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District Court in Utah Grants Summary Judgment for Contractor Against Insurance Subrogation Claim Based on Contractual Waiver Provision and Statute of Limitations
By John Conrad on May 30, 2019
Posted in Insurance, Statute of Limitations, Subrogation, Uncategorized, Waiver
Aquatherm, LLC v. CentiMark Corp, 2019 BL 13240 (D. Utah Apr. 12, 2019)
Stag II Lindon LLC and Stag Industrial Inc. (collectively "Stag") owned a building in Lindon, Utah. Stag contracted with CentiMark Corp. ("CentiMark") to perform work on the building's roof. CentiMark's work required it to manipulate, move, and reinstall existing heating cables on the roof. Shortly after completion of the work, in March of 2014, a fire occurred on the roof which was traced to the location of heat tape, which CentiMark had removed and replaced.
Continue Reading District Court in Utah Grants Summary Judgment for Contractor Against Insurance Subrogation Claim Based on Contractual Waiver Provision and Statute of Limitations
Federal Court in North Carolina Enforces Insurers' Duty to Defend a General Contractor as an Additional Named Insured Under the Subcontractor's Commercial General Liability Policy
By Christine Z. Fan on May 21, 2019
Posted in Defective Work, Insurance, Subcontract
Westfield Ins. Co. v. Weaver Cooke Constr., LLC, 2019 BL 129431 (E.D.N.C. Apr. 11, 2019)
This case arises out of the alleged defective construction of a condominium complex in North Carolina. In 2009, the developer on the project filed suit for the alleged construction defects. This related coverage lawsuit then ensued between the parties' insurers regarding a duty to defend the general contractor.
Continue Reading Federal Court in North Carolina Enforces Insurers' Duty to Defend a General Contractor as an Additional Named Insured Under the Subcontractor's Commercial General Liability Policy
Boring Through the Details: U.S. District Court Declares Boring Company Dispute Not Covered by Insurance Policies
By Zach Torres-Fowler on January 8, 2019
Posted in Arbitration, Breach of Contract, Delay, Indemnity, Insurance
Maxum Indemnity Co. v. Robbins Co., P.C., No. 1:17-CV-01968, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57729 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 28, 2018)
On March 21, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of Maxum Indemnity Co. and declared that Maxum has no duty to defend or indemnify The Robbins Company in an international arbitration initiated by a third-party, JCM Northlink, LLC.
Robbins is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of tunnel-boring machines ("TBMs") and was engaged by JCM to supply a TBM for Seattle's Northgate Link Extension project to add additional light rail lines to the city's existing public transportation system. Maxum insured Robbins under two commercial general liability policies in connection with the Northgate Link Extension project.
Continue Reading Boring Through the Details: U.S. District Court Declares Boring Company Dispute Not Covered by Insurance Policies
The Buckeye State Bucks Recent Trend: Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Property Damage Caused by a Subcontractor's Faulty Work Does Not Constitute an "Occurrence" Covered Under CGL Policies
By John Gazzola on December 6, 2018
Posted in Insurance
Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr. Servs., 2018 Ohio LEXIS 2375 (Oct. 9, 2018)
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This case arose out of the construction of an inn and conference center at Ohio Northern University ("ONU"). After completion of the project, ONU discovered water damage and structural defects in the work and filed suit for breach of contract against its general contractor, Charles Construction Services, Inc. ("Charles"). Charles, in turn, sought defense and indemnity from its commercial general liability insurer, Cincinnati Insurance Company ("CIC"). As required by ONU, Charles's policy contained a "products-completed operations-hazard" ("PCOH") clause and terms specifically related to work performed by subcontractors. Under Charles' policy, the insurance covered "property damage" only if it was caused by an "occurrence," defined as "[a]n accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions." "Accident," however, was not defined. CIC intervened in ONU's suit, seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not required to defend or indemnify Charles.
The trial court granted CIC summary judgment, holding that CIC had no duty to indemnify or defend Charles. The trial court based its holding on Westfield Inc. Co. v. Custom Agri Sys., Inc., 979 N.E.2d 269, a 2012 decision in which the Ohio Supreme Court concluded that claims for faulty workmanship are not fortuitous, and therefore, not claims for "property damage" caused by an "occurrence" covered by a CGL policy.…
Continue Reading The Buckeye State Bucks Recent Trend: Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Property Damage Caused by a Subcontractor's Faulty Work Does Not Constitute an "Occurrence" Covered Under CGL Policies
Fifth Circuit Holds Settlement Proceeds Received by General Contractor From Subcontractors Constitute "Other Insurance" Which Offsets the Liability of the Excess Carrier and General Contractor Bears the Burden of Properly Allocating the Proceeds Among Covered and Non-Covered Claims
By John Gazzola on October 4, 2018
Satterfield & Pontikes Constr., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21488 (5th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018)
This case arises out of an excess insurance provider's refusal to cover damages incurred by the insured general contractor after it was terminated from a construction project. Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc. ("S&P") served as general contractor for the Zapata County courthouse project and purchased two layers of insurance to cover potential liabilities: commercial general liability insurance and excess insurance. Excess insurance, provided by United States Fire Insurance Company ("Excess Carrier"), would apply when the first layer was exhausted. S&P also required its subcontractors to purchase insurance and execute indemnity agreements to cover damages they caused to the project.
During the project, Zapata County terminated S&P and filed suit to recover the damages it incurred to complete and correct S&P's work. At arbitration, Zapata County was awarded over $8 million in damages, fees, and costs. S&P covered over $4 million of the award through settlement agreements it executed with its subcontractors—which did not specifically allocate the proceeds to the damages or liabilities they covered—and nearly $3 million from its commercial general liability insurance providers. S&P sought to obtain coverage for the balance of the award from its Excess Carrier, but the Excess Carrier refused to pay any amount, arguing that the first layer of insurance had not been completely exhausted. S&P filed suit for breach of the policy, arguing that its Excess Carrier was obligated to make up the shortfall of the arbitration award. The Excess Carrier argued that not all of the damages awarded at arbitration were covered under its policy (such as mold, attorney's fees, and prejudgment interest) and that those that may have been covered were likely satisfied by the subcontractor settlements.…
Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Holds Settlement Proceeds Received by General Contractor From Subcontractors Constitute "Other Insurance" Which Offsets the Liability of the Excess Carrier and General Contractor Bears the Burden of Properly Allocating the Proceeds Among Covered and Non-Covered Claims
Applying Florida's "Eight Corners Rule," Eleventh Circuit Finds that Insurer Has a Duty to Defend Claim That Insured's Faulty Paint Work on Balcony Railings Caused Damage to Adjacent Balcony Slabs
By Stephen Kiefer on February 1, 2018
Addison Ins. Co. v. 4000 Island Blvd. Condo. Ass'n, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 26870 (11th Cir. Dec. 28, 2017)
The owner of a high-rise condominium building in Florida hired a contractor to replace the building's concrete balcony railings with new railings featuring aluminum and glass. The contractor on the project, Poma Construction ("Poma"), entered into a subcontract with Windsor Metal Specialties ("Windsor"), under which Windsor agreed to paint the new aluminum railings.
Two years after the work was completed, the owner sued Poma and Windsor in Florida state court, alleging that the railings were defective and required replacement. In addition to replacing the railing system, the owner alleged that Windsor's defective paint finish damaged other surrounding property, including railing post pockets and the concrete balcony slabs.
Windsor submitted the claim to its liability carrier, Addison Insurance Company ("Addison"). Addison then filed a declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking a declaration that it had no duty to defend Windsor in the owner's underlying lawsuit. Windsor's policy provided a defense against claims alleging that an "occurrence" caused "property damage." But the policy excluded claims alleging damage to Windsor's own work product or to the particular part of a property on which Windsor performed its work. Addison had invoked that exclusion, arguing that the owner merely alleged damage to Windsor's own work and/or the part of the property on which Windsor performed its work, i.e. the balcony. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Windsor, and Addison appealed.
Continue Reading Applying Florida's "Eight Corners Rule," Eleventh Circuit Finds that Insurer Has a Duty to Defend Claim That Insured's Faulty Paint Work on Balcony Railings Caused Damage to Adjacent Balcony Slabs
Ninth Circuit Holds That Despite 'Known Damage' Exclusion Insurer Had Duty Under Oregon Law to Indemnify and Defend Contractor When Property Damage Resulted From Contractor's Negligent Repair of a Prior Negligent Act
By Alex Corey & Michelle J. Cuozzo on June 22, 2017
Posted in Insurance, Uncategorized
Alkemade v. Quanta Indem. Co., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6896 (9th Cir. Apr. 20, 2017)
In 1994, Adrianus and Rachelle Alkemade (the "Alkemades") bought a house from Meltebeke Built Paradise Homes ("Meltebeke"). The home was built on expanding soils, causing significant structural damage. Meltebeke repaired the existing damage and hired an engineering firm to install a helical pier foundation, which would have prevented any further damage to the home. However, the helical pier foundation was also installed negligently, afflicting the home with the same type of structural damage as before.
Alkemades sued Meltebeke for negligent supervision of the helical piers installation. Meltebeke entered a settlement agreement with Alkemades in which Meltebeke assigned to Alkemades the right to sue its insurers, Quanta and GFIC, who refused to defend Meltebeke on grounds that its knowledge of the damage caused by the original, defective construction prevented coverage under a known damages provision in Meltebeke's policies (the "Policies"). Alkemades subsequently sued the issuers for breach of contract in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon for their failure to defend and indemnify Meltebeke. The insurers moved for summary judgment.
The Policies excluded coverage for damage known by the insured, in whole or in part, that occurred before the policy period began. If such damage was known to the insured, then any "any continuation, change or resumption" of that damage was also deemed known, and excluded.
Continue Reading Ninth Circuit Holds That Despite 'Known Damage' Exclusion Insurer Had Duty Under Oregon Law to Indemnify and Defend Contractor When Property Damage Resulted From Contractor's Negligent Repair of a Prior Negligent Act
New York Court of Appeals Holds That Tower Crane Damaged By Superstorm Sandy Is Not Covered by Project's Builder's Risk Insurance Program
By James M. Kwartnik Jr. on April 13, 2017
Lend Lease (US) Constr. LMB Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 11, 2017 N.Y. LEXIS 112 (N.Y. Feb. 14, 2017)
Early, in its opinion, the New York Court of Appeals noted that "[o]ne of the most dramatic images of [Superstorm Sandy] depicts the damage caused to [a] crane [being used on the construction of a 74-story skyscraper] when the boom of the crane collapsed in high winds and teetered precariously from a height equal to the top of the building." At the time of the incident, Extell, the owner of the project, was the named insured on a $700 million builder's risk insurance program comprised of five separate insurance policies. Lend Lease, the contractor, was an additional insured on the policies.
Following the incident, Extell and Lend Lease submitted a claim to the insurers seeking to recover the damages incurred by Extell and Lend Lease resulting from weather-related harm to the crane. The insurers denied the claim and disclaimed that there was coverage under the policies. This action ensued. Both parties filed motions seeking summary judgment on the coverage issue. The trial court denied the motions, ruling that there was an issue of fact regarding the applicability of certain exclusions in the policies. On appeal, the Appellate Division granted the insurers' motion for summary judgment, finding that there was no coverage because the crane did not fall within the policies' definition of "temporary works." This appeal followed.
Resolving the appeal required the Court of Appeals to answer two questions. First, was the damage to the crane covered under the policies in the first instance. Second, if there was coverage, was it defeated by the policies' contractor's tools exclusion. As explained below, the court concluded that although there may have been coverage in the first instance, the coverage was defeated by the exclusion.
Continue Reading New York Court of Appeals Holds That Tower Crane Damaged By Superstorm Sandy Is Not Covered by Project's Builder's Risk Insurance Program
Federal Court in Maryland Denies Summary Judgment, Holding That Subcontract Provision Placing Responsibility for Property Damage on Subcontractor Would Likely Trump Prime Contract Waiver of Subrogation Incorporated by Reference
By Kenneth A. Cushing on June 30, 2016
Posted in Flow Down, Insurance, Subrogation
Turner Constr. Co. v. BFPE Int'l, Inc., No. JKB-15-368, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39161 (D. Md. Mar. 25, 2016)
The University of Maryland Medical Center ("UMMC") entered into a contract (the "Prime Contract") with Turner Construction Company ("Turner"), pursuant to which Turner agreed to renovate UMMC's hospital offices. Turner then entered into a subcontract (the "Subcontract") with BFPE International, Inc. ("BFPE"), pursuant to which BFPE agreed to perform work associated with the fire protection system, including demolishing sprinkler piping and coordinating sprinkler outages to accommodate the renovations.
The Prime Contract included a waiver of subrogation, under which UMMC and Turner waived all rights against each other and any subcontractors for damages covered by property insurance, even if the subcontractor would otherwise have a duty to indemnify.[i] The Subcontract incorporated the Prime Contract by reference and included flow down provisions, but the Subcontract also stated that if any provision "irreconcilably conflicts" with a provision of the Prime Contract, "the provision imposing the greater duty or obligation on [BFPE] shall govern." The Subcontract included an assumption of liability, under which BFPE assumed liability for all property damage in connection with its work and agreed to indemnify Turner from any claims that result.[ii] This assumption of liability seemed inconsistent with the waiver of subrogation in the Prime Contract.
Continue Reading Federal Court in Maryland Denies Summary Judgment, Holding That Subcontract Provision Placing Responsibility for Property Damage on Subcontractor Would Likely Trump Prime Contract Waiver of Subrogation Incorporated by Reference
OCIP Liability Insurer Required to Indemnify Florida Contractor for $23M in Property Damage Arising Out of Defective Subcontractor Work
By Jeffery R. Mullen on March 14, 2016
Pavarini Construction Co. v. Ace American Insurance Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 151247 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 29, 2015)
This action arose out of a construction project to build a 63-story luxury condominium tower located in Miami, Florida ("Project"). Pavarini Construction Co. ("Pavarini") was the general contractor for the construction of the Project. Pavarini hired a subcontractor for the installation of the concrete masonry unit walls and certain reinforcing steel, and a second subcontractor for the supply and installation of reinforcing steel within the cast-in-place concrete columns, beams, and sheer walls. The work performed by both of these subcontractors was deficient. A significant amount of reinforcing steel was either omitted entirely or improperly installed, including within important concrete structural elements, resulting in destabilization throughout the building. This, in turn, caused stucco debonding and cracking on the walls of the building, worsening cracking of cast-in-place concrete elements, and cracking in the mechanical penthouse enclosure on the roof, which led to water infiltration.
Continue Reading OCIP Liability Insurer Required to Indemnify Florida Contractor for $23M in Property Damage Arising Out of Defective Subcontractor Work
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Coronavirus in Ohio: Governor Mike DeWine updates COVID-19 cases, deaths, equipment needs
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1:57 pm. — Ohio has 25 total deaths, 344 hospitalizations and 1,406 cases as of Saturday, March 28, according to coronavirus.ohio.gov.
In Hamilton County, there's 71 cases and 11 hospitalizations as of Saturday.
Butler County has 25 cases, 8 hospitalizations. Warren has 16 cases, 2 hospitalizations. And Clermont County has 8 cases, 2 hospitalizations, Saturday.
2:26 pm. —Gov. Mike DeWine said Patel Labs has developed a new technology to sterilize surgical masks. The machine has the capacity to sterilize 80,000 masks a day. The technology is subject to FDA approval.
"We've talked so much about the shortage," DeWinte said. "They've had a real breakthrough. As soon as it is approved by the FDA, they will be able to sterilize 80,000 per day per machine. They're looking at two machines for Ohio. They're ready to go. As soon as it's authorized by the FDA it's going to give the ability to do 160,000 a day and turn them right around. These can be used a number of times.
"This is not only important to Ohio. But they have machines ready to go for Seattle, New York and Washington, D.C. So this is a very, very exciting thing."
"I want to make a public appeal to the FDA, please, please give us the approval to use these. We have nurses, we have doctors, we people working in nursing homes that need the masks.
"This would significantly very, very quickly increase our capacity."
DeWine appealed churches not to hold in-person service.
"Churches are doing an amazing job with online and Facebook," he said. "We would ask you not to hold services. We can't tell you not to, but it is a risk."
2:30 p.m. — DeWine announces the following top-10 list of most-wanted items: surgical gowns, surgical masks, gloves (nitrite, vinyl, butyl), N95 respirators, isolation gowns, face shields, Tyvek coveralls, thermometers, foot coverings and ventilator tubing.
2:58 pm. — DeWine said that he's asked for reports from police chiefs around the state about businesses that are open under the governor's shelter-in-place order.
"If you're an exception to the rule, you can't be open," DeWine said. "We'll have a report on Monday.
--3:03 pm. — Dr. Amy Acton said that two hospitals have figured out a way to put more than one person on a ventilator. That's why the start is requesting tubing.
COLUMBUS – Ohio Gov. MIke DeWine, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton and other state officials will update Ohioans on the state's response to the novel coronavirus
The news conference is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. You can watch it on this page or at Ohiochannel.org.
As of Friday afternoon, 19 Ohioans died from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to Ohio Department of Health numbers. A total 1,137 people have tested positive for the virus. Of those, 276 have been hospitalized and 107 have been in intensive care units.
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The number of positive cases does not represent the total number of people infected with COVID-19 because testing is limited to those hospitalized, at greater risk because of their age or a compromised immune system and healthcare workers.
The age of patients ranges from less than 1 year old to 96 years old. The median age of patients is 52 years old, according to Ohio Department of Health data.
On Friday, DeWine signed into law a new primary deadline and changes for schools in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The changes, passed unanimously by Ohio's GOP-controlled Legislature Wednesday, address everything from water bills to the state tax filing date – now July 15.

