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A piece of machined metal from the August 31, 1940 airplane crash near Lovettsville has been donated to the Lovettsville Museum by Robert Zirkle and Carol Sue Zirkle of Shenandoah, Virginia. The item was part of the estate of Robert's aunt, Ruth Righter, who died in 2018 – who had never lived in or even visited this area as far as Mr. Zirkle knows.
Handwritten on the metal piece is the following: "Sunday September 1, 1940, From Air Plain Wreckage Of The Pennsylvania Central Airlines Corporation. Taken From The Wreck At Lovettsville Va."
How did this come into Mrs. Righter's possession? Mr. Zirkle has no idea. "The piece of metal we donated to the museum was a mystery when I found it in my Aunt's Estate, which I inherited in 2018," Mr. Zirkle explained. "I found the piece of metal in the back of a bedroom dresser drawer. For the 69 years that I knew my aunt, this piece of metal was never spoken of to my knowledge. My aunt was born in 1924, making her 16 years old when the accident happened. I find it very hard to believe she would have traveled 120 miles to see the remains of the crash site. Especially when the piece was picked up the day after the crash."
Mr. Zirkle added that he probably have discarded it, had not been for what was written on it. But, other than what is written on it, he has no other indication of its origin. than this. "We truly believe it came from Lovettsville, and it needed to go back to the Lovettsville Museum," Mr. Zirkle stated.
The Lovettsville Historical Society thanks the Zirkles for this donation. For more on the story of the 1940 crash, see the documentary video shown as part of the LHS Lecture series in 2016, and other news articles and reports on our website.


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ABC Family Still Proving Worthy of Viewer Trust
The ABC Family cable network, one of the fastest rising channel's in the plethora of cable offerings, continues to wow its viewers and proving that is a channel worthy of their viewing trust, especially if you are a 20 to 30 something geek.
First there was the surprise hit series "Kyle XY," a story about a manufactured boy (with no navel) who has fantastic capabilities – nearly computer-like. It returns for its third season January 2009. Then, the channel went after the college crowd with its highly entertaining (and for us older ones – nostalgic) trip down memory lane remembering those college pledge days with "Greek." The channel has also vied for the "90210" younger set with shows like "Lincoln Heights."
Now ABC Family is looking to secure its hold on basic-cable by airing films from the Harry Potter franchise by pre-buying cable rights to "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" 10 months in advance of its theatrical debut, according to Variety. It is also picking up "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" from 2007. The channel already has "Sorcerer's Stone," "Chamber of Secrets," "Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Goblet of Fire" under its umbrella.
It now appears that the channel is in talks with Warner Bros. to bring the animated hit "Happy Feet" starring the voice work of such superstars like Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, as well as the 2006 film revivial of "Nancy Drew." Also under discussion is the possbility of acquiring second-showing rights to "Fred Claus" and "TMNT."
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Hopefully they'll keep my trust even more by keeping The Middleman around for another season.
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Actually, if you read Variety's story, you'll see that Happy Feet and Nancy Drew (along with TMNT and Fred Claus) are already included as part of the overall deal with ABC Family and WB, along with other movie titles mentioned.
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Dieses von der Gebert Rüf Stiftung geförderte Projekt wird von folgenden weiteren Projektpartnern mitgetragen: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices (EPFL STI IMX FIMAP); Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Protection and Physiology (Empa LPP); Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM); Clinique Romande de Réadaptation (SUVA); TheranOptics SàrL
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Dr. Bastien Schyrr
Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices
1008 Lausanne (Schweiz)
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Chronic wounds such as venous and diabetic foot ulcers are regarded as a silent epidemic, which affects 1 - 2 % of the population and represent 2 - 4 % of healthcare expenses. Correlated with age and the concurrent augmentation in comorbidities such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, they pose an increasing burden to the healthcare system. Despite the proliferation of new guidelines and therapies, chronic wound management remains extremely challenging. First, available wound assessment methods based on visual signs and symptoms provide limited accuracy and strongly rely on the practitioner's experience. Second, modern wound care technologies acknowledgedly lack sufficient evidence of their impact to objectively support their utilization. As a consequence, wound care efficacy is hindered by non-optimal treatment decisions that rely on trial-and-error approaches and unnecessary medical interventions.
To address these issues, the TheranOptics project, in collaboration with EPFL, Empa and medical experts from the SUVA and HUG, aims at developing a new bioanalytical platform to empower evidence-based medicine in chronic wound care. Our approach relies on fiber-optic sensors as a highly flexible, low-cost device for remote monitoring of the patient's wound exudate. We exploit recent advances in lab-on-fiber technology to develop an integrated bioanalytical platform, which combines microfluidics, electronics and optics functionalities in a single fiber. The device will be implemented with sensing chemistry specifically developed for wound diagnosis, providing the first bedside bioanalytical tool to support chronic wound management decisions.
This project proposes a unique combination of technology modules to achieve unmatched functionalities. Microstructured fibers are used as optofluidic module, and modified to integrate optoelectronic functionalities through the incorporation of semiconductor and metal elements in the preform material. This design allows for highly sensitive fluorescence assays in a fully integrated format. Compared to conventional lab-on-chip devices, this unique lab-in-fiber sensing platform possesses the desirable features of small size, potential for low manufacturing cost, and remote monitoring that make it highly advantageous for point-of-care testing.
In the first part, we used thermal drawing for the fabrication of several meters of hollow core fibers with integrated photodetecting capability. These fibers were successfully used as a reusable cylindrical fluorescence reader for the insertion and read-out of sensing capillaires. A portable controller prototype was finally developed based on an Arduino board and standard LEDs as light sources.
In the second part, hollow fiber capillaries were used as disposable optofluidic devices for the sampling and analysis of liquid samples. 3D printing was used for the automated fabrication of preforms with sophisticated architectures. After thermal drawing, the obtained capillaries were modified with sensitive coatings specific to the analyte of interest, such as a pH-sensitive fluorescent sol-gel film.
As an alternative, a major opportunity arose from the possibility to incorporate porous biopolymers in the thermal drawing process. This capacity enables the direct integration of sensing chemistry at the preform stage for the direct production of sensing capillaries without cumbersome post-modification steps. The process demonstrated to be compatible for the encapsulation of certain enzymes and enzyme substrates, thus unlocking the access to a wide range of bioassays inside our lab-in-fiber platform.
Last, the upscaling potential of our approach was demonstrated by the production of hundreds of pH-sensitive capillaries from a single drawing step. A 2-year follow-up project is starting in 2019, focusing on the integration and testing of novel sensing chemistry.
First publication for the lab-in-fiber platform planned in 2019.
