As I mentioned in my recent post, "President Barack and Michelle Obama Give Queen Elizabeth an IPod," the Obamas have visited Buckingham Palace and met with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. As the two couples mingled with other diplomats in London for the Group of 20 Meeting, First Lady Michelle Obama reached out and touched the Queen on her back. The Queen responded warmly, wrapping her right arm around Michelle's waist. Those listening to the two women say that the Queen remarked on how tall Michelle is. They also were looking down and talking about their shoes.
Everyone's buzzing about this historic moment: Michelle Obama touched the Queen! Royal protocol demands that no one touch the Queen. Even her royal consort, Prince Philip, must walk several paces behind her when the two are in public.
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Jackie Kennedy so upstaged John on their trip overseas that the President joked, "I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris." Upon the Kennedys' return to America, their popularity soared. The American public – and the rest of the world – had fallen in love with Jackie. To this day, she remains an American idol.


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Koss Files Restated Financial Statements, Just in the Nick of Time
As you may recall, restated financial statements for headphonesmith company Koss were due yesterday and they used all the time they were allowed.
According to our friends at y filed its restated 10-K for June 30, 2009, and 10-Qs for September 30, 2009, December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 5 pm, 5:06, 5:11, 5:16 and 5:17 respectively.
Oh and they topped everything off with an 8-K at 5:27 that explains the barrage (not that we need it but, you know, securities law and stuff):
On June 30, 2010, Koss Corporation ("Koss") released restated consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the quarter ended September 30, 2009. Koss filed amendments to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 and its Quarterly Report for the three months ended September 30, 2009 containing the restated consolidated financial statements for the applicable periods. The restatements were required as a result of previously disclosed unauthorized transactions by Sujata Sachdeva, Koss's former Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer.
Koss also amended its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 to include financial statements, which were omitted from the Company's reports when previously filed. The release of these financial statements was delayed due to the restatement of Koss's financials statements required by the unauthorized transactions. With the filings of these amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Koss understands that it will regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires the timely filing of periodic financial statements.
That about covers it, doesn't it? Oh right, the actual numbers. We checked in with forensic sleuth and GC friend Tracy Coenen on these and she gave us some perspective on the restated numbers:
So I've taken a run through the restated numbers for 6/30/09 and 6/30/08. Very interesting.
2009 – Revenue was understated by $3.5 million to conceal the fraud, while COGS was overstated by $1.7 million. Overall there is now a loss for 2009, thanks to $8.5 million of theft, but without that, the company would have had profits of $8.2 million, or 19.6% on net sales. Wow!
2008 – Revenue was understated by $2.1 million to conceal the fraud, while COGS was overstated by $1 million. Overall there is now a loss of 2008 of $1.3 million thanks to $5.1 million of theft, but without that, the company would have had profits of $10.7 million or 21.9% of sales.
Pretty impressive stuff. Maybe the company was right when they said everything would be hunky-dory once they got this little mishap out of the way. Chief headphone inheritor Michael Koss explains in the company's press release, "Given that certain unauthorized transactions were concealed in the Company's sales and cost of sales accounts, our sales were higher and our cost of sales was lower than previously reported in both 2009 and 2008. This correction has revealed an increase in gross margins for our Company. From this perspective, the Company's performance was actually stronger than originally reported."
Tracy continues:
What you see is that 65%-75% of the theft on an annual basis was concealed on the P&L, and the remainder was dumped into the balance sheet, via inflated A/R, Inventory, and fixed assets, and understated liabilities. The adjustments on the balance sheet are large by 2009 because those irregularities were cumulative.
So the bottom line is that the company is very profitable, if shareholders could actually count on them to watch over the money and see to it that the profits aren't all being stolen. My original theory was that Sachdeva was expensing her theft, and that's true to some extent, but failure to record sales was presented to me later as part of her her scheme, and she also involved the balance sheet which created a cumulative (and messy) problem.
Oh right! Watching the money. Should probably write that one down. Hopefully we've all learned a valuable lesson.
According to our friends at the SEC, the company filed its restated 10-K for June 30, 2009, and 10-Qs for September 30, 2009, December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010 5 pm, 5:06, 5:11, 5:16 and 5:17 respectively.
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The PACG Renewable Energy Conference Was a HUGE Success!
Our event of Friday, November 9th was highly anticipated and well-received. Attendance was over 110 people, including presenters, exhibitors and attendees. The PACG Environmental Forum deserves our gratitude for their hard work. And a sincere "Thank you!" goes out to all of the presenters and exhibitors who are so committed to the cause of renewable energy.
Since so much important information was shared, we are making the conference program, presentations, and contact information readily accessible. (Note: The Renewable Energy Specialist Program is offered by Eastern Iowa Community College (Scott County Community College) and they were one of the exhibitors at our conference. This training may be of interest to some.)
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Below is a list of our presenters and their biographies, with at least a few links to organizations they have been involved in.
Mike Thoms is the current mayor of Rock Island. Mike is a fourth generation resident of Rock Island and a business leader in the Quad Cities community. He is the former COO of Thoms-Proestler and former President and CEO of Renaissance Rock Island.
