I own an insurance company, and while my business is good, I struggle to find qualified people to answer our busy phone lines. I've gone through several receptionists lately and am frustrated with finding someone who can handle the pressure and pace of the phones. Does anyone have any phone tips to help me train future staff? Thanks.
I here ya, Harvey, brewing up the right training blend can be frustrating and confusing. However, there's no need to flounder like a filet. Sprinkle this mixture of phone tips into your coaching soufflé and your future receptionists should be able to better weather the heat and pressures of a busy phone-system like yours.
1. Get the Kitchen Supplies Organized.
First, have your receptionist clear away any desk clutter, including yesterday's coffee cups, old messages and memos, and the year-old stack of files. Right off the bat, she'll save time finding her phone-answering supplies more quickly and efficiently. Advise her to take charge and organize her desk so it feels comfortable and tidy. Every service pro keeps a well-stocked desktop, having everything she needs right at her fingertips. When the pace picks up, she'll roll right along, not missing a beat.
2. Keep Your Cool When the Kitchen Heats Up.
When the heat's on, encourage your staff to chill it! Learn about stress-calming techniques to pass onto them. To regain some sanity between calls, suggest they take a deep breath, count to 10, and relax. If it's super busy, have them learn to regain composure on the count of 5 or less, if you have to. But, implore them to relax! It doesn't take a gourmet chef to figure out we all think better when we're calm, cool, and collected. Keeping temperatures even will translate into better biz communications and rapport with customers.
3. Add a Pinch of Schmooz.
Allowing coworkers to schmooze is perfect for getting them to look out for one another. Working as a team can keep stress levels down. So encourage occasional chit chat and hold frequent staff meetings. Consider cross-training your staff too. Find out who'd like to work phones and find out what your receptionist would like to learn. With cross-training, the phone staff can get the breather they need when the office goings-on get rough, and she'll learn more about the biz in other departments. It's always a good idea to make sure someone else can pitch in to help out an overly stressed receptionist.
Let your receptionists and all other employees know about your company history, goals for the future, and where it's at right now. When employees see that they're really included in the company's future and you appreciate their extra special ingredients, they begin to feel a sense of ownership and become emotionally invested in making your biz successful. They'll take pride in their job and work. When you're a part of the big picture, you're inclined to give more.
Everyone gets frustrated, especially the receptionists who often take the heat from dissatisfied or impatient callers--not to mention the everyday stress of handling a busy phone line. No wonder many receptionists feel it's not worth it to be nice! But to lessen her load and make her job more enjoyable, you can help her develop stronger listening skills. By developing these listening skills, your receptionists will be able to maintain control, understand customer needs, respond more effectively to these needs, and overall, keep her feeling less stressed.
Do a role play or two with receptionists. Put together some exercises that Mirror your workplace. Provide short scenarios that will show how your receptionist can handle stressful calls or situations before she hits the phones. Also, encourage your receptionist to express her own frustrations. Lend a listening ear yourself to her needs. You'll build a stronger employer-employee relationship, understand the stresses of her job better, and learn how to better help her succeed.
Harvey, you can add just the right amount of seasoning to get your next receptionist ready to man the phones. There are many service pros out there with the skills and appitude to get the job done. I hope this short recipe will help. Good luck!


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import json

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse, NoReverseMatch
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.test import TestCase

from rest_framework_jwt.settings import api_settings

class UserAPITests(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        user = User(username="initial_tester", email="initial_tester@test.com")
        user.set_password("initial_tester123")
        user.save()

        self.edited_user = {
            'id': user.id,
            'username': 'edited',
            'email': user.email
        }

        self.client.force_login(user=user)

    def test_get_user_no_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail')

    def test_get_user_invalid_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'invalid': 'invalid'})

    def test_get_user_doesnt_exist(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': '959'})
        response = self.client.get(url)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 404)

    def test_get_user_does_exist(self):

        user = User.objects.get(username='initial_tester')

        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': user.pk})
        response = self.client.get(url)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)

    def test_create_user_invalid_parameters(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_create')
        response = self.client.post(url, {'invalid': 'invalid'})
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 400)

    def test_create_user_valid_parameters(self):

        test_user = {
            'username': 'tester',
            'email': 'tester@test.com',
            'password': 'tester123'
        }

        url = reverse('users:user_create')
        response = self.client.post(url, test_user)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 201)
        self.assertTrue(User.objects.get(username=test_user['username']))

    def test_update_user_no_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail')

    def test_update_user_invalid_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'invalid': 'invalid'})

    def test_update_user_nonexistant_pk(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': '959'})
        response = self.client.patch(url, self.edited_user)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 404)
        response = self.client.put(url, self.edited_user)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 404)

    def test_update_user_valid_parameters_patch(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': self.edited_user['id']})
        response = self.client.patch(url, json.dumps(self.edited_user), content_type='application/json')
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertEquals(response.data['id'], User.objects.get(username=self.edited_user['username']).id)

    def test_update_user_valid_parameters_put(self):

        edited_user_put = self.edited_user
        edited_user_put['password'] = User.objects.get(id=edited_user_put['id']).password

        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': edited_user_put['id']})
        response = self.client.put(url, json.dumps(edited_user_put), content_type='application/json')
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertEquals(response.data['id'], User.objects.get(username=edited_user_put['username']).id)

    def test_delete_user_no_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail')

    def test_delete_user_invalid_parameters(self):
        with self.assertRaises(NoReverseMatch):
            reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'invalid': 'invalid'})

    def test_delete_user_valid_parameters(self):

        test_user = User.objects.get(username='initial_tester')

        url = reverse('users:user_detail', kwargs={'pk': test_user.pk})
        response = self.client.delete(url)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 204)
        with self.assertRaises(User.DoesNotExist):
            User.objects.get(username='initial_tester')

    def test_user_auth_no_params(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_auth')
        response = self.client.post(url)
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 400)

    def test_user_auth_invalid_params(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_auth')
        response = self.client.post(url, {'invalid': 'invalid'})
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 400)

    def test_user_auth_invalid_login(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_auth')
        response = self.client.post(url, {'username': 'invalid'})
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 400)

    def test_user_auth_valid_login(self):
        url = reverse('users:user_auth')
        response = self.client.post(url, {'username': 'initial_tester', 'password': 'initial_tester123'})
        self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertIn('token', response.data)

    def test_user_auth_token(self):
        user = User.objects.get(username='initial_tester')
        jwt_payload_handler = api_settings.JWT_PAYLOAD_HANDLER
        jwt_encode_handler = api_settings.JWT_ENCODE_HANDLER
        payload = jwt_payload_handler(user)

        url = reverse('users:user_auth')
        response = self.client.post(url, {'username': 'initial_tester', 'password': 'initial_tester123'})
        self.assertEquals(jwt_encode_handler(payload), response.data['token'])

