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QUORA ANSWERS NEEDNOT BE 100% CORRECT ANSWERS. Compiled and posted by R. GopalaKrishnan, 80, on 07-11-2023. Q1 Whatare some examples of historical figures who were punished for being 100%correct? A1 SvenJeske, History geek before the word 'geek' was even invented Sep 12 Ignaz Semmelweis. Semmelweis was a physician and scientist in the Austrian empire, ofGerman ancestry and born near Budapest. He studied medicine and wasappointed to a position equivalent to today’s US “chief resident” in the ViennaGeneral Hospital in 1846. Back then, one of the most commoncauses of death among women was “childbed fever”. In the “First Clinic” where Semmelweis worked,about ten percent (in some months even as high as thirty per cent) of all women died due topuerpural fever. In the “Second Clinic” of the samehospital, it was much lower - only four per cent. That was a widely known factthat caused Semmelweis a lot of trouble. Women begged to be transferred to the Second Clinic, alot rather preferred to give birth on the street than stay in the First Clinic.Strangely, those street birthshad about the same mortality rate as in the Second Clinic, whileeverybody would have expected it to be much higher. He tried to figure out the reason. And the only difference left -after he had eliminated more than a dozen theories - between the two stations was the personnel. The First Clinic was the teachingservice for medical students, while the Second Clinic had been selected for theinstruction of midwives. The hypothesis he finally came upwith was that he and other medical students and doctorscontaminated themselves with “cadavrous particles” while doing post mortemautopsies in the hospital. That was about the only thing that themidwives from the other area did not do. Following that, he instituted a policy that after anautopsy or similar contact with a corpse, everybody had to wash their handswith a chlorined solution. The result was this: Semmelweistheory that the level of hygiene and cleanliness alone would drive themortality was met … with absolute contempt by themedical community. Diseases were considered to be animbalance of the so-called “four humours” inside the body, and were usually treated with bloodletting -not with soap. Everybody knew that. First Semmelweis was ignored; thenhe was rejected, then ridiculed and harassed. The hospital fired him, nobody else wanted to hire the“madman”. Even his own wife believed that he had lost his mind. He was eventually forced to move backto Budapest, where he continued trying to convice the doctors of his discovery -to no avail. Depressed and impoverished, twenty years after his breakthrough, he was forcibly commited to alunatic asylum in 1865, where he died due to septic shock only 14 days later,likely after having been beaten by guards. One year after Semmelweis’ death,Louis Pasteur published his ideas of the germ theory of diseases, that in theend would prove Semmelweis 100% correct. Q2 Whatare some things that Indian parents don't realize about their children? A2 SeemaBhatt, Teacher (1995–present)4y Based on a true story.This is aboutan old couple.They were very gentle in nature. They had a son who was married andhave two children. All of them were living quite happily. But suddenly the wife of the old man passed away. After a few days the son came to hisfather and said, “ Dad, you shift yourself to the small room near the garage. Your daughter in law is having a lot of problems foryou. After mom's demise she has to do the chores of the house and in yourpresence she is facing a lot of difficulty to work in a saree.” Thefather said, “ I don't have any objection in whatever daughter in law wears. Let her wear clothes in which she is comfortable.” The son said, “ Still, she hasproblem in this. You better shift to that room.” Without uttering a word the fathershifted to the small room adjacent to the garage. About one month after the incidentthe old man called his son andhanded tickets of a foreign trip for his family and said, “ Takeeveryone for a vacation. Go, enjoy and refresh yourselves.” The son's family happily went for thetrip. In the meantime, the old man sold his house which was 4 crores worth, injust 2 crores. He then bought a nice flat for himselfin an apartment and transferred his son's belongings into a rented flat inanother apartment. When the son returned from thetrip,he found a watchman at the gate of their house. The watchman told him thatthe house has been sold. Astonished, the son called his fatherbut he couldn't connect. Sensing the situation the watchmanasked him if he is trying to call the previous owner of the house. The sonnodded. The watchman said that the previousowner has changed his phone number and has told to inform him when his son isback. Saying this the watchman handed thephone to the son to talk with his father. Over the phone the father told him towait there. Aftersometime a car stopped and the old man got down from it. He handed a bunch ofkeys to his son and said, “These are the keys of your new flat. I have paid the rent for a year. The rest is your choice.Keep your wife the way youwant to and live happily the way you feel happy.” Saying this the old man went back. Indian parents don't realise thatthey always have a tendency do more than needed for their children. Parents spend the active phase oftheir lives bringing up their children in the best possible way. But when the same children become successful in theirlives, they not only refuse to be with them but also don't hesitate to snatchtheir possessions. But, without letting their childrento torture them, I feel parents should be able to make up their minds to teachsuch children a lesson like the story above. My note- A touching story. But whetherthe old property was purchased from him or inherited? If inherited I cannot say the father was correct- He