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Scrumptious, Scenic and Sporty Australia: Eat, See, Cricket. Repeat.

Discovering destinations through sport creates an emotional connect to the place and its people that few other activities can match.

Twinkling Sydney Lights

It has always been the husband’s dream to watch a match in every cricket stadium in the world. Factor in a business trip to Australia, the World Cup with India playing well, plus the fact that I never miss a travel opportunity and well, we were off.

A waving Indian flag at MCG

Aside from the prospect of engaging in “sport tourism” for the first time, Australia’s scandalous history and ongoing status as the playground for Master Chefs give it unique appeal. The trip taught me a very important lesson: pay attention to proverbs; they are true. So true, that I was inspired to create some of my own variations.

Though there are some incredible places in the country and a host of wonderful activities for all age groups, our trip focused on food, fun and sport in two lovely cities. A taste of Sydney, with a touch of Melbourne.

Travel tip: Americans can enter more than 150 countries without visa. Australia is not one of them.

Well begun is half done; pick your destination.

Work and cricket clearly motivated our visit to Australia. But, before setting off, we had a crucial decision to make: If visiting Australia for the first time and travelling to both Sydney and Melbourne, where to spend more time? Sydney or Melbourne?

Research, expert opinions and pictures left us nothing but confused and the husband conveniently left the decision to me. Fortunately, while reviewing the events calendar, I discovered that the annual food festival – Taste of Sydney – was taking place around the same time as our visit and the choice was made. Except for match day in Melbourne, we decided to explore Sydney.

FYI: Sydney is much larger and has relatively more of an “Australian” feel than Melbourne, which is kind of like a small big city that is decidedly more European in its bearings and personality.

Standard does not equal special

Despite their added character, boutique properties are often overlooked for the tried-and-tested comfort of chain hotels. In Sydney, stay at the wonderfully wacky and swanky QT Sydney.

Stylish Gowings Bar at QT Sydney
Stylish Gowings Bar at QT Sydney

The location is fantastic – smack in the middle of CBD’s shopping zone and next to the State theatre, the hotel and its Gowings bar are always buzzing. Although there are hotels far more luxurious than the QT, it’s charm, character and style add that “je ne sais quoi” to the Sydney experience. Not to mention, the interesting ‘outfits’ worn by the doorwomen.

Where there is a will, there is a way; if you want to eat it all, you can.

A Taste of Sydney

There are so many fabulous eateries in Sydney that it is virtually impossible to cover them in one trip. However, a great way to eat your way through the city without breaking the bank, is to visit during ‘Taste of Sydney‘. The event is held in the lovely Centennial park, with tents pitched for restaurants, vendors, drinks, gourmet treats and live demonstrations.

While we had several nibbles and tipples, the most memorable ones were: purple potato gnocchi with wild mushroom, pine nut, chilli and salted dried ricotta by Popolo, carrot, yoghurt and liquorice by Cafe Paci, organic vegetarian celery gratin, pickled black walnuts and Granny Smith apples by Ananas, Tiramisu ice cream with marsala jelly, coffee soaked Savoiardi biscuits and cocoa nib tuile from Otto Ristorante.

Beer break at 'Taste of Sydney'
Beer break at ‘Taste of Sydney’

It’s not just the memory of the food that stays with you, it’s the whole experience…gourmet food in a beautiful park, on a lovely sunny day, with lively music. Bliss!

Tip: Pre-check the menu to ensure there are sufficient options to meet your dietary preferences, approximate cost of ticket and prioritize dishes.

Dining suggestions (vegetarian-friendly):

For fine dining on the waterfront, try Chef Matt Moran’s Aria at Circular Quay. Ask for a table by the window.

For live band music in a relaxed ambiance, head to the oldest pub in Sydney – The Fortune of War (165 yrs and counting). One of few pubs open late on Sunday in The Rocks, it makes up for with character, crowd and entertainment what it lacks in aesthetics.

Drinks in the Prohibition Era at Palmer & Co.
Drinks in the Prohibition Era at Palmer & Co.

For delicious Chinese food served in a classy ambiance, head to Mr. Wong’s in CBD. Top up your drinks by taking the elevator down to Palmer & Co…a bar modeled after Prohibition era Chicago

For light meals with a view, head to the aptly named Opera bar

For a quick bite, stop by one of the many outlets of Sabbaba falafel

For comfort food served with a view, hop on the ferry to Manly for pizza at Hugo’s followed by dessert at Max Brenner nearby. Don’t forget to request for a table facing the water.

For the love of pancake, head to the nearest Bill’s for the best ricotta pancakes in the city!

For a memorable gourmet experience in CBD, head to Jamie Oliver for dinner, and follow it up with drinks at The Baxter Inn

 Never judge a book by its cover…or a bar by its door.

The Whiskey Wall at The Baxter Inn (Image Source: TimeOut Sydney)

If there’s only one bar you can go to in Sydney, make it The Baxter Inn. One of the world’s best bars, it is hidden behind an obscure and nondescript door of a rather shady narrow alleyway.

…But once inside, the dinghy alley gives way to a classy up-scale underground tavern, complete with a backlit wall lined with hundreds of bottles of whisky. Talented bartenders whip up incredible concoctions and classics.

Tip: Ask the bartenders to surprise you and prepare to be amazed at how accurately they gauge drinking preferences.

All that glitters is not gold, but it may still be priceless

The glittering Sydney skyline is a treat for sore eyes. No matter which angle we saw it from – and we saw from many – it was always stunning.

To be specific, we saw it glinting in the morning sun, sparkling at sunset and twinkling in the night from:

  • Atop Harbour Bridge: a view made possible via Harbour BridgeClimb, a 90-min overpriced, but perfect, exercise. The pace was a bit like a brisk walk, but not vigorous enough to cause breathlessness. The facts are fascinating, feat amazing and views fabulous.
  • Outside Sydney Opera House: a view of the afternoon sun or sunset with the Harbour bridge and city in the backdrop is lovely.
  • Upon Mrs. Macquaries chair: the best view in Sydney is from a little rock bench carved by convicts. Located by the Royal Botanical Gardens, the bench offers a gorgeous view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House in the same frame. One, which is even more beautiful at sunset.
  • Over water: a great view of twinkling city lights is from the ferry that crosses from The Rocks to Manly (or vice versa) in the night.