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Too many hair strands in the brush is very upsetting especially if you are a woman who takes pride in her mane. Many a magnum opuses have celebrated the beauty of a healthy crowning glory. Given the pressures that a woman is under, even a few strands more in the brush is a cause of great worry.
The best thing under these circumstances is to pay a dermatologist a visit, instead of going by the trial and error method which could worsen the situation. For information's sake, you can scan through the causes of hair loss in women, which might occur at any age.
Hair loss in women can be temporary or permanent; it all depends upon the root cause of the hair loss. It could be triggered due to shock, stress or certain hormonal changes. It could be inherited or due to certain environmental factors. Only an expert can determine the true cause.
Hair Loss Due To Shock/Stress - Sometimes people notice that they are losing their hair in clumps or a lot within a very short span. This is telogen effluvium in medical terms. This type of hair loss is caused due to some incidents such as an emotional shock, stress, loss of a loved one, pregnancy, major surgery and sudden weight loss. This happens because the hair goes from the growth stage (anagen) to rest phase (telogen) due to the aforementioned triggers.
Biological Causes - A woman undergoes many biological changes in her lifetime. These changes affect her overall well being and even an out of synch change would cause health problems one of which could be hair loss. The biological factors (includes diseases), that contribute to a woman's hair fall pattern are hormonal changes, genetic/hereditary factors, hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism, lupus, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), anemia or alopecia areata. Complete balding in women is rarely seen; however they might suffer from thinning of hair on the sides or at the parting over a period of time. Balding happens in few women wherein they notice bald patches. This is termed as alopecia areata. Hair loss can be a symptom of various diseases such as an overactive (hyperthyroidism) or an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), auto immune diseases like lupus, deficiency of iron - anemia or overproduction of male hormones (testosterone as well as DHEAS) due to PCOS.
Skin Conditions - Skin infections and disorders also lead to hair fall. In fact they are the most common causes of hair loss apart from hormonal imbalances, in women. Skin problems like dandruff, ring worms and psoriasis lead to hair fall in varying degrees. They symptoms disappear or become less evident when treated appropriately.
Medication - Women under medication might experience hair fall as a side effect. During chemotherapy a temporary hair loss is observed among patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
Other Causes - Unhealthy lifestyles can lead to temporary hair loss among women. Use of chemical based hair dyes, hair gels or creams affect the hair follicles growth leading to hair loss. Some hairstyles put strain on the hair roots resulting in excessive pulling and ultimately hair loss in patches (though this is not alopecia areata). Hair decorative and clamping pins or clips, bands are also responsible to an extent for hair fall. Blow drying or ironing might also contribute towards hair damage as well as loss.
Hair loss is treatable in some cases, while in some it is not possible to restore the healthy mane. Before deciding on a treatment it is imperative to determine the exact cause of hair loss with the help of a competent medical practitioner especially a dermatologist. And yes hair loss treatments require oodles of patience. So be patient and consult a dermatologist for a cure.
Guest Post By Priti Pandya.
Priti holds a masters degree in communication and loves to read and write for blogs. Currently she contributes articles on many health related topics and has written some interesting blog posts about skin care, hair care, human growth hormone, alopecia and yoga, to name a few for various blogs.
I had a hari color last three month ago.And after that i am having terribe harifall and i m very upsets about it..
@Samantha: Did you have a pro do the colour or you did it yourself? The color you used might have had chemicals that reacted badly hence the hairfall.Try taking supplements and eat healthy till you get your original hair back and be careful next time you decide to colour.
Thanks for going into detail about the different causes of hair loss. I know for a woman hair loss can be very traumatic! I like biotin supplements with saw palmetto extract.


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The village has an approximate population of 400.

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German Style Egg Noodles, aka Spatzle, can be used for making various delicacies or served with any gravy. Learn how to make/prepare Sp�tzle by following this easy recipe.
Take a large mixing bowl and combine flour, eggs, salt and ½ cup of water together.
Beat the ingredients till the batter is smooth and does not stick to the spoon. If required, more add water.
The dough should be firm enough to be rolled out and cut into slivers or soft enough to be passed through a sieve, colander or spaetzle-maker with large holes.
Pour water and little salt in a large pot and keep for boiling.
When the water starts boiling, pass the dough through the spaetzle-maker, into the water.
Alternately, you can roll the dough and cut into tiny noodles. Add the noodles into the boiling water.
When the noodles float back to the surface, they are done.
You can serve them with a brown gravy or beef stock.


