "cleaners labeled 'safe,' 'non-toxic' and 'green' can contain hazardous ingredients. There should be a law against bogus claims, but there isn't."
Another alarming category in the Cleaners Hall of Shame is "Banned Abroad" where somewhat ubiquitous products with key ingredients that have gotten them banned outside of the U.S. (in the EU, specifically) are spotlighted. They include Mop & Glo Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner (methoxydiglycol), Scrubbing Bubbles – Antibacterial Bathroom Cleaner and Extend-A-Clean Mega Shower Foamer (butoxydiglycol), Spic & Span Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner (nonylphenol ethoxylate), and others. And this is wild/wildly disturbing: Comet Cleanser Powder was found to emit more than 146 hazardous chemicals, most of them — formaldehyde, benzene, chloroform, and toluene included — are not listed on the product labeling.
Click here to check out the Cleaners Hall of Shame in its entirety. Is there a product included on the list that you use frequently at home? Will you be using it for much longer or do you think you'll be giving it the old heave-ho? And to be clear, a spritz of CVS brand oven cleaner or Spot Shot Carpet Remover won't burn a hole in your floor a la "The China Syndrome" or cause your cocker spaniel to spontaneously combust into flames from across the room. They aren't outright dangerous. As noted by EWG, the actual health risks of using these products "will depend on the level of exposure, individual susceptibility, and conditions of use or misuse."
And while we're on the topic of cleaning product heave-ho'ing, take a gander at "The spring purge," a special series from 2010 in which I tackled a host of purge-worthy, environmentally dubious household staples.