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Have done extensive research on this topic. It took two hours to write the answer, as I tried to put it as simple as possible.Sources:The Monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin SharmaManager to CEO by Walter Vieira7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen. R. Covey and my personal experience.Science text booksFor me, to make a life worthy is to attain the highest form of human potential. For this to happen,a person has to improve in four different categories. 1. Physical 2. Emotional 3. Mental/Cognitive 4. Spiritual. The list is on the order of priority.Accordingly, I structured my answer. I gave reasons and also some tips to work on each category. You can jump to any category to work on that specific topic.PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTThis must be the highest priority for any day. We are so lucky to take this form of human life. What is the probability of attaining a human form in this vast universe which was born 1.3 Billion years ago? Thank god. I wasn’t born as a frog in 5th century BC. So, we should work harder to not rape our bodies ourselvesYou are just what you eat. To maintain a proper diet, you need to know what is important for the survival of body. Proteins give muscle, carbohydrates give energy, vitamins build your body resistance and fiber helps for a great digestion. Make sure that you eat a balanced diet containing all these nutrients.Drink a lot of water. It helps to absorb the food and in digestion.Do excercise/yoga/gym/jogging/walking/dance: Our body requires u to hunt the animal, kill it and then cook it. We are ruining our bodies for years. Do we have to pass these denigrated bodies to our kids degrading it even more? No. So, work on it. Increase the potential of your body by working out. Choose any of the physical activity and work on it.Take proper supplements: For working out in gym, you need high proteins, for running, more salts are essential. So, know what you have to eat, before starting the diet.Whatever you think is GOOD for you, is always GOOD for you.Have regular health check ups if you have crossed 50s: Though you may take atmost care of your body, sometimes its not in your hand. So, have regular health check ups. One of my friends would have got his liver transplanted, if he hadn’t got a health check up. He was just 23. BEWARE!!Sleep for 8 hours a day. This is the time, brain takes rest and gets recharged. The cognitive part of your brain rests and it helps to have a brighter tomorrowHave a motivator/mentor/friend to motivate and track you. Atleast, set goals of working out in your smart phone and work on it.2. EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTWatch MS Dhoni/Barack Obama/Narendra Modi and try to know about Mahatma Gandhi. They are the most emotionally intelligent people I have ever known. Not only they control their emotions but also others.To be emotionally strong, one has to have a keen knowledge on emotions. One should have the ability to differentiate between jealous and anger, happiness and fun, fear and anxiety, sad and hurt, depression and loneliness, love and crush, pleasure and pain, self confidence and over confidence, sympathy and compassion, hope and faith, patience and passivity, surprise and excitement etc., etc.,To do that, we have to monitor our emotions periodically. We can have to approaches for it. One, is for long term and other for short term.Short term /instantaneous: Meditate or do vipassana. Focus on your thoughts daily for atleast 15 min whenever you can. See, what goes on in your mind and find the connection between thoughts and actions. For, exp, lets say you have just had a break up. Inadvertently, you keep thinking about it. Majority of the time, we think about them just before sleeping which affects our sleep. So, by monitoring those emotions and feelings, we can counter it aggressively. In this case, just say to your self that your ex doesn’t deserve you and that you will get more beautiful and intelligent as your partner.Longterm: Maintain a dairy and constantly revise it. Haven’t you ever wondered what you were thinking some two or three years earlier? Trust me, it motivates you like hell. Personal suggestion: Maintain a dairy and write your feelings on it everyday. Also, read your previous day’s content and also the content of what you have written, on the same day the previous year. This will make you monitor your feelings/emotions and try to boost your motivation.NOTE: For those of you, who are fond of yoga. You have a great advantage. Both physical and mental exercises can be covered in it!!Have atleast 5 sources of motivation wherever you go: It might be TED Talks/Motivational movies or songs/Interviews from the persons you respect the most/Picture of your Mom/Dad etc., etc., To write this long answer, I had to read the comments of my previous answer Shankaranand Reddy's answer to What things should I never do?. It made me to write even more.Surround yourself with good quotations​Im more than I appear to be, all the worlds strength and power rests inside me​Keenly observe your emotions while reading answers on Quora: On Quora, you can observe people from different backgrounds and situations. Each of them have a state of mind while writing the answer. Try to monitor those emotions and try to differentiate them.3. MENTAL/COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT:Brain is the only part in human body which took millions of years to develop and reach maturity. We tend to neglect it, without giving it due importance. I think everyone knows the importance of develop the brain. So, lets use some simple techniques to harmonize its potential.Our nerves and muscles act similarly. The more we excercise, the more the deliver and develop. So, to do this, we need to develop reading, comprehension and writing skills. Make it a habit to read and write regularly on whatever topic you like.For students, I have written a detailed answer on how to plan your day and month for preparing for an examination. I specifically spoke about UPSC preparation. But, it can be used for any examShankaranand Reddy's answer to What should be the daily routine of an IAS aspirant for the UPSC exam 2015? And what is the real routine of famous serious IAS aspirants like Akand Sitra?For working professionals; networking and developing new skills are crucial for career growth. So, keep inn touch with people regularly. Try to use Touch'd Android App on Google Play app to keep in touch with important peopleLearn new skills through Online Courses - Anytime, Anywhere | Udemy. It might help you.To develop memory, read some books of Harry Lorayne.playing chess, solving puzzles, rubik's cube also improves your cognitive skills.Remember, the strength of your brain is propotional to the money you earn. So, don’t neglect it.Work harder and learnn more. Remember, Victims gets entertained while leaders get educated​SPIRITUALThis is the end to all sufferings and difficulties. It gives ultimate purpose to ones life. Some do yoga to attain it, some others do meditation, for some it is donating money to the poor. It is different for different people.But for me, I feel liberated only when I am working on the thing that I love the most. I feel liberated, when I am writing this answer. This is my favorite topic. My body, mind and soul are at one place. Watch it while Mr. Virat Kohli plays cricket, while Mr. Narendra Modi gives a speech, while Ramdev Baba does yoga, while Mr. Ravi Shankar plays sitar or when Michael Jackson dances. They are liberated.To achieve highest form of spirituality,you have to C O N C E N T R A T E on what ever you do. Once a famous Journalist said, I think only about my hair, when I comb.That is the ultimate purpose of life and to achieve this, one has to reach the pinnacle of his potential. To attain it, honest effort is prerequisite.Edit: Thanks for the suggestion Harshita Arora

Meditation1.I peeled open a tin can of sardines drenched in olive oil and inhaled them into my mouth, much like a krill whale opening up its huge mouth to suck down hundreds of krill. With my fingers drenched in oil, I hurriedly washed the tin with soap, wrapped it in a towel and hid it in my bag so that there would be no visible or smell-able evidence of my sin. The last fourteen meals were spicy curry, nan, milky porridge, fried breads, and other Indian staples. The carby foods were far off my usual low carb high protein diet and induced a noticeable shock to my system. My brain was craving change, as well as fat-soluble vitamins.I had just broken the promise I made to abstain from eating any meat or fish. It was unclear to me whether there was a punishment for this, but I figured it was best to not tell anyone. I contemplated joining the few who had already escaped back to civilization. But there were only three days left, and I promised myself I’d make it through every second of the ten-day retreat. The minutes inched along like hours and I began to doubt whether I could make it to the finish line. Ironically, counting down the minutes and seeing the experience as something to “finish” was precisely the opposite of what I was supposed to be doing.2.Days earlier I had arrived by tuk-tuk in Bihar, a small province in northern India, lugging a dusty backpack I’d been carrying around the past several months. After much procrastination, I was finally traveling around Asia. This was a time for experimentation. I was going days without eating (water-fasting), reading dozens of books, practicing yoga, kung fu, and was now about to embark on my first silent meditation retreat. I was sober the entire length of the trip, a commitment I made to myself to ensure that I didn’t get drunk and find myself the victim of organ theft.While I didn’t have to go to India to meditate, it had its obvious appeal as the birthplace of Buddhism. I chose this particular location in India for two reasons. One, because they had an available slot. Vipassana, the meditation tradition I’d chosen to try, had become popular in the past few years. Even though there were dozens of centers around the world, you typically had to book weeks or months in advance.Second, this area, Bihar, is where Guatama Buddha was said to have attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. According to old Buddhist texts, he sat under the tree for 7 weeks - 49 days - battling all sorts of inner demons until he finally reached nirvana. After mastering his mind, he left his life of solitude to teach others meditation.As I tipped my driver and stepped out of the tuk-tuk and into the relentless sun, I wondered if the Buddha had done his 49-day meditation during the summer, and what his advice was for a newbie. I suppose he’d tell me to be ‘equanimous,’ to keep focusing on my breath, or perhaps he’d offer me a koan (riddle) like ‘What is the sound of one hand clapping?’ Fortunately, I wouldn’t have to sit under a tree, and I’d be inside for the next 10 days — albeit in a room with no air-conditioning and little ventilation.3.The meditation center looked like it hadn’t been used in years. It was made up of nine buildings, which were white before but now stained yellow. The crumbling walls were covered with a layer of dust. There was no toilet paper. My bed was rock-hard which was to be expected. I had read that one of the 8 “precepts” (rules) I’d need to follow was “to abstain from using high or luxurious beds.” You see, they don’t want you getting too comfortable and hitting the snooze button, or else you could lose track of your goal — focusing the 100+ waking hours on taming your monkey mind.But I couldn’t complain...literally. I wasn’t allowed to speak - that’s another precept, Noble Silence. I would be spending the next 10 days with a group of twenty-five meditators, but I couldn’t talk to them until it was all over. You can’t read, write, listen to music, or even make eye contact with anyone. That last one seemed like overkill, but all of this is to simulate an environment of being alone, and to direct all your attention to meditation. This is the life of a monk.“And one last thing,” explained the Vipassana teacher, “Do not pick any flowers.”I laughed. Others scoffed. How harmful could picking a flower be? It must have been an archaic Buddhist tradition that got left in the program. I was to later find out first-hand why the teacher said this.The regiment of waking up at 4:30 am and meditating until 9:00 pm (view the schedule here), along with all these rules like Noble Silence, are part of a highly structured routine that at first glance appears extremely suffocating. In reality, these rules set you up for success.All of your food and lodging is free, and made possible by the donations of meditators before you (‘dana’). Volunteers from the local village cook your food. The teacher and an assistant are always there to lead meditation sessions and to answer any concerns you have about your practice. They run the show like clockwork and this predictable routine gives you freedom to focus.4.We were split up in male and female dorms, separated by a large, circular meditation room and kitchen near the center of the grounds. My roommate was a hygienic and friendly Swedish guy in his 20’s, my age, who was also on his first retreat. He was hopping around Asia for half a year and still coming to terms with the death of his father. This seemed like a fitting environment for soul-searching and reflection.The kitchen was directly below the meditation hall, which was either bad design or purposeful torture, as the smells of paneer curry and fried bread would fill up the hall as volunteers cooked breakfast and lunch (only 2 meals; we didn’t have dinner, another precept). In hours of concentrated meditation, time ceases to flow. The odors would be a reminder that our meditation hour was almost over.On day one, everyone arrives and is given time to get settled in. In the evening, there is an initiation ceremony of sorts, and we vow to abide by the laws of the land, and then meditate for an hour to kick things off. Men sit on one side, women on the other. I remember there was a group of six female Vietnamese monks who dressed in blue robes that covered their hands and heads. They’d clearly done this before, and I started to wonder how “far along” they were on their path to enlightenment.Looks can be deceiving. The next day, one of the austere Vietnamese monks stood up in the middle of our meditation hour and shouted at another monk. Huffing and puffing, she stormed out of the hall and back to her room like a six-year old who didn’t get the Barbie for Christmas. What could she possibly be so upset about? We were all sitting there silently. Fascinated and curious by this outbreak, at that moment I wish I spoke Vietnamese.On day three, it escalated. While two dozen meditators sat quietly exploring the deepest corners of their minds, the same monk violently broke the silence and began yelling, this time with an increased sense of rage. Like a bloodthirsty spectator waiting for a good show, I secretly hoped that one would slap the other. There was no physical violence, but this went on for quite some time, and