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Cord Clamping
Why Immediate cord clamping must cease.
Hilary Butler- Saturday, October 27, 2012
On 24th October Fox News announced that Dr Michael Chez had begun an FDA approved trial of 30 children (using cord blood commercially stored by their parents) who were subsequently diagnosed with Autism. Dr Chez wants to see if the children's own stem cells will reverse the autism, and has "high hopes" that the stem cells will do this.
The children have no genetic markers for autism and have developed it through an infection or an environmental factor (unspecified).
At no point does Dr Chez ask the question as to what babies are forfeiting, in exchange for the parents storing their cord blood. It's of interest to me, that most news articles on the topic ALWAYS make the point of describing unbanked cord blood as "medical waste".
Dr Chez, got the idea after treating boy A with Cerebral Palsy with stem cells his parents had stored, and the child responded very well. The problem is, that the immediate cord clamping required to harvest that blood reduces oxygenation to the brain, which as this Australian Professor states, increases the likelihood of Cerebral Palsy in the first place. The question needs to be asked, whether the parent's desire to harvest their baby's cord blood, created the brain condition, which caused the cerebral palsy.
Was this girl B's Cerebral Palsy which was reversed by cord blood cells, actually caused by the immediate cord clamping required in order to harvest that same cord blood --- that was later used to "cure" her?
Similarly, on March 29, 2011, Fox News reported the use of child C's cord blood stem cells stored after her birth, being used to treat a tumour blocking the girl's kidney.
Child C's mother, says, "I want to encourage other parents to save their child's cord blood… I tell all our families and friends, it's the cheapest life insurance you'll ever buy and it's an amazing opportunity for your children. To look at her, you'd never know, which is the best part of all."
Come again?
Note that all the stories about children who are treated with their own cord blood stem cells, state that these cells are "medical waste" and the child doesn't feel a thing, and that when infused into the body, these cells hunt out the injured spot and heal the problem.
The Fox News articles all make stem cell transplants look like a wonderful option. The comments about how it doesn't hurt the baby are all the same, and all articles emphasize that the blood was sent to the bank of the parent's choice.
There is an additional factor in child C's story, which will be mentioned shortly.
Looking at medical literature, let's have a look at WHERE the baby gets its stem cells from in the first few years of life.
Right from conception a baby's organ development is orchestrated by stem cells made in the placenta during pregnancy. Barcena 09 reports that the foetus is infused with those stem cells in utero.
The blood INSIDE the placenta grows the baby, is unique to that baby's DNA, and belongs in the baby itself, after birth. It's a pretty nifty arrangement which has several functions. If half of the baby's blood remains in the placenta during vaginal descent, that decreases the volume of flesh which has to be conformed into and slide down a 10 cm wide pelvic canal, meaning that there is much less resistance, and the baby will come down easier. The baby still gets oxygen from the mother, but its muscles are much more "relaxed". Far from placenta and cord blood being "medical waste", just after the baby is born, when the baby's chest expands, the lungs open out and try to fill with blood… when the cranial plates spring apart and the arms and legs wave around with the accompanying pins and needles, all that placental blood which belongs to the baby, is rushing back into the baby because of ongoing uterine contractions. That blood increases the blood volume in the baby by at least one third (Hutton 07).
One effect from this was illustrated in this article from 1940. Yes, you read that correct. 1940. They KNEW that immediate cord cutting was bad, even back then:
And yes, the medical profession has collected cord blood since 1941, though goodness knows what they did with it. While I would like to say that immediate cord clamping is not common in this country, that isn't quite true. Unfortunately it is widely practiced in the bigger hospital and teaching hospitals. However, independent midwives, home-birth midwives and smaller country hospitals in general, seem to be much more amenable to not immediately clamping the cord.
But it would appear that in USA, and other countries where cord blood banking has become the expensive fashionable thing to do, mothers are convinced that cord blood is otherwise "medical waste".
The massive influx of blood – which belongs to that baby - is vital to the baby and is described in this 2009 document I wrote, detailing the third stage of labour. And anyone who has read here before knows that I have no patience with medical people who immediately clamp cord as a matter of habit and protocol, or for cord blood storage.
So, how is this cord blood for transplantation collected, and how much blood is stored?
According to Hemastem, an American cord blood bank, IMMEDIATELY on birth, the cord is clamped. It looks like a purple pulsating sausage with very distended veins. A syringe is inserted into the largest of the three cords, which has the blood going into the baby. There is no need to pull a plunger or anything, because the cord has considerable pressure, which by itself, passively pumps all that blood into a container about the size of one cup, which has in it an anti-coagulant to stop the blood from clotting. The syringe is removed, the container sealed, and that costs the parent a sweet 2 – 3,000 dollars, plus an annual fee for storage. Hemastem says that between 60 and 150 mls is stored.
According to Cord Blood Donation.net, 180 mls of blood is stored. Furthermore, parents who can't afford to pay to have blood stored for their own children, are "encouraged" to "donate" this MEDICAL WASTE so that someone else might benefit from it. Does the term "medical waste" start to take on a new dimension in your mind?
In 1967, the ideal blood volume in a baby was calculated at 85 mls per kg of body weight. Hutton 07 makes it clear that immediate cord cutting removes 20 – 40 mls per kg out of that optimum 85 mls per kg, of body weight. So if your baby weighs 4 kgs in weight, this lack of blood is the equivalent of a haemorrhage removing 80 to 160 mls from the possible total blood amount of 340 mls. This is like depriving an adult of a quarter to a half of their total body amount of blood. Does that sound like a good idea?
In 2009, Pikser stated that between 25 – 60% of the total feto-placental circulation is found in the placenta at term, and allowing placental transfusion into the baby results in a 30% increase in blood volume and a 60% increase in red blood cells.
In other words, those who consider this cord blood to be medical waste, deprive their baby of 60% of red blood cells which the baby should have after birth. Do those red blood cells sound like "waste" to you? And people pay big money to deprive their baby of its own blood.
What was the rationale for immediate cord clamping in the first place? In 2007, a medical article stated that there is, and never was, a scientific rational for immediate cord clamping. Here is a timeline from books down through the ages, talking about physiological optimum third stage labour. In this "scientific" age, immediately cutting the cord is not only utterly lacking in science and common sense, it works against the best interest of babies. Furthermore the timeline clearly shows that immediate cord cutting is a phenomenon which only became "common" as conventional obstetrics considered itself more "advanced". Which possibly means that cutting the cord was a billable item charged to the patient.
There are some obstetricians leading the charge to stop immediate cord clamping. One is Dr Hutchon http://www.hutchon.net/ who stated quite clearly in a medical journal in 2008 that immediate cord clamping must cease, and in 2010, that immediate cord clamping is not a physical necessity. You'd think, in an era rife with high malpractice insurance that leads many obstetricians leaving the profession, that practising delayed cord clamping would be seen as added insurance and security for the obstetrician.
