CULTURAL QA 12202412General QA – base Quora QA Q1 Where is Ravana’s Lanka now?
A1 Aditya Singh, Writer at Quora Dec 7 East of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and the straight line drawn from Kurukshetra and Ujjain (it too falls on the same longitude as Kurukshetra) is the exact location of Lanka (the city once ruled by Kuvera and his half-brother Ravana). Valmiki Ramayana mentions in Sundara Khanda that the distance between Rameshwaram (last land of Bharat varsha/ancient India) and Lanka is 100 Yojanas. 1 Yojana = 12.8 Km 100 Yojanas = 100 × 12.8 = 1280 Km So 100 Yojanas is 1280 Km the exact distance between Rameshwaram (last landmass of India) and Lanka (the city of Ravana). This exactly is somewhere in the East of Maldives Island since the distance between Maldives Island and Rameshwaram is 1205 Km (nearly to 1280 Km). Also, Four tusked elephants and eight tusked elephants are mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana which roamed in Lanka (the city of Ravana), which last existed 11,700 years ago as per historical dating of species. The name of four tusked elephants is Gomphothere which was lastly seen in Pleistocene period (Ramayana war between Lord Rama and Ravana took place in this Historical period in the year 12209 BCE or 14233 years ago = 12209 + 2024 which corresponds to Treta Yuga of Hindu cosmology) Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants. First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia and North America during the Miocene and arrived in South America during the Pleistocene as part of the Great American Interchange. So, Pleistocene period was the last time the Gomphotheres roamed which lasted 11700 years ago. The Pleistocene referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago The events of Ramayana are at par with 12209 BCE (The Pleistocene period between 2.58 million years to 11,700 years earlier). My note- Dear friends, Happa, I got a QA perhaps appealing to my criticizer, whom all of you know. KR: The compiler is too late to reproduce what I had written about Lanka and Lankavi, distance and era and the location, long ago, which either he did not read or forgotten and also then, showed the right position; so it is not going to be so appealing since Maldives is not the right place sir. Also, many times I have even quoted the Valmiki Ramayana verses also stating the tuskers of Lanka And what was the height of Rama etc. The compiler does not respect the members and forgets so easily thus when it strikes, he does repeat it with the height of ecstasy. SIR HAVE YOU READ THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA KISHKINDHA KANTAM 88TH CHAP? IS THAT RAMESWARAM 100 YOJANA? Is Valmiki a no-knowledge person? What was the compiler basis for his acceptance of an aviveka conclusion? Pl read well before you ink and avoid your torching vexatious comments. I shall write that article again Pl read tomorrow. And don’t repeat it again. K Rajaram IRS 2912 24 Q2 Most roads on mountains are curved. Why can't a road be built straight up a mountain? KR Repetitive nth time. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q5 Can sleeping make you live longer? A5 Larry Rafey, B.S. in Microbiology & Infectious Disease & Microbial Genetics, American University (Graduated 1981)20h Sleep deprived individuals can expect to live somewhat shorter life spans and those who do actually sleep through the night (7 to 8 hours of undrugged sleep!) can expect to life a bit longer. Only 11% of people actually sleep through the night and, in fact, it is perfectly natural to wake anywhere from one to three times at night. Taking sleep meds only provides a twilight sleep which the brain does not consider sleep. Melatonin induced sleep is also not interpreted by the brain as a valid form of sleep and, although Melatonin can help people fall asleep, it's not very effective for treating chronic insomnia or helping people stay asleep. I usually wake up once at night and then read a book for about an hour to an hour and a half and then get some very restful follow up sleep afterwards. I am in my eighth decade and that has been a lifelong habit since childhood. Many of my forymer patients used to tell me stories of how they would use the hour or two for catching up on house cleaning and the like. So, use the time productively and avoid drugs. BTW: I should add here that sleeping over 9 hours is detrimental to one’s health unless you are recovering from an illness. Gopalakrishnan 29-12-2024 KR: Sleep apnoea is different from sleep deprivation under certain circumstances, due loss in family, economic pressure and small problems, happening sometimes in life. Sleep deprivation will not cause the death; but that may trigger the heart, brain etc, at times, leading to death; it means sleep deprivation may also be a cause of death directly or indirectly but so far, no crime reports and death reports spoke, death due to sleeplessness. In the months of March, I have worked continuously without