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Every brand has a different image in each country. Buick's stodgy US image is very different from it's young, fast moving, technologically adept image in China. Yahoo is so pervasive in Japan that you almost get the idea that Yahoo is The Gateway to the internet. Seriously. Every Japanese person you meet has Yahoo! Japan as their home page. It feels at times like it's almost illegal to set it to anything else. Yahoo sites took the top spot in search with 3.5 billion searches in 2009. According to qSearch research, Yahoo! Japan Sites had almost double the traffic and searches than Google Japan. Yahoo! Japan Message Board is tops in a country where message boards are used on a daily basis. Yahoo! Japan Answers is #1 in Japan. Yahoo! News is huge.
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Yahoo! Japan is in a much better position that Yahoo! USA and that is directly due to the genius of Masayoshi Son. He was also the one to take iPhone to Japan despite all saying it would not succeed due to Japan's advanced cell phone market, yours truly included. He did take iPhone to Japan and also turned it into the #1 phone. Masayoshi Son took Vodafone's billion dollar loser (former J-Phone) and turned it into the hottest moblie company in Japan. This was after Vodafone had put everything it could, as the world's #1 moblie company into it. To such a degree that Vodafone lost over $25 billion in 2005 mostly due to the J-Phone debacle in Japan. Son picks the whole company up for a cool $16 billion usd and turns it around in a flash. This despite the fact that J-phones network quality was far inferior to Docomo and KDDI. iPhones constantly dropped calls, had terrible reception away from central cities and had a much smaller footprint in the all important storefronts in Japan.
The next Steve Jobs coming from Japan is actually not that surprising as it is well known that Steve learned from his mentor Akio Morita, the president of Sony. He was so fascinated by the Japanese creativity, design, attention to beauty, engineering, ingenuity and manufacturing quality at Sony that John Sculley straight out stated that, "Steve Jobs wanted to be Sony".
Mr. Son has turned around impossible situations, seemingly, effortlessly in the past (Vodafone, KDDI fixed line business, for example) started, and successfully sold, technology firms from way back when he was a student at Cal Berkeley, knows mobile, Asia where much of future growth lies, has the personal fortitude and a vision for the future can I, as someone who has followed him for years, think he has that Steve Jobs magic of getting the porridge just right. I hope he is allowed a shot at Yahoo! USA before it's too late. Next up, Kodak…
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Property Location With a stay at Castaways Resort and Suites in Freeport, you'll be near the airport and minutes from Perfume Factory of Fragrances, and close to Cooper's Castle. This resort is within close proximity of Xanadu Beach and Reef Golf Course.
Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 118 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Conveniences include direct-dial phones, as well as safes and desks.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Don�t miss out on recreational opportunities including an outdoor pool and a fitness facility. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and babysitting/childcare.
Dining Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Castaways Resort and Suites. While enjoying a refreshing dip in the resort pool, you can order your favorite drink at the poolside bar. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. Planning an event in Freeport? This resort has facilities measuring 580 square feet (52 square meters), including a meeting/conference room. Free self parking is available onsite.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy. Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges. Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Perfume Factory of Fragrances - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi Cooper's Castle - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi Ruby Golf Course - 1.6 km / 1 mi Rand Nature Center - 2.8 km / 1.8 mi Xanadu Beach - 3 km / 1.9 mi Reef Golf Course - 4.4 km / 2.8 mi Theos Wreck - 4.6 km / 2.9 mi Port Lucayan Marina - 5 km / 3.1 mi Lucayan Park Golf Course - 5.1 km / 3.1 mi Count Basie Square - 5.1 km / 3.1 mi Port Lucaya Marketplace - 5.1 km / 3.2 mi Lucaya Beach - 5.2 km / 3.2 mi Taino Beach - 7 km / 4.3 mi Shark Alley - 7.1 km / 4.4 mi Treasure Reef - 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
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"Discover the active side of Austria on a fabulous tailormade family activity break amid alpine splendour."
HighlightsOetz Valley | Alpine nature resort | Flexible diverse activities including canyoning, rafting, Via Ferrata, high ropes, cycling, archery, climbing and Alpine rollercoaster
Description of Austria family activity holidayThis is the perfect flexible family activity break, offering a host of activities in the picturesque Alpine setting of the Oetz Valley in Austria. Tailor your holiday in every way: the blend of exciting activities you choose; how you get there; plus the style of accommodation, from a room at the resort to a family-run hotel in the pretty town of Oetz.
Included in the cost of the holiday are 20 activity points for each member of the family (additional points can be purchased for 6.50 each on arrival), which can be spent on activities of your choice. Varying in duration and intensity, the broad range of activities - from rafting and cycling to Via Ferrata and archery means there are things everyone can enjoy. But if you have a favourite or find one on the trip you can concentrate on that to your heart's content.
The self-drive option for this holiday means added independence to also explore this stunning alpine region from fabulous nearby lakes for swimming to charming towns for some of Austria's famous coffee and cake! But if you would prefer not to drive all the way to Austria, flights and car hire can be arranged. We can also arrange flights and airport transfers to the Oetz Valley if you don't want to drive at all!
Please note some activities require a minimum of six people, so detailed itineraries cannot be confirmed until your welcome meeting.
Activities to choose from and their Adventure Card point values can be found under the 'Personalise' section.
There is a choice of accommodation on this holiday:
Feel Free Nature Resort: nights 1-8
The idyllic resort sits surrounded by beautiful mountains and presents a wonderful base for families looking for both escapism and adventure. Constructed in a traditional alpine style, the resort combines alpine charm with modern facilities.
