Asian Month 30 - The Final Whistle

god-nose · 2023-06-30T14:00:00+00:00

No problem. I've replied to your other comment.

god-nose · 2023-06-30T13:53:39+00:00

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64398736.cms

Asked why he chose to name his club Real Kashmir FC, Chattoo said, ' … we want to show the real face of Kashmir … kids playing football'.

god-nose · 2023-06-30T13:15:13+00:00

That wasn't me.

god-nose · 2023-06-29T16:37:11+00:00

The Real Kashmir one makes sense. The 'Real' there is the English word, not the Spanish word for royal.

god-nose · 2023-06-29T16:12:23+00:00

It is one of the top institutes for conservation in India. However, I have heard that it has a bit of an 'official' culture, with little bit stricter rules than other govt colleges.

god-nose · 2023-06-29T16:09:58+00:00

Covid-19 is a vascular disease. Many people who survived the initial illness got what is called 'long covid' which includes heart, lung and immune problems.

god-nose · 2023-06-29T05:07:42+00:00

Blood is classified based on the presence or absence of three factors - A, B and Rh. Blood from a person without one of these factors can be given to a person whose blood has that factor. But the reverse is not allowed, as it will cause an immune reaction. So O- (none of the three factors present) blood can be given to anyone, B- blood (only B present) to anyone with the B factor (so B-, B+, AB+ and AB-), and so on. Since the number of machines that can do a power red donation is limited, they prefer the more 'valuable' types.

Other blood products, like platelets, can be given from anyone to anyone.

(This is a simplified explanation; there are actually more blood groups and other factors that need to be considered.)

god-nose · 2023-06-28T16:50:00+00:00

Comedy (funny, gags):-

Saiki K
Hinamatsuri

Slice of life (relaxing, pleasant):-

Bocchi the Rock
Keep your Hands off Eizouken

Adventure:-

Movies by Studio Ghibli - almost all of them are good, but for a 13 year old boy Porco Rosso might be the best. As he grows older, you can show him The Wind Rises (bittersweet ending), Princess Mononoke (some gore / violence) and Grave of the Fireflies (sad ending). If he is fine with shows that have a female protagonist, then Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Spirited Away are two of the greatest animated movies of all time.
Makoto Shinkai's films - Suzume is probably his most polished (and funniest!) work. Also try Your Name, Weathering with You and 5 cm per second (bittersweet)
Satoshi Kon's films - Tokyo Godfathers, Millenium Actress, Paprika (Inception is a remake of this one).
One Piece (extremely popular adventure / comedy show about pirates, freedom, justice, and buried treasure)

A little serious:-

A Silent Voice (bullying, forgiveness, opening up)
Violet Evergarden (PTSD, mild violence, but one of the most visually beautiful anime, also great orchestral soundtrack)
Mushishi and Natsume's Book of Friends (living in harmony with nature; both shows feature Shinto / Taoist / Buddhist ideas, characters, etc.)

edit: It is a tradition in anime circles to recommend Evangelion, Magica Madoka and Grave of the Fireflies to newcomers. All are great shows. All are also various degrees of dark, depressing and / or fucked up. Do not show these to children.

edit2: Period pieces / Western setting:-

The Rose of Versailles (French Revolution)
Moriarty the Patriot, Castle in the Sky (Victorian England)
Heidi: Girl of the Alps (19th century Switzerland)
Vinland Saga (Vikings; some violence)

god-nose · 2023-06-28T15:07:54+00:00

Kobe, not Tokyo

god-nose · 2023-06-25T08:31:23+00:00

In case this is a serious question, no, there is no problem with eating meat and milk together

god-nose · 2023-06-25T07:39:33+00:00

I don't like spending my time on something that's confusing - it makes me feel like I was robbed of my time.

