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BIG BANK MERGERS HEIGHTEN AGENCIES' ACCOUNTABILITY: INSTITUTIONS WILL SPEND MORE TO BUILD NATIONAL BRANDS, BUT NEED FEWER FIRMS
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When Young & Rubicam Inc.'s chief executive officer, Peter A. Georgescu, crisscrossed the country last month trying to sell investors on his advertising company's $415 million initial public offering, he came prepared for questions about Y&R's $500 million Citibank account.
The road show followed on the heels of the merger announcement by Citicorp and Travelers Group, and Mr. Georgescu wanted to ease any concerns that the deal might somehow jeopardize Y&R's Citibank account. So he came armed with a statement from Citicorp Executive Vice President William Campbell testifying that the relationship between Citibank and Y&R is on solid ground.
The fact that Y&R solicited such a statement is an indication of the apprehension advertising executives feel and the opportunity they see as a result of the wave of megamergers that is producing larger, national banks. With analysts predicting more mergers on the horizon, ad agencies will have to battle for the reduced number of accounts. But the winners will emerge with accounts larger than anything seen previously in the banking business.
Big bank theory
"If you are getting a new national brand, then it does make sense that there may be more ad dollars at work," says Alan J. Gottesman, an advertising company consultant and managing director of West End Communications/Consulting.
Advertising analysts say that megamergers, such as the one between Citicorp and Travelers, will likely drive up the amount spent by banks on advertising because these institutions will need to forge national images and push a more diversified array of financial services products.
"Until there is a universe of one, there will always be heavy competition," says David J. Totaro, The Dime Savings Bank of New York's chief marketing officer. "Image advertising is essential to establishing your new position, and so that is a good portent for the advertising community."
Yet the merger frenzy also poses risks for ad agencies because banks increasingly are embracing the concept of "unified branding" and consolidating their outside advertising work with a single agency. In the last few years, a number of New York agencies have played a version of musical chairs when it comes to bank advertising, with accounts shuffling among a dozen or so companies.
Consolidation survivors
Y&R last year was the big winner in Citicorp's move to hire one agency to handle all the advertising for its retail banking, credit card and corporate services. The banking giant previously had divided the work among three agencies: Foote Cone & Belding, The Lowe Group and J. Walter Thompson.
In a similar move, Chase Manhattan Bank recently awarded its estimated $75 million advertising account to Foote Cone, after having split the work between McCann-Erickson Worldwide and the now-defunct Wells Rich Greene BDDP.
For now, Citicorp and Travelers say, no decision has been made on how the merged company -- known as Citigroup -- will approach its advertising strategy. McCann-Erickson currently does advertising for Travelers' Salomon Smith Barney Inc., the well-known Wall Street brokerage house.
Steven Gunderson, chief executive of Gunderson Partners, a management consulting firm to advertising agencies, says Travelers' and Citicorp's core businesses are so distinct and have such strong brand identities that it is unlikely Citigroup will turn over all its advertising to a single agency.
In a straight bank-to-bank merger, however, consolidation of the ad accounts is more likely, analysts say. Industry watchers, for instance, are waiting to see which ad agency comes out the loser in the merger between NationsBank Corp. and BankAmerica Corp.
BankAmerica, which spent some $46 million on advertising in 1997, employs Manhattan-based Deutsch Inc., while NationsBank, which has an estimated ad budget of $38 million, uses Temerlin McClain of Dallas. So far, neither bank is saying much.
Nationwide, banks spent $813 million on advertising last year, an increase of $46 million over 1996 levels, according to Competitive Media Reporting. That figure includes advertising for all banking-related services, such as credit cards and other financial products.
The top five banks last year in terms of retail advertising alone were Chase Manhattan with $36.6 million, BankAmerica with $35.7 million, First Union Corp. and NationsBank with $31.0 million each, and Fleet Bank with $25.8 million, according to CMR. Citibank, one of the industry's leaders in overall bank ad spending, spent $17 million on its retail bank advertising.
Alfred Geduldig of Geduldig & Ferguson Inc., whose firm assisted Chase Manhattan in its search for a new ad agency, says banks will have to continue to spend more on advertising because they are entering a newly competitive era. Some of that competition is coming from Wall Street, where brokerage houses and mutual funds also have stepped up their ad spending in response to moves by banks into parts of their terrain.
But in New York, banks are bucking the national spending trend as the number of large institutions is whittled by mergers.
Banks here are actually spending about 43% less on consumer-targeted advertisements than they did four years ago, according to Competitrack Inc., which specializes in monitoring ad spending by the financial services industry. Banks in the city and surrounding suburbs spent $46.1 million last year on local television and print ads, compared with $82.5 million in 1994.
Less isn't more
Ginny Tuchman, a Competitrack senior vice president, says the decline can be attributed to the simple fact that there are a lot fewer banks than there used to be in New York. She notes that while bank consolidation may lead to greater ad spending on a national level, there is no evidence of that regionally.
"I'm taking a myopic, New York view, but if you end up with fewer players in the market, overall ad expenditures won't go up," she says.
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Dealing with long term absence in schools
One of the biggest challenges that schools face is managing staff on long term sick leave, especially where that absence is directly related to mental health problems. It is therefore not a surprise that according to the Health and Safety Executive, teaching staff and education professionals report the highest rates of work-related stress, depression and anxiety in Britain.
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Long term absence in schools
In response to this, Ofsted carried out a research programme into teacher stress, workload and well-being in 2019.
This programme of course predated the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the findings and recommendations of the programme still ring true and contain some key learning points for schools looking to ensure that they are dealing with long term absence for these reasons sympathetically and efficiently.
It is important where an employee is on long term sick leave that you remain proactive and deal with sickness absence promptly. All too often employers do not engage with employees on long term sick leave, which can result in the employee feeling forgotten and can make a return to work more difficult. It is essential that you maintain regular contact with the employee unless the medical evidence suggests otherwise. Ideally, a nominated point of contact should be confirmed.
In taking steps to deal with the absence, you should of course be mindful of any applicable sickness or absence procedures and relevant provisions in the employee's contract of employment. Your absence policy should provide you with guidance as to the various stages of the process and when you should be obtaining medical evidence, or referring the employee to occupational health. It is often helpful to remind the employee of the process and the various stages within this so that they understand why they are being asked certain questions.
You should always keep a detailed written record of conversations, meetings and considerations that have been taken into account during the process. These should be made at the time of or as soon as possible after the event. It may be important to justify these at a later date, so by ensuring that you have clear notes from the beginning of the process you will be in a much better position should the employee later make allegations about why certain decisions were made.
You should always bear in mind that medical conditions which give rise to long term absence have a higher risk of being deemed disabilities. One of the biggest considerations here is whether there are any reasonable adjustments that could enable the employee to return to work in some capacity in the foreseeable future. If you fail to consider this, you risk breaching the duty to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. It is important to note that the responsibility is not on the employee to suggest adjustments, but for the employer to consider them. Occupation health referrals can be very useful in determining the adjustments that could be made. Employers should also be mindful of other potential disability-related discrimination claims.
Although capability is a potentially fair reason for dismissal, it is important that a fair procedure is followed and all alternatives to dismissal considered to avoid a finding of unfair dismissal.
Bear in mind that in most cases, it will be an unfair dismissal if an employee is dismissed whilst still entitled to or in receipt of company sick pay. Equally, permanent health insurance schemes and ill health retirement may also prove a bar to dismissal due to capability. Therefore, it is extremely important to ensure that you are following your absence policy when dealing with long term absence and not taking any decisions prematurely.
For further detailed advice on dealing with long-term absences or any other employment law related issues, please contact our Employment law experts on 01332 226 149 or complete the form below.
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In recent times, virtual advertising and marketing has turn out to be a necessity for groups and sole-proprietorships. Conventional marketing strategies are nevertheless being utilized by corporations although, but they contain it collectively with other digital advertising techniques. Many of the greater famous virtual advertising and marketing techniques consist of websites, social media, and ad placements.