Hotel 3 Mohren: nights 1-8
This charming hotel has been owned and run by generations of the Haid family since 1910. The hotel has seen some changes since then of course, but the friendly hospitality has remained the same and it presents a charming mix of nostalgia and comfort for families. The hotel is located in the centre of the village of Oetz and just a five-minute walk from the Feel Free Resort. You also have easy access to the small selection of shops in this traditional village centre.
Other option
Feel Free nature Resort Apartment Upgrade
In addition to its charming twin rooms, the Feel Free Nature Resort also has a small number of apartments available for those families who would like to upgrade and enjoy a bit more space during their stay.
These are all traditionally and comfortably decorated, reflecting the alpine-style of the hotel. They vary in size but each has one or two bedrooms as well as a living area, kitchen and one or two bathrooms.
These apartments also have terraces where you can relax and enjoy the sunshine after a day of family fun.
On booking your holiday you will be provided with 20 activity points. These points are used to book activities, all of which have a points value attached so you can pick and mix the activities you would like to participate in. On the arrival day (Saturday) there is a 7pm welcome evening where the programme is explained. Clients occasionally need to be a little flexible as we need a minimum of six people for some programmes. Because of this, the itinerary cannot be confirmed until your welcome meeting. Additional points can be purchased for 6.50 each on arrival. We have been operating this holiday for almost 5 years and have only ever received positive feedback from clients following their holiday in this slightly unusual format.
The wonderful range of activities to choose from and their Adventure Card point values are listed below.
* Flights: This is a self-drive holiday (we can arrange for flights and car hire on request please contact our Travel Experts for a quotation)
* Accommodation: 7 nights' resort chalet room or traditional hotel accommodation in Oetz
* Meals: 7 breakfasts
* Activities: 18 activity points to spend on a wide range of activities (additional activity points can be purchased locally)
* All equipment, tuition and supervision from fully qualified instructors
* Use of the wellness area and free mountain bike hire (for guests staying at the Feel Free Resort only)
This is a fantastic experience to introduce you to the world of canyoning. The experience will involve water slides, abseiling, swimming and jumping in plunge pools, and scrambling across rocks. The instructors will help build the confidence of everyone in the group so by the end of the activity you will definitely want to try it again! Minimum age 10 years and over (accompanied by an adult).
Adventure Card points: 10
Duration: 2.5 to 3 hours
White water rafting - Blue-Water Classic
This is the perfect trip for beginners to get a grip on the basics of rafting. With about an hour and a half on the water you will have enough time to learn the basics. Your journey will take you over 14km through the beautiful Imst Gorge. This is the perfect way to experience a new activity, have lots of fun and relax amidst the beautiful scenery. Minimum age 10 years and over (accompanied with an adult).
Adventure Card points: 7
Duration: 1.5 hours
Alpine Via Ferrata
An introduction to a Via Ferrata in a wonderful alpine setting. All equipment will be provided and your expert instructors will provide full tuition based on any previous experience as you make your way up and across the mountain.
Adventure Card points: 10
Duration: 2.5 to 3.5 hours
High ropes course - Half day
On this activity, you will explore the mountain world of the Ötztal Alps and the natural forest environment on a thrilling high ropes course. Children under the age of 10 need to be accompanied by a parent.
Adventure Card points: 5.5
Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Rent-a-bike - Full day
Explore the many bike trails in the area and take your lunch with you to enjoy a full day out in the beautiful surrounding countryside.
Adventure Card points: 3.5
Archery - Introduction to archery
The archery range is located at the camp and the lesson will take 1.5 hours. All equipment will be provided and a guide will teach you the basics and help you improve your skills.
Adventure Card points: 3
Duration: 1.5 hours
Climbing Tower - Introduction to climbing
This introduction will last 1.5 hours and will include a fully qualified guide and all the equipment you will need. This is the perfect opportunity to try a new exciting activity with the help and guidance of an instructor.
Adventure Card points: 3
Duration: 1.5 hours
Alpine Rollercoaster
This is a mix between a rollercoaster and a toboggan run and a fantastic way to enjoy the scenery! The rollercoaster is located 20 minutes from the resort. Transfers are not included.
Adventure Card points: 2
Suitable for:
Families with children aged 10 years and older (this does not preclude families with children younger than 10 but they may not be able to take part in all activities).
Minimum age:
Rafting Blue Water classic: from 10 years
Rafting Professional: from 14 years
Canyoning Short & Soft: from 10 years
Canyoning Sporty: from 12 years
Canyoning Short & Heavy, Ultimo & Ultimo XXL: from 14 years
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Responsible tourism
Responsible tourism: Austria family activity holiday
EnvironmentThis resort is built in a truly beautiful part of the world. On the outskirts of a small town the resort is built and furnished with robust timber from local forests: The wood used includes larch, Swiss stone pine and spruce with nothing artificial, processed using old traditional methods. To build these houses members of the local community are employed and all building processes and materials are as environmentally friendly as possible. The resort has recently seen an expansion in the number of rooms but careful planning from our partners here in Austria has ensured that the buildings are all as environmentally friendly as possible and all built in a sympathetic style to the local buildings.
All waste from the chalet accommodation, the onsite restaurant and the bar area all sort and recycle as much waste as possible to avoid unnecessary waste pollution. For all of the activities included in the programme the guides take every measure to minimise the impact on the local environment. An example of this is during hiking trails the guide will always discuss the impact that the increased footpath traffic is having on the environment, and our guides will lead by example in collecting litter left by less well informed parties along the way, and our clients are encouraged to do the same. We also try, wherever possible, to avoid tourist bottlenecks at peak times and a trip with us gets you away from the main tourist areas.
The onsite restaurant wherever possible local produce is served which not only serves to educate the clients about the traditional local cuisine but also to support the local farmers and small independent shops in the vicinity of the nature resort. We operate a strict leave no trace policy on all of our activities.