Eric Sorensen brings two decades on air experience to WQAD News 8. He has received two Silver Dome Awards by the Illinois Broadcasters Association, and has been nominated three times for Emmy awards. In 2018 he became a fellow of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Eric attended NIU, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree. While he studied weather, he also held minors in journalism and math. Eric chased tornadoes and hurricanes while working in Lufkin TX as Chief Meteorologist and as Morning Meteorologist in Tyler, TX. Before arriving in the QC, Eric spent a decade forecasting the weather for his hometown of Rockford, IL.
David Osterberg is emeritus professor of environmental health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health, and founder of the Iowa Policy Project. He still teaches at the University and researches environmental issues at the IPP. David has earned degrees at Washington State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and received further education at the University of Stockholm. He has served in the Peace Corp in Iran, and taught at a number of colleges and universities. He also served as a representative in the Iowa General Assembly.
Sarah Moskowitz is the managing director of outreach at the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), an Illinois consumer advocacy group that focuses on electric, natural gas, and telecom issues. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2000 with a degree in anthropology and immediately started work in CUB's consumer advocacy department. She returned to U Chicago in 2004 to earn her MA at the School of Social Service Administration, and now manages CUB's statewide consumer education and organizing efforts. These efforts include a variety of activities, including energy efficiency program management, media campaigns, and face-to-face consumer engagement across the state.
Rebecca Judd is the Clean Energy Advocate for the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club, the nation's largest grassroots environmental organization with over 100,000 members and supporters in the State of Illinois. Rebecca is the lead policy advocate for Sierra Club efforts to move Illinois to 100% clean energy, particularly focused on strong and just implementation of Illinois' new clean energy law, the Future Energy Jobs Act. Before joining Sierra Club in September 2017, she was an environmental lawyer and legislative counsel in Washington, DC for nearly 11 years.
Robert and Sonia Vogel founded the Illinois Renewable Energy Association, whose mission is to be a network for sharing ideas, resources and information with individuals, businesses and communities to promote a resilient future through renewable energy, energy efficiency and earth friendly technology. They serve on the Illinois Renewable Energy Advisory Board and have offered the Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair at the Ogle County Fairgrounds. Both are retired professors from the Lorado Taft Campus of Northern Illinois University where Robert taught environmental quality, alternative energy and research, and Sonia taught field ecology, seasonal and prairie studies and interpretation.
Mike Carberry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa in 1983. He has worked as Executive Director of the Iowa Renewable Energy Association; Midwestern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth; Senior Regional Field Director with the Iowa Global Warming Campaign; Campaign Manager for Citizens for Public Power; and Director of Green State Solutions. Mike's volunteer efforts also reflect his interest in the environment. He has served in many roles with the Sierra Club, and was awarded the 2013 Environmental Activist of the Year award from the State Chapter of the Sierra Club. Mike currently serves on the boards of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Iowa Wind Energy Association and the 1000 Friends of Iowa. Mike was elected to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors in 2014.
Stephanie Weisenbach is a program manager with the Energy Office at the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), which has a variety of initiatives to help implement the Iowa Energy Plan created in 2016. Stephanie is currently preparing to re-open a loan program for renewable energy projects, inherited by IEDA along with the Iowa Energy Center. For several years, she led IEDA's efforts on alternative fuels and electric vehicles.
Tim Dwight is president of the Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association. He travels around the Midwest educating people about solar energy and demonstrating how cost effective the technology is today. He advocates for the job growth produced by this industry, and lobbied the Iowa legislature for the solar tax credit. As an Iowa native and graduate of the University of Iowa, Dwight returned to Iowa after his 10 year stint in the NFL and encourages homeowners, farmers and businesses to invest in solar.
Mark Schwiebert graduated from Augustana College in 1972 and went on to obtain his law degree from Drake University. He has practiced law in Rock Island since 1975 and was the Mayor from 1989 to 2009. As mayor he co-sponsored the Revolving Loan Fund, sponsored one of Illinois' first certified Historic Preservation Ordinances and established the Advanced Technology and Sustainability Consortium. He serves on the boards of Unity Point, Figge Art Museum, Augustana College, Rausch Foundation, Rock Island Library Foundation and Amy Helpenstell Foundation. He established the Mark W. Schwiebert Fund for Environmental Studies in 2015 through the Community Foundation of the Great River Bend.
Jeff Nelson has been the General Manager for MetroLINK (Rock Island County Mass Transit) for the past 35 years. His strategic focus has been on implementing cutting edge programs with an emphasis on economic growth, environmental sustainability, enhanced technologies, and workforce development. Nelson was an early adopter of alternative fuels, and most recently took delivery of 3 Proterra, battery electric, zero emission transit buses. Additional projects include the construction of a state-of-the-art 150,000 square foot "Operations and Maintenance Center" built to LEED Gold standards. He was also instrumental in the planning, development, and construction of the "Moline Multi Modal" station in downtown Moline. Currently he is the Chairman of the Quad Cities Manufacturing Lab, and is involved with the boards of the Two Rivers YMCA, the Illinois Public Transportation Association, and the Quad City Chamber of Commerce Regional Opportunities. He has held leadership positions for the National Transit Institute at Rutgers, the Moline Planning Commission, the Moline Police and Fire Commission and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Mr. Nelson holds a B.S. in Political Science from Western Illinois University, a M.B.A. from St. Ambrose University, and is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Business "Creating Collaborative Solutions" program.
