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Skip to comments.The Number One Mistake People I Interview Are Making These Days
Posted on 02/24/2012 7:36:02 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
I'm the Managing Editor of Business Insider, which means I'm responsible for all of the editorial hiring here.
So I'm constantly meeting people of all different levels, from interns to senior editors.
Lately, the majority of people I interview have one thing in common.
They're all messing up on something that I think is very important when trying to get a job: the Thank You Email.
Whether we spent thirty minutes meeting in the offices; we Skyped because you're abroad for your Junior spring semester; or we did a quick first-round phone interview, too many people are forgetting to follow up later that day or the next day with a quick email.
It doesn't have to be anything too involved. Truthfully, the shorter the better.
The Thank You Email should say a few simple things:
-Thank you for meeting (or talking) with me.
-I really want this job.
-Quick plug about why I'm perfect for it.
If I DON'T get a Thank You Email, here's what happens:
-I assume you don't want the job
-I think you're disorganized and forgot about following up
-There is a much higher shot I'll forget about you
Here's an example of a good Thank You Email:
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Quite frankly, I already get too many work emails as it is.
Uh huh. And how many people doing the hiring even bother to tell a candidate two weeks later that he didn't get the job. That "courtesy" was ancient history twenty years ago.
Maybe this is specific to certain fields; personally I have never found them to be particularly common in my field.
The decision who will be hired, considered or rejected; is usually made before the interview is over. If you didn't overwhelm them - the decision is made. No email, no flowers, no fancy card is going to make any difference.
In my experience, the letter may actually work against you; identifying you as a 'suck up'. But, my job is in engineering, not a 'soft science'. If you have the skills specific to the job, if you are personable, if your personality will meld with the team - you are in. If not, nothing will change that decision - most especially an email.
Wow. A guy who is actually looking for MORE emails.
A lot of commenters at the link are downright ANGRY at the notion of sending a follow-up email.
But look; if you apply at a company, and they call you back for an interview, and you do nothing to follow up on that position opting instead to wait for them to call you?
You deserve to be unemployed.
ping for showing to my son later
There is no magic "key" that will unlock that job, certainly not a follow-up e-mail. There are a whole host of determinants in landing a job and it is a disservice to imply that finding the right, exact, secret elixer is the only way you will ever unlock a job. It ain't so.
I'd be curious as to the percentage of interviews are fake HR go-thru-the-motions as the job was filled internally before someone had to post it publicly to cover their EOE ass.
Yep. It used to have to be a more laborious old-fashioned thank you note.
Doesn't make sense to take the time to go in for a personal—or even have an over the phone—interview, without adding the 30 second follow up of a brief thank you.
Almost bizarre that people in her field would be skipping that step.
The part that is not addressed at all, is the level of unprofessionalism that many companies show to potential job applicants. Let's pick on Dell Comuters (Round Rock, TX) as an example.
I worked there for couple years, and interviewed dozens (as in >25) applicants for an engineering position we did not have. We flew them in from all over the country, put them up at the Red Lion, and we had no intention of hiring them. Why? So HR could have a list of pre-screened applicatants. I fielded calls from a young graduate in Los Angeles who was quite excited about a job with Dell - and I was forced by my Director to keep her on the line for over 6 months. Finally, as Lead Engineer for the group, I asked to be removed from this process as I had ethical issues with this procedure. I was 'laid off' 6 months later - pure coincidence, I'm sure.
But, the bottom line is that loyalty and professional conduct is a 1-way street. Companies have abandoned the view that their employees are a valuable asset - they are an operational expense, and treated as such. Employees learn this lesson; thus the average life expectancy of employees is now closer to 2-5 years than decades, like it was not that long ago. It used to be that you got your job, you worked your job, you would be rewarded for your loyalty, you may work 2-3 jobs in your career; you'd retire after working for a company 20+ years at a decent salary. Today, you are a cog in a wheel, you can be replaced for any or no reason at all. It's brutal; and some of the advice I'm reading does little more than identify weakness on behalf of the employee.
The follow up letter should be done at the conclusion of the interview. "Thank you for taking the time to meet with me,...I am really interested in the job if offered, etc."
this follow up letter/email stuff is definetly 20+++ years ago.
And I NEVER received a follow-up from a company on why I wasn't selected. Left to sit there wondering forever if/why I didn't get the job.
Sounds like a self-center prick; a Gen Y idiot that NEEDS to be thanked. In many cases the candidate doesn't have an email address to send a thank you as all communications for the interview come from them and it is a bit nerdy to track down the interviewer to thank them.
"the interview come from them"
should have been:
"the interview come from HR"
At the end of the interview, you stand up, shake hands looking the interviewer in the eye, and you thank him for the opportunity to interview.
That should be it. I can't imagine why anyone would want sycophantic garbage clogging up his in-box the next day.
Now, if you interview with this chick, by all means send her an email, but the reason for it eludes me unless she just likes seeing people suck up to her.
I think this may still have value, in the 'soft' sciences. HR manager, Supervisor, manager, Insurance industry, Medical industry - somewhere where dealing with customers and the public may be the norm.
However, this is practialy unheard of in the engineering industry. Usually, the decision to hire/not hire a person is made before the interview is even over. Managment has made the decision, before the applicant has left the building. Due to nothing short of rudeness and unprofessionalism - the applicant will likely not be told 'No, Thank you' .... ever. It costs nothing to keep him hoping, and on the line. Maybe there will be a sudden need, and the #2 candidate can be quickly reeled in. Sure, they will promise to let you know in a week; but this is seldomly, if ever the case.
Absolutely true. Mid-level managers do not want to be bothered by incessant whining from interviewers that were discarded during the interview process. Usually, the person will say "Hello, my name is Bob, and I'm the ......". You visit with him for 20 minutes, and you never see him again. I've been shocked many times to find that the boss I have, when I'm hired, is actually the person who identified himself as a lower-level team member. This is done to evade the endless emails.
To all the detractors here, consider these facts:
- A thank you email costs you nothing. Except maybe a few minute away from your Playstation.
- If nothing else, it represents civility, something that is all but lost to the last couple of generations. Practicing civility makes it habitual, which WILL make you more attractive in the job market.
- If one in one thousand thank you letters are effective, that's an extraordinary edge over someone who never writes one.
Very, very true. I had the unfortunate situtation of being at a social setting and ran into an ex-employee that was fired for cause. He still sends an email nearly every day asking about his status to job postings he has applied for. I try my best not to be rude as he is friends with another close friend of mine, but it is getting old. Our HR is very good about keeping distances between managers and candidates but this guy is well beyond any normal boundaries.
Just Damn. Your experience at Dell was brutal. But this has been the case for many companies for many years.
The only options for potential employees is to game the system as best they can. I would follow up with the position, but after a couple of weeks - if not offered a job - I would forget about that company and move on.
What ineffable twaddle.
Are you looking for someone who can write and edit copy, or interviewing candidates for the Queen and Her Court Rose Parade float?
If someone bothers to meet with you, they want the job. A "thank-you" at the end of the interview suffices.
Anything else is just sucking up and a sop to your outsized ego.
Many moons ago, with college graduation a month or two away, I drove 500 miles (round trip) to interview at a small company. Part of the agreement was that the company would reimburse me for my gas - regardless of whether I got the job. I'm still waiting to hear if I got the position (this was in 1987), but they DID send me a check for gas - two weeks after the check expired. Two years later, I drove nine hours, one way, to interview at yet another small company. I must have REALLY bombed the thing, though; I'm still waiting to hear back from them, one way or the other.