So much sparkle could have been blinding, if it wasn’t so beautiful. Priceless.

The early bird gets the worm…and the early spectator gets the seat.

The husband and I are not Opera fans, but we love plays and decided to catch one at the infamous Sydney Opera House. We picked a show that had received great reviews, “Suddenly Last Summer”, and combined traditional theatre with live video. Paired with a tour of the architectural marvel and topped off by a drink at the Opera bar, it had the makings of a perfect evening.

The Sydney Opera House

…And it almost was. The tour was vera fascinating (highly recommended) and we loved hearing the story behind how one of the city’s most iconic structures was engineered. The Opera Bar was lovely, but then came the show.

We had procrastinated for buying the tickets, thinking we could buy them on the spot. As it was, the show was standing room only and we ended up watching the play on our feet for a good 90 mins. While the rest of the evening was still enjoyable, it would’ve been far more enjoyable if we had simply booked our seats early.

Tip: Book your seats in advance. Popular shows – even those that may be long-running – can sell out quickly.

Who travels for love (or cricket) finds a thousand miles not longer than one

Living the dream at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Gastronomy and drama aside, the sole reason for our visit was our (well, mostly the husband’s) love of cricket. Though we spent a longer time getting to Australia than in the matches, the trip was totally worth it. The grounds, crowds, weather, sledging and beer, contributed to one hell of a cricketing experience. Great matches may be played anywhere, but great viewing experiences come with watching the game in world-class venues.

We saw two quarterfinal matches: South Africa vs. Sri Lanka in Sydney and India vs. Bangladesh in Melbourne. Watching cricket from both the Sydney (SCG) and Melbourne Cricket Grounds (MCG) is a cricket lover’s dream come true. Both grounds are incredible, but while the SCG is more of a heritage structure and traditional cricket ground, MCG is a massive stadium.

The spirit of the game extended beyond the stadiums. It was in flags that waved in the most unlikely of places, strangers that hi-fived each other and became friends, or strangers that sledged each other for fun, or TV anchors and cameramen that we bumped into and chatted with (one kind cameraman actually paused his shoot to help us figure out our new camera). Or the lone man that ran across the ground mooning the crowd. All of these elements that add, and in some ways, create, the unique match-viewing experience.

But most of all, it was the crowd. SCG saw a mix of colours, but the sheer number of Indian supporters meant MCG was blue. The noise generated was as loud as that on home ground. Even though the MCG was partly empty for the India-Bangladesh match, the sound level in the stadium made it seem fuller…especially when India won the match and Rohit Sharma hit his century (which seems to happen whenever I’m in the stadium so, maybe I’m the lucky charm!). One of the highlights though, was listening to the national anthem reverberate across the stadium. It was enough to give us goose bumps.

No words can adequately describe the rollercoaster of emotions that accompany a good match, but suffice it to say that I’ve rarely felt as alive as when sweating in the sun, screaming my lungs out in support and cursing the poor opposition.

Slow down and smell the roses…or the ocean

Besides watching a winning game of cricket in the fabulous Sydney stadium and eating our way through the city, we decided to simply enjoy our destination.
For a change, we opted to do the simple things and didn’t try to see and do it all:

  • Drive around the coastline: A friend took us for a drive around the non-touristy parts of the city, so we could get a flavour of how the locals live. It was nice to simply follow the road without being stuck in a traffic jam.
  • Walk from Bondi to Bronte coastal walk: A fun and beautiful walk, that we did backwards (from Bronte to Bondi). Stunning views of the coastline and uninterrupted views of the ocean mixed with some random activities. We spotted Dolphins, worked out in an open air gym, caught a game of boules (Clovelly Bowling Club) and planned our burials (should we decide against cremation) at a cemetery with a stunning view. We followed it up with a hearty meal at Bill’s that likely replenished all the calories burnt during the walk!

…Sometimes, you just need to slow down and enjoy the moment.

Beyond a game…

There are people that travel for sport because it is trendy or fashionable and there are those that do it for the sport itself. Whatever your reason, you must travel for sport at least once in life. Discovering new spaces through sport creates an emotional connect to the place and its people that few other activities can match.

If cricket does not appeal to you, pick your passion. The beauty of sport is how it allows complete strangers to bare and share all emotions with complete abandon for that brief period of time when all is forgotten except what is unfolding before the eyes.

But, while you’re at it, don’t forget to take a step back, soak up the sights, strike up some conversation, savor the cuisine, and slow down and breathe.

Author: Mansi Kamdar

Experiential travel enthusiast and blogger. I love vegetarian food, fine wine, fine chocolates and Chunky Chips Ahoy. I am not racist, but I refuse to call "white chocolate" chocolate. My dream is to eat at each of the World's 50 best restaurants. It certainly helps that the husband loves to travel and dreams of watching a cricket match in every stadium in the world. We are currently on track to achieve our goals, but indulge in more "wholesome" holidaying as we are now accompanied by two adorable little imps.

21 thoughts on “Scrumptious, Scenic and Sporty Australia: Eat, See, Cricket. Repeat. ”

  1. Any trip combining sports and food is bound to be epic….although I must admit that here in Canada we do not get to experience cricket games, we tend to focus on hockey 🙂 I love your Sydney-Melbourne FYI, it may come in handy for those of us also trying to make that decision. And the Taste of Sydney sounds right up our alley, we LOVE the one in Edmonton, such a fantastic way to try so many different things at once! Great post!

  2. I always heard about cricket as a sport where matches last for days and sometimes they end in a draw, but apart from that, I have no idea about the rules and the purpose of the game!
    But I know the purpose of food and drinks so, after seeing what you wrote about, especially the Baxter Inn, I would sacrifice my curiosity on sports to dive into something tasty! 😀

  3. wonderful tips about your experience! I like this Cricket even if I have never played and I have never watched any match. I lived in Australia for 1 year and I stayed in Sydney too, what a wonderful place to relax and to try good food from any country! I wish one day to go back there, I left my hearth in Australia!
    👌👌 Thanks for sharing it

  4. oh Sydney! I was there earlier this year and fell in love with the city. I loved the fact that everything revolves around the water! I saw an Aussie Rules match but didn’t eat the meat pie! The Taste Festival looks exactly like my thing too – Sydney did have amazing food!

