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Kevin Schlosser Authors, "High-Flying Tort Decisions" in NYLJ
Mar 28, 2006Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Publication Source: New York Law Journal
On consecutive days in February, two well-reasoned and instructive tort decisions with opposite results, yet consistent reasoning, were rendered in the Nassau County Supreme Court. While both rulings involved claims of negligence arising from flying objects, one resulted in summary judgment in favor of the defendant, while the other not only denied the defendant summary judgment, but, sua sponte, dismissed a number of the alleged defenses. Both carefully crafted decisions are worthy of close review by personal injury practitioners.
One of the most fundamental principles of tort law is that a defendant will not be held liable for negligence unless there is a legal duty of care owed to the plaintiff. Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339 (1928). Significantly, while issues of negligence are intensely fact specific, and therefore most often left to the trier of fact for resolution, the question of whether a legal duty exists is within the province of the court. Di Ponzio v. Riordan, 89 N.Y.2d 578, 657 N.Y.S.2d 377 (1997). Thus, it is the court that plays the weighty role of gatekeeper in determining whether to impose a legal duty upon a defendant and thereby create enforceable rights in the injured plaintiff.
As the oft-quoted words of Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo in Palsgraf so eloquently explained: 'The risk reasonably to be perceived defines the duty to be obeyed, and risk imports relation; it is risk to another or to others within the range of apprehension.'
It is against this legendary backdrop that the two recent Nassau decisions were rendered.
The T-Shirt Launch
Attending a fair amount of sporting events, it never ceases to amaze me the lengths to which grown adults will go to get a hold of one of those $5 white cotton t-shirts launched into the stands by cheerleaders or mascots during certain breaks in the game. Indeed, recognizing the resulting fan reaction, Madison Square Garden aptly flashes signs of 'mayhem' on the big video screen during its t-shirt launches.
The case of Curran v. CXR Holding, Index No. 11118/02, arose from such a sponsored t-shirt 'launch,' but, significantly, it was not at a sports stadium or facility, but at Jones Beach during a July 4 fireworks presentation, where many of the spectators were on blankets. Plaintiffs, an 11-year-old girl at the time of the accident and her grandmother, alleged they were both seriously injured when 'a large, rowdy male beachgoer descended upon [their] blanket in an attempt to grab a 'flying' t-shirt' that was launched into the crowd by the defendant radio station.
Plaintiffs alleged that their injuries were 'a reasonably foreseeable consequence' of the t-shirt launch. On the other hand, defendant moved for summary judgment to dismiss the entire complaint, arguing that 'the proximate cause of the plaintiffs' injuries was the unforeseeable actions of an intervening third party' — the unidentified 'rowdy male beachgoer' who actually fell on the plaintiffs.
In a tightly reasoned decision, acting Supreme Court Justice Lawrence J. Brennan denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment. Characterizing it as a 'chaotic t-shirt distribution event,' the court reasoned that the 'permission granted to the defendant radio station to stage this event impliedly, if not expressly, obligated it to insure that reasonable, common sense safeguards were used' to avoid the 'foreseeable risk of harm to uninvolved, third-party beachgoers, such as the plaintiffs.'
The court distinguished plaintiffs from 'spectators at a hockey or baseball game,' noting that the plaintiff grandmother had seven of her grandchildren, ages 14 through infancy, with her sitting on the beach blanket when the t-shirt launch was suddenly commenced and, therefore, could not be expected to wade through 'a gauntlet of frenzied rowdies' to avoid the risk of injury.
In denying defendants' motion for summary judgment, the court observed that the 'defendant, a commercial radio station in furtherance of its economic interests, organized an event which triggers an analysis of traditional common law principles — negligence, duty undertaken, proximate cause, and foreseeability of injury' — raising 'transparently clear factual issues which must be resolved by a jury.'
Defense Wake-Up Call
Significantly, the court also issued a rather loud wake-up call to defense counsel in negligence cases where there are potential issues of the plaintiff's assumption of risk. The defendant alleged as a separate defense that each of the plaintiffs 'were fully aware of the dangers and risks inherent [in the activities in which they were involved] and voluntarily assumed all said dangers and risks.'
The court found that this separate defense constituted a 'formal judicial admission' and that defendant thereby 'conceded, that this event, which it created and managed, resulted in inherent dangers and risks.'
This important portion of the decision shows that defense counsel must be careful in articulating and pleading defenses of this nature to avoid having them backfire and thereby be construed against the defendant as an admission.
One possible way of avoiding such an admission would be to make clear in the pleading that 'the defendant has denied and is denying the existence of any foreseeable danger or risk, but, if such risk is found to exist (by the court and/or trier of fact), such risk, if any, was assumed by plaintiffs.'
In fact, in several other portions of the answer in Curran, the defendant did couch its defenses in such a way as to avoid admissions — for example, the second separate defense ('That whatever damages, if any, were sustained by the plaintiff herein, were caused and/or contributed to by reason of the carelessness, recklessness, negligence and/or other culpable conduct on the part of the plaintiffs and each of them') and the cross-claim ('That the defendant . . . denies that it is guilty of fault as alleged in the Complaint but alleges that, if the plaintiffs recover a verdict against this defendant then this defendant, on the basis of apportionment of responsibility . . . is entitled to contribution and/or indemnification from [the other] defendant . . . for all or part of any verdict or judgment that the plaintiff may recover against this defendant').
Obviously, as Curran shows, this is a tightrope that must be carefully navigated by defense counsel.
Ketchup Bottle Incident
The other recent Nassau County decision was rendered by Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey J. O'Connell in Esposito v. Golden Reef Diner, Index No. 14428/03.
Here, the plaintiff alleged he was injured while seated and eating at the defendant diner when a man who was part of a group arguing with another group of patrons threw a ketchup bottle that hit the plaintiff in the head. The plaintiff testified at his deposition that the defendant diner's personnel intervened between the two arguing groups of men 'when it became obvious there was going to be an altercation,' about five minutes before the plaintiff was struck with the bottle.
The plaintiff also testified that he was hit with the bottle after the diner's staff intervened approximately three to four minutes after he first observed water and french fries being thrown between the two groups. Plaintiff alleged that the diner was 'unsafe,' that the defendant 'was negligent in training of its personnel, who inadequately intervened' and that defendant failed to notify the police timely.
On the other hand, the diner's manager testified that when he heard the arguing between the two groups, 'he told the cashier to call the police and two waiters on his staff were already between the groups trying to quell the disturbance.'
He also testified that as the one group left, he and another waiter tried to restrain the group of men who were still seated and who had begun to throw things. Finally, he testified that there was 'no history of any such incidents in the [d]iner before.'
In response to defendant's motion for summary judgment, the court found that 'whether the [d]iner's personnel intervened or not is not the issue,' but, rather, 'whether the defendants were on notice of assaultive behavior of third parties.'
The court observed that there was no evidence of prior assaults or fights within the diner and rejected the rather curious attempt by plaintiff's counsel to offer his own 'personal observations of drunken or disorderly persons being present' at the diner during his own prior visits there, finding that counsel's 'personal claims' were 'not properly before the Court' and were 'conclusory and speculative.'
In contrast to the factual scenario described by Justice Brennan in Curran, Justice O'Connell found in Esposito: 'While the proprietor of the restaurant has an ordinary duty to protect patrons, a sudden and unexpected hurling of an object during an altercation is not an act which a proprietor could have been expected to have foreseen and guarded against.'
Thus, the court concluded that it could not find 'that the defendant breached a duty to the plaintiff in failing to provide safeguards from foreseeable danger.' Recognizing that summary judgment 'is granted infrequently in negligence actions,' the court nevertheless observed that summary judgment should be awarded 'without hesitation' when an accident is caused 'by acts of a person for which a defendant is not liable.'
Curran and Esposito demonstrate, among other things, that while negligence cases are typically fact-sensitive and often require a full plenary trial, courts continue to play the significant role of gatekeeper in determining just when to open the courthouse doors to injured plaintiffs to hold only legally responsible defendants liable.
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With over 1.5 lakh sanitation workers on strike from Friday, approximately 10,000 metric tonnes of garbage would be left uncollected.
The sanitation workers told Mail Today the reason for their strike at this time.
"We chose declare the strike now is because this is the time when the city needs attention after a week-long festive season," they said.
"They (authorities) have not paid salaries to all the workers and even arrears are due. The sanitation workers are financially burdened. They do not have money to pay for the education of their children or to get them married. We are only asking for our due share. We gave up our holidays during the outbreak of dengue.
"After two days, when the heaps of garbage lying on the road would start affecting the city, the corporations would understand our plight," said Rajender Mewati, General Secretary of United Front of MCD Employees Associations.
On Friday, sanitation workers claimed that not even a single garbage trolley was used to lift garbage.
The striking sanitation workers of all the three MCDs have been demanding regularisation of daily wagers working for over a decade, timely payment of salaries, arrears, cashless health cards and other long-pending demands.
The workers said if the corporation can deduct LIC, GIC from their salary, why cannot it take the undertaking for the workers when they apply for loan in the nationalised banks?
This has forced a lot of workers to opt for private financing, putting them into substantial debt.
On the other hand, the three mayors of corporations met Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a bid to find a solution to end the strike but said there was no concrete outcome after the meeting.
The news of the indefinite strike has begun worrying the residents.
The residents told Mail Today, that the garbage lifting mechanism of MCD had already failed.
Whatever the garbage was getting picked would also stop now.
"MCD is playing with the lives of the residents. If the MLAs and councilors can demand a hike in their salary, why can't these workers be paid the due amount?" questioned Chetan Sharma, general secretary, Confederation of NCR Residents' Welfare Association.