CommunityOur local partners are heavily integrated into the local community. All our guides and employees in the hospitality side of the resort are from the area. To promote responsible tourism we try to keep to small sized groups, as we believe that the growth of adventure tourism can lead to the over commercialism and overcrowding of these sensitive areas. With small groups participating in carefully chosen locations, or walking on established marked out trails, we can introduce our clients to this spectacular area without compromising the environment and the finely balanced eco system. The small size of the nature resort guarantees that all activities are led in small groups and with only 60 beds on site this ensures that there will not be an overcrowding of visitors to this small, charming working town.
We always ensure that we work with local suppliers and accommodation wherever possible. In Oetz Valley we work with local guides whose passion for the area is infectious, in a family run resort. This means that our clients get to meet the local people and gain fantastic experiences from them. This remote resort is located approximately 40 minutes from Innsbruck and 2 hours from Salzburg. These areas have more facilities for tourism and their history and culture attracts large number of visitors each year. By selling this destination it attracts tourists away from this area and into a smaller more genuine and traditional town where the community benefits from our groups and our groups benefit from the experience.
1 Reviews of Austria family activity holiday
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 05 Aug 2016 by Natalie Buttriss
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
The mountain scenery, butterflies and flowers and white water rafting!
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Go careful cycling down a mountain! Ask for a fan in your hotel room.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Very exciting, varied with plenty to do to keep teenagers from being bored.
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Discuss the concept of 'Landscape Journey' with reference to up to three works by J.M.W Turner
When looking at the concept of a 'landscape journey' we must first acknowledge the work of Pieter Bruegel, a pioneer in the use of the 'journey' as a means to arrange his work. As described by Catherine Levesque in 'Journey through Landscape in Seventeenth-Century Holland'
'The journey format employed by these works is more than a convenient organizational device. Rather, this structure, with its connotations of direct experience, is deeply involved with framing a view of knowledge and of history.'[1]
Bruegel's 'Large Landscapes' of 1554-5 demonstrate the journey format, illustrating a serial layout of varied locations that evoke a sense of an unfolding journey as it moves through time and space. As Catherine Levesque states 'Travel was believed to build character; the decision and trials made on a journey were thought especially helpful in encouraging prudence and refining judgment'[2]. This shows that the journey format was more than just a means of documentation but that the depiction of a 'landscape journey' articulates a higher moral worth and value. Lessons acquired through the physical action of a journey were seen to encourage the humanist qualities so desired by society of 16th Century
The progress made in landscape painting during 16th Century
The first source of amusement to the picturesque traveler is the pursuit of his object, the expectation of new scenes continually opening and arising to his view. We suppose the country to have been unexplored. Under this circumstance the mind is kept constantly in an agreeable suspense. Every distant horizon promises something new; and with this pleasing expectation we follow nature through all her walks.[5]
Gilpins' essays were a powerful influence on the leading figures of the British Romantic Movement of the 19th Century and in particular the work of J.M.W Turner. Turner's first extensive tour in 1794 composed of a journey that took him through the Midlands,
The sketchbooks from Turner's tours are a consistent documentation of the landscapes he encountered, demonstrating the role of the artist as witness. It is in these sketchbooks that Turner's work is primarily realised as a 'landscape journey'. His first tour to
The route chosen by Turner for his Italian tour and the planning involved prior to his departure is also of importance to the outcome of his landscape journey. Not only was a route to be decided, but all the necessities essential for travel also needed to be organised; such preparations took Turner almost four years. As Gage observes, a notebook of Turners written in 1817, 'gives details of Italian grammar, methods of purifying water, driving away bugs and fleas, as well as addresses for securing passports and purchasing carriages in London.'[10] J C Eustace's two volume 'Tour through Italy' (1813) became one of Turner's chief guidebooks and John Warwick Smith's 'Select Views in Italy' (1792-9) provided eighty-four engravings from which Turner made thumbnail copies into his 'Foreign Hint' sketchbook. Like Gilpin had provided a foundation for Turner's tours of
The architect James Hakewill, both a friend and patron of Turner, was another essential influence on the route decided by Turner for his first tour of
The sketchbooks from this tour illustrate Turners landscape journey through a variety of forms. As discussed, the journey itself took 4 years to plan, each landscape having been imagined a thousand times by the young artist, yet only experienced in 1819. Although travelled by many before him, Turner creates a journey that is both unique and highly personal, documented not through the traditional journal format but instead by sketches of a landscape experienced. We encounter Turners own sensory journey through these differing weather effects and tactile terrain. It is a journey not only of the body but also of the mind as Turner absorbs all the challenges of the landscape and the trials faced by a traveller of the 19th century. Such personal impressions of a landscape and the trials faced when confronted by it within a journey format are exemplified in the watercolour 'Passage of Mont Cenis (Snowstorm)' of 1820.
'Passage of Mont Cenis' is a particularly good example of a 'landscape journey' from Turners first tour of
Although the image itself does not depict the incident described, the viewer can imagine the scene through Turners use of colour and the dramatic weather effects he portrays. A stormy sky engulfs the scene as the carriages struggle through the treacherous passage surrounded by mountains. Turner evokes the sublime as he articulates the insignificance of the small carriages when compared to the vastness of the sky above and the mountains that surround the travellers.