Get this, I interviewed for a position WITHIN my company and NEVER received a follow up - even though the manager and HR person were one builiding over. Furthermore, when asked for a status from the manager via company instant messaging, my instant message was closed by the manager.
Yeh, ok, lady,....what comes around goes around. I'll have my day with you.
I think the social mores have changed. While some managers may like a thank you note, I think most would see it as a waste of their time. About being convinced that somebody *really* wants the job...in this economy, everybody really wants the job.
However, it's not hard to write a thank you note, and in my experience HR people are needy illiterates. So it may help you land the job if you throw them a bone thanking them for their precious time and consideration. Certainly don't mention all the mistakes and incongruencies in the job ad (one of my fav's was "Must Have Masters - prefer Bachelors").
Send a thank you note by snail mail. That'll really impress them because no one really does that anymore.
That probably means they want a candidate with a Masters.
But they will only pay based on a Bachelors.
Or maybe they mean bachelor as in no married people.
I used to tell people directly that I wasn't interested in them and why. I realized that they had traveled to come see me and I would offer to answer their questions if they had any.
Back in the '80s I was in programming and for a while had to do the Resume routine. One day I got the idea to add a second page, usually a no-no. I titled it "Technical Addendum". Programming to me was nothing more than a problem-solving job, once solved you moved on to the next one, and other than remembering a new technique, forgot about it.
I started listing the jobs I had done and after about the third one, I thought, "Damn, I'd hire me!". There was some neat, money-saving programs/systems I had produced. I stapled it to the resume and added a little note saying something to the effect that all resumes were suspected of having a lot of Blue Smoke and Mirrors, so if the Employment Guy would just pass the Addendum to the guy I would be working for (positive thinking), he could tell in a minute whether I was B/Sing or not.
Always got a positive response and always got the job, so maybe it would still help today.
Email thank-you letters are impersonal and often unread.
If you really want the job, nothing beats a personalized, hand-written thank-you card, send via US Mail.
I dealt with that many moons ago. The prospective employer deliberately distorted something I said and then used it as an excuse not to hire me. (I found out later he had hired a pretty grad student from the university department he was out of...)
If you want the job, then you should display good manners and professionalism by writing a thank you note to the person who interviews you.
The comments on this post as well as the comments on the article's site are eye-opening. Since when is being polite something to be disparaged?
I have not, and will not, extend an offer of employment to anyone who does not send a thank you (which basically tells me that you want the job.)
When I have hired, I have had a lot of qualified people applying and I am looking for reasons to easily eliminate some of them to get the list down to a reasonable number and then to decide between the last three or four candidates. Little stuff like this can make a difference in those situations. I'm more likely to extend an offer to someone who lets me know they want the job enough to say so in a followup.
Anymore, I'm overjoyed to see applicants that can put together a resume and cover letter in passable English. Most resumes and letters all look the same anyway, but I'm really narrowing on written communication skill. I will sometimes follow up with an e-mail of my own, if only to prompt them to write a few more sentences just to see if they can do it.
Most of the people on this thread are technical engineering types. The rules are different for them. There is very little BS factor in these types of positions.
Good to know, thanks. Although employed, in almost every instance where I have applied this it seems to have had no impact, but that's just my limited anecdotal perspective. I'm more inclined to view the significance of sending a follow-up if a candidate advances past any initial interview first cut.
I found Dick Cheney's interview in 1969 with Don Rumsfeld illustrative, though I can't remember if Rumsfeld had left Congress at that point to work in the Nixon administration.
The young Cheney traveled all the way to Washington to meet with Rumfeld to apply as a staffer. He had to walk several miles in the summer DC heat and humidity while wearing the only suit he owned, a wool winter suit, because he didn't know the city and parked too far away.
When he finally got there, only a minute or two before the appointed time, he was soaked with perspiration to the point his shoes were making squishing sounds. Before he even had a chance to find a bathroom and towel off, the door to Rumsfeld's office opened at the exact appointment time and he was ushered in for a half-hour appointment.
In a city known for making people wait, this was remarkable.
Cheney talked for 25 minutes, at which point Rumsfeld politely said something like "Thank you for coming, but I don't think you are the right person for the job", stood up and shook his hand, after which the door opened at the exact ending time for the meeting and the young Cheney was ushered out.
Very straight and to the point.
Poor Cheney stood blinking in the office foyer thinking "What the heck just happened?"
When I've hired anyone, it's on the basis of their ability to do the job and fit in with the team. A thank you email makes no difference to that. All they do is depress me unless they come from the person I'm going to hire. Then I think, "Oh, that's nice." But it makes no difference either way.
I've never sent or received an interview thank you e-mail. I probably wouldn't hire the person who sent me one. Thank you notes are just too touchy feely 1950s girly. Interviews are about business decisions, they're not bridal showers, if I hire you you can thank me then.
"There is very little BS factor in these types of positions."
After college when looking for a job, I would call a company in my specialized technical field and would ask for whoever by name after I had done some research on who was a top dog. Mostly small firms.
Then I would call and if the receptionist asked who I was I would say "This is Tom Smith from MIT".
Once I got the guy I would say "Hi, my name is Tom Smith, I'm a recent graduate from MIT with a degree in XYZ. I'm going to be in town for a few days and would like to speak with you and your work in XYZ. Would tomorrow at 11am work, or would sometime Thursday afternoon be better for you?"
I had numerous interviews that way. Many were useful just in getting information on other small firms that might be able to use me. A few kept in touch over the years when a job came open.
One guy, after talking with me for quite awhile about the industry in his area said "Well, sorry - we don't need anybody at the moment. But I just had to meet the guy that had the balls to ask for an interview like that." LOL!
I would also send a thank you letter. And while that was 30+ years ago, it can't hurt, and is a good habit to have. As a consultant I still write a handwritten note to clients if they refer me to someone, pay their bill real quick, etc.
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My husband faces a lot of food pressure at his work so he will go and get a piece of whatever, pretend to eat some as he's walking away with the plate and then take it back to his office where he hides the remains in an envelope before pitching it
My husband faces a lot of food pressure at his work so he will go and get a piece of whatever, pretend to eat some as he's walking away with the plate and then take it back to his office where he hides the remains in an envelope before pitching it
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I am i the same boat. I am one of the youngest at our lawfirm and they normally cater food for us to eat. I usually respectfully decline their food by letting them know I am on a diet/cleansing my body but otherwise I would love to dine with them. It is a rough path alone and luckily my brother does PB as well and we kind of support each other at family functions and through out the day. The other day was my father's birthday and we had pizza(which is the most missed food by me) and strawberry cake(I had to almost be put in restraints) but I think to myself is it worth it to eat something that will make me happy for 5 minutes that I am eating it? Nope so I fight the urge.
I deal with this as well. Sometimes I think people feel guilty that they are eating the crap so they feel better when they can push it on someone else. I am lucky, though, that my work often gets catering from Baja Fresh and I can semi-turn that into something I can eat. It's nice to be able to partake even if I'm pulling steak out of a tortilla in order to do it!
I am always nice in declining things, but I tell the truth on the long shot that somebody will actually ask me some details and benefit from it. That never happens though. I do get some crap, but it is worth it. They can think I'm strange all they want...I really do not care. Fitting in would mean not fitting in my jeans...My job is very important to me and my family, but I don't need any job that badly.
I usually just say either that I am having some digestive issues at the moment - people can usually figure out what that means and they know better than to try to convince someone in that situation to eat. It's the easiest way to get out of eating without having to go into too much detail. If someone is really being aggressive about it, I'll go more into detail about my diarrea, gas, and bloating, and watch how fast they back off! Plus, they're less likely in the future to continue pressing once I've said 'no thanks'.
