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Citrix XenDesktop & XenApp 7.6 Feature Pack 2

Citrix XenDesktop & XenApp 7.6 Feature Pack 2

Citrix released Feature Pack 2 for Citrix XenDesktop & Citrix XenApp.

What’s new in Feature Pack 2 for Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and XenApp 7.6

The Feature Pack 2 release includes the following new and enhanced features.

StoreFront 3.0

StoreFront includes the following new features and enhancements.

  • Unified Receiver provides modern, centrally-managed and customizable user app selection experience across all user devices.
  • Google Chrome Support without NPAPI.
  • Delegating Authentication to XenApp and XenDesktop when there is no AD trust between sites.
  • Treat All Desktops as Applications to apply Workspace Control and group icons together.
  • Integrated Monitoring Service enables NetScaler to monitor StoreFront.
  • Extended Store Customization SDK for business logic.

Updated StoreFront management console

Support for the unified Receiver experience — StoreFront 3.0 delivers centralized customization and branding of your end users’ applications and desktop selection experience to Receiver users. Your company can customize the interface to reflect your logo, colors, and so forth. Some of the new Receiver and StoreFront features:

  • Simplified application organization — Familiar and consistent application selection experience for use.

Featured app groups. Administrator configured applications that are logically grouped and advertised to users in the applications selection experience.

Folder view of applications. Return of Web Interface functionality in StoreFront.

Favorites. Easily add or remove applications to Favorites for quick access.

  • Server-managed user experience — Application selection experience is server configured.

Change once, deploy everywhere. User application selection experience changes are made by the administrator on StoreFront server.

Consistent application selection experience for user. Any device running Receiver receives its application selection experience from the server as HTML5, providing for consistency as users move across smartphones, tablets, and desktop form factors.

Decouple the application selection experience from Receiver capabilities. Client upgrade without end user training or user experience impact; Support legacy user experience without legacy client cost.

  • Fit for purpose user experience customization options — You select the appropriate level of customization.

Updated out-of-the-box user experience. Modernized end user application selection look-and-feel.

Server-configured branding customizations. You brand with corporate logos, color, and featured application groups.

Deeper customization and branding options. CSS and script APIs available to enable deeper levels of customization.

Use the StoreFront management console to do the following Receiver related tasks:

Set Receiver for Web as the default for the store.

Create a Receiver for Web website.

Change website type.

Customize the website appearance.

See the Support for Receiver for Web article.

  • Featured app groups management — App groups are groups of applications that are related or fit in a specific category making them more easily discoverable. With Studio and the StoreFront management console you can define app groups using keywords, application names, or categories.

See the Create and manage featured apps article.

XML service-based authentication.

You can configure StoreFront to use the XenApp and XenDesktop XML Service to authenticate the user name and password credentials where a user explicitly provides a user name and password.  Use PowerShell cmdlets to enable and disable this feature. For more information, see XML service-based authentication.

Support for HDX Real-Time Optimization Pack 1.8

HDX RealTime Optimization Pack includes the following new features and enhancements.

  • Support for the Microsoft Skype for Business client in Lync UI mode, the Microsoft Lync 2013 client, and the Microsoft Lync 2010 client.
  • Support for the Lync Server 2013 Autodiscover Service.
  • Call Park and Call Pick Up in Lync 2010 client.
  • Call forwarding and simultaneous ringing controls for Lync 2010 client
  • Support for Mac.
  • Kerberos authentication.
  • Plus (+) symbol in the dial pad.
  • Support for the Microsoft Windows 10 technical preview.

For information, see HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 1.8.

Session Recording

Session Recording includes the following new features and enhancements.

  • You can specify the connection credentials to the database when installing the Session Recording Database component.
  • You can test the connectivity of database during the installation of the Session Recording Database and Session Recording Server components and test the connectivity of the Session Recording Server during the installation of Session Recording Agent component.
  • Microsoft Shared Management Objects is no longer requirement for Session Recording Database installation.
  • Citrix Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) is integrated in Session Recording. For more information, see About the Citrix Customer Experience Improvement Program.

For more information, see Session Recording – for XenApp 7.6 FP1 and FP2 only.

Linux Virtual Desktop

You can now create Linux virtual desktops based on SUSE and Red Hat distributions. Prepare your Linux virtual machines, install the new Linux VDA software on them, configure your Delivery Controller, and then use Studio to make the desktops available to users. For more information, see the following documents.

Installation guide for SUSE

Installation guide for Red Hat

Framehawk Virtual Channel

Framehawk is a new ICA virtual channel that extends Citrix HDX technologies, a set of capabilities that work together to deliver a high-definition user experience of virtual desktops and applications.

The Framehawk virtual channel optimizes the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to users on broadband wireless connections. It is ideal for mobile devices under lossy network connections. With Framehawk integrated into the industry-leading HDX technology, Citrix provides a smooth and intuitive user experience in conditions where remote workspace users previously experienced poor interactivity, such as on wireless connections with high packet loss or congestion.

For more information, see the following document.

Administrator guide

Director 7.6.300

This version of Director supports the Framehawk virtual channel. You can display HDX graphics information, which lets you monitor and troubleshoot any session that uses the channel.

Download Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 Feature Pack 2 here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download Citrix XenApp 7.6 Feature Pack 2 here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download Citrix Storefront 3 here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download Director 7.6.300 here

Download Session Recorder here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download HDX Realtime Optimization Pack 1.8 here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download Citrix Linux Virtual Desktops here (requires MyCitrix ID)

Download HDX with Framework here

FYI – Remember to update your hot fixes to latest level for Studio, GPO, VDA, download the hot fixes here


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2011 Tata Nano CX Test Drive: Driving the World's Cheapest Car

What should a car look like when the average annual household income is $3100 and your country single-handedly accounts for almost a fifth of the world's population?

The market defines the product, and the Tata Nano was specifically designed for India's wild and primitive infrastructure. It's India's version of the Ford Model T and VW Beetle, a $2500 minimalist car meant to put India and other developing countries on wheels. But Tata has claimed that it will sell an EV version in Europe in a couple of years and U.S. sales may follow. It's easy to see the functionality and the sheer importance of the Tata Nano in India, but how does the little runabout fit into the big picture in the U.S.? The company admits that the Nano would require a bigger engine and stouter crash protection if it's ever to be sold here, but are Americans ready for a car that has only two creature comforts: air conditioning and a radio? We got a chance to sample a Tata at Continental's test track in Germany, so let's take a deeper look at the world's cheapest car.

The Specs

This is the land where the comically small offerings of the Smart have all but failed, and that car positively dwarfs the Nano. We wouldn't be so daft as to compare the two cars, but if we did, we'd note that both have a small engine in the back driving the rear wheels to maximize interior space. But with a wheelbase of just under 88 inches, the Nano is significantly smaller than the Smart Fortwo—and it seats four people and has four doors.

That's partly because the engine is (much) smaller, with two cylinders displacing a positively wimpy 624 cc and generating about 33 hp at 5250 rpm. The Nano makes just 65 lb-ft of torque at 3000, which is why there's a specification called "gradability" on the company's website referring to the little car's ability to climb hills (30 percent max, apparently). Notably, the engine is at least fuel-injected—oh, and it's said to pull off 52/62 mpg (city/hwy) on the U.S. cycle. The other, bigger reason the Nano manages to be smaller than the Smart? In a word, safety. Every pillar is tin-can thin, there's zero excess space for crush zone, and there isn't an airbag in sight.

On the topic of safety, the brakes are tiny four-wheel, 7-inch drums, but then again they shouldn't have too tough a time stopping the four 12-inch wheels. You read that right—135/70R12 up front and 155/65R12 in the back. Don't worry—you get a full-size spare, and, besides, the whole car weighs 1323 pounds. How much tire do you really need?

There's a four-wheel independent suspension, but credit this more to packaging concerns than to any racetrack ambitions–since the passengers sit between the front wheels, a solid axle wouldn't work. The same goes for the rear, where every square inch of the vehicle's footprint was used for interior space. The stick shift rowing the four-speed is actually not bad, either. But more on that later.

The interior is spartan, but compared to what the Nano is meant to replace it's luxurious. Keep in mind that in India's congested city centers, you're lucky to drive faster than 25 miles per hour and arrive at your destination with both kneecaps intact. Traffic is constant and random, streaming from all directions as motorbikes and bicyclists compete for foot-wide slots alongside giant trucks and throngs of taxis. So while the Tata Nano may be little more than a laughable notion to the average airbag-cushioned and interstate-bound American, it represents attainable comfort, space and safety to an ever-growing Indian middle class—a metal cocoon replacement for overstuffed motorcycles and buses that crowd the cities. Occupants are shielded from rain not by a handheld plastic tarp but by an actual roof—and headlights make nighttime driving a possibility.