two of the monks were eventually asked to leave the retreat. I never did find out what they were quarreling about.5.I sat cross-legged and confidently resumed the intense focus of my breath passing over the upper part of my lip. These monks had clocked out after just a few days and I was still going strong. Perhaps I had a knack for meditation. After 30 hours, my body was already experiencing a uniform buzzing sensation that felt like being wrapped in an electrified blanket. It was like being engulfed in a massive vibrating speaker that generated sound from the center of my body. The vibrations are real.Even after hours of sitting my energy levels were high and I couldn’t wipe off the big smile that was painted across my face. Slowly I rose to a new level. I was totally and utterly aware of my surroundings; sounds started to blend together with smells; I couldn’t separate the touch of air on my arm with the chirping of the birds. I felt at peace, oddly energetic, and as if in a parallel, psychedelic universe. But there were no visions, no ghosts and no funky colors - I was simply here. I was the happiest I have ever been.Unable to fathom that my own mind - with the help of no external substance - was capable of producing such bouts of joy, I took my attention away from my breath, and focused instead on the positive feeling. I began to think. I wondered how long it would last, and if it could last forever. As I was pondering, a warning that our teacher gave us echoed in my mind. “Do not get attached, even to the good feelings. Be equanimous, equanimous...”The heart of meditation is observing your thoughts, feelings and emotions as a neutral bystander. When you do this, you can see the true randomness of your thoughts, flowing in front of you like a river. While you can’t stop these thoughts, in taking a step back you can begin to detach yourself from their significance, and in doing so gain some control over them.This is the opposite of how we normally live, constantly striving to achieve one thing or another - from the grandiose to the mundane - or trying to avoid - consciously or unconsciously - things we don’t want to do. In normal life, we pay too much attention to our feelings, following them towards elusive destinations like success and happiness, but never seeming to arrive.No longer a neutral bystander, I was deeply distracted by my own feelings of joy. This was a classic newbie mistake.6.Within a few hours, it started to fade. I was reminded of a book by Jack Kornfield titled “After the ecstasy, comes the laundry.” I see what he meant - nothing is forever.The meditator directly in front of me was picking his toe nail for what seemed like hours. If he was actually meditating, I thought, he wouldn’t be sitting there alternating between flicking and picking. He was clearly bored. I consciously locked onto this aggravating sound as if it were the greatest offense, and it immediately became my hell.The heat started at the bottom of my spine and slowly made its way up my back like a hot iron. I was transforming into a hideous monster and had to double check that the color of my skin wasn’t turning green. My body filled with rage, and for the first time I felt what it was like to be angry. Minutes ago I had been connected to the universe, now I felt like I could murder a man who had done nothing to me. All because of a silly, albeit aggravating, little noise. I was afraid to stand up to say anything, fearing that I’d lose control. The anger of the Vietnamese monks made more sense now.I took a dozen deep breathes. Focusing on the sensations (tingling, sweating, pulsating, tickling, throbbing, warm, hot), I retraced each point on my body from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. It was a painful, slow process. I’d often forget what I was doing and found myself clenching my fists, fighting off the urge to kick the guy in the head.After a half hour, my heartbeat started to slow down. And then I made a peculiar observation. It was an insight that has stayed with me to this day. The anger was clearly concentrated in my back, which still felt hot, particularly the lower part. The more breathes I took, the calmer my mind was and the cooler my back became. But when I let myself slip, noticing the picking of the toenail, the heat returned to my spine. I witnessed my anger, for the first time, as a sensation (that manifested as heat), which I could then separate from my emotions.It dawned on me that if my thoughts could control my emotions, and that if my emotions were connected to sensations/parts of my body, then perhaps through intense concentration I could control what I felt physically. Zooming in on the lower back where the heat was, I slowly inched my attention up, one vertebrae at a time. Eerily, the heat followed. Trying again, this time down my back, I felt the heat follow the direction of my attention. My mind was now controlling the flow of heat throughout my body. Realizing I was one step closer to becoming Neo from the Matrix, I gave myself a mental high-five.7.Days into the retreat, one of the students had chosen to ignore the instruction by the teacher made on the first day ‘Don’t pick any flowers.’ Whether by accident or on purpose, I will never know. I witnessed (shockingly!) this heedless student pick a beautiful flower from the large bush on the meditation grounds.At that moment, I could feel the flower being ripped from inside of me. A deed that I thought harmless for my entire life suddenly had the most profound and saddening impact. Was I upset because he broke the rule, or was I feeling a connection to something greater? What connection did I have with this plant? My pain morphed into anger and disgust.I screamed in silence and didn’t look at him, of course, as that would be breaking the rules. I considered telling the teacher. A few deep breaths later, I calmed down and decided it was best to keep quiet, maintain Noble Silence, and reflect further on the incident.You may not be envious of my experience with the flower. But these sensitivities come in a vast array of flavors, like increased compassion for strangers and a greater sense of connection with the world around you.You’ll find that during periods of prolonged silence, you become extremely sensitive to everything around you — feelings, emotions, thoughts, actions. In light of this ultra-sensitivity, you pick up on subtle emotions that you never knew existed. These emotions are always there and accessible to all of us, but only to those who take the time to train themselves.As one monk and teacher said, the first step on a spiritual quest requires us to “quiet ourselves enough to listen to the voices of our hearts, to listen to that which is beyond our daily affairs.”I no longer feel the same torturous pain when I see someone picking a flower, but I do avoid picking flowers and stepping on bugs when I can.8.The basis of modern psychotherapy involves more than just sitting in a chair and discussing your feelings with a trusted therapist; it requires reliving the feelings of your past. There’s a reason your therapist will invite you to uncover your childhood with phrases like “That’s interesting. Take me back to that time. How did you feel?” Therapy builds on the idea that when we’re in touch with our feelings from the past, we can then correct them with the faculties of a mature adult. This means recalling, in vivid detail, how it felt to be around a parent that didn’t give you enough attention, or remembering how you overheard your family fighting, which to a child felt like the whole world was on the verge of collapse.During meditation, it’s common to experience emotions bubbling up from the past, not unlike going to see a therapist. These are unhealed wounds that we’ve covered with band-aids that are now being peeled off. Memories of failed relationships, unfulfilled dreams, and thoughts that you’ve been pushing to the back of your mind for years, even decades. These can be both positive and negative feelings, but they emerge with the intensity in which you experienced them years ago.There are a couple of possible reasons why this happens. First, we know that thoughts and feelings are stored in our body in the form of physical sensations. Riita Hari, co-author of a study that mapped over 100 emotions to the human body, says, “We have obtained solid evidence that shows the body is involved in all types of cognitive and emotional functions. In other words, the human mind is strongly embodied." The practice of scanning your body from head to toe, countless times, requires you to hone in on every single part of your body. Because the body is a gateway to your mind, you end up unlocking all sorts of emotions and memories from the past.Second, our modern lives are marked by a never-ending stream of inputs, so it’s rare that we devote any real silent time to ourselves. In a retreat, you are utterly alone with your thoughts, with no place to run or hide. You will have to confront the good, the bad and the ugly of your past (if this idea scares you, it means that there’s a lot of work to do!). Similar to having ideas pop into your head during a shower or a long walk, meditation gives you the space - or perhaps forces you - to explore the endless stream of thoughts that you may have been too busy to notice.“For real happiness, for lasting stable happiness, one has to make a journey deep within oneself and get rid of all the unhappiness stored in the deeper levels of the mind. As long as there is misery at the depth of the mind all attempts to feel happy at the surface level of the mind prove futile.” — S. N. Goenka9.There are three pillars of Vipassana meditation, called sila, samadhi, and pana. These are the words in the old Pali language of India meaning morality, concentration and wisdom, respectively. Morality is adhering to the precepts, like abstaining from eating meat, drinking/doing drugs, and stealing. Concentration is another way to say that you need to spend time in meditative silence. Wisdom, the third pillar, arises from a shift in perspective when you start to gain insight into the nature of your mind.These pillars can get a bit spiritual with their talk about karma and rebirth (and various sub-layers), but I’ve found that the practice remains largely free of dogma and focused on your experience. This is what makes meditation attractive to people from different faiths all around the world. You don’t have to believe in karma to reap the rewards of meditation, one of many common misconceptions. In fact, the Buddha himself advocated a sort of individualism.“Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” —Gautama BuddhaWhile you are in silence during the retreat, your meditation will be reinforced with knowledge gained in ‘evening discourses.’ These are pre-recorded one-hour hour video sessions with S.N. Goenka, where he imparts much needed words of kindness and motivation. To watch these videos outside of the context of the retreat would be pointless because they are timed to flow with your ten days. After a back-breaking day of meditation, both physically and mentally exhausting, the encouragement (and laughs) I received from these videos often saved me from throwing in the towel.“Gold must be put through the fires of the crucible in order to be refined.”— Old Buddhist saying10.The first few days brought a key realization that many others have surely had; ‘Holy crap, I complain a lot.’ My legs were cramping. My back was sore. It was too hot and I was drenched in sweat. Why hadn’t I reached enlightenment yet (an especially ridiculous question that showed how naive I was)? These thoughts swirled in my mind and tied in to another insight, and with it brought a solution; thoughts lose their power if you don’t say anything.There are plenty of occasions where we should do a better job of voicing our concerns and feelings. But often our problem is the exact opposite; we say too much, without saying much of importance. We conjure all of the reasons why things are not as good as they could be, and spew out a stream of words that only perpetuate our situation. Instead of taking action today, we ground ourselves in the past or the future.Complaining isn’t universal, as journalist John Calapinto discovered when he took a journey deep into the Amazon jungle to meet with the secluded Pirahã tribe. He was accompanied by Dan Everett, a linguist who had studied the tribe extensively and spoke their local tongue. “One morning, while applying bug repellent,” John recalls, “I was watched by an older Pirahã man, who asked Everett what I was doing. Eager to communicate with him in sign language, I pressed together the thumb and index finger of my right hand and weaved them through the air while making a buzzing sound with my mouth. Then I brought my fingers to my forearm and slapped the spot where my fingers had alighted.” The tribesman was puzzled, unable to comprehend what John was trying to tell him. Everett laughed at the situation. “You were trying to tell him something about your general state—that bugs bother you,” he said. “They never talk that way, and they could never understand it. Bugs are a part of life.”While I didn’t have this cultural conditioning that discouraged complaining, my experience showed me that by not being able to speak, I could see the thoughts and complaints vanishing in my head. Poof. Wait, so that’s all a complaint is? Just a feeling? A thought? Previously they had felt so real. The lesson is that whether through meditative silence, or by an acceptance that it's part of life like the Pirahã tribesman, we can drastically reduce our stress and improve our wellbeing by getting rid of unnecessary grumbling.11.Prior to this course, I had been using the Headspace app for over two years, meditating daily for 15–30 minutes. I’d done a couple of one-hour sittings before, by myself, guided by the sweet British voice on the app. The benefits had already started to manifest after a few months. I knew this because my colleague who would always comment on my frantic pacing around the office, ‘like a chicken with its head cut off,’ pointed out that I seemed more put together.Headspace and other meditation apps are a great start, easy to use, and effective. I’d recommend anyone to start there. You will see short-term benefits almost immediately. Twenty minutes in the morning will reduce your stress, calm you down, improve focus at work, and even stimulate your creative juices. Most of the world could probably benefit from this.A few minutes a day, however, is unlikely to take you on a journey to explore the depths of your mind. Nor is it likely to force you to confront the uncomfortable truths, tucked away somewhere, that are at the root of many of your insecurities, neurotic tendencies, and fears. To do so would be to push the limits way outside your comfort zone. It would be destabilizing and would cause you to question the most basic of assumptions; What makes me happy? Why do I act this way? Where am I going?It’s like the difference between going on a twenty minute walk (healthy) and running an ultra marathon across some unknown terrain (painful). However, make no mistake, a 10-day retreat is not going to give you superpowers or solve all of your problems. It’s more likely that you will take one step forward and two steps back as you peel back the layers of reality and long-held assumptions.Upon returning from India, I gladly resumed drinking pints of beer, complaining, and forgetting much of what I had experienced. After the fuzziness of my hangover had passed, a familiar emptiness re-appeared, and I knew that my incessant chasing was a bottomless pit. Experience at the retreat had taught me a proven path to experience peace and well-being, for free, absent of all the ‘necessities’ of daily life. Thankfully, meditation is a patient teacher, and I slowly resumed on my path.12.S.N. Goenka, the magnificent teacher who revived the practice of Vipassana meditation, was overweight and died from diabetes. Control over your mind does not mean you’re physically or socially healthy, as evidenced by the monks who have years of silent contemplation under their belts but deteriorating or abusive relationships with their families. These are separate skills that require frequent practice and updating to our knowledge-bases. Since we know more about health than our ancestors, we should surely take their sage advice on topics of the mind, but give ourselves the freedom to update the rest.Upon reflecting on my sardine-eating transgression on day seven, I’ve searched deep into my soul but have not been able to find a single inkling of remorse. Eating that stinky fish was truly the right thing to do in that moment.

