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Amitesh Sinha
Amitesh Sinha is a technology consultant based in North America. With over 20 years of experience developing and deploying solutions for retail, Sinha has gained a reputation for home furnishing software solutions, furniture software, POS furniture software, and re-engineering of software with extended features. His company, iConnect offers business technology solutions that integrate with most P.O.S. systems to make them more efficient and user-friendly. For more information about this article or any retail technology question contact Amitesh at 703-471-3964, amitesh@iconnectgroup.com or www.iconnectgroup.com.
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Bill Napier and Ed Tashjian
Bill and Ed write Furniture World's popular and controversial Point-Counterpoint series.
About Bill Napier: Bill Napier is Managing Partner of Napier Marketing Group. He has been the chief marketing officer of several small, medium and large companies throughout his career, most notably Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. Bill is a featured writer and speaker in the retail industry. His passion is to help retail brands & brick mortar retailers grow their businesses by creating, guiding and deploying successful marketing B2B/B2C solutions integrating traditional marketing with the web/social media. His FREE website www.social4retail.com includes hundreds of articles and "how To" strategies. Bill can be reached at; billnapier@napiermkt.com or 612-217-1297.
About Ed Tashjian: Tashjian Marketing provides senior marketing leadership to the Home Furnishings Industry. It specializes in business analytics and in helping its clients to segment the market, define and communicate a sustainable differentiated value proposition. Get more information at www.Tashjianmarketing.com or call (828) 855-0100.
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About Bill O'Malley: Bill O'Malley is the owner and co-founder of Connector Team Recruiting, a specialized search firm working with Furniture | Mattress | Electronics Owners, Presidents and HR executives. Since 2012 he has connected Furniture Enterprises with top talent. Connector Team is an affiliate office of MRINetwork, recently ranked as a Top Recruitment Firm by Forbes Magazine.
To read Bill's blog on the Connector Team Recruiting website, click here.
If you want a pdf copy of the MRINetwork Recruitment Trends Study, call Bill O'Malley at (434) 227-4330 or send him an email at bill@connectorteamrecruiting.com. Connector Team is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Cathy Finney
Cathy Finney, effervescent sales educator, motivator and management consultant was a longtime contributing editor to FURNITURE WORLD Magazine. Cathy helped retail furniture store sales and design associates to turn customers (she called them Fred and Ethel) into clients. An enthusiastic mentor and friend to up-and-coming salespeople, she told them to remember that they are skilled professionals and that "Ethel" needs them to get the best possible result for her room or project.
Finney got her start in the furniture business with Ethan Allen where she worked closely with Furniture Hall of Fame member Nathan Ancell. Her company, Ancell Affiliates \"T 'N T" resulted from that close relationship. She passed away at 59 years of age after a long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis. For more information about Cathy and here work email editor@furninfo.com.
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Dan Bolger
Contributing editor Dan Bolger of The Bolger Group helps companies achieve improved transportation, warehousing and logistics. See many other articles by Dan in the Operations Management article archives on the furninfo.com website. You can send inquiries on any aspect of transportation, warehousing or logistics issues to Dan Bolger care of Furniture World Magazine at dbolger@furninfo.com or call him direct at 740-503-8875.
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David Benbow
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David Lively
David Lively, partner at The Lively Merchant, has over 20 years hands-on experience in the home furnishings industry, from the warehouse to the sales floor to the boardroom. He has walked the walk and talked the talk from the family-owned, single-site store to the multi-state, multi-million dollar operation; from sales training to computer programming; from warehouse construction and operations to financial management; from new store construction to complete renovation. Twice named to the "Beyond the Top 100" list of independent retailers and 1997 "Ohio Retailer of the Year," David's wisdom was won on the front lines of a furniture store and his battle scars have given him compassion for counseling today's retail warrior. David's experience has led him to address the issues of the transfer of authority, responsibility and wealth from one furniture store generation to the next. The surviving legacy of your family business depends on your plan for transition, and David has developed a system for helping to identify goals, strengths and opportunities during this crucial time.
Read more of David Lively's articles for family furniture businesses on the furninfo.com website. You can reach David by calling 740.415.3192 or email him at davidL@furninfo.com. David has offered free phone consultations to any FURNITURE WORLD readers who would like to talk about topics related to family business transition.
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About David McMahon
David McMahon is founder of PerformNOW Inc. PerformNOW has three main products that help home furnishings businesses improve and innovate: Performance Groups (Owners, Sales managers, Operations), PerformNOW CXM (Customer eXperience Management systems and processes), Furniture business consulting. Your can reach David at david@performnow.com.
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Ellen Gefen
About Ellen Gefen: Ellen Gefen is the co-owner of Gefen Marketing and Gefen Productions, a High Point-based full-service marketing and multimedia company in the home industries. She also founded TheHome.com, a consumer-facing home design and lifestyle site. As part of a multiracial, multicultural family, Gefen knows first-hand the challenges faced by many and is passionate about supporting movements that work to ensure equality for all. Questions or comments can be directed to her at ellen@gefenmarketing.com, or call her at 336.884.5020.
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Furniture World is the oldest, continuously published trade publication in the United States. It is published for the benefit of furniture retail executives. Print circulation of 20,000 is directed primarily to furniture retailers in the US and Canada. In 1970, the magazine established and endowed the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library (www.furniturelibrary.com) in High Point, NC, now a public foundation containing more than 5,000 books on furniture and design dating from 1620. For more information contact editor@furninfo.com.
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Gordon Hecht
About Gordon Hecht: Gordon Hecht is a business growth and development consultant to the retail home furnishings industry. You can reach him at Gordon.hecht@aol.com
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Hal McClamma
Founder of Integrity Business Coaching, Hal McClamma has over 30-years in the home furnishings, appliance and electronics industry. He has owned successful furniture stores and sleep shops. McClamma has been a distribution center manager, single and multiple store manager and company VP for Havertys Furniture, Barrow Furniture, Maas Brothers, Burdines and Jordan Marsh. Contact Hal at Hal@IntegrityBusinessCoaching.com or call 334.470.9999.
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A feature about Home Furnishings Association's retail members, legislation affecting the furniture industry and other retail news from HFA.
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Janet Holt-Johnstone
Janet Holt-Johnstone is retail editor at Furniture World Magazine.
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Jeff Giagnocavo
About Jeff Giagnocavo: Jeff Giagnocavo is co-owner of the retailer Gardner's Mattress & More and the co-creator of Mattress Retailer Weekly. Mattress Retailer Weekly is shared with you every week so you can get new customers, stay ahead of your competition and increase your sales tickets. Get your FREE subscription by visiting www.RenegadeMattressRetailer.com or text MRW to 484-303-4300.
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Jennifer Magee
About Jennifer Magee: Jennifer Magee is an architect and designer who has over 15 years of experience in the home furnishings industry. She has designed over three million square feet of retail space. Working almost exclusively with furniture and mattress retailers, Magee has an in-depth knowledge of how to layout stores to create better customer flow, improve the way merchandise is presented, and increase sales.
She is the founder and owner of Retail in the City, a boutique design firm offering a full range of retail design services from storefront design to interior design, branding, space planning, visual merchandising, signage, new store concepts and more. Her talented team of architects, interior designers and renderers creates exterior and interior design packages so retailers can become more competitive in their home market or expand into new markets.
For additional information, visit www.retailinthecity.com or contact Jennifer directly at 917-533-4372 or jennifer@retailinthecity.com.
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Jerry Epperson
Wallace W. Epperson, Jr. C.F.A, or "Jerry" to his friends, holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and graduate degree from the College of William & Mary. He is a principal in the investment banking firm Mann, Armistead & Epperson, offering professional corporate financing services to the home furnishings industry.
Mr. Epperson's publishes a monthly newsletter on the home furnishings industry and conducts larger studies on consumer demographics, housing trends, the economy, shifts in furnishings retailing, imports/exports, styling and on specific product trends. He is a frequent speaker at industry events.
His furniture research, investment clients and state department visits gave him reasons to travel throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Recognition for his work has included the Distinguished Service Award from the AFMA Association, the Pillar of the Industry from IHFRA, being named to the American Furniture Hall of Fame and others. Questions about this article or about any related area can be directed to Jerry at wwe@maeltd.com.
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Joe Capillo
Joe Capillo is a 41 year career veteran, experienced in managing and consulting with furniture retail operations. He is also a contributing editor for Furniture World Magazine. He is a contributing editor to FURNITURE WORLD and a frequent speaker at industry functions. See all of Joe's articles on the furninfo.com website.
