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Moonlight Buttress: Take Two

Moonlight Buttress: Take Two

Pop!  "Falling!"  I sat on the ground after lowering thinking, "Really?  Really?  Did that just happen?  OK, calm the storm.  Moonlight Buttress is about two weeks away, it might heal..."  I had just tweaked something pretty bad in the left side of my calf heading up into my knee, while heel hooking.  I sat there on the floor at the Mesa Rim climbing gym telling myself it would be OK.

I'm no longer in my 20s, and I'm far less indestructible.  I had a stream of minor injuries from running, yoga, climbing, and more.  Luckily, none of them were major, and I'd managed to push through and keep training.  This calf injury was definitely a concern, though...

It didn't help that a month and a half before Moonlight Buttress was planned, I headed out to try Equinox for my worst performance yet.   I wasn't able to pull the crux move at all!  My endurance was through the roof, but it doesn't matter how long you can hold on if you can't pull the moves.  I realized it was time for a period of bouldering, campusing, and finger boarding.  The steps for improvement:

1.  Identify weakness

2.  Crush it

3. Repeat

Within a month, my bouldering had jumped two grades, and by traversing as a warmup, I'd kept my hard fought endurance.  Now, however, my calf was tweaked enough I couldn't use my left leg much, and I was limping.  It's not exactly the kind of situation you want to be in when attempting to free a big wall.  However, if I've learned anythingover the years, it's not to give up, and that P = G.

I started thinking to myself, "OK this is the situation that I'm in.  Given the situation, what can I do right now to maximize my chances on Moonlight Buttress?"  I found a gym worker and had an ice pack taped to my calf almost immediately, and I popped 600mg of "Vitamin I."  I tested it a little, limped around some, and started to figure out what I COULD do as opposed to what I couldn't.  Toeing in and heel hooking were solidly out, which meant any steep climbing was out of the question...  or was it?  I needed power and strength anyways, so I started campusing the steepest wall at the gym on lead.  That would help with the lockoffs on ring locks required to set gear at multiple cruxes.  I also led some overhung routes with essentially one leg, and got on some vertical to see how the calf would do: better than hoped!

Over the next two weeks, I trained in the ways that I could, while letting the leg heal.  I was still limping at least a little every day preceeding Moonlight Buttress, but I'd tested my leg crack climbing and liebacking, and provided I could make the hike in, I would be fine for the climbing.  I'd put in too much work, and even if it did flare up on the climb, I planned to push through the pain and drag my ass down the Angel's Landing trail afterward when we were done.  I was 100% committed to this thing.

I had asked around among my regular partners, but all were busy or unavailable.  Instead, I ended up climbing with Eliot.  He's a local climber I've known for years, but rarely had the pleasure of roping up with.  His experience on long hard routes was limited, but he was cranking out finger cracks in J-Tree, and at Mt. Woodson, and he had the most important characteristic any partner can have: a good attitude.  I can't stress that enough, if you want to pull harder, stack the odds in your favor and climb with someone who will help you stay psyched mentally because if you lose that, you will fail.

Eliot and I cruised out there Thursday morning, hit the backcountry desk, and secured a permit for Friday to drive in before the shuttles started.  I'd been monitoring the flow rates of the Virgin Riverand they were above 1000 cfs, which meant crossing the river was not an option.  We'd have to make the hike around from The Grotto where the Angel's Landing trail starts and contour near the river to the base of the route.

That night we joined our friends Phillip and Nic in one of the campgrounds.  They'd been climbing for a few days already, and had a photographer with them.  When we met, he asked if he could photograph us on Moonlight Buttress.  Since I typically only get butt shots, I enthusiastically accepted!  We planned to meet on the upper pitches around 3pm, and he'd hike in and rappel from the top.

Elliot and I were up before the sun, brewed some coffee and pounded some breakfast.  We hopped in the car and I started blasting my favorite song to listen to before attempting to free a bigwall:  Odub's version of "Stronger".  The psyche built as we cruised into the deserted National Park.  I've got to say that I really appreciate how climber friendly Zion is, and it's quite the experience to have such a place as Zion's main canyon completely to yourself, even if it's only for an hour or two.

We hit the trail and easily found our way toward Moonlight Buttress.  The approach was probably an hour or less, and it was quite beautiful.  We were hiking down near the river, often in grassy fields and it was quite casual.  I only mis-stepped once, tweaking my calf, but it was relatively minor and the pain faded quickly.  There was almost no elevation gain/loss until we got to Moonlight Buttress and had the final hill to gain.  When we reached the base of the alternate 10a start, I started racking.  We opened some hand warmers, threw them in our chalk bags, and flaked the ropes.  Luckily, there was no one on route, unlike last year.  We had the whole route to ourselves!

I started soloing up the first pitch while Eliot disassembled the haulbag's suspension system, and finished most of the pitch before I finally threw a cam in and asked to be put on belay.  Eliot was ready by then, and I finished the pitch and hauled the bag.  I've probably mentioned this before, but my philosophy is that climbing is a team effort.  I don't really believe in having a follower jug, and I'd rather they have as much fun as possible.  I'd prefer to burn some energy bringing a tagline and hauling, than forcing my partner to climb with a pack on the hard pitches.