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Enneagram 9w1 anime characters (a complete guide)
January 14, 2021 November 17, 2020 by Divya Tiwari
In this article, we will discuss enneagram 9w1 anime characters. We will do that by giving a brief overview of the enneagram 9w1 personality type. We will then move on to discussing anime characters having 9w1 personalities and describe their traits.
Enneagram 9w1 anime characters
Overview of enneagram 9w1
Basic fear
Basic desire
Strengths of Type 9w1
Weaknesses of Type 9w1
Workplace and job
Source of Stress for type 9w1
Shouko Nishimiya (Koe no Katachi)
Alphonso Elric (Full metal Alchemist)
Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academy)
Haku (Spirited Away)
Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket)
Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran highschool host club)
Mayuri Shiina (Steins Gate)
Kuronuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke)
Komugi (Hunter X Hunter)
FAQs: Enneagram 9w1 anime characters
What is Type 9 personality?
What is Type 9w1?
Is Enneagram valid?
Can your Enneagram number change?
Prominent anime characters with type 9w1 personality are as follows:
Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Komugi (Gunter X Hunter)
Takasu Ryuuji (Toradora)
Wing (Hunter X Hunter)
Type 9w1 has basic traits of type 9 and secondary traits of type 1.
Type 9w1 fear being cut off from the world and losing what is important to them.
Type 9w1 desire to make peace both within and outside themselves. They strive to make the image of their idealized peaceful world come true. They are good negotiators who distract themself with their routine and avoid negative emotions, to defend themself.
Accepting of multiple perspectives
Good work ethic
Helpful to others
Strong motivation and sense of purpose
Neglect personal needs
Self-critical
Avoid conflict
Perceived as cold and aloof in stress
Type 9w1 is open-minded, humble, motivated to help others, and good at making peace. They prefer to work in jobs that allow them to make a difference at a large scale and utilize their mediating skills e.g. nurse, counselor, diplomat, veterinarian, etc.
Disappointing others
Ignoring own needs
Being overlooked or not acknowledged
Not being able to reach a goal
Following is a list of anime characters with type 9w1 personality:
Shouko Nishimiya is one of the characters on 'Koe no Katachi'. She had a hearing impairment but believed that it was a punishment for some mistake she had committed in her childhood. She was open to accepting the mistreatment of others as she believed she deserved it. Despite everything, she had determination and discipline to help her pass through life. She had a mild temperament and could defend herself in times of trouble. Overall, she was friendly, composed, and peaceful in her attitude towards others.
Alphonso Elric is one of the lead characters on the show 'Full Metal Alchemist'. He had a very calm and passive temperament, unlike his brother. He was patient, kind, and compassionate towards almost everyone and cared about his friends, brother, pets, and gave his all to protect them. Despite his traumatic childhood that left him at a physical disadvantage, he retained his childlike purity and was mature beyond his years.
Elric remained calm in most situations and did not overreact. Occasionally, he went through uncertainty about his existence and whether he was human at all. He blamed himself for his mother's failed resurrection and his brother's loss of limbs. He disliked his armor and tried not to call attention to himself. He desired warmth and love from others.
Tsuyu Asui is one of the side characters on the show 'My Hero Academy'. Her character is very straightforward and direct in communication with others. She is mature and responsible beyond her years and is able to look fulfill her responsibilities quite efficiently. She acts as a support system for her friends and is quite perceptive in understanding others. Her demeanor in battles is usually calm and realistic. She can react violently if someone tries to harm her. Similarly, at times, she is sensitive and can say hurtful things to others in the process. However, she feels guilty later, sees her behavior as an act of cowardice, and apologizes to others if required.
Haku is an important character in the movie 'Spirited away'. His personality has multiple sides to it. He can be kind and supportive but at the same time, he can be strict when the situation requires it. He is wise beyond his years and helps other people especially if he cares about them. Throughout the movie, he tries his best to keep Chihiro safe and acts as a reliable support system for her. It seemed as if he was afraid of being forgotten which may explain his reminders to Chihiro to remember his name.
Tohru Honda is the protagonist of the show 'Fruits Basket'. Her personality is kind-hearted, honest, and gentle. She sees the good in everyone and is quite empathic towards the pain of others and supports them in their time of need. People consider her to be innocent and naive as she never complains nor stands up for her rights. She continues to be hardworking, dedicated, and independent.
Tohru often gets uneasy when her friends are fighting and tries her best to restore harmony. Due to her loving and nurturing nature, people are drawn to her and she makes many friends. Her character helped many people come to terms with their trauma and grow as a person without her knowing about the impact or influence she can have on others. She suffers from issues of self-esteem and criticizes herself for any mistakes she makes. Also, in many situations, she puts the needs of others ahead of her own.
Tohru is polite to everyone even if they act mean with her. She struggles with coming to terms with her mother's death and has difficulty moving on. Often, when she decides something she sticks by it and pursues it towards completion.
Haruhi Fujioka is the protagonist of the show 'Ouran highschool host club'. Her character is gender neutral which explains her openness to accepting either gender roles and their characteristics. She is quite straightforward and expresses her opinions openly. She is empathic and can understand the feelings of others quite easily. Ironically, she is clueless about her own feelings.
As a student, she is academically gifted and fulfills her responsibilities in an efficient manner. She is more mature than other people and is practical in her approach towards life. She does not get easily swayed by emotions and retains an objective point of vire. Haruhi is considered apathetic most of the time. Overall, she possesses great communication skills and knows how to use her natural charisma to charm others. She can be detached from others as well and needs alone time to recharge. However, she equally participates in group activities of the host club and can have fun with them.
Mayuri Shina is an important character on the show 'Steins Gate'. Her personality is childish and naive. She struggled with accepting her grandmother's death and needed support from her friends to not lose herself to depression. Other people think she is quite different from others.
Mayuri is not academically gifted but she has great perception and notices details quickly. She understands the feelings of other people and rarely gets offended. Socially, she does not have many skills and needs others to care for her well-being. She is highly dependent on her support system to get through life and fears losing them.
KuronamaSawako is the protagonist of the show 'Kimi no Todoke'. She has been depicted as a shy and distant person who is often misunderstood by others due to her scary expressions. She usually takes the literal meaning of whatever is said and can be quite naive. She overanalyzes situations and worries a lot about little things.
Despite everything, Sawako is a very kind and compassionate person who is nurturing towards others. She puts the needs of others ahead of her own and is there to support her friends emotionally. She is open-minded, strives for harmony, and rarely gets offended. At the same time, she is oblivious to her own feelings. People find her to be pure, innocent, and are attracted to her because of this.
Komugi is one of the side characters on the show 'Hunter X Hunter'. Her character is quite simple-minded and an airhead. She usually stays cheerful, optimistic, and talks a lot. She loves playing Komugi and does not get afraid of others even if her life is in danger. She fears being an inconvenience to others and chooses to be hurt rather than the one putting a burden on others. She is ignorant of the world around her, especially of the King's malice and hatred towards her at the beginning of the series.
Aside from this, Takasu Ryuuji (Toradora) and Wing (Hunter X Hunter) are a few other characters with type 9w1 personality.
Type 9 personality is peaceful, creative, and hardworking. They fear wreaking havoc on others so they numb their needs to prevent that from happening. It is one of the types from the nine enneagrams.
Type 9w1 or Type9 wing 1 is an enneagram personality subtype. It has core characteristics of type nine personality and complementary characteristics of type one personality.
Yes. Studies conducted on The Enneagram Institute's Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI) is 72 percent accurate, reliable and valid,
No. Enneagram type or number remains the same as we have the same personality patterns ingrained in us. However, a person's traits may change over time.
In this article, we discussed enneagram type 9w1 personality and discussed famous anime characters with the same personality types We found that Shouko Nishimiya (Koe no Katachi), Alphonso Elric (Full metal Alchemist), Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academy), Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran highschool host club), Mayuri Shiina (Steins Gate), Kurinuma Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke), Komugi (Gunter X Hunter), Takasu Ryuuji (Toradora) and Wing (Hunter X Hunter) are anime characters most likely to have type 9w1 personality.
I hope you found this article interesting. If you have any queries or comments, please state them in the comment section 🙂
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enterprise software so we don't create things that users don't like.
to end our iterations and validate our results.
and now we're going to look at how would we validate that.
alternative proposition trio that you learned about in module two.
their learned best practices so that the new donor development manager can use those.
the executive director bug the development manager all the time to understand that.
not uncommon and perhaps, okay.
Let's not be overly dismissive of those spreadsheets.
Sometimes, they're a much better alternative than many types of enterprise software.
That's the reality. Automation doesn't immediately make things better.
It has to be thoughtful and it has to be useful to the user.
this current alternative where they're going to find it useful.
So, how do we actually figure that out?
that validation in the normal cadence of getting this project done?
30 and 90 day success criteria for every feature.
usability testing which you'll learn lots about in course two and course four.
the leads go in there okay and development managers able to find and execute this.
well, we've validated that the system is usable.
are they actually using it or not?
our managers want it but we can't create certainty where certainly doesn't exist.
users hate and we're going to have an I.T.
we're keeping a really nice close eye on it.
that isn't too invasive and doesn't generate a lot of extra overhead.
is the Donor Development Manager logging in at least 18 across 18 working days?
it probably means they're not really putting in leads this way.
and how we measure that?
Now you may say, our projects have a longer cadence than that.
150, 180 days to do that.
That's fine, and that's normal.
to find a result that is going to change your course of action and your focus.
reporting R&D instrument into the system to figure that out.
in the postmortems that they put on the opportunities?
but it was just a campaign that wasn't meant to be.
It had a charter and an audience that just didn't line up with each other.
we want to be able to understand that through the system.
know what's happening and we would consider that a good outcome for the system.
There is a donor recognition process that we looked at in the second example.
create and maintain nice durable relationships with the donors.
post-it notes, occasionally a spreadsheet if they have a lot of them. It's pretty ad hoc.
actually really great as we saw in example two.
and the executive director maybe not having all the inputs on hand that they need do it.
So, what are validation criteria here?
this one because we don't want to send people real donors emails.
But, we're able to go through and the corespondents posts as we expect.
the fake donations that should be recognized are recognized.
and that closed donations end up recognized.
our donors involved or donations up.
spend a lot of time on doing this because that's just part of the proposition here.
focus is that you start an enterprise software project.
why we're going to do like 10 different things?
Which one should we start with?
and you can really help yourself score wins early by doing that.
paperwork or the amount of systems that people use or screens they have to use.
Automation, anything that really lends itself to automation is always a good win.
Recognizing the donations that we saw as a good example of that.
I think these two will deliver quicker better wins for you.
making sure that we're driving at something valuable with agile.