The Drive

Our Nano has air conditioning, but we don't dare turn it on. With four people belted in, the small jellybean was huffing and puffing hard enough just getting down the track. Row the surprisingly decent four-speed manual all the way to top gear and you'll eventually hit the Nano's top speed of around 65 miles per hour. We get the feeling that a few more mph could be found, but there's the distinct sensation that it would be a risky proposition–after all, the car swayed and creaked at speed. So much as a dab of brake at this not-so-tremendous speed caused the cab to change directions in a seemingly random way.

Heading into turn one at about 40 mph, the less-than-rigid Nano chassis immediately began to flex–then twisted to the point where you'd swear it's visible from outside the car. The steering washes out immediately, offering no explanation for why it suddenly feels as though the rear wheels have been replaced with castors. You've really got to pay attention if you want to be able to predict the next unpredictable yaw moment.

Then there's the body roll–amidst the utter uncontrollability, the sheer roll angle creates the unmistakable sensation that you're a quarter-inch from simply flipping over–and that's a test we aren't up for today. Instead, bring the Nano straight and go for the brakes. And hold on, because the electronic brake-force distribution you're used to just isn't there. The four-wheel drums manage more of an unintentional distribution instead, creating another one of those scary and unpredictable yaw moments.

The Bottom Line

But come on—the Nano wasn't designed to fly around the racetrack—heck, it'd probably have trouble with a grocery store run. It's designed to be better than a bicycle in an emerging economy, and at that it excels, undeniably. Nevertheless, if the Nano ever comes here, expect something like a 300 percent markup, thanks to the chassis and emissions modifications that would be necessary to meet our regulations. The company will likely also feel the pressure of our interstates and insert a larger engine before shipping. Regardless, though, of whether you'd buy it for $8000, it's a landmark in Indian history.

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Rob Page Says Port Vale Should Be Confident Heading to Swindon Town

27 December 2014

Manager Speaks To Valiant Player After Win

  • Boss delighted following win over Sheffield United
  • Attention now turns to Sunday's game away at Swindon Town
  • Page believes players should be confident going to County Ground

Port Vale manager Rob Page says his side will go into Sunday’s game against Swindon Town with bags of confidence following back-to-back wins.

Ben Williamson and Dany N’Guessan scored to earn the Valiants three points at Vale Park on Boxing Day in a 2-1 victory over Sheffield United.

Page’s side were also impressive last weekend away at Crawley Town - a long trip from which they also came away with a win.

Speaking to Valiant Player after the Sheffield United game, the 40-year-old was delighted with his players and says their belief will be high heading to the County Ground this weekend.

“Two wins back-to-back now, we’ve got to take confidence going into Swindon, who are an extremely good team, and we’ve got to be at our very best if we want to get something out of the game,” he said.

Click here to watch the full interview with Port Vale boss Rob Page following the victory over the Blades and ahead of Sunday’s trip to Swindon.

Alternatively, watch a short clip of the interview in the YouTube video below.

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Ex-Man Utd Star Signs for The Vale

29 November 2017

Yesterday, we welcomed a new face to the office as Chris Turner filled the vacant Sales and Marketing Managerial position.

Chris joined the Lucky Seven lottery draw within minutes of being introduced to Lottery Manager Brian Lewis.

He said: "This is a great earner for the club and I urge all fans to step up. If for example, 2,000 fans were in the £1 per week lottery draw, this would raise £100,000 per annum for the Youth department.

"These figures are easily achievable, but, it is down to you, the fans, to make a difference."

You can call in to the club shop or contact Lottery Manager Brian Lewis on 07791674961 to sign up!

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The Portland Mercado Commissary kitchen is a 24/7, accessible, non-profit Commercial Kitchen in Portland, Oregon. We welcome entrepreneurs in the beginning stages of their food business or who are looking to expand their small scale business. The current businesses that rent our licensed kitchen vary greatly - from Kenyan catered meals to packaged hot sauce selling at local and regional groceries to tamales at the local farmers markets.

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The (First) Pibbow

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Have you ever done the quilt-as-you-go technique? I never had. I got this book the other day and decided to try it. I think it came out pretty cute. I used the 2" strips I had left over from Amelia's log cabin quilt. I have a whole basket of them. You can get a feeling for the whole technique from that first picture — you stitch the hearth directly to the batting, then add your first strip (log) to one side. Press that open, and then quilt it (I just stitched parallel to the seam, down the length of the strip a couple of times). Quilt (verb) after every added strip. Didn't think too much about the finished size, so there is one extra strip on two sides of the pillow (because I needed it to fit the pillow form). Mimi loves pillows, just like I do. We talk about pillows a lot, either for ourselves or for the dog or for the dolls. I think we talk about pillows every day. But she calls them "pibbows." Which works. We need some pibbows very badly in our living room. I'm going to make a few. I bought three new pillow forms. I like the bamboo forms. I like flat, hard pillows. I hate super-soft pillows. I HATE down pillows or any kind of pillow with feathers. They give me pillow rage. If I wanted to be jabbed in the face with a thousand little pins while also being smothered, then I would get a down pillow. But I don't.

By the way: The gingham chair (Ikea) is cute but lightweight. When she was smaller, Amelia liked to get up on that chair and essentially hurl herself against the back of it while peeking over the top at whoever was in the dining room. To stabilize it, we put a webbing strap with one of those tightener things around both of the front legs, and put several barbells — hand weights, I guess — on top of the strap. So if she pushed against the back, the weights counterbalanced and held the front of the chair on the floor. They also stay pretty neatly under the chair itself (and the slipcover). Anyway, I just thought I'd mention it in case you have a baby that does the same thing. Most chairs like this one are against walls, I would think, so it's probably not super common to have one like ours, in the middle of the room. But I just saw a little boy tip a dining room chair over backwards at the zoo cafe the other day, so I'm guessing it's pretty common with those kinds of chairs.

Drawing on a domino with a golf pencil (after silently, stealthily stealing my knitting-notions bag, and I'm not even sure why there was a domino in my bag). Wearing a doll stocking on her hand while holding an umbrella. I can't make this stuff up. I love this kid so much. I love her.

I want to make three or four more pillows. I'm not sure what kind I will make. Can you wash the quilt-as-you-go pillow cover if the batting isn't actually backed with fabric? I didn't really think about that. I kind of did, but then I just kept going, because I don't have any time. There's a back to the pillow cover, but not to the quilting part, do you know what I mean? I wonder what will happen when I wash it. We'll find out!

Her dresses: 2nd Birthday Dress (shown here, details in here), Lichen Woods (the Lichen Woods sweater, already way too small!), Lemon Layer Cake. Her sweater: My Cricket. I love this sweater. It fits perfectly and is such a pretty pattern. I love it. Her sleeves are rolled up in the children's museum pictures, but when they're down they are really cute. I must say that I originally got the NatureSpun sport only for my animal kits, but I have used it several times for Mimi-sweaters, and though I was worried that it would be a bit scratchy, it has turned out to be one of my very favorite yarns for her clothes, too. It gets soft and drape-y, it doesn't pill that much, it holds its shape really well, and it's got a really nice sort of rustic quality to it. I don't know. For a long time I was just so into alpaca. Alpaca is soft and smooshy and feels like a dream when you're knitting with it. In practical use, it's not my favorite. "Practical use" is not always my priority, mind you. My own knitting comfort is often the priority, quite frankly, and soft, delicious yarns like alpacas can sooth the knitters soul and the baby's skin. But it tends to pill like hell, and get really distorted with wear. I don't really care about those things that much, until the buttonholes stop working, or whatever. But I'm starting to appreciate the plain, straightforward, hardworking wools I used to pass up.

***Details on my workroom? All here!

where do you get all of amelia's gorgeous stockings? They seem more substantial than the little girl pantyhose you find in Target - those sometimes rip while I am putting them on my daughter. We would love to buy the lovely ones like Amelia's...please point us in the right direction.

You just never disappoint! Great photos, but honestly how could they be anything else with so precious a subject!? Baby love... nothing like it.

The pillow will be fine when you wash it. My daughter has allergies to unwashed fabrics and the like so when I bring home new yardage I have to toss it into the washer right away. I found a "deal" on some 100% cotton batting and snapped up four yards of it and I bravely tossed it into the washing machine all on it's own and with crossed fingers, I hoped for the best. It came out perfectly! It was not misshapen at all, and wonderfully soft! But I do back my pillow tops with anything I have on hand, like Jan, I use a lightweight muslin or just some extra yardage because more often than not, I am embroidering a pretty here and there or hand quilting, but your pretty little pibbow has me wanting to try the "quilt as you go" method.

When I was a little girl, over fifty years ago, Eloise Wilkin books were my favorite. I still remember the images in her books. So when my babies came along I knew they were a must.