Eliot took the next two pitches, a nice 5.10 crack and the spectacularly exposed 5.11 traverse.  I took the next 5.10 lead, since I remembered it being a little runout, and I didn't know how happy that would make Eliot since we hadn't climbed together much before this outing.  We ate and drank a little next to the rocker block, and I prepared for the next 6 back to back 5.12 pitches.

First up, 5.12b boulder problem into easy to mid 5.11 liebacking.  The pitch fell quickly and easily since I knew the trick:  Run it out, while liebacking quickly, til there is a nice stance.  Eliot peeled off on the boulder problem, since he had trouble reaching the starting holds, but got it quickly  thereafter and was soon liebacking.  He was still calibrating to the style and the rock, and I believe a foot slip in a bad body position spit him off again.  After that, he made quick work of the pitch and joined me at the hanging belay.

Next up was the "crux" of the route.  It's the 12d very gently overhung lieback corner into a weird offwidth pod-thing and various face, jamming, and liebacking above.  Again, the trick is to run it out instead of stopping to set gear.  I onsighted this pitch previously, but it was a brutal battle and I knew it would be hard, but doable, this time as well.  I warned Eliot he might have to dodge me on my way down if I blew it, and then headed off.

At a stance, I set two good pieces and looked above.  Omega Pacific had contacted me late last year to review their Link Cams, and I specifically brought the 0.5 Link Cam for this crux.  I remembered last year casting off into the disgustingly sustained liebacking and trying to set a piece mid lieback and grabbing the wrong cam.  I almost whipped into Roberto's lap.  This year, armed with the cam with the largest expansion range on the market, I was prepared!  I started up the lieback, got a marginal finger jam, and slammed in the Link Cam and fired for the next stance high above.  It worked like a charm!

I got Eliot on belay and watched as he climbed the pitch below from my perfect vantage point.  I peppered him with both encouragement and beta when I thought he was committing to the wrong move.  He fought and fought and managed to flash the pitch in one of the best efforts of the day!

Next up: the nightmare pitch.  It's a flared, overhung chimney, with a 1" crack in the back that's too wide for good finger jams, and too narrow to fit a hand jam.  The crux (for me) is transitioning from chimney-scuzzing to lieback-jamming.  I racked up and cast off up the pitch remembering almost puking on Roberto the year before.  I knew this would be a true battle.  The jams were as miserable as I remembered, but I fought, thrashed, and committed.  In the end, I whipped off swinging into the chimney below.  The fall was fine, and even amusing when I realized that my foot was stuck in the back of the chimney.  As opposed to almost puking like last year, this time my whole body was shaking from exertion - a definite improvement!  After a minute, I extracted my foot, and went back up to play with the technique and sequence needed to unlock the pitch.

I lowered, and pulled the rope ready for another go.  I had better technique this time, and I came damn close with a better sequence, but the pitch was still out of my league.  I fell again, rested a little, and then cast off up the liebacking above.  I was destroyed, but I managed to get the rest of the physically demanding pitch clean.  Again, the 0.5 Link Cam saved my ass when I was pumped and liebacking and needed to slam something in quickly.  I was beginning to be a real fan!  On the ledge above, I hauled the bag and brought Eliot up.  He managed to also put the pitch together with only one fall.  I found this quite impressive considering it was his first time on it and the weird technique required, !

We ate some food and rested on the ledge.  We were done with half of the hard pitches, and the last three were much easier, relative to the three below.  After our rest, I racked up again and enjoyed the perfect 12a splitter fingers to the next belay ledge.  After years of practicing on Woodson finger cracks, Eliot floated the pitch as well.

The dreaded 5.12 ring locks loomed above.  It's only 30-40', but damn is it hard.  Dead vertical, no feet anywhere, and setting gear is a nightmare.  I stepped off the ledge and started proceeding methodically.  If I had a single marginal jam, I would be off.  I maximized the pin scars for feet, and worked up the crack trying to balance safety and not wasting energy setting gear.  I read it right, and barely red pointed this pitch, which had given me so much trouble the year before.  I was STOKED!

By this point, we were finally up to where Ryan could shoot some photos:  Photos © Ryan Day Thompson, 2011 |

Eliot walked the pitch behind me, and I racked up for the final pitch to the top.  Since I had already fallen, I planned on just taking the whole rack and punching for the summit by linking the last two pitches.  I cast off on the lower angle climbing above trying to get us out of there quickly, since it was starting to get cold.  I finished the 5.12a pitch without too much trouble, but during it I had my 2nd cramp of the day and exhaustion started to set in.

The last 5.10 pitch is no "gimmie" pitch, and it turned into a slow battle.  The rock quality deteriorates, the gear is farther between, and the moves sometimes aren't obvious.  As I moved up cautiously, I reached a section where I had to smear my foot on one of those terribly sandy sections of white sandstone reach up for a perfect hand jam.  As I cranked off a tiny crimp with my right hand, my feet blew just as my left hand settled in the crack.  I ended up laughing, dangling off my single handjam having averted a potentially monster fall!  I continued up the discontinuous crack carefully to the top and finally clipped the final anchor.  I hauled the bag, and brought Eliot up who climbed yet another 5.12 pitch flawlessly.