LIST BANG WALLOP WHAT A LIST YOU ARE ;THANK YOU ALL THE GREAT WRITERS ANd persons here below 30/03/16 ♪☺♪Reading ListAnswer added • SatStand-Up Comedy: What are some things that comedians should make fun of?Jared Volle, M.S., stand-up comedian, comedy teacher, creativity expert, and seminar leader. He'...1.3k Views • Jared is a Most Viewed Writer in Comedians.I've been teaching new comedians how to write comedy for years and the first mistake they generally make is assuming that you start with WHAT rather than WHY. What leads to facts. Plain ole' boring... (more)Upvoted10DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • FriThe portfolio of my potential investor is a total disaster. Would that affect my startup company?Jason M. Lemkin, Managing Director @ Founder-VC. Co-founder/CEO at EchoSign (acq'd by Adobe),2.8k Views • Upvoted by Mira Zaslove, worked over a decade in start-ups, Mark Gritter,on startup #2., Andy Giroux, Co-Founder of Charged Concepts by night - software engineer by dayJason is a Most Viewed Writer in Venture Capital.Only sometimes.A VC with a "total disaster" portfolio will have the following challenges:Will be (maybe much) harder to write you a second check in the next round, unless you are doing amazing well...(more)Upvoted25DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 13What information should I display on the slides for my first venture capital meeting?Jason M. Lemkin, Managing Director @ Founder-VC. Co-founder/CEO at EchoSign (acq'd by Adobe),3.5k Views • Upvoted by Stan Hanks, Serial Entrepreneur since age 12, Andy Giroux, Co-Founder of Charged Concepts by night - software engineer by dayJason is a Most Viewed Writer in Venture Capital Firms.There is a lot of solid advice here and on the internet, and yes, use Sequoia's template or any other as a base.But if you haven't done it before, let me suggest a further important exercise -- get...(more)Upvoted33DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 13What does the sound of the universe sound like to you?Michael Dixon, Wonderer43 ViewsI am musical so I must answer from the perspective of music.I recently read an article about the way Beatles' producer, the late George Martin, arranged the instruments for the middle and end of th...(more)Upvoted2DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 12Why are people so critical of clickbait headlines?Archie D’Cruz, Ex-news journalist and magazine editor1.1k Views • Upvoted by Melissa Hoy, Sed Chapman, and 1 other you followArchie is a Most Viewed Writer in Online Journalism.In my 14 years as a news journalist, I have only ever worked with serious publications, so it may come across as a surprise when I say this: Not all clickbait headlines are bad.Used appropriately (...(more)Upvote62DownvoteComments7+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Snapchat (product)• Mar 11Why is Snapchat worth over 5x the New York Yankees?Gil Silberman, Lawyer, technologist, social software entrepreneur218 Views • Gil is a Most Viewed Writer in Valuations (finance).Just as a start, Snapchat is scalable, and at least an order of magnitude below any point of diminishing marginal profits.In other words, you could get 2x as many people using snapchat at almost no...(more)Upvote3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 9I recently self-published my first book an I'm now looking for a form of social media to promote it. What should I use?Dave Chesson, Writer at Kindlepreneur - Book Marketing for Self-Publishing Authors
, self-publishing author, and best-seller220 ViewsTruth be told, there are lots of different platforms out there that all have their advantages and disadvantages. Here are a couple of "Non-Obvious" ones that you might not have thought about othe... (more)Upvoted3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 9How do I land my Ollie with both feet on the board and continue riding?Justin Richards, I started skating 20 years ago14 Views • Upvoted by Godfrey McDonnellI suggest working on your stance. Most of the time when kids ask me to teach them to ollie better I have them stand behind their board, bend down like they are going to ollie and then jump. When yo...(more)Upvoted2DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 9How would you crawl back all your Quora content from the Google cache?Clayton Jay Hardy, Used Gmail since 2006. I admin 4 Google Apps domains.113 ViewsTY Godfrey. As often happens, I'm not certain I completely understand what you're after. But here's the Google Search string I use frequently to reference my content: cj hardy 2 site:quora.comAnd ...(more)Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 8What's the easiest way to make money online?Russ Ruffino, Built a multimillion dollar business that earns $1.5+ million profit per year1.6k ViewsMaking money online is easy. You can make $5 from a gig on Fiverr. But what is earning an extra $5 really going to do for you?Maybe buy you two thirds of your lunch at McDonald’s? Wouldn’t it be mo...(more)Upvote20DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListPost added • Mar 6I never did hallucinogenic drugs.Melissa HoyBut after seeing this I don't think I ever have to.(more)Upvoted12DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 4What's the creepiest/scariest (not necessarily the most famous or most gruesome) unsolved mystery?Aviral Gupta2.5k Views • Upvoted by David DurhamThe Internet is a crazy, mysterious place. It’s only a couple decades old, but already there have been many mysterious incidents in cyber space. Cicada 3301Cicada 3301 is a name given to an ano... (more)Upvoted45DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Mar 2What is the key SaaS metric that every SaaS Company should obsess about?Jason M. Lemkin, Co-Founder/CEO, EchoSign, NanoGram Devices7.6k Views • Jason is a Most Viewed Writer in Software-as-a-Service with 13 endorsements.I'm going to suggest a slightly different take.Beyond MRR growth + managing the burn rate -- which really are all that matters ... you should obsess over improving every key metric and KPI. But no...(more)Upvoted74DownvoteComments4ShareRemove from ListQuestion added • Mar 2How has Quora changed your life? Does anybody have any examples of how Quora has helped them?85 AnswersFollow373Comments2+ShareDownvoteRemove from ListAnswer added •Gmail• Mar 2How do I know if I have created too many labels in Gmail?Clayton Jay Hardy, Fanatic Gmail user since 2006. I admin 5 Google Apps domains.143 Views • CJ is a Most Viewed Writer in Gmail.TY for the A2A. Like Paul Marsland, I'm unsure if there is a limit. So as far as a factual answer goes, sorry... /shrug - I dunno.That said, I have an opinion to offer.I personally use labels only ...(more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListQuestion added • Feb 24What are some unethical life hacks?101 AnswersFollow1.8kComments4+Share115DownvoteRemove from ListAnswer added • Feb 15What makes you have hope?Guy Verrijdt, MD, PhD, husband and father of two162 ViewsWhat makes you have hope?What makes me have hope is the knowledge that there's an alternative to what's by most considered the only two possible (and mutually opposite) ways of organizing economic life, ...(more)Upvoted3DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Poi Art• Feb 8Is there a dedicated source for locating groups or individuals who spin poi nearby?Christian Lamprecht, I spin and happily introduce it to others!114 ViewsWhile living in Bratislava, it was just by chance that I found a group on Facebook called "Slovak Artists Community" where a mix of flow arts & acro yoga folks would convene and organize meets. Wha...(more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • Feb 8Vinod Khosla on AI, medicine, and the futureMarc BodnickToday Vinod Khosla hosted an amazing Writing Session, providing insightful answers to questions covering a range of topics. He answered several questions about the future -- the future of medicine, education, work, bitcoin, cleantech, and the technology industry.Here are all eleven of his answers:...(more)Upvote130DownvoteComments2+Share7Remove from ListAnswer added • Feb 7How do I earn $1000 per month without doing nothing?Ricky Harrison, Expert in Online Marketing and Profit Making310 ViewsNo!!! An aircraft can fly while on autopilot, after some time the pilot must take the plane back under control. Only during the flight the autopilot will control the plane by itself. During takeoff...(more)Upvoted1DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Feb 7How does one perceive reality to be life and death at one and the same time?Pete Ashly, life itself240 Views • Upvoted by Jane BottenPete has 1,800+ answers in Philosophy of Everyday Life.One way is transcendence of what you think you are. You are already transcendent, but it's hard to see. The feeling of me which seems to end at the skin suit creates an artificial boundary. As Eins...(more)Upvoted5DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Feb 5What are the effects of quitting marijuana after prolonged daily use?Clayton Jay Hardy, Smoked weed and cigs for 20 some years, on and off... Quit both @ 12 years ago.276 ViewsLike all my answers in areas I have no expertise, I must preface this with a warning... I have no professional expertise! Just @ 20 years of smoking weed, and about 12 years without it.For me, out...(more)Upvoted2DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Feb 5How can I enjoy drawing again? I began drawing about a year ago, and suddenly I stopped because I lost the joy in it.Ricky Harrison, Expert in Online Marketing and Profit Making94 ViewsHow about... making money with your draws? Yes, it is not easy but possible and kinda enjoyable. Doing this for months now and I am making an easy income, just because I love to draw pictures! The ...(more)UpvoteDownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Feb 4I'm having trouble understanding what a child theme is, can someone explain it simple?Jeff Hawkins, I fix websites97 ViewsLet's say you find a decent theme that fits your purposes and you like it very much. You live with it several weeks and decide to make a couple simple changes to the theme's 'Style' through the CSS...(more)Upvoted3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Dec 6Are all plastics polymers?Loren Rademacher, Engineering degree and 30+ years experience.184 ViewsParaffin wax is technically a plastic, just not as strong or resistant to temperature. Paraffin is a monomer. So, no, not all plastics are polymers.The all-wise quora censor thinks my answer is t... (more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListQuestion added • Nov 18What are some good names for a new puppy?21 AnswersFollow30CommentShareDownvoteRemove from ListAnswer added • Nov 17What's something you've done that you recommend everyone try?Clyde Walker, Work-life balance and writer22 ViewsI recommend you to ride the our country’s tallest swing, Giant Swing in Alviera Pampanga. Each swing can accommodate three guests at a time and creates the back and forth movement at 10-meter abov... (more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Nov 14What are some interpretations of Matthew 5:13 ("You are the salt of the Earth...")?Godfrey McDonnell, They murdered/crucified my friend Jesus.116 Views • Upvoted by Catherine BealeA special Quora answer for very special people; that is all those of us who are the salt of the earth. Without any pretext from any God other than the one you trust and call to be your's here on ea... (more)Upvoters3CommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Oct 16What are some of the war secrets/experiences that soldiers don't want to talk about after getting back from a war?Rick Edmondson7.6k Views • Upvoted by Jane Botten, Sed ChapmanMy father was British. Before the Second World War he was training to be a surveyor and with the coming of war he joined the Royal Artillery as a spotter. His job was to use surveying instruments t... (more)Upvoted73DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Cars and Automobiles• Oct 15How will Google and Apple's entry into the car market change the industry?Michael Barnard, I used to be a BMW loyalist, but now it's Tesla all the way.8.1k Views • Upvoted by Baris Baser, Googler, Abhishek Kumar, Software Engineer at Google, Iain McClatchie, used to work thereAnswer featured in Newsweek and 4 more.Mike is a Most Viewed Writer in Automotive Industry.The challenge that the old manufacturers are having is that they have to cannibalize the profits of their existing lines by making completely new vehicles from the ground up to compete. So they mostly won't. ... (more)Upvote183DownvoteComments8+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • Sep 29Anger is a dis-ease, say it, dis-ease. What is anger from your belief or understanding, and how does it affect people and can it be used to help or does it hinder?User-10324735721487279555144 ViewsAnger is NOT a disease! Say it, "I AM AN IDIOT!" I didn't hear you. There's no such thing as bad emotions - only stunted personalities that can't feel everything like a real person. Still just a wo... (more)Upvoted3DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are the key trends in video advertising in 2015?Ashley Salter324 Views • Upvoted by Nicholas Bodell, MVP of http://www.Brid.tvMobile is huge, but it is by no means a trend. With a 52% increase in content consumption on mobile apps (Facebook and YouTube being the top two), 17% on Mobile Web and only 1% on desktop, it is c... (more)Upvoted3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Application Programmin...