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A-1 Closing Services Rebrands As MyAMC
A-1 Closing Services has changed its name to MyAMC as part of a rebranding initiative that supports the company's focus as a customer- and vendor-centric organization. MyAMC's rebranding initiative includes the introduction of two new technologies: A mobile appraiser engagement technology and an auto appraiser assignment technology. The company's mobile appraiser engagement technology, a mobile application available for iOS and Android devices, connects appraisers with MyAMC and enables them to receive, accept, and decline orders in a matter of minutes, thus cutting hours or even days off of appraisal turnaround times. "The name A-1 Closing Services gave lenders the impression that we were a closing services company, not an AMC," said Mills Landon, MyAMC's managing director. "We are expanding our presence among mid-size lenders, and everything about our rebranding, from our new name to the focus of our business operations, supports that objective." MyAMC's proprietary appraiser assignment technology uses key performance indicators to automate the process of assigning an appraisal to an appraiser. An analytical technology, it adds one more layer of independence controls, ensures appraiser competency and suitability, and reinforces the company's already robust platform of regulatory compliance controls. All MyAMC appraisals will continue to be managed through ValuLink, the company's proprietary appraisal management software. Both of the company's recently introduced technologies are integrated into the platform. Together, the technologies further enable the company to provide its lending partners with the highest quality and compliant appraisals that also meet or exceed expectations for turn times. "Lenders cannot afford appraisal delays or quality issues that cause them to miss critical closing dates," said Landon. "In rebranding MyAMC, we have added process enhancements that specifically address our clients' needs for quality and speed. What truly sets us apart, however, are the dedicated people who own and manage these processes." MyAMC invests in USPAP trained CSR's and QC reviewers, as well as staff appraisers with national market expertise. All of these resources share the common goal of optimizing the customer experience. In addition to its new technologies and exceptional service team, MyAMC maintains the highest standards for developing and maintaining its appraiser panel. "We use a rigorous enrollment process to select the top appraisers across the country. We pay them well, we pay them on time, and we seek their feedback to continuously improve our processes," added Landon. "Everything about MyAMC was specifically designed to enhance the customer experience. Furthermore, we are well positioned to help customers assess, monitor, and manage third party risk", added Landon. Lenders have a lot of things to worry about throughout the mortgage process. Appraisals shouldn't be one of them. And with MyAMC, they won't."
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Vanstone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Amanda Vanstone (born 1952), Australian politician and diplomat
Hugh Vanstone, English lighting designer
James W. VanStone (1925–2001), American anthropologist
Paul Vanstone (born 1967), British sculptor
Scott Vanstone (1947-2014), Canadian cryptographer

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Holt District Court () was a district court in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The court was based in the town of Tvedestrand. The court existed from 1852 until 2004. It had jurisdiction over the municipalities of Gjerstad, Risør, Tvedestrand, and Vegårshei. Cases from this court could be appealed to Agder Court of Appeal.

The court was a court of first instance. Its judicial duties were mainly to settle criminal cases and to resolve civil litigation as well as bankruptcy. The administration and registration tasks of the court included death registration, issuing certain certificates, performing duties of a notary public, and officiating civil wedding ceremonies. Cases from this court were heard by a combination of professional judges and lay judges.

History
This court was established on 23 March 1852 when the old district courts for the region were reorganized. The eastern part of the old Østre Nedenes District Court plus the Vegårshei area of the Østre Råbyggelaget District Court were merged to form the new Holt District Court. On 1 September 2004, the Holt District Court was merged with the old Nedenes District Court and Sand District Court to create the new Aust-Agder District Court.

References

Defunct district courts of Norway
1852 establishments in Norway
2004 disestablishments in Norway


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The legendary performer has been crushing it with her fashion choices long before she conquered Couture Fashion Week.
Guys, in case you haven't noticed, Celine Dion is having a major style moment; the singer has been out and about in some seriously droolworthy outfits. At Paris Couture, she just kept them coming: Building on her roster from last year, when she headed to the shows in Gucci, Balmain, and, most iconically, Vetements, the legendary performer is back at it again this summer with some pretty memorable looks. Dion has continued her collaboration with stylist Law Roach (who also works with Zendaya), and man, is he working some magic with her. Thanks to a slew of of awards and albums in the 1980s, Canadian singer Celine Dion was naturally a star in the French-speaking world, but it wasn't until her English-language album Unison in 1990 that the American public knew what they were in for. Dion is responsible for some of the biggest No. 1 hits in history including "The Power of Love," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," and, how could we forget, Titanic's "My Heart Will Go On." As the powerhouse's musical tastes evolved, so did her fashion, first breaking out onto the scene in an oversized jean jacket complete with a white lacy top and blue floral leggings—it was 1987, OK?—to head-to-toe Dior, Giambattista Valli, and more at the most recent couture shows. Ahead, the style transformation of Celine Dion. You're in for a treat.
Wearing a prairie dress in Cannes in 1983.
Here, a smiling Dion sports an oversize jean jacket with a white lacy top, and blue floral leggings. This look wouldn't be complete without the big permed hair. It was 1987!
While performing in Germany, a fresh-faced Dion proved her love of sparkles in a sequined cocktail dress accented with a gold chain belt.
The patched jeans. The Vuitton accessories. The cowboy boots!
1990: Once again, Dion shows her allegiance to a black embellished number. Black tights and mules finished the look.
1993: The Canadian singer goes for her own interpretation of boho chic with loose waves and a long floral gown at the the Sleepless in Seattle premiere.
At the Grammys in 1995.
Channeling David Bowie onstage in 1996.
In a sheer halter dress at the Grammys in 1997.
Dion went for broke at the 1997 Oscars in a bedazzled, sequined dressed that showed off her lithe figure. A diamond-encrusted star choker added some extra bling.
Dion wore the now infamous white backward Dior suit at the height of her fame in 1999. It is a look that like her heart will always go on.
Here, Dion looks almost J.Lo-esque with her bug-eye frames and cutout red dress. But don't worry—the singer was totally in her element at the VH1 2002 Divas.
At opening night of A New Day press conference, Dion was all glamour in an all-black outfit with a long, silver beaded cape that matched her eyeshadow. Now, that's what we call a look.
For the 2003 Super Bowl, the Canadian superstar went for a more feminine look in a floral top and wide, flared pants.
In a green goddess dress in 1997.
While your eye might want to go instantly toward Lady Gaga, Dion holds her own in an embellished, long-sleeve minidress that showed off her enviable legs at the 2010 Grammys.
A long-sleeve Armani Privé gown was Dion's choice for the 2011 Oscars. A minimal choice with a touch of sheen.
Once again, Dion struck a minimal turn in a simple off-the-shoulder purple gown at the BAMBI Awards in Germany in 2012.
2013: Clearly, you can't take away a woman's love of metallic minidresses. Here, Dion chose a formfitting gilded number with color-coordinated pumps.
For her a dramatic appearance at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards after her Rene Angélil's death, Dion stole the show in a liquid silver and gold gown that flashed a lot of leg. She brought viewers to tears that night with the touching tribute to her husband.
In Paris in June 2016 wearing a Saint Laurent jacket, a Balenciaga dress, and a Givenchy bag.
In a Fendi coat and bag in Paris, July 2016.
In chic black Dior at the Christian Dior Couture show in Paris, July 2016.
Celine wore a Balmain coat and pants in Paris, July 2016.
At the Giambattista Valli Couture show (wearing the designer's dress) in Paris, July 2016.
Wearing head-to-toe Gucci in Paris, July 2016.
After a week of incredible outfits, this was the one that sealed the deal for us. Aside from having great style, Celine obviously has a sense of humor—which she showed when she wore a Vetements sweatshirt with Rose and Jack from Titanic on the front (with Saint Laurent jeans and Gucci shoes). Celine, we heart you.
After such a successful run in 2016, Dion had to return to Paris to defend her title of queen of couture—this time, she even has a hashtag. First up: a printed Roberto Cavalli two-piece.
Open up the brown leather trench to show off those Andy Sachs-grade boots, Celine.
Dion titled this outfit:"Just another day at the office." We aspire to serve so much look—with a little help from Dice Kayek, Casadei, Yves Saint Laurent, and Dior—with our weekday wardrobe.
When you're Celine Dion at Couture Fashion Week, this qualifies as daytime attire.
Celine Dion meets Christian Dior—and the result couldn't be more iconic.
Leave it to Celine to outshine the Petit Palais—while in head-to-toe Giambattista Valli, no less. Another Couture Fashion Week conquered.