Jeff Kaman is Manager of Energy and Climate Strategy for John Deere and Company. He is experienced in energy efficiency projects, as well as renewable energy and operations management. He holds a BSE (Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and MS (Environmental Engineering) from the University of Notre Dame.
Rick John is head of the nationwide staffing firm, the Sedona Group. He was recently honored as service-division finalist for the Illinois/Northwest Indiana Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Sedona is headquartered in Moline and has 31 offices nationwide. He previously worked as manager of consumer products for John Deere and Company. He also serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, United Way and Trinity Regional Health System, and on the Black Hawk College Foundation committee.
Ralph Russell is now retired after 44 years with HR Green, Inc. Russell graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Russell worked as a resident engineer, design engineer, project engineer, project manager and department head prior to serving as President and CEO. During the latter part of his employment with Green, Russell worked in the firm's Renewable Energy Department including two years as President of the Energy Business Unit. Since his retirement Russell has had the opportunity to pursue a long-time interest, renewable energy. He currently owns a 75kW solar facility, which generates energy used in an animal confinement facility on an eastern Iowa farm. Additionally, he is consulting on an on-site natural gas fired energy generation for an eastern Iowa industry. Russell also owns, with family members, a 55kW wind turbine and a 45kW solar array, both of which provide renewable energy to family businesses. Russell's newest renewable energy project is an 182kW roof-mounted solar array for an Eastern Iowa non-profit organization that used a significant amount of energy, which will provide 65% to 75% of the energy used by the organization. Russell is active in professional, business, and civic organizations and has served on numerous boards.
Celeste Wilkinson lives in Bettendorf. She installed an electricity-producing photo-voltaic solar array on her roof in 2015. Her home also has geothermal heating and a tankless water heater, and she drives a hybrid vehicle. She is committed to renewable energy.


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Making Dollars and Sense of IVRs
by Kyle Finke
An Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) system is the automated component of any customer service call that ensures customers reach an employee who can help them with their problem. Since IVRs remain a key component of a company's customer engagement, evaluating them and improving their responsiveness is smart business. According to a survey conducted in 2014 by the Customer Feedback Insights (CFI) Group, a global leader in providing customer feedback insights through analytics, 77% of respondents used their telephone to contact customer service—an increase of 10% from 2013—and 57% indicated that telephone is their preferred method to address service-related issues. According to the same study, the probability a customer will recommend a company falls from 84% to 72% when a caller cannot resolve a customer service issue on their first attempt.[1]
For the past 10 years, Kenway Consulting has helped design, test, and report on an IVR that processes roughly four million callers per week. Please see this blog, Agent, Agent, Agent!, and Case Study, Kenway Ensures a Client is Empowered for Long Term Success for more information on our IVR thoughts and experience. During that time, Kenway has developed a unique methodology and set of metrics to evaluate the IVR's health and success by turning the data into information. Using the metrics included in this article combined with data analytics, your company can turn all of your IVR data into useful and actionable information.
Evaluating an IVR System
Kenway recommends evaluating an IVR as a function of its efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction, yielding a result that Kenway terms "inferred profitability." This is a departure from current IVR-related research, which generally evaluates an IVR in isolation based on various ratios. As an IVR's efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction increase, the company's inferred profitability will improve. This indicates customers are utilizing the IVR more frequently to resolve their questions and are requesting to speak with a customer service agent less often, which reduces costs associated with the call center. Companies that track their inferred profitability score will glean deeper insights into the health of IVR processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
Efficiency is the average time a customer spends in the IVR to successfully resolve their question. As an IVR is able to more quickly address and resolve customers' problems, customers are more likely to use the IVR. Kenway evaluates the efficiency of the IVR two different ways. First, we calculate the duration of the call in seconds. Since some questions a caller hears can be longer than others, Kenway identifies all questions in the IVR and breaks down the total number of prompts or questions a caller hears during the call.
Effectiveness measures whether the IVR is sufficient to resolve a customer's inquiry or whether a service agent is needed. This metric, therefore, captures the comprehensiveness of the IVR system and its ability to resolve a range of calls. To calculate this metric, the total number of calls resolved by an agent is divided by the total number of calls resolved in the IVR.
Kenway was able to help the client measure the IVR's effectiveness using call routing data and agent interaction data to create actionable information to reduce transfers by 50,000+ for a year. The other side of the transfer rate is callers who are able to complete their task in the IVR and not talk to an agent. Organizations can see significant savings through this call shed. Kenway analyzed self-service and FAQ data and recommended changes that resulted in a call shed of 20,000 for the year.
We capture customer satisfaction through First Call Resolution (FCR), a metric which captures the number of customer inquiries that are successfully completed entirely in the IVR on the customer's first attempt.[2] FCR does not include calls that enter the IVR but are later transferred to a service agent, nor does it include calls that are resolved after more than one attempt. The CFI group says FCR can be used as a barometer of customer satisfaction. Their studies show that customer satisfaction declines from 83 to 67 when an issue is not resolved on first contact.
While measuring efficiency and effectiveness, Kenway was able to improve customer satisfaction by not only reducing the number of questions callers hear, but also by making sure the caller hears only the most critical questions for routing. Using the customer account data available in the IVR allowed us to create informed recommendations on specific questions callers must hear to route to the correct call center.
