Mr Rajaram,
if you are thinking that you have hit the nail on my forehead, you are
mistaken. I have posted the QA for the information of group members . A sub
question may have a word teach, it never means myself, the compiler teach. All
members with commonsense know it
Gopalakrishnan
On Thursday, 7 March, 2024 at 11:20:18 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<[email protected]> wrote:
CULTURAL QA 03202407
Q1 What canI learn in a minute that could save my life someday ?
KR 1 PM2,5 killers: Dr Tiny nair,it seems like you're referringto
PM2.5, which stands for Particulate Matter 2.5. PM2.5 refers to tinyparticles
or droplets in the air that are 2.5 micrometres or smaller indiameter.These
particles can include various pollutants such as dust, pollen,smoke, and other
particles emitted from vehicles, industrial processes, andnatural sources.
PM2.5 is particularly concerning because it can penetrate deepinto the lungs
and even enter the bloodstream, posing significant health risks,especially for
people with respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.MonitoringPM2.5 levels is
essential for understanding air quality and its potentialimpact on public
health. Governments and environmental agencies often measureand report PM2.5
levels as part of air quality monitoring efforts to helpinform the public and
take appropriate actions to mitigate exposure to harmfulair pollutants.
2 WHAT IS BEING DONE: Addressing PM2.5 pollution requires a
combination of individualactions 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 eatingand bathing; and zoom PM2.5 can enter)
Here are some measures thatindividuals 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 loweremissions, such as
electric or hybrid cars.
Energy Efficiency: Conserve energy at home and work byusing energy-efficient
appliances, lighting, and heating/cooling systems.
Limit Wood Burning: Avoid using wood-burning stoves orfireplaces, especially
during high pollution periods.
Proper Waste Disposal: Reduce, reuse, and recycle tominimize waste, as burning
trash contributes to air pollution.
Support Clean Energy: Advocate for renewable energysources and support policies
that promote clean energy production.
Government Policies:
Regulate Emissions: Enforce regulations and standards onindustrial emissions,
vehicle emissions, and other sources of pollution.
Promote Clean Energy: Offer incentives and subsidies forrenewable energy
projects and technologies.
Improve Public Transportation: Invest in publictransportation infrastructure to
encourage its use and reduce reliance onprivate vehicles.
Urban Planning: Implement urban planning strategies thatprioritize walking,
biking, and public transportation to reduce trafficcongestion and emissions.
Air Quality Monitoring: Enhance monitoring systems totrack PM2.5 levels and
other pollutants, providing real-time data to thepublic.
Public Awareness Campaigns: Educate the public about thehealth risks of air
pollution and encourage actions to reduce emissions andimprove air quality.
Enforce Emission Standards: Strictly enforce emissionstandards for vehicles,
industries, and power plants through regular monitoringand penalties for
non-compliance.
International Cooperation:
Collaboration: Foster international cooperation andagreements to address
transboundary air pollution and share best practices forreducing emissions.
Research and Development: Invest in research anddevelopment of cleaner
technologies and pollution control methods to mitigateair pollution's adverse
effects.
By combining individual efforts with strong governmentpolicies and
international collaboration, it's possible to mitigate PM2.5pollution and
improve air quality for present and future generations.
THUS N 95 IS GOOD BUTNOT THE BEST; ONE MUTE IS VALUED ONLY FOR A MINUTE BUT NOT
FULL PROOF.
N 95: In the USA itcosts 10 pieces $15. In Europe it is `10 pieces 12 to 17
pounds; In India 10pieces Rs 200 to 250; and it is not washable and reusable
according to doctorsand science, though advertised as such.
Pierre, MD, MPH, an infectiousdisease physician and medical director of public
health programs at BostonMedical Center, told Health that it's possible to use
the same respirator forup 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 onpiece it could cost Rs 3000 per head and a family of 6
will have to spend Rs20000 which a doctor like Tiny will not say.
3 I have nodisrespect to any professional , authorsand writers; but I am
against the eulogise; since your father and mother toldyou so many anecdotes
which you did not listen to but aspiring an outsiderwhose 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 notscientists-made-this-discovery kind of
tales, they are the storiesof people, of doctors, of patients, and of the
importance of listening andbeing present. While some make you smile as the
doctor infuses doses ofhumour in his narration, others touch a chord in your
heart. How you interpreteach story, he says, is entirely up to you as each tale
has an underlyingmessage. Most of the anecdotes are brief and the author says
one may read fromany page and anywhere in the prologue. “However, if you are
reading the bookfrom the start, don’t forget to read the end as it more or less
binds the restof the stories together,” says Tiny.” So a learned person can
understand what I say; few illiterates may twist andturn as they have no
floaters. Tiny is not as brilliant as Dr Hegde who challengedthe doctor
community itself. So, Gopala must keep everything about Tiny untohimself. Thank
you as far as PM 2.5 N95 is not safe and investible and can beafforded. NB I
always put forth my views with the proper evidence and not basedon Gossips;
same way people who want to become K B sundarambal, must placeevidence and
query; answering doesn’t teach etc is a rowdyism only. Rowdy isshown the doors
and I know better . AND WHERE ONE LEARNS THE OTHER ONLYTEACHES AND IF THE
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE IS UNKNOWN, THEN ONE WHO DOES NOT KNOWTHAT KNOWS NOT
-SHUN HIM. K RAJARAM IRS8324
Q2 What arethe interesting facts about Switzerland that everyone should
know?
