CULTURAL QA 08-2021-14 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 What is the basic knowledge thatevery individual should have? A1 Tiny Nair Cardiologist at PRSHospital, TrivandrumJune 18 As you slowly peelthe cover of the cup of ‘Haagen-Dazs’ ice-cream at 35,000 Ft. above the ground,cruising at Mach 0.8, somewhere midway between Munich and Stuttgart, watchingthe clouds below from your window seat of the A380; don’t just thank the‘Emirates’ flight attendant; thank the two persistently quarrelling brothersfrom Dayton, Ohio; known locally as the ‘Bishops Boys’. While the worldsalutes the Wright brothers, Oliver and Wilbur, for the first airplane in 1903,the locals knew them for the bitter fights that they, had all day long. Starting with a printingpress in their garage, they shifted to cycle repair, then cycle manufacturingand gasoline motors; but the relentless quarrel between the brothers continued,as did their innovations. What people didn’t know, or care to know, was thefact that the brothers were extremely closely bonded at personal level; theirquarrel only at a task level. At night theyhappily had their dinner and slept. No personal conflict; just task conflict. ‘Task’ conflict versus ‘personal’ conflict. Most teenagedaughters believe that their moms are unnecessarily strict about everything,from a tidy room to a conservative dress; while all moms know that theirdaughters are undisciplined and lack safety concerns. The result is - ‘I think my momhates me, she criticises everything that I do’ ‘My daughter isconcerned only about her friends; she hardly cares about me’ While the ‘cleanroom’ or a ‘change-of-dress’ is a task conflict; it ends up in personalconflict; the transition is so seamless, that it is not noticeable to theopposing sides; but at the end, may result in an unhappy family. Home to Office ‘I am working so hard in my office; I amalways on time; but my boss seems unhappy even with some small mistakes’ isoften a situation where the boss is looking at the task and employee at thepersonal conflict. Task conflict isuniversal, since each one of us do things differently; our expectations, levelof perfection and the end-product might be different. Accept it at that level.If you imbibe it as a personal conflict, not just the ‘task’ gets deranged, butthe ‘personal’ bond is likely to fail. And this is onesituation where ‘Fevicol’ seems not to work. If those twoquarrelling brothers had not drawn a clear line between task conflict andpersonal conflict; you would have been taking the trip on a horseback, likeMarco Polo. Don’t equate taskconflict to personal conflict. Its not worth the Haagan Dazs. Q2 You hear about the ubiquity ofpottery shards in archaeology, but how cheap or expensive was common potteryhistorically? Would a broken pot be a significant hardship for a medievalEuropean peasant? A2 Matt Riggsby MA ArchaeologicalStudies, Boston University 21h ago Common pottery wascheap. All manufactured items cost relatively more historically than they donow, and there were better and worse grades off pottery, but cheap goods are,to some extent, cheap goods. And pottery is one of those things which wassufficiently easy to make that Medieval peasants mostly produced their own. Ittended to be rough and ugly but functional, and a broken bowl or cuprepresented a few hours of labor and the necessary fuel to fire it. Brokenpottery vessels would be annoying to replace, but just that, not financiallyruinous. Q3 What's that "moon smell"that you smell during midnight? It's a hard smell to explain. I can't findanything about it on the internet. What is it? A3 Peter Van Rhijn Owner, Researcherat naturephotos.com (1998–present)Thu I can’t answer thatquestion because I’ve never smelled what you think you smell. Are you positiveyou smell something you call moon smell only at midnight? Midnight doesn’t lastthat long. Is it gone at 10 past midnight? What you should start with is notewhether the moon needs to be visible or perhaps full, for you to smell this. Ifso it could truly be due to moonlight. Until you figure it out (and everythingis figureoutable) you’ll just have to keep Googling. Q4 I have a PPF account in SBI. It ismore than 20 years old. Last year I renewed it for 5 more years. Can I withdrawmy all amount now? A4 Rajendra Mhatre B.Com, CAIIB fromUniversity of Mumbai Tue As far as PPFwithdrawal is concerned, there are three separate rules. Out of which, onerule is applicable during the first 15 years, hence we will not discuss ithere. After the initialbinding period of 15 years, one can extend the account for a period of fiveyers at a time. However, twooptions are available for renewal and withdrawal rules are different for boththe options. Letus discuss them one by one : PPF Withdrawalafter Extension.. Without Contribution After you haveextended the account for a block of five years, you can only withdraw an amountup to the balance in the account at the time