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Meta's return to office begins March 28 and comes with a booster requirement
The company previously known as Facebook will require proof of vaccination along with boosters for those who are eligible.
Meta's U.S. employees will begin returning to in-person work on March 28.
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Employees in Meta's U.S. offices will begin returning to in-person work on March 28, a company spokesperson said. Its in-person employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as well as receive boosters if they're eligible.
Meta (formerly Facebook) employees can request to work remotely full time or extend their remote work period for an additional three to five months through the company's office deferral program. The company had previously planned for its employees to return to the office on Jan. 31.
"We're focused on making sure our employees continue to have choices about where they work given the current COVID-19 landscape," Janelle Gale, VP of Human Resources at Meta, said in a statement. "We understand that the continued uncertainty makes this a difficult time to make decisions about where to work, so we're giving more time to choose what works best for them."
Meta's decision to push its in-person return comes as the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly throughout the U.S. Meta follows other tech companies in pushing back timelines or removing them altogether. In early December Google told employees they could continue working from home depending on "local conditions" of COVID-19, rather than requiring in-person work for three days a week starting Jan. 10. Apple has stopped giving return-to-work dates as of mid-December.
Nat Rubio-Licht is a Los Angeles-based news writer at Protocol. They graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in newspaper and online journalism in May 2020. Prior to joining the team, they worked at the Los Angeles Business Journal as a technology and aerospace reporter.
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Arizona, New Mexico
Classic Southwest: Road Trip From Santa Fe to the Grand Canyon
By: Eli Ellison
Sights, sounds and natural wonders of the Southwest
Two icons of the Southwestern USA's high desert — Arizona's geological masterpiece, Grand Canyon National Park, and the centuries-old New Mexico city of Santa Fe — can be combined for a classic road trip that will steer you down fabled Route 66.
Start Your Trip in Santa Fe
The nearest major airport to Santa Fe is Albuquerque International Sunport in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pick up a rental car at the airport, slide behind the wheel and then drive U.S. Interstate Highway 25 north for about 107 kilometers to Santa Fe.
At the foot of northern New Mexico's majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains lies the oldest state capital city in the U.S. Packed with adobe architecture, historic churches, renowned restaurants and Southwestern art museums and galleries, this laid-back, high-desert town will take you two to three days to absorb.
Whether they're green, red or yellow, chilis are central to the culinary experience in New Mexico.
Albuquerque Airport
Fantasies Take Flight at Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
What to See in Santa Fe
The city revolves around its centuries-old centerpiece, Santa Fe Plaza. Laid out in the early 17th century, this grassy, shady town square is bordered on its north side by the adobe Palace of the Governors, the original Spanish capitol building of Nuevo México. Visit the palace museum, then stroll the downtown streets, photographing adobe architecture and visiting attractions like the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Georgia O' Keeffe Museum.
Palace of the Governors
New Mexico Museum of Art
O'Keeffe Museum
What to Do in Santa Fe
From Native American crafts to cutting-edge art galleries, shopping is big. Make your first destination the Palace of the Governors, where Native American vendors deal in handmade pottery, jewelry and other traditional art. For a cluster of diverse galleries, walkable Canyon Road presents the chance to procure everything from bronze sculpture to photographic prints. Several proprietors offer international shipping.
Southwest of downtown, the Railyard district is the go-to spot for avant-garde art galleries. It's also the place to board the Santa Fe Southern Railway for a four-hour scenic train ride. If a guided, open-air tram tour of the city is more your speed, ride the Loretto Line.
Railyard District
Santa Fe Southern Railway
Loretto Line Tour Company
Where to Eat in Santa Fe
New Mexican cuisine is similar to traditional food from Mexico, with an emphasis on chiles. Red or green, mild or hot — they are part of nearly every dish. Grab breakfast at Tia Sophia's, which claims to have invented the breakfast burrito—a tortilla-wrapped concoction of potatoes and your choice of meat drenched in chile sauce.
A relaxed spot with a second-floor patio overlooking the plaza, Draft Station pours local craft beers and dishes up tasty pizzas, including a New Mexican-style pie with chicken, piñon nuts, green chile, and cotija and asadero cheeses on a blue corn crust. For more upscale cuisine, try a time-tested favorite like Cafe Pasqual's or the Pink Adobe.
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Where to Sleep in Santa Fe
Downtown hotels can be pricey, but the upside is you'll be within walking distance of popular attractions, shops and restaurants. The landmark 1922 La Fonda on the Plaza offers rooms with Southwestern decor, including handcrafted wooden furniture and original paintings. Two blocks away, the upscale Inn and Spa at Loretto is adjacent to the 1878 Loretto Chapel.
La Fonda on the Plaza has been a fashionable place to stay in Santa Fe since 1922.
La Fonda on the Plaza
Inn at Loretto
Route 66 Road Trip to Grand Canyon National Park
Drive southwest to Albuquerque, then about six hours west to the Grand Canyon primarily via U.S. Interstate Highway 40, which traces old Route 66 (aka the "Mother Road"). In Albuquerque, Grants and Gallup, New Mexico, you'll see vintage neon signs adorning roadside motels and diners dating to the route's 1940s and '50s glory days.
Travel further back in time at Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park. Hundreds of millions of years ago, forest covered this now-desert terrain. Eons of geologic phenomena have turned the tree logs to colorful slabs of stone; you'll see dense concentrations of petrified wood on the park's 45-kilometer scenic drive. Stay overnight in the nearby town of Holbrook, sleeping in a concrete Indian teepee at the classic 1950 Wigwam Motel.
Striking blue skies meet the beauty and grandeur of the Grand Canyon.
John Cameron Photography
Route 66 Map
Wigwam Motel
Santa Fe and Route 66 are infants when compared with the more than 1 billion years of geologic history on display at the world's most famous chasm, the Grand Canyon. Whether you hike to the canyon bottom's Colorado River, or are content to gaze at its immense beauty from above, the South Rim's Grand Canyon Village will be your starting point.
Hiking trails abound throughout the Grand Canyon. Whether you're looking for a short, quiet stroll or a strenuous walk to the bottom, there's an accommodating path.
What to See at the Grand Canyon
Get oriented at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center at the south entrance, then marvel at the awesome canyon panorama from nearby Mather Point.
In Grand Canyon Village, view the exhibits at the Yavapai Geology Museum and the Kolb Studio, a 1904 photography studio perched on the canyon rim.
Many canyon overlooks dot the main South Rim area. To reach nine scenic viewpoints west of Grand Canyon Village along Hermit Road, you'll need to board the park's free shuttle from March through November (private vehicles are permitted in winter months). Easy walking paths connect all the points, and make for pleasant strolls along the rim.
East of the village, drive the 40-kilometer Desert View Drive to impressive overlooks like Grandview and Moran points. Your grand finale is the Indian Watchtower at Desert View, a circular, 21-meter-high tower built entirely of stone in 1932.
Indian Watchtower
Big City, Big Park: From Phoenix to the Grand Canyon
What to Do at the Grand Canyon
The strenuous Bright Angel Trail is a popular hike. Do not approach this adventure lightly. You'll need at least a full day, plus plenty of water and snacks, to hike the 15.3-kilometer trail to the bottom of the canyon — and then climb it back to the rim.
For a taste of hiking below the canyon rim and a bit of solitude, consider the Grandview Trail. Though quite steep, within 20 minutes of walking you'll lose the crowds and have fantastic viewpoints to yourself.
Want to let a mule do the work? Saddle up for a three-hour ride along the canyon rim or an overnight trip to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon.
Grand Canyon Mule Trips
Where to Sleep and Eat at the Grand Canyon
Want to stay within mere meters of the canyon rim? If visiting from spring through fall, reserve a year in advance for a room at the grand 1905 El Tovar hotel or a bed at one of the five Grand Canyon Village motel-style lodges. There's also a campground and recreational vehicle (RV) park. Village eateries range from snack bars and casual restaurants to the upscale El Tovar dining room.
Just outside the park, the gateway town of Tusayan has a handful of hotels and motels, plus several restaurants.
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Grand Canyon Lodging
Grand Canyon Dining
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Take the Ultimate Route 66 Road Trip through Arizona
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The following team building examples focus on how leaders can teach their team how to make decisions will minimizing risk. This and other important topics are covered in our free eBook, Team Building At Work.
Leaders can take important steps to limit risk when they increase efforts to educate and prepare their team for the challenges they will face. It's similar to how you can best eliminate stress - by being well prepared.