was deceivingthe son. Q3 Whatare the downsides to living in Norway? A3 HariniIyer, Lives in Oslo, Norway (2022–present)Oct 20 In India, a lot of people tell me how lucky I am to be living in adeveloped country. Norway is a great place to liveoverall, however, thereare so many downsides to living here as well which need to be consideredbefore deciding whether to move here or not. So here are some downsides whichhave affected me so far-: Unavailability of doctors This is one major problem that mostof us face after coming here. Meeting the country’s prime minister is easier than getting a doctor’sappointment here. In July, this year when it was summervacation I was having some problems with my menstrual cycle due to which I hadto run to the emergency room one day. They asked me to see a gynecologist and it has been morethan 3 months, and I still have not gotten an appointment from a gynecologist.Now my menstrual cycle is almost back to normal with no doctor appointment. A friend of mine suddenly had an increase in her eye power due to whichshe needed new spectacles, she could not get an appointment with an eye doctor here and she struggled to even see properly for weekstogether which she ended up missing out on a lot of work. And in the emergencyroom, unless they think that your case is a life or death sort of situationthey will make you wait outside for at least 5 hours or longer. So, fallingsick here is the worst nightmare that one can encounter. I miss India in thisaspect because the second one gets sick they are attended to by a doctor. 2. Everything is closed on Sundays and holidays Here nothing is open on Sundays andholidays, you will not even see an ant crawling on the road and nobody comesout on Sundays either. So, inevery market, there is a stampede-like situation on Saturdays because mostpeople do not have time to shop on weekdays. During public holidays,like easter vacation and Norwegian National Day/Constitution Week, no shops areopen, nobody works and everyone, everything is dead. During the eastervacation, I had a really hard time with food. I had to survive on snacks fromconvenience stores like 7-Eleven that are open 24*7. I had no idea that eastervacation was like this. It is close to a nightmare to be in Norway duringpublic holidays. 3. It is either day or night, there is no in-between here I think everyone knows this but it isweird to actually experience it. During summers, I could not sleep because there was light falling on myface at 2 or 3 in the morning and it never got fully dark. Now it is autumn here and we areslowly transitioning towards winter. The nights are getting longer and the daysare getting shorter. Thesedays, there is no light until 8:30 in the morning and my mind still thinks itis night time even at 8 in the morning. I am unable to attune myself tothe fact that it is morning and I have to get ready and leave the house becauseit is so dark. A month from now, there is a very bleak chance of my seeingdaylight. Luckily, I live in Oslo, the capital city which is Eastern Norway soit is not that bad. As you go up North it gets worse. Not to mention, it isalways super cold here, and I carry several clothes in my bag. Because, as the day progressesit gets colder and colder, I need to keep adding more and more layers ofclothes to my body. But when I am indoors the heating makes the heatunbearable so I need to take off all those layers. This summer we also had a heat wave in June which made me very very veryuncomfortable, and I still have those sunburnsfrom that heat wave all over my body. 4. Language barrier The official language here is Norwegian, if you do not speak the languageit is really hard to integrate into society or find jobs here(for IT professions it is relatively easier but for everyother profession, it is really hard). Even if you do find a job, adjusting tothe job is hard if you do not speak Norwegian. People here do speak really good English but they aremore comfortable speaking Norwegian and as per law everything has to bein Norwegian. I had to quit one of my part-timejobs recently because people there were not speaking in English despite myrepeatedly telling them that I am not fluent in Norwegian. I know basicNorwegian now, but I am not fluent enough yet to work with the language orexpress complex ideas, or sentences. A lot of shopkeepers here also do notspeak English and I have to communicate with them using gestures. 5. High level of taxation Youget paid very well here for your job, but a large percentage of it goes towards paying taxes which leaves youwith very little money at the end of the month even if you earn a very highwage. So, it is close to impossible to have a large amount ofsavings here because the country is already very expensive. In additionto that, the taxes make it impossible to save. Overall, I am very satisfied withNorway and I am mostly happy with my life here. But from my experience, theseare the downsides of living here and this applies not only to Norway but tomost EU countries. One needs to consider all these factors in case they wouldlike to move here. Edit: I see a lot of comments where people are asking me to learnNorwegian rather than expecting them to speak English for me. I apologize if this answer comes across as my beingresistant to learning Norwegian, I am working on my Norwegian and I speak the language to the best of mycapacity wherever I can. I know that I am in a country where Norwegianis the official language, and speaking it is necessary for integration ratherthan expecting the others to change for me. It is just that I have still not reacheda level where I can understand the natives’ way of speaking and every time Ienter a room where I am the only non-Norwegian speaker I ask if people are okaywith speaking in English. I have only been in Norway for one year so far. Secondly, when it came to the jobthat I was talking about, the