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John couldn't wait to dream. As he slipped into his navy pajama bottoms, his right leg caught the fabric halfway through and pulled him down to the floor.
He lay defeated for a while, feeling hot not so much from the pain but from the embarrassment, although he was the only one to witness the fall. He got up, sat on the bed, and successfully slid his legs into his bottoms. After turning off his bedside lamp, John slipped under the covers and closed his eyes as he pulled his blanket tightly around him. His chest started rising and falling at a steady rhythm, and he drifted off to sleep as he half-consciously scratched at a tickle on his upper right thigh.
When John woke up, he blinked several times and couldn't believe his eyes. He was still in his own bed in his room. He sat up and cycled through endless possible explanations. Was it a problem with the hardware? No way — the error rate was less than one in a trillion. A bug in the latest SimChip firmware upgrade? But he had been dreaming without any problems for the past couple months. He racked his brain but no satisfactory answer came to mind. For a second, he considered submitting a support request, but immediately dropped the idea. A Sim Technologies support representative unable to solve a problem with his own SimChip? He'd never hear the end of it.
The annoyance of missing out on a dream lingered in the back of John's mind as he headed into the bathroom. He splashed water onto his face, squeezed exactly enough toothpaste to cover half of the toothbrush, and proceeded to count to sixty in his head. Twenty brush strokes for the left side of his mouth, twenty for the middle, and twenty for the right. After showering, he neatly combed his dark brown hair to the side and headed to his closet to put on a crisply pressed white dress shirt, a black silk tie, black trousers, and a black jacket — the same outfit he wore to work every day. Only the business department of Sim Technologies, not the support department he was in, had a dress code, but he found it much too cumbersome to select a different outfit every day.
In the kitchen, John removed the two perfectly toasted slices of white bread from the toaster and set them down on a plate. As he reached to grab the peanut butter jar from the cabinet above, he stopped short. He had forgotten to buy more peanut butter after it had run out yesterday. John unscrewed the lid of the jar and saw that there was more left than he had expected, just barely enough for one more sandwich. He scraped the remaining peanut butter onto a slice of toast and glanced at his watch as he twisted the lid back onto the jar. It was 10:15 A.M., which meant that he had to leave now in order to catch the subway. After tossing the used knife into the sink, John absentmindedly shoved the peanut butter jar back into the cabinet and grabbed his briefcase and sandwich. Before the SimChip came along, he used to eat two sandwiches for breakfast. Now, since he and everyone else he knew stayed awake for only 12 hours, his two sandwiches had become one, and his lunch and dinner had also been reduced accordingly. More time dreaming meant less time awake. Less time awake meant less energy needed.
Making sure that he had his wallet and keys in his left pocket and his Sim Technologies badge clipped on the right side of his trousers, John locked his apartment door and jiggled the door two times before calling the elevator. As he stepped out of his apartment complex, John quickly merged into the stream of people on the sidewalk. He walked one block south and two blocks east, keeping his gaze fixed on the sidewalk below him the entire time while taking quick bites out of his sandwich. As he walked into the subway station, someone bumped into him from behind. "Sorry," John muttered. He stood sideways against the wall to let the person pass, deliberately looking away to avoid eye contact. On the subway car, John sat with his eyes closed and head tilted back. He usually spent his commute thinking about his dream from the night before, but this time he had nothing.
John had been in college when Sim Technologies took the world by storm with their upgraded SimChip. A few years prior, they had released the initial version of the SimChip — a chip, installed using a minimally invasive surgical procedure through the skull, that could measure and record all the signals being passed between nerve cells in the brain. Effectively, this meant that everything a person experienced — their thoughts, their feelings, their sensory stimuli — would be captured by the chip. It was a mind-blowing feat; the chip allowed people to capture the raw data of their existence. Despite great excitement in the scientific community, the product had resulted in poor adoption. Although some of the personal analytics applications that built on the data were quite impressive, most people didn't want to have the SimChip installed just to see some pretty graphs.
All that changed when Sim Technologies added replay functionality to the SimChip. Sim Technologies had devised a method for replaying a select portion of the data — the signals created by sensory stimuli — back on the brain when it was dormant in sleep. The amazing part was that the signals could be replayed not just on the person whose recording it was, but on anyone with a SimChip installed. For the first time in history, people could see, hear, touch, smell, and taste as someone else entirely. With that breakthrough, SimChip adoption caught on like wildfire, and after enviously hearing his college roommates trade stories about their SimChip-created dreams, John had finally scheduled an appointment to have a SimChip installed.
John quickly nodded, embracing the tradeoff. Everyone else was doing it, and his life wasn't interesting enough to make him worry about any important secrets being revealed.
And remember he did. When John had initially woken up in that first dream, he tried to brush the wavy blonde hair away from the front of his eyes. When his body sat up instead of brushing the hair aside, he understood what the support representative had meant about not panicking. He had no control over his own movements. Everything was already predetermined by the recording that John was simply replaying — all that John could really call his own were his thoughts and feelings.
As John walked into the bathroom, he wanted, with every fiber of his being, to go back into the bedroom and make the bed. It wouldn't help make the room appear any cleaner, what with the piles of socks and shirts everywhere on the bedroom floor, but it was a personal ritual that he had performed every morning without fail since he was a child.
I shouldn't care; it's not my bed after all, he thought, trying to quell his irritation. His displeasure was swallowed up by the surprise of seeing himself in the bathroom mirror. I must be at least six-foot three. He wanted to examine himself more, but he involuntarily proceeded to close his eyes and splash water on his face. He cringed as he haphazardly moved a toothbrush around in his mouth without any clear pattern or direction. He caught a glimpse of himself again as he left the bathroom, getting a better look at his sturdy, broad shoulders and the long hair that rested on them.
John found himself driving for a good while before getting out of a jeep in front of a beach. He had never been to a beach before, having always lived in landlocked regions, and he immensely enjoyed the sensation of the cold, smooth sand weaving in and out between his toes as he walked toward the water in his wetsuit. He felt the hefty weight of his surfboard under his arm, and he knew that he would never have been able to carry it with such ease in his real body.
John felt his free hand shoot up and mouth spread into a grin. "Mornin', Brad!" John enjoyed hearing his own voice; it felt strong with rough edges, like the sound of a double bass mixed with sandpaper being rubbed.
When John walked up to Brad, they performed a highly practiced handshake that ended with a smack on the side of each others' head. "Have a good dream last night?" Brad asked.
John and Brad paddled out into the sea, and John felt more panic the further away he got from shore. By the time John stopped paddling to turn his board toward the distant shore, his mind was racing with questions. What if I get attacked by a shark? What if I get swallowed up by a wave and drown? John wondered if he had made a mistake but told himself that AJ couldn't have died surfing, or else his dream wouldn't have been uploaded for John to replay. Maybe AJ went to sleep in the hospital after having his arm bitten off, though.
Just then, John felt his chest lower onto the surfboard and his arm paddling hard against the water. As his head jerked forward, he caught a glimpse of a massive wave rising behind him. This is it, I'm going to drown, he thought. As the wave caught up to him, he felt his arms push him off the surfboard and his right leg slide up toward his torso as he stood up in one fluid motion. John tried his hardest to close his eyes, but his eyes remained wide open and his body shifted with movements sturdy and sure. He smoothly rode down the foot of the wave as it rose up, gigantic, behind him. The crest of the wave started crashing in front of him, and he spread his arms and lightly grazed the wall of water with his forefinger as he continuously taunted death by speeding sideways toward the hole at the end of the tunnel of water around him. As he sped through the opening with the wave dying behind him, John felt complete unison between mind and body as he grinned and waved at a barely visible Brad flashing him a thumbs up.
When John had woken from that first dream, he had laid in perfect silence on his bed for an hour, simply absorbing all that he experienced. After that initial wave, John had gone on to surf for a couple more hours before devouring fish tacos with Brad and ending the night making s'mores over a bonfire with a group of friends at the beach. Dreaming was far more fun and exciting than anything he had ever done. John had excitedly gone back to sleep in the middle of the day, only to find himself jolted awake after a few, short hours replaying a day of a school janitor. Cleaning high school bathrooms wasn't quite like surfing, but the experience, seemingly mundane, was new and fascinating. Confused about the dream's abrupt interruption, John had contacted a support representative to learn that the SimChip replays a downloaded recording only for the duration of the length of the most recently uploaded recording. That day, John had decided to adopt the SimChip lifestyle; from then on, he would stay awake for exactly 12 hours every day in order to maximize time spent dreaming.
Now out of the subway station, John headed through the sliding glass doors into Sim Technologies. He looked straight ahead, purposefully avoiding eye contact with the guard at the front desk, and tapped his badge on the turnstile. He recalled how he had once felt immensely proud to be working there, a company that was pushing the frontier of shared human experience. He had been the envy of his college friends, who had all become SimChip fanatics, when he was hired by Sim Technologies. Little did they, nor he initially, know that his role as a support representative would be little more than a glorified question and answer database.
When he stepped into the elevator, he pressed the button for the fifteenth floor and shifted his eyes to the floor. There was someone in the elevator to his right, someone with sleek, black pumps. He turned his head ever so slightly and peered out of the corner of his eye to just barely make out her basic features. He shifted his gaze back to the floor. He hadn't looked at her directly, but he had seen enough. Curly dark brown hair. Thin, glossy lips. Green eyes. Maybe slightly blue. Gorgeous. She looked slightly familiar too, but he couldn't figure out where he'd seen her before. He thought about what it'd be like to get to know her, and the mere thought of talking to her made his pulse quicken.
He looked back at the elevator buttons and noticed that the only other lit button was for a floor somewhere in the thirties. He would have the entire trip to his floor to start the conversation. He could compliment her shoes. No, that could come off as creepy and even inappropriate. He could bring up the latest Sim Technologies metrics. The billionth SimChip installation had occurred a week ago, and the company was still abuzz from the announcement. No, she was probably sick to death of hearing about it. He could ask her about her dream last night. Outside of work, it was considered rude to ask a stranger about their dreams, but inside Sim Technologies it was somewhat of a norm. No, he didn't have a dream to share.
The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open. John surprised himself with how quickly he bolted out of the elevator. He hadn't planned on practically running out, but maybe he hadn't realized how nervous he had been. She probably wouldn't have been interested in talking with him anyway. He was just a support representative after all.
John walked past a dozen cubicles before reaching his own. He sat down, turned on his computer, and began answering support questions. The first one was from a woman in Wyoming who wanted to know if she could replay her husband's recordings. John found the script explaining that no, you can't select whose recordings you replay, and sent the reply. The second one was from a man from London who wanted to save the recording he downloaded last night so that he can have the same dream over and over. John found the script explaining that this too was not possible and sent it along. During his first couple weeks as a support representative, John used to feel guilty when dashing people's hopes by telling them that they couldn't do what they wanted. Now, he just copied and pasted the standard responses and didn't give a second thought. All the questions he saw every day were exactly the same, just worded differently and signed by different names from different places. Once in a while, he would get a unique question that would make him actually look things up and type out a non-scripted response. He enjoyed those. He couldn't remember the last time he got one.
"Sure." John turned his chair towards his supervisor.
"Sure." His supervisor was repeating the same exact thing that he had told John yesterday.
"Thanks, John. Also, try to speed up your responses. You're answering fewer queries than you usually do." He patted John on the back and walked away.
John turned to the clock on his monitor and watched the seconds crawl by. He often fantasized about quitting his lifeless job and trying something new, but then again he got to try something new every night when he went to sleep. Maybe one day he'd actually move next to the beach and learn how to ride the waves.
When John got home, he changed out of his suit and slumped into his couch in front of the television. He hoped there was a good show on to justify declining to go out for a quick drink with some of the other support representatives. He hadn't felt like it. He hadn't felt like it yesterday either, or the day before that, and he knew they were already thinking of no longer asking him to go out with them. John turned on the television and flipped through some channels. Nothing exciting. He thought about just turning off the set, but sat through a rerun of a movie he had watched yesterday since he had nothing better to do anyway until his 12 hours were up. When it finally ended, he walked to his room and hoped that his SimChip would work tonight.


