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Mov Disord. 2009 Oct 30;24(14):2143-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.22762.
Extrapyramidal stiffness in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Pradat PF1, Bruneteau G, Munerati E, Salachas F, Le Forestier N, Lacomblez L, Lenglet T, Meininger V.
Fédération des Maladies du Système Nerveux, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France. pierre-francois.pradat@psl.aphp.fr
There is accumulating evidence that ALS is a multisystem degenerative disease, raising the question of whether some symptoms are of extrapyramidal origin. The objective was to better characterize the type of stiffness in a series of ALS patients and to study correlations with balance and postural impairment. We studied ALS patients who exhibited stiffness without noticeable motor deficit in the lower limbs. We analyzed the response to manual stretch velocity to differentiate between extrapyramidal (rigidity) or pyramidal (spasticity) stiffness, shortening reaction in the tibialis anterior muscles (abolished in pyramidal diseases and exaggerated in extrapyramidal diseases) and balance and posture impairment (UPDRS and Berg's scale). After a preliminary inter-rater reliability study, 39 consecutive ALS patients were prospectively recruited. Each patient was randomly assigned to one or other of two investigators who evaluated either stiffness or balance impairment. In the lower limbs, rigidity was observed in at least one muscle in 27/39 patients (69%), and shortening reaction was exaggerated in 20/39 patients (51%). Both were correlated with balance and posture impairment (UPDRS and Berg's scale, P < 0.001). This study suggests that extrapyramidal involvement plays a role in stiffness and balance impairment in a subset of ALS patients.
(c) 2009 Movement Disorder Society.
10.1002/mds.22762
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/complications*
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/physiopathology*
Basal Ganglia Diseases/etiology*
Basal Ganglia Diseases/physiopathology*
Movement/physiology
Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
Postural Balance/physiology
Posture/physiology
Pyramidal Tracts/physiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Genetic Alliance
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - MedlinePlus Health Information


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Is the UK Supreme Court in the current Brexit case obliged to refer to the Luxembourg Court? If that were the case, the conformity of any Member State's EU exit with its own constitutional requirements would be open to review by the CJEU – and hence could no longer be qualified as an act of self-determination since a EU institution would have the final say on it.


Earlier this year I was involved in a community discussion on non-violence. We touched on the idea that external non-violence can only arise out of internal non-violence. Someone mentioned that we are wired for fight-or-flight via the limbic system and then someone else commented that we actually have three options: fight, flight or non-violent response.
The human brain is made up of three evolutionary layers: the brain stem, the limbic system and the cortex. The brain stem, found in most animals handles coordination of basic body functions and reflexes. The limbic system, found in many animals, largely handles our fight-or-flight response system for survival. The cortex, found in most mammals and which is extremely developed in humans, handles more advanced functioning such as social negotiation, advanced problem solving, emotional regulation and language.
In the presence of immediate physical danger, say a tiger is lunging at you, blood supply from the cortex moves into the limbic system making the limbic system the dominant functioning part of the brain, because in the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" of life, better to stay alive than to negotiate things socially. The limbic system tells the adrenal gland to dump adrenaline into the system so that the heart will pound, sending blood and oxygen to the arms and legs so we can run or fight. And this is a wonderful system…if a tiger is lunging at you.
However, in our society, we don't deal with many lunging tigers. Most of us deal with more daily, non-immediate, non-physical stressors. The brain, unfortunately, often interprets these stressors as our modern day tigers and engages the wrong part of the brain. Things we need most to confront with the cortex, we face only with the overwhelming flood of cortisol and adrenaline called for by the limbic system. So, while I agree that non-violence is certainly another option, it is one that can only be made by the cortex, not the limbic system, which is the system that is engaged when we have the urge to run or fight.
Mindfulness brings us into direct contact with our bodies. We can become mindfully aware of, rather than mindlessly reactive to, the surge of chemicals urging us to shut down or to become combative. Once we are aware we can then use techniques to disengage the limbic system and return the blood flow and functioning to the cortex. We do this by using our breath. Deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system to calm the body. Focusing on the breath stops the thoughts that fuel the limbic system. Once we have returned our functioning to the cortex then, and only then, we can choose something else.
This month become aware of your limbic activation. Maybe you're stuck in traffic, or running late, maybe you feel powerless or embarrassed. What activates your limbic system? What calms it? How hard or easy is it to work with this process? What choices arise when you move back to the cortex?
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As I continue to decorate my house I have noticed my style is very rustic / cottage / beachy, if all of this together is actually considered a "style". If it wasn't a style before it is now because I just cannot choose one or even two of those categories!
Anyway, after the brick was painted its luscious mascarpone white color, something needed to be done about the mirror. Maybe it was the shiny finish or the color of the stain but something had to go.
Look at the beautiful wood I found underneath!
Have any of you taken a piece you love and done a simple update to make your home look fresh again? I would love to hear about it!


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I am so glad that they chose such a fun place for lunch because it is decorated to look like an old diner from the 1950's. Photographing this family at lunch was not part of our original plans, I may have invited myself to lunch to continue shooting them!
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The question is: Is his son someone we know? And could his name be Matt Donovan?
Gretsch will first appear in episode 4 and is set to recur.
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use crate::cdsl::camel_case;
use crate::cdsl::settings::{
    BoolSetting, Predicate, Preset, Setting, SettingGroup, SpecificSetting,
};
use crate::constant_hash::{generate_table, simple_hash};
use crate::error;
use crate::srcgen::{Formatter, Match};
use crate::unique_table::UniqueSeqTable;
use std::collections::HashMap;

pub enum ParentGroup {
    None,
    Shared,
}

/// Emits the constructor of the Flags structure.
fn gen_constructor(group: &SettingGroup, parent: ParentGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    let args = match parent {
        ParentGroup::None => "builder: Builder",
        ParentGroup::Shared => "shared: &settings::Flags, builder: Builder",
    };
    fmtln!(fmt, "impl Flags {");
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmt.doc_comment(format!("Create flags {} settings group.", group.name));
        fmtln!(fmt, "#[allow(unused_variables)]");
        fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn new({}) -> Self {{", args);
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            fmtln!(fmt, "let bvec = builder.state_for(\"{}\");", group.name);
            fmtln!(
                fmt,
                "let mut {} = Self {{ bytes: [0; {}] }};",
                group.name,
                group.byte_size()
            );
            fmtln!(
                fmt,
                "debug_assert_eq!(bvec.len(), {});",
                group.settings_size
            );
            fmtln!(
                fmt,
                "{}.bytes[0..{}].copy_from_slice(&bvec);",
                group.name,
                group.settings_size
            );

            // Now compute the predicates.
            for p in &group.predicates {
                fmt.comment(format!("Precompute #{}.", p.number));
                fmtln!(fmt, "if {} {{", p.render(group));
                fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                    fmtln!(
                        fmt,
                        "{}.bytes[{}] |= 1 << {};",
                        group.name,
                        group.bool_start_byte_offset + p.number / 8,
                        p.number % 8
                    );
                });
                fmtln!(fmt, "}");
            }

            fmtln!(fmt, group.name);
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}");
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

/// Emit Display and FromStr implementations for enum settings.
fn gen_to_and_from_str(name: &str, values: &[&'static str], fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    fmtln!(fmt, "impl fmt::Display for {} {{", name);
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(
            fmt,
            "fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {"
        );
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            fmtln!(fmt, "f.write_str(match *self {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                for v in values.iter() {
                    fmtln!(fmt, "{}::{} => \"{}\",", name, camel_case(v), v);
                }
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "})");
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}");
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");

    fmtln!(fmt, "impl str::FromStr for {} {{", name);
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(fmt, "type Err = ();");
        fmtln!(fmt, "fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {");
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            fmtln!(fmt, "match s {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                for v in values.iter() {
                    fmtln!(fmt, "\"{}\" => Ok({}::{}),", v, name, camel_case(v));
                }
                fmtln!(fmt, "_ => Err(()),");
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}");
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