My story is a bit different. I work in the production side of a newspaper. One Friday we had a huge water spill which caused all of us, about 30 people, to work through lunch to get it under control. Anyway the boss comes over and says "I ordered pizza for all you guys", then looking at me he said "I know you don't eat pizza so I ordered you and your 'converts' (3 people have jumped on-board with me) salads"! How cool is that?
That said, most people ask me what I'm doing to lose so much weight (245 Jan 2011, 192 May 2012). Some are truly interested and others say "no bread?", can't do that, and that's the end of it. I feel very fortunate to work in such a tolerant environment. We all really do try and get along and accept each others differences. After all, we're just trying to make a living!
The worst is when the GF's mom buys a gluten-free cake. I have manners, but I won't eat some canola oil/rice flour sugarbomb to spare anyone's feelings. I just say "no thanks." GF will eat a few bites or just make it look like she ate some and then throw out her plate when her mom's otherwise occupied.
On reading the info about it I was struck by how low carb it is and how similar to Primal. And it is something WE can all use, if a restaurant hassles you say you are following this for IBS - after all, that's a recognised 'condition', whereas some people really seem to resent a fat person trying to get thin.
I just found out about this yesterday via a friend on a cat forum who has irritable bowel syndrome. She has been prescribed this diet.
And of course, it falls into the fructose/lactose intolerance areas which many low carbers find they had after they do low carb with little fruit for a while.
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Seagraves lost quarterback Tanner Rodriguez to an injury early in the season, but he returned for district to bring stability to the offense.
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Heryford said his young players are enjoying this ride.
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Skyrockets senior running back Terry Gilbreath has scored 11 touchdowns in the two playoff games. Gilbreath has carried 143 times for 2,231 yards averaging 15.6 yards per carry.
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Posted on 06/17/2011 1:35:15 AM PDT by Pinkbell
In July 2005, Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman Zawahiri sent a long letter to the group's lead operative in Iraq, urging him to tone down his activities.
In Iraq, Abu Musab Zarqawi had been orchestrating suicide bombings of Shiite Muslim shrines. His followers frequently videotaped the beheading of hostages. Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor who helped organize the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. and other violence, told Zarqawi he was going too far.
"We are in a media battle, in a race for the hearts and minds" of Muslims, wrote Zawahiri, who was named Thursday to succeed Osama bin Laden as Al Qaeda's leader. And most Muslims "will never find [such tactics] palatable."
Zarqawi didn't heed the counsel, and a year later he was killed in a U.S. airstrike, aided by some of his growing number of enemies. If the attempt to rein him in revealed Zawahiri as a canny strategist, it also illustrated how little control Al Qaeda's leaders had over their affiliates even then.
Zawahiri, who has a $25-million American bounty on his head, will be looking to launch a major strike to prove himself and avenge Bin Laden, say U.S. officials and terrorism experts. But he may find the organization even more difficult to manage.
Al Qaeda and its offshoots have further splintered, Zawahiri lacks Bin Laden's charisma, and the U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan, where Zawahiri is presumed to be hiding, will make it more difficult for him to communicate, said Daniel Byman, director of research at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a Washington think tank.
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What a great headline :-)
Calling Seal Team 6. . . . . . . .
Kinda hard to call in Seal Team 6 when the Pakistani informants who helped lead us to Osama are in Pakistani custody. Nice job, Obama. While you were crowing about killing Osama, you no doubt helped reveal the fact that we received help from said informants.
Posted on FR last week, a sign board that said:
Being a terrorist is like a King Salmon.
Life is good, until the SEALS show up!
Can you say, "Paint a target on him"?
Because this person is now doomed.
No significant change in status.
Free pun.
canny strategist??? It certainly doesn't take much to impress the editors at the LA Times, at least if you are a Muslim.
Ayman Zawahiri has always been the head of al-Qaeda and Osama bibLaden has always been the pocketbook and figurehead.
Zawahiri's only change has been to now become the figurehead too
This scumbag needs killing.
Do not read this headline.
Eh? Seems perfectly factual to me.
If it was the comapny I work for they'd bring in somebody from Hamas or Hezbollah because they never promote from within.
Pun is in prison? Been banned? What?
Poor pun.
Sorry. I accidentally read it.
It's okay for you to read it.
Slings and Arrows is the one who shouldn't. ;-p
Yeah, free pun.
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I really can't believe how short this thread is. I figured it would be at 200 Number-2-joke posts by this time.
I guess you, Deo, and I just can't help a good thread hijacking. Sigh...
Yeah, I can't figure it out either. This thread was just asking for jokes and pics like this:
Did someone say thread hijack? :-)
Thanks. I didn't know it posted wrong. This computer that I am on right now has suddenly decided it wants to block photobucket, so currently all photobucket picks are just little red x's until I can get this thing fixed.
It's showing a "moved or deleted" box on mine, but the one I posted is the De Niro "hijack" pic.
I hope that you get that fixed up soon.
For a while, I couldn't get on the Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA web site unless I used the IP instead of the http://apod.nasa.gov link.
Then my computer did a couple of upgrades, and suddenly the link worked again.
We could start a "Free Pun-Pun" campaign. (100 geek points to all who catch that reference.)
Ay, man!
Computers can be funny things.
D&D? (I looked it up, and I just know you're a grand master, Slings)
Fine. Free Pun-Pun!!
This headline is factual.......
and deadly...for AQ leaders.
I would hate to be #2 for more than one reason.
I'll say this much for Al Qaeda - they make it easy to keep our target list current.
The SEALS will No. 1 all over his grave.
Very true. ;o)
Oh! Then you're a Real Man, of course.
Of course.
The club owners were so in awe that they nailed his stool to the ceiling afterwards...
I'll bet he sang "Hurt."
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R/C Replica of Ken Block's Ford Fiesta Rally Car
Traxxas has released an officially licensed special-edition 1/16-scale R/C replica of the professional rally race driver Ken Block's gymkhana Ford Fiesta competition car. [...]Read more
Traxxas has released an officially licensed special-edition 1/16-scale R/C replica of the professional rally race driver Ken Block's gymkhana Ford Fiesta competition car. [...]Read more
We have seen both water powered watches and clocks here at GeekAlerts, but this is the first time we have written about a radio-controlled car that is powered by liquid. [...]Read more
This radio-controlled vehicle will blink, bounce and play music as it makes 360-degree turns, 90-degree flips, spins and do wheelies to its own built-in soundtrack. [...]Read more
The HoverSpy Video Cam R/C Copter is a radio-controlled helicopter, capable of flying indoors or outdoors up to 150 feet high, that features a built-in gyro and a small embedded video camera. [...]Read more
This remote controlled car features a hidden five-barrel launcher, capable of shooting rubber-tipped missiles up to six feet away. Here's a video clip showing how the car almost in a Transformers style unveils its weaponry. [...]Read more
This set of R/C toys features a racing car and a trailer with a working ramp and headlights. A switch on the controller lets you toggle between car and trailer mode. [...]Read more
Just like the Zero Gravity Micro R/C Car and the Wall Climbing R/C Insect, this TRON: Legacy Light Cycle defines gravity and climbs both walls and ceilings. [...]Read more
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This beautiful radio-controlled car is a highly detailed 1:18 scale replica of the coupe model from the classic Porsche 356 series, which was the first production line of cars from the well-known German automotive manufacturer. [...]Read more
This little remote-controlled UFO inspired toy is a mix between a helicopter and a flying saucer. It features bight light-emitting diodes and it is capable of flying at distances of up to 75 feet away from the controller unit. [...]Read more
You might remember that cool R/C Star Trek Enterprise Spaceship that was covered here at GeekAlerts a couple of years ago. Well, someone decided to take this one step further – or maybe backwards – by creating this cool 2 meter long Zeppelin version instead. [...]Read more
This radio-controlled mini helicopter features a unique dual fish tail design, which is said to give both rookies and geeks an extremely stable flying experience. [...]Read more
Something new to add to the growing list of hand-cranked gadgets, like this flashlight with massager, this shaver or these walk talkies: a radio-controlled car. [...]Read more
A new candidate has just entered the stage of USB powered R/C mini helicopters. This new model allows you to record your flying moves with the push of a button and then have the chopper itself repeat the same patterns. [...]Read more
This battery-powered candle imitation features a true wax finish, a natural flickering light and a remote control that allows you to easily turn the light on and off. [...]Read more
This rechargeable remote-controlled "space insect", as they have decided to call the toy, is capable of climbing the ceiling, walls, mirrors, windows or just about any other surface. [...]Read more
G-Bound is the name of this new amphibious remote-controlled car by the Japanese company CCP, a sub-brand to the large toy manufacturer Bandai. [...]Read more
These radio-controlled mini tanks – a camouflage model and a gray one – are designed to look like the Tiger I battle tank that were used by the Germans during World War II. [...]Read more
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The Japanese R/C model car company KYOSHO is about to release the dNaNo series in USA and Europe. These micro cars are super realistic 1:43 scale replicas and they've got the same level of details as the Die-cast models do. [...]Read more


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Higher Education Webinars
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
May 14, 2009 - 4:36am
Dear Students,Thanks for all your hard work, sacrifice, and tuition. In appreciation of all you've done, we'll allow you to bring any three people you like to graduation. If your circle of family and friends is bigger than that, tough cookies.Love,CollegeSomehow, this just seems wrong to me.