  5. Great you did a post on Australia without a single mention or pic of Kangaroo! 😉
    I want to go there some day but not for cricket. It will for the kangaroos. 🙂

    1. I would definitely love to go back and see the kangaroos, but that is something we want to do with the kids as well. This trip was focused on doing all the things we might not be able to do with kids 😊

  6. Hi, I love this post. You catch my eye in the first sentence, “Discovering destinations through sport creates an emotional connect to the place and its people that few other activities can match.” My husband and I just went to Europe this past summer and we were fortunate enough to be in Paris during the Euro Cup. We are huge soccer fans and to watch the country’s spirit as they watched their team play for the championship was amazing. If that was not enough we watched a Juventus game in Italy a month later. I love how yall make a fantastic trip around your love of your sport. Maybe we will have to go watch cricket in Sydney now 🙂

  7. It has been a childhood dream to go to Australia one day. In fact I want to take my parents to Australia. Off late, many Indians have shown interest in Australia. Just last week, 4 of my friends were in Sydney.

  8. I admire you for traveling so far to support your cricket team in the championship. It’s great that you’ve made time and visited a little bit of the cities as well. How great that you was there during a food festival. I have never thought that you can combine ice cream with masala. Sounds intriguing. And you are right, never judge a bar by its door.

  9. This is a perfect guide. Quick, concise and just the right amount of detail. I would have picked Sydney based on the festival as well, good choice since it looked like you guys had lots of fun.

  10. This is a perfect guide. I loved how you sorted through everything and I think you made the right choice for Sydney’s festival! I often try to book vacations around events like that experience something a little different and local.

  11. I have tried to understand the game of cricket for some time now. We have come across the game several times when traveling seeing people watch in in bars, friends watch it at home and even here at home in Sweden when people meet on the fields and play. It looks quite fascinating and at the same time I haven’t been able to appreciate the game, maybe I should try again. 🙂

  12. You had me at “wall of whiskey’…
    I LOVE LOVE LOVE the food scene in Australia. As much as it’s like the food back home in the US…it’s…well..gosh, it’s just very much it’s own unique and wonderful universe. I haven’t been to Sydney yet, all my trips down under have been in/around Brisbane…but I am trying to make a Sydney trip this spring. Loved your post, pinned to my Australia board ❤ ALL THE PLACE TO GO, ALL THE THINGS TO EAT

  13. It must have felt like a dream. This also reminds of the situation in India. DUe to various reasons, despite the overhwlmng popularity of the sport, watchng crcket n a public place s ncredibly hard in India. Getting into a stadum is always a security nightmare too. I think some cultural adjustments are necessary here.

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Philosophia 44 (3):915-920 (2016)

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John R. Searle argues that consciousness is a biological problem, and that the subjective feature of consciousness doesn’t exclude the scientific study thereof. In this paper I attempt to show that Searle’s identification of the subjectivity of conscious experience as being merely ontologically subjective, but not epistemically subjective is problematic, as it confuses epistemic subjectivity with axiological subjectivity. Since Searle regards the distinction between epistemic subjectivity and ontological subjectivity as an important basis for scientific studies of consciousness, the unsoundness of his argument weakens his advocacy of Biological Naturalism.
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The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy must be reconstructed without the metaphysical structure that Hegel saw as his crowning philosophical achievement. This book brings together twelve original essays that explore the relation between Hegel’s metaphysics and his political, social, and practical philosophy. The essays seek to explore what normative insights and positions can be obtained from examining Hegel’s distinctive view of the metaphysical dimensions of political philosophy. His ideas about the good, the universal, freedom, rationality, objectivity, self-determination, and self-development can be seen in a new context and with renewed understanding once their relation to his metaphysical project is considered. _Hegel’s Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics_ will be of great interest to scholars of Hegelian philosophy, German Idealism, nineteenth-century philosophy, political philosophy, and political theory.
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Engineer unveils new spin on future of transistors with novel design
All-carbon spin logic gate. Credit: Nature Communications (2017). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15635

An engineer with the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas has designed a novel computing system made solely from carbon that might one day replace the silicon transistors that power today's electronic devices.

"The concept brings together an assortment of existing nanoscale technologies and combines them in a new way," said Dr. Joseph S. Friedman, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UT Dallas who conducted much of the research while he was a doctoral student at Northwestern University.

The resulting all-carbon spin logic proposal, published by lead author Friedman and several collaborators in the June 5 issue of the online journal Nature Communications, is a computing system that Friedman believes could be made smaller than , with increased performance.

Today's are powered by , which are tiny silicon structures that rely on negatively charged electrons moving through the silicon, forming an electric current. Transistors behave like switches, turning current on and off.

In addition to carrying a charge, electrons have another property called spin, which relates to their magnetic properties. In recent years, engineers have been investigating ways to exploit the spin characteristics of electrons to create a new class of transistors and devices called "spintronics."

Friedman's all-carbon, spintronic switch functions as a logic gate that relies on a basic tenet of electromagnetics: As an electric current moves through a wire, it creates a magnetic field that wraps around the wire. In addition, a magnetic field near a two-dimensional ribbon of carbon—called a graphene nanoribbon—affects the current flowing through the ribbon. In traditional, silicon-based computers, transistors cannot exploit this phenomenon. Instead, they are connected to one another by wires. The output from one transistor is connected by a wire to the input for the next transistor, and so on in a cascading fashion.

In Friedman's spintronic circuit design, electrons moving through carbon nanotubes—essentially tiny wires composed of carbon—create a that affects the flow of current in a nearby graphene nanoribbon, providing cascaded logic gates that are not physically connected.

Because the communication between each of the graphene nanoribbons takes place via an electromagnetic wave, instead of the physical movement of electrons, Friedman expects that communication will be much faster, with the potential for terahertz clock speeds. In addition, these carbon materials can be made smaller than , which are nearing their size limit due to silicon's limited material properties.

"This was a great interdisciplinary collaborative team effort," Friedman said, "combining my circuit proposal with physics analysis by Jean-Pierre Leburton and Anuj Girdhar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; technology guidance from Ryan Gelfand at the University of Central Florida; and systems insight from Alan Sahakian, Allen Taflove, Bruce Wessels, Hooman Mohseni and Gokhan Memik at Northwestern."

While the concept is still on the drawing board, Friedman said work toward a prototype of the all-carbon, cascaded spintronic computing system will continue in the interdisciplinary NanoSpinCompute research laboratory, which he directs at UT Dallas.