KR 1 He forgetsthat he is repeating that shows his interest in his work.
2 Why should Iknow about Switzerland while I don’t know anything about India?
Q3 Can youteach me a weird psychology trick?
KR As per Gopalaclassifications, WHEN ALL THE GROUP MEMBERS KNOW VERY
WELL, WHY SHOULD HETEACH? And further each content is so shaky without support
and tries to teachan empty pillar.
1. To understand a person, observe his/her parents of theopposite sex.
KR Who said so? Any back up? Who says so; a just graduatednot elders as
written; if a son - from mother and daughter from father, then our Vedassay,
Matruh devo bhava; pitru devo bhava? So blasphemy must be controlled bythe
compiler.
A person's ability to love comes from parents of theopposite 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 askedabout
Draupadi, suppose mother is debauchery and father a thief, is there any
guaranteethat 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 verifiedit. ???
2. Don't make any decisions when you're in tears, the lessyou talk when your
emotions are negative, the better.
KR How do you know when and which decision willwork out? If when in the
positive mood, negative decisions may not be theoutcome? When in tears, the
freedom of the nation idea was born to a greatgentleman who was later called
Gandhi Mahatma.
3. When a person agrees to your first request, there is agood 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 foolishdeduction; only out of curiosity one fears shadow and runs faster
and dies of chaordicarrest. Fear can be dispelled only by the mind which knows
that he knows. Andnot the minds of one who knows not that he knows not.
5. You won't be depressed when you run.
KR Only thedepressions make one run; depressed minds take a lot of time to
cure; andfoolish doctors did not know the knowledge of a graduate backed up as
scholarby a compiler, that there is such espy solution to tell the depressed:
RUN BABYRUN; if one does not send behind biting dogs?
6. Letting go willonly make things worse.
KR The problem with the compiler is, he will say somethingcontrary before
others also. He himself now says that I SHALL NOT LET GO; WHILEJ, YM ETC SAYS
(HE LEARNED) SAY LET GO; so which is correct/; so one who hasonly a floating
policy cannot be a jartha for the groups, leave alone thesociety.
7. To meet each other's needs in the first place, you canharvest good
interpersonal, cooperative relations.
KR What is themeaning of each other’s needs? buying them tobacco, Ganja etc?
8. The vast majority of people are unconfident, have afragile self-esteem,
perceive to take advantage of this, do nothing, give thema smile from the
heart, can give themselves a score. Sarve jana: sukinobhavanthu prayers are
enough?
9. Crying children have sugar to eat. If a person is notgood at expressing
himself, he will be ignored.
KR And it dependson how the perception and vivekam of a person receiving it;
Durvasa kickedVishnu; but Vishnu healed that foot in order not to cause pain;
and was notmisconstrued; and so one who knowledge only can under the other side
ofknowledge; Katraraik katrare kamuruvar. Crying children get kicks also.
Sugarcandy is bad for teeth.
10. When two people eat together, if you want to know ifthe 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 subconsciouslypicks up his glass and
drinks water, he or she is more likely to have apotential interest in you.
KR Oh Justgraduated in the canteen and tried also? Then if one goes to RR
another mustalso accompany? {Why Narayanasamy alone even I can write like him]
Q4 What aresome 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 rollsandwiches are served at
fast food restaurants in Atlantic Canada.
McDonald’s tried its hand at a fancy seafood offering in1993. 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 thelobster, and many people
were unwilling to pay $5.99 for it. But this wasn’tquite the end of the
McLobster story; it’s still available in Canada and partsof New England. Can
you guess where the most expensive McDonald’s in the worldis located?
