CULTURAL QA 10 -2021-10 Being compilation there may be errors
Q1 Whatadvice would you give to someone who is moving to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia? A Omer Mirza Works at FedEx Express UpdatedApril 30, 2019 Always carry your iqama in your wallet. Don’t hang out with the opposite sex if you’re not related.If you are then make sure both of you are carrying IDs. If you’re not Muslim know the 5 prayer times because allbusiness would be closed during. It’ll save you a lot of time if you plan yourerrands around them. The heat won’t affect you much since there’s air conditioningeverywhere but the dryness will. Especially in winter. Be prepared for sinusinfections. Get a humidifier (I don’t think they’re all that, but others I knowswear by them). DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES take photos or videos of aPolice Officer (Shurta). It’ll land you 5 days or more in jail. Have some shawarma. Get an SUV if you can. Fuel is cheap, (comparatively. It isexpected to increase in the not so distant future) you’ll be driving a lot, andthere are plenty of nice off road locations near Riyadh. But seriously, do get a car. You can’t do much without onehere. Walking is out of the question. The roads aren’t really designed forpedestrians. Cars are fairly cheap though and there are also some decentleasing companies. You can lease used cars too. Follow traffic rules.Penalties are heavy nowadays. If you have a family, findout about the new dependent fees and how much you’d be paying. It’s going to increase every yearuntil 2020 so do check that out too. DO NOT IGNORE THIS. Have more shawarma. It’s really good! Watch your weight. There’s something about this country thatmakes it really difficult to stay in shape. Maybe it’s all the mandi. Go to Bahrain for the weekend. Or don’t, we’ve got cinemasnow! If you like wearing shorts make sure they reach your knees.It’s usually not a problem but it’s better to avoid any altercations with thereligious police. (Assuming you’re a man. If not then you can start searching for abayas on souq. comhaha) There’s a huge metro project underway. It’s best if you get aplace in an area that isn’t affected by road closures. The Northern side ofRiyadh is the place to be nowadays. Learn basic Arabic.You can easily get by without it. But it helps a lot to know the language. This ones a nobrainer. Your sponsor can’t hold your passport. If they do they’reviolating the labor law. But you can’t leavethe country without an exit re-entry visa. Which only your sponsor can issuefor you. You can howeverissue it for your family from the Ministry of Interior, Absher portal. Speaking of the Absher portal, this will be the go to placefor nearly all of your government related stuff. Register for it from the MOIkiosks present at many locations across the city. There’s a list of locationson the ministry’s website. You won’t be able toswitch jobs once you’re here. It’ll be very difficult since you’re probably coming here on youremployer’s visa. You’ll need a ‘release letter’ from your employer which theyprobably won’t give to you. You can drive toDubai. It only takes 10–11 hours. Pretty good drive. If you have kids the schools here aren’t that great. The moreexpensive ones are better though. Q2 Would it reallybe worse to burn your garbage than have it end up in a landfill, body of water,or an animal’s stomach? A2 Jamie Moore, Website Designer(2017-present)Answered Tue You personally burning your garbage would be worse because ofthe air pollution an ordinary backyard bonfire would produce. Plastics canproduce a lot of toxic byproducts when burning for example. If your garbage was incinerated at a facility designed toburn garbage it wouldn't necessarily be worse than a landfill though, somecountries swear to this method over landfills. But such a facility is usuallydesigned to burn the garbage at a temperature that reduce toxic waste productsand have filters that clean the smoke. The heat from the incinerators is oftenused to produce electricity or heating for housing. 2ND ANSWER KeyvahGrant Answered Tue Some garbage yes some garbage no. You are forgetting we alsoneed air to breathe as well as water to drink and clean land for growing food. Its a balance. I have my waste down to 1 garbage bag a month,and thats not even full. I am just a one person house. I deliberately shoppedfor things with less excess packaging and less plastic packaging. I separate mygarbage into recyclables too. It IS possible to cut down on waste in general. 