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Tales of the supernatural
The Tempest, Passion Play and The Weir reviewed by Andrew Billen.
The Tempest; Passion Play; The Weir
Shakespeare's Globe, London SE1;
Duke of York's Theatre, London WC2;
Donmar Warehouse, London WC2
In his speech at the end of his daughter's wedding masque – delivered here with great poetry by Roger Allam – Prospero makes literal sense of what every theatregoer fancies. Actors, or at least the characters they inhabit, are spirits who melt into thin air at a play's end. The lines have particular resonance at the Globe, not least because "the great globe itself" gets a namecheck. They also provide a challenge for this production's director, Jeremy Herrin: to create magic on the bare boards of the replica Elizabethan stage. Technically it is not possible to create the kind of effects available to, say, Jonathan Kent at the Almeida in 2000, who plonked a swimming pool in the middle of the stage.
There is another curious thing about the Globe. It is a tourist attraction but it delivers Shakespeare at RSC standards, against the elements, which were little short of tempestuous themselves on the night I went. Like Gonzalo, every cagouled groundling would fain die a dry death. The Globe heavily relies on the magic of Shakespeare's language.
Not all of the production soared. Colin Morgan, whose supernatural provenance is impeccable, having played the BBC's Merlin, was an unethereal Ariel. James Garnon was far too sleek and pretty to be the monster Caliban, although he worked hard to compensate, early on pulling off an audience member's see-through mac and eating it. Jessie Buckley was a delightful Miranda, however, looking for once the required 15 years of age, and Sam Cox as the drunk butler Stephano had good moments, including a brief impersonation of David Attenborough: "This is some monster of the isle – with four legs."
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Magical, though, this production was not and that may even have been deliberate. The arrival of the shipwrecked parties was interpreted as a gigantic reality check for Prospero – but his magic was coming to an end anyway. Allam played the duke as an aphasic and failing tyrant, more irritable than terrifying, forgetful of the plots against him, barmily preoccupied with his daughter's virginity. Like the shivering audience, he demands at the end to be released of his supernatural bonds.
Formally speaking, there are two magical elements in Peter Nichols's Passion Play, a 1981 piece about middle-class, middle-aged adultery revived under David Leveaux's spare direction. The first is that the parts of the husband and wife are split so that there are sometimes two Jameses and two Eleanors onstage. The second is the religious music of Bach and Handel that pipes up on the excuse that Eleanor is a singer. Zoë Wanamaker and Samantha Bond make a good fist of exploring the pain of Eleanor's betrayal. Owen Teale and Oliver Cotton are less successful at generating sympathy for the adulterous James, a scruffy picture-restorer with no obvious charms or views beyond a churlish atheism. The real mystery is Kate, played by the barely dressed Annabel Scholey as pure body: what is in it for her, this shagging with old men? Perhaps she, too, needs a double on stage to tell us.
It is the play's theatrical conceits that do for it. The stage becomes crowded with viewpoints. Not only are they not always clearly differentiated, they trip over one another. Perfectly zingy dialogue is interrupted, as it were, by footnotes. As for the sacred music, its main effect is to make this shabby tale look monumentally irrelevant and also dated – a product of a pre-Aids society in which educated people behaved in a manner these days most often seen on The Jeremy Kyle Show.
Tales of the supernatural are the stuff that Conor McPherson's The Weir are made on. A couple of old soaks and their more successful neighbour Finbar scare each other and the barman with ghost stories. The tales speak to the lonely ghostliness of a depopulated land but they are also treasured, polished to perfection in each retelling, because they are means of connection: to the past and, for the narrators, to one another. Brian Cox, Risteárd Cooper and Ardal O'Hanlon outdo themselves in the excellence of their monologues, so much so that one fears for Dervla Kirwan, playing a newcomer to the community. Will she be able to compete? Yet when her story of personal tragedy comes, it sweeps all away.
Josie Rourke's revival of this 1997 play reveals it to be a masterpiece, a study of the inadequacy of male company, the insufficiency of consolation and humanity's determination to get by on what it has. It is funny, wears its sadness lightly and grips from the moment that Cox, as the bachelor Jack, enters the pub and aggressively wipes his boots. For the next 100 minutes, you believe you are in the pub with him and his almost-friends. The Donmar dissolves in favour of Sligo. That is magic.