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In the follow-up to his 1999 novel, The Story of a Million Years, Burlington writer David Huddle turns his attentions to Vermont small-town life. More specifically, he focuses on Claire McClelland, a Bennington therapist, in a sequence of short works that together comprise a novella-length work of fiction.
The first story, "Village Tale," is told by Danny Marlow, town roué and Claire's secret lover. Recently widowed, Claire has been taking comfort in Danny's well-honed romantic skills on the plush carpet of her office. But, as Danny reveals, the relationship has no future, let alone a present. He fantasizes about taking her out in public, "stepping out onto the dance floor and making people's jaws drop. Ms. Absolutely Wonderful and Mr. Total Disgrace, the lovely couple — in your face, Bennington, Vermont!" But Claire makes perfectly plain that this will never happen. And when Danny tries to take their affair to a new level of intimacy, he is painfully rebuffed.
"Try to talk to Claire," is Julie's advice. And he almost does, but instead tells his current wife something else, a funny, irrelevant story. But he has gained some measure of self-revelation, and in his last minutes before the freak accident that kills him, the puzzle of his life assembles itself in his mind.
It wasn't a sudden crash. It was more the way a sodden paper bag releases — dumps! — its load of groceries. Except in this case the groceries were the basic assumptions of my life and my profession. I stood there trying to catch one or two of them, to save something from falling. Everything was slipping out of my arms and through my fingers.
But, as Claire discovers, it is harder than she realized to truly escape, and her ties to life are surprisingly strong.
The Story of a Million Years, at 190 pages, was a very short novel, and admirers of its often luminous writing may have looked forward to longer and more developed offerings from Huddle in the future. Alas, Not: A Trio is a mere 105 pages in length, and has little of the insight of its predecessor. Treating linked short stories as chapters in a larger work is always an ambitious way to structure a novel. Here, what are described in the title as two stories and a novella add up to little more than a curt novella themselves. Huddle, an English professor at the University of Vermont and a distinguished poet, is also an experienced writer of short stories, so it was a surprise to find a distinct lack of depth in these tales. Short-story writing is all about distillation, the reduction of action, thought or mood down to resonant brevity. There is brevity here, but a worrying lack of resonance.
Huddle proved himself a fine writer of fiction with his first novel, but here he seems, curiously, to have unlearned his skills. Taken singly, none of these stories has life enough to leave much impression. Taken as a whole, they would make a fine first fifth of a longer book, with all the character development yet to come. Part of the trouble is that Huddle has chosen to explore everyday lives — all well and good, but quotidian humanity per se isn't necessarily very interesting. The great masters of this kind of writing, people like John Updike and Richard Ford, are able to pinpoint the shining fragments of interest in the day-to-day, the things that make our own lives interesting but are too tiny or fleeting to concentrate upon as they happen. Their stories are anatomy classes in the human condition, the capillaries and nerves laid bare for all to see. Huddle does not go that deep; indeed, at times he seems hardly to scratch the surface, relying instead on clumsy dramatic devices — the most glaring of which is Ben's last-minute epiphany. We have to take Huddle's word for it that Claire, Danny and Ben are interesting. They may be, but it would take a longer and deeper book than this to prove it.
The smell of a Vermont mom-and-pop with a wooden floor: candy/cheese/kerosene/bubblegum. They ought to market it as a fragrance in New York.
As Claire retreats further into her isolation and depression, her voice takes on more clarity and even poetry. Her character becomes more "real" in the final pages, but just as the reader is about to step into her world, the book reaches its end, finished but not resolved. This seems like a mistake, as does the deliberate ambiguity of the ending. The writing has gathered strength only to be cut off in full flow.
This criticism is born of frustration, not indifference. Huddle's Story brought a poet's eye to a tangle of related lives and to the defining event that linked them. These days there certainly aren't enough poets with the inclination or ability to bring their art to bear on fiction. Unlike The Story of a Million Years, Not: A Trio seems to lack conviction in the novel as a living, vital form.
Hopefully that isn't the case, because Huddle has the skill to produce challenging, absorbing fiction. Perhaps we should take this as another short-story collection and continue to wait, with eager anticipation, for his next real novel.
What romantic message would you tattoo yourself with?