/// Emit real enum for the Enum settings.
fn gen_enum_types(group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    for setting in group.settings.iter() {
        let values = match setting.specific {
            SpecificSetting::Bool(_) | SpecificSetting::Num(_) => continue,
            SpecificSetting::Enum(ref values) => values,
        };
        let name = camel_case(setting.name);

        fmt.doc_comment(format!("Values for `{}.{}`.", group.name, setting.name));
        fmtln!(fmt, "#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]");
        fmtln!(fmt, "pub enum {} {{", name);
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            for v in values.iter() {
                fmt.doc_comment(format!("`{}`.", v));
                fmtln!(fmt, "{},", camel_case(v));
            }
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}");

        gen_to_and_from_str(&name, values, fmt);
    }
}

/// Emit a getter function for `setting`.
fn gen_getter(setting: &Setting, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    fmt.doc_comment(setting.comment);
    match setting.specific {
        SpecificSetting::Bool(BoolSetting {
            predicate_number, ..
        }) => {
            fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn {}(&self) -> bool {{", setting.name);
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(fmt, "self.numbered_predicate({})", predicate_number);
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
        }
        SpecificSetting::Enum(ref values) => {
            let ty = camel_case(setting.name);
            fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn {}(&self) -> {} {{", setting.name, ty);
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                let mut m = Match::new(format!("self.bytes[{}]", setting.byte_offset));
                for (i, v) in values.iter().enumerate() {
                    m.arm_no_fields(format!("{}", i), format!("{}::{}", ty, camel_case(v)));
                }
                m.arm_no_fields("_", "panic!(\"Invalid enum value\")");
                fmt.add_match(m);
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
        }
        SpecificSetting::Num(_) => {
            fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn {}(&self) -> u8 {{", setting.name);
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(fmt, "self.bytes[{}]", setting.byte_offset);
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
        }
    }
}

fn gen_pred_getter(predicate: &Predicate, group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    fmt.doc_comment(format!("Computed predicate `{}`.", predicate.render(group)));
    fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn {}(&self) -> bool {{", predicate.name);
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(fmt, "self.numbered_predicate({})", predicate.number);
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

/// Emits getters for each setting value.
fn gen_getters(group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    fmt.doc_comment("User-defined settings.");
    fmtln!(fmt, "#[allow(dead_code)]");
    fmtln!(fmt, "impl Flags {");
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmt.doc_comment("Get a view of the boolean predicates.");
        fmtln!(
            fmt,
            "pub fn predicate_view(&self) -> crate::settings::PredicateView {"
        );
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            fmtln!(
                fmt,
                "crate::settings::PredicateView::new(&self.bytes[{}..])",
                group.bool_start_byte_offset
            );
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}");

        if group.settings.len() > 0 {
            fmt.doc_comment("Dynamic numbered predicate getter.");
            fmtln!(fmt, "fn numbered_predicate(&self, p: usize) -> bool {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(
                    fmt,
                    "self.bytes[{} + p / 8] & (1 << (p % 8)) != 0",
                    group.bool_start_byte_offset
                );
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
        }

        for setting in &group.settings {
            gen_getter(&setting, fmt);
        }
        for predicate in &group.predicates {
            gen_pred_getter(&predicate, &group, fmt);
        }
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

#[derive(Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
enum SettingOrPreset<'a> {
    Setting(&'a Setting),
    Preset(&'a Preset),
}

impl<'a> SettingOrPreset<'a> {
    fn name(&self) -> &str {
        match *self {
            SettingOrPreset::Setting(s) => s.name,
            SettingOrPreset::Preset(p) => p.name,
        }
    }
}

/// Emits DESCRIPTORS, ENUMERATORS, HASH_TABLE and PRESETS.
fn gen_descriptors(group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    let mut enum_table = UniqueSeqTable::new();

    let mut descriptor_index_map: HashMap<SettingOrPreset, usize> = HashMap::new();

    // Generate descriptors.
    fmtln!(
        fmt,
        "static DESCRIPTORS: [detail::Descriptor; {}] = [",
        group.settings.len() + group.presets.len()
    );
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        for (idx, setting) in group.settings.iter().enumerate() {
            fmtln!(fmt, "detail::Descriptor {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(fmt, "name: \"{}\",", setting.name);
                fmtln!(fmt, "offset: {},", setting.byte_offset);
                match setting.specific {
                    SpecificSetting::Bool(BoolSetting { bit_offset, .. }) => {
                        fmtln!(
                            fmt,
                            "detail: detail::Detail::Bool {{ bit: {} }},",
                            bit_offset
                        );
                    }
                    SpecificSetting::Enum(ref values) => {
                        let offset = enum_table.add(values);
                        fmtln!(
                            fmt,
                            "detail: detail::Detail::Enum {{ last: {}, enumerators: {} }},",
                            values.len() - 1,
                            offset
                        );
                    }
                    SpecificSetting::Num(_) => {
                        fmtln!(fmt, "detail: detail::Detail::Num,");
                    }
                }

                descriptor_index_map.insert(SettingOrPreset::Setting(setting), idx);
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "},");
        }

        for (idx, preset) in group.presets.iter().enumerate() {
            fmtln!(fmt, "detail::Descriptor {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(fmt, "name: \"{}\",", preset.name);
                fmtln!(fmt, "offset: {},", (idx as u8) * group.settings_size);
                fmtln!(fmt, "detail: detail::Detail::Preset,");
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "},");

            descriptor_index_map.insert(SettingOrPreset::Preset(preset), idx);
        }
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "];");

    // Generate enumerators.
    fmtln!(fmt, "static ENUMERATORS: [&str; {}] = [", enum_table.len());
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        for enum_val in enum_table.iter() {
            fmtln!(fmt, "\"{}\",", enum_val);
        }
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "];");

    // Generate hash table.
    let mut hash_entries: Vec<SettingOrPreset> = Vec::new();
    hash_entries.extend(
        group
            .settings
            .iter()
            .map(|x| SettingOrPreset::Setting(x))
            .collect::<Vec<SettingOrPreset>>(),
    );
    hash_entries.extend(
        group
            .presets
            .iter()
            .map(|x| SettingOrPreset::Preset(x))
            .collect::<Vec<SettingOrPreset>>(),
    );
    let hash_table = generate_table(&hash_entries, |entry| simple_hash(entry.name()));
    fmtln!(fmt, "static HASH_TABLE: [u16; {}] = [", hash_table.len());
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        for h in &hash_table {
            match *h {
                Some(setting_or_preset) => fmtln!(
                    fmt,
                    "{},",
                    &descriptor_index_map
                        .get(setting_or_preset)
                        .unwrap()
                        .to_string()
                ),
                None => fmtln!(fmt, "0xffff,"),
            }
        }
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "];");