Once on top, we snapped the mandatory pullharder pose picture, and packed up for the hike down.  All in all, it was a relatively uneventful day, but it was a great one nonetheless.  We spent the day on one of the best free routes in the world.  I didn't send, but I had greatly improved and climbed the route with a single fall.  I consider any improvement a huge success, especially since I was dealing with a lingering injury from two weeks previously.  Eliot had his first taste of bigwall free climbing, and had performed spectacularly with only 3 hangs on the entire route.  Ryan had the opportunity to snap some great photos of a famous and spectacular route.  On top of it all, we managed to make it down to grab dinner and beers in town while it was still daylight, before crashing out for the night with huge grins and great memories.

I woke up at 3am and experienced foreshadowing of what was to come the next day.  My fingers were throbbing with so much pain that I couldn't fall back to sleep.  I dug around until I found some Vitamin I, poured an unknown quantity into my palm, and downed it with some water I luckily found in the tent.  When we woke the next morning, we hurt everywhere.  We quickly, and unanimously, canceled any plan to climb for the day, realizing that we needed the rest.  Since there was rain predicted Sunday, we ended up packing the car and heading home early after another excellent trip to Zion....

Thanks Eliot and Ryan!


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Scientist: Dr. Daniel A. Savin

Material Science - Helmets

Material Science - Helmets
Why are some sports helmets designed to break on impact?

Patriots football game

The sounds of football game, where as a player the last sound you want to hear is your helmet getting hammered on by an opposing team member. Material Science to the rescue. I'm Jim Metzner and this is The Pulse of the Planet. In our last program, we learned how different forms of plastic are created from different kinds of polymers; spaghetti-like strands of molecules that we can change to get materials with different properties, materials like foam.

DANIEL: So not all foams are created equal. You can use different foams for different types of applications.

Daniel Savin is an assistant professor materials science at the University of Southern Mississippi

For example, if you ride your bicycle, hopefully you wear a helmet. Well helmets are designed so that if you crash and you hit your head on the ground, your helmet is designed to actually break apart so that all of the impact goes into your helmet and not into your head which is how it protects you. But if you go to play football for example,

DANIEL: and you go into a collision hopefully the helmet is not going to shatter. You want the helmet to stay as it is but you want the foam inside of it to absorb the impact of the collision.

The same thing is true for baseball helmets but the foam for baseball helmets is a little bit different because the impact you have with a baseball helmet is usually a lot faster if you get hit in the head with a baseball than what you would see in a football collision.

Daniel Savin is one of the participating scientists in this year's KSC, our free nationwide competition for third to 6th graders. Think up a new way that materials science can make sports safer or more fun and enter on kidscience Pulse of the Planet is made possible by the National Science Foundation, I'm Jim Metzner.

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Using Qt Designer

In Chapter 5 we created dialogs purely by writing code. In our initializers we created the widgets we needed and set their initial properties. Then we created one or more layout managers to which we added the widgets to get the appearance we wanted. In some cases, when working with vertical or horizontal layouts we added a "stretch" which would expand to fill unwanted space. And after laying out the widgets we connected the signals we were interested in to the methods we wanted to handle them.

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Figure 7.1 Qt Designer

Some programmers prefer to do everything in code, whereas others prefer to use a visual design tool to create their dialogs. With PyQt, we can do either, or even both. The Image Changer application from the preceding chapter had two custom dialogs: the ResizeDlg, which was created purely in code (in the exercise), and the NewImageDlg, which was created using Qt Designer. We showed how to do things in code first so that you would get a strong sense of how the layout managers work. But in this chapter we are going to create dialogs using Qt Designer, which is shown in Figure 7.1.

Qt Designer can be used to create user interfaces for dialogs, custom widgets, and main windows. We will only cover dialogs; custom widgets are almost the same, only they are based on the "Widget" template rather than one of the "Dialog" templates. Using Qt Designer for main windows offers fewer advantages, apart from the convenience of a visual QAction editor. Qt Designer can also be used to create and edit resource files.

The user interfaces are stored in .ui files, and include details of a form's widgets and layouts. In addition, Qt Designer can be used to associate labels with Buddies their "buddies", and to set the tab-order, that is, the order in which widgets get 143 « the keyboard focus when the user presses the Tab key. This can also be done in code with QWidget.setTabOrder(), but it is rarely necessary for hand-coded forms, since the default is the order of widget creation, which is usually what we want. Qt Designer can also be used to make signal-slot connections, but only between built-in signals and slots.

Once a user interface has been designed and saved in a .ui file, it must be converted into code before it can be used. This is done using the pyuic4 command-line program. For example:

C:\pyqt\chap07>pyuic4 -o findandreplacedlg.ui

As mentioned in the previous chapter, we can use either or Make mk-

PyQt to run pyuic4 for us. However, generating a Python module (a .py file) Pyqt Py from a .ui file is not enough to make the user interface usable.* Note that the Make generated code (in the ui_*.py files) should never be hand-edited because any PyQt changes will be overwritten the next time pyuic4 is run. sidebar

From the end-user's perspective, it makes no difference whether a dialog's ^ 207 user interface is hand-coded or created with Qt Designer. However, there is a significant difference in the implementation of a dialog's initializer, since we must create, lay out, and connect the dialog's widgets if hand coding, but only need to call a particular method to achieve the same thing with a dialog that uses a Qt Designer user interface.