The other obstetrician who is hopping mad about cord cutting is Professor G. M. Morley http://www.cordclamp.org/
Dr Morley's website reads:
Birth Injuries Related to Umbilical Cord Clamping:
"Autism, cerebral palsy, anemia, hypovolemia, hypotension, ischemia, shock, shock lung, respiratory distress, oliguria, hypoglycemia, ischemic encephalopathy, mental retardation; neural, behavioral and developmental disorders."
How much clearer can you get? Dr Morley believes that the brain damage created by immediate cord clamping can predispose a child to autism. Dr Morley considers Cerebral Palsy to be a direct result of the brain damage that can follow immediate cord clamping.
But in Child C's case, the story gets much worse.
By now, anyone reading this blog KNOWS that breastmilk is ALSO loaded with stem cells because God designs a baby to be a continuum of in utero growth, programming and development. Growth is so fast after birth, that it's vital the baby continues to receive an ongoing supply of stem cells in breast milk in order to give children the best possible chance.
But breast milk is also loaded with a substance which, if a baby gets any form of cancer, can nuke the cancer, and then the stem cells go in afterwards and heal everything.
So, not only was child C deprived of her own stem cells by immediate cord clamping, her problems were compounded BECAUSE she was fed formula from birth. (Note the story doesn't admit or discuss that, but when you know the medical literature, the actions of a key substance in breastmilk are obvious.)
In 1990, a doctor at Lund University called Catarina Svanborg, accidentally discovered that alpha- lactalbumin in human breast milk had both nutritive and non-nutritive properties. She found that when lactalbumin partially UN-folded itself and joined with oleic acid, it formed a substance which she called HAMLET, meaning Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells. In short, breastmilk HAMLET is THE ultimate cancer destroyer which has no side effects.
Using a multipronged approach, HAMLET selectively rips apart walls of dysplastic cells, messes up the mitochondria, and using other immunological "cluster bombs", blasts, detaches and rapidly pummels cancer to pieces and destroys it.
Much of Dr Svanborg's work can be found here.
For as long as a mother breastfeeds, her child is drenched in abundant quantities of HAMLET, or alpha lactalbumin… which actively patrols, seeks out and destroys cancer in that baby.
Here is a geekspeak explanation for those who require it:
Here we present HAMLET (Human Alpha-lactalbumin Made LEthal to Tumor cells) as an example where partial unfolding and the incorporation of a cofactor create a complex with new, beneficial properties. Native alpha-lactalbumin functions as a substrate specifier in lactose synthesis, but when partially unfolded, the protein binds oleic acid and forms the tumoricidal HAMLET complex.
HAMLET has broad antitumor activity in vitro, and its therapeutic effect has been confirmed in vivo in a human glioblastoma rat xenograft model, in patients with skin papillomas and in patients with bladder cancer. The mechanisms of tumor cell death remain unclear, however. Immediately after the encounter with tumor cells, HAMLET invades the cells and causes mitochondrial membrane depolarization, cytochrome c release, phosphatidyl serine exposure, and a low caspase response. A fraction of the cells undergoes morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis, but caspase inhibition does not rescue the cells and Bcl-2 overexpression or altered p53 status does not influence the sensitivity of tumor cells to HAMLET. HAMLET also creates a state of unfolded protein overload and activates 20S proteasomes, which contributes to cell death. In parallel, HAMLET translocates to tumor cell nuclei, where high-affinity interactions with histones cause chromatin disruption, loss of transcription, and nuclear condensation. The dying cells also show morphological changes compatible with macroautophagy, and recent studies indicate that macroautophagy is involved in the cell death response to HAMLET. The results suggest that HAMLET, like a hydra with many heads, may interact with several crucial cellular organelles, thereby activating several forms of cell death, in parallel. This complexity might underlie the rapid death response of tumor cells and the broad antitumor activity of HAMLET.
You may now put away your medical dictionary.
So plainly put, if Child C's parents had NOT had her cord clamped, their baby would have received her full quotient of stem cells free of charge, which could have healed whatever the problem was, and HAD she been breastfed, then chances are, that she would not have developed a tumour, and wouldn't have needed a stem cell transplant. Her parents could have saved themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars in hospital bills, and a truck load of worry as well.
A fetus is designed with placentally made, pluripotent (pluripotent = relating to all cells in the body) stem cells just waiting in the placenta and umbilical cord, to slide down into the baby - if the cord is left open and NOT clamped. As this medical article states, it's the baby's FIRST stem cell transplant. And a mother's breastmilk provides cancer destroyers and stem cells.
The medical literature is absolutely FULL of medical articles expanding the topics in this short blog - - YET…. at the same time, the medical system regularly presents stories from people like Child C's parents, to try to persuade MORE parents to immediately clamp their baby's cord in order to store the cord blood, which CAN LEAD TO exactly those problems these doctors are later using those children's stem cells to fix!
The medical system does not tell people like Harlow's mother that breastmilk is a continued source of both stem cells and cancer destroyers for as long as the baby is breastfed. They will probably tell the parents to try another formula. How about referring parents to a breast milk bank? Oh, that's right. There isn't one, because the medical system doesn't think it's worthwhile. I guess a breast milk bank is not worth supporting, if as a result, paediatricians earn less money while twiddling their thumbs in an empty office.
The current debate on cord cutting in the medical profession continues to be medieval and lackluster with the exception of a few such as Mercer 09 who stated,
"To prevent damage to newborns, the infant must receive the blood volume and stem cells lost at the time of descent and immediate cord clamping".
My only quibble with this quote is the use of the word "lost". Some of the blood is temporarily diverted into the placenta in order to help the baby be born, and as soon as the baby is born, that blood is returned to the baby with the remainder in the cord, which fills the lungs. Watch this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWCOzkSe85M&feature=related I don't agree with his comments about extreme prematurity though... the more premature, the more important it is, to NOT cut the cord. This youtube presentation shows you how lay people can educate obstetricians in this case Dr Nicholas Fogelson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-zD8jKne0&feature=related and part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLywaBTd-o&feature=channel&list=UL and part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYhWzAjjRu8&feature=autoplay&list=ULYDLywaBTd-o&playnext=1 . He tells the story of how he got interested in delayed cord cutting and discusses some of what is here. Apart from these people, the clinical arguments amongst obstetricians, seem to centre more around HOW LONG they can wait before they get impatient and get out the clamp and scissors. An example is the conclusion of this article:
In the first minute the baby only gets 50% of the potential volume with the rest in the next 2 - 5 minutes. Well, here's a practical way to keep the cord intact.
Just LOSE the clamp and the scissors until the cord is hard, white and leathery.
The moral of this blog is simple.
The "voices" you listen to, .....will determine your choices, .....and the bed you lie in .... just might have unwelcome consequences.