As a young musician in his native Adelaide, Andy Cichon's influences were wide and diverse, thanks in no small part to his musician father. "My father took me to piano lessons starting at age 6," he begins. "I taught myself guitar at 12, and started playing bass at the same time, because I could read both clefs." While he embraced artists of the day like Midnight Oil and AC/DC, Cichon's father also exposed him to more mainstream music. "My father had a Tijuana Brass cover band, and I started playing with them when I was about 14."
Bass quickly became his primary focus. "I loved the power of it," he explains. "The party didn't start until the bass came in. I know it sounds cliché, but we are the foundation. For me, I'm a rock and roll player; I like playing bass as part of a band. That's all I'm trying to do, to create that nice big fat foundation."
These days, Cichon lays down that foundation for Billy Joel, a gig he's held for close to two decades. A long-time Ampeg artist, he describes his sound as fairly traditional. "My sound hasn't changed much from what bass sounded like 50 years ago," he offers. "When I think back to the bands I listened to growing up, it was always a guy with a Fender, an SVT, and an 8x10 cabinet."
His amp collection includes a number of vintage and contemporary models, but his Blue Line SVT remains his favorite, with a classic B-15 a close second. "When I think about an Ampeg B-15 or an SVT, that's the benchmark," he concludes. "That's Ground Zero. Everything else is based on that sound. In the '80s, it was all about active three-way bass rigs and all sorts of effects, and I experimented with a lot of different toys, but then I came back to the beginning. I came back to Ampeg. To me, Ampeg is bass."


