If there is a no-deal Brexit (or some flavour of hard Brexit) what impact will this have on your teams and on your customers? People buy people. One thing which sets a sales cycle back is often an unexpected change in personnel (on either side).
So, how many of your key contacts within your customers are based in the UK but hail from another EU country? How many of your own sales staff are EU Citizens? Will they stay? Will they go? Will they have a choice?
Sellers would be well advised to deepen and broaden their relationships across the businesses they seek to work with. Knowing more people and understanding their requirements is never a bad tactic. Does your sales training process prepare people to build multiple relationships and extend their network amongst an organisation's key players? If it doesn't – it should.
Now, more than ever, your creativity about how you build skills and develop the people in your teams is needed.
From an internal perspective, how will you retain the talent you have already invested in? Even if your current staff are unlikely to leave for a less hostile environment elsewhere in the EU, many others already have.
We are already experiencing some degree of labour market volatility and – as usual – the ambitious, bright and skilled will be the first to go. Having a talent retention process, based on enhanced skills and career development is not a nice-to-have in times of uncertainty – it is an essential part of the HR and L&D landscape.
If there are regrettable losses, what role does your L&D team play in ensuring the knowledge, contacts and nous which those individuals have doesn't leave with them. It's often a case that when sellers tell you they are leaving, their departure is hastened for fear of commercial information going missing.
The real fear should be the haemorrhaging of knowledge and wisdom which accompanies any regrettable resignation.
If you ever wondered what VUCA was, you won't soon!
For a long time, L&D conferences, HR publications and the general management press has been talking about VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Although the challenges are variously illustrated, the detail about what you actually do about these uncertain times has been a little thin on the ground.
We are starting to recognise that what really matters in navigating a VUCA environment is speed and agility. Quicker decision making, faster responses from managers to staff, from sales teams to customers, from colleagues to their peers. We have the technology to facilitate this, but still organisations can be bureaucratic and indecisive.
Often, perfect is the enemy of the good. Your staff may prefer to defer a decision than be seen to be making the wrong one.
This is a cultural as well as a skills challenge for L&D. It is about the expectations we have of people and what behaviour is rewarded. If people are 'punished' for making honest mistakes, they will be risk averse. If errors are acknowledged and used as a source for learning, risk aversion reduces.
Of course, governance is important and your teams will still need parameters within which to work. But keep those boundaries under review and don't accept them being used as an excuse for dither, delay or poor service.
Agility is not an alternative to stability. In a recent McKinsey report, the authors identified that agility is only possible if there is real stability within the organisation which creates the freedom to think differently and act quickly.
How often have you bought something only to be disappointed by the service received once the ink is dry on the contract? Sales people have been particularly prone to 'throwing the deal over the wall' to the customer service team or delivery team and rarely seen until the next time the contract needs renewing.
One feature of a time of volatility is that contracts are shorter as people are unwilling to commit and customers expect to de-risk their decision by implementing pilot phases or limited roll outs.
Essentially, the final deal and the whole potential of each opportunity is likely to be contingent on getting the initial implementation stage right and sellers should have a role in shepherding the deal they have secured until it can be properly and appropriately handed over.
Do they have those skills? Do they have those roles in your commercial processes? If they don't, they probably should and therefore they will need to have access to new models, skills and ways of working to enable them to do this. Guess what? That's our job too!
In times of uncertainty, learning and development activities are often under pressure - perceived as a luxury item for more stable times. 'We're too busy coping with all this to go on courses', they say.
Of course, whenever things are tough, whenever change happens, learning matters more than ever. And, yes, people will be under pressure and less prepared to devote time and energy to preparing for an uncertain future when they've got targets to meet and quotas to hit in a challenging environment.
So, one final plea to L&D teams. Now, more than ever, your creativity about how you build those skills and develop the people in your teams is needed.
One size never did fit all so let's not even try. If we want everyone else to be flexible, responsive and alive to new opportunities in a fast-moving, unpredictable world, we need to model the value-driven, flexible behaviours based on deep relationships which we so desperately need everyone else to adopt.
Read part one of this piece here.
Robin Hoyle is head of learning and development at Huthwaite International.


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The framework is made up of 66 measures and a governance and management checklist of 24 items which together build a comprehensive picture of council performance, details of which can be found on the Know Your Council website . The groupings that councils can be compared in can be found on the website.
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I was in between workout programs and decided why not give the 3 DAY REFRESH a try. My husband was going to be away for 2 of the days so there would be no temptation with his potentially glutinous dinners.
I'm not going to lie, going into my 3 days, I was feeling nervous, not knowing exactly what to expect. Should I plan to stay in the house for 3 days (if you know what I mean)??!
Prep ahead of time!! This will be important to your success. You will want to make sure all you have to do is reach into the fridge to grab your appropriate foods, leaving little to chance.
For me, I'm thinking of this in terms of a cleanse of my eating habits and not like the juice ones some people tend to do. It isn't about starving myself, as that is not happening (and not the intent of the 3 Day Refresh) but making sure I am set up for success. That I get my body and MIND in the right place.
Day One: Feeling pretty. Around 3pm, I thought I was going to ravage whatever food was in my house but I stayed the course and decided to chug some water instead. After dinner it seemed to go away and I was back to feeling fresh. I did have a minor headache before bed but that seemed to be gone by morning.
Day Two: Woke up feeling pretty energized. My slump hit after dinner and that's also when the gas started. Luckily hubby is away so it's just me and "the kids".
Day Three: Woke up feeling tired but in good spirits. It's the last day! I just need to get through the next 24 hours and I will have conquered the Refresh.
You will definitely want to add something to it! For me, it tended to have an almost chalky taste. So, when you can add your fruit – I was a fan of raspberries or strawberries. If it's dinner, then add something like cinnamon or I like mint but I wouldn't recommend having it plain.
I'm glad I decided to give it a try. I'm feeling revived and ready to tackle my next workout program.
It gave me three days to get my portion controlling back in check and back on track.
In the three days, I lost 3 pounds and 1.5 inches off my waist. Not too shabby if you ask me.
Want to give it a try for yourself??! Check it out HERE.
Here's a rundown of one of my three days' meals.


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- Ability to manage six music lists directly from one unique entry screen. Quickly move a song from the list by choosing another list and press save. A good example for this is managing your song list and your children's music list in one app. See all the songs on the main tab or by each list on the Actor and Title tabs. Multiple ways to easily see your music lists without unnecessary screens.
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How would you grow food in an underwater city?
Researching my books often leads me to strange places, but none quite this strange so far. As you may already know, Tales from Aquis will be set in a city at the bottom of the ocean, and the question of how the city can grow food came to mind.
What kind of fish could you catch that deep in the ocean? What crops would be best for growing under those conditions? I've already had to work out how one would make alcohol down there, having settled on a drink called coyol that could be produced from the sap of palm trees. I always find that it is these sorts of details that help bring a fantasy world to life.
This entry was posted in Tales From Aquis on 2016-04-03 by Connor Cadellin McKee.