I wish Mimi and you happy, chilly, spring days with flower petal showers!

Amelia will be knitting before too long! As always, love your post! Can you please tell me if the adorable little sweater is not too difficult?? I'll soon be making some of your cute animals for Easter baskets for the grandkids. The months are flying by too fast!

I didn't think your girl could get any cuter but the hand over-the-mouth-whilst-laughing pic, adorable! I love the yellow outfit so much. I have heard of that style of quilting but never tried it. I sounds quite appealing to be but as yet I am still paralysed by fear whenever i contemplate making a quilt. Hey, maybe I should make 'pibbows' too, they would be a bit less scary I think. I am totally with you on feather pillows. We have two on our sofa and I am forever being prickled. Then what do you think I did this this winter. I bought a down filled coat [shakes head].

the front of your house goes so far beyond charming i don't have a work for it. oh, and you've got yourself a future knitter there. that concentration on her face will bode well when she takes on the task....she gets more and more precious with each passing day.

Ugh! I hate hate hate hard pillows! When we pillow shop the softer and the higher the down count the better...although I'm with you on feathers! Viva la difference!

Love looking at the posting about your room Gorgeous! And this wee girl has hand knit sweaters and a smocked garment. What! You rock. And so does she. And who doesn't like pibbows? And Ikea? And knitting,and your beautiful photographs. THANK YOU! Happy early Spring!

paola mollo says: February 28, 2015 at 08:54 AM

beautiful house
and also beautiful girl in her yellow dress
ciao Paola

I do believe that your baby girl is an artist. She is precious.

The pillow is fantastic! I always love, love seeing the photos of your Mimi (I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but M's nickname is Mimi, too -- funny that they have such different names, but we arrived at the same place, nickname-wise). She looks like such a sweet, fun kid!

Love the dresses, love the marks on her face and hope she didn't mess up her adorable outfit. Your post make me want to go back and have my daughter young again so I could dress her like Amelia. So cute!! Can someone that's never quilted before follow the quilt as you go book? I've got a bunch of scraps I need to get out of my basement and would love to do something with them without giving them away.

As a long time reader I just want to say that I am so happy that you are so happy. Blessings always to your sweet family. Enjoy !!

heavenly to see her growing into clothes made with such faith and hope so long ago. and, she's the only white girl i know who looks good in yellow. scrumptious. and, a dream come true. <3

Mimi and the knitting notions! a few posts back she had the hair ties out and was organising them. I imagine the la la la in her head as she decides what task to do next. Recently my granddaughter quietly took herself out of eyesight and posted all the house and car keys from the bowl on the sideboard down a conveniently placed hole. These are very la la la tasks that just need to be done by a busy 2 and half year old! The front of your house is beautiful. I don't think i have seen it before, or If I have, I hadn't realised it was yours. What a lovely front door and window astragals. You must have fallen in love with it at first sight! And all your living room is colours are so good. I really have too much to say about this post but I have managed to contain myself a little :)

Super darling!

Hooray for the little Sylvanian's mommy having a rest on the little table near your chair! Is it your Jiminy cricket?ha,ha!
Mimi looks like a sunshine in the last photos..Hooray for little girls wearing yellow!
And Hooray for no thoughts quilts!

Where oh where did you find that wonderful umbrella? Any hints on how to locate one would be much appreciated.

I really enjoyed reading your blog. Im going to buy the quilt book you mentioned looks like my kind of quilting x

This was an extra beautiful post. I always love seeing your home and what your lovely daughter is wearing. I love the picture from the book. I collect Eloise Wilkin books. They remind me of my childhood. And I was so happy with what you wrote about alpaca. I became allergic last year and had felt very sad about it but I now feel much better. Thank you!

Your photo's are beautiful and your home and street are dreamy. Thank you for sharing your life with us all.

Ok, I just have to say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your house! We just bought a new (old) house, so I *need* toknow....what is the paint color in your living room, wall and trim??? 💗

Oh my gosh, is there anything cuter than a little girl in a smocked gingham dress? She is just so busy all the time...I love seeing her discover the world, it makes me miss the times when my grown-up girls were wee. :)

I spy with my little eye - a Calico Critter bunny keeping crochet mermaid and Miss Maggie Rabbit company. Ever since you posted about Andy's mermaid for Amelia, I have pondered such a project, but I don't crochet. Inspiration is half the fun though, so .... dare I order her? Sometimes I vicariously accomplish the project just by ordering the pattern. hee hee hee

I laughed when I read how much you hate feather pillows. Too funny! I love feather pillows and have them all over the couch and beds. Your photos are beautiful. I especially love the one with your daughter and the umbrella.

I just jumped over to your site from MMD. I love it! I want to try that quilting technique. Lovely.

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About Alicia Paulson

My name is Alicia Paulson
and I love to make things. I live with my husband and daughter in Portland, Oregon, and design sewing, embroidery, knitting, and crochet patterns. See more about me at

Since August of 2011 I've been using a Canon EOS 60D with an EF 18-200mm kit lens and an EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens.


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10 simple ways to protect your working drivers

Statistically, driving is the most dangerous thing a person can do at work. In fact, it causes more deaths in the UK than any other work-related accident – at between 800 and 1,000 a year.

With working drivers up to 40% more likely to be involved in a collision than those driving for personal reasons, it’s essential that, as an employer, you do all you can to protect your employees when they’re out on the road. It takes just one work-related collision to result in your prosecution – or worse, the fatality or serious injury of an employee.

Research by Masternaut found that four in 10 business drivers have been given points on their license while at work, with 64% of those being speeding offences.

Although you can never predict or fully control what’s going to happen on the roads, there are some simple measures you can take to minimise the risk of a work-related collision. These should all be included in your written driving for business policy.

Here are 10 simple ways you can protect your working drivers, whether they’re transporting goods, travelling to meetings/jobs, commuting, escorting clients, or any other driving job carried out for work purposes.

1. Assess individual drivers

Always assess individual drivers before they head out on the road. Factors such as attitude, age, experience, familiarity with the vehicle and being on medication can all affect a person’s ability to drive safely.

2. Provide driver awareness training courses

Ask any employee required to travel for work to complete a driver awareness course to equip them with the knowledge they need to drive safely. Often bad habits are picked up over time, and a quick refresh of memory could end up saving a life. Register for a free trial of our WorkRite Driver Awareness E-Learning course to equip working drivers with everything they need to know about reducing driving risks.

3. Encourage alternative transport or communication

Is driving absolutely necessary? Consider first whether the task can be completed in a different way, such as a video conference call, or taking public transport instead.

4. Keep company vehicles in top condition

Make sure you know all the legal requirements for a safe working vehicle (you can find all of these on our e-learning course). Quick checks include oil and water levels, lights, fuel and tyres. Remember that this applies to any vehicle an employee drives for work – even if it is their own.

5. Offer additional support for workers

It is dangerous to be stressed on the road. Not only can stress be distracting, it can also change the driver’s behaviour by making them more easily angered, or emotional at the wheel. This all too often leads to speeding and other forms of reckless driving. Make sure your employees have someone they can talk to at work if they are under home or work stress. Never allow a worker onto the road if you know they are experiencing high levels of stress.

6. Enforce a non-smoking, eating and drinking while driving rule

Lighting a cigarette, opening a sandwich packet, or holding a coffee could all take focus off driving, raising the risk of losing control or lowering reaction time. Enforcing a ban will encourage your working drivers to stop for regular food or smoking breaks.

7. Ban phone calls

While using a mobile phone while driving is a fineable offence, even having a hands-free system in place can cause distractions. Having a no-calls policy will help eliminate the temptation to conduct calls on the move, no matter how urgent they might feel at the time. No phone call is worth the potential results of a collision.

8. Encourage over-night stays

For long distances, put your employees up for the night in a hotel. While a hotel room may seem like an extra and unnecessary cost, consider for a moment the costs of a collision. Work-related collisions are thought to cost UK employers £2.7 billion every year. It’s also nothing on the resulting loss of company reputation, contracts, accident investigation and paperwork.

9. Encourage sensible journey planning

Before each work-related journey, a sensible route should be planned out to take in factors such as traffic, road type, weather conditions and the type of vehicle being driven. Extra time should always be allotted for delays to avoid the temptation to speed, and where possible night-time driving should be avoided.

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Driving for long periods of time can cause us to slip into unhealthy positions that put strain on our necks/backs/limbs. These can be extremely distracting while driving. It is important to carry out an ergonomic assessment of the driver and vehicle to find out if any adjustments can be made, such as the addition of lumbar supports.