Photograph showing the Woodstock Fire Department. Pictured from left to right is their 1939 Diamond "T" engine, their 1942 Ford/Southern engine, and their 1931 GMC engine.
If you had attended a community event in the 70s, or 80s you might have found Betty Showman there, dressed as the popular TV character Minnie Pearl.
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing individuals at a function for the Broadway Volunteer Fire Department.


At Turnstyles we want to give your child the best birthday on their big day. Join in the action with a fabulous football party with penalty shoot-outs, crossbar challenges, tournaments and goals galore.
It's your birthday and it's Samba time!
Make your child's birthday extra special with a South American themed futsal party. With special futsal balls and samba music, your child and their friends will get a chance to play the sport which helped to developed some of the world's best football players, from Lionel Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo.
Captain Turnstyles to the rescue!
We all love a Super Hero. From Batman to Superman, we know how much Super Hero's mean to your little one. That's why we would like to invite you to come and enjoy a special Super Hero themed party, packed full of different games from Dodgeball, Stuck in the Mud, Cross the River and many, many more.
From FC Barcelona's Neymar to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's best players have tricks and flicks that we all love to watch. Now your child and their friends can learn all the latest skills and put them into practice at one of our unique Skills & Tricks parties.
Pirates, Astronauts or Football Players, we all had our dream as a kid.
Now your child can live out their dream at one of our Fancy Dress parties. Whatever the theme we can make it happen to make your child's day extra special.
With our Bespoke party option you can tailor the party to suite whatever you like. Turnstyles is at your service!
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Q: Java Doubly Circular Linked List Deletion I have created a doubly circular linked list and wanted to delete a node with a given value.If we assume that there's a circular doubly linked list with node values 11,12,13,14 where 11 is the head node.Then to delete node with value 11, we need to set previous pointer of 12 to point to 14 and next pointer of node 14 must be set to 12 and 12 is then made the head node.So, now if we choose to display the list answer should be 12,13,14 but unexpectedly answer comes out to be 12,13,14,11.And when I add the line no. 19(Delete function mentioned below) to the code,expected output is displayed.Hence,I wanted to know if the logic is correct and we have changed all the previous and next pointer values,then why the output differs.If I want to to delete the first node i.e the head node then why we should set the next value to be null(as in line no. 19(Delete function mentioned below)?
NODE STRUCTURE:
public class Node{
int data;
Node next,prev;   //next and previous pointers for a node
}

DELETE FUNCTION
1     public void del(int x)
2    {
3       Node n=head;
4      do{
5          if(n.data==x){break;}
6           n=n.next;
7       }
8     while(n.data!=x);
9       if(n.data==x && n!=head)  //for deleting any other node except first node
10       {
11         n.next.prev=n.prev;
12         n.prev.next=n.next;
13       }
14       else if(n.data==x && n==head)  //for first node deletion
15       {
16           head.next.prev=head.prev;
17           head.prev.next=head.next;
18           head=head.next;
19        // n.next=null;
20       }
21       else{System.out.println("Element not found");}
22    }

P.S: I also tried to print nodes along with next value where even after changing the next pointer of node 14 from 11 to 12(i.e deletion of 11),still node.next was printing 11 as next of node 14.Why?
Code for display function given below:
public void display()
    {
        Node n=head;

        if (head != null)
    {
        do
        {
            System.out.println(n.data+" and its next is "+n.next.data);
            n=n.next;
        }while(n!=head);
        System.out.println("");
    }
        else{System.out.println("Please add an entry to the linked list");}
    }

A: I tried to keep it as simple as possible, hope it helps. (its hard to read your code so I just made it from scratch)
public class DoublyLinkedList {
    // no null state
    DoublyLinkedList prev = this, next = this;
    int value;

    public DoublyLinkedList(int value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    // add node to the back of the list
    public void add(int value) {
        DoublyLinkedList node = new DoublyLinkedList(value);
        node.next = this;
        node.prev = this.prev;
        this.prev.next = node;
        this.prev = node;
    }

    // remove the node
    public void remove() {
        prev.next = next;
        next.prev = prev;
    }

    // find the node with given value
    public DoublyLinkedList find(int value) {
        DoublyLinkedList
            end = this.prev,
            current = this;
        while(current != null) {
            if(current.value == value) return current;
            if(current == end) break; // to prevent infinite cycle
            current = current.next;
        }
        return null;
    }

    // dump the list
    public void dump() {

        DoublyLinkedList
            end = this.prev,
            current = this;
        while(current != null) {
            System.out.print(current.value + " ");
            if (current == end) break;
            current = current.next;
        }
        System.out.println();
    }

    // testing
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DoublyLinkedList list = new DoublyLinkedList(1);
        list.add(2);
        list.add(3);
        list.add(4);

        list.dump();

        list.find(3).remove();