• 2015I can see lots of websites giving deals/coupons for an eCommerce. Is anyone of them giving the API which I can use for further development?Joey Burzynski, founder of CouponMate & MarketKarma188 Views • Joey is a Most Viewed Writer in Coupons.I can personally recommend FMTC as a high quality data feed solution:FMTC (http://www.fmtc.co/)FMTC, formerly For Me To Coupon, is an affiliate data feed and tools provider. They supply hand-tes... (more)Upvoted2DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are some of the best travel locations that most people have never heard of?Olena Petrosyuk, insane traveller (80+ countries) on round-the-world trip with Waveuptravel520.6k Views • Upvoted by Mathew Lodge, Visited 35 countries, plan to visit moreOriginally Answered: What is the most underrated travel destination which turns out really amazing?Iran. I would have never expected it but the country is beyond stunning. It took us months to plan the itinerary around Iran. Weeks to select the best spots we want to see. But only after a few day... (more)Upvoted8.4kDownvoteComments135+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Waymo Self-Driving Cars• 2015Aside from the aesthetic of the car, what elements do you think will define a luxury self-driving car in the near future?Mike Simon, My jeep has lane assist & smart cruise control-It's definitely holding out on me80 ViewsNear term (easy):Built in wifiVoice calling and music controlTouch interface and mobile map syncing (I want to go to this place my friend sent to my phone)built in monitors for streaming tv/movies/games,...(more)Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015"L'île d'Yeu", a little paradisePatrick CrossetThe island of Yeu (25 km from the french west coast), which became a permanent island around 5000 BC, concentrates in just 23 km² a diversity of landscapes : long sandy beaches and dunes held with the help of coniferous woods ; a wild coast with its proud cliffs, embracing golden sandy coves ; barren moorswhere sea thrifts shiver under the wind ; sunken roadscrossing anticlinal valleys or skirting cliffs; marsh and “bocage” countryside and it...(more)Upvoted57DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are the most intelligent non-human animals and what are the signs of their intelligence?Joshua Levy, Amiable curmudgeon537 ViewsParrots have exhibited remarkable intelligence.[Alex, an African grey] could count to six, and was working on counting to seven. He could name 50 objects, seven colours and five shapes. Scientist...(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Computer Science: What are some computer tricks that a CS student must know?User-13163195625857293542, Software Developer19.4k Views • Upvoted by Pravasi Meet, Without "RAII", your C++ code is just bugged code that avoided compilation errorSome useful tricks which I use daily (except 8,9,10):1) Whatever you type into the URL bar can be surrounded by www. & .com by pressing control + enter.2) If you accidentally closed a tab then ... (more)Upvoted136DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015PostUserWhere should Earth's 1st off-planet colony start?... (more)Written Jul 5, 2013Upvote4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Why is programming so hard?Barry Rountree, Computer Scientist, LLNL5.5k Views • Upvoted by Ezequiel H. Martinez, Software Engineer for more than 17 yearsIt's not hard.Or, more precisely, you're making it hard.I work with some extraordinary students. A few of them have gone on to Ph.D. programs and we've hired one directly out of undergrad. He... (more)Upvote30DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are the most followed topics on Quora?User-9462244261895452002, relatively long time Quora user.26.4k Views • Upvoted by Jay Wacker, Quora Ontology ArchitectWith the lack of a Quora API (I'm still willing to do an unpaid internship for one), I've had to take a bit of time getting this answer done. This is the most complete list I can compile (eligibi... (more)Upvote412DownvoteComments15+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Professor Irwin Corey's 101st birthday today. Laugh and celebrate with him!!!Tom Byron(more)Upvote5DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Bored Husband With A Toy Plane and Video CameraGarrick Saito(video, 20 seconds)(more)Upvoted8DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What experience with music affected you in a profound and unanticipated way?David Durham, I've seen literally hundreds of live acts. I was in the 'biz' for years.3.7k Views • Upvoted by Aaron Ellis, Former Music Critic with Artist FarmDavid is a Most Viewed Writer in Rock Music.Okay, I'm going to do it, I'm going to leap off the cliff of discretion and write a post about mushrooms and The Grateful Dead. I know, I know, a lot of you out there are thinking, "He's going to ... (more)Upvoted39DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Are pickles considered a fruit or a vegetable?Garrick Saito, likes food4.9k Views • Garrick is a Most Viewed Writer in Food with 62 endorsements.The term pickling refers to a preservation process in which foods are immersed in vinegar or brine. Often times, the pickled 'food' is just referred to as pickles. So, technically, the answer to ... (more)Upvoted59DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Are white strawberries in Japan genetically engineered to have that color?Garrick Saito, I have personally handled over 100,000 pineapples10.2k Views • Garrick is a Most Viewed Writer in Fruit with 60+ answers.No.They were created using traditional cross-breeding techniques (strawberries and pineapples) by Miyoshi Agritech Co. in Yamanashi prefecture, a process which took ten years, according to this article.... (more)Upvoted189DownvoteComments11+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Infinity (mathematics)• 2015What is the closest we can get to infinity using "physically countable" finite things, e.g. “seconds since the Big Bang” (no math, numbers, references to infinity, functions, or operations allowed)?Marcus Geduld, Shakespearean director, computer programmer, teacher, writer, likes dinosaurs.12k Views • Marcus is a Most Viewed Writer in Philosophy with 290+ answers.Imagine a number line. Infinity is an infinite distance from three, an infinite distance from 100, and an infinite distance from 1,000,000,000. No matter how high you count, infinity is still a... (more)Upvoted152DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What is the difference between Empower Network and Wealthy Affiliate and which one would you recommend?User, aka-JCron..Capitalist, Republican, Christian - purveyor of fine vodka spirits...654 ViewsAs the CEO of Empower network I am a bit biased :-)Now with that disclosure out of the way, I think the only thing you should judge any company by is the results that it generates for the affilia... (more)Upvoted3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Children: How many of your children are wealthier than you are?Joyce Connemara, Parent837 Views • Upvoted by Mike Richmond, I have three kidsAll of them. When my husband and I got married, we were penniless. We were living in one room of a six bedroom old Victorian house that we shared with between 5 and 10 others, depending on who ... (more)Upvoted12DownvoteShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015'Til You Give It AwayAnita SanzSome people have a gift,they say.They call it a gift,so it's given away....(more)Upvoted20DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015The Last Male Northern White RhinoLogan ForbesFor decades, humans have slaughtered Africa's rhinoceroses, driven by the Eastern medicine market's demand for their horns. On a reserve in Kenya, the end result of this decimation lives out his old age under armed guard, his horn docked to make him less valuable to poachers. Such is the life of Sudan, the last male northern white rhinoceros on Earth.Now, researchers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sudan's home, and elsewhere are rushing to s...(more)Upvoted10DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015How did NASA's New Horizons survive with 10-year-old equipment? How did they simulate and predict the tough conditions of the journey with the technology from 10 years ago?Robert Frost, Instructor and Flight Controller in the Flight Operations Directorate27.6k Views • Upvoted by Jon Painter, Space Camp attendee; studied Astronomy for a bit at ArizonaRobert is a Most Viewed Writer in New Horizons (spacecraft).The premise of the question just isn’t valid. The technology was just fine a decade ago. The evolution of spacecraft technology cannot be viewed through the same lens as the evolution of commerci... (more)Upvoted1.3kDownvoteComments14+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Every parent needs one of theseMargaret Weiss(more)Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Music to my..tea?Margaret Weiss(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015One Nation, Under Sedation: Medicare Paid for Nearly 40 Million Tranquilizer Prescriptions in 2013Charles FaraoneOne Nation, Under Sedation:From the article:...(more)Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Ray Villafane, Master of PumpkinsPatrick CrossetWhile the rest of us mortals struggle to carve a pumpkin that looks like the work of a third grader, pumpkin artist Ray Villafane (46) has emerged as the master of the medium, creating impossibly lifelike images with the skill of an old master. Based in Phoenix, the artist—who began his career as an art teacher in Michigan after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in NYC—turned to pumpkins as a medium over 15 years ago after one of ...(more)Upvoted235DownvoteComments19+Share2Remove from ListPost added • 2015Wild's Greatest DadLogan ForbesWhich wild animals are the best dads?Logan Forbes, wildlife rehabilitator/cat physiology & behavior1.6k Views • Logan is a Most Viewed Writer in Animals with 18 endorsements.The Great Horned Owl is one of the most responsible and hard working dads in the wild. ...(more)Written Apr 11, 2015Upvote8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015ImprisonmentBrian FeyWhat percentage of the people in your country are incarcerated?What percentage of them should be in prison?Who are just there for victim-less crimes?How can the percentage of the population that the United States of America incarcerates be increased?...(more)Upvoted18DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Rice Field Art in JapanPatrick CrossetRice Field Art in the country of the rising sun. Each year these guys make new images on their field by planting rice in different patterns making various images. They use different sorts of rice for color. The result is amazing as you can see. It’s a pity they only last as long as it’s time to harvest the rice.Most of these pictures are from the tiny town of Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture (North Japan)...(more)Upvoted302DownvoteComments21+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Why are you a 999er?Godfrey McDonnell, Quora User. Counting 1 View at a time. Tops R free, no passwords or ID ♪☻☺♪213 Views • Upvoted by Jane BottenAt schooll to organize us all and our belongings we all had a school number we was a number like any other captive or prisoner.All us boys had a number.At my first school I was number 9.and the... (more)Upvoters2CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Allan SavoryLisa GroenewegFascinating TED talk given by Allan Savory. Visit the Savory Institute website here:Promoting large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands. Incidentally, he was born in Zimbabwe and was one of the greatest combat trackers and tracking instructors of his time.(more)Upvoted31DownvoteComments5ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Need Advice PleaseLisa GroenewegFirst, User just donated $50 and he would like to see people match his donation. One person already has, making his donation $100! Anyone else? I will update this post with your name and the growing total donation if you do match Ilija's donation. :)Kristen Nightingale, one of our newest board members, is doubling Alija's donation by giving $100. (More about our incredible board members in another post soon.)I will match Kristen's $100 and...(more)Upvoted23DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Changes to flag states are a game changer in illegal fishing practicesGwen SawchukPirate Fishing Vessel, After a 110-Day Pursuit, Sinks Its Illegal HaulDrama at SeaAfter a 110-day pursuit, a pirate fishing vessel sinks its illegal haul....(more)Upvoted12DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Archaic monstersChrysaor JordanAnimals: What are some animals that most people have never seen before?Swathi Hoysala, Dreamer3.6k ViewsWell, these are the animals most of us would not have seen or heard of before.Why you ask?...(more)Written Apr 4, 2015Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Investor One come in please.Godfrey McDonnellCheck list for presenting start ups to investors.I am presenting my startup to investors. Should I state the problem that I am solving first or start by talking directly about the product?Auren Hoffman, fmr LiveRamp CEO. Chairman, Siftery. started and sold 5 companies100.2k Views • Upvoted by Adam D'Angelo, Quora CEO, Gil Silberman, I've founded more startups than I can remember, and advised hundreds., Joe Fernandez, Co-Founder and CEO at KloutAuren is a Most Viewed Writer in Management.Here is why you should not start with the problem and instead dive right into the solut... (more)Written Dec 31, 2014Upvoters1CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Father poses for a family photo from beyond the graveBiju V. DevLane Smith died after falling and hitting his head in July 2014 - just a few weeks before his girlfriend, Sierra Sharry, gave birth to their son, TaosWhen Taos turned six-months-old, Sharry asked a local photographer, Kayli Henley, to make their family completeThe photographer added an image of Smith to one of their photos'This is how I picture us,' Sharry said. 'Taos and I living our lives the best we can with Lane ALWAYS watching over our shoulder'...(more)Upvoted12DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015How To Stand In Line (in Hawaii)Garrick SaitoWe think it's more efficient this way.(more)Upvoted41DownvoteComments3ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Underwater Portraits by Samantha FrenchRonakSamantha French was born raised in Minnesota where she attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and now lives and works in Brooklyn. Her current body of work explores nostalgic memories from her childhood spent swimming in lakes of northern Minnesota. The underwater portraits portray people both in and out of water in the midst of perfect tranquil moments captured gracefully with oil paints. She says of her work: "My current body ...