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Student gardening motion denied
May 15, 2020 • May 15, 2020 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation
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A motion encouraging students to grow their own food while learning from home was denied at the public school board this week.
Upper Canada District School Board trustee John McCrea put forward a motion at this week's board meeting to inspire students to get outside and plant vegetable gardens, citing a variety of benefits associated with gardening.
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"There is a deep and profound feeling that people get when they're outside," McCrea said at the meeting.
"Growing something really makes you feel better."
The motion explained that "gardening, be it in a container on a window sill or on a hectare of good land, is therapeutic, productive, measurable and available to all students."
Included in the motion was the idea that each school could give out 10 Canadian silver coins in the fall, at their discretion, to incentivize students who want to participate.
He said one of the main reasons gardening is beneficial for students, aside from its therapeutic benefits, is the fact it's a hobby that has measurable results.
"Any work that you do, any planning you do, any diligence you do on growing (a garden) has a direct correlation to what the outcome (is) you get in something that you grow," he said.
"You can do it on a window sill, or you can do it on a large piece of land. It's available to most students that are interested."
But the motion was defeated, with everyone but trustee Donald Cram and McCrea voting against it.
The point of contention for most trustees was the cost.
There wasn't an exact cost included – just the mention of the board purchasing 500 silver coins to hand out as part of the initiative – but during the conversation McCrea estimated they currently go for around $32 a piece.
Though most said they agreed in principle about encouraging students to grow food gardens at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, they weren't keen on the idea of purchasing the coins.
Trustee Lisa Swan said she is "very in favour of gardening" and understands the benefits related to the activity, but added she would only support the motion if there wasn't a cost to the board.
"I'm 100 per cent against having to pay students to do this," Swan said.
She was''t the only one to feel this way.
Trustee Bill MacPherson, a self-proclaimed farmer and gardening advocate, was also conflicted about the motion as it was worded.
"I personally support the initiative. I think it's absolutely great (to) develop something that kids have an opportunity to experience the feeling of topsoil on their hands," he said, but added he was worried about the high cost of the idea.
"I do have a problem with how you're going to determine who gets one of these 500 silver coins."
MacPherson also worried there may not be enough time for staff to prepare an outline for the initiative, given the fact many gardens are already being planted at this time of year.
"Yes, I think it's a great idea. No I don't agree with the incentives. But we have to keep an eye on the calendar and on the workload for our already (busy) teachers," he said.
Trustee David McDonald said he also wasn't against the intent of the motion, but said several schools already incorporate vegetable gardening into the curriculum, depending on the resources around them, and implementing it as a strategy for every school to employ is not necessary.
"I think if we allow people to continue to be innovative and do those things, these things will occur (on their own)," he said.