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The Photo Coach workshops are also designed and equipped to teach advanced photography workshops on the Gold Coast Tim can certainly help more advanced participants enhance their photographic skills. He has a vast experience in all facets of photography and shares numerous tips and tricks to further your photographic education. Just because your thing is nature photos, like sunsets, seascapes, and rainforests, it doesn't mean you're a natural at wildlife photography. It will be of great benefit for you to attend personal photography classes on the Gold Coast as it will help you excel in your own field. Your attendance at the Gold Coast's The Photo Coach classes will improve your photos out of sight!.
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The Photo Coach courses are very well priced compared to some of the courses and online courses in the area. There is a class or workshop for everyone's budget. There are long courses, short courses and short two-hour photographic adventures where you can make new friends, and learn how to take awesome photos. It is up to you which course you choose to learn photography on The Gold Coast but a survey has revealed that The Photo Coach has a great reputation among all photography schools on the Gold Coast. If you are a passionate learner then you should definitely call the best photography school on the Gold Coast, The Photo Coach!
Why is Gold Coast the perfect place to learn Photography?
The art of photography holds a great meaning for many people and in this day of social media there's a massive scope for photographers to earn money in their chosen field and possibly become Insta-famous as well! It is all about looking at the things in a different way and knowing how to create that perfect 'moment in time'. If you really want to improve your photo skills come and see The Photo Coach. He can definitely add worth to you profile. The Gold Coast is an awesome city to take photos. We have beaches, cityscapes and rainforests to choose from. Get the best from your camera and attend the Gold Coast photography short courses. Do it now!
Gold Coast's Photography Institutes are perfect for Beginners!
It's a fact that people from all over Australia travel to The Gold Coast to take photos and learn about photography. The Beginner's photography classes on the Gold Coast are very helpful for those just new to the world of photography. Here, Tim provides information and tips regarding the best use of the camera in your particular field of interest. No question is too silly or difficult.


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Le château de Lépaud est situé rue des Chaumes, à Lépaud, dans le département de la Creuse, région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, en France.

Historique

Architecture

La façade du château, orientée au sud, fait environ 20m de longueur.

Le donjon, tour ronde en angle, est accolé au nord-ouest du logis.

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Annexes

Articles connexes
 Liste des châteaux de la Creuse
 Liste des châteaux de Nouvelle-Aquitaine
 Histoire de la Creuse
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Creuse

Pages externes
 Carte complète des châteaux en Creuse (sur https://umap.openstreetmap.fr)

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The WARN PowerPlant 12 combines a powerful winch with a high-performance air compressor for the ultimate vehicle-mounted multi tool. This improved winch/air compressor now offers increased performance and reliability.
The PowerPlant 12 has a pulling capacity of 12,000 lbs. and is equipped with a powerful air compressor that can air up four 35 inch tires in eight minutes and even run air tools. With additions such as stainless steel fasteners, a pressure switch, a revised contactor, and a hose and accessories, the PowerPlant is better than ever.


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Mother Nature Cancels NOLA Qualifying
Chad Smith / April 11, 2015
Saturday was a roller coaster ride for the Verizon IndyCar Series. With a shaky weather forecast all weekend long, storms rolled in just as qualifying for the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana was just about to begin.
The first group of qualifiers completed their session, which couldn't have been much worse for Team Penske drivers Juan Montoya and Helio Castroneves. Neither of them advanced to the second round, and were destined to start in the rear of the field for tomorrow's race. Four minutes into the second group's run, the lightning came out and the session was red-flagged. Conditions worsened, and IndyCar decided to cancel qualifying. The starting lineup for Sunday's race will be set by points.
That was a relief for most drivers, including Montoya and Castroneves. Montoya starts on pole alongside Will Power on the front row, while Castroneves starts fourth, sharing row two with Tony Kanaan. It was also a monumental turn of events for Sebastien Bourdais. Despite having the fastest time in qualifying, IndyCar ruled that he interfered with Kanaan after rejoining the track, and removed his two fastest laps, which would not have allowed him to advance into Round 2 of qualifying. Team owner Jimmy Vasser was irate, as seen in his interview below.
Like Montoya and Castroneves, Bourdais will start up front (sixth) instead of the rear. On the opposite end of the spectrum, are Scott Dixon and James Hinchcliffe. Because of the Bourdais penalty, Hinchcliffe would have advanced to Round 2 of qualifying. Instead, he'll start in 16th tomorrow. Dixon was also set to move on to Round 2, but will begin the race in 15th position.
Click here to see the starting lineup for the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana
Earlier in the day, when things were still dry, Dixon paced the field in the final practice session, with a lap of 1:18.5538. Simon Pagenaud was second, and Rookie Gabby Chaves was third fastest. Another Rookie joined the top five, as Sage Karam was just behind Power. The 24 drivers turned a total of 1128 laps around the 2.74 mile course. You can click here to see the full results for Saturday's practice session.
The lightning was fierce, and wasn't letting up. IndyCar had to make the call.
That lightning was scary close. #IndyCar #GPofNOLA pic.twitter.com/cpk70o1OZE
— Matt Archuleta (@indy44) April 11, 2015
The race distance is 75 laps, which is 205.5 miles around the new 13-turn road course.
Coverage for the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana begins at 2:30 PM ET on NBC SN. IndyCar has moved up the start time of the race. The green flag is now set for 2:45 PM ET. Brian Till will have the play-by-play call, and he'll be joined by analysts Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy. Marty Snider, Kelly Stavast, Kevin Lee and Robin Miller are the pit reporters.
Qualifying Photos via IndyCar
April 11, 2015 in Qualifying.
Castroneves on Pole at Fontana
2015 IndyCar Championship Preview
Montoya on Pole at Pocono
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3 thoughts on "Mother Nature Cancels NOLA Qualifying"
throughthecatchfence says:
Let's be honest, no matter how much the say otherwise, IndyCar does NOT run in the rain. They run in the damp. They should just admit that racing in the rain is just a fairy tale. There are a multitude of excuses but the bottom line is they just don't trust the drivers and the backmarkers are so marginal financially that they can't risk the cars.. They are constantly rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Running a race in NO in April invites this type of weather situation. I can just hear the comments of the fans waiting for the shuttles in a lightning storm.
Chad Smith says:
I still think it was the right call. I also believe it was cancelled because of lightning, not just the rain. The standing water will send them hydroplaning, no matter how much downforce they have. However, I do wish that they would have set the lineup by combined practice times, instead of the entry points after 1 race.
I agree about the lightning if not just for the fans and corner workers. My point was proven by the race today – if you can dignify it with that name. I'm not opposed to calling off for rain, in fact I'd prefer it but don't say you race in the rain if your drivers and cars are not capable of it. Ditch the rain tires and race on the first dry day.


