WE are the group known to you as the Hathors. We are a consciousness of benevolent beings in service to all those currently residing in physical form upon Earth.
WE come to you this day to inform you of what lies ahead.
There is much that lies in the unconscious of each individual, as well as within you all collectively. This is shortly to be brought to the conscious awareness of each of you with a sharp jolt.
Preparation time is effectively over, although many of you have been preparing unconsciously. However, what is about to happen will surely shock most of you. And here WE see the value in being shocked. It is a state that serves to trigger people into both awareness, and if they are open enough, a state of accelerated growth.
As with your previous life experiences, it is always a question of how you will choose to respond to that which you witness and experience. Perhaps for some it is even to be a time where more growth can and shall occur than at any other time in this and many other physical incarnations. This is to be a time, therefore, of great gifting from those who rule this domain.
[SK: I interrupt the flow to query why in the past from this group consciousness I've sometimes felt what I call a feminine 'flavour' coming through and sometimes a masculine one. Today it's a feminine one.
H: Sometimes WE appear as a feminine 'flavour' to you and sometimes as a masculine one. But it matters not as what motivates us is assisting you ones on earth who are open to receiving our teachings. It matters not that your limited perceptions of physicality and gender associations restrict your perspective about us as WE are ever committed to our service to you. Please take the nub, the kernel of what we offer to you within our messages, rather than become caught up in these limitations.
H: We would like to add something about that which you call The Wave and are reading about.
This event, broken up into numerous smaller events, is to have possibly the most profound impact on humanity than has ever occurred or been witnessed in many, many thousands of your earth years.
For those ready and prepared it is truly to be a time of Divine Grace. A bestowal of blessings, the nature of which cannot be described here as there is little in your current life experience, (conscious) memory or vocabulary to begin to identify, and therefore understand.
Many of you who have spent lifetimes preparing for this time will be exalted beyond their own understanding. This will be an excellent example of their humility and worthy enough reason for their leadership of the many.
Please note that many are to discover their true spiritual be-ingness for the first time at a conscious level in their lives. This will require some management amidst the mayhem and chaos that abounds around them. When WE say 'management' WE mean of the kind that puts the highest good of both individual and group needs above the needs of all other things at that time. Of course, we do not mean at the expense of yourselves or your own lives. It is important here to separate martyrdom from service and be very clear on the distinction between the two.
Many are to come to the fore during this period with a (re)newed sense of purpose with which to guide others. It is to be said that these ones will provide the best 'teachings' by sharing of their own personal experiences and stories of their own growth. Nothing serves better than both experience and example, in the eyes of others. It will also be in the honest reflecting and sharing of how challenges were overcome in your own lives that will be most honoured by your people.
WE are most honoured to be a part of these proceedings and a conscious interaction will be possible in times to come and when sufficient numbers of you are open to our presence. We say this is to be far sooner than later. But there are experiences humanity will go through between now and then.
WE would like to wrap up by saying all is proceeding according to the unfoldment of great plans. And even though a certain amount of 'disasters' are occurring and will continue to occur for the learning of humanity, it is preferable to perceive these as great opportunities to stretch the consciousness, expand the heart, feed the mind and strengthen the physical form.
In benevolence and service to all upon Earth.
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Saudi Arabia extends deferred payment program again
Saudi Arabia's central bank eased its policy stance for the second time this year by once again extending one of the support measures it launched last year to support businesses that were most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Saudi Central Bank, renamed last year from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), extended its Deferred Payment Program to Dec. 1, 2021, from Oct. 1, saying this was "for the benefit of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that continue to be affected by the COVID-19 precautionary measures."
In June the Saudi Central Bank also extended the deferred payment program, which allows businesses to delay payments on loans, by 3 months to Sept. 30 from July 1.
Since the program was launched in March, 2020, it has benefitted more than 107,000 contracts with a value of 174 billion riyals in deferred payments, the central bank said in its statement from Sept. 29.
The number of contracts benefiting from the bank's Guaranteed Financing Program has exceeded 6,000 contracts, with total financing value of more than 11 billion riyals, it added.
The economy of Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, shrank 4.1 percent last year but is recovering this year, helped by the rise in crude oil prices.
In addition to renaming the central bank, the new law that was approved in November 2020, also gave the Saudi Central Bank responsibility for supporting economic growth in addition to its previous responsibilities of maintaining monetary stability, which includes keeping enough reserves to protect the riyal's peg to the U.S. dollar, and maintaining financial sector stability.
Under the new law, the central bank reports directly to the King of Saudi Arabia.
Despite the name change, the Saudi Central Bank will continue to use the acronym of SAMA due to its historic significance, local and global relevance, and banknote bearing the name of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority will remain in circulation and keep their status as legal tender.
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World Building like a Historian
May 2, 2016 December 4, 2016 torforge5 Comments
Written by Ada Palmer
My first novel, Too Like the Lightning, is set 400 years from now in an exciting future of flying cars, enhanced lifespans, globe-spanning super-nations, and a Moon Base. But people still use Latin and there's still a King of Spain. If this feels like an odd mix of SF golden age and antiquarianism, it's because I'm a historian, and I go about my world building from a different starting point: the deep past.
Despite having earlier roots, the science fiction genre as we know it took shape in the 20th century. The big stories, questions, and recurring tropes that the genre's conversation revolves around are mainly modern questions, and our traditional answers to them are modern answers (modern here meaning French Revolution forward, which is where we historians usually draw the line.)
An easy example of this modern-focused thinking is: How do big political changes happen? How does Earth get from now to the exciting, imagined future government that the science fiction author wants to explore? The modern answer is revolution: there is a crisis or upheaval, perhaps a war, a new technology, a coup—bloody or bloodless—and the institutions of the old government are dissolved and replaced by a new system designed from scratch by its founders. This is a modern answer. This is how we describe the American Revolution and the French Revolution, concept-driven, ideology-shaped political changes which, for 200 years now, have been the models for new governments, whether post-colonial democracies, communist experiments, or imagined science fiction futures.
But if we look at the pre-modern world, we realize that the modern way states change isn't universal, in fact it's quite unusual. Let's look at the Roman Senate, founded circa 753 BCE. For 250 years Rome had kings, and the Senate. When the kings were bloodily overthrown, Republican Rome had elected magistrates, and the Senate. Several tumults and constitutional-reforms later, Julius Caesar and Augustus turned the Republic into an Empire, but the Senate continued to be an important part of government.
When the Empire fell in the 400s CE, the Senate continued to exist, and helped the Gothic conquerors administer their new Italian kingdom. In the 500s CE the Roman Senate was a big player in interactions between Rome and Constantinople, then faded out for a little while but was revived in the 1100s, so even in the Renaissance, elite Roman families involved in papal feuds were marshalling popular support by calling themselves Senators. Through 2,000 years and a dozen political upheavals, the same political body was repurposed a dozen times to fulfill the different social and political needs of twenty-two centuries.
If this is so, then why shouldn't a futuristic, science fictional, globe-spanning, space-faring, super-nation still contain within it repurposed remnants of the European Union and the King of Spain? Why should future governments be made from scratch like the American Experiment? Why couldn't they develop as the majority of Earth's governments have, from repurposed remnants of earlier institutions?
The issue is how to imagine a future which flows forward, not just out of the present, but also out of the past. The more you think about it the more implausible it is that all Star Trek characters constantly refer to 20th century historical trivia. Why should people 400 years from now still care more about the 20th century's trials and tribulations—our World Wars, America—than they do about the Holy Roman Empire or the Wars of the Roses? In the 14th century, Europe developed a sudden obsession with Greco-Roman antiquity; in the 18th century it developed a sudden obsession with ancient China; why shouldn't the 25th century develop a similar obsession with 18th century France? Or Heian Japan? And if authors in the Renaissance tried hard to write like classical authors, rejecting the style of their Medieval predecessors, perhaps historians in the future will try to write like historians from the Enlightenment or the Romantic 19th century, rather than like historians of today.
In playful moments my editor and I call my Terra Ignota series "Future Historical Fiction." The setting is future–it has technology, a Moon Base, and glittering future cities—but the style, the questions the book asks, are much more like those of historical fiction, or even like period fiction. There are a lot of questions in period literature, and a lot of questions in history, which we haven't yet applied to flying car, golden age, science fiction futures. But the present is full of the past. All humanity's presents have been full of the past, for as long as there has been a historical record. So if there's one safe bet we can make about the future, it's that it will be full of the past too.
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Carmichael says:
Your comments about the Roman Senate were interesting, and reminded me of something I've thought about and of which I've not found much online … what was the last big event in the Colosseum? Was there was some sort of tipping point around getting from the state was in to the state it's in today? Same sort of question around abandoned cities or towns … what's the story of the person(s) who really were the last ones, to turn out the lights?
Acacia says:
I love this way of approaching world-building and the combo of history with SF. I've been trying to do something similar in a story I just started. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world with remnants of an SF world (Firefly meets Lies of Locke Lamora, kind of). I'm still trying to decide what info would survive and what wouldn't. The idea is that the tech wasn't ever lost but the knowledge was (downside of specialization combined with sudden gigantic death toll). What big mistakes could you warn me away from?
You've inspired me (which might not be a good idea) to make readable a "retrospective essay" I wrote for a college class far in the future, discussing the history of the evolving literary criticism of the poet-warrior Joe Domingo's immensely popular pro-Earth epic poem, "The Preparation [meaning the conquest and despoilment] of the Mining Planets."
It was based on–really a translation of–my real world paper for a class a few years earlier (c.1970), doing the same for two works of the 1600s: Chile's national epic about the Conquistadors' "preparation" of the native population (I believe modern Chile has since apologized) and a piece by Mexico's quiet and reflective nun, Sister Juana Inez de la Cruz–but you have to know where she's coming from and how to read between the lines.
The sci-fi version of my "essay" is still (still!) at misc sites on the internet as "Four Hundred Years of Domingo" ("by A.Y. Tanaka"). It's still burdened with loads of "look at me" adolescence and all-but-the-kitchen-sink pseudo-scholarly stuff, but I intend to make you proud.
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This essay inspired me to pick up Prof Palmer's book, which I've just finished. And yes, this approach to building a future world works very well indeed. It does demand a lot from the reader, as it can be tough to keep track of all the threads being woven into her tapestry. But that reinforces the integrity of her vision – history is messy, and future-history should be messy too. It's certainly the most distinctive SF novel I've read for a long time, in equal parts perplexing and beguiling (and often infuriating because it's beguiling).
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es la bendita forma de la divina Madre misma.
estoy en el todo benevolente regazo de Ella.
- This almighty sacred formula of my spiritual Ideal (Isthamantra) is the blessed form of the divine Mother Herself. By repeating it each time with love, I remain in the all benevolent lap of Her. My Sri Guru granted me this blessing for His own mercy.