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Film Review – OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
Out of the Past (1947; USA; B&W; 97m) ***** d. Jacques Tourneur; w. Daniel Mainwaring; ph. Nicholas Musuraca; m. Roy Webb. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Steve Brodie, Richard Webb, Virginia Huston, Dickie Moore, Frank Wilcox, Mary Field, Paul Valentine, Ken Niles, Oliver Blake, James Bush, John Kellogg. A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double-crosses and duplicitous dames. Classic film noir is brilliantly structured and immaculately directed by Tourneur with crackling dialogue. Mitchum and Greer give standout performances as opportunistic lovers thrown together by fate. Douglas is the sleazy gambler making up the triangle. Cross follows double-cross and it hangs together until its ironic final twist. A masterclass in film-making. Mainwaring adapted his own novel "Build My Gallows High", which was also the UK title of the film on its original release. Remade as AGAINST ALL ODDS (1984). [PG]

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Obituary: The Rev. Greg Tolaas, who helped St. Philip thrive
By Lucy Y. Her , Star Tribune
November 19, 2007 - 1:23 PM
Looking out the window of the Church of St. Philip in north Minneapolis, the Rev. Greg Tolaas saw the pain and suffering in the neighborhood and decided to do something about it.
So he started programs to help children with their schoolwork, single mothers with raising their children and men with being there for their families.
"Everyone loved him," said Cindy Boggs, a pastoral associate at St. Philip. "He's touched a lot of lives here."
Tolaas, the pastor of St. Philip, died Sunday afternoon at Fairview-University Medical Center in Minneapolis. The cause of death had not been determined Sunday. He was 47.
The Rev. Dale Korogi, Tolaas' friend and housemate, said he had had a series of complications after lung and kidney transplants in June.
Tolaas also had been fighting a lung infection, Korogi said.
Tolaas had cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes glands to produce thick secretions that plug passageways in the lungs. Two of his sisters who were born with the disease died long ago.
In 1997, he left his job as director of campus ministry at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul because he wanted to learn about different people.
He joined St. Philip in August of that year. At the time, Sunday mass drew only about 40 people, mostly elderly Polish-Americans who had moved to the suburbs.
So he started walking through the neighborhood to meet people, Boggs said. "We've got to get something for these kids to do," she recalled Tolaas saying after seeing so many neighborhood kids playing in the streets.
By November, he'd started the Kids Club to give kids a safe place to hang out after school. Then came College Bound to help kids with homework. Soon followed the Women of Great Hope and Vision program and the Men About Change group.
Today, about 350 families are members of the church.
"He wanted [the church] to be a place of welcome and support and growth for the people who lived in the North Side," Korogi said.
Tolaas also helped revitalize the praise and worship service in the church, said Korogi, who also is chaplain at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. "He brought a lot of energy and life to the church, and it became a great source of life for this part of town," he said.
Korogi called Tolaas his "best friend," and said Tolaas didn't waste a single day of his life being bitter or angry. "If he was discouraged at all, he would just take a deep breath" and look at the brighter side of life. "He was a man of deep faith, and he met every challenge with the knowledge that God was with him."
Beth Tolaas of St. Paul said her brother, who was born and raised in St. Paul, was a leader.
At 10, when their mother died, he helped take care of his younger siblings.
"That's a role that he's carried on into his adulthood," she said. "He wasn't someone who just sat idly and let life happen around him. He truly grasped life and got the most out of it" despite his health challenges.
Besides his sister, survivors include another sister, Maureen of Denver, and a brother, Tim of St. Paul.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Lucy Y. Her is at lher@startribune.com.
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REVIEW SUMMARY: An engaging military sf series that's quick to consume.
MY RATING: See individual reviews below.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Wilson Cole mutinies from the Republic Navy and tries to make a life for himself and the people who join up with him.
PROS: Quick and fun reads; amusing characters and dialogue; consistent writing style and quality; economy of storytelling.
CONS: Cole's high morals hinder his ability in some roles, and seem ambiguous in others.
BOTTOM LINE: Resnick's military sf is engaging, fun and consistently enjoyable.
Despite a prolific career in science fiction, the Starship series is Mike Resnick's first foray into military science fiction. The star of the books (four of them have been published so far, with more to come) is Wilson Cole, a military man with high morals and a low tolerance for nonsense. Each book follows Cole as he assumes a new role, first as part of the Republic Navy and then away from it. Along the way he makes friends and enemies and tries to make a living by leveraging his military acumen and a stolen starship.
The emphasis of Resnick's military sf is on tactics and strategy rather than combat. The single-threaded plots devote much attention to the logistics of running a military ship: things like sleep rotations, reassigning personnel and finding time for food, whereas military actions are resolved in mere paragraphs. And Resnick's quality never falters throughout the first four books: they maintain a consistent level of enjoyment, which is to say that if you like one you'll like them all. Each of the books are also loaded with Extras by way of appendices that explain timelines, back stories, behind-the-scenes insight and ship layouts.
In Starship: Mutiny, readers are introduced to Wilson Cole, a maverick within the Navy of the Republic, who is assigned to the dilapidated starship Theodore Roosevelt. The Republic is at war with the Teroni Federation yet the "Teddy R." is stationed where there is little action. That's because it serves as a punishment of sorts for the navy's troublemakers and malcontents – like Cole. Cole has been twice promoted (for acts of heroism) and twice demoted (he has serious problems with blind obedience) and, despite being a hero in the eyes of the citizens, is a huge embarrassment for the Navy. Like Cole, the other crewmembers of the Teddy R. (mostly humans and a few well-imagined aliens) are dedicated military personnel who broke a few rules under circumstances acceptable to common sense, but not the Navy. But none have done so to the degree of Cole, whose defiance has led to hero status amongst his peers. Cole soon gets into trouble again and again as one insubordinate act leads to another and ultimately, as the book's title suggests, is driven to mutiny.
Perhaps the most notable quality of Starship: Mutiny is how fast the story progresses. This is because (1) Resnick's prose is (as always) well-crafted and easily read, and (2) The story is plot-centric and does not stop for info-dumping and any more world-building than is needed to drive the story. This storytelling economy is one of Resnick's strong points and makes for a quick, enjoyable hit of military sf.
As to the other characters in the book, Cole has almost immediate rapport with certain crewmembers, including his longtime alien friend, Commander Forrice; the Security Chief, Sharon Blacksmith; Lieutenant Christine Mboya; the Bdexni pilot named Wxakgini; Ensign Rachel Marcos, and a few others. Cole unfortunately does not strike the fancy of the ship's Captain, Makeo Fujiama, and the second-in-command, the alien Polonoi female Commander Podok. This causes some interesting dramatic tension as the Teddy R. finds itself in one compromising position after another.
Starship: Mutiny is ultimately a fast-moving, absorbing story that's peopled with interesting characters. I read this in two sittings and ate it up like candy. The ending sets up the next book – a new stage in Coles "career", quite nicely.
Starship: Pirate details the next stage of Wilson Cole's livelihood. After becoming the political scapegoat of the Republic to which he dedicated his military career, Wilson Cole decides to take up piracy in the Inner Frontier away from the Republic. There's just one problem: his success (and list of potential victims) is seriously limited by his morals. So Cole and his wayward crew experience some growing pains while they learn the ropes. Cole also picks up a few new crewmembers – like the tough-and-likable Val, an otherwise top-notch pirate queen who finds herself without her ship. The crew of the Teddy R. must deal with other pirates, thugs, fences (like the comedic ally portrayed David Copperfield), and ultimately the most feared pirate of all, the alien known as Hammerhead Shark.
With Starship: Pirate, Resnick maintains his swift prose delivery, although this time around it's a little slower initially getting up to speed. The action is also somewhat hindered by Cole's Pirate-with-a-heart-of-gold nature, which seems somewhat counterproductive to being a pirate in the first place. (I kept getting a Firefly vibe from this story, with Cole in the role of a slightly misguided Malcolm Reynolds.) But Resnick ultimately finds enjoyable ways to circumvent that, like a couple of well-sequenced insurance swindles and heists. As before, Cole's military acumen is almost flawless, except for one hard-to-believe casualty that Cole's demonstrated savvy seems sure to have avoided.
Besides these nits, Starship: Pirate was nearly as enjoyable as its predecessor and still a fun, fast-moving read. The ending – as would be expected with the purpose and direction of this series – promises to resolve the "nice guy pirate" conundrum in a believable and logical way. This was another two-day read. Bring on the next one!
In Starship: Mercenary, Cole and his crew are guns for hire. They take several jobs of varying success, but it is not until they befriend the owner of Singapore Station (The Platinum Duke) that the offers start pouring in. Particularly interesting were Cole's adventures when his Third Officer, the pirate queen Val, decides that money is her prime motivator. It is then that Cole must defend a space hospital and Singapore Station from Val and the big, bad warlord Csonti.
For Cole, being a mercenary has its plusses and minuses. The good news is the money, though there's not so much that he and his crew would call himself rich. The bad news is that Cole still has problems reconciling his higher morals with his chosen profession. "Killer-with-a-heart-of-gold" just doesn't ring true in the minds of readers, and Resnick never takes it there. But there are only so many jobs that a gun-for-hire can take on that do not involve a little bloodshed. Cole, then, comes off more as a vigilante hero than he does a mercenary. (Some jobs he even does for free.) However, in the end, it all works out to Cole's benefit – though I am a little perturbed at the resolution with Val. Otherwise, the story is another quick, fun read that stays on track for the planned direction of the series.
In Starship: Rebel, Wilson Cole finally turns his attentions towards the source of his own predicament: the Navy of the Republic. He has to. In this book, the Navy is shown to perform unspeakable acts, thus establishing them as the clear cut bad guys. Ultimately their atrocities make it personal for Cole, and so he decides to go after any navy ships that happen to frequent the Inner Frontier. The odds are stacked incredibly against him, and so Cole enlists the aid of the people (and aliens) who share a mutual dislike for the Republic.
Like Starship: Pirate before it, Starship: Rebel was a bit slow at setting the stage for what was to come. But once the Navy made it personal the book was hard to put down. Cole once again exhibits an endless supply of confidence and aptitude and very rarely makes mistakes. However, I'm still trying to decide if the Cole character is becoming morally ambiguous. He seems to cause an awful lot of ancillary damage for someone who is trying to "do the right thing". He's somewhat of a grandstander, too, engaging in one-man missions that, strategically, make poor sense for the leader of an ever-growing fleet. But such is the way of rough-and-tumble characters in sf, I suppose. This is indeed Cole's story and the book does not suffer from lack of action once the ball starts rolling. Cole engages in espionage, sets up traps and otherwise wreaks havoc with navy ships that wander in his part of the universe. The ending promises to ratchet up the inevitable confrontation with the Republic even further.
Did you read them end-to-end? I'm going through all the currently-published Leary of the RCN books by David Drake (as well as the Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian, which inspired the SF series) and it is an interesting experience to see the plots and characters develop.
>>Did you read them end-to-end?
Almost. Over the holiday break, I read the first two, then Watchmen, then the last two.
In doing so, I find there is always a balance between continuity and overdose. I didn't want to wait too long between books, but I also didn't want to read them exclusively.
oh man! i was intrigued from beginning to the end, from cover to cover, wilson cole had my sympathy and my vengeance to go along with him. I love Mike Resnicks nack for keeping my attention. Robert Jordan and only A FEW others could keep my mind on there books for long, thanks Mike. Now to the real reason I'm typing away, is that…uhm. is there gonna be any more on this saga? i gotta know! thanks.
The series was pretty much wrapped up in the final 5th book, Starship: Flagship.
I have the 1st book in ebook somewhere. The style was too bare bones for me. It seemed more like a YA novel.