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Woods Bagot to lead design of new Caulfield Racecourse grandstand, cornerstone of MRC Caulfield masterplan
Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) has appointed global architecture firm Woods Bagot to lead the redevelopment of the Caulfield Racecourse grandstand, centrepiece of the Caulfield masterplan announced in 2019.
Under the masterplan, Caulfield Racecourse will be transformed into a world class racing, event and recreation destination for members, participants, guests and the local community.
Woods Bagot will lead a collective of creatives, each with tremendous and contagious ambition to sensitively usher in a new era of the Racecourse.
"Our ambition is to re-create the Caulfield experience for the next generation, and we're excited to bring the MRC members on this journey with us," says Woods Bagot Principal Sarah Ball.
"We want to imbue the best qualities of a horse race into the architecture; brought to life through characterful and activated spaces that capture the imagination of visitors," says Ball.
The design firm, which has more than 150 years of experience delivering projects locally and globally, brings rich and deep expertise to civic and event design.
This year's completion of the award-winning Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, stage 1 and 2 of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the Royal Randwick Members Club showcase this depth of understanding for visitor-focused spatial design.
Designed in association with Ralph Wheeler Architects, together the team is working closely with members to re-imagine the grandstand as activator and landmark of the Victorian icon.
A central theme that emerged from feedback from MRC members was a desire that the grandstand nod to the tradition of horseracing while also attracting the next generation of fans.
With this mandate, Woods Bagot is reimagining the typology of the grandstand – thinking of it as a landscape, as a series of terraces, bringing a bold, dynamic, and modern energy to the whole of the precinct.
The new grandstand will offer world class facilities, improved viewing and modern amenities, and an expansion of the variety of areas for members to visit and watch the races.
The redesign will also see an increase in the diversity of spaces on offer, so that the grandstand caters to more than the racing aficionados but is itself a vibrant social venue with a significant elevation in the bar and dining options available to guests.
"Surrounded by nature, augmented by technology, and layered with experiences, this is a building that will rejuvenate the Caulfield experience. It will activate the everyday, evolve with the times, surge with the crowds, and be electrified by the thrill of the race day," says Bruno Mendes, Principal, and Global Sector Leader – Civic and Events, Woods Bagot.
"This is a transformation of Caulfield Racecourse into a sporting and entertainment precinct – ensuring its future and cementing it as a venue to watch world class racing in world class facilities," adds Mendes.
"Always staying true to its heart and soul, preserving its rich history but moving forward with the times to ensure it is a sport for everyone. A place for everyone."
MRC Chairman Matthew Cain welcomed the appointment of Woods Bagot.
"The Melbourne Racing Club is thrilled to partner with esteemed architecture firm Woods Bagot on this iconic project and we're excited to see the concept unfold over the coming years," Mr Cain says.
Renders of the possible grandstand designs will be made available in 2023.
Feature image sourced from MRC Foundation.
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Ms Mariel is an ordinary person with a pure heart. One day a soul guarded her for her life. Why? what is the reason this soul and what is the stone means to her.
I am writing this because someone lost a life because of dangers in life. I thought of someone, someone could be guarding us.
That is why I created a fiction story to give hope to everyday life because we need to cherish it every single time.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Mariel Mendoza, she is fifteen years old, thin,tan, and has a long hair. Her appearance is just like any other students, a normal girl. Her mother is a vendor in their store and her father is a welder in their own welding shop both of their parents were self employed. Mariel has one sibling and her name is Arianne, which was thirteen years old. They are both studying in a school, with a church that focuses in religion and values education. Mariel is a type of a daughter that just say wholeheartedly what she thinks is wrong especially when she and her mother had a misunderstanding, with that, without pausing, she and her mother almost had an argument and she was called a black sheep by her mother in front of Arianne, which Mariel took seriously.
Meanwhile in Egypt, a group of archeologist found a mummy wearing a gold neclase and inside its locket embedded is a red stone. When the archeologist took the neclase from the mummy a sudden wind gushed and a white shadow appeared and then dissapeared. They sent the neclase to the lab for research, they found out that the neclase is pure gold but the red stone is just an ordinary stone, weird knowing it came from a mummy. The researcher then removed the red stone from the neclase, they put it inside 2 boxes and then they carried it to their private plane going to their country for further research. While the plane is above air, the system suddenly malfunctioned and displayed an error "overload". Which was then relayed by the pilot to the people inside. "We need to loose some cargo guys, otherwise we cant get to where were going"said by the pilot. The researcher and the archeologist went to the cargo bay. The archeologist threw boxes outside the plane that they think is not necessary. The researcher shouted seeing the archeologist. "No, not that one!" But the box already fell outside the plane. All of a sudden the system went back to normal. "Everything's alright, back to normal flight guys" said by the pilot then he closed the cargo lane. The cargo dropped in a province, and was then mulled by the people, the red stone inside the box rolled in front of a girl and when the girl saw the stone she immediately took it and sent it home. The girl gave the red stone to her mother who is a neclase maker, due to the unique glow of the red stone they made it a beautiful neclase and tried to sell it in the market. After a few hours, an old woman in the market looked at the neclase the girl is selling and wanted to buy it all. The girl got overwhelmed and sold it. The old woman bought all the neclase they're selling and tried to sell it in a church in the city. That sunday afternoon Mariel went to the church and she already has the money she saved, for almost a year and wanting to buy the latest gadget celphone. She is so excited just thinking about it, she planned to buy it after the mass. After the church mass, Mariel headed outside to wait for a cab going to the Mall when she heard a fight. She saw a man throwing all the neclase of the vendor, at the side of the street and shouting at her. "You better pay for your debt or else!" then left.. Mariel went to help the vendor organize. "Thank you child", said the vendor while crying. "How much was your debt to him, if you dont mind me asking"? said Mariel. "USD230, Well I cant pay him as of the moment since I have three children, and I am the only one who supports them. I promised I would pay him if the bussiness is good then this happened">said the vendor. "Oh I see, well.. you be careful, next time alright?"said Mariel. 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Please... take it",said the vendor. Mariel accepted the neclase and said, "it is preety, thank you", said Mariel. Later that night, in Mariel's room she suddenly was awaken, when she heard someone calling her name. "Mariel, Mariel!" When Mariel opened her eyes, she was surpised to see a white looking like a ghost in her room. "Whoa, w-who are you?" asked Mariel. "Me?, well I am the guardian of the neclase your wearing". "Are you a ghost?"asked Mariel. Mariel tried to touch it but her hands are just passing through. "Not really but you could say it like that because I dont have a body" it answered. "What do you want with this neclase, this was just given to me" said Mariel. "This neclase came from a very very far place to find you Mariel, and this neclase would only stay to a person with a good heart. I see you were emotional most of the times, you've been called a black sheep by you mom? Well for me you are not, because people do change, and people can change if the have the will and dedication to it."It said. Mariel smiled and said. "Oh alright, what's your name?" asked Mariel. "I don't have a name, but you could call me soul g, I'm your guardian angel and I am here to guard that neclase". Then he held the right hand of Mariel and kissed it. Mariel took back her hand and said, "Well at least I don't need to pay for your fare or anything because you are definetely invinsible. And if I tell anyone about you, they'll put me on straight jacket. W-wait what is this neclase for and why are you guarding it?" asked Mariel. "When time comes you'll definetely know, now if you don't mind I'll be here by your side from now on ok?"said by her soul g.


