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Multiproduct Traditional Japanese Cuisine Restaurant Improves Labor Productivity by Changing Cooking Processes According to Service Product Characteristics
Takeshi Shimmura*1,*2,*3,†, Syuichi Oura*2, Kenji Arai*2, Nobutada Fujii*4, Tomomi Nonaka*1, Takeshi Takenaka*3, and Takashi Tanizaki*5
*1Ritsumeikan University
1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 532-0025, Japan
*2Ganko Food Service Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
*3National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan
*4Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
*5Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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service engineering, labor productivity, restaurant, production system, work scheduling
This study introduces three cooking process improvements for a multiproduct traditional Japanese cuisine restaurant to improve labor productivity and to assess relations between offered process changes and service product characteristics. Restaurant productivity is the lowest among service industries because restaurants are labor-intensive. Therefore, the industry is affected by service product characteristics. Combining line and cell cooking systems, batch cooking using partial freezers, and combining built-to-order and built-to-plan cooking are introduced into actual multiproduct traditional Japanese cuisine restaurants to change cooking operations and improve labor productivity. Results show that all cooking process changes reduce work hours. The correlation coefficient between work hour and sales revenue improved by line and cell cooking, but it is degraded by batch cooking and built-to-order and built-to-plan cooking. Line and cell cooking enhance simultaneity and reduce the influence of perishability because the system adopts hourly work hours to fluctuation of hourly sales by changing cooking systems (line/cell). However, the system does not resolve heterogeneity and intangibility difficulties because the system is intended to resolve quantitative difficulties of cooking operation systems. Batch cooking systems reduce the influence of simultaneity and perishability of service products because the method reduces cooking frequency using partial freezers. Furthermore, the system improves heterogeneity because the restaurant can provide head-chef-made dishes even if the chef is not working at the restaurant. However, the system does not resolve difficulties of intangibility because the system is not designed to improve customers' subjective evaluation for service. Built-to-order and built-to-plan cooking reduce the respective influences of simultaneity, perishability, and heterogeneity of service products to some degree because built to plan teams also practice batch cooking using partial freezers. However, the system does not resolve the difficulty of intangibility because the system is not intended to improve customers' subjective evaluation for service.
T. Shimmura, S. Oura, K. Arai, N. Fujii, T. Nonaka, T. Takenaka, and T. Tanizaki, "Multiproduct Traditional Japanese Cuisine Restaurant Improves Labor Productivity by Changing Cooking Processes According to Service Product Characteristics," Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.12, No.4, pp. 449-458, 2018.
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S. Korea 'carefully' mulling timing of offering talks with N.K.
All News 11:23 January 02, 2018
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday it is "carefully" considering the timing of proposing talks with North Korea as the North's leader expressed his willingness to send a delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Monday that his country is open to dialogue with Seoul over its intent to take part in the Winter Games to be held in South Korea next month.
"The ministry is carefully mulling proposing dialogue with the North and is in consultations with other government agencies," a ministry official said.
South Korea's presidential office welcomed Kim's olive branch, saying that Seoul is open to talks with the North "at any time, in any place and in any format."
The official declined to elaborate on whether Seoul's offer could come this week.
He added that the North did not show any reaction to a call by a South Korean liaison official at the truce village of Panmunjom earlier in the day.
"We will make another attempt for contact later in the day," the official said.
The two Koreas used to talk over phones installed at the liaison office twice a day to keep inter-Korean communication channels.
But the North has not answered a call by the South since it severed the channel in February 2016 in an angry protest against Seoul's shutdown of an inter-Korean industrial complex.
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will make a working visit to Poland on October 23-24.
"October 23-24, 2018, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin will make a working visit to the Republic of Poland to participate in the Warsaw Security Forum 2018," the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reports.
As noted, the minister also plans to hold a number of bilateral meetings and communicate with the media representatives within the framework of the visit.
Established in 2014, the Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) is a leading conference in Central and Eastern Europe, devoted to issues of international security, military affairs, cyber threats, transatlantic cooperation, as well as challenges and opportunities lying ahead not only for Poland, but the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe.


I thought she would be an opal baby like her mama.
But October never seemed so far away.
She's a diamond now and I like that too – precious and beautiful and infinite in worth.
Today I feel grateful; my heart is full.
These days have been difficult and fragile (peppered with moments of almost uncomfortable ease) as we uproot the old and make room for the new, knowing the new will never include what we once imagined it would.
On that dark day in that small room where that black screen displayed our fear and mocked our dreams, I wondered how could a mother move? Breathe? Ever get out of bed and put both feet on the floor after her reality crashes so suddenly?
I recoiled in fear of my own desire – the urge to find a cave and crawl in to die there.
But only days later and I'm squeezing my eldest's hand with a smile as he wonders aloud what dinosaurs sounded like and talks of finding a green fish for our new fish bowl and asks if we can visit some friends later that day.
I'm nursing my youngest while he traces lines on my chest with newfound gentleness he's suddenly discovered and perfecting as he studies me with eyes that seem wiser-than-his-years.
I'm giggling at the new words formed on the lips of a barely speaking boy who still waddles around in diapers and I'm shaking my head in wonder at the ideas formed in the imagination of a curious and clever one who was meant to start preschool on the day I was wheeled down hospital corridors.
We are talking of the future, my love and I, and recounting our short days with her and celebrating her and sharing her brief life with those we love and those we've never met. And it all feels so bright—so hopeful—and I wonder if I should feel this measure of joy so soon.
Can I grieve and give thanks in one breath? Can I both cry and laugh? Feel pain unspeakably and joy unashamedly?
There are moments of quiet where I remember the unexpected emptiness of my belly and I reach and rub and whisper I miss you while the tears come flooding again, bringing with them pain unbearable. And then I turn and see images of newborn treasures in the arms of dear friends and I feel yes. Yes, it is good – show me more, let me see.
I give thanks in my sadness and it feels right.
This ground is holy and I dare not put my shoes on for fear of marring it.
Losing a child—my child—marks me in a way that I don't yet know or fully understand. But I sense grace and I embrace peace, even while shaking my head at how this shouldn't be. For me, and so many others.
She is one. But she is many.
I read their stories and I mourn for their babies, even as I weep for my own. Their wounds, opened again, as they reach out to heal mine.
Together we weep with arms empty and arms full, hearts heavy and hearts alive.
And we heal each other through the fellowship of suffering and the offering of vulnerability and the gift of a Hope that never, ever fails.
Tomorrow will keep coming, and with it the light that refuses to cease. (And mostly we want it, but sometimes we don't because that light is just so strong, so exposing.) We remember, we rejoice, we mourn, we march on, knowing each step has been travelled before our pilgrimage ever began. Each breath already breathed, each moment already lived, each tear already shed in the heart of Another Who Knows.
And somehow—all mixed together—we form the sound of The Willing. The mother, the father—who have loved and lost and learned how to grieve—now stand prepared to be changed by the darkness and the light and the war that wages in between. Willing to be carried into the expanse of the coming Day, clinging to the promise of a time where every tear will be wiped away.
And all will be made new again.
I bend my knees in surrender and I vow to stay willing.
Even now, in this dark place.
Sorrow and joy — all mixed up together.
I am weary. I am hurting. But I am willing… and hopeful.
Dear friends, I wrote this over the weekend but then hesitated to post it as I feel so differently from one day to the next. Last night I felt sad, this morning angry, tonight I just feel tired. I suppose that's all part of the process though – the waves of grief and the humanity that is exposed through the turmoil of it all, and our inability to predict how and what will expose the pain. I've had some very sad days, and it hurts deeply to know that the world keeps spinning as if all is well even though ours has faltered incredibly. Perhaps that's why it is important for me to post this today – this mess of suffering and joy and pain and gratitude all folded into one another. And to remind myself of the company I'm in – the millions of mothers (and fathers) that stand with me or have gone before me on the saddest of roads. Our daughter is one, but she represents many. In our heartache we are alone, but not alone. Aren't you glad that tomorrow is a new day?
