CULTURAL QA 03202407
Q1 What can I learn in a minute that could save my life someday ?
KR 1 PM2,5 killers: Dr Tiny nair,it seems like you're referring
to PM2.5, which stands for Particulate Matter 2.5. PM2.5 refers to tiny
particles or droplets in the air that are 2.5 micrometres or smaller in
diameter.These particles can include various pollutants such as dust,
pollen, smoke, and other particles emitted from vehicles, industrial
processes, and natural sources. PM2.5 is particularly concerning because it
can penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream, posing
significant health risks, especially for people with respiratory and
cardiovascular conditions.Monitoring PM2.5 levels is essential for
understanding air quality and its potential impact on public health.
Governments and environmental agencies often measure and report PM2.5
levels as part of air quality monitoring efforts to help inform the public
and take appropriate actions to mitigate exposure to harmful air pollutants.
2 WHAT IS BEING DONE: Addressing PM2.5 pollution requires
a combination
of individual actions and government policies aimed at reducing emissions
and improving air quality. {KR: mere N 95 will not be effective since you
may have to remove it for eating and bathing; and zoom PM2.5 can enter)
Here are some measures that individuals and governments can adopt:
Individual Actions:
Reduce Vehicle Use: opt for public transportation, carpooling, biking, or
walking whenever possible to reduce vehicle emissions.
Use Cleaner Transportation: Choose vehicles with lower emissions, such as
electric or hybrid cars.
Energy Efficiency: Conserve energy at home and work by using
energy-efficient appliances, lighting, and heating/cooling systems.
Limit Wood Burning: Avoid using wood-burning stoves or fireplaces,
especially during high pollution periods.
Proper Waste Disposal: Reduce, reuse, and recycle to minimize waste, as
burning trash contributes to air pollution.
Support Clean Energy: Advocate for renewable energy sources and support
policies that promote clean energy production.
Government Policies:
Regulate Emissions: Enforce regulations and standards on industrial
emissions, vehicle emissions, and other sources of pollution.
Promote Clean Energy: Offer incentives and subsidies for renewable energy
projects and technologies.
Improve Public Transportation: Invest in public transportation
infrastructure to encourage its use and reduce reliance on private vehicles.
Urban Planning: Implement urban planning strategies that prioritize
walking, biking, and public transportation to reduce traffic congestion and
emissions.
Air Quality Monitoring: Enhance monitoring systems to track PM2.5 levels
and other pollutants, providing real-time data to the public.
Public Awareness Campaigns: Educate the public about the health risks of
air pollution and encourage actions to reduce emissions and improve air
quality.
Enforce Emission Standards: Strictly enforce emission standards for
vehicles, industries, and power plants through regular monitoring and
penalties for non-compliance.
International Cooperation:
Collaboration: Foster international cooperation and agreements to address
transboundary air pollution and share best practices for reducing emissions.
Research and Development: Invest in research and development of cleaner
technologies and pollution control methods to mitigate air pollution's
adverse effects.
By combining individual efforts with strong government policies and
international collaboration, it's possible to mitigate PM2.5 pollution and
improve air quality for present and future generations.
THUS N 95 IS GOOD BUT NOT THE BEST; ONE MUTE IS VALUED ONLY FOR A MINUTE
BUT NOT FULL PROOF.
N 95: In the USA it costs 10 pieces $15. In Europe it is `10 pieces 12 to
17 pounds; In India 10 pieces Rs 200 to 250; and it is not washable and
reusable according to doctors and science, though advertised as such.
Pierre, MD, MPH, an infectious disease physician and medical
director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center, told Health
that it's possible to use the same respirator for up to a week. For people
in high-risk settings, like healthcare facilities, it's best to toss the
mask after a day. If one person uses even per week on piece it could cost
Rs 3000 per head and a family of 6 will have to spend Rs 20000 which a
doctor like Tiny will not say.