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The designers at Pomp & Circumstance say, Our glam engagement session was inspired by the changing of the seasons. We love everything fall, especially the deeper color palettes, and wanted to showcase these colors in order to elevate the contrast between our location and the models. By working with some of Houston's top-tier vendors, we were able to achieve our vision of bringing some "glam"to the Texas ranch.
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NYC: A museum launches an outdoor speakeasy
10/3/2012 — By Kate Appleton
It's no secret that Prohibition-style lounges have been spreading across the U.S. This evening, the Museum of the City of New York joins the trend by opening a speakeasy that will serve historically accurate drinks out in the open—on the museum terrace, which faces Central Park.
Staff will be mixing cocktails that were popular during Prohibition (1920–1933), according to old menus from the museum's archives. The City Room blog has published some of the recipes, in case you want to try your hand at a Rum Scoundrel or Clover Club at home.
The admission fee of $12 ($10 for members) covers one drink and access to museum exhibitions, including "Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson," timed to the 400th anniversary of Hudson's arrival in New York Harbor. 1220 Fifth Ave., between 103rd and 104th Sts., speakeasy open Wednesday nights, 6–9 p.m., through August 26.
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SCOPE OF THE "MEDITERRANEAN STRATEGY ON ESD"
The "Mediterranean ESD Strategy" was inspired by and has utilized the UNECE Strategy for ESD (2005) that follows the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Developmentand (DESD, 2005-2014). The "mediterranean" strategy is fully compatible with it, so that its philosophy and implementation does not present any inconsistencies to the countries which have already adopted the former. The "Mediterranean ESD Strategy" is a contribution also to the achievement of "Education for All" Goals and of Quality Education and in line with the "Implementation Scheme" developed by UNESCO, which is the lead institution for the DESD.
The Mediterranean countries after the Rio World summit (1992) have adopted the Mediterranean Agenda 21 (Tunisia, 1994) where "Education" together with "Raising Awareness and Training" was acknowledged as the prerequisites of sustainable development in the Mediterranean. They established the Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development (MCSD) and therein a Thematic Group on "Information, Awareness Environmental Education and Participation". The MCSD developed the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD) adopted by the Mediterranean countries in 2005, which explicitly stated that "Education and training particularly Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) are recognized as a prerequisite for improved Governance" and "Introduce sustainable development (SD) into educational curricula, from primary school right up to universities and graduate schools and contribute to the implementation at Mediterranean level of the Thessaloniki UNESCO Conference Declaration (1997), the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) and the Strategy for ESD (Vilnius 2005)".
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) reconfirmed the importance of Education acknowledging the synergies within education and sustainable development as one of the pillars on which the future of the Euro-Mediterranean region lies (Joint Declaration Paris Summit, 2008). The Ministers in the Rio+20 Resolution "The future we want" (2012) emphasise the importance of greater international cooperation to improve access to education, and encourage international educational exchanges and they resolve to promote ESD beyond the United Nations Decade of ESD while. In the Mediterranean Side Event at Rio+20 confirmed the need for a Mediterranean Strategy on ESD to be completed within the finalization of the UN DESD.
The explicit mandate to develop the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD derives from the Statement made by the Conference for the Official Launching of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD) in the Mediterranean region in Athens (26-27 November 2005).
2005: The UN Decade on ESD was launched in 18 March 2005 in Vilnious, Lithouania. The UNECE strategy was adopted to promote sustainable development through education across Europe and North America (UNECE region).
The UNECE strategy was adopted to promote sustainable development through education across Europe and North America (UNECE region).
2010: The first draft of the "Mediterranean Strategy" was developed by the University of Athens/UNESCO Chair on Management and Education for Sustainable Development and MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES Secretariat.
2011: During the Horizon 2020 Training "Revisiting University Curricula: are the H2020 priority areas appropriately reflected?"(Athens, 12 & 13 December 2011) the first draft was revised by university professors and ministries officers from 18 Mediterranean countries, delivering the 2nd draft.
2012: The second draft of the "Mediterranean Strategy on ESD" was reviewed during the 4th Meeting of the Network of the Mediterranean Universities for sustainable development focusing on ESD (Athens, 3-4 December 2012); thus, producing the 3rd drafT.Β Read more on the meeting.
2013: The 3rd draft was reviewed during a H2020 University Professors training in Morocco (Rabar, 23-24 April) coming up with the forth draft.
2013: The Strategy was presented during the Side Event "The Mediterranean Strategy on ESD as a tool to promote ESD in Higher Education" (12 June 2013) organised by MIO-ECSDE/MEdIES and H2020 in the 7th WEEC Congress, in Marakesh, Morocco, June 2013.
2013: An Mediterranean ESD experts' working meeting took place in Zagreb, Croatia (17-18 June 2013) during which the 4th draft of the Strategy was reviews resulting to the fifth and final one.
2014: The Mediterranean Strategy on ESD has been formally and unanimously endorsed by the 43 Ministers of Environment of the UfM including the EU and the Mediterranean non-EU countries, on 13 May 2014. Read more on the Ufm Meeting.
2014 : Presentation of the MSESD to the Director General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova at the World Conference on ESD (November 2014, Nagoya, Japan). Approval of the MSESD and its Action Plan (under preparation) as one of the Initiatives under the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD led by UNESCO.
2015, March: National training in Lebanon entitled: "Water in the framework of the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD: training of trainers on water issues" (organised by the Rotary Clubs of Lebanon, the Notre Dame University and GWP), during which the MSESD and the elements of its Action Plan (with emphasis on water issues) were presented and discussed to a diverse ESD audience.
2015, April: A special Session during the World Water Forum (Korea) organised by MIO-ECSDE, UNESCO Chair of UoA, and other stakeholders from the Mediterranean, during which the MSESD and the elements of its Action Plan were presented, among others, and comments were collected. Among the participants HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the entire Session.
2015, June: International Conference on ESD (Khanty-Mansyisk, the Russian Federation) within the Session "Mainstream ESD into International and National Education and Sustainable Development Policies" Prof Scoullos presented "The evolution of ESD and the prospects of the Global Action Plan with some inputs from the Mediterranean Region". During the Conference representatives from the Educational Sector of Russia expressed interest to promote a Strategy on ESD in Russia and apply relevant activities.
2015, July-October : Formulation of the Flagship Project of GAP Partner Network 1 (on Advancing Policy) within which the MSESD and its Action Plan provides a core-backbone to be complemented by the other Partners with relevant initiatives from countries and other regions to integrate policies and scale up ESD (country to international level).
2016, February: The MSESD was accepted as an integral part of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD), that was formally adopted by Barcelona Convention CoP19 in Athens, on 9-12/02/2016. Furthermore the MSESD is included in the "Athens Declaration" as instrumental to achieve the SDGs.
A. The priority areas of institutional and operational interventions for the implementation of the MSESD, with recommended activities and an indicative roadmap.
B. A set of identified common regional programmes/ projects of institutional and non-thematic nature.
C. The priority thematic areas for region-wide programmes.
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2017: The EU SWIM-Horizon 2020 Project supported capacity building activities related to the promotion of the Action Plan, including five training-of-trainers held from September to December 2017 in Jordan, Palestine, Tunisia, and Algeria and one major "Regional Training on ESD" in Nicosia, Cyprus (22-24 November 2017) where senior educators were given the opportunity to meet and exchange views with the Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD), the media and other stakeholders from the Mediterranean countries. More information about these activities can be found here.
2018 The UN Environment MAP Secretariat in cooperation with MIO-ECSDE produced a factsheet for the Strategy. You can download the factsheet from this link.
Two national trainings on the Action Plan of the Mediterranean Strategy on ESD and one inter-institutional meeting took place in Cairo during the week: 2-6 December. were organised inthe framework of the SWIM-H2020 SM Programme. More information is available here.
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How did you get into the space of cities and transport programme?
I am an architect and an urban planner. I was largely working in the consulting space from 2003 till I took a maternity break in August of 2009 and realised that I wanted to do something more than just preparing reports. One needs to work closely with the agencies involved to create positive change on ground That's when I started working for World Resources Institute. The way we design our transport systems and cities is based on the average male between the age of 15 and 35 years and because of this fallacy we are ruining our cities right from the design stage, and unless women and other stakeholders come into the space, things will not change. I, therefore, decided to plunge into this space. We believe sustainability and economic prosperity can go hand in hand, provided we make the right choices.
What are your thoughts on Chandigarh and the proposed Metro project?
Chandigarh is one of the most beautiful cities of the country with some really good infrastructure but since it is mostly an administrative city, it lacks some 'life' that we witness in typical Indian cities.
Chandigarh is also not designed to support the metro system and under the current land use scenario, metro in Chandigarh will never get the desired ridership. A high-quality public transport system based on buses would be the right approach for Chandigarh, maybe something like what Curitiba in Brazil has done since 1970, which is also a planned city. Also, there is a need for safe streets for all categories of road users. We need dedicated lanes for cyclists and unobstructed footpaths.
What are the major issues Indian cities face today with respect to roads and transport?
Congestion, sprawl and inefficiencies are the three major problems in our cities. We are only 32 per cent urbanised as per the 2011 Census although urbanisation stabilises at around 80-85 per cent. We have to make things right, else we would be locked in like most of the north American cities.
What, according to you, is the need of the hour?
I feel that we need the five Es in this area — education, enforcement, engagement which means inclusivity of people because sustainable projects come and go, it is people's participation that makes it work, engineering (planning long term) and emergency (of putting it into practice). There are hardly 10-15 per cent car users and we have dedicated our entire road and transport structure to them. What about those on foot or cycles or using public transport? Where is the space and model for them to commute smoothly? We cannot keep constructing flyovers and widening roads to counter traffic jams. We have to improve public transport, make it safe, secure and reliable for the 90-95 per cent population that use it. For instance, around 11 corporates in Gurgaon have stopped cab service and moved to buses. The unfortunate thing is that using public transport or a cycle or walking is considered something 'underprivileged' in India.
Solutions also point at long-term systematic change in the way we govern our cities. What can be done immediately is that cities start monitoring key performance indicators (KPI), like they do in Latin America and put the annual data for public to see how a city is performing and how the agencies are addressing the issue. The KPI include Average Passenger Travel Time, Modal Split, Road Traffic Fatalities, and Air Quality.
You are assertive about integrated land use and transport planning. Can you throw some light on this?
Transportation projects in our cities are planned and executed in 'project format'. For example, someone will plan a bus service, someone will do a road, someone will come up with a cycle or an electric rickshaw, but all this happens in a fragmented way. As a result, we are unable to get the desired impact. Integrated transport, on the other hand, starts from users and not projects. It starts from the fact that how one can safely transport a user from point A to B in the most efficient manner. It means that systems are integrated at all levels, right from planning, operation and infrastructure to finance and institution level.
While clearing blocks on cities and transport front, what are the other roadblocks you face?
Most of the planning happens without clear understanding of the data and that's where we all go wrong. The main problem is that most of those who plan transportation in our cities still believe that by widening roads or creating flyovers they will solve the mobility problems there. This approach has never worked in any city of the world and it will not work here.
Also, even though we have three levels of governance, the third tier, i.e. the city government, is the weakest. No one actually heads a city. Its functions get divided among the municipal commissioner, development authority chief, mayor, etc. They don't have time to look at long-term needs. Even if they do, they are always dependent on the state and national governments. And although common problems such as corruption and red tapism, etc exist, there is a major structural problem with the system that hampers the development of sustainable mobility and hence, one sees short-term solutions like constructing flyovers or widening roads.
How well does a car-free day work and how much difference has the odd-even experiment in Delhi made?
The odd-even scheme in Delhi was a great short-term experiment. It raised awareness. But we need to devise a comprehensive approach to put our cites off the 'car diet'. Car-fee zones, car permit auctions, congestion pricing, parking pricing and restrictions, and restrictions based on licence plates have been adopted across the world with different degrees of success. It will, however, not be easy. A city like London took three decades of debate before introducing congestion charging.
What mode of transport do you use?
I have a Maruti 800, which I use mostly for social and emergency purposes. I have two bicycles that I regularly use for commute. I use Metro a lot, especially when I commute between Delhi and Gurgaon, and use an autorickshaw as a feeder. I miss the absence of buses in Gurgaon.