The fact is that you cannot 100% eliminate risk in business, but you can take steps to minimize the risk. Your goal should be to teach your team members how to walk and live in that special "zone" where their anxieties are low because they know they have the tools they need and they are well prepared to tackle the challenges in front of them.
Okay, let's get more specific about how to live in the "leadership zone" using team building examples and activities with your team.
First, identify what high-leverage activities you need to be putting your time and energy towards in order to achieve the results you seek. These high-leverage activities must take up the bulk of your time so that you can experience the ultimate rewards. Our team building examples below will help you with this exercise.
You must instinctively shun unnecessary email, paperwork and any other "low-result activities" that can easily be addressed by others - leaving yourself and your team free to maximize the limited time you have on the activities that truly matter the most.
"Progress always involves taking well calculated risk. You'll never go forward staying right where you are. So get moving!"
The following activities are team building examples of "zone activities"; where the rubber meets the proverbial road: I.e., making prospect calls, developing new referral sources, marketing your product effectively, ensuring quality delivery of customer service, planning for expansion of your business, etc.
The preceding examples of high-leverage activities are what makes the difference in the level of growth and success that you experience. These kinds of focused activities take a salesperson and/or organization from simply being good, to truly being great. Focus on these key areas and you immediately limit your risk of failing or plodding along in mediocrity.
Use our team building examples and ideas to assist your team achieve greater results with less risk.
Purpose: To quickly identify and overcome the obstacles and objections before they happen in an effort to minimize risk and increase sales results.
Explanation: A customer's objection is the one major risk to closing the sale. Imagine if you possessed an arsenal of ideas that would quickly overcome any customer objection - more sales, right?
Here is a great opportunity to educate your team members using a powerful Objection Clinic. Using this exercise you will assist your team in quickly identifying and overcoming the obstacles that are hindering their performance.
Lead the group to quickly list their top, most common, customer objections. Use a chalkboard or flip chart so everyone can see the entire list. Make the list as long as necessary to capture the toughest and most common objections your team hears from their prospective clients. Once the list in complete, work with the team to quickly categorize the objections as many items on the list will be similar and you can use the same response to address objections that are closely related.
Point out to your team that each customer objection represents the fact that the customer who has this objection does not understand the total benefit of your product or service. Makes the following points: 1. A good sales person knows their job is to educate the customer to make the best decision 2. Highly ethical sales people truly believe in their own product.
Break your team into 2-3 equal work groups. Assign each group to come up with the perfect "Response", to each customer objection. Make the point that no one knows what the best response is more than the experts who sell the product. Your team members are the experts, and they do know the perfect response. They just haven't yet taken the time to craft it, but now is the time.
Ask each group to share with the rest of the team their responses. Discuss each response briefly to ensure it's the very best. Let your team be the final judge - after all, they are the people who will be using this information to overcome sales objections.
After the workshop is complete, provide each team member with a full list of their perfect responses for overcoming customer objections.
Not only will you be surprised by the true knowledge of your sales team, they will look to you as a good leader. They will see you as an effective leader who brought them all together for the purpose of helping them solve the problems that are keeping them from being their best. You will assist them in minimizing their risk of failure by making sure they are well prepared.
Over the next week, make a point of supporting your team members by quizzing them on their responses. Throw out a customer objection from time to time and ask them "How would you respond to that?"
The best team building examples and exercises will continue after the initial workshop, so encourage team members to continue to pop-quiz each other. The more they practice, the better armed they will be. Repetition is the key to perfecting their responses and overcoming customer objections. Let them know that you would rather they not get it right in front of you, rather than in front of a prospective customer and lose out on the sale.
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere will all that you can."
Purpose: To help team members to identify the high-leverage activities that will lead to maximum results and therefore limit their risk of losing out on potential sales opportunities.
Explanation: Many folks will remember one of our most famous and beloved actors - Jack Lemmon. Jack Lemmon was special for many reasons, but one thing about him that most people aren't aware of is that he had a unique ritual he used to put himself into creative state that he referred to as the "magic zone".
As with many actors, what you see on the screen can be surprisingly different than what you might experience if you meet that person on the street. Their talent lies in their ability to persuade an audience to believe they are - well, whatever or whomever they want you to believe they are.
Immediately before he walked on stage or came out of his trailer onto a movie set, Jake Lemmon would purposefully stop - close his eyes, take a deep breath, and say out loud (but softly under his breath) - "It's Magic Time"
Throughout his entire career he conducted this ritual as a way of putting himself in a mental state in order to perform as his best, to be in the "magic zone".
During your next staff meeting, take the time to share the concept of "the magic zone". Consider leading your team through the following exercise so they too will experience the ultimate rewards of living in the zone.
Identify on a flip chart 5-10 high-leverage activities, that if done continually will lead to maximum results. Top performers are highly disciplined in their sales activities, and because they are successful they spend more time in the magic zone. List those activities that if done repeatedly will guarantee in higher performance.
List out on a separate piece of flip chart paper all the potential benefits of living in the zone and being a top performer. I.e., more money, security and a feeling of being in control, greater fulfillment, increased joy, increased market share, improved customer and employee retention, lower training costs, earlier retirement!, etc. Make the list as long as possible.
When the two lists are complete, place the two lists side by side. Point to the "benefits" list and say to your team, "Folks, this is our motivation. We deserve all these things and more, and in order for us to experience these rewards we must (point to the high-leverage activity list) live here. This is where the rubber meets the road and these are the activities that will make the difference in our results and in our lives."
This is one of our most popular team building examples and we encourage you to use it to help your team limit their risk and realize maximum success by finding their magic zone.
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Mets must make tough decision about first base
Mike Kerwick
CINCINNATI — Four days ago, in the eighth inning of a tight game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Lucas Duda tracked a foul ball over to the dugout rail. It was a dangerous pop-up, the kind capable of making his clumsiest qualities more vivid.
As he followed its flight path, Duda emptied his mind of all but two words — catch it. He leaned. He reached. He almost toppled over the rail.
But when he rose to his feet, the ball was in his glove.
On Wednesday, in the third inning of a tight game against the Cincinnati Reds, Duda made another nifty stab. On a pop-up in front of the plate, he raced in, extended his mitt, and grabbed the ball.
"My comfort level over there is more than it was in left field," Duda said before his team's 1-0 win over the Reds. "That's really it."
As audition season winds to a close, the Mets will have to decide how to handle this situation at first base. On one hand, there is Duda; on the other, there is Ike Davis.
"I don't know what's going to take place this winter," said said manager Terry Collins. "I really have no clue. We know Lucas can play first base. We've seen it. We saw it two years ago when he first got here. He was very good over there and swung the bat very well. So we know what he can do. We also know what Ike can do. We'll just have to see what plays out this winter."
Asked if he would be disappointed if the men in charge decided Davis was a better bet at first base, Duda actually took up the cause for his teammate. He called Davis the "best guy for the job."
"If it's Ike, obviously we know what kind of guy he is," Duda said. "A 30 to 40 home run kind of guy. Plays great defense.
"Whatever happens, happens. You can't really get mad or whatever it is. That's the game. That's the business. I understand it. If I happen to get traded or whatever happens, I'll thank the Mets for giving me an opportunity and hope whatever situation I'm in I play as well as I can."
It has been a curious summer for Duda. He missed time with an intercostal strain. After his injury healed, he spent 18 games in the minors.
"Obviously, I didn't end up where I wanted to end up," Duda said. "I got hurt. I got sent down. It's always a learning process you try to build on what you learn from year to year. Hopefully next year, I'll be a little better, a little more comfortable."
Four games from the finish line of the season, Duda is hitting just .225, but his on-base percentage is .349. Only two of his teammates who get regular reps — David Wright (.396) and Josh Satin (.373) — have been better.