3 I have no disrespect to any professional , authors and writers; but
I am against the eulogise; since your father and mother told you so many
anecdotes which you did not listen to but aspiring an outsider whose text
is self explained as:”
“I think doctors make good story tellers,” says Tiny Nair, a cardiologist
at PRS Hospital. And he should know. His book, Happy At Heart, contains a
wealth of interesting anecdotes. And they *are not
scientists-made-this-discovery k*ind of tales, they are the stories of
people, of doctors, of patients, and of the importance of listening and
being present. While some make you smile as the doctor infuses doses of
humour in his narration, others touch a chord in your heart. How you
interpret each story, he says, is entirely up to you as each tale has an
underlying message. Most of the anecdotes are brief and the author says one
may read from any page and anywhere in the prologue. “However, if you are
reading the book from the start, don’t forget to read the end as it more or
less binds the rest of the stories together,” says Tiny.” So a learned
person can understand what I say; few illiterates may twist and turn as
they have no floaters. Tiny is not as brilliant as Dr Hegde who challenged
the doctor community itself. So, Gopala must keep everything about Tiny
unto himself. Thank you as far as PM 2.5 N95 is not safe and investible and
can be afforded. NB I always put forth my views with the proper evidence
and not based on Gossips; same way people who want to become K B
sundarambal, must place evidence and query; answering doesn’t teach etc is
a rowdyism only. Rowdy is shown the doors and I know better . AND WHERE ONE
LEARNS THE OTHER ONLY TEACHES AND IF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE IS UNKNOWN,
THEN ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT KNOWS NOT -SHUN HIM. K RAJARAM IRS 8324
Q2 What are the interesting facts about Switzerland that everyone
should know?
KR 1 He forgets that he is repeating that shows his interest in his work.
2 Why should I know about Switzerland while I don’t know anything about
India?
Q3 Can you teach me a weird psychology trick?
KR As per Gopala classifications, WHEN ALL THE GROUP MEMBERS KNOW VERY
WELL, WHY SHOULD HE TEACH? And further each content is so shaky without
support and tries to teach an empty pillar.
1. To understand a person, observe his/her parents of the opposite sex.
KR Who said so? Any back up? Who says so; a just graduated not elders as
written; if a son - from mother and daughter from father, then our Vedas
say, Matruh devo bhava; pitru devo bhava? So blasphemy must be controlled
by the compiler.
A person's ability to love comes from parents of the opposite sex, and
discipline comes from same-sex parents.
Love and discipline arise out of the same and opposite parent, then mere
parenthood being is sufficient? Suppose as one fool so aged asked about
Draupadi, suppose mother is debauchery and father a thief, is there any
guarantee that child will not be different, moving in the society? Sigmund
Freud had written a big chapter, would not have been read by a graduate but
the compiler should have verified it. ???
2. Don't make any decisions when you're in tears, the less you talk when
your emotions are negative, the better.
KR How do you know when and which decision will work out? If when in the
positive mood, negative decisions may not be the outcome? When in tears,
the freedom of the nation idea was born to a great gentleman who was later
called Gandhi Mahatma.
3. When a person agrees to your first request, there is a good chance that
they will agree to the second.
KR That is how the game of dice was played by Dharma.
4. Curiosity can dispel fear.
KR A foolish deduction; only out of curiosity one fears shadow and runs
faster and dies of chaordic arrest. Fear can be dispelled only by the mind
which knows that he knows. And not the minds of one who knows not that he
knows not.
5. You won't be depressed when you run.
KR Only the depressions make one run; depressed minds take a lot of
time to cure; and foolish doctors did not know the knowledge of a graduate
backed up as scholar by a compiler, that there is such espy solution to
tell the depressed: RUN BABY RUN; if one does not send behind biting dogs?
6. Letting go will only make things worse.
KR The problem with the compiler is, he will say something contrary before
others also. He himself now says that I SHALL NOT LET GO; WHILE J, YM ETC
SAYS (HE LEARNED) SAY LET GO; so which is correct/; so one who has only a
floating policy cannot be a jartha for the groups, leave alone the society.
7. To meet each other's needs in the first place, you can harvest good
interpersonal, cooperative relations.
KR What is the meaning of each other’s needs? buying them tobacco, Ganja
etc?
8. The vast majority of people are unconfident, have a fragile self-esteem,
perceive to take advantage of this, do nothing, give them a smile from the
heart, can give themselves a score. Sarve jana: sukino bhavanthu prayers
are enough?
9. Crying children have sugar to eat. If a person is not good at expressing
himself, he will be ignored.
KR And it depends on how the perception and vivekam of a person
receiving it; Durvasa kicked Vishnu; but Vishnu healed that foot in order
not to cause pain; and was not misconstrued; and so one who knowledge only
can under the other side of knowledge; Katraraik katrare kamuruvar. Crying
children get kicks also. Sugar candy is bad for teeth.
10. When two people eat together, if you want to know if the other person
has a potential affection for you (friendship and love apply), pick up a
cup and take a sip of water. If the other person also subconsciously picks
up his glass and drinks water, he or she is more likely to have a potential
interest in you.