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Joe Milevsky
About Joe Milevsky: Joe Milevsky, CEO and founder of JRM Sales & Management, Inc., calls on his more than 40 years of industry experience to help hundreds of clients improve the performance of their companies and profit as a result of their business relationships with JRM. Before establishing JRM, Joe held various executive positions with several of the strongest companies in the retail furniture industry. He has authored numerous articles for industry trade publications and he is a regular speaker at national events for the Home Furnishings Association (HFA), Hearth Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA), Nationwide Marketing Group, and various other buying groups as well as many other organizations both domestic and international.
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Karen Florence
Karen Florence is a Certified Professional Coach and founder of Tabula Rasa Coaching, a coaching firm that specializes in transformational coaching for individuals as well as organizations. She works with people who want to explore their lives in a deeper way to create change in their personal, business and spiritual challenges.
Karen has worked with CEO's and high level executives around the world, coaching, mentoring and consulting. She has worked one-on-one with executives from Pierce Global Promotions, Pinnacle Foods, Jaguar Land Rover, The Disney Channel, BBDO Russia, New York Life, The St. Croix Foundation, Volvo Italia, Prudential Life, Intel and The Learning Channel among others.
When working with Karen, clients' lives change. With her unique way of digging for the truth and finding the answers within her clients, doors open and circumstances change. Karen's keen intuition and curiosity often helps the truth to bubble up in surprising ways, allowing her clients to see themselves as whole and resourceful individuals moving forward into all that is possible.
Questions about this article or related to her consulting practice can be directed to Karen Florence at kfmcmullen@gmail.com, or call 610.228.4145.
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Lance Hanish
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Larry Mullins
Larry Mullins is a contributing editor for Furniture World and has 30+ years of experience on the front lines of furniture marketing. Larry's mainstream executive experience, his creative work with promotion specialists, and mastery of advertising principles have established him as one of the foremost experts in furniture marketing. His affordable High-Impact programs produce legendary results for everything from cash raising events to profitable exit strategies. His newest books, THE METAVALUES BREAKTHROUGH and IMMATURE PEOPLE WITH POWER… How to Handle Them have recently been released by Morgan James Publishing. Joe Girard, "The World's Greatest Salesman" said of this book: "If I had read Larry Mullins' book when I started out, I would have reached the top much sooner than I did." Larry is founder and CEO of UltraSales, Inc. and can be reached directly at 904.794.9212 or at Larrym@furninfo.com. See more articles by Larry at www.furninfo.com or www.ultrasales.com.
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Larry Schneiderman
Larry Schneiderman is the CEO of the six-store Minnesota-based retailer Schneiderman's Furniture. He sold his first piece of furniture when he was fifteen and has been hooked ever since. Don't ask him when he's going to retire—they don't have a treatment facility equipped for his kind of customer-service addiction. He is the author of the recently published book, "Call Of The Couch: A Family's Love Affair With It's Business." Says Brian Tracy, the best-selling author, entrepreneur, and business development consultant, "This book tells a memorable and rich story of success in business, lessons learned, and the wisdom that every person can apply."
Comments about this article or questions can be addressed to www.larryschneiderman.com.
Offer for Furniture World Readers: Larry's book is available for sale through www.larryschneiderman.com with a $5 off coupon for Furniture World Readers.
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Margo DeGange, M.Ed.
Margo DeGange, M.Ed. is a Business Empowerment Coach, and frequent contributor to Furniture World Magazine on retail sales, interior design and marketing topics. She is the creator of the Twelve Step Go Build a Biz Marketing Program (http://www.GoBuildABiz.com) for a Thriving & Profitable Business Fast! Margo is totally committed to your wild success. She'll mentor & coach you to get crystal clear on your most ideal target client, connect to them with a magnetic marketing message, establish your unique (and empowering ) value position, build trust through amazing offers and information, and close the sale almost effortlessly. Questions about this article can be directed to editor@furninfo.com or Visit www.MargoDeGange.com for products, programs and coaching to put YOU on the map!
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Martin Roberts
About Martin Roberts: Martin Roberts is an internationally known designer and the President of Martin Roberts Design, LLC, an award-winning team of retail consultants, architects, industrial, interior and graphic designers. Martin Roberts Design has been a leading influence in guiding the home industry's visual merchandising, branding and re-branding concepts for which their expertise has placed them at the forefront of the retail design industry. Over the past 50 years Martin has worked worldwide for many of the best-known brands from Cartier to Wal-Mart. Martin Roberts Design employs an integrated design approach to developing and executing brand-focused retail solutions that meets the needs and goals of the individual client DNA. Questions can be directed to him at martin@mrobertsdesign.com or call 212-365-4809.
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Melissa Galt
Melissa Galt is a sales generating, referral building, relationship maker who doesn't just show you and your design team what to do, but leads you through a remarkable experience that will forever change how you do business. You'll be able to ditch the clichéd sales speak and been-there-done-that strategies that haven't been working and step into genuine engagement that gets rave results.
Melissa is your resource for increasing sales by design. Schedule an in-depth discovery session today. The insights you'll gain will provide immediate clarity, confidence, and opportunity.
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Michael Greene
Michael Green a.k.a. Grandpa Mike-e-e! at 90 is a former furniture retailer, author, playwright and past contributor to a well known furniture news publication. He currently writes a weekly column for Furniture World's e-newsmagazine (subscribe by going to www.furninfo.com). Got a question? Got a comment? Great!! E-mail: grandpamike-e-e!@furninfo.com And, see the new YouTube music video staring Grandpa Mike-e-e! with his granddaughter Becca in a supporting role at http://bitly.com/qALkrX.
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Mike Magnuson
About Mike Magnuson and GoodBed.com
Magnuson is the founder and CEO of GoodBed.com, a leading online research destination for mattress shoppers. Michael graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received his MBA from Stanford University. GoodBed recently created a low-cost Local Discovery Program specifically for brick-and-mortar retailers, through which participating stores can be found by nearby shoppers who are seeking recommendations, wanting to try a given product or looking for the right store to visit.
Questions about this article or any topic related to bedding sales and marketing can be directed to him at www.goodbed.com/contact.
This article was adapted from episode three of the 'Mike It Up' podcast (www.mikeitup.com). Listen to Mike It Up wherever you get your favorite podcasts. More details can be found at mikeitup.com and goodbed.com.
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Mike Petersen
About Mike Petersen: Dr. Mike Petersen is the president and co-founder of The Furniture Training Company (FTC). Mike's extensive educational background in learning and teaching is why FTC is able to create instruction that actually changes behavior and improves sales success.
About The Furniture Training Company: Designed to improve sales success, the Furniture Training Company's online sales training program has been used in more than 1,000 retail locations by over 30,000 salespeople. FTC is the creator of custom sales training for such notable companies as Klaussner, Cozzia, Guardsman, and O.W. Lee.
Mike Petersen can be reached by calling 866-755-5996 or emailing mikep@furnituretraining
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Mike Rittler
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Mike Root
Mike Root is President of Furniture Sales of Mid-America (www.furnituresales.biz), a furniture wholesale and rep company in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states. His perspective is one of a third generation furniture guy who has been involved in many aspects of the furniture business including furniture retail, wholesale and rental. Mike has his finger on the pulse of the industry by serving on the Executive Committee of the International Home Furnishings Representative's Association (IHFRA) as well as the CQRID Advisory Board of the Interior Design Society.
Mike has been recognized by the Small Business Administration, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and numerous national furniture factories for sales and marketing excellence. Mike helps furniture retailers and factories through his company, Get Customers Right Now build their sales through the use of low cost and no cost direct response marketing strategies including online marketing and social media. If you have questions about this article or other marketing topics, email mroot@furninfo.com or visit www.MikeRoot.com.
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Monte Lee
Monte Lee is a Regional Manager for Service Lamp Corporation, a distributor of lighting products such as fixtures, bulbs, plus lighting consulting and design services for retailers. Inquiries on any aspect of furniture store lighting can be sent to Monte care of FURNITURE WORLD at mlee@furninfo.com. See all of Monte Lee's articles on store lighting posted to the Operations Management article archives on the furninfo.com website.
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Nicholas Ledoux
Nicholas Ledoux is a Digital Editor at Furniture World.
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Pam Danziger
About Pam Danziger: Pamela N. Danziger is an internationally recognized expert specializing in consumer insights for marketers targeting the affluent consumer segment. She is president of Unity Marketing, a boutique marketing consulting firm she founded in 1992 where she leads with research to provide brands with actionable insights into the minds of their most profitable customers.
She is also a founding partner in Retail Rescue, a firm that provides retailers with advice, mentoring and support in Marketing, Management, Merchandising, Operations, Service and Selling.