I'm so sorry for you loss. I think every day is diffrent, just take each one as it comes. It is ok to cry and question and weep when you need to, but it is also ok to smile and be happy sometimes too despite what has happened. gratitude and grief can walk hand in hand.
Such a beautiful post… you are an amazing mother… sending love and blessings to you and your family.
Holding you up in prayer at the moment. We've never met but have mutual friends and I have followed along with your blog for a little while now.
Losing our first baby was certainly the hardest thing I've experienced, the greatest grief, immense physical pain as well as the stark reality of someone lost before I even knew them.
You have captured it well, the paradox of moments of intense grief and surprising joy in the days that follow the loss of a baby. I have two on Earth and three in Heaven, and I have found much comfort in the community of others who have walked this path. I have especially found encouragement in the Hannah's Prayer (www.hannah.org) online community – and we have many members from Australia! Praying for you this morning as you process and find your new normal.
Adriel Booker recently posted..He is with us. Really.
Adriel, have you heard of Names in the Sand (namesinthesand.blog spot.com). It is an actual beach in Australia where the photographer Carly Dudley writes the names of babies in the sand and then takes a picture of it at sunrise or sunset to post on her website as a service to parents of babies in heaven. I don't know where in Australia you are, but that is something you may find encouraging as well.
I'm really glad you have the necklace! What a beautiful idea and tribute to your girl!
I agree with Kristi that you have captured the paradox well. In just a few short weeks, I will be remembering my second child. A little one born in May rather than December. Even though she entered our lives briefly in 2001, she is forever in my heart. Hannah's Prayer has been a tremendous blessing to me as I grieved her loss and the loss of our third child as well.
I am immensely sorry for your loss and I pray you ae comforted as you grieve. Thank you for sharing your little one.
This was beautiful. I'm glad you decided to post it.
Thank you so much for sharing that with us. I have lost 3 babies and have yet to feel the joy of holding them. Your letter was encouraging to me and I wept with you as I relived my own story. It was comforting to hear the same emotions and frustrations that I have felt 3x over. I pray that God continues to comfort us together as we mourn the loss of our children.
Thank you, just thank you, five-times-thank-you! I'll be praying for you as you walk steadily through your grief … still giving thanks, still praising the One who made us all. When I went through my miscarriages I always wanted to ask God "Why?" … and now, when I look into the faces of my three Littles, who came into our family through the miracle of adoption, I think I know at least some of the why; if I hadn't lost those I carried in my womb I would never have known the faces and hearts I get the privilege of seeing every day – and as much as losing those children I carried so briefly was desperately painful, I could never choose to not have even one of the children I have now!
Adriel, Thank you for your wonderful and honest blog.
Your story brought back many memories, some long forgotten, some refreshingly new as I remember 42 years ago and the loss of my first little girl. At the time I remember thinking the all time 'why', but now these years later I realize and am so grateful for the wonderful way that God works, giving such blessing.
Blessing to you and your family during this time of healing.
Adriel, I know there are no words to truly share my sorrow, sympathy and kinship with where you're at in processing the loss of your baby girl. My Erin has been 4 years in heaven since last Christmas and there isn't a day that goes by when I don't think of her, desire her by my side or see her in my other children! I'm thankful every day that Jesus is her comfort and mine! She has changed my life…and although there are still days I ache to touch her, I am blessed to have been able to experience carrying her life inside of me and thankful for all the growth Papa God has walked me through since! A special friend suggested that I do some creative writing to commemorate my daughter much like you have done in "This ground is holy". I hope this poem will encourage you!
"Do you recognize that I hurt with you?
Earthly sun explodes through heavy rain clouds!
It brings a last light that adds fire to all it touches.
Suddenly come alive with rainbows of color!
Laughed gleefully, spinning around and around!
"Let ME be the light, to bring beauty and color to your rain.
Let me help you learn to take JOY in your 'treasures' again!
Oh friend. So beautiful. I always said there was a sweetness that came with the sorrow. Walking through the process made me feel more holy because it made me desperately cling to the Holiest One. I know you are drawing nearer to him through this process and you will only come out of it shining brighter like that diamond and as smooth as that pearl. There is sweetness in sorrow and beauty because he is there.
It has been so long since we have talked. But I wanted you to know how much I love you. I am so very sorry for your loss. I so admire your strength and your willingness to share with people as you do. You're bringing comfort to so many people through what your write on your blog. I am so proud that I can say I have known you and have been able to call you friend. Your courage astounds me. I know your heavenly Father is so proud of you, weeping with you and sharing every crazy emotion you endure. Thank you for being a big sister to me and a mother in the faith. You are such a wonderful mama. Again, I love you!
Adriel, I just discovered your blog tonight, contacted you on facebook about how one of your postings gave me such joy, and now I am crying over your loss. I cannot say that I have gone through the horror and physical loss of a daughter like you have. Yet I am the (happy, grateful) mom of all boys and I have always secretly mourned the loss of the experience of having and raising a daughter. God is truly good and heaven is your personal ideal. I am convinced we will both experience the JOY and DELIGHT of raising these little girls in heaven……you will be reunited with the daughter you lost and I will be reunited with the daughter I never had. I BELIEVE. Praying for you to have comfort and peace at this difficult time.
thank you jen! i am doing well, though still tender at some moments (and of course i will never "get over" losing a child). but god is gracious, the pain is lessening, and i am healing.
I am so so sorry for your loss. I caught a glimpse of your blog when I first found out I was pregnant. I even booked marked it as "Mommy blog". I read this post then and my heart broke. Little did I know a few weeks later I would now be experiencing the traumatic pain of losing my baby. Thank you for your posts and your encouragement and sharing your story. It makes me feel less alone. This was my first baby and I sometimes feel like the pain wont be filled. I must remember that God does have a plan and I have to keep my hope in Him on sad and angry days. Thank you so much for your posts.
Emily. Oh Emily. I am so sorry to hear you lost your baby. There is no pain like it, my girl. How is your heart? Are you healing? Finding peace? I hope you have a good support system around you. You are not alone, but we need people close to us to remind us sometimes.
I love reading your posts. You are a blessing!


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Agreement with Bru-Reang community in North East symbolises spirit of cooperative federalism: PM
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The Prime Minister said, the new decade of 2020, has brought a new ray of hope in the life of the Bru-Reang community. He was referring to the agreement which has ended the 25 year old problem of Bru-Reang refugee crisis.
Sharing his thoughts in the 61st episode of Mann Ki Baat programme of All India Radio today, Mr. Modi said, around 34 thousand Bru refugees will be rehabilitated in Tripura and government will provide an assistance of around 600 crore rupees for rehabilitation and all-round development.
With this , they will now be able to garner the benefit of public welfare schemes. Mr Modi said, the agreement is special as it symbolises the spirit of cooperative federalism and it epitomizes the inherent compassion and sensitivity of Indian culture.
Congratulating Assam Government and the people of the state for successfully hosting 3rd Khelo India Games, the Prime Minister said, six thousand sportspersons from different states participated in it. 80 records were broken at the mega sporting event out of which 56 records were registered in the name of girls. Mr Modi said, in just three years, through Khelo India Games, thirty-two hundred gifted children have emerged on the sporting horizon. He lauded how parents of some of the participants did not allow poverty to become a hurdle for the future of their children. Mr Modi said, Government has now decided to organize Khelo India University Games and the first edition of Games will be held in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in Odisha from 22nd of next month.