        list.dump();
    }
}

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CES 2013: Lenovo 27" Tablet and Nectar Fuel Cell iPhone Charger
Tuesday January 8, 2013 9:16 am PST by Arnold Kim
The Consumer Electronics Show can get a bad rap from bloggers and journalists who have become jaded by seeing the same products over and over. So, it can be particularly satisfying to see new classes of products that haven't quite hit the mainstream, even if there may be some practical limitations to their ultimate success.
Two of those type of products that I saw at this year's CES include Lenovo's 27" table-top tablet and Nectar Power's fuel cell charger.
Lenovo 27" Table PC
It seems absurd when you first hear about it -- a 27" Table PC from Lenovo -- essentially a 27" tablet that you place on your tabletop. It runs Windows 8 and can also stand up to be used as a more traditional computer.
It doesn't sound particularly practical, but standing in front of it at CES, I was intrigued. When we saw Jeff Han's first multi-touch demos in 2006 or Microsoft's Surface Table for $10,000, our first reaction was that these multi-touch tables were the future, and we wanted one for our house. Now, you will be able to get one for approximately $1699 this summer.
There are some practical issues with a device of this type. Lenovo had to add their own custom interface layer on top of Windows 8 to accommodate the flat-table multi-touch action. They've also partnered with a number of companies such as EA to provide table-top multi-touch versions of their games, so software selection to start will be limited.
Given the relatively high costs of ownership, it's hard to imagine that this will grow beyond a niche product. As a result, it's also hard to believe that Apple would be ever interested in pursuing this market themselves.
Still, I'm glad this product exist and will be curious to see how it evolves over time.
Nectar Power Fuel Cell Charger
It feels like fuel cell technology has been on the cusp for the past decade. We even reported back in 2003 that Apple was actively pursuing the technology for future PowerBook designs. Nine years later, and we haven't seen much in the way of practical fuel cell usage in our consumer electronics. Fuel cells promise a high density of energy using some form of replenishable fuel supply.
Lilliputian Systems is a 12 year old company that has been working on commercializing its fuel cell system. The company has raised over $100 million dollars over that time from investors. At CES, it has launched its first product called Nectar Power, which is available for pre-order at Brookstone.
Nectar Power is a fuel cell charger for your iPhone or any other USB-powered device. It comes in two parts: the charger itself and the disposable fuel pods filled with butane. Each pod provides your iPhone with 10 full recharges (55,000mW), which the company estimates could last you two weeks.
The initial cost for the charger itself is $299 and comes with an initial fuel pod. Replacement fuel pods cost $9.99 each.
That's where the numbers could get tricky. Despite the high energy density, the recurring cost of pod-replacements will make it hard to adopt it as your standard charging solution, while the high initial cost for the system will make it hard to buy to keep around just as a backup charging system. One notable advantage of the system, however, is that the Nectar Power system is said to retain its power far more effectively than a battery. An unattended Nectar would only be expected to lose about 10% of its charging ability over the course of year.
Overall, the product is fascinating and a taste of what's to come down the line as the product gets smaller/cheaper and expands into other devices.
Here's my prototype iPhone charger with a replenishable fuel supply:
longofest
"Absurd" ?!
Seriously it's not your job to make such comments
You bring us the news
We make the judgements
I'd give Arn a little slack. He's done quite well for the community over the years.
Unggoy Murderer
Pictures like this are now justified.
Great, I can't wait to get on plane full of explosive iPhone chargers ...
Rogifan
I think we can safely say, while maybe Apple doesn't try hard enough with it's product revs, Samsung (did you see their new fugly and unfunctional TV shape?) and Lenovo try too hard. Ultimately, its still the "a piece is missing" Apple device we all still want because it's designed for the way conventional people live.
I was at a conference last year where Malcom Gladwell spoke. The subject of his keynote was "practical innovation" and he used Apple as an example, saying they weren't first and sometimes not even second but it didn't matter because at the end of the day they produced a product people wanted to buy. I have no problem with Apple being more conservative and not just throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks.


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Hyatt's new initiatives help support U.S. military personnel, veterans and their families.
Hyatt's New Initiatives Support U.S. Military and Their Families
By Hotel Business on	 October 29, 2018 Brands, Guest Services & Programs
CHICAGO—In honor of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, Hyatt Hotels Corporation released new benefits and programs that demonstrate a strengthened commitment to honoring those who have served or are serving in the United States military. These commitments include a new rate for U.S. veterans, active military personnel and their immediate family members, and reinforced veteran job placement and career development efforts.
"Military personnel, veterans and their families have worked and fought hard to support their country and they shouldn't have to settle when on the road or pursuing a post-military career," said Mark Vondrasek, Hyatt's chief commercial officer/Veterans Diversity Business Resource Group (DBRG) executive sponsor. "We welcome military personnel, veterans and their families to work and stay with Hyatt."
Veteran and Military Rate
Individuals who have served or are currently serving in any official government-sponsored branch of the United States armed services and their immediate family members can get between 10-15% off the Hyatt Standard Rate at any participating Hyatt-branded hotel in the United States when booking the veteran and military rate with an offer code. This is the first-ever veteran and military discount to be offered by Hyatt hotels. A valid U.S. military/veteran ID or other documented proof of service is required at check-in, and military personnel, veterans and immediate family members who are World of Hyatt members will be eligible to earn World of Hyatt points for their stay.
The Hyatt House brand will also allow eligible military personnel, veterans and immediate family members to combine the veteran and military rate with its upcoming holiday promotion, in which World of Hyatt members who stay for four or more consecutive nights at any Hyatt House hotel in the U.S. between Nov. 1-Dec. 31, can earn 2,000 World of Hyatt bonus points.
The Hyatt Veterans DBRG champions veterans in job placement and career development, and pursues volunteer activities supporting military interests in Hyatt communities. To bolster its military recruiting efforts, Hyatt is collaborating with an organization that helps veterans transition back into the workforce called HirePurpose.
Support of Veteran-Operated Businesses
The Hyatt Place and Hyatt House brands will also further integrate veteran-owned businesses into the guest experience with proceeds benefiting veterans. These brands will expand their existing preferred t-shirt vendor relationship in the U.S. with Rags of Honor, the only silkscreen shop that is 100% operated by homeless and unemployed veterans with proceeds directly supporting that mission. On Veterans Day, and weekly throughout November, colleagues at 350 Hyatt Place and Hyatt House properties across the United States will wear Hyatt-branded Rags of Honor t-shirts as a sign of gratitude to those who have served. In addition, World of Hyatt Globalists and Explorists will receive a t-shirt during any stay at a Hyatt Place or Hyatt House hotel in the United States throughout November, subject to availability. The Hyatt House brand plans to test Veteran Roasters coffee at participating hotels across the U.S.
"We want to show those who serve and have served in the military that we understand them. They never settle and neither do we, which is why Hyatt Place and Hyatt House hotels are celebrating their service and commitment to their country this Veterans Day and beyond," Steven Dominguez, VP of global brands for Hyatt Place and Hyatt House.
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Trump's Cancellation of Pompeo Trip Dashes Hopes in South Korea
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The once-high approval ratings of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea have begun slipping, so he needs breakthroughs in relations with North Korea.
By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times
The past few days have been a roller-coaster ride for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea.
On Thursday, the United States secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he would travel to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, this coming week, raising hopes that the trip would make progress in talks over denuclearizing the North and provide the rationale for Mr. Moon to advance inter-Korean relations.
Those hopes were quickly dashed barely a day later, however, when President Trump abruptly canceled Mr. Pompeo's trip.
To many South Koreans, the zigzag was another sign of Washington's poor coordination in its North Korea policy, and it left Mr. Moon with a difficult choice.
If Mr. Moon ignores Mr. Trump's unhappiness with North Korea and pushes ahead with his plan to open South Korea's first liaison office in the North as early as this coming week — as well as meeting North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, in Pyongyang next month — he could run the risk of creating a rift with Washington, the South's most important ally.
Any major cooperative deal with Mr. Kim would also prompt a backlash from Mr. Moon's conservative enemies at home, who are always eager to portray him as a dangerous progressive.
But postponing the inter-Korean projects, such as his plan to reconnect the two Koreas' railways, would be a huge setback for Mr. Moon, who has vowed to take a "driver's seat" in efforts to defuse the crisis over the North's nuclear weapons development and build peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Mr. Trump could have scrapped Mr. Pompeo's trip in an attempt to gain quick leverage over North Korea, and the American president may revive it soon — just as he once canceled and then reinstated his summit meeting with Mr. Kim in June, said Kim Yong-hyun, a professor of North Korean studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, the South Korean capital.
But if that turns out not to be the case, Mr. Moon could find himself in an awkward position when he sits down with Mr. Kim next month.
"He can try to persuade Kim Jong-un to become more cooperative with denuclearization, telling him that inter-Korean relations cannot advance without it, or he can decide to press ahead with inter-Korean projects without progress in denuclearization," said Shin Beom-chul, a North Korea specialist at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul. "If he chooses the latter, it will bode ill for South Korean-United States relations."
Mr. Moon's foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, talked with Mr. Pompeo on the phone on Saturday, expressing regrets over the cancellation of Mr. Pompeo's trip. But the allies agreed to maintain "momentum for dialogue" with North Korea, Ms. Kang's office said.
There was no immediate reaction from North Korea.
The latest falling-out between Pyongyang and Washington came at a delicate moment in relations between Seoul and Washington.
Mr. Moon recently delivered a nationally televised speech warning that his country could not remain a bystander as talks between Washington and Pyongyang stalled.
"I believe in the importance of recognizing that we are the protagonists in Korean Peninsula-related issues," Mr. Moon said. "Developments in inter-Korean relations are not the by-effects of progress in the relationship between the North and the United States. Rather, advancement in inter-Korean relations is the driving force behind denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
That comment, coupled with Mr. Moon's proposal for bold new economic cooperation with North Korea and his plan to open the inter-Korean liaison office, prompted worries among conservative South Koreans that Mr. Moon's eagerness to advance ties would further complicate Washington's struggle to persuade North Korea to denuclearize.
In recent weeks, Mr. Moon's once high approval ratings have begun slipping amid signs of rising public discontent about a slowing economy and high youth unemployment, so he needs breakthroughs in relations with Pyongyang. But to push for his inter-Korean economic agenda, he wanted relations between North Korea and the United States to improve enough to allow the easing of international sanctions.
Officials in Mr. Moon's government have often said that Mr. Trump's unconventional approach may offer the best chance for diplomatically resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, a problem that successive United States administrations have failed to address successfully.
But South Koreans have learned how unpredictable it can be to maintain the alliance with Washington under Mr. Trump, as the American leader swung from threats to rain down "fire and fury" on the North to becoming the first sitting American president to meet the North Korean leader.
But even after Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim met in Singapore and agreed to work toward the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" and to build "new" bilateral relations, South Koreans have lived with an abiding fear about the fragility of the diplomatic process.
They express concern that Mr. Trump may change his mind at any time, particularly if he realizes that he cannot deliver the quick denuclearization of North Korea that he seemed to promise to the American people when he declared right after the Singapore summit meeting that there was "no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea."
South Koreans also worry that Mr. Trump will be distracted by his mounting legal problems at home or that he may not survive for a second term. A diplomatic process that Mr. Moon helped create could be quickly overturned, that line of thinking goes, if a new administration were to take office in Washington with a more skeptical take on diplomatically engaging the North.
When Mr. Moon met with Mr. Kim twice this year, he emphasized how important it was for North Korea to move quickly to reach and carry out a denuclearization deal in return for improved ties with Washington while Mr. Trump was in office, so that it would be hard for future administrations to reverse the course.
But things have not moved as quickly as Mr. Moon had hoped.
Two months after the Singapore summit meeting, talks remain stalemated. Washington wants the North to make bolder steps toward denuclearization, such as revealing a full inventory of its nuclear assets and starting dismantling some of them.
But North Korea says it will move toward denuclearization only in "phases" and insists on "simultaneous" reciprocal concessions from Washington, like the joint declaration of an end to the 1950-53 Korean War.
"Kim Jong-un must be watching closely not only Trump's legal problems at home and Moon Jae-in's sliding popularity ratings as he calculates his next moves," said Lee Byong-chul, a senior fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation in Seoul.
In recent weeks, North Korea has complained that Mr. Trump's agreement with Mr. Kim is being sabotaged by administration officials who insist on what Pyongyang called a "unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization."
"Time isn't on Trump or Moon's side, considering both their political schedules, and throwing around the cancellation card too many times will lose its effect," said Duyeon Kim, a Seoul-based researcher at the Center for a New American Security.
"But Pyongyang should realize that time actually isn't on its side either, because we don't know what Trump will do after the November midterm elections. Trump may be the only American president who is willing to deal with Kim Jong-un."
World - U.S. Daily News: Trump's Cancellation of Pompeo Trip Dashes Hopes in South Korea
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L'offensiva della Dobrugia meridionale fu l'azione di apertura dell'invasione romena della Bulgaria durante la seconda guerra balcanica. Oltre la stessa Dobrugia meridionale, Varna fu anche occupata per breve tempo dalla cavalleria romena, finché divenne evidente che non sarebbe stata offerta alcuna resistenza bulgara. La Dobrugia Meridionale fu successivamente annessa alla Romania.