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George Lloyd Murphy
(1902-07-04)July 4, 1902
May 3, 1992(1992-05-03) (aged 89)
Palm Beach, Florida
(1) Juliette Henkel-Johnson Murphy (married 1926-1973, her death) Betty Duhon Blandi (married 1982-1992, his death)
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Melissa Elaine Murphy
Actor, dancer, politician
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Murphy was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied at Yale University.
Murphy first served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. He served as president from 1944 to 1946. He then served as the United States senator of California. He served as senator from 1965 to 1971.
Murphy was married to Juliette Henkel-Johnson from 1926 until her death in 1973. Then he was married to Betty Duhon Blandi from 1982 until his death in 1992. He had two children; Dennis and Melissa.
Murphy died in Palm Beach, Florida from leukemia, aged 89.
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Page last updated at 07:26 GMT, Monday, 11 August 2008 08:26 UK
Sandwich boards face street ban
Businesses could be fined £2,500
Sandwich boards and other forms of mobile advertising are to be removed from parts of central London.
Westminster City Council has banned the boards claiming they clutter the streets and blight areas such as the West End and Covent Garden.
The council claims it is the first local authority to use powers under the London Local Authorities Act to get rid of this form of advertising.
On Monday, it begins a two-week crackdown in the West End.
Previously, all fixed advertisements, such as posters, were regulated but councils did not have control over mobile signs.
But the London Local Authorities Bill gives councils powers to regulate them.
SIX BANNED AREAS
Queensway / Westbourne Grove
Praed Street and around Paddington Station
Marylebone station and surrounding streets
Baker Street station and surrounding streets
West End - including Oxford Street, Regent Street, around Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, Charing Cross Road and Covent Garden Piazza
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Westminster has identified and written to shops and businesses using sandwich boards warning them about the change in legislation and the fact they will begin to enforce it.
City Inspectors and other officers will begin seizing boards they find in six specific areas in which they are now banned.
Both the business and individual holding the sign can be prosecuted but the council said it will target the company, for which the maximum fine is £2,500.
The council said the use of portable advertisements has become an increasing problem in Westminster with the number doubling to about 100 between 2005 to 2007.
Councillor Daniel Astaire said: "The West End is a world-class destination with 3.5 million visitors every week and these cheap and tatty signs have no part in its future.
"Visitors expect and enjoy the buzz of the busy streets around Oxford Street and Covent Garden but they do not want to fight their way past these signs cluttering up the pavement or see them disfiguring a beautiful conservation area."
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Home Top 3 Films of the Week 7 Jan 2022
Blockbuster Of The Week
The 355 (12A)
Sebastian Stan as Nick and Jessica Chastian as Mason "Mace" Brown in The 355, directed by Simon Kinberg. Photo: Robert Viglasky. Copyright: 2020 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
A top-secret weapon, with the potential to light the fuse on a third world war, falls into the wrong hands. Rogue CIA agent Mason "Mace" Brown realises the grave threat to global security and assembles a crack team of international operatives: British computer special and former MI6 asset Khadijah, German weapons specialist Marie and Colombian psychologist Graciela. The four women forge a tenuous truce in pursuit of the same goal: protect the innocent.
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Drama of the Week
Boiling Point (15)
Stephen Graham as Andy Jones in Boiling Point, directed by Philip Barantini. Photo: Christian Black. Copyright: Vertigo Releasing. All Rights Reserved.
Chef Andy Jones is trying to deal with issues in his personal life while contending with trials and tribulations in his restaurant. Maitre d' Beth frustrates Andy, sous chef Carly and commis chef Freeman by allowing food influencers to order off menu for a picture-perfect plate worthy of their Instagram channels. Andy's dark mood worsens when his former mentor, celebrity chef Alistair Skye, arrives unannounced with influential food critic Sara Southworth in tow.
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Critic's Choice Of The Week
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (PG)
Jean-Pierre Leaud in The 400 Blows, directed by Francois Truffaut. Copyright: BFI Distribution. All Rights Reserved.
Alienated 12-year-old Antoine Doinel feels unloved by his mother and stepfather and unduly terrorised by his teacher at school. The youngster bunks off lessons with a friend and seeks fulfilment in cinemas or at the fairground. Eventually, Antoine is expelled from school and the resourceful tyke learns to survive on the streets, trapped in a vicious cycle of crime and punishment that will carry him all the way to a juvenile detention centre.
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Ailey (12A)
Born and raised in the racially segregated Texan town of Rogers, dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey was a visionary artist who celebrated black culture in his work. This documentary hopes to unearth truths about a man who found his salvation through dance.
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Minyan (15)
Seventeen-year-old David is the product of a strict Jewish upbringing in 1986 Brighton Beach. He is devoted to his family, especially his grandfather. The teenager embarks on a journey of self-discovery, which leads to a gay bar, as the death toll from a "gay plague" steadily rises.
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Munich: The Edge Of War (12A)
In autumn 1938, Europe stands on the precipice of conflict. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia. British civil servant Hugh Legat and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann, who are old friends from their days at Oxford, travel to an emergency conference in Munich.
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McKibben: naming the enemy
"It has become a rogue industry, reckless like no other force on Earth. It is Public Enemy Number One to the survival of our planetary civilization." These are the words Bill McKibben uses to describe the fossil-fuel industry in a recent striking article in Rolling Stone which has received wide attention. It's well worth reading, not least for the elegant lucidity of its prose. This post is not intended as some kind of summary, but rather as a reflection on McKibben's notion that we need to recognise that we are up against a formidable enemy. He moves to this declaration by considering three numbers.
The first is 2o Celsius, the level of warming which is widely accepted politically as not to be exceeded. Scientifically it can't be regarded as a safe level of warming, and it's certainly not so regarded by McKibben, but "political realism bested scientific data, and the world settled on the two-degree target".
The second number is 565 gigatons, which is the amount of carbon dioxide scientists estimate can still be added to the atmosphere by mid-century and give us a reasonable (80%) hope of staying below two degrees.
The third number is 2,795 gigatons, which is the amount of carbon already contained in the proven coal and oil and gas reserves of the fossil-fuel companies, and the countries that act like fossil-fuel companies. "In short, it's the fossil fuel we're currently planning to burn." And it's five times more than we can burn and have any hope of staying within two degrees of warming.
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Author Bryan WalkerPosted on July 28, 2012 July 28, 2012 Categories Climate business, Climate politics, environment and ecologyTags 350, Carbon Tracker, ExxonMobil, fossil fuel, McKIbben, Rex Tillerson58 Comments on McKibben: naming the enemy
Welcome to the rest of our lives
Here's an excellent new video from Peter Sinclair, contrasting the recent weather disasters in the USA with the "we'll adapt" line recently run by ExxonMobil boss Rex Tillerson. It's a powerful message, to which I would only add one thought: this is only the beginning.
Author GarethPosted on July 10, 2012 July 10, 2012 Categories Climate business, Climate politics, Climate science, environment and ecologyTags Climate Crock of the Week, drought, extremes, ExxonMobil, Jeff Masters, Peter Sinclair, USA5 Comments on Welcome to the rest of our lives
Exxon boss: intellectually obtuse position on climate impacts
I sometimes wonder what the CEOs of fossil fuel companies think about the effect of their products on the atmosphere and whether they harbour any anxieties about climate change. One of them, Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil, has told us how he views the matter in his reply to a question following a speech he gave to the Council of Foreign Relations last week, a speech in which he had explained how unexpectedly vast the sources of extractable natural gas and oil in North American rocks are proving to be.
To get a full sense of his reply to the question you'll need to look at it on the website – it's about two thirds the way down the page. It's copyrighted but I'll try to give a fair paraphrase of his main points albeit accompanied by my criticisms. Tillerson is answering a question, not delivering a prepared statement, but his answer no doubt broadly reveals his basic stance on the question.
The questioner briefly outlined some of the devastating consequences for humanity of the burning of all the reserves Tillerson had talked about in his speech and asked what he was going to do about it. "We need your help to do something about this."
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Author Bryan WalkerPosted on July 2, 2012 July 2, 2012 Categories Climate business, Climate politics, environment and ecologyTags ExxonMobil, fossil fuel, impacts31 Comments on Exxon boss: intellectually obtuse position on climate impacts
Buying denial: Koch caught in the act
Greenpeace has been digging. It has unearthed Koch Industries as a major funder of climate change denial groups. A new 44 page report tells the story. It fits well with their more widely-scoped report Dealing in Doubt to which Gareth drew attention recently.
I was unaware of Koch Industries and, according to Greenpeace, that's also the case for most Americans.
"This private, out-of-sight corporation is now a partner to ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute and other donors that support organizations and front-groups opposing progressive clean energy and climate policy. In fact, Koch has out-spent ExxonMobil in funding these groups in recent years. From 2005 to 2008, ExxonMobil spent $8.9 million while the Koch Industries controlled foundations contributed $24.9 million in funding to organizations of the 'climate denial machine'."
The corporation is owned by the Koch brothers, two of the ten richest people in the US. Kansas-based Koch Industries is a conglomerate dominated by petroleum and chemical industries. The report details the roughly 40 climate denial and opposition groups receiving Koch foundation grants in recent years and notes this may be only part of the picture, since direct contributions from Koch family members, executives, or the company itself are not disclosed. Political influence is wielded in other ways as well, including $37.9 million from 2006 to 2009 for direct lobbying on oil and energy issues.
Greenpeace notes that around twenty of the groups Koch Industry supports were involved in the "ClimateGate" story of the supposed malfeasance of the climate scientists involved in the stolen UEA emails. Between them they set up the echo chamber which repeated and rebroadcast the story, claiming the emails prove a "conspiracy" of scientists and cast doubt on the scientific consensus regarding climate change.
It's familiar enough ground. What's new is the major part Koch Industries has played and continues to play in it. The Greenpeace report is further confirmation that climate change denial is firmly grounded in the vested interests of those whose wealth might be threatened by a move away from fossil fuels. Some of the denial campaign's foot soldiers may consider that they have genuine intellectual reasons for their denial, but it's hard to believe that the Koch brothers support is anything other than cynical.
For a short and engaging coverage of the issues involved it's well worth having a look at this 8-minute video clip on DeSmog Blog. It's from the Rachel Maddow show and includes an interview with Jim Hoggan the author of Climate Cover Up. He extends the period covered by the Greenpeace report and says that over 13 years Koch Industries have spent more than $50 million dollars supporting the 40 organisations. Hoggan's field is public relations. He comments that the concerted attacks from apparently diverse sources poison public conversation and undermine public confidence in the science.
"The trick in public relations is always repetition…When you pour $50 million into the 40 organisations like this – and Koch Industries isn't the only funder, Exxon and a number of other groups and companies are funding these 40 climate change denier outfits – that is an incredibly powerful influence over public opinion."
Journalists still talk solemnly about the "damaged credibility" of climate science in the wake of Climategate. Big money so far has every reason to be satisfied with the return on their investment in the campaign of denial. Much less expensive than doing science and still apparently more effective. Hopefully there will be an end to it. James Hansen commented in a recent communication to his email list: "On the long run, these distortions of the truth will not work and the public will realize that they have been bamboozled." But he feels obliged to add: "Unfortunately, the delay in public understanding of the situation, in combination with the way the climate system works (inertia, tipping points) could be very detrimental for our children and grandchildren."
I often wonder whether these powerful vested interests give thought to the welfare of their children and grandchildren, who will share the common fate in a matter as fundamental as climate change.
Author Bryan WalkerPosted on April 2, 2010 October 17, 2011 Categories Climate cranks, Climate politics, environment and ecologyTags cranks, CRU, ExxonMobil, Greenpeace, Hoggan, Koch7 Comments on Buying denial: Koch caught in the act