KR Oh Just graduated in the canteen and tried also? Then if one goes to
RR another must also accompany? {Why Narayanasamy alone even I can write
like him]
Q4 What are some little known facts about McDonald's?
KR One shall not drench believing a graduate. Now, “The Biggest
McDonald’s Menu Fails of All Time Readers’ digest
1 A McLobster sandwich in Nova Scotia. The lobster roll sandwiches are
served at fast food restaurants in Atlantic Canada.
McDonald’s tried its hand at a fancy seafood offering in 1993. The
McLobster was a heap of lobster and lettuce in a bun, complete with
“lobster sauce.” As the picture makes clear, the lettuce often outweighed
the lobster, and many people were unwilling to pay $5.99 for it. But this
wasn’t quite the end of the McLobster story; it’s still available in Canada
and parts of New England. Can you guess where the most expensive McDonald’s
in the world is located?
2 Fried pineapple on the grill. Cooking fish burger.
The Hula Burger was one of the McDonald’s menu’s earliest flops. In the
1960s, McDonald’s franchise owner Ray Kroc discovered that their sales were
taking a hit in areas with large Catholic populations since Catholics often
abstain from eating meat on Fridays. So Kroc came up with a meatless
cheeseburger that he hoped would rejuvenate sales. His choice for the
patty? A grilled ring of pineapple. Yes, this burger was pineapple with
cheese on it. Need we say more about why it failed? McDonald’s saved face,
though, with another meatless option that became much more popular: the
Filet-O-Fish.
3 MORGAN SPURLOCK Morgan Spurlock, director, producer and star of the
documentary film "Super-Size Me" clowns with a movie poster at the U S
Comedy Arts Festival, in Aspen, Colo. The documentary, which chronicles the
deterioration of Spurlock's health during a month long experiment eating
nothing but McDonald's food, won a directing prize at the Sundance Film
Festival and is set for wide release this spring. McDonalds announced
Wednesday that it will Supersize fries and drinks in its more than 13,000
U.S. restaurants and will stop selling them altogether by year's end,
except in
This bigger-than-large size option for drinks and fries was actually fairly
successful when it was introduced in 1993. But then in 2004, filmmaker
Morgan Spurlock released his documentary Super-Size Me. This
stomach-churning look at the effects of eating McDonald’s food in excess
caused the franchise to backpedal and remove its super-size option. On the
other hand, there are plenty of McDonald’s healthy options you can get, too.
4 Ingredients: traditional American cheeseburger. Meat, bun and vegetables
close up
There was nothing wrong with the McDull, introduced in the 1980s, in terms
of the food itself. This McDonald’s food item was simply a burger with
lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickles. The problem was in the packaging. The
McDull was served in a Styrofoam container with two separate compartments.
In one was the lettuce, tomato, and pickles; the meat and bun were in the
other.
The intention was to keep the warm and cool components of the sandwich
separate until right before consumption. But even this wasn’t the cause of
the DLT’s downfall. In the 1990s, environmental activists began criticizing
McDonald’s for their superfluous use of far-from-green Styrofoam, and the
product was pulled from the McDonald’s menu.
5 two burgers with salad on a pita
Introducing this beef-and-veggie pita sandwich and calling it “the
McAfrika” would’ve been a blunder under any circumstances. But in 2002,
when McDonald’s franchises in (very wealthy) Norway started selling this
sandwich, many southern African countries were experiencing a period of
massive famine. Yikes. Public backlash caused McDonald’s to apologize and
pull the item. Learn about the countries where McDonald’s is banned around
the world.
6 Double burger with French fries on white paper
The Arch Deluxe was another McDonald’s food item that was definitely
palatable but owed its failure to a bizarre marketing campaign. With this
sandwich—a burger with cheese, peppered bacon, and a potato-flour
bun—McDonald’s hoped to expand their demographic in the 1990s. They were
having massive success as a kid- and family-friendly franchise, but hoped
to be taken more seriously by adults.
Calling the Arch Deluxe “the burger with the grown-up taste,” commercials
for this McDonald’s food item showed Ronald McDonald playing
“sophisticated” sports like golf and pool. More problematically, the ads
also showed kids appearing disgusted by the burger. Why the advertisers
thought that that would attract adults to it, we’re not sure.