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Quantum trajectories face a transition

    David Andrieux
    • Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, 06510 CT, USA
    • Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Quantum jumps such as those observed in photon emission from single molecules show a complex behavior that may indicate a phase transition between different kinds of temporal dynamics.
Figure 1: Dynamical phase coexistence in a micromaser. A beam of excited two-level atoms (green arrow) pumps a resonant cavity. The resulting random sequence of photon emissions defines a quantum trajectory. The gray line depicts the first-derivative of the large deviation function, which corresponds to the mean number of atoms having emitted a photon, as a function of the conjugate field s (which in this case classifies the trajectories according to their activity). At the onset of the micromaser bistability, the discontinuity or first-order transition occurs in the physical space (at s=0) and separates a high-activity phase (red) from a low-activity phase (blue). The micromaser then operates at the phase coexistence between these two dynamical phases.Dynamical phase coexistence in a micromaser. A beam of excited two-level atoms (green arrow) pumps a resonant cavity. The resulting random sequence of photon emissions defines a quantum trajectory. The gray line depicts the first-derivative of the la... Show more

When we think about a phase transition, we typically have in mind those that are driven by temperature—say spins locking collectively into the same direction at the Curie temperature of a ferromagnet or molecules forming a rarefied, as opposed to dense, fluid at the boiling point. These phase transitions are associated with critical phenomena that occur in configuration space, but physical systems can also develop critical behaviors in time, that is, in their trajectories through phase space, that closely resemble their thermodynamic analog.

This analogy can reveal important properties of classical nonequilibrium, such as the appearance of a “spacetime” phase transition in glassy systems [1]. Writing in Physical Review Letters [2], Juan P. Garrahan and Igor Lesanovsky at the University of Nottingham in the UK extend this analogy from classical systems to report new dynamical behaviors in quantum systems. They analyze the statistics of events such as photon emissions and uncover critical phenomena, namely, a scale invariance of trajectories as well as a “dynamical phase transition.” These developments provide new insights into the dynamical properties of quantum systems, paving the way for further progress in scenarios ranging from single-electron transistors to superfluid solid states.

Thermodynamic phases are characterized by their free energies, which are governed by extensive observables (energy or magnetization) and their conjugate fields (temperature or magnetic field). A phase transition occurs when the free energy accommodates a nonanalytical behavior in some thermodynamic variable. In the vicinity of a phase transition, other critical behaviors also emerge, such as diverging correlation lengths. Equilibrium statistical mechanics provides an interpretation of macroscopic phases in terms of ensembles of microscopic configurations: the partition function, which measures the number of states accessible to the system under given conditions, characterizes the configuration space. In turn, knowledge of the partition function gives access to the statistical properties (averages and fluctuations) of the thermodynamic variables.

Now, if we are interested in the dynamical aspects of the system, how can we describe ensembles of trajectories? It turns out the statistical mechanics approach can be naturally extended to the time domain by applying a technique called the large deviation (LD) method, developed to describe rare fluctuations or extreme events in random systems. Analogous to the partition function, the large deviation function is a measure of the number of trajectories accessible to the system. Trajectories are categorized by dynamical order parameters (such as the number of configuration changes) or their conjugate fields. Trajectories are given exponential weights similar to Boltzmann factors, with the dynamical order parameters playing the role of energy or magnetization and the conjugate fields the role of temperature or magnetic field.

The LD approach has been very successful in a multitude of problems. For example, Ruelle and Bowen considered large deviations in their analysis of the dynamical properties of chaotic systems [3]. This formalism was further developed to relate the dynamical properties of these systems to their transport properties [4]. More recently, nonequilibrium fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities have been shown to obey universal relationships known as fluctuation theorems (see Ref. [5] for a review). Large deviation relations thus play a fundamental and unifying role in characterizing the dynamical and statistical properties of equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems [6,7].

All these results belong to the domain of classical physics. In their paper, Garrahan and Lesanovsky extend these ideas to the quantum realm. As a warm-up problem, they first consider a two-level system driven by an external laser. The random timing of when this two-level system emits photons defines a particular quantum trajectory. Here they find their first surprising result: at some specific driving frequency, trajectories display a scale invariance property. That is, all trajectories would look statistically the same if rescaled by their average emission rate. A spin system analogy would be the following: all spin configurations, scaled by the average magnetization, would look identical for all values of the magnetic field. This strong scale invariance is unanticipated and occurs while all correlation times remain finite.

The authors next consider a three-level system, now driven by two coherent lasers. Remarkably, this seemingly simple generalization completely reshapes the dynamical landscape. Under certain conditions, typical photon emission was observed to be “blinking,” that is, displaying alternating bright and dark periods [8]. Viewed through the lens of the LD formalism, the Nottingham group provides a new explanation of this phenomenon. The trajectories exist in two “flavors”: highly active and irregular on the one hand, or relatively inactive and regular on the other. The system lives precisely at the intersection between these two sets of trajectories (or phases) that are related by a rapid crossover as the conjugate field is varied. The intermittency in the photon emission can thus be understood as reflecting a smoothed phase transition between these two distinct dynamical phases, providing a new context in which to interpret the experimental observations.

Can we actually realize a genuine dynamical phase transition in a quantum setting? Garrahan and Lesanovsky answer this question in the affirmative by considering a microscopic maser, or micromaser. A micromaser consists of excited two-level atoms that pump photons into an optical resonator at a constant rate [9]. Here the statistics of atoms having emitted a photon in the resonant cavity also alternates between an active and an inactive set of trajectories. The transition between the two phases is, however, nonanalytic, with a discontinuity in the first-derivative of the LD function (see Fig. 1). Recalling the parallel with the partition function, this discontinuity is the analog of a first-order thermodynamic phase transition.

For most of the parameters this transition is only visible for nonzero values of the conjugate field (or, equivalently, for rare trajectories), but when the pump parameter (in this case, the rate at which atoms are sent into the resonator) reaches the onset of the micromaser bistability, the phase transition occurs in the physical space and the system lives at the phase coexistence between these two dynamical phases.

