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  • What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India

    Friday, Mar 19, 2010 10:52AM / Members only

    Ranjan Das Passed Away on Wednesday, 21-October-2009 

     

     
    SAP India CEO Ranjan Das Dies After Gym Workout 

    Ranjan Das, CEO and MD of SAP Indian subcontinent 
    died after a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Wednesday. 
    One of the youngest CEOs, he was 42 

    What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India 



    A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra's Carter Road. Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.

    It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India. However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner ( in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away ), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.     

    Was it the stress?     

    A couple of you called me asking about the reasons. While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.     

    The Real Reason     

    However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program 'Boss' Day Out':

    Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep ( and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled ).

    The Evidence     

    Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of ‘Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep’. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives.     

    Some Excerpts:     

    · Short sleep duration ( <5 or 5-6 hours ) increased risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night. Paper published in 2009. As you know, high BP kills.     

    · Young people ( 25-49 years of age ) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less. Paper published in 2006.     

    · Individuals who slept less than 5 hours a night had a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks. Paper published in 1999.     

    · Complete and partial lack of sleep increased the blood concentrations of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-cRP), the strongest predictor of heart attacks. Even after getting adequate sleep later, the levels stayed high!!     

    · Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (cRP). They increase risks of many medical conditions, including cancer, arthritis and heart disease. Paper published in 2004.     

    · Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 18% increase in heart disease. Paper published in 2006.     

    Ideal Sleep     

    For lack of space, I cannot explain here the ideal sleep architecture. But in brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) and non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding. During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages 4-5 times.     

    The earlier part of sleep is mostly non-REM. During that period, your pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair your body. The latter part of sleep is more and more REM type.     

    For you to be mentally alert during the day, the latter part of sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep, you are mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours, your body is in a complete physical mess ( lack of non-REM sleep ), you are tired throughout the day, moving like a zombie and your immunity is way down ( I’ve been there, done that ).     

    Finally, as long-distance runners, you need an hour of extra sleep to repair the running related damage.     

    If you want to know if you are getting adequate sleep, take Epworth Sleepiness Test below.

    Interpretation: Score of 0-9 is considered normal while 10 and above abnormal. Many a times, I have clocked 21 out the maximum possible 24, the only saving grace being the last situation, since I don’t like to drive ( maybe, I should ask my driver to answer that line ).

    In conclusion:

    Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising ( marathoning! ), maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. In my opinion, that killed him.
    If you are not getting enough sleep ( 7 hours ), you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress.

    I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so spooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get some more sleep. 

    Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance. Please forward this mail/article to as many of your colleagues/friends as possible, especially those who might be short-changing their sleep. If we can save even one young life because of this email, I would be the happiest person on earth.     

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  • 24 Herbs is coming to town !

    Friday, Mar 19, 2010 10:46AM / Members only

    Missed thier dudes performance last year , definate going for this year ! 
    these guys are great !


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  • 口交和体内射精的好处

    Monday, Mar 1, 2010 5:40PM / Members only

    部分内容过于****，儿童不宜观看。
    多幫你男朋友口交，會變聰明。多射在體內，可以抗乳癌。
    精液是很營養的
    主要成份是果糖(醣纇)，前列腺素，維生素Ｃ及維他素Ｂ１２，膽固醇，礦物質，檸檬酸和動物性蛋白質等。
    精液是很高熱量的.
    每１／４盎斯的精液約有１５卡路里的熱量。