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Cover and Excerpt Reveal: Dear Miss Cushman by Paula Martinac
Paula Martinac is back on the site today to reveal a new cover, this one for Dear Miss Cushman, a New Adult historical romance set in mid-19th century NYC, releasing from Bywater Books on December 7th! Here's the story:
In 1850s Manhattan, 18-year-old Georgiana Cartwright witnesses the downfall of her father, a renowned actor who disgraces himself performing under the influence. When he deserts the family, Georgie is expected to save the day by marrying well. But she aspires to the stage, hoping to earn an independent living like her idol, the great actress Charlotte Cushman.
Hired as a supporting actress for a prominent theater company, Georgie launches her career with the help of a trio of young friends, including Clementine, a budding scribe determined to make her mark on the literary landscape—and to win Georgie's heart. Early reviews garner Georgie the promise of a bright future, but then unwanted sexual advances from within the company threaten to derail her career.
Following Cushman's lead, Georgie regains her footing in "breeches roles," parts written for men but performed by women. A thrilling gender-bending turn in a Shakespearean role boosts her confidence—until her harasser renews his efforts. Will she be able to vanquish him and find success and love on her own terms?
And here's the striking cover, designed by TreeHouse Studios!
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But wait, there's more! Here's an excerpt for your reading pleasure…
New York City, 1852
When the audience began hissing, I knew Othello wasn't going to end well. Their response jolted me. We weren't at the Bowery Theatre, where the audience in the pit tossed apples and vegetables onto the stage if a performance didn't please them. The Prince Theatre was one of New York City's finest establishments, catering to the upper ten.
Worse, the actor they hissed at was my father.
I was attending my first theatrical performance ever. Incredible, given that my father was a renowned leading actor, but Mama maintained that theater wasn't a place for young ladies. For my eighteenth birthday, she gave in to my pleading and permitted Uncle James to accompany me to my father's performance of the Moor, one of his most acclaimed roles. Mama insisted I have a new dress, and my sister Maude oohed and aahed over the sky blue taffeta until I wanted to take it off and give it to her. I myself put little stock in puffy lady things, especially in pastel hues. Plus, the heavy horsehair crinoline the skirt required for shape made beads of sweat trickle down my stomach.
Still, I could abide these discomforts if it meant I got to sit beside my dapper uncle in his lushly adorned box, draped with red and gold silk, and marvel at the glistening gas-jet chandelier that lit the space. Best of all, I got to watch my father tread the boards as I'd imagined him doing, in full costume and makeup for the Moor and sporting his prize sword.
We were barely one act in when Pa dropped a few lines. Then more—even the ones I ran with him that morning "for good measure," as he'd urged. He'd appeared in Othello dozens of times, but now the role appeared to baffle him. Although the movement made my stays pinch, I leaned forward, mouthing the words, willing them into his memory.
Taunts rose slowly through the cavernous parquet. Pa squinted toward the footlights in bewilderment, but then the leading gentleman and star in him recovered and soldiered on as if he hadn't missed a cue. The drop came down on Act One, and Uncle James and I both exhaled relieved breaths.
In the second act, Pa missed more lines. The second gentleman playing Cassio attempted to cover the flubs and cue Pa again, but my father fled downstage as if trying to escape. Turning too quickly, he slid first to one knee, then to both, and ended up crouching on all fours staring down at the boards. A shocked "Oh!" rippled through the audience in the parquet seats. Cassio tried to lift my father, improvising a line the Bard never wrote—"Come, on your feet, general!" But the actor couldn't manage it alone, and my father remained hunched like an animal frozen in fear of slaughter until the drop came down again.
"Is that the end?" a lady in the box next to ours said.
"This isn't the way it goes," her gentleman escort complained. "The Moor doesn't die this soon!"
The audience response crescendoed into boos. Uncle James colored crimson. "We're leaving," he announced, spittle collecting at the corners of his lips. He tugged me to my feet. "Now, Georgiana."
I badly wanted to stay and support Pa after this debacle, but my youth and sex meant I didn't get a say in the matter. We exited my uncle's box and the theater to his brougham, waiting in a tidy line of carriages on Broadway.
"Bond Street, Louis," my uncle directed his driver.
Pa used to be able to handle the drink and still speak his lines beautifully. He bragged about having a hollow leg, that he never felt the impact of whiskey no matter how much he imbibed. In the past year or two, though, his memory had pickled. When I ran through his prompt books with him to refresh his recall, he sometimes dropped whole pages, skipping ahead without realizing what he'd missed.
Mama didn't speak of Pa's mounting difficulties around me and Maude. For us, she put on a bright face, but it was hard to miss the growing chasm between them, as wide as an orchestra pit, their overheard exchanges sharp and brittle.
Uncle James confronted Pa openly, without caring who heard. As a theater investor, he was a regular at the Prince, and he warned my father, "He'll let you go, Will. Worth was hired to whip the company into shape after Bumby drove it into the ground. Your contract will be worthless paper if you continue to perform badly." He pointed out a clause in the Prince's official rules, instituted by the new manager, stipulating that any actor "unable from the effects of stimulants to perform" would be docked a week's salary on first offense and thereafter subject to discharge.
My father's response had sounded characteristically haughty—that the Prince couldn't afford to lose William Cartwright, who had drawn crowds to match all the luminaries of the day, like Edwin Forrest and Charlotte Cushman. "That theater would collapse without me. Who would play my roles?"
"Worth's a fine leading actor himself," my uncle had noted.
Now, as our carriage clattered toward my home on Bond Street, Uncle James shook his head sadly. "I'm sorry you had to witness that, Georgie."
My stomach twisted this way and that, and not from our jostling over the cobblestones or the stench of horse dung wafting into the carriage. If Mr. Worth sacked my father, how would he earn a living? He'd never done anything but act. Maybe he would get a place at the Bowery or Barnum's—lower rungs on the theater ladder, but at least he'd have an income. On the short trip up Broadway, my emotions ricocheted from anxiety to rage. If the head of our family tumbled, we were doomed to go right along with him.
"What will happen to him?" I asked. What I really meant was, what will happen to us?
"I can't say," Uncle James replied. "But you're a smart girl, Georgie. You know the situation isn't good. All we can do is hope Worth gives him another chance." He saw me to our front door but declined to come in when Aggie, our cook and housekeeper, answered with a surprised "Mr. Clifford! You're back so early!" I assumed he wanted to dodge telling my mother, his older sister, why he'd brought me home from my special evening two hours too soon.
That unpleasantness fell to me.
(c) Nancy Pierce
Paula Martinac is the author of seven novels—Dear Miss Cushman (forthcoming, 2021); Testimony (2021); Clio Rising (2019), Gold Medal Winner, Northeast Region, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2020; The Ada Decades (2017), finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction; the Lambda Literary Award-winning Out of Time (1990; 2012 e-book); the Lammy-nominated Home Movies (1993); and Chicken (1997; 2001 reprint). She teaches creative writing at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and at Charlotte Center for the Literary Arts. Sign up for her mailing list at paulamartinac.com.
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ʿĀtikah bint Murrah ibn Hilāl ibn Fālij ibn Dhakwān () (fl. 5th century CE) was a Hawazin heiress, and the mother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, thus the great-great-grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Family
She was daughter of Murrah ibn Hilal and Safiya bint Awf, cousin of Murrah. Atikah was a woman from Banu Hawazin. She married a leader of Banu Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, Abd Manaf ibn Qusay. By him, she had many sons. The sons are: al-Muttalib (المطلب), Amr/Hashim (عمرو/هاشم) dan Abd Shams (عبد الشمس). The daughters are: Barrah (برة), Halah (هالة), Tumāḍir (تماضر), Qilabah (قلابة), Hayyah (حياة), Rayta (ريطة), Kathamah (خثامة) and Sufyanah (سفيانة).