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Q: $(t^2-3t)y'' + ty' - (t+3)y=0$ with $y(1)=2, y'(1)=1$ - Maximal interval
Find the maximal interval in which the initial value problem
  $$(t^2-3t)y'' + ty' - (t+3)y=0$$ $$y(1)=2, y'(1)=1$$ exists.

According to a well-known theorem, we have $p(t)=\frac{1}{t-3}$, $q(t)=-\frac{t+3}{t(t-3)}$ and $g(t)=0$. So the discontinuity points are $t=0$ and $t=3$.
I am only $9$ years old, and often I need help to understand certain concepts. Is anyone could explain in details why the maximal interval is $0< t < 3$? I know it is probably trivial, but I blocked on the resolution of the problem.

A: Your $p$, $q$ and $g$ are correct; and so are your points of disconinuity.
Based on these points, $t=0$ and $t=3$, there are three intervals in which a solution may exist. These intervals are $(-\infty,0)$, $(0,3)$, and $(3,\infty)$.
Now, you have to pay attention to your initial conditions, both of which are given at $t_0 = 1$. This means that whatever the solution to the differential equation is, it must exist at time $t=1$, and have the given value $y_0=2$.
Out of the three choices that you have for the intervals of existence, which one contains $t=1$? Surely it is the interval $(0,3)$.
That fact that your interval (in $t$) around $t=1$ can be extended all the way to $(0,3)$ as compared to, say $(0.5,2)$, is a direct consequence of the existence theorem (which says your solutions exists on the same interval over which $p,\,q$ and $g$ are defined).