A prolific writer, she is the author of eight books including Shops that POP! 7 Steps to Extraordinary Retail Success, written about and for independent retailers. She is a contributor to The Robin Report and Forbes.com. Pam is frequently called on to share new insights with audiences and business leaders all over the world. Contact her at pam@unitymarketingonline.com.
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Paula Fogarty
AA Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wofford College and art history honors M.A. graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, Paula S. Fogarty's professional career has focused on upper-level management in marketing, design, finance, and operations. As President of Kindel Furniture Company, Paula innovated product lines and streamlined operations for greater profitability.
As owner of her own marketing and strategic consulting firm, Paula Scott Unlimited, Paula assists both established brands and start-ups in creating consistent communications across all channels. She is currently developing furniture collections that address the needs of the female consumer.
Currently a freelance writer, Paula's blog for Metropolis Magazine follows her book research on the role of women in the American furniture industry. She has written for Chair Culture, Connect Savannah, and served as Managing Editor for South magazine Paula has served as Board Chair of the Irish Georgian Society, The Center for Environmental Study, and The David Wolcott Kendall Memorial Foundation. She is a current board member of the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library, American Society of Furniture Designers, Rape Crisis Center of Savannah, Coastal Jazz Association, and Emergent Structures. She lives in Savannah with her Jack Russell Terrier, Charles.
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Peter A. Marino
Corporate trainer, educator and speaker Dr. Peter A. Marino has written extensively on sales training techniques and their furniture retailing applications. Scores of his articles are posted to the "Sales Skill Index" on furninfo.com. He is available for in-store training, and speaking.
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Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser is a backend furniture consultant based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His focus is repair, quality control, exceptional customer service, and all things operational. He is a contributing editor to Furniture World. To see all his articles Click Here. Questions on any aspect of this article or furniture repair can be directed to Peter Schlossser at pschlosser@furninfo.com.
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Ray Morefield
Ray Morefield has been affiliated with leading corporations in the housewares, hardware and coatings industries. He has also served other industries in an advisory capacity through Common Goals, Inc. Questions or comments can be sent to him by emailing editor@furninfo.com.
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Rene´Johnston-Gingrich
About René Johnston-Gingrich: René Johnston-Gingrich is Vice President of Training Development for the Profitability Consulting Group, delivering programs such as Design Trac: Design Skills for Retail Sales People and Sales Trac III: In Home Selling. René has owned and operated an interior design firm for 17 years and now works with organizations to ensure they have the best possible team environment.
René served as a regular columnist for The Lewiston Tribune Business Profile and is an adjunct faculty member of Lewis-Clark State College's Business Division. René has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Interior Planning and Design and a Master's Degree in Adult Education and Human Resource Development. She can be contacted at reneg@profitabilityconsulting.com.
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Russell Bienenstock
Russell Bienenstock is Editor-in-Chief of Furniture World Magazine, founded 1870. Comments can be directed to him at editor@furninfo.com.
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About Scott Morris
Scott Morris worked for the four largest furniture retail chains in America as a store manager and sales trainer. He is the owner of HSM Publishing. His mission is to stop the high sales associate turnover rate within the furniture industry. He has written and published six books on various topics, in addition to the "Sales Questions" laminate, and designed and produced the advanced level sales training course titled "The Best Furniture Sales Training Ever!!!" He also produced 12 insightful customer "handouts" designed to bring back the "75 percent who leave without buying." Questions about this article or any aspect of sales education can be directed to him at hsm7777@att.net or visit TheBestFurnitureSalesEver.com.
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Scott P. Shaw
About Scott P. Shaw
National intellectual property (IP) attorney Scott P. Shaw specializes in litigation and licensing within the furniture manufacturing and retail industry—from design and technology to eCommerce and counterfeiting. He is the Managing Partner of Merchant & Gould's Los Angeles office. As an experienced IP trial attorney, Scott focuses his practice on litigation, supporting clients in protecting their IP and defending against infringement allegations. His experience includes matters involving copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, patents, trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, contract and licensing, and class actions. Throughout his career, Scott has handled numerous lawsuits from inception through trial, including many trials as the first-chair lead trial attorney. He can be reached at sshaw@merchantgould.com or 949.330.0202.
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Smith Leonard PLLC
Founded in 1930 by BDO Seidman, LLP, the High Point, North Carolina practice was acquired by four individuals who have spent the majority of their 100+ year careers building the existing practice. Beginning January 1, 2007, Smith Leonard PLLC became an independent member of the BDO Seidman Alliance. Partners are Ken Smith, Darlene Leonard, Jon Glazman and Mark Bulmer. Among the firm's 32 employees are 18 CPAs.
Smith Leonard has an extensive network of international relationships that helps service their clients' needs throughout the world with locations in Asia, Europe, South America, Mexico and Canada. These companies range in revenue size of $2 million to $300 million.
Many of its clients are either furniture manufacturers, distributors or suppliers to the furniture industry. Smith Leonard also services companies in retail, transportation, insurance, not-for-profit entities and employee benefit plans. Smith Leonard offers a full range of accounting and consulting services including audits, compilations, reviews, tax planning and compliance. The partners and staff of Smith Leonard also assists clients in mergers, acquisitions, business consulting, cash flow projections, and tax outsourcing. Individual clients benefit from extensive experience in family wealth services including estate tax planning.
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Stephen J Wisocky
Stephen J. Wisocky, Home Furnishings Insurance Group President, has over 30 years of experience as a property and casualty insurance broker. He began with the home furnishings industry in 1986.
In January 2004 Stephen created HFIG whose mission is exceptional service to the home furnishings industry with the most competitive and comprehensive insurance products.
For many years Stephen has been the trusted insurance advisor for National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA), International Home Furnishings Representatives Association (IHFRA), Interior Design Society (IDS) and Tri-State Home Furnishings Association (TSHFA). In 2011 he was named a Dean of IHFRA, and earlier received from TSHFA their President's Award. Both honors were given in recognition of his accomplishments and dedication to the home furnishings industry.
Questions about this article or any insurance related topic or issue can be directed to Steve at 610-366-0105 or email stevew@furninfo.com.
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William Vanderford
William Vanderford is an operations manager at Red Knight Distribution Center located in Clarksville, Tenn. He has worked in this industry as a warehouse manager, service manager, service technician, delivery driver, as well as a warehouse associate. William believes that leadership and attention to goals can make today better than yesterday. At Knight Distribution Center he has helped to implement standards, policies, and procedures in efforts to build structure and consistency allowing for operational savings and increased profits.
He attended Mississippi College and was an all-state football player in High School, where he learned the foundation of his work ethic, as well as the value of accountability. William uses metrics to validate successes and highlight areas that need attention.
Questions about any warehouse or service-related topic can to be directed to William Vanderford, care of editor@furninfo.com.
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Morning Business Outlook: Valentine's Day spending could hit record highs this year while a new study says men expect women to shell out more cash than they do on their significant other; new data shows that one third of ride sharing customers aren't loyal to just one company.
It's been dubbed one of the most romantic days of the year, but depending on what stage your romantic relationship is at, Valentine's Day could end up being a real doozy -- especially if you're married.
According to a new study by Lendingtree.com, while most men polled on average said they plan to spend $95 on the holiday, that price point dropped to $57 for married couples.
However, that average gained a big boost when polling engaged couples -- they plan to spend an average of $92 with a slight decrease for couples who are dating, at $88.
The biggest overall spending gap was seen between the genders. Men said they expect to spend an average of $95, while women said they plan to dish out less than half that amount, averaging $41.
LendingTree also found that "overspending" for Valentine's Day to be much riskier than underspending.
Only 4 percent of all respondents polled -- both men and women -- said they would be disappointed if their partners spent less than they expected, while one in four said they would be irritated if their partner spends too much.
More than one in three don't expect their partners to spend a single cent this year on the holiday, while more than one in three admitted they really didn't have any plans to either.
Generation Z plans to spend the most this year -- $113 -- while millennials are averaging $49. A third of baby boomers polled said they would be upset if their partners spent a lot of money on them.
Overall, 41 percent said they are looking forward to the holiday, while 5 percent admitted they are dreading it. But most don't care one way or the other.