Opportunities to Refine Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Customer Satisfaction Ratios
Both an IVR's efficiency and effectiveness are affected by the responsiveness of each stage of the IVR. Data collection at these stages will produce insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the IVR and offer opportunities to improve an IVR's inferred profitability. Specifically, companies should evaluate each prompt in their IVR and track its responsiveness to include, at each stage, the customer's average working time and how many callers abandon, opt-out, or transfer to an agent. Companies also should monitor the IVR's ability to route calls in the minimum number of steps; because the sooner a caller can be placed to the correct prompt; the sooner the customer will resolve his or her inquiry. Expediting the customer's engagement with the IVR also will improve the IVR's FCR, which will improve customer satisfaction.
IVR's are not often the most beloved customer service tool, but they can be immensely helpful in navigating customers to someone who can help them. Furthermore, for some businesses, a high performing IVR can be a competitive advantage. If you have an IVR with more data than information, are struggling to evaluate said IVR, or simply have an opinion on our recommended metrics, we would like to hear from you at info@kenwayconsulting.com.
Additional formula for the above metrics:
Inferred Profitability of IVR = Efficiency of IVR x Effectiveness of IVR x Customer Satisfaction
Efficiency of IVR = Log (Total time in seconds spent in IVR for calls completed / Total Calls Resolved in IVR)
Effectiveness of IVR = Total Calls resolved by Agent / Total Calls Resolved in IVR
Total calls resolved in IVR = 1 – (Abandonment Rate + Opt-Out Rate + Transfer Rate)
FCR = Number of Calls Completed Successfully in IVR in One Attempt / All Calls That Enter IVR
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How GMOs Can Feed the World
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GM crop planting has experienced growth every year since 1996. In 2018, a record of 191.7 million hectares of biotech crops was planted—12% of the planet's arable land.
The growth of biotech crops is the fastest-growing segment in agriculture. While much of these crops are used for animal feed and biofuel, much of it also makes its way directly into the majority of processed foods sold in America and Asia.
One of the main benefits that advocates of genetically modified (GMO) foods have promoted is the ability of the technology to help alleviate world hunger. However, despite the success of GM crops, the technology is failing to deliver on the promise of food security worldwide.
The Drivers of the GM Food Revolution
Cost, profit, and crop yield are the driving factors behind GMOs. The first GMO food, the Flavr-Savr Tomato, reduced the cost to produce canned tomato products by about 20%, while numerous studies demonstrated the economic benefit for farmers who plant GMO crops.
Faster growth rates resulting in cheaper fish production is the main benefit touted for the AquaBounty salmon that became the first genetically modified (GM) animal approved to be sold as food.
It's clear that genetically engineered traits make plants and animals more resistant to disease. They stay ripe longer and grow more robustly in a variety of conditions. GMs are also effective in reducing costs, providing financial benefits for consumers and businesses alike.
Large agriculture companies that produce GM crops such as Monsanto, DuPont, and Syngenta generate large profits. Opportunities for smaller start-up biotech companies, such as AquaBounty and Arctic Apples abound.
Using GM Crops to Feed More People
Reduced costs, increased crop yield, rising profits, and more business opportunities are driving the growth of GM foods. The next logical step would be to use GM food to solve food insecurities. The advantages of using GM crops to reduce world hunger are plentiful, but anti-GM food sentiments abound as well.
Recent results of studies have demonstrated that the idea of curing hunger through GM plants is not panning out as anticipated. The countries that could benefit the most from genetic engineering have benefited the least.
There are many reasons for this resistance to the adoption of GMOs around the world.
Politics vs. Research and Distribution
Much of the inability of GM technology to provide relief for the poorest nations seems to have less to do with the technology and more with social and political issues. Many of the poorest countries most strongly affected by famine have set up onerous regulations that prevent the growth and import of GM food and crops.
Much of this resistance seems to have been prompted by groups in the past. There is still resistance to the adoption of GMOs, but increased rates of hunger around the world are influencing people to change their minds. European Union member countries are able to decide for themselves whether they want to adopt the technology.
Lack of information about the long-term consequences of GM foods leads many to believe that people should not be eating them. This reason does seem to have the most merit in all of the reasons for resisting food changes.
The resistance caused by social pressures and political positioning causes hunger research groups that focus on the development of crops and farming techniques to avoid GM plants.
The anti-GM sentiment, though, is not the only reason the technology has failed to benefit the poorest nations. Commercially, major crop development companies use genetic engineering primarily to improve large cash crops with the most potential for profits, such as corn, cotton, soy, and wheat.
Little investment is put into crops, such as cassava, sorghum, or millet which are more relevant for cultivation in poor nations. The economic incentive to develop the sort of GM crops that would help small, poor farmers in third world nations is small since the financial returns would be modest.
Using Genetic Engineering to Help Solve World Hunger
Big agricultural companies, farmers, and food producers have benefited the most from GM crops. The incentive of profits has certainly been helping move the development of the technology forward.
Some might even say that this the way things are supposed to work, with capitalism driving innovation. However, profit-driven efforts don't negate the possibility that the technology can also be applied to benefit society at large by reducing world hunger.
The fact remains that genetic engineering is a powerful tool for improving food production. There is no faster way to produce animals and plants with specific beneficial traits and, as we learn more about genetics, many more modifications will become possible.