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History of the
World Cup

By J.K. Rowling

According to The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup – produced by the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee (ICWQC) and available through all reputable wizarding bookstores for what many feel is the ridiculously overpriced sum of thirty nine Galleons – the tournament has been held every four years since 1473. As with so much else about the wizarding world’s most important sporting competition, many query the accuracy of this statement.

As only European teams competed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purists prefer to date the Quidditch World Cup’s inception from the seventeenth century when it became open to all continents. There is also heated debate about the accuracy of some historical accounts of tournaments. A substantial amount of all post-game analysis centres on whether magical interference took place and whether it made, or ought to have made, the final result moot.

The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition. The rulebook concerning both on- and off-pitch magic is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer’ and ‘modification of any part of the referee’s body, whether or not he or she has requested such modification, will lead to a lifetime ban from the tournament and possibly imprisonment.’

The most exhilarating sporting event on Earth and a logistical nightmare

A source of vehement disagreements, a security risk for all who attend it and a frequent focus for unrest and protest, the Quidditch World Cup is simultaneously the most exhilarating sporting event on Earth and a logistical nightmare for the host nation.

No dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer

Statute of Secrecy

A watershed moment for the Quidditch World Cup was the implementation of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692, which was intended to conceal the existence of magic and wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) saw the Quidditch World Cup as a security risk of the highest magnitude because of the mass movement and congregation of so many members of the international wizarding community. However, following mass protests and threats to the ICW, it was agreed that the tournament could continue and a regulatory body – the ICWQC – was set up to locate suitable venues – usually remote moors, deserts and deserted islands – arrange transportation for spectators (as many as a hundred thousand routinely attend finals) and police the games themselves, a task generally agreed to be among the most thankless and difficult in the wizarding world.

How the Tournament Works

The number of countries that enter a Quidditch team for each World Cup fluctuates from tournament to tournament. Where the wizarding population of a country is small it can be difficult to raise a team of the required standard, but other factors such as international conflict or disaster may affect the entry numbers. However, any country may enter a team within the twelve months following the last final.

Game length is capped at four hours to prevent player exhaustion

Teams are then divided into sixteen groups within which every team plays all the others over a two-year period until sixteen winning teams remain. During the group phase, game length is capped at four hours to prevent player exhaustion. Inevitably this means that some group games have no Snitch catches, but are decided on goals alone. Any win in the group phase counts for two points. A win by more than 150 points earns an additional five points, by 100 an additional 3 points and 50, 1 point. In the case of a tie on points, the winner is the team who caught the Snitch most often – or most quickly – during its matches.

Game length is capped at four hours to prevent player exhaustion

The final sixteen are ranked according to the points they won during the group phase. The team with most points plays the team with least, the team with the second most points plays the team with the second least and so on. In theory, the two best teams will remain to play each other in the final.

Referees are chosen by the ICWQC.

Infamous tournaments

No Quidditch World Cup is without its controversies, but some stand out. A few of the most infamous are listed below.

Attack of the Killer Forest

The ghastly climax of the 1809 final between Romania and New Spain (what is now known as Mexico) has gone down in wizarding history as the worst exhibition of temper ever given by an individual player. Niko Nenad’s teammates had become so concerned by his ferocious outbursts during the quarter and semi-finals that they tried to persuade their manager to substitute him for the final, advice that was sadly ignored by the ambitious old wizard. After the game, Nenad’s teammate Ivan Popa (winner of an International Wizarding Order of Merit for his life-saving actions during the catastrophe) told an international inquiry: ‘Over the preceding weeks we’d seen Niko beat himself over the head with his broom and set fire to his own feet in frustration. I’d personally stopped him strangling two referees. However, I had no suspicion about what he was planning to do if the final didn’t go our way. I mean, who’d suspect that? You’d have to be as mental as he was.’ Precisely when and how Nenad managed to jinx an entire forest on the edge of the West Siberian Plain is open to speculation, although he is thought to have had accomplices among unprincipled fans and was later proven to have paid local Dark wizards substantial sums. After two hours of play, Romania were behind on points and looking tired. It was then that Nenad deliberately hit a Bludger out of the stadium into the forest beyond the pitch. The effect was instantaneous and murderous. The trees sprang to life, wrenched their roots out of the ground and marched upon the stadium, flattening everything in their path, causing numerous injuries and several fatalities. What had been a Quidditch match turned swiftly into a human versus tree battle, which the wizards won only after seven hours’ hard fighting. Nenad was not prosecuted as he had been killed early on by a particularly violent spruce.

The trees sprang to life, wrenched their roots out of the ground and marched upon the stadium

The Tournament that Nobody Remembers

The ICWQC insists that a tournament has been held every four years since 1473. This is a source of pride, proving as it does that nothing – wars, adverse weather conditions or Muggle interference – can stop wizards playing Quidditch. There is, however, a mystery surrounding the tournament of 1877. The competition was undoubtedly planned: a venue chosen (the Ryn Desert in Kazakhstan), publicity materials produced, tickets sold. In August, however, the wizarding world woke up to the fact that they had no memory whatsoever of the tournament taking place. Neither those in possession of tickets nor any of the players could remember a single game.

half the Argentinian team were found tied up in the basement of a pub in Cardiff

However, for reasons none of them understood, English Beater Lucas Bargeworthy was missing most of his teeth, Canadian Seeker Angelus Peel’s knees were on backwards and half the Argentinian team were found tied up in the basement of a pub in Cardiff. Precisely what had – or had not – taken place during the tournament has never been satisfactorily proven. Theories range from a Mass Memory Charm perpetuated by the Goblin Liberation Front (at that time very active and attracting a number of disaffected anarchist wizards) or the breakout of Cerebrumous Spattergroit, a virulent sub-strain of the more common Spattergroit, which causes severe confusion and memory impairment. In any case, it was deemed appropriate to re-stage the tournament in 1878 and it has been held every four years since, which accounts for the slight anomaly in the ‘every four years since 1473’ sequence.

Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators

In 1971 the ICWQC appointed a new International Director, Australian wizard Royston Idlewind. An ex-player who had been part of his country’s World Cup-winning team of 1966, he was nevertheless a contentious choice for International Director due to his hard-line views on crowd control – a stance undoubtedly influenced by the many jinxes he had endured as Australia’s star Chaser. Idlewind’s statement that he considered the crowd ‘the only thing I don’t like about Quidditch’ did not endear him to fans. Their feelings turned to outright hostility when he proceeded to bring in a number of draconian regulations, the worst being a total ban on all wands from the stadium except those carried by ICWQC officials. Many fans threatened to boycott the 1974 World Cup in protest but as empty stands were Idlewind’s secret ambition, their strategy never stood a chance. The tournament duly commenced and while crowd turnout was reduced, the appearance of ‘Dissimulators’, an innovative new style of musical instrument, enlivened every match. These multi-coloured tube-like objects emitted loud cries of support and puffs of smoke in national colours.

As the tournament progressed, the Dissimulator craze grew, as did the crowds. By the time the Syria-Madagascar final arrived, the stands were packed with a record crowd of wizards, each carrying his or her own Dissimulator. Upon the appearance of Royston Idlewind in the box for dignitaries and high-ranking officials, a hundred thousand Dissimulators emitted loud raspberries and were transformed instantly into the wands they had been disguising all along. Humiliated by the mass flouting of his pet law, Royston Idlewind resigned instantly. Even the supporters of the losers, Madagascar, had something to celebrate during the rest of the long, raucous night.

Reappearance of the Dark Mark

Possibly the most infamous World Cup Final of the last few centuries was the Ireland-Bulgaria match of 1994, which took place on Dartmoor, England. During the post-match celebrations of Ireland’s triumph there was an outbreak of unprecedented violence as supporters of Lord Voldemort attacked fellow wizards and captured and tortured local Muggles. For the first time in fourteen years, the Dark Mark appeared in the sky, which caused widespread alarm and resulted in many injuries among the crowd. The ICWQC censured the Ministry of Magic heavily after the event, judging that security arrangements had been inadequate given the known existence of a violent pure-blood tendency in the United Kingdom. Royston Idlewind emerged briefly from retirement to give the following statement to the Daily Prophet: ‘A wand ban doesn’t look so stupid now, does it?’

Quidditch World Cup 1990-2014

Canada 270 – Scotland 240

A bitter disappointment for Scotland, whose Seeker Hector Lamont missed catching the Snitch by millimetres. In a post-match interview, Hector famously lambasted his father (‘Stubby’ Lamont) for not giving him longer fingers.

Ireland 170 – Bulgaria 160

The on-pitch action was very much overshadowed by the events that followed this match. A spectacular Snitch capture by young Seeker Viktor Krum was enough to salvage Bulgarian dignity, but not to secure a win.