May 12, 2009 - 10:02pm
TB came home today excited to invite me to speak to his class for career week.I'm not exactly sure how to explain academic administration to second graders."Well, I go to a lot of meetings, and I try to get grownups to play nicely and share their toys."Somehow, I don't see that one capturing the room.
May 11, 2009 - 10:08pm
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that there's a reorg afoot on your campus. And let's say that part of the purpose of the reorg is to reduce administration, and thereby to cut costs. And let's say that your faculty and staff are unionized, and place a great deal of value on process.
May 10, 2009 - 9:22pm
Congratulations on your achievement.I've heard some grumbling among you, and I have to acknowledge the truth: you're graduating into a nasty job market. It's a brutal time to try to break in. This isn't your fault, and it isn't your college's, either; sometimes the market just breaks that way. As painful as that is, it's worth giving some thought.
May 7, 2009 - 9:41pm
--Blackboard is buying Angel. As soon as we got the news, we made an appointment to meet with some counterparts who use Moodle or Sakai. Blackboard has been colossally unhelpful in its upgrade cycle -- Angel had been one of the more viable alternatives. Now, not. I anticipate a sharp spike in the use of open source platforms.
May 6, 2009 - 9:52pm
TB: Yesterday I was scared when I was in my room. I thought I saw an alien go by outside the window.DD: Really?TB: Yeah. I thought he landed on the roof.DD: He couldn't land on the roof. It's slanted.TB: Santa lands on the roof.(pause)TB: Santa has magic, though.DD: True. Aliens would slide off the roof. And when was the last time you saw an alien lying on the ground, saying "that's gonna hurt tomorrow"?TB: (laugh)DD: Besides, aliens seem to like deserts better. There aren't any deserts around here.
May 5, 2009 - 9:30pm
A month or two ago, I got into a colloquy on the blog about average ages of community college students.An alert reader send me an email exchange he had with the AACC on this exact question. The AACC Fast Facts page for 2009 has the following to say about average ages of cc students:Average age: 2921 or younger: 47%22 to 39: 40%
May 4, 2009 - 9:31pm
For reasons too sensitive to blog about, I've recently had occasion to revisit the idea of grade appeals. From this side of the desk, I'm convinced that a commonly-held student perception, and a commonly-held faculty perception, are both wrong. (For the record, I'm referring here to grade appeals that go beyond just talking to the professor. This is the stuff that happens after the professor has already said 'no.' Whenever a student appeals a grade at this level, the first question is always "have you talked to the professor?" If not, the process stops until they do that.)
May 3, 2009 - 8:55pm
The popular press has been filled lately with references to zombie banks or zombie corporations, undead entities kept on life support for extra-economic reasons. Last week, IHE had a similar story about academic programs, and the difficulty in putting the final stake into zombie programs.
April 30, 2009 - 8:17pm
'Tis Spring – almost finals – and you can tell on campus. The characteristic signs are there:
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Beautifully renovated stone country house, in rural hamlet. Gorgeous outdoor garden area, under ancient trees, 12 metre heated pool. Peaceful open rural views. Many beautiful historic villages nearby, with historic sights, markets, antique shops.
The region: There are many beautiful historic villages within 30 mins of the house. The best villages in the area bounded by South Correze, North Lot and East Dordogne are: Turenne, Rocamadour, Carrenac, Creysse, Loubressac, Autoire, Martel, Collonges la Rouge, Curemonte, La Roque Gageac, Beaulieu sur Dordogne, Castelnau-Bretonoux, Sarlat, Gourdon, St Cirq la Popie. The food in the area is out of this world (it's the heart of foie gras and truffle territory), with some awesome Michelin starred restaurants in stunning settings. If you like seeing prehistoric sites, there are the Grotte Lascaux, Grotte du Fond de Gaume, Gouffre de Padirac and Grotte du Pech Merle. There is a mixture of prehistoric cave art, stalagmites and stalactites, underground rivers etc. There are also lots of other sights and activities including castles, gardens, and canoeing (on the Dordogne, Ouysse, Vezere and Lot Rivers).
A group of 23 friends from Australia, UK, Germany and Amsterdam travelled in/out over a period of 2 weeks to help celebrate a special 'senior' birthday. In summary - Le Bayle exceeded all expectations. Early engagement with Ben and Judy meant that we were able to share the wonderful tourism, wine and restaurant tips with our group and there was much pondering each day as to which of the many local beautiful villages was going to benefit from our visit and the resultant long lunch!
The spacious, beautifully-renovated house and its grounds were perfect. The two lounge rooms and other internal and external communal areas meant that there was plenty of opportunity for private or convivial time. Access to wi-fi was a definite advantage for those planning onward journeys. Good weather meant that we were able to enjoy the beautiful outdoor spaces – swimming, petanque, dining al fresco, general lounging – but the chilly nights also saw us mesmerised and cosy by the wonderful open fire enjoying, with much camaraderie, the local wines and market-sourced terrines, cheeses, and other culinary delights.
A special highlight was the celebratory meal for 10 prepared, cooked, served and cleaned up by Fabrice, the visiting chef. A sumptuous four-course meal prepared in Le Bayle's kitchen and served outside in the garden, under candlelight, is highly recommended.
Karinne, the property manager who lives next door was a great help in providing the initial tour of the place - a friendly wave each time we filled up her compost bin - and assisting with calamities such as a punctured tyre and finding local help to repair!
All in all, a gem of a place – most highly recommended.
Lorraine Tawse
Northbridge, Sydney
May 2012
We had a lovely week at Le Bayle in June 2013 but it started before we went as the family who owned the property gave us lots of information and advice before we went to help with planning our holiday which was fantastic.
The house is really lovely and has been renovated beautifully. It is the perfect set up for two families with children and a couple (who can use the separate apartment). The weather unfortunately wasn't that kind to us but we still managed to have nice walks, visit lots of the beautiful towns in the surrounding area and the morning markets. There is plenty to see while using Le Bayle as a base, some of the lovely towns include Turenne, Martel, Sarlat, Collonges du Rouge, Domme etc..... plus just driving along the Dordogne River is lovely.