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Technology Used Correctly: Better Business Practices
Opinions Vary on New Media at Forum
OFF THE COAST OF THE HAMPTONS, NY — A workshop can get really interesting when one panelist defends an older but evolving medium, another cautions against a herd mentality and the third is all for change.
That summarized yesterday's Marketing Forum discussion on emerging media and how to use them. The attendees, mostly marketers of consumer products and services, were much the better for the lack of consensus on emerging media's place in marketing.
The Marketing Forum took place May 9 to today on board the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship.
"One person's new media is somebody's old media," said Shelley Nandkeolyar, vice president of interactive marketing and ebusiness at The Home Depot Inc., Atlanta.
For some, new media include marketing over PDAs and cell phones. For another this means television advertising with a twist that yielded proven results. And there was the school of thought that considers the Internet both old and new media.
Nandkeolyar noted that the Internet a decade ago differed completely from where it is today. In 1994, it was an advertising and informational medium. Five years later, it took on a sales and e-commerce role. Today, it is an advertising and e-commerce channel.
"In the past 10 years, it has morphed differently and hyped differently from what the original promise was," Nandkeolyar said.
Even today, there are different approaches to the Internet, varying degrees of acceptance and a lot of experimentation. And marketers continue to reinvent the wheel and pioneer online marketing.
But little doubt exists that online must be taken seriously, whether emerging or emerged. Proof that the channel is becoming mainstream: 14 percent of media consumption today is online.
So what does the Home Depot executive suggest?
"We've got to think of re-jigging our budgets," Nandkeolyar said.
Scalability and availability are key issues. Other factors to consider in emerging media's role in a marketing plan are metrics for measurability as well as testability and proof of concept. Also, set aside a small part of the budget for exploring new media.
Home Depot was the category laggard in this regard, and it was only last year that the nation's No. 2 retailer let consumers buy home improvement products online. Today, the site at www.homedepot.com sells 2,000 appliances. The transactional site, Nandkeolyar noted, would have been ahead of its time in 1994 and even in 2000. The market now is more receptive to such big-ticket purchases online.
Home Depot's site is part of a "Call, Click, Visit" strategy that links e-commerce with stores and the telephone channel. But e-commerce has helped.
"It's compressed the purchase cycle," Nandkeolyar said. "What took you 10 days you can now do it in two days. It's cut down the awareness-to-consideration-to-purchase process."
Home Depot is experimenting with giving PDAs to select professional buyers at its stores so they can pass orders directly to the pro desk at Home Depot for quicker pickup by the professional's truck at the store. The program is live in 40 stores nationwide and may extend to others if Home Depot notices an incremental lift.
Gerard Broussard, senior partner and director of media analytics at Mindshare's mOne, acknowledged the Internet as an important emerging media. Broadband's growing penetration, the cell phone and the PDA's role are also redefining marketing.
But television still works, he said, and always will have a place in the media plan. His tip for the assembled marketers regarding emerging media was simple.
"Take the new media and plot them against the old media," he said.
What marketers shouldn't do is rush into decisions without realizing the purpose of using new media. That cautionary note came from David Nathanson, partner and chief creative officer of Bezos/Nathanson Marketing Group.
Marketers must understand why the customer is disengaged from traditional media before they litter the landscape with ads across media channels, Nathanson said. Start with the idea instead, then think about the media channel. The new media were not replacing the old.
He tore into a Frito-Lay online promotion containing a theme of "If not now, when?" The colorful site reflected the potato chip maker's effort to persuade its target audience to live life in the here and now. But the bag of chips was tucked away in a corner, largely obscured.
"Where is the brand idea?" Nathanson asked. "Without the idea, the medium is not the strategy. We're potentially rushing to make decisions without realizing what we're giving away. Simply being there because you're going to miss somebody is not a good idea."
He admired Burger King for the fast food chain's use of viral marketing, particularly the successful Subservient Chicken site. Regardless of the technology or media, the idea was central, he stressed.
Nathanson reminded the audience of advice from the late Bill Bernbach, one of the most successful admen in his day and co-founder of Doyle Dane Bernbach, now DDB.
"Getting a product known isn't the answer," Bernbach once said. "Getting it wanted is the answer. Some of the best-known product names have failed."
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Q: browsermob with selenium firefoxdriver issue public class PerfTestt {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    ProxyServer server = new ProxyServer(8080);
    server.start();