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Artist "Taylor Swift"
Label: Taylor Swift
Label: Big Machine Label Group, LLC
1989 (Deluxe Edition)
folklore: the sleepless nights chapter
folklore: the saltbox house chapter
folklore: the yeah I showed up at your party chapter
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Midnights (3am Edition)
Biography Taylor Swift
is a seven-time GRAMMY winner, and the youngest recipient in history of the music industry's highest honor, the GRAMMY Award for Album of the Year. She is the best-selling digital music artist of all time, and the only female artist in music history (and just the fourth artist ever) to twice have an album hit the 1 million first-week sales figure (2010's Speak Now and 2012's RED). She's a household name whose insanely catchy yet deeply personal self-penned songs transcend music genres, and a savvy businesswoman who has built a childhood dream into an empire.
But the numbers don't tell Taylor's story half as well as she could. After all, it's the intangibles that elevate Swift into the stratosphere of our pop culture planet, allowing the 24-year old singer-songwriter to orbit in a more rarified air. Her large-scale charitable contributions are one thing, but it's in the small gestures – the notes of compassion she posts on the Instagram photos of lovelorn fans, the genuine hugs she distributes without discretion – where Swift proves time and time again that platinum-selling, record-setting success has not changed her inherent nature. She is awkwardly honest and powerfully empathetic; a brazen superfan, loyal friend, fierce protector of hearts; and one of the world's greatest ambassadors for the power of just being yourself.
Granted, for Taylor, "being herself" tends towards shimmering, gossamer perfection – but that's an image regularly blown whenever she dons fake braces and a tri-pony to clown around on late night TV. She's the first artist since the Beatles (and the only female artist in history) to log six or more weeks at #1 with three consecutive studio albums, and while she's been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, she's probably the only person on that list who uses social media to post notes to her best friends and videos of her cats.
As Billboard's youngest-ever Woman of the Year prepares to release her fifth album, 1989, she finds herself, as always, in the glare of a blinding spotlight of expectation – but if you think that scares her, you haven't been paying attention. She calls 1989 her most sonically cohesive collection, and armed with first single, "Shake It Off," she's ready to blaze into the next phase of her still-young career, where she'll continue to dance like no one's watching, write like she stole our collective diary, and inevitably soar to ever-greater heights. All that's left to wonder is how many more lives she'll lift in the process.


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Hot Reads: Need a Draft Sleeper? Pick a Husker Late.
For Nebraska this weekend, with its NFL Draft streak on the line, any picks will do. Nathan Gerry goes late? Great. Keeps this streak alive.
If you continue to take a wide-lens look at the Draft, it remains pretty kind to the Huskers. Nebraska ranks third in the number of offensive linemen selected in the common era (1967 to present), second in defensive linemen, fifth in linebackers and fourth in defensive backs. Zoom in, however, to the last 15 or 20 years of the Draft and Nebraska starts to fall off a lot of those lists.
Now what happens if you take that Linebacker U-type tally, limit it to the last 15 years and apply some measure of NFL achievement to it to determine which schools are producing the best draft picks, not just the most? Luke Knox tackled that project for ESPN, weighting "draft value" by overall pick number and "performance value" by the percentage of seasons a player was a starter, All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection.
There's a lot here. Nebraska didn't make the top 10 or the bottom 10 in the performance-to-draft value rankings. Miami was the best school there, with its players consistently outperforming their draft position. Clemson's picks have underperformed the most, followed by Ohio State.
Break it out by position — the Best (Insert Postion Here) Factory, as it's named in the article — and the Huskers only show up once. Nebraska makes the list at Best DB Factory, but for the wrong reason, ranking in the bottom three in overall value between Clemson and Oklahoma. (That's for schools that have had at least eight defensive backs drafted over the span.)
But the most interesting thing in this position breakdown might be Wisconsin. The Badgers have provided the best value of any team in the country for offensive line picks. Probably not a total surprise as that's sort of what Wisconsin's known for, but the Badgers also show up in the top three on the defensive line. If you're good in those two spots, well, you can be pretty good in general. Now we just need to go look at the average star rating of the linemen Wisconsin has brought in as recruits over the past 15 or so years to see what that offers. But we'll have to do that another day. (I'm guessing, based on having a general idea where the Badgers have ranked nationally over the years in recruiting, that it's pretty complimentary of their development.)
There is one last Nebraska note here. The Huskers did make the "Best Sleepers" list for picks in rounds five through seven. You know what that means: If Nebraska's streak is on the line headed into the final day of the draft, there might be some added value for the team willing to keep it alive with a late-round pick.
The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday that Tom Rathman will be inducted into the team's hall of fame.
Interesting poll from the Vanderbilt student paper shows that nearly 25 percent of students attended zero home football games last season and more than 36 percent didn't go to a hoops game.
Sort of torn on this Dennis Dodd column on Michigan's trip to Rome.
Here's your big, in-depth preview of Central Florida* from Bill Connelly. (An actual Nebraska opponent, Northern Illinois, is also available.)
* UCF held its spring game this weekend, which was branded as the UCFastival. Not a misspelling. UCFierce beat UCFast in the game. Do with that what you will.
https://youtu.be/RjbuH56xMdk
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Like many regular working people, I've always wanted to have a good reputation at work and in my community and profession. But until I launched my own company, it didn't really occur to me that I needed to think about what my personal brand is saying about me. In this age of social media and easy and constant flow of information, not thinking about my personal brand really isn't an option anymore.
But this is me we're talking about. I'm 0% interested in being perceived as something I'm not. Will my personal brand be something positive, or just a flawed, real thing, like I am? How do people deal with this juxtaposition between putting your best foot forward all the time, and being an actual genuine person?
Three Simple Ways to Make your Personal Brand Stand Out : 1) a professional photo, 2) be discoverable and 3) unique business cards. I think I already had those things covered before I started thinking about personal branding. That can't be all there is to it, right?
Okay, I'll try this one-Five Steps to Build your Personal Brand. Five's got to be better than three simple ways.
Understanding and being your authentic self; yes. That resonates (see above).
Speaking engagements-okay, that takes a little more work, but I get it. I've done lots of presenting and training as part of my work, so I just need to stretch a little to come up with a compelling talk that really provides value and that people might want to hear.
Write thought leadership articles and participate in interviews? I guess you could call this little blog "writing" but not sure it passes for "thought leadership." And the only times I've been interviewed have been accidental-I was in the right place at the right time. Guess I've got some work to do here.
Build your online presence. Yup. I think I get that, but I definitely have a healthy respect for how much work is involved.
Remain a student of your industry. Got it. I am super interested in what's going on in HR-I couldn't hardly help but consume news, information and analysis about it.
And finally, Nine Reasons your Personal Brand isn't Resonating. These mostly have to do with you being a bad listener, putting out crappy content, not putting it in the right places and not helping consumers of your content make a connection. Definitely good tips.
So, after I reading all of these articles and seeing, frankly, pretty vanilla advice that didn't really surprise me, I got out of my HR head and let my mind wander to the first name that springs up when I think of personal branding with no BS. For me, it's Gary Vaynerchuk. @GaryVee knows how to tell you the straight story with a minimum of words (some NSFW), and convey both the commitment and the opportunity involved in personal branding.
Gary has a style that appeals to me. He just puts it out there, doesn't sugarcoat the work it takes to be successful, and gives you the tools to try it for yourself. There's no biz buzzword garbage, just straight advice. I like it! Because I'm a marketing noob, I went for his Udemy class on building a personal brand, because I want it all in one place. But if you're not ready to pull the trigger, just follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat to get the advice he gives away all the time.
There are also great resources out there for specific branding challenges. One example is that Lida Citroen at Lida360 specializes in personal branding for transitioning veterans, although her advice works great for the rest of us too. If you want more hands-on help, Lida and her crew can definitely help you find success.
Feel free to tell me what you think of my personal brand. It's a work in progress.
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Community for cropped and docked dogs!
The original purpose of cropping and docking is forgotten even by practicionars . It was done for prevention. Against injuries and other healthly issue called hemathomy.
Ear cropping is used for "fighting dogs"
there are herding breeds and working breeds which has also cropped ears.
Cropped ears are not erect all the time.Cropped dogs can communicate as well as natural dogs.
Our mission is to have ear cropping and tail docking recognized as healthy, preventative practices, as this was the original purpose. Ear cropping and tail docking purposes have been misunderstood. The original purpose was forgotten, and there was no objective guide which would address these questions. Even practitioners don't know why some dogs' ears are cropped and why some are not.
However this site is dedicated for cropped and docked dogs we are not ignoring natural dogs(maybe thats the biggest difference between us and our oppenents), we believe in the freedom of choice.
© 2019 Cropped and Happy!