Biography
Atikah was wife of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. The birth of her conjoined twin sons 'Amr (more commonly known as Hashim) and 'Abd Shams was remembered for 'Amr being born with one of his toes pressed into 'Abd Shams's forehead. It was said that they had struggled in the womb seeking to be firstborn. Legend says that their father Abd Manaf ibn Qusai separated the conjoined brothers with a sword and that some priests believed that the blood that had flown between them signified wars between their progeny (confrontations did occur between Banu al'Abbas and Banu Ummaya ibn 'Abd Shams in the year 750 AH).

Atikah also bore Abd Manaf ibn Qusai three other sons; Muttalib, and six daughters; Barrah, Halah, Tumadir/Tamadur, Qilaba, Hayya, Raytah/Rita, Khathamah, Sufyanah

Notable descendants

See also
Family tree of Muhammad

References

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Q: Unexpected space at the begining of file For my PHP courses I have to create a note pad which start with a sample text, when I edit it and click on the save button, the text inside the file is edited and saved. So if I refresh my page / open the file directly I have the new content edited by the user displayed.
It works, but I have some unexpected space in my file.
If I put at the first character on the first line "sample text", I'll not see "sample text" but instead:

      sample text

And that's only for the first line, what ever if I edited the file manually or with my page. All the next lines start at the first characters.
Below my notes.txt file (where my notes are) after an edit from the web page:
Mes jeux préférés:
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I don't see any strange character in at the beginning of the file.
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Bloc Note

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Voici votre bloc note. Ajoutez-y du texte et cliquer sur "Sauvegarder".

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I use vim and PHP5.
Tell me if you need more information.

A: The whitespace comes from your HTML:
<textarea id="textarea" name="note" rows="16" cols="50">
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</textarea>

You should use the following:
<textarea id="textarea" name="note" rows="16" cols="50"><?php echo $note ?></textarea>

A: This is happening because of extra white spaces in the  tag of your HTML file:
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Try to do like:
    <textarea id="textarea" name="note" rows="16" cols="50"><?= $note ?></textarea>

A: Either update your html:
<textarea id="textarea" name="note" rows="16" cols="50"><?php echo $note ?></textarea>