A: There are several aspects to this.

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*There is a solution on $(0,3)$, since this is a linear differential equation and (after dividing by $t^2-3t$) the coefficients are continuous on that interval.

*The solution can't be extended through the singularities to a larger interval.  That is not so obvious (although I think it's true in this case).  For example, the differential equation $t^2 y'' -t y' + y = 0$ has a singularity at $0$, but $y=t$ is a solution on the whole real line.


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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: "On the Record" is live in Miami with the very latest breaking news on that earthquake in Haiti. Joining us live is Ambassador Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the United States. Good evening, Ambassador.
RAYMOND JOSEPH, HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.: Good evening. How are you?
VAN SUSTEREN: I'm very well. Ambassador, what can we do for you immediately? What's the first thing you want from us, what kind of help?
JOSEPH: Well, the first thing that I have asked- and I've been to the State Department and put in some requests -- is helping with the communication. Secondly, helping securing the airport. Third, helping us clear the roads, the main arteries. And help with search-and-rescue missions because there are some people who are still in the rubble, and I - - we should do everything to rescue those that can be rescued still.
VAN SUSTEREN: ... and maybe this is a -- go ahead, sir.
JOSEPH: Then I was going to say, food and water for those who are still alive.
VAN SUSTEREN: Ambassador, when we had our disaster in New Orleans, we had our government -- we sort of knew who could be in charge, you know, and we could make decisions. What's different here is that we almost in some instances almost need sort of permission, whether it's to take over your airport or to help direct planes in or whatever. And yet your government right now is in such disarray -- your buildings are down, your president doesn't have a home. Are those discussions you had with the State Department almost how much you're willing to let us make decisions for you?
JOSEPH: ... and together (ph).
JOSEPH: But this is happening. This is happening right now. Before, they could not land, and now the United States, with the Pentagon, with the help of the Pentagon, has come in and is helping us. And I'm quite sure the government is going to accept some of the help. At the same time, you know, we still are a government. We cannot totally give our sovereignty.
VAN SUSTEREN: You know, we look at these pictures, and I -- it's just -- it's -- the amount of suffering is just indescribable, isn't it.
JOSEPH: It's heart-rending. And you know, I feel pretty bad because in 2004, when I went to Haiti for the first time after a 13-year absence, from the air I saw some big problems. I saw those matchbox-type houses on the side of the hills. And I wrote a piece for the then New York Sun, and I said, Port-au-Prince is a catastrophe waiting to happen.
VAN SUSTEREN: And indeed, it has happened.
JOSEPH: I did not think -- I did not think about an earthquake. I was thinking about a hurricane coming in and just pulling down all these little houses by the hillsides. But it happened another way.
VAN SUSTEREN: Ambassador, thank you, sir. And you know, and I hope that we can help you. You know, I hope our country can help very quickly because this has to be fast help. Thank you, sir.


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It situated in a valley in the Vlahina foothills 13 kilometers southwest of Blagoevgrad. There is a primary school "Todor Aleksandrov" and a cultural center "Smilen Seimenski" with a public library.

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Where to? Patagonia, Argentina
Why you'll love it: Few places beat the nature and wildlife of Argentinian Patagonia. Discover dinosaur fossils in Trelew, then get up close with southern right whales, elephant seals, and Magellanic penguins on the Valdes Peninsula.
Further south, Bariloche is the perfect base for trekking, camping, and exploring Nahuel Huapi Lake. Finally, drive south down Ruta Nacional 40, an iconic highway that skirts the Andes. There's no lack of space out here, where it seems the silence just carries on forever. It's a welcome respite, and a back-to-nature experience for city dwellers craving some peace and quiet at an incredible scale.
The farther south you go, it seems the more otherworldly the surrounds become. The stunning ice fields of Glaciar Perito Moreno inside the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares are almost unbearably beautiful at 30 kilometers long and 60 meters high. Every day it moves forward about 2 meters, shedding enormous icebergs from the facade on the way. You can watch — and hear — the dramatic movements from steel bridges nearby.
For hikers, too, the southern peninsula is a dreamscape. From the steep craggy mountains to the glistening glaciers and far-out fields, there's much to explore by foot. The El Chaltén mountain village, Cabo Froward, and Torres del Paine areas are home to some of Argentina's most photogenic — and challenging — hikes.
Fun fact: On the southern tip, the most important landmark is Puerto San Julian, where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in 1520.
Get there: Fly to Buenos Aires with Turkish Airlines (via Istanbul), Emirates (via Dubai), Delta (via Atlanta), Lufthansa (via Frankfurt), or British Airways (via London). From Buenos Aires, grab a bus with Andesmar, Condor, Don Otto, or El Pinguino to one of the main towns in the area, such as Puerto Madryn, and get going.
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H1Z1, Sony's Zombie MMO, Hits Early Access Next Month
The announcement came yesterday:
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) today announced that the much anticipated post-apocalyptic zombie survival MMO, H1Z1, will be available via Steam Early Access on January 15, 2015 for $19.99 (USD).
A little more details about the upcoming Early Access was given out from SOE's President John Smedley on a Reddit community post:
After a lot of hard work, we've decided to make the release date January 15th, 2015. This gives us just enough time to polish what we have and put out something we'll be proud of and hopefully you'll be excited to play.
Why did it take longer than we originally thought? It's a fair question. The simple answer is once we saw what we could have had earlier it wasn't good enough and we wanted to put something out that we would be proud of. What you'll be playing January 15th is a really fun game, but it's early. It's everything Early Access should be – a fun and compelling game that isn't finished. Our goal is to have you help us finish it and have it be a game we can build a large community in over time.
Is it going to be a finished game? Absolutely not. If that's what you're expecting, DO NOT BUY EARLY ACCESS. The goal here is to let you in early and help us mold it into a game you want to be a part of for quite a long time.
We'll have 2 SKUS when we launch. The basic early access sku for $19.99 – which will let you into the game and have a great time, and a more expensive one which we'll announce here shortly. The difference between the two will be things like access to some of our different game mode servers (which you can get access to by purchasing tickets or earning them as well) and other specifics we'll be outlining soon.
Is H1Z1 going to be better than Day Z day 1? No it won't. We'll get asked that question a lot and I wanted to be up front about it. We're not as feature rich and they have a lot of really cool stuff we just don't have yet. That being said, we're also a different game. We're an MMO and our goals are to create a large scale world that gives you the incredible feeling of being a survivor in a zombie apocalypse.
We'll be starting out with roughly 64k square Kilometers, but we plan to grow it right away.. and over time create our virtual version of the US post apocalypse. Look for us to start adding land right away post launch.
I appreciate how open and frank this post is, and the announcement makes it clear the game is still being worked on. So there's no bait and switch here, which is incredibly nice to see. What do you guys think? Are you looking forward to trying out H1Z1?
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This is strange. On the one hand, Sports Interactive's footie venture on PSP feels as empty and dry as an alcoholic's hip flask. But on the other it's easily one of the most enjoyable management games we've ever played. Veterans of the Football Manager series, however, will froth at the mouth as you see how many key features you're missing from the PC version.
The transfer system has been streamlined to the point where you can't even exchange players to make up for your lack of funds and there's no reserve team. Heck, you can't even view a match report to check key moments of previous games.
But when you sit down and really get to grips with Football Manager Handheld, these minor fractions will fade to oblivion. You'll be too busy fretting over the five million you've just splurged on Djibril Cisse to worry about minor flaws. It's five million more than he's worth.
Above: Just as in the real world, a string of bad results canspell troublefor the manager.
Almost as oddly as parting with cash for Liverpool's goal shy miss-man, Football Manager Handheld kicks-off at the beginning of the current 2005-2006 season, but with all the moves from this January's transfer window. Vidic is at Man Yoo, Walcott's at Arsenal and half of the Spurs team are at Portsmouth. It feels weird, but it sort of makes sense.
From the outset, FM Handheld feels accessible. A couple of menu clicks later and you're ready. You can only manage a single country's teams throughout your career, rather than, for instance, being plucked from League Two obscurity to manage Inter Milan. Shame. But PSP's not exactly full of memory and you get a solid match engine in return - more on that later.
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Hi, I'm Nathan. You may remember me from such websites as, erm, this one circa 2011. Been hustling in games for over a decade and write for Official PlayStation, Official Xbox, Gamesmaster and more.
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Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, announced today that it has granted Purdue University's College of Technology sixty-five seats of its GibbsCAM software to run on five networks at the university's Indiana campuses in West Lafayette, Kokomo, New Albany, Columbus and South Bend. GibbsCAM software now supports computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) courses in Purdue's College of Technology, where more than 5,500 students are pursuing technical degrees. Among the various undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered by the College of Technology, including a PhD program, are Bachelor of Science degree programs in mechanical engineering technology and manufacturing engineering technology, within which students will use GibbsCAM throughout their studies.
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package org.elasticsearch.search.sort;