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The 2018 midterm elections aren't for another 271 days. But, the shape of the playing field on which the battle for control of the House will be fought is beginning to form -- and it looks very, very problematic for Republicans.
On Thursday, the Cook Political Report, a leading non-partisan handicapping site, moved 21 House districts in favor of Democrats; Cook House editor David Wasserman suggests that still might underestimate Democrats' ceiling in terms of seat gains this fall.
Those moves jibe with a series of changes CNN made to its own House ratings on Thursday -- with a handful of Democratic incumbents moving off the competitive list entirely and several Republican incumbents -- including New York's Claudia Tenney in more trouble.
There are now 66 GOP-held seats on CNN's list of competitive races as compared to just 15 for Democrats. Cook rates 67 Republican seats as competitive as compared to just 25 for Democrats.
Those numbers have to be scary for Republicans hoping to cling to their 24-seat majority. Why? Because what we've seen of late -- fueled by remarkably successful fundraising by dozens of Democratic candidates -- is an expansion of the ground where this election will be fought. And that expansion is entirely in Republican territory.
What that means in practical terms is that Democrats have more margin for error as they try to net two dozen seats. If a race they expected to be competitive suddenly collapses, it doesn't doom their chances as they now have 2, 3 or even 4 other seats to replace it.
The other potential impact of the widening of the playing field in Democrats' favor is that if there is a massive wave that sweeps the country -- and signs suggest something is building -- then the party could score massive gains as any even quasi-marginal seat falls to them.
The point here is this: The election may feel like it is a long way away. But, the map on which Democrats and Republicans will fight is evolving in important ways as I type. And that evolution is all in favor of Democrats.