Malawi 260 – Senegal 180

Only the second ever all-African final. Following the 1994 riots, security at this match was tighter than ever before. Senegal almost refused to play when their team mascots (Yumboes) were arrested outside the stadium. Yumboes are a kind of African house-elf and they took their arrest in reasonably good part, merely stealing every bit of food within a ten-mile radius in revenge and vanishing into the night.

Egypt 450 – Bulgaria 300

Another crushing disappointment for Bulgaria. Viktor Krum was narrowly beaten to the Snitch by the outstanding Egyptian Seeker, Rawya Zaghloul. After the match, a tearful Krum announced his retirement.

Burkina Faso 300 – France 220

A popular win for the small African nation, whose Seeker Joshua Sankara was promptly named Burkinabé Minister for Magic. Two days later he resigned, pointing out that he’d much rather play Quidditch.

Moldova 750 – China 640

A furiously contested match that lasted three days and was widely held to have produced some of the finest Quidditch seen this century. The tiny country of Moldova has consistently produced excellent Quidditch teams and supporters were heartbroken that they failed to qualify this year due to an outbreak of Dragon Pox at their training camp.

The Quidditch World Cup 2014

This year’s Quidditch World Cup promises to be as exciting as ever. The sixteen competing countries are:

Brazil, Bulgaria, Chad, Fiji, Germany, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, USA and Wales.

Nigeria and Norway enter the tournament as the two highest ranked teams. This is the first year that the USA is thought to have a reasonable chance of reaching the final. Much interest has been generated by the return to the Bulgarian side of the previously retired Viktor Krum, who at 38 is old for a Seeker but whose stated aim is ‘to win the World Cup before I die.’ For this reason, Bulgaria is attracting support from those whose own countries have not qualified.

Liechtenstein caused a serious upset in the qualifying stages by winning the group over last year’s runners-up, China. Liechtenstein’s team mascot is a gloomy, oversized Augurey called Hans who has his own fan club.

Other than this, nothing out of the ordinary has been reported. Rumours that Haiti have used Inferi to intimidate opposing teams have been dismissed by the ICWQC as ‘malicious and baseless.’ Accusations that Polish Seeker Bonawentura Wójcik is actually the famous Italian Seeker Luciano Volpi, Transfigured, were only disproven when Luciano Volpi agreed to a press conference by Wójcik’s side. Welsh manager Gwenog Jones, formerly of the Holyhead Harpies, threatened to ‘curse the face off’ rival Brazilian manager José Barboza when he called her Chasers ‘talentless hags’, a comment he later insisted had been taken out of context.

Opening games will take place next month in the Patagonian desert.

This writing was first published on Pottermore in July 2014

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The ONE Diet That Doesn’t Focus on Losing Weight

“The elimination diet: Remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve.” – Charles F. Glassman

This one quote manages to encapsulate Dr. Charles Glassman’s total wellness philosophy quite fully – namely that seeking inner power and peace serves as a precursor to many other benefits of the mind and body.

As opposed to sticking with the traditional “diagnose, treat and repeat” cycle of traditional medicine, Dr. Glassman goes beyond this with special emphasis on self-awareness and personal action. Five years ago, Dr. Glassman founded the New York Center for Longevity and Wellness – a medical practice dedicated to treating patients with a comprehensive approach of mind/body wellness and conventional medicine.

Dr. Glassman frames the practice of self-awareness as a necessity when it comes to well-being. In essence, Glassman associates many of the problems that we currently face – mental, physical and emotional – with the automatic responses generated by our very brain. In managing these automatic responses, it then becomes possible to understand and control mind/body connections and, hence, our own health.

Of all Glassman’s philosophies on health, the greatest amount of emphasis may be placed on preventative care. As Glassman says, “My goal is to prevent illness and to practice healthcare rather than focus on “sick care”.” Accomplishing this, Glassman believes, requires managing the everyday challenges of life; hence, balancing stress and maintaining strong optimism.

Simply put: to heal our bodies, we must properly use our mind.

In his book Brain DrainThe Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life, Dr. Glassman lays out exactly how to do that. Using case studies of clients, Glassman teaches his readers how to handle situations trigged by automatic brain responses to achieve health.

It is beyond the scope of this article to analyze and summarize Dr. Glassman’s book for practical use. However, the tenets that he uses in his treatment methods are quite straightforward and understandable.

Glassman summarizes the problem with the automatic brain (termed “AB”): “Our AB has one function – to protect us from danger, threat, or vulnerability. When it detects such, it releases an electrochemical response that we know as the fight or flight response. But this reaction is not simply getting you scared. This AB reaction leads up into behaviors and emotions that sometimes show up as fear, anger, rage, or even sadness, depression and withdraw.

In other words, our AB can use the innate “fight or flight” response to manifest harmful and counter-productive thoughts. These thoughts are the enemy and the reason for ill health of any kind. These thoughts are the reason why we fail to achieve in any worthwhile endeavor. These thought are why life is “bad” at times.

Dr. Glassman suggests that it’s not only unnecessary to control thoughts, it’s nearly impossible. Unless one happens to be a Buddhist monk or some type of meditative sage, there has to be another way…and there is.

Dr. Glassman lays out seven steps to help us gain more control:

  1. Do not believe everything you think.
  2. Understand that unwanted thoughts always arise in order to protect you (the “fight or flight” mechanism).
  3. Try to identify the circumstance that caused the thought.
  4. Realize that the circumstance is unlikely to be dangerous at all.
  5. Don’t fight the thoughts. It is more normal to get negative thoughts than not.
  6. Recite in your mind, “There is no danger, there is no threat, I am safe,” whenever getting these thoughts.
  7. If you get a negative thought that is particularly hurtful, finish it off.

For instance, if you get a thought that says, “I’m a loser.” Finish it by saying in your mind, “Yes, I am a loser. I am a loser if I play a game I know nothing about. But since my life is not a game and I play by my own rules I am a winner.”

If this sounds familiar to mindfulness meditation, that’s because it is. It’s about being mindful of that fact that our thoughts are not always our own. In realizing that our automatic brain will sometimes act erratically due to the still-primitive nature of our “lizard brain,” we can anticipate and respond to the thoughts that attempt to defeat us.

Finally, Dr. Glassman has the following advice: “I suggest you don’t try to control your thoughts. Follow these steps and it will help you accept them, but more importantly help you so you do not always believe, trust, or take direction from them. Doing so will elevate your health, peace of mind, and “live your everyday extraordinary!”

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Several of the leading candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister and take on the challenge of delivering Brexit will launch their leadership campaigns on Monday, as the crowded contest officially begins.

Britain is seeking a new leader after Theresa May announced she would resign, having failed to deliver Brexit on schedule in March and seen her authority over a divided parliament evaporate after three heavy defeats in votes to approve her exit deal.

May’s successor will inherit Britain’s deepest political crisis in decades over how, when, and whether it should leave the EU. The next leader’s choices will affect the country’s future role on the world stage and prosperity for generations to come.

Nominations for the contest will open on Monday, with each of the 11 hopeful needing to secure at least eight backers among the Conservatives’ 300-plus elected lawmakers. Voting later in the week will whittle the field down further.

While candidates are keen to set out policies beyond Brexit, leaving the European Union is set to dominate the agenda for a series of campaign launches due on Monday from contenders representing a wide spectrum of views.

Dominic Raab, one of the most hardline Brexit advocates, who says he would rather leave without a deal than delay the exit beyond its current date of Oct. 31, will launch under the banner of “Building a Fairer Britain.”

At the other end of the Brexit spectrum, Matt Hancock, who has ruled out leaving without a deal, will promise Britain “a fresh start” with a pro-business platform aimed at reaching new, younger voters.

Other launches are also expected on Monday and Tuesday.

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Why Print?

Marketing effectiveness in the digital age

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It's time advertisers and agencies took a more evidence-based approach to media planning and realised the power of print in the campaign mix

In a media landscape muddied by unfounded biases, questionable metrics and marketing jargon, the challenge for advertisers and agencies is to cut through the BS and identify which channels legitimately boost marketing effectiveness. It’s no easy task in an evolving, expanding and increasingly fragmented marketplace. And doing so asks that marketers leave their preconceptions at the door and consider all channels.

From print to social media, all have strengths and weaknesses. What’s important now is that marketers in all their various guises take an evidence-based approach to the increasingly complex business of media planning in the digital age.

The perception/ reality chasm

This issue of media bias was highlighted most starkly in a report penned in 2018 by the Radiocentre and Ebiquity. Titled Re-evaluating Media, the findings, in the words of media commentator Mark Ritson, “laid bare marketers’ perceptions about which channels perform best, and the extent to which they’re divorced from reality”.

Looking at the 10 channels that claw the majority of advertising spend (direct mail, magazines, newspapers, online display, online video, out-of-home, radio, social media and TV), the study first identified the four main drivers for media selection and compared marketing perceptions against actual performance.