'The Passage of Mont Cenis' is a landscape of further importance to Turner due to his interest in the Carthaginian general
This leads us to the second category used to define a 'landscape journey' in Turner's work; his use of landscape and his experience of it as a method of representing the embodiment of a particular journey through a singular work. 'Hannibal and his Army crossing the
'For Turner, one of the greatest military feats of all time is seen not as a triumph, but as the first act of tragedy, begotten in storm and blood, whose issue will be defeat and destruction. The fury of the storm is thus counterpoised not with a sun symbolic of hope, but with the false light of delusion.'[14]
In this work Turner embodies the entirety of
Such an emphasis on the journey itself can also be true of Turner through his compositions describing contemporary 19th Century
In conclusion it seems clear that Turner used multiple forms to illustrate a 'landscape journey'. Such forms cannot be strictly categorised, but attempts can be made to loosely distinguish particular subjects within his oeuvre that show similarities in theme, content and composition. Through his landscape Turner maps the self, representing personal interpretations of landscapes experienced within his journey. The unpredictable nature of a journey is illustrated in Turner's depiction of extreme weather effects through rough, impulsive brushwork. Such methods could only be used if Turner had experienced the scenes depicted first hand. It is this realisation that brings Turner's work closer to the viewer, involving us in his own 'landscape journey'. Bibliography
[1] Levesque, Catherine Journey through Landscape in Seventeenth-Century
[2] Levesque, Catherine Journey through Landscape in Seventeenth-Century
[3] Levesque, Catherine Journey through Landscape in Seventeenth-Century
[4] See also 'Landscape and Power' by W.J. Thomas Mitchell. 'By the late eighteenth century, tours of
[5] William Gilpin, from 'Three Essays on Picturesque Beauty', 2nd edition (1794). Essay 11. 'On Picturesque Travel'
[6] Gage, John J.M.W Turner; A Wonderful Range of Mind P.42
[7] Gage, John J.M.W Turner; A Wonderful Range of Mind WRITE QUOTE on P.73
[8] Venning, Barry Turner P.53
[10] Gage, John J.M.W Turner; A Wonderful Range of Mind P.42
[11] Herold, Inge Turner on Tour Pp.17-18
[12] Craft, treachery and fraud – Salassian force, Hung on the fainting rear! Then Plunder seiz'd the victor and the captive, Saguntum's spoil, Alike became their pray; still the chief advanced, Looked on the sun with hope; - low, broad, and wan; While the fierce archer of the downward year stains Italy's blanched barrier with storms. In vain each pass, ensanguin'd deep with dead, Or rocky fragments, wide destruction roll'd. Still on
[13] Gage, John J.M.W Turner; A Wonderful Range of Mind P.193 INSERT QUOTE by Fuseli on poetry.
[14] Smiles, Sam J.M.W. Turner P.30
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Jazzy 'Christmas Carol' doesn't quite hit rhythm
For the first time in its 30-year history of producing various versions of "A Christmas Carol," the San Diego Repertory Theatre set Charles Dickens' classic tale in the United States at the turn of the 19th century.
Amid the Great Depression, two world wars, Prohibition, the jazz era and an unprecedented period of advancement and expansion in America, the setting gives this robust cast and director Kirsten Brandt (former artistic director for Sledgehammer Theatre) lots of creative room to play. Though exuberant and visually dramatic, this somewhat patchy "Carol" doesn't live up to its potential.
Christmas present is some two weeks after the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Costumes by Mary Larson, original music by Steve Gunderson (played by a four-piece band), and David Lee Cuthbert's always gratifying scenic and lighting design add charming touches of jazz-era swank and gangster grit. Scrooge, played solidly by Broadway veteran Greg Mullavey, owns a run-down jazz club. In its heyday during Prohibition, Scrooge ran the business side while his former partner was a rum-runner, before Marley was gunned down in a gang war.
Phil Johnson, in dual roles, is better suited to the appealing, fumbling Cratchit than as Marley, who looks not so much a gangster as a private eye and sounds more like a lame caricature than an intimidating thug ghost. The Cratchit family still have that syrupy sweetness, and Rebecca Lauren Myers' Tiny Tim has an angelic voice and big heart.
The ghost of Christmas Past appears as a trio of blonde lovelies (Seema Sueko, Jeannine Marquie and Jenn Grinels) sporting Moulin Rouge-inspired burlesque outfits and oversized feather fans. Christmas Present is played by Jason Heil in pilot outfit, who flies Scrooge to the Cratchits' house and to a Navy ship far from home, at war. Ruff Yeager plays an ominous Future Ghost, silent and imposing, who carries knowledge in a briefcase in Brandt's own film-noirish MacGuffin nod to Tarantino.
The cast of 17 breathlessly morph into a multitude of characters, but some of the scenes whiz by and can make it difficult to keep track of who's who. The jazz music is used to good effect, including Victor Morris' trumpet-playing narrator and especially Lisa H. Payton's strong and soulful voice as a former love of a young Scrooge.
Noted choreographer Jean Issacs provided the dance moves, which range from quirky and comic psuedo-Elizabethan Vogueing to high-kicking swing dancing. And there are some familiar Sledgehammer characteristics here from familiar Sledgehammer artists -- Yeager's stylized movements as Future Ghost, Cuthbert's videography/projection work, Brandt's overly obvious insertion of political commentary aimed at the current administration.
Through all the action, sentimentality, music and on-again off-again Chicago wise guy dialect, the production is a bit disjointed. This "Carol" doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Is it a musical, a farcical comedy, a melodrama? It's a little bit of everything, and in not committing one way or another, it loses definition.
Ultimately, "A Christmas Carol" is a story about repentance and redemption, and that does come through, along with some swell tunes, kicky dancing and punchy new dialogue. But perhaps another iteration -- with some fine-tuning -- might turn this into the truly enjoyable, inspired production that it almost is.
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When Asma moved to the UK in 1991, she did not even know how to boil an egg. In 1993, Asma traveled back to her ancestral kitchens and, over time, learned recipes that had been in her family for four generations. After finishing her doctorate in British constitutional law in 2012, Asma decided to follow her heart and open a food business - the Darjeeling Express supper club.