(more)Upvote220DownvoteComments7+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Kissing Hank's AssUser(more)Upvoted15DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015~Jason Mzar~I won't give up~Nicole MoncadaSo true love this song Is~(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 201510 OF THE MOST COLORFUL PLACES ON EARTHBiju V. DevHi. These places exist. No, not in dreams or hallucinations or Wes Anderson movies, but right here on this beautiful, mysterious planet. We just thought you should know.LAVENDER FIELDS, FRANCE...(more)Upvoted16DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Cute Miniature Crochet Animals by Su AmiPatrick CrossetSu Ami is a family of five artists from Vietnam who crochet the cutest miniature animals ever. You can find on Etsy hundreds of their miniature creations in various sizes. Some fit on the tip of your finger while others fit in the palm of your hand....(more)Upvoted272DownvoteComments15+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015What is the Vision of the Mars One project?Bruce A McIntyreWhat is Elon Musk's vision on the Mars One project?Bruce A McIntyre, CRM Business Process Consultant3.7k Views • Upvoted by Sed Chapman, Charles FaraoneYou'd be excused for thinking Elon Musk is crazy. Even with his unlikely successes in r... (more)Written Mar 28, 2015Upvoted3DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Air pollution takes a double toll on babies' brainsNan WaldmanThe original study is published at this link to the JAMA Psychiatry Archives:http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/..., and titled Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants on Children’s Brains.The content of this study is behind a firewall and I am not a subscriber to JAMA's publications. However, the abstract headline, itself, is informative:...(more)Upvoted8DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Jackie Lea SommersMohan S NayakaJackie Lea Sommers is a young adult novelist. She's a Goodreads author. She blogs at Jackie Lea Sommers.In her own words:...(more)Upvoted27DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What makes Khan Academy so good? What makes Salman Khan’s teaching so incredibly good? What makes a teacher great at teaching?Charles Smith2.4k ViewsThe premise is fantastic, and executed to perfection. His style of teaching is incredibly clear, at times funny, and the videos are of the perfect length, with the perfect look. You can learn whe... (more)Upvoted11DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015Skateboarding: What was your best skateboarding video in 2013 in terms of music, visual quality, and technique?Anonymous64 ViewsIf you let me include 2014, and any other year for that matter, definitely Nyjah - Fade to Black... imho...The pacing, shooting, and the balls to put it to Metallica...I can't watch it enough. Oh, ... (more)Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Amazing PipesDavid DurhamBeth Rowley takes this ol' nugget for a nice spin.(more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Too Stupid Not to FailTed RallIdaho State Representative Vito Barbieri, a Republican, earned mass ridicule for suggesting that a woman’s stomach is directy connected to her vagina. Should anyone that stupid be making public policy? Too Stupid To Not Fail(more)Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015The paradox of a government that cavalierly kills people but prevents assisted suicideTed RallOriginally published at The Los Angeles Times:I have never understood why society tries to prevent people who want to die from doing so....(more)Upvoted4DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListQuestion added • 2015Do you like sex very much and do it very often?3 AnswersFollow2CommentShareDownvoteRemove from ListPost added • 2015Respect Religion? Why?Ted RallAmerican cultural norms dictate that religion must be respected, even coddled to the point of deference, while other beliefs, cultural and political, receive no such deference. Respect for Religion(more)Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015paintings created on doorsRakesh NairLondon based artist Pete Hawkins creates paintings on old doors, all the doors have been collected from the British countryside. The series is aptly titled 'Behind the doors' which shows characters trying wanting to go to the other side of the door. more herePaintings created on old doors by Pete Hawkins(more)Upvoted32DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015The health of Reefs.Joseph DedrickIs a healthy reef one abounding in fish?Why is it that ocean organisms seem to be so much more open and less fearful of predators compared to organisms on land?Joseph Dedrick, SAVE THE SHARKS!, Quora's Shark Buff, Aka Joseph "Save the Sharks" Dedrick465 Views • Upvoted by Rory Young, Anti-Poaching Wildlife Protection SpecialistJoseph has 50+ answers in Marine Biology.That is because the reefs are destabilized, in a healthy reef the predators are hungry ... (more)Written Feb 18, 2015Upvoted13DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015A little light hearted fun... Or is it?User-12828854714828252077http://m.dailykos.com/stories/13...Eureka! My earthshaking new study reveals the root cause of the profoundly stupidFeb 15, 2015 4:30pm PST by Susan Grigsby​...(more)Upvoted5DownvoteShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Coffee Art by Hong YiPatrick CrossetMalaysian Artist-Architect Hong Yi (29), aka Red, is widely recognized as the artist who 'loves to paint, but not with a paintbrush'. Red created portraits using nothing but Nescafe coffee stains on the bottom of a mug.She is also 'painting' portraits of iconic Chinese figures, using local everyday materials like a basketball, seeds, candles or even socks as her medium. ...(more)Upvoted212DownvoteComments14+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015My ValentineAnita SanzA sugary sweet heartrolled under the couch last yearon Valentine's Day.Sticky and coated in cat fur,...(more)Upvoted17DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Nikko Hurtado - Tattoo Artist/ArtistKevin AllaireNikko Hurtado (34) is a Tattoo Artist and Artist that is towards the top, or at the top, of a long list of greats in Tattooing and is gaining ground in the Art world as a whole. He was born and raised in San Fernando, California (US) and grew up drawing and sketching cartoons. Nikko was in construction and did welding before making the switch to Tattooing. He is currently a member of the Sullen Clothing family which is a leader and pioneer in ...(more)Upvoted94DownvoteComments6+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Tim Noble & Sue Webster's work is some of my favoriteKevin Allaire​British artists Tim Noble (49) & Sue Webster (48) make amazingly beautiful exhibits out of ugly and every day objects to show the beauty that everything in the world can create. I was lucky to see an exhibit of theirs and have been addicted ever since. Hope you all enjoy!​...(more)Upvoted179DownvoteComments12+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015The One Secret For Doing a TED Talk (or any talk)James AltucherGiving a talk is the worst thing you can do to your body. First off, you want to pee, crap, and puke right before you go on stage. In other words, your body thinks it's about to die.Second, I convince myself I'm totally worthless as a human being so I start crying and Claudia has to find me and convince me I'm wrong.So that's when I break out the only method that ever works for me. All the time, every day, I'm either laughing or crying. I ...(more)Upvoted219DownvoteComments3Share4Remove from ListPost added • 2015Cinematic Heroes of the Terror WarsTed RallThe number-one movie in America this week is Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper,” which glorifies a sniper who bragged about murdering over 100 innocent Iraqis and Afghans in the course of America’s illegal invasions of those countries. Cinematic Heroes of the Terror Wars(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Truth about tax policy.User-12828854714828252077User-12828854714828252077's answer to Everyone knows that lower taxes boost the economy, so why do politicians always want to raise taxes?140 views • 3 upvotes • Written Jan 21, 2015Upvoted3DownvoteShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Ridiculously Clever Street Art Transforms Everyday Objects Into Something Much MoreAditya GuptaThinking out of the box when looking at everyday objects and places might seem like "mission impossible."But Parisian street artist Charles Leval, better known asLevalet, does exactly that. Using nothing but paper and ink, Leval creates the most unexpected scenes around everyday objects found in the streets of France. Thanks to his efforts, a fire hose might suddenly become a source of morning coffee, or a lobby elevator might transform int...(more)Upvoted200DownvoteComments10+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Freaking liars in the accounting officesJacob VanWagonerFreaking liars. Bogus $#!+ like this pisses me off. Not only should we use the "pants on fire" expression, perhaps we should all simultaneously wish for their pants toactually light on fire.From Market Ticker:I don't like this sort of horsecrap....(more)Upvoted5DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Jazz PaintingsPatrick CrossetKarine BraillyPlease, first, click on the video below to have a musical backgroundThen enjoy the paintings...(more)Upvoted124DownvoteComments13+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Ils Ne Sont Pas CharlieTed RallThe massacre of political cartoonists at a satirical magazine in Paris prompts American newspapers and magazines to express “solidarity” with cartoonists – even though they have been firing them for years. Ils Ne Sont Pas Charlie(more)Upvote11DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Elderly musician lends £1m Stradivarius violin to 18 year-oldMark HarrisonA teenage boy has been loaned a rare £1m Stradivarius violin by a musician touched by similarities in their lives. Roberto Ruisi, 18, will use the instrument in a series of high-profile performances, including the BBC Proms....(more)Upvoted27DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Elephant ettiquetteTom ByronThis is short but HIlarious!(more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015International Ice And Snow FestivalAmit AseriEach year, in the northern city of Harbin, China, crowds gather to view and explore the winter wonderland of sculptures displayed for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. The 2015 festivities kicked off this week and they're as spectacular as ever. It's hard to believe, but everything in this inviting, life-size theme park is made of ice and snow.Take at look at some of the amazing images captured at the festival and how it truly ...(more)Upvoted248DownvoteComments20+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Time to fire the whole DHSJacob VanWagonerHere's Sen. Coburns last report on the Department of Homeland Security. It downloads as a PDF file.Page on senate.govKey highlights:$50 billion on counterterrorism programs, with no demonstrable results -- they can't determine if we're more secure or less secure with everything they've done....(more)Upvoted7DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015I could listen to Javier Mas play the bandurria all day longStephanie VMy Gypsy Wife, Leonard Cohen(more)Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015What can the government do better than the private sector?Tom ByronIt is merely my opinion that less government is better government. What would I say if government stopped funding all these programs? Can we do less?USPS (MAIL)The government delivers all the mail, except emails, Facebook posts of family events, Christmas card photos. Overnight mail is assisted in its timing by FedEx and UPS, etc. The USPS is not even a money making venture....(more)Upvoted9DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Common Sense Woman..User-12828854714828252077Aurea Martin's answer to 100 years ago, men worked while women looked after the house. Why is that in today's era, while men still work, women feel they should work too because it's uncool to be a housewife?107 views • 3 upvotes • Written Jan 17, 2015Upvoted3DownvoteShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015PostRory YoungHow does one determine an elephant's age?Rory Young, Professional Safari Guide, Ranger and Tracker.11.6k Views • Upvoted by Lisa Groeneweg, I'm in Iowa and I protect African wildlife. You can too!, Anna Demers, I have been around all kinds of animals all my life. ( I was raised on a farm.), Sed Chapman, David Durham, and 2 others you followElephants go through six sets of molars in their lifetime and two sets of tusks. The ...(more)Written Jan 14, 2015Upvoted24DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Does Anyone Miss NYPD Tickets?Ted RallNew York cops stage a slowdown, refusing to write tickets or arrest people for petty offenses. Is anyone really going to miss them? No More Penis Enlargement Spams(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Here is how you can enhance your career by saving the elephants.Rory YoungHere is how you can enhance your career by saving the elephants.416 views • 18 upvotes • Written Jan 10, 2015Upvoted18DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Thank you!Rory YoungI am flying to Malawi tomorrow to do two weeks of training. Firstly a week with senior department leaders and park wardens, and then a week back in Liwonde with the anti poaching rangers.As I go, I feel great and reinvigorated by all the amazing support. We have enough to keep going for some time.Thank you to you all who have donated, blogged, shared, begged, cajoled and organized, from the bottom of my heart.507 views • 67 upvotes • Written Jan 16, 2015Upvote67DownvoteComments6ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Sylvia Plath Reads 'Daddy'Nancy S JamesAs some songwriters are truly poets first (Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Emenim) i.e. their lyrics, stanzas, verses are published as verse - music isn't needed.)So, it is that POETS can be so 'inside" a piece, that their reading is song, a frenetic and caustic lyricism vocalized toward a father, a husband, a drowning inside.Sylvia Plath was more known for her suicide. Yet this piece is a damning poem with stinging tone.- She is talking about t...(more)Upvoted7DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Kids against violenceLisa PintoThe most touching video I have ever seen(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015To Quora and Back - Bring Me the Head of Adam D’Angelo [ch 2]Sed ChapmanThis is chapter 201 Introduction [ch 1]02 The Confession03 The Great Journey Begins [ch 3]...