2 Fried pineapple on the grill. Cooking fish burger.
The Hula Burger was one of the McDonald’s menu’s earliestflops. In the 1960s,
McDonald’s franchise owner Ray Kroc discovered that theirsales were taking a
hit in areas with large Catholic populations sinceCatholics often abstain from
eating meat on Fridays. So Kroc came up with ameatless cheeseburger that he
hoped would rejuvenate sales. His choice for thepatty? A grilled ring of
pineapple. Yes, this burger was pineapple with cheeseon 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 andstar of the
documentary film "Super-Size Me" clowns with a movieposter at the U S Comedy
Arts Festival, in Aspen, Colo. The documentary, whichchronicles the
deterioration of Spurlock's health during a month long experimenteating nothing
but McDonald's food, won a directing prize at the Sundance FilmFestival and is
set for wide release this spring. McDonalds announced Wednesdaythat it will
Supersize fries and drinks in its more than 13,000 U.S. restaurantsand will
stop selling them altogether by year's end, except in
This bigger-than-large size option for drinks and frieswas actually fairly
successful when it was introduced in 1993. But then in2004, filmmaker Morgan
Spurlock released his documentary Super-Size Me. Thisstomach-churning look at
the effects of eating McDonald’s food in excess causedthe 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, bunand vegetables close
up
There was nothing wrong with the McDull, introduced in the1980s, in terms of
the food itself. This McDonald’s food item was simply aburger with lettuce,
tomato, cheese, and pickles. The problem was in thepackaging. The McDull was
served in a Styrofoam container with two separatecompartments. In one was the
lettuce, tomato, and pickles; the meat and bunwere in the other.
The intention was to keep the warm and cool components ofthe sandwich separate
until right before consumption. But even this wasn’t thecause of the DLT’s
downfall. In the 1990s, environmental activists begancriticizing 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 callingit “the McAfrika”
would’ve been a blunder under any circumstances. But in 2002,when McDonald’s
franchises in (very wealthy) Norway started selling thissandwich, many southern
African countries were experiencing a period of massivefamine. Yikes. Public
backlash caused McDonald’s to apologize and pull theitem. Learn about the
countries where McDonald’s is banned around the world.
6 Double burgerwith French fries on white paper
The Arch Deluxe was another McDonald’s food item that wasdefinitely palatable
but owed its failure to a bizarre marketing campaign. Withthis sandwich—a
burger with cheese, peppered bacon, and a potato-flourbun—McDonald’s hoped to
expand their demographic in the 1990s. They were havingmassive success as a
kid- and family-friendly franchise, but hoped to be takenmore seriously by
adults.
Calling the Arch Deluxe “the burger with the grown-uptaste,” commercials for
this McDonald’s food item showed Ronald McDonaldplaying “sophisticated” sports
like golf and pool. More problematically, theads also showed kids appearing
disgusted by the burger. Why the advertisersthought 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-foodgiant we know, was
deeply opposed to his company selling hot dogs. The idea ofmystery meat in a
casing disgusted him, and he forbade McDonald’s to producehot 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-establishedwith the products it did sell
that the Hotdog never really caught on. Peoplepreferred the McDonald’s classics
over this new McDonald’s menu item. Speakingof 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 primarilyfor the Japanese
market, this doozy of a sandwich combines macaroni, mashedpotatoes, and shrimp
into a deep-fried croquette-like patty. This patty thenwent on a bun with a bed
of cabbage. Unsurprisingly, people found thisMcDonald’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 addingpasta 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 theywere trying to compete
with Italian-inspired fast food, like Domino’s and PizzaHut. But as it turned
out, consumers just weren’t interested in eatingspaghetti 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 oldfavorite McDonald’s
menu item, McNuggets, you’d be incorrect—they actuallydebuted before McNuggets!
Onion Nuggets, introduced in the 1970s, were chunksof onion, fried, breaded,
and served with dipping sauce. This unusual marriageof 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 “McLeanDeluxe” burger,
advertised as “91% fat-free,” in 1991. In addition to thepremise itself, which
was a little off-brand, the burger also just didn’t tastevery good, due in part
to its pretty wonky secret ingredient. To replace thefat content of the meat
patty, McDonald’s used water and… seaweed. Yes,seaweed. Of course, a few
failures have most definitely not diminished McDonald’spopularity. The
franchise has had plenty of success stories, including the 10most popular
McDonald’s items ever.
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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 at 23:27
Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 03-2024-07
To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer
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CULTURAL QA 03-2024-07
Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 07-03-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting 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 Whatcan I learn in a minute that could save my life someday ?
A1 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum1y
Learn something in one minute thatyou that could save you from a heart attack
or a stroke.
You think you know all those stuffthat matters right? Hypertension, diabetes,
smoking, high cholesterol, lack ofexercise, obesity? Wrong. You missed
something important.
In an article published in NewEngland Journal of Medicine in 2021,
environmental pollution can results in vascular diseaseand stroke. Now it is
clear that environmental pollution ranks as one ofthe ‘risk factors in
Cardio-vascular disease’.
The small particles in air, known as PM 2.5 (particulate matterwith size less
than 2.5 micron) get into our lungs, nudge their way into our vascular system,
andending up as a nidus for atherosclerosis.