Or in your php script:
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Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager filmed kicking and slapping Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, went on trial on Tuesday in an Israeli military court.
The judge ordered the proceedings to be held behind closed doors and journalists were removed from the Ofer military base near Ramallah, despite a request by the defence lawyer for the media to be allowed to observe proceedings.
"They understand that people are interested in Ahed's case, they understand that her rights are being infringed on and her trial is something that shouldn't be happening," lawyer Gaby Lasky said. "So the way to keep it out of everybody's eyes is to close doors and not allow people inside the court for her hearing," she said.
Ms Tamimi, who turned 17 while in detention, has become an icon for the Palestinian struggle against Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Posters of the blue-eyed teenager with distinctive long, curly blonde hair, appear across the West Bank and more than 1.7 million people have signed an online petition calling for her release.
She is charged with 12 offences, including assaulting security forces and incitement to violence and faces a lengthy jail term.
In a video clip, which quickly went viral, Ms Tamimi is seen kicking, slapping and punching two Israeli soldiers in full combat gear, in her home village of Nabi Saleh, where regular Palestinian protests take place against settlement encroachment.
A few days later, Ms Tamimi was arrested in a night-time raid and has since been denied bail.
She claimed she slapped the soldiers in the December 15th incident because she had just found out that Israeli troops had seriously wounded a 15-year-old cousin, shooting him in the head from close range with a rubber bullet during stone-throwing clashes.
Her mother has also been charged with incitement on social media and assault, and her cousin, Nour, who participated in the incident, has been charged with assault.
Ms Tamimi's father, Bassem, said he arrived at the trial "with no good expectations, because this a military court, and it's part of the Israeli military occupation".
Amnesty International called on Israel to immediately release Ms Tamimi, saying "the arrest of a child must be used only as a last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time".
Many in Israel called Ms Tamimi a "troublemaker" or even a "terrorist" and there was a fierce debate over the reaction of the soldiers, with some praising their "restraint" and others arguing that such a response undermined Israeli deterrence.
The incident prompted another maelstrom a few weeks ago when leading Israeli poet and songwriter Yehonatan Geffen made a comparison between Ms Tamimi and Anne Frank.
After public outrage, Mr Geffen eventually apologised but said he was trying to show that just like Israel has national heroes, so do the Palestinians.


What is the Blessed Margaret of Castello Home for Crisis Pregnancies?
The Blessed Margaret of Castello Home for Crisis Pregnancies, founded in 1986, is the longest continually active crisis pregnancy home in the Delaware Valley. It is a residential home for pregnant women, offering support, guidance, and physical security in a loving atmosphere, throughout a woman's pregnancy.
The Home offers love and support in a stable environment. Free of charge, residents receive everything needed to deliver the baby, and to begin a new, independent life with baby.
No. All services are provided free of charge, thanks to donations from generous and loving supporters.
Does the Home provide for the resident's daily needs?
Yes. We provide food, and a secure and comfortable place to sleep and enjoy the companionship of other women, who are also preparing for motherhood.
Do you tell my family and friends that I am staying there?
No. We respect your confidentiality.
What about after I give birth? Then what?
To help prepare you for your new life, the Home networks with other institutions which provide GED classes, employment training and educational certificate programs. The Home also offers opportunities to care for the body with physical fitness, and to care for the soul with spiritual nurturing. We help provide resources with the goal of finding stable housing for you and your child.
Are all babies placed for adoption?
No. Less than 1% of our residents choose adoption. In order to help each resident make this individual and personal decision about her child's future, the Home provides referrals to adoption counseling professionals.
What happens when a resident does not give her baby up for adoption, but chooses to raise the baby herself?
When a resident leaves, the Home provides everything she needs to get started such as formula, baby food, furniture, and clothing. If necessary, the Blessed Margaret Home will advocate for and support each resident as she secures housing.
What if I don't feel ready to have a baby?
To help you prepare, each resident has access to classes on single parenting, infant and toddler health- care issues, breastfeeding, STDs, chastity, and abstinence. Referrals are made to professionals who can guide you in the areas of childbirth and labor, address special medical needs, and counsel on building healthy relationships.
Will you still help me after I give birth?
Former residents continue to return to the Home as needed, and will find assistance with mentoring, and have access to the pantry for infant food, clothing, and furniture.
Are any services available for the baby's father?
The same services are available to birth fathers who are involved in the pregnancy and the early life of the baby.
How is a resident accepted into The Blessed Margaret Home?
Women are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, after meeting with staff. If our services are not appropriate, we will refer you to an agency best suited to meet your needs. Call us at 215.245-8039 to schedule a visit.
Do I have to be Catholic or Christian to be a resident?
No. The Blessed Margaret Home loves, accepts, and cares for young women regardless of race, religion, creed, or national origin.
How can I help The Blessed Margaret Home with its ministry?
For more information about how to get involved in any of these ways, please call us at 215.245-8039.
Who was Blessed Margaret of Castello?
Margaret of Castello (1287-1320) is considered the patron of the unwanted. She was born dreadfully deformed; a dwarf, totally blind, suffering from severe scoliosis and so lame she could hardly walk. When she was only six years old, Margaret's father had her walled up in a small cell attached to a forest church.
As seventeen, Margaret's parents, seeking a miraculous cure, took her on a pilgrimage to the medieval Italian city of Castello. When the miracle failed to occur, she was abandoned by her parents.
Margaret became a beggar and was befriended by other beggars. She eventually became a Dominican and dedicated herself to visiting the imprisoned and to comforting the sick and dying. She was always compassionate, sensitive and understanding to others and brought peace wherever she went.
Margaret is interred under the main altar of the Church of Saint Dominic, Citta-di-Castello, Italy. Two hundred years after her death, on June 9, 1558, her body was exhumed and although never embalmed, was perfectly preserved. Margaret's body is still incorrupt some 600 years after her death.


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How Höweler + Yoon Prevailed at U.Va.
General / People / Places / July 17, 2019
How Eric Höweler and Meejin Yoon prevailed in their interview for the University of Virginia's Memorial to Enslaved Labor came down to three key responses:
They did their homework. They wanted to listen before they designed. And they assembled an accomplished set of players.
"We wowed them by doing research and being thoughtful and prepared," Höweler says. "We had a great interview and a great team, with Mabel Wilson,"
Wilson is associate professor of architecture at Columbia's graduate school of architecture, planning and preservation. There, she directs a program for advanced architectural research.
She made all the difference. "Mabel said the memorial was about families and the pain of the past and also the joy of life," he says. "They were so focused on the guilt, trauma and violence of slavery, but she said it could be sober and joyful."
The mood in the room changed instantly, for the better.
The University's initial assignment for Höweler + Yoon was not to design anything, but to describe their process and how they would approach the memorial. "We said that we had to listen first – to churches, high schools, janitors and the people who take care of the Grounds, and to hear about the hopes and desires of the community," he says.
The team was presenting to a group of academics and administrators ready to confront their University's past. "For U.Va., Jefferson was a hero founder, but his legacy is still ambiguous," he says. "And this memorial is meant to set the record straight."
The competition was stiff – including local landscape architects from Nelson Byrd Woltz, as well as Walter Hood, professor and former chair of landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.
Still, the Boston-based contemporary firm prevailed, at a school that some see as tradition-bound. "I think they were surprised that they chose us – I'm not sure they were ready for someone so modern," he says. "But they support the project, and so does their president – and it will affect the reputation of the University of Virginia."
That's because when it opens on April 11, two and a half years after the events of August 2017 in Charlottesville, U.Va. will take an enormous, positive step forward.
Next: The design solution.
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It was a surprise, all right – one that stopped this writer cold on the hot afternoon of Friday, July 5. I was seated...


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Q: Condition of if/else in C# not behaving as expected I'm experiencing weird behavior in an if/else statement written in C#. I am new to C# and a novice with ASP.NET using Visual Studio Pro 2017.
I am working on adding functionality to a web app to allow for uploading of SQL data to table via user uploading a .CSV per this article by Mudassar Khan
All works well with this. I am now working to validate the data before the upload takes place.I am using the same .CSV from the article above but with a few "error" conditions introduced.
1,John,Hammond,United States
2,Shouldbreak,India
3,JohnMathews,Ireland
4,Robert,Schidner,Russia,sdfsdfdf,sdfsdfsdf,

In the code below you will see that I am testing to be sure there are the correct number of columns in each row by setting the required number of columns in a variable and comparing that to the number of commas found in each row present in the .CSV.
My desired validation is as follows:

*

*If there are a correct number of columns add to dataTable.