of an extension. For example, youraccount was opened in the year 2005 and it had accumulated Rs 25 lakhs. Youextended it from 2020 to 2025. You can make an overall withdrawal up to Rs 25lakh in next five years. However, you can makeonly one withdrawal iper year. With Contribution After the extensionof the account with contributions, you can only withdraw 60% of the balanceaccumulated at the time of extension over the fresh 5 year period. For example, youraccount was opened in the year 2005 and it had accumulated Rs 25 lakhs. Youextended it from 2020 to 2025. You can only make an overall withdrawal up to Rs15 lakh in next five years However, you canonly make one withdrawal per year. Q5 I have a PPF account in SBI. It ismore than 20 years old. Last year I renewed it for 5 more years. Can I withdrawmy all amount now? A5 Rajendra Mhatre B.Com, CAIIB fromUniversity of MumbaiTue As far as PPFwithdrawal is concerned, there are three separate rules. Out of which, onerule is applicable during the first 15 years, hence we will not discuss ithere. After the initialbinding period of 15 years, one can extend the account for a period of fiveyers at a time. However, twooptions are available for renewal and withdrawal rules are different for boththe options. Let us discuss themone by one : PPF Withdrawalafter Extension.. Without Contribution After you haveextended the account for a block of five years, you can only withdraw an amountup to the balance in the account at the time of an extension. For example, youraccount was opened in the year 2005 and it had accumulated Rs 25 lakhs. Youextended it from 2020 to 2025. You can make an overall withdrawal up to Rs 25lakh in next five years. However, you canmake only one withdrawal iper year. With Contribution After the extensionof the account with contributions, you can only withdraw 60% of the balanceaccumulated at the time of extension over the fresh 5 year period. For example, your accountwas opened in the year 2005 and it had accumulated Rs 25 lakhs. You extended itfrom 2020 to 2025. You can only make an overall withdrawal up to Rs 15 lakh innext five years However, you canonly make one withdrawal per year. Q6 How do I send money from India toother countries? A6 Wise (formerly TransferWise) Livesin Tallinn, Estonia (2011–present)June 23 With Wise, formerlyknown as TransferWise, you can send money from India to over 40 countries, fora lot less than with a bank. It's the smart new way to manage moneyinternationally. Sending money fromIndia with Wise is nearly 4x cheaper compared to leading banks. You can sendINR to 44 countries, including the UK, US, Europe, Canada, Singapore, the UAEand Australia. See an example ofhow much rupees you could save with Wise: How Wiseworks: Transfers are fast, fair and low cost – thefee is typically below 2% of the total amount you're sending. You always get the real exchange rate -with no costly mark-up. You can make transfers straight fromWise.com , or from theiOSand Androidapps. You can send moneywith Wise directly to other bank accounts or to the Wise account , which lets you spend, send and receivemoney in multiple currencies. You can always tryWise’s calculator to see how much your transfer will cost, and compare priceswith other options. 10 million peoplearound the world already save using Wise. Mahasweta is a Wisecustomer from Kolkata, India. She's one of the 10 million people that switchedto Wise from her bank, and she explains why: “I use Wise to sendmoney from India to my bank account in Germany, and to send Euros back toIndia. I love the transparency about the transfer fees and the ease of use ofWise. The whole process is much more cost-efficient, faster and ultimatelyeasier when compared to sending money through my bank.” My note- I have attached the list of otherbanks through which one can send the money to other countries Pay Pal, HDFC,ICICI, Axis and SBI. Rates are comparable. SBI lowest 1442-00 and Paypalmaximum 2788-00 Q7 What is the best option afterMBBS? A7 Munish Khan Studies Medicine andHealthcare & Studying MBBS (Expected 2023)March 15 As a medicalstudent I am always curious to know what after mbbs🧐So,after doing a lot research here’s the conclusion, I will divide this in twoclinical work and non clinical work. CLINICAL WORK 1 After MBBS you rlicensed doctor so you can go for general practice(in evening) and a privatehospital in morning shift. 2 People also joinas non academic junior residents in various institutions 3 Armed forces(oninterview basis) you can join short service program for 5yr with goodprestigious position in army(captain) and after 5yr their is internal boardthat can extend your service. 