The Prime Minister expressed confidence that after interaction with students in Pariksha Pe Charcha, the youth is brimming with self-confidence and is ready to take on the challenges. He said, Fit India School campaign which began November last year is yielding results and more than 65 thousand schools have obtained the Fit India School certificates. Mr Modi urged the schools to integrate physical activity and sports with education. He also appealed countrymen to promote more physical activity in their daily routine.
The Prime Minister appreciated the participation of people in water conservation saying extensive and innovative efforts are under way in every corner of the country to save water. He said, Jal-Shakti Campaign which commenced last monsoon is taking rapid and successful strides with public participation. He said, a large number of lakes and ponds have been built and people from all strata of society contributed wholeheartedly in it.
Mr Modi said, the country has taken another step towards the goal of sending an Indian into space through Gaganyaan Mission in 2022, when the nation will celebrate 75 years of Independence. He said, Gaganyaan mission will be a historic achievement in the field of science and technology for India in the 21st century and it will prove to be a milestone for New India. He said, four candidates have been already selected as astronauts for the mission and all of them are pilots of the Indian Air Force. Mr Modi said, the promising youngsters symbolise India's skill, talent, ability, courage and dreams. He said, they will to go to Russia in a few days for their training and it will another golden chapter in India-Russia friendship and cooperation.
The Prime Minister said, like every year, last evening Padma awards were announced and he urged people to read up about each of the awardees. He said, Padma Awards have now become the Peoples' awards. He said, this year over 46 thousand nominations were received for the Padma awards which is more than twenty times the number of nominations received in 2014. He said many among the awardees are those who have risen from the bottom of the pyramid through their hard work. He said, they overcame limitations of resources and despair around them and forged ahead. He said, the strong resolve, spirit of selfless service of the awardees inspires everyone. The Prime Minister said, the extraordinary stories of their lives will inspire the society in the true spirit.
Mr Modi mentioned about Shailesh from Bihar who shared a Mann Ki Baat Charter that offered glimpses of the issues covered in the monthly radio programme over various episodes. He said, the Mann Ki Baat Charter is very innovative and people can join any cause of their choice listed in the Mann Ki Baat Charter. People using the hashtag can share their contributions. He said, when every Indian takes a step forward, it results in India going ahead by a 130 crore steps.
Wishing the countrymen on Republic Day celebrations, the Prime Minister hoped that the new decade will bring new resolve and new achievements for each citizen and for the country. He also hoped that India will surely achieve the capabilities to fulfil the expectations that the world has from India. He called upon people to serve mother India with a new resolve.
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Chapter Thirteen
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Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Bhagavad-gītā Chapter 1
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra
Chapter Summary:
Two armies, those of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, face each other on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra. Many signs indicate victory for the Pandavas. Dhrtarashtra, the Pandavas' uncle and the Kauravas' father, doubts the possibility of his sons' victory and asks Sanjaya, his secretary, to describe the scene on the battlefield.
Arjuna, one of five Pandava brothers, undergoes a crisis just before the fight. He is overwhelmed by compassion for his family members and teachers, whom he is supposed to kill. After submitting before Krishna many noble and moral reasons why he wishes not to fight, Arjuna casts aside his weapons, overwhelmed with grief. Arjuna's reluctance to fight indicates his kind heart; such a person is fit to receive transcendental knowledge.
Contents of the Gita Summarized
Krishna does not sympathize with Arjuna's arguments. Rather, He reminds Arjuna that his duty is to fight and orders him to overcome his weakness of heart. Arjuna is torn between his aversion to killing his relatives and Krishna's desire that he should fight. Aggrieved and confused, Arjuna asks Krishna for guidance and becomes his disciple.
Krishna takes up the role of Arjuna's Spiritual Master and teaches him that the soul is eternal and cannot be killed. Dying in battle promotes a fighter to the heavenly planets, so Arjuna should rejoice that those persons he is about to kill will achieve superior births. A person is eternally an individual. Only his body perishes. Thus, there is nothing to lament.
Arjuna's decision not to fight is based on his desire to enjoy life with his relatives, even at the cost of wisdom and duty. Such a mentality keeps one bound to the material world. Krishna advises Arjuna to engage in buddhi-yoga, work without attachment to the results. By fighting in this way, Arjuna will free himself from the cycle of birth and death and become eligible to enter the kingdom of God.
Karma – Yoga
Arjuna is still confused. He thinks that buddhi-yoga means that one should retire from active life and practice penance and austerities. But Krishna says, "no. Fight! But do it in a spirit of renunciation and offer all the results to the Supreme. This is the best purification. By working without attachment, one attains the Supreme."
Performing sacrifices for the pleasure of the Lord guarantees material prosperity and freedom from sinful reactions. Even a self-realized person never gives up his duty. He acts for the sake of educating others.
Arjuna then asks the Lord what it is that causes one to engage in sinful acts. Krishna answers that it is lust which induces one to sin. This lust bewilders one and entangles one in the material world. Lust presents itself in the senses, mind, and intelligence, but it can be counteracted by self – control.
Transcendental Knowledge
The science of Bhagavad – gita was first spoken by Krishna to Vivasvan, the sun-god. Vivasvan taught the science to his descendents, who taught it to humanity. This system of transmitting knowledge is called disciplic succession.
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religion and a rise of irreligion, Krishna appears in His Original Transcendental Form, untouched by material nature. One who understands the transcendental nature of the Lord attains the Lord's eternal abode at the time of death.
Everyone surrenders to Krishna, directly or indirectly, and Krishna reciprocates according to one's surrender.
Krishna created a system called varnasrama, with divisions of social and spiritual life, to engage people according to their psychophysical natures. By sacrificing the results of work to the Supreme, people gradually rise to the platform of transcendental knowledge. Ignorant and faithless people who doubt the revealed knowledge of the scriptures can never be happy, nor attain God Consciousness.
Karma – yoga – Action in Krishna Consciousness
Arjuna is still confused about what is better: renunciation of work or work in devotion. Krishna explains that devotional service is better. Since everything belongs to Krishna, nothing is one's own to renounce. Thus whatever one possesses one should use in Krishna's service. A person working in such consciousness is renounced. This process, called karma yoga, helps one escape the result of fruitive action—entanglement in rebirth.
One, who works in devotion with his mind and senses controlled, is in divine consciousness. Although his senses are engaged with sense objects, he is aloof, situated in peace and happiness.
Dhyana – yoga
The process of mystic yoga entails cessation of material activities. Yet the true mystic is not he who performs no duty. A real yogi works according to duty, without attachment to results or a desire for sense gratification. Real yoga entails meeting the Supreme Soul within the heart and following His dictation. This is achieved with the help of a controlled mind. Through knowledge and realization, one becomes unaffected by the dualities of material existence (heat and cold, honor and dishonor, etc.). By regulation of eating, sleeping, work, and recreation, the yogi gains control over his body, mind and activities and becomes steady in his meditation on the transcendent self. Ultimately, he achieves Samadhi, characterized by the ability to relish transcendental pleasure through transcendental sense. The highest yogi is he who always thinks of Krishna, the Supreme Soul.
Knowledge of the Absolute
Krishna reveals Himself as the origin of all material and spiritual energies. Although His energy manifests material nature, with three states of being (goodness, passion, and ignorance), Krishna is not under material control. But everyone else is, except those who have surrendered unto Him.
Krishna is the essence of everything; the taste of water, the heat in fire, the sound in ether, the light of the sun and the moon, the ability in man, the original fragrance of the earth, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the life of all that lives.