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Firefox browser maker Mozilla published an Anti-Tracking policy recently that defines which tracking techniques Firefox will block by default in the future.
The organization launched Tracking Protection, a feature to block or restrict certain connections, in 2014, and revealed in 2015 that Tracking Protection would reduce page load times by 44% on average.
Tracking Protection launched in Firefox Stable for non-private browsing windows along a new feature called tailing in November 2017 with the release of Firefox 57.
Mozilla revealed plans in mid-2018 to push Tracking Protection in Firefox and the Anti-Tracking policy is an important milestone of the process.
Mozilla's plan is to implement protection in the Firefox web browser against all practices outlined in the anti-tracking policy.
Tracking is the collection of data regarding a particular user's activity across multiple websites or applications (i.e., first parties) that aren't owned by the data collector, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity with parties other than the first party on which it was collected.
In short: if user activity data is collected and stored, used or shared by third-parties, it is tracking.
Cookie-based cross-site tracking — Cookies and other storage types may be used by third-parties to track users on the Internet. See Firefox new Cookie Jar policy.
URL parameter-based cross-site tracking — Another cross-site tracking practice that relies on URLs instead of cookies to pass on user identifiers.
Browser fingerprinting — Sites may use data provided by the browser during connections or by using certain web techniques to create user fingerprints.
Supercookies — Also known as Evercookies. Refers to storage used for tracking that is not cleared automatically when a user clears the browsing history and data. See this list of caches that Firefox uses.
When the techniques improve the security of client authentication.
To prevent the creation of fraudulent accounts or completion of fraudulent purchases.
Mozilla will implement protection against the outlined forms of tracking in future versions of Firefox. The organization's plan to tackle tracking and not advertisement in its entirety is different from the ad-blocking approach that Opera Software or Brave are pursuing. Ad-blocking takes care of tracking practices automatically by blocking certain content from executing on web pages.
I like Mozilla's approach to tracking as a webmaster as it does not block advertising outright and speed up the death of sites like mine. As a user, I think it would only have any chance of being effective if advertising companies like Google would get their act together and a) start to limit tracking and b) deal with malvertising and advertisement that is very taxing to system resources.
Now You: What is your take on Mozilla's approach?
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details are available from the divisional Amazon "buy" pages for each edition, as linked below.
multiple books ordered from the same seller normally entail lower costs for each book past the first.
another page with much more detail, from which you can then make a purchase.
"Trade paperback" editions are left-aligned. Everything else is centered. Hardcover editions are right-aligned.
There are no editions of this title currently available new from any Amazon division.
Though there are no longer any editions available new, there will almost surely be one or more out-of-print editions available used.
You can do a search on Abebooks for used copies of all editions of this title; the results will be returned sorted as lowest-price-first (lowest total price--meaning price plus shipping).


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This is Gerald Everett Jones, author of Mr. Ballpoint. My Boychik Lit book reviews air on The Mark Isler Show on Saturday nights (KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles). You may also know that these brief reviews are available as podcasts from BoychikLit.com, iTunes, and Feedburner. Now that I've done almost thirty reviews, I looked back to see which have been the most popular. The fifth most popular podcast, in terms of streaming plays and downloads, was Griftopia by Matt Taibbi. The fourth was The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, followed by Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes and Abandoned in Hell: The Fight for Vietnam's Firebase Kate by William Albracht and Marvin Wolf. But the top podcast, getting almost twice as many plays as any of the others, is a nonfiction book you probably never heard of.
Psychiatrist Milton Erickson is regarded as the father of neurolinguistic programming, or NLP. This book is a collection of very short stories he told clients who were in a trance state as a means of reprogramming their thinking about a problem they brought to him. Erickson believed that stories heard and then forgotten have the most power over future actions. That's because, once the conscious, censoring mind has ceased analyzing the experience, the persistent memory of the story can percolate in the unconscious. The book illustrates vividly the power of a story to transform thinking and behavior--immediately. The accompanying commentary by author Sidney Rosen tells why each story is effective in changing behavior.
My Voice Will Go with You. I sincerely hope it does.


The Belazu Rose Harissa is a spicy herbal paste, ideal for sauces, soups and pasta's. A favorite of the middle eastern cuisine.
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Q: Custom subnet for Digital Ocean private networks Hopefully this is a quick fix that someone can help me out with. I have spun up some droplets & enabled private networking. They communicate with each other with no issues.
The current subnet let's say is:
10.12.0.0/24

I would love some help with creating a custom subnet for droplets to communicate over on the private network at say:
10.14.0.0/24

If both subnets could be kept in place that would be great.
I have tried adding additional IP addresses to the lan interfaces (in this case, eth1 since the droplets are running Ubuntu) on my droplets and routing appear correct when I check route -n (custom subnet has the settings that mimic the default private subnet exactly); iptables rules are also present to pass/accept traffic from the custom subnet but I get no joy when trying to ping between droplets.
I hope what I'm trying to do is clear enough but I'll gladly supply more detail if it is needed. I just thought I should check if there is a limitation of sorts with the DO infrastructure in case I'm wasting time doing something that isn't possible.

A: I received feedback from digital ocean regarding this & at present time one is unable to use custom subnets & IPs to communicate over the private LAN on DO infrastructure. I believe that if they did support it then adding additional IPs and appropriate routing table info would just work.
Feedback from my support request to digital ocean is quoted below.

Sorry for any inconvenience it may cause but at this time there is not any way to acquire a different or an additional private IP address for a Droplet. If this is a feature you would like to see added we recommend sharing it on our ideas page which is available at https://ideas.digitalocean.com . This way we can gather input from the community and get a better insight into what users are requesting.

This may obviously change in the future. I have resolved to experiment with OpenVPN to try achieve my desired setup.