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The original Water Street Coffee Joint opened in February 1993 in Kalamazoo, MI as a one man shop. The success of that Café lead to our very own Roaster, four additional Cafés, the Kitchen, Wholesale partnerships, over 100 employees and more than 1000 happy customers each day. Quality, Creativity, and Community continue to drive Water Street to this day.
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Hearing loss due to high noise levels is irreversible. It cannot be corrected, even with surgery or hearing aids, but it is preventable.
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) restricts your ability to hear high frequency sounds, communicate and understand speech, and may contribute to workplace accidents due to reduced ability to hear emergency sounds or warnings. Additionally, those affected by hearing loss may suffer psychological stress due to the inability to enjoy social activities or experience music, movies or other forms of entertainment.
Noise is a concern in nearly any industrial setting. To offer workers protection against hearing damage, workplace noise limits have been established by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulatory agencies.
■ If your employees are exposed to noise levels at or above 85 dBA, as averaged over an 8-hour workday, you are required to have a hearing conservation program for your facility.
■ If you have to raise your voice to speak with someone three feet away, noise levels at your facility are probably at or above the OSHA action level of 85 dBA.
■ Personal noise exposure monitoring to determine whether a hearing conservation program is required.
■ Area noise monitoring and/or noise mapping to identify areas of the facility where hearing protection should be worn.
■ Spot checks of noise levels generated by pieces of machinery or tasks in order to make recommendations with regards to engineering controls prioritization.
■ Review of existing or development of new written hearing conservation programs.
For more information regarding OSHA standards or to schedule a compliance review, contact an EHS Specialist at 207-591-7000.
And don't forget to protect yourself from noise at home – repeated exposure to activities such as loud lawn mowers, chainsaws, and hammering can cause long-term hearing damage.