7Hot dogs close up
Ray Kroc, the man who turned McDonald’s into the fast-food giant we know,
was deeply opposed to his company selling hot dogs. The idea of mystery
meat in a casing disgusted him, and he forbade McDonald’s to produce hot
dogs. That didn’t stop the company from giving it a try in the 1990s,
though, after his death. But by that time, McDonald’s was so
well-established with the products it did sell that the Hotdog never really
caught on. People preferred the McDonald’s classics over this new
McDonald’s menu item. Speaking of the classics, get a look at the first
McDonald’s menu ever.
8 Croquette burger\
Plenty of these failed McDonald’s food items are bizarre, sure, but the
McGrain Croquette definitely takes the cake. Introduced primarily for the
Japanese market, this doozy of a sandwich combines macaroni, mashed
potatoes, and shrimp into a deep-fried croquette-like patty. This patty
then went on a bun with a bed of cabbage. Unsurprisingly, people found this
McDonald’s food item to have a very odd taste and it was not a success.
9 closeup of a pile of cooked spaghetti
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, McDonald’s tried adding pasta products to
their menu. A spaghetti-and-meatballs dish is the best-known, but they also
tried fettuccine Alfredo and lasagna. Rumour has it that they were trying
to compete with Italian-inspired fast food, like Domino’s and Pizza Hut.
But as it turned out, consumers just weren’t interested in eating spaghetti
at McDonald’s, and the item was pulled from the McDonald’s menu. Check out
the coolest McDonald’s locations in the world.
10fast food chicken nuggets with ketchup, French fries, cola
If you think these sound like a wacky variation on the old favorite
McDonald’s menu item, McNuggets, you’d be incorrect—they actually debuted
before McNuggets! Onion Nuggets, introduced in the 1970s, were chunks of
onion, fried, breaded, and served with dipping sauce. This unusual marriage
of onion rings and chicken nuggets proved pretty unpopular. Luckily,
though, the company would introduce Chicken McNuggets in 1980, and the rest
is history.
11 Classic Burgers
Let’s be honest—McDonald’s is not where you go to get “lean” food. But that
didn’t stop the franchise from trying out this “McLean Deluxe” burger,
advertised as “91% fat-free,” in 1991. In addition to the premise itself,
which was a little off-brand, the burger also just didn’t taste very good,
due in part to its pretty wonky secret ingredient. To replace the fat
content of the meat patty, McDonald’s used water and… seaweed. Yes,
seaweed. Of course, a few failures have most definitely not diminished
McDonald’s popularity. The franchise has had plenty of success stories,
including the 10 most popular McDonald’s items ever.
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CULTURAL QA 03-2024-07
All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 07-03-2024.
Selected quora answers generally interesting including jokes are included
Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler.
Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 07-03-2024.
Q1 What can I learn in a minute that could save my life someday ?
A1 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum1y
Learn something in one minute that you that could save you from a heart
attack or a stroke.
You think you know all those stuff that matters right? Hypertension,
diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol, lack of exercise, obesity? Wrong. You
missed something important.
In an article published in New England Journal of Medicine in 2021,
environmental
pollution can results in vascular disease and stroke. Now it is clear that
environmental pollution ranks as one of the ‘risk factors in
Cardio-vascular disease’.
The small particles in air, known as PM 2.5 (particulate matter with size
less than 2.5 micron) get into our lungs, nudge their way into our vascular
system, and ending up as a nidus for atherosclerosis.
This graph shows progressive increase in PM 2.5 concentration in air is
related to increase in stroke and heart attacks.
Stop, there is more for us. The Bollywood-crazy, gossip-loving, selfie
addict, average Indian ranks as one of the highest burdened by PM2.5
concentration globally. Look at this graph below.
The global heat-map of ‘pollution-linked cardiovascular death’ colours
India as one of the brightest countries in the world, meaning the highest
cardiovascular death rates secondary to pollution.
What Can You do?
The bare minimum you could do to protect the world from pollution is to
take a flight to New York and wave a banner outside the UN HQ.
But to protect yourself all you need is to wear a N-95 mask (the same one
that you hated for the last 3 years).
A N-95 mask is named so because it filters 95% of PM 2.5. (it was not
originally designed for COVID 19). N-95 keeps the PM out, keeping your
lungs and vessels clean.
Is there data to support.
Yes.
‘Wearing a mask is uncomfortable’. I agree
‘A heart attack or a stroke leading to days in the ICU is worse’ – Don’t
You agree?
Q2 What are the interesting facts about Switzerland that everyone
should know?
A1 Amit Singh, 1h
The divorce rate in Switzerland is about 43%, and people also marry
late—men at age 31.8 and women at 29.5 years.