One great benefit of using Qt Designer, in addition to the convenience of designing dialogs visually, is that if we change the design, we only have to regenerate the user interface module (using pyuic4 directly, or via or Make PyQt), and we do not need to change our code. The only time that we must change our code is if we add, delete, or rename widgets that we refer to in our code. This

*It is possible, though uncommon, to load and use the .ui file directly using PyQt4.uic.loadUi(). and Make PyQt

The console application and the Make PyQt (makepyqt.pyw) GUI application, are build programs that run PyQt's pyuic4, pyrcc4, pylupdate4, and lrelease programs for us. They both do exactly the same job, automatically using the correct command-line arguments to run PyQt's helper programs, and they both check timestamps to avoid doing unnecessary work.

Make PyQt

Path: C:\pyqt converted chap06\newimagedlg.ui to chap06\ converted chap06\resources.qrc to chap06\ converted chap07\findandreplacedlg.ui to chap07\ui_findandreplacedlg,py converted chap07\ticketorderdlgl.ui to chap07\ converted chap07\ticketorderdlg2.ui to chap07\ converted chap08\addeditmoviedlg.ui to chap08\ui_addeditmoviedlg,py converted chap08\addeditmoviedlgx.ui to chap08\ converted chap08\addeditmoviedlg_ans.ui to chap08\ converted chap08\resources.qrc to chap08\ converted chap09\findandreplacedlg.ui to chap09\ui_findandreplacedlg,py converted chap09\paymentdlg.ui to chap09\ converted chap09\resources.qrc to chap09\ converted chap09\vehiderentaldlg.ui to chap09\ converted chapl2\miteform.ui to chapl2\ converted chapl3\resources.qrc to chapl3\ converted chapl5\resources.qrc to chapl5\ converted chapl7\newimagedlg.ui to chapl7\ converted chapl7\resources.qrc to chapl7\ updated chap 17\imagechanger_fr. ts generated chap 17\imagechanger_fr .qm

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The build programs look for .ui files and run pyuic4 on them to produce files with the same name but prefixed with ui_ and with their extension changed to .py. Similarly, they look for .qrc files and run pyrcc4 on them to produce files with the same name but prefixed with qrc_, and again with their extension changed to .py.

For example, if we run in the chap06 directory, we get:

C:\pyqt\chap06>..\ ./newimagedlg.ui -> ./ ./resources.qrc -> ./

The same thing can be achieved by running Make PyQt: click the Path button to set the path to C:\pyqt\chap06, and then click the Build button. If we make any changes we can simply run again, or click Build if using Make PyQt, and any necessary updates will be made.

Both build programs can delete the generated files ready for a fresh build, and both can work recursively on entire directory trees using the -r option for or by checking the Recurse checkbox for Make PyQt. Run -h in a console for a summary of its options. The Make PyQt program has tooltips for its checkboxes and buttons. In some cases, it may be necessary to set the tool paths; click More^Tool paths, on the first use.

means that using Qt Designer is much quicker and easier for experimenting with designs than editing hand-coded layouts, and helps maintain a separation between the visual design created using Qt Designer, and the behavior implemented in code.

In this chapter we will create an example dialog, using it to learn how to use Qt Designer to create and lay out widgets, to set buddies and tab order, and to make signal-slot connections. We will also see how to use the user interface modules generated by pyuic4, and how to create connections to our custom slots automatically without having to use connect() calls in the initializer.

For the examples, we have used the Qt Designer that comes with Qt 4.2. Earlier versions of Qt Designer do not have the QFontComboBox or QCalendarWidget widgets, and their "Dialog" templates use QPushButtons rather than a QDialogBut-tonBox.

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Academic journal article Journal of Technology and Teacher Education

Collaborative Design of Online Professional Development: Building the Milwaukee Professional Support Portal

Academic journal article Journal of Technology and Teacher Education

Collaborative Design of Online Professional Development: Building the Milwaukee Professional Support Portal

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This case study describes an effort to design and pilot an interactive, Web-based, district-wide "professional support portal" to support new teacher retention and professional growth in the Milwaukee Public Schools. The study reviews the overarching goals of this program and focuses, in particular, on an account of the nature and kinds of collaboration among the district and its institutional partners that made possible the design and early use of this Portal. Findings identify key factors that proved either to facilitate or impede distant collaboration. These principles are essential to consider when planning and implementing district-wide initiatives for in-service professional development that embrace new technologies and include multiple partners.

State and local policies designed to address the shortage of qualified teachers are increasingly mandating mentoring, coaching, and peer support to increase the induction and retention of new teachers and to renew the skills and motivation of veteran teachers (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2003). Such a complicated and difficult task strains the resources and human capital of many schools, particularly urban districts, which tend to have large proportions of new and under-qualified teachers and which confront complex issues of diversity and equity. Findings from a variety of studies indicate that traditional methods of professional development are inadequate to meet these challenges (Choy, Chen, & Ross, 1998; National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996).