The report sheds light on which factors marketers most value (targeting, ROI, emotional response and brand salience), but the results also illuminate whether this love-in with digital and the reticence towards traditional media is grounded in reality. Spoiler: It’s not.

Ritson says the conclusions are twofold: “First, a significant number of marketers are not driven by data any more. They look at their own highly unrepresentative media consumption and use that as a proxy for their media planning.”

Second, he says, “there is a significant bias within media agencies towards digital media and against so-called traditional alternatives. If you look at the amount of money that can be made in fees and rebates from digital media it is often a factor of three or four times more profitable to recommend digital video over TV or radio.”

Clearly the likes of newspapers, magazines and direct mail are dismissed far too easily by marketers, many of whom are suffering from a touch of the shiny things syndrome. Clearly, there is a gulf between perception and reality.

On emotional response metrics, advertisers and agencies ranked magazines, newspaper and direct mail in fifth, eighth and ninth place out of ten respectively, when in reality they number second, fifth and seventh. The same applies to brand salience, where perceptions say fourth, eight and tenth, and the facts say joint second and fifth.

Most worrying of all was that the perception/reality gap was most pronounced when measured against 12 criteria (including the four mentioned above). This “overall weighted score” put magazines, newspapers and direct mail in tenth and joint seventh. While in reality the three channels placed in fourth, third and sixth respectively, beating social (7), online video (9) and online display (10).

This and yet the latter three receive a more generous slice of media spend, with much of it stripped from traditional media.

The rot at the heart of marketing

The reasons for this disparity are many, but short-termism, more than most, is stinking up the marketing landscape and obscuring the truth about which channels are most effective, and on what measures.

According to a survey of the marketing industry by the IPA and ISBA, 75% of marketers and 73% of agencies agree that short-term tactical needs often take priority over longer-term objectives. Meanwhile, as few as 14% of marketers and 4% of agency execs “strongly agree” that marketing objectives focus on the long-term (defined here as the next one-to-three years).

This focus on short-term gains rather than on a long-term strategy has been shown to have an adverse effect on marketing effectiveness. Effectiveness gurus Les Binet and Peter Field said it best in The long and the short of it when they said that, on average, marketers should invest 60% of their budgets in long-term brand building and 40% in short-term sales activation to achieve the best return on marketing investment (or ROMI).

Chasing highly-targeted, short-term sales activations, mostly across search and social, has stymied the use of traditional channels. It’s likely also why perceptions towards these channels among marketers have soured somewhat. But worse still, we’ve seen this approach prop up a five-year decline in the effectiveness of top performing campaigns in the UK.

Emphasis on metrics that prove marketing effectiveness only in the immediate term also skew priorities in favour of campaigns that value immediate sales, and we see this again reflected in the choice of channel.

“Marketers have been conditioned to believe that many established media are somehow yesterday’s news. There’s a lot of received wisdom and an extremely well-funded digital PR machine that fills our heads with messages that are not reflecting results,” says Field. “But when you look at the research on the ground, we see that, certainly for the foreseeable future, a combination of print and digital – the two in balance – is the smart play.”

Solutions will come once marketing as an industry gauges the effectiveness of campaigns not just on immediate sales but also on more brand style effects.

“This short sightedness,” argues Gavin Wheeler, chief executive of WDMP and non-executive director on the DMA Group Board, “doesn’t only devalue campaigns that create mental brand equity, influence future sales or prime consumer emotionally, it obscures the power of some channels… to achieve both brand and activation effects.”

Refocusing on effectiveness

Shallow, often deceptive metrics are a scourge unto the digital marketing industry. Likes, clicks and impressions are fine for racking up the zeros, but say little about marketing effectiveness

Most worrying of all, we’re seeing this focus on quick returns hurt marketing effectiveness, particularly when measuring long-term return on investment, brand equity and readership satisfaction.

Speaking about the consequences this approach brings for channels like print media and others that tend towards long-term effects, Enders says “in effect we believe that a nuanced, analogue tool has been replaced by a too-simplistic digital tool with unverified consequences for many brands”.

Measuring marketing effectiveness remains a challenge, but still marketers must not make the mistake of believing a one size fits all approach will do. Nor should they deprioritise the value of creative and assume science tells them all they need to know.

Short-termism in marketing has certainly elevated ROI, rather than profit growth, to a higher status than say reach, scale or even emotion. On the latter measure, we’re seeing more brands harness the power of the tangible to create an impact, make an emotional connection and improve recall. And those who resist the pull of digital are toying with print media conventions, challenging our associations with traditional media and creating interactions that feel fresh and authentic.

But the real winners in this fast-changing media landscape will be those who discriminate not on the basis of channel but adapt based on the objectives at hand. The marketing press have waxed lyrical about the benefits of integrated marketing through the years, but it’s time now to turn those words into action, and with strategies that transcend traditional boundaries.

In the words of Field, “we are being over-hyped and over-sold on a uniquely digital future. We need to get real and take a more evidence-based view of what really drives effectiveness.”

Truly integrated marketing

On channel selection, print media is routinely given short shrift. Yet studies show that print, when thrown into the marketing mix, boosts overall marketing effectiveness.

Research shows that adding print to the media mix increases campaign ROI and engenders greater trust than would otherwise be the case. Just look at the results from the IPA’s Marketing Effectiveness in the Digital Era report, which concludes that adding press or DM to the marketing mix boosts effectiveness by 15% and 10% respectively.

Another study, conducted by Binet and Field for the IPA, says the opportunities afforded to marketers by the new media landscape actually make ‘traditional’ media more effective. A campaign that includes TV, for example, boosts effectiveness by 40%. But a campaign that includes both TV and online video will see an effectiveness boost of 54%. Online video on its own is just 25%.

“Digital media is making mass media work better and that potential effectiveness is much higher. But while potential effectiveness has increased. Actual effectiveness has not.”
Les Binet
Head of Effectiveness, Adam & Eve DDB

Crucially for advertisers, antipathy towards certain channels is actively stifling profitability. Planning for Profit, by Benchmarketing and Newsworks, shows that brands are grossly under-utilising newsbrands, for example, and in doing so they’re losing out on an estimated £3bn in potential campaign profit.

If marketers are to ever understand the effectiveness of advertising mediums – and see the bigger picture – they would do well to consider what traditional channels like press bring to the mix. Print media, after all, has a proven ability to create awareness, hold attentiondrive commercial actionsengender trust and even build long-term brand loyalty. All issues that have been pushed to the fore in the wake of a digital revolution sweeping the media landscape.

Despite the ubiquity of online platforms, print remains the most trusted environment for advertisers. One that’s relevant, reliable and authoritative. Meanwhile, digital’s copybook has been blotted by fake news scandals and created a contextual headache for brands.

Edelman’s 2018 Trust Barometer clearly states that consumer trust in advertising has reached an all-time low. And as consumers grow increasingly mistrustful of marketing messages, not least those on social media, exponents would do well to explore alternative, more trustworthy channels – traditional or otherwise.

Prime print examples

In this new media landscape, saturated with content and tainted by unwelcome interruptions, we’re beginning to see the pendulum swing back towards those channels that command the most trust and attention.

Take, for example, the resurgence of customer magazines: digital giants Airbnb, Facebook, Kodak and Net-a-Porter have all released their own printed offerings to complement their online products and services.

Then there’s this new breed of niche, independent magazine publishers, many of whom have plugged into their audience’s passion points in a way brands rarely succeed in doing.

In the last year alone, we’ve seen many a print campaign pick up at award dos. Perhaps none more so than KFC’s sweary chicken shortage apology, which scooped a silver and three Gold Lions at Cannes, not to mention a Magnetic Spotlight Award for best topical campaign, and proving all along that print, particularly news media, has gravitas and authority.

Surely, we can’t talk about 2018 without mentioning the D&AD Yellow Pencil award-winning Ikea pee ad. An ad that revealed a special cot discount to those who peed on it and were pregnant. Sticking with the same brand, Ikea SÖMNIG stole the show with a print advertisement that emitted a subtle lavender aroma and white noise amplifier to help sleep deprived Emiratis get 40 winks.

Both captured the imagination and shattered the perception that print is dead. But crucially, both proved that it’s not necessarily new technology but a brilliant conceit that benefits the consumer and gets people talking.

“Just like secrets, word of mouth spreads when the information source is perceived as credible and when the information itself is seen as new and exclusive,” says communication psychologist, lecturer at the London College of Fashion, and author of Connected Marketing: The Viral, Buzz and Word of Mouth Revolution, Dr Paul Marsden.

Well-crafted, beautiful print advertising can also catalyse discussions online, sometimes leading to millions of Twitter impressions.