3RD ANSWER- AnnabelleStrummer, studied Biology & Drawing and Painting Answered Tue It probably would be better.But cities have laws againstburning.Because fires could get out of control and burn up the whole city. Same with living in the country.Its too easy to get a firepit if control. Put yes I have to agree that burning your own trash would bebetter 4TH ANSWER ChrisHarperAnswered Tue Depending on what you’re burning and who’s doing it, yes. Burning garbage can release harmful chemicals into the air.These chemicals fall down with rain and poison the land. That’s not a goodthing. Large commercial incinerators tend to have filters and theability to remove a lot, if not all, these toxins from the smoke. But you don’thave these filters or that ability. Q3 Canspinach be eaten raw? A3 Lucia Garcia Worked at HospitalsFri Spinach is rich in protein, carbohydrates, fat, carotene, aswell as a variety of vitamins and minerals. Eating spinach can supplement allkinds of nutrients the body needs. But can't eat raw spinach. Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid, 100 grams of spinachcontains about 750 mg of oxalic acid. If you eat raw spinach, a large amount of oxalic acid entersthe gastrointestinal tract, and oxalic acid will combine with calcium to formcalcium oxalate, which is relatively insoluble, thereby affecting the body'sabsorption of calcium. Although some water-soluble vitamins in spinach will be lostduring the cooking process, such as heating for 30 minutes, vitamin C will lose40% to 50%, but you can only eat cooked spinach, after cooking, most of theoxalic acid will disappear. Q4 How much does a marriage cost? A4 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniamLawyer4h ago In India this rangesfrom Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 30,000/- for a Simple Temple wedding or Registrar wedding and onelunch for 50–100 guests TO Rs. 250–300 Crores for a showy flashy gaudy wedding in‘Destinations’ in Europe over 7–12 days Now lets talk of aMiddle Class wedding Catering costs between 150/- per plate to 3,500/- per platedepending on a normal cook to four star hotel and depending on the menu. So 4 meals of 200 guests each could go to Rs. 1.2 Lakhs toRs. 28 Lakhs The Mantapam or MARRIAGE HALL costs between Rs. 50 K a day onthe outskirts of a small city to Rs. 7.5–10 Lakhs a day in Chennai City For 3 days thats 1.5 Lakhs to 30 Lakhs Plus flowers, arrangements etc Add to this Clothes, Gold So a normal middle classwedding could run from Rs. 5–6 Lakhs to Rs. 50–55 Lakhs And its a huge waste I personally believe in spending 50K for a registrar weddingand investing the balance for the groom and bride to enable them to buy a houseor use it usefully. Q5 Consideringsaffron as a very expensive spice, what is the best way to use it? A5 AishwaryaKher Scientific Mind | Curious Brain | Optimistic | VegetarianOctober 5 If you consider the teeny-tiny amount of saffron used in eachdelicacy, the cost does not seem too much. Let’s take this aboveshown Amazon Best Seller for example. 1 gram of saffron in India will costaround Rs. 300. Just 5–6 strains are enough in a regular sweet dish. Even ifyour use is once per month and you finish the box, it’s costing you just Rs. 25per use. Trust me, it boils down to much less than that for a regularhousehold. 1 gram saffron from Amazon US cost me $6 i.e. around Rs. 450.It’s been almost an year and I have not even finished half of it. So chill !! The price is hardly a concern. Use in everythingdelicious. Enjoy saffron in everysweet dish, biryani, milk and eat like a Royal 😄 Q6 Why dosome people like eating bitter melon? A6 LuciaGarcia Worked at HospitalsOctober 4 Bitter gourd is a diet vegetable, 100 grams of bitter gourdcontains only 19 calories. Bitter melon isextremely nutritious. 100 grams of bitter melon contains 25 mg of momordica charantia, 0.95 gof protein, 0.22 g of fat, 3.35 g of carbohydrates, 0.79 mg of carotene, 0.69mg of thiamine, 0.04 mg of riboflavin, and 0.32 mg of niacin. Dietary fiber1.21 mg, calcium 18.2 mg, iron 0.63 mg, phosphorus 29.3 mg, potassium 260.5 mg. The vitamin C content of bitter gourd is the highest invegetables, and its content is 7 times that of tomatoes and 14 times that ofcucumbers. Bitter gourd containsa large amount of charantin. Charantin is known as the "fat killer",which caneffectively speed up the burning of fat and prevent the accumulation of fat inthe body. In addition, charantin can also regulate the body's immunefunction, enhance immunity and resistance, and avoid the risk of variousdiseases. Q7 If wereally evolved from a common ancestor who was not more intelligent than us, arewe