    // Generate presets.
    fmtln!(
        fmt,
        "static PRESETS: [(u8, u8); {}] = [",
        group.presets.len()
    );
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        for preset in &group.presets {
            fmt.comment(preset.name);
            for (mask, value) in preset.layout(&group) {
                fmtln!(fmt, "(0b{:08b}, 0b{:08b}),", mask, value);
            }
        }
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "];");
}

fn gen_template(group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    let mut default_bytes: Vec<u8> = vec![0; group.settings_size as usize];
    for setting in &group.settings {
        *default_bytes.get_mut(setting.byte_offset as usize).unwrap() |= setting.default_byte();
    }

    let default_bytes: Vec<String> = default_bytes
        .iter()
        .map(|x| format!("{:#04x}", x))
        .collect();
    let default_bytes_str = default_bytes.join(", ");

    fmtln!(
        fmt,
        "static TEMPLATE: detail::Template = detail::Template {"
    );
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(fmt, "name: \"{}\",", group.name);
        fmtln!(fmt, "descriptors: &DESCRIPTORS,");
        fmtln!(fmt, "enumerators: &ENUMERATORS,");
        fmtln!(fmt, "hash_table: &HASH_TABLE,");
        fmtln!(fmt, "defaults: &[{}],", default_bytes_str);
        fmtln!(fmt, "presets: &PRESETS,");
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "};");

    fmt.doc_comment(format!(
        "Create a `settings::Builder` for the {} settings group.",
        group.name
    ));
    fmtln!(fmt, "pub fn builder() -> Builder {");
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(fmt, "Builder::new(&TEMPLATE)");
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

fn gen_display(group: &SettingGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    fmtln!(fmt, "impl fmt::Display for Flags {");
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(
            fmt,
            "fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {"
        );
        fmt.indent(|fmt| {
            fmtln!(fmt, "writeln!(f, \"[{}]\")?;", group.name);
            fmtln!(fmt, "for d in &DESCRIPTORS {");
            fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                fmtln!(fmt, "if !d.detail.is_preset() {");
                fmt.indent(|fmt| {
                    fmtln!(fmt, "write!(f, \"{} = \", d.name)?;");
                    fmtln!(
                        fmt,
                        "TEMPLATE.format_toml_value(d.detail, self.bytes[d.offset as usize], f)?;",
                    );
                    fmtln!(fmt, "writeln!(f)?;");
                });
                fmtln!(fmt, "}");
            });
            fmtln!(fmt, "}");
            fmtln!(fmt, "Ok(())");
        });
        fmtln!(fmt, "}")
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");
}

fn gen_group(group: &SettingGroup, parent: ParentGroup, fmt: &mut Formatter) {
    // Generate struct.
    fmtln!(fmt, "#[derive(Clone)]");
    fmt.doc_comment(format!("Flags group `{}`.", group.name));
    fmtln!(fmt, "pub struct Flags {");
    fmt.indent(|fmt| {
        fmtln!(fmt, "bytes: [u8; {}],", group.byte_size());
    });
    fmtln!(fmt, "}");

    gen_constructor(group, parent, fmt);
    gen_enum_types(group, fmt);
    gen_getters(group, fmt);
    gen_descriptors(group, fmt);
    gen_template(group, fmt);
    gen_display(group, fmt);
}

pub fn generate(
    settings: &SettingGroup,
    parent_group: ParentGroup,
    filename: &str,
    out_dir: &str,
) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
    let mut fmt = Formatter::new();
    gen_group(&settings, parent_group, &mut fmt);
    fmt.update_file(filename, out_dir)?;
    Ok(())
}

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EnergyPark & RecreationWaste & Recycling
Trump dismisses climate concerns as he visits fire-ravaged western US
MCCLELLAN PARK — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a briefing in California on the deadly blazes.
Trump, who flew into Sacramento on the third day of a reelection campaign swing, pushed back against state officials arguing that a heating climate underlies the ever-stronger blazes, which have killed at least 35 people since the start of summer and forced hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes.
"It will start getting cooler. You just watch," Trump said.
"I wish science agreed with you," responded Wade Crowfoot, the head of the California Natural Resources Agency, to which Trump replied: "I don't think science knows, actually."
Trump on his arrival also repeated his argument that the wildfires are due to poor maintenance of forest areas, making them more combustible.
"There has to be strong forest management," he said.
"With regard to the forests, when trees fall down after a short period of time, about 18 months, they become very dry. They become really like a match stick," he added. "They just explode."
Minutes earlier, Democratic challenger Joe Biden assailed Trump from the opposite coast as a "climate arsonist" whose reelection would be catastrophic for the environment.
"If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze?" Biden said, savaging Trump for failing to "take responsibility" for the ongoing wildfire crisis.
"We need a president who respects science, who understands that the damage from climate change is already here," added Biden, who was speaking in Delaware.
Climate change amplifies droughts, which dry out regions, creating ideal conditions for wildfires to spread out-of-control and inflict unprecedented damage.
The blazes across California, Oregon and Washington state have burned more than five million acres (two million hectares), torching an area roughly the size of the state of New Jersey, with fears the death toll may rise.
The president's visit to California was to last only a few hours, before he returns to the campaign trail in Arizona.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has argued that the fires are driven mostly by global warming, acknowledged as he met with Trump that better forest management was needed.
But he said the overwhelming cause of the problem is far bigger.
"The hots are getting hotter, the dries are getting drier," he said. "We submit the science is in and observed evidence is self-evident: that climate change is real and that is exacerbating this."
Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris is also set to tour the damage Tuesday. She has tweeted that Trump has "denied evidence" the fires were "intensified by the climate crisis."
Of at least 35 people killed by the blazes since the beginning of summer, 27 died last week alone.
Trump has made little comment about the massive wildfires that have ripped through cities and towns in recent weeks, drawing loud criticism for not acknowledging the crisis.
'Elect a climate president'
Much of the West Coast remained coated in dense smog on Monday, with Portland the world's most air-polluted city according to IQAir.
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, who has described the wildfires as "apocalyptic" and driven by climate change, said it was crucial voters elect a "climate president" come November 3.
"This moment requires action, not denial," he said in a tweet. "We must come together around science to build a better future for all Americans."
Most of the deaths have occurred in California and Oregon, where the wildfires are the worst in decades and have been fueled partly by record heat.
More than 30,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, with wind gusts and drier weather on Monday threatening more destructions.
Residents of Arcadia, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, were ordered to evacuate Sunday as the nearby Bobcat Fire spread south through forested terrain toward the metropolis.
Two new deaths were confirmed from the North Complex Fire, which swept at unprecedented speeds last week into areas already ravaged less than two years ago by the Camp Fire — California's deadliest ever blaze.
"There are still active fires, power lines are down, trees are down, there are roads that are impassable," said Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea, warning evacuees it could take "weeks and weeks" to return to their homes.
He said seven people remain missing.
Paul Clement described to AFP how he fled his home in Berry Creek.
"When I came around the bend, everything was on fire — an entire hillside. So I ended up driving through and you couldn't see 50 feet (15 meters)."
"It was worse than the Camp Fire, which I didn't think was possible."
California alone has seen 3.3 million acres burn — an annual record, with nearly three months of the fire season still to come — and over 4,100 structures destroyed.
'We need to be prepared': Hurricane Laura heads for US Gulf Coast
California already in throes of drought as summer looms
Yellowstone Park closed as swollen river destroys roads
Wildfire levels historic California town as residents flee blaze


