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What do you do when you're stressed out of your mind attending lectures, memorising every cell of the human body, and rushing off to placement on top of everything else? Destress with some appropriately themed colouring, complete with snarky in-jokes only medical students and professionals will really get!
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Weekend Roundup 2: DIY Britprog
On March 20, 2021 March 20, 2021 By kruekuttIn Cosmograf, progressive rockLeave a comment
One indication of the absolute glut of recorded music available today: more of what I've whimsically labelled "DIY (for Do It Yourself, a la Peter Gabriel) Britprog" is available than ever. With Prog Magazine providing a megaphone and Big Big Train's international impact paving the way, countless musicians from England have brushed up their chops, dusted off their home recording setups, and churned out self-released albums by the bushel in the past decade. Even as the chances of market penetration narrow in the age of Spotify and live lockdowns, an astonishing number of artists seem compelled to keep plowing the furrows first tilled by Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and their sundry heirs. The sheer amount of "meh" music that's resulted notwithstanding, three recent releases (and a teaser of more to come) indicate there's still enough fertile soil in that ground to keep yielding fresh harvests.
First up: Tiger Moth Tales' The Whispering of the World from late 2020, for which TMT mainman Peter Jones stripped down both his writing and his usual instrumentation. Working with producers Robert Reed and Andrew Lawson, Jones eschewed multi-sectional tunesmithery and one-man-bandship in favor of a song cycle for voice, piano and string quartet. The result works like gangbusters! From the vigorous, propulsive opener "Taking the Dawn" through melancholy mini-epics like the title track, "Quiet Night" and "Waving, Drowning" to the grave, sweeping pop of "Blackbird" (no, not THAT one, but arguably as affecting) and the closer "Lost to the Years", every track feels unpretentious, fresh and heartfelt. The semi-classical sonics mesh effortlessly with the compelling songcraft; Jones' sensitive singing and lush piano playing weaves in and around the light and shade of the strings. Even better, the music proves the right medium for the lyrical message, as Jones narrates a cathartic passage through (in his words) "special or significant moments . . . coming to terms with both losing those close to us and our own mortality and place in the universe." Sound a bit heavy? Well, yeah — but paired with Jones' solo Quiet Room Session, The Whispering of the World is a sentimental journey well worth taking. Sample it for yourself, then order it on Bandcamp.
Continue reading "Weekend Roundup 2: DIY Britprog" →
The Ultimate Prog Super-Hero Team-Up?
On February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018 By kruekuttIn Cosmograf, progressive rock, Robin Armstrong2 Comments
From Big Big Train's Facebook page:
We are delighted to announce that Robin Armstrong will be joining the live line-up of Big Big Train for our shows in 2018 and beyond.
Robin is a multi-instrumentalist and the leader of progressive rock band, Cosmograf. Nick, Rachel and Greg have played as guest musicians on Cosmograf albums and we are looking forward to performing with Robin at our shows at The Anvil in Basingstoke and at the Night of the Prog festival in Loreley, Germany.
Will the good Dr. Birzer's head explode anticipating all the proggy goodness to come?
Tune in tomorrow … same prog-time … same prog-channel!
— Rick Krueger
A Proggy Christmas, 2017 Edition
On November 18, 2017 By kruekuttIn Cosmograf, progressive rock1 Comment
First the Big Big Train Christmas single, then the new Tiger Moth Tales album, now this — our Founding Progarchist's stocking is filling up quick! From Cosmograf's Facebook page:
"Cosmograf will be releasing a single record on December 1st, entitled 'A Festive Ghost'. Exclusively distributed in digital only format via Bandcamp, this unconventional Christmas song is a wistful reflection on the pressures of maintaining damaged relationships at the time of the festive season.
All of the instruments on this record are played by Robin himself including the drums.
A donation is being made to MacMillan Cancer Care for each download purchased."
Robin Armstrong Tells It Like It Is
On March 5, 2015 March 5, 2015 By Thaddeus WertIn Cosmograf, progressive rock3 Comments
Robin Armstrong's (Cosmograf) latest post on his website is a must-read defense of Steven Wilson's hard-won popularity. Here's an excerpt:
Well here's the rub, you, like me and thousands upon thousands of people making music in the world today are entitled to precisely nothing. We have no right to be heard, no right to earn a living from our art and certainly no right to success. For the mere mortals, these things have to be earned, slogged at, and when some little successes arrive, appreciate them.
The truth is, that making a record now has never been easier. Making a record that people will listen to got harder, much harder. When someone makes a record that people are falling over themselves to listen to, in a genre of music that's similar to yours, be bloody inspired, I know I am…

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The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) was a multi-purpose helicopter used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom. United States Navy and United States Coast Guard models were designated HO4S, while those of the U.S. Marine Corps were designated HRS. In 1962, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Marine Corps versions were all redesignated as H-19s like their U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force counterparts.