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The Damned, considerat el responsable d'iniciar el moviment punk al Regne Unit al costat de bandes com Sex Pistols i The Clash, és un grup de punk i més tard també de rock gòtic format a Londres, el 1976.

Va ser la primera banda punka anglesa en llançar un senzill (New Rose), treure un àlbum (Damned, Damned, Damned), i recórrer els Estats Units. La música dels seus començaments (més o menys entre 1976 i 1980) i en especial l'estil de bateria de Rat Scabies van ser una gran influència per a la creació de l'hardcore punk als Estats Units. The Damned han estat considerats també com uns dels fundadors del rock gòtic.

El grup s'ha separat i reagrupat moltes vegades i només el vocalista Dave Vanian s'ha mantingut constant en cada alineació. Tanmateix, les alineacions sempre han inclòs o bé al guitarrista Captain Sensible o bé al bateria Rat Scabies.

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Antecedents
Els membres originals del grup Dave Vanian (David Lett), Captain Sensible (Raymond Burns) i Rat Scabies (Chris Millar), havien estat membres del grup Masters of the Backside, en el que també constava Chrissie Hynde, futura integrant de The Pretenders.

El guitarrista original del grup, Brian James (Brian Robertson) havia estat membre del grup London SS, banda que mai no es va presentar en viu però que tenia entre els seus membres a músics com Mick Jones i Paul Simonon que més tard arribaria a la fama en grups com The Clash, Tony James a Generation X, i Casino Steel i Matt Dangerfield ambdós en The Boys. Rat Scabies va intentar formar part del grup, però va ser rebutjat.

Formació i primers èxits
The Damned es van presentar per primera vegada el 6 de juliol de 1976, al costat dels Sex Pistols, al 100 Club. Van treure seu reeixit senzill New Rose el 22 d'octubre del mateix any en col·laboració amb Stiff Records, i el 18 de febrer de 1977 van treure el seu primer àlbum Damned, Damned, Damned, que contenia la cançó "I Feel Alright", una adaptació de la cançó "1970" de The Stooges, entre altres petits hits.

Després del seu èxit inicial amb Stiff Records, van fer diversos acords que van fracassar amb sorprenent regularitat amb discogràfiques com Chiswick, Bronze, i Big Beat. El març de 1977, The Damned va obrir un concert de Marc Bolan i T. Rex durant l'últim tour de Bolan. Va ser llavors quan van reclutar el seu segon guitarrista, Dl. Edmunds; aquesta decisió potser es va prendre per adoptar el so de guitarra dual de MC5, i possiblement va ser promoguda de Brian James per mantenir Captain Sensible tocant el baix, evitant així que li faci ombra.

El grup, amb aquesta nova alineació, va intentar contractar a Syd Barrett perquè produís el seu segon àlbum Music for Pleasure però no va tenir èxit. Al final van contractar com a productor a Nick Mason, també membre de Pink Floyd, que segons ells va estar generalment desinteressat durant el projecte. Addicionalment, l'àlbum va comptar amb la presència del saxofonista de free-jazz Lol Coxhill. Music for Pleasure va fracassar entre els crítics i el públic en general.

Finals dels 70'
Brian James, que fins llavors era el compositor del grup, es va retirar el 1978. El grup es va separar donant lloc a una sèrie de projectes independents amb poc impacte comercial. Aviat The Damned van tornar a agrupar-se, culpant James pel seu declivi i separació, presentant-se primer com The Dimmed i després com The Doomed per evitar possibles problemes de marca registrada.

