Briyani compatetion

Initially

I am thinking

We order 5 briyanis from 10 restaurants on a specific day

Bring it to one place and have blind tasting and grade them

That can be easy way to kick off - low cost, run it at one of our homes....

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Benefits of this

1) This is less expense

2) No risk of people getting sick of peanut or things of that sort

3) We learn to run the event

4) We learn to rate the briyani (I suggest we give 10 tokens to each person, they get to vote on the one they like. Allow more than one vote per dish too)

5) How to ensure, people do not know the place where the biriyani was picked

6) How to keep them somewhat warm until it is rady to taste

Challenges in actual biriyani contest

1) We need to collect money from contestants

2) We need to give prize

3) If we run it in public (park) area, we have to get food preparation/sale permit from county

So, rating briyani from restaurant will be first step before we go out with our own chef

CityZen

16A/5, C.I.T.NAGAR III MAIN ROAD, Chennai 600 035

Zone 10 Ward 141

10-141-001724

Chennai Corporation Zone/Ward Search from map

https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/delimited_ward/

Gifted Talented Education

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/gifted-and-talented-education

SUBCHAPTER D. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS
Sec. 29.121.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "gifted and talented student" means a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who:
(1)  exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area;
(2)  possesses an unusual capacity for leadership;  or
(3)  excels in a specific academic field.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 29.122.  ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Using criteria established by the State Board of Education, each school district shall adopt a process for identifying and serving gifted and talented students in the district and shall establish a program for those students in each grade level. A district may establish a shared services arrangement program with one or more other districts.
(b)  Each school district shall adopt a policy regarding the use of funds to support the district's program for gifted and talented students.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.017, eff. June 12, 2019.

Sec. 29.123.  STATE PLAN;  ASSISTANCE.  The State Board of Education shall develop and periodically update a state plan for the education of gifted and talented students to guide school districts in establishing and improving programs for identified students.  The regional education service centers may assist districts in implementing the state plan.  In addition to obtaining assistance from a regional education service center, a district may obtain other assistance in implementing the plan.  The plan shall be used for accountability purposes to measure the performance of districts in providing services to students identified as gifted and talented.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Shake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_shaking_table 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefaction 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction

Questions

What's your investment focus

Evaluating founders and team

Book Recommendation

2024Jan27

https://finviz.com/

https://www.facilitron.com/

https://www.honestmath.com/

https://www.earningswhispers.com/

Personal Finance - services

Personal Capital (Empower) - https://personalcapital.com/

Mint (Intuit) - https://mint.intuit.com/

Monarch Money - https://monarchmoney.com/ Paid

YNAB - https://www.ynab.com/

SIMPLIFI (Quicken) - https://www.quicken.com/products/simplifi/

1970-90s Brands

 Godrej

Vettum puli matches

charminar

scissors

pasing show

Prestige

Raymond

People

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bogle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki

youtube channels

 https://www.youtube.com/@CodieSanchezCT

https://www.youtube.com/@alux

https://www.youtube.com/@financesimplifiedyt

https://www.youtube.com/@MinorityMindset

https://www.youtube.com/@realestatemindset

https://www.youtube.com/@OrlandoMiner

https://www.youtube.com/@PBoyle

Retirement tools

 https://ficalc.app/

https://www.newretirement.com/retirement/simple-retirement-calculator/

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/

ARM - Adjustable Rate Mortgage

 Why I like Adjustable Rate Mortgage over Fixed rate.

privacy in 2019

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots/

Mobile apps are recording all user actions and screenshoots using technology from
https://www.glassboxdigital.com/ & https://www.appsee.com/

They are not forthright in informing the customers. The record/replay technology providers don't require of their customer to inform the customers. OS platform companies don't ban this capture, as technology.