*If there are not the correct amount of columns.

*

*Display ASP control which contains the error message.

*If there are too many columns.

*

*Add a string to the error message that include the row number and the incorrect number of columns.

*If there are too few columns.

*

*Add a string to the error message variable that includes the row number and the incorrect number of columns.

I am also tracking and displaying the number of commas found in each row in a separate ASP control for debugging purposes.
Below is the code in my code-behind file:
//Upload and save the file
string csvPath = Server.MapPath("~/_uploadedDataCSV/") + Path.GetFileName(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName);
FileUpload1.SaveAs(csvPath);

DataTable dt = new DataTable();

int columnCount = 4; // Expected number of columns
int commas = 0; // Set comma count to 0;
int tableRow = 0; // set current table row to 0;
Count.Text = string.Empty;
string errMessage = string.Empty;

dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[4] // Add expected number of columns to table
{
    // Add column Header and expected (c#)datatype
    new DataColumn("Id", typeof(int)),
    new DataColumn("First Name", typeof(string)),
    new DataColumn("Last Name", typeof(string)),
    new DataColumn("Country",typeof(string))
});

string csvData = File.ReadAllText(csvPath); // Creates String of all content in CSV file
foreach (string row in csvData.Split('\n')) // Do the following for each row in the file
{
    // Start Validation Logic
    // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    tableRow++;

    // Count commas in row
    foreach (char ch in row)
    {
        if (ch.Equals(','))
        {
            commas++;
        }
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(row)) // if the row is not empty
    {
        if (commas == columnCount) // if commas in row equals the number of columns expected
        {
            dt.Rows.Add();
            int i = 0;
            foreach (string cell in row.Split(','))
            {
                dt.Rows[dt.Rows.Count - 1][i] = cell;
                i++;
            }
        }
        //Begin error reporting for row
        // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
        else if (commas != columnCount)
        {
            err.Visible = true; // show error message element
            err.Text = errMessage; // set text of error message element to value of errMessage variable
            if (commas >= columnCount) // if too many columns in row
            {
                errMessage+= $"Row {tableRow} has too many columns
";
            }
            else if (commas < columnCount) // if not enough columns in row
            {
                errMessage+= $"Row {tableRow} does not have enough columns
";
            }
        }
    }

    Count.Text+= commas.ToString() + "|";
    commas = 0;
}

The issue I am having is when there are too many columns in a row, I am not getting the error message associated with this condition. The debug controller properly displays the number of commas and if there are too few, displays the message properly, just not the message for too many. When I step through the code in debugger the variables (commas / columnCount) are reported corrected for all the rows.
Any suggestions? I am happy to provide more information if I left anything out.
I have tried removing the condition of too few columns and it still doesn't display the message for too many columns. I have also tried reversing the order of the check but the same output is given. I have tried rebuilding per this discussion.

A: All credits should go to @Mike McCaughan, his comment is absolutely in place. I just want to give a little example as of what was stated by Mike:
string a = string.Empty;
string b = a;
a += "3";
Console.WriteLine(b); //result in empty string in console

back to your problem:
string errMessage = string.Empty;
err.Text = errMessage;
errMessage+= $"Row {tableRow} has too many columns
";
Console.WriteLine(err.Text); //result in empty string in console

The reason why it happens is because of the immutable nature of string in c#. Means any changes to the string object will result in a new object creation. You can find more information there: Immutability of String Objects


Today I have been pondering on events from this past week and I'm reminded that the tongue is a restless evil and full of deadly poison (James 3:8), it can't be tamed by humans. Often times we speak in the moment and so often we are quick to respond, that the words that leave our mouths are damaging and we don't think about the consequences or repercussions or hurt feelings until it's too late! Then we scramble to take back the words we spoke in anger or out of frustration at accusations or what we thought to be attacks on us. So where do we go from there? Often times I have found myself going and asking the one I wronged for forgiveness and still trying to humble myself and tame my pride that I was wrong. To me the simple act of asking "will you forgive me" is like a battlefield being played out in my head. So why is it so hard to ask for forgiveness? I have come to the conclusion that our sin, pride, and self righteousness so often stop us from doing this simple act of grace that is freely bestow upon us daily and often hourly by Our Heavenly Father!
Paul often talks about the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23, "the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control!" Let's be clear I don't think that we will be 100% able to do these things but I do believe that when we cry out to the Holy Spirit in the moment that we our struggling he will meet us and help us walk through that moment. I like to call them "Hail Mary" or " shotgun" prayers, were we say Lord, I'm completely about to lose all control if you don't meet me in this moment, please send your Holy Spirit upon me to help me show your love and speak kindly when I'm tempted to just go off or say unkind words! The Lord has promised that if you ask that we shall receive.
So I encourage you to think before you speak and challenge you to seek forgiveness from those you have wronged!
Matthew 18:4 " whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven"


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Speyer Cathedral, Helmut Kohl: Speyer, Germany
Speyer is a 2027-year-old city, along the banks of the Rhine river in southwest Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate state. The town is dominated by the Speyer Cathedral, which is named Imperial Cathedral of Speyer. It is dedicated to St. Mary, patron saint of Speyer, and to St. Stephen. In 1925, the cathedral was raised to a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church and became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 198l.
This is day nine of our European river cruise. Our Uniworld river ship arrived in Speyer on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 8:30a.m. Where we are met by Herman the German, our tour guide, for our half-day walking tour. Herman shares historic information about his city. Telling us the city of Speyer was liberated by the Americans during WWII, and then became part of the French zone from 1944 to 1989. Herman is old enough to recall seeing Charles De Gaulle lead the French troops through the city at the end of the World War II.
Speyer is an important regional retail center, and with tourism being the leading industry. The city contains electro technical industries, oil refineries, and manufactures metal, machinery, ships, aircraft, textiles, and chemicals. There are significant historic remains: The Old Gate, subterranean Jewish Baths, and the Baroque Trinity Church.
Jewish Courtyard and Museum
Most important today, we see the preparations for the funeral of Helmut Kohl, the former German Chancellor who died June 16, 2017. Inside the Speyer Cathedral, we see a memorial portrait and a condolence book with expressions of sympathy from the community, tourist, and leaders from around the world.
Chancellor Kohl's funeral procession will begin in Strasbourg, France and be carried downstream on the Rhine river to the city of Speyer. His funeral service will take place inside the cathedral and the burial service at the cemetery will be private. Throughout the town, we see memorial black ribbons on flag poles in remembrance. He is credited for bringing East and West Germany together, helping to the create the Euro, and for some controversy during his political term, as well. You can read more about his burial and service here.
Angela Merkel said, "Without Helmut Kohl, the lives of millions of people who lived behind the Wall until 1990 would have been completely different - of course, my own as well. Dear Chancellor Kohl, you played a decisive role in the fact that I am standing here," Merkel said, her voice shaking slightly.
"Thank you for the chances you gave me. Thank you for the chances you gave to many others. Thank you for the chances that we as Germans and Europeans have because of you."
Read more about our visit to the Jewish Mikvah, the Old City Gate, and Maximilianstreet in our private travel journal. Please continue to travel with us, as we sail on to Strasbourg, France.
Labels: Germany, Helmut Kohl, Jewish Baths, Mikvah, Romanesque Churches, Speyer, Speyer Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uniworld, Uniworld European River Cruises