Captain Sensible llavors va canviar el baix per la guitarra, i el sintetitzador. Després d'un curt període amb Lemmy Kilmister de Hawkwind i Motörhead com a baixista per a les demos d'estudi, van aconseguir com a baixista a Algy Ward, antic membre de The Saints. El grup va gravar més demos, i van arribar a un acord amb Chiswick Records que els va permetre tornar a l'estudi per gravar un altre àlbum. Van llançar una sèrie de senzills que van donar lloc a l'àlbum Machine Gun Etiquette; per a llavors Sensible es va convertir en el principal compositor del grup.

Amb l'arribada de Ward, el grup va treballar amb una millor secció rítmica. La forma de cantar de Vanian es va expandir dels crits barítons dels primers àlbums del grup a un estil suau, tipus gòtic. The Damned es van fer un espai propi amb un estil melòdic fosc que de vegades era ràpid i bulliciós, i altres vegades relaxat, amb èmfasi als teclats. Estaven gravant Machine Gun Etiquette als estudis Essex al mateix temps que The Clash anava a gravar London Calling. Joe Strummer i Mick Jones van intervenir -sense crèdit- en la cançó del mateix nom.

Malgrat que els seus discos rara vegada estaven disponibles als Estats Units, The Damned tenien molts seguidors en aquest país. A partir de la seva gira de 1977, van servir d'inspiració a molts grups de Nova York i Los Angeles. Els tempos ràpids de moltes de les seves cançons del període entre Machine Gun Etiquette i Strawberries (incloent "Ignite", "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" i "Therapy") van influir a grups que més tard tocarien hardcore punk.

The Damned van ser el primer grup punk anglès en tocar als Estats Units, van donar dos concerts en el mític CBGB de Nova York (que veié néixer a The Ramones i Talking Heads, entre d'altres), dos a Boston, dos a Los Angeles i dos a San Francisco.

Fase gòtica
Virtualment des de la formació del grup, Dave Vanian tenia una aparença vampiresca en escena, vestit formalment i amb el seu rostre pintat amb maquillatge blanc. Després de gravar The Black Album, The Damned van assumir una estètica semblant a la de la subcultura gòtica. Van emfatitzar el rol de Vanian a la banda sobre el de Sensible (qui es dedicava a fer pallassades), i la seva secció rítmica en certa manera va modificar la seva característica imatge punk. En aquell moment, Ward havia deixat el grup, i va ser reemplaçat per Paul Gray. En aquest punt, van començar a usar més el sintetitzador i la guitarra acústica.

Van llançar l'àlbum Strawberries (incloent en la seva alineació al teclista Roman Jugg) el 1982, i addicionalment una sèrie de senzills independents entre 1983 i 1984. Captain Sensible va estar en un últim concert amb el grup a Brockwell Park abans de separar-se per seguir una carrera de solista. En conseqüència, Jugg va ser el nou guitarrista, i sense la presència de Captain Sensible, la influència gòtica de Vanian dins del grup va augmentar.

The Damned van firmar un contracte amb MCA, donant lloc al reeixit àlbum Phantasmagoria. D'altra banda, el seu següent àlbum, Anything (1986), va ser un altre fracàs comercial, que va acabar amb el contracte del grup amb la discogràfica. No obstant això, el senzill "Eloise" es va convertir en un èxit al Regne Unit i també MCA va incloure una cançó del grup ("In Dulce Decorum") a la banda sonora oficial de Miami Vice (1987).

Anys recents

Brian James va tornar al grup durant algunes presentacions en viu, algunes de les quals apareixen a l'àlbum Final Damnation (1988).

Durant la dècada de 1990, dos grups populars van fer covers de les seves cançons: Guns N' Roses va interpretar New Rose per al seu àlbum The Spaghetti Incident? de 1993, i The Offspring van interpretar Smash it up per a la banda sonora de Batman Forever. Els dos àlbums van ser àmpliament distribuïts, i van donar a conèixer la música de The Damned a una audiència més jove, no familiar amb el grup.

El 1993 es va formar una nova alineació en el grup, amb Scabies, Vanian, els guitarristes Kris Dollimore, i Alan Lee Shaw, i el baixista Moose Harris (el 1995). Van realitzar gires regularment durant prop de dos anys per a promoure el seu nou àlbum, Not of This Earth. Quan l'àlbum per fi va sortir al mercat, The Damned van tornar a separar-se, en part com a resultat d'una sèrie de batalles legals: Vanian i Sensible van acusar a Scabies de llançar Not of This Earth sense autorització adequada.

El 1996, Sensible es va ajuntar de nou amb Vanian i van formar una nova alineació per a The Damned. Aquesta alineació al principi comptava amb el baixista Paul Gray, qui més tard va ser reemplaçat per Patrícia Morrison, exmembre de The Bags, The Gun Club, i The Sisters Of Mercy. El 2001, van llançar l'àlbum aclamat Grave Disorder, després del qual van realitzar constantment gires musicals. Des de llavors, Morrison (qui va deixar el grup per dedicar-se a la seva família) va ser reemplaçada per Stu West.

El 2008 van gravar un album doble "So, who's is paranoid? ", demostrant estar en plena forma. Actualment en el 2012 estan celebrant de gira seu 35 aniversari.

Membres

Membres actuals
 Dave Vanian - veu, theremín (1976-1978, 1978-actualitat)
 Captain Sensible guitarra (1978-1984, 1989, 1996-actualitat); baix (1976-1978)
 Monty Oxy Moron - teclat (1996-actualitat)
 Stu West - baix (2005-actualitat)
 Pinch Von Pinching - bateria (1999-actualitat)

Exmembres
 Gary Holton - veu (1978)
 Henry Badowski - baix (1978)
 Brian James - guitarra (1976-1978, 1989)
 Lu Edmunds - guitarra (1977-1978)
 Kris Dollimore - guitarra (1993-1996)
 Allan Lee Shaw - guitarra (1993-1996)
 Rat Scabies − bateria (1976-1977, 1978-1996)
 Dave Berk - bateria (1977)
 Jon Moss - bateria (1977-1978)
 Garrie Dreadful - bateria (1996-1999)
 Spike Smith - bateria (1999)
 Algy Ward - baix (1978-1980, 1989)
 Paul Gray - baix (1980-1983)
 Bryn Merrick - baix (1983-1989)
 Paul Shepley - teclat (1985-1989)
 Jason "Moose" Harris - baix (1993-1996)
 Patricia Morrison - baix (1996-2005)
 Roman Jugg - teclat (1981-1989) guitarra (1984-1989)

Van ser molts músics els que van passar per aquesta banda.

Col·laboradors
 Lemmy Kilmister - baix (1978)
 Robert Fripp - guitarra (1990)
 Lol Coxhill - saxòfon (1977)

Discografia
La següent llista conté només els àlbums d'estudi del grup.
 Damned Damned Damned (25 de febrer de 1977)
 Music For Pleasure (18 de novembre de 1977)
 Machine Gun Etiquette (2 de novembre de 1979)
 The Black Album (20 d'octubre de 1980)
 Strawberries (1 d'octubre de 1982)
 Phantasmagoria (15 de juliol de 1985)
 Anything (5 de desembre de 1986)
 Not Of This Earth (11 de novembre de 1995)
 Gravi Disorder (21 d'agost de 2001)
 Sota, Who's Paranoid?? (28 d'octubre de 2008)

Enllaços externs

 Punk77 sobre The Damned

Grups de rock anglesos
Grups de música punk
Rock gòtic
Els joves

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Roger Sessions (1896-1985) is a composer of far greater importance than the rare occurrence of his name on concert programmes would suggest. He seems (all too familiar story) to have been too modern for the conservatives and too conservative for the avant-garde; and perhaps, for those who expect American music to proclaim its nationality in every bar, he was too 'European' as well. His modernism and his conservatism amount to the same thing: he worked his way, via a Stravinskyan neo-classicism (never wholly abandoned), to an un-doctrinaire serialism which he found an ideal discipline and framework for his mercurial imagination. He never used the system as a crutch or as a substitute for invention; he broke its 'rules' whenever he needed to.
Session's judicious adaptation of serialism to meet his own needs, his predilection for 'abstract' musical structures and for the symphony in particular (he wrote eight of them) are all aspects of his profound seriousness: his music is closely and toughly argued, with no asides, parentheses or wasted notes. It needs alert listening, since its processes of change are often quite swift (though on a second hearing we realize how carefully prepared, how essentially long-term they are). Yet the rewards are great, since despite Sessions's formidable technical mastery there is nothing in the least dry about him. His music is always expressive, often intensely so, and often powerfully dramatic. He has a marvellous gift for the long, seamless melody, and despite the bracing energy and the steeply angular lines of some of his quick music he seems to have been a fundamentally lyrical composer. The Fifth Symphony, for example, has great variety of pace, mood and texture but begins in a mood of refined, filigree lyricism that is referred to throughout until (a characteristic Sessions moment) the resolute finale falls abruptly silent and the opening idea, now much extended, returns for a summation that owes part of its great beauty to its satisfying logic. His logic is not always so obvious: the conclusion of the orchestral Rhapsody is no less satisfying for being quite unexpected. It seems to be basically an ABA structure, but the recurrence of the A-section (fast, strenuous, almost barbaric music) is suddenly interrupted by exclamatory chords ushering in a plangently expressive epilogue, mainly for strings, which in its turn is swept aside by the imperious return of the work's opening gesture. The effect is at once disconcerting and inevitable. The Fourth Symphony is easier to approach than the Fifth or the Rhapsody, especially the nobly impressive slow movement, an Elegy that can be bitter as well as poignant, just as the opening Burlesque contains fierce energy as well as nimble wit and the concluding Pastorale an unexpected vehemence and shadow amidst its floridly gracious lines.