This graph shows progressive increasein PM 2.5 concentration in air is related
to increase in stroke and heartattacks.
Stop, there is more for us. TheBollywood-crazy, gossip-loving, selfie addict,
average Indian ranks as one ofthe 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 brightestcountries in the world, meaning the highest cardiovascular
death ratessecondary to pollution.
What Can You do?
The bare minimum you could do toprotect the world from pollution is to take a
flight to New York and wave abanner outside the UN HQ.
But to protect yourself all you need isto wear a N-95 mask (the same one that
you hated for the last 3 years).
A N-95 mask is named so because itfilters 95% of PM 2.5. (it was not originally
designed for COVID 19). N-95keeps 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 strokeleading to days in the ICU is worse’ – Don’t You
agree?
Q2 Whatare the interesting facts about Switzerland that everyone should
know?
A1 AmitSingh, 1h
The divorce rate in Switzerland isabout 43%, and people also marry late—men at
age 31.8 and women at 29.5years.
Switzerlandis one of two countries in the world that have a square flag.
Thesecond is Vatican City.
Thefirst waterproof watch was invented by Rolex in Switzerland in 1926.
Switzerlandis also the only country in the world to have built an aeroplane
that ispowered by solar energy. It has travelled 40,000 km without a single
drop offuel.
The world's first instantcoffee was invented in Switzerland in 1938.
The highest railway station in Europe,Jungfrazuch railway station is in
Switzerland. It is built at an altitudeof 11,332 feet above sea level.
Nearly half of Switzerland'spopulation 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 inSwitzerland.
More films produced by India are shot in Switzerland than in any othercountry.
Switzerland's crime and unemploymentrates are among the lowest in the world.
Q3 Canyou teach me a weird psychology trick?
A3 BeckyEve, Studied English (language) & Psychology at Shanghai Jiao
TongUniversity (Graduated 2020)3y
1. To understand a person, observe his/her parents of the opposite sex.
A person's ability to love comes fromparents of the opposite sex, and
discipline comes from same-sex parents.
2. Don't make any decisions when you're in tears, the lessyou talk when your
emotions are negative, the better.
3. When a person agrees to your first request, there is agood chance that they
will agree to the second.
4. Curiosity can dispel fear.
5. You won't be depressed when yourun.
6. Letting go will only make things worse.
7. To meet each other's needs in thefirst 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 theheart, can give themselves a score.
9. Crying children have sugarto 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 ifthe 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
drinkswater, he or she ismore likely to have a potential interest in you.
Q4 Whatare some little known facts about McDonald's?
A4 ShaunakBhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller | Foodie23h
Did you know that McDonald's real business is not selling burgers and friesbut
they are actually into the real estate business? In fact, one of theirformer
CFOs said that they aren't into the food business, they are into the real
estatebusiness.
Yousee, in India or abroad, most companies expand by the mode of franchises.
They openup restaurants in various parts of the city. They don't own those
restaurants, they allow the owner of thoseoutlets to open a restaurant with
their name where their products will sell.
The owner will take the profits home whilegiving a certain royalty to the
parent brand.
In this way, the parent brand canexpand fast,l because it doesn't have to
invest in the property and the highprofits can easily attract more and more
shop owners to open a restaurant intheir name. But at the end of the day, the
brand isn't owninganything except getting the royalty depending on sales.
However, McDonald's didn't do franchises. It owned theproperty and then opened
up its restaurant. They buy the property and lease it out, at a very highmarkup
rate. They are getting the royalty per sale, that is there but ontop of that,
they are getting regular income from the property as well. Nowadays, they are
also enteringinto 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
theirrestaurants are owned by them! That's much more than any otherrestaurant
chain.
Q5 What are some examples of a small actthat has a big impact?
A5 RatnamalaKamath, M'com from Karnatak University, Dharwad
(Graduated 1988)4y
My maid has been with me from the last14 years. Her husband is a
wastrel/drunkard and she single handedbringing 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 fewmonths.
***Since she will not accept moneyexcept 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 compulsorycondition to give one month salary to
housemaids as Bonus eitherduring Pongal/Deepavali/Christmas
A few months back she had gone to hernative place, a village, a few hours away
from Bengaluru.
When she came back she brought a big packet of green gram and driedtamarind and
gave them to me saying they were freshly harvested /grown in hervillage. I
could not refuseas she would have felt hurt and bad, so accepted it.
The tamarind is sweet and sour andexceptionally good. The green gram too is
very good.
Since I always give her something duringfestivals, she too felt that she should
give me something which will be usefulto me. Along with being areceiver she
wanted to be a giver too.
What she gave was not important, thefact that she wanted to give was more
important.
She gained my respect with this smallact which made a big impact on me.
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