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Hindustan Times
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
‘White girl' shares why speaking English with an Indian accent feels natural to her now
A German woman is capturing widespread attention on the internet — not just for her fluent Malayalam, but for her unique explanation of why she speaks English with a distinctly Indian accent. A viral video showed a German woman explaining why she speaks English with an Indian accent.(Instagram/keralaklara) (Also read: 'Refuses to speak Tamil or Kannada': Bengaluru man calls out neighbour's English-only parenting) The woman, identified as Klara, is a German language teacher by profession and is currently learning Malayalam. Posting under the Instagram handle @keralaklara, she recently shared a video that has since gone viral, garnering over six lakh views and numerous comments. "Why does this white girl have an Indian accent?" In the now-viral video, Klara candidly addresses a common question she receives: "Why does this white girl have an Indian accent when she speaks in English? She's not Indian." To this, Klara responds with clarity and humour: "No, I'm not Indian. I'm actually German and I should have a German accent while speaking in English. But, I'll tell you why I have an Indian accent." She elaborates, "One reason is that I only talk to Indians in English. So, obviously, you adapt to what you hear. If I only talk to Indians, I will hear the Indian accent. So, I'm going to adapt to it and I will also talk like that." She also ties it to her Malayalam studies: "The second reason is that I speak Malayalam. And while speaking Malayalam, you don't say everything in pure Malayalam. You use English words in between. And how do you pronounce those English words? In an Indian accent. Imagine I want to say, I want a fridge in Malayalam. I pronounce 'fridge' like Indian English. Now imagine I would use British English. I think that's the main reason." Take a look here at the clip: Internet responds with fascination The comments section on her video turned into a buzzing conversation. One user wrote, "Wow. So you know German, Malayalam, English accent, Indian accent English. That's awesome." Another added, "It's a Malayali accent, in fact." Others praised her grasp of regional nuances: "Your accent is particularly specific to Kerala. Accents in each region differ and the Kerala accent is particularly distinct." Another commenter shared a personal anecdote, "My fiancée is German too but she's got more of a German accent. Recently her uncle told us she's slowly developing an Indian accent — that would be my Bangalorean accent." (Also read: French man lists hilarious Indian English phrases he learned from his wife: 'It's normal only') Not everyone was serious though. One user quipped, "Okay okay, we get it, you've got Malayali friends," while another offered empathy, "I would speak English with an Indian accent when conversing with elderly Indians because that felt more natural, even though it would drive my family crazy."
Straits Times
11-06-2025
- Climate
- Straits Times
May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say
FILE PHOTO: A man sits on a tangle of branches in the Sacramento River while staying cool during a heat wave in Sacramento, California, U.S. May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the Hubert Lake wildfire WWF023, which forced the evacuation of the Hubert Lake Provincial Park area west of Fawcett, Alberta, Canada in an aerial photograph May 29, 2025. Alberta Wildfire/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Klara, 20, sunbathes at Retiro Park during a hot day in Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say BRUSSELS - The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth's second-warmest May on record - exceeded only by May 2024 - rounding out the northern hemisphere's second-hottest March-May spring on record, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, C3S said. That broke a run of extraordinary heat, in which 21 of the last 22 months had an average global temperature exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial times - although scientists warned this break was unlikely to last. "Whilst this may offer a brief respite for the planet, we do expect the 1.5C threshold to be exceeded again in the near future due to the continued warming of the climate system," said C3S director Carlo Buontempo. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Last year was the planet's hottest on record. A separate study, published by the World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists on Wednesday, found that human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heatwave in Iceland and Greenland last month about 3C hotter than it otherwise would have been - contributing to a huge additional melting of Greenland's ice sheet. "Even cold-climate countries are experiencing unprecedented temperatures," said Sarah Kew, study co-author and researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. The global threshold of 1.5C is the limit of warming which countries vowed under the Paris climate agreement to try to prevent, to avoid the worst consequences of warming. The world has not yet technically breached that target - which refers to an average global temperature of 1.5C over decades. However, some scientists have said it can no longer realistically be met, and have urged governments to cut CO2 emissions faster, to limit the overshoot and the fuelling of extreme weather. C3S's records go back to 1940, and are cross-checked with global temperature records going back to 1850. REUTERS Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here.