Development
Development of the H-19 was initiated privately by Sikorsky without government sponsorship. The helicopter was initially designed as a testbed for several novel design concepts intended to provide greater load-carrying ability in combination with easy maintenance. Under the leadership of designer Edward F. Katzenberger, a mockup was designed and fabricated in less than one year.

The first customer was the United States Air Force, which ordered five YH-19 aircraft for evaluation; the YH-19's first flight was on 10 November 1949, less than a year after the program start date. This was followed by delivery of the first YH-19 to the U.S. Air Force on 16 April 1950 and delivery of the first HO4S-1 helicopter to the U. S. Navy on 31 August 1950. A U.S. Air Force YH-19 was sent to Korea for service trials in March 1951, where it was joined by a second YH-19 in September 1951. On 27 April 1951, the first HRS-1 was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps, and on 2 May 1951, the first S-55 was delivered to Westland Aircraft.

1,281 of the helicopters were manufactured by Sikorsky in the United States. An additional 447 were manufactured by licensees of the helicopter including Westland Aircraft, SNCASE in France and Mitsubishi in Japan.

The helicopter was widely exported, used by many other nations, including Portugal, Greece, Israel, Chile, South Africa, Denmark and Turkey.

In 1954 the Marines tested an idea to enhance lift in hot-and-high and/or heavily loaded conditions by installing a rocket nozzle at the tip of each rotor blade with the fuel tank located in the center above the rotor blade hub. Enough fuel was provided for seven minutes of operation. Although tests of the system were considered successful, it was never adopted operationally.

Design

Major innovations implemented on the H-19 were the forward placement of the engine below the crew compartment and in front of the main cabin, the use of offset flapping hinges located  from the center of the rotor, and the use of hydraulic servos for the main rotor controls. These features yielded an aircraft that was far more capable in a transport role than previous Sikorsky designs.

The forward engine location placed the main cabin essentially in line with the main rotor's rotational axis and close to the aircraft center of gravity, making it easier to maintain proper weight and balance under differing loading conditions. The impetus for this design choice was the recent rejection of the Sikorsky XHJS by the U.S. Navy in favor of the tandem rotor Piasecki HUP Retriever; the Navy had strongly objected to the necessity to use ballast in the cabin-forward XHJS to maintain proper weight and balance, prompting Sikorsky to seek single-rotor design alternatives that did not require this.

Another benefit of this engine location was ease of maintenance, as the engine could be readily accessed at ground level through dual clamshell-style doors; the entire engine could be changed in only two hours, and the radial engine was oriented backwards relative to a typical airplane installation, allowing more convenient access to engine accessories.

The offset flapping hinges and hydraulic servos gave more positive flight control under differing loading conditions, isolated the flight controls from vibration, and lessened control forces; the H-19 could be flown with only two fingers on the cyclic control.

The YH-19 prototypes featured a blunt aft fuselage and a single starboard-mounted horizontal tailplane with a small vertical fin at its outboard end. Initial production models added a large fillet-like fin behind the fuselage and under the tailboom, and the tailplane configuration was changed to an inverted "V" shape.

Early H-19 and HO4S variants were powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-57 radial rated at  and used a centrifugal clutch that automatically engaged the main rotor when a preset engine speed was reached. However, the HO4S was deemed underpowered in U.S. Navy service with this powerplant, so the aircraft was re-engined with a  Wright R-1300-3 radial which the U.S. Navy found to be adequate in an air–sea rescue role; the H-19B, HO4S-3, HRS-3, and subsequent models would use this powerplant. The R-1300 models also used a single horizontal tailplane in place of the early inverted "V" style, and a new hydro-mechanical clutch gave smoother and more rapid rotor acceleration during clutch engagement and allowed the engine to be started and operated at any speed while disengaged from the transmission and rotors.

Early civilian and military S-55 models offered a folding  capacity hoist above the starboard main cabin door, while later models could be equipped with a more capable and reliable  capacity unit. Starting with the introduction of the S-55C in October 1956, the tailboom was inclined three degrees downward to provide more main rotor clearance during hard landings; models equipped with the inclined tail also used an  tail rotor in place of the earlier  unit.