The house itself has a games room which was great in rainy weather plus a lovely courtyard to enjoy sunny lunches and dinners over a glass of wine.
Just 1km from the house is a horse riding place, the kids really enjoyed this plus there is a tourist train in Martel which is also a hit with the kids. Must try restaurants include Pont de L'Ouyesse and Chateau de la Treyne. Both were brilliant with families so no issues in taking the little ones along with you.
So you really can't go wrong hiring this house - lovely interiors and gardens plus very close to lots of beautiful attractions and towns. Enjoy!
Reasonably priced lovely home with all the right facilities for a family gathering. Lovely outdoors area for meals, pool setting and reading/sun lounges. 5 minutes drive to supermarket, wine store, ATM and postoffice. Wifi included in the house.
Between 10 and 30 minutes drive of many beautiful French villages, gorgeous countryside and loads of great restaurants. We had a wonderful week and wished we could have stayed longer.
Le Bayle provided a wonderful base for our holiday in July 2012. We were a party of 9, two families with children aged from 9 - 17.
The house is extremely well renovated to provide open living downstairs and the comfortable bedrooms upstairs. The games room and pool were well used by the children in the long leisurely afternoons. The classic tree shaded outdoor area with the long table for meals was hard to leave. When we did venture to the neighbouring towns for restaurants, the recommendations and information provided by the owners was invaluable and made us feel like locals.
We would definitely recommend this property for its location, surrounded by so many of the "Most Beautiful Villages in France", and its accomodation and rural location.
A wonderfully renovated home, superbly furnished and very practical for our adult family of 8. Delightful outdoor area with a beautiful pool (and games room). The hosts Ben and Judy were so helpful in assisting us to plan our holiday. They provided unbelievably good recommendations on the many villages in the surrounding area. Some cute, some charming, some pretty and some absolutely stunning. It was the same story on the restaurants - their recommendations were faultless. We enjoyed every single dining experience. A truly memorable holiday for the whole family - we'll be back
Little to detract from a great house, in a great situation with great facilities. Owners very attentive from initial booking to post-holiday follow up. Caretaker on hand during the week for other queries.
Living quarters excellently furnished and well organised - two large lounge areas inside; kitchen well equipped and perfectly placed for eating inside or outside under the tree every evening (as we did). Large trees over outside eating area give very welcome shade all day. Great flexibility for sleeping arrangements - 2 large well-equipped and 2 small bedrooms with optional connecting doors in main house plus Annexe bedroom; all with good access to washing and toilet facilities. Good sized secluded pool, plus table football/table tennis in cellar a great attraction for families. Car parking in the grounds for 4 cars.
Local facilities in Les Quatre Routes (excellent boulangerie, cafe etc) accessible by bike or car (or a family member keen on early morning run) - a sleepy out of the way sort of place which add to the relative isolation of Le Bayle. But plenty of local attractions within less than 30min drive including the shrine, tourist shops and cliff perching buildings of Rocamadour; the red stone built village of Collonges-la-Rouge; Gouffre du Padirac - take a boat through amazing caves with stalagm/ct/ites galore well worth a visit (get there early to avoid huge queues in summer); canoeing from many points along the Dordogne the most relaxing exercise you can imagine; visit Le Pourquois Pas? in Floirac for excellent crepes and more varieties of beer that you'd care to remember; more extensive shopping and bars etc in Martel (great market on Saturdays) and InterMarche supermarket;
Les Quatre Routes has a SNCF link to Brive-la-Galliarde so Eurostar from UK a travel option provided transport from station to Le Bayle can be organised.
could go on - would definitely recommend.
We arrived in August and stayed until January, so we are well placed to review this beautiful property.
The house is big and comfortably accommodates large numbers of guests. Upstairs, there are 4 double bedrooms as well as 2 adjoining bathrooms and separate toilets (there is also a seperate apartment for additional guests).
Downstairs has two lounge-rooms, both with enormous working fireplaces and antique furnishings. The open-style kitchen is impressively equipped for cooking the wonderful local produce, or simply preparing figs, plums, mirabelles and walnuts sourced from the garden! .
Situated on a quiet country lane in a small hamlet, the grounds are spacious with perimeter fencing and plantings ensuring complete security and privacy, ideal for families with young children. The huge shaded courtyard is perfect for long lunches during the summer heat. The outlook over the magnificent pool and surrounding fields to the hills in the distance is particularly special.
Over 5 months, we saw much of what the French consider to be the "real" France; stunning countryside, beautifully preserved medieval villages and chateaux, thriving local markets and a traditional agricultural industry that produces all the fresh produce for which France is famous. All are within a short drive, so a car is absolutely necessary. If you can access a bike, however, cycling through the quaint villages and rustic French countryside is a uniquely beautiful experience.
The owners are incredibly knowledgeable of the local attractions, and happily provided us with insights into what was worth visiting, eating and drinking throughout our stay. There is also a wealth of information at the house or on the website for those wishing to work it out themselves. The property manager lives next door, which was handy for dealing with any issues or queries we had, especially as she speaks fluent English.
Highlights of our stay include day trips to many of France's officially classified beautiful villages and gardens, shopping at the numerous daily produce markets, and over-indulging on duck, foie gras and many of the other specialties of the region.
Our other joy was simply spending time at the house, swimming in the pool, playing in the games-room, sitting by the log fire or just enjoying fresh food and a glass of wine in the peaceful rural setting. For us and our 2 young boys, it was a truly authentic French experience in a beautiful house, in the "real" France.
Our house is located in the North of the Lot region, close to the Dordogne and Southern Correze. It is a wonderful area, near to many beautiful villages and the Dordogne River. The house is 1.5 km from the nearest town with facilities (Les Quatre Routes du Lot), 5km from Meyssac, and 10km from Martel.
Other Activities: Caves to visit.
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In the aftermath of a disastrous 2011 season, the New York Jets locker room was coming apart at the seams.
The finger pointing ensued once Santonio Holmes' rift with teammates Brandon Moore and Mark Sanchez was made public.
Linebacker Bart Scott, Gang Green's emotional leader, openly expressed his frustration with a situational role on defense.
Subsequently, the Jets granted Scott granted permission to explore trade options as it appeared more and more likely that the team's walking sound bite had played his last days in Green and White.
What a difference a few weeks makes.
Following a tete-a-tete with head coach Rex Ryan, Scott is more comfortable with his role moving forward; citing a breakdown in communication as the root of his frustrations.
New York's mad backer reportedly shed between 10-15 pounds this offseason as he sets his sights on becoming an every-down player again.
"I made a career of jumping on grenades for other guys and I plan to continue to do that because that's what I do best," Scott told Bruce Beck of NBC 4 New York.
During the NFL owners meetings, Rex Ryan told reporters he expected Scott to return to the team next year in spite of speculation that the linebacker's relationship with the organization was irreparable.
Ryan's magnetic personality and lure of a potential Super Bowl run, ultimately convinced Scott not to jump ship.
While the Jets assemble the shattered pieces of their broken locker room, it seems as though Scott will remain New York's driving force and pillar of strength for the foreseeable future.
As for the linebacker's reaction to the acquisition of 'Timsanity,' let's just say he's all in favor of the move.
"I know it's going to work, I'm 100 percent confident," Scott declared. "All the experts, they don't understand. They assume what our locker room was like, but they don't know. It's the same locker room that had success the year before and the year before."
There's a distinct possibility we'll be hearing more from the Jets veteran backer as the offseason kicks into full gear.