ones who hired me were well aware of the factthat I was from India and did not know Norwegian. If they wanted me to speakand understand Norwegian in that job, they should not have hired me in thefirst place. I even asked them after getting accepted if I was expected to knowNorwegian for the job and they said no. Thirdly, I do not intend to condemnor criticize Norwegians for not speaking to us in English. A lot of immigrants are notaware that in most European countries their native language is the officiallanguage there and when they come here they are encountered with an unpleasantsurprise. So my intention is to just make people aware that not knowingthe language is going to be a barrier to integration. There has been a greatinterest among Indians and other South Asians to migrate to European countriesin recent years, hence they need to be aware that they need to learn thelanguage to integrate here. Not saying anything against the country or thesociety for not having English as the official language. My note- I have added this QA for thepurpose, 1. talking local language is important in Norway2. Though highly paidtaxes are much more, saving is very less in Norway Q4 Whatkeeps the aeroplane tilted upwards during landing and how? A4 JagrataBanerjee,Studied Aviation Updated Sep 11 Thanks for the question…NiceObservation !!! Actually, the situation you are talkingabout, is known as Flaring or Landing Flare. Now, what actually happens that,during approach to the runway, the airplane descends at a vertical rate of 800feet per minute. To arrest that rate of descent, the pilotpulls back on the yoke to raise the nose (increase the pitch) of the aircraft. When such input is applied, the elevators attached to thehorizontal stabilizers of the aircraft deflect upwards. Deflecting the elevators upwards itpushes the airflow upwards, which in turn creates a down-force on the tail ofthe aircraft. Thus the nose of the aircraft move upwards. This increases the angle of attack ofthe wings thereby, generating enough aerodynamic lift to arrest the descentrate of the aircraft. The pitchattitude is maintained until the aircraft touches down firmly. For example, for an Airbus A320, itapproximately maintains a pitch of 2 degrees of pitch attitude during approach.As it gets down to approximately 30 ft above the runway, the pitch of theaircraft is raised to approximately 5 degrees and maintained until the airplanetouches down. Reason1 :— Think, if the airplane touches theground at vertical speed of 800 ft/min, ground speed of 250 km/h and withweight of hundreds of tonnes. At this momentum, the airplane might incurr structural damages. This isknown as Hard Landing, although the landing gears are designed towithstand such loads, if done so. So, to reduce the vertical speed ofthe aircraft, the aircraft's nose its raised up. This causes the wings togenerate more lift, to reduce the vertical speed of the aircraft. Reason 2 :— During touchdown, the main landinggears located under the wings, have to bear the initial impact upon touchdown. Think that if by chance, the nosegear touches first on the runway. What will happen?? The nose gear might breakdown and again the aircraft will sustain structural damages. To ensure that the main landing geartouches down first, the nose is raised upwards. Reason 3-- Pilots always fly the final approachat a slightly higher speed (usually 5 to 8 knots) than the calculated landingspeed to easily control the aircraft in gusty and windy conditions. Higher airspeed gives more control effectiveness. During the flaring process, thethrust levers are generally put to idle and the nose is raised up by a coupleof degrees. This helps to bleed-off the extra 5 to 8 knots airspeed to be ableto touchdown at approximately the calculated landing speed. Therefore, the flaring is done for three reasons— To reduce the vertical speed of the aircraft during touchdown. To ensure that the main landing gear touches down first on the runway. To bleed off excessive airspeed and touch down at the calculated landingspeed. Now, you may ask that why the aircraft doesn't take off upon raising thenose of the aircraft?? This is because, the airspeed andthrust are low enough to prevent the aircraft from taking off. So, the wings will not generate enough lift to takeoffthe aircraft again. The wings during flaring, will generate only that muchlift, as much as is needed to reduce the aircraft's vertical speed to a safetouchdown limit. Q5 Whatis the benefit of beetroot? A5 Shnayas,PartTime Freelancer (2020–present)1h Beetroot, also known as the garden beet or simply beet, is a highlynutritious root vegetable that offers numerous benefits for your overall health. One of the primary advantages of beetroot is its rich content of essentialvitamins and minerals. It is an excellent source of folate, manganese,potassium, and vitamin C, which are all crucial for maintaining a healthy body.These nutrients contribute to boosting your immune system, promoting hearthealth, and supporting optimal brain function. Additionally, beetroot is packed with dietary fiber,which aids digestion and helps prevent constipation. Another remarkable benefit of beetroot is its potential to enhanceexercise performance and endurance. This is due to its high nitratecontent, which gets converted into nitric oxide in the body. Nitric oxide improves bloodflow, delivering more oxygen and nutrients to your muscles during physicalactivity. This can lead to reduced muscle fatigue, improved stamina, andenhanced exercise efficiency. Moreover, beetroot has been associated with lowering blood pressure,improving skin health, and promoting detoxification. Incorporatingbeetroot into your diet can provide you with these incredible advantages andcontribute to your overall well-being. -- 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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