    Proxy proxy = server.seleniumProxy();

    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
    capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PROXY, proxy);

    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

    server.newHar("yahoo.com");

    driver.get("http:/yahoo.com");

    Har har = server.getHar();
    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\nergiz\\output.txt");
    har.writeTo(fos);
    server.stop();
    driver.quit();
}

}
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:118)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:251)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:110)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:195)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:190)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.(FirefoxDriver.java:107)
    at com.beam.testo.selenium.PerfTestt.main(PerfTestt.java:32)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.NotConnectedException: Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms.

A: I solved. I was getting failre a browser options. I edit my codes:
            String PROXY = "localhost:8080";

    ProxyServer server = new ProxyServer(8080);
    server.start();

    Proxy proxy = server.seleniumProxy();
    proxy.setHttpProxy(PROXY).setFtpProxy(PROXY).setSslProxy(PROXY);

    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
    capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.PROXY, proxy);

    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(capabilities);

    server.newHar("yahoo.com");

    driver.get("http://yahoo.com");

    Har har = server.getHar();
FileOutputStream fos = new                           FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\ner\\output.txt");
    har.writeTo(fos);
    server.stop();
    driver.quit();

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Q: file download angularjs and servlets I have an image stored in a database table, with primary key for a particular number. That image below the database to a folder of the java project by means of a servlet.
So far, so good.
My problem is that I need to download that image to the user and I can not do it.
My steps are as follows:
JSP:
$scope.downloadFile = function(){
    var tkAct = $scope.ticketActual.tknum;
    var param = {
            nroTk: tkAct
    };
    var res = $http.post($scope.testHost +"/downloadAttachment",JSON.stringify(param));

    });

    res.error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
        alert("failure message: " + JSON.stringify({data: data}));
    });
}

SERVLET:
@WebServlet("/downloadAttachment")
public class downloadAttachment extends HttpServlet {

// size of byte buffer to send file
private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
private final int BYTES_DOWNLOAD=1024;
public static final String FILE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("file.separator");

@Override
 protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,  HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
    doPost(request, response);
}

@Override
protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,  HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
    HttpSession sess = request.getSession();

    Controller ctrl = Controller.get();
    ServletContext sc = getServletContext();
    //int nroTicket=-1;
    //nroTicket = 104;
    System.out.println(request.getParameter("NroTk"));
    System.out.println(request.getAttribute("NroTk"));
    JSONObject joParam = getParametrosJo(request);
    Long lNroTk = (Long) joParam.get("nroTk");
    int nroTicket = lNroTk.intValue();

    Vector<String> vNamesFile =  ctrl.getFile(nroTicket,sc.getRealPath("/downloads"));
   if(vNamesFile.size()==1){
       String archivo = vNamesFile.get(0);
       File downloadFile = new File(archivo);
       String nombreFile = getNombreFileEnvio(nroTicket,downloadFile.getName());

       // if you want to use a relative path to context root:
       String relativePath = getServletContext().getRealPath("/downloads/");
       System.out.println("relativePath = " + relativePath);

       // obtains ServletContext
       ServletContext context = getServletContext();

       String mimeType = context.getMimeType(nombreFile);
       if (mimeType == null) {
           mimeType = "application/octet-stream";
       }

       response.setContentType(mimeType);
       response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment;filename="+nombreFile);

        System.out.println("Obteniendo el Stream...");
        System.out.println("nombre del file es: "+nombreFile);
        InputStream is = sc.getResourceAsStream("/downloads/" + downloadFile.getName());

        int read=0;
        byte[] bytes = new byte[BYTES_DOWNLOAD];

        ServletOutputStream out;
        out = response.getOutputStream();
        FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(relativePath+downloadFile.getName());
        BufferedInputStream bin = new BufferedInputStream(fin);
        BufferedOutputStream bout = new BufferedOutputStream(out);
        int ch =0; ;
        while((ch=bin.read())!=-1)
        {
            bout.write(ch);
        }

        bin.close();
        fin.close();
        bout.close();
        out.close();

   }else{
       byte[] zip = zipFiles(getServletContext().getRealPath("/downloads/"),vNamesFile, 95);
       ServletOutputStream sos = response.getOutputStream();
       response.setContentType("application/zip");
       response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=AdjuntosTicket95" + ".ZIP");

       sos.write(zip);
       sos.flush();
   }

}

 private JSONObject getParametrosJo(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException{
        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
        BufferedReader joParam = request.getReader();
        String texto="";
        String str = null;
        while ((str = joParam.readLine()) != null) {
            buffer.append(str);
            //texto+=str;
        }
        texto = buffer.toString();
        System.out.println(texto);
        if(!texto.equalsIgnoreCase("")){
        JSONObject obj = JSONObject.parse(texto);
            return obj;
        }else{
            return null;
        }
    }

 private byte[] zipFiles(String path, Vector<String> vNamesFile, int nroTk) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(baos);
        byte bytes[] = new byte[2048];

        for (String fileName : vNamesFile) {
            FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(fileName);
            BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);

            zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(getNombreFileEnvio(nroTk,fileName)));

            int bytesRead;
            while ((bytesRead = bis.read(bytes)) != -1) {
                zos.write(bytes, 0, bytesRead);
            }
            zos.closeEntry();
            bis.close();
            fis.close();
        }
        zos.flush();
        baos.flush();
        zos.close();
        baos.close();

        return baos.toByteArray();
}

 private String getNombreFileEnvio(int nroTk, String nombreEnFS){
    String[] aNombreFile = nombreEnFS.split("%");
    String nombreFile = aNombreFile[1];
    return nombreFile;
}
}

How do I recover that image from the database to the folder / downloads / and deliver it to the user?
Thank you