Four types of men surrender to Krishna, and four types don't. Those who do not surrender remain covered by Krishna's temporary, illusory potency and can never know Him, but pious people become eligible for surrender to devotional service. Among them, those who understand that Krishna is the cause of all causes engage in devotional service with great determination and become dear to Krishna. These rare souls are sure to attain Him.
Attaining the Supreme
Arjuna asks Krishna seven questions: What is Brahman? What is self? What are fruitive activities? What is material manifestation? Who are demigods? Who is the Lord of sacrifice? And how can those engaged in devotional service know Krishna at the time of death?
Krishna replies "brahman" refers to the indestructible living entity (jiva): the "self" refers to the soul's intrinsic nature of service; and "fruitive activities" means actions that develop material bodies. The material manifestation is the ever -changing physical nature; the demigods and their planets are part of the universal form of the Supreme Lord; and the Lord of sacrifice is Krishna Himself as the Super soul.
As for knowing Krishna at the time of death, it depends on one's consciousness. The principle is this: "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail."
Krishna says, "whoever, at the end of life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature without a doubt. Therefore, My dear Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krishna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed on Me, you will attain Me without doubt."
During each day of Brahma, all living entities become manifest, and during his night they merge into the unmanifested nature. Although there are auspicious and inauspicious times for leaving one's body, devotees of Krishna do not care about them, for by engaging in pure devotional service to Krishna they automatically attain all the results derived from studying the Vedas or engaging in sacrifice, charity, philosophical speculation, and so on. Such pure devotees reach the Lord's Supreme Eternal Abode.
The Most Confidential Knowledge
According to Lord Krishna, the most confidential knowledge, knowledge of devotional service, is the purest knowledge and the topmost education. It gives direct perception of the self by realization, and it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting and joyfully performed.
Krishna's unmanifested form pervades everything, but Krishna Himself remains detached from matter. Material nature, working under His direction, produces all moving and non-moving beings.
Different worshipers reach different goals. Men who want to attain the heavenly planets worship the demigods and then take birth among them to enjoy godly delights; but such men, after exhausting their pious credits, return to earth. Men, who worship ancestors, go to the planets of the ancestors, and those who worship ghosts become ghosts. But one who worships Krishna with exclusive devotion goes to Him forever.
Whatever Krishna's devotee does, eats, offers, or gives away in charity, he does as an offering unto the Lord. Krishna reciprocates by carrying what His devotee lacks and preserving what he has. By taking shelter of Krishna, even lowborn people can attain the Supreme destination.
Bhagavad-gītā Chapter 10
The Opulence of the Absolute
Devotees know Krishna as the unborn, the beginning less, the Supreme Lord of all worlds, the creator of the patriarchs from whom all living being descend, the origin of everything.
Intelligence, knowledge, truthfulness, mental and sensory control, fearlessness, non-violence, austerity, birth, death, fear, distress, infamy–all qualities, good and bad, are created by Krishna. Devotional service helps one develop all good qualities.
The devotees who lovingly engage in devotional service have full faith in Krishna's opulences, mystic power, and supremacy. The thoughts of such devotees dwell in Krishna. Their lives are devoted to His service, and they derive great bliss and satisfaction by enlightening one another and conversing about Him.
Devotees engaged in pure devotional service, even if lacking education or knowledge of the Vedic principles, are helped from within by Krishna, who personally destroys the darkness born out of ignorance.
Arjuna has realized Krishna's position as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode and the Absolute Truth, the purest, the transcendental and the original person, the unborn, the greatest, the origin, and the Lord of all. Now Arjuna wants to know more. Lord Krishna tells more, and then concludes: "All opulent, beautiful, and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."
The Universal Form
To protect innocent people from imposters, Arjuna asks Krishna to prove His divinity by exhibiting His universal form – a form that anyone who claims to be God should be prepared to show. Krishna gives Arjuna divine vision by which to see the brilliant, glaring, unlimited universal form, which reveals, in one place, everything that ever was or now is or will be.
Arjuna offers obeisances with folded hands and glorifies the Lord. Krishna then reveals that except for the five Pandavas, all the soldiers assembled on the battlefield will be killed. Therefore Krishna exhorts Arjuna to fight as His instrument and guarantees him victory and a flourishing kingdom.
Arjuna requests Krishna to withdraw His fearful form and show His original form. The Lord then exhibits His four-armed form and at last His original two-armed form. Upon seeing the Lord's beautiful humanlike form, Arjuna becomes pacified. One who is engaged in pure devotional service can see such a form.
"Who is more perfect," Arjuna asks, "the devotee worshiping and servicing the Lord's personal form or the transcendentalist meditating on the impersonal Brahman?"
Krishna replies, "the devotee who fixes his mind on My personal form is most perfect."
Because devotional service employs the mind and senses, it is the easy, natural way for an embodied soul to reach the supreme destination. The impersonal path is unnatural and fraught with difficulties. Krishna does not recommend it.
In the topmost stage of devotional service, one's consciousness is totally fixed on Krishna. A step lower is the practice of regulative devotional service. Lower than that is karma-yoga, renouncing the fruits of action. Indirect processes for attaining the Supreme include meditation and cultivating knowledge.
A devotee who is pure, expert, tolerant, self-controlled, equipoised, non-envious, free from false ego, friendly to all living entities, and equal to friends and enemies is dear to the Lord.
Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness
Arjuna wants to know about prakriti (nature), purusa (the enjoyer), ksetra (the field), ksetra-jna (the knower of the field), jnana (knowledge), and gnaya (the object of knowledge).
Krishna explains that the ksetra is the conditioned soul's field of activity the body. Within it reside both the living entity and the Supreme Lord, who are called ksetra-jna, the knowers of the field. Jnana, knowledge, means understanding of the body and its knowers. Knowledge involves qualities such as humility, nonviolence, tolerance, cleanliness, self-control, absence of false ego, and even – mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events.
Jnaya, the object of knowledge, is the Super soul. Prakriti, nature, is the causes of all material causes and effects. The two purusas, or enjoyers, are the living entity and the Super soul. A person who can see that the individual soul and the Super soul remain unchanged throughout various types of material bodies they successfully inhabit and is said to possess the vision of eternity. By understanding the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and by understanding the process of liberation from material bondage, one reaches the supreme goal.
The Three Modes of Material Nature
The total material substance is the source of the three modes of material nature: goodness, passion and ignorance. These modes compete in exerting their influence upon the conditioned soul. By observing the modes at work, we can understand that they are active, not we, and that we are separate. In this way, the influence of material nature gradually diminishes and we attain Krishna's spiritual nature.
The mode of goodness illuminates. It frees one from all sinful reactions but conditions one to a sense of happiness and knowledge. One who dies in the mode of goodness attains the higher planets.
A person influenced by the mode of passion is plagued by unlimited desires for boundless material enjoyment, especially sex pleasure. To satisfy those desires, he is always forced to engage in hard work that binds him to sinful reactions, resulting in misery. A person in the mode of passion is never satisfied with the position he has already acquired. After death, he again takes birth on earth among persons engaged in fruitive activities.
The mode of ignorance means delusion. It fosters madness, indolence, laziness, and foolishness. If one dies in the mode of ignorance, he has to take birth in the animal kingdom or the hellish worlds.
A person who transcends the three modes is steady in his behavior, aloof from the temporary material body, and equally disposed towards friends and enemies. Such transcendental qualities can be achieved by full engagement in devotional service.
The Yoga of the Supreme Person
The "tree" of this material world is but a reflection of the real "tree", the spiritual world. Just as a tree's reflection is situated on water, the material reflection of the spiritual world is situated on desire, and no one knows where it begins or ends. This reflected tree is nourished by the three modes of material nature. Its leaves are the Vedic hymns, and its twigs are the objects of the senses. One who wants to disentangle himself from this tree must cut it down with the weapon of detachment and seek shelter of the Supreme Lord.