A discussion on the necessity and timing of the transition from intuitive to technically informed and analytical playing. A full understanding of every aspect of cello playing allows freedom of expression and produces professionals who work with efficiency and accuracy. How and when do we introduce advanced concepts to young musicians while not overwhelming or boring them?


The Ashdar Partners Blog: What's on the Internet, lately?
What's on the Internet, lately?
This is a short collection of articles that I have found particularly interesting in the last few weeks.
This article discusses benchmark scaling as the number of cores continues to grow on servers.
This article discusses Etsy's growing pains. It states something that I've felt for a long, long time--"If you are doing something clever, it's probably wrong."
This (old) article discusses discipline in software development. It has me thinking that I should read McConnell's Code Complete again. I know I've boxed, moved and unboxed my copy several times in the last 10 years and it seems that there is a second edition.Tempus fugit.
This article discusses refactoring tables with no downtime. This isn't for every database. There is a good deal of work here (in terms of development, testing and DBA work) that you would not need to do in a 8x5 environment, when you can easily take the database offline for a while to do a migration or upgrade. This strategy is only for databases that must stay up 24x7. Another thing is that it seems that a team could only work on a small number of changes (in terms of schema) for any particular migration. (This goes hand-in-hand with one of the author's conclusions, which points out that limiting the features of the system to a small number of high-value features was important.) That works if you are agile and following a "release-early, release-often" strategy with users who expect to see steady but gradual changes. If your users expect to see a bunch of changes all at once, it might not work as well. You might have to be more fussy about when you surface new features to the users, or you might have to drift back to a more traditional waterfall model or you might be stuck taking outages to do migrations.
This article on using the "database project" features in Visual Studio. I have used this feature, with varying degrees of success, since Visual Studio 2005.
I particularly like the "DeployLog table" idea. I used a similar but different tactic over a decade ago. In that case, deployment was done by running a series of TSQL scripts via a custom-built utility. The name of every script run via the utility was recorded in a table. Based on the file name of the script, the utility would not run the same script twice. There was a scheme that allowed a script to insist that certain scripts had been run as a kind of prerequisite. The utility was smart enough to deal with it all. During development and testing, there was a lot of checking back-and-forth for objects that differed from the 'official' code base.
Looking back at all of that, it seems over-complicated but we did not have sophisticated build tools or version control like TFS, Subversion or git and we did not have good control over the (several) sites that would be running scripts.
I haven't been able to work in a CI environment, but most of the suggestions in the blog post seem to make sense. I am not so sure about the "Use 'Not in build'" suggestion. I can easily see how this would be valuable if you do not have version control in place, but you should have version control in place. Personnel should be able to see the history of the code by looking through the VCS and having a good grasp of how the code has been branched.


"Where did Orangeries originate from?"
The first orangeries though originated in Italy and featured as part of Renaissance Gardens. It is thought that orangeries began to be manufactured in the seventeenth century due to the development of glass-making technology which meant that glass could be produced in large sheets.
By the nineteenth century, glazed roofs were established in order to allow as much sunlight into the building as possible.
In addition, Orangeries were a symbol of wealth and having a grand glazed roof, ultimately, made a wealthy family appear even more noble and aristocratic.
As a result of being a representation of wealth and class, the initial seventeenth century orangeries were grand, luxurious structures that were exclusive buildings for wealthy families. The outside would feature external stone and brickwork, while the interior would be decorative and plastered.
Surprisingly, seventeenth century orangeries actually featured a small amount of glass and were heated by a stove or fire. Unfortunately though, these fires and stoves often produced fumes that could kill plants which meant that orangeries were not particularly effective at fulfilling their purpose!
They did have south-facing windows though so that the maximum amount of sunlight could flood through and the walls facing north were thick, to protect against the cold.
Built for Queen Anne to protect her citrus trees from winter weather, the orangery at Kensington Palace was also used for fine-dining and afternoon tea.
Designed by Sir William Chambers (a Scottish-Swedish architect), the orangery at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew was built of brick and stucco. Stucco is a type of cement plaster, made up of a binder and water.
The orangery at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew was, at that time, the largest glasshouse in England but had low levels of light.
Margam Orangery was designed by Thomas Mansel Talbot, who was the owner of Margam Estate. He designed the orangery with a length of 327 feet and 27 tall windows.
Ham house is now owned by the National Trust and the Orangery is a café. It serves its purpose more nowadays than it did as an orangery back in the seventeenth century since, like many historic orangeries, was too cold to allow citrus trees to survive.
The orangery at Ham House apparently dates back to the 1670s. The style of the orangery is believed to reflect Dutch classical architecture, with cross bar style windows that feature diamond shaped panes.
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The Differences Between CHSPE & GED
Jared Beck
What Are Considered Good Scores on the GED Test?
Standardized tests have become ubiquitous in the world of contemporary education. Recent legislation in the United States mandates certain benchmarks for student performance throughout their educational lives, beginning in kindergarten and going all the way through high school, known popularly as "proficiency tests." One such test is the California High School Proficiency Examination, or CHSPE, and another is the General Educational Development Test, or GED. Both of these are administered to determine aptitude at the high school level, but there are several differences between the tests.
The CHSPE is intended for students enrolled at a California high school who are at least 16 years old. They must have completed 10th grade or will be on track to finish 10th grade within one calendar year of the test date. The GED is intended for people no longer attending high school who did not receive their diploma, either because they dropped out, were incarcerated, or joined the military. The GED is administered nationwide and is not tied to any one state. To take the GED, you must be at least 18 years old, although certain exceptions exist for 17-year-olds.
The purpose of both tests is to provide an opportunity for people to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma. The CHSPE was designed for high-school students who want to leave school early in order to go to college or to enter the workforce. However, opting out of high school still requires parental consent. The GED was created for people who have already left high school but would still like to earn the equivalent of a diploma.
How Are the Tests Formatted?
Much like the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the CHSPE is broken into two sections: language arts and math. Language arts is then broken down into two subsections: language, which includes multiple-choice questions and an essay, and reading, which has all multiple-choice questions. The GED grades test-takers on five subject areas: writing, reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. Except for an the essay portion, most questions on the GED are multiple choice.
When and Where Are the Tests Administered?
The CHSPE is administered by the State of California, on registered test dates, at locations and is given only to California residents. Testing availability is limited. The GED may be taken at any approved testing center with an appointment.
Where Are the Tests Recognized and Accepted?
The CHSPE is recognized by all state institutions of higher learning in California as the equivalent of a high school diploma, but it may not be recognized by all private or out-of-state institutions. Check with the desired school's admissions department to be sure the school will accept CHSPE results before registering for the exam. The GED is universally accepted as the equivalent to a high school diploma.
How to Test Out of High School
How to Get Your GED Online for Free
What Is the GED?
How Do I Get a Copy of My GED Certificate in California?
What Is Required to Earn a GED?
High School Equivalency Test Vs. GED
GED Requirements for Tennessee
What Score Is Needed to Pass the GED?
California High School Proficiency Examination: About the Test
California Department of Education: GED Frequently Asked Questions
California Department of Education: CHSPE Frequently Asked Questions
GED Testing Service
Jared Beck began writing professionally in 2010 and contributes articles to his hometown newspaper. An how-to article writer, he specializes in sports, literature, film and politics. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from Miami University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California.