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    # We have a rectangle of sides a and b which is rotated 45 degrees
    # in the cartesian planes. How many integer coordinates fall inside
    # of it (even in the sides)?
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    # the side of one square, the same happens horizontally.
    # You can find the areas of two rectangles, one that has
    # points in even rows (o) a bit shifted from the points of
    # one in the odd rows (x).
    #
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    cols = (b // math.sqrt(2)) + 1
    # The odds positions and the evens positions areas.
    total = (rows * cols) + ((rows - 1) * (cols - 1))
    total -= 1 if total % 2 == 0 else 0
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A federal court in Spokane, Wash., ruled this week in favor of the health and well-being of American teens, parents, and families – stating that the Trump-Pence administration's early termination of Planned Parenthood's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP) grants is unlawful. The TPPP was on track to serve more than 1.2 million people across the country. Last week, in another case challenging the administration's cuts to the program, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the administration's attempts to end the TPPP were unlawful and that the administration must process plaintiffs' awards for the next year.
In February, PPGNHI joined by Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho (PPGWNI) and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPHeartland), filed its first lawsuit against the administration for wrongfully ending the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP). The evidence-based program was set to end two years early and would have eliminated program evaluations that have been underway for two years.
Created in 2010, the TPP program has helped millions of young people make informed decisions about their bodies and lives through a series of programs and health service-related resources. TPPP is a community informed program based in evidence that builds on what is proven to help young people stay safe and make healthy decisions about their future, while also partnering with communities to ensure local input is included, so the programs can meet those needs. These evidence-based models have already contributed to a dramatic decline in the unintended pregnancy rate.
In June 2017, the Trump Pence administration faced outrage when it decided to terminate the program two years early. Senators Patty Murray, Tammy Baldwin and Cory Booker led a letter, signed by 37 Senators, to Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing their concern and telling HHS it did not have the authority to terminate the grants early. And 149 members of the House of Representatives, signed a letter, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), Lloyd Doggett (D-CA-35), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM-1), Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7), and Marc Veasey (D-TX-33), expressing their concern over the administration's action.
Lawyers from the law firm Arnold & Porter, alongside Planned Parenthood Federation of America and local counsel Center for Justice, represented PPGNHI, PPGWNI, and PPHeartland. Lawyers from Democracy Forward and Public Citizen representing other TPPP grantees filed suit in two other separate cases.


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Q: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'style' of null at :3:40 first time using these commands . i was trying to create a new element and styling it inside a website with console using this javascript code .

const box = document.createElement("div");
box.id = "ExtensionBox";
document.getElementById("ExtensionBox").style.height = "600px";
document.getElementById("ExtensionBox").style.background= "red";

console returns this :
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'style' of null
at :3:40

A: document.getElementById searches the document for an element with the matching ID.
It returns null if it doesn't find such an element.
In this case, that is because you have just created the element and you haven't appended it to any element in document.
You don't need to search the document for it, the value of box is already a reference to it. Just use box.

const box = document.createElement("div");
box.id = "ExtensionBox";

// Here we add the element to the `<body>` (and you can see it on the page now)
document.body.appendChild(box);

// So searching the document for it finds the element
document.getElementById("ExtensionBox").style.height = "600px";
document.getElementById("ExtensionBox").style.background= "red";

// But using `getElementById` is pointless (slow, long-winded) because:
console.log(box === document.getElementById("ExtensionBox"));

A: Change it to this:
const box = document.createElement("div");
box.id = "ExtensionBox";
box.style.height = "600px";
box.style.background = "red";

Then, append your created element to the actual dom of the page.