This 30-credit program offers professionals in art, therapy, psychology, and related fields the opportunity to learn how the theories and practice of art therapy be incorporated in their work and in treatment. Designed for those who have already earned a master's or PhD, the program prepares its graduates for registration with the Art Therapy Credentials Board and to take the board certification examination. Beyond the coursework, all students must complete a 700-hour practicum or internship and a culminating project in order to graduate.
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What advice would a I give a new photographer coming into the industry?
Becoming a really great professional takes real dedication and an ever deepening love of the craft. Education and direction from qualified and accomplished instructors is one of the very best ways to help you reach your goals in photography. You'll need to practice, practice, practice and yet remain "teachable", willing to accept constructive criticism no matter how good you think you already are. You'll advance much more quickly if you remain open minded, and your eyes may just be opened too!
Photography can be so exciting and it's easy to be influenced by the comments of your Facebook fans who love your work. My advice is to enjoy the journey, but remember that advancing the art, the science and the business of professional photography never really ends. So, don't just be waiting for the next great shot. Expand your skills and sharpen those photographic chops and go make that next great image.
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AvWeb titled their coverage "Silly Pilot Tricks, Part… (We've Lost Count)". And rightly so. On Saturday May 1st, 2004, a certified pilot flew her Skyfox Gazelle, with passenger, under Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Needless to say, the tempting duck under the deck was, and remains, strictly forbidden.
Louise Campbell's Skyfox Gazelle emerges from under the bridge on May 1st, 2004.
In the ten years since, no-one has been quite able to explain how a CPL- and Instructor-rated pilot could mess up the very clear ERSA (En Route Supplement Australia) and ATC instructions for Sydney Harbour scenic flights. After all, these take place in Class C airspace under individual clearance from YSSY Approach, and the specified procedure is to remain east of the Harbour Bridge and north of the Opera House at 1,500 ft on Sydney QNH. Not 'above' or 'below' –'at'.
The Bridge itself tops out at 462.6 ft AMSL (141m) including its two aircraft beacons. The deck, hanging below the steel arch, rises to a maximum of about 170 ft (52m) from sea to steel.
In the ensuing investigation the Skyfox pilot, Louise Campbell of Brisbane, repeatedly claimed she didn't know flights under the bridge weren't allowed. Somehow it worked. Despite the risk to herself and others (including a busy helicopter transit lane at 1,000 ft AMSL) and the glaring procedural breaches, in the end Ms Campbell got through unscathed.
What's more, she wasn't the first to fly under the Bridge – nor the first to get away with it.
Sydney Harbour Bridge's deck under construction on December 2nd, 1930. (State Records NSW, 12685 a00704 8731000013r)
Sydney's Harbour Bridge was officially opened on March 19th, 1932, but aviators had already flown under it more than a year before.
On Saturday February 28th, 1931, just days after the roadway deck had been completed, two aircraft flown by Australian Aero Club pilots had swooped below the span.
The pair, Captain P.G. Taylor flying a Gypsy Moth and Mr R. Anabel flying 'a seaplane' had been with a group of five Club aircraft farewelling another pilot, Mr R.J. Hickey, as he sailed out of Sydney aboard the liner Moreton Bay.
(Hickey was on his way to England, to join the RAF as an instructor.)
An empty 'Helen B Sterling' is towed under the new bridge deck (at low tide) on March 5th, 1931. Apparently the masts cleared the bridge by a scant 6 feet. (State Records NSW 12685 a007 a00704 8731000125r)
After the ship passed through the Heads, the other pilots turned south for Mascot aerodrome. But Taylor and Anabel flew back to the bridge and circled, waiting for a break in the steamer and ferry traffic below.
They picked their moment and dove down, passing below the bridge and within 10 feet of the water, apparently, to the great consternation of passing ferry passengers.
In a sign of the newness of both aviation and Sydney's bridge, local newspapers excitedly described their flight as 'a daring feat' and nothing further was said.
'and a seaplane…' Almost certainly the seaplane that flew under the bridge on February 28th 1931, P.G. Taylor's DH.60 floatplane G-AUIH (c/n 822) later VH-UIH, seen here in Hobart, Tasmania. (State Library of Victoria H99.206/1326)
Flight of the Seagull
One of the four SOC-3 Seagulls embarked on USS Augusta, identical to (if not actually) the airplane that flew under Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 23rd, 1934. This photo was taken during the Operation Torch landings, North Africa, 1943.
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Then, on October 20th, 1934, the heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) arrived in town under the command of Captain Chester W Nimitz, and remained a week while CinCAF Admiral Frank B Upham visited Australia's capital Canberra.
On the Tuesday October 23rd, one of the big cruiser's four Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull observation planes was flown under the Bridge. Details of the incident, let alone any subsequent repercussions for the pilot and observer, are scarce. The following day, the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate reported that, 'The pilot was probably unaware that this was against the regulations and, except that steps will be taken to prevent a repetition, no action is likely.'
Whatever steps were tried, they didn't work.
Exactly a year later, wealthy Sydney physician Dr T.J. Henry bought a second-hand Genairco Biplane VH-UOG (c/n 16). The Genairco was built by the local General Aircraft Company Ltd at Mascot Aerodrome, using Australian native timbers. Its fuselage was based on a DeHavilland Moth, widened for side-by-side seating in the front cockpit, and power came from a locally designed Harkness Hornet motor. However this had been replaced with a DH Gypsy II by the time Henry took ownership.
Doctor Henry's son Goya, who flew the aircraft, was already well known to authorities. Back in November 1934 he'd been convicted of flying in contravention of the Air Navigation Regulations and fined. Then, on July 8th, 1936 his pilot's licence was suspended as a result of various further breaches.
Undeterred, and probably somewhat indignant, Goya Henry took off in the Genairco – which he called 'Jolly Roger' – several days later and flew it under the Harbour Bridge. The authorities were apoplectic, and they threw the full weight of Australia's Air Navigation Act 1920 at him.
Goya countered by claiming that the Australian Constitution did not allow the Australian Government to make Federal regulations for air navigation. HIs case went all the way to the High Court and is still cited today. The Court upheld his appeal and threw out the charges against him – along with the entire federal Air Navigation Act!
VH-UOG is now in the collection of The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
The USAAF comes to town
World War Two then saw quite a run of flights under 'The Coathanger' as countless well-trained aircrew with high-powered aircraft and uncertain futures passed through Sydney.
With the Japanese were breathing down Australia's coat collar, the US Army Air Forces scrambled to provide support while managing their own heavy war commitments. The 49th Pursuit Group was the first complete American unit to be deployed to Australia, arriving in Melbourne on February 1st, 1942 – an incredibly rapid response, all things considered.
USAAF P-40s launch from an unnamed Australian base in 1942. (Argus newspaper)