Most Americans (53 percent) think the government is doing more to help the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. And only two percent think it should do more to help the rich.
Given the policies that have been adopted (and, even when not adopted, proposed) in Washington, D.C. during the Second Great Depression, how could they think otherwise?
Note: if I had the time, I'd make the table into an actual chart.
Richard Florida continues to peddle his story of knowledge workers, the creative class, and urban clustering (about which I have raised questions before, such as here and here).
The cultural, political, and economic gulfs that separate advantaged and disadvantaged people and places go well beyond the wage gap. Knowledge workers benefit from living in neighborhoods with better schools, better amenities, and lower crime rates, while less advantaged groups are sometimes stuck in place, with limited prospects for climbing even one rung up the economic ladder, and insufficient resources to move out of stagnant areas.
And how creative can Florida get, now that he knows about all those poor people clustered into into depressed areas of cities? The best he can do is suggest that poor people get up and move to his "knowledge centers," where their chances for moving up the ladder will be improved.
Here's a not particularly creative alternative idea: end poverty!
The pathologies in our society are becoming more and more apparent as economic inequality continues to grow.
Mark Thoma explains, as one example, how rising inequality is responsible for the current battle over the debt ceiling.
growing inequality has allowed one strata of society to be largely free of these risks while the other is very much exposed to them. As that has happened, as one group in society has had fewer and fewer worries about paying for college education, has first-rate health insurance, ample funds for retirement, and little or no chance of losing a home and ending up on the street if a job suddenly disappears in a recession, support among the politically powerful elite for the risk sharing that makes social insurance work has declined.
Rising inequality and differential exposure to economic risk has caused one group to see themselves as the "makers" in society who provide for the rest and pay most of the bills, and the other group as "takers" who get all the benefits. The upper strata wonders, "Why should we pay for social insurance when we get little or none of the benefits?" and this leads to an attack on these programs.
Even worse, this social stratification leads those at the top to begin imposing a virtue and vice story to justify their desire to stop paying the taxes needed to support social insurance programs. Those at the top did it all by themselves. They "built that" through their own effort and sacrifice with no help from anyone else.
Those at the bottom, on the other hand, are essentially burning down their own houses just to collect the fire insurance, i.e. making poor choices and sponging off of social insurance programs. It's their behavior that's the problem, and taking away the incentive to live off of the rest of society by constraining their ability to collect social insurance is the only way to ensure they get jobs and provide for themselves.
What this means, of course, is those at the top want to dismantle precisely those social programs that help those at the bottom—in the name of lowering deficits and debt.
According to these authors, one explanation for bad decisions is scarcity — not of money, but of what the authors call bandwidth: the portion of our mental capacity that we can employ to make decisions.
Worrying about money when it is tight captures our brains. It reduces our cognitive capacity — especially our abstract intelligence, which we use for problem-solving. It also reduces our executive control, which governs planning, impulses and willpower. The bad decisions of the poor, say the authors, are not a product of bad character or low native intelligence. They are a product of poverty itself. Your natural capability doesn't decrease when you experience scarcity. But less of that capacity is available for use. If you put a middle-class person into a situation of scarcity, she will behave like a poor person.
Really? The explanation of growing poverty is based on the bad, "tunnel-vision" decision-making of poor people, which can be fixed by forcing people to save and providing better financial counseling?
Why not, instead, focus on the real problem—the tunnel-vision decisions of those at the top, to take as much as they could as quickly as they could, which created the conditions for the Second Great Depression in the first place—and then explore the kind of changes that would eliminate the obscene levels of inequality and the resulting poverty that exist today?
Not doing so is perhaps the real pathology of the existence of persistent and growing inequality in our society.


In the case of personal intelligence–or of any intelligence–a mental ability is present when a person exhibits the consistent ability to solve mental problems of a given type. Accordingly, best practices in intelligence assessment require directly measuring a person's ability to solve problems. In practice, test-takers are asked questions, their answers to the questions are recorded, and then those answers are compared to an accepted standard of correctness to evaluate how well the test-taker has done. This is the gold standard of ability measurement.
To construct questions in each area, we carefully analyze the skills necessary to carry out the reasoning based on our own research and the research of others and then set out to create a test.
In our In our lab, we have created an ability test named the Test of Personal Intelligence (TOPI). In one sense, the TOPI is a large set of test items that measures problem solving in each of the above four areas.
After the questions on the TOPI are composed, correct answers are identified in reference to what we know about personality–according to the best research on the topic to date.
From those test items, we form specific scales for a given purpose. A long form, the TOPI 1.2 Rf, is most useful for individual assessment. A short form, the TOPI MINI-12, is useful for finding relationships between personal intelligence and other variables. A demonstration test, the TOPI-DEMO is helpful for teaching how the test works.


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Lt. Gen. Hodges: 4ID MCE, rotational forces crucial to mission success
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, visited the 4th Infantry Division Sept. 14, 2015, to discuss Strong Europe and receive an update on division operations. The Strong Europe concept aims to create beneficial opportunities, improve interoperability and capacity in partners and allies. Strong Europe is Army Europe's main contribution to NATO, its allies and partners. It acts as the main U.S. enabler to NATO land forces on behalf of U.S. European Command. Continue Reading Lt. Gen. Hodges: 4ID MCE, rotational forces crucial to mission success
Soldiers walk grounds of historic WWII battle
The Battle of Huertgen Forest is the site of one of the bloodiest battlegrounds for U.S. troops during World War II, yet few outside of Germany know of its whereabouts or what transpired there in 1944. Continue Reading Soldiers walk grounds of historic WWII battle
4ID deploys headquarters for exercise
More than 300 Fort Carson Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division Headquarters deployed March 16 to the Army's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany to participate in Austere Challenge 2015. The U.S. European Command multinational training exercise will increase interoperability with allies and set conditions for future operations related to the 4th Inf. Div.'s Regionally Aligned Force (RAF) mission in Europe. Continue Reading 4ID deploys headquarters for exercise
Jeanne Mazerall
Mission bound
4th Infantry Division Soldiers board a plane March 14, 2015 at the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group in Colorado Springs destined for Europe where the Soldiers will participate in an exercise in support of the Regionally Aligned Force (RAF) mission. This is one of many RAF exercises planned over the next two years. (Photo by Sgt. William Smith) Continue Reading Mission bound
Preparing for mission
Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division headquarters participate in a Feb. 3-6, 2015 staff training exercise to prepare for their upcoming multinational exercises in Europe as part of the division's regionally aligned force mission. The military exercises in Europe will involve allies and partners to improve interoperability and collective capacity to respond to crises. The 4th Infantry Division is the first division-level headquarters to deploy to Europe as part of the regional alignment concept. (Photo by Lt. Col. Armando Hernandez) Continue Reading Preparing for mission