Am I really a conceited, condescending person, or do I really have a point?
Lately, in the past year, I have really been annoyed by the way our societies have become. Its all over the media. Its all in our homes. We have gossip, fashion, credit cards, women, casinos. Has it really gotten this bad? Is our human race really trying to make itself look this ignorant? Maybe its just an opinon i have to myself. But i really think that I speak for all the intelligent human beings out there. I feel like I am surrounded by stupid trends. People have to be democrat, they have to be republican. They have to have these jeans, they have to have this car. Its so fcking stupid. Now that we, as human beings are free from the hardships of caste system society and we actually have a choice of what we want to do and who we want be, and people actually see it as an obligation. They choose to get messed up and be stupid and drop out of scool and do meth. What the fck!!!???. You have been gifted lungs, heart, and CPU. You BETTER USE THAT FCKIN SHT GD DMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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NCES: What's the funniest thing you've seen happen in your photo booth?
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So, I've been told I have to get serious about editing down Reason to Be until it's at least under 100,000 words. Sadly, that means that the entire Maggie subplot is going to have to go (which causes its own problems, of course).
The bulk of what used to be chapter 7 will now no longer be in the book. That being said, I thought it made a fairly decent little story on its own. None of this will be happening in the book now, but I couldn't bare not to share the awesomeness that is my bad song writing skills — and of course the awesomeness that was Maggie Kinnear.
I was a bit surprised when the appointment reminder pinged on my phone. Oh, man, I had completely forgotten this. Fortunately, I had enough time to make it if I left right away.
Westbridge was the western-most town that was considered a suburb of New Salem, although it was nearly as old as the city itself. It was a blue color sort of town, home to most of the factories that still operated in the area, so it had seen its share of economic ups and downs for a while. The town had been settled by Scots-Irish in the early days, and it retained that New World Celtic flavor in its place names and society. I wasn't surprised that the show would be in a pub called The Harp and Pheasant.
The place was easy enough to find, as it was the only overflowing parking lot I saw in Westbridge that evening. I found a space a few blocks over and strolled up to the free-standing building, a two-story, old-brick storefront with a large, hand-painted sign of a bird-like creature that might have been a pheasant plucking an Irish harp.
Even before I managed to get in the door, I realized that it was a public house in the truest sense of the term. It was full of families instead of the normal twenty- and thirtysomethings you'd find in most bars. I was almost knocked over by a gaggle of pre-schoolers running at full tilt, then nearly collided with the grandmotherly lady chasing them. The taproom was crowded, but even through the crowd, I could hear the music.
The performers were a pair of kids, maybe 12 or 13 — twins, I guessed, a boy and a girl. He played the violin — fiddle, if you prefer — while she played a squeezebox-looking thing that looked more delicate, and sounded more jolly, than the traditional Lawrence-Welkesque accordion. The kids played a jig, and the floor was filled with people dancing in whatever space opened up. The musicians were young, but they had skill. The dancing was genuine, even infectious. I felt my toes tapping as I stood at the bar. Not wanting to be conspicuous, I ordered a pint of Guinness.
The crowd let out a hearty round of cheering and applause as the musical twins finished their number and took a bow. A curtain rolled in from the wings, and the kids headed off behind it before it even closed.
I took a sip of my dark, bitter brew and saw Kenesha waving to me from a table near the stage. I danced a bit to get through the crowd without knocking anyone over or spilling my drink.
Keenan laugh, and Kenesha nodded, grudgingly.
"I suppose you must, Miss Mortonsen." The two smooched briefly, both trying hard not to giggle.
On the stage, then, jumped a guy dressed in well-worn jeans, a work shirt and black leather vest. His hair was longer than mine, although thinning a bit in front, all salt-and-peppery, drawn into a thick ponytail. His face was covered with a heavy salt-and-pepper beard that could have deflected bullets. I heard some applause and some good-natured catcalls from the audience when he stood up to the microphone.
"Let's all give it up again for the O'Shaughnessy Twins." Again, the crowd applauded, whistled and stomped its collective feet. The guy took a quick look behind the curtain before turning back to the house.
He held up his hand, and in a moment the pub got quiet — quieter, at least. The crowd was hot, rowdy but in a friendly, kind-hearted sort of way. Boisterous, I suppose you could say.
"Does that mean we don't have to pay for the beer, Jimmy?" The crowd laughed, and there was some scattered applause.
Jimmy backed off the stage, leading the loud applause. The curtain pulled back, showing five musicians, three men and two women, and a third woman standing up front. They were all dressed in costumes that wouldn't be out of place at a Ye Olde Renaissance Faire — there was a lot of green and flowers — but it looked good, not cheesy. Not too cheesy.
The singer, especially, was striking, wearing a long, low-cut emerald gown with elaborate embroidery around the neckline, cuffs and hem. Her dark hair was done up with a wreath of small white flowers, almost dainty. Some of the applause and most of the whistles from the house were aimed at her.
It took me a few moments to realize that the singer was Maggie Kinnear.
The players stood stock still until the crowd's welcoming applause died down. There was a heartbeat or two of silence in the room, then the musicians began to play with all their might, as if their lives depended on it. All the instruments were acoustic and traditional. A big fellow in the back banged on a series of Irish drums as if trying to beat them into submission, while another man on guitar, a woman on fiddle and another on accordion all tried to keep up. Cutting through it all, amazingly, was a short guy blowing on a shrill penny whistle. It was a wild tune, an obvious Celtic melody, but played with an almost ecstatic passion. I imagined this might be the sort of song Irish warriors danced to before painting themselves blue and running naked into battle.
On the stage, Maggie was almost dancing, swaying back and forth as if mesmerized by the music, holding the microphone. At last, just as the music hit some sort of climax, Maggie opened her mouth and began belting out lyrics so fast and so loud the sound waves nearly blew me back in my chair.
The song started out wild and just got more frenetic from there. Without any encouragement, the dancers in the crowd were up and at it again, and I was afraid lives would be lost. I couldn't tell you what the song was about — I'm guessing the lyrics were in Gaelic — but Maggie rolled it out with a fierce rhythm that reminded me of punk rock as much as anything. Some in the audience seemed to either know the song or were able to pick up on the chorus; they started singing along, clapping and stomping their feet. Keenan and Kenesha joined in, and I found myself clapping to the beat.
When the the song came to a sudden, sharp cut end, the house exploded with cheers, whistles, foot-stomping and applause. Those of us who weren't already on our feet got up for that. All the band members smiled and waved at the audience. Maggie looked embarrassed by the attention, but pleased, too.
As soon as the crowd settled down, the band played again, a more traditional tune sung in English, although I didn't recognize it. That was followed up with a rousing jig, nearly as frenetic as the opening number. A portion of the audience created an impromptu circle dance in one of the larger clear areas on the floor. Kenesha and Keenan jumped up to join in. The band, seeing what a good time the crowd was having amusing itself, extended the tune further than it was meant to go, but the audience loved it, and the circle continued dancing until the band, finally, brought the song to an end.
"We've got a rowdy bunch here tonight." The audience responded to Maggie with another round of cheers, whistles and applause. Giving everyone a few minutes to catch their breaths, Maggie introduced all the members of Emerald Night, leaving herself for last. Each member bowed to the audience when mentioned and received a hearty round of applause.
After the crowd had restocked on drinks and snacks, the band started up again. The next batch of tunes weren't so wild as the first, but they still had a rousing beat. The folks in the audience seemed to enjoy them. Each tune, though, was a bit rowdier than the last, as if the players were working their way up the intensity scale, walking the crowd back to that frenzied place they had all visited for the opening number.
At last, the band hit a wild, frenetic song that easily matched the first in energy and volume. Maggie spun around so fast I was afraid she would lose her balance and fall off the stage. The crowd danced again, partners swinging each other arm in arm, passing in each direction in a circle. The noise surrounded us like a fog the same density no matter where you stood in the room. It was hot. Many of the dancers were sweating profusely. I feared someone — maybe me — might pass out, and I wasn't even dancing.
The song reached its climax, and the band brought it to a sharp, definite conclusion. The crowd hit its loudest yet. I feared for my hearing.
Even before the curtain on the small stage closed, there were shouts of "Encore!" from the crowd. It almost became a chant, with accompanying clapping and foot stomping. Before too long, the curtain drew back, and the audience greeted the band again.
From the wings, Maggie brought out a wooden stool, placed it downstage and sat. She lowered the microphone to her new level. The fiddle player stood just behind her, and the rest of the band took a step back. The crowd in the house grew still.
With a nod from Maggie, the fiddler began to play. The music was dark, slow and mournful, but still lovely for all that. After a bit, the other musicians joined in, but softly, supporting the violin without overwhelming it.
At last, Maggie held her face up to the microphone, and began to sing.
hidden deep in the forest away.
where the light of the moon holds sway.
it shined on and only for me.
and it gave me my reason to be.
that overlooked the dark, foamy sea.
but all alone, none sharing with me.
and vowed to fill my soul's aching need.
and robbed me of my reason to be.
can be just a plain state of mind.
their lost past nowhere they can find.
and tramp where the dark road may lead.
After the chorus, the fiddler played a brief solo, dark and mournful, but like the rest of the tune, it had an almost hopeful lilt in the undertone. It ran under the sad current of the music, keeping it, if not light, then at least from falling into despair. The fiddler returned to the original theme, and Maggie took up the song, again.
Turned deep in the forest away.
I've lost the hope to regain the sun.
I've lost the hope to find the day.
and my lands far over the sea.
The music faded to an end. The crowd's response, although more restrained than it had been, was no less heartfelt. I saw more than a few teary eyes. The curtains closed again, and Jimmy the MC returned to the stage to announced the return of the O'Shaughnessy Twins. The kids played with enthusiasm and skill, but compared to what Emerald Night had accomplished, their music lacked a certain edge. Maybe that's what the audience needed by then.
A waitress brought us fresh drinks. As Kenesha, Keenan and I talked about the performance, Maggie worked her way through the crowed toward us. She had a bit of a time for it, as everyone in the room seemed to want to congratulate her.
Kenesha threw her arms around Maggie. I pulled out a chair for her and we sat.
"Thanks, Jimmy." Maggie's face was moist; the room was downright hot by then, and it must have been even worse on stage. She had a glow to her, though, and couldn't seem to stop smiling.
We all agreed with Jimmy and tried to outdo each other with compliments. Maggie took it all with obvious pleasure, but she also looked a bit embarrassed, as well.
On stage, the O'Shaughnessy Twins finished up a rousing tune, then started playing something slower and quite lovely. A number of couples took to the floor to sway slowly.
At our table, Kenesha stood and tugged on Keenan's arm. He started to protest. It didn't go well.
"Why, yes, Mr. Anderson; I most certainly would enjoy a lovely dance with such a tall and handsome gentleman." Maggie and I laughed. Keenan shrugged with an I-guess-there's-nothing-I-can-do-about-it expression before he took Kenesha's hand and led her to a clear spot on the floor.
"Apparently." Out on the floor, the two of them stepped and swayed along with everyone else, Kenesha's head resting against Keenan's chest.
Maggie looked out over the floor, watching the dancers, smiling a tired grin. She was still dressed in her green stage gown, and her hair was still up, interwoven with sprays of tiny white flowers. Her foot was tapping along with the music.
Maggie looked up at me, and her tired grin spread into a bright, wide smile.
"Why, Mr. Locke, I do believe I would." She took my hand, and we stepped onto the dance floor.
"I honestly had no idea you were so talented." The dance was still slow, and we were able to stand close enough that I could speak to her just loud enough for her to hear.
Maggie looked pleased. She smiled and nodded, finally willing to accept a compliment. We danced, slow and quiet.
For a moment, I thought she was going to say something. If she was, though, the music ended before she got a chance. We all broke into applause. Maggie excused herself, saying that she wanted to change. I rejoined Kenesha and Keenan at the table.
I started to think that it was time to head out when Maggie joined us again, dressed in jeans and a dark blouse with her hair down and free of flowers, mostly.
Maggie and I said our goodnights to Kenesha and Keenan. As we navigated the crowd, even though it was starting to thin a bit, Maggie still had to stop every now and then to accept hearty, good-natured hugs. I got the impression a fair number of these folks knew her. When we got to the door, she gave a big hug to Jimmy the MC, who repeated his offer to have toe band play at The Harp and Pheasant again soon.
A bit of the party had spilled out into the parking lot. A number of folks called out greetings. Maggie returned the hellos and waved as we made our way down to where I had left my car. I popped the trunk for her garment bag, and then we were off back toward the city.
We chit-chatted on the way. Maggie, it turned out, had grown up in Westbridge, which I hadn't known. She had sung and played with her friends in the band since high school, although they only recently took the plunge into performing in public. Their music, Maggie told me, had always just been for fun until one of them met Jimmy Riordan, the owner of the pub. Jimmy wanted to expand the live music he offered at The Harp and Pheasant, and the band wanted to try their hand at performing. One thing led to another, and now it seemed that Emerald Night was well on its way to becoming a Saturday-night staple in Westbridge.
Maggie seemed excited by the prospect, more so than I had ever seen her. Considering that she spent each work week crunching numbers for me, I could understand that.
At last, we rolled into Maggie's neighborhood. She lived in a section of renovated townhouses a few blocks north of Chelsea Street. It was a nice area, with rich, old-fashioned architecture lining broad, well-lit streets. She pointed out her number, and I pulled the car over to the curb. We climbed out of the car. I popped the trunk and handed Maggie her bag.
"Sure. I'll do that. Well, I guess, thanks for the ride. Goodnight, then." She started to back away, almost hesitantly.
"No problem." I stepped over to get back in the car.
Before I got the chance, Maggie called out my name. She walked, almost ran, toward me.
Without a word, Maggie wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me, strong and hot. This was not a "thanks for the lift home" kiss, either, and, for half a heartbeat, I found myself kissing back.
Then, she stepped away, looking at me with mischievous grin, and waved a shy little wave. She bounced up the steps to her door. In a second, she was gone, and I was left standing on the street, touching my lips.
I drove home slowly. It had been a nice kiss — unexpected, perhaps sweeter for it. This was Maggie, though, after all. I mean, she was an attractive woman, but it had never occurred to me that… well, it had just never occurred to me, that's all.
I pulled down my driveway and put the car away. I tried not to think about the implications. It was probably just the excitement of the evening. She was overcome by how successful her band had been.
Sure. I was sure that was the case.