CULTURAL QA 01-2022-16 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Why can’t humans eatfood off the ground like other animals? Is it because humans have weaker immunesystems? A1 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of animal behavior16h No, it’s because we don’t like to be plagued with parasites and short life spans like wildanimals. I used to collect road-killed animals and autopsy them forintestinal parasites, and almost never found one that was parasite-free. Roundworms and tapewormsabounded. Those infections are relatively rare in countries withgood sanitation and food safety standards. Q2 Are bananas healthy,unhealthy, or somewhere in between? A2 Lucia Garcia Worked atHospitals 5h Among the top 10 healthyfruits, bananas ranked third. Bananas are considered one of the healthiestfruits in the world. Many health experts believe that bananas are nutritious, healthy anddelicious, containing many essential nutrients for the body. Bananas can bloom and bear fruit all year round, and are known as "the crown of allfruits". It is worth mentioning that bananas are high in tryptophan, which isconverted into serotonin in the body. Serotonin can increases feelingsof happiness and well-being and helps people fall asleep easily. In addition, bananas are rich in pantothenic acid, which is a happyhormone in the body, which can relieve stress, eliminate troubles, and makepeople feel happy and satisfied. Therefore, in many countries, bananas are also called "happy fruit". Ripe bananas are sweet. A medium-length banana contains 14 grams of sugarand 6 grams of starch, but the glycemic index of bananas is not high. Eating bananas in moderation willnot raise blood sugar. Bananas are rich in dietary fiber. A medium-length banana can provideabout 3 grams of dietary fiber, which can speed up gastrointestinal motilityand eliminate toxins and garbage. Bananas are high in potassium and magnesium. A medium-sized bananacontains 420 mg of potassium and 32 mg of magnesium. Potassium and magnesiumare essential trace elements for the body. Bananas also contain flavonoids, which are powerful antioxidants thatregulate the immune system and slow the body's aging process. The WorldHealth Organization tracks most diseases and health risks to humans, butdoesn't list bananas, so bananas are a very safe fruit. Q3 How do I decide whichrefrigerator to buy? A3 Arushi Tandon FormerArchitect Updated Dec 2 In my opinion, a good refrigerator should keep my food fresh for long, beeasy to use, and last for years. The Azzano Hafele refrigerator I am currently using has done all this and more for me all these years.Here are some necessary tips for you from the things I have learned: ● Look for a refrigerator withan A or A++ energy rating.This ensures that it runs with less power consumption. ● Check if the compressor ofthe refrigerator belongsto the right 'climate class' suited for your lifestyle. The model I am using isalready adapted to our humid climate, which saves me the time and energy tokeep adjusting the temperature repeatedly. ● Account for adequate storagespace that you may need,according to your household size. Look for a refrigerator that has dedicatedseparate storage compartments for vegetables, herbs, and meat. It ensures thatthe produce stays fresh for a longer time. ● Another important tip is thatthe fridge should havemovable shelves and adjustable racks so that you can store containers accordingto your convenience. The model I use even comes with bottle locks that preventjars from spilling their contents in the fridge! ● Look for additional featuressuch as premium qualityglass shelves, LED lighting for ease of use at night, and even a door buzzer ifthe refrigerator is left open accidentally. These features may sound small, butthey play a large part to make things hassle-free for you. Overall: The Hafelerefrigerator I use now hasworked for so long because it has all the above features. Besides this, thebrand also gave me quick hassle-free services when required. In my opinion, itis one of the best refrigerators in India My note- There are manycompanies manufacturing refrigerators.Warranty for compressor is seen now. I am having a whirlpool refrigerator with 10 years warranty for compressor and with 3 doors. Bottom part is for storing vegetables and one tray fittedwhich can be pulled and pushed and provided with a separate door. Finding notsufficient another one from Haier make medium one also installed, compressorwith 10 years warrenty. Q4 What helps bloodclotting naturally? A4 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Wed Vitamin K is one discretionarypro-coagulant. However, any supplements that promote clotting, if effective, can do moreharm than good for most people. Unwanted blood clotting is one of the world’s leading killers,blocking blood vessels and causing deep-vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms,respiratory and heart failure, and stroke. Unless you have evidence of aclotting deficiency, you shouldn’t be doing anything to try to make your bloodclot more easily. Don’tmess around with what your body knows how to do. If you do have evidence of aclotting deficiency, then presumably you’re under medical care (how else wouldyou know?) and you should follow your doctor’s advice. Q5 How do I make myparents understand that buying a house on a