The Star
11-06-2025
- Science
- The Star
May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say
FILE PHOTO: Klara, 20, sunbathes at Retiro Park during a hot day in Madrid, Spain, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Ana Beltran/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fuelled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday. Last month was Earth's second-warmest May on record - exceeded only by May 2024 - rounding out the northern hemisphere's second-hottest March-May spring on record, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. Global surface temperatures last month averaged 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, C3S said. That broke a run of extraordinary heat, in which 21 of the last 22 months had an average global temperature exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial times - although scientists warned this break was unlikely to last. "Whilst this may offer a brief respite for the planet, we do expect the 1.5C threshold to be exceeded again in the near future due to the continued warming of the climate system," said C3S director Carlo Buontempo. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Last year was the planet's hottest on record. A separate study, published by the World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists on Wednesday, found that human-caused climate change made a record-breaking heatwave in Iceland and Greenland last month about 3C hotter than it otherwise would have been - contributing to a huge additional melting of Greenland's ice sheet. "Even cold-climate countries are experiencing unprecedented temperatures," said Sarah Kew, study co-author and researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. The global threshold of 1.5C is the limit of warming which countries vowed under the Paris climate agreement to try to prevent, to avoid the worst consequences of warming. The world has not yet technically breached that target - which refers to an average global temperature of 1.5C over decades. However, some scientists have said it can no longer realistically be met, and have urged governments to cut CO2 emissions faster, to limit the overshoot and the fuelling of extreme weather. C3S's records go back to 1940, and are cross-checked with global temperature records going back to 1850. (Reporting by Kate Abnett; Editing by Alex Richardson)
TimesLIVE
03-06-2025
- Health
- TimesLIVE
Soup's up: a healing brew
When I first started working together with my dear friend Bailey, there was this ever-growing list of foods I didn't eat. Soup was high on the list, the broth akin to cloudy water to me on most occasions. This was, until I sampled ramen in Tokyo a few years ago, seated in a small stall inside a basement hole in the wall. I had ordered the dish on a screen, based mainly on pictures. It gave me a most profound understanding of depth of flavour. Wow! I had so many questions. Each spoonful was more delicious than the last; a warm golden liquid to change my view of broth forever, and a quest to get to this depth of flavour. As we sipped, my friend told me their five-year-old's favourite meal was chicken ramen, giving me newfound respect for the kiddo's palate. It was his go-to meal, and especially with his daddy on his birthday. As we mm'd and aah'd in between slurps and the odd cough over a chilli, I thought of my own special broth-related moment. When I was a teen — albeit a troubled one, as my mother likes to remind me — mom bought me a book, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. The title didn't sound inspiring. I'd not grown up on chicken soup, but more on umhluzi (fat drippings and juices from cooking lamb) that we'd sip and dip bits of bread into. Still, the book was incredible and a real panacea for my wondering teenage soul. Image: I've been making broth for some time now, but Klara, a nutritional therapist based in Namibia, gave me the inside scoop on how to get the depth of flavour: roast the chicken a bit first. I mean, we brown meat for stews, so why wouldn't we for a broth? Game changer! I was sick when I made this broth last month and, trust me, the adage rings true — this is healing stuff. This broth soothes, it heals, it ends arguments even, and it brings peace to your heart and home. The past year has come with many meanderings, so treat yourself to the taste of this. You'll thank yourself. Ingredients: Whole chicken (I use free range) 3 garlic cloves — smashed, skin on 3 medium carrots, peeled and roughly chopped 1 shallot (even the green ends), roughly chopped 1 small red onion, roughly chopped 2 sticks of celery (and the leaves), roughly chopped 1 chilli, cut down the middle 1 bay leaf (I use fresh) 1 teaspoon of ground cumin ½ teaspoon cumin seeds ½ teaspoon of fennel seeds 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 tablespoon of ghee ¼ teaspoon of turmeric ½ teaspoon of coriander seeds 1 teaspoon of yellow mustard seeds A small pinch of ground nutmeg 10 x black peppercorns 2 x tablespoons of apple cider vinegar 3 teaspoons of Himalayan salt (add more when serving) ½ teaspoon of white pepper Method: Pre-heat the oven to 210°C Rub 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the chicken and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper Place the chicken in the oven, allow the skin to brown properly and crisp up for about 40 minutes; turn it over after about 25 minutes to brown the underside When the chicken is near browning time, heat a large stock pot over low-medium heat and add all the spices and bay leaf; warm through for less than a minute Add the ghee and 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then the onion, shallot, celery, and ginger and allow to cook a little Add the carrots and stir through, then add the garlic after about 2 minutes, stirring so nothing sticks to the bottom Add the apple cider vinegar and deglaze the pan Put the browned chicken into the pot and add about 1.5 l of water to cover the chicken and veg; bring to a boil. Lower the heat, then allow the broth to cook in a rolling bowl on low heat for at least 4 hours, though I prefer 5 hours. You will see a golden broth develop and your kitchen and home will smell wholesome. When done, ladle into a bowl of your choice, shred some chicken into the bowl and add noodles if you desire — I use the buckwheat variety. Add the carrots, some coriander leaves, a squeeze of lemon and an extra sprinkle of salt and slurp up the goodness.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
The Power of Automation: How DAS Consultants is Revolutionizing New Patient Outreach