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static const int kCheckUrlTimeoutMs = 5000;

// TODO(eroman): Downgrade these CHECK()s to DCHECKs once there is more
//               unit test coverage.

SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle(
    const net::URLRequest* request,
    bool is_subresource,
    SafeBrowsingService* safe_browsing)
    : state_(STATE_NONE),
      defer_state_(DEFERRED_NONE),
      threat_type_(SB_THREAT_TYPE_SAFE),
      database_manager_(safe_browsing->database_manager()),
      ui_manager_(safe_browsing->ui_manager()),
      request_(request),
      is_subresource_(is_subresource) {
}

SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::~SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle() {
  if (state_ == STATE_CHECKING_URL)
    database_manager_->CancelCheck(this);
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::WillStartRequest(bool* defer) {
  // We need to check the new URL before starting the request.
  if (CheckUrl(request_->url()))
    return;

  // If the URL couldn't be verified synchronously, defer starting the
  // request until the check has completed.
  defer_state_ = DEFERRED_START;
  *defer = true;
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::WillRedirectRequest(const GURL& new_url,
                                                       bool* defer) {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_NONE);
  CHECK(defer_state_ == DEFERRED_NONE);

  // Save the redirect urls for possible malware detail reporting later.
  redirect_urls_.push_back(new_url);

  // We need to check the new URL before following the redirect.
  if (CheckUrl(new_url))
    return;

  // If the URL couldn't be verified synchronously, defer following the
  // redirect until the SafeBrowsing check is complete. Store the redirect
  // context so we can pass it on to other handlers once we have completed
  // our check.
  defer_state_ = DEFERRED_REDIRECT;
  *defer = true;
}

const char* SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::GetNameForLogging() const {
  return "SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle";
}

// SafeBrowsingService::Client implementation, called on the IO thread once
// the URL has been classified.
void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::OnCheckBrowseUrlResult(
    const GURL& url, SBThreatType threat_type) {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_CHECKING_URL);
  CHECK(defer_state_ != DEFERRED_NONE);
  CHECK(url == url_being_checked_) << "Was expecting: " << url_being_checked_
                                   << " but got: " << url;

  timer_.Stop();  // Cancel the timeout timer.
  threat_type_ = threat_type;
  state_ = STATE_NONE;

  if (threat_type == SB_THREAT_TYPE_SAFE) {
    // Log how much time the safe browsing check cost us.
    ui_manager_->LogPauseDelay(base::TimeTicks::Now() - url_check_start_time_);

    // Continue the request.
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    return;
  }

  if (request_->load_flags() & net::LOAD_PREFETCH) {
    // Don't prefetch resources that fail safe browsing, disallow
    // them.
    controller()->Cancel();
    return;
  }

  const content::ResourceRequestInfo* info =
      content::ResourceRequestInfo::ForRequest(request_);

  SafeBrowsingUIManager::UnsafeResource resource;
  resource.url = url;
  resource.original_url = request_->original_url();
  resource.redirect_urls = redirect_urls_;
  resource.is_subresource = is_subresource_;
  resource.threat_type = threat_type;
  resource.callback = base::Bind(
      &SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::OnBlockingPageComplete, AsWeakPtr());
  resource.render_process_host_id = info->GetChildID();
  resource.render_view_id =  info->GetRouteID();

  state_ = STATE_DISPLAYING_BLOCKING_PAGE;

  content::BrowserThread::PostTask(
      content::BrowserThread::UI,
      FROM_HERE,
      base::Bind(&SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::StartDisplayingBlockingPage,
                 AsWeakPtr(), ui_manager_, resource));
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::StartDisplayingBlockingPage(
    const base::WeakPtr<SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle>& throttle,
    scoped_refptr<SafeBrowsingUIManager> ui_manager,
    const SafeBrowsingUIManager::UnsafeResource& resource) {
  bool should_show_blocking_page = true;

  content::RenderViewHost* rvh = content::RenderViewHost::FromID(
      resource.render_process_host_id, resource.render_view_id);
  if (rvh) {
    content::WebContents* web_contents =
        content::WebContents::FromRenderViewHost(rvh);
    prerender::PrerenderContents* prerender_contents =
        prerender::PrerenderContents::FromWebContents(web_contents);
    if (prerender_contents) {
      prerender_contents->Destroy(prerender::FINAL_STATUS_SAFE_BROWSING);
      should_show_blocking_page = false;
    }

    if (should_show_blocking_page)  {
      ui_manager->DisplayBlockingPage(resource);
      return;
    }
  }

  // Tab is gone or it's being prerendered.
  content::BrowserThread::PostTask(
      content::BrowserThread::IO,
      FROM_HERE,
      base::Bind(&SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::Cancel, throttle));
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::Cancel() {
  controller()->Cancel();
}

// SafeBrowsingService::UrlCheckCallback implementation, called on the IO
// thread when the user has decided to proceed with the current request, or
// go back.
void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::OnBlockingPageComplete(bool proceed) {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_DISPLAYING_BLOCKING_PAGE);
  state_ = STATE_NONE;

  if (proceed) {
    threat_type_ = SB_THREAT_TYPE_SAFE;
    ResumeRequest();
  } else {
    controller()->Cancel();
  }
}

bool SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::CheckUrl(const GURL& url) {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_NONE);
  bool succeeded_synchronously = database_manager_->CheckBrowseUrl(url, this);
  if (succeeded_synchronously) {
    threat_type_ = SB_THREAT_TYPE_SAFE;
    ui_manager_->LogPauseDelay(base::TimeDelta());  // No delay.
    return true;
  }

  state_ = STATE_CHECKING_URL;
  url_being_checked_ = url;

  // Record the start time of the check.
  url_check_start_time_ = base::TimeTicks::Now();

  // Start a timer to abort the check if it takes too long.
  timer_.Start(FROM_HERE,
               base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(kCheckUrlTimeoutMs),
               this, &SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::OnCheckUrlTimeout);

  return false;
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::OnCheckUrlTimeout() {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_CHECKING_URL);
  CHECK(defer_state_ != DEFERRED_NONE);

  database_manager_->CancelCheck(this);
  OnCheckBrowseUrlResult(url_being_checked_, SB_THREAT_TYPE_SAFE);
}

void SafeBrowsingResourceThrottle::ResumeRequest() {
  CHECK(state_ == STATE_NONE);
  CHECK(defer_state_ != DEFERRED_NONE);

  defer_state_ = DEFERRED_NONE;
  controller()->Resume();
}

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 I love the main theme: that peculiar ensemble comes together to play a piece that is unmistakably for a western even if it doesn't sound much like anything else in particular. Desplat has this ability (seen also in his Wes Anderson scores) to write these little vignettes which are so quirky and memorable, and this is a gem – it's heard in a three-minute version near the start of the album and an extended eight-minute one at the end (the latter doesn't seem to be on all versions of the album release so be careful to get one that does). Much of what comes between those bookends is related thematically in some way – the composer gets a lot of mileage from his theme. "To Jacksonville" and "To San Francisco" are my favourite cues from the body of the score – there's a real energy to them somehow coexisting with the quirky easy-going charm of the main theme. "Folsom Lake" is really pretty – its folksy charm quite irresistible. Don't expect any expansive, wide-open-spaces western music because there isn't any: it's a little livelier than the composer's scores for the director tend to be, but it is still pretty raw at its heart and there are many passages of real darkness. "Gun Fight" sees rumbling drums and nothing else for fully two-and-a-half minutes before dark strings take over – it's that kind of score. It's impressively done for sure – and I do love the main theme – but despite the quirky moments it can get rather intense and is sometimes blacker than coal so the hour-long album isn't one I'm likely to want to return to particularly often.
Agree with your review 🙂 Meanwhile I'm still waiting for that Ocean's Eight review.
Been a long time since I walked away from a movie or a western with the tune still playing in my head !