loan is a bad investment? A5 Rohan Jan 7 Imagine - You have 5 Cr’s and you want to buy a house You have 2 options: Buy a house with complete payment within a year - You have to pay a lotof taxes here as well Take EMI and hold those money with yourself and take some calculativerisk of using that money in some other assets? See,If that’s your first home, Then loan is worth it, Even Me and my parents have different opinions regarding our financialconcerns But getting a loan for yourfirst home is not a bad idea, since major population purchase house using emi’s No one loves to pay the high amount at once.Also loan helps in subsidies, savetaxes.interest of a home loan isalso not very high, compared to personal or car loans! Q6 After the Queen diesand Prince Charles becomes king, will the British change all their currencynotes to his picture? A6 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Fri New printings and stampings ofnotes and coins and stamps will immediately change over to a portrait ofCharles, yes, but the old oneswill remain in circulation until they wear out or the currency is actuallyredesigned (as happened recently with round pound coins, which were too easy tofake and so were replaced by multi-sided ones, with the round ones being takenout of circulation). Asthe other answer says, coins with the Queen’s head will probably remain incirculation for decades, and will still be common when William is king.Notes will last for a few years. Q7 If Indian parents areso nice, why are so many of them kicked out of the house by their kids at oldage? A7 Naveen Subramanian Livedin Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJan 2 We run a social group where we, as a team, visited 16 old age homes in aspan of 3 years. The idea is simple - we go early morning, spend an entire daychatting with them, come back by evening. So I'm somewhat privileged to clarifya few myths on this topic. A few chose to stay in old agehomes as it has facilities to take proper care of them. Most of the old age homes have a private ambulance,first aid, visiting doctors, diet food, and staff to help them while ill. Thisis something they miss at home A few don’t want to burdentheir children emotionally and financially A few have disagreements withthe liberal mind sets of their kids, they prefer to stay away follow andpractice their conservative rituals. This is particularly higher among women A few move to old age homes after their wife/husband deceased. They feeldepressed to live in the same house they spent their entire life with theirpartner. A few move to old age homes because they have no one at home. Their kids have migrated abroad and they don’t wantto live in the US. They hate the US climate and lifestyle (of course food too).These people rent out their homes, live in old age homes. A few want to spend their lifewith people of their age group. Old age homes have all sorts of recreation activities - TV serials, karaoke,singing, gardening, knitting, indoor games, etc. Few have small-scalemanufacturing units for pickles etc. Comparatively, they hate to sit alone athome and watch TV all day. A few may take it offensively, but women like gossiping and they formgroups with women of similar interests at old age homes. Gang wars also happen(worse than what we do on Twitter). This is not possible at home. Now this may be a surprise toyou, men at old age home are more depressed, stay all alone, spend time reading a newspaper or simply sleep. Men arethe most depressed as they can’t even cry openly. Infact they’re the ones whodie earlier after shifting to old age home Having said this, I agree that old-age homes are truly depressing. Let me say something - people become kids when they turn old. They gethighly sensitive, emotional, and truly dependent on their kids. Parents become kids when their kids turn adults, start having a family oftheir own. Children love their parents too, but many aren’t comfortable raisingtheir kids and their parents who have turned as kids - all at the same time. Satisfying their egos andpriorities gets challenging, starts with an exchange of hard words, progresses into isolation where parents feel their kids nolonger love them. But that’s not entirely true, kids don’t know how to handletheir parents when they get old. I’ve seen sons and daughterswaiting at the gates, asking their parents to return home, while elders refuse. Indian parents are too sensitive, their emotions are highly vulnerable. The younger generation struggles tohandle it diplomatically. There are also sons and daughterswho feel helpless and depressed watching their parents staying at old agehomes. My note- There many who arecompelled to stay in old age home because they remained bachelors and norelatives like to take the burden of accommodating them at old age. Some of them widowers and old aged and norelatives like to care them becauseof they themselves are old aged.It becomes big burden to them. Q8 Which is the oldesttemple in Karnataka? A8 Vinod Kumar TeachingS.St, GK, preparing NTSE aspirants (1999–present)Dec 24 Mandhukeshwara temple at one ofthe oldest cities of India, Banavasi, Karnataka. The Madhukeshwara temple gets its name from the honey-hued Shiva Lingam inside thesanctum. The temple dates back to the 9th century and hence is oneof Karnataka’s oldest temples. The temple you see today