(more)Upvoted47DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are some criticisms of Richard Dawkins?Chrysaor Jordan, has visited many churches but is a member of none829 Views • Chrys has 550+ answers in Religion.Having read The God Delusion, I find the strongest objection is his language towards religion.Dawkins, when he cites a religious figure, cites only the worst ones. He never says, but does imply, ... (more)Upvoted9DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are some good short stories?Prasanth Ramineni, amateur writer,learner.174.1k ViewsJack and Max are walking to the church, to pray.Jack wonders whether it would be alright to smoke while praying.Max replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”So Jack goes up to the Priest and as... (more)Upvoted12.3kDownvoteComments24+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Rare phenomenonUser-12626575727167174152Nature: What are some of the best rare natural phenomena that occur on Earth?Raj Kumar, Proud Indian, பெருமித தமிழன், Business Analyst14k ViewsBlue Lava Volcano in Kawah Ijen in IndonesiaBlue Lava Volcano in Kawah Ijen in Indonesi... (more)Written Jan 11, 2015Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Revolutionary IdeaJordan PhoenixI have this revolutionary idea that human beings' abilities to provide their families with food and basic shelter should not be contingent upon the whims of the job market and the global economy. I want to create communities that enable people to do it themselves -- utilizing a minimal amount of funding -- allowing this opportunity to become open to anybody willing to work towards creating a life that's more beneficial for their emotional we...(more)Upvoted74DownvoteComments6+Share2Remove from ListAnswer added • 2015What are the coolest chemical substances ever created, and why?User-9549472351225626265263.9k Views • Upvoted by Tim Cole, Astronomy enthusiast, science educator, devotee of science, history, and interests that mutate with…, Sed ChapmanGraphene AerogelThe lightest solidThis thing is seven times lighter than air.It's so light, a block of it can be balanced on a blade of grass....(more)Upvoted12.4kDownvoteComments40+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2015Great 6 Hour Jazz Music Mix by JaBigHunter McCord(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What is the most famous company in the USA ?User-12828854714828252077, Aikidoka, chef, wood splitter, patternista, Cynic91 ViewsHere's a whole list of them...http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2014/0...And another:...(more)Upvoted1DownvoteShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How do you handle an angry friend?Godfrey McDonnell, I decline to ask or answer. Thank you. Excepting bio exceptions.461 Views • Upvoted by Gwen SawchukAngry with me= I shut up and stop aggravating the situation as quick as I can. When we are calmer a day or two latter even apologize if you feel like it or just forget about it and move on.Angry w... (more)Upvoters8CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The SaltAnita SanzThe salt, she saidI am the saltNo real substanceor sustenance, true...(more)Upvoted22DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Lois Lowry, Author of The Giver, Talks About Her Writing Process, Adaptations, and Working with Jeff Bridges and Meryl StreepAlex WuLois Lowry is an author who has written more than 20 books for young readers. She received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her contributions to writing for teens in 2007. And she has received 2 Newbery Medals for her novels "Number the Stars" and "The Giver," which was made into a feature film.What is the process that a writer goes through while writing a novel? What are the phases that he/she goes through?...(more)Upvote57DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Announcing Top Writers 2015Jonathan BrillWe are excited to announce our 2015 Top Writers. The Top Writers program recognizes the most consistent and valuable contributors on Quora. If you have been selected, you will get a Quora message confirming your selection today and you will have a red Top Writer badge next to your name on your profile page.We chose this year's Top Writers based on the consistency, quality, and thoughtfulness of answers over the last year. In addition to anno...(more)Upvote402DownvoteComments17+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostDanita CrouseOn Science, Religion and False DichotomiesJeff Kesselman, I know a little bit about a whole lot, and a whole lot about a little bit.A little preface: this I think is the deepest, conceptually most difficult blog I have ever written. Its heady waters you are headed into and if you dismiss it on the surface,...(more)Via Jeff Kesselman onThe Unseen UniversityWritten Dec 25, 2014Upvoted6DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Most Important Decision You Can Make For SuccessJames AltucherI forgot to tell you something. I have a business partner named Dan.A friend of mine asked another friend of mine a few months ago: "how come James doesn't have any business partners over the long run"....(more)Upvoted433DownvoteComments7ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Goodbye Stranger- SupertrampNick Moyne(more)Upvoted8DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostVishwas LondheDo not try this. You have been warned.What is something electrical engineers know that others don't?Komal Charan Garlapati (కోమల్ చరణ్ గార్లపాటి), Masters in Electrical Engineering226.3k Views • Upvoted by User-12233976717102254781, EE undergrad, Melissa HoyEver wondered why a crow sitting on an electrical transmission line doesn't experience shock?... (more)Written Dec 23, 2014Upvoted11DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014I'll cry a river too...Melissa WoodWe lost another legend today. Rest in peace Joe Cocker(more)Upvoted13DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Christmas Song - Vince Guaraldi TrioNancy S JamesStill play this tape every year....(more)Upvoted10DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Diego Fazo's Magic PencilPatrick Crosset24 years old, Italian artist Diego Fazo (DiegoKoi) developed the skill of creating photorealistic drawings using nothing but a simple charcoal pencil. Art critics who viewed his work were so skeptical, that Diego was obliged to put up some photos of the work in progress just to lay doubts to rest. And who can blame them? It’s pretty incredible....(more)Upvoted387DownvoteComments28+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014What the french are laughing about?Carole ZavalaLouis de Funes was the most famous actor in comedy. He is immortal . The new generation saw all his movies! He is for french what Lucy ball is to Americans.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...So here in the cop inNew York is giving a class to learn English. The movie is more than 30 years old.....(more)Upvoted14DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Without a beginning or end, what might be 5000 words from your first novel or professional publication?Chrysaor Jordan, author of THE BEST OF ENEMIES18 ViewsAn excerpt from "The Best of Enemies."Background: the book was inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh, and this excerpt represents a deliberate contrast. Gilgamesh practiced "le droit de seigneur," of... (more)Upvoted1DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Why do women have periods? What is the evolutionary benefit or purpose of having periods? Why can’t women just get pregnant without the menstrual cycle?Suzanne Sadedin, Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from Monash University817.2k Views • Upvoted by Ian York, Virologist, immunologist, biologist, Adriana Heguy,genomics researcher, Cam, Midwife. Obstetrics, Perinatology & Women's Health., David Durham, Clayton Jay Hardy, and 3 others you followI'm so glad you asked. Seriously. The answer to this question is one of the most illuminating and disturbing stories in human evolutionary biology, and almost nobody knows about it. And so, O my fr...(more)Upvoted12.3kDownvoteComments285+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What are some good instrumental songs for programmers when they are coding?Chrysaor Jordan, has a taste in music334 Views • Chrys is a Most Viewed Writer in Instrumental Music.For instrumental music, I recommend Ray Lynch. He is one of those composers who, once you hear them, you wonder why you never heard of them before.Celestial Soda Pop- Ray Lynch - YouTubeClouds Be... (more)Upvoted5DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014An artist who understands dopamine-induced addictions.Charles FaraoneSpecial thanks to Sheffield-based british artist John Holcroft and Aditya Gupta.Artist Perfectly Captures The Flaws Of Our Society In A Series Of Witty IllustrationsAditya Gupta, Visionary EntrepreneurConsumerism, taxes, obesity, digital addictions... All of these topics are destined to give you nausea. But they might be a little easier to process while looking at a series o... (more)Via Aditya Gupta onYou ArtsWritten Dec 15, 2014Upvoted11DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Corrs - DreamsUserListen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat that drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had ♥Special thanks to Subash Raj for introducing me to The Corrs (band) :)(more)Upvoted8DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Lucy Spraggan - Tea & ToastUserThis song is pretty close to my heart! <3When the skies are looking bad my dear,And your heart's lost all its hope,After dawn there will be sunshine,...(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014I Can't BreatheAnita SanzHe can't breatheThe air was taken from himthough he lived deprivedfor yearsGetting by...(more)Upvoted29DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Med School Scribblings.User-12616619705513344996(more)Upvoted72DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014This may be the very best explanation I have read about how life evolved on Earth.Nan WaldmanRick Bruno asked and Alex Guerra answered: Do scientists believe life on Earth evolved in only one location on the planet, or at numerous places on the planet at roughly the same time?57 views • 4 upvotes • Written Dec 3, 2014Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Thelonious Monk "Don't blame me"Hunter McCord(more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Paper Sculptures by Peter CallesenPatrick CrossetThrough an amazing combination of cutting and folding, Denmark-born artist Peter Callesen (47) creates incredible scenes from the simplest of materials, a single sheet of A4 paper. ...(more)Upvoted221DownvoteComments18+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Shark SaversJoseph DedrickShark Savers :: Home (This has merged with When the buying stops, the killing can too. )Shark Savers is dedicated to saving sharks and mantas through building awareness, education, and action.Founded in 2007 by divers with a shared passion, our mission is to save the world’s dwindling shark and manta populations. Today, more than 25,000 members from 99 nations share that passion.Focusing on action and results, Shark Savers’ programs result...(more)Upvoted13DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What does it mean to play legato on the piano - I understand that it means the notes flow - does it mean you don't lift your hand? How do you recognize it in the song?Curtis Lindsay, pianist, composer. Quora TW '15, '14.5k Views • Upvoted by C. Lang, Pianist since 1970. Singer since 1992Answer featured in Slate.Curtis is a Most Viewed Writer in Learning Piano.The word legato literally means "connected" or "bound together." As Ryan has said, it means that notes follow one another smoothly -- legato is the unimpeded constancy of sound and tone. If you s... (more)Upvoted47DownvoteComments8+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Purpose Of Education - Ivan SnookTeachers could lead the way - Ivan Snook(This is one of the best articles I have read so far on this subject.)Vishwas LondheEducation Aotearoa - All stories - The purpose of education - Ivan SnookSince the beginning of the Western tradition there have been two rival models of education.The first, exemplified by the Greek Sophists, demands that schools prepare young people to be uncritical workers and conforming citizens.In recent years this model has been advocated by the prevailing philosophy of neo-liberalism (and its political servants) with its demand that...(more)Upvoted9DownvoteComments4+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What would happen if all the IITians were isolated on a deserted island and allowed to create a new civilization?Aalhad Parulekar36.6k ViewsEver heard of BITS Pilani?Written May 21, 2014 • View UpvotesThis answer is a joke answer. View DetailsUpvote2.7kDownvoteComments12+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014In aikido, what are you doing when you do mokuso?Joonas Vakkilainen, Judo & Aikido513 Views • Upvoted by David Chan, black belt Shotokan karate, learning Krav and MMAJoonas is a Most Viewed Writer in Aikido.Mokusô (黙想) means silencing thoughts. During mokuso, you should do nothing. This may be hard and it is impossible, at least for regular people, not to let thoughts to their mind. This is, indeed, o... (more)Upvoted10DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014One Woman's Brilliant Idea That Could Wipe Out Shark Finning ForeverJoseph DedrickOne Woman's Brilliant Idea That Could Wipe Out Shark Finning Forever "Every year some 100 million sharks are killed, many of them destined for the lucrative shark fin trade. This figure represents about seven percent of the entire population of sharks in the world — a much higher figure than what scientists estimate would be a sustainable catch.But in many poor coastal communities, catching sharks and selling their fins is profitable — and ...(more)Upvoted18DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014He Uses Spray Paint And Stencils To Create Amazingly Detailed, In-Depth ArtAditya GuptaThis artist can be found on the streets of Rome, where he cranks out a pretty impressive paintings in just a matter of minutes. Make sure you watch to the end to see just how far this painting comes from beginning to end!(more)Upvoted63DownvoteComments8+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Song of ThanksDavid DurhamLet Sly do it!(more)Upvoted13DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Last Day of PompeiiDavid DurhamThe Museum of Melbourne Australia put together this amazing video. I just had to post it. It's well worth a few moments of your time.(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Funnier than Sliced Bread.Chrysaor JordanWhat are some of the funniest laugh-out loud, "hold your stomach", "tears streaming down your face" article, story or other write-ups you have read?Edward Jameson, Essayist and misunderstood Humorist1k ViewsQantas Airlines Maintenance Reports After every flight at Qantus Airlines, pilots f...(more)Written Nov 23, 2014Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014How Psychology Can Help You Survive Holiday Family GatheringsAnita SanzThe Holidays Are Coming!For many people, that means increased contactwith family and extended family members…a source of love and support for some,...