Financial Motivations Must Be Overcome to Succeed
There is no question of whether to apply genetic engineering toward improving crops for food consumption. Genetic modification is already part of the crop improvement toolbox.
The real question to ask then is if, in addition to helping make many people wealthier in industrialized areas, this advanced technology will provide a solution to alleviate hunger in the poorest regions of the world.
Applying this technology to effectively solve the problems of world hunger would require reasonable engagement and coordination from a variety of corporations, political entities, and social groups. The benefits of GM food adoption will have to outweigh the financial gains or losses incurred.
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Quarterly issues of Ethisphere Magazine will feature an article from a Chief Legal Officer, drawing from the ACC membership base – the world's largest community of in-house counsel.
The Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, announced a year-long collaboration with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) to address ongoing challenges and best practices in global compliance and ethics. ACC is the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to in-house counsel, with more than 40,000 members in 85 countries. Both organizations work closely across membership bases that include CEOs, general counsel, chief compliance officers, and other business and in-house legal executives to go beyond what companies are already doing to preserve corporate integrity and reputation.
Quarterly issues of Ethisphere Magazine will feature an article from a Chief Legal Officer, drawing from the ACC membership base – the world's largest community of in-house counsel. Richardson contributed to Ethisphere's 10th Anniversary Issue, the first issue of 2016, and ACC members around the globe now have digital access to "Ethisphere" magazine.
"What I have found refreshing about the conversations we are driving with Ethisphere is that we are able to speak to company leaders in an entirely new way," said Veta T. Richardson, ACC president and CEO. "There will always be regulatory and legal considerations for companies to consider, but what we see from GCs, across the C-suite and the boardroom, increasingly, is that these conversations are only enriched when ethics becomes integrated in every facet of the organization, especially at the top level of decision making."
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Miners are having a shower at the Tower Colliery complex after a long day underground on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, in Hirwaun, Vale of Neath, South Wales. The time is ripe again for an unexpected revival of the coal industry in the Vale of Neath due to the increasing prize and diminishing reserves of oil and gas, the uncertainties of renewable energy sources, and the technological advancement in producing energy from coal while limiting emissions of pollutants, has created the basis for valuable investment opportunities and a possible alternative to the latest energy crisis. Unity Mine, in particular, has started a pioneering effort to revive the coal industry in the area, reopening after more than 8 years with the intent of exploiting the large resources still buried underground. Coal could be then answer to both, access to cheaper and paradoxically greener energy and a better and safer choice than nuclear energy as a major supply for the decades to come. It is estimated that coal reserves in Wales amount to over 250 million tonnes, or the equivalent of at least 50 years of energy supply, while the worldwide total coal could last for over 200 years as a viable resource compared to only a few decades of oil and natural gas.
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A: You can use different tools, depending on your knowledge or expectations. The technical operation to perform is to change the partition label of the partition on your external HDD.
For the GUI, there is Disks as already mentionned or gparted. Choose to change the partition label.
If you want to use the command line in a terminal, you need to know the filesystem of your partition, because the tool is different for each FS.
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The School Smarts Parent Engagement Program began as a pilot in 13 elementary schools in four school districts in 2010. It currently operates in collaboration with more than 29 school districts and 130 schools and has been expanding – and is available to all elementary schools in the state as additional school districts become aware of the program. Evaluation results show that:
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Why collect signed books? For most collectors signed editions are important because they confer a direct and tangible connection between the author and his/her work. Not only is this desirable for personal and aesthetic reasons, but a signed book is often significant because it is more rare than an unsigned trade edition and therefore more valuable.
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How do I search for signed books?
Searching for signed books is quite easy on Biblio. You can either check the box that indicates signed on most search forms, or - after you have done a search - you can look in the left hand column for the link that allows you to refine your search to show only signed copies.
A word of caution: because computers are only so smart, they sometimes make mistakes. Biblio's search system is looking at millions of pieces of information from thousands of booksellers who each have their own way of saying things, so sometimes our search might inadvertently yield a false positive when searching for signed books. Therefore, we strongly encourage collectors to fully read the booksellers' descriptions before making a purchase on Biblio or any other site.
Signed books vs. Inscribed books - What's the difference?
An inscribed book contains a short note or inscription to another person and is usually accompanied by a signature of the author or previous owner. While the latter is of course a detractor from the book's value, the former tends to add to its value. However, unless the book is inscribed by the author to another person of note or significance, an inscribed copy is usually less desirable than a signed copy. See our glossary for more information on inscribed books or our blog.
What is flatsigned?
Coined by Stephen King, flatsigned merely indicates that the book contains a standalone signature without inscription or date. See flatsigned in our glossary.
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DGR has handled countless instances of electronic service of process, especially via Facebook, where no one would know about it otherwise as there was no news coverage or published opinion on the order. Without this type of public awareness of these cases, it wouldn't be surprising to imagine that service via social media is becoming even more commonplace than people know about.
Judges seek to make sure all adequate due diligence has been completed in attempting to effectuate personal service. Lawyers shouldn't expect judges to ever approve any type of alternate service, including electronically, without a substantiated effort to serve the subject personally. Expect the same level of due diligence as is required with posting, mailing or publication and sometimes even more, as this newer method of alternate service still causes reservations among many in the legal community.