Everyone in this world is fallible, but in the spiritual world everyone is infallible. And beyond all others is the Supreme Person, Krishna.
The Divine and Demoniac Natures
Two classes of created beings, the divine and the demoniac, are endowed with different qualities. Godly men like Arjuna possess the godly qualities: charity, self-control, gentleness, modesty, forgiveness, cleanliness, austerity, simplicity, non-violence, truthfulness, tranquility, fearlessness, freedom from anger, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, aversion to fault-finding, compassion for all living beings, freedom from covetousness, and steady determination.
Demoniac qualities such as pride, anger, envy, harshness, arrogance, ignorance, Impudence, uncleanliness, and improper behavior bind people in a network of illusion that makes them take birth again and again in demoniac species of life. Unable to approach Krishna, the demoniac gradually sink down to hell.
Two kinds of action – regulated and unregulated—yield different results. A person who discards scriptural injunctions attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination. People regulated by scripture understand what duty is and what is not. They gradually attain the supreme destination by performing acts conducive to self–realization.
The Divisions of Faith
Arjuna asks. "what mode of nature governs those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship according to their own imagination?"
In reply, Krishna analyzes the different kinds of faith, food, charity, austerity, sacrifice, and penance that mark the different modes of material nature.
The three words "om tat" sat are symbolic representations of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Om indicates the Supreme, tat is used for getting free from material entanglement, and sat indicates that the Absolute Truth is the objective of devotional service. Any sacrifice, charity, or penance performed without faith in the Supreme is called asat, impermanent.
Conclusion: The Perfection of Renunciation
Arjuna asks Krishna about the purpose of tyaga (renunciation) and sannyasa (the renounced order of life). Krishna explains these and the five causes of action, the three factors that motivate action, and the three constituents of action. He also describes action, understanding, determination, happiness, and work according to each of the three modes of material nature.
One attains perfection by doing one's own work, not another's, as prescribed duties are never affected by sinful reactions. Thus one should work as a matter of duty, without attachment or expectation of result. One should never give up one's duty.
The highest platform of self-realization is pure devotional service to Krishna. Accordingly, Krishna advises Arjuna to always depend on Him, work under His protection, and be conscious of Him. If Arjuna refuses to fight for Krishna, he will still be dragged into warfare as it is his nature as a ksatriya to fight. Nonetheless, he is free to decide what he wants to do.
By Krishna's grace, Arjuna's illusion and doubt vanish, and he chooses to fight according to Krishna's directions.


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Life hacking refers to any trick or shortcut that increases efficiency. I've heard this said before, "Life is hard, but it doesn't have to be!" That's life hacking. Use your magnificent brain to solve problems and be more productive, in light of challenges. After a few years of following a plant-based diet, I have a few food hacks, that follow the diet guidelines, and will help you to find many a plant-based options, among the sea of Oreos.
A whole food, plant-based diet includes whole, plant-based foods and excludes meat, dairy, added oils, sugar, and sodium, but also importantly eliminates processed foods, which is difficult in our convenience-centric world. We are used to having everything instantly, and that's an okay expectation, considering how busy life can be. So here are my time-saving tips for achieving great health using smart substitutions and whole or minimally processed foods.
Almond and coconut milks are my favorites, but you can also find hemp, rice, oat, 7-grain, soy, flax, and hazelnut milks. Be sure to purchase unsweetened varieties, and there is no need to purchase any "enhanced" versions. Unsweetened non-dairy milks are perfectly nutritious as is. You can replace milk with any of these in any way you use dairy milk (on cereal, in baking, for whipped desserts, to make yogurt, in smoothies, etc.).
So yes, with a high-fiber diet, you many experience increased flatulence. It's fine! It goes away once your body adjusts to the diet, but you will find digestive enzymes to be helpful and on the subject of digestion there are many health benefits around the use of probiotics. Consume probiotics through a supplement or naturally through raw, fermented foods such as sauerkraut (purchase from a farmer's market or health food store and make sure no salt is added or make your own).
Avocado is great on toast, a baked potato, and anywhere else where you would use regular butter in baking or cooking. Try adding sliced avocado to the top of soup before serving.
Add water to chia or ground flaxseeds and you have eggs, Baby, for all of your baking needs!
Use an oil-free store bought hummus such as Abraham's orEngine 2 as a salad dressing or a "mayo" spread on sandwiches or wraps. I've used hummus to create a vegan potato salad, where I put hummus on top of cooked potatoes, gluten-free pasta elbows, and celery.
Organic, store-bought salsa means a quick snack or salad at anytime. Pair with raw veggies (celery, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, or summer squash slices).
Dr. McDougall's foods are plant-based diet friendly. I will buy the low-sodium lentil soup and then add in fresh garlic, sweet potatoes, kale, ginger, really anything fresh in my kitchen, and I have a hearty dinner stew in about 10 minutes.
Oatmeal is satisfying and filling. You can add in anything from fresh fruit, to nut butters, non-dairy milks, or your favorite powder boost such as maca or raw fiber. Keeping it in your home means a healthy snack or meal anytime, in minutes, and that's a good thing!
White-lined, BPA-free canned beans are great to keep in your cabinets. You can add beans to your salad or to a great dinner or macro plate. We even baked them in cookies.
You can never have too many sweet potatoes, pre-baked, and in the fridge. You can snack on these, add them to salads, and I even used a baked mashed sweet potato as a sauce replacement on a homemade pizza. It was delicious! When you have the time to prep, bake up a few sweet potatoes for the week.
Quinoa is a healthy, nutritionally-dense, ancient, gluten-free grain, and it's really easy to cook. Here's a hack inside a hack: Add quinoa to water, boil water, cover, turn off the heat, and let it sit for 10 minutes -- perfect quinoa every time. Refrigerate in a BPA-free Tupperware dish, and you have a base for a meal, or a great addition to a salad as needed.
Cindy's Kitchen brand oil-free line for Whole Foods has a few oil-free, vegan dressings, my favorite being the sesame ginger (keep refrigerated). It's the easiest way to dress a salad at the office, however, other dressing hacks include, fresh lemon juice, raw apple cider vinegar, Bragg's liquid aminos (which can also be brought to Japanese restaurants for a healthy soy sauce with your raw veggie sushi with brown rice).
Any fresh fruits that you can easily drop into your bag as a snack are amazing food hacks. Especially bananas and oranges that come with their own protective wrap so you don't have to worry about washing. Thank you, nature! Bananas are also a great hack for baking, desserts, and smoothies, as they are naturally soft and creamy.
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Coconut water is a very tasty, refreshing beverage that is very effective improving hydration and energy. It contains natural electrolytes and a high amount of potassium. There are many great brands out there in the market, but my favorite isHarmless Harvest.
Another great "snack bar" is just a packet of almond butter made by the brand, Justin's. I love almond butter, but I struggle to eat it in the correct portion. Where as I'm ready to plow into a full jar, a packet makes it easier for me to stay on track. You can also make almond butter at home and find it is a great substitute in baking and cooking.
I have a whole post about finding and ordering at green juice shops. If you have a goal to start each day with a fresh, green, juice or smoothie, like I do, you will find that buying them on your way to work gives you a nice break from time to time.
When I'm traveling, I look right away for the closest Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. At these stores I am always sure to find healthy options that suit my diet. Try the Whole Food's salad/food bar for well-labeled, diet-friendly take-a-way meals. Trader Joe's has the best prices I can find anywhere on products such as liquid stevia, pink Himalayan sea salt, flaxseed, chia, quinoa, dried mangoes, and coconut water.