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Taxonomy of the genus Ceratocystis in Manitoba
Olchowecki, Alexander
From Manitoba hardwoods and conifers, 183 collections were examined for Ceratocystis. Most previously described species, including many type specimens, were also studied. Among morphological characters used to separate species of Ceratocystis, those of the ascospore are the most reliable and stressed in this study. Three-dimensional examination of ascospores, particularly in species possessing spores with sheaths, is necessary to determine spore shape accurately. Four ascospore sheath types are recognized: uniform, single-brimmed, double-brimmed, and quadrangular or ossiform. Since the conidial state is distinctive in some species of Ceratocystis, and of diagnostic value in others, the conidial state is considered an integral part of the species diagnosis and the method of conidium formation is stressed. Based mainly on ascospore characters, the genus Ceratocystis is herein organized into four groups: 1. The Minuta Group; 2. The Ips Group; 3. The Fimbriata Group; and 4. The Pilifera Group. It is felt that species placed in a particular group are more closely related to species within that group than they are to species placed in any of the other groups. A key to the Groups of species and keys to the species of each of the four respective groups are provided. The following new species are described by the author: C. aequivaginata, C. arborea, C. cainii, C. columnaris, C. concentricia, c. conicicollis, C. cornata, c. crenulata, c. curvicollis, c. davidsonii, c. deltoideospora, c. fasciata, c. introcitrina, c. longispora, C. minima, C. ossiformis, C. pallidobrunnea, c. parva, C. populicola, c. pseudoeurophioides, C. pseudominor, C pseudonigra, C. spinifera, C. torticiliata, c. tubicollis. In addition, descriptions of the conidial states of the following species are given herein for the first time: c. angusticollis Wright and Griffin, C. dolominuta Griffin, C. spinulosa Griffin.
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Ana Kriegel murder trial: Prosecution barrister tells jury boy's claim he didn't know what was going to happen to Ana is "simply unbelievable "
Prosecution case finished today in trial of two boys accused of Leixlip schoolgirl's murder
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The late Anastasia (Ana) Kriegel
Ana Kriegel must have thought "her dreams came true" when she heard that one of the boys accused of her murder wanted to meet her in a local park, a barrister has told the Central Criminal Court.
Brendan Grehan SC for the prosecution in his closing speech to the jury on Friday, June 7, said that Ana "craved friendship" and "bounded out of the house" when Boy B told her that Boy A wanted to meet her. When they met, Mr Grehan said, she fought for her life and suffered a violent death.
The accused, who are both 14, cannot be named because they are minors. They have each pleaded not guilty to murdering the 14-year-old Kildare schoolgirl at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan on May 14 last year. Boy A is further charged with Ana's aggravated sexual assault in a manner that involved serious violence to her. He has pleaded not guilty to that count also.
Mr Grehan began his closing speech by saying that the facts of the case are "horrendous enough" and he does not intend to "inflate matters". He pointed out that the jury is dealing with the, "tragic death of a 14 year-old girl in circumstances where the prosecution says she was sexually assaulted." Added to that, he said, is that the prosecution says this came about as the result of the actions of two 13-year-old boys.
He said: "I don't intend to inflate matters beyond their realistic terrible nature as they have been recited and unfolded before you."
He said that both accused had lied to the gardai when they were investigating Ana's mysterious disappearance on May 14, 2018. He said the case against Boy A is that he is guilty due to an "overwhelming forensic case" that connects him to the scene and items belonging to him, found in his house connect him back to Ana. He said the evidence is "comprehensive" and there is no innocent explanation.
The case against Boy B, he said, is very different. Counsel said there is no forensic evidence connecting him to the scene but instead the prosecution relies on "what came out of his mouth" in garda interviews.
Mr Grehan added: "A large amount of that were lies, untruths and half-truths." He said that Boy B "assisted the killer of Ana Kriegel" and in particular he "assisted and played a vital role in bringing Ana to the location where she was killed." He was present, Mr Grehan said, when she was brought to the ground, stripped, sexually assaulted and "most likely when she was murdered". He then helped in covering up by his lies to gardai, Mr Grehan said.
Counsel added: "Any suggestion that he assisted in this matter without the knowledge of what was to happen is not credible." He said Boy A had told him in advance that he intended to kill Ana. He added: "For him to say, 'I didn't think he would actually do it,' is simply not credible."
Mr Grehan explained to the jury that if a person knowingly helps somebody else in committing a crime they are also guilty.
Counsel then talked about Ana, telling the jury that, "where she was in life played a part in how she ended up." She was bullied, he said, and she dressed and acted differently to others her age. She engaged in attention seeking and she "desperately wanted to be noticed". She craved friends and friendship, he said, adding: "For that reason it made her vulnerable and an easy mark for somebody who knew she wanted friendship."
Mr Grehan reminded the jury that they heard from Ana's father Patric Kriegel who last saw his daughter when she left their home on the Monday evening at about 5 o'clock. He described her as "happy" and Mr Grehan said we know the reason she was happy was because Boy B told her that Boy A wanted to see her and she liked Boy A. Mr Grehan said: "It must have seemed all her dreams came true as she grabbed her favourite top and bounded out of the house."
When her mother Geraldine found out at about 5.40pm that Ana had gone out she was immediately concerned, Mr Grehan said, and began searching for her. But by this time, according to the prosecution case, Ana was already dead.
Gardai found Ana's body three days later in an abandoned house about a 20 to 30 minute walk from her home. She was naked but for a pair of socks and a piece of blue insulation tape was wrapped around her neck. She was bloodied and bruised, Mr Grehan said, and there was a suggestion by a doctor who pronounced her dead that she had been dragged by the tape tied around her neck to where her body lay. Her phone was broken on the floor, most of her false nails had broken off.
Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy identified "extensive injuries" to the head and neck which had caused her death. There were, Mr Grehan said, bruises, abrasions and scratches to her "entire body" and he suggested her clothes were off when she suffered those injuries. Professor Cassidy also pointed to evidence that Ana put up a struggle but "may have been unconscious when sexually assaulted."
Mr Grehan reminded the jury of the evidence of Mr John Hoade of Forensic Science Ireland who examined blood spatter at the scene and found that Ana was struck several times with a weapon as she lay on the floor. He also said she bled in one area for some time before her body was moved. A concrete block and a wooden board found at the scene had Ana's blood on them.
Mr Grehan said the pathology and forensic evidence showed that, "Ana suffered a very violent death where she fought for her life." He added: "There's no doubt that Ana Kriegel did not simply succumb into unconsciousness."
Her top, he told the jury, was "completely ripped asunder" and stained with her blood, as were her bra, underwear and hoodie. Her bra, he said, had been "violently forcibly removed". He further told the jury that forensic scientists found semen on her top and matched the DNA to Boy A. DNA matching Boy A was also found on Ana's neck and on the tape around her neck. Counsel further pointed to blood matching Ana's DNA that was found on Boy A's boots, on a backpack found in a wardrobe in his bedroom and on a mask, gloves and knee pads found in the backpack.
Mr Grehan then showed the jury CCTV footage showing the alleged movements of Boys A and B on the day Ana died which, counsel said, "undermines and exposes the suggestions made by both accused."
Counsel told the jury that Boy A told gardai that on the evening Ana went missing he met Ana in the park and was surprised to see her. She asked him out and he "let her down gently". Soon afterwards, he said, he was assaulted by two people in the park. Mr Grehan said CCTV does not support this claim and suggested this was a, "story made up by [Boy A] to explain away the injuries he had."
He said the bag found in his wardrobe containing the "ghoulish mask" and other items was the same he was seen wearing in the park on CCTV.
Mr Grehan described Boy A's interviews, in which he told gardai he was not in the abandoned house, as being like a child who has eaten the biscuits and has "chocolate all around the mouth and they are still saying they didn't do it."
He further told the jury they can, "discount any possible consensual activity taking place on that dirty, dark floor." He said there is also nothing to suggest that Ana, "simply succumbed to some kind of overture. She fought with her life. She was murdered by [Boy A] and he sexually assaulted her in a very violent way in the process."
Mr Grehan then turned to the prosecution case against Boy B, saying the evidence against him comes "from his own mouth" in interviews he gave to gardai on May 24 and 25 and in July 7, 2018. Mr Grehan said that the jury now knows that Boy B was in the house and witnessed Ana being "flipped" onto the ground, strangled and stripped. He told gardai that he left when he saw Boy A about to take off Ana's bra. He did not tell gardai, Mr Grehan told the jury, about seeing any blood or seeing Ana fight back or, "any of the violence that had to be occasioned against her."
He described Boy B as "highly intelligent, articulate and composed." He was, "not in the least bit" intimidated by his surroundings in the garda station, Mr Grehan said. Counsel said that gardai implored and pleaded with him to tell the truth during 17 hours of interviews and showed "incredible restraint in the face of what they were faced with." He said he wanted to say that before it is suggested that he was "put upon" by gardai. He said: "The evidence you have seen suggests very much otherwise."
He said Boy B gave multiple versions of what happened, each time insisting he was telling the truth. Mr Grehan said the boy changed his story when Gardai showed him CCTV evidence that contradicted his version of events and only admitted being in the field near the abandoned house after gardai told him a witness had seen a boy going into the field.
Mr Grehan said Boy B knew there was "no romantic interlude coming" when he called to Ana's house to tell her Boy A wanted to see her. Boy B said he and Ana met Boy A by a fence in the park but Mr Grehan said "there was no meeting in the park".
Counsel said CCTV and witness evidence suggested that when Boy B claimed they met in the park, Boy A was already in the abandoned house. Mr Grehan asked: "Was he dressed in what he had with him? We don't know, but the suggestion that they met [Boy A] at the fence is not borne out by evidence."
Mr Grehan also asked why would it be necessary "in this modern age" for Boy A to meet Ana in the park to tell her he wasn't interested. Mr Grehan described the answers given by Boy B in interviews as "hedging his bets" and "using clever footwork, trying to outfox the gardai." He reminded the jury that Boy B told gardai he saw Ana in the park after the meeting with Boy A but later, after gardai said CCTV contradicted this suggestion, said that he thought it looked like Ana but it might not have been her.
Mr Grehan said that Boy B continued to lie after his fourth interview in which he said he had lied in his previous interviews and wanted to "retell the story," Boy B responded to the evidence that Ana's blood was found on Boy A's boots by saying: "No, no. [Boy A] wouldn't do that," and "Jesus, one of my best friends!" Counsel said: "We know he was there, witnessing all this. Is this lying or lying plus acting out a reaction."
By interview 7 Boy B accepted he was in the house and said that he saw Boy A get on top of Ana but Mr Grehan said his description of Ana "lying there uninjured, not putting up any resistance, being stripped naked" was "totally unbelievable". He also told the jury that Boy B initially said he didn't remember seeing Boy A wearing the mask, shin guards and knee pads but later, after gardai told him about the blood evidence, he said he remembered seeing him wearing those items.
Mr Grehan also reminded the jury that Boy B said in his interviews that Boy A had told him he wanted to kill Ana, but he said he didn't believe Boy A was serious. He described Boy B's lies as "devious".
He said Boy B "lured" Ana to the house and he bears responsibility for what he knew was going to happen. He knew Boy A had "expressed an intention to kill Ana". Mr Grehan concluded, saying Boy B's claim that he didn't know what was going to happen to Ana is, "simply unbelievable and you can safely convict him of murder."
Patrick Gageby on behalf of Boy A will deliver his closing speech to the jury in front of Justice Paul McDermott on Monday.