is a result of a number of modifications thathave happened during the times of Chalukyas and Hoysalas, ruled after Kadambas. Being one of the oldest temples of Karnataka, it was first built byMayura Sharma of Kadambas, which then took rejuvenations under differentdynasties. When it comes to the temple architecture, it has a simple structure withminimal decorative. It is during the time of Chalukyas, a Sankalpa mantap wasadded to the temple. Later on, during the rule of Hoysalas, Nritya Mantap wasbuilt which has a peculiar Chalukyan style of craving on pillars and ceilings. The main deity of the temple isLord Shiva. Here, one can see Linga in the color of Honey and hence the nameMadhukeshwara; Madhu meaning Honey in Kannada. The east facing temple has shrines of Mahisasuramardhini, Ganesha, Nandistatue, and an ornamented shikara. The other temples found in the complex arededicated to Parvati, Veerbhadreshwara, Narasimha, and Basava -lingeshwara. One thing which is highly appreciated in the temple is its architecture.The premise is full of sculptures taking different forms of deities placed insmaller temples of the courtyard. You can also Naga sculpture with aninscription in Brahmi and Prakrit. As you enter the temple, you will be welcomed by two Sthambhas. Movingon, the Garba mantapa has of minimal carving but the Sankalpa and Nrityamanatapas are full of art and style. The ornamental pillars have a trademarkconcave and convex carvings giving an evidence of Hoysala’s touch to it. Another interesting thing tonote here is the architecture of the Nandi statue placed in Nritya Manatpa. Itis about 7 feet huge and it is positioned in a way that it looks Shiva with theleft eye and Parvathi with the right one. If you want to see the amazing stone works then you have the Stone cot and TrilokaManatapa, made during the rule of Sondes. The triloka mandapa depicts Shiva and Parvathi in the centre surroundedby the Kailasa Sikara, Sesha lok and Bathala lok. Size of mandapa - 117 " height & 69" breadth. On the other hand, you have Triloka Manatpa which speaks about Hoysala’shold on the craft. It depicts Pathala Loka (water), Sesha Loka (earth), andKailasha Shikara (Heaven) in its craving. In the middle of Manatapa, a stonesketch of Shiva and Parvathi sitting on the throne can be witnessed. In the temple premise, one can see a gigantic Panchaloha Bell (made offive metals) donated by a 5th Century Maharastra Queen. The specialty of this bell isthat it reverberates the divine “Ohm” sound close to a minute or less. The temple is also known for the popular lore of Natyarani Shantalachallenging Allama Prabhu. The story goes like Allama defeats Shantala in amusic-dance competition. Later on, Shantala marries King Vishnuvardhana andinspires the dancing sculptures of Belur and Halebidu. Q9 Which is thicker:blood or water? A9 Ken Saladin FormerPremedical Mentor (1977–2017)Jan 9 The two main factors in thatare the red blood cells and the plasma protein. Blood plasma alone is about twice the viscosity of water because of itsprotein (mostly albumin). Wholeblood, with the red blood cells factored in, is 4.5 to 5.5 times as viscous aswater. My note- Hence the saying bloodis thicker than water. Q10 How does a crow teachanother crow which humans wronged them before? What is the backstory to how orwhy they can remember human faces? A10 Geoffrey Brickley -Pepper MeisterFormer Software Engineer (2001–2019)Wed Language. I know it may not be obvious because they don'tspeak any human languages, butthey do communicate. Exactly how this description is passed on, wehaven't fully figured out. Because we don't speak crow . We make up tests toevaluate what happens and use that as evidence. So tests for this: Person makes an enemy of crows (does something until he is flagged as abad person and flock demonstrates this through action or paniccommunication—which is close to all we know). This done using a full head mask to protect the scientists. Take of mask and hide it. Wait for all the current generations to havekids and pass away. None of the generations that witnessed the evil human isalive now. Put the mask on and watch theflock go wild. It's one of many tests done with corvids. Q11 Why does Saraswati havea swan? A Rami SivanPriest,Dharma teacher, counsellor, Gov. Advisor (1998–present)Jan 3 Saraswati is the personification of knowledge, she rides upon a swanwhich is an allegory for discrimination. According to Indian folklore aswan has the ability to separate milk from water - so the swan representscritical thinking and discrimination which are the vehicles for knowledge. In Sanskrit a swan is called HAMSA which in means Aham = I; saḥ =that i.e. “I am THAT” - denoting one’s true ontological status as not being thebody -mind complex but rather the conscious moiety which occupies the body andinteracts with the external world through the mind and senses. The ultimate goal of spiritual knowledge is Self-realization -ātma-bodha. The vehicles (vāhanas) of all thedeities symbolise the means of transmission of the knowledge and principleswhich the deities embodies.They are our GUI’s All the above QA are from Quora website on 15-01- 2022. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former ITS on16-01-2022 -- 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/151980087.397548.1642295065667%40mail.yahoo.com.