Asma's ancestry stems from the royal Mughlai and Nawabi school of cuisine. In addition to her Mughlai roots from her father's side, Asma cooks the food of Calcutta, the city where she was born and raised. The result is a lovely mélange of street food like papri chaat and royal recipes like lamb dum biryani that take you on a journey from Calcutta in the east of India to Hyderabad in the south.
Cyrus Todiwala OBE is one of Britain's most successful and widely admired Indian chefs known for his refined, elegantly spiced and sophisticated cooking. His chain of unique and authentic gourmet restaurants including Cafe Spice Namaste, the landmark Pan-Indian restaurant, and the new restaurant Assado which he runs with his wife Pervin.
Through his regular media appearances, cook books, and Mr Todiwala products he has a passion for everyone to buy British, find comfort and joy in the kitchen, and learn all they can, and more, about great Indian food. Visit our Dine Out page and find out how you can visit Cafe Spice.
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Following the success of his modern Indian cuisine, Vivek and his team launched Cinnamon Kitchen and Anise in the City in 2008, and Cinnamon Soho in 2012. Vivek visited our projects in Chhattisgarh, India, a few years ago and has hosted a number of fundraising events at his restaurants to support the families we work with.
The Cinnamon Group are taking part in Curry for Change this June, find out more on our Dine Out page.
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Hari Ghotra is an Indian cook and teacher, as well as marketing professional, entrepreneur and mother of two. She is also the founder of harighotra.com, the hugely popular website dedicated to getting you to try cooking and sharing authentic Indian food at home. Hari was born in Wolverhampton to parents who brought their love of Indian food to the UK. So as Hari grew up experiencing both cultures, she began sharing everything her mother had taught to her English friends.
As the success of her Indian cookery courses grew, Hari transferred her skill, imagination and love of sharing to the online world. She has now created a place where everyone – whatever their ability – could try cooking delicious Indian food. From videos to blogs to curry kits, Hari will teach you everything you need to know!
Born in Lincolnshire to Ugandan Asian parents, Meera was surrounded by a wonderful assortment of all things delicious from a very early age. Cooking is a huge part of her heritage and her love for ancestors' food and desire to keep their food traditions alive led me her journey back to her mother's kitchen to capture the recipes from her childhood.
In 2014 Meera's first book was published, Made in India, and she keeps her blog full of family recipes or products of her experimentation using traditional Indian techniques and new seasonal ingredients. Either way, each recipe should take roughly the same amount of time to make as it would take you to order an Indian takeaway.
Mallika Basu is a popular Indian food writer and the author of Miss Masala: Real Indian Cooking for Busy Living (Harper Collins). She writes a weekly column for the London Evening Standard and also presents Indian food related videos for London Live. She has featured both on Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation, and on Jamie Oliver's online cookery channel FoodTube.
Mallika was despatched to England for university by her high-profile political family in India, with the recipe for one chicken curry and one dal. She didn't even know how to boil an egg. Since then, she has tried to replicate the gorgeous and wholesome food she grew up on in her very own, and thoroughly contemporary, Indian kitchen.
The Urban Rajah (aka Ivor Peters) is a food writer, cook, presenter traveller and lifestyle adventurer with roots deep in the Indian Subcontinent. He writes for newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, Hello, Delicious, Olive and his cookbook, Urban Rajah's Curry Memoirs tells the story of his love affair with curry through over 80 familial recipes. Humorous, engaging, vivid, brave, delicate and abundant it's through their stories he provides access to family recipes which have been passed down through 3 generations and crossed 3 continents.
As a guest chef he's appeared on Channel 4 and BBC London and is a regular on the food festival scene demonstrating accessible Indian spiced recipes. He recently dished up 1,000 covers at his two day pop-up restaurant Urban Rajah's Indian Streetkitchen and managed to keep his trademark handlebar moustache from wilting under the pressure! He's toured the UK with his supper clubs, presented content for Kingfisher Beer and just launched a gastronomic promotional campaign for Bespoke Hotels India.
A second generation immigrant and a son of 70s Britain he grew up on hot summers, street cricket and spiced Indian food which has narrated his life.
Nisha Parmar appeared on BBC1's MasterChef 2018 and finished as a Semi-Finalist. She wowed the judges and Michelin Star chefs with her flavour combinations.
Nisha learnt to cook from her mother who told her "no one will marry you if you cant roll round chapattis!" Since learning the basics, she's self-taught and travels the world for her inspiration. Nisha loves experimenting with fusion foods. As well as her mother being from India, her father is from Mombasa, Kenya, so she takes these influences and blends them seamlessly with her British born roots.
Vaishali Shah is an entrepreneur, award winning designer and philanthropist. In 2000 Vaishali founded Creative ID, who designed the logo and developed the branding for Curry for Change, in addition to supporting all aspects of the campaign. Vaishali was a Trustee for Find Your Feet, and remains strongly linked with Find Your Feet and Health Poverty Action, and is now a key Ambassador for Curry for Change.
Vaishali's Indian heritage and travel experiences influence her design creativity. A natural at making people feel at ease, Vaishali also heads up Female Focus, an exclusive global networking group for successful, influential businesswomen. In 2017, Vaishali was a Finalist in the London Asian Business Awards for 'Entrepreneur of the Year'.


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Correa threatened to resign his post as president if members of his own party, "Alianza Pais", continue to put pressure on the approval of a reform that would legalize abortion in the South American country.
"They can do whatever they want. I will never approve the decriminalization of abortion", Correa said according to a BBC report. "It has cost me more, the betrayals of my own supposed friends, than the acts of my enemies. If these acts of betrayal and disloyalty go on, I will tender my resignation."
In a statement sent to Fides News Agency, Archbishop Arregui stated that he was "impressed by the courage, the quality with which the president spoke". The Church's position on abortion, he continued, is well-known and clear.