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About Artists Collective
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Annual Juried Exhibition
Art of Survival Exhibition
ARTISTS COLLECTIVE | SPARTANBURG
Pushing Pop
"Pushing Pop," a current exhibition by eight artists at the Artists Collective | Spartanburg, responds to the changes within popular culture since the original "pop art" movement of the early 1960s. The exhibition is in the Solomon Gallery at ACS through Feb. 25.
"The first time the term 'pop art' was officially used was in 1962, when A Symposium on the Pop Art was held by the Museum of Modern Art," says artist Steve Garner. "The art of popular culture, also known then as popular realism, new realism, neo-Dadaism and factualism, placed meaning and value on products of mass culture and contemporary life, creating a dichotomy between high- and low-brow aesthetics. Today, art is certainly more integrated into popular culture through modes of communication, thus the lines between high- and low-brow are considerably more blurred."
Garner continues, "In 'Pushing Pop,' themes of mass production, consumption and values are investigated across multiple media by a group of artists who vary in age, experience and background. The varying degrees of personal experiences of the artists with the original movement present a multifaceted commentary on our present-day culture.
"The work in this exhibit serves to mirror our cultural progression through the changes we've undergone as technology transforms the objects and images we use in our everyday lives," he says. "'Pushing Pop' revisits this historic art movement, embracing fresh ideas for our time resulting in an inspiring exhibit that will provide a valuable memory for all those that view it."
Artists participating in the exhibition are Adam Burgess, Steve Garner, Andy Adams (who signs his work) A-N-D, Kent Ambler, Peggy Tanner Day, Ryan Roth, Kym Day and Carey Morton.
The impetus for the exhibit came from Burgess, a visual artist who lives in Taylors, and his teaching mentor and fellow artist Garner, who also is participating in the exhibit.
"We put together the idea of a traveling exhibit now titled 'Pushing Pop,'" Burgess says. "Joining with several other Upstate artists of different experiences, ages and genders, the group grew legs and went from an idea to reality. Now in its third gallery show, "Pushing Pop" morphs just as my own work continues to morph.
"I am pushing myself to create work that is 'pop' to show an evolution from the work done by pop artists from the past," continues Burgess, who received a master of art teaching from Lander University and a BFA in studio art with a focus on ceramic sculpture from Clemson University. "I want to express and address current political issues and cultural concerns as well as everyday imagery that we may take for granted, without repeating the works done before me.
"I don't hide my technique," he says. "I emphasize the use of grids in my work. I try to capture a sense of emotion in my subjects, while using colors as value. The brilliance of the colors in my work is very important to me and my style. As I move forward, my techniques continuously evolve as my subject matter and themes change."
For nearly a decade in Greenville County, Burgess has been lead teacher for high school visual arts and coaches boys volleyball, while he continues to paint out of his home studio. Garner, who was an art educator for over 30 years on both the college and secondary levels, retired to the art studio in 2013 and is an active member of the Pendleton Square Artist COOP, where he is the gallery director. He attended the University of North Dakota, earning a bachelor of arts degree, master of arts degree in art education and the MFA in studio arts.
Today, some 40 years later, he says his use of media is often mixed, depending on the project. "I'm always running an experiment, trying something I haven't done before. My philosophy is that art should be fun to do, enjoyable to look at and have a life of its own." Adams, a native South Carolinian, is a graduate of Anderson University's South Carolina School of the Arts, receiving a bachelor's degree in fine arts. "There I took up all forms of art, but found I had an innate feel for painting and conceptual art. In my work I take a conceptual approach. While I want it to be aesthetic, I believe the concept should be key.
"I have an obsession/fascination with words and their impact on people, life and the world," they continue. "I've experimented with breaking down words into letters and explored the way that letters are harmless until people begin moving and placing them to make a word. I use letters in my work, and the viewers have a natural desire to make words out of the letters. By doing this, the work becomes interactive and personal to each viewer. The viewers essentially become a part of the work. Each piece also has a concept specific to the work.
Peggy Tanner Day, a native of Dallas, Texas, is a self-taught artist who lives in Greenville. "As a child, I was drawn to classical figurative realism, especially portraiture. I learned by studying the paint colors and brushwork in famous paintings in museums such as the Meadows Museum of Art in Dallas and the Amon G. Carter Museum of Art in Fort Worth, both of which were near my home."
Day began painting as an adult in 1993. While living in Atlanta, she painted numerous large residential murals and ceilings, using her favorite Trompe L'oeil techniques. Over the years, she continued painting portrait and landscape commissions in oil, acrylic and pastel from home while raising her daughters, both of whom are talented artists as well. Now that her children are grown, she works from her home-studio in Greenville.
Ryan Roth says, "As an artist, I am interested in exploring the theme of careerism and its impact on society. Through my flower paintings, I aim to illustrate the ways in which people are often consumed by their careers, sacrificing their personal lives and well-being in pursuit of success and achievement.
"My paintings depict a variety of flowers from Dutch flower paintings to more contemporary floral designs, each with its own unique beauty and fragility," he continues. "Overall, I use flowers as a metaphor for the short-lived nature of success and the pursuit of professional advancement. My flower paintings are intended to serve as a reminder of the importance of balance and self-care in our lives and to encourage viewers to consider the ways in which the pursuit of career success can sometimes come at the expense of our well-being and happiness. By incorporating these themes into my paintings, I hope to create a sense of beauty and vitality, while also prompting viewers to reflect on the deeper meaning and significance of their own lives and careers."
Roth, who teaches at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, earned his BFA from Valdosta State University and his MFA in drawing and painting at the University of Georgia.
Kent Ambler, a printmaker and painter living in Greenville, graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting. He has been a fulltime painter since 1997.
"I have various directions with my work," Ambler says. "This particular series of woodcuts began about 15 years ago. I made a couple of pieces for this series each year. Some are based on scare tactic 'news' stories; some on popular culture."
Kym Day is a realist oil painter from McKinney, Texas, who was raised in Georgia and the Carolinas. She received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in sculpture from Clemson University. Recently, she has taught at Clemson and Lander universities and has completed artist residencies at 701 CCA in Columbia and at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina. She currently works in her home studio in Greenville and exhibits her paintings nationally.
"My paintings filter the nostalgia for my Texan roots through the lenses of pop culture, daydream and fantasy," Day says. "I find utter joy in merging beauty with absurdity. My painting techniques and use of realism reflect my interest in art historical symbolism. The cowboys and livestock pictured in the work often find themselves subject to dream logic, navigating diversions like takeout food, wildfires and magic eight balls. These operate as metaphors for the junk we consume and create, and our vain desire to see into the future."
Carey Morton says, "My series explores the interconnectivity of seemingly opposing forces. Crutches, medical equipment and broken machinery are crafted to the likeness of firearms and weaponry. The political undertones of such forms viewed through the lens of our current cultural discourse are unavoidable. On an initial, surface level viewing the pieces speak to issues of violence and gun control, though this is not the final focus. Dissecting the work at a deeper, more nuanced level reveals an interesting dichotomy around cause-and-effect relationships. From the FDA and Big-Pharma, to drugs and regulated systematic education, to the simple binaries of life and death, there exist cycles and systems at play. Some unavoidable, some we ignore, others we choose to rely on; a crutch for society.
"My work deals with the attributes of human dependence and symbiosis with nature, visceral instinct and how cultural experience influences the mind," Morton says. "Using found objects as icons for our culturally accepted meaning and inherent attributes they represent, I physically alter, rebuild and reinterpret their form and meaning. These sculptures call into question the viewer's personal interpretation attached to the objects and materials within the work.
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How Uber Lost $1.2 Billion in 6 Months
The ridesharing giant is said to post second-quarter losses of more than $100 million in the U.S. -- where it had previously turned a profit.
By Zoë Henry@ZoeLaHenry
In the first half of this year, Uber has lost at least $1.2 billion, according to a new Bloomberg report.
The ridesharing giant saw second-quarter losses climb to $100 million in the U.S. alone, where it turned a profit in the previous quarter, the company's chief of finance told investors during a Friday conference call. Second-quarter losses are said to exceed $750 million overall, adding to previous losses of $520 million before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Uber partly blames its situation on the competition with Lyft. The company told investors it's willing to spend more money to hold onto U.S. market share. (Uber claims to have between 84 and 87 percent of the U.S. market, delivering 62 million rides to Lyft's 13.9 million last month.)
It's also worth noting Uber had been losing a lot of money in China, a market it recently abandoned. In July, the company agreed to be locally acquired by its rival, Didi Chuxing, for $1 billion and a 17.5 percent stake in the business. Uber says it doesn't plan to see any losses from China after August.
"I think what Uber is trying to do is, 'Hey, look, we're going to take the losses up front in order to get to disproportionate scale," said Robert Siegel, a lecturer at Stanford's business school. "The question is when they can get to profitability."
The news come just one week after Uber announced that it will test its first self-driving cars in Pittsburgh later this month.