Take Stabilo’s ‘Highlight the remarkable campaign’, another campaign which picked up a Cannes Lion, not to mention a win at LIA and EPICA, plus Grand Prix victories at Eurobest, and turned a plug for a highlighter pen into something that empowered and inspired women everywhere.

The campaign’s success is easily explained, reckons Vera Ickert, senior art director at DDB Dusseldorf, the agency that created the work. “The simplicity of this campaign was key. If you try to tell six different messages in a single print ad, you’ll lose the audience’s attention. And sadly, all too often, marketers and advertisers forget this.”

Likewise, Japanese health company ANGFA tapped into the cut through of print media with the Washable Book, a picture book designed to teach children in Cambodia the importance of having clean hands.

The finished article was gifted to hundreds of children, together with a bar of soap, and that used deceptively simple printing techniques to promote hand-washing… through hand-washing. Scrubbing the pages within revealed a series of colourful illustrations that helped to bring the tale (and the issue) to life.

Similar to the Ikea pee test, the medium was very much the message, and effected change simply by showing rather than telling.

Shunsuke Kakinami, McCann Health Japan’s group creative director, says of the ANGFA execution, “It absolutely is innovative, but high-tech, low-tech – it doesn’t matter to us. What does matter is that we’re interacting in a way that challenges our demographic. And print, more than any other format, is a simple, powerful and experiential medium… Innovation isn’t about technology, it’s more a way of doing.”

Clearly there is no shortage of campaigns to make the case for a healthy mix of new and old media, nor is there evidence to say print is dead. All is needed now is for advertisers and agencies to take a more evidence-based approach to media planning. And while digital is still very much the first point of call for marketers, there’s research – and plenty of it – to show that print media cuts through the noise, and in doing so deserves a rightful place in the mix.

“When you look at the research on the ground, we see that, certainly for the foreseeable future, a combination of print and digital – the two in balance – is the smart play.”
Peter Field
Independent Marketing and Advertising Professional


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Tim Tebow Signed 24x35 Custom Career Showcase Poster (JSA COA)

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Custom Career Showcase Poster measures 24" x 35" in size. Hand-signed in silver paint pen by Tim Tebow (Broncos). Please note, the photo shows signs of wear.

The lot / autograph(s) includes an official James Spence Authentication (JSA) hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.

Authentication: JSA COA

Due to the uniqueness of each item, please refer to the photos provided in this auction. We offer high resolution images of each item rather than a written description of condition.

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There are various investigator courses an individual interested in becoming a private investigator can take up to be a significant member of the professional field. Here are a few examples of such Private investigator online courses:

Government Program

There are many individuals who take up government courses and programs to study for their private investigator profession. These programs include private investigator courses that introduce candidates to various ideologies and concepts all of which come in handy during their fieldwork in the future.

Equivalent Online Study

With a private investigator course online free, candidates can study the important aspects of the field while sitting right at home. This course introduces the candidates to the very basics of the theory.

During their internship period, the private investigators are taught to implement the theory into practical situations. Internships are commonly conducted by professionals who have acquired a lot of experience in the field. A well-rounded and reported internship program helps these candidates get a job when applying to an agency, firm or organization.

Science Honours Degree

This is an important milestone every candidate willing to becoming a private investigator must obtain. It is through this that their identification of homicide cases is simplified. It helps them identify the causes of a person’s death. This way, when starting their own business, private investigators are not dependent on any other source to make diagnoses that are helpful in solving cases.

Certificate – Diploma

In order to be able to make the above-mentioned prognosis, it is important that the candidates study the courses thoroughly. This can be done in an academy or through various online courses. In an academy, students are required to take up a few hours of theory-based classes followed up by extensive fieldwork. These courses can be done from places like private investigator course Mohawk College and private investigator course Humber College. Online courses are discussed below.

Online Modular Courses

Certain professionals begin their investigative careers through online modular courses. These courses introduce candidates to the basic theory of things after which they are desired to give in a few years of fieldwork. This helps them create a strong understanding between the practical implementation of the theories they have learnt. The modular courses present candidates with scenarios that can help them create a deep understanding of the field they want to work in.

Research Method Skills

Every candidate who wishes to become a private investigator is required to invest a certain time in researching. Detectives are required to demonstrate a depth of understanding about the person they are interrogating, the place that they are conducting a case in, etc. It is only then that the individuals learn and understand ways in which they can solve a case through different platforms and basis. It introduces them to things they were unaware of before. At some points, individuals come across previous detectives and their case studies. This helps them develop a better approach for themselves.


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Alfalfa & Sweet Beets(sugar beets)

A copy of this letter will be sent to President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack along with your comments:
Dear President Obama and Secretary Vilsack,
I urge that you halt the sale and planting of Monsanto’s recently approved Roundup Ready® GMO alfalfa and sugar beets until independent, peer-reviewed studies can be conducted to determine whether or not these products pose a threat to plant, animal and human health.
On January 17 of this year, Dr. Don Huber, an internationally recognized plant pathologist, wrote Secretary Vilsack an urgent letter warning of a credible threat to animal and human health and our food supply. The letter warned of a link between Roundup Ready GMO crops, the use of the herbicide Glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) and serious plant diseases and animal infertility and abortions.
Dr. Huber’s letter detailed the discovery of an organism previously unknown to science by a team of U.S. scientists that had been linked to alarming levels of infertility and spontaneous abortions in livestock. The organism has been found in high concentrations in Roundup Ready corn and soybean meal and distillers grain fed to these animals, resulting in infertility rates as high as 20% and spontaneous abortion rates as high as 45% in cattle herds.
Unfortunately, the administration and USDA have failed to heed this warning and properly respond, despite serious and credible concerns laid out in his letter. Rather than proceed with caution after receiving such alarming information, the Obama administration chose to bow to pressure from vested interests in the agriculture industry and fully deregulate Monsanto’s Roundup Ready® alfalfa and sugar beets less than 3 weeks after receiving Dr. Huber’s letter.
As a result of this failure to conduct due diligence, the decision to deregulate these crops should be reversed, and the White House and the USDA should impose a moratorium on the sale and planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa and sugar beet seeds until independent studies have been conducted documenting their safety.
Furthermore, the practice of allowing Monsanto and other companies to provide internal, corporate-funded studies, while interfering with and intimidating independent scientists and researchers, must end.
It is vital to the future of our democracy and the safety of American citizens that scientists and governmental agencies conduct and review independent scientific studies on the environmental, animal and human health implications of genetically modified crops and foods.


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intolerance, racism & hate

Although this is a chef site and most of my blogs reflect about TCM in a broad way – today I am adding another personal story to the blooming pseudo-political aspect of tolerance and racism…

In 1995 I participated with my ex-partner Mathieu in a catalogue production based out of Healdsburg Sonoma Valley. TZABACO. This shopping-magazine targeted gay consumers with a story line of Mike and Alex, a gay couple that lived in a cabin in the Sonoma Valley and had friends visiting. Michael (Mathieu’s character) was a bartender in the city and I portrait Alex, a writer and home-buddy. We had a sleepy golden retriever named Bob and everything you would find in the catalogue pictures/story was for purchase. It was a gutsy and risky undertaken by the owners to “openly” promote products with a gay couple in the days where gay people hardly were seen kissing in TV shows and way before Queer as Folk or gay sports personas would ever step to the front and admit their natural preference. The meaning “transgender” was unknown to most and is still unclear to people living  revoked from urban modernity or “sheltered” by religious dogma.

Tzabaco with Mike and Alex chef raphael gamon

Tzabaco with Mike and Alex (mathieu mcbee raphael gamon)

My modeling agency warned me that this might be a bit “homophobic” for my carrier. Although I grew up unconcerned about any gay issues – I had no problem with admitting my sexual preference when asked about my lack of girlfriends. Growing up in Switzerland where being gay was not an issue – not even when I joined an elite branch of the army – I had never been threatened, harassed or bullied for being me. Quite the opposite, I think my “gay” upbringing was rather exciting; I got laid left and right and ponder in hindsight about the friends I knew in my “active” youth that are today happily married and seemingly content as well. As an intelligent child I would have told you that if I had a choice, I most likely would have preferred to be married and have children as well; but I am sexually and psychologically attracted to the male body. I have had beautiful sexual experiences with woman; it is not as intense, as exciting and I never fantasize about making love to a female… Actually, I can’t explain it correctly – but I know with certainty – I am gay. Fascinated about extreme sports and always the first to strive for dangerous adventure, my sexual desire have nothing to do with the person I am in my professional life, although I choose to life in a gay city. My sexual preference is rarely influencial in any of  my dailly actions. I get along with pretty much with anyone nice, sane regardless of their life-style preference or even religion.  I never made a big point about mine either. I’m the spirit that was raised to embrace the positive aspects of being, to express the likes before the dislikes and point out that my reality quietly included the obscure, difficult and disharmony that makes life colorful.