New communication and information technologies appear to offer great potential to address this issue through flexible approaches that support professional development in the midst of work (Smith, 2003). Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) has established a strategic initiative, the Professional Support Portal (PSP), designed to use technology in innovative ways to support new teacher induction, retention, and continued professional growth through online tools, resources, and expertise. The goal of this systemic project is to engage new teachers in mentoring and peer coaching activities online, while providing support and guidance through the district's accomplished teachers and university partners. This model consists of a sophisticated combination of face-to-face interaction complemented by online tools and services that address issues of access, diversity, equity, motivation, capacity, and quality. The Harvard Graduate School of Education, along with the Educational Development Center, worked across distance as codesigners, mentors, researchers, and evaluators for the project. Other initial partners were SRI International, Homeboyz Interactive, Teachscape Inc., and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

This particular case study explores the use of high bandwidth, interactive media (internet-based videoconferencing and groupware) to enable Boston-area experts to serve as active, day-to-day partners and mentors on this MPS initiative for new teacher induction and retention. In particular, the study portrays how the partner organizations built and sustained a virtual "Design Team." From September 2001 to June 2003, the group focused on collaborative design across distance through three distinct phases: (a) an exploratory stage of defining needs for new teacher induction and retention, (b) a preliminary design phase that defined the basic "look and feel" of the portal, and (c) a pilot demonstration phase that saw the first use of the portal during the 2002-2003 school year with a group of 150 new teachers drawn from across the district.

The primary tool for design group communication was Internet-based videoconferencing, which provided an inexpensive and reliable means of communication. This was augmented by several other methods of synchronous and asynchronous interaction and information exchange among group members, ranging from personal e-mail distribution lists to multifunctional groupware applications, such as Groove[R] (1) and TappedIn[R] (2). …

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Magazine article Insight on the News

Shrinking 'One Size Fits All' Public Policy

Magazine article Insight on the News

Shrinking 'One Size Fits All' Public Policy

Article excerpt

Outside the Beltway, people aren't very excited about Washington's upcoming welfare reform. They've watched too many generations of social engineers try to fix welfare only to produce a bigger, more exasperating tangle.

A nice example of this pattern of failure, at least at the state level, is Virginia's 1994 law getting tough with "deadbeat dads" who fail to pay state-ordered child support. Its plan was to punish them by suspending their state professional licenses. It sounded simple, efficient and fair. The only problem was that no one reckoned on the law of unintended consequences. When the commonwealth cracked down on dead-beat dads in 1995, guess who was the first parent to have a career license suspended? A hard-luck mom!

Amber Bachand, from Front Royal, Va., is a nursing assistant who had given custody of her 13-year-old son to his grandparents. The grandparents collected state assistance to care for the boy and the state tried to recoup the money by going after the daughter. But Amber was broke and couldn't pay the $3,899 assessment. By taking away her nurses'-assistant license, the state made it harder for her to find work. In connection with the case, a judge also ordered her arrested and jailed; this caused Amber to go into hiding, abandoning contact with her son and breaking up the family.

"It's real hard on [her son] Paul" said the grandmother. Washington Post reporter Peter Baker found that the grandmother was distraught to learn that her decision to take welfare benefits on behalf of her grandson would result in a prosecution against her daughter. "I didn't realize what all it involved:' she said, "or I would never have gone and asked for assistance."

Why does government keep stumbling into these painful blunders? It's a good question to ask as the nation heads down the road of welfare reform. Are Americans just going th be rolled by the law of unintended consequences again?

Let's see what's behind this law. When one thinks about social policy, about rules and regulations that affect human beings, one necessarily must conjure up an image of the person who will be affected by the law. With child support, for example, one create a picture of the parent who owes the money. …

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Newspaper article The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Phone-Sales Boss Is Holding the Line

Newspaper article The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Phone-Sales Boss Is Holding the Line

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Byline: By Daniel Cochlin

Telephone sales people anger most of us at one time or another. Daniel Cochlin finds out what the person at the other end of the line has to say.

Jane Hudson spends all day on the phone to clients.

She is manager of Universal Direct Building Society in Newcastle.

And she understands how people can get fed up with efforts of people like her to persuade them to buy products over the phone.

Jane, 42, lives with partner Alan, 44, an accountant, in Whitley Bay.

She said: "When you come home at night the last thing you want to do is be called up by a company selling something.

"We try to get away from the image of people ringing up all the time, because it annoys people.

"If we get desperate about having to meet our targets we call other people and if they say no, it is true that we do try to encourage them.

"We have very quite high targets as a department and my overall aim is to meet those targets.

"We never cold call - that is a company policy.

"We only call existing customers to talk about new options and investments. When we have a quiet moment we do start outbound calling, but only if the person is one of our customers."

Jane said regulations meant she often had to ask customers to send a number of documents for identification purposes..

She said: "A lot of our clients are quite elderly and do not understand why they have to prove their identity with driver's licence, passport and utility bills, but we are bound by regulations to stop fraud.

"People may think it is an invasion of privacy, but we do try to explain to them why we need the information.

"We always put it on the system if somebody has asked not to be called and if they have then we won't. It puts people off.

"We try and make sure people always talk to the same person they have dealt with previously, which they like.

"Some people have had bad experiences about applying for a mortgage and having to deal with 10 different people. I always try to deal with the same people - we get a lot of good feedback from doing that. …

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There is news about the release of more Nokia models and updates versions of the existing models. Nokia 2, 7 and 9 will be released soon this year according to an employee of BPO (Business Process Outsourcing). However, this will be the second series of the Nokia smartphones. Let us discuss some main features of the Nokia 9 smartphone.