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Last updated: 3/12/2016 — new information in italics
These cheat sheets summarise what we know so far about the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Click here for a round-up of BDB-related posts on Book Thingo.
This section contains information on:
Payne (heroine of Lover Unleashed)
Dr Manuel Manello, Payne's mate
Note that the cheat sheets have not been updated to include information from The King to avoid accidentally spoiling readers who have not yet had a chance to read the book.
Lover Unleashed: Amazon | Book Depository | Booktopia | Fishpond | Galaxy | Library | Audible
V's twin sister, who he doesn't even know exists. Payne never fit in with the Chosen because she was considered too aggressive like her father. At some point the Scribe Virgin placed Payne in stasis, but after seeing how unhappy her actions have made Vishous, she released Payne, whose response was, 'Fuck you.' So, clearly, no love lost there.
Although the Scribe Virgin released the Chosen, Payne was the only one not allowed to leave the Other Side, even to visit the Primale. She believes it's because she told her mother that if she ever left, she'd never return, but I think she was still hiding Payne from V.
Payne approached a blind Wrath after her mother walked away from him, and hit him. Although he is bigger, stronger and a more experienced fighter, she has skills of her own. When he asked her why she picked the fight, she said that she was bored and the Scribe Virgin doesn't know what to do with her. Before he left, Payne asked Wrath to come back often because that was the most fun she'd had in a long time.
Payne considers her sparring partner a friend even though they don't really talk. He respects her enough not to express an opinion over who he thinks she should be, unlike her mother. Her admiration is purely platonic and she has no interest in being with a male as they tend to take over (this doesn't necessarily mean she is attracted to females, though, just more a feminist).
No'One brings Payne's feminist instincts to the fore when she assumes her sister's disability is the result of inbreeding, like Wrath's eyes. She blames her mother for the standards that an imperfectly formed female like No'One could never live up to, making her an object of embarrassment and pity.
She asked the SV to let her leave the Other Side, but was refused, so she took her frustration out on Wrath in their next sparring match. She miscalculated how far she could push away from him, so when he kicked out, not really expecting her to be there, he broke her back.
She refused to let her mother heal her, so Wrath demanded the SV release her to be healed at the mansion. Jane immediately noticed her resemblance to V and said his name. Payne hadn't heard his name in over 200 years and believed he was dead. She cursed her mother for hiding her brother form her and vowed to kill her mother like she killed her father.
Payne is surprised to see No'One has asked to come to this side to serve her, but Payne inspired her to leave.
She sees her brother for the first time and notes his incredible resemblance to her, but is heartbroken when he doesn't know her. She tells him they are blood and he holds her bare hand in his ungloved one. She feels only warmth.
While Jane is looking for Manny, Payne decides that she cannot live her life in another prison, so she asks Vishous to kill her if she is permanently paralysed, even though she hates herself for placing such a burden on him.
A human surgeon, Manny Manello, MD is brought in to operate on her and although she has never before been attracted to a male, she is fascinated by him, but feels large and unfeminine.
She is taken to St Francis Hospital for surgery, which seems successful, so she wiped Manny's memory and left him.
While recovering at the mansion, she and Jane talk about what V is going through. She tells Jane she is the right shellan for him and claimed her as family. Both are more comfortable with bluntness than watered-down diplomacy. Like V, her glow pulls Jane's molecules together, but unlike him, she can make harmless contact with people.
After a week of paralysis, Payne has had enough of life. She calls for Vishous, but Jane arrives instead and agrees to set her free. V walks in and demands Payne hold on for another two hours while he finds a way to change her mind. When he returns with her healer, she knows her brother loves her.
She is excited to see Manny again and he immediately introduces her to the internet, where he shows her footage of his friend, the mayor of Caldwell, who is also a wheel-chair bound athlete.
She and Manny kiss until, mindful of her virgin state, he stops, but asks her to feed from him. She doesn't understand that she got him off, so feels like she needs to repay him for the experience of feeding from a male's neck for the first time.
He goes to take a shower but doesn't close the door the whole way and she shuffles around on the bed to get a better view of him naked, but doesn't realise that she had knelt on the bed.
Manny shows her the security footage on a laptop before giving her her first orgasm. She vocalises how it heals her but secretly wants him.
They are together again, which results in more permanent healing, so Payne petitions Wrath to allow her to spend the night with him before she removes his memories again. They visit Manny's horse, Glory, who instantly falls for Payne.
She touched Glory's legs and sent some of her glow into the horse, healing her.
She feeds from Manny in his Porsche and they are carjacked. She disarms the human, but is forced to leave before the police arrive. She sees him home safely but refuses to scrub him because he deserves better and his mind could not take it. V finds her outside his window. Instead of forcing her to leave before she is ready, he agrees to intercede with Wrath so that she can keep Manny.
She returns to him the next night with the good news, only to be rejected for having healed him. She has brought too much destruction to his life and has to let him go after all.
On her way home she encounters some lessers, who underestimate her in a fight but is captured by Xcor. He reminds her of who he is and she interrupts him to say that the Bloodletter had only one son and it was Vishous. Her glowing body burned through the chains, just like Vishous had in the rumours of his partial castration.
He believed her and gave her his bed and promised her safety for the day until they could release her.
In Lover Reborn, Payne was fighting in the field.
When Layla was miscarrying Qhuinn's young, Blay asked Payne to help and she visited Layla, explained her parentage and how her abilities may be able to help. She saved the young, but severely weakened herself. She sees herself and Layla as victims of her mother's tyranny, which is why she was so willing to extend herself so far.
She also noticed that she suffers more in the aftermath of a healing than she used to and believes she must go back to the Other Side to recharge herself, only of course, she really doesn't want to.
She accepted Qhuinn's pledge of help should she ever need it.
Wrath loses it during a sparring session and strangles her with his arm. Not even Trez was strong enough to remove him. She feels ganged up on when both Jane and Wrath insist on telling V what happened, as though she was not a fully grown and mated female, as well as the daughter of a deity. She argued that V is only brought up because she is female and Jane never felt the need to tell Beth when she injured Wrath and that her fights with the king are her business, besides which, she had not tapped out and felt that she could still have fought him.
Pissed off about being caught on the wrong side of a double standard, she ambushed Wrath in the shower with a knife to show that she could equalise the imbalance created by his greater strength. She called him a chauvinist and claimed that the reason he spars with her is because she's female and therefore outside the protocol preventing the Brotherhood from truly sparring with their king.
And, knowing that Beth is secretly spending time with a pregnant Layla in the hope of bringing on her needing, she retaliates against Wrath by telling him that if Beth, his own female, truly felt respected then she wouldn't feel the need to hide her desire for a young.
Payne saves the life of young Lyric when she is born by filtering her energy through Qhuinn, but they both pass out afterwards.
Dr Manuel Manello
Dr Manello was Jane's boss and arguably her closest friend until her 'death'. A human surgeon, he is strong and bossy and if not for V, he might have made a good match for Jane. Out of respect for Jane, V didn't kill or hurt Manny when he retrieved pics of his 6-chambered heart from the hospital, but Manny's mind was strong enough to throw off V's mind control long enough to ask who V was.