There was a S+ update this afternoon but even deleting the update it still says a Mod Mismatch. Could you reboot the PvP server The Island please.
Can't get on to server because of mod mismatch error. Does the server auto update for mods or for the main game only?
Apparently rebooting servers in an hour to give people time to get off.


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#### According to
Index Fungorum

#### Published in
Revue mycol. , Toulouse 40(2): 179 (1976)

#### Original name
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### Remarks
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The Folly of Reason and Gravity of Reconciled Humor in Horkheimer and Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment
Sheryl Tuttle Ross University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Aaron Golec
Keywords: Culture Industry, Reconciled Humor, Modernity, Instrumental Reason
The aim of this paper is to show how, taken at face value, it appears that Horkheimer and Adorno's conception of the culture industry presented in The Dialectic of Enlightenment does not allow for integral freedom--or the very freedom which is at the heart of modernity's conception of the person and is the basis for its political philosophy. Nevertheless, the text has the resources to support a slightly less pessimistic reading, and provide a role for irony which came to be among prevalent artistic practices for postmodern aesthetics. That is, once the distinction between terrible laughter and reconciled laughter as well as terrible and reconciled humor is understood, the text rewards rational reconstruction to demonstrate the folly of reason, and in doing so, we might experience The Dialectic of Enlightenment itself as an instance of reconciled humor. Perhaps, the text itself offers a way to mitigate against Horkheimer and Adorno's condemnation of the culture industry so that it is less totalizing than it would first appear. Therefore, laughter has a critical role in a slightly less pessimistic reading of the text as once the distinction between reconciled and terrible laughter is integrated into the text itself, one may interpret the Dialectic of Enlightenment as an exercise in reconciled humor, and not the terrible humor so frequently found in the culture industry. The freedom involved in this beneficial sort of humor-- reconciled humor-- may be fleeting, but it is nevertheless significant.
Sheryl Tuttle Ross, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse. She has published articles on art propaganda, the aesthetics of motherhood, and feminist aesthetics. She is currently working on articles about aesthetic akrasia and guilty pleasures and about postmodern, postmillennial romantic comedies.