sleep for 3 days. And as diabetic or even healthier, people may wake up once in the night and go back to sleep. Really no one sleeps for 5 0r 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 hrs as a dead wood since REM happens only for 2 to few hrs which is deep sleep. Resting is important for the body. And nothing will go wrong if you sleep for 9 hrs also. There were days in my 20s waking up only by 11 or 12 noon. Rest is important and sleep makes the parts of the body refurbish. It all depends. K RAJARAM IRS 291224 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gopala Krishnan <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 at 19:01 Subject: [iyer123] cultural QA 12-2024-12 To: <[email protected]> CULTURAL QA 12-2024-12 General QA – base Quora QA Q1 Where is Ravana’s Lanka now? A1 Aditya Singh, Writer at Quora Dec 7 East of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and the straight line drawn from Kurukshetra and Ujjain (it too falls on the same longitude as Kurukshetra) is the exact location of Lanka (the city once ruled by Kuvera and his half-brother Ravana). Valmiki Ramayana mentions in Sundara Khanda that the distance between Rameshwaram (last land of Bharat varsha/ancient India) and Lanka is 100 Yojanas. 1 Yojana = 12.8 Km 100 Yojanas = 100 × 12.8 = 1280 Km So 100 Yojanas is 1280 Km the exact distance between Rameshwaram (last landmass of India) and Lanka (the city of Ravana). This exactly is somewhere in the East of Maldives Island since the distance between Maldives Island and Rameshwaram is 1205 Km (nearly to 1280 Km). Also, Four tusked elephants and eight tusked elephants are mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana which roamed in Lanka (the city of Ravana), which last existed 11,700 years ago as per historical dating of species. The name of four tusked elephants is Gomphothere which was lastly seen in Pleistocene period (Ramayana war between Lord Rama and Ravana took place in this Historical period in the year 12209 BCE or 14233 years ago = 12209 + 2024 which corresponds to Treta Yuga of Hindu cosmology) Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants. First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia and North America during the Miocene and arrived in South America during the Pleistocene as part of the Great American Interchange. So, Pleistocene period was the last time the Gomphotheres roamed which lasted 11700 years ago. The Pleistocene referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago The events of Ramayana are at par with 12209 BCE (The Pleistocene period between 2.58 million years to 11,700 years earlier). My note- Dear friends, Happa, I got a QA perhaps appealing to my criticizer, whom all of you know. Q2 Most roads on mountains are curved. Why can't a road be built straight up a mountain? A2 Luca Guala, Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering & Transportation Economics, University of Cagliari (Graduated 2000) Updated 4y When I studied road construction at University, many many years ago, the professor told us this story: In the old times, when a road had to be built up a hill, the team of prospector would lead a donkey or a mule up the incline. *The donkey would not go straight up along the shortest route, but would instinctively follow a path with a moderate incline, or grade, very similar to the maximum grade considered safe for roads (8 to 10%).* The prospectors would hammer stakes in the ground after the donkey and then measure the position of the stakes, draw all the points on a map and start drawing the road profile after joining the dots. When the prospectors felt that the donkey had gone too far from the desired direction, or when an obstacle was met, they would turn the donkey around and it would continue climbing in the opposite direction with the same incline. The point where the donkey changed direction would be the location of a hairpin turn. A powerful car with adequate gear ratios (and adequate grip) can go up a very steep incline but a loaded freight vehicle or a bus full of passengers cannot. As many have pointed out in their answers, going downhill on a very steep incline can be extremely dangerous. An incline, or grade of 8% is considered the limit for a major road. For short distances, 10% 15% and even 20% grades can be considered acceptable on minor roads, but must be accompanied by adequate signage. Some very exceptional grades exist on some mountain roads, but I would not want to travel with a truck on such a road: EDIT: Note that “grade” and “angle” of a slope are two different measures since “grade” indicates how much one climbs given a certain distance travelled in horizontal. For example, if you travel 1000 m (1 km) in a horizontal direction and at the same time climb 100 m, then the grade would be: 100 m/ 1000 m = 1/10 or 10% One good thing of expressing the rate of climb this way is that it is independent from the unit of distance that you use, as long as it is the same for horizontal and vertical