V had a vision about him in the form of the word 'brother', which despite Ward's legal background we know was lower case 'brother'. I'm not being anal—semantics count with her.
When Xhex went to the hospital to identify a ZeroSum prostitute's body, she briefly encountered Manello and detected something in his scent, but dismissed it before bothering to identify it for us poor, hapless readers.We later find out that his father was likely a half-breed vampire, so this was most likely the scent.
After Jane's death, Manello is just marking time. He has lost interest in sex and has started drinking scotch, even though he'd always hated it.
But one thing he cares about is his racehorse, GloryGloryHallelujah. With an obvious resemblance to Payne, Glory is large, with black hair and is as unmanageable as she is a successful racer. She has outlasted egotistical trainers who can't accept that her race times have nothing to do with their techniques, but Manny accepts her as she is and paired her with a jockey who lets her have her own way.
During a race, she fell and broke her leg. Even though most owners would put the horse down for its own sake, he can't let go and insists she be treated.
On his way home from the equine hospital, he visits Jane's grave, where she finds him and takes him urgently to the Brotherhood's mansion to operate on Payne. There is an instant dislike between Manny and his former patient with the six-chambered heart, the Goateed Hater who is his new patient's brother. But when he sees Payne for the first time, he falls instantly in love and would even take on the Goateed Hater for her.
He takes her to St Francis to operate on her spine and she removes his memories.
For the next week, his mind is turned inside out. He has no memories of the weekend after Glory's accident, but dreams of a beautiful woman with dark hair, and his late colleague Jane is often on his mind. He is plagued by sharp, excruciating headaches, but knows it's not a tumour because emptying his mind makes the pain stop. He runs through his morning routine before going to work, only to find it's actually night. He feels like he's losing his grip on reality until Vishous takes him back to the mansion to help Payne.
She is desperate to find a way out of her prison, so he starts off by changing her scenery and taking her to another room. He shows her internet footage of his friend and former patient, the mayor of Caldwell, who, despite being in a wheelchair, lives a very full life.
They kiss until he feels like he's about to lose control and he asks her to bite him. The experience ruins him for everyone else and while he's showering afterwards (he really liked being bitten), Payne rose up on her knees.
He showed her security footage of her kneeling and, believing that she needs some sexual healing, gives her an orgasm for the first time. Outwardly he's all about the healing, but inwardly he wishes it could be more, if only she wasn't going to outlive him by centuries.
After a lesser ambush, most of the Brothers were critically injured and Manny helped Jane and Ehlena by performing surgeries on V and others, which makes him feel alive again.
He spends more time with Payne, after which she regains her ability to walk. She has to let him go, but on their last night together, he takes her to see Glory, the only part of his life not related to work and they instantly hit it off.
But after a week, she still hasn't healed and it's putting too much strain on her other legs. The vet takes him aside to tell him the miracle they'd hoped for hasn't happened and they need to out her down. Manny noticed a glow and found Payne had healed Glory's legs.
As they leave the hospital, they are mugged, but Payne disarms the man. He spent the night asleep in her glowing embrace and the next day he looks and feels much better. He gets a call from the vet saying that Glory has miraculously healed to the point where it's as though the injury never happened.
When at the hospital getting the news that he is being put on leave, he asks for a physical. He is completely regenerated, but it scares him because he knows Payne did it and it's unnatural. He lost his job and almost lost his mind because of vampires and can't risk losing more. He plans to leave town without her.
V calls to speak to Payne and is surprised to learn she left hours ago. Manny realised that he had actually been afraid of his feelings for her, more than the changes she brought into his life and went out to look for her. Jane found him and suggested he go back to the mansion with her.
Manny was greeted by V and Butch, who he believed he remembered from church, but was actually his resemblance to the only picture Manny has of his father, Robert Bluff. V is trying to track him down but has not yet been successful. It is believed he must be a half-breed to be able to work during the day.
Manny often has to take a back seat to Jane in their hospital because a female physician is always inoffensive, while a man sometimes triggers bonded male instincts.
He still found a way to improve things in the field by buying an RV that he converted into a massive ambulance to treat serious field injuries in situ and also has x-ray and ultrasound capabilities. He is known for his lead foot, which along with lights and sirens, is a huge asset in an emergency.
He offered to be nearby with his ambulance for Trez and Selena's dinner date at Circle the World in case anything happened to her. There was no medical emergency, but the ambulance got caught in the war with the lessers. It was shot up, but the bulletproof glass held. He rolled down armour plates and had a big screen TV to use in place of the windscreen. Despite this, he hit something big that we (but not him) later find out was Xcor.
He was reluctant to let Rhage out to deal with the cops (yep, there were enough bullets flying to catch human attention) and even after the vampire left, he was followed anyway.
Rhage returned and gave directions to V's hidden garage, where they were able to hide from the cops and he was able to take in the full, heartbreaking damage done to his new baby on its maiden voyage.
When it was time, Manny euthanased Selena to ensure that she would not be trapped in her frozen body.
Knowing that Assail is not exactly an ally, he still operates on his shoulder and offers his help with the coke addiction he can tell is riding his patient. It's entirely up to Assail whether he will take him up on it. That is quickly answered when he throws away Manello's card.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday declared that the official cash rate would be lowered by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent, effective as of today. In explaining the decision, Governor Glenn Stevens said that "changed behaviour by households and the high exchange rate have had a noticeable dampening effect" on the economy.
"Financial markets have experienced considerable turbulence, and financing conditions have become much more difficult, especially in Europe," he said. "This, together with precautionary behaviour by firms and households, means that the likelihood of a further material slowing in global growth has increased.
"Commodity prices have reflected this, declining further over recent months and taking pressure off CPI inflation rates. This has increased the scope for some easing in monetary policy in a number of countries.
"Moreover, with labour market conditions now softer, the likelihood of a significant acceleration in labour costs outside the resources and related sectors in the near term has lessened. Accordingly, the Bank's current judgement is that inflation is likely to be consistent with the 2–3 per cent target in 2012 and 2013, abstracting from the impact of the carbon pricing scheme.
"Overall, the Board concluded, on the basis of all the available information, that the inflation outlook afforded scope for a modest reduction in the cash rate.
The Australian Retail Association (ARA), which has long trumpeted the need for a reduction in rates to ease the burden on the retail industry, has welcomed the move.
"The RBA's timely decision means the third of consumers who are starting their shopping during this first two weeks of December will have some extra spending confidence," said ARA executive director, Russell Zimmerman.
"Retailers have been facing tough trading conditions over the past eighteen months, and the rate cut will give them hope the silly season is 'in the bag' and they will finally be able to post some growth over Christmas.
"It's clear the RBA has listened to those at the coal face of the industry and given some much needed relief to consumers under stress as a result of their mortgage as well as other taxes and a soaring cost of living.
At this stage it seems the major banks have not heard Zimmerman's impassioned plea, with the major banks yet to pass on the rate cut.