The question remains, why did they find these new properties, especially in systems that have already been extensively studied? This fact highlights the power of the LD approach. Looking at the physical space only reveals one facet of the underlying dynamics, whereas LD theory describes the trajectory space from multiple angles through the effect of the conjugate fields. For this reason, and as demonstrated in the present work, the LD approach is likely to be instrumental in studying the statistics of quantum systems.

Garrahan and Lesanovsky’s findings can, in principle, be directly tested experimentally. In two- and three-level systems, photons can be detected with near perfect efficiency, while in the micromaser, the state of emerging atoms is determined by selective ionization in inhomogeneous electric fields. Garrahan and Lesanovsky’s analysis is, however, limited to quantum systems weakly interacting with their environment and it is unclear how these results translate for more entangled systems. Further work is thus necessary to investigate the generality of such critical behaviors.

Perhaps the most surprising finding in their work is the relative simplicity of systems that exhibit rich dynamics. This suggests that similar effects could potentially occur in various scenarios, from Josephson junctions to femtochemistry. Also, the large deviation approach would certainly provide valuable insights into the transport properties of nanoscopic devices. In particular, bidirectional single-electron counting statistics have recently been measured experimentally in structures such as quantum dots [10]. Another important direction of research pertains to the study of many-body quantum systems, which display intricate spacetime dynamics. Dynamical properties of exotic quantum phases could indeed be understood as displaying a critical behavior in the dynamical sense. In any case, the present findings remind us that many more surprising and complex dynamical regimes are waiting to be discovered, even in seemingly simple systems.

  1. L. O. Hedges, R. L. Jack, J. P. Garrahan, and D. Chandler, Science 323, 1309 (2009)
  2. J. P. Garrahan and I. Lesanovsky, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 160601 (2010)
  3. D. Ruelle, Thermodynamic Formalism: The Mathematical Structures of Classical Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1978)[Amazon][WorldCat]
  4. P. Gaspard, Chaos, Scattering and Statistical Mechanics, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998)[Amazon][WorldCat]
  5. E. M. Sevick, R. Prabhakar, S. R. Williams, and D. J. Searles, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 59, 603 (2008)
  6. Y. Oono, Prog. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 99, 165 (1989)
  7. H. Touchette, Phys. Rep. 478, 1 (2009)
  8. E. Barkai, Y. Jung, and R. Silbey, Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 55, 457 (2004)
  9. G. Raithel, C. Wagner, H. Walther, L. M. Narducci, and M. O. Scully, in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, edited by P. R. Berman, Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Suppl. 2 (Academic, New York, 1994), p. 57[Amazon][WorldCat]
  10. T. Fujisawa, T. Hayashi, R. Tomita, and Y. Hirayama, Science 312, 1634 (2006)

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Why enrol my child in 1 on 1? Why not Hurlstone Park group  piano lessons?

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Normally students take piano courses once a week.

But if you just give me a minute of your time, I’ll tell you why that’s often not the best way to go.

I personally think the best way to answer this enquiry is to look at the best of the best and see how often THEY took courses.

Some of the best pianists in the olden times likely had lessons on a daily basis. We will frequently find that main authors and pianists came from a musical experience and their earliest trainers were frequently one of their parents. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven just to name a few had parents who were musicians and probably gave them everyday lessons.

Piano Rehearsal is NOT Enough

This is how weekly piano lessons ought to work. The coach listens to what the student rehearsed in the previous week. The coach would then give recommendations on how to get better or teach new concepts to improve the young pianist both technically and musically. From there, they may add some training tips and recommendations on what and how to rehearse in the following week. The student would then train for a week according to the coaches recommendations and this would carry on from week to week.

Sadly this is very hardly the way classes happen. This all concludes one very vital thing. That the student in fact practiced. Unfortunately more often than not the teacher will appear to a lesson only to discover that the student did not practice. Oh no! What does the coach do now? Practice with the student of course!

That’s what happens if the student just did not rehearse, but unfortunately even if the student DID practice this could still be the outcome. Why? Because practicing is hard.

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Let’s think about what we’re asking young children, perhaps as young as 5, to do. The best way to practice is to eradicate all distractions sit down at the piano and sort out on parts of music that the student cannot yet play.

Playing from the beginning of a piece is more often than not an unproductive use of time. Playing a minor section slowly and correctly is often a requisite of good rehearse. Then repeating it over and over and over. Then they would need to find one more small section they are not comfortable with and do it once more.

I’m done simplifying here, but the fact is to help us understand how challenging that is. How long should rehearse be? I would be glad with fifteen minutes from a young child and 30 minutes from an older child. How many 5 year olds do you know that could be attentive well for 15 minutes without getting distracted. Or even better, how many grown-ups do you know that could do the same?

And yet coaches anticipate that type of train every week from their students. Realistically it is seldom if ever going to happen that way. But an exciting thing occurs when the coach is sitting there. You have the trainer leading the student telling them what they need to rehearse and how many times to repeat it. The trainers can rectify bad habits and incorrect stance. These are things a young child, or even an grown-up would have a hard time doing in a determined way.

How Frequent Should Lessons Be?

For full effectiveness lessons should be held as frequent as feasible. If a student can afford lessons day-to-day, they’ll progress many multiples faster than a student having lessons once a week. It’s as straightforward as that. Most of the lessons will be the coach just practicing with the student. But that rehearse is completely invaluable.

No not many of us can afford to take a lesson everyday with their teacher. Not only that, but not everyone needs to become the next Mozart. So determining how often to take lessons indeed depends on your ambitions. Contemplate about just what you’re looking for in lessons. Let’s describe some collective goals.

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A piano teacher will at all times be helpful and create the music sound the best it can. If fund is a problem though, see if you can discover a lesson of the piece on YouTube. If you never desire to learn anything different, then it matters a lot less whether you are playing absolutely accurately or not.

However this all changes if you desire to, or you want your child to take this really sincerely. It doesn’t happen often, but I have a few students that would take an hour lesson 3 days a week, and then another hour of music theory for a total of 4 hours a week of lessons. These students are at all times the top.

You become what you put in. If you don’t take lessons very seriously, you won’t get as much enjoyment out of lessons as if you put your whole heart into it. As a pianist I can tell you that the pleasure that comes from playing beautiful music is boundless. Don’t miss out!

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

I have an umbrella

Every year for the past five years I've entered a 10k fun run on Thanksgiving Day called "Run To Feed The Hungry", an annual holiday tradition for countless Sacramento-area families.