Sfondo
L'esercito romeno non aveva visto azioni straniere dal 1878, ma il 5 luglio 1913 iniziò a mobilitarsi contro la Bulgaria. Dopo l'inizio della seconda guerra balcanica, i rumeni percepirono un'opportunità per realizzare le loro aspirazioni insoddisfatte in Dobrugia. La Romania dichiarò guerra alla Bulgaria il 10 luglio, dando assicurazioni diplomatiche che non intendeva soggiogare la Bulgaria o sconfiggere il suo esercito.

Offensiva romena
Il 10 luglio, in seguito alla dichiarazione romena di guerra, il 5º corpo del generale Ioan Culcer, che contava 80.000 soldati, attraversò il confine nella parte bulgara della Dobrugia. Quel giorno i romeni attraversarono il Danubio a Silistra senza incontrare resistenza. Una settimana dopo, la linea Tutrakan-Balchik venne occupata e il 16 luglio le pattuglie romene entrarono a Varna. La linea Tutrakan-Balchik segnava il territorio richiesto dai romeni. La cavalleria annessa al 5º corpo del generale Culcer occupò brevemente Varna, ma si ritirò in Dobrugia quando divenne evidente che non sarebbe stata offerta alcuna resistenza bulgara. Il 18 luglio, una brigata della 1ª armata bulgara, che si stava ritirando a sud, fu catturata dalla 1ª divisione di cavalleria romena. La brigata bulgara non oppose resistenza. Il capo delle operazioni della 1ª divisione di cavalleria romena era Ion Antonescu, a cui fu assegnata la medaglia d'oro della virtù militare, consegnatagli personalmente dal principe Ferdinando. Antonescu fu uno degli unici due a ricevere questo riconoscimento durante la campagna.

Conseguenze
I romeni non subirono perdite in combattimento. I bulgari accettarono di cedere la Dobrugia Meridionale alla Romania già il 19 luglio. La Dobrugia meridionale, la più ricca terra agricola della Bulgaria, fu ufficialmente annessa alla Romania in seguito al Trattato di Bucarest. Il territorio misurava 2.970 miglia quadrate.

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In pediatric patients open abdomen (OA) is applied with many and not standardized indications. Several studies have been published regarding the OA management in adults and fewer in pediatrics. Several issues are still unclear and need more high quality data. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) promoted the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA) dedicated to adults and pediatric patients. The register is held on a web platform (Clinical Registers®) through a dedicated web site: www.clinicalregisters.org. (ClinicalTrials. gov Identifier: NCT02382770).