In many of the cases where we serve via social media, it's rare that the social media channel will be the only avenue of service. Typically the social media service is backed up with mailings at the last known address or a similar method. Doing so leaves less room to contest the service.
Sexton also explained that overall, judges also typically ensure adequate due diligence has been completed in initial personal service, that the account belongs to the subject and that the account is active, having been used recently.
Personal service will continue to be the golden standard when it comes to process service. At no point does it appear that electronic service of process could serve as an adequate substitute to ensuring that an individual receives the documents personally. As with most secondary methods of service such as publication, there are some questions with electronic service as to whether or not the intended recipient actually saw the notice. With personal service there is never any doubt as to the individual's knowledge of the matter.
The entire purpose of service of process is to ensure notice is given to those involved. If a person has an active social media account they frequently check, then it would make sense to serve them there versus antiquated methods such as publication in a newspaper. With dwindling readership numbers for newspapers and booming user rates for social media platforms, it makes sense to shift to an alternate method of service most likely to be received.
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" Jenny from the Block's " opening passage, " Children grow and women producing, men go working, some go stealing, everyone's got to make a living ," samples 20th Century Steel Band's 1975 song " Heaven and Hell Is on Earth ", which has made several appearances in hip hop music as interpolated on Salt-n-Pepa's 1993 song " Heaven or Hell ", Lauryn Hill's 1998 song " Every Ghetto, Every City ", Positive K's 1992 song " Aint No Crime ", Stop the Violence Movement's 1989 song " Self-Destruction ", and The Black Eyed Peas's 1998 song " Say Goodbye ".
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A Hole in Our Vision: Race, Gender and Justice in Community Development
Nancy O. Andrews • September 19, 2017 • 0 Comments
This piece was first published by the Community Development Investment Review, a publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Five years ago, Investing in What Works for America's Communities was enthusiastically welcomed by community development practitioners. A million social media hits, 60,000 copies out, four more books and dozens of conferences later, community development's intellectual pursuit found a natural expression. Today, with five years of hindsight, it's fair to ask: what would we do differently? What would we add to our original vision?
I can answer that without ambiguity: I would add racial and gender equity more thor- oughly into our vision, our paradigm and our practice. This is no small thing. When we wrote What Works, we got a lot right. But, we left a hole in our vision by failing to include an equal focus on racial inequity, and the laws, traditions and institutions that support it.
Today, I would say to my colleagues: It doesn't matter how many houses we build, how many billions of dollars we invest in transforming communities, how many schools we finance, or child care centers we support or jobs we create. If the people living in these communities wake up in the morning, knowing that society is tilted against them, the power of our work is undone. If the people we set out to help live 24 hours a day, seven days a week uncertain that they can trust society, uncertain they can count on civil institutions, laws, their fellow citizens for fair treatment, our investments are undone. We cannot achieve our mission of poverty alleviation without simultaneously including a focus on the system of laws, rights, institutions and social practices that condemn most of those we work with to second class citizenship and a lack of opportunity.
What Works called for people and place integration. Today, I would make that a three- legged stool: people, place and justice. How we go about adding this third leg is the work of the next decade in our field.
In 2012, we gave voice to a paradigm shift that had been dawning across the field. We said that the age old debate between people and place based strategies was over, and both sides had won. We criticized ourselves, arguing that community development had focused too much on place alone, leaving people out of the equation. Even then, we understood (but failed to point out) that this was rooted in sexism. Community development had become mesmerized by the buildings we invested in, by the 'muscular' vision of investing for economic growth. The 'soft stuff,' the social supports so deeply associated with women and female leadership – like child care, early learning, education, basic social services – were seen as second class, second to the more important business of changing economies. Pulling a page from classical economics, some of us even saw human capital strategies as dependency creating.
But science was rapidly proving that the soft stuff mattered just as much, if not more, than economic determinism. Even back in 2012, when What Works came out, some of us understood (but were hesitant, even fearful, to articulate) the impact of gender inequality in the community development paradigm. But we failed to draw a line between this and race, as well as the broader system of fair laws, rights, and institutions.
Community development grew out of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Improving local economies through investments in jobs, neighborhoods and basic services seemed like a natural partner to the cause of equality and justice. But, it was probably inevitable that a division of labor would naturally arise between the part of the movement that focused on laws and rights, and the part of the movement that focused on community organizing, community investing and community building. The necessary division of labor led to a series of splits among practitioners – and over time, the splits yawned into chasms. The splits arose between those who focused on investing in the built environment (community development), those focused on investing in human capital (social services) and those who advocated for equal treatment by laws and institutions (civil rights organizations, legal services, the national law projects). And over time, the agendas of these broad groups diverged to the point that it was not always clear we were each other's natural allies.
Let me be clear: the work we do in community development changes lives. Investing so that a child can go to school, not prison, changes his life—for good. Investing in homes that create safer neighborhoods means that families feel more secure at night, so that parents and children stay healthier, can get up in the morning to go to work and school. This changes the world—for good. It creates real value for all of us. But it is not enough. We, in community development, can do a better job of integrating rights and justice into our everyday work, into our program strategies and our annual work plans.
LIIF is putting social justice at the heart of everything we do, and it changes the way we work toward mission. There remains much discovery before us.