import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Sort;
import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;
import org.apache.lucene.search.join.BitSetProducer;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Nullable;
import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.search.Queries;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldData;
import org.elasticsearch.index.fielddata.IndexFieldData.XFieldComparatorSource.Nested;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.LongFieldMapper;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.support.NestedInnerQueryParseSupport;
import org.elasticsearch.search.MultiValueMode;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseElement;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchParseException;
import org.elasticsearch.search.internal.SearchContext;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableMap;

/**
 *
 */
public class SortParseElement implements SearchParseElement {

    public static final SortField SORT_SCORE = new SortField(null, SortField.Type.SCORE);
    private static final SortField SORT_SCORE_REVERSE = new SortField(null, SortField.Type.SCORE, true);
    private static final SortField SORT_DOC = new SortField(null, SortField.Type.DOC);
    private static final SortField SORT_DOC_REVERSE = new SortField(null, SortField.Type.DOC, true);

    public static final ParseField IGNORE_UNMAPPED = new ParseField("ignore_unmapped");
    public static final ParseField UNMAPPED_TYPE = new ParseField("unmapped_type");

    public static final String SCORE_FIELD_NAME = "_score";
    public static final String DOC_FIELD_NAME = "_doc";

    private static final Map<String, SortParser> PARSERS;

    static {
        Map<String, SortParser> parsers = new HashMap<>();
        addParser(parsers, new ScriptSortParser());
        addParser(parsers, new GeoDistanceSortParser());
        PARSERS = unmodifiableMap(parsers);
    }

    private static void addParser(Map<String, SortParser> parsers, SortParser parser) {
        for (String name : parser.names()) {
            parsers.put(name, parser);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void parse(XContentParser parser, SearchContext context) throws Exception {
        XContentParser.Token token = parser.currentToken();
        List<SortField> sortFields = new ArrayList<>(2);
        if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
            while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_ARRAY) {
                if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
                    addCompoundSortField(parser, context, sortFields);
                } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
                    addSortField(context, sortFields, parser.text(), false, null, null, null, null);
                } else {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("malformed sort format, within the sort array, an object, or an actual string are allowed");
                }
            }
        } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
            addSortField(context, sortFields, parser.text(), false, null, null, null, null);
        } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
            addCompoundSortField(parser, context, sortFields);
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("malformed sort format, either start with array, object, or an actual string");
        }
        if (!sortFields.isEmpty()) {
            // optimize if we just sort on score non reversed, we don't really need sorting
            boolean sort;
            if (sortFields.size() > 1) {
                sort = true;
            } else {
                SortField sortField = sortFields.get(0);
                if (sortField.getType() == SortField.Type.SCORE && !sortField.getReverse()) {
                    sort = false;
                } else {
                    sort = true;
                }
            }
            if (sort) {
                context.sort(new Sort(sortFields.toArray(new SortField[sortFields.size()])));
            }
        }
    }