A practical guide to the development of common housing registers between local authorities and registered social landlords in Scotland. The guide draws on the experience of those areas in Scotland who have successfully implemented a CHR.
"A CHR enables people to apply for affordable rented housing by completing just one application form and to receive joined up information and advice about their housing options. Tenants are selected from a single pool of applicants."
shared provision of housing information and advice.
Typically, an applicant will register their need and housing preference by completing a single application form. They will receive information and advice about the range of options available to them. They will then be registered on a common waiting list held by two or more housing providers. Participating landlords then prioritise and select potential tenants from this single pool of applicants.
It is extremely important to recognise that establishing a CHR is often an incremental process. It may involve putting in place one of the key components while continuing to develop others on the way to implementing a fully functioning CHR.
CHRs bring benefits to both applicants and landlords. CHRs should be based on the commitment that the process will both simplify and maximise access to housing.
Social housing is now provided by a far wider and more diverse range of organisations than ever before. Existing systems where each landlord in an area has their own waiting list, based on lengthy paper application forms and home visits are increasingly viewed as unnecessary obstacles for applicants. Indeed some of those with the most urgent housing need may be the least equipped to negotiate this complex system.
greater choice of landlords, housing areas and types for applicants and tenants.
For landlords working in a system of multiple waiting lists with unknown levels of duplication a CHR makes it possible to see who is in greatest need within an area. A single list enables a more robust estimate of housing need in the area. CHRs can also improve the use of social housing stock by providing a wider range of tenants for the stock available.
realising operational efficiency through joint working.
The fundamental aim of CHR policy is to simplify and maximise access to affordable rented housing. Without a CHR, prospective tenants may unintentionally limit their chances of finding a suitable house, either because they are unaware of the range social housing providers in their area, or because they are overwhelmed by the number of different application forms they need to fill in.
Housing law in Scotland requires that social housing is allocated on the basis of an objective assessment of housing need. Without the single list of applicants which a CHR produces, it is extremely difficult to see who, in a particular area, is in greatest need, and allocate accordingly.
CHRs also support the provision of consistent, quality advice to prospective applicants and tenants of social housing. Indeed, Councils have a statutory duty to ensure the provision of housing and homelessness advice and assistance to all people, free of charge, in their areas. This goes hand in hand with a simplified application process.