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A Critical Analysis of HIPs with Dr. Shaun Harper
By: Dustin Ramsdell on Feb 12, 2020 9:35:05 AM
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It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to talk with Dr. Shaun Harper about his professional journey and his point of view on the evolution of high-impact practices to take into consideration the experiences of students of color.
Dustin Ramsdell: Can you share your history in the higher ed field?
Dr. Shaun Harper: Mine is a 22 year history in higher education. It was Student Affairs that initially brought me into the field. My first position was working at Indiana University as a graduate assistant in the sorority and fraternity affairs office advising the historically black sororities and fraternities, the multicultural Greek letter organizations, and I also led a program that brought together sorority and fraternity members across racial and ethnic groups to talk about diversity and inclusion and to learn from each other's experiences. I then transitioned into a role in student activity where I was advising leaders of student organizations on activities and programming always through the prism of diversity and inclusion. That's been a big priority of mine, ensuring that activities, programs, services, and so on are designed, implemented, and sustained over time to include students who historically have not been included in those kinds of things.
I then took a really sharp turn from Student Affairs into enrollment management, more specifically into graduate admissions at Indiana University. I became the Assistant Director of MBA Admissions for the Kelley School of Business. In that role, I was largely responsible for recruiting as well as reviewing files and making admissions recommendations to our Dean of Admissions. As had been the case in my prior role, I was most concerned about recruiting students of color.
There's this long standing program called the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, which aims to diversify top ranked MBA programs. So, a lot of my time in that role was spent going to consortium events to recruit students of color.
I then transitioned to the University of Southern California where I held two roles. The first was a full-time faculty role — I just completed my PhD at Indiana University — and I was also the Executive Director of the Doctor of Education Program for the Rossier School of Education, which really brought together all of my prior experiences.
In that position, I led a team of Student Services professionals who were advising, counseling, and offering support to students through the program. It also had a very heavy recruiting responsibility. I was the Chief Recruitment Officer for that program and the Chief Admissions Officer. One of the biggest highlights for me in that division was that we exponentially increased the number of students of color within a year and that continued to be sustained over time, which was a serious point of pride.
I left USC for a full time faculty position at Penn State University in 2005, stayed there for two years before transitioning to the University of Pennsylvania where I was also a faculty member on the tenure track. I got tenure there at Penn and that same year created what was then called the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education.
I was ultimately promoted to full professor with tenure there at Penn and left in 2017 to return here to the University of Southern California where I transitioned the center with me and renamed it. It is now called the USC Race and Equity Center. I now lead that center and am a tenured, full professor in two schools; the School of Education and the Marshall School of Business.
DR: What drew you to your current role?
SH: I enjoyed a really spectacular, decade-long faculty career at the University of Pennsylvania. But, during that time, I really had a longing to be back in Los Angeles.
USC is such a dynamic, creative university and Los Angeles is the imagination capital of the world. There's something about being an academic here that was really appealing to me. I think perhaps more importantly, given that the work I do focuses so extensively on equity, diversity, and inclusion, it became very clear to me that this is something that USC cares very deeply about. It's certainly represented in the demographics of our student body here. This one of the most diverse universities in the world and has been for a really long time. At the time we had a provost and senior leadership team here whose values quite concretely aligned with mine around equity, diversity, and inclusion. Certainly the opportunity to move my center here was also appealing to me.
When the center was at Penn it focused exclusively on equity, diversity and inclusion in the field of education. Coming here to USC afforded us the opportunity to set a larger table around those topics. Certainly, we still do a ton of work in education. Specifically, in 2019 alone, we served 95 colleges, universities, and state systems of higher education. So, doing work in higher ed continues to be a serious thing for us, but coming here allowed us to think about equity, diversity, and inclusion in corporations, law firms, government, and the public sector as well.
It was because of both these things that it made sense for us to come here and do the work that we had been doing at Penn.
DR: Can you give some examples of the work you do with USC?
SH: For many years, we have been engaged in conducting climate assessments for colleges and universities. We've done that qualitatively over the past 17 years.
That entails going to campuses to assess the racial climate for students of color and for white students through lots of focus group interviews and other qualitative methods.
When we came here to USC, we took all of those insights from that work that we had been doing since 2003 and used it to inform what we now call the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climate, the NACCC, which is a large quantitative survey of college students. All of the questions are about racial climate.
Over the years, as we began to amass a reputation for doing climate assessment work in post secondary contexts, people started to hear about it in other organizational contexts like corporations. Now we do climate assessments not just on campuses but also for companies, K-12 school districts, museums and libraries, as well as law firms, and other places.
That's an example of how we've been able to take the methodologies, tools, and frameworks that we had developed for universities and adapt them for other contexts.
DR: What is your critical analysis of the pros and cons of high-impact practices?
SH: In the interest of full disclosure, Dr. Kuh was my doctoral advisor and dissertation chair and continues to be a humongous supporter of me and my work. I continue to be a huge appreciator of his intellectual contributions as well as his significant investment in me.
For those reasons, I love high-impact practices. I think that the whole notion of them is really smart. It has done a lot to help us understand the nuances of student engagement, which is really important. For a long time, people just sort of talked about student involvement in clubs and organizations, and then talked somewhat broadly about student engagement. What I love about high-impact practices is that they allowed us to get more particular about the kinds of engagement opportunities that produce extraordinarily high-impact results. It's a really important way of understanding the depth of student engagement.
One of the things that has been quite consistent with my research and Dr. Kuh's research is that, even though we know that high-impact practices make a difference, we also know that there's an inequitable access to them, meaning that lower-income students and students of color are not afforded the same access. They certainly benefit in the same way when they do have access to those experiences, but they do not have the same level of access to them. In large part, this is because a lot of those experiences require a faculty member tapping the student and saying, "I think you will be a really great member of my research team or my lab."
Given the racial composition of the faculty, and the demographic mismatch between the diversity of the student body and the diversity of the faculty, what we have is an extraordinarily large number of white faculty members who fail — most of the time unknowingly — to afford access to students of color. In other words, many faculty members continue to tap students and recommend these experiences to students who are white. Our research shows these patterns indicating that there is some implicit bias. So, that's a serious problem.
In a piece that I co-wrote with Lori Patton Davis, who's a professor at Ohio State University, and Jessica Harris, who's a professor at UCLA, we expanded what is considered high-impact practices. We tried to make clear in the piece that ours is not a critique of the notion of high-impact practices. As I said earlier, I am a huge appreciator of George Kuh and the whole brilliance of high-impact practices. What we did in that piece is we talked about a different set of high-impact practices that are not often thought about in the research and practice.
High-impact practices are experiences that are known to have extraordinarily profound effects on student experiences and student outcomes. The way that they've been written about has been positive, which is great. In our piece, though, we displayed that there are some negative experiences for students of color that are also high-impact on their experiences and outcomes.
Being called the "N word" by a white person is an example of a high-impact practice. In our qualitative campus racial climate research studies, at all but one campus, black students have told us that they've been called the "N word" by a white person.
Sometimes that white person is their professor or a staff member. That is a high-impact practice. It has an extraordinarily strong effect on students in a negative way. The demographic mismatch of the faculty and student body is an example of another high-impact experience. When students of color are in classes where their white professors routinely fail to responsibly integrate their unique cultural history and cultural identity, and fail to leverage the cultural assets that they bring to the classroom, that has a negative effect on those students' performance outcomes.
So, that's the way that I've attempted, very respectfully, to build on the work of my advisor again honoring what he and others have discovered and I have discovered to be the positive aspects of high-impact practices, while also helping educators and administrators understand that there is a category of negative experiences that are also high impact.
DR: How do you see technology factoring in to your work supporting student success?
SH: I am really fascinated by the technological advancement that helped us get better at at predicting student behavior and delivering support to students.
I do think that there's a lesson to be learned here.
For high-impact practices, we know them to be good but we also know that students don't have equitable access to them.
As we develop the technology to improve and increase student success, we ought to be mindful of ensuring that students have equitable access to the technology and that equity is at the forefront in the development of technology. We need to ensure that equity does not become an afterthought where we have to go back and make the correction. I think that's the wrong way.
High-impact practices would have had an even higher impact if equitable access to them thought about on the front end, as opposed to on the corrective back end. The same thing is likely to be true for new resources that are developed to improve student success.
I very much appreciate Dr. Harper taking time out of his busy schedule to speak with me.
These sorts of opportunities are only valuable in so much as they are accessible to all students. I hope this critical analysis helps to reframe the work done on your campus to make sure that every student can benefit from your high-impact practices.
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Litigation Lawyers in Wake Forest
In Wake Forest, North Carolina, a "tort" is any wrongful act, besides a breach of contract or a crime, that the legal system can remedy.
Essentially, any bad act in Wake Forest, North Carolina that gives you the legal right to sue the person who committed the act, is a tort. Your specific right to sue is called a "cause of action."
The law in Wake Forest, North Carolina recognizes dozens of different torts. Some of them are fairly obscure, and don't come up often, and are largely relics of the common law. The torts that a person is most likely to deal with at some point in his or her life are negligence, fraud, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Types of Torts in Wake Forest, North Carolina
Negligence: Negligence is the most often-litigated tort in Wake Forest, North Carolina's civil litigation system. Negligence occurs when somebody does not exercise the level of care that a "reasonable person" would exercise in a similar situation, and causes an injury as a direct result. As an example, most people know that running a stop sign at high speed is very careless, and no reasonable person would be expected to do such a thing. Doing so clearly falls below the ordinary standard of care. So, if a person runs a stop sign at high speed, and hits another car, causing injuries and property damage, they will be liable to the person they harmed for the cost of whatever harm they caused.
Fraud: Unlike negligence, fraud is an intentional tort. Like negligence, courts in Wake Forest, North Carolina deal with it quite frequently. Put simply, fraud is a lie told for personal gain. It requires an affirmative misrepresentation, which the speaker knows to be false, intended to induce the victim to render some benefit to the speaker, which causes actual harm (such as financial loss) to the victim. It happens most often when somebody is trying to sell something for more than it's worth, and lies about the nature or value of the product to the buyer. If the buyer relies on the seller's false statements of fact in making the decision to buy the product, the seller has committed fraud. In such a case, the buyer is legally entitled to compensation for the harm suffered as a result of the fraud.
harmful or offensive, and non-consensual. For example, slapping someone on the face would be a clear case of battery, because that contact is harmful, and probably offensive as well. Unwanted physical conduct, particularly of a sexual nature, is considered offensive by just about everyone, and would also be considered battery even if it causes no physical injuries. Occasionally, a doctor will operate on the wrong body part, which the patient did not consent to be operated on. And, occasionally, doctors have performed entire operations while the patient was unconscious, which the patient didn't consent to. This is also battery, and can result in a very costly lawsuit for the doctor, though such cases are quite rare.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: Intentional infliction of emotional distress is also called IIED in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and it was not recognized as a valid cause of action until fairly recently (for the longest time, physical harm was a requirement before someone could sue for tort damages). To hold a defendant liable for IIED, it must be shown that the defendant engaged in some type of outrageous conduct, targeted at the plaintiff. Furthermore, it must be shown that this conduct directly caused severe emotional distress in the plaintiff, and that that was the defendant's intent. Proving that actual emotional distress occurred is the most difficult element of this tort, and the plaintiff's word is far from sufficient. It often requires intensive examination by a psychiatrist, who will then testify as to the plaintiff's mental state.