4 UPSC cms you cango for this exam in this you will be appointmented as a officer in railwayhealth services, food ordinance, general duty medical officer in CGHS etc 5 You can preparefor neet pg (Indian post graduation ) 6 People also try forUSMLE and PLAB for residency in US and United Kingdom 7 You can directlywork in Singapore if your college satisfy the criteria of Singapore medicalboard, google this to know list of colleges coming under this. 8 You can also jointhe online platform like med fine, practo as part time. 9 Also join medicalsans frontiers doctor without borders in this people provide health facilitiesto the areas without resources will make you better doctor. NON CLINICAL 1 Join the researchpharmaceutical companies being a doctor is a plus here they can give you 1 to1.5 lakh package monthly. 2 MMST 2021 aprogram made by collaboration of aiims Delhi and iit Delhi for doctor who areinterested in technology for patients care. 3 MBA in hospitalmanagement is also good. 4 Insurancecompanies their are a lot of doctors in panel of insurance companies they heirdoctor for making different schemes related to insurance. 5 Fellowship forMBBS graduates who want to learn entrepreneurship and innovations. 6 UPSC Civilservices For more updatesrelated to medicine follow Instagram munish102😇 Q8 How can I clean the weird marksoff of my laptop screen if they don't come off with water or rubbing alcohol?How did the marks get there? A8 Greg Downing , Founder xRezStudio, a virtual reality content company.Answered March 5, 2018 A picture mighthelp in this case since we don’t know that the marks look like so it is hard tosay what they are. Alcohol is probably a bad idea on your laptop screen manyare treated with optical coatings that alcohol could remove. Most laptopscreens have marks due to the screen touching the keyboard when closed. Skinoils from your fingers (and other gunk on you hands) get on your keyboard, dirtclings to it, then when you close your laptop it transfers from the keys to thescreen. One way to mitigate this is to use a keyboard silicone barrier(sometimes called keyboard condoms) and wash it with soap and wateroccasionally. Q9 How do I make activated charcoalfrom wood? A9 Gopala Krishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered 1h ago Activated charcoalis a fine, odorless, black powder often used in emergency rooms to treatoverdoses. Its toxin-absorbing properties have a wide range of medicinal andcosmetic uses, though none are scientifically proven. Super heatingnatural sources of carbon, such as wood, produces activated charcoal. The blackpowder stops toxins from being absorbed in the stomach by binding to them. Thebody is unable to absorb charcoal, and so the toxins that bind to the charcoalleave the body in the feces. I have read medicaluses and not added http://here.Ithas to be very carefully used. Q10 is bottled water a luxury? A10 Remy Dampil Timenia, Secretary tothe Sanggunian (1998-present)Answered 10h ago Google said,“Bottled water is certainly lavish by this definition. Bottled water, which isno different than tap water in its necessary use, can be up to 10,000 timesmore expensive. That, by any measure, is excessively expensive. The mostprevalent form of water scarcity is economic scarcity”. But in my ownopinion, if every time you need water and you used bottled water it is aluxury. But if it is really needed and it satisfies you or quench your thirstand for your health and safety, well it’s not, for no amount of money canquench a thirst person and can meet what our body is needed, as far as healthand sanitation is concerned. Thomas William Volinchak,www.wateristhenewgold.comAnswered 7h ago Boy, is that aloaded question, but a good one. For people facingcontamination, drought, and catastrophe bottled water is a life-savingneccessity. For a financiallycomfortable couple ordering bottled water at dinner on a Cruise ship, I guessthat would be a luxury. For people camping,hiking, or driving long distances, bottled water could be considered a requiredstaple. I guess the answeris dependent on the person and circumstamce. Estanislao Deloserrata, MS from University of SouthernCaliforniaAnswered 11h ago“Is bottled water a luxury?” It depends. In alot of places it means the difference between preserving your health and gettingpoisoned or otherwise sickened. At two of my properties the “tap water” isnonpotable and unhealthy to drink. In the US, when theNational Guard is distributing bottled water, we can assume that it’s not anysort of “luxury.” Yes, there are somekids that just can’t get over this. Gopala Krishnan, former Assistant General Manager1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966-2004)Answered 1h ago Before a decade itwas. Bottled water cost much more. Now in India, 95% use bottled water whilegoing outside. Most cool drink shops, provision shops have bottled water inIndia, Railway station has made provision to provide bottled water in aneconomical manner. All the above QA are based on Quora digeston 13-08- 2021/Answered by me. Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 14- 08-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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