My organization, the Low Income Investment Fund, has been driving down this path for a couple of years now. For us, it has meant a complete re-thinking of our programs and goals. We are worried about the cost of good intentions in how we historically have conceived of our programs. We have come to believe that many of our traditional ways of working inad- vertently promote discrimination and segregation. Ours is still a work in progress, but so far, it has meant opening up to new ways of working. We are embracing a 'both/and' approach:
We no longer prioritize only those projects that serve the poorest of the poor, but now also embrace mixed income models in higher income communities;
We no longer invest only in schools that serve low-income kids, but we give ourselves permission to invest in intentionally diverse schools, even if that means that some of our resources are supporting middle-income kids – still controversial in many circles;
It means focusing of non-traditional strategies that promote mobility, like transit oriented development and the Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC), which aims to ensure that large-scale local investments in transportation and other infrastructure incorporate equity, particularly by empowering residents to ensure that those affected are part of decision making about how places are built.
In 2013, then President Obama urged us to think back 50 years and remember what was going on in Selma, in Watts, in Chicago, in Detroit. We can think back and feel proud of the progress we've made in 50 years, and how far we've come as a society. But the news coming from Charlottesville, Ferguson, Baltimore, Charleston, Cleveland and every major city in the United States reminds us that we cannot stop. In 2016, Matt Desmond's Eviction shined a harsh light on the overwhelming, systemic unfairness in the way laws and rules can be used against poor women and their children, of all ethnicities, pushing them into homelessness and desperation. We should be proud of how far we've come in 50 years. But in 2017, we have much more work to do.
In the long run, we all lose from a tilted system. The United States exists in an increasingly competitive global economy, and we need every mind to work at its highest potential, we need every spirit to be nourished, not blemished, by racism or sexism. We all do better when there's a fair deal on the table; when everyone has a fair shot at reaching their full potential. For those of us in community development, we need to find better ways of adding these insights into our programs, strategies and practice. We need to bridge the chasms that formed naturally as we pursued the vision of the War on Poverty. Just as Investing in What Works urged us to integrate people with place, we must integrate justice more deeply into our work.
Nancy O. Andrews is the President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund
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'Is he … you know?': Literature's best queer-coded characters
By David Caballero June 19, 2022
As the media landscape broadens and new platforms are created to consume content, LGBTQ+ films and TV shows are becoming more prominent. Numerous queer-themed films and television shows are available on streaming services, while many LGBTQ+ documentaries shine a light on the struggles and victories of our community. Teen-focused LGBTQ+ content is also becoming more common, a victory for future generations who won't have to grow up feeling ashamed of who they are.
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Literature is not falling behind; from novels to comic books and graphic novels, queer storylines are gaining more ground in a field previously dominated by straight, cis, and mostly white romances. It's not like queer writers have never existed; on the contrary, literature was the home for many queer figures who expressed their longings and desires through their writing at a time when their inclinations were still frowned-upon at best. From Oscar Wilde to Walt Whitman and Virginia Woolf, many queer authors gained prominence, and a few even became legends.
Still, even though some of these figures managed to experience their sexuality mostly freely — Wilde and Whitman might've even experienced more than a professional relationship, according to some — others remained in the suffocating safety of the closet, whether by choice or not. Writing provided an opportunity to express their desires — undeclared hopes and dreams — through a more ambiguous lens, disguising their intentions behind a more digestible façade.
So while one might seldom find an overt reference to homosexuality in classic literature, we can, every so often, stumble upon a particular paragraph that makes us arch our eyebrows and wonder. Take, for instance, Jo March in Louisa May Alcott's seminal novel Little Women, expressing her empathy towards the older and unmarried women. "Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns."
Jo March is the perfect example of a queer-coded character. She isn't overt in her romantic feelings for anyone — not Laurie and certainly not Professor Bhaer, no matter how hard the narrative tries to support their ill-conceived romance. Indeed, Jo is most comfortable with herself, expressing a sense of individuality and strength of will that few literary characters, classic or modern, possess. Whether Jo is queer or not is up to the reader's interpretation, but the suggestion is there for anyone willing to find it.
Numerous other female literary characters exist beneath the umbrella of queerness; the signs are sometimes subtle and sometimes not. Take Clarissa Dalloway, the titular heroine of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Clarissa is self-conscious, restless, and trapped, much like Woolf herself. She spends the novel reminiscing about a friend from her youth, Sally Seton. They shared a kiss, which Clarissa considers one of the best moments of her life, and often expresses her feelings for her. The book never outright declares Clarissa a lesbian, but it is absolute in portraying her interest in Sally.
Beyond the rich and interesting ideas about sexuality and identity that it poses — indeed, Clarissa might be one of the earliest examples of a pansexual character in literature –, Mrs. Dalloway is revolutionary in its portrayal of romance and romantic feelings. The narrative is unbothered with definition and instead presents the story and reflections of characters seeing each other as individuals in love, unconcerned with gender constrictions.
Then there's someone like Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet's loyal spinster friend in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In perhaps her most iconic quote, Charlotte defends her decision to marry Mr. Collins, telling Lizzie, "I am not a romantic, you know. I never was. I ask only for a comfortable home." Charlotte's choices clash with Lizzie's spirited, idealistic way of thinking and romantic ending, but Austen goes to great lengths not to encourage pity for Charlotte. On the contrary, the author holds certain admiration for Charlotte's pragmatic way of thinking.