In October 2017, the International Olympic Committee hosted an international expert group of physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons who specialise in treating and researching paediatric ACL injuries. Representatives from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy, International Society of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Artroscopia, Rodilla y Deporte attended. Physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons with clinical and research experience in the field, and an ethics expert with substantial experience in the area of sports injuries also participated. Injury management is challenging in the current landscape of clinical uncertainty and limited scientific knowledge. Injury management decisions also occur against the backdrop of the complexity of shared decision-making with children and the potential long-term ramifications of the injury. This consensus statement addresses six fundamental clinical questions regarding the prevention, diagnosis and management of paediatric ACL injuries. The aim of this consensus statement is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-informed summary to support the clinician, and help children with ACL injury and their parents/guardians make the best possible decisions.


I believe that selling can be soulful if integrity comes first.
That great marketing is only truly great (as in moral) if it's backed by a product or service that lives up to the words that describe it.
I believe that if you've found yourself on my site, you're probably making those kinds of products.
Integrity also refers to another kind of element: the state of being whole.
In the lifestyle world, this refers to quality. In the LOHAS world, this refers to being thought-through.
It means triple bottom line.
as your product is well-made.
That's what lifestyle copywriting requires.
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — VeraSun Energy Corp., the second- largest U.S. ethanol producer, has idled three distilleries as demand falls and prices fail to cover the cost of production.
Producers have been struggling to make profits amid fluctuations in corn prices. Pacific Ethanol Inc. today said it will suspend output at its plant in Madera, California. On Jan. 7, Aventine Renewable Holdings Inc. said it halted construction of its refinery in Aurora, Nebraska, for up to 180 days.
Last month, AltraBiofuels Inc., which counts venture capitalist Vinod Khosla among its investors, shut production at its plants in Cloverdale, Indiana, and Coshocton, Ohio.
Aventine's shares have plunged 99 percent since June 2006, when the company held its initial public offering. Biofuel Energy Corp., whose biggest owners are hedge funds run by David Einhorn and Daniel Loeb, has lost 96 percent since its stock began trading in June 2007.
That was in response to a gushing article the previous week advising everyone to stash away their life savings in this great new venture. Some of my comments in response – "many claims regarding ethanol are overblown", "the underlying fundamentals (specifically of Pacific Ethanol) make it a very risky investment", "ethanol companies are in the same boat (as dot-coms before their crash)", "It is simply too easy to get into this business", and "I don't think the underlying fundamentals warrant the valuations placed on grain ethanol producers." So I don't think everyone thought this was such a great thing.
OK, I said I wouldn't say I told you so. But here is my prediction. We have a mandated demand for ethanol, which means there will continue to be an ethanol industry. The government will not pull the mandate, because of the danger to Midwestern economies. So the producers that will remain standing in the long haul are those that are integrated. The company/coop that both raises corn and produces ethanol will outlast the others. When corn prices skyrocket, they will put non-integrated producers out of business. But the integrated guys will make money on corn in this situation.
It is analogous to the integrated oil companies. Pure refiners stopped making money when oil prices shot up way over $100 a barrel. Some were even pushed into bankruptcy. But the integrated guys, even though they saw refining margins disappear, made up for it on the oil prices.
It will be the same for the ethanol companies. The farmer's coop that owns an ethanol plant has a better chance of surviving than the Pacific Ethanols of the world.
The City of Albuquerque is quietly abandoning part of its push for a greener Albuquerque after finding that E-85 powered vehicles are not all they are cracked up to be.
The city found they cost more to run and to keep running.
Enchanted with the idea of going green, the city bought a couple hundred police cars.
The problem is all the green the city is spending to keep those cars running green.
It is going to be interesting to see what happens if the mandate by the government is greater than the demand from consumers – which is where I think we are headed. This will in fact keep ethanol prices low even if gasoline prices start to recover.
Robert, I think that your attitude to biofuels is vindictive and unimaginably biased. While you are revelling in the difficulties faced by an industry trying to do something good you are gleefully not registering that most American banks have gone broke and or been bailed out by the taxpayer, your car maunufacturers should all be on the scrap heap, and there are many millions of mortgage holders in default. Not to mention that the greedy and glutonous US investment industry has sucked down most economies in the world. Ah, but what it is to be able to gloat. Are you able to talk about biofuel industries that are succeeding, even in these extraordinary times? Do you have the ability to identify them, or does your divining only focus on failure?
Bill, you couldn't be more wrong about what you just wrote. You clearly have no clue of my position, so it might be a good idea to try to understand it before you start making accusations of gloating.
For the record, I want to see a strong biofuels industry in the U.S. I just disagree with a lot of the direction our energy policy has taken.
Fair enough, Robert. My comment here though is that I have trouble remembering any time when you have spoken at length, or at all, about biofuel successes. And there are success. At one stage I went to some effort to inform you of the Australian cane ethanol performance, but I don't recall you exploring that line. Have you done a piece on the Edmonton biofuel from waste facility? Now I may be quite wrong here and be being unfair, as it is some time since I followed your scripting. Have you done a piece analysing the good end of the biofuels industry?
Bill, I have written numerous pro-biofuel articles. I have written positive articles about some of the things POET is working on, sugarcane ethanol (because of the use of bagasse as fuel), LS9, Solazyme, etc. If you look at my earliest pro-sugarcane articles, I can assure you they are earlier than anything you pointed out to me on Australian sugarcane.
Regarding an Edmonton biofuel process, I have some connections into one that I will never write about. It may be the one you are talking about. That's all I will say. Some of the things I think are most promising are things I have chosen to work on, but I don't write about the things I am working on.