Nokia 9 will be a high end device which will come with a QHD screen of 5.5 inches IPS OLED touch screen. What makes Nokia 9 better than any other Nokia smartphone is that it will be water resistant as well as dust resistant. Hence, it is certified by IP68 and secured from damages. Nokia 9 will take photography to next level with a 13 MP Carl Zeiss back camera and a 12 MP front camera for HD selfies and video recording. Nokia is one step ahead of any other smartphone because it comes with OZO audio enhancement which is a feature that has never been embedded in any other phone before. The expected Price of Nokia 9 is Pakistan is expected to be around 68,000 Rupees. But, it a fair price for the top notch features. It will have the latest Android OS v7.1.2 Nougat and to power up this immense device it has an integrated battery of 3800 mAh. Hence, the fast battery charging will support smooth running of the battery and consume less time. It is a fast running device with a 6GB RAM and 64 or 128 GB built in RAM! The device has massive storage and is surely a great smartphone for effective and efficient usage.

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International buyers who have no connection to Canada make up just a tiny section of the realty market, says Tal. Much more common is a situation where the buyer is based overseas, yet the building is occupied by his wife and youngsters, who participate in Canadian colleges as well as participate in Canadian society. There will also be a rally outside the Vancouver Fine art Gallery on May 24th, to concentrate on the issue of affordable housing for young people in a city where the typical residence expenses more than $1 million. Don’t hesitate to take a stand and also go to if you count on the source. Like you claimed, when they buy, you have another person selling. You have someone else purchasing when they market.

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Technology: The advisor’s ultimate toolbox

Technology in the hands of the advisor can transform a practice.

The saying goes that a craftsman is only as good as the tools he or she uses. Similarly, technology in the hands of the independent advisor can transform a practice – elevating capabilities, adding scalability and helping advisors be more efficient with their time and resources.

Do it yourself

For practically every improvement or enhancement you want to make to your practice, you are likely to find a solution in technology. If you want to make more efficient use of your time, mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops allow access to information wherever you are. Client data and account information, market research and analysis, and even financial planning tools and proposal generators are literally right in the palm of your hand.

And the people who provide the information and data recognize the trend toward mobility in the advising industry, resulting in a number of apps for smartphones and tablets designed to help advisors access their own information (like the LogMeIn app that allows you to connect with your computer from your smartphone or any other computer) and stay informed (like the Bloomberg app).

Making contact

Advisors wanting to enhance, track and, in some cases, automate client communication are turning to contact resource management (CRM) software options.

“Truly the most revolutionary technology in the industry is the combination of email and a CRM system,” says Mark Thompson, a Melbourne, Florida advisor.

A client management system makes documenting and accessing ongoing client communications easy and automatic. And most client management systems today are fully customizable and can incorporate your logo and brand in all your email and print communications, including statements, confirms and agreements.

“Using a CRM can really help any advisor be more productive and efficient,” says Eliot Weissberg, branch manager of The Investors Center, Inc. in Avon, Connecticut. “And many allow you to integrate other programs and apps – for instance, scanning software so you can store and track documents with your client communications.”

Build to scale

Ultimately, the role of technology in any advisory practice should be to help the practice grow. And in today’s business environment, the only way advisors can successfully create scalability in their practice is by reclaiming the time they spend on administrative duties to spend more time with clients and build stronger relationships. Having the tools to access information and client accounts instantly, manage client communications and deliver a consistent client experience can help advisors do more with their time. And the technology to do that is available right now.

“Our team has been focused on tech for more than 20 years,” says Phillip Rademacher, a Raymond James Financial Services advisor in Lawrence, Kansas. “As the industry has evolved, so has our use of available technology. Contact management software, trading platforms and mobile devices have allowed us to serve more customers and keep track of more data. At the same, we have been able to deliver more consistent results across all our client types.”

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A website, in simple words, is an online platform where you can effectively display your business. It is an incredible showcase of your business which can be viewed all over the world. An online presence of your business would certainly help you achieve dramatic growth in sales and revenue.The contemporary world is pretty much run by the internet. People excessively use the internet to buy and sell different products and services. Surprisingly, a large number of people around the globe use internet nowadays to locate a nearby plumber. It suggests that every business, small or large, have to make its presence felt on the internet in order to stay profitable and sustainable in a competitive market. We can see plenty of highly successful businesses who just use websites as their sole marketing and promotional tool. Having a website can benefit your business in so many ways. For example:

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How do Steampunk sweethearts handle the cold? They rock badass footwear, of course! These platform ankle boots are everything a Steampunk fan could dream of with a design inspired by an apocalyptic gas mask. Distressed brown leather with faux-fur trim and corset-style lacing brings a Victorian vibe whilst the metal adornments catapult this boot into a dark future. The layered metal stiletto heel resembles  a futuristic bullet, whilst the dangling skull and coin charms signal tough times ahead. Metal adornments such as studs line the side of the heel with a single spike to bring out your bad side. Authentic to Hades footwear, the flame buckles are an extra special touch. Whilst these booties look amazing, they'll also keep your feet sweet thanks to the toasty faux-fur. The hidden platform will give you height, strength and power like the goddess you are. Try these booties with a striped midi skirt or a flowing corseted dress for original Steampunk flavour. Order a pair now and we'll treat you to free UK delivery (or speedy international shipping if you live overseas). Our no quibbles money back guarantee is there to protect you, just in case. March on in these luxuriously wicked booties!