These raw, whole food crackers are really superior as far as quality of ingredients to any processed snack I have seen. As crackers are so satisfying, easy to travel with, and can add a great crunch to salads, it was really helpful to find some that are mindfully made with only the good stuff.
Hello, nature's candies! Try taking unsweetened, unsulfured dried mangoes to the movie theater. Add dried cranberries to oatmeal, cereal, or salads. And plump, juicy, medjool dates basically taste like pie filling! If you need a sweet indulgence, look no further.
For more natural sweeteners try liquid stevia and 100% maple syrup. Both are from natural plant-sources and used sparingly can really add to your diet and, of course, help you to create many a fine dessert! I add liquid stevia to raw cacao and unsweetened almond milk to make hot chocolate.
When you buy greens, I suggest immediately washing, chopping, drying in a salad spinner, and saving in containers, or just purchasing triple-washed bagged organic greens. The chore of washing, but also the time it takes to dry greens, can make them undesirable at the end of a busy day, or if you need to pack a salad quick for work. But having pre-washed greens at home, makes them disappear fast, and that's exactly what we want. All greens consumption is good!
Butternut squash is a hearty fall/winter squash that bakes easily in the oven with a little raw apple cider vinegar. Once it is cooked, it stores nicely in the refrigerator and can make your salads extra satisfying. Purchase pre-chopped squash for even quicker preparation.
Your local farmer's market is a great and affordable place to buy whole, plant-based foods. Additionally seek out CSAs. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. By buying in, you are purchasing a share of crops from a local farmer. You pay for a whole season upfront (typically a few hundred dollars), and get a regular delivery (either to your home or a pick-up station) of fresh produce.
Try using nori, which is a wonderful sea vegetable that has a high mineral content, or a big piece of romaine, or a collard green as a sandwich wrap instead of a processed wheat wrap.
Stock up on organic frozen berries, mangoes, and peaches to make smoothies or low-calorie snacks (I like to pour some in a bowl and pour unsweetened almond milk on top). You can keep them for a long time in the freezer. Cut up bananas to freeze and always be ready to make nice cream.
Add ginger or parsley to hot water for an easy tea. Both are fresh and take seconds to make with tons of health benefits. No packet required.
And, my biggest feel-great secret is hot water with lemon. I boil some water and squeeze the juice of half a lemon and add a bit of the rind or a slice as well. I do this first thing in the morning and no matter what I ate the night before, or what I plan to eat that day, the lemon cleanses my body, particularity the liver and colon, giving me a fresh start and and making me feel my very best. This has helped me hugely with weight management.
So here are 30 ways to beat the system and feel and look your best while achieving life-long health. Regardless of your health goals, I hope you will find something here that will help you achieve greatness. Be well and go you!


Ok, so life is on a roll again. 🙂 You know, those days when events are back to back and you have no time for reflection. I will be blogging (maybe tomorrow?) on Geocaching #2, and maybe other things that are going on with us.
I have another book review to post very shortly, too. For one of the best books I have read in quite some time. That will be done tomorrow, and posted on Wednesday.


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Don't think that stress only happens to you. Many experienced speakers feel nervous and get jittery before they enter the stage and during the first minutes of their speech. Here are a few tips that may help you deal with stage fright, prepare for a public performance and survive those first minutes. Once you have made a good start, you stress level will go down and your will feel more comfortable.
– Arrive at the venue well in time. Get familiar with the room and check the A/V equipment before you start. This will keep Murphy out, save you from unpleasant surprises and give you less things to worry about.
– Think of the audience as your friend. The people in the room have come to listen to the interesting talk you prepared for them. As most of them are scared of public speaking, just like you, they want you to succeed. Look for a few allies in the audience and make eye contact with them during your talk. After your presentation, try to get some feedback from individuals – they will certainly tell you that you did a good job!
– Believe in yourself. Think positive. You can do it! Transform your stress into energy. Enthusiasm is contagious; if you show passion for the topic you present, your listeners will get excited too.
– Control your breath. Nervous people have a tendency to take shorter breaths, which means less oxygen is getting to their brain. Breathing a few times deeply and thinking about something pleasant before you start will help you to control your nervous system's response to stress.
– Prepare for a strong start. Plan and memorize what you will be saying during the first minutes of your presentation. Make sure you will grab your audience's attention from the first second onward.


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Kyle Kuzma's Trainer Calls out LeBron James After Loss
By	J.R. De Groote
Updated Dec 27, 2019 at 4:53pm
Getty	Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma.
The Los Angeles Lakers have dropped their last four games after a scorching start, and suddenly some doubters are coming out of the woodwork — even from unexpected places.
The latest critic is Kyle Kuzma's trainer Clint Parks, who called out LeBron James after the Lakers' loss to the Clippers on Christmas Day.
"Watching Kawhi highlights from yesterday. NOBODY wants to speak on how sharp his skill set is compared to Lebrons. It's clear who's really in the LAB and who isn't. Let me hear the excuses I'm on vacation I got nothing but time."
Kyle Kuzma's trainer sending out LeBron isn't working hard and is scared of Kawhi
Kuzma tweets out "call a spade a spade" ?? pic.twitter.com/DjauNwZRrg
— ? (@LALeBron23) December 27, 2019
He continued: "Turn the film on. Somebody was dodging SMOKE yesterday and it wasn't Kawhi."
Kuzma hasn't spoke on the comments, but released an awkwardly-timed tweet that read: "Call a spade a spade." He deleted the tweet shortly after publishing it.
James has looked sharp in his 17th NBA season, despite some recent injury concerns. He's missed just one game and is averaging 34.9 minutes, 25.7 points, 10.6 assists and 7.6 rebounds.
Lebron fans why was he dodging smoke on the defensive end yesterday?
— Clint Parks (@ClintParks05) December 26, 2019
There hasn't been any substance to trade rumors, but Kuzma has long been speculated to be a trade piece if the Lakers decide to make another deal this season.
Kyle Kuzma & Clint Parks Have Long History
Kuzma and Parks have been working together for years, back to his days at Utah according to 247Sports. He gave an interview to the site about his history with Kuzma.
"Kuz ended up reaching out to me during his redshirt year. He heard about my work with Kawhi Leonard and Tony Snell, and wanted to start working with me because he felt he was similar to them. So, our relationship has just grown from his redshirt year and we continue to work together, and as he's doing well, it's helped me and I've had opportunities to work with a lot of really good players," Clint Parks said in an interview with UteZone.
The article also quoted Parks saying he started an AAU team that had some "pretty good players come through," including Kawhi Leonard.
Kyle Kuzma 'Sacrificing' in New Role With Lakers
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Kuzma has had to sacrifice some of his stats this season, coming off the bench. He's down nearly 10 minutes per game from a year ago and is averaging 11.9 points and 3.5 rebounds.
"I'm just being patient. Obviously, coming in, I knew I had to sacrifice a lot. It's kind of hard sometimes being a young player and you see other young players [around the league] that you think you are better than in better [playing] situations," Kuzma told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated. "But I just got great vets around me that keep me centered and chill. I have a chance to win a championship in my third year. I can do whatever I want after winning one. I'm just being positive.
"For me, you're not going to get the same touches, same shots and same vibe on the court. It's something you really have to adjust and adapt to certain things. We live in a society where everybody wants you to be great now and every time out. But it's going to take time."
Kuzma had his best game of the season against the Clippers, scoring 25 points in 27 minutes.
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Tonight was the premier of "Night at the W" and I attended the festivities at Walgreens store #11055 in Middletown. Without fanfare, paparazzi or flashing bulbs I made a grand entrance through the automatic doors and was greeted by the ever smiling and radiant sales associate Anna Marie (silly me).
