DFW Airport aiming to be the “World’s Healthiest Airport”
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Marketing campaign and menu tasting was held on 22nd Jan 2014 to highlight healthy dining options
India 24th January 2014 : Passengers
traveling through Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport can
avoid diet turbulence and fuel their bodies with the right nutrients
thanks to the healthy offerings available at any DFW restaurant. The
Airport has launched a marketing campaign entitled “Eat Healthy at DFW”
to support the effort of DFW concessionaires in providing healthy eating
options, and many of those restaurants participated in a menu tasting
event. DFW concessionaires are participating in the campaign, each
offering at least one low-calorie, low-fat, low-sodium,
cholesterol-free, plant-based, or high-in-fiber entree or menu item.
“Although
we are very proud to be the fourth busiest airport in the world, we are
equally as proud to be one of the healthiest,” said Ken Buchannan,
executive vice president of revenue management at DFW Airport.
“Providing our customers with healthy, diverse and nutritious dining
options is another sign of our commitment to making our customer
experience exceptional and supporting those who strive to maintain a
healthy lifestyle, even while traveling.”
DFW
Airport requires all food and beverage concessionaries to offer at
least one healthy entr饠or menu item. Examples of such options include:
• Roasted corn and lime crema tacos and black bean and roasted red pepper quesadillas from Urban Taco (C22);
• Enchiladas de avocado (vegetarian enchiladas with artichoke and avocado) from Cantina Laredo (D24);
• Veggie-packed teriyaki bowls from Blue Bamboo Xpress (D31);
• “Tofusion” whole-grain brown rice bowls from UFood Grill (B8);
• Gourmet veggie plates such as the “Southern Classic” at Cousins Bar-B-Q (B28, D28), with baked beans, corn-on-the-cob, green beans, black-eyed peas, and okra; and the award-winning “Martha’s Vegetable Plate” at Reata (D33), an expansive raft of simply grilled and roasted asparagus, zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, tomato, sweet potato, spinach, balsamic-glazed Portobello, sweet onion, ranch beans and Spanish rice.
• Roasted corn and lime crema tacos and black bean and roasted red pepper quesadillas from Urban Taco (C22);
• Enchiladas de avocado (vegetarian enchiladas with artichoke and avocado) from Cantina Laredo (D24);
• Veggie-packed teriyaki bowls from Blue Bamboo Xpress (D31);
• “Tofusion” whole-grain brown rice bowls from UFood Grill (B8);
• Gourmet veggie plates such as the “Southern Classic” at Cousins Bar-B-Q (B28, D28), with baked beans, corn-on-the-cob, green beans, black-eyed peas, and okra; and the award-winning “Martha’s Vegetable Plate” at Reata (D33), an expansive raft of simply grilled and roasted asparagus, zucchini, yellow squash, red bell pepper, tomato, sweet potato, spinach, balsamic-glazed Portobello, sweet onion, ranch beans and Spanish rice.
According
to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s 2013 Airport
Food Review, DFW Airport ranked as the 5th best for healthy eating, with
79% of on-site restaurants offering at least one plant-based,
fiber-packed entree. The rankings are determined by dividing the number
of on-site airport restaurants offering at least one healthful
plant-based entr饠by the total number of restaurants in the airport. A
restaurant ranks as “healthful” if it serves at least one high-fiber,
cholesterol-free menu item, which includes a breakfast, lunch, or dinner
entr饮 The healthful option must include at least two of the four food
groups on the Physicians Committee’s Power Plate: fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, or legumes.
“It
is our priority to top the 2014 Airport Food Review ranking with 100%
of our eateries serving a nutritious option,” added Buchannan. “Our
concessionaires are excited about ramping up their offerings to include
gourmet, fresh, and even organic selections, and our passengers are
excited to know they can avoid diet ‘turbulence’ when traveling through
DFW.”
The
Airport’s healthy eating campaign is its latest initiative aimed at
supporting healthy life choices for passengers. In 2012, DFW unveiled
its LiveWell Walking Path – measuring seven-tenths of a mile – inside
Terminal D to give traveling passengers an option to exercise while
on-the-go. A full-service Yoga Center and multiple children’s play areas
complete with games, activities and playscapes provide additional
opportunities for staying fit while traveling.
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Rethinking Urban Land Use Planning in India
24 01 2014
Dear Friend:
As
part of our Urban Workshop Series, the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
and Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), Delhi, are delighted to invite
you to a Workshop on Rethinking Urban Land Use Planning in India by Vaidehi Tandel of Department of Economics, University of Mumbai.
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Time: 3.45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Hall, Centre for Policy Research, Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021
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Planning
in Indian cities is under pressure to adapt to the dynamic urban
condition but is constrained by the technical and bureaucratic process
of master/development plan making. As a result, plans are neither able
to adequately meet infrastructure requirements nor address the
increasing informalization of shelter and livelihoods in cities. Why
don’t Indian cities look like their spatial plans? How does planning
respond to informal development? What should be the nature of planning
in Indian cities? These are the key questions explored. To illustrate
the divergence between spatial plans and actual land use, an empirical
study of land use in a suburban area in Mumbai is undertaken and the
reasons for this divergence are discussed. We find that
master/development plans based on technical principles with micro level
detailing are unable to foresee and&n bsp; adapt to the economic
dynamics and spatial restructuring in Mumbai and are partly undermined
by “occupancy urbanism” (Benjamin 2008). Finally, we articulate a
re-thinking of urban planning in India so that plans are better able to
reflect the requirements and needs of the citizens. The presentation is
based on a co-authored paper by Vaidehi Tandel along with Abhay Pethe,
Ramakrishna Nallathiga, and Sahil Gandhi.
Vaidehi Tandel is
currently a doctoral student at the Department of Economics, University
of Mumbai. Her doctoral thesis focuses on the political economy issues
in the governance of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. She has published
co-authored papers in peer reviewed journals and has co-authored a
chapter in a forthcoming book. She also has worked on projects
commissioned by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, World Bank,
Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and Municipal
Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Her research interests lie in the areas
of New Institutional Economics, Urban Economics, Urban Studies, and
Political Economy. She can be reached on vaidehi.tandel@gmail.com.
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NCS :Innovation Summit
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Dear friends,
It would be a
great pleasure if you will join us on this especial event we have
programmed, in which the huge paper portraits of Indian and Nepali women
and men
Hoping to see you then, warmest regards.
,
drawed by the Spanish artist Omar Arraez
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will become the human landscape for a theatre performance based on the Cervantes’ Exemplary Novels.Hoping to see you then, warmest regards.
Jesús Clavero-Rodríguez
Instituto Cervantes
Cultural Manager
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Concert by Hungarian Virág Kiss (piano) and Sándor Dezső (cello)
24 01 2014
Dear Friends,
I
am happy to inform you that the Hungarian Information and Cultural
Centre, in cooperation with Delhi Music Society and India International
Centre, presents a concert
by noted Hungarian musicians Virág Kiss (piano) and Sándor Dezső
(cello) at the India International Centre on Monday, 27th January 2014
at 6.30 p.m.
Please see the attached invitation.
All are welcome!
With best regards,
Hungarian Centre
–
Johanna Balchandani
Senior Cultural Adviser
Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre
1-A Janpath, New Delhi – 110 011