"We believe that human life is sacred and cannot be eliminated". Fides also reported that the Catholic Church in Ecuador will release an official statement this week on the matter.


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The Setup
A conducting waveguide is a metal tube -- think pipe or air conditioning duct, for example -- through which electromagnetic waves can propagate. If you want to know what real-life waveguides look like, just do a quick internet image search. We'll assume the length of the tube is oriented along the -direction, see Fig 1. There is no loss of generality in doing this, since we can always choose a coordinate system as we like. So really, we're picking a coordinate system such that the -axis points along the tube.
Now, we can decompose the electric field and magnetic (inductance) field vectors into two parts each. One part points along the (normal) direction while the other is pointing somewhere in the (transverse) plane. Explicitly:
In the first([1], Eq. (8.24)) and third[2], Eq. (8.26)) editions of Classical Electrodynamics, J.D. Jackson gives the transverse fields in terms of the -components of the fields. (I have no idea why he left the complete expression out of the second edition.) In the third edition, for example, he assumes plane wave propagation in the positive direction -- that is an dependance -- and simply states, without any real explanation:
the transverse fields arewhere I've converted his new choice of MKSA units back into the clearer CGS units. However, back in the first edition he does not insist on the assumption of positive propagation. Moreover, he does not just state the fields; he suggests a method for getting them -- namely, manipulation of the curl equations in Maxwell's equations. However, in that edition, he does not expand the curl equations in light of the separation of the fields into transverse and parallel components as he does in the second and third editions.
Because of all this confusion, I'm going to derive the cavity modes fully, starting from Maxwell's equations, once and for all. This derivation is based on a combination of all three editions of Jackson's book. This is a tedious, although not completely trivial exercise. Brace yourselves for quite a bit of algebra.
Maxwell's Equations - The Curls
Here we'll deal with the two curl equations in Maxwell's equations:
Furthermore, since we're splitting up and into normal and transverse parts, we'll do the same with the gradient operator :
Because curl equations are annoying, and because we're ultimately looking for an equation for the transverse fields, I'm going to try and get rid of the 's. The symmetry of form in (2) means that we'll only need to do these calculations once; I will use in place of either or .
First, we'll expand :
For why see Fig. 2. Also, we note that
At this point, it's time to introduce the explicit dependence and process the derivatives.
Some and notes
Unlike Jackson, who works with the assumption of upward propagating waves -- i.e. an dependence -- we'll work with an assumed dependance, thus allowing both upward and downward propagating waves. Thus, the derivatives ``bring down'' a factor of . Whenever we have or the upper symbol is the sign for upward propagating waves, the lower symbol is for downward propagating. Because we'll be mucking about with these plus-minus guys in some algebra, I want to get a few issues out of the way.
The first thing to keep in mind about these plus-minus operators is that an equation like
So, there are essentially two ways to approach these things. One way is to carefully trace at the outset what happens to or under various arithmetic operations like addition, multiplication, etc. This has the benefit of being more concise -- you only need to write each equation once -- but is a lot easier to make errors and hides the double-equation nature of the symbol. I'll admit, though, that when I'm writing a paper I'm generally inclined to take this path.
However, for the purposes of this blog post, I'll explicitly carry out the calculations in parallel equations. (This really looks much better in the PDF. If anyone has any suggestions for improving the web version, please, let me know!) The left-hand column corresponds to , the right-hand column to . At the end I will also show what the results looks like in the shorthand notation and I encourage you to work out the rules on your own. Perhaps in another post I'll address the shorthand notation in detail.
Some more algebra
Now, it's time for some more algebra.1 Taking the derivative in (7) gives:
Solving (10) for gives
Solving this for gives:
In the first edition, Jackson converts the back into to get rid of the , but I feel this confuses things, as this expression only holds for a plane wave in the direction. In any case, we now substitute this expression for back into (12) and simplify:
So, we've finally achieved Jackson's result, allowing for both upward and downward propagating waves.
[1] J.D. Jackson. Classical Electrodynamics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1st edition, 1966.
[2] J.D. Jackson. Classical Electrodynamics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd edition, 1998.
1 In case you were wondering why Jackson left out the whole calculation...


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Soft, light, moist and yummy muffins that aren't overly sweet. In this recipe,
- Apricots confer the sweetness and while they're at it, they provide precious fiber, potassium and magnesium,
- Bananas act like eggs: binding, fluffing and moistening the batter,
- Turmeric helps reduce inflammation,
- Buckwheat stabilizes energy levels, thanks to a low glycemic index,
- Chia seeds satiate your tummy with soluble fiber,
- Oats boost immunity thanks to the contained beta-glucans,
- Berries contribute to cancer prevention, because of their high levels of antioxidants,
- Soy beverage pitches in some calcium and protein, crucial elements for your muscles and contraction thereof.
What synergy! 🙂
More importantly, they are insanely delicious and scream with rich berry flavour. If I'm being honest, these didn't even last 24 hours in my household (and our household only consists of 2 people)! 😉
Berry, Banana & Turmeric Spiced Muffins
Yield: 12 wonderful muffins
Dry ingredients:
- 1 cup Brazil nuts or soaked almonds
- 1 cup oats (+ 1/4 cup for garnish)
- 2/3 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tbsp. turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- Pinch black pepper
Wet ingredients:
- 1/3 cup sunflower oil
- 10 dried apricots
- 3 tbsp. ground flax seeds
- 2/3 cup unsweetened vanilla soy beverage
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup filtered water
- 3/4 cup blueberries, blackberries and/or raspberries
Works well with all berries (photographic proof provided 😉 )
Messy but goody!
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Grease your muffin pan with oil.