Beginning in 1994 with only 800 runners, it is now a very large Thanksgiving Day fun run and fundraising event. Last year, about 23,000 participants attended and raised over $600,000 for the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, a community nonprofit organization.

Here are my 10k fun run performances the past five years:

2007 - 49:08 or a 7:55/mile pace at age 52

2006 - 45:13 or a 7:17/mile pace at age 51

2005 - 45:33 or a 7:21/mile pace at age 50

2004 - 45:39 or a 7:21/mile pace at age 49

2003 - 44:54 or a 7:13/mile page at age 48

My lackluster performance last year was due to insufficient training as I had been concentrating on my new interest with the Olympic lifts. It was the hardest of the five fun runs I completed. I remember asking myself as I struggled to finish if it would be my last.

Well it was because I am officially retired from the fun run lifestyle, a wonderful era in my fitness journey lasting many years and contributing greatly to my fitness and health.

I live nearby the mid-point of the 10k fun run course so I'll be there this year as the runners pass to cheer them. I'll rekindle pleasant memories from my past and know firsthand how hard they are working as they try their best. Being a cheerleader rather than a runner will be a fun experience. Just like I tried to be the best runner I could on that day, I'll be the best cheerleader I can, shouting words of encouragement like "great job, you're doing great, keep it up".

And afterwards, I'll go on a 10k walk in my neighborhood to keep the Thanksgiving Day 10k tradition alive for me. Unlike the brisk walks I normally take, I'll go slower and enjoy the tree-lined streets and quietness of an early Thanksgiving Day morning.

I've checked the weather reports and it should be a great day for a long walk. There shouldn't be problem as no rain is forecasted. If it is raining I'll still take the walk because I have an umbrella.

Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum

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PingBills | For Disaster Resiliency: Lacson Bill Strengthens Building Safety Standards

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December 22, 2019 - The devastation and loss of life caused by recent calamities, such as the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that struck Davao del Sur last Dec. 15, drive home the need to strengthen building safety standards in the Philippines.

Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson stressed this as he filed Senate Bill 1239 to help protect the public from the effects of natural and man-made disasters, while giving the antiquated 1977 National Building Code a much-needed update.

“Experience tells us that there is an urgent need to strengthen the overall policy on how buildings and structures are built in the country. Not to mention the country’s geographical location along the boundary of major tectonic plates and at the center of the typhoon belt, coupled by its socially and economically vulnerable population, it becomes even more imperative to review our four-decade-old National Building Code,” Lacson said in his bill.

He noted that last Dec. 15, a deadly magnitude-6.9 quake hit Davao del Sur, causing the collapse of at least two buildings and a water reservoir. Some sectors had called for updating building standards to make buildings earthquake-resilient.

On the other hand, Lacson’s bill pushed for a multi-sectoral effort, led by the Department of Public Works and Highways, to make buildings resilient to other calamities such as fires and cyclones as well.

Senate Bill 1239 aims to not just ensure the safety and welfare of the people but also “pave the way for responsible and sustainable nation building, establishing the Philippines as an exemplary model of world-class standards.” Reforms sought by the proposed new Philippine Building Act include:

* Streamlining the building classification and permit application process

* Consideration of multiple hazards and new factors in building design

* Creation of an inter-agency and multi-sectoral regulatory body

* Regulations for old buildings’ assessment and maintenance

* Incentives for retrofitting and use of environmentally sound and sustainable materials and technologies

“With the recent effects of climate change and the increasing magnitude of natural and human-induced disasters that confront us as a nation, a few things are clear: Disaster preparedness is key to saving lives and properties, and that multi-sectoral cooperation proves more effective than just government efforts alone,” Lacson stressed.

“The key points and objectives of the bill all point towards improving the safety of lives, betterment of public welfare, preservation of the environment, risk mitigation from hazards, and evidently, sustainable development,” he added.

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Road Trip Book Haul

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I suppose there are worse addictions to be afflicted with but I just couldn’t stop myself from hitting every second-hand bookshop which I found on our journey from Fife to East Anglia. My excuse is that I think we’re going to suffer yet another horrendous winter and if we’re snowed/iced in again I’ll need plenty of reading material, but if I’m honest, I’m never going to be in danger of running out of books to read. I think they just about all come under the category of comfort reads and they’re all fairly ancient, the most recent publication is Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy and even that’s fairly old – 1985, and probably isn’t a comfort read but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. So this is what I bought and I have to say that I don’t feel too naughty because I could have bought a lot more …

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Setons by O. Douglas
The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby
Going It Alone by Michael Innes
Voices in Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher
An Academic Question by Barbara Pym
An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym
Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
Ankle Deep by Angela Thirkell
Close Quarters by Angela Thirkell
Growing Up by Angela Thirkell
Enter Sir Robert by Angela Thirkell
Summer by Edith Wharton

… and last but not least Crime Stories from The Strand which is a lovely Folio book of short stories by crime writers such as Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, A.E.W. Mason and many more. I was especially chuffed to get the four Thirkells, three of which I bought from a stall in Cambridge market, her books don’t often turn up in Scotland for some reason, strange really as she’s at least half Scottish.

I’m hoping to have sorted through some photos from our trip by tomorrow.

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  1. Gosh, you did well there! The Crowded Street is wonderful, I hope you enjoy it. And what a mass of Thirkells! I am a big fan of Barbara Pym too and think that Crampton Hodnet is one of her most underated books.

    • Verity,
      Oh good, I’ve only read South Riding and that was years ago but I did really enjoy it, looking forward to The Crowded Street. I read a lot of Barbara Pym books in the past but I’m sure I haven’t read these ones. Now I just need the time to read them all!

    • FleurFisher,
      I know, I just couldn’t believe it when I saw all the Thirkell books on a market stall. I don’t know if it was just great luck or they are much easier to find in England.

    • Anbolyn,
      It was good fun although sadly there aren’t so many small bookshops nowadays. It was a real nostalgia trip for us, ending up in the town which we moved to in the late 1970s, there were a lot of changes!

    • Pearl,
      Let me guess – Edith Wharton and Paul Auster! I thought that you would have had to read Wharton for school, I think in some parts of the US they do. The rest are all dead Brits so fairly ancient books and quite difficult to get a hold of nowadays. I’m going through an archaic phase at the moment but sometimes I read SF as I have quite a lot of friends who write SF and I like to know what they’re writing is like.