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Erin Dionne
Erin Dionne's debut novel, Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies, was inspired by events that occurred in seventh grade, when she wore a scary peach bridesmaid dress in her cousin's wedding and threw up on her gym teacher's shoes (not at the same event). Although humiliating at the time, these experiences are working for her now. Erin lives outside of Boston with her husband and daughter, and a very insistent dog named Grafton. She roots for the Red Sox, teaches English at an art college, and sometimes eats chocolate cookies.
Her new novel, The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, is out in early January 2010.
Earlier this month I asked her what she was reading. Her reply:
I read in a range of genres, but I'm streaky: I'll immerse myself in middle grade or YA fiction for a while, then switch to nonfiction, short stories, or adult contemporary or literary fiction. The giant To Be Read pile next to my bed never seems to shrink in size. As a matter of fact, my daughter frequently uses it as a step to help her climb up and down off my bed!
I'm nearly done with Stephen King's Just After Sunset, a story collection that came out several months ago. I'm an unabashed King fan, and I always find a gem or two in his story collections. In this one, "The Gingerbread Girl" is a standout. Originally published in Esquire magazine, it's a suspenseful story with a resourceful heroine. King also added notes at the end of Sunset that detail the origins of each story, which I really appreciate. It's fascinating to get a glimpse into other authors' processes.
Before that, I read Ulrich Boser's The Gardner Heist. I live outside of Boston, and the art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been a source of fascination for me for years. Boser's book sifts through different theories, possibilities and suspects, giving readers not only an insider's view of the Gardner investigation (the art is still missing, BTW!), but art theft and recovery in general.
I'm also constantly reading advance copies of YA and middle grade titles by other members of the 2009 Debutantes group. We send ARCs (advanced reader copies) of our books around to one another to celebrate our debut year. Currently I have Donut Days by Lara Zielin and Ash by Malinda Lo.
Lastly, as the mom of a toddler, I read a LOT of picture books and board books. The ones in heavy rotation right now are Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?, and Good Night Hawaii (yes, we're raising her with an appropriate adoration for tropical locales!).
Visit Erin Dionne's website and blog.
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Modulators of Toll-like Receptors-4 and -2
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Wu, Wenyan
The toxicity of Gram-negative bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) resides in its structurally highly conserved glycolipid component called lipid A. The major goal of the first project was to further explore structure-activity relationships in small-molecules that would sequester LPS by binding to the lipid A moiety, so that it may find application in the prophylaxis or adjunctive therapy of Gram-negative sepsis. Several guanylhydrazones had earlier been identified in rapid-throughput screens as potent LPS binders. It was desirous to examine if grafting the guanylhydrazone functionality on the scaffold of a lead N-alkyl polyamine compound would afford greater LPS sequestration potency. In the first project, a congeneric set of guanylhydrazone analogues were synthesized and evaluated for LPS-sequestering potency. It was found that a C16 alkyl substitution was optimal in the N-alkylguanylhydrazone series; a homospermine analogue with the terminal amine N-alkylated with a C16 chain with the other terminus of the molecule bearing an unsubstituted guanylhydrazone moiety was marginally more active suggesting very slight, if any, steric effects. Neither C16 analogue was significantly more active than the N-C16-alkyl or N-C16-acyl compounds that we had characterized earlier, indicating that basicity of the phosphate-recognizing cationic group is not a determinant of LPS sequestration activity. The N-terminus of bacterial lipoproteins are acylated with a (S)-(2,3-bisacyloxypropyl)cysteinyl residue. Lipopeptides derived from lipoproteins activate innate immune responses by engaging Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and are highly immunostimulatory and yet without apparent toxicity in animal models. The lipopeptides may therefore be useful as potential immunotherapeutic agents. Previous structure-activity relationships in such lipopeptides have largely been obtained using murine cells and it is now clear that significant species-specific differences exist between human and murine TLR responses. In the second project, I have examined in detail the role of the highly conserved Cys residue as well as the geometry and stereochemistry of the Cys-Ser dipeptide unit. (R)-diacylthioglycerol analogues were maximally active in reporter gene assays using human TLR2. The Cys-Ser dipeptide unit represents the minimal part-structure, but the stereochemistry of neither amino residues of the dipeptide was found to be a critical determinant of activity. The thioether bridge between the diacyl and dipeptide units was determined to be crucial, and replacement by an ether bridge resulted in a dramatic decrease in activity. Moreover, the replacement of the two ester-liked C16 hydrocarbons by ether or amide linkages led to a dramatic loss in activity, while the replacement of one of the ester-linked fatty acyl moiety (internal) with an amide linkage remained partially active.
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Turkeys don't like bad weather and neither do most hunters. But regardless of conditions the birds are still out there and you should be too. You just might want to change your tactics a bit when battling both the birds and the elements.
A typical morning hunt usually begins setting up close to the roost in hopes of intercepting the birds shortly after they pitch down. The action, whether successful or not, is often short-lived. In bad weather however, turkeys may be a bit tardy in leaving the roost. And when they finally do, they may not disperse as quickly or as far. That makes waiting them out in the slightly improved comfort of a ground blind a better option.
Running and gunning is the preferred method of most turkey hunters nowadays. After the birds disperse over the landscape they switch covering as much ground as possible - on foot or ATV - stopping occasionally to try and shock a bird into gobbling. However, the birds are far less interested in breeding during inclement weather and you'll be better off adopting the old school strategy of sitting tight for long periods and calling sparsely.
In really bad weather turkeys are far more interested in food and shelter. They'll want to get out of the elements as much as possible, but once on the ground they'll also want to consume as many calories as possible. Try and find sheltered areas to set your blind like a dense overstory or the leeward side of a hill, or near concentrated food sources.
Comfort is crucial, particularly when facing the elements. A ground blind will help break the wind and precipitation but you'll still want to stay warm. Bring extra layers of clothing, hand and foot warmers and even a heater if necessary.
Turkeys could show up at any moment, and will be far less likely to announce their arrival. Remain vigilant, still and quiet.


My Condolences: As Bender put dibs on Fry's CD player, it is fair to assume the death clock said Fry had very little time to live. If so, why is he still alive, and going into a third season!
Solution by mtvcdm - The clock was probably thrown off by the safety record. Either that or you can use Wernstrom's declaring that it worked about as well as the Milwaukee Brewers' pitching staff.
Plasma's Rebuttal - I still doubt it, not to mention you just made up that quote.
Solution by Kyle Williams: I think, if you put aside the made up quote, that mtvcdm is right - the Professor's inventions don't always work.
SCUBA or SCABA?: SCUBA stands for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", so shouldn't Wernstrom's invention be called SCABA for "... Abovewater Breathing Apparatus", rather than "reverse SCUBA"?
Solution by Kyle Williams: When you invent something, you can name it whatever you want.
Overhead Napkins?: You can't put a piece of paper (or a napkin) on an overhead projector and make the image appear, it will simply appear black, so how did Farnsworth's drawing appear on the projection screen?
Solution by Red_Line: Opaque projectors have been common for years and document cameras and video projectors are everywhere today so that shouldn't be much of a technical challenge a thousand years hence.
Smelly stuff!: There is no way that Jupiter and Saturn could smell as Fry said they did. They are made of giant balls of deadly gases, and most certainly wouldn't smell nice (though it is important to note that the basic idea of the "Smelloscope" could work).
A Big Barge of Garbage: The amount of garbage put on the barge is nowhere near enough to clear New York's garbage, not to mention it is MUCH smaller than the ball shown later in the episode when they land on it.
Solution by Kyle Williams: The garbage from the barge would have been added to the garbage produced after the barge sailed, making the Big Piece of Garbage.
The Garbage Rocket: The garbage couldn't be launched into space as it was shown in the video clip. Firstly, the rocket wasn't big enough. Secondly, the way the ball was impaled on the rocket, it would have so much drag it couldn't take off.
Titanium Beer Cans?: If robots are recycled out of beer cans, and Bender is made of titanium, does that mean that beer cans are made of titanium? Also, what about the wax robot in "Mother's Day"? Was it made from wax beer cans?
Solution by Kyle Williams: Yes to the first question. As for the second, the janitor could have been an older model made before titanium was used.
Neptune Stinks!: Neptune wouldn't be stunk out by the ball of garbage, as the smell of the passing garbage is made of particles which wouldn't travel through the vacuum of space, not to mention any civilisation on Neptune would probably have to be inside airtight domes.
Great Balls of Fire!: The garbage ball probably wouldn't even be a danger anyway, as it would certainly break up and burn in during re-entry.
Solution by Kyle Williams: If there is enough garbage then it would not burn up on re-entry.
Squidgy!: Why would there be a problem with the rocket going through the garbage ball? Couldn't the rocket simply be timed to go off while in the ball?
AOL floppies?: I don't know what things are like in America, but in Australia, we get sent truckloads of AOL CDs rather than floppies.
Solution by Red_Line: Believe it or not, there was a time before CDs. Of course, the world was black and white then and all cars had giant gromungous tail fins and ... but I digress. At the time in question (pre 1999), very few computers had CD drives and AOL mailed out gajillions of floppy diskettes.
Landing... Squish!: If the garbage ball was supposedly incredibly squishy, so that a rocket would pass through it, how can the PE ship land on it?
Solution by Trevin Bernhard: The PE ship didn't fly straight at it as fast as it could like a missle would. They took their time and carefully landed on it. New!
One small step for... eww...: How could the crew walk on the garbage ball? It would have virtually no gravity, and would be impossible to walk on.
Solution by Trevin Bernhard: It was really sticky. New!
Magnitude 31!?: The Planet Express ship should be airtight, so how do smell particles get inside it?
In space, nobody can hear you scream: Given that sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space, how did the Bart Simpson doll talk? Also, after 1000 years, wouldn't its batteries have corroded and become unusable? Also, the Spock collector's plate made a noise when it broke, so how did that happen? Not to mention that Bender is able to talk in space (though perhaps he was modified so that he transmitted his speech on their communication radios).
Solution by Trevin Bernhard: The suits have sound generators so the user knows whats happening around them. New!
The smell invasion!: Why did little bits of garbage land ahead of the main ball? Seeing as there would be almost no gravity created by the garbage ball, any small blobs created would quickly drift off.
Fast Ball!: How did the garbage ball get from Neptune to Earth in what seemed to be about a day? It would take decades, as there is no way the ball would be travelling at near light-speed. Also, after the main ball is hit away by the second ball, it flies into the Sun in only a few seconds, which would require it to go faster than light! Even if the speed of light was increased, it would still take impossibly large amounts of energy to reach that speed, not to mention the incredibly fast accelleration needed would cause the garbage ball to break up under its own inertia.
Solar System not to scale: When we see the garbage ball flying off towards the Sun, the Sun appears only about ten times the diameter of the Earth away from the Earth, when it is really many thousands of times that.


Snow today at ENGM and had to wait for another Scandinavian VA plane to land. But it is lots of fun anyway. Not that often I see other SAS pilots out there at IVAO.
You are here: Home Simulation Waiting at ENGM for company flight to land.