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2021 According To… Mark System
Dave Jenkins / 21 December 2021
Photography: Daniel Naylor
Jungle drum & bass might be pushing 30 these days but the pleasure of discovering an ID will forever remain timeless.
No matter on the medium, no matter on the era; that moment when you find out the artist, name and availability of tune or tunes that have been rattling around your head for weeks, months or years will always be a thrill. And this year has been a good one for anyone chasing Mark System IDs.
Often operating on one/two releases per year, this year he's treated us to no less than four dispatches. And some of these releases can be traced back to sets from years ago. Wanna Dance on Metalheadz, for example, dates back to 2014, and His recent Soul In Motion EP has been around since at least 2019 when Mark curated a night at Sun And Bass.
This is the way Mr System operates and while it can push fans' patience we wouldn't have it any other way. To mark such a proliferous year we called him up to get some reflection on these strange and complex times. The conversation starts with a set that's not quite so long ago… Alchemy at one of the very last parties in The Cause, London, where he Commix, SP and Cleveland Watkiss went IN for four whole hours…
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That set with Commix! Sheesh!
Thanks man. All credit goes to Lee, the promoter. He had the idea and knew we were friends and had similar viewpoints artistically. I can't believe it had never happened before. We've written music together, but never played together. It took a third party to bring it together. That's true promoting. What Lee is doing with Alchemy is what our scene has needed for a long time. The way techno and D&B is together on a line-up and the fact we had four hours made it special. I could play some very deep and interesting things to start with and capture the mood.
I've got goosebumps again! I loved the dynamism of it. It got serious ruff in places, but super deep in others.
Yeah we took it to some places and at one point I pulled it back in again so we could breathe a bit. I still love dancing. It's really important for me to still be a raver and still be a music fan. You can't tear it up forever. We're all human, we all have energy levels. It's quite surreal, but in moments like that it feels like everyone in the room is choosing the music.
We're all choosing together where we're going to go. George and I freestyled it, we had a bit of a plan but we also knew we'd have to leave a lot of it to the vibe of the room on the day. Yeah… I'm still buzzing about it now.
I love hearing a DJ talk like that. Doesn't matter how long you're doing this, you still get inspired like that.
Oh totally. I have wow moments in sets like that. Just seeing smiles on people's faces, knowing you're with like-minded people. Life isn't like that all the way, is it? I go to the supermarket or walk down the street, usual day-to-day stuff and it's all pretty mundane. Then the weekend, I play something like that, I see people and I know I share something much deeper with them. That will always be special. It's highs and lows, isn't it?
Highs for me are receiving Mark System releases in my inbox and we've had more than usual this year. Two EPs!
And two remixes. It has been a good year. I guess that's just the way it's fallen with the labels. The Metalheadz one, for instance, Goldie and I have been talking about since 2007. So that's how far back it goes. Largely through my complacency to be honest. Ant TC1 can be thanked for that one – he made me pull my finger out. When they said they had a 25 years release and wanted me to be part of it, I couldn't walk away from that. What a magical way of being part such a seminal label's legacy.
How did you pick the tunes?
Ant wanted On Top and had been asking me about it for years. Wanna Dance had to be on there because I wrote that for a Headz Vs Exit event where they pitched a load of DJs from each label against each other. The sets were called battles but I'm not much of a battler. Like the Commix set, I prefer complementing each other and honouring the dancefloor. But on this occasion I thought I'd drop a Headz tune on DLR to throw him off.
Then a few months later, Darren pulled it on Goldie who immediately wanted it. Now this caused some difficulties – Darren and Goldie wanted it.
You understand! Originally there was talk of a joint release, which I'd have loved, but that didn't happen. Then the 25 year anniversary release came about and it made a lot of sense of the tune to be released that way. But all that history needed to happen for the tune have such a place on the label and that release. I'm very happy about that.
I'm happy, too. That new Soul In Motion EP… I've been waiting for those tunes since Sun & Bass! This mix has been part of my life every week. I can still hear Cleveland Watkiss on every tune. Fabio called it voodoo. That was over two years ago and these tracks are still coming out now. You never rush anything out do you?
No I don't. I think that's important. It's funny – I know it's the music 'business', but I'm an artist and I like things to happen when I feel like it's time for things to happen. Yeah, the music could come out sooner but it's just as poignant now. Things had to have their place, and I've put more work into each track since I first played them. I've been able to test them and tweak them until I'm happy with them. I could have rushed them out and got on with more music, but that's not who I am, I'm not prepared to rush stuff. I care too much.
I really care about our scene so much and the quality of music released in drum & bass and I'm not prepared to saturate it. Everything you hear from me is just about past the threshold, it's just acceptable. I put so much work into it and I always want to be better than I am.
I think that's important to encourage. The longer you put into it, the longer it lasts. It's also testament to having your own sound…
I think so, too. And I also think that you reach a point as an artist where you're confident enough to sound like yourself. It takes a long time. I've spent a long time trying to be unique, then a number of years ago I realised I wasted a lot of energy trying to be unique when I am unique anyway because there's only one me.
At what point did you realise that?
I realised it when I was writing music for media, which is my main music job. I care about D&B so much I don't want to rely on it for food on the table. I don't want it to be my job because you run the risk of releasing just to pay bills. I don't want to be forced. I've always thought this right from the start, even as a fan. I don't ever want to sell out, so to speak.
But an anonymous career in media music is the opposite. I approach it with a different mindset. I've written tonnes of library albums. It's very quick, functional music, it serves a purpose, it gets into people's heads quickly. It's everything I don't want to do with D&B. I love doing it, and it's helped me become a better D&B artist.
One of my mantras for years was 'path of least resistance'. In media music things have little lead times, changes need to be done yesterday, so I got into a very quick process of writing where as soon as it's done, it's done. That started to creep into how I was doing D&B too, but in a good way. Media music allowed me to let go and made me realise that it can only be me because I've written the tune in half a day. So it was writing other music that enabled me to realise there was only one Mark System. That epiphany was about 15 years ago.
Where can we hear your media music stuff. Or is it secret?
Some of it is secret and I love that. I love the anonymity of that. But one thing UK people will be aware of is that I wrote the music for the Waitrose Christmas campaign this year. Have a listen and see if you can pick out any Mark System.
Wow I'm gonna check that. That must take the pressure off making drum & bass and keep things pure for you?
Absolutely. It's all honest and I can sleep at night.
Haha. So one track I'm still waiting for from that mix… Celebration. I've messaged you about this. I can't hear it without Cleveland singing on it.
Me too. I can hear him in my head now!
Do you think he would feature on it?
He wants to. It's for a Sun And Bass EP and it's through my complacency that is hasn't happened. We've been planning it for years. It's in place, but I need to go back in and tighten up all the tracks before its release. I'm hoping we can release it before the end of next year. I've spoken to Cleveland and would love to return to that discussion. I do love that tune though. I wrote it coming up to my birthday and it makes me smile every time I hear it. When I hear it, I don't feel like I wrote it. It does feel like a celebration tune. And the fact Sun And Bass want it is special. Because they are a celebration of our culture.
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That's interesting regarding flow state. What are your memories when you think back of being in a flow state? For me it's really hazy. Like you're present but you're not.
That's the magic of it! Some of my tunes that turn out to be popular I don't really remember making at all and it's so nice to be detached from the music and not criticise or search for something else in it. But maybe that's just time as well, because it's been so long since I wrote these tunes.
You know I was worried you were going to leave D&B and move into house and techno for a while…
I'm a product of D&B and have been since the 90s, as a fan first then as an MC and now as an artist. I love it and care about it so much that I have to be careful I don't saturate myself with it. I have to keep away from it a bit.
Plus I love exploring other sounds and cultures. There's a Photek and J Dilla in every scene and finding them is exciting. When you find that person and you're like, 'You are an absolute genius!' The excitement of finding that artist, exploring their catalogue and getting inspired by them is amazing.
I love D&B but I lust for other music. I write a tonne of house and techno and it's part of the process of being a musician. A lot of concepts and ideas I have from house and techno often find a place in my D&B. That's where I have a home, but I still need to go in and learn about other music and obsess about it.
You can hear that in Earth and Course Of Action. They are techno records just at 170.
Totally techno. I've always loved the techno influence in hardcore, jungle and D&B anyway. It's jungle techno rather than techno. It's a curse of being a D&B artist; when I'm making house and techno I'm missing something, but I know what's causing it – it's because I have a D&B mindset.
You hear it in other genres of music. Take jazz and classical music – they're so technical, and so high end, but it's often very difficult for artists in those worlds to collaborate or move between the two worlds.
Like different languages. You might be learning Spanish as you live in Ibiza but you'll always think in English
Totally! I'm a perfectionist and had this very conversation with a friend in Ibiza. Even if you learn a language completely and speak it well, people will always tell if you're a native speaker or not. You can't aim for absolute fluency – people can always tell Spanish isn't your native language. That's a good comparison.
Nice. How do you feel about music at the moment? Do you think lockdowns had an influence?
It's so complex isn't it? World events have triggered such an array of emotions and artists have reacted in different ways. Some artists have had massive creative outbursts but others have probably felt a complete lack of inspiration and not been able to write anything.
I think the pandemic levelled the playing field a lot. I grew up in a scene that felt it would be hard to break into. The age of the internet opened things up a lot, but the pandemic has opened it up even more. If you're prepared to live stream DJ then people were prepared to listen. If you're prepared to be very open and honest on social media you'll build an open and honest fanbase who'll be up for seeing you when you can play live.
I didn't utilise the streaming. It didn't suit me. But I've enjoyed this wealth of breakthrough artists who've come through. It keeps me on my toes. And, as the years roll on, we'll see how much the pandemic affected things and relaunched D&B in such a way.
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Yeah and the new generation will guide that. They'll pick their new headliners and their new favourite artists.
Massively. That's the fanbase I was talking about. And going back to Alchemy – that was a great age range in the crowd. I'm sure some of the younger people there didn't plan on checking our set and had come to see one of the younger artists there but had come in to see out of curiosity. That's exciting.
Totally. One of you played an old Dom & Roland tune and a guy I was dancing by was buzzing. He knew the tune and was telling everyone that it was made before he was born. He was loving it just as much as the older people in the dance. I love that. I love how new fans now have 30 years to tap into and the ones who really love this music like you do or I do are devouring it and digesting all that…
Yeah! The resurgence of jungle has been really helpful, but it was inevitable this was going to happen. When I grew up, loads of us were into 70s music for the same reason. The beauty of it is you don't get caught up in the pain or confusion of being part of a culture as it's happening. I remember being into jungle in the 90s and lamenting the lack of 93 jungle, but at the same time embracing 96 D&B.
There are all these strange emotions that come with being a fan and living through something and the new generation haven't got that with the older stuff. They can go back and find these mind-bendingly good tunes without any preconceptions. It's just pure music. No one is like, 'Oh I've heard this too many times before.' And it's beautiful because one of my worries about this culture has always been, 'What if people miss this?' There's been so much good music I always worry that it's gone too quickly but the new generation are finding it and loving it.
Yes! That's something that no on could have predicted, too. So what would you like to see more of in 2022?
More innovation. And this is the downside of what we're talking about it – it's harder and harder to innovate the more established a genre is. So I've been working hard in that area and I'm hearing things in some people's music which is inspiring and exciting me. So yeah, more innovation.
That's awesome but also sad because I know these won't be released for like another million years or something.
I'm only at the start of the ideas so maybe even longer! I've got a concept in my mind, but it needs to integrate into what D&B is already. Who knows when it will come out. But I promise you I'll try and get it out sooner than 20 years time…
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Laboratory and Imaging Studies
Clinical Discussion (Dr Forbes)
Clinical Progression
Pathological Discussion (Dr Gray)
Clinical Outcome
Figure. Renal Biopsy
Examination of the renal cortex revealed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Some glomeruli were completely sclerosed (yellow arrowhead [B]), while others had foci of sclerosis as seen in the perihilar region (white arrowheads). Partial collapse of the capillary tuft (blue arrowhead [A]) separates it from the basement membrane. Both images are from the same field (left panel, hematoxylin-eosin [A]; right panel, silver staining [B]).
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Patient at First Presentation to Movement Disorder Specialist
The video shows postural and action tremor of the outstretched hands and myoclonus (stimulus sensitivity is demonstrated, and jerks are evident when drawing the Archimedes spiral).
Patient 9 Months Later, 2 Months Post–Renal Transplant
The video shows tremor, myoclonus, and dysmetria (past-pointing). The myoclonic jerks cause her difficulty pouring water from one cup to another. Tandem gait is unsteady.
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Nephrology Movement Disorders Neurology Neurogenetics
Doherty KM, Shields J, Forbes R, et al. A Rare Cause of Myoclonus: A Cupric Conundrum. JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(9):1145–1148. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.1553
Clinical Pathologic Conference