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Home » Weddings » Wedding Guidelines
Planning Your Wedding at the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit
Welcome to the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detoit! Our beautiful basilica is a wonderful place for couples to begin their new life together as husband and wife. Please contact our parish office for more information at 313-496-1701 x14 or weddings@steannedetroit.org.
At least one member of the bridal couple (bride or groom) must be Catholic.
If either party (Catholic or not) has been married before, previous marriages must be annulled or the proper paperwork finalized. This includes weddings that took place outside of the Catholic Church. Inform Ste. Anne of previous marriages when inquiring about available dates. Please do not let a previous marriage deter you from inquiring about getting married in the Catholic Church. Our priests are willing to assist you with the annulment process if necessary.
Couples who wish to be married at the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit do not need to be registered parishioners but need to obtain the permission of their pastor.
Weddings must have a minimum of six month notice to comply with the required six months of marriage preparation in the State of Michigan.
Both bride and groom must be able to be married in the Catholic Church.
Other rites (Chaldean, Maronite, etc.) may be able to marry at the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit. Please call the office for more details.
If both the bride and groom are Catholic the wedding ceremony will include Mass.
While other parties may make initial inquiries, the engaged couple must book the church themselves.
Ceremony Times
Weddings are celebrated on Saturdays at 12 noon, 2:00 p.m. and 4 p.m.; on Sundays at 2 p.m. and 4p.m.; and on Fridays at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Weddings consist of a two-hour time block, to include arrival, any necessary vendor setup, couple and guest arrival, ceremony, and all photos inside the basilica.
The two-hour segment begins 30 minutes before the scheduled wedding time and ends 90 minutes after the scheduled wedding time.
Weddings are permitted during the seasons of Lent and Advent.
Sample Saturday Timeline:
Wedding Party A arrives
12:00 noon -1:00 p.m.
Wedding Party A Ceremony
1:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Wedding Party A photos and clean-up
Wedding Party B arrives
Wedding Party B Ceremony
Wedding Party B photos and clean-up
Wedding Party C arrives
Wedding Party C Ceremony
Wedding Party C photos and clean-up
To respect parish events and ensure multiple couples have the ability to celebrate on a given day, the timeline must be respected.
The couple and guest are expected to be prompt.
The wedding fee for the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit church is $1750. This includes the following.
The use of the basilica on the wedding date for a two-hour block. One hour for the ceremony bookended by one half-hour before the ceremony for primping and details, one half-hour after the ceremony for formal photography.
A wedding rehearsal the day or two before the ceremony.
A wedding hostess who will walk you through both the rehearsal and the wedding.
A celebrant (if needed).
Organist for the sacred music for your wedding. (Other musical artists are allowed, with permission). Please call the office for more details.
Utilities and maintenance for you and your guests.
Upkeep of the historic basilica.
A $875 nonrefundable down payment holds the date of the wedding once the couple has submitted their formal request. The balance is due two months before the wedding date.
Please note that there is an additional charge of $150 for weddings that take place on holidays or holiday weekends. These holidays are New Years Eve, New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas.
One month prior to the wedding, a hostess will be assigned to your wedding. Your hostess will be present at both the rehearsal and the wedding ceremony, assisting the family and answering questions.
A rehearsal is required.
Please note that everyone involved with the wedding should be present at the rehearsal. Usually the musician and presider are not present at the rehearsal.
Rehearsals are scheduled by our office. They tend to be a day or two prior to the wedding but can be earlier if the schedule requires. If you have a rehearsal preference, you may let our office know. We try to accommodate preferences as much as we can, but it is not always possible.
We have two priests and a deacon who can perform your ceremony. Languages available by our celebrants include English, Spanish and Italian. Family members or friends who are priests or deacons are welcome to conduct the ceremony as well; we just require necessary paperwork to be filed beforehand. Celebrants must follow the guidelines of the Archdiocese of Detroit and be ordained for Catholic ministry. Non-Catholic clergy are welcome to participate according to the guidelines of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Contact the parish with questions.
Arrangements must be made with our Music Director at least three months prior to the wedding date. All music for the ceremony must be sacred or classical in nature. Visiting musicians are welcome. Any and all visiting musicians including organists, singers, and instrumentalists must by approved by the music director. There are no exceptions to this policy. If you are planning on having a guest organists or mariachi, the music director must be notified, informed of selections, and approve them.
Marriage preparations may take place at Ste. Anne or at another parish. More details about marriage prep at Ste. Anne can be found here.
Before the wedding takes place, Ste. Anne requires the following.
Completed diocesan questionnaire
Sacramental records dated within the past 6 months
Adequate marriage preparation
If marriage preparations take place at another parish, you are asked to follow the requirements of the parish where you are being prepared. The pastor of where you are doing marriage prep is required to send the marriage file to Ste. Anne so that appropriate permission and dispensation can be obtained and so the information can be accurately entered into our sacramental records.
If marriage preparations take place at Ste. Anne, the couple will participate in the highly acclaimed Witness to Love program, a very special mentor-based formation process that most couples find enjoyable and helpful for their marriage.
Marriage licenses must be obtained by the couple no later than two weeks prior to the wedding. We ask that you bring all original copies of the marriage license to the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit office once they are obtained so that the marriage certificate can be properly prepared.
Please arrive a half hour before your ceremony to ensure the prompt start of the service.
The Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit is a place of sacred worship. Out of respect for this, dresses must have sleeves or straps. If there are no straps or sleeves, the shoulders must be covered via a shawl, capelet, topper etc.
Please be aware that due to our clergy and their schedules, the priest or deacon who prepares you for marriage may not be the celebrant on the wedding day.
Flowers and adornments are allowed, but nothing that leaves a mark on our historic basilica. Tape, tacks, pins, nails, staples, wire, and glue are not permitted.
Decorations may be free-standing or attached with pew clips or ribbons in a way that respects the historic space.
Basilica furnishings must not be moved.
Aisle runners are allowed. Please note that our aisle is 100 feet long. Keep the dimensions in mind when ordering.
You are not allowed to throw petals, rice, birdseed, glitter, confetti, etc. inside or outside the basilica. Clean-up is difficult and time-consuming, and poses a safety hazard for those coming to worship.
Items, such as bubbles, sparklers etc, may be used outside the basilica in the plaza, provided the entire space is completely cleaned up after their use. The couple is responsible to ensure this cleanup occurs.
Be respectful of the space keeping in mind other liturgical celebrations will occur on the same day.
If visiting the space is helpful, you are free to make an appointment with by calling 313-496-1701 x14 or emailing weddings@steannedetroit.org. Appointments can be made Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We find that most brides decide that the historic beauty of the soaring architecture is stunning enough, and additional decorations may not be necessary.
Photographs are permitted before, during, and after the ceremony.