Was Charlotte a closeted lesbian or a victim of fate, doomed to always seem less compared to the beautiful Bennet sisters? Perhaps she was both. Queer-coded characters don't exist in a box, often receiving a less constrictive narrative than other, more traditional figures. Ironically, in ambiguity, they find freedom.
We can think of other female characters as queer to varying degrees. Wicked's Glinda has intense feelings for Elphaba but seldom shows interest in the opposite sex. And what about Austen's other beloved heroine, Emma, whose possessiveness over poor Harriet has launched a thousand AO3 fanfics? Emma is famous for its reversal of gender-reversal, so is the idea of a queer Emma Woodhouse so far-fetched? Even Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre can be seen through a queer lens, particularly in her formative experiences pre-Rochester.
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And what of the men? Queer-coded male characters in literature are more common than one might think. Classic mythology is full of homoerotic subtext that becomes blatant text more often than not — from Achilles and Patroclus to Zeus and Ganymede, to Apollo and his many, many, many male lovers. Timeless novels like The Picture of Dorian Gray and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are famous for their unsubtle and rampant queer references, to the point where they are almost considered LGBTQ+ literature, while characters like Les Miserables' Enjolras or The Great Gatsby's Nick Carraway exist as prime examples of queer-coded figures in well-known literary works.
Enjolras, arguably the most charismatic character in Victor Hugo's mostly depressing historical novel Les Misérables, shows several queer signs. The face of change and revolution from the reader's perspective, Enjolras' perfection relates closely to his distinctive femininity, described by Hugo as having "long fair lashes," "rosy cheeks," and "pure lips." He also shares a confrontational yet tension-filled connection with the skeptic Grantaire, reconciling with him during their last moments and dying hand-in-hand.
The protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's seminal novel, Nick Carraway, is another prime example of a queer-coded figure. Nick is The Great Gatsby's beating heart, a character who continues enthralling audiences thanks to his sharp insights and way with words. However, it's his intense attachment to Jay Gatsby and observations about other characters — mainly Tom — that have led to numerous authors interpreting Gatsby through a queer lens. Nick's appreciation of Gatsby comes from a place of idealization not far from where Gatsby comes when regarding Daisy. Whether Carraway wants to be Gatsby or be with him is up for debate, but the intensity of his feelings is strong enough to not only warrant but actually encourage discussion.
Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye has several intriguing and potentially queer layers. He interacts with men throughout the story, openly showing admiration for his roommate's physique while being taken aback by a physical gesture from his teacher, which he interprets as a sexual advance. Holden's views on sexuality are immature, coming from a place of inexperience; he lacks a clear understanding of what he wants or likes because he fears change and complexity. Holden longs for simplicity, something rarely afforded to teenagers in coming-of-age stories.
In his article, "The Queering of Nick Carraway," author Michael Bourne famously said, "I suspect the queer readings of Nick Carraway say more about the way we read now than they do about Nick or The Great Gatsby." In a way, he is right. We live in a time when we are more aware than ever of the presence and impact of the LGBTQ+ community. We exist; we are here, wanting to be seen and heard, especially after spending so long hiding behind closed doors of shame and fear. Is it so far-fetched that we spent years looking for any sign of representation in the literature we loved and consumed, settling for whatever ounce we found, faint as it might've been? And is it wrong to think that we are reading new meaning into timeless classics now that we are open to a more inclusive way of thinking?
Writing can be a tricky task. We, as writers, know our purpose and intent when putting our thoughts into words but have no control over them once we release them to the masses. Those of us lucky enough to have our ideas read by others understand the double-edged sword of writing; once we publish something, it stops being solely ours. Writers give purpose to their words, but readers give them meaning. Audiences imprint on the writing, interpreting them from a place of intimacy, shaped by their own experiences and perceptions. And if these ideas lead them to identify queer elements in a particular character, there must be something to warrant it, for they understand better than anyone else.
We can't say for sure if these characters are queer, but we can wonder and analyze, discuss and contribute to their already rich legacies. And what's so wrong with that? Discussion can only benefit in the long run, especially when talking about characters that mean so much to so many people. These characters have withstood changing times, evolving ideas, wars, conflicts, book bans, and everything in between; surely, they can deal with a couple of queers embracing them as one of their own. If an LGBTQ+ kid struggling with their sexuality sees themselves in Jo March, who are we to say their interpretation is wrong?
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The Veil of Veronica is a popular retablo subject which portrays a relic related to the story of Saint Veronica as recorded in the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. Veronica, observing Christ's suffering, wipes his face of blood and sweat as he is on his way to Mount Cavalry. An exact likeness of the face of Christ was preserved upon the cloth and this item became a relic representing the tale. It is thought that the 'Veronica' of the story is not the woman's actual name but an adoption from vera icon, meaning 'true image' in Latin. Thus, 'La Verónica' may refer to the woman in the story, the cloth, or the image of Christ.
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This motif has been a popular icon since the Middle Ages when the story of Veronica was popular with the Franciscan Order, the Order largely responsible for converting large areas of modern-day North America, may be responsible for the motif's currently popularity.