So many out there have this strong urge to express their dislikes. Why?

I listen better than most. Very aware of the words used when talking, writing or even drawing my ideas into reality. Religious extremes are quick to voice their unique views and hide behind multiple translations of bible verses and confusing moral correctness created mostly by peeps that used brutal force in past times to doctrine their worldly existence beyond their living time. Preachers today confuse followers with rhetorical old-time views that don’t reflect current science. Hate is simply an emotional expression from a perspective of one-sided righteousness. It often lacks logic and requires a very narrow view. Such individuals invest a great deal of energy, intellect and excuses in why their deep seeded feeling is acceptable and they often use physical power to manifest their ideology.

I’m utterly irked when people promote their personality in chat sites with racist wordings like: “…I’m sorry, no blacks or Asians, just a preference… It’s a hateful  remark! It’s equally ignorant to say: “…only disease free…” Clearly indicating a lack of basic HIV education. Anyone with an undetectable virus is in good care and quite impossible to transmit “disease” – besides that HIV is by far the most commonly transmitted of all STD’s … This is not the ideal prophylactic way of preventing an infection when designing your racist personal profile while thinking it is racy…(Study your words…) It starts as a single step to change the world. As long as politicians and omnious leaders of kingdoms and nations refuse to be educated – because they would discover what awful samples they are – there is little chance for all nations to balance old wisdom withresearch; it’s merely one “powerful” dude branding his simple minded ideas onto others… often driven by junk science!

While a bearded transgender performer just won the Eurovision contest before a 120 million TV audience in Europe, here in the USofA the news media is sadly broadcasting every detail of a billionaire league owner that  lacks business sense when laundering his hateful persona to the public. He does not even understand that Michael Jordan is HIV positive and does not have AIDS… His ego is about as inflated as that of Putin, promotes self-confidence as comical as Palin or Bachmann and displays a poor sense for what is poverty as do the Kardashians. Sure, they all give generously to charities; not because this is a heart driven gesture – because their accountants calculate this is best to secure their wealth. Revoked from the reality of “normal” being; completely ignorant to the sad realism of their immediate surrounding which is constructed to never allow anyone working for them to speak the truth and reflect the despicable human they are… Being rich requires to be isolated from the norm.

The TZABACO catalogue in it’s fourth edition showcased me, Alex piggy-horse riding my laughing nephew on my back during a family Christmas party. In the early days of internet and social media we received handwritten letters from mostly religious corners expressing their frustration and disgust about a fag carrying an innocent child of God on my gay shoulders. I was not hurt, but confused that here in the US – this advanced country that invates with weaponries and soldiers other countries when they express intolerance – citizens would take time to write hate letters while self-convinced that their action was honorable.

That is equally as confusing as any NFL player of color opinionates about the congratulary kiss of a man with his male partner – It was in my lifetime when in 1968 their status of a 2/3 human was finally corrected. Yes, racism, intolerance and hate of any kind are all twined when expressing your one-sided deep emotions. Just, today with the internet, it’s irrevocable out there. It would be much simpler and all inclusive if most of you would restrict your expressions to what you like instead of shouting out the many things we dislike.

Just portrait yourself with the things that you like instead. For most of you that would still draft you as the freak you are! …because I listen and often withhold my reaction… In the end it is easier to let you live in your isolated bubble since I have learned that wealthy people tend to retaliate against a truthful opinion.

chef raphael


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A DBS is not only to safeguard the children and young people/ vulnerable adults you work/volunteer with but also safeguards yourself.

Please find here answers to some of your most frequently asked questions.

Q. Do I need a DBS check?

A. If you are working regularly* with children and young people and/or vulnerable adults, and are regularly unsupervised whilst working with them, you must complete a DBS check.

Q. When should I complete a DBS check?

A. DBS Checks must be undertaken before work commences with children & young people.  In some cases, you can commence work with children and young people, whilst you are awaiting receipt of your DBS certificate, however, you must never be unsupervised during this time.  A risk assessment can be put in place if the applicant already holds a DBS for another organisation, but this is at the discretion of the employer.

Q. How much does a DBS check cost?

A.  Pro-Action charges a £10 admin fee for face-to-face DBS checks:

Paid staff DBS Fee £44 + £10 admin fee = £54
Volunteer DBS Fee £0 + £10 admin fee = £10

Q. How long will it take for me to receive my DBS certificate?

A. As a guidance we allow for up to 6 weeks for the DBS process.  Some DBS certificates can come quicker and some take longer.  Once an application is posted by Pro-Action to DBS, it is out of our hands.

Q. How can I track my DBS check?

A. On completing your DBS form, you will have a reference number beginning with 'F...' on the front of your form.  Using this Form Reference number and your name, you can contact the DBS office for guidance on the progress of your check.  Tracking the progress of the form is the applicants responsibility.

Q.  I have received my DBS certificate, what now?

A. On receipt of your DBS certificate, you must now show this original form to your employer where they can check for any disclosures.  Your employer must record your name, certificate number and issue date, for their central record which must be GDPR compliant.  Your employer must NOT take a photocopy of picture of your DBS certificate.  Don't forget to register for the update service too.

Q. How long does a DBS check last for?

A. There is no rule to how long a DBS check lasts for.  It is widely believed that DBS checks 'last' for 3 years.  Whilst we agree with this, we suggest completing DBS checks annually as good practice.  The best method is for individuals to register for the online Update Service, either whilst their DBS is being processed using the Form Reference number or within 30 days of receiving their paper DBS certificate.

Q. What is the Update Service?

A. The Update Service is an online subscription service and is offered directly by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to allow your DBS check to be portable between employers. There is an annual subscription fee (for paid employees only) that you will need to pay in order for it to be portable and it will stay portable and current for as long as you continue this subscription. The Update Service is free for Volunteers. The Update Service allows you to take you DBS from one job to the next. It is a quick and efficient way for Employers to can carry out instant online status check on you without having to complete and wait for a new one to be done.

Q. Can I change the DBS 'workforce' between Child & Adult when using the Update Service?

A. No.  The Update Service allows you to take your DBS Certificate from one job to the next unless you need a DBS Check for a different type of ‘workforce’ than you have previously held e.g. if your certificate states Child Workforce and you now need an Adult Workforce certificate then you will need to apply for a new check. This also applies if you have a different level than what is required for example if you currently hold a check at standard level when an enhanced check is required.

Q.  Once I am registered to the Update Service is that it?

A.  No, if you don’t renew your Update Service registration each year, you would need to apply for a new DBS Check to register for the Update Service again. You can renew your subscription through the update service, either:

  • when you first register, by choosing automatic renewal
  • up to 30 days before your current subscription ends - but you can’t renew on the last day of your subscription

Q. How much does registering for the Update Service cost?

A. Registration costs £13 per year (payable by debit or credit card only) for paid staff. There is no charge if you are a volunteer.


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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The Peace and Security Division (PSD) under the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with Interpeace, an international peace building organization are holding a 3-day workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to explore ways through which they can collaborate in constitution and reform making processes to support durable peace in post conflict contexts.

The technical workshop will also deliberate on the guiding principles, tasks and institutions involved with making a new constitution as well discuss opportunities and pitfalls of international constitutional assistance efforts and how IGAD can provide support to its Member States in constitution making processes.

During the opening session the Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Mr Bruck Yohannes representing the Peace and Security Director welcomed the initiation and stated that IGAD is mandated to support member states in their effort to promote good governance, peace, security and stability in the region.

Through a roadmap and way forward for the two organisations we will be able to guide, enhance our existing capacities in constitution making in order for our Member States to acquire, learn and through our guidance be able to implement principles in an inclusive, nationally owned, participatory and transparent constitutions for the benefit of our people in the region Mr. Yohannes added.

Mr. Hassan Ismail, the Interpeace Kenya Country Representative and Liaison for IGAD/AU Relations reiterated that through tailor made approaches to develop peace building programmes that are locally driven and owned help establish processes of change by connecting communities, civil society, governments and international community have bigger chances of success in build lasting peace in the IGAD region.

From experience Interppeace takes note that peace cannot be imported from the outside therefore must be built by and from within the Member States of IGAD through their different stakeholders Mr. Ismail emphasized.

A draft roadmap will be drawn at the conclusion the meeting for Interpeace to provide support to IGAD in the identified capacity gaps that will later be presented to the policy organs of IGAD.

The MoU signed in 2017 in Nairobi between the two organizations was to regulate, encourage and foster a relationship of cooperation on peace building and conflict resilience. Starting with the Mandera Triangle (a geographical area where Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet) and leverage on each other's institutional mandates and capacities.

Source: Inter Governmental Authority on Development


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