  2. Close – Wharton and Pilcher (the latter because her books get turned into Lifetime TV movies.)

    I’m more into detective novels of late – Harlen Coben, “Richard Castle” (who is actually a fictional character in an American TV show – Castle, about a writer shadowing NYC detectives for material – the convention is interesting and whoever is ghosting the books is a great read) and the occasional Nelson DeMille (more political intrigues).

    I like them because they are good for a 5-hour flight and flying is when I do most of my reading.

    I have a private war ongoing with publishers that are ripping off electronic readers with higher prices than they charge for hard copy trade paper. It’s just ridiculous. But as a result, I’ve stopped reading some of my old favorites.

    I have a couple in my Kindle queue right now, with 4 more trips planned before year-end.

    • Pearl,
      I don’t have a Kindle and it amazes me that they can charge so much for the books, I don’t blame you for boycotting them.
      I read my first Pilcher fairly recently, she lives in nearby Dundee so I thought I should give her a go. I hadn’t even realised that a lot of her books have been on TV and she’s well known across the world, the Germans are big fans.
      I like detective novels but I’ve been reading mainly vintage ones. Ian Rankin is the only modern one I”ve read recently and Kate Atkinson too I suppose. I’ve heard of Harlen Coben but not Nelson DeMille, I quite fancy a political intrigue now and again.

  3. My sister turned me on to DeMille years ago – we were both big Ludlum fans before his work began to get derivative. I hate it when you wait anxiously for a new release and 2 chapters in start feeling like you’ve read it before!

    I really miss my sister – we had very similar taste in reading material, but she was more adventuresome than I, and always turned up new authors to love.

    Another friend recommend Rankin…must try him.

    • Pearl,

      I’ve had a look at the library catalogue and there are no books by DeMille in Fife! I’ll look out for him elsewhere. I know what you mean, that feeling of deja vu because they think they don’t have to try anymore and they’re writing on automatic.

      It’s great that you and your sister were so close though and you must have good memories of her, but it’s a shame that your daughter is so far away too. I’m not at all adventurous about books, they’re usually well tried and tested, because I hate giving up on books. I think you would really like Ian Rankin.

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Understand Organization Prior To You Regret.

The term service refers to any kind of entity or individual participated in professional, industrial, or monetary activities. Companies may be private, non-profitable enterprises or for-profit organisations. They might be big, tool or local business. Several of the world’s most prominent companies are listed below.

There are two general sorts of service structures made use of by services. One is the collaboration. In this plan, the companions make up the collaboration and revenue is shared among them. One more type is the company. In a firm, the ownership is transferred to a public body, generally a company or a minimal liability business, where the business obtains earnings. Public firms are subject to taxation.

Personal companies have advantages over public firms. As an example, they can release their own shares of stock and can prevent individual taxes. Nonetheless, they are restricted by the responsibility produced by their investors. This means that they are personally in charge of their own earnings if they trigger personal bankruptcy.

Organization strategies are a technique used by individuals, partnerships, and corporations to describe exactly how they will certainly conduct their services. One of the most preferred kind is called the business plan, which is a paper that presents an organization proposition. These strategies are composed for different situations as well as are constantly evaluated to determine whether they still make sense. Business plans require to include marketing research, analysis, cost quotes, development of market methods, and analysis of economic declarations. A complete business plan need to consist of every little thing that the capitalist requires to understand, including danger factors, such as demographics, competition, and also area.

A firm is a different legal entity from its proprietors. It is likewise called a company, partnership, or organization. A collaboration is in some cases called a collaboration for the function of setting up restricted obligation. All three forms of corporation are considered different legal entities from the proprietors and are for that reason required to have their very own records maintained by a government company.

An LLC, also in some cases called a limited liability firm, is various from a company or a partnership in the manner in which the LLC is produced. Limited liability business are developed for the single function of carrying out company with no company obligations. For the most part, they are run by their proprietors, although some services may utilize an outdoors company to conduct company.

As formerly pointed out, numerous small businesses include to protect themselves against unanticipated liabilities. Sometimes, it is essential for these organizations to set up an LLC as opposed to offer any kind of sort of legal security. Limited liability business are just one of the key elements for small businesses that desire to integrate. The reason for this is due to the fact that the profit of the business is often limited by the regulations and policies of the LLC, which makes it difficult to gather any type of kind of financial obligation. Furthermore, incorporating an LLC can make it much easier to avoid individual and also service taxes.

For various other sorts of organizations that can not gain from limited obligation or sole proprietorships, there are various other options. As an example, the majority of collaborations are ruled out to be separate legal entities. This makes them helpful for several types of organizations, but they do present some distinct benefits. As an example, many collaborations share the tax benefits related to belonging to an LLC, yet single proprietorships just pay taxes when they go through such tax obligation.

There are other methods to integrate a company without requiring to give up any of one’s possession. For instance, a company may be created as a a single person business, although the person still holds every one of the shares. For small companies that may not desire to share the earnings, there are likewise sole owner services. Each kind has its own benefits, so it is essential to review each option with a certified lawyer to determine which choice is best for your service.

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Company unification does not have to be frightening or tough, when done right. By making the effort to consult with an attorney experienced with business structures, you can feel confident that your brand-new firm will certainly be established appropriately to safeguard your individual properties. Your success depends on just how well you select your company structure, so make certain to do your research in advance. Your hard work will certainly repay, and your service structure will certainly help to expand your funds and also offer your firm with the success it should have!

There are lots of distinctions between the various types of company that restrict responsibility. However, all are firms and all operate under basic laws of the state. For more information on the distinctions in between these kinds of company entities, get in touch with a certified attorney. This will certainly help you understand just how to set up your organization, pick the very best structure for it, as well as make sure that it is protected in the future from claims and also creditor harassment.

A sole proprietorship or an exclusive firm are different from a firm since only one individual owns them. The individual is generally called the owner-not the corporation. They can be registered as a firm, however their possession is entirely different from that of other individuals or corporations. This type of firm is identified from a collaboration by the fact that they are limited in the variety of shares that they can have or can sell (to the extent of their ownership).