A Rare Cause of Myoclonus: A Cupric Conundrum
Karen M. Doherty, MD1; Joanne Shields, FRCP2; Raeburn Forbes, FRCP3; et al Moyra Gray, FRCPath4; Seamus Kearney, MRCP1; Alexander P. Maxwell, FRCP2; John McKinley, MRCP1
1Regional Neurosciences Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2Regional Nephrology Unit, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
3Department of Neurology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, Northern Ireland
4Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
JAMA Neurol. 2016;73(9):1145-1148. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.1553
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A woman aged 22 years presented with a 3-year history of jerks when brushing her teeth and a tremor when carrying drinks. Examination revealed a bilateral jerky tremor, stimulus-sensitive myoclonus, and difficulty with tandem gait. Thyroid and liver function test results were normal, but she had rapidly progressive renal failure. Serum copper, ceruloplasmin, and manganese levels were normal, but her urinary copper level was elevated on 2 occasions. Pathological findings on organ biopsy prompted genetic testing to confirm the diagnosis. The differential diagnosis, tissue biopsy findings, and final genetic diagnosis are discussed.
An engineering student aged 22 years presented with a 3-year history of jerks when brushing her teeth and a tremor when carrying drinks. There was no family history of tremor and no alcohol response. She had a half-brother with epilepsy. Her parents were not related. Her only medication was the oral contraceptive pill. Examination revealed a bilateral jerky tremor worse on action but also present on posturing her outstretched arms with occasional myoclonic jerks that were both spontaneous and stimulus-sensitive (Video 1). There was no dystonic posturing, no bradykinesia, and no rigidity. She had difficulty drawing the Archimedes spiral and tended to lean heavily when writing. Her tandem gait was impaired. Her reflexes were brisk but symmetrical, and plantar responses were flexor. A previous trial of gabapentin had not helped her tremor, and she was prescribed clonazepam (0.5 mg twice daily) pending the results of investigation.
Thyroid and liver function test results were normal, but renal function was impaired (urea level: 32.21 mg/dL [normal range, 7-22 mg/dL; to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.357]; serum creatinine level: 2.36 mg/dL [normal range, 0.6-1.2 mg/dL; to convert to micromoles per liter, multiply by 88.4]; and estimated glomerular filtration rate: 26 mL/min/1.73 m2). Autoantibody and vasculitic screens were negative. There were no acanthocytes on a thick blood film. Full blood picture revealed mild eosinophilia; her erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated at 81 mm/h (to convert to mm/h, multiply by 1). Serum copper, ceruloplasmin, and manganese levels were normal, but her urinary copper level was elevated on 2 occasions (135 and 196 μg/24 h [normal range, 3-35 μg/24 h]). Urinary albumin excretion was high; the albumin-creatinine ratio was 3398 mg/g (nephrotic range) with associated hypoalbuminemia. Electroencephalogram and magnetic resonance imaging of brain and DaTscan were normal.
The phenomenology of the movement disorder was a jerky tremor with stimulus-sensitive myoclonus. We were told tandem gait was difficult, which may suggest cerebellar dysfunction. Although the tremor was jerky, it was not typical of a coarse rubral tremor, and there was no significant dysmetria. It was possible there was subtle dystonic posturing of her hands ("dinner fork"), but there did not appear to be any task-specific dystonia in the form of writer's cramp and no evidence of torticollis. I thought we were predominantly dealing with myoclonus but also possibly with cerebellar dysfunction.
The presentation of a hyperkinetic movement disorder in a young patient always prompts consideration of Wilson disease, and her presentation with a tremor (although not "wing-beating") and a disturbance of gait would make this a reasonable thought. Normal ceruloplasmin levels and the absence of Kayser-Fleischer rings would be fairly strong evidence against a neurological presentation of Wilson disease, but instances in which patients are negative for Kayser-Fleischer rings but positive for neurological Wilson disease are known, although very rare.1 The normal ceruloplasmin level may be a false-negative explained by use of the oral contraceptive pill, which causes a rise in serum ceruloplasmin levels.2
The unanticipated finding of renal failure and nephrotic range proteinuria was likely tied into the diagnosis in a more meaningful way, but renal failure of any cause can produce myoclonus as part of an encephalopathic state, although this would be very uncommon at this level of renal dysfunction. There are many conditions in which renal disease and neurological disease can coexist, but not many will have a hyperkinetic movement disorder as a key feature. Renal failure is not typical of Wilson disease, although renal stones can be a feature.2 A vasculitic disorder manifesting with cerebral and renal dysfunction needs to be excluded given the elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and eosinophilia, although patients who present with cerebral vasculitis are usually acutely and severely ill. Her brother has epilepsy, which may be relevant if we are dealing with an inherited disorder, but none of the major inherited myoclonic epilepsies (ie, Lafora body disease, Unverricht-Lundborg disease, and neuronal lipofuscinosis) are commonly accompanied by renal failure. Other rare genetic cerebrorenal diseases (eg, Lowe syndrome and Mowat-Galloway syndrome) will be accompanied with clear features of dysmorphism from infancy. Mitochondrial disorders must always be on a neurologist's differential diagnosis of multisystem disease. There are mitochondrial phenotypes that could manifest as a myoclonic disorder (eg, myoclonic epilepsy, myopathy, and sensory ataxia; and myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers), and renal disease is a recognized manifestation of mitochondrial disease.
If the high renal copper excretion, renal failure, and proteinuria were not due to Wilson disease, vasculitis, or mitochondrial disorders, then we may be left with the possibility of a very rare inherited disease called action myoclonus renal failure syndrome (AMRFS), which can present with a myoclonic syndrome or renal impairment. Most patients will have proteinuria and (unlike our patient) an abnormal electroencephalogram.3 The pathological hallmark on renal biopsy is collapsing focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Given this was a pathological case, I suggest that this is where the diagnosis was made. My proposed diagnostic test would be a renal biopsy to identify either FSGS, vasculitis, or to identify a mutation in mitochondrial DNA.
Initially, the patient reported reduction in jerks while receiving clonazepam. Unfortunately, a few months after recognizing renal impairment, she developed severe fatigue and was found to be hypertensive and anemic and had clinical features of nephrotic syndrome (ie, peripheral edema, hypoalbuminemia, and proteinuria). Her kidney disease rapidly progressed, and she underwent renal biopsy.
On light microscopy of the renal cortex, 6 glomeruli were identified, of which 3 were completely sclerosed. There were extensive foci of segmental sclerosis, sometimes more than 1 segment per glomerulus, with hyalinosis within the sclerosed segments. There was podoctye hyperplasia overlying some of the sections, and some of the capillary tufts were shrunken with sclerosis at the hilum (Figure). The pattern was typical of FSGS, and although there were some collapsing features, the pattern was not definitively one of the collapsing variant.
The capillary basement membranes were not thickened; there were no silver-positive spikes or double contours. There was widespread tubular epithelial vacuolation, almost certainly associated with proteinuria. There was no crystalline material in the tubular epithelium. There was focal regenerative activity. Some of the tubules were small and atrophic. There was mild and focal inflammation in the interstitium and mild to moderate interstitial fibrosis. Some fibrinoid deposits were present in small arteries. On immunofluorescence, there was irregular positivity in the glomeruli for complement components 3 and 4. Immunoglobulin M was present in some glomerular segments, but the appearances were nonspecific and not that of immune complex–mediated disease. Ultrastructural examination of the glomeruli confirmed FSGS-like changes (extensive sclerosis with associated widespread foot-process effacement).
The combination of rapidly progressive chronic kidney disease due to FSGS and action myoclonus prompted further detailed genetic testing for mutations in the SCARB2 gene (OMIM 602257) and other genetic causes of FSGS using a 37-gene renal panel. The patient was found to be compound heterozygous for SCARB2 pathogenic variants (c.434_435 duplication in exon 4 and splice site variant c.704+5G>A in intron 5), strongly supporting the diagnosis of AMRFS, also known as myoclonic nephropathy or progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) type 4.
Her renal function continued to deteriorate rapidly, and she commenced continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal disease 3 months after biopsy. She found this self-care dialysis technique difficult, as her jerks often caused her to drop the sterile equipment, and the process required repeated attempts and often help to perform the necessary aseptic steps for safe dialysis. Her mother was assessed as a potential live kidney donor, and the patient underwent kidney transplantation within 2 months of starting continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. She had primary kidney transplant function, and by day 5 after transplant, her serum creatinine levels were within normal range at 1.03 mg/dL, and the clinical features of nephrotic syndrome were resolved. She is now treated with an immunosuppressive regimen consisting of tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisolone. Unfortunately, despite normal renal function and an initial response to clonazepam, her movement disorder has progressed, and she reports worsening balance (Video 2). This may be partly due to tacrolimus toxicity. She remains free of seizures, and despite persisting neurological difficulties, she hopes to start work as an engineer in the near future.
In 1986, AMRFS was first recognized and accurately described in 4 French-Canadian patients from 3 families4 and was later followed by a large case series3 that demonstrated autosomal recessive inheritance. Patients aged 17 to 26 years presented with a tremor of the fingers or hands and with myoclonus at 14 to 29 years, and most also had infrequent generalized seizures (73% of patients presented at a mean age of 23 years). Cerebellar features, including dysarthria, pendular reflexes, rebound, and nystagmus, were found in some patients. Renal failure followed the development of proteinuria in 12 of the 15 cases at a mean interval of 4 years. Two patients were examined post mortem, and neuropathological study revealed extraneuronal storage material in the cerebral and cerebellar cortices, globus pallidus, and putamen without significant neuronal loss. The renal biopsy picture was that of collapsing glomerulopathy. Nine of the patients described died (mean age, 30 years) of renal failure, complications of renal replacement therapy, or respiratory compromise related to their progressive neurological syndrome.3
The SCARB2 gene, which encodes the lysosomal integral membrane protein 2 (LIMP2), was identified in 2008.5 Although less abundant than lysosomal-associated membrane proteins 1 and 2, LIMP2 has a function in general lysosome maintenance and acts as a receptor for several strains of enteroviruses and coxsackieviruses.6 It also transports glucocerebrosidase to lysosomes and may contribute to the phenotypic heterogeneity of Gaucher disease.7
Study of LIMP2 knockout mice initially suggested a clinical and pathological picture that differed from patients with AMRFS. Mice deficient in LIMP2 were described as having hearing loss, peripheral demyelinating neuropathy, and an ataxic gait5 but not the myoclonus or epilepsy seen in humans with SCARB2 mutations. The pathological lesions in the LIMP2 knockout model also differed from human diseases with a renal phenotype of ureteropelvic junction obstruction (possibly an effect of accumulation of lysosomes in epithelial cells of the ureter adjacent to the ureteral lumen8) and brain findings of intracellular inclusions in cerebral cortex and Purkinje cells.5 Recently, the spectrum of human disorders caused by SCARB2 mutations has expanded to include severe PME without renal failure mimicking Unverricht-Lundborg disease, PME with hearing loss, PME with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy, and PME with dilated cardiomyopathy.6 Badhwar et al3 suggested that the myoclonus, seizures, and ataxia in AMRFS may be the result of the extraneuronal storage material found on neuropathological study on an as-yet-unknown physiological system akin to other PMEs that have intraneuronal storage material (eg, Lafora body disease and sialidosis). They also hypothesized that the absence of similar storage material on postmortem study of the kidney reflected clearance of the mutant protein.3
Pathogenic variants of SCARB2 have differing cellular effects, depending on the cell line of interest. For instance, mutated SCARB2 still permits formation of normal lysosomal structure in fibroblasts but leads to the formation of autophagosomes in lymphoblastoid B cell lines.9 These in vitro studies and the varied clinical phenotypes associated with the described SCARB2 mutations suggest that LIMP2 protein interactions will cause a variety of pathophysiological effects that are cell- and tissue-specific.
Although rare, myoclonic Wilson disease has been described,10 but this was not a case of myoclonic Wilson disease. The elevated copper excretion reflected the excess loss of copper-binding proteins because of the nephrotic syndrome (the 24-hour urine collection measured both free and bound copper), highlighting the importance of quantifying total proteinuria when measuring urinary copper excretion in patients being investigated for Wilson disease. Nephrotic syndrome also explains the elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate.11 Patients with very advanced renal disease can present with neurological features secondary to uremic encephalopathy, but the movement disorder was present in this patient prior to the development of renal impairment on retrospective review of renal indices, and it progressed despite adequate renal replacement therapy.
This is the first patient from the United Kingdom or Ireland with AMRFS, and her compound heterozygote state was caused by 2 previously recognized variants. The c.434_435 duplication has been previously shown to result in a truncated protein, which is unable to bind glucocerebrosidase.12 The c.704+5G>A splice site variant, although not yet studied in vitro, has been previously reported in a patient with AMRFS in a compound heterozygous state,9 and splice site prediction tools show this variant may affect the normal splicing of SCARB2 exon 5. Both variants are also very rare in the European population, according to the Exome Aggregation Consortium database (c.434_435 duplication, 0.012%; c.704 + 5G>A splice variant, 0.0015%), which further supports their pathogenicity.13
Corresponding Author: Karen M. Doherty, MD, Regional Neurosciences Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Rd, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland (karenmdoherty@gmail.com).
Accepted for Publication: April 7, 2016.
Published Online: July 5, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.1553.
Author Contributions: Drs Maxwell and McKinley are co-senior authors.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Additional Contributions: We thank the patient for granting permission to publish this information. We also thank Phil Dean, PhD, and Maggie Williams, FRCPath (Bristol Genetics Laboratory, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, England), for 37-gene panel analysis and SCARB2 variant Sanger confirmation. No compensation was provided for their contributions.