How Can A Wake Forest, North Carolina Tort Lawyer Help?
If somebody has harmed you, either intentionally or negligently, in Wake Forest, North Carolina, you might have a cause of action. On the other hand, if you find yourself in the unenviable situation of being sued for a tort, you have a right to defend yourself, and will probably want to, for obvious reasons.
Whatever your situation, a tort lawyer who has experience in representing people in Wake Forest, North Carolina tort cases can advise you on the best way to proceed, and give you the best chance of winning your case, whatever side you're on.
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Careers at PG&E
PG&E provides electricity and natural gas distribution services to a broad network of commercial, residential, industrial, and agricultural customers, with a view to ensuring reliable and efficient energy transmission across parts of California.
PG&E traces its history back to 1852 and the establishment of the San Francisco Gas Company by Peter and James Donahue. This company merged with a number of other gas and electric companies over the following half century, culminating in a merger between the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and the California Gas and Electric Corporation in 1905, forming Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
PG&E was among the pioneers of electric meters in the US, and in the 1920s opened the first all-electric model home in San Francisco. The Company continued to develop its operating infrastructure throughout the remaining years of the 20th Century, constructing a 502-mile pipeline, at the time the largest ever built, to connect the gas fields of Texas and New Mexico with California, and constructing a number of power generation facilities.
PG&E is today one of the largest regional utility companies in the US, serving a large customer base across California through an extensive proprietary distribution network. The Company is listed on the Fortune 500 list at 166th, and trades a portion of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. PG&E has a current market capitalisation of $30.04 billion.
Benefits at PG&E
Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance 401k Plan Vacation & Paid time off Paid sick days Employee discount Employee assistance program Company mobile phone
Business model of PG&E
PG&E provides electric and gas utility services to a broad spectrum of customers. The Company principally divides its electricity customers into five segments:
Residential, comprising general consumers living in homes and residential buildings;
Commercial, primarily comprising small and medium-sized businesses, as well as some larger enterprises;
Industrial, comprising various engineering, manufacturing, and other industrial operators;
Agricultural, comprising farming and agricultural operations; and
Public street and highway lighting, comprising various government-sponsored public lighting projects.
PG&E divides its natural gas transportation customers into Core Customers – comprising small commercial and residential customers – and Non-Core Customers, comprising, industrial, large commercial, and natural gas-fired electric generation facilities.
PG&E is a regional utility company. It provides electricity and natural gas utility services to a network of customers across northern and central California. The Company does not have any international operations, and does not appear to have imminent plans to expand its service to customers across the US.
PG&E provides value to its customers in the following ways:
Its reputation and track record, with the Company established as a reliable provider of utilities across large parts of California, with a positive track record for good service dating back a number of years;
Its extensive distribution infrastructure, with the Company operating around 42,000 circuit miles of electricity distribution lines and approximately 42,800 miles of distribution pipelines, enabling to distribute gas and electricity efficiently and effectively;
Its diverse portfolio of energy sources, with the Company distributing electricity from a range of renewable – including solar and hydroelectric, nuclear, and fossil fuel power plants;
Its accessibility, with the Company operating an online customer portal that enables its customers to pay bills and access resources online on a self-service basis; and
Its specialist industry expertise and experience, with the Company employing highly-trained specialist personnel across its various operating divisions and units, as well as a team of experienced industry executives.
PG&E operates a website at www.PG&E.com, through which it provides information on its various services, rate plans, coverage areas, and facilities. The Company also operates an online customer portal, which allows customers to view and pay bills, check account balances, and set-up recurring payments.
While customers are able to sign up for the Company's services online, PG&E's are completed through its direct retail and wholesale sales teams, who operate out of the Company's network of offices across California. Core Customers can purchase natural gas procurement service from PG&E directly, or via various non-utility third party gas procurement service providers. When customers purchase gas supply from third-party providers, the Company continues to provide gas delivery, metering and billing services to customers. In most cases, however, PG&E provides bundled services, whereby it provides both transportation and procurement services.
PG&E operates an extensive electric distribution network, including approximately 142,000 circuit miles of electric distribution lines – of which around 20% are underground and around 80% are overhead, 58 transmission switching substations, and 603 distribution substations. The Company also distributes gas through a proprietary network comprising approximately 42,800 miles of gas distribution pipelines, more than 6,700 miles of transmission pipelines, and various storage facilities.
PG&E provides a range of tools and services to customers on a self-service basis through its online customer portal. Via this channel, the Company enables customers to manage their accounts, view their billing and transaction history, set up regular payments, and set up account alerts without interacting with members of the Company's sales and support personnel.
With PG&E's sales routed through its direct sales force, the Company is able to provide personalised assistance to customers, advising them on the most relevant rates and service options for their individual circumstances. The Company provides utility services primarily under fixed-term contracts.
PG&E provides a range of information and support resources to customers on its website, including energy saving tips, payment guides, and rate plans. Alternatively, customers can receive personalised responses to queries and complaints by contacting the Company's support staff directly, either over the phone or via an online contact form.
Customers are also able to stay up-to-date with PG&E's operations and interact with the Company directly through its social media accounts, including with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
PG&E is a holding company. Its principal operating subsidiary is Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which is engaged in the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to a broad range of customers across areas of northern and central California. The Company generates electricity and provides electricity transmission and distribution services throughout its service territory, serving residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers.
PG&E controls an extensive distribution network, including thousands of circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines operating at varying voltages, as well as thousands of circuit miles of gas distribution pipelines. The Company also operates a portfolio of electric transmission substations and storage facilities. PG&E's operations are conducted primarily under the regulatory authority of the California Public Utilities Commission.
PG&E works closely with a broad network of partners that support its various generation and distribution activities. These partners can be categorised broadly as:
Supplier and Vendor Partners, comprising suppliers of raw materials and equipment used as part of the Company's energy generation and distribution activities, as well as suppliers of services and technology that are utilised across the enterprise more broadly;
Channel and Distribution Partners, comprising distributors and contractors that provide services on the Company's behalf, as well as non-utility third-party providers that extend the Company's own in-house sales and marketing capability;
Trade Partners, comprising trade professionals that provide services relating to refrigeration, lighting, heating and air conditioning, and agriculture that work closely with the Company on various projects;
Energy Efficiency Partners, comprising local contractors and trade professionals to which the Company provides assistance in implementing energy-efficiency measures; and
Strategic and Alliance Partners, comprising a range of companies form various sectors with which the Company shares certain resources and collaborates on joint projects.
PG&E lists a number of its local trade partners on its website, comprising local and regional operators such as Lumenature, FXR Construction, Green Generation Solutions, Jerico Mechanical, and Ecogreen Solutions. The Company has also launched partnerships with larger organisations, including a tie-up with NASA to test drones for the inspection of gas infrastructure, and a deal with the Hilton Union Square to provide an energy efficiency system to the hotel.
PG&E's key resources are its energy production and distribution infrastructure, its natural gas pipeline network, its raw materials and supply chain, its online platform, its IT and communications infrastructure, its sales and marketing channels, its partnerships, and its personnel.
Among PG&E's most important assets are its electric and natural gas distribution infrastructure, comprising electricity and natural gas distribution facilities, natural gas gathering facilities and generation facilities, and natural gas and electricity transmission facilities. The Company distributes its gas and electricity through a proprietary network of 142,000 circuit miles of underground and overhead electric distribution lines and 42,800 miles of gas distribution pipelines.
The Company also owns and operates eight natural gas compressor stations, 58 transmission switching substations, 603 distribution substations, and various storage facilities.
PG&E incurs costs in relation to the procurement of energy and supplies – including natural gas, the operation and maintenance of its generation and distribution infrastructure, the development of its online platform, the maintenance of its IT and communications infrastructure, the operation of its sales and marketing channels – including advertising expenses, the management of its partnerships, and the retention of its personnel.
In 2015 PG&E recorded total operating costs in the amount of $15.32 billion. This included electricity costs of $5.10 billion, natural gas costs of $663 million, and operating and maintenance costs totalling $6.95 billion.
PG&E generates revenue primarily through the retail and wholesale sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers across its service areas in California. The Company also derives a small portion of its revenue from the provision of various related services, such as training and consulting.
In 2015 PG&E generated total annual operating revenue of $16.83 billion, down on the $17.09 billion recorded by the Company the previous year. The vast majority of this revenue was generated by the Company's electricity operations, which alone recorded revenue for the year of $13.66 billion. More than $10 billion in annual revenue was attributed to the Company's electricity sales to residential and commercial customers. PG&E's natural gas operations accounted for $3.18 billion in revenue.
Anthony Earley,
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
info: Anthony Earley ("Earley") has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PG&E since joining the Company in 2011. Earley also serves on the Executive Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Edison Electric Institute, and serves as a director and executive committee member of the Nuclear Energy Institute. Earley has held a number of leadership roles within the energy sector over a number of years. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Long Island Lighting Company, before joining DTE Energy Company in 1998, where he held various executive roles over a period of 17 years. This included spells as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
Jason Wells,
info: Jason Wells has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PG&E since 2016. He is responsible for overseeing the entirety of the Company's financial functions. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. Wells has been with PG&E since 2007, when he joined the Company as Director of Technical Accounting. He was promoted to Senior Director of Corporate Accounting and Assistant Controller in 2008, and in 2011 was appointed Vice President of Business Finance. Wells began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served in a variety of roles, notably leading audit teams for a number of energy and utility clients.
Julie Kane,
Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
info: Julie Kane ("Kane") has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at PG&E since 2015. She is responsible for overseeing the Company's compliance program, including the programs and systems designed to prevent, detect, and mitigate non-compliance. Kane previously worked for more than 25 years at Novartis and its various affiliates, where she held a number of positions across multiple divisions. This included a spells as Vice President of Ethics and Compliance and Corporate Citizenship, Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment, and Chief Environmental Counsel. Prior to joining PG&E, Kane served as Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer for North America and Corporate Functions at Avon Products.
Jobs at PG&E
Utility Worker - Gas T&D (IBEW) Auburn
Auburn, California, United States
Hydro Utility Worker - Electric Maintenance (IBEW) - Auburn
Business Operations Specialist, Senior
Chico, California, United States
FULL_TIME Strategy Management
Construction Management SAP Compliance
Service Representative I: San Francisco- IBEW
Strategy Training
Angels Camp, California, United States
Management Construction Management
Management Construction Leadership
Server/Assistant Manager
St. Marys, Georgia, United States
Management Management
Management Collaboration
BIM Specialist
Leadership Technology Editor
Field Office Administrator
Annual revenue: $10+bn
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broadcastParams = {
    "auth": oauth2Client,
    "part": "snippet,status,contentDetails",
    "snippet": {
        "title": "Testing NodeJS",
        "scheduledStartTime": "2017-02-20T14:00:00.000Z",
        "scheduledEndTime": "2017-02-20T15:00:00.000Z",
    },
    "status": {
        "privacyStatus": "private",
    },
    "contentDetails": {
        "monitorStream": {
            "enableMonitorStream": true,
        }
    }
};