Tim Gunn's "The Red Carpet Guide to Glamour" featured Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss, Clump Crusher Mascara and Lip Perfection Jumbo Gloss Balm; Pantene Pro-V AgeDefy Hair Treatment; Crest 3D White 2 Hour Express Whitestrips and Olay Smooth Finish Facial Hair Removal Duo. The arrangements showcased each product along with money saving coupons.
I purchased a bottle of Covergirl Outlast Nail Gloss and look forward to tomorrow night's mani/pedi. I hope you to had an opportunity to attend this evening's exciting event at your local Walgreens, but if not, check it out before your next "Red Carpet Event" – Smooches!


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MILWAUKEE – In August, every single dollar donated to the Wisconsin Humane Society's (WHS) Milwaukee, Racine or Ozaukee Campuses will be matched up to $100,000!
Thanks to the Nicholas Family Foundation, Jude Ford, Pat Bachhuber, Nancy Behrens, Todd & Kim James, Kathleen Ryan, and other friends of the Wisconsin Humane Society, donations to WHS this month will have double their impact for animals.
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Are all of TMJL's finished goods made in-house or outsourced?
We procure the goods predominantly from major cities like Mumbai, Calcutta, Ahmedabad and from the states Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala .We have established two manufacturing units. One in Madurai for gold ornaments and the other in Salem - meant exclusively for silver articles. Through these units we manufacture designer jewellery which is in vogue across India and crafted to meet the customized orders from customers too.
How are TMJL's branches spread across the southern cities / region?
Our showrooms are spread across southern and western districts of TamilNadu. We have outlets in Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns in and around Madurai, as well as in bigger towns like Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruppur, Krishnagiri, Tirunelveli & Tuticorin.
The flagship store is located in Nethaji Road, Madurai. It spans an area of 12,000 sq. Ft, one among the largest of its class among our showrooms speaking volumes of our track record and successful long journey over the years.
What is the strength of employees in all the branches?
Depending upon the showroom's size, each branch would have from anywhere around 30 to 100 employees cutting across front and back offices. As of now, we have surpassed the 1000 employee mark, a gross total of employees across the hierarchy in all the branches we are operating our retail business.
What would be your expected growth in sales for the next 2 to 3 years?
We expect to grow 50% - 60% in the coming years, in line with the expansion plan of our retail business and priorities in promoting our brand in the Southern region.
The entire organization feels rejuvenated and works in force to scale new heights.
Still there is a massive scope of expansion not only for Thangamayil but for the gold and precious gems industry, as a whole, as 40% of the total gold consumed in India is from the southern states. We are keen on seizing the opportunity well ahead of other players in the national market.
What is the level of competition with the prevailing trend in the market vis-à-vis the organized sector?
The prevailing market conditions with regard to competition is quiet healthy. More and more leading jewelers in and around South India are opening their branches to capture the needs of consumers in TamilNadu and that each one of us are in our own way, in an advantageous position to market our products.
We, at Thangamayil, provide a multiple and excellent collection of exhibits coupled with fabulous customer service and highly competitive prices, upholding the rich legacy of goodwill and reputation of the brand.
How do you plan to expand to bigger cities and metros in the near future?
We already have carved a niche for ourselves in the trade in towns like Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Coimbatore, Salem, Krishnagiri and Tiruppur.
We are set about opening new sales outfits into the metros and cities like Chennai in the near future and other states eventually.
What is the gold / silver proportion used in TMJL's jewellery? Is TMJL primarily retailing in gold ornaments?
We predominantly trade and manufacture gold ornaments, which form more than 90% of our sales. Silver, platinum, diamond and others constitute the rest.
Do you envisage any shift in TMJL's policy of gold retailing to other jewels like studded diamonds, platinum and fashion jewellery?
Depending upon the current trend, the pulse of our customers and their purchasing capacity, it is likely that we may add fashion jewellery, studded jewels, diamond and platinum ornaments to cater to the needs of consumers in future.
What is the percentage of manufacturing in the total production and sales of gold jewellery?
Around 25% would constitute manufacturing activities in the total volume of gold sales.
Does TMJL have any plans to raise capital through equity or borrow monies from the market in the form of debt instruments?
We have no plans to increase our equity or borrow money from the market in the immediate future as we have sufficient working capital funds and our own internal generation funds to meet the various requirements of our day to day business as well as expansion activities.


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There is huge scope for the use of e-Courtbundles in care proceedings, a solicitor leading a pilot project between Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire Family Court has predicted.
The deployment of an e-Courtbundle in a case last month was thought to be the first time the system had been used in live care proceedings in the UK, the local authority said. Such bundles have since been used in two further live proceedings, including a three-day contested hearing requiring witness evidence.
The pilot saw laptops provided for judicial use, with the e-Courtbundle already installed and ready to read, and a monitor for the witness table. The laptops and monitors were in place of lever arch files. The county council said a 400-page e-Courtbundle could "be compiled, fully paginated and indexed within 25 minutes – compared to the four to five hours it takes for a manual court file to be produced". The authority also suggested than an e-Courtbundle was easier to manage – "clicking on the title of a document takes you straight to it, words are searchable instantly and police interviews – transcripts or audio – can be included". The documents can be sent instantly via Cryptshare – a plug-in which sits in Outlook – which can make them password protected.
"Magistrates can access the e-Courtbundles from home, instead of having to travel to court to collect them, saving further time and money," Nottinghamshire CC said. Geoff Russell, the county council solicitor involved, said he believed it was only a matter of time before the e-Courtbundle became a common sight in family courtrooms across the country. He added: "The Family Justice Review identified that technology is pivotal in improving performance, but little guidance has been provided on how it can be achieved. We know that Criminal Courts are moving towards the digital agenda but both the Nottingham Family Court and Nottinghamshire County Council have now successfully conducted three sets of proceedings and more importantly, have devised a way which requires little investment in new equipment, network systems or expensive software. "It was hugely satisfying to hear a judge say to a solicitor complaining about the use of an E-Courtbundle in one of our pilot cases that, 'you had better get used to it, as this appears to the future'."
The county council suggested that there had been positive initial feedback from Magistrates. One is reported to have said: "E-bundles in the Family Court, recently trialled by three Magistrates on a complex and demanding family case, allowed us to concentrate more on the issues of Court than having to wade through pages of text. We found the relevant section in a fraction of the time; precious time that enabled us to the Court and its proceedings. "The digital bundles are easy to manage, even for those with little or no IT experience. We also noticed it was far easier for witnesses, some of whom are unfamiliar with bundles – they just had to look at the appropriate page on the monitor."
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Кларінгтон () — селище () в США, в окрузі Монро штату Огайо. Населення — 384 особи (2010).

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Кларінгтон розташований за координатами  (39.776232, -80.868396).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році селище мало площу 3,21 км², з яких 2,95 км² — суходіл та 0,26 км² — водойми.

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Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у селищі мешкали 384 особи в 165 домогосподарствах у складі 107 родин. Густота населення становила 120 осіб/км².  Було 186 помешкань (58/км²).

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До двох чи більше рас належало 2,1 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 0,3 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 23,4 % — особи молодші 18 років, 61,2 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,4 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 40,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у селищі припадало 80,3 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 90,9 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 17,2 % осіб, у тому числі 23,2 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 13,9 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 163 особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 26,4 %, виробництво — 12,9 %, роздрібна торгівля — 9,8 %, сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 9,2 %.