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Charles Geoffrey Wylie  OBE (24 December 1919 – 18 July 2007) was a British Army lieutenant colonel who served with 10th Gurkha Rifles  and was the organising secretary to the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.

Wylie was also an early member of the Army Mountaineering Association, membership number 142, joining in April 1958 shortly after the Association's inauguration in 1957. He was appointed OBE in the 1995 New Year Honours.

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1960 Open Champion, Kel Nagle dies
1960 Open Champion Kel Nagle died today in Sydney, Australia aged 94
Kel Nagle who died today aged 94
By Fergus Bisset
Golf's oldest living Major champion Kel Nagle died today in Sydney at the age of 94. The Australian won the 1960 Open Championship at St Andrews, defeating Arnold Palmer by a single shot.
A winner of 61 tournaments on the Australasian Tour, Nagle wasn't a frequent traveller in his early years as a professional. He played just twice in The Open Championship through the 1950s, finishing tied for 19th in both 1951 and 1955.
In his mid 30s Nagle changed his game, he shortened his swing with a view towards keeping the ball in play. He relied on his unerring accuracy with his irons, his excellent short-game and his deadly putting.
Together with his great pal Peter Thomson, Nagle won the Canada Cup (the World Cup of Golf) in both 1954 and 1959. In 1960, the Australians travelled to Europe to defend their title at Portmarnock in Dublin. Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer triumphed in that event, but Nagle had played well and he went on to St Andrews to contest The Open Championship with a good degree of confidence.
At the Home of Golf, Nagle enjoyed his finest week in the sport. He played brilliantly for the first three rounds to carry a two-stroke lead over Roberto De Vicenzo into the final 18-holes. He played steadily, but Arnold Palmer was on a charge. The American birdied the 72nd hole for a 68 to finish on nine-under-par. Nagle was still one clear playing the Road Hole, but he left himself a testing eight-foot putt on the 17th green to stay ahead. Showing nerves of steel, he rapped his ball into the cup. He then pitched to within three feet on the final green and could allow himself the luxury of two-putts for the win.
Nagle proved his victory wasn't a flash in the pan – he finished in the top-10 in six further Open Championships through the 1960s and he was runner-up to Gary Player in the 1965 U.S Open at Bellerive Country Club – losing out in a 36-hole playoff.
Nagle remained competitive as he became older. As late as 1977 (at the age of 57) he finished second on the Australasian money list.
Nagle was a friend and mentor to many great Australian players and he will be fondly remembered.
Fergus Bisset
Fergus is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin (also of Golf Monthly)... Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?
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For external audiences the goal is to communicate how the changes will impact and benefit key stakeholders, stressing that quality will be improved or maintained throughout the process. For employees, the goal is to go beyond communicating benefits and changes to focus on the shared mission. Employees need to understand the why's behind the change, how it will impact them and their role in the process before they can help the company succeed. Getting their input and buy-in validates their significance in making a change, and empowers employees to embrace their role in the success of the company by facilitating the change.