Operational history

The H-19 Chickasaw holds the distinction of being the U.S. Army's first true transport helicopter and, as such, played an important role in the initial formulation of Army doctrine regarding air mobility and the battlefield employment of troop-carrying helicopters. The H-19 underwent live service tests in the hands of the 6th Transportation Company, during the Korean War beginning in 1951 as an unarmed transport helicopter. Undergoing tests such as medical evacuation, tactical control and frontline cargo support, the helicopter succeeded admirably in surpassing the capabilities of the H-5 Dragonfly which had been used throughout the war by the Army.

The U.S. Marine Corps made extensive use of the H-19 in the Korean War. It was designated as the HRS in USMC service. Marine Squadron HMR-161 arrived in Korea on 2 September 1951 with 15 HRS-1 helicopters. The new helicopter squadron started operations upon arrival. On 13 September 1951, during Operation Windmill I, HMR-161 transported  of gear and 74 Marines onto a ridge in the Punchbowl area. A week later HMR-161 shuttled 224 recon company marines and  of supplies to a remote hilltop in the same area. Their performance continued to improve and in Operation Haylift II on 23–27 February 1953, HMR-161 lifted  of cargo to resupply two regiments. Although HMR-161 helicopters were operating in hot landing zones they did not lose any helicopters to enemy fire. HRS-1 helicopters were also used to relocate rocket launcher batteries. Because rockets create much visible dust when fired they make an easy target for enemy artillery. To reduce their exposure, launchers and crews were moved twice a day. Each HRS-1 helicopter carried four rocket launchers and extra rockets as external cargo, with the crew in the cabin. The HRS-1 helicopter proved to be durable and reliable in Korean service. One reportedly flew home after losing  of main rotor blade to a tree. HMR-161 reported 90% aircraft availability.

The U.S. Air Force ordered 50 H-19A's for rescue duties in 1951. These aircraft were the primary rescue and medical evacuation helicopters for the USAF during the Korean War. The Air Force continued to use the H-19 through the 1960s, ultimately acquiring 270 of the H-19B model.

On 1 September 1953, Sabena used the S-55 to inaugurate the first commercial helicopter service in Europe, with routes between Rotterdam and Maastricht in the Netherlands and Cologne and Bonn in Germany.

France made aggressive use of helicopters in Algeria, both as troop transports and gunships, Piasecki/Vertol H-21 and Sud-built Sikorski H-34 helicopters rapidly displaced fixed-wing aircraft for the transport of paras and quick-reaction commando teams. In Indochina, a small number of Hiller H-23s and Sikorsky H-19s were available for casualty evacuation. In 1956, the French Air Force experimented with arming the H-19, then being superseded in service by the more capable Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky H-34 helicopters. The H-19 was originally fitted with a 20 mm cannon, two rocket launchers, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and a 7.5 mm light machine gun firing from the cabin windows, but this load proved far too heavy, and even lightly armed H-19 gunships fitted with flexible machine guns for self-defense proved underpowered.

The H-19 was also used by the French forces in the First Indochina War. A small number of war-worn H-19s were given to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in 1958, when the French military departed. These saw very limited service in the early days of the Vietnam War, before being supplanted by the more capable Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw.

The H-19 left U.S. military service when the CH-19E was retired by U.S. Navy squadron HC-5 on 26 February 1969. Surplus H-19s were sold on the open market, and civil interest was sufficient that Sikorsky (and later Orlando Helicopter Airways) offered conversion kits allowing a military surplus H-19 to be commercially operated under a standard Federal Aviation Administration type certificate as an S-55B. Turboshaft conversions were also offered by aftermarket modification companies.

A novel civil conversion of the H-19 by Orlando Helicopter was the Heli-Camper, a campervan-like conversion—featuring a built-in mini-kitchen and sleeping accommodations for four. In the late 1970s, Orlando participated in a joint effort with popular American recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturer Winnebago Industries to market the aircraft, now renamed the Winnebago Heli-Home. A larger version based on the Sikorsky S-58 was also developed, and optional floats were offered for amphibious operations. The aircraft were featured in several American popular magazines and reportedly drew large crowds at RV shows and dealerships, but their high purchase price together with rising 1970s fuel prices resulted in very limited sales; production is not well documented, but is estimated at only six or seven of the S-55 and S-58 versions combined.