distances. If you measure horizontal distance and climb in miles you will reach the same result as when using metric units (but not if you measure distance in miles and climb in feet!) A grade of 10% corresponds to an angle of about 6° and a grade of 50% corresponds to an angle of 27°. A slope with an angle of 45° would have a grade of 100% Those who are keen on trigonometry, or who have recollections of it from school, will recognize that the “grade” is equivalent to the “tangent” of an angle, apart from the unit, which for the trigonometrical tangent is a pure number, while grades are expressed in percent (%) or per-thousand (used in railway engineering, where grades are very small) to get rid of decimals. My NOTE- Donkey or mule walking principle is followed in building roads on hills is an easy way of remembering the curve/gradient. So I included the QA. The first time I travelled to Kalpetta/Wayanad, I was afraid to know, with 9 hairpin bends we would reach the top from Ativaram. However after Vythiri I could not feel I was riding on the top of a Hill. Nostalgia while working at Calicut as Divisional Engineer, Installation. Q3 What joke will make one burst into laughter for at least 30 seconds? A3 SapınaKadarKemalistTürk, Nov 12 *My note-UA joke- Please read with a mind to enjoy jokes* The king of a faraway land had a favourite donkey. He really liked that animal. One day, his donkey got severe depression and became very sad. No doctor could fix him. The king announced he would make whoever made his donkey happy again a billionaire. A guy came up and said give me 5 minutes in private and I will fix him. So he goes in a private room with the donkey and just as he promised, within 5 minutes the donkey is crazy with laughter. The king got very curious and asked what the guy did. The guy said, “I whispered in his ear that mine was bigger than his”. The king was also laughing and thanks the guy, pays him and sends him off. Now the donkey never shuts up. He is constantly laughing all day & night. No one can stop him. No one can get any sleep in the palace. The king calls this guy again and asks “Can you please make him shut up, no one can get any rest”. The guy says, ok give me 5 minutes in private with him. King agrees, the guy goes in with the donkey in a private room and wham, the laughing stops abruptly. When he comes out, the king asks, “what did you do, nobody could stop his laughing before?” The guy says “Remember last time I told him mine is bigger than his ?” The King says “yes, and so ?” The guy says “This time, I took it out and showed him”. Q4 A lot of answers start with, "There is an old joke from the the Soviet Union". Can you give us your best old joke from the Soviet Union? A4 Steve Ingram, Studied Mathematics at New York University1y A hotel. A room for four with four strangers. Three of them soon open a bottle of vodka and proceed to get acquainted, then drunk, then noisy, singing, and telling political jokes. The fourth man desperately tries to get some sleep; finally, in frustration he surreptitiously leaves the room, goes downstairs, and asks the lady concierge to bring tea to Room 67 in ten minutes. Then he returns and joins the party. Five minutes later, he bends to a power outlet: "Comrade Major, some tea to Room 67, please." In a few minutes, there's a knock at the door, and in comes the lady concierge with a tea tray. The room falls silent; the party dies a sudden death, and the prankster finally gets to sleep. The next morning he wakes up alone in the room. Surprised, he runs downstairs and asks the concierge what happened to his companions. "You don't need to know!" she answers. “B-but ... but what about me?" asks the terrified fellow. 'Oh, you ... well ... Comrade Major liked your tea gag a lot." Q5 Can sleeping make you live longer? A5 Larry Rafey, B.S. in Microbiology & Infectious Disease & Microbial Genetics, American University (Graduated 1981)20h Sleep deprived individuals can expect to live somewhat shorter life spans and those who do actually sleep through the night (7 to 8 hours of undrugged sleep!) can expect to life a bit longer. Only 11% of people actually sleep through the night and, in fact, it is perfectly natural to wake anywhere from one to three times at night. Taking sleep meds only provides a twilight sleep which the brain does not consider sleep. Melatonin induced sleep is also not interpreted by the brain as a valid form of sleep and, although Melatonin can help people fall asleep, it's not very effective for treating chronic insomnia or helping people stay asleep. I usually wake up once at night and then take to reading a book for about an hour to an hour and a half and then get some very restful follow up sleep afterwards. I am in my eighth decade and that has been a lifelong habit since childhood. Many of my forymer patients used to tell me stories of how they would use the hour or two for catching up on house cleaning and the like. 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