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01/13/2021 – 4:43 am
Posted in 94.5 K-Wine News
Money available thru the Lake County Continuum of Care to help those at risk of losing shelter. The group has received California Emergency Solutions and Housing (CESH) grant funding for the most needy in the county. The money distributed has to be in alignment with certain state policies, and it has to be to help those without shelter into permanent housing and help them maintain permanent housing. The money available is over $415,000 and has to be split between two recipients for outreach on the street, health and safety education, criminal justice diversion programs, prevention services, navigation services, and operating support for short-term or comprehensive homeless services. The money can also go to rent help or to subsidies like housing vouchers, rapid rehousing programs, eviction prevention, and housing relocation.
For more information and how apply, please go to: https://www.lakecoc.org/cesh-grant.
The shellfish safety notice has been lifted by the state Dept. of Public Health put into place in November. It covered sport-harvested mussels, whole scallops, and clams in Mendocino County due to dangerous levels of naturally occurring paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins that can cause illness or death. The latest tests showed the toxins were at a safe or non-detectable level. But there's still a warning not to eat any sport-harvested bivalve shellfish (including mussels, clams, and scallops) in Marin County. It is however safe to buy them thru commercial outlets.
Covered Calif. reports over 1.5 million people have purchased health insurance, that's 200,000 more than a year ago. The deadline is January 31st to buy insurance. The Executive Director of Covered Calif. says he anticipates more people than ever will sign up as people have lost their jobs. The insurance marketplace had dried up some over the last 3 years, then when the pandemic hit enrollment went way up. There was also a new state law that started where the state was taxing people without insurance but the state put up millions to help middle income residents pay for their insurance.
The county has received over 2,700 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine this week. Mendocino County officials say there are continued vaccination events this week including first and second shots for those in priority groups. As we reported yesterday three clinics are happening in Ukiah at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds this week, it will include first responders, criminal justice personnel and crisis counselors and second doses for healthcare workers. Teachers, childcare workers, in home support workers, food service and agriculture workers on next. The county has put together a new Mendocino Ethics Covid Ad Hoc Committee working with the Public Health Office to decide on distribution and transparency.
There's a new permanent president for Adventist Health in Mendocino County. It was made effective Dec. 18th that Judson Howe is taking the helm for the three Adventist Health hospitals in Fort Bragg, Ukiah and Willits, plus he's overseeing some medical offices and other services in the county. The CEO of Adventist says Howe's a dynamic leader who has a passion for quality, innovation and excellence with expertise and knowledge of the community and their hospitals. Howe's already been working for the company as their finance and strategy officer. Before that he was the head of finance and strategy for Adventist Health Howard Memorial.
A new report says Latinos turned out to vote this past election because of the way the President spoke about their community. Voter registration was up dramatically for Latino voters in Calif, which some voter registration advocates say was because of the political climate in the Trump era. The non-partisan social justice group Riverside for Mi Familia Vota said the president's "rhetoric against immigrant communities" backfired, and did not get younger voters out to register to vote. The group says instead the community's voter registration was boosted by competitive elections, mobilization by political parties and activists, and perhaps automatic motor voter registration.
Lake County's putting up more affordable housing after a vote by the Board of Supervisors to sell county land. The board voted yesterday to approve the exchange of the National Guard Armory with state owned property in Clearlake for 100 new affordable housing units. Lake Co News reports State Sen. Mike McGuire was involved in discussions on the project. For the swap the state requires at least half of the units being built are categorized as affordable, including 12.5 percent being very low, 12.5 percent – low, and 25 percent – moderate. The units will be between one and three bedrooms. The vote for the exchange was unanimous.
Congressman Mike Thompson continues his series of virtual meetings on coronavirus. This Friday the meeting's topic on relief for small businesses. It's around lunchtime, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will be on Zoom and stream live on the Congressman's Facebook page. His office is inviting all constituents in the 5th District to take part. It's the 2nd webinar Thompson has held since the 2nd stimulus package was approved.
MacGruder Ranch is providing beef to those dealing with food insecurity in Mendocino County. The ranch in Potter Valley raises organic beef, lamb and pork. MendoLake Food Hub had been in touch with the ranch with grant money so they could buy ground beef for the senior center in Fort Bragg. There was also a match from MacGruder with what the Food Hub had in grant money for a donation of 75 pounds of for a total of 150 pounds. Plus the Daily Journal reports the ranch also donated another $500 to the Food Bank in Ukiah. The ranch has been providing meet to the Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op and Harvest Market in Fort Bragg, butcher shops and restaurants here locally and in the Bay Area.
The Community Foundation in Mendocino County has grant money for nonprofits dealing with the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Grants of up to $100,000, depending on various criteria, are available. They are taking into consideration the nonprofits can prove they have less funding, and more demand for their services due to the pandemic; have a plan to reopen, following public health guidance; are of benefit to the general public or a broad sub-population; have the energy and organizational capacity to adapt and continue to have a sustainable, longterm influence in the community. The deadline to apply is Jan. 15.
The Ukiah Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan is in the midst of being reworked. Walk & Bike Mendocino, a partnership of North Coast Opportunities, and the City of Ukiah are working on the update and welcome community input. The plan helps the city work on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, like where to have bike routes and lanes, crosswalks and close sidewalk gaps. The last plan was 5 and a half years ago. They hope to wrap up the update by this Spring.
For those interested in participating with this advisory group, please respond by calling Walk & Bike Mendocino at (707) 467-3217 or email walkbike@ncoinc.org.
The next tier of vaccine recipients teeing up in Lake County. The Public Health Officer Dr. Gary Pace says the next group are those over 75 and educators. The county has reportedly offered the vaccine to the first tier of healthcare workers, emergency responders and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. But the slow rollout of the vaccine across the country means we may not see everyone in Lake County vaccinated until the end of 2022. Pace says about 25,000-30,000 people in the county want the vaccine, but the county was only getting 300-400 doses a week through the health department.
The homeless shelter in Fort Bragg may continue in its current space. Trinity Lutheran Church offered its space for a shelter towards the latter part of last year. The city took the church up on that, so they started to offer shelter to those without on New Year's Day. They say there have been about eight guests/night. The church has offered to run the shelter thru mid-February, giving the city some time to find a new location after that, but now Trinity says they might be able to continue for another month, so the city would just need to get a space for the last 2 weeks of March. Mendo Voice reports last year the shelter continued beyond March. Hospitality Center puts the shelter together each year, an overflow situation from the year round Hospitality House facility. The Mayor telling the council Monday he had visited the church and the Pastor said they might be able to go thru March 15th. So there will be a meeting on the matter next Tuesday.
As the county announced there were several hundred doses of the coronavirus vaccine and six clinics this week, there has been confusion about who goes next. The county announced first and second doses, the seconds for those in the first tier who got their shots in December. There are still many more folks in the first tier of 1a and 1b who get to get their shots. Since the county announced the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds would be the site in Ukiah, there was a big line-up of folks there to get the shot this morning. In misty, cold weather, some in the over 75 group showed up, saying they had received a call from either their doctor's office or the county Public Health Office. I called the Public Health Office and was told they were making calls to residents over 75 and telling them they could get the first shot at the Fairgrounds on a first come, first serve basis. One of our team members showed up after getting one of the calls, only to turn away after seeing hundreds lined up in the rain.
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COORDINATION ASIA have designed the GAGA restaurant in Shenzhen, China.
With a growing number of young socialites and creative professionals in China, coffee culture is growing in popularity and café chains are popping up on every corner. Within this highly competitive industry, Gaga is a young, fresh, modern and fashion forward brand that distinguishes itself with a great eye for detail. In creating a new design for the deli and eatery in Shenzhen, COORDINATION ASIA took the essence of what has made Gaga a success, and created a one-of-a-kind space that blurs the boundaries between the indoor and the outdoor.
The new space that was created for Gaga uses the existing color scheme of the brand. The atmosphere is warm, natural and cozy. Rustic wood, soft organic textile and green decor create a harmonious environment that is calming and relaxing. The main concept for the new interior, "blurring thresholds", is amongst others translated in a custom made ceiling installation of lamellas, which looks like a burst of sun rays from deep within the store. The lamellas continue onto the walls to create shelves for merchandises. A large chandelier adorned with pingpong ball sized lightbulbs makes for an iconic feature that customers will be sure to remember. In the evening, the space takes on a lounge atmosphere, with dimmed lighting and soft jazz music. The outdoor floor panels continue into the interior and transition into sleek marble floors.
The soul of Gaga lies for a great part in the food it serves and sells. Putting more emphasis on merchandising, wall shelves spanning the length of the store are filled with products, surrounding the customers in the food culture of Gaga. Customers can find top quality ingredients of which some are used in Gaga's own kitchen. The specific merchandising concept 'from our kitchen to yours' promotes Gaga's standards for quality ingredients and makes customers feel as if they are inside Gaga's own private pantry. Gaga's care for quality is also visible in other details; from individually customized tableware to decorative pieces. No two items are alike, and each item is selected with the greatest care.
A flexible seating scheme was created to enable Gaga to handle high capacity while maintaining a homely and cosy atmosphere. Plush sofa benches line one side of the café, extending all the way to the outdoor space. Floating seats in the middle of the space can be combined in different ways, to cater to parties of different sizes.
Starting from a deep understanding of the brand, the design highlights and secures Gaga's unique brand image and attitude. Gaga's consumer will surely feel at home in the new space, and will be surprised to see that Gaga's attention for detail, care for products and high quality taste has been taken to the next level by COORDINATION ASIA.