- Blend all dry ingredients together in a food processor until a flour-like consistency is obtained. Transfer dry mix into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
- Add all wet ingredients (excluding berries) to food processor and blend until smooth. Add to dry ingredients.
- Fold in the berries.
- Divvy up the batter into the muffin tray. Top each muffin with a couple berries and garnish with a sprinkle of oats.
- Bake for about 18 minutes.
- Your job is done! 😉
- Eat as they are or slather on some nut butter for some extra flavour and protein.
Abso-freaking-lutely delicious! Enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea! 🙂


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Families must be so proud of selfish train pair - Argus Friday 23rd September 2016
Posted Monday 26th September 2016 By Ericka Waller
Would you give up your place on a train? Disabled 43-year-old Cat Lee posted a photo of the two men who refused to get out of her reserved seats online with the comment 'Meet these two gentlemen. Charming fellows took seats reserved for Rach and I. As a disable passenger I stated why I needed my reserved seat. They did not budge. I'm sure their wives and mothers would be proud of them.'
One of the culprits, who according to Lee spent the journey 'discussing luxury holidays in the Caribbean and Dubai' contacted the Mail and said 'Mrs Lee said she could not stand because she suffered from groin pain but she did not claim to be disabled'
Did he not hear what she had said? He'd just been told he was in the seat of someone who had reserved it and needed it due to chronic pain. She'd told him she could not stand. Why the hell didn't he move?
The father of one of the sons contacted the paper and said 'I know my son and I know he would have given up his seat for the elderly or anyone who needed it.'
Photo evidence suggests otherwise.
I could register as disabled due to my Rheumatoid Arthritis. I never would however, for two reasons. The first being that I am okay the majority of the time, and would feel a fraud. The second being I could not bear to deal with situations like the above all the time. It would destroy my faith in mankind.
Thank goodness then, for those beautiful Browlea brothers.
It's the perfect story. Two ambitious, competitive boys, racing against one another in the Triathlon World Series, both of them looking good for the gold, until one of them loses his battle with fierce Mexican sun. What did the other one do? What would you do? Alistair Brownlea chose to drag his brother Jonny over the finish line and in doing so, won the hearts of the nation.
Baby brother Jonny was leading the hideously gruelling race, but with just 700 meters left to go, Cozumel's humid climate got the better of him. He was on the verge of collapse, and would surely have fallen and be left by the wayside if his elder brother Alistair, who was in third place, hadn't run up and caught him, propped him up under his arm, and pushed him over the finish line.
Jonny said "I remember my legs going a little bit wobbly and thinking: 'I'm not going to make it to the finish line. I remember Alistair coming past me and saying: 'You can make it'. And then my last memory is falling over the finish line and getting carried off. He threw away his chance to win. It takes a very strong and good person to do that."
Alistair said "I've been in that position before, in London maybe six years ago. I remember being in second trying to win the race and then waking up and being told I'd come 10th. I was like: 'Why didn't all those people who came past me help me out?' so I didn't give it a second thought. I just had to help him. I sat for an hour after the race thinking: 'Did I do the right thing? Would he have received medical attention quicker if I'd just left him? Is it the wrong thing to carry someone over the line?"
No Alistair it was not. It was heroic, selfless and inspirational.
The song ' He ain't heavy' by the Hollies could have been written about him. 'The road is long, With many a winding turn, That leads us to who knows where, Who knows when, But I'm strong, Strong enough to carry him, He ain't heavy, he's my brother'
I'm pretty certain the Brownlea brothers would give up their seats on the train, whether the person who needed it was disabled or not.
SO apparently giving up social media will make us happier. But how we will let everyone know how much happier, mindful and zen we are if we can't brag about it on Facebook? Much like a tree falling silently in a forest if no one is around to hear it, if it's not on Facebook, did it really happen.
Facebook has become a part of my life. It's like a smoking break for my brain. I don't know if I could cope without watching a cat get scared by a cucumber or a photo of someone's lunch.
Young people seem to be moving away from it however. It's for us 'oldies' now. They prefer Snap Chat (think photos of people with flowers on their head), Watts App and other sites that their parents can't spy on.


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It's 1891, the United States of America. The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago selling soap and baking powder. It will be 12 months before chewing gum arrives. In New York, Carnegie Hall has its grand opening with Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducting.
Mark Twain writes of a Gilded Age: a period of economic growth and high wages. Railroads are the backbone of industry, with immigration fuelling rapid growth in the western states. The United States is the economic giant of the world, leaving Europe in the shadows.
Skyscrapers climb higher. Inventors apply for more than 500,000 patents between 1860 and 1890. It is an age of prosperity, urbanisation, and invention. It is the perfect environment for the birth of the slot machine.
The First Spin
In 1891, the Sittman and Pitt company created the world's first mechanical betting machine. The Brooklyn based business produced a five drum/reel poker machine.
Each reel had drawings of ten different playing cards. This totalled 50 cards which meant two cards were removed. Hence the machines were nicknamed 'drop-card' machines.
The dropped cards were normally the ten of spades and the jack of hearts. This made it very difficult for players to hit the jackpot Royal Flush. The machines cost a nickel a spin. There was no way to draw new cards. When the reels stopped – that was your hand.
Prizes were at the discretion of the bar. Nothing came out the machine. You would just let the barman know you had hit a pair and enjoy your free drink, cigar, or whatever was on offer.
Go West
The poker game was so popular, nearly every bar in New York City had at least one machine and it wasn't long before they made the 3,000 mile journey to unofficial gambling capital of the world: San Francisco.
The Wild West lived up to its name. In San Francisco, there were more than 3,117 licensed bars – one bar for every 96 citizens. This proliferation made the city a gambling machine hot spot.