Variants

YH-19 Five early production S-55s for evaluation
H-19A USAF version of the YH-19 powered by a  R-1340-57 engine, redesignated UH-19A in 1962, 50 built.
SH-19A H-19As modified for air-sea rescue, redesignated HH-19A in 1962.
H-19B H-19A with a more powerful  R-1300-3 engine, redesignated UH-19B in 1962, 264 built.
SH-19B H-19Bs modified for air-sea rescue, redesignated HH-19B in 1962.
H-19C U.S. Army version of the H-19A, redesignated UH-19C in 1962, 72 built.
H-19D U.S. Army version of the H-19B, redesignated UH-19D in 1962, 301 built.
HO4S-1 U.S. Navy version of the H-19A, ten built.
HO4S-2 Air-sea rescue version with R-1340 derated to , three built for Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), two surviving aircraft subsequently converted to HO4S-3 standard.
HO4S-2G United States Coast Guard version of HO4S-2, seven built.
HO4S-3 Re-engined U.S. Navy & Canadian version with  Wright R-1300-3 engine, U.S. Navy aircraft redesignated UH-19F in 1962 (RCN/CAF aircraft retained HO4S-3 designation), 79 built.
HO4S-3G United States Coast Guard version of the HO4S-3, redesignated HH-19G in 1962, 30 built.
HRS-1 United States Marine Corps version of the HO4S for eight troops,  R-1340-57 engine, 60 built.
HRS-2 HRS-1 with equipment changes, 101 built.
HRS-3 HRS-2 with  R-1300-3 engine, became CH-19E in 1962, 105 built and conversions from HRS-2.
HRS-4 Project for HRS-3 with a  R-1820 radial engine, not built.
UH-19A H-19A redesignated in 1962.
HH-19A SH-19A redesignated in 1962.
UH-19B H-19B redesignated in 1962.
HH-19B SH-19B redesignated in 1962.
CH-19E HRS-3 redesignated in 1962.
UH-19F HO4S-3 redesignated in 1962.
HH-19G HO4S-3G redesignated in 1962
S-55 Commercial version with  R-1340 engine.
S-55A Commercial version with  R-1300-3 engine.
S-55B New designation given to civilian kit conversions of military surplus H-19s with R-1300-3 engine.
S-55C S-55A with a  R-1340 engine.
S-55T Aircraft modified by Aviation Specialties and produced and marketed by Helitec with a  Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-3U-303 turboshaft and updated equipment.
S-55QT Commercial conversion. Ultra-quiet helicopter for sight-seeing flights over the Grand Canyon.
OHA-S-55 Heli-Camper/Winnebago Heli-Home Commercial conversions carried out by Orlando Helicopters; marketed by Winnebago.
OHA-S-55 Nite-Writer Commercial conversion. Aerial advertising helicopter, fitted with a 12.2 m × (40 ft × 8 ft) array of computer-controlled lights.
OHA-S-55 Bearcat Commercial conversion. Agricultural helicopter.
OHA-S-55 Heavy Lift Commercial conversion. Flying crane helicopter.
QS-55 Aggressors Commercial conversion. S-55 helicopters converted into flying targets.
OHA-AT-55 Defender Commercial conversion. Armed military helicopter.
Whirlwind HAR21 HRS-2 for Royal Navy, ten delivered.
Whirlwind HAS22 HO4S-3 for Royal Navy, 15 delivered. Later marks of Whirlwind were built under licence.
VAT Elite Highly modified S-55 from Vertical Aircraft Technologies Inc., powered by a  Garret TSE311 driving a 5-bladed rotor.

Operators

Notable accidents
 17 January 1975 – In what remains the deadliest helicopter accident in Icelandic history, an S-55B crashed in Hvalfjörður, Iceland due to severe winds, killing all five passengers and both crewmembers on board.

Aircraft on display
See Westland Whirlwind (helicopter) for examples of the British license-built S-55.

Argentina
 H-04 – S-55 on display at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón, Buenos Aires.
 0371/55-633 – S-55 on display at the Museo de la Aviacion Naval in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires.

Guatemala
 S-55 on display in the traffic circle at the main gate of Air Force Headquarters, Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora, Guatemala City.

Canada
 55885 – HO4S-3 on static display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Shearwater, Nova Scotia. It is painted in Royal Canadian Navy Sqn. No. 7 colors as used by Anti-Submarine Squadron HS-50 and Utility Squadron HU-21.
 55822 Sikorsky S-55 Horse (H-19, HO4S) on static display at The Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary, Alberta, was operated by Associated Airways in Canada's north. It is fitted with a 550 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp R-1340-S1H2 engine.