Rick Laughland covers the New York Jets for Greenandwhitereport.com
You can follow him on Twitter @rlaughland


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The clip ed explains the arbitration to the families from Erin Brockovich (2000) with Albert Finney Bindin...
The clip ed explains the arbitration to the families from Erin Brockovich (2000) with Albert Finney Binding arbitration isn't that different from a trial. It's overseen by a judge. Evidence is presented in much the same way. And then a jury decides? Sorry, I forgot to mention that there's no jury in binding arbitration. No jury and no appeal. What option do we have if we don't like the result? None. The judge's decision is final. Not a good answer. No, but we don't anticipate that being a problem. As I already told you... ...it's definitely between 50 and 400,000,000 dollars. Well, which? There's a big difference. I wouldn't like to speculate. -Well, how does it get divided? -Yeah, who gets what? My medical bills started two years ago, before some of the other people here. My daughter was in and out of hospitals more than his. It shouldn't matter when it started. People, listen, please! The point we have to address tonight is getting everyone to agree... ...that binding arbitration is better than a trial... ...that could go on for 1 0 years before you see any money. Maybe some of us wanna wait 1 0 years! Everyone has to agree, or no one has a chance! Those of you about to leave, I'd like you to keep this date in mind: 1 978! That's the year of the Love Canal controversy. They're still waiting for their money! Think about where you'll be in 1 5 or 20 years. Now, look, everyone. Is this a big decision? Absolutely! But I do not believe this is a sell-out.


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Old Salty, he ran,
Please welcome our new blogger Margaret S. Hamilton to WWK. Look for Margaret's posts on the third Saturday of each month (and sometimes scattered throughout the month).
If you are interested in blogging or want to promote your book next year, please contact E. B. Davis at email@example.com
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Warren Bull has two short stories, "A Christmas Journey" and "Killer Eulogy" in the Darkhouse anthology titled Black Coffee. Available--Now! Warren's short story collection No Happy Endings is also available at Amazon in paper or Amazon for Kindle.
KM Rockwood's Abductions and Lies, the 6th in the Jesse Damon Crime Novel series, will be released in April. "Last Laugh," a short story in the anthology Black Coffee is available on Amazon. "Tarnished Hope," a short story in Murder Most Conventional, sponsored by Malice Domestic, April 29, at the conference. "Frozen Assets," a short story in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, release date May 14th (an anthology compiled by Chessie Chapter of SINC)
Gloria Alden released the seventh book in her Catherine Jewell mystery series, Blood Red Poinsettias, which is available at Amazon. Congratulations, Gloria.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Old Salty, he ran,
10 comments:
- Donnell said...
Ah, how cool. I never saw the little seagull coming. Very nice poem E.B.
- September 5, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- E. B. Davis said...
Thanks Donnell. After my husband read the poem, of course he said, "I let the bird have the fish." I laughed. If that were true maybe he wouldn't have thrown sand at Old Salty.
- September 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- Pauline Alldred said...
Great to see a small part of nature win, like the bird that flew through Irene.
- September 5, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- E. B. Davis said...
Yes, but unfortunately on Hatteras Island, the bird didn't do well. The natives took care of many birds who were starving and stunned by the violence of the storm. Mankind isn't the only animal adversely effected.
- September 5, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Kara Cerise said...
Very nice! I've seen Old Salty in action - he's a worthy opponent.
- September 5, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- E. B. Davis said...
Yes, he's a crafty old bugger. But whatever you do, when seagulls are around--don't open a bag of Doritos! Hitchcock could have easily brought all those birds together on the set by simply opening a bag. Ferry captains have been known to ask the tourists to stop feeding the gulls-it's embarrassing to watch them enjoy junk food so much.
- September 5, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Barbara Monajem said...
Fun! I've been eye to eye with a seagull a couple of times, and they do have a crafty air about them. :)
- September 5, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- E. B. Davis said...
Thanks for stopping by WWK, Barbara!
- September 5, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- morganalyx said...
Great poem, E.B. I also didn't see the gull until near the end. Had to reread it to see it from Salty's perspective. :o)
Nice job,
- September 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- E. B. Davis said...
I actually used a different bird's name. On a different beach in Hatteras, there lives a one footed seagull. He is the real Old Salty, but I liked his name. Old Salty has been living on the same beach that we know of for 5 years. Not sure how he lost his foot.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 11, the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee approved the Fiscal Year 2009 funding bill for the EPA that includes a $15 million increase in the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program.
The subcommittee approved a funding level of $65 million for 2009, the amount requested by a diesel coalition letter actively supported by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, the National Student Transportation Association, the National Association for Pupil Transportation and other school bus industry representatives.
In addition, on June 12, the House approved S. 2146, which would allow the EPA to continue to use enforcement settlement agreements to fund diesel retrofit projects, notwithstanding the funding of such projects using federal appropriations through the DERA program.
The Senate previously passed the bill, but took it up again due to minor changes made by House lawmakers. The House changes ensure the bill is revenue-neutral and amend the DERA program to include the District of Columbia in the authorization. According to Congressional records, the Senate agreed to the House amendment by unanimous consent on June 17.
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Mass Effect 2 Screenshots for Xbox 360On: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
The second instalment in the sci-fi trilogy.
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Skip to comments.Man Shoots Self After Spotting Skunk
Posted on 10/04/2010 10:07:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Police in Florida said a man attempting to take care of a skunk on his friend's property accidentally shot himself in the hand and face while loading a rifle.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said the 31-year-old Sarasota man was at a friend's house Friday night and attempted to load a .22-caliber rifle after they spotted a skunk in the yard, the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald reported Monday.
Police said the man, who did not know there was already a round in the chamber, had his right hand on the barrel when he accidentally hit the trigger and a bullet injured his fingers and lodged itself in his left cheek.
The sheriff's office said the man's injuries did not appear life threatening and he was alert when they arrived on the scene.
Update: This man was taught gun safety by Al Gore.
Skunk 1 - Man 0
Hold muh beer and my severed fingers and watch this.
Man shoots self after he found out that he voted for Obama!
THIS gun is loaded.
This GUN is loaded.
This gun IS loaded.
This gun is LOADED.
I'm trying to picture how this happened and for some reason I just can't.
Something tells me alcohol was involved here.
But al would have only blown his nose off. The idiot in ths article got his fingers and his cheek while setting off the trigger.
Oh, for Pete's sake. My 96-year old great, great Aunt hid outside last summer for several hours, awaiting the arrival of a skunk that she had seen prowling about her yard for several nights.
She shot him dead with one shot...without shooting herself.
Ya think? Maybe too many corn squeezins on his Cheerios for breakfast.
It worked. The skunk decided this guy was too crazy to be near and moved to a different neighborhood.
You know, as much as we like to laugh at that picture, it really wasn't an unreasonable thing for him to be doing. There isn't even a magazine in the well. Heck, I bet Algore never even got issued any ammo.
There isn't. But if you need to inspect the bore the bolt should be locked back and be damned sure there is is no round in the chamber. It only takes once.
This man didn't know the proper procedure of pointing the weapon at his foot and pulling the trigger when unsure if the weapon is unloaded. Hence the expression, "He shot himself in the foot."
I'm quite sure that he was, like Barney Fife, issued one cartridge and required to carry it in his pocket.
He got off easy. Good thing it was a skunk, rather then a rabbit.
Rabbits have been known to stretch the gun barrel around behind you so you shoot off your own fanny.
I saw a documentary on that once.
I'll go along with that. But it is still a funny picture.
No reason to shoot the skunk.