TaylorMade Golf Unveils M5 and M6 Metalwoods – "The Home of Organic Golf Reviews"
A significant benefit of the thinner, faster face design is that it provides the M5 and M6 drivers with faster off-centre COR, effectively increasing forgiveness. The new face design is optimized with up to a 20% reduction in thickness that results in a 66% larger sweetspot in the M5 drivers over the M3 and more than 100% larger than the original M1 in 2015.
Highlighting TaylorMade's next generation of M metalwood performance are the M5 & M5 Tour drivers, designed from the sole up to be the highest-performing drivers in company history. In addition to Twist Face and Speed Injected technologies, TaylorMade has also incorporated numerous additional technologies to take performance levels to unprecedented levels. Aesthetically, a new vibrant blood orange colour and two-tone composite sole make for a visually stunning product that draws immediate attention and has drawn rave reviews from our Tour staff.
Available for preorder on January 18 and at retail on February 1, 2019 at an MSRP of $699.99 CAD, the M5 driver will be offered in 9°, 10.5° and 12° lofts. The M5 Tour driver will be available on March 1, 2019 also at an MSRP of $699.99 and is available in 9° and 10.5° lofts. Both the M5 & M5 Tour come equipped with a newly redesigned, streamlined headcover and premium components; either a Mitsubishi CK Tensei Orange 60 and Project X's new HZRDUS Smoke 70 shaft with numerous additional shaft options available at no additional cost. The stock grip is the MCC Decade grip from Golf Pride.
The M5 fairway also represents a complete re-engineering of TaylorMade adjustable fairways. The M5 fairway features an advanced multi-material head construction with a titanium body, 5-layer carbon composite crown with a steel movable weight — a trimaterial construction. The two low-density components – carbon and titanium – led to more discretionary weight, which engineers used to completely redesign the sliding weight system for a lower CG location and increased adjustability.
The M5 fairway wood is a new super adjustable fairway wood featuring ground-breaking new titanium-carbon construction with a massive 65-gram movable weight. This is the first ever fairway wood to use our revolutionary Twist Face technology for unparalleled accuracy and game-changing performance.
Available for preorder on January 18 and at retail on February 1, 2019 at an MSRP of $499.99 CAD, the M5 fairway will be offered in Rocket 3/14° (RH only), 3/15° and 5/18° lofts and come equipped with a Mitsubishi CK Tensei Orange 75 (X) and 65 (S, R) with numerous additional shaft options available at no additional cost. The stock grip is the MCC Decade grip from Golf Pride.
The M6 D-Type driver brings the same performance features found in the M6 driver into a draw-biased, easy-to-launch package. TaylorMade engineers have utilized a combination of technologies to create a significant amount of draw bias to help golfers prevent a right miss. The key feature is the optical engineering that creates a high-contrast topline masking configured to make the face angle appear more open than the actual face angle, resulting in the golfer returning a more closed face at impact. In addition, the centre of gravity is moved slightly toward the heel to further aid in delivering a square clubface to the golf ball. The combination of these features provides the M6 D-Type driver up to 20 yards more draw bias than the standard M6 driver.
Available for preorder on January 18 and at retail on February 1, 2019 at an MSRP of $599.99 CAD, the M6 and M6 D-Type drivers will be offered in 9°, 10.5° and 12° (RH only) lofts. The M6 driver has two stock shaft options from Fujikura, the high-launching Atmos Orange 5 and a lower-launching Atmos Black 6 in S-, R- and A-flexes. The M6 D-Type comes equipped with a Project X EvenFlow Max Carry 45 shaft in 6.0 (S), 5.5 (R) and 5.0 (A). For women, the M6 and M6 D-Type drivers will be offered in 10.5° and 12° lofts (RH only) and come equipped with TaylorMade's Tuned Performance 45g L-flex shaft. The stock men's grip is the Lamkin Dual Feel grip and the stock ladies grip is the Lamkin Comfort Plus Dual Feel grip. Both drivers are available with numerous additional shaft options at no additional cost.
The M6 fairway adds to TaylorMade's rich lineage of high-performance fairway woods with the addition of revolutionary Twist Face technology in a fairway for the first time (alongside the M5); the result is an explosive, yet playable fairway from the tee or off the deck. New in '19 is the addition of 'Rocket 3' a 14° offering for those seeking reduced spin and slightly increased ballspeed.
The M6 fairways also improve performance over the M4 by optimizing CG placement directly behind centre face, producing maximum energy transfer at impact. Maintaining a very low centre of gravity, the face height of the M6 fairways is also slightly taller, creating a more confidence-inspiring look at address with more available impact area on the clubface. The new larger carbon composite crown increases discretionary mass which is concentrated low in the head, lowering CG for a higher launch while maintaining high MOI for excellent forgiveness.
Available for preorder on January 18 and at retail on February 1, 2019 at an MSRP of $399.99 CAD, the M6 fairway woods will be offered in Rocket 3/14°, 3/15°, 5/18°, 7/21° and 9/24° lofts, equipped with Fujikura's Atmos Orange FW shaft in S, R and A-flexes. The M6 D-Type will be offered in 3/16°, 5/19° (5) & 7/22° lofts and come equipped with the Project X EvenFlow Max Carry 50 shaft in 6.0 (S), 5.5 (R) and 5.0 (A). The stock men's grip is the Lamkin Dual Feel grip and the stock ladies grip is the Lamkin Comfort Plus Dual Feel grip.
Rounding out the 2019 M6 series metalwoods is the M6 Rescue; TaylorMade's longest and most versatile hybrid club to date. For the first time ever, the M6 Rescue incorporates Twist Face technology, following the lead of its fairway and driver siblings to produce longer and straighter shots across the face. As the face of the M6 Rescue is significantly smaller than that of the M6 driver, the face curvature is thus more pronounced. As a result, the two-tone crown has been meticulously designed to mask its increased curvature.
Available for preorder on January 18 and at retail on February 1, 2019 at an MSRP of $299.99 CAD, the M6 Rescue will be offered in 3/19°, 4/22°, 5/25°, 6/28° and 7/31° lofts and come equipped with a Fujikura Atmos Orange HY shaft in 7 (S), 6 (R) or 5 (A). For women, the M6 Rescue will come in 4/22°, 5/25°, 6/28° and 7/31° lofts (RH only) and come equipped with TaylorMade's Tuned Performance 45g L-flex shaft. The stock men's grip is the Lamkin Dual Feel grip and the stock ladies grip is the Lamkin Comfort Plus Dual Feel grip.


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A business credit notification about your company is likely due to a change in your scores and ratings. It's not unusual for Dun & Bradstreet to reach out to companies when their business credit scores or ratings have changed. If you recently received a business credit notification from Dun & Bradstreet, you probably have questions about how this activity may affect your company. We've created an infographic to help you better understand the importance of building and monitoring your business credit file.
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