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Transparent, flexible '3-D' memory chips may be the next big thing in small memory devices
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A flexible, transparent memory chip created by researchers at Rice University. Credit: Credit: Tour Lab/Rice University
New memory chips that are transparent, flexible enough to be folded like a sheet of paper, shrug off 1,000-degree Fahrenheit temperatures — twice as hot as the max in a kitchen oven — and survive other hostile conditions could usher in the development of next-generation flash-competitive memory for tomorrow's keychain drives, cell phones and computers, a scientist reported today.
Speaking at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, he said devices with these chips could retain data despite an accidental trip through the drier — or even a voyage to Mars. And with a unique 3-D internal architecture, the new chips could pack extra gigabytes of data while taking up less space.
"These new chips are really big for the electronics industry because they are now looking for replacements for flash memory," said James M. Tour, Ph.D., who led the research team. "These new memory chips have numerous advantages over the chips today that are workhorses for data storage in hundreds of millions of flash, or thumb drives, smart phones, computers and other products. Flash has about another six or seven years in which it can be built smaller, but then developers hit fundamental barriers."
Because of the way that the new memory chips are configured, namely with two terminals per bit of information rather than the standard three terminals per bit, they are much better suited for the next revolution in electronics — 3-D memory — than flash drives.
"In order to put more memory into a smaller area, you have to stack components beyond two dimensions, which is what is currently available," he said. "You have to go to 3-D." And the chips have a high on-off ratio, which is a measure of how much electrical current can flow in the chip when it stores information versus when it is empty. The higher the ratio, the more attractive the chips are to manufacturers.
The chips were originally composed of a layer of graphene or other carbon material on top of silicon oxide, which has long been considered an insulator, a passive component in electronic devices. Graphene is a thin layer of carbon atoms that's touted as a "miracle material" because it is the thinnest and strongest known material. It was even the topic of a recent Nobel Prize. Originally, the researchers at Rice University thought that the amazing memory capability of the chips was due to the graphene. They discovered recently that they were wrong. The silicon oxide surface was actually making the memories, and now they can make them graphene-free. The work was done by Tour's group in collaboration with Professor Douglas Natelson (Department of Physics) and Lin Zhong (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering). The main students on the project were Jun Yao and Javen Lin.
The transparency and small size of the new chips enables them to be used in a wide range of potential applications. Manufacturers could embed them in glass for see-through windshield displays for everyday driving, military and space uses so that not only is the display in the windshield, but also the memory. That frees up space elsewhere in the vehicle for other devices and functionalities. In fact, the chips were onboard a recent Russian Progress 44 cargo spacecraft in August 2011 for further experimentation aboard the International Space Station. However, the vehicle never made it into space and crashed. "The spacecraft crashed over Siberia, so our chips are in Siberia!" said Tour. He hopes to send the chips on a future mission in July 2012 to see how the memory holds up in the high-radiation environment of space.
Current touch screens are made of indium tin oxide and glass, both of which are brittle and can break easily. However, plastic containing the memory chips could replace those screens with the added bonuses of being flexible while also storing large amounts of memory, freeing up space elsewhere in a phone for other components that could provide other services and functions. Alternatively, storing memory in small chips in the screen instead of within large components inside the body of a phone could allow manufacturers to make these devices much thinner.
The easy-to-fabricate memory chips are patented, and Tour is talking to manufacturers about embedding the chips into products.
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Investing in a Bear Market: Experts Share Their Best Tips
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If you invest in an ETF that tracks the Dow, you're down 15% on the year. If your index fund mirrors the S&P 500, your year-to-date losses are more in the ballpark of 20%. Nasdaq? You've shed 28% since the start of January.
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On the whole, it's been a lousy couple of quarters, and all of that red can mean only one thing: Stocks are most definitely in a bear market.
Checking in with your brokerage account is far more enjoyable when the bulls run the show, but that doesn't mean you have to sit on your hands while you wait for Wall Street's fortunes to change.
Here's what experts say about investing in a bear market.
The Pros and Cons of Bear Market Investing
You have every reason to feel anxious about the ongoing market downturn. Bear markets can erase years of hard-fought investing gains, shrink your wealth and reduce the value of your assets. They're also a hallmark of a recession — although that hasn't happened yet — and the worst bear markets can drag out for years.
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That said, downturns offer a unique chance to get in at the bottom ahead of the recovery that is always just around the corner.
"A bear market can be a great opportunity for investors because it has historically been followed by significant growth," said financial expert Jensen Lee, the founder and overall investor for bidetsPLUS.
It's not unusual for otherwise strong companies to see their stocks beaten down to artificial lows during market downturns, but that gives investors golden opportunities for growth.
"With the market being so low," Lee said, "there are usually companies that have gone through some sort of restructuring or rebranding and are available for purchase at good prices."
The primary con, of course, is that the rebound might not come soon enough for the companies you've bet on.
"The value of your investments may not recover and you might lose money," Lee said. "It can be quite challenging to invest during this time because the stock market may not have enough liquidity or financial stability to support investment."
Whether you see it as a danger or an opportunity, the current bear market won't last. Here's what to do before the tide reverses direction.
Everything Is on Sale — Be Grateful and Buy
Omer Reiner, a real estate professional with a wealth of investing experience, is the president of Florida Cash Home Buyers.
Instead of stressing about how much value you've lost from the shares you already own, he wants you to think about how much less you'll pay for the shares that you have yet to buy.
"A bear market is when the stock market goes on sale," Reiner said. "Just like with most sales, you should increase your spending in order to take advantage of the savings."
If you bought during the bull market, every dollar you invest now will bring down your portfolio's average share price. The instinct might be to pull back, but the smart move is to do the opposite and go all in.
"In other words, you should be investing more money than you normally do during a bear market," Reiner said.
If You Do Buy the Dip, Be Careful About It
Reiner understands that buying when prices are falling "may seem counterintuitive." The trick is to assume that the market still has farther to drop. That calls for incremental investing.
"Don't invest all your capital at once," Reiner said. "Instead, spread it out and invest a small portion every week."
He also suggests sticking with household names, as downturns have a way of weeding out less-established companies.
"Invest more heavily in blue-chip names like Google, Apple or Microsoft as opposed to younger companies," Reiner said.
Keep in mind that all of this presumes a long recovery window. It's hard to imagine that any competent financial professional would advise someone nearing retirement to go all in on stocks while the market is on the way down.
"Be prepared that you might not get your money back for at least a few months," Reiner said. "More likely, a few years."
It's All About Dollar-Cost Averaging and Asset Allocation
For Dave Anderson, financial planner and founder of the retirement planning firm BMOGAM Viewpoints, the onset of a bear market is not the time to start planning for a downturn. Instead, both ups and downs should be baked into your long-term strategy. After all, both are inevitable and you can't predict either.
"You should always be saving and investing," Anderson said, "and, because of this, you will be investing in bull and bear markets."
For Anderson, successful long-term strategies all share two common ingredients: asset allocation and dollar-cost averaging.
"Using these two methods will lower your risk and set you up for healthy returns over a long period of time," Anderson said. "Smart asset allocation means that you should invest in many different asset classes because you never know what is going to perform the best. You should spread your money not only across the tech, commodities, media and banking sectors, but also across real estate, physical precious metals and a little bit in riskier assets like crypto — but not much."
Ideally, you'd be able to predict the downturn's bottom, buy at the lowest possible price and then sell the moment the stock peaks. Good luck with that.
"No one, not Warren Buffett nor any of the greatest investors, can pick the absolute bottom or top of a market," Anderson said.
That's where dollar-cost averaging comes in.
"The best you can do is to always be investing," Anderson said. "This way you are buying more when prices are super low and less when prices are super high."
It's not a bear market strategy, it's a strategy to make bear markets less destructive.
"Dollar-cost averaging, consistently over long periods of time, has made many investors rich," Anderson said. "It's just boring and no one wants to stick with it."
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