There are two primary sorts of companies: for-profit and also charitable. A for-profit company is one that is run commercial, while a non-profit organization is one that is sustained by a philanthropic company. For-profit companies are usually simpler to establish, considering that they are generally run by volunteer companies. Charitable companies require to be signed up as separate legal entities. Homepage

For any person new to organization procedures, starting out with a company is a sensible choice. An organization can be managed as a single device and can give a successful version for development of the owner’s suggestions right into successful endeavors. Beginning a corporation can additionally be a method to protect your assets throughout times of personal bankruptcy, claims, and if you wish to secure on your own from financial institutions in the case of a failure to pay your financial obligations. On the other hand, beginning a single proprietorship is not especially recommended, as it does not provide you any kind of type of security or guarantee that your service will certainly do well. The most effective method to ensure that your service will certainly carry out well and do well is to develop a restricted obligation business or produce a separate legal entity.

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Logan068If you, like many today, heard about “Herbal Medicine” or “Nutritional Counseling” and wondered what they where and how they might help people-let me introduce you to them, and to myself.

I’m Tom Mondell; I have a varied background in fields such as advertising, marketing, and radio.  A long-time personal concern with health, nutrition, and natural therapies led me to pursue certification as a Health Professional in Herbal Medicine.

I feel strongly that, while conventional medicine has many successes and strengths, it also ACHSlacks aspects which other therapies address, such as Herbal Medicine.  These therapies have helped human beings for thousands of years, and in their contemporary form, continue to offer strong health benefits alongside, and sometimes ahead of, conventional practices.  Thus I have earned a Master Herbalist Diploma from American College of Healthcare Sciences.

Let me briefly define some terms.  “Herbs” are foods from the plant kingdom used for therapeutic value.  “Herbal Medicine” is the art and science of using herbs for promoting health and preventing and addressing illness. A “Master Herbalist” is a Certified Health Professional who is competent either as an independent or adjunct practitioner.

Clean, fresh foodIn my practice, as a Clinical Master Herbalist, I counsel that the first principle of good health means, observing the fundamentals of healthy living as a basis.  These we have all heard hundreds of times-proper diet, fresh clean water, sunlight, exercise, and rest.  Perhaps most important, good nutrition is absolutely fundamental to good health.  If we do not have healthy diets-we will be unhealthy, now or in the future!  So an important part of how I help people is to provide individual nutritional counseling.  The proper herbs, properly identified, can be extremely effective in helping people re-balance their health in all three major areas, the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual.

I can recommend natural regimes for stress, pain, diet, cancer, nutrition, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety, arthritis, insomnia, obesity, prostate, sinusitis, diabetes, addiction, auto immune, high blood pressure, irritable bowel, mercury toxicity, stomach, skin, stress, fibromyalgia and many other areas.

Tom and Scotch
This picture of my best friend Scotch and me was taken back a few years ago in southern Lawrence County, PA at the site of the former Rock Point Park location just outside Ellwood City. Ellwood is my hometown and still holds an important place in my life.

As more and more people are realizing, Herbal Medicine has become more and more popular, and will continue to do so, I believe, because many thousands and thousands continue to find it effective-sometimes more so than conventional therapies, and very often less invasive and freer of side effects.  It is also typically less expensive.  Many also appreciate that it seeks to harmoniously enable the whole person to attain good health, rather than suppress symptoms as conventional drugs do.


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British spy novelist dies at 89

John Le Carre dies of pneumonia at 89
British spy novelist dies at 89

Hollywood’s favorite, John le Carré, died at the age of 89 on December 13, 2020 due to pneumonia; family and agent confirmed. Le Carre was best known for his spy novels - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

A former British Intelligence officer, Le Carre’s real name was David Cornwell and was a favourite amongst Hollywood screenwriters for his thrilling tales and engrossing narratives. Having his stories adapted into television series and films, For years, his stories had been adapted into TV series and films; he has 25 novels and a memoir to his name. With a career spanning over six decades, le Carre sold 60 million books worldwide.

Le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was adapted for television in 1979, with Alec Guinness starring as George Smiley, and became a classic. Gary Oldman reprised the role in the 2011 film, winning an Oscar the following year.

Over his departure, Oldman stated;

"All who follow are in his debt. His characters were drawn deftly and deeply... For me, inhabiting George Smiley remains one of the highpoints of my life."

Novelist Robert Harris, calling The Spy Who Came In From The Cold a masterpiece stated:

“He was one of those writers who really was not only a brilliant writer but he also penetrated popular culture -- and that's a great rarity".

He added;

"It's an incredibly engrossing tale and very deep, and it transformed the writing of spy fiction. It was a brilliant, psychological portrait of spying and of betrayal and of the decline of British power."


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Extended International Corporate Management

As the name suggests, this business simulation is the extended version of the International Corporate Management simulation. You can set it up to run for 9 to 12 decision rounds or quarters. The decision content is identical to the International Corporate Management simulation, but certain operating expenses are higher to extend the start up phase of the business and to keep the exercise challenging over a longer period of time
The R&D projects to develop new technologies are also more expensive and more spread out throughout the business simulation exercise. The decision whether to use this simulation or its shorter counterpart is usually based on how many decision rounds are desired in order to fit the format of the course.

This business simulation will provide your students with a profound understanding of the entire business enterprise in the international market environment. The simulation will challenges your students to make tough decisions in:

  • Advanced Marketing
  • Product Development
  • Sales
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Quality Control
  • Human Resource Management
  • e-Commerce
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Business Partner Negotiations
  • Financial Analysis

Your students are provided with the seed capital to start up their business. They build a factory, open up distribution channels, design brands, as well as advertising and web marketing campaigns. They hire workers and decide on the compensation packages, deal with demand projections, production scheduling and quality control issues. After the first simulated year in business, your students’ firms can receive additional funding from the Venture Capitalists. They can invest this money in new R&D, bring out improved products, expand their distribution and production capacity in order to maximize their performance in the second and third year of business. The international market is in constant flux. Market potential will rise and fall according to local and worldwide economic conditions. Political tensions sometimes emerge as various governing bodies try to do what is best for their own markets.

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Target courses

  • Integrative business courses.
  • International business courses.
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Time frame

9 to 12 decision rounds, with each round taking 4 to 4½ hours per student.

Grading is based on the balanced scorecard that measures profitability, customer satisfaction, market share in the targeted market segments, asset management, financial risk, manufacturing productivity, human resource management, preparedness for the future and wealth.

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The students can compete against their peers.

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