Only a "Wabbit" will do that to you ;^)
That must have stunk.....:o)
Was this a double-wide skunk?
Darwin Award Honorary Nominee! D'oh.
As a Florida resident, I take issue with your comment. We really don't have that many palm trees.
Not that alert apparently!
NEVER point the gun at something you don't intend to shoot.
NEVER point the gun at something you don't intend to shoot.
Yeah, too bad old Al survived this stupidity.
Never let your Muzzle cover anything you're not willing to destroy ...
Keep your finger OFF the Trigger until you Sights are ON the target ...
Be sure of your target and what is beyond it ...
Give the guy a break. He was only showing the skunk what he was going to do to it if it didn't vacate the premises.
Almost. He, um...., shot himself in the hand. Hands don't get pregnant.
You've got a real nose for details in a story.
Is that you, Tim Dorsey? ;-)
It almost sounds like he was trying to muzzle-load it. I wonder where his ram rod ended up.
Unusual pets story?
Gotta love the funny Freepers.....Stay Safe !
And you still don't know that there can be a live round in the chamber even after the magazine has been ejected?
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In This Issue:
California Court Recognizes Named, Additional Insureds Have Different Expectations
Indemnification Required For Antitrust Settlement, Says Sixth Circuit
Ninth Circuit CERCLA Subrogation Ruling Stands After Supreme Court Cert Denial
New York Federal Court Allows Excess Insurer's Bad Faith Claim Against Primary To Proceed To Trial
California Court Recognizes Named, Additional Insureds Have Different Expectations
Why it matters
While the holding sounds straightforward – the reasonable expectations of an additional insured about the scope of an excess liability policy may differ from the reasonable expectations of the named insured – the implications of a recent California appellate court decision are significant. After the named insured had litigated and received coverage for three underlying environmental lawsuits, the additional insured sought coverage based upon the court's holding in that case. But the appeals court held that it will look to the additional insured's reasonable expectations about coverage under the policy, rather than the named insured's. In so doing, the court refused to collaterally estop an insurer from challenging coverage based upon rulings in another action regarding the named insured's reasonable expectations.
Detailed Discussion
Vulcan Materials Company purchased a commercial excess and umbrella liability insurance policy from Transport Insurance Company. The policy included an endorsement naming R.R. Street & Co., Inc., as an additional insured with respect to its distribution or sale of perchloroethylene, or PCE, a solvent used in the dry cleaning industry.
The schedule of underlying insurance listed nine primary policies issued to Vulcan, although the company also had other coverage.
Three lawsuits were filed against Vulcan and Street over their manufacturing, distribution, and sale of PCE to dry cleaners in the Modesto, California, area. According to the complaints, PCE leaked into the soil and groundwater, causing environmental contamination and property damage.
Transport previously had brought a declaratory relief action to determine the scope of its obligations to Vulcan. In that case, the court held that the term "underlying insurance" as used in connection with the umbrella coverage was ambiguous. Therefore, the issue had to be resolved in favor of the "reasonable expectations of the insured," i.e., Vulcan, limiting the term "underlying insurance" to mean only the policies explicitly stated as underlying insurance on the policy's Schedule.
Potentially on the hook for Vulcan's defense, Transport then filed a second declaratory action to determine its rights with regard to Street. Transport argued that its duty to defend had not been triggered, because all of the primary policies issued to Vulcan had not been exhausted.
Street pointed to Transport's earlier litigation with Vulcan, arguing that the excess insurer was collaterally estopped from arguing that the term "underlying insurance" referred to anything other than the policies listed on the underlying insurance schedule.
The panel disagreed with Street that collateral estoppel applied, distinguishing the focus of the earlier litigation, which was on Vulcan. "When the party claiming coverage is an additional insured, it is the additional insured's objectively reasonable expectations of coverage that are relevant, and not the objectively reasonable expectations of the named insured," the court wrote.
The "unique" status of an additional insured means that although it is not a party to the insurance contract, its "intent is relevant to the construction of that contract because the intent of the named insured in requesting the added coverage is directly dependent on the bargain that the additional named insured made with the named insured."
Although the court agreed with Transport and reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment for Street, whether the outcome is advantageous to an additional insured will depend on their reasonable expectations of coverage.
"Street, an additional insured, and not Vulcan, a named insured, was the party claiming coverage," the court said. "Thus, the trial court erred when it failed to consider Street's objectively reasonable expectations of coverage and, instead, relied on Vulcan's objectively reasonable expectations of coverage."
To read the decision in Transport Insurance Company v. R.R. Street & Co., click here.
Indemnification Required For Antitrust Settlement, Says Sixth Circuit
Why it matters
The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a settlement for the recovery of unpaid wages in an antitrust case was simply payment of wages and not disgorgement – meaning the insurer had to indemnify the deal. Taking a look at the allegations in the complaint brought by two nurses against several hospitals, including William Beaumont, the federal appellate court said the hospital never gained possession of the wages illegally because the nurses never had the wages in the first place; instead, the hospital simply retained them and the settlement constituted damages.
Detailed Discussion
Two nurses instituted a class-action suit against eight hospitals in the Detroit area, including William Beaumont Hospital. The class alleged that the hospitals violated the federal Sherman Act by exchanging information regarding the nurses' compensation and conspiring to depress their wages. The case later settled for $11.3 million.
Beaumont sought indemnification from Federal Insurance Company for the settlement pursuant to a policy that expressly provided coverage for loss from antitrust claims. As defined by the policy, "loss" included "the multiple portion of any multiplied damage award" but excluded disgorgement. The insurer advanced Beaumont $9 million of the settlement, but reserved its right to reimbursement.
Federal took the position that it was not obligated to indemnify Beaumont because the settlement constituted disgorgement, which was not covered, rather than compensation, which was covered. The hospital gained a profit to which it was not entitled by engaging in the antitrust activities, Federal argued, and the settlement reflects disgorgement of the value of the advantage of paying below-market compensation to its nurses.
Beaumont told the court the nurses had requested compensatory damages and that money unlawfully retained is different from money wrongfully acquired.
The court agreed, noting that the policy specifically states that only disgorgement is not a covered loss and explicitly covers treble damages as an insurable loss. "Federal wrote the policy using the term disgorgement without mentioning reimbursement; a court construes policies strictly in favor of the insured," the panel wrote. "Moreover, as Beaumont points out, Federal used the term restitution elsewhere in the policy, so it should be aware of the difference between the two terms."
The Sixth Circuit concluded that the damages paid in settlement of the nurses' claim did not constitute disgorgement.
"[W]e find the hospital never gained possession of (or obtained or acquired) the nurses' wages illicitly, unlawfully, or unjustly. Rather, according to the nurses' complaint, Beaumont retained the due, but unpaid, wages unlawfully," the court said. "This is not mere semantics. Retaining or withholding differs from obtaining or acquiring. The hospital could not have taken money from the nurses because it was never in their hands in the first place. While the hospital's alleged actions are still illicit, there is no way for the hospital to give up its ill-gotten gains if they were never obtained from the nurses."
Federal's fallback position, that Michigan public policy should prohibit Beaumont from benefiting from its own wrongdoing, also failed to persuade the court. Insurance coverage for the hospital would not encourage moral hazards, the court said. The conduct at issue was not per se illegal and Beaumont "did not unlawfully obtain anything from the nurses," the panel wrote. "Rather, it allegedly unlawfully withheld compensation from them."
To read the decision in William Beaumont Hospital v. Federal Insurance Company, click here.