    private void addCompoundSortField(XContentParser parser, SearchContext context, List<SortField> sortFields) throws Exception {
        XContentParser.Token token;
        while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
            if (token == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
                String fieldName = parser.currentName();
                boolean reverse = false;
                String missing = null;
                String innerJsonName = null;
                String unmappedType = null;
                MultiValueMode sortMode = null;
                NestedInnerQueryParseSupport nestedFilterParseHelper = null;
                token = parser.nextToken();
                if (token == XContentParser.Token.VALUE_STRING) {
                    String direction = parser.text();
                    if (direction.equals("asc")) {
                        reverse = SCORE_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName);
                    } else if (direction.equals("desc")) {
                        reverse = !SCORE_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName);
                    } else {
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("sort direction [" + fieldName + "] not supported");
                    }
                    addSortField(context, sortFields, fieldName, reverse, unmappedType, missing, sortMode, nestedFilterParseHelper);
                } else {
                    if (PARSERS.containsKey(fieldName)) {
                        sortFields.add(PARSERS.get(fieldName).parse(parser, context));
                    } else {
                        while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {
                            if (token == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME) {
                                innerJsonName = parser.currentName();
                            } else if (token.isValue()) {
                                if ("reverse".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    reverse = parser.booleanValue();
                                } else if ("order".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    if ("asc".equals(parser.text())) {
                                        reverse = SCORE_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName);
                                    } else if ("desc".equals(parser.text())) {
                                        reverse = !SCORE_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName);
                                    }
                                } else if ("missing".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    missing = parser.textOrNull();
                                } else if (context.parseFieldMatcher().match(innerJsonName, IGNORE_UNMAPPED)) {
                                    // backward compatibility: ignore_unmapped has been replaced with unmapped_type
                                    if (unmappedType == null // don't override if unmapped_type has been provided too
                                            && parser.booleanValue()) {
                                        unmappedType = LongFieldMapper.CONTENT_TYPE;
                                    }
                                } else if (context.parseFieldMatcher().match(innerJsonName, UNMAPPED_TYPE)) {
                                    unmappedType = parser.textOrNull();
                                } else if ("mode".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    sortMode = MultiValueMode.fromString(parser.text());
                                } else if ("nested_path".equals(innerJsonName) || "nestedPath".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    if (nestedFilterParseHelper == null) {
                                        nestedFilterParseHelper = new NestedInnerQueryParseSupport(parser, context);
                                    }
                                    nestedFilterParseHelper.setPath(parser.text());
                                } else {
                                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("sort option [" + innerJsonName + "] not supported");
                                }
                            } else if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
                                if ("nested_filter".equals(innerJsonName) || "nestedFilter".equals(innerJsonName)) {
                                    if (nestedFilterParseHelper == null) {
                                        nestedFilterParseHelper = new NestedInnerQueryParseSupport(parser, context);
                                    }
                                    nestedFilterParseHelper.filter();
                                } else {
                                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("sort option [" + innerJsonName + "] not supported");
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        addSortField(context, sortFields, fieldName, reverse, unmappedType, missing, sortMode, nestedFilterParseHelper);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    private void addSortField(SearchContext context, List<SortField> sortFields, String fieldName, boolean reverse, String unmappedType, @Nullable final String missing, MultiValueMode sortMode, NestedInnerQueryParseSupport nestedHelper) throws IOException {
        if (SCORE_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName)) {
            if (reverse) {
                sortFields.add(SORT_SCORE_REVERSE);
            } else {
                sortFields.add(SORT_SCORE);
            }
        } else if (DOC_FIELD_NAME.equals(fieldName)) {
            if (reverse) {
                sortFields.add(SORT_DOC_REVERSE);
            } else {
                sortFields.add(SORT_DOC);
            }
        } else {
            MappedFieldType fieldType = context.smartNameFieldType(fieldName);
            if (fieldType == null) {
                if (unmappedType != null) {
                    fieldType = context.mapperService().unmappedFieldType(unmappedType);
                } else {
                    throw new SearchParseException(context, "No mapping found for [" + fieldName + "] in order to sort on", null);
                }
            }

            if (!fieldType.isSortable()) {
                throw new SearchParseException(context, "Sorting not supported for field[" + fieldName + "]", null);
            }

            // Enable when we also know how to detect fields that do tokenize, but only emit one token
            /*if (fieldMapper instanceof StringFieldMapper) {
                StringFieldMapper stringFieldMapper = (StringFieldMapper) fieldMapper;
                if (stringFieldMapper.fieldType().tokenized()) {
                    // Fail early
                    throw new SearchParseException(context, "Can't sort on tokenized string field[" + fieldName + "]");
                }
            }*/

            // We only support AVG and SUM on number based fields
            if (fieldType.isNumeric() == false && (sortMode == MultiValueMode.SUM || sortMode == MultiValueMode.AVG)) {
                sortMode = null;
            }
            if (sortMode == null) {
                sortMode = resolveDefaultSortMode(reverse);
            }

            final Nested nested;
            if (nestedHelper != null && nestedHelper.getPath() != null) {
                BitSetProducer rootDocumentsFilter = context.bitsetFilterCache().getBitSetProducer(Queries.newNonNestedFilter());
                Query innerDocumentsFilter;
                if (nestedHelper.filterFound()) {
                    // TODO: use queries instead
                    innerDocumentsFilter = nestedHelper.getInnerFilter();
                } else {
                    innerDocumentsFilter = nestedHelper.getNestedObjectMapper().nestedTypeFilter();
                }
                nested = new Nested(rootDocumentsFilter,  context.searcher().createNormalizedWeight(innerDocumentsFilter, false));
            } else {
                nested = null;
            }

            IndexFieldData.XFieldComparatorSource fieldComparatorSource = context.fieldData().getForField(fieldType)
                    .comparatorSource(missing, sortMode, nested);
            sortFields.add(new SortField(fieldType.name(), fieldComparatorSource, reverse));
        }
    }

    private static MultiValueMode resolveDefaultSortMode(boolean reverse) {
        return reverse ? MultiValueMode.MAX : MultiValueMode.MIN;
    }

}


Nong Khiaw is a small rustic town located in Luang Prabang province, north Laos. Located on the banks of the Ou River and surrounded by stunning limestone mountains, the town offers, amazing landscapes, waterfalls, caves and an authentic glimpse into Laos quiet rural lifestyle. The town's surroundings offer opportunities for rock-climbing, boat trips, trekking, cycling and caving.
This charming little town is gradually changing to embrace tourism. Although services and infrastructure are still developing, accommodation options and continuous power supply have changed the game for residents and travellers. Nowadays the town keeps its traditional ways and lifestyle but offers basic options that western travellers will surely appreciate.


Trend Alert! For those planning a 2020 wedding, you'll have lots of options next season if you're interested in going green. In the coming year it'll be the perfect time to embrace the colour green, green the lifestyle and greenery as decor for your ceremony and reception.
Check out some of our favourite trends for 2020 and let us know what you're most excited about on one of our social media channels.
The easiest way to incorporate green into your 2020 wedding is with fresh greenery and flowers. Rather than choosing a colourful bouquet, a simple white arrangement helps the colour green really pop. This simple yet elegant bouquet alternative is on the rise. When you look back on your wedding photos in the decades to come, you won't regret these timeless neutral tones.
And white and green flowers aren't just for the ladies, they work perfectly as boutonnieres.
More and more brides are eco-friendly and environmentally conscious, even when it comes to their wedding day. The best way to plan a "green" wedding is to use recycled paper, cut down on plastic or disposable decorations, and make sure your menu features locally sourced food (ideally vegetarian)! More and more vendors are environmentally conscious, so you'll have no shortage of options to choose from in 2020.
We love a pop of green for an outdoor wedding. The men look dapper in pale khaki green pants and the women look stunning in their pastel green gowns. Matching or mismatched, we love green for the wedding party in the coming season.
Last but not least, you can add touches of green just about anywhere you want during your ceremony and wedding reception. We especially love greenery that covers the chairs and tables during dinner. Along with wooden chairs and tables (rather than the traditional slip-covered seats), you'll have the perfect green themed look.