youtube.liveBroadcasts.insert(broadcastParams,
function(err,broadcast) {
    if (err) {
        return console.log('Error creating broadcast: ', err);
    }
    console.log('Broadcast = ' + JSON.stringify(broadcast));
});

Thanks for the help!

A: Got it solved.
My broadcast parameters wasn't correct. I was missing the "resource". Here is the code that is working now:
var google = require('googleapis');
var OAuth2 = google.auth.OAuth2;
var youtube = google.youtube('v3');

var oauth2Client = new OAuth2(
  'xxxx', //CLIENT_ID
  'xxxx', //MY_CLIENT_SECRET,
  'http://localhost:3000/api/integrations/youtube'//YOUR_REDIRECT_URL
);

oauth2Client.setCredentials({
  access_token: "xxxx",
  refresh_token: "xxxx"

});

broadcastParams = {
    "auth": oauth2Client,
    "part": "snippet,status,contentDetails",
    "resource": {
        "snippet": {
            "title": "Tesing NodeJS 123",
            "scheduledStartTime": "2017-02-20T14:00:00.000Z",
            "scheduledEndTime": "2017-02-20T15:00:00.000Z",
        },
        "status": {
            "privacyStatus": "private",
        },
        "contentDetails": {
            "monitorStream": {
                "enableMonitorStream": true,
            }
        }
    }
};

youtube.liveBroadcasts.insert(broadcastParams,  function(err,broadcast) {
    if (err) {
        return console.log('Error creating broadcast: ', err);
    }
    console.log('Broadcast = ' + JSON.stringify(broadcast));
});

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Anne, a Senior – Unity Shoppe Inc.
Entering the winter of her life, Anne had a wonderful life. She married and had 3 beautiful children. They bought a home, worked hard, sent their children to college and watched as they married and gave them grandchildren. Once retired, they settled down, relaxed and traveled. They loved spending time together, and then her husband had a stroke and died. Her world fell apart — she was alone. The children were living in other cities now with their own responsibilities. Anne spent more time with church activities to keep busy. She felt overwhelmed with the responsibilities of taking care of a house all by herself. She knew her Social Security and savings were not going to take care of her, the utility bills, repairs and possible medical bills if she needed more help. Her oldest daughter met with her sisters, and they decided it would be in Mom's best interest to sell the house. Anne did not want to leave her home, there were so many wonderful memories, and what would she do with all her things? She felt she had lost everything already and her life was falling apart. This would be the last of the life she loved and had built with her family. She knew the day would come when she would have to leave her home, because now her children were worried about her living alone, and she didn't want to be a burden. As Anne entered her 3rd year without her husband, she could no longer ignore the necessity of moving. She did not realize that the government would take a large amount of the funds she received from the sale of her home because of the Capital Gains Tax and this would impact her savings a great deal. The hardest part was giving up the things she loved the most because her new studio apartment would not hold everything she wanted to keep. Her oldest daughter moved into the family home to take care of the property until it sold. She moved her mother and helped her settle into her "new home" at the retirement center. The cost of $2,000 monthly was much more expensive than her house but offered her mother meals and the assurance of help when needed. Her daughter noticed the change in her mother immediately. She was depressed and no longer wanted to live. She called the Unity Shoppe and asked what she could do to help her mother. Unity learned that Anne loved to sew and knit. With this information, Unity asked her mother to help them provide some of the items they needed for children, babies and seniors. Anne began to work on beautiful baby blankets, sweaters, slippers and lap blankets. Never has Unity distributed so many balls of yarn to one senior. The sweaters, blankets, and baby items were picked up weekly and it took 6 months before we noticed an end to her fury-driven attempt to keep her sanity in her new setting. Three years later we received the following letter from her daughter.
© 2018 Unity Shoppe, Inc.


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Jesse Malin - New York Before the War
Conte+Potier photo
Today we debut a new acoustic video from Jesse Malin... "Here's The Situation." Tomorrow marks the release of Malin's greatest work to-date. The celebrated New York singer-songwriter is a longtime friend and an inspiration to a community of artists, but it's only through his latest work; New York Before the War, that we can see all of his work, all of his current thought process and emotions splayed in one place. It's a song about retaking what is not lost, an artistic alarm clock - and it's really good. For me, it's uniquely satisfying to go on the long journey with an artist and see them produce something challenging and rewarding all-at-once.
"I wanted to make a record that encompassed everything I've been through since I started playing hardcore when I was twelve or thirteen," Malin says. Two years ago he had completed an album "out in the country" at White Star Studio near Charlottesville, VA. But then he realized it really wasn't finished. "Late last December, just back from a tour, I found myself sitting in my studio apartment in an old, crooked building that had the words THE WAR boldly painted on its side," Malin says. "In the silence of the holidays, away from family and friends, I found myself questioning everything I believed in. Looking out the window at a broken world where our values, culture and art have become instantly disposable, I felt lost and alienated, but still yearning for something more. Turning to my music, I tried to carve out a place where I could once again exist, and I sat down and wrote the rest of this record."
Malin finished New York Before the War at the Magic Shop in Soho and Flux Studios on Avenue A . Players include guitarist Derek Cruz, who co-produced the New York sessions with Malin; bassist Catherine Popper, who has played with Ryan Adams and Jack White; and drummers Randy Schrager (Scissor Sisters) and Paul Garisto, who played on Malin's debut solo album, The Fine Art of Self-Destruction, and with the Psychedelic Furs. Guitarist Don Dilego played on and produced the sessions in Virginia. The record features contributions from Alejandro Escovedo, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and MC5's Wayne Kramer, amongst others. This will be a most worthy addition to your music selection and already one of my favorite albums of 2015.
New York Before the War / Web / Fb / Tw
Labels: acoustic Best of 2015 Jesse Malin New Album New Video
Great album. Really looking forward to the live shows - the Boston show has been moved to Church FYI. This album was a long time coming but well worth the wait and kudos to Jesse for looking at what he had done and going back to revisit his vision. Inspiring...
Looking forward to seeing you in Newcastle again and hearing the new album !


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MBCEA Announces 2020 Building of the Year Winners
The Metal Building Contractors and Erectors Association (MBCEA) announced its 2020 Building of the Year winners this week. Taking the top award is the Air Canada Hangar 5 at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, erected by Scott Steel Erectors Inc. of Hamilton, Ontario. In addition to the overall winner, Awards of Merit and Excellence were announced for buildings in three separate categories: Education and Recreation, Manufacturing and Warehouse, and Specialty Buildings. This year's award winners are being honored at the MBCEA Virtual Conference, which opened May 19, in the online exhibitor space via the Whova conference app. All of the award-winning buildings can also be viewed on the MBCEA website at https://www.mbcea.org/awards-recognition/.
Below is a complete list of 2020 MBCEA Building of the Year Award Winners and MBCEA members that worked on the building, as well as the metal building manufacturer/supplier:
Building of the Year: Air Canada Hangar 5, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Scott Steel Erectors Inc. served as the metal building erector on the 175,000-square-foot hangar. The building was manufactured by Burnco Manufacturing, Varco Pruden, and Steelway Building Systems.
Education and Recreation – Award of Merit: Middlebury College's 75 Shannon St. building, Middlebury, Vt. Peter Flewelling of Exeter, NH worked as a consultant on the 22,036 sq. ft. swing-space educational building and for Essex Structural Steel Co, Inc. of Cortland, N.Y., the metal building supplier.
Education and Recreation – Award of Excellence: Boston Sports Institute, Wellesley, Mass. Barnes buildings & management group, Inc. of Weymouth, Mass., installed the metal buildings and insulated metal panels on the four-building, 101,842-square-foot project. Metallic Building Company, headquartered in Houston, was the metal building manufacturer.
Manufacturing and Warehouse – Award of Merit: Warrior Tractor & Equipment new facility, Graysville, Ala. Dunn Building Company of Birmingham, Ala., was the general contractor and building erector for the 58,100-square-foot, three-building facility. The metal building manufacturer was MESCO Building Solutions of Irving, Texas.
Manufacturing and Warehouse – Award of Excellence: APX Construction Group Office and Warehouse, Mankato, Minn. APX Construction Group LLC served as the general contractor for its 13,000-square-foot new home, which was manufactured by Metallic Building Company of Houston.
Specialty Buildings – Award of Merit: Southwest Airlines Maintenance Hangar at Hobby Airport, Houston. Sure Steel Inc., headquartered in South Weber, Utah, erected the 246,600-square-foot hangar, the largest ever for Southwest. Bluescope Heavy Structures was the metal building manufacturer.
Specialty Buildings – Award of Excellence: Gabrielli Truck Sales office and warehouse, Jamaica, N.Y. Thomas Phoenix International Inc, of Eastampton, N.J., was the metal building erector for the 63,500-square-foot facility. Butler Manufacturing provided the metal building.
"We are very excited to announce this year's Building of the Year winners," says Sasha Demyan, MBCEA Executive Director. "Our members did an excellent job and gave us a number of high-quality buildings from which to choose."
"Typically," she continues, "we would announce the winners in person at the Annual Conference. Given recent events, though, we are pleased to be able to have an online Building of the Year presentation, narrated by Robert Tiffin of Silvercote, available in our Virtual Conference exhibitor space."
Entries are judged by an outside panel of judges based on the following criteria: Aesthetics, Unusual or Interesting Features, Quality, Complexity, and Green Building Elements. Judges for this year's awards are Ronald Albert, AIA, RHA Architects; Matthew Jarmel, Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers; Jerry Gorski, Gorski Engineering. To be eligible, a building must have been completed in 2019. For more information on MBCEA's Building of the Year winners, visit https://www.mbcea.org/awards-recognition/.
Expanded coverage of the MBCEA's Building of the Year winners will be in the July 2020 issue of Metal Construction News.