Photographers are expected to be as unobtrusive as possible. Movement in the sanctuary, beyond the communion rail, and flash photography during the ceremony are not permitted.
Flash photography and respectful movement is permitted during the entrance processional and recessional. Photographers must be respectful of the space; appropriate attire is expected.
Pre-ceremony photographs may be taken. The basilica and grounds surrounding the basilica are available one half-hour before the wedding ceremony starts.
Post-ceremony photographs may be taken. The photography session following the wedding will end 90 minutes after the scheduled beginning of the wedding, in consideration for later weddings, parish events and parish staff. (For example: a 2 p.m. wedding will have until 3:30 p.m.).
Respect for the historic nature of the basilica is required. You may not alter, damage, or misuse any part of the basilica space to take pictures.
Photographers are not permitted in the organ loft except during the homily and solely at the discretion of the music director.
Contact the parish office at 313-496-1701 x14 or weddings@steannedetroit.org with questions or to begin the process of arranging a wedding at the Basilica of St. Anne de Detroit. More details can also be found on our Wedding Process page.
We welcome any additional questions you may have and wish you God's blessing as you prepare for this special day!
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The Basilica of Ste. Anne de Detroit was founded in 1701 and is the second oldest continuously operating parish in America. Our beautiful neo-Gothic basilica is an architectural gem in the heart of Detroit. Come and visit our vibrant, diverse parish. All are welcome!
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Paper ID: 547
Title: Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Networks as Generative Models
The authors present a way of using bidirectional RNNs for 'gap-filling' tasks, i.e. for smoothing, where one needs to consider the data both before and after the gap. For this they provide two solutions, one where the bidirectional RNN is interpreted in a way that is inspired by generative stochastic networks (GSN), and a second where it is interpreted in a way that is similar to the neural autoregressive distribution estimators (NADE). In experiments they show that both interpretations lead to gap-fillings that are more accurate in terms of NLL than those generated by a unidirectional RNN, but less accurate than Bayesian inference. However since the method is much less expensive than Bayesian inference, it enables them to work with more complex datasets.
The paper is well written, the ideas are novel to my knowledge and the results are strong.
I think it will be beneficial for the paper for it to have a diagram visualising the notation, specifically where the 'gap' is, and what g, a, c, d, T, M and so on are. In its current form the notation is slightly difficult to remember.
Line 170: in a row -> consecutively Line 267: "blow up" -> ``blow up" Line 284: "burn in" -> ``burn in" Line 409: midi -> MIDI
The authors provide two novel interpretations of bidirectional RNNs that allow them to be used as generative models. The experimental evaluation is thorough, the results are strong and the paper is well presented. This work is likely to be of high interest for the machine learning community.
The paper proposes a modification of the traditional bidirectional RNN, which predicts output at time t from forward hidden state t-1 and backward hidden state t+1, without getting information from x_t. This allows training the network to map directly from inputs X to outputs Y. The authors test the capability of this architecture to compute the likelihood of completed gaps in sequences, using GSN and NADE - the results are compared to "Bayesian MCMC" inference in standard RNNs. The paper shows that for longer gaps, GSN using the specified BRNN architecture is computationally cheaper and competitive in quality with RNNs and NADE is inferior in quality to GSN.
Quality and Clarity The models and the inference, which was used to compute the NLL scores, are both clearly described. I did not see major technical or experimental setup issues.
- The "one-way inference" baseline seems to outperform the BRNN for the first couple of characters (Fig 2, left side). Why is it missing in the right plot?
- Given the good performance of "one-way inference" on the first couple of characters (Fig 2), wouldn't it make sense to also compare to the setup where we have 2 RNNs, one trained to predict characters going forward, one trained to predict going backward, and then we pick the first two characters from the forward RNN, last two characters from the backward RNN and perhaps the middle by voting? How would this baseline have done? This naive approach may well break down for longer sequences, but if it dominates it would suggest the experimental setup being "too easy" -- a gap of 5 characters may not be sufficient to show significant BRNN benefits.
- Why is GSN better than NADE on wikipedia in Fig 1 yet appearing noticeably worse for wikipedia in Fig 2?
- For Bayesian MCMC on RNNs (eq 10), when the gap is large making it hard to explore every single variable setting, is it possible to approximately estimate the posterior using direct MCMC sampling in the RNN rather than explicitly enumerating all possible missing states?
Originality The modification of BRNN that connects each output y_t to forward hidden state x_{t-1} and to backward hidden state x_{t+1} appears novel to the best of my knowledge. It is a rather straightforward extension of the standard RNN. I am also not aware of existing experiments on evaluating the performance of such a model for likelihood estimation of sequence gaps task, although the integration of the BRNN with GSN and NADE is rather straightforward.
Significance I am not convinced that the task of estimating the likelihood of sequence completions has much practical interest. While it is a convenient way to evaluate model quality, getting MAP estimates (e.g. using beam search) may be sufficient for most practical uses?
While the BRNN is faster than the Bayesian MCMC, the quality seems a bit inferior. I am curious if there is a way to achieve getting the estimates using MCMC and RNNs without enumerating all states? That would be a reasonable alternative.
The paper proposes a BRNN architecture variant and demonstrates that it can be integrated into GSN or NADE to estimate the likelihood of filled-in gaps in sequences. The approach appears novel, while a bit straightforward. I do not think the task addressed, at least in the concrete experimental incarnation, is particularly relevant in practice. The main gain of the proposed approach is the ability to get reasonable likelihood estimates for the completions in an efficient way, but the chosen baselines for the task seem perhaps a bit too easy.
This paper investigates a number of methods for generating in bidirectional settings, such as a language model where a left and a right hand side context is given. For this it makes use of two algorithms, GSN as proposed by Bengio et al. and NADE as developed by Larochelle and Murray.
The paper sets out by recapping these two algorithms and then proposes a mechanism for using GSN and NADE for gap-filling in time sequence models. As already stated in my summary above, I don't think there is huge novelty or innovation in this approach, but the strength of this paper lies in the comprehensive explanation of both algorithms, as well as the subsequent experimental section where both methods as well as a number of plausible baselines are evaluated on two time-series tasks, which I found very informative.
My main criticism is that the authors could demarcate their own contribution from the prior work more clearly, by making explicit what is novel and what simply a reformulation of prior work. For instance, Larochelle and Murray already discuss generative properties of NADE in the original paper, which isn't clear from reading this paper.
On the experimental front, I understand the benefit of only using the error propagated from missing values in the NADE setting, but would like to also see results in a setting where a signal is backpropagated from all values in the auto-encoded time sequence.