On February 15th the HQ Squadron and 7th Pursuit Squadron moved to Bankstown Airfield, near Sydney, where they lived under canvas or in shared barracks with local RAAF personnel. Later that same month, the Squadron started receiving P-40E Warhawks which had been assembled by an 80-man detachment of the 49th PG at RAAF Amberley, near Brisbane.
7th Squadron's 2nd Lieut. Frank Stiertz was one of those brash fighter pilots who generally either make a name for themselves or a hole in the ground. As the P-40s started arriving he proceeded through familiarisation and was cleared for cross-country flights.
A P-40E of the 7th Pursuit, 49thPG, in March 1942 – so very probably at Bankstown, NSW. (wikipedia)
At the very end of February Stiertz's exuberant flying, the P-40's 1150hp Allison V-1710-39 and Sydney Harbour Bridge came together when he buzzed under the steel span.
This time, the was no praise for a 'daring feat': Stiertz was grounded for two weeks. He could have only just returned to flying when, on March 14th, the wingtip of his P-40 clipped a grader at Bankstown while he was practising touch and go landings. The aircraft stalled, crashed and caught fire. Trapped in the cockpit, Stiertz was asphyxiated by coolant fumes before rescuers could free him.
Flying for KLM
Within months of Stiertz's pass, two more USAAF P-40s flew under the bridge together – whether in formation or trail isn't recorded. The 7th PS was still in town, so presumably this flight originated at Bankstown as well.
Nicholas Dijkstra, a navigator with KLM offshoot KNILM, was at Elizabeth Bay, just East of the Bridge on the beautiful Sunday morning in May 1942, when the two Warhawks tore down the harbour. They stopped traffic, and the flight was the talk of the town.
It also gave the Dutch crews an idea…
KNILM had operated throughout the Netherland East Indies (now Indonesia) for decades and when the Japanese overran the NEI, the airline moved its operations South to Australia. Eventually ending up in Sydney, the aircrew were told in May 1942 that they were to hand their DC-3s, DC-5s and Lockheed 18s over to the USAAF – the result of some cynical manipulations by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
A week after the P-40 pass, five of the KLM/KNILM aircraft were being given final checks before being flown to Wagga Wagga, NSW and handed to the USAAF. A final test flight out of Mascot was agreed, and radio operator Joe Muller asked the Control Tower staff for clearance to fly under the Bridge as a farewell. When he came out of the tower, he gave the waiting crews a thumbs up.
So the five aircraft took off, formed up over Sydney heads, and flew under the Bridge in formation, from east to west. They then made a wide turn and flew back under the bridge from west to east in line astern, and returned to Mascot.
Again, there was a storm of outrage from the authorities and the aircraft were met by 'anybody with any authority'. But the KLM crews had just made their final flight, nobody 'owned' them, and it was the darkest days of the war. Muller claimed his thumbs up was only to say that the five aircraft looked ready to fly. Once again, nothing happened – although apparently an order was issued prohibiting further flights under the bridge, with a fine of £100 for every person on board any aircraft that did.
RAAF publicity stunt?
But Sydney-siders didn't have to wait long for another sub-span flying exhibition.
Wirraway A20-653 (VH-BFF) currently owned by the Temora Aviation Museum, photographed at the RAAF Base Wagga in NSW. (Photo by Bidgee, via wikipedia, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
In 1943, a flight of 24 Squadron RAAF Wirraways (developed locally by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation from the NA-16-2 or BT-9/Harvard I) were also inspired to fly under the bridge, rather than over it. The trainers had been tasked with dropping leaflets over the central streets of Sydney, and so the flight may have been part of an RAAF recruiting campaign that involved leaflet drops across Sydney on the morning of Saturday June 5th.
The Wirraways approached from the west, flying down the Paramatta River, led by Flying Officer Geoffrey Stevenson in A20-525. As they approached the city, Stevenson edged lower and headed for the Harbour Bridge. The rest of the flight dutifully followed. When it became clear exactly where Stevenson was heading one pilot had second thoughts, firewalled his heavy trainer, and just scraped it over the massive steel arch.
When the flight returned to Bankstown, their Commanding Officer was waiting. However a good chewing out was no doubt balanced against the recruitment value of the stunt, and all the pilots continued their flying careers.
Bombers below
Rumours of other World War Two runs under the Harbour Bridge abound, including plausible claims of flights by a No.22 Squadron RAAF Boston in June 1942, three Vultee Vengeance dive bombers from No. 21 Squadron RAAF on May 14th, 1944; and trio of No.94 Squadron RAAF Mosquitoes during V-J Day celebrations on August 16th, 1945.
Queenie VI, photographed during her Liberty Loan tour of Australia.
The best documented and arguably most famous, though, was the flight of Avro Lancaster Mk.I 'Queenie VI'. The big four-engined bomber, RAF serial ED930 and RAAF serial A66-1, had been flown from the UK to Australia to support the Fourth Liberty Loan. She left Prestwick, Scotland on May 22nd, 1943 and, after 74 hours' flying time via Montreal – Toronto – San Francisco – Honolulu – Palmyra, Is. – Canton Is. – Fiji, she arrived at Amberley, Queensland on June 3rd. She spent most of June touring New Zealand to raise funds for the Liberty Loan there, before returning to Australia.
Queen's passage. A blurred but incomparable snap of Lancaster Mk I Q for 'Queenie VI' passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge, October 22nd, 1943.
On October 22nd, 1943, while transiting from RAAF Richmond in Sydney's west to Mascot on the coast, Flight Lieutenant Peter Isaacson guided the speeding Lancaster under the Harbour Bridge. By all accounts he didn't even tell his crew what he intended to do, which indicates that it may have been a spontaneous decision. Apparently they were under the bridge and climbing out towards the city before the crew realised what he'd done.
At the time, and with her wingspan of 102 feet (31.09m), 'Queenie VI' was by far the largest aircraft to be flown under the iron.
Unfortunately that wouldn't be her last record. Days later, on October 26th, the aircraft ran off the runway at Evans Head in Northern NSW after wind shear left her landing with a tail wind. She ended up in a ditch, badly damaged, and on track to become the RAAF's largest ever field repair. Ten crates of parts had to be shipped out from Canada, and the work took six months to complete. But 'Queenie' flew for a further 500 or so hours before being stored in January 1946 and ultimately scrapped in 1948.
No place for a flying boat
An even larger aircraft broke 'Queenie VI's Bridge record on Monday January 14th, 1946, when RAF Flying Officer H. George took his Short Sunderland flying boat under the span before landing at Rose Bay further down the harbour.
Not the most beautiful flying shot, but perfect for a sense of scale! Short Sunderland ML778 'NS-Z' which flew the last convoy patrol of WW2, being restored at RAF Museum Hendon. (SDASM 01 00087385)
With the war now very definitely over, a posse of officials was waiting for him at the flying boat station and he was invited to explain himself. His excuse was the apparently gold-plated "I didn't know flying under the bridge was prohibited". George then went on to assure the investigating DCA Officer Mr W.D. Stow that that he'd done it "on the spur of the moment", having first made sure there was no shipping under the bridge at the time.
Incredibly, Stow's conclusion was to state that an order not to fly under the bridge should be included in standing orders at all Air Force stations. (Apparently that hadn't come up after the P-40 and KNILM incidents.) Stow then sent a report to the DCA, telling local newspapers "We do not want to be too severe on the pilot, but flying under the bridge must not be encouraged."