Enter Augustinus (Charlie) Fey. Fey was born in Vohringen, Bavaria on February 2, 1862. He was the youngest of 16 children and had been an apprentice as an instrument maker in a British shipyard.
Fey arrived in San Francisco in 1885 and got a job with the California Electric Works. After work, he would head out for a drink and was fascinated by the new mechanical poker machines arriving from the east. He decided to make his own.
In 1895, he completed his first machine: the elegantly named Fey 4-11-44. The machine looked like a grandfather clock and was based on the popular lottery game 'Policy'.
Policy is a simple numbers game that dates back to the Italian lottery around 1530. Players would pick three numbers – known as a 'gig' – and 4-11-44 was a favourite with many people. These three numbers were known as the 'Washerwoman's Gig'.
Instant Win
Fey's new wheel of fortune style machine bought into the superstition, with 4-11-44 being the $5 jackpot combination. The game was an instant hit. There is only one surviving example of the machine which is held at the Fey Collection in Nevada.
Buoyed by success, Fey quit his job and set up shop. Between 1896 and 1899, Fey continued to develop his games. Wins were still paid by an attendant because it was not (yet) mechanically possible for the machines to pay out.
In 1896, the Fey Three Spindle awarded prizes ranging from 5 to 25 nickels. Paid out when three spinning arrows landed in similar numbers. One year later, the Fey 6-Way allowed players to increase their stake – betting up to six nickels in one play for a bigger payout.
In 1897 the Fey Klondike introduced another aspect of slots gaming, by allowing players to bet on a preferred colour. Bet the right colour and you win. Finally, the last piece of the puzzle was put into place with the arrival of the 1898 Fey Liberty Bell with card symbols.
This machine was the first slot machine that could pay out awards automatically. To make this happen, Fey removed two of the reels. The new three reel machine would automate the entire process.
There is only one 1898 card Liberty Bell machine in existence. Fey saved it from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The following year, Fey would replace the card symbols with suit symbols, horseshoes, and the iconic Liberty Bell.
The new machine would set the standard for automated slots for years to come and provide the foundations for every slot machine since. More on this next time….


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Business Columns & Blogs
Guest column: Employment law changes to deal with in 2015
Businesses need to prepare for considerable shifts in the employment landscape this year.
Recent National Labor Relations Board rulings, as well as other mandates the board is considering, will make it easier for employees to unionize. Couple these changes with Affordable Care Act implementation and increased Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement, and employers will have to be hyper-vigilant to make sure they stay compliant with government regulations.
Four area to watch:
▪ The NLRB finally has implemented its long-awaited "quickie election" rules, which will speed up union elections. Set to take effect April 14, the new procedures will have a profound impact on union organizing tactics and representation elections.
The NLRB has shifted the playing field by requiring employers to provide available personal email addresses and telephone numbers for all eligible voters and by limiting the scope of pre-election hearings. The only issues to be addressed during a pre-election hearing are those necessary to determining whether an election should take place. Disputes over voter eligibility and inclusion in the voting unit typically will be deferred until after the election, at which point they would be resolved only if they would have affected the election. So elections traditionally conducted about six weeks after the representation petition will now be concluded in less than three.
Finally, all parties will be permitted to argue their positions at the hearing, but the NLRB will have unfettered discretion to decide whether post-hearing briefs will be allowed. Although the parties may seek review of all representation-case rulings in a single post-election request, the election typically will proceed as scheduled while those requests remain pending. This all means that it is critically important that employers constantly be alert to potential organizing activity and make the company's position known before organizing activity begins.
The NLRB also is poised to redefine the standards for determining joint employer liability. If the NLRB acts as expected, workers contracted through a temporary agency would be considered employees of the company on whose property they're working, even if those workers are recruited, hired, fired and paid by the agency. This potential decision will make it easier for unions to organize the temp workers and to include bargaining units with the contracting company's own employees.
▪ Under the Affordable Care Act, companies with 100 or more full-time employees were required as of Jan. 1 to provide "affordable" employee health coverage. Employers that fail to provide acceptable coverage, which must include premiums of no more than 9.5 percent of the employee's family's adjusted gross income, face penalties of about $2,000 per employee.
Though it might make better economic sense for some companies to pay the fines, few employers are choosing to forgo employee health benefits. Most want to be good corporate citizens and take care of their employees. A large number, though, are limiting employees to fewer than 30 work hours per week because they don't have to provide coverage for part-time workers. We are likely to see this step becoming even more common in 2016, when the ACA mandate requires employers with just 50 or more employees to provide health insurance for full-time workers.
▪ Democrats continue to push for a minimum wage increase to $10 per hour. Even though Republicans are in charge of both houses of Congress, politically they're on the losing side of this argument, and minimum wage battles will continue as the election cycle kicks off. If the minimum wage is raised, it's likely to artificially increase wages for all workers, not just those making minimum wage.
▪ The EEOC in its Strategic Enforcement Plan specifies what it considers to be national priorities: LGBT and accommodation issues, removing hiring barriers, failure to respond to harassment claims, and equal pay enforcement, among others. An employer with an issue that falls into one of these categories is at heightened risk of the EEOC's pursuing the case, particularly if the employer has multiple work sites. Targeted companies must take great caution when responding to a claim in one of these national priority categories so they don't unintentionally "invite" the EEOC to come in and look at other issues, too.
More than ever, employers must be on top of dealing with labor and employment issues. They can't wait until there's a fire to put out. They should work with their HR departments or a good attorney to, metaphorically, keep the water turned on, sprinkling over every part of the business to keep fires from starting.
Jim Holland is a partner in Fisher & Phillips' Kansas City office. He practices labor and employment law, exclusively representing management. Reach him at 816-842-8700 or firstname.lastname@example.com.