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Brexit could bring people together if it's handled smartly
Theresa May needs to communicate a positive purpose and identify early wins, says LBS's Dan Cable
The UK's prime minister could use Brexit as an exercise to bring people together, said Dan Cable, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School.
Brexit could be reframed as finding common ground, he suggested. Theresa May could take it as an opportunity to practise a new approach, involving fewer rifts and divisions and more agreement and momentum. The message from government would need to be: "We've left too much of the country behind, I'm seeing this as bringing together a divided government and building a unified country."
"What if she treated it as a chance to have bipartisan discussions, to find middle ground… a watering hole where we can come together and find a new way of working? That would create a different reaction. If the message was, 'If we can get this done together then we can get other things done together' – that's productive language. People might sign up to that."
Meanwhile, he said, May should communicate any potential early wins she is able to identify. "Again, that might not be Brexit itself but it might be how we treat each other in discussions, or how more of the country is behind all of our actions. When this starts to pay off, what would that look like?"
"One of the challenges for Theresa May is that the outcome of Brexit is so uncertain," he said. "It's hard for her to point to the 'destination postcard'. To lead people through change successfully, you need to give them a visceral, almost tangible picture of what it will look like when it's working.
"What great leaders do is create that compelling image and make it salient enough that people can almost hold it, savour it. It starts to set the purpose and gives them a sense of hope."
Professor Cable referred to US President John F Kennedy's 1961 promise to put a man on the moon, an example of a powerful destination postcard that people immediately pictured and longed for. "A human being will walk on that rock up there! It's going to cost a lot of time and money but it's going to be worth it."
People need to be able to visualise why the outcome is going to be worth the pain, said Professor Cable: "Having specific examples of what will work better helps get people on board. If you can't show people the why, you don't even get out of the blocks."


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The full valet service is perfect for when your vehicle hasn't been cleaned inside or out for a good amount of time. It restores the vehicle back to good condition. There are further services required to get it looking perfect, however, such as polish and wax, but this can be done also.
The full interior valet service is for vehicles with particularly dirty interiors. Usually, the upholstery is stained and heavy dirt can be found on the seats and mats. The leather is also generally dirty and "shiny", needing a thorough wipe through. The full interior valet service is a great service for those who need it and can go beyond just cleaning the interior. Odour removal, biological contaminants and other contaminants may need to be removed also.
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Q: serial read function synchronizing linux I have to share serial port read function with two other functions, basically

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*first function keeps polling on serial port read function for data every 1000 msec

*when something is written to serial port , it has to read back ack/nack from serial port.
Can anyone suggest how this synchronization can be achieved efficiently with mutex or any other synchronization functionality available in linux for common read function? I am not using any threads for these operation since this is done on polling basis.

A: Just disable the polling while you wait for ack. You don't need a mutex because you're not using a thread, just use a global variable set by the writing function and read by the polling, so that you know if you have to skip polling.


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Venus Loop, Venus Drive
Walk along the pristine stream to spot the many amazing creatures which call this rainforest home.
Hidden within the stream are many animals like soft-shell turtles, freshwater crabs, terrapins, fishing spiders and amphibians that depend on clear, unpolluted freshwater streams for survival.
You might also spot long-tailed macaques, clouded monitor lizards, gliding lizards, treeshrews, emerald doves, racket-tailed drongos and many other birds, butterflies and insects.
Various plants and trees that are home and food for our forest fauna can also be seen on this walk. These include huge terentang trees, fig trees, and tall bamboo groves.
The wild rainforest is an open science museum and a living house of biodiversity. Come with us, and learn more about this rainforest.
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Amid hazy skies, a team of nine volunteers from Cicada Tree Eco-Place boarded a boat for St John's and Lazarus Islands to help clean up our beautiful islets 6.5 kilometres south of mainland Singapore.
St John's island was a medical quarantine station from the 1900s until the mid-20th century. Today, it is a rustic getaway spot for tourists and locals alike and home to the St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory.
St John's, together with Sisters' Islands and Pulau Tekukor, is a known turtle hatching site and has been designated as Singapore's first marine park. Sadly, it is no stranger to marine litter, especially plastic waste which may trap, injure animals or be mistaken for food and ingested.
Check out the video for highlights of what took place!
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FREE walk through Venus Loop. Come see the abundance of flora and fauna in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR).
The LTA has released its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on two possible alignments for the Cross Island Line (CRL). Alignment 1 will see two worksites just outside the CCNR and a 2 km tunnel under the CCNR.
Alignment 2 will see 3 worksites on the fringes of the CCNR and a 4 km tunnel skirting the CCNR. Both alignments are expected to have significant impact on the flora and fauna within the CCNR. The impact on the stream system within Windsor Nature Park is assessed to be Critical.
The CCNR is the largest remaining contiguous patch of forest in Singapore and is home to several rare species such as the Sunda Pangolin, Straw-headed Bulbul and Greater Slow Loris, which are listed as vulnerable or endangered in the entire world.
Singapore only has less than 1% of its original forest cover left. With the emergency of climate change hanging over our heads, we need to preserve whatever is left as forests are the best carbon sinks known to us. Destroying mature forests, and therefore also their existing biodiversity, and then replanting trees to try and regenerate forests, is a colossal waste.
It is true that several birds, animals and plants have made a comeback in Singapore after their habitat was destroyed. But, many have not and will never come back. We should not let the resurgence of some species mislead us to ignore the loss of many others.
On this walk, come see for yourself the rich variety of flora and fauna found in this part of the Central Catchment Nature Area and understand why protecting the CCNR is so important for Singapore.
Cross-Island Line: Align interests of present, future generations – ST, 7 Sep 2019
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The following are excerpts from a Straits Times analysis of the 954-page Cross-Island Line assessment report by Senior Transport Correspondent Christopher Tan. In it, he mooted the possibility of a third alignment further south, which would serve the future Bukit Brown estate.
Tan wrote: "Having one more line serving an area as sizeable as Bukit Brown is well within reason. Many areas in Singapore are served by two or more lines. For instance, Marina Bay has four lines and about half a dozen stations."
In transport, efficiency here means more than having the shortest possible route between two points. It also means making a transport system accessible to as many people as possible so that its long-term benefits will outweigh its initial cost.
Going to the extreme to achieve either objective would not be viable. You end up with either a straight line, which invariably misses crucial passenger catchments, or a squiggle of a line which makes construction unwieldy and journeys inordinately long.
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