Ninth Circuit CERCLA Subrogation Ruling Stands After Supreme Court Cert Denial
Why it matters:
Last year the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a noteworthy decision addressing the subrogation rights of insurers under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act in Chubb Custom Ins. Co. v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc. According to the Ninth Circuit, an insurer lacked standing to bring a subrogation suit under CERCLA because the insurer did not directly incur environmental response costs and did not allege that the insured was a "claimant" or that it had made a claim to the Superfund or to a potentially liable party, as required by the CERCLA statutes. Thus an insurer can maintain a subrogation action against potentially liable parties only if the insured has made a written demand for a sum certain to the allegedly liable party. In that case, the insured had not made such a demand, leaving Chubb unable to recover the money it paid for the required environmental cleanup. Chubb appealed the decision, filing a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. But in January the justices denied the writ without comment, leaving the Ninth Circuit opinion in place as good law. As a result, insurers may seek to obligate policyholders to make such written demands (perhaps through adding language in the policy) to potentially liable parties, allowing insurers the ability to recover for environmental costs.
Detailed Discussion
In the Ninth Circuit case, Chubb made insurance payments under an environmental insurance policy to its insured, Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life, for $2.4 million in cleanup costs incurred in remediating soil and groundwater contamination on its property. After paying the claim, Chubb then filed suit against previous owners of the property, arguing that they were jointly or severally liable for the costs.
Chubb asserted subrogation rights against these previous owners under two sections of CERCLA. First, the insurer argued that its action could be maintained under § 112(c). Section 112(c) provides that "any person" who has paid compensation to a "claimant" for "damages or costs resulting from a release of hazardous substances" is subrogated to all rights "that the claimant has" under CERCLA. A "claimant" is one who makes a written demand for reimbursement of monetary costs under the statute.
Although § 112(c) does not specify to whom the demand must be made, the Ninth Circuit rejected Chubb's contention that Taube-Koret's insurance claim constituted a written demand under the statute. Instead, the federal appellate panel held that a claimant must demand reimbursement from either the Superfund or a potentially liable party.
Therefore, the court determined that Taube-Koret was not a "claimant" under § 112(c) and Chubb could not in turn pursue subrogation against the prior owners.
Section 107(a) also failed to support Chubb's subrogation claims, the panel concluded. That provision provides that potentially responsible parties are liable for the costs of response "incurred by" any person under certain conditions. But the court said § 107(a) applies only to a person who, through his or her own actions, has become statutorily liable for cleanup costs or remediation.
Taube-Koret was liable as the property owner, but Chubb could not allege that its own actions had rendered it liable for any response costs. An insurer "that is only obligated to reimburse the insured for cleanup costs does not itself incur response costs," the court explained.
As an alternative argument, Chubb pointed to § 113(f), which permits a potentially responsible party to pursue contribution where it has not directly incurred its own costs of response but has reimbursed response costs by other parties. This provision demonstrated to the court that Congress already expressly created the remedy proposed by the insurer. Allowing an entity to pursue recovery under both § 107(a) and § 113(f) would therefore be contrary to congressional intent and could lead to other problems, like double recovery, the panel said.
"CERCLA was not enacted to benefit insurance companies; rather, it was enacted to promote the timely cleanup of contaminated waste sites, impose liability on those responsible for polluting the environment, and to encourage settlement through a complex statutory scheme," the court said.
To read the decision in Chubb Custom Ins. Co. v. Space Systems/Loral, Inc., click here.
New York Federal Court Allows Excess Insurer's Bad Faith Claim Against Primary To Proceed To Trial
Why it matters
An excess insurer may be able to recover its contribution to an insured's settlement where the primary insurer engaged in bad faith by failing to offer the policy limits, a New York federal judge has ruled. The court found the facts of the case demonstrated "substantial evidence" of the primary insurer's bad faith efforts to settle an underlying negligence suit. The judge sent the case to trial for a jury determination of whether or not the primary insurer's settlement efforts were made in bad faith. This decision provides policyholders and their insurers with knowledge regarding the manner in which a court will review an insurer's claims handling and emphasizes the need for prompt and proactive claims handling.
Detailed discussion
After contracting to perform construction work in Queens, N.Y., Cole Partners purchased a $1 million policy from Indian Harbor Insurance Company and a $10 million excess policy from Scottsdale Insurance Company. An employee on the site fell 18 feet from a wall while conducting demolition work, fracturing his right leg and requiring multiple surgeries.
When the employee filed a negligence suit, Cole turned to Indian Harbor and Scottsdale for coverage. Early on in the claims process, Indian Harbor determined that the case did not pose reasonable potential for exposure beyond the policy limit and that liability was not reasonably in dispute. The preliminary assessment of Cole's exposure was in the $350,000 to $500,000 range.
After the court granted summary judgment on the liability issue to the employee, he made a settlement demand of $2 million. However, Indian Harbor made no attempt to engage in negotiations for nine months. A mediation between the parties was unsuccessful, with Indian Harbor making no higher offer than $200,000. Plaintiff's counsel later testified that he told the insurer he was willing to accept $1 million to settle the case.
Although Indian Harbor approved settlement authority up to $950,000, it never increased its offer despite being aware that the employee might need back surgery, potentially increasing his damages. When the employee ultimately underwent back surgery, he increased his settlement demand to $4 million.
Indian Harbor eventually tendered its policy and Scottsdale took over settlement negotiations, agreeing to pay an additional $1.5 million to settle with the employee.
Scottsdale then filed suit against Indian Harbor, alleging that it had the opportunity to settle the underlying litigation within the primary policy limit of $1 million and the failure to do so constituted bad faith under New York law.
The district court applied a two-part standard: whether Indian Harbor exhibited "gross disregard" for the interests of Scottsdale and whether the gross disregard caused the loss of an actual opportunity to settle the case within the primary policy limit.
Using a multifactor test, the court found "substantial evidence to support Scottsdale's handling of [the employee's] case met the standard for gross disregard and bad faith."
The potential magnitude of the damages rose significantly after the employee's back surgery, the court noted, a potentiality that Indian Harbor was aware of. "Considering the fact that, by all accounts, [the employee's] back surgery dramatically increased the potential settlement value . . . it would have been reckless for Indian Harbor to ignore the possibility that failing to settle the case promptly could, were [he] to require surgery, expose Scottsdale to significant liability," the court wrote.
A review of the case chronology also supported the judge's determination, offering a jury substantial evidence to find that Indian Harbor approached the settlement of the case with gross disregard for Scottsdale's interests.
Although a dispute existed about whether the employee's lawyer said he would accept $1 million or $1.2 million to settle, the parties were "either $50,000 or $250,000 apart on what it would take to settle the case," Judge Engelmayer said. "Yet Indian Harbor let the case languish for four-and-a-half months, never offering [the employee] more than $200,000. Under the circumstances, a reasonable jury could regard the $200,000 offer as a non-starter. Such a jury could therefore view this evidence as signifying that Indian Harbor deliberately placed greater importance on its own $50,000—i.e., the difference between the $950,000 at which its outside counsel recommended settling and Indian Harbor's $1 million primary policy limit—than on the risk that a jury would ultimately return a verdict that could expose Scottsdale to substantial liability."
Other evidence: an eight-month period where literally nothing happened in the case file, "implausible" denials from Indian Harbor's claims handler that she never received any of the settlement letters sent by the employee's lawyer (even though the letters were received by the insurer's mailroom, with date and time stamps), and the failure to ever increase the settlement offer from $200,000.
Despite the evidence in support of Scottsdale's bad faith claim, the court denied summary judgment to the excess insurer because of controverted testimony about the amount the plaintiff would have accepted to settle the case.
Given these factual disputes, the court said a jury should decide the issue, scheduling trial for later this year.
To read the decision in Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Indian Harbor Insurance Co., click here.
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