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Police said they are no longer investigating the incident on May 17, sparking Chloe Boarer to appeal for witnesses to come forward.
The 23-year-old parked in Swillage Lane in Angmering to take her dogs Pip, 13, and Bella, three, for a walk in the Angmering Park Estate, moving some concrete blocks and logs blocking the layby to park in her usual spot.
But when she returned half an hour later at 8.30am, the blocks and logs had been moved back, denting her weeks-old car and causing £350 of damage.
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Home International News Man cheats on his wife with their 14-year-old daughter, then impregnates her
Man cheats on his wife with their 14-year-old daughter, then impregnates her
A cheating Zimbabwean man has been dragged to court after he was arrested for having an affair with his 14-year-old stepdaughter whom he impregnated in an alleged incestuous relationship.
The man (35) of Haven Estate Farm in Kwekwe – central Zimbabwe, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the young girl is said to have been having sex with the juvenile for a long time behind his wife's back. The two allegedly had sexual intercourse on several occasions leading to the Form Two (equivalent to Grade 9) pupil falling pregnant.
Whenever his wife, who is mother to the juvenile, would go out for errands, the man would allegedly pounce on the hapless girl and have unprotected sexual intercourse.
He was not asked to plead when he appeared before Kwekwe magistrate Mr Storey Rushambwa facing charges of having sexual intercourse with a minor last week.
He was remanded in custody to Thursday for trial.
Prosecuting, Ms Michelle Daraja told the court that sometime in February, the man proposed love to the girl and she accepted.
The two, the court heard, would take advantage of the mother's absence and have sexual intercourse on several occasions without using protection.
The relationship, however, came to light after neighbours who had been monitoring the two's movements, suspected that the two were involved in an illicit affair and reported the matter to Tiger Reef police base.
Police launched investigations which then led to the arrest of the man.
The girl was taken to Kwekwe District Hospital where she was examined and it was discovered that she was pregnant.
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This guide explains how to use zephir using a windows operating system.
Some parts are optional, when you have a specific PHP version.
Parts which are only necessary for a specific PHP version, are marked as such.
PHP-Version requirements are marked using `[ ]`

## Software Requirements [PHP 5.5 or later]

- [Install Visual Studio 2012 Express](http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=34673)
(You should start it and activate it)

## Software Requirements General

- [Install PHP (NTS)](http://windows.php.net/download/)
    - Download and extract it
    - Make sure it is in the PATH, as for example below:
    ```cmd
    setx path "%path%;c:\path-to-php\"
    ```
- [Install PHP SDK for PHP 5.6](http://windows.php.net/downloads/php-sdk/)(Currently `php-sdk-binary-tools-20110915.zip` is the newest)
- [Install PHP SDK for PHP 7.0+](https://github.com/Microsoft/php-sdk-binary-tools/releases)
```cmd
setx php_sdk "c:\path-to-php-sdk"
```

- [Download PHP Developer Pack(NTS!):***php-devel-pack-?.?.?-Win??-VC??-x??.zip***](http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/)
(or build it yourself with `--enable-debug --disable-zts` and `nmake build-devel` or just `nmake snap` by using the PHP-SDK)
```cmd
setx php_devpack "c:\path-to-extracted-devpack"
```

## Installation of Zephir

- Clone/Download the repository and set the path as below
```cmd
setx path "%path%;c:\path-to-zephir"
cd c:\path-to-zephir
composer install
```

## Installation of Zephir Parser

1. Download [Zephir Parser for Windows](https://github.com/zephir-lang/php-zephir-parser/releases/latest)
2. Extract the DLL file and copy it to your PHP extensions directory
3. Edit your `php.ini` file and add this line:
   ```ini
   [Zephir Parser]
   ; You can use here absolute path to your custom modules dir
   ; or relative to the PHP modules dir
   extension=zephir_parser.dll
   ```

**NOTE**: Also you can [compile it yourself.](https://github.com/zephir-lang/php-zephir-parser/blob/master/README.WIN32-BUILD-SYSTEM)

## Usage of Zephir

- [**PHP7 or later**] Open the Visual Studio 2015 Command Prompt
(Find it by searching for cmd or just open `"%VS140COMNTOOLS%\VsDevCmd"`)
- [**PHP5.5 or later**] Open the Visual Studio 2012 Command Prompt
(Find it by searching for cmd or just open `"%VS110COMNTOOLS%\VsDevCmd"`)
- Execute `%PHP_SDK%\bin\phpsdk_setvars`
- `CD` to your extension and `zephir build`
- Take the built `.dll` from `your_ext/Release/php_extname.dll` (or `your_ext/Release_TS/php_extname.dll`)

## Additional Links

* Building PHP 5.5 - 7.1 under Windows: https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild
* Building PHP 7.2+ under Windows: https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild_sdk_2