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Troy Income & Growth Plc - Annual Financial Report
This content has been sourced from: https://www.investegate.co.uk/troy-inc---gwth-plc/...
TROY INCOME & GROWTH TRUST PLC
LEI: 213800HLNMQ1R6VBLU75
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
1. CHAIRMAN'S STATEMEN
The objective of the Company is to provide an attractive income yield and the prospect of income and capital growth through investing in a portfolio of predominantly UK equities.
The performance for the year to 30 September 2020 shows a Net Asset Value ('NAV') per share total return of -9.1%and a share price total return of -11.6%. The wider than usual gap between these returns is explained by the fact that at the start of the period the Company's share price was standing at a premium to NAV of +1.1% while a year later the share price had moved to a -0.8% discount. The FTSE All-Share Index total return of -16.6% for the period reflects the very difficult environment for UK equities, which have suffered from both protracted uncertainty surrounding the Brexit negotiations and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis since February of this year.
The Board remains predominantly interested in longer-term performance. Over the three-year period to 30 September 2020 the NAV per share total return of +4.0% compares favourably with the -9.3% total return of the FTSE All-Share Index and over five years the NAV per share total return of +26.4% has outstripped the +18.6% total return for the FTSE All-Share Index.
A fourth quarterly dividend payment of 0.695p was announced at the end of the period, as forecast in the Interim Report. The full dividend for the year totalled 2.78p and represented a 1.1% increase over the previous year.
Economic and Stock Market Background
The level of economic uncertainty engendered by the global pandemic is on a scale unmatched in peacetime. The sheer cost in human and economic terms is staggering, and governments around the world have struggled to keep pace with the impact on healthcare systems and businesses. Financial support on a vast scale has been extended in an attempt to contain the inevitable rise of unemployment and widespread business failure caused by economic lockdown. Extremely low interest rates have enabled these spiralling costs to be funded by borrowing but the longer-term impact of rising debt/GDP ratios for many countries has yet to be felt.
Inevitably some sectors, such as retail, hospitality and travel related sectors have been disproportionately hit by the crisis whereas others like healthcare, technology and consumer goods have seen less direct impact on demand for their goods and services. However, beyond these immediate effects, the crisis has also served to accelerate a number of structural changes within the global economy. There is no doubt that this will pose significant challenges to investors, as many companies will struggle to survive. The Company's Managers have taken advantage of recent outperformance and market dislocation to adjust the portfolio in response to this period of accelerated creative destruction. They have sought to exit a number of holdings trading on high yields but where dividend growth has stagnated and reinvest where better growth prospects can underpin the prospect of progressive dividends and a more balanced split between income and capital return. Further explanation of these portfolio changes is laid out in the Managers' Review.
Discount Control Mechanism, Costs and Corporate Development
The Discount Control Mechanism ('DCM'), which has been in place since January 2010, continues to operate successfully by ensuring that investors can continue to purchase and sell the Company's shares at a time of their choosing and at a price very close to net asset value. During the year, the Company issued 53.6m shares and bought-in 0.9m shares, for a net total issuance of 52.7m shares, representing a growth in the number of shares in issue of 17.9%. Approximately 26% of the net shares issued arose from the merger of Cameron Investors in November 2019. The DCM continues to enhance NAV per share by consistently issuing shares at a small premium and buying-in shares at a small discount. This is a key differentiating feature of the Company and the Board continues to believe that it enables the Company to grow by issuing new shares and protects investors from the negative effects of excessive discount volatility.
During the year, the net assets of the Company increased by 2.5%, from £245.5m to £251.7m. The Ongoing Charges Figure ('OCF') of 0.89% has come down from 0.91% over the past year and continues a long downward trend in the Company's OCF.
The Board hopes that the performance track record of the Company and minimal discount volatility provided by the DCM will continue to interest other investment trust boards looking to merge or offer rollover options for whatever reason.
The Company has a £20m revolving credit facility with ING. The Managers continue to see the opportunity to gear on a tactical basis as an important tool to be deployed should compelling equity valuations become available.
The fourth interim dividend of 0.695p was the same as the equivalent dividend paid last year. As announced in the Interim Report, the Board decided to utilise distributable reserves in order to maintain the dividends in the financial year to September 2020 and the third interim dividend was paid from the Company's distributable capital reserve. This has enabled the Company to bridge the revenue deficit caused by the cancellation or deferral of dividends by many UK companies due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The full year dividend totalled 2.78p and represented a 1.1% increase over the previous year.
As previously flagged, the Board intends to set a new and reduced dividend rate for the year to September 2021. In the absence of unforeseen circumstances, a quarterly rate of 0.49p is planned, which implies 1.96p for the year to 30 September 2021. This reduction when compared to the year to September 2020 recognises both the structural impact of the pandemic on the UK equity dividend landscape and the portfolio changes made by the Managers - changes aimed at ensuring the continued balance of income and capital return from the underlying portfolio. The Board believes that in order to maximise the total returns to the Company's investors the income component of that return needs be both sustainable and able to grow, albeit from a lower level. The Board's overall attitude to dividend cover will remain as it has in the past, that being to seek to ensure that the Company's earnings exceed dividends distributed. There may be short periods when that is not the case due to peculiar circumstances such as significant share issuances or market dislocations, and the strength of the Company's distributable reserves will remain available to cover such circumstances.
Shortly after the period end, the Board was delighted to be able to announce that Blake Hutchins has formally joined Hugo Ure and Francis Brooke as a third co-manager of the Company. Blake is a Senior Fund Manager within Troy's UK Equity Income Team and has been co-manager of the Trojan Income Fund with Francis and Hugo since October 2019.
Annual General Meeting ('AGM')
As at previous AGMs, the Board will again ask Shareholders to approve resolutions it believes are vital to the effective management of the DCM. Specifically, the Board is seeking permission to allow the Company to issue shares on a non pre-emptive basis equivalent to 20% of its equity and to buy-in up to 14.99%. There are two separate resolutions concerning the issue of shares. The first resolution seeks permission to issue 10%, and the second (extra) resolution seeks permission to issue up to a further 10% solely in connection with the DCM; for an aggregate of 20%.
At the Company's AGM in January 2020 a significant number of votes were cast against the second resolution for the further 10% authority, though the resolution was still carried. The Board has sought the views of the Shareholders who voted against and understands that this was due to the aggregate authority sought being higher than that recommended by corporate governance guidelines. While the Board appreciates some Shareholders' reticence about non pre-emption authorities, it strongly believes that in the circumstances of the NAV enhancing impact of the DCM's operations, the overall 20% authority sought is in the best interests of Shareholders, and so is continuing to seek such authority at the upcoming AGM.
Rarely has there been so much macroeconomic uncertainty as there is today. The enormous cost of supporting the economy through the pandemic will be felt for generations with the UK national debt now over £2trn and representing over 100% of GDP for the first time in sixty years. Funding debt on this scale is clearly only possible at the current ultra-low level of interest rates and makes the UK and many other countries vulnerable to a turn in the interest rate cycle. Although unlikely in the immediate future, there is an increasing probability of inflationary consequences further down the line. This would mark a significant change in the investment environment.
Against this backdrop, the Managers continue to ensure that the portfolio is geographically diversified by virtue of the underlying investments' countries of operation and can withstand macroeconomic turbulence. The portfolio's defensive positioning has benefited Shareholders thus far. At the same time, the Managers' medium-term objective is to hold individual companies whose business models are robust enough to generate long-term cash flow growth that will drive total returns from both capital appreciation and income growth. The Board believes that despite the current headwinds for UK equities, the investment process and strategy being pursued by the Managers should deliver consistent and competitive returns in the future.


At Tuesday night's "Beer & Biotech" meet-up in West Knoxville, Eric Mayer of EDP Biotech Corporation mentioned an online course that demystifies venture capital deals and start-up financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs a definitive guide to secure funding. The course is taught by Brad Feld, a well-known name in the entrepreneurial community. Others might find it interesting. Registration is underway; the course starts May 6. Click here to learn more.