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What is it like to work there? What does the team look like? How do they work together?

These are the questions your best prospects are asking. If your career site doesn’t provide the answers, you could lose them before they even apply.

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The best news? Creating an employment video doesn’t have to be complicated. It just takes a bit of preparation and access to the right tools.

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An effective employment video doesn’t speak to everyone. Instead, it’s strategically crafted to speak to a certain candidate audience. To keep your targets fresh in mind, assign personas to describe each audience’s unique needs.

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To prevent viewer drop off, make sure your videos are succinct and to the point. Avoid fact stuffing and try to focus on one subject, theme or goal to ensure your video is only around a minute or two long.

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Tripura High Court Recruitment 2018Tripura High Court, Agartala invites applicants for various posts of the various fields. There are various posts of the Head Clerk cum Accountant Posts. The candidates can Send Tripura High Court Vacancy 2018 Application form in the prescribed format on or before the last date. More details they can check below such as age, education qualification, age limit, how to apply, mode of selection etc are given below.

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Organization Name: Tripura High Court

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The defending state champion Jackrabbits (32-1) are coming off a strong performance against L.A. Grant in a first-round game of the tournament.

Jasmine Dixon dominated in the paint in the first half against a Lancer team that started off the game in man-to-man defense, and then tried to implement a zone which failed to slow down Poly.

Dixon, a junior adidas All-American, scored 14 of her game-high 16 points by intermission, and coach Carl Buggs rested her much of the final two quarters.

Taja Edwards scored 10 points, and Brittany Wilson came in off the bench to add 13 points in the 79-22 rout.

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If there ever was a “rock star” event for book lovers, than this yearly event is it.

The Palos Verdes Woman’s Club is hosting the popular Books and Authors Luncheon, where the public gets to mingle with favorite writers.

Six authors — whose books cover topics ranging from brothers serving on opposite sides of the Civil War to the hazardous world of commercial fishing — will be on hand.

Guest authors are Judi Gerber (“Farming in Torrance and the South Bay”); Andrew Rafkin (“Red Sky Morning”); David Jones (“Two Brothers”); Heidi Squier Kraft (“Rule No. 2”); Marc Frederic (“Benny’s Pets”); and April Halprin Wayland (“Girl Coming in for a Landing”).

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RAVENNA, Mich. – He had belonged to the same team at a bowling alley for 45 years, and he had just rolled a 300 for his first perfect game.

Then Don Doane collapsed on the floor while high-fiving his Nutt Farm teammates. The 62-year-old bowler from Ravenna was taken to a hospital but couldn’t be saved. A medical examiner said a heart attack was the cause of death.

Jim Nutt spoke with Grand Rapids TV stations WOOD and WZZM about his friend and teammate, who collapsed Oct. 16 at Ravenna Bowl. Nutt says Doane had many friends at the bowling alley and it’s strange not seeing him on league nights.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the highest paid boxing champions, commanding no less than $100 million per fight, and holding the record for the most pay-per-view buys. Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxer in the history of the sport by winning the title at the age of 20. Known for readily delivering a knock-out blow, Tyson's popularity has remained consistent since his retirement. Naseem Hamed, a featherweight fighter, is a southpaw and won 36 of his 37 matches.

Roy Jones Jr. is another famous boxer who was named "Fighter of the Decade" during the 1990s. Beginning at middleweight, Jones moved up to heavyweight and eventually won the title in that weight class, a feat that had not been accomplished for over 100 years prior. Other notable boxers include Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Marvin Hagler and Willie Pep.

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Basil: these annuals will need to be replanted each year. Chives: Established clumps can be divided and transplanted. Dill: Another annual, dill has feathery pale green leaves and pale yellow flowers. Lavender: Has grayish foliage and fragrant lavender flowers. Mint: Is probably the easiest herb to grow in almost any climate. Sage: Another hardy perennial with beautiful foliage and blue flowers. Thyme: Cut for drying before blossoms open (otherwise the flavor is changed).


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GE shares fall on cash, business worries though profit beats

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co reported quarterly sales and adjusted earnings results that beat analysts estimates on Friday, but its shares fell on concerns about some of its industrial businesses and its cash outflow.

A sign marks a General Electric (GE) facility in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The maker of jet engines, power plants and other industrial equipment also reported a negative $1.6 billion in cash flow from industrial operating activities compared with a negative $600 million it expected for the quarter due to a $1.3 billion increase in working capital and the timing of bills to customers.

Investors have been watching cash flow as an indicator of GE’s operating performance, and GE said it still expects to hit its cash target of $12 billion to $14 billion for the full year.

Shares were down 2.3 percent at $29.57 in afternoon trading, making it the second-biggest decliner on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

“There was immediate disappointment that cash came in low,” said Deane Dray, analyst at RBC Capital markets. Analysts asked numerous questions about it on the conference call and “it gave investors a reason not to feel good about the quarter.”

The company also raised concern by giving itself wiggle room to deliver fewer LEAP aircraft engines this year, a key risk for the company. It said the range for the year was 450 to 500 engines, instead of nearly 500 it stated earlier.

“It is notable that GE is taking a more cautious slant by backing away from a firm target of “500,” Vertical Research Partners analyst Rob Stallard said.