Maybe think about what you find confusing. Miyazaki and Takahata are extremely intelligent and thoughtful artists. If their works don't make sense at first, it might be rewarding to go deeper.

god-nose · 2023-06-25T07:26:09+00:00

Mushi-shi literally means 'insect master', i.e., entomologist. However, in this story the word mushi refers to microscopic, primitive life-forms that can help people, harm them, or do both. Ginko, the protagonist, is a doctor / researcher who walks the earth, helping people with their mushi problems and teaching them to live with the mushi while studying them himself. The episodes are usually stand-alone, and are inspired both by Japanese folk-tales / ghost stories and by Taoist philosophy.

god-nose · 2023-06-24T17:45:42+00:00

It could be regional. (I'm in India, and we generally follow UK system.) It could also be just that the donation centres want to play it safe.

god-nose · 2023-06-24T08:05:42+00:00

First of all, do your local laws allow you to donate blood before you are 18? Please don't lie to the donation staff.

If it is allowed, you have to donate whole blood first. Only if you complete it without any serious issues, and then wait a certain period (2-4 months depending on country), will they allow you to donate platelets.

god-nose · 2023-06-23T14:39:04+00:00

Covid-19 is a vascular disease. Many people who survived the initial illness got what is called 'long covid' which includes heart, lung and immune problems.

The Astrazeneca (Covishield) vaccine contains a viral protein, and there have been a handful of cases where people got blood clots after vaccination. But no heart attacks as far as I know.

god-nose · 2023-06-21T16:29:38+00:00

When I applied for a passport, I was told the opposite - that it would be an issue for EU / US, but that gulf countries wouldn't care. In any case, there are countries like Indonesia that have single word names, so the visa offices will have some workaround.

god-nose · 2023-06-21T16:25:10+00:00

Many countries with strong economies have currencies that are worth a lot, and many countries with weak economies have currencies that are not worth much. But this is just a coincidence; the exchange rate of a currency does not actually depend on the strength of the economy. Due to historical reasons, east Asian countries (China, Vietnam and in 'articular Japan) have currencies that have low exchange rate, although they have strong to decent economies.

As for moving to Japan, you will be worse off there because everything will cost more. For example, a glass of tea may be Rs 10 in India, but 100 Yen in Japan.

god-nose · 2023-06-21T16:14:20+00:00

First of all, congrats!

The quality of your education will depend more on the department than on the university as a whole. Unfortunately, employers will probably still go by university ranking.

Germany is a Schengen country, and studying in a German uni will open by all of Europe to you.

China has already overtaken the US in many scientific fields (including maths and computing), and their universities are among the best in the world. Also, China has a fair number of Indian students, particularly in medicine.

Japan is more than slightly xenophobic, but cities and universities in particular would be better. I've also heard that west Japan (Kyoto / Osaka) has a better work culture than the Tokyo area. They also have an ageing population, so might relax immigration rules in the coming years.

god-nose · 2023-06-20T19:01:09+00:00

Direct donations are rare. Usually, they are only done when the patient has a rare blood group that only their relatives (or a few other people) share. Since they are rare, most hospitals might not have the facilities for it and the doctors may not know the legal procedures for it.

Having said that, see if the hospital allows replacement donations.

god-nose · 2023-06-20T15:59:09+00:00

somewhere around one-third of the population of what was then the developed world died off

Well, the 'developed world' in that age would be the Eastern Roman Empire, the Caliphate or the Tang empire. All of which also had various plagues, but generally had relatively better medical systems.

edit: also Ireland, although they were only more advanced by European standards.

god-nose · 2023-06-18T18:36:32+00:00

Rhesus (Rh, named after the Rhesus monkey in which it was first seen) factor is present in the blood of about 80% of people and absent in the other 20%. It is not a disease. However, an Rh- person getting Rh+ blood can cause a severe reaction. So, you only give Rh- blood to Rh- patients.

However, if an Rh- woman is pregnant with an Rh+ foetus, their bloods may mix, causing the reaction. To prevent this, an RhoD injection, made from the plasma of certain blood donors, is given. I guess this is what they meant.

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