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  1. Dec 13, 2015 #4111
    Viswamitra

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    W Oh, not the General Assembly to say what you say - would you say that the Chinese eat! This is what Google Translate gave me as an answer to what the professor said to me.

    Did I get it correct?

    Viswa
     
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    We are together going to break the Great Wall of China next! Oh! No need to create extra ID (Should I say again?). I have already requested Gauri to give multiple choice next time with only China mentioned as options.laugh1smiley China doesn't like competition. waitingsmiley

    BTW, Finland is making a lot of news nowadays including 6 hour day. Should we go with this choice of yours first? :hide:

    Viswa
     
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    Glad that everyone solved the puzzle.

    Answer to puzzle on post     4069

    Person:     Indra Nooyi

    Clues:
    Image 1: Tootal, a British Textile company, first job of Indra Nooyi

    Image 2: Indra nooyi lead divestiture of Yum! Brands restaurants - KFC and Taco Bell while working at Pepsico.

    Image 3: Indra's sister Chandrika Tandon is a singer. Her album Soul Call was Grammy nominated. This was a giveaway clue.

    Image 4: Guitar - Indra Nooyi played lead guitar in a all-girls band. She loves Rock Music.

    Image 5: 2008 Time magazine cover - This issue of Time magazine listed 100 influential people. Indra Nooyi was one of the person listed.

    Image 6: Kolotta - Where she did her business diploma at IIM before joining Yale.

    Image 7: Madras Christian College from where she got her bachelor's degree.

    She played Cricket during her college days. This is what she said about her upbringing.
    "Every night at the dinner table, my mother would ask us to write a speech about what we would do if we were president, chief minister or prime minister - every day would be a different world leader she'd ask us to play. At the end of dinner we had to give the speech and she had to decide who was going to vote for".
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2015 #4114
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    I looked up the CD on Amazon. Started reading the reviews. One of the reviews mentioned that the singer had been nominated for a Grammy and that she was Indra Nooyi's sister. Once I had that, it was simply a matter of checking if the other clues fit.

    Here is the review -- Amazon.com: Gopalan S. Raj's review of Soul Call
     
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    It's the wee hours of the morning in India. Not sure if our desi neurites are up yet. Field is open for anyone with a puzzle ready to go.
     
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    Here is how I solved Akanksha's puzzle quickly. After I returned home listening to wonderful Bhajan session (I am not going to say that the answer revealed itself), I looked at Akanksha's puzzle in a larger frame and I got the name of the Madras Christian College. That combined with Times 100 Person immediately hinted me that she was talking about Indra Nooyi (The advantage of being local). When I typed out Soul Call, it gave away Chandrika's nomination to Grammy Award and when I typed out Indra Nooyi+Guitor, it gave me her passion for rock music and she had all girl band in Chennai. I also came to know that she performs in annual functions of Pepsi (Can anyone turn her down as not an option?-Captured audience). KFC transaction and IIM information is in her Wikipedia page.

    Viswa
     
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    Next in line is PriyaSrini followed by Deepslikes.

    I bought a brand new coffee maker thanks to my son. He just brewed a nice Peppermint Mocha and I can send some to @PriyaSrini and @Deepslikes.
     
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    Speaking of like button in IL, for some strange reason I never used to give like that easily to anything I liked reading the first time. I used to respond without liking them and reread it later to decide whether to give like or not. I was operating like a quality control department. Later, I felt I was like a miserly man with a lot of wealth. I changed my mind thinking that the like button is nothing more than appreciation of someone's thoughts and giving like shouldn't be that complicated. Thoughts?
     
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    :rotfl

    I was miserly with likes too, but mostly because I didn't get the concept of likes. I am not active on FaceBook where this business started. I have a placeholder account that I sign into a few times a year. Like you, my initial perception was that a like denotes appreciation of quality, of language and thought. Took me some time to realize that a like is just an acknowledgement. It could be for anything - appreciation, agreement or encouragement. There was also some element of getting used to clicking the like button. Often it simply wouldn't occur to me. I'm much better at it now.

    I was told very recently that my likes ratio (given to received) is terrible. :) Mine is 0.47. It was 0.41 when I received the complaint, I have improved it since then. What's yours?
     
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    Even after becoming liberal for the past year or so, I am now at where you started. (0.41)

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