But GE Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein said in an interview there was no change in the LEAP forecast.

A sign marks a General Electric (GE) facility in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

“We’re not changing our view on our ability to deliver the LEAP engine this year for Boeing and Airbus,” Bornstein said.

GE shipped 81 engines in the first quarter and expects to ship 100 in the second quarter, he said, adding: “There’s no delays to customers whatsoever.”

The General Electric (GE) logo marks containers in the parking lot of a facility in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

GE beat analysts estimates for adjusted earnings and revenue, even though revenue fell 1 percent to $27.66 billion, due to lower sales in its oil-and-gas and lighting businesses. Analysts expected $26.26 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Adjusted earnings of 21 cents a share were unchanged from a year ago and beat analyst estimates of 17 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

GE said industrial organic revenue, which is from continuing businesses, grew 7 percent in the quarter, a strong showing according to analysts. Industrial operating profit margins rose by 1.3 percent points, also more than analysts expected, and ahead of the 1 percentage point forecast for the year.

Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt noted a 10 percent rise in quarterly orders and said the world economy was “an attractive environment for GE.”

“We see global growth accelerating, while the U.S. continues to improve,” Immelt said on the conference call, adding that growth in China, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa this year were all “stronger than last year.”

Separately, European engineering groups ABB Ltd and Schneider Electric SE are competing for GE’s solutions division, which could fetch as much as $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Antiwar demonstrators in central Warsaw on March 19. (epa) March 19, 2006 -- Protesters in countries around the world today marked the third anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

In London, police said some 15,000 protesters joined a rally in the city's Trafalgar Square.

In Spain, some 4,000 protesters marched through central Madrid, in a demonstration organized by leftist political groups.

In Brussels, police said 2,000 people gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy.

Some 50 protesters in the Czech capital Prague handed out antiwar leaflets.

Earlier, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Tokyo, calling on the Japanese government to bring the country's troops home.

In Seoul, some 1,000 activists called for the withdrawal of South Korea's 3,200-member contingent from Iraq.

Yesterday, some 7,000 protesters marched through the streets of Chicago, calling for an immediate U.S. pullout from Iraq.

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Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada in session (file photo) (Ukrinform) June 20, 2006 -- Ukraine's parliament met again today to try to form a governing coalition.

The country has been in political deadlock following inconclusive legislative elections in March.

The biggest winner in the poll was the pro-Russian Party of Regions, but together three former Orange Revolution allies could hold more seats in parliament.

President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party, the party of former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, and the Socialist Party, however, have so far failed to agree on a coalition.

Tymoshenko today again blamed Our Ukraine for the deadlock.

"I can state that as events are unfolding, I do not reject the possibility that Our Ukraine will simultaneously sign two coalition agreements: one with the Party of Regions and one with our bloc," Tymoshenko said.

No lawmaker today would predict the outcome of ongoing negotiations, but both Our Ukraine and the Socialists said they expected a deal to be struck within 24 hours.

Under the constitution, Yushchenko could dissolve parliament and call early elections if no agreement is reached by June 25.

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Pope Benedict (left) with Prime Minister Erdogan in Ankara today (epa) November 28, 2006 -- Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Ankara today for his first visit to a Muslim-majority country since becoming pontiff in April 2005.

Upon arrival, the pope said Turkey is a "bridge" between religions and he appealed for solidarity between cultures.

Benedict told Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who greeted him at Ankara airport, that Turkey is a democratic, Islamic country and a bridge.

The pope said he had wanted to visit Turkey since becoming pope.

Erdogan, who originally had not planned to meet with the pope during this visit, agreed to greet Benedict at the airport after coming under pressure from intellectuals and the media.

"First of all, I would like to state my pleasure at seeing you and your delegation in our country," Erdogan said. "Your visit is taking place at a very special time. Therefore, I find it quite meaningful."

After the meeting, Erdogan said the pope had told him that he supports Turkey's bid to join the EU. Before becoming pope last year, Benedict had said Turkey's Muslim religion meant it did not belong in the EU.

During his four-day visit, Benedict is also expected to seek to ease anger over his perceived criticism of Islam and mend a split with the world's Orthodox Christians.

Turkey deployed unprecedented security measures for the visit, even surpassing the arrangements made for U.S. President George W. Bush's 2004 visit for a NATO summit.

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An Iranian military exercise in November 2006 (Fars) February 19, 2007 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guard today began three days of military exercises planned for 16 of the country's 30 provinces. .

The official IRNA news agency says the war games -- code-named Eqtedar (Power Maneuver) -- began with the firing of short-, medium-, and long-range missiles.

The exercises come at a time of mounting tension with the United States over Iran's nuclear program and allegations that Tehran is arming militants in Iraq.

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Putin (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) March 29, 2007 -- In a letter to Arab leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a time limit for the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

In a message sent to the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia, Putin said he was "deeply concerned" over the situation in Iraq.

He also criticized as counterproductive attempts to resolve Middle East problems "unilaterally" and by "using force."

In what sounded like a critique of Washington, Putin complained about a "policy of unilateral use of force and a desire to monopolize conflict settlement." He also criticized those seeking to "provoke a confrontation between civilizations and faiths."

Putin said in the letter that Russia highly values "the Arab world's contribution to building a just multipolar world order and political and diplomatic settlement of crises."

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