Children are amazingly perceptive. They sense when adults around them are stressed, sad or keeping a secret. While you may be inclined to shield children from grief, this can actually lead to confusion and anger.
Wherever possible, children should be prepared for the passing of a loved one. In the event of a terminal illness, children should be prepared for the passing just as an adult would be. Death should be approached openly and honestly. Remember that children are accustomed to adults providing solutions and will have difficulty understanding why their loved one can't be made well again. Explaining the process of death, perhaps with the assistance of suitable books, is a healthier approach than denying the tragedy.
Children, like adults, may feel rage at the deceased person, other relatives or themselves.They may even resent acquaintances who have not had to suffer through the anguish of losing a loved one.
Whenever a loss occurs, people affected are reminded that they, too, will die. It is no different in children, although it may be their first time realizing the permanence of death. They may fear their own death, or the death of others. If the deceased person was a parent, they may begin to fear that other caregivers will pass away too.
Children experience deep sadness and even depression. They may not have experienced this level of pain before, making their feelings unrecognizable to them. Grief also manifests in physical symptoms such as stomach pain, headaches and fatigue.
Children may not understand where the deceased person has gone and why, especially if they are too young to understand the concept of death. They may also have trouble adjusting to life without the person who has passed away, especially if that person was part of their day-to-day.
Guilt is a natural part of grief. Children may worry that something they did or said caused the death. They could also regret not spending more time with the deceased before they passed away.
Older children should be allowed to choose their level of involvement with regards to attending the funeral. They may want to write a poem, say a few words, lay a rose on the coffin, scatter ashes or wear a favorite outfit. This should be allowed wherever possible, even if it is not in keeping with the ideals of the funeral service.
Viewing of the body should be a personal decision and is probably not suited to younger children. It may be best if the loved one is remembered as when they were alive. If it is decided that the child will view the body, they should be carefully briefed as to what to expect.
Caregivers should take care to avoid talking about death as if it is "like sleeping" or "going to sleep" because this can make a young child fearful of going to bed at night. They may believe that they will not wake again in the morning. Euphemisms such as this ultimately do more harm than good.
It can be stressful for guardians to cope with young children at such a solemn time. If children are attending the funeral, it is important that they are made aware of the process and what is expected of them. It should also be explained that there will be many sad people in attendance. Observing grieving adults can have a profound effect: children may be reluctant to see those people again at a later stage. It is important to explain that although people are sad now, they won't always be unhappy.
If it is decided that children should not attend the funeral, encourage them to say goodbye in their own way, perhaps by planting a special tree in the garden or letting go of a balloon covered with messages and drawings. For a close relationship, creating a special, private place where the child can go to remember the person who died can provide enduring opportunities for peace.
Involve older children in decisions surrounding the death of a close friend or relative. They may want a special keepsake and should not be overlooked when belongings are being given away. Keeping to familiar routine, especially for younger children, can be helpful but care should be taken not to push children into situations until they are ready. Allow older children sufficient time to grieve and avoid returning them to school too soon.
Encourage the child to talk about their feelings. Older children may find internet support groups helpful but online activity should be carefully monitored at this vulnerable time. If those closest are unable to provide support due to their own grief, the child should be comforted by a close adult friend, perhaps a favorite aunt or uncle.
Wherever applicable, the school counselor may be able to provide advice and indeed, the school should be kept informed so that allowances can be made for changes in behavior and grades. Understand that the child who has recently been confronted by death may regress for a short while – perhaps wanting a childhood toy or adopting attention-seeking behavior.
Help children release their anger appropriately. One approach could be to encourage hitting cushions. Another could be to have the child write a letter, or draw a picture to describe their anger. This can then be torn up or burnt.
Physical health is often forgotten or given a lower priority. However, ensuring their physical needs are attended to will provide them with a sense of safety and comfort. Ensure they have enough time to rest. Encourage children to eat and drink well. Exercise and play can be the perfect way to release frustration, anger and anxiety. Above all, ensure that children understand that although this time is difficult to deal with and the loss will always be with them, the grief will pass.


HJA advised on community infrastructure requirements including appearing as expert witness at Local Plan examination.
HJA is advising a consortium of land owners promoting the strategic allocation of land at Barnham, Eastergate and Westergate (known as the Three Villages) within the Arun District Local Plan. The site has the potential to deliver up to 3,000 new homes and a range of supporting infrastructure and facilities.
HJA has provided advice on both community infrastructure requirements and economic impact. Our work has informed outline masterplanning, viability testing and demonstrated deliverability as part of the Local Plan Examination process. HJA appeared as an expert witness on community infrastructure matters.


We've scoured the city for the best places to take a date for dessert in San Diego – whether you're looking for trendy and swanky, or simply to pick up an ice cream cone and go for a stroll – we've got you covered!
Salt & Straw's ice cream is just so damn good…which is why you should expect a line out the door. Don't worry, it's worth it.
Soda & Swine has two locations, Liberty Station and North Park. Although from their name you wouldn't guess, they have some over-the-top desserts that will definitely sweeten up your date, from over-indulgent milkshakes to good ol' fashioned apple pie a la mode.
The Cravory specializes in amazingly sweet and unique cookies. They have two shops in San Diego, one in Point Loma and the other in Carlsbad but they also sell at local farmer's markets. Just some of their cookie flavors include "Pancakes and Bacon," "Rosemary Balsamic" and "Chocolate Truffle." Get some to-go for the perfect take-home dessert and enjoy with your date along with some warm, liquored-up coffee or a White Russian for a sweet night cap.
Ok, Sidecar isn't exactly a dessert place, but trust us – it will satisfy your sweet tooth! It's hard to explain how good Sidecar Doughnuts are…you just have to try one. And then you'll try three more! They are made right in front of you at their Del Mar location, so they are hot and fresh!
Betty's Pie Whole, located in Encinitas inside Sunshine Gardens under the red roof building, is one of those hidden gems off the beaten path. They have both savory and sweet pies and it's a great little place for a casual day date. Definitely try Betty's Lemon Pucker Pie or the Chocolate Cookie Dough Pie!
Given the name it might seem like an obvious choice for this list but for good reason! Extraordinary Desserts has every dessert imaginable from cakes to candy bars to cobblers to ice cream. Extraordinary Desserts also has a lunch and dinner menu with cheese plates, paninis, sandwiches and more! There are two San Diego locations: Balboa Park and Little Italy.
hef Melanie Dunn trained in Paris where she received the Diplôme de Pâtisserie from Le Cordon Bleu. She strives to be an ambassador for French pastry and joie de vivre. Each item on the Pâtisserie Melanie menu is handmade in very small batches in the chef's home kitchen located above the boutique.
Juniper and Ivy boasts a modern American kitchen and while their dinner and drink menu is on point, it's their desserts that take the cake! From their "Yodel" (devil's cake, white chocolate, hazelnut brittle and hot chocolate) to their "Milk & Honey" (grilled fig, honey ice cream, vanilla panna cotta and poppy seed tuille), they put a swanky, upscale spin on their sweet dishes. Any of their desserts would go very nicely with their "Barreled Cocktail #4" (Scotch, Amaretto, Sweet Vermouth and coffee liqueur).
If you are in the downtown area, Ghirardelli is a perfect spot for a romantic date that takes you back in time to the days of the ice cream fountain of the '50s. The ice cream, chocolates and milkshakes are all out of this world.
Chuao Chocolatier offers guided tours of their new factory in Carlsbad. These are a hot ticket, so you'll have to plan in advance. But that kind of thoughtfulness will score you big brownie points with your sweet-toothed date! Be sure to follow them on Facebook and subscribe to their newsletter for tour dates.
This South Park gem is the perfect place to go whether you and your date just want dessert, or you'd like to have your sweets accompanied by an amazing brunch or dinner. Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro serves nearly 100 different handcrafted confections, and has regular events like Build-a-Bar Nights, Game Nights, and Supper Clubs – perfect for a hot date!
San Diego knows sweets! Pick any one of San Diego's best places for dessert for that next date night – you can't go wrong!