(more)Upvoted37DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What is the best response to "I love you"?Dhakshitha Rao, I know stuff178.3k Views • Dhakshitha has 100+ answers in Love.Originally Answered: What are some of the best responses to the statement "I love you"?"I love you," I told my 4 year old niece, one day.She hurried into the kitchen and brought out a chocolate and gave it to me. "Here, take it!" she said.It was the samechocolate that she fought ... (more)Upvoted9.2kDownvoteComments26+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What is the best 12-word story that you can come up with?Godfrey McDonnell, Monkeys do it, they have an app for that search surveymonkeys.157 ViewsImpossible to see it anymore, so I held it and felt it.Written Oct 2, 2014 • View UpvotesUpvoters14CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way (1985)User-9351886290820701287My favorite shameless Prince ripoff. (I don't really count Vanity 6, The Time or Tevin Campbell.)Sly Fox paid their debt to the world by paving the path for this greatness:(more)Upvote4DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What will happen if I go the root directory in Linux/Mac and type the command rm -rf to forcibly remove all directories and subdirectories?Amy Bowersox, I beta tested every operating system, gave props to some, and others, I disse...77.3k Views • Upvoted by Stan Hanks, OSes: wrote 3, used manyEric has 6 endorsements in Linux.To answer this question, I actually sacrificed a working Raspbian installation on my Raspberry Pi (it's OK, it wasn't my main install, it was one I had built for a project I'm not actually doing no... (more)Upvoted963DownvoteComments23+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Opinions Please!Lisa GroenewegWe have a fundraising video! Woohoo!Please let us know what you think. We can make further edits.Adam Mordecai said a good length for a video is 2 to 3 minutes. Ours is much longer. Are there parts that you think could be cut?...(more)Upvoted34DownvoteComments11+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What improvements would Top Writers like to see on Quora?User, PGD, English Journalism in IIMC, New Delhi.3.3k Views • Niharika is a Most Viewed Writer in Top Writers 2014.An option to mute upvotes for a particular answer. Some of my very plain answers receive thousands of upvotes and fill my notification list. Since I am a Top Writer, these answers become extremely... (more)Upvote75DownvoteComments17+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Thelonious Monk - Blue MonkHunter McCord(more)Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014From Rory in GuineaLisa GroenewegRory Young - "Came a across a young ranger pouring with sweat. Asked him if he was okay. He responded that he had been vomiting. Thought, oh shit, here we go.. (I am in Haut Niger in Guinea and Faranah, the nearest town, has had cases of Ebola) and I stepped back a couple of paces. The poor guy looked terrified..Luckily he tested positive for malaria! I treated him and the poor chap is on his way to hospital now on the back of a motorbike.."...(more)Upvoted42DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014How to bathe a rabbit.Tom Byron(more)Upvoted4DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Landing on an object moving at 84,000 MPH--The European Space Agency can do this!!Tom ByronSuccessful landing!!!First Comet Landing...(more)Upvoted10DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Email Productivity: How do Bill Gates, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey manage their email?Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder718.8k Views • Upvoted by Vladimir Novakovski, Silicon Valley CTO and AdvisorAnswer featured in Time.Jimmy is a Most Viewed Writer in Mark Zuckerberg.Jeff Bezos once told me that he tells everyone that if you email him, you'll get an answer either within 10 minutes, or never. He's a funny guy, so this was a joke, but in my experience, only half... (more)Upvoted10kDownvoteComments34+ShareRemove from ListQuestion added • 2014What are things to do while in England to feel closer to locals?5 AnswersFollow9CommentShareDownvoteRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostDarshil Shah (दर्शील शाह)12 Years Old Developer - A Robot-Building GeniusAshok Dey, Ashok Dey | Personal WebsiteRohan Agrawal builds robots — and he's not even a teenager yet. While most kids his age likely spent their summer playing video games or on the monkey bars, the 12-year-old wund... (more)Via Ashok Dey onYou Must Know !Written Nov 7, 2014Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014BridgesChrysaor JordanThis post is as perfect as a truck driver.Please upvote the original.I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.What are the most innovative, unique and crazy civil engineering projects ever done?Kshitij Salgunan, Thinker. Designer. Developer.208.6k Views • Upvoted by User-12644657821204007405, Mechatronics Engineer, Martial Artist, Wild at Heart, Indian, Vishnu Rajamanickam, BTech Civil Engineering NIT Trichy, Structural Design Engineer - L&T, Jacob VanWagoner, EE/Quantum Electronics engineer, Charles FaraoneI will mention some of the most crazy civil engineering works which have always inspired me....(more)Via Mohan Dev Sukumar on'Eclecticism'- Muse over the counter literatureWritten Nov 10, 2014Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Electronic Toll Collection System - FASTagJai ParimiWhat are all the uses of a new electronic toll Collection system by our GOI?Jai Parimi3.7k ViewsWhat is FASTag?'FASTag' is an electronic toll collection (ETC) programme which will al...(more)Written Nov 7, 2014Upvoted35DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Is there any new life outside the earth?Charles Bollmann, MD, Bare Skin Care by Dr. Bollmann - see Bare Skin Care by Dr Bollmann293 ViewsA2AI asked this question of a realized being once. He said, "Thoughts, it's all thoughts."There is no human life outside this planet. It is a great privilege to be on this earth, as it is the o... (more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014HAPPYNancy S James(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Glenn Frey - The One You Love (live 2011)Nancy S James(more)Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014I like these guysUser"Stolen Dance" by Milky Chance. Hey it rhymes! (more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Start a War - The NationalUser(more)Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014About Today - The NationalUser(more)Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Sugar Ray - SOMEDAY ** still love this**Nancy S JamesYou were always there for me.(more)Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Sugar Ray - Every Morning ** posted again - I love this!**Nancy S JamesWacky video doesn't jive with lyrics hmmm(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014IVF SlutTed RallIn a reversal of the cliché that large families were primarily found among the underclass, the rising cost of child care has created a baby boom among the upper crust. The result is a U-shaped demographic, wherein the middle-class have small families and the poor and rich both have large ones. IVF Slut(more)Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What are the most intriguing paintings based on famous poems? Include the painting and the pertinent lines from the poem.Lawrence Donovan, Doctorate in Linguistics, lover of all things orthographic1.3k ViewsThis is a bit of a flip of the script to this question, in a couple ways: "The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke" is a painting by the English artist Richard Dadd. It was not inspired by a poem, howev... (more)Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014A ResubmissionDavid DurhamResubmitted for your enjoyment because, well, the song was in my head.(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Yann TiersenRyan ChewIt's a rainy morning. A bit of Yann Tiersen and a hot cuppa joe made my day. Here's hoping it'll make yours too.(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Predicting Germany's FutureJudith Meyer(Also: that was my 1000th Quora answer)What are some predictions for the future of Germany?Judith Meyer, well-traveled native German, author of Understanding Germany3.5k Views • Upvoted by Curt Tigges, Founder of Lingwave Chinese, a new approach to language learning, Joachim Pense, GermanJudith is a Most Viewed Writer in Germany.For any long-term prediction, the biggest what-if is climate change. Obviously if Kiel ...(more)Written Nov 2, 2014Upvoted55DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What does it feel like to be really old knowing death is imminent?Anonymous405.4k Views • Upvoted by User-9549929568925340180, A Doctor.I'm 99 - will be 100 in 7 months. I live independently in my home. I hear ok with aids, see 20/20 - drive nite/day. I was married 70 years to the love of my life - lost her 7 years ago. I have g... (more)Upvoted24.8kDownvoteComments164+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Happy HalloweenCarole Zavala(more)Upvoted9DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Fear markets.Godfrey McDonnellSavvy check upDo you believe the doom and gloom forecasts for the American economy or that America is on the edge of a new boom in the Economy?Rob Weir, Lifelong Student of Economics510 Views • Rob is a Most Viewed Writer in The Economy of the United States of America.Greed and fear are two of the strongest emotions. The economy oscillates in its usual ... (more)Written Jun 2, 2014Upvoters0CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014What is the best investment for $2000?Godfrey McDonnellLike Minded People is an investment opportunity.The returns are from the information you get for your $2000 and how you use it. So it is what I call the mustard risk?Mr Coleman the man who has his name on English mustard pots said. " I made my fortune in mustard because people leave more of the product on the side of the plate than they eat (It is a very strong mustard.)...(more)Upvoters0CommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Government's Ebola Cover-up: Never Let You See Them SweatTed RallRefusing to succumb to panic is laudable and rational, and when the infection rate numbers in the single digits here in the U.S., there's no reason to freak out. But mainstream media organizations and the government are diminishing their already scant credibility when they downplay the threat of Ebola.Since a Liberian man appeared at a Dallas hospital and subsequently succumbed to the disease on October 8th, public health officials and ...(more)Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Some smoothness: Andre3000 ft. Norah Jones - Take off your coolHunter McCord(more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Visual LinguisticsCinders HolmesAmazing print illustrating the origins of old world language families, created by webcomic author Minna Sundberg. She noted that due to space constraints, languages with non-official status and under 1 million speakers aren't visible. Click to enlarge for full effect.(more)Upvoted19DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Translation or Non-Translation?Chrysaor JordanPreambleTranslation is an art, not a science. The reason is because:all human languages are masterpieces of complexity.all human languages are arbitrary....(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What are the top 5 technical problems that Quora is facing?Garrick Saito, member since 201118.2k Views • Upvoted by Graeme Shimmin, Quora Top Writer 2013/14/15/16, Scott Danzig, avid Quora user since 2012, and a Quora Top Writer, Elynn Lee, Product Manager at Quora, 2014 and 2015 Top WriterGarrick has 28 endorsements in Quora (product).The Feed. I think the single biggest improvement Quora could make in this area is to develop a feed which does not waste the user's time. I wish they would figure out a way to determine if I've s...(more)Upvoted480DownvoteComments14+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternativesOliver EmbertonOur brains behave like a beachball filled with bees. Hundreds of conflicting impulses, pushing us in different directions.People never want to do one thing. We want to doall the things. We simultaneously want to exercise and to learn Spanish and to go out for pizza. Our desires are countless, independent agents, working to nudge our beachball in their own selfish direction....(more)Upvoted4.9kDownvoteComments49+Share49Remove from ListAnswer added • 2014What are the most interesting facts you know?Sandhya Ramesh, I'm curious about very specific things.164.2k ViewsHuman babies are born with two abilities that they forget as they grow older because they don't use or need the skill. Babies can swim the instant they come out of the womb, and can even be deliv... (more)Upvoted6.8kDownvoteComments26+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Why have the "Asked to Answer" notification, the credits I got for being asked, and my answering the question disappeared from my profile?Timothy Wingerter, I work at Quora254 ViewsYou can be asked to answer in two different ways. If the profile photo next to the notification was the Quora logo and was in the format, 'Can you answer <person's> question about <topic>?', the r... (more)Upvoted3DownvoteComments2ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What has your Quora journey been like, from the day you joined until now?Godfrey McDonnell, Fleeced at Quora 2013-14. 2015 still here156 Views • Upvoted by Melissa HoyGodfrey has 4 endorsements in Quora (product).Active user since April 2013. It has been an ego pumping, hard talking, credit bending, mind expanding, time consuming, heart pounding, tear jerking emotional roller coaster.PS. Humor I discover... (more)Upvoters4Comment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014If you chose to write a book about your life, what would the title be?Pratik Mehta, Bourne Analyst | Liverpool Fan | Screwed235 ViewsA Journey Through Twists & CurlsThanks for the A2A Sotonye :) (more)Upvoted4DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Catalano's Imperfect Bronze SculpturesPatrick CrossetFrench artist Bruno Catalano (53) has created an extraordinary series of eye-catching bronze sculptures that depict realistic human workers with large parts of their bodies missing. They are skillful works of art even without the omissions, but the missing parts of the sculptures make them truly extraordinary and unique. What’s especially impressive is that some of the sculptures seem to stand on very little support, giving them a sort of et...(more)Upvoted197DownvoteComments21+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What are the most-followed blogs on Quora?Graeme Shimmin, Quora Top Writer 2013/14/15/1626k Views • Upvoted by Elynn Lee, Product Manager at Quora, 2014 and 2015 Top WriterGraeme has 20+ answers in Quora Usage Data and Analysis.Originally Answered: Which are the most popular Quora blogs?As of 30 Aug 2013 the most popular blogs were:The Altucher Confidential (James Altucher)Popular Bootstrap Themes And Templates (Lokendra Badu & Noozz Roy)Gayle's Miscellaneous Blog (Gayle Laakmann McDowell)...