continually evolving into another being unconsciously? A7 Claire Jordan Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner,secretary on newspaper Fri Yes, kind-of. Humansevolve very slowly - we have a long generation-time and a small number of offspring, andour technology insulates us from most selection pressures. But we *are*evolving, and if we survive that long then in another half a million years orso we’ll be an identifiably different species from what we are now. Q8 What isthe best type of grape? A8 Lucia Garcia Worked at Hospitals September21 Many nutritionists believethat the darker the color of the grape, the more nutritious it is. The main function of grapes is the antioxidant effect. Thedarker the grape, the stronger the antioxidant capacity. Black grapes are the most nutritious grapes. The content ofanthocyanins and flavonoids in black grapes is much higher than that of othergrapes. Anthocyanins and flavonoids are natural antioxidants that canremove harmful free radicals, protect and maintain the health of cells, andeffectively delay the aging process of cells. In addition, the content of potassium, magnesium, calcium,phosphorus, iron and other minerals in black grapes is much higher than that ofother grapes. These minerals are essential trace elements for the body. Recent studies have confirmed that black grapes help toimprove symptoms of insomnia. Black grapes contain substances that assistsleep: melatonin, which is a substance secreted by the pineal gland of thebrain, and has a close relationship with sleep. Profile photo for Lucia Garcia Q9 What isthe nutritional value of potato? A9 Lucia Garcia Worked at HospitalsThu Many nutritionists believethat potatoes are one of the most nutritious vegetables. Potatoes are rich in vitamins, including vitamin C, vitamin Aand B vitamins, and their content is twice that of carrots, four times that oftomatoes, and three times that of cabbage. Potatoes are an alkaline food. Eating potatoes is conduciveto the acid-base balance in the body. Long-term consumption of potatoes cantransforms the body into an alkaline body that is easy to lose weight. Potatoes are anti-aging food. Potatoes are rich in vitaminsB1, B2, B6, pantothenic acid and other B group vitamins and a large amount ofhigh-quality cellulose. Potatoes also contain nutrients such as trace elements,amino acids, protein, fat and high-quality starch. A survey found that in the famous longevity towns in theformer Soviet Union, Bulgaria, China, Ecuador and other countries, the staplefood of people is potatoes. In addition, potatoes areone of the vegetables with the highest potassium content. 100 grams of potatoes contain up to 300 mg ofpotassium. Potassium can regulate blood pressure and blood sugar and helpreduce the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Q10 Howhelpful is it to keep water in a copper pot and take it daily? A10 Madhavan Nair , former Worked as HealthInspector and Food Inspector Answered 2h ago Storing water in copper vessels overnight and drinking in themorning said to be good for health. But no scientificevidence. If the vessel is not perfectly cleaned a green coatings willform inside and it is poisonous and may lead to vomiting, diarrhoea andsometimes death.If we use narrow mouth bottles we are unable to cleanperfectly. Always use wide mouth bottle.Anyhow copper is an essential nutrientsin very small amounts and may get from stored water in very very clean bottles. Q11 What's thedifference between a red watermelon and a yellow watermelon? A11 Lucia Garcia Worked at Hospitals October3 Unlike red watermelon,yellow watermelon contains a lot of lutein, which is a fat-soluble vitamin that makes watermelon yellow. Lutein in yellow watermelon is a natural antioxidant. It canprotect eyes, enhance vision, prevent and relieve myopia, and delay the agingprocess of eyes. Yellow watermelon tastes slightly sweeter than redwatermelon. It does not contain fat, but contains a lot of sugar, vitamins,carotene and dietary fiber. Red watermelon contains a lot of lycopene, yellow watermelondoes not contain lycopene. Lycopene makes the watermelon appear red. Lycopene is a plant pigment with a strong antioxidant effect.It can purify the blood, lower cholesterol, improve the toughness andelasticity of blood vessels, and is very beneficial to cardiovascular health. All the above QA are based on Quoradigest to me on 09-10-2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan, 78dated 10-10-2021 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1392594546.821453.1633853029713%40mail.yahoo.com.