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Le  district congressionnel de l'Arizona est un district du Congrès des États-Unis situé dans l'État américain de l'Arizona et englobant certaines parties du Comté de Maricopa. Il se compose principalement de la banlieue nord-est de Phoenix, notamment Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek et Fountain Hills. Le district est actuellement représenté par le Républicain David Schweikert.

Histoire
L'Arizona s'est dotée d'un sixième district après le recensement de 1990. Il couvrait le quadrant nord-est de l'État, de Flagstaff à la frontière du Nouveau-Mexique. La majeure partie de sa population se trouvait toutefois dans la partie nord-est de la Vallée du Soleil, y compris Tempe et Scottsdale.

Après le recensement de 2000, la majeure partie de l'ancienne  circonscription située dans le Comté de Maricopa est devenue la  circonscription, tandis que la  circonscription a été reconfigurée pour inclure la majeure partie de l'ancienne  circonscription. Elle comprenait des parties de Mesa, Chandler et toute la ville de Gilbert, ainsi que la ville de Queen Creek, qui connaît une croissance rapide. Elle contient également la ville d'Apache Junction dans le Comté de Pinal. Pour la première fois depuis sa création en 1951, elle n'incluait pas la ville de Phoenix elle-même. La circonscription et ses prédécesseures avaient vu leur part de Phoenix progressivement réduite dans le contexte de la croissance explosive de la vallée au cours de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle.

George W. Bush a obtenu 64 % des voix dans cette circonscription en 2004. John McCain - qui a représenté cette circonscription (alors numérotée ) de 1983 à 1987 - a obtenu 61,32 % des voix dans cette circonscription en 2008, ce qui constitue son meilleur résultat dans son État d'origine.

Après le recensement de 2010, l'ancien  district est essentiellement devenu le  district, tandis que le  a été redessiné pour inclure la majeure partie de l'ancien  district.

Démographie
Selon les outils de profil des électeurs de l'APM Research Lab (avec l'enquête communautaire américaine de 2019 du Bureau du recensement des États-Unis), le district compte environ 604 000 électeurs potentiels (citoyens âgés de 18 ans et plus). Parmi eux, 77 % sont blancs et 13 % sont latinos. Les immigrés représentent 9 % des électeurs potentiels du district. Le revenu médian des ménages (avec un ou plusieurs électeurs potentiels) du district est d'environ 77 000 dollars, tandis que 8 % des ménages vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté. Quant au niveau d'éducation des électeurs potentiels du district, 42 % sont titulaires d'une licence ou d'un diplôme supérieur.

Historique des votes

Liste des Représentants du district
L'Arizona a commencé à envoyer un sixième membre à la Chambre après le recensement de 1990.

Résultats des récentes élections
Voici les résultats des dix précédents cycles électoraux dans le  district.

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2010

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2016

2018

2020

2022

L'Arizona a tenu ses Primaires le 2 août 2022, Juan Ciscomani (R) et Kirsten Engel (D) ont respectivement remportés les Primaires Républicaines et Démocrates, ils s'affronteront donc lors de l'Élection Générale du 8 novembre 2022.

Notes
En raison d'un redécoupage, les numéros des districts congressionnels en Arizona ont changé pour le cycle électoral de 2022. Dans le cadre de ce processus, les numéros de district ont changé de la manière suivante :
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HomeNewsFire crews called to Invicta House for third time in a week
Fire crews called to Invicta House for third time in a week
April 1, 2018 Kathy Bailes News 5
Crews at the scene of one of the fires Photo Samuel Eales
Fire crews have been called to Invicta House in Margate for the third time in just a week.
Crews were called at 8.26pm to the Millmead Road tower block by a concerned neighbour who saw smoke billowing from the 12th floor and also by a resident who was in his flat with his partner and two small children.
Seven fire engines and the height vehicle attended the scene. The blaze was found on the stairwell between the second and third floors. It is understood the cause is being treated as arson.
A Kent Fire and Rescue spokesman said: "Crews are carrying out a search of the building and residents have been advised to keep their front doors closed and to open windows for ventilation. Three people have been reported as suffering with the effects of smoke inhalation."
Councillor Gary Taylor, who was at the scene, said that it had actually been four people who were taken to hospital due to smoke inhalation.
Claire and Reece were in their flat with their two young children
Mum-of-two Claire Horn was in her third floor flat this evening with her partner Reece Chess and their two young children:
She said:"We were looking out the window to see if it was kids again as they normally run off after pressing the fire alarm out of the main entrance.
"As we couldn't see anything my partner checked the bin chute as that was where the fire was the last two times. On his way back in he noticed the stairwell window was full of thick black smoke. He saw a yellow glow through the window but no flames. The window was warm to the touch.
"He came back in told me to get the kids up and dressed as he called 999. He was on the phone for five minutes 22 seconds and by the time he hung up they were already here. We asked them to come and get us out as we couldn't take the only fire exit we have because it was blocked by the fire.
Photo Louise Masters
"My partner shouted out the window to the fire bridge asking again to get us. They said they would as soon as they could. We were advised to get in the furthest room away from the fire, shut all doors and put towels up against the doors to block smoke coming in.
"Roughly 15 minutes later a fireman knocked on our door, wearing full breathing apparatus. He came in, shut the door and told us it was out and it was safer to stay inside as the smoke was still thick and it wasn't getting in the flat.
"We were told to open windows to make a draft so if smoke did get in it would quickly disperse. They put fans in the stairwell as the smoke had covered the 14 floors.
"The stairwell has now been taped off from the first to the third floor. The fire alarms aren't loud enough. If we had been asleep we wouldn't have heard them until the smoke set off the alarm in the flat.
"I've been here coming up to 4 years. Fires happen but never this often."
Photo Abbie Louise Small
There have been two rubbish chutes fires at Invicta House in the past week on March 25 and March 28. Police had been investigating an incident that took place on March 28 but later said it was no longer being deemed as suspicious.
Police were at the flats this evening taking photographs of the scene.
Last year police issued an appeal for information following a spate of deliberate fires at Trove Court tower block in Ramsgate. The rubbish chute at the building was targeted numerous times during the Summer.
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Local Resident
The trouble here is you don't know if it is kids or a mentally disturbed person doing it, but either way it is extremely dangerous for the lives of all who live there and they need to be caught soon. Are there no security systems to record or stop people just walking in?
I can assure you your Dane Valley Councillors will be asking questions on this issue.
Cllr Gary Taylor
Thanet council do not care about there tower blocks never have never will. your wasting your time Cllr Gary
Shades of Cyril Hoser's Nayland Rock Hotel, which, despite being empty at the time, suffered two big fires within days of each other.
Dr. John Pritchard
The Council ought to be prepared to look after their tower blocks (and reduce their insurance liabilities) by putting in HD CCTV cameras and recording equipment. Where tower blocks are in private ownership or run by housing associations, similar arrangements ought to be possible. The expense will be trivial in comparison with the level of terror that residents must be experiencing, likely through no fault of any of them.


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Statehouse News
Kansas Tax Collections $27 Million Short of Expectations in December
Stephen Koranda
The shortfall further complicates the state of Kansas budget situation.
Headlines for Monday, January 4, 2016
Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.
Headlines for Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Development of Kansas-Owned Casino Delayed for Second Time
The Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel has been given a 90-day extension because of a lawsuit filed by Cherokee County and another casino company.
Headlines for Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Here's a summary of today's regional AP headlines, compiled by the KPR news staff.
Headlines for Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Here's a summary of today's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.
New Report: Services Likely to Cost Kansas $47 Million over Estimates
The latest estimates could further complicate the state's budget situation.
Headlines for Thursday, November 5, 2015
Kansas Tax Revenues Miss the Mark in October
Total revenues for October were $15 million below the estimate.
Kansas Tax Collections $11M Short of Expectations in October
The shortfall further complicates the state's revenue picture.


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In today's digital age of global enterprise, higher education is focused on delivering high quality experiences in virtual learning environments. Instructors must be armed with the knowledge and skills to use online learning tools effectively in order to deliver an engaging learning experience for all students.It is crucial to create a welcoming and inclusive learning environment, possibly even more so in a virtual classroom. Students who feel welcomed and respected are more likely to engage, contribute to the course and add richness to the content. Instructors must facilitate student learning by encouraging cooperation, collaboration and professional networking. Students and instructors must practice inclusive skills to create a culture of respect and benefit from the diversity of a global online experience.
This session explored how to enrich your global learning environment by developing a diversity inclusive plan.
Participants identified common stereotypes and myths regarding cultural diversity.
Participants examined challenges in a diverse virtual learning environment.
Participants defined inclusive strategies to create a climate for learning.
Participants developed an action plan for implementation.