(more)Upvoted198DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Another timeless jam: Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love GoesHunter McCord(more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What musical band do you like the most?Brian Fey, I am musically ignorant396 ViewsMost music bothers me. Too plinky and invasive. There is some I like, but I almost never play any; Maybe a few times a year. There is a band I like: ThorNton Creek.ThorNton CreekGreat guy. Th... (more)Upvoted2DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Top Writers 2012 Book: Available for DownloadDavid ColeAs you may have already heard, one thank-you gift we sent this year's Top Writers was a book with some of the best writing on Quora from 2010 through 2012. Over a hundred answers and four hundred pages of the best answers across 18 different categories.As the welcome packages are beginning to hit doorsteps this week, we are happy to make the book available to everyone via PDF....(more)Upvoted1.7kDownvoteComments49+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014A Little JazzDavid DurhamThe band Oregon played what I call 'Pretty Jazz'. Not elevator music, no, just . . . pretty.(more)Upvoted9DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Do you think that people shouldn't write personal stories on Quora? Should Quora only be focused on intellectual answers and questions? Do personal stories defeat the purpose of Quora?Will Brackenbury, Novelist and Playwright786 Views • Upvoted by Graeme Shimmin, Quora Top Writer 2013/14/15/16, Melissa Hoy, Sed Chapman, and 1 other you followNo. The personal stories are what I love best about Quora.I think that information by itself is nearly meaningless. Without context, or an understanding of why, people cannot store the informatio... (more)Upvoted52DownvoteComments3ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostMarcus GeduldWhat exceptions to the 'Be Nice Be Respectful' policy are there?Graeme Shimmin, Quora Top Writer 2013/14/15/166.8k Views • Upvoted by Jonathan Brill, Writer Relations @ Quora, User-13033886711793742561,former Product Manager at Quora, Cliff Gilley, Member since 2011, Top Writer 2012-2015Graeme has 240+ answers in Quora (product).It is not OK on Quora to break the Be Nice, Be Respectful (BNBR) policy under any circumstances.... (more)Written Oct 24, 2014Upvoted7DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added •Cars and Automobiles• 2014What are the best bargaining techniques when buying a car from a dealer?Jason Lancaster, I'm the editor of AccurateAutoAdvice.com321.8k Views • Jason is a Most Viewed Writer in Car Buying with 110+ answers.Answer featured in Time and 3 more.Originally Answered: What are some good tactics to use to lower the price of a car while negotiating with a car salesperson?My short list of negotiating tactics:UPDATE: I've just added points 6-8. I've tried to keep this list short, but these points (all of which were raised by other answerers in one way or another) n... (more)Upvoted2.7kDownvoteComments42+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Understanding ShakespeareTanya ShrivastavaHow could I forget this topic?1. What are the secrets to understanding the themes and language of Shakespeare?2. What is the best way to answer a student who says, "Why are we learning this? We are never going to use geometry or Shakespeare in the real world"?3. Can a case be made for William Shakespeare to be considered the world's greatest psychologist? Why or why not?...(more)Upvoted15DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Why the media exaggerates the Ebola crisis while ignoring a much more serious health threat...Charles FaraoneEbola and the growing obesity epidemic.What is your view on the threat of Ebola spreading in the US or your country?Charles Faraone110 Views • Upvoted by Steven Ford, Retired GP -- primary care medical practitioner in the UK., David DurhamShort answer: B) Ebola is a genuine short-term threat BUT the virus will not pose nearl... (more)Written Oct 24, 2014Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Another funky track: Melvin Bliss - Synthetic SubstitutionHunter McCord(more)Upvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How do you use multiple adjectives in a sentence in Spanish?Andrea Sanabria652 Views • Upvoted by Enrique Pareja, I speak Castilian Spanish... with a Madrid accent?I would translate it as:Tengo una carta de sietes amarilla. I don't recall any specific rule in order to say adjectives in Spanish as there is in English, but as a general rule we say nouns firs... (more)Upvoted7DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How do you say 'relaxation' in Spanish?Andrea Sanabria687 ViewsRelajación. Please find a dictionary!Written Apr 7, 2014 • View UpvotesUpvoted6DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014Where does "usted" belong in the following sentence: Are you going to do it? ¿Va a hacerlo usted? Or, ¿Va usted a hacerlo?Andrea Sanabria239 ViewsBoth. You can also say "usted va a hacerlo".Written Jul 13, 2014 • View UpvotesUpvoted9DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What can I learn/know right now in 10 minutes that will be useful for the rest of my life?Andrea Sanabria1k ViewsExcel shorcuts: office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/keyboard-shortcuts-in-excel-2010-HP010342494.aspxWritten Oct 6, 2014 • View UpvotesUpvoted21DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListQuestion added • 2014What is your review of ESEN - Escuela Superior de Economía y Negocios?Follow6CommentShareDownvoteRemove from ListPost added • 2014Cake - Short Skirt/Long JacketStan HanksAbsolutely unmistakeable bass riff. The first time I saw Chuck (TV Series 2007–2012), I was like "Oh! Cake!" My wife said "No, but some popcorn sounds good. Do you mind!"BTW, if you know this girl, let me know. I'm hiring....(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014One difference between Ebola and Human beings...Charles FaraoneI'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another are...(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014ForgivenessAnita SanzThe wall stands.Ten foot high lettersin black spray paint:NO....(more)Upvoted46DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014King Crimson "The Night Watch"Martin Fox(more)Upvoted11DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 201416 Really Creative Yearbook PortraitsAditya GuptaStanding in front of a cheesy patterned backdrop, that’s what my yearbook photo was like. For this class in Russia however, they took things to a much more creative and fun place with these awesome yearbook portraits. The idea was simple: sit behind the teacher’s desk and draw something fun on the chalkboard behind you that shows off your personality.It’s unique, creative and way more interesting than the same tired shot over and over again! ...(more)Upvoted208DownvoteComments10+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How can I improve my practice efficiency at the piano?Freya Lewis205 ViewsI found one of fascinating article on Efficient Piano Practice which will help out to solve most of your problem.Written Oct 20, 2014 • View UpvotesUpvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostAnirudh JoshiWhat are some possible ways to cure Ebola in the future?Kettner Griswold, Synthetic Biologist23.3k Views • Upvoted by Steven Ford, Retired GP -- primary care medical practitioner in the UK., Ian York, Virologist, immunologist, biologist, Drew Smith, former R&D director at MicroPhage and SomaLogic, David DurhamA key step in designing antivirals is understanding the life cycle of the virus. Lets s...(more)Written Oct 20, 2014Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How has your appearance, look, or smile ever gotten you into or out of any trouble or other awkward situations you have found yourself in on-line or face to face?Christopher Pow521 Views • Upvoted by Charles Faraone, Melissa Hoy, and 1 other you followDriving to Mt. Rainier with my wife and sister-in-law and her husband. Flying at about 85mph down a very steep but straight slope in the foothills highway, over the top of the next crest I just bar... (more)Upvoted19DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How has your appearance, look, or smile ever gotten you into or out of any trouble or other awkward situations you have found yourself in on-line or face to face?Joe Hunter, No Bio Really213 ViewsIt was my first ticket, and unlike Melissa Stroud, where I lived at the time, once you are 16 you can basically drive anywhere and anywhen you wanted (within the law, of course) I was driving home ... (more)Upvoted8DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What is the most beautiful short poem ever written?Kaushal Yadav, Oh yes, you, I think I know something about you.104.4k Views • Upvoted by Jane BottenOn Independence day, a friend of mine wrote this masterpiece.देखता हूँ बच्चों को तिरंगा बेचते रास्तों पे,काश वजह भूख नहीं, देशभक्ति रही होती ।।Translation: ... (more)Upvote6.1kDownvoteComments21+ShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014How has your appearance, look, or smile ever gotten you into or out of any trouble or other awkward situations you have found yourself in on-line or face to face?Charles Faraone421 Views • Upvoted by Melissa Hoy, Sed ChapmanCharles has 540+ answers in Survey Question.I’m not sure if it’s my looks or persona but there’s something about me that most people seem to take an immediate liking to. More times than not, cops let me talk my way out of tickets, strangers ... (more)Upvoted16DownvoteComments3+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014OkuribitoRyan ChewHere's another of my Joe Hisaishi favourites from the film Departures.For some context, the film tells the story of a cellist who is forced by circumstance to give up his dreams, and become a funeral director. Along the way, he discovers the beauty of what he does, the sadness surrounding it, and his struggles to reconcile the two. He finds his peace towards the end....(more)Upvoted6DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy GuyUser(more)Upvoted4DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014"There Are Strange Things Happening Every Day" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1944Martin Fox(more)Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Tape Sculptures by Mark JenkinsSenjuti KunduVisual american artist Mark Jenkins (44) creates provocative, balance-challenging installation sculptures and then places them in real-world contexts. From Winston-Salem to Moscow to the bustling streets of Barcelona, Jenkins has certainly made a name for himself with his distinct approach to public art. His human forms come in a variety of incarnations: the newspaper papier mâché man perched against a Seoul light standard to a blond fema...(more)Upvoted146DownvoteComments7ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Because we target ideas, not people: some interesting answers by Ron MaimonTanya Shrivastava1. Who is Ron Maimon?2. If atoms are 99.9% vacuum, why can't I move my hand through my desk top?3. I recently started working, and just 6 months into it I feel like I am growing less intelligent. Have you felt the same at some point in your life?...(more)Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014"We Can Only Grow Closer"Zach DavidsonEy! Here's a video from the show I'm working on right now at CalArts.http://rogueanddigital.tumblr.co...This week's video is mostly interviews with the ensemble. ...(more)Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostCharles FaraoneIs there such a thing as raised consciousness?Charles Faraone, Religion is just one more way for addicts to trigger dopamine258 Views • Upvoted by Sed ChapmanWithout a doubt.“I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and ...(more)Written Oct 8, 2014Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Farmer growing his fortunes with $100+ “pumpkinsteins.”Charles FaraoneThinking inside the mold...From: The New York TimesIt’s Alive! And It Grows Into a Jack-o’-Lantern...(more)Upvoted10DownvoteComments1+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Quora and Stack OverflowTanya ShrivastavaShould StackOverflow be worried about Quora?Joel Spolsky, Founder and CEO of Stack Exchange Inc (the company behind Stack Overflow)204.5k Views • Upvoted by Manish Goregaokar, Moderator on Physics Stack Exchange and Chemistry Stack ExchangeJoel is a Most Viewed Writer in Stack Overflow (website).Show me a computer programmer who would rather give up Stack Overflow than Quora, and w... (more)Written Oct 17, 2014Upvoted8DownvoteComment1ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostChrysaor JordanThis post is a tribute to Patrick Crosset.And a fair warning ... he is partly to blame for some of my future drawings.1000 Followers : Thank You :)Patrick Crosset, French born in Africa living in Barcelona coming from Brazil married to the m...Worker Resting on Bales of Cotton, Ivory Coast... (more)Via Patrick Crosset onAfrica is BackWritten Oct 17, 2014Upvoted9DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListAnswer added • 2014What is the best blog site for a writer to use?DP, Student30 ViewsHere is the Link I hope it will helpThe 15 Best Blogging Platforms on the Web TodayWritten Oct 17, 2014 • View UpvotesThis answer was collapsed due to downvotes.Upvote1DownvotedCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014"Bottle of Blues" -- BeckValerie CooperSome of my favorite Beck lyrics in this song -- and a little "Sexx Laws" thrown in at the end.I just found me a bottle of blues Some strange comfort for a soul to soothe ...(more)Upvoted12DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Castle In The SkyGarrick SaitoFrom the 1986 Japanese animated adventure film by the same name, subsequently retitled Laputa: Castle in the Sky.I hadn't heard it before, but it has a gorgeous melody.Have a listen. Enjoy....(more)Upvoted15DownvoteComments5+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostDonald Ukponu[Contents hidden as post has since been deleted.]Via Kanan Rahimov onKenan BekWritten Oct 16, 2014Upvoted5DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Global economy and global currency - phoenix by 2018?Hui Lian Phanhttp://www.globalresearch.ca/the...25 views • 1 upvote • Written Oct 16, 2014Upvoted1DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014PostSheri Fresonke Harperhttp://www.scn.org/floatingbridg...Boxing the CompassWritten May 6, 2012Upvoted2DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014The Genius of Karl WallingerDave LarsenWorld Party -- Sooner or Later(more)Upvoted4DownvoteCommentShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Voice of the CommunityAmy BowersoxCommentary on Chrysaor Jordan's answer to What question on Quora has most number of answers and is growing even now?...Once again I am seeing answers appear on the fabled question What do you look like when you smile?Does a smile mean anything to you? Do you have any story behind your smile? And, you know what?Everybody looks better when they smile. You can see it in the pictures; it makes the guys look friendly, and it grants beauty to the faces of the ladies...sometimesbreathtakingly so. (My own answer is not a...(more)Upvoted16DownvoteComments2+ShareRemove from ListPost added • 2014Practical Advice