    其實阿
    男人的精液留在女人陰道裡對女人有益，確有科學上的根據。

    陰道壁吸收精液能使女人青春常駐，能夠預防乳癌。
    龜頭表層含有磷酯化物與唾液接觸會酯化成DHA可以增加腦力。

    美國"賓州大學" 教授著名專家阿尼--郭格夫博士的研究後的結論是：
    多幫你男朋友口交，會變聰明。多射在體內，可以抗乳癌。

    男性精液含有那些成份？
    精液每西西含精蟲數目至少在三千萬隻以上，半數以上外觀正常，且在離開體內一小時內，仍有一半具有活動力，精液除了含有精蟲外，主要成份為果糖，前列腺素，維生素丙，黃色素，膽固醇，磷脂類，鋅，及檸檬酸等。請各位注意︰精液的成份「超」補「超」營養！其中主要包含了-維他命：維他命Ｃ及維他命Ｂ12。礦物質：包括鈣、鉀、磷、鎂、鋅。似糖類物質：果糖、山梨醇。動物性蛋白質，都是高熱量食物。每1/4盎斯的精液約有15卡路里的熱量關於精液成份的問題最常由那些經常吞嚥精液的人所提出，像是口交時或是那些想攝取熱量和營養物質的人。
    一般來說精液中包含了aboutonia(不知道是什麼)、抗壞血酸(維他命Ｃ)、鈣、氯、膽固醇、膽鹼、血型抗原、檸檬酸、氨酸、去氧核塘核酸 DNA)、果糖、glutathione(不知道是什麼)、玻璃酸脢、肌醇、乳酸、鎂、氮、磷、鉀、嘌呤、嘧啶、丙酮酸、鈉、山梨醇、精液素、精液、尿素、尿酸、維他命 B12還有鋅。

    根據醫學報告顯示..智慧型的女性喜歡為對性伴侶口交.
    愛得雅莎因巴卡博士分析!精液的成分.發現其除了有美容肌膚的效果之外.同時對其他方面也有益處..他認為精液中含有雌二醇.而在卵巢荷爾蒙的口服避孕藥中也含有雌二酮.此外.精液中還有促性腺激素.有刺激生長毛髮作用..而女性對男性施行口交者以較高教育程度者為多.1939-1949年.金賽博士以及 1972年漢特的報告中.其結果顯示..

    金賽報告 漢特報告
    國小畢業的女性 15% 54%
    國中畢業的女性 43% 61%
    高中畢業的女性 46% 52%
    大學畢業的女性 52% 72%
    研究所畢業女性 75% 78%

    據《婦女與性荷爾蒙的危機》一書作者西蒙女士說，精液的化學成份很複雜，含有鐵、鋅、鎂等少量金屬，還有碳水化合物，那是精子的重要能源。有些人的精液裡，可能還有氧化成果糖的酒精。
    西蒙女士說，精液內可能還有少量磺胺劑等"口服藥"，使精子能安全地經過子宮頸黏液和子宮，進入輸卵管，最後與卵子結合。精液的功能，是把精子從男人的身體帶進女人的身體，不過，由於精液裡有那樣多的營養劑

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  • How to setup Hotmail on iPhone?

    Monday, Feb 22, 2010 4:10AM / Members only


    This solution article provides information to customers who wish to access their Windows Live Hotmail emails on iPhone.

    NOTE: With POP3, there is no synchronizing. For example, if you read an e-mail message on your iPhone the message will be unread if you view your Hotmail account on the web. Also, only messages in your Hotmail Inbox will display on your iPhone. Other folders, and any messages in them, will not be displayed.


    To setup pop3 on your iPhone please try the following steps:

    1. Tap Settings > Mail > Add Account > Other > Add Mail Account
    2. Enter Name, Hotmail Address (Your Live ID), Hotmail Password

    Note: You may get an error message saying that you will need to be a Windows Live Hotmail Plus Subscriber. If you see this message, please press "OK" to ignore the message. Pop3 service is now available for free for all Hotmail customers.

    3. Click "Save"
    Your account will be automatically configured at this point without further action from you.

    4. Now please go to the IPhone mail client and start downloading your pop3 messages.
    Note: The first download from our pop3 servers could take up to 5 minutes for the first sync.

    If for some reason the phone does not auto populate the server information, please use the following server settings:

    Pop3 Server: pop3.live.com (Port: 995)
    SMTP Server: smtp.live.com (Port: 25)

    Advanced Settings:
    Incoming Uses SSL: On
    Outgoing Uses SSL: On
    Authentication: Password
    Delete from Server: When removed from inbox

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