What the paper may lack in novelty by effectively applying existing algorithms to a new problem, it makes up for in rigorous analysis and discussion. I learned something from reading this paper and think it is worthy of publication.
Thank you for the valuable reviews. Please see the comments below to specific points raised in the reviews.
Reviewer 1 & 3
Thank you for the comments, we will revise the paper in accordance with the proposed clarifications.
"On the experimental front, I understand the benefit of only using the error propagated from missing values in the NADE setting, but would like to also see results in a setting where a signal is backpropagated from all values in the auto-encoded time sequence."
We also tried this approach, but left it out as it performed worse than the current implementation. We will comment on this in the revised version of the paper.
Reviewer 2
"Why is it [one-way inference] missing in the right plot? "
Thank you for the comment, we will add it to the plot on the Piano dataset.
"Given the good performance of "one-way inference" on the first couple of characters (Fig 2), wouldn't it make sense to also compare to the setup where we have 2 RNNs, one trained to predict characters going forward, one trained to predict going backward, and then we pick the first two characters from the forward RNN, last two characters from the backward RNN and perhaps the middle by voting?"
Thank you for the suggestion. It is worth noting that the bidirectional model has roughly the same number of parameters as the unidirectional RNN, which means that there are less parameters "per direction".
"Why is GSN better than NADE on wikipedia in Fig 1 yet appearing noticeably worse for wikipedia in Fig 2?"
(We assume that the reviewer refers to Table 1 vs. Fig 2). The number in Table 1 refers to the log likelihood of the entire gap, while Figure 2 depicts the datapoint-wise likelihoods. Therefore these two measures are not entirely comparable. We will revise the text to make this point clearer.
"For Bayesian MCMC on RNNs (eq 10), when the gap is large making it hard to explore every single variable setting, is it possible to approximately estimate the posterior using direct MCMC sampling in the RNN rather than explicitly enumerating all possible missing states?"
For a unidirectional RNN, it is still not clear how to take into account the values of time steps larger than t when sampling data point at time t without enumerating all possible states for step t. Therefore, it is unfortunately not trivial to even sample from the correct distribution without enumerating all states.
"I am not convinced that the task of estimating the likelihood of sequence completions has much practical interest. While it is a convenient way to evaluate model quality, getting MAP estimates (e.g. using beam search) may be sufficient for most practical uses? "
It is indeed true that for some practical uses, it is sufficient to draw a few samples. However, e.g. beam search does not necessarily work well in this setup (see our comments for Reviewer 5). We will elaborate on this point clearer in the revised version of the paper.
"I am wondering why the authors did not consider a beam-search reconstruction as another baseline"
In our preliminary analyses we experimented with the beam search approach, but left it out as there are quite a few issues with the method when reconstructing gaps of more than one time step. Specifically, the number of beams had to be set to a fairly high value in order for the method to perform decently compared to the other methods even for a gap size of five time steps. In addition, it is not trivial to estimate the log likelihood of the method, and it would hence have to be compared using some other measure (e.g. accuracy). What we try to argue in the paper is that it makes more sense to train a bidirectional RNN in the first place instead of resorting to e.g. beam search. We will elaborate more on this point in the revised version of the paper.
"Overall my impression is that the paper can be much improved with more powerful models (read LSTMs, attention-based mechanisms, memory/stack networks) and also larger numerical experiments."
These structural additions to the RNNs would likely have improved the results of all methods. However, we deliberately chose not to use more complex RNN structures in order not to distract the reader from the main points of the paper.
"It is not too novel a contribution especially given the original idea is present in a paper from 1997."
The idea of a bidirectional RNN was indeed proposed already in 1997, but that work does not discuss reconstructing gaps of more than one time step. The novelty in our research specifically lies in studying methods for reconstructing gaps of size larger than one time step.


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Leadership development programs offer employees cross-training with job rotations, shadowing
by David M. Higgins II, Publisher/Editor February 26, 2020 February 25, 2020
Emberle Pearson, left, and Tracey Pintell-Quade used job rotations and job shadowing to sharpen their skills, improve their networking and learn more about the command as part of their participation in NAVAIR's leadership development programs. (U.S. Navy photo)
News Release, NAVAIR News
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– Job shadowing and job rotations are just two ways participants in NAVAIR's leadership development programs can fill skill gaps.
Below, read the story of two employees who are taking advantage of these opportunities and, in the process, improving their careers and work at NAVAIR.
Gaining Hands-On Experience with a Job Shadow
Emberle Pearson, a mechanical engineer in the Design and Analysis Branch, shadowed NAVAIR Deputy Commander Garry Newton at the Acquisition Workforce Summit as part of her participation in the Journey Leadership Development Program (JLDP).
"My attendance at the summit gave me a front-row seat to the leaders of the Navy acquisition workforce together in a room, committed to developing the workforce," she explained. "Every solution to better the workplace that I have personally thought of was already being discussed in that room. I was able to listen to real-time solutions being implemented that are enabling the workforce to be the best at their jobs and achieve the ultimate goal of supporting the warfighter."
Pearson also went on a rotation to serve as the acting director for the School of Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment and Support Equipment.
As a result, Pearson said she has become more mission-focused because she can now see the big picture of what is done at NAVAIR.
"The shadowing and interview opportunities allowed me to have conversations with senior leaders that I normally would not have the opportunity to have," Pearson said. "My development now will prepare me to strategically lead in the future."
Next, Pearson plans to apply to the NAVAIR Leadership Development Program (NLDP), because "to be a part of an organization that invests in me as a future leader directly aligns with my career development philosophy to never stop learning," she said. "JLDP was an opportunity that revealed my purpose to be a leader in the NAVAIR organization. I viewed JLDP as the door to the next step in my career."
Filling a Critical Need with a Job Rotation
TraceyPintell-Quade, an information systems security manager, took an initial six-month rotation, which was extended to 18 months, to work as an analyst for the Wartime Acquisition Support Plan, WASP. There, she coordinates events, collaborates on data analysis and helps develop a wartime acquisition plan, a "Wartime Playbook," to find gaps in the current wartime acquisition preparedness posture and identify how to move from peacetime to wartime acquisition quickly.
"My WASP position helps NAVAIR, and the Navy as a whole, prepare for a potential global conflict, something we haven't seen since World War II," Pintell-Quade explained.
Overall, Pintell-Quade said NLDP has helped improve her mentoring skills: She mentors four NAVAIR employees. She's also using the information she gleaned from the Emergenetics profile she created in the program. The profile helps NLDP participants understand how their behavior, genetic makeup, and life experiences merge.
"The Emergenetics program provided me with a personal profile that helped me understand how I think and how I behave in relation to how others think and behave. This knowledge has improved my leadership style and made me more productive," she said.