NEW YORK CITY, NY / / May 2, 2025 / In today's healthcare environment, providers aren't just competing on quality of care-they're competing on patient experience and operational efficiency. As digital expectations rise and healthcare consumers become more discerning, one fact stands out: practices that fail to engage and nurture new patient leads quickly risk losing them to more responsive competitors. That's why automation in new patient outreach has become not just a luxury but an absolute necessity. Why Patient Outreach Automation Matters More Than Ever Modern patients are digitally savvy. They expect immediate responses, clear communication, and proactive follow-up. Studies show that up to 78% of patients will choose the first provider who responds to their inquiry-whether that's by phone, text, or website chat. If a practice delays even by a few hours, the chances of booking that patient plummet. Beyond response speed, patient no-shows and lead drop-off represent significant revenue leakage. The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) estimates that no-show rates can be as high as 30%, costing practices thousands in lost revenue monthly. Automation offers a game-changing solution to both challenges-capturing, nurturing, and converting leads consistently and efficiently. The Anatomy of a Fully Automated New Patient Outreach System A truly modern outreach system integrates several key features: Instant Lead Capture - Whether a patient fills out a website form, sends a text, or chats online, their inquiry is captured and logged immediately. Automated Follow-Up Sequence - Instead of relying on busy staff to manually call or email every lead, an automated system sends pre-configured text and email sequences to nurture leads. Appointment Confirmation & Reminders - Once a patient books, automated confirmations and reminders drastically reduce no-shows. Two-Way Communication - Patients can text back questions, reschedule, or confirm-all through an intelligent system. CRM Integration - Seamless integration with a practice's existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) or CRM ensures clean, centralized data. There are several respected tools in the healthcare tech landscape that offer components of this functionality: Tebra - Known for robust practice management and patient communication. Luma Health - Specializes in automated appointment reminders and recalls. Klara - Streamlines patient messaging and intake forms. Weave - Combines text, phone, reviews, and payments in one platform. While these solutions provide important building blocks, DAS Consultants takes automation a bold step further. Introducing DAS Consultants' AI Chat: The Ultimate Patient Outreach Engine DAS Consultants has engineered the most advanced AI Chat system on the market, purpose-built for healthcare practices that prioritize high-value patient acquisition and lead nurturing. Here's how it works: 1. Instant AI-Powered Engagement The moment a potential patient visits your website, DAS Consultants' AI Chat engages them conversationally-24/7. Whether they're inquiring about dental implants, cosmetic surgery, or specialty care, the AI identifies their needs and qualifies the lead in real time. 2. Automated Nurture Sequences Once a lead submits their contact info, DAS Consultants' system triggers an automated text and email sequence designed to: Answer common questions Offer appointment booking links Send educational resources about procedures Gently remind the patient to book if they haven't yet These sequences are fully customizable based on specialty-ensuring a personalized, relevant experience that converts. 3. Appointment Confirmation & No-Show Reduction Upon booking, DAS Consultants' system continues working by: Sending appointment confirmations via text/email Issuing friendly reminders at optimized intervals (24 hrs before, 2 hrs before, etc.) Offering one-click rescheduling if conflicts arise Clients have reported up to a 35% reduction in no-shows-a direct boost to revenue. 4. Two-Way Smart Texting Patients can text questions, request info, or even reschedule-all routed through a HIPAA-compliant AI assistant that intelligently responds or alerts staff only when necessary. 5. Analytics and Reporting Detailed dashboards show: Lead-to-patient conversion rates No-show trends Response times and engagement metrics ROI of campaigns This gives practices data-driven insights to continually optimize outreach. The Competitive Edge for Practices Practices leveraging DAS Consultants' automated outreach system consistently report: Increased Patient Acquisition - Up to 35% more bookings from website traffic. Higher Retention - Patients appreciate timely, responsive communication. Reduced Admin Burden - Staff spends less time chasing leads and more time delivering care. Improved Revenue - Fewer no-shows and more high-value patient conversions boost the bottom line. Specialties seeing the biggest benefits include: Cosmetic Surgery & Dermatology Dental Implants & Orthodontics Pain Management & Orthopedics Concierge Medicine & Primary Care Choosing the Right Automation Partner While many companies offer pieces of the patient communication puzzle, DAS Consultants integrates all key functionalities into one streamlined, AI-powered platform designed for maximum conversion impact. When evaluating automation tools, ask yourself: Is it HIPAA-compliant? Does it offer real AI-powered conversations-not just canned responses? Can it automate both lead nurture and appointment workflows? Will it integrate with your EHR or practice management system? If the answer to any of those is no, your automation efforts may fall short. The Future of Patient Outreach is Here In 2025 and beyond, successful practices will differentiate themselves not just by the care they provide-but by how easy, responsive, and reassuring they make the patient journey. Automation isn't replacing human touch; it's amplifying it. By ensuring no lead is forgotten, no patient is left waiting, and every interaction feels timely and relevant, practices can build stronger relationships-and healthier bottom lines. For healthcare providers serious about scaling new patient acquisition, reducing no-shows, and creating a modern, frictionless patient experience, DAS Consultants offers the most complete, powerful solution on the market. Learn more about DAS Consultants by visiting their website at: ContactDAS Consultants347-220-8813 SOURCE: DAS Consultants View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Sign in to access your portfolio