Stow's words – or perhaps plain common sense – did finally seem to gain some traction though, and it would be 1975 before another flight under the bridge was recorded.
The last barnstormer
On Monday, May 12th of that year, John Cameron of Sylvania (a Sydney suburb) flew his elderly DH.82a Tiger Moth under the Harbour Bridge, buzzed nearby Fort Denison and several ferries, then dived over the decommissioned aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney (originally Majestic class carrier HMS Terrible, launched September 1944) which was moored nearby. He continued by buzzing HMAS Platypus, the RAN's submarine base at Neutral Bay, and flying low over the city zoo before departing via Sydney Heads.
Cameron justified the barnstorming as his tribute to a true legend of Australian aviation, Sid Marshall, who had died the week before. Marshall's flying career began in 1919 and along the way he built up a regional airline as well as a jaw-dropping collection of rare and historic aircraft – including several Avro Ansons, two Spitfires, a Nakajima Oscar, an Me109, DC-3s and more.
Hold that Tiger. VH-AJA, the Tiger Moth John Cameron used to beat up Sydney Harbour in 1975. The aircraft is a de Havilland Australia machine, (cn DHA 629) that served as A17-437. The Canadian style canopy is a later addition, now removed. This location is Bankstown Airport in 1971, so VH-AJA may not have been in Cameron's ownership at this time. (Photo by John Wheatley, courtesy of EdCoatesCollection.com)
'You shouldn't be flying'
The Tiger Moth was chosen as an aircraft befitting Marshall's life and times, and the illicit sky show was quite the memorial. However it was still illicit and, inevitably, a Department of Transport officer was waiting for John Cameron when he landed back at Bankstown Airport.
Cameron's license was immediately suspended pending an investigation, and there the trail disappears. I can't find any record of further punishment, although I find it hard to believe none was forthcoming. Part of me hopes the greyer heads of the Dept. of Transport, which had recently absorbed the DCA, realised the validity of the tribute and wished they'd organised something for Marshall themselves.
Whatever happened, it wasn't terminal. In October 2003, Tiger aficionados organised a Great Tiger Moth air race around eastern New South Wales, to mark the centenary of powered flight and honour the thousands of World War Two aircrew who'd learned to fly in the timeless biplane. The final leg was a balboa of no fewer than 41 DH.82a's flying the length of Sydney Harbour. Organisers requested permission to fly under the Harbour Bridge on that day, but NSW Government regulations forbade it and the Tigers passed sedately over instead.
However the winner of The Great Tiger Air Race was none other than one John Cameron, in his Tiger Moth.
While watching the Tigers pass over the bridge rather than under it, Australia's Grande Dame of aviation, Nancy Bird-Walton, remarked "If you're not capable of flying under the bridge you shouldn't be flying."
Perhaps Louise Campbell had those words ringing in her ears when she decided to test her skills and the regulatory system seven months later.
But then again – if you're not capable of resisting every hot-dog impulse that enters your head, perhaps you shouldn't be flying either.
Sydney Harbour, looking east to the Heads. The long boat wakes mark the main flow of the harbour (Parramatta River) from the western suburbs and out under the Bridge. (© airscape Photo)
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Ryan Burns / Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 @ 11:47 a.m. / Fire, How 'Bout That Weather
Humboldt's Air Quality Ranges from Unhealthy to Hazardous; Hwy. 299 to Open Periodically as Heat and Wildfires Continue
The Helena Fire in Trinity County off Hwy. 299. | Image courtesy National Weather Service.
Humboldt County's September 2017 has been truly weird thus far. The first three days of the month have all seen record-breaking temperatures and lung-filling smoke, even out at our normally pristine coast, while inland conditions are now listed as "hazardous." Clean air shelters have been set up in Weitchpec and Hoopa.
For a better perspective on just how bad things are, here's the latest satellite view, courtesy NASA:
As for heat, Eureka broke its daily temperature record each of the last three days, and Saturday's high of 87 tied the hottest mark in the city's recorded history. Inland areas have it even worse, with smoke-choked Willow Creek, Hoopa and Weitchpec expected to hit triple digits today.
The colors in National Weather Service map for this afternoon look more appropriate for Phoenix than Humboldt:
It's going to be hot again today. Here's the #LaborDay high temperature forecast for Northwest #California. #cawx pic.twitter.com/lvZGUg2FVC
— NWS Eureka (@NWSEureka) September 4, 2017
As the Helena Fire in Trinity County continues to burn, Hwy. 299 remains closed. However, Caltrans expects to open the road today at noon, 3:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., depending on fire activity and operations. The fire now covers nearly 9,000 acres and is just 14 percent contained.
Here's the latest air quality advisory from the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District:
Orleans, Weitchpec, and Hoopa are forecast "Hazardous" conditions for these communities in the Klamath River drainage.
Clean Air Shelters in Humboldt County:
Weitchpec Tribal Office, Highway 96, Weitchpec. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Hoopa Neighborhood Facility, Hoopa Tribal Office, Highway 96, Hoopa, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., M-F and this Holiday Weekend.
For the Humboldt Bay Air Basin (communities from Trinidad, McKinleyville, Arcata, Blue Lake, Eureka, Fortuna, Ferndale, Rio Dell, to Scotia) the forecast is overall "Unhealthy" with periods of "Very Unhealthy" conditions with possible improvement toward the afternoon/evening.
Garberville and areas in southern Humboldt continue to be forecast overall "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" to "Unhealthy" conditions.
Willow Creek and Salyer are forecast overall "Very Unhealthy" conditions.
Symptoms that may be related to excess smoke exposure include:
Repeated coughing
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Chest tightness or pain
Nausea or unusual fatigue
If you have any of the symptoms listed above, contact your health care provider. Please see the NCUAQMD's General Public Service Announcement for recommendations on limiting smoke exposure. For 24-hour Air Quality Advisory Information, call the NCUAQMD's hotline toll-free at 1-866-BURN-DAY (1-866-287-6329), or visit the website at www.ncuaqmd.org.
The Helena Fire in Trinity County remained active overnight, though firefighters are making progress, according to the latest update. This afternoon, however, the fire activity and a "smoke column" are expected to increase along with the temperatures.
The massive Salmon August complex, meanwhile, has grown to nearly 50,000 acres, and residents of Sawyers Bar Road have been given an evacuation order. The area affected includes Nordheimer Flat to Etna Summit, and an evacuation shelter has been set up at Etna High School in Siskiyou County.
Clean air shelters have also been set up in Del Norte and Trinity counties, as listed below:
Clean Air Shelters in Trinity County:
Veterans Memorial Hall, 101 Memorial Dr, Weaverville. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
American Red Cross Evacuation Shelter, First Baptist Church, 1261 Main St., Weaverville.
Hayfork Community Center, 154 Tule Creek Road, Hayfork. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Clean Air Shelters in Del Norte County (see also http://preparedelnorte.com):
Family Resource Center, 494 Pacific Ave, Crescent City (closed 8 p.m. to 10 a.m.)
Tsunami Lanes Bowling Alley, 760 L Street, Crescent City (open during regular bowling alley hours posted at location)
Xaa-wan'-k'wvt Village and Resort (formerly Ship Ashore), 12370 Hwy 101 N., Smith River (closed 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.)


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