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> Perhaps by passing in the id of a video element.
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Capitol Hill Tunnel Bid 12% Under Estimates
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ben Schiendelman
Today Sound Transit released the bids for the twin tunnels connecting the future Capitol Hill station with Central Link. The lowest bid is $153.6 million, $20.7 million or 12% under Sound Transit's estimate of $174.3 million. These are much shorter than the tunnels that will connect the UW with Capitol Hill station.
This is good news, of course, but I want to talk about what's going on here a little more. These estimates are generally quite accurate when they're made – but most of these costs fluctuate with the construction market, as costs for materials like steel and concrete change over time.
There's no way for Sound Transit to know what's going to happen to these costs – if there were, they'd be the most effective commodities traders in the world! But this goes both ways. At the beginning of Sound Move, for instance, most materials and real estate were much less expensive than they are now – but during the late 90s and early 2000s, construction cost inflation was far higher than the consumer price index, the number we normally associate with inflation. Today's estimates were largely made at the peak of the real estate boom, but as the markets have been rebounding, future contracts may not see double digit percentage savings.
I'm not sure of the timeline for the larger tunnel bids, I'd just caution that they may not see these savings. Regardless, this is great news.
CategoriesUncategorized TagsSound Transit
37 Replies to "Capitol Hill Tunnel Bid 12% Under Estimates"
Great news! Obviously costs can still rise, but if we really did come in under projections, how could the surplus funds be used? Speed up construction to Northgate? Add features at the stations (such as more pedestrian undercrossings at the Brooklyn station)? Or even speed up U Link?
Well, Sound Transit has been collecting less tax revenue than projected. So I think the lower cost makes up for the lost revenue, which will keep projects from being delayed.
Ben Schiendelman says:
Ah, sorry, I do need to hammer that home as well. As Oran says, this doesn't mean there's more money, it means there's not a crisis.
Well, isn't there more money overall? I mean, doesn't ST have a mandate to collect and spend a certain amount of money for the system, and if they can get it done cheaper, they can spend the rest of that money on other things?
As for the reason for the low bids, I'm in the construction industry, and this is standard right now. Bidders are HUNGRY, and you often see MUCH more competition for projects these days. A bid that would have gotten 2 or 3 GC's bidding suddenly gets 8 or 10. Every project i've seen bid in the past year has been below budget. One project I'm on came in 37% below budget.
I just hope they can get the North Link bids out while the environment is so competitive. But, i understand with less money coming in, it's tough for them to hire enough staff.
Zed says:
"I mean, doesn't ST have a mandate to collect and spend a certain amount of money for the system, and if they can get it done cheaper, they can spend the rest of that money on other things?"
No, it doesn't work that way. They have a mandate to build certain light rail lines, and if it costs less than they expect it just means that less of the cost will have to be financed and they can roll back the taxes sooner. There's no "extra" money.
Colin: Zed's exactly right.
'No, it doesn't work that way. They have a mandate to build certain light rail lines, and if it costs less than they expect it just means that less of the cost will have to be financed and they can roll back the taxes sooner. There's no "extra" money.'
However, could the "extra" money from lower bids on University Link go to cover the increased costs of Sounder to Lakewood (for instance), which is also part of the same mandate? That would be *extremely* worthwhile, since that bridge over Pacific Ave. just keeps getting more expensive.
No. There is no extra money and if there were it would have to be spent in the sub-area in which it was raised.
crk on bellevue ave says:
Well, if tax revenue picks back up, any excess money should be to turn the tunnel boring machines speed up to 11. Finish that thing as quick as possible. By 2016 I'll have turned from a young chap into an old man in a home.
And while they are out of different sub-areas, the east-link needs to be constructed like yesterday. Start work on the I-90 segment even if we haven't finalized what happens when we get onto Bellevue Way.
It doesn't really work that way. :)
Yes, we can't do I-90 until they finish the I-90 HOV project, which if Mercer Island legislators have their way, will be around 2020.
Not 2050? :)
datajunkie says:
I may have to move as it seems Ballard may never have rail transit. We can't even finish a bike path.
Unless you want to turn 15th or 24th NW and the side of 14th and 16th or 23rd and 25th backing up to the arterial into solid condo developments for a block each side of the stations, you're not going to get rail in Ballard. It's not on a through route, so you have to generate all the traffic supporting the capital expenditure yourself. The same thing is true of West Seattle.
Right now both neighborhoods are mostly single-family dwellings. Yes, there are some apartments along both arterials, but not enough even to fill 10 minute headway buses in the rush hour. How do you propose to defend the huge capital cost of rail with the necessary crossing of the waterway with those loads? It just does not make sense.
Matt L says:
Perhaps you might want to take a look at some real data before making such judgements. Have a look at this document: 2008 Route Performance Report.
See which route provides the most rides per revenue hour during peak times in the West subarea? The 15. Downtown to Blue Ridge/North Beach via Ballard. The 15 Express isn't far behind. And even off-peak the 15 is one of the most productive routes in the whole system. Just the other day I got on the 15 northbound at 8 PM and even with a 60-foot bus it was "get friendly in the aisles" time.
And it's not like Ballard isn't already being overrun with condos. With West Seattle you have more of a point, though I imagine a West Seattle-Ballard line would be more palatable to all of Seattle's voters than a Downtown-Ballard line. After all, that was the proposed route of the monorail that Seattle voted for.
Ananda, the route already has plenty of potential ridership. See, for instance, the 2000 Intermediate Capacity Transit study by the city.
I don't think you know what you are talking about. Buses to Ballard and West Seattle are all quite busy. Go look at the route performance report if you don't believe me.
With all of the construction in the past few years I wouldn't be surprised if many parts of Ballard are at 50 units per acre or above. Yes West Seattle is less dense than some other parts of the city, but it is still fairly populated and has a lot of areas where the existing use is far less dense than the zoning allows.
For that matter Ballard and West Seattle are already far more dense than much of the Rainier Valley.
While I doubt the line will look as good as Downtown to Northgate numbers wise, I have no doubt it will likely look at least as good as East Link.
Plus a Ballard to Seattle route would have stops in Lower Queen Anne and Belltown, which would generate significant ridership on their own.
datajunkie, I wouldn't worry too much. We just need a big public outreach to come up with a project and fund it.
Under The Clouds says:
I'm guessing the underbids won't result in speeding-up U Link. The downside of these low bids is that Sound Transit's sales tax revenue is also coming in less than forecasted. I think the best that can be expected is that the low bid will add more of a cushion to any unexpected costs that might arise between now and 2016, especially during construction of the Broadway-Husky Stadium tunnel under Portage Bay.
Correct that–under Montlake Cut. Portage Bay was scrapped when ST decided to go to Husky Stadium. Still, the tunnel between Broadway and Husky Stadium has potential for unexpected costs.
all tunnels have the potential for unexpected costs.
That's my point.
Adam B. Parast says:
I also think that some companies are cutting their desired profits so they can win projects and get through the recession without going out of business.
Having contractors hungry for work only helps those with projects to build. If the contractors are busy they tend to demand more because they can.
Good point, Ben, and one that should be made more often. When a project this big is completed, though, several years down the road from the initial cost estimate, people see the reports on the "final" numbers and if they exceed the initial estimate, then it's assumed someone screwed up. But it doesn't take much inflation or even that big a jump in the price of steel for a big project's cost to quickly increase! And that doesn't even account for all of the changes that are inevitably made as people review the project & add features, or encounter on-the-ground situations and adjust to them appropriately.
actually, it would take a lot of inflation to make the cost of a project increase significantly.
estimators build in inflation and escalation costs into an estimate report.
cost overruns are issues of oversight (botched soils reports, scope creep), poor decisions regarding payouts and bad management. it's very rarely an issue of material cost.
Anyone heard of any news on the First Hill Streetcar? I thought they wanted to speed up completion from 2014 to 2012? Also, I thought ST was speeding up the U-Link to 2014?
I don't know where you heard that about U-Link.
The "they" who want to speed up the streetcar is the city. Sound Transit has money programmed into their budget for 2015-ish (for an opening date around the same time as U-Link, I think) but the city wants to fund it earlier, perhaps for service as early as 2012. We haven't had any news on that in a bit.
Ah, but the city might not want to speed up the First Hill SC under M or M.
Yes, it's in the ST2 plan so I can't imagine the new Mayor being able to stop it directly, but he sure could make things messy if he wasn't onboard.
I doubt there will be any money offered up by the city to accelerate the Pill Hill Streetcar. I doubt there will even be a consensuses on the route by 2012. I would expect that at least if Mallahan wins in November there will be a major shake-up at SDOT and at least a year before new personnel can be brought in and be effective. It seems like it would be wise to include a terminus at the Capitol Hill station. I suppose if it were brought on line earlier it could be turned around short of there until construction is complete. It will be a big job to do it right.
Christopher Stefan says:
The final decision on the routing of the First Hill SC is supposed to happen this year from what I understand.
I have no idea if McGinn, Mallahan, or Murray would put up city money to get the line open earlier. Probably not given the current tight budgets. I doubt any of them would actively try to stop it. Though I suppose Mallahan, given his previous comments about them blocking traffic, might actually be that anti-streetcar.
Mallahan would likely try to stop the streetcar, as I understand it.
I hope we have the streetcar planning wrapped up before Nickels is out of office.
octopus says:
Its more about the permitting though isn't it? The city still can drag its feet on granting the appropriate permits. I believe that was Nickles' threat with the Viaduct.
I suppose Mallahan, given his previous comments about them blocking traffic, might actually be that anti-streetcar.
Or maybe he's so anti sharing traffic lanes that he'd push for dedicated ROW :*)
You would, actually, see that from McGinn, I suspect.
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title: LeetCode 216
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tags: LeetCode Medium
keywords: LeetCode
description: 2019 每天一道题 #216
---

#### 216. [Combination Sum III](https://leetcode.com/problems/combination-sum-iii/)
---
Find all possible combinations of ***k*** numbers that add up to a number ***n***, given that **only numbers** from `1` to `9` can be used and each combination should be a **unique** set of numbers.