Well, welcome to 2019

Adobe

Elastic @ Adobe: Making Search Smarter with Machine Learning at Scale
https://www.elastic.co/elasticon/tour/2018/santa-clara/elastic-at-adobe-making-search-smarter-with-machine-learning-at-scale

Real Estate Investment - Resources

https://www.biggerpockets.com/
https://www.fortunebuilders.com/
http://www.sweetrois.com/
https://www.ponderosahomes.com/


Example County Sites (official records)

1. https://payments.sccgov.org/propertytax/Secured/AdvAddress
2. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html
3. http://www.padctn.org/prc/#/search/1
4. http://jacksoncomo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=19d0c3fbbfac42a1bc35bad9be238c53
5. 
   

https://noteinvestor.com/
http://www.mgcleasing.com/
https://app.crowdstreet.com/properties/


https://www.propertyware.com/

https://www.fanniemae.com/content/guide/selling/

Wholesale
Commercial Residential Property
Duplex/FourPlex properties

https://www.zillow.com/
https://www.redfin.com/
https://www.trulia.com/
https://www.loopnet.com/

Profit Sharing Plan

Wikipedia Articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_management
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lease_administration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCRE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_real_estate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_investment_trust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_owned
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_rate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_Rent_Multiplier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_rating_for_real_estate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_economics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rental_value
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_(building)

Being poor is costly

1. Time spent on commuting
2. Higher interest rate
3. Higher bank fees
4. Collecting check physically, sited of bank deposit/mailed check
5. Going to school to acquire skills , instead of 1:1 coaching by experts
6. No airline mileage redemption
7. Not much healthy food in neighborhood groceries
8. Paying same rate for older/expiring food, than other affluent neighborhoods
9. Higher traffic neighborhood
10. Live under poor air quality most of the life
11. Run old and low efficiency cars
12. Unable to avail car pool lane
13. Lower wages for the same time spent working
14. Poorer working condition
15. Not able to go on vacation, pushes poor into stress and poorer work performance
16. Costs a lot to pay for other even poorer people around you
17. No preventive medical care, puts in to higher cost of health cared maintain acne
18. Employer group health care and government discounts are not available for poor
19. Admin and paperwork delay for poor could have determinantal impact on lives of poor
20. money, time, hassle, exhaustion, menace
21. pay more on a capital basis for inferior housing
22. Discounting for bulk price can disadvantage/injustice for poor who can not offed bulk.
23. Poor has be be another protected class in law. So, poor can fight in court telling discrimination.
24. Depending on public laundry facility over a private laundry. Time, money, bad quality machine, bad outcome. Can be a risky place due to other poor people looking for trouble

People and documents:

1. Bradley R. Schiller, a professor emeritus at American University and the author of "The Economics of Poverty and Discrimination."
2. 
   

Following law is costly

Following all the laws all the time is too expensive. To save some time/money/resource, people/companies/governments break them from time to time. Few of the law breaking incidents are caught and fewer of them are punished.

NSA surveillance...

Just because you can do some thing, there are situations why it might not be a good idea to do it.

US government NSA surveillance....

NSA provides backup (snooping) service to most technology companies in the US. So, other governments, like Brazil, are considering to demand international companies keep their citizens data with in their country - not move it out.

Government Settles on my behalf?

1. UBS to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Libor Charges
2. Morgan Stanley Coughs Up $5 Million in Facebook Settlement
3. Standard Chartered Bank has agreed to pay $327 million to settle federal and New York charges it laundered money on behalf of four countries that were subject to U.S. economic sanctions from 2001 through 2007.
4. HSBC settles US money laundering case for $1.9B
   
   
   In what way does it really help me? Is this my wish? Am I truly compensated? Looks like the Government is helping the lawyers get their money (pension?). May be some ego/promotion of government official is met...

China subsidy vs US subsidy

The US government complained to ITO and imposed tariffs on Chinese products imported to the US.

The US federal government offers various subsidies, including farm subsidies for goods end up getting exported. Also, various state,county and city governments provide various subsidies like tax holidays, free land to attract large companies to relocate to their region.

Don't understand the logic - other than calling it double standard.