Switzerland is one of two countries in the world that have a square flag.
The second is Vatican City.
The first waterproof watch was invented by Rolex in Switzerland in 1926.
Switzerland is also the only country in the world to have built an
aeroplane that is powered by solar energy. It has travelled 40,000 km
without a single drop of fuel.
The world's first instant coffee was invented in Switzerland in 1938.
The highest railway station in Europe, Jungfrazuch railway station is in
Switzerland. It is built at an altitude of 11,332 feet above sea level.
Nearly half of Switzerland's population owns guns.
The world's smallest toolbox – the Swiss Army knife – was invented by Carl
Elsner.
Charlie Chaplin spent the last 25 years of his life in Switzerland.
More films produced by India are shot in Switzerland than in any other
country.
Switzerland's crime and unemployment rates are among the lowest in the
world.
Q3 Can you teach me a weird psychology trick?
A3 Becky Eve, Studied English (language) & Psychology at Shanghai
Jiao Tong University (Graduated 2020)3y
1. To understand a person, observe his/her parents of the opposite sex.
A person's ability to love comes from parents of the opposite sex, and
discipline comes from same-sex parents.
2. Don't make any decisions when you're in tears, the less you talk when
your emotions are negative, the better.
3. When a person agrees to your first request, there is a good chance that
they will agree to the second.
4. Curiosity can dispel fear.
5. You won't be depressed when you run.
6. Letting go will only make things worse.
7. To meet each other's needs in the first place, you can harvest good
interpersonal, cooperative relations.
8. The vast majority of people are unconfident, have a fragile self-esteem,
perceive to take advantage of this, do nothing, give them a smile from the
heart, can give themselves a score.
9. Crying children have sugar to eat. If a person is not good at expressing
himself, he will be ignored.
10. When two people eat together, if you want to know if the other person
has a potential affection for you (friendship and love apply), pick up a
cup and take a sip of water. If the other person also subconsciously picks
up his glass and drinks water, he or she is more likely to have a potential
interest in you.
Q4 What are some little known facts about McDonald's?
A4 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller | Foodie23h
Did you know that McDonald's real business is not selling burgers and fries
but they are actually into the real estate business? In fact, one of their
former CFOs said that they aren't into the food business, they are into the
real estate business.
You see, in India or abroad, most companies expand by the mode of franchises.
They open up restaurants in various parts of the city. They don't own those
restaurants, they allow the owner of those outlets to open a restaurant
with their name where their products will sell.
The owner will take the profits home while giving a certain royalty to the
parent brand.
In this way, the parent brand can expand fast,l because it doesn't have to
invest in the property and the high profits can easily attract more and
more shop owners to open a restaurant in their name. But at the end of the
day, the brand isn't owning anything except getting the royalty depending
on sales.
However, McDonald's didn't do franchises. It owned the property and then
opened up its restaurant. They buy the property and lease it out, at a very
high markup rate. They are getting the royalty per sale, that is there but
on top of that, they are getting regular income from the property as
well. Nowadays,
they are also entering into the franchise business because it helps in
expansion but initially, when they started, they used to buy the properties
and set up their stores. Today, McDonald's is present in over 100 countries
and 15% of their restaurants are owned by them! That's much more than any
other restaurant chain.
Q5 What are some examples of a small act that has a big
impact?
A5 Ratnamala Kamath, M'com from Karnatak University, Dharwad
(Graduated 1988)4y
My maid has been with me from the last 14 years. Her husband is a
wastrel/drunkard and she single handed bringing up her 2 kids and educating
them.
She is a very self- respecting person and does not accept charity. Whenever
she has taken a loan from me she has repayed it in the next few months.
***Since she will not accept money except her salary, I give her some money
as bonus during festivals so that she doesn't feel I'm doing her any
favour. She accepts this.
My note-***In Chennai, it is compulsory condition to give one month salary
to housemaids as Bonus either during Pongal/Deepavali/Christmas
A few months back she had gone to her native place, a village, a few hours
away from Bengaluru.
When she came back she brought a big packet of green gram and dried tamarind
and gave them to me saying they were freshly harvested /grown in her
village. I could not refuse as she would have felt hurt and bad, so
accepted it.
The tamarind is sweet and sour and exceptionally good. The green gram too
is very good.
Since I always give her something during festivals, she too felt that she
should give me something which will be useful to me. Along with being a
receiver she wanted to be a giver too.
What she gave was not important, the fact that she wanted to give was more
important.
She gained my respect with this small act which made a big impact on me.
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