"NLDP has given me the courage to try for something outside the norm," Pintell-Quade said. She hopes to continue to meet the goals of the WASP effort, the brainchild of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, James Geurts, and eventually form a new job position.
About JLDP and NLDP
Both JLDP and NLDP give employees the opportunity to broaden their leadership, management and organizational knowledge and worldview while establishing networks with peers and senior leaders across the command, the Navy and the Department of Defense. In addition to rotations and shadowing, both programs include classroom-based leadership courses, online training, mentoring and professional reading assignments.
Applications for the NLDP will be accepted now through March 6, 2020.
David M. Higgins II, Publisher/Editor
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What Should I Write In A Conclusion To Dissertation Proposal?
A dissertation proposal is not a requirement: the need to write it depends on the university policy. However, it may really make an impression on your academic advisor and committee. Its main purpose is to show them that your topic is worth studying, it is interesting and challenging, and, despite previous research, yours may make a difference. Basically, a proposal paper is a brief review of your future thesis, where you explain what, how, why and when you intend to study the chosen topic. It often has a word limit, so check the rules specific to your academic institution.
When you start writing a proposal, you may use a working title, deciding on a final variant when you're closer to completing the paper. It should convey the general idea of your dissertation, orienting the readers to the researched topic.
The introduction provides the background information on the topic and the reasons why exactly you have chosen it. Briefly describe the nature and essence of the research. Your aims, objectives or rationale should contain the key focus of the research, explaining its intentions and outcomes, and how you hope to achieve them.
The methodology part provides the information on methods, approaches and data collection you used during the research, either empirical or non-empirical. The literature review/survey will firstly put your study in line with other scholars' studies. It demonstrates why your study is different, however, and why it warrants a critical look at it. It also shows your fundamental knowledge of the topic, assessing relevant research approaches. The overview of sections/chapters provides a brief description of related chapters. Your timetable (plan of work) is a schedule depicting how you are going to do the research efficiently, setting certain goals and timeframes for their achievement.
Finally, the conclusion. It is basically the final chord in your "song", where you review the information above.
Summarize the whole scope of data you provided.
Briefly restate the introduction, giving a general idea of the topic chosen.
Point out the aims of the research, focusing on its significance and providing the possible options to reach the goals set.
Try to avoid expatiation and "idle talk". Be specific and stick to the facts.
Make sure you put everything together.
Describe the academic literature you used, emphasizing the uniqueness of your own research.


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Struck Rejected From the App Store
David Farrier (via Hacker News):
"Nine rejections, on the basis of their guideline "4.3 Design - Spam."
Offensively, this guideline groups astrology ("fortune telling" in their words) alongside "burp and fart apps" under the umbrella of "spam."
And when we finally stripped out each astrology feature piece by piece as requested by the Apple employees we spoke to on the phone, we were met by backpedaling and new excuses that didn't make sense.
Most recently, we were told dating apps aren't being allowed despite the fact that (1) two Apple employees told us verbally that dating apps were acceptable and (2) we know of multiple dating apps that have been accepted over this timeframe, demonstrating an apparent bias against us specifically."
Update (2020-09-08): David Farrier (in June, tweet):
We received a call from the App Review team this morning saying they were confused at how we did it, but that the decision (which had been standing for over a month and through 9 rounds of rejections) has been REVERSED!!
Good news, but it's frustrating to never get a real explanation for these cases. Who knows whether a similar app submitted today would be accepted or rejected?
App Store App Store Rejection iOS iOS 13 iOS App
Grouping astrology alongside "burp and fart apps" sounds about right to me.
Thomas Tempelmann
While I'm not a fan of such stuff, I find it very concerning that Apple thinks they have to protect their customers from these rather harmless topics. I'd be okay if Apple would say that they have no interested in featuring such an app. But right out refusing to list an app just because it doesn't meet their view of the world is just oil into the "Apple abuses their monopoly" fire.
vintner
The main line of argument taken by this article (tying astrology to minority identities and painting any and all opposition as misogyny) feels like the wrong one to have focused on.
Instead, drill down on how rejecting this basically harmless content is none of Apple's business to be doing.
CrappStore
If search and discovery worked on the App Store, then this wouldn't be a problem. I don't see Google out there telling people to quit creating astrology websites, because the web just can't handle another website with similar content to existing sites.
Leo M
You may not think so, but this is a ban on religious and cultural apps. Just because some muppet in Cupertino thinks some cultural element is trite or "spam" doesn't mean it is.
- In Japan and don't know how to interpret your "blood type?"
- In the Middle East and don't know which way Mecca is nor when to pray?
Want to read the Torah but not Jewish?
There won't apps for that under these rules. Even fire first time or "out of ideas" developers.
Goodbye Bible/reference and as mentioned before direction/time prayer apps.
Everyone has their own culture and "superstitions."
Do you honestly think that Apple is a "good and fair arbiter" by substituting their own?
Apple may have "diversity" in their workforce but their cultural depth and empathy to those outside that shiny expensive donut is near zero.
And it shows.
I'm sure if we ask women in science (get Ariel Waldman on the twitters, I don't really use the twitters anymore), they'll answer the same as the many vocal men: "Astrology is a grift *perpetrated on* women".
There are many thousands of Bible, Torah, Quran, Tao Te Ching apps on the App Store, and disappointingly, even I Ching, tarot, and astrology. Now, I think these are all also pernicious nonsense that is only used by con men to steal your money and control you, but at present they're not all banned.
What does seem to be banned is an open grift like using "astrology" to take money for matching people which will ruin lives. Apple's in the right.
>While I'm not a fan of such stuff, I find it very
>concerning that Apple thinks they have to protect
>their customers from these rather harmless topics
I don't think this is harmless, though. Women and/or minorities have been excluded from the scientific process ever since it has existed, and have often been actively targeted by it (examples include phrenology being used to justify racism, or the Tuskegee Study). As a result, trust in science is often low. This has actual negative effects on people's lives.
Apps like this one may be well-intentioned, but they perpetuate this systemic injustice against women and/or minorities, and even profit from it.
I do think that apps like this should be allowed into the App Store, but not because they are beneficial to anyone. Apple should allow apps like this into the App Store because there is no alternative to the App Store, and because similar apps targeting other demographics (e.g. bible apps) are allowed.
Mike Zornek
We had a local developer here in Philly whom submitted a "Genie Lamp" app and it took him 11 submissions to get in cause of similar issues.