**Note:**

- All numbers will be positive integers.
- The solution set must not contain duplicate combinations.

**Example 1:**
```
Input: k = 3, n = 7
Output: [[1,2,4]]
```
**Example 2:**
```
Input: k = 3, n = 9
Output: [[1,2,6], [1,3,5], [2,3,4]]
```

#### Thoughts
---
This one is simillar to the [#39](http://www.wushifengzi.xyz/2019/01/23/LeetCode-39.html) and can use backtracking, beside finding a new `target`, I also need to care about the remain `k`.

**First try:**
```Java
class Solution {
    public List<List<Integer>> combinationSum3(int k, int target) {
     List<Integer> tmp = new ArrayList<>();
        List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>();

        if (k == 0 || target < k)
            return res;
        // is [1 20] a legel input ?
        else if (k == 1) {
            tmp.add(target);
            res.add(tmp);
        } else {
            backtrack3(res, new ArrayList<>(), k, target);
        }
        return res;
    }

    private static void backtrack3(List<List<Integer>> res, List<Integer> tmp, int k, int remain) {
        if (k < 0)
            return;
        else if (k == 0 && remain == 0)
            res.add(new ArrayList<>(tmp));
        else {
            int i = tmp.isEmpty() ? 0 : tmp.get(tmp.size() - 1);
            // remain may be bigger than 9, for example [2 20]
            for (; i < (remain > 9 ? 9 : remain); i++) {
                tmp.add(i + 1);
                backtrack3(res, tmp, k - 1, remain - i - 1);
                tmp.remove(tmp.size() - 1);
            }
        }//else
    }
}
```