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Bill about Ark.-icons statues dealt blow by Michael R. Wickline | January 28, 2019 at 11:34 a.m.
A bill to replace the two statues the state donated to the U.S. Capitol with statues of Little Rock Nine mentor Daisy Gatson Bates and the late musician Johnny Cash stalled in a state Senate committee on Thursday.
With two members of the eight-member Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee elsewhere, Senate Bill 75 by Sen. David Wallace, R-Leachville, received three votes in a voice vote -- two short of the five votes required for approval. Sens. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, and Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, were elsewhere during the vote.
The committee then expunged the vote to clear the way for another attempt to get the bill out of the committee.
Arkansas' statues in the U.S. Capitol are of the late attorney Uriah M. Rose and the late U.S. Sen. and Gov. James P. Clarke. They were placed there about 100 years ago.
Bates was a civil-rights leader and a mentor to the Little Rock Nine, who desegregated Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. Cash's songs touched the soul of the common man throughout Arkansas, he said.
"They represent us today. They represent Arkansas today. They represent part of our history," Wallace said.
In September, Hester said his draft legislation then would authorize statues of one of the Little Rock Nine and of Adam Brown of Hot Springs, a U.S. Navy SEAL who died in combat in Afghanistan in 2010.
Under SB75, the Arkansas secretary of state would enter into all agreements required by federal law to replace both statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection and coordinate the replacement with the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission.
The commission would receive funds to complete, transport, display and maintain the statues. The funds could come from appropriations and private gifts, grants and donations from individuals and organizations. The commission would select the sculptor and relocate the existing statues.
In 1864, Congress passed a law inviting each state to submit up to two bronze or marble statues to be placed in what is now known as Statuary Hall. As the number of states grew, the statues spread to other areas of the Capitol.
In 1917, the Legislature approved a marble statue of Rose, who helped found the Rose Law Firm and the American Bar Association. In 1921, the Legislature approved a marble statue of Clarke, who was governor from 1895-97 and a U.S. senator from 1903-16. Clarke is the great-great-grandfather of former state Rep. Clarke Tucker, a Democrat from Little Rock who lost a bid to oust Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill of Little Rock in November.
Tucker said he and his family condemned that statement. He said new statues were needed.


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