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1507214208


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BIOGRAPHY of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah Bless His Soul)Sultan ul Arifeen (King of Arifeen - the Highest grade of Sufism) Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahu was born at Shorkot in 1039 A.H. Shorkot is the Tehsil headquarter of District Jhang of Punjab. His father Hazrat Muhammad Bazayd was a pious man, a jurist who learnt Quran by heart and he was the commandant of the Shor fort during the reign of Mughal emperor Shahjahan. His mother Hazrat Bibi Raasti was a saint of high caliber. He belonged to Awan caste and was the descendant of Hazrat Ali. His mother got the intuition that soon a saint par excellence would be born to her who would fill the face of the earth with his mental illumination and spirituality and she should name him "Bahu". There Mai Sahiba gave him the name "Bahu". He was a saint by birth and his spiritual guidance started from his early childhood. A Non-Muslim who happened to look at his illuminated face immediately converted to Islam by reciting the Shahada. Non-Muslims became so scared of this miracle of Hazrat Bahu that a delegation consisted of their leading men met his father and requested him to make an announcement whenever this child was about to leave the house, so that they should remain in their homes and could be saved from conversion.
Spiritually, he took an oath of allegiance at the sacred hands of the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him). In his book, Ameer-ul-Qaunaian" he says that he wandered for about thirty years in search of spiritual guide but in vain. At last, Hazrat Ali (RA) took him spiritually to the sacred presence of Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him). The Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) showed utter happiness on seeing him and asked him to hold his hand. Thats how he took an oath of allegiance and then the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) instructed him and ordered him to spiritually help the creatures of God. After this, the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) entrusted him to Hazrat Shaikh Abd ul Qadir Al Jilani (Allah be pleased with him) and said that Bahu was his spiritual son and he should also spiritually instruct and guide him. Therefore, Hazrat Pir Dastagir enriched him with his spiritual wealth. About that Haq Bahu says that "I have covered the entire distance from the beginning to extreme, when the King of "Faqr" cast on me the favorable glance". After that on the order of Ghaus-e-Pak Hazrat Shaikh Abd ul Qadir Al Jilani (Allah be pleased with him) he overtly took an oath of allegiance at the hand of Sheikh Pir Abdur Rehman Qadri of Delhi. (he was the descendant of Ghaus-a-Pak). The shrine of Pir Abdur Rehman is in Delhi.
The Status and splendor of Sultan Bahu is beyond anybody's speculation. He says in Risala "Ruhi Sharif" that "I took an oath of allegiance at the sacred hand of the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) and he considered me his "son". He allowed me to guide the creatures of God". He says. "Hazrat Fatima (RA) has considered me her "son", in this way I have been blessed with the extremities of Faqr".
Hazrat Haq Bahu didn't receive formal education as he was busy from the early life in gaining spiritual experiences and true achievements. He says, "though I haven't received formal education but after receiving spiritual / divine knowledge, I have become pure, that's why the entire knowledge has been accumulated in my heart through reflection / inversion.
He didn't get the opportunity to receive worldly knowledge because of being busy in intuition and witnessing the divine glory and he also didn't get time to do meditation because he from the beginning to the end every moment remained drowned in the deep river of divine unity. Despite being so indulgent he acted upon the traditions of the Shariah of the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) with such determination that throughout his life he never missed an act endear to the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him). He says, "I have gained every status by acting upon Shariah and have made Shariah my guide.
Sultan Bahu authored about one hundred and forty books and in all those books he repeatedly advised three things to the aspirant of truth:
i. Obscurity.
ii. Desisting.
iii. To act upon the Shariah (Religious Dogma) of the Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him).
He emphasized upon the following activities to attain all the spiritual grades:
1. Meditation about the essence of God.
2. Meditation about Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him).
3. Recitation of Kalima-e- Tayyiba.
4. Invitation of Spiritual contact with next world (or eternal world) through Quranic verses. He says that because of these acts two most lofty positions are opened for the aspirant of truth and is no highest position above these.
i. Witnessing the essence of God.
ii. Eternal attendance of the sacred gathering of the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him).
In his famous book "Noor-ul-Huda" he says "I have been blessed with the highest grades of sainthood (Sufism) by Allah the Almighty and the most Compassionate and thus prepared me to guide the people. If an aspirant of God is true and keen to witness Devine light, then there is no difficulty for Faqir Bahu to enable him to meet Allah / witness divine glory. He says in "Risala Ruhi Sharif", "Anybody who is aspiring for God Almighty, he should come to me, I will enable him to reach from the bottom to the top in a moment. Oh! Aspirant of the Truth come over so that I enable you to reach God". He says in his book named "Ameer-ul-Qaunain" that, "Oh dear! Let it be clear that truth leads to redemption and lie leads to destruction, that's why what ever Faqir Bahu says he says it on the commandment of God and the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him). He doesn't say anything out of his own caprice. The day when God Almighty created the spirits, he created me with His eternal power, the same day He blessed me with His Beatific vision, from that day till now every moment, every second, I am drowned in Devine vision. Although worldly I use to talk to the people but spiritually I use to be blessed with beatific vision, I will be blessed with this in the grave, on the day of resurrection and in heaven also". The Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) says that "Sadaats are from my generation, scholars are from my chest and faqirs (highest level of saints) are from the Devine Light". "I am a scholar of Devine knowledge. I see only divine light. I know nothing but Devine knowledge. Neither I know anything about round of daily recital and meditation nor I use to do them or recite them because entire knowledge is for the Divine knowledge that I possess. Where there is Devine knowledge there is no morning, no evening, no destination and no station. Devine essence can be witnessed in the form of the glory of the name of Allah (His personal name) in the stage of annihilation unto God (final stage of Sufism). In that Devine light one can witness the Devine vision. These status belong to that faqir who is an example of _______.
I know the Devine knowledge and recite it. I have attained these status due to the Holy / blessed company of the Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him), his sahabas and punjatun pak (five pures).
Sultan Haq Bahu is Sarwari Qadri order of Sufism. The spirituality of this order is that the mentor – spiritual guide (murshad) makes sure the presence of an aspirant of truth in the Holy gathering of Holy Prophet (blessing and salutation be on Him) in just one glance and single attention and in the same way enables him to see beatific vision / divine light. In this Holy order there is no intricacies like mystic exercises, forty days seclusions for mystic communion, withholding of breath, mystic initiation, meditation and daily round of recital. This order is also free of obvious saintly dress and style and also weary of style of mashaikhs e.g. scepter, rosary and gown and turban etc.
He dies at the age of 63 in 1102 A.H. His shrine is situated in a village on the western bank of river chinab near town of Garh Maharaja in Tehsil Shorkot. The Village is known on his name as "Mauza sultan Haq Bahu". His death anniversary (URS) helds on the first Thursday of Jamadi-us-sani.
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