**Result 1:**
> Runtime: **1 ms**, faster than **63.16%** of Java online submissions for Combination Sum III.

**Second try:**

**Result 2:**


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Thank you for your advocacy efforts! Together we can make a difference for PKU!
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To report demographic data from a large cohort of patients with oromandibular dystonia (OMD).
This is a retrospective review of patients with OMD referred to our institution between 1989 and 2015. Demographic (age of onset, gender, and familial history of dystonia) and clinical (type of OMD, associated dystonia, and etiology of dystonia) data were collected from a cohort of 240 individuals.
The mean age of onset of OMD was 51.6 years old, with a female predominance (2:1). A family history of dystonia was found in 6 patients (2.5%). One hundred and forty-nine patients (62.1%) had the jaw-opening type of OMD, 48 patients (20.0%) had the jaw-closing type, and 43 patients (17.9%) had a mixed form of OMD. Lingual dystonia was also present in 64 (26.7%) of these patients. Eighty-two patients (34.2%) had a focal dystonia, 131 patients (54.6%) had a segmental dystonia, and 27 patients (11.3%) had a generalized dystonia. One hundred and seventy-one patients (71.3%) had idiopathic OMD.
OMD is a chronic and disabling focal dystonia. Our study found a prevalence of female patients, an onset in middle age and a predominantly idiopathic etiology. Unlike other studies, jaw-opening was found to be the most frequent clinical type of OMD.
"Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal, often repetitive, movements, postures, or both. Dystonic movements are typically patterned, twisting, and may be tremulous. Dystonia is often initiated or worsened by voluntary action and associated with overflow muscle activation." Dystonia is classified along two axes: clinical characteristics and etiology .
Oromandibular dystonia (OMD) involves the masticatory, lingual, perioral, and platysma muscles. The estimated annual incidence is 3.3 to 6.9 cases per 1 million people [2,3]. The different clinical forms encountered are jaw-opening oromandibular dystonia (JOOD), jaw-closing oromandibular dystonia (JCOD), and mixed OMD (patients with two or more combinations of either JCOD, JOOD, or jaw deviation (JD), and with no clinical predominance of any subtype ). OMD is a chronic condition affecting speech and swallowing, leading to an impaired quality of life. OMD can either be a primary disease or secondary to other disorders. Patients are categorized as having focal, segmental, multifocal, or generalized dystonia. OMD can be focal, but more often is part of a segmental or general dystonia . The average age of symptom onset is between 50 and 60 years old, and most studies report a female predominance [5-8]. The purpose of this study was to analyze the demographic and clinical data of patients with OMD referred to our institution over a 25-year period and to compare our results to other studies published in the literature.
A retrospective analysis of patients with OMD referred to Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild (Paris, France) from 1989 to 2015 was conducted after approval of the affiliated ethical committee (CE_20150630_7_LSM). Clinical evaluation included a fiberoptic transnasal laryngoscopy with a swallowing test. All patients were evaluated by the same otolaryngologist and neurophysiologist. Patients underwent complete neurological testing, including brain imaging. Patients were rated as having JOOD, JCOD, or mixed OMD, with or without lingual involvement. Data concerning gender, age of onset, family history of dystonia, presence of associated anatomic sites with dystonia (blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, spasmodic dysphonia, or limb dystonia) were collected. The etiology of dystonia (idiopathic, tardive, neurodegenerative, post-anoxic, or post-traumatic) was recorded. Dystonia was defined as idiopathic when etiology was not determined . Clinical symptoms such as impairment of speech, mastication or swallowing, pain, and dental effects were also recorded.
Electromyography was used for accurate identification of the muscles involved with the exception of the platysma and perioral muscles.
Statistical analysis was performed using R-software , Fisher's exact test, and the Kruskal-Wallis test. The criterion for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
Two hundred and forty-four patients with OMD were referred to our institution between 1989 and 2015. Four patients who had initial assessment and treatment performed at another center were excluded. A total of 240 patients were included in our study (Table 1).
The mean age of onset was 51.6 years old (range, 3.0–85.5 years; SD = 18.6 years). The majority of patients were referred to us by neurologists (82%). There was a significant female preponderance—165 of 240 (68.8%) patients were women.
A total of 149 out of 240 (62.1%) patients had JOOD, 48 (20.0%) patients had JCOD, and 43 (17.9%) had mixed OMD. There was no significant difference between these groups in gender or age of onset. Lingual dystonia was present in 64 (26.7%) patients and was significantly more associated with JOOD and mixed OMD than with JCOD (32%, 26%, and 10%, respectively).
Eighty-two of 240 (34.2%) patients had a focal dystonia; 131 (54.6%) patients had a segmental dystonia; and 27 (11.3%) patients had a generalized form of OMD. Segmental dystonia categories included blepharospasm as part of Meige syndrome (93/240, 38.8%), cervical dystonia (64/240, 26.7%), spasmodic dysphonia (49/240, 20.4%), and limb dystonia (14/240, 5.8%). There was no correlation between OMD groups and focal versus segmental/generalized presentation.
Dystonic movements impaired speech in 153 (63.8%) patients, mastication in 118 (49.2%) patients, and swallowing in 65 (27.1%) patients. The movements caused pain in 78 (32.5%) patients and dental impairment (wear or early loss of teeth) in 40 (16.7%) patients. Mastication disorders were less present in JCOD than in JOOD and mixed OMD (25%, 56%, and 58%, respectively). Speech impairment was also less frequent in JCOD than in JOOD and mixed OMD (52%, 70%, and 63%, respectively, p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in swallowing impairment between these groups. Pain was common in JCOD, less present in mixed OMD and rare in JOOD (71%, 40%, and 18%, respectively, p < 0.001). Dental impairment was mostly present in JCOD or mixed OMD and almost absent in JOOD (35%, 37%, and 5%, respectively, p < 0.001).
Most patients (171/240, 71.3%) had idiopathic OMD. Thirty-one (12.9%) patients had tardive dystonia, 18 (7.5%) patients suffered from neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson disease n = 9, pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration n = 3, GM1 gangliosidosis n = 1), 16 (6.7%) patients had a post-anoxic form, and 4 (1.6%) patients presented as post-traumatic OMD. Distribution of dystonia varied depending on etiology (p < 0.001). Idiopathic forms were either segmental (63%), focal (29%), or generalized (8%). Tardive dystonia patients were either focal (52%) or segmental (48%) but never generalized. Post-anoxic forms were often generalized (56%). A family history of dystonia was present in 6 patients (2.5%). Five of these patients suffered from an idiopathic focal or segmental dystonia, and one suffered from a generalized dystonia due to a familial mitochondriopathy.
Two hundred and forty patients diagnosed with OMD were evaluated over a 25-year period at our institution. To our knowledge, this study is the largest reported in the literature. A comparison of our demographic data with other studies is presented in Table 2.
Our results are similar to the data published by others in terms of gender ratio and age of onset [5-8]. The female prevalence has no pathophysiologic explanation.
Focal OMD is rare. OMD is more common as part of a spectrum of cranio-facial segmental or generalized dystonia [5,9,10]. In our study, 34.2% of patients had focal OMD whereas 54.6% had segmental dystonia and 11.3% presented with generalized dystonia. Sinclair et al.  reported similar findings with 12 of 59 (34.3%) patients having a focal OMD and 65.7% of patients presenting with a segmental or generalized form. In our study, the segmental form included blepharospasm (Meige syndrome) in 38.8% of patients, cervical dystonia in 26.7%, spasmodic dysphonia in 20.4%, and limb dystonia in 5.8%. Tan and Jankovic  also found blepharospasm (50.0%) and cervical dystonia (57.4%) as more frequently associated movement disorders.
In our study, JOOD was the most frequent form of OMD, 62.1% of patients had JOOD, 20.0% had JCOD, and 17.9% had mixed OMD, as opposed to other studies reported in the literature. Sinclair et al.  reported 47.4% of patients with JCOD, 35.6% with JOOD, and 16.9% with isolated lateral JD. Tan and Jankovic  reported 52.5% of patients with JCOD, 21.6% with JOOD, 1.9% with isolated lateral JD, and 24.0% with mixed OMD. This difference may be explained by a bias in the recruitment of our patients whom were mostly referred to us by neurologists (82%) who typically referred JOOD and mixed OMD patients.
Chewing, swallowing, and speech are frequently impaired in OMD, altering quality of life and social relationships . In our cohort, 63.8% of patients had speech impairment, and 49.2% had mastication disorders. Dystonic movements caused pain in 32.5% of patients and dental troubles in 16.7%. Sinclair et al.  described similar results with speech and eating impairment in 54.3% of patients, pain in 34.3% and dental effects in 20.0%. Unlike Sinclair et al. , we found a correlation between predominant symptoms and OMD type. Mastication and speech impairments were less present in JCOD than in JOOD or mixed OMD. On the other hand, pain and dental troubles were more common in JCOD and mixed OMD. Dental effects were mostly present in JCOD and mixed OMD and rare in JOOD (35%, 37%, and 5%, respectively). This finding may be due to the hyperactivity of masticatory muscles leading to jaw tension, dental contacts, pain, and other dental effects.
Most patients in our cohort (71.3%) presented as idiopathic OMD. The most frequent secondary form was tardive dystonia (12.9%). Tan and Jankovic  observed similar results with 63.0% of patients having idiopathic OMD and 22.8% presenting as tardive type.
OMD is a chronic and disabling focal dystonia. Our study shows a prevalence of female patients, an onset of symptoms between 50 and 60 years of age, and an idiopathic etiology in the majority of patients. JOOD was the most frequent type of OMD, as opposed to other reports.
JOOD: jaw-opening oromandibular dystonia, JCOD: jaw-closing oromandibular dystonia, OMD: oromandibular dystonia.
JOOD: jaw-opening oromandibular dystonia, JCOD: jaw-closing oromandibular dystonia, OMD: oromandibular dystonia, JD: jaw deviation.
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Even if our book of faith was inspired by an intelligent designer, how can we trust that the original words have been accurately preservedfrom ancient times? The method of copying of manuscripts is key to prevention of errors over time. The method of copying for the Old Testament and the New Testament was via scribes, whose technique was unprecedented in its precision. Scribes used a method of counting syllables and letters, and immediately destroyed any copy with even a minor error. The Dead Sea Scrolls, unearthed in 1947, found Biblical texts dated 1000 years earlier than the 900 A.D. manuscripts of the Old Testament, and yet comparison showed word-for-word correlation identical in >95% of text (with the <5% variation consisting of obvious slips of pen and variations in spelling). Therefore, no effect on the message occurred over the 1000-year period. No other book had copying methods of such precision. Here are more specifics.
Integrity of Transmission / Precision Copying
1. The Old Testament: Method of copying was via scribes whose technique was with unprecedented precision, using a method of counting syllables and letters, and immediately destroying any copy with even a minor error.
The Hebrew Old Testament was completed by 400 BC, and previous to the dead sea scrolls the oldest complete Hebrew Manuscript dates to 900 AD. However Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1947 dated 1000 years earlier. Comparison of the 1000 year older version of passages demonstrates that word for word correlation is identical in >95% of text. The <5% variation consisted of obvious slips of pen and variations in spelling. No affect on the message occurred therefore over this 1000 year period.
2. New Testament: It was written in 40-100 A.D. with Christ's death about 33 AD. The earliest copy dates to 125 A.D. The use of the same procedures followed by the scribes is obvious here as well. For example, compare the New Testament to the best preserved ancient literature other than the Bible - the Iliad, by Homer.
The Iliad has 643 copies dating to 400 B.C. with 764 lines questioned for accuracy, or 5% inaccuracy. The New Testament has 24,000 copies dating back to 125 A.D., and 400 words are questioned, for only a .5% inaccuracy. Comparison of more recent versions still show no change in the material content of passages despite the intervening 2000 years.
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