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American Airlines officially announces the schedule of final MD-80 revenue flights
American Airlines has made this announcement:
On September 4, 2019 American Airlines will retire its last 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft. The MD-80, also known as the Super 80 (DC-9-82 and DC-9-83), was the workhorse of the airline's fleet throughout the 1980s and beyond, providing customers and team members with heartfelt memories on adventures ranging from family vacations to key business trips. It's a bittersweet but well-earned retirement as American celebrates the aircraft's history while modernizing its fleet.
Below is the schedule of the final revenue flights on the "Mad Dog" before their desert farewell ferry flights to Roswell, New Mexico (ROW). All schedules are subject to change based on operational needs.
Flight Date Departure Time Arrival Time
1449 Sept. 3 GRR 1425 DFW 1606
2372 Sept. 3 SAT 1955 DFW 2110
2257 Sept. 3 MSY 1943 DFW 2122
1010 Sept. 3 DFW 2034 STL 2218
267 Sept. 3 DFW 2226 TUL 2329
2454 Sept. 4 ICT 0500 DFW 0615
2180 Sept. 4 AMA 0500 DFW 0618
2232 Sept. 4 LBB 0500 DFW 0627
2586 Sept. 4 PNS 0500 DFW 0656
2200 Sept. 4 CLE 0540 DFW 0732
2891 Sept. 4 VPS 0545 DFW 0754
2338 Sept. 4 MFE 0615 DFW 0755
2540 Sept. 4 OMA 0600 DFW 0758
2605 Sept. 4 RDU 0600 DFW 0758
2326 Sept. 4 DSM 0600 DFW 0800
2500 Sept. 4 CVG 0629 DFW 0802
1999 Sept. 4 STL 0730 DFW 0924
2335 Sept. 4 ABQ 0650 DFW 0938
80 Sept. 4 DFW 0900 ORD 1135
Map: American's final MD-80 route (Great Circle Mapper).
This entry was posted in American Airlines and tagged American Airlines, DC-9-82, DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-80, MD-80, Super 80 on June 25, 2019 by Bruce Drum.
American Airlines Group reports the highest quarterly profit in company history
American Airlines Group Inc. (American Airlines) (Dallas/Fort Worth) today reported its third quarter 2015 results:
Reported record quarterly net profit of $1.9 billion excluding net special charges, a 54 percent increase versus the third quarter 2014. This is the highest quarterly profit in the Company's history
Reported quarterly GAAP net profit of $1.7 billion, an 80 percent increase versus last year's third quarter
Repurchased $1.56 billion of common stock, or 38.4 million shares, during the third quarter and authorized a new $2.0 billion share repurchase program to be completed by the end of 2016
Passed a critical merger milestone earlier this week by successfully integrating its passenger reservations system with no operational impact
American Airlines Group's third quarter 2015 net profit, excluding net special charges, was a record $1.9 billion, or $2.77 per diluted share versus a third quarter 2014 net profit excluding net special charges of $1.2 billion, or $1.66 per diluted share. This is the highest quarterly profit in the Company's history. The Company's third quarter 2015 pretax margin excluding net special charges was a record 17.7 percent, up 6.7 percentage points from the same period last year.
On a GAAP basis, the Company reported a net profit of $1.7 billion, or $2.49 per diluted share. This compares to a GAAP net profit of $942 million in the third quarter 2014, or $1.28 per diluted share.
The Company continues to make significant investments in the airline through its extensive fleet renewal program, giving it the youngest fleet of the U.S. network airlines. In the third quarter, the Company took delivery of 16 new mainline and 15 new regional aircraft and retired 36 mainline and nine regional aircraft.
In the third quarter, the Company recognized $192 million in net special charges, including:
$165 million in operating special charges, primarily including $198 million in merger related integration expenses and a $38 million special charge in connection with the Company's dissolution of its Texas Aero Engine Service joint venture. These charges were offset in part by a $66 million credit related to proceeds received from a legal settlement
$21 million in nonoperating special charges, principally related to non-cash write offs of unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs associated with the remarketing of the special facility revenue bonds discussed above
$6 million in tax special charges related to certain indefinite-lived assets
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Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. American is gradually phasing out its aging McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82s and DC-9-83s including some that have been donated to aviation schools. The MD-80s are expected to be gone by late 2017. None will be repainted in the new 2013 flag livery. Ex-TWA DC-9-83 (MD-83) N965TW (msn 53615) departs from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
American Airlines aircraft slide show (current livery):
American Airlines aircraft slide show (historic liveries):
This entry was posted in American Airlines, American Airlines Group and tagged 53615, American Airlines, American Airlines Group, DC-9, DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, N965TW on October 23, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Allegiant starts g4pilots.com website for the ongoing pilot negotiations
Allegiant Air (Allegiant Travel Company) (Las Vegas) has issued this statement and letter to its employees:
Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT) today (September 29) launched a new website, g4pilots.com to provide up-to-date information about ongoing negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the union representing the company's pilots. The site provides information about the progress of the negotiations, background on Allegiant's operations and answers to frequently asked questions for pilots, employees and the public. The site will be continuously updated by the Company with developments in the negotiation process. Additionally, the site offers a pay calculator function, allowing pilots and others to determine future pilot pay rates if Allegiant's current proposal is accepted by the IBT.
Meanwhile the COO issued this employee letter to the pilots:
To Allegiant Pilots:
Upon the conclusion of last week's negotiating session, I would like to update you on the progress that we are making in order to reach a contract agreement for you with Local 1224.
Over the past several months, Allegiant has worked hard with representatives of Local 1224 to find areas of cooperation and compromise. Both sides have yielded from previously held positions in order to find an equitable deal for you and your families; one that recognizes the valuable contribution that you, our pilots, make towards Allegiant's success.
Working with the union, we have settled many sections and narrowed our differences in other areas. For example, during our bargaining session in Washington, DC that ended last week, Allegiant and the union continued to make progress in the critical areas of compensation, insurance and retirement.
We remain hopeful for continued progress and cooperation with Local 1224. Our objective remains to reach an agreement with your union as soon as possible so that you can begin to enjoy the benefits of increased compensation along with the confidence and stability of a complete RLA contract. With that in mind, our most recent proposals are designed to deliver you real improvements and benefits. They include:
pay proposals that contain higher wages,
programs to bolster your retirement savings, and
progress in the areas of scheduling and productivity.
We were disappointed the Local 1224 negotiating committee chose not to respond in kind to most of our proposals at our recent session. Despite their signals to the contrary, we hope that they remain committed to making more progress during our next scheduled meetings on October 25-26 in Washington, D.C.
Finally as we work towards a final agreement, we will launch a unique website that we hope will be helpful to you – www.G4Pilots.com. This website will include:
timely updates and announcements about negotiations with Local 1224,
key facts about Allegiant's proposals and what they mean for your wages, benefits and job security,
important background information about the key issues in the negotiations, and
more information about the overall bargaining process.
All of my communications to you about the negotiations with the union will be posted on the website, along with other useful tools and background information. You can also sign-up to receive news and updates when additional information is added to the website.
I will notify you when the website goes live. I hope you find it to be a useful resource.
Copyright Photo: Greenwing/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N864GA (msn 49912) arrives at the Las Vegas base.
Allegiant Air aircraft slide show:
This entry was posted in Allegiant Air and tagged 49912, Allegiant Air, Allegiant Pilots, Allegiant Travel Company, DC-9, DC-9-83, international brotherhood of teamsters, LAS, Las Vegas, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, N864GA, pilots on September 29, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Allegiant announces further expansion in Memphis
Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) has announced further expansion in Memphis with the addition of twice weekly nonstop service to Austin, Texas and St. Petersburg/Clearwater beginning on October 1, 2015.
Allegiant began service to Memphis last May with flights to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Las Vegas and Sanford (near Orlando).
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N881GA (msn 49708) approaches the runway at Las Vegas.
This entry was posted in Allegiant Air and tagged 49708, Allegiant Air, Austin, DC-9, DC-9-83, LAS, Las Vegas, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, Memphis, N881GA, St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, St. Petersburg/Clearwater on July 22, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Allegiant announces four new routes from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood
Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) has announced new nonstop jet service to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport from four cities across the nation beginning on October 2, 2015, including one city new to the Allegiant network.
New routes announced to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood include:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire – October 1, 2015
Akron-Canton, Ohio – October 2, 2015
Rochester, New York – October 9, 2015
Grand Rapids, Michigan – December 16, 2015 through April 2016
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 N872GA (msn 53295) taxies to the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) painted in the old 2003 livery.
This entry was posted in Allegiant Air and tagged 53295, Allegiant Air, DC-9, DC-9-83, FLL, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, N872GA on June 23, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Allegiant wins its injunction appeal against its pilots
Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) has issued this statement:
Allegiant prevailed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its appeal of a lower court ruling which had prohibited the Company from changing the terms and conditions of employment for its pilots. The unanimous appellate court decision held that the lower court erred in finding that Allegiant had to maintain the "status quo" while it negotiates a contract with the pilots' representative, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters), pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (RLA).
The Teamsters was elected to represent Allegiant's pilots in August 2012. In late 2013, the Teamsters sued the Company, claiming the Company had violated the RLA's "status quo" requirements by allegedly making changes to established pilot work rules during the parties' negotiations. The appellate court concluded that Allegiant has no obligation to maintain the status quo under the RLA during its negotiations with the Teamsters. It vacated the injunction and remanded the case to "permit the Teamsters and Allegiant to continue negotiating a collective bargaining agreement in conformity with the RLA and under the [National Mediation] Board's guidance."
"We are pleased with the Court's ruling and look forward to directing our time and energy to the negotiating table to continue working toward a contract that will be beneficial to both our pilots and the company," said Steve Harfst, Allegiant's chief operating officer.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N868GA (msn 49554) arrives back at the Las Vegas base.
This entry was posted in Allegiant Air and tagged 49554, Allegiant, Allegiant Air, DC-9, DC-9-83, LAS, Las Vegas, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, N868GA on June 10, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Falcon Air ceases all operations
Falcon Air Express (Miami) on Friday (June 5) voluntarily surrendered its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and ceased all operations according to this report by The Ledger. The company had recently moved its aircraft to Lakeland, Florida and was in negotiations with the city about starting scheduled passenger operations from the airport that currently does not have any air service.
The company originally started operations in March 1996.
Copyright Photo: Tony STorck/AirlinersGallery.com. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (MD-83) N120MN (msn 53120) approaches the runway at Miami.
Falcon Air aircraft slide show:
This entry was posted in Falcon Air Express and tagged 53120, DC-9, DC-9-83, Falcon Air, Falcon Air Express, McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, MD-83, Miami, N120MN on June 9, 2015 by Bruce Drum.