Denmark
 S-884 – S-55C on static display at the Danmarks Flymuseum in Skjern, Ringkøbing-Skjern.

Germany
 53-4458 – H-19B on static display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Bavaria.

India
 IZ1590 – S-55C on static display at the Indian Air Force Museum in Palam, Delhi.

Israel
 03 – H-19 on static display at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim, South District.

Japan
 JG-0001 – H-19C on static display at the Tokorozawa Aviation Museum in Tokorozawa, Saitama.
 40012 – H-19C in storage at the Kawaguchiko Motor Museum in Narusawa, Yamanashi.

Norway
 56-4279 – H-19 D-4 on static display at the Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection in Gardermoen, Akershus.

Portugal
 9101 – UH-19 at the Museu do Ar on Sintra Air Base near Lisbon.

Serbia
 11714 – S-55 on static display at the Museum of Aviation in Surčin, Belgrade.

Thailand
 H3-3/97 – Type 3 on display at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok, Bangkok.

Turkey
 52-7577 – UH-19B on static display at the Istanbul Aviation Museum in Istanbul, Istanbul.

United States
 Unknown ID – H-19 in storage at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
 Unknown ID – UH-19F on static display at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 130151 – CH-19E on static display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida. It is displayed in a US Coast Guard paint scheme.
 130252 – HRS-3 on static display at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in San Diego, California. It is painted with the unit markings of HMR-161.
 49-2012 – YH-19 on static display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia. This airframe was the first S-55 built.
 52-7537 – UH-19B on static display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. It is painted as a rescue helicopter with the 534th Air Defense Group.
 52-7587 – UH-19 on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It is painted as Hopalong, one of the helicopters to make the first transatlantic flight.
 52-7602 – H-19D on static display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. It is painted in U.S. Army scheme.
 53-4426 – H-19B on static display at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.
 55-4943 – UH-19D on static display at the Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles, California. This airframe had previously been on display at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
 57-5937 – UH-19D on static display at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida. It is painted in a USAF rescue scheme. It was previously on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This aircraft is a former Winnebago Heli-Home.
 59-4973 – UH-19D on static display at the Camp San Luis Obispo Museum and Historical Site in San Luis Obispo, California.
 53221 – H-19 Chickasaw on static display at the United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Specifications (UH-19C)

Notable appearances in media

See also

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography
Duke, R.A., Helicopter Operations in Algeria [Trans. French], Dept. of the Army (1959)

France, Operations Research Group, Report of the Operations Research Mission on H-21 Helicopter Dept. of the Army (1957)
Harding, Stephen. U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947, Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing (1990). .
Riley, David, French Helicopter Operations in Algeria, Marine Corps Gazette, February 1958, pp. 21–26.
Shrader, Charles R., The First Helicopter War: Logistics and Mobility in Algeria, 1954–1962, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers (1999)

Spenser, Jay P., Whirlybirds: A History of the U.S. Helicopter Pioneers, Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press (1998)

Further reading

External links

H-19 US Army Aviation history fact sheet
H-19 Chickasaw on GlobalSecuity.org
USMC Sikorsky HRS (H-19) Database
HELIS.com Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HRS/HO4S) Database

United States military helicopters
H-19, Sikorsky
Search and rescue helicopters
1940s United States helicopters
H-019
Single-engined piston helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1949


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Q: Why can't you use a question mark in a batch for loop? Preface
While writing a separate piece of code, I encountered a problem with question marks in for loops. As shown below, the question mark is not accessed in the for loop.
Batch file:
@echo off

for %%x in (the, quick, ?, brown, fox) do (
    echo %%x
)

Output:
the
quick
brown
fox

This also does not work in the CMD (using %x instead of %%x), or when using "", [], ^, \, % or other common methods of character escaping.
Using a counter variable to determine the number of times the code within the parentheses was accessed only results in a total count of 4, meaning it is clearly not a problem with the echo command.

Question
Why doesn't a question mark work in a standard for loop, and how would I go about fixing it?

A: It's because ? will be expanded into a list of filenames one character long. The "naked" for is using that list as a list of filenames.
If you run the following commands, you'll see this in action:
c:\> echo xx >a
c:\> echo xx >b
c:\> for %i in (1, ?) do echo %x
1
a
b

If you look at Rob van der Woude's excellent scripting pages, you'll see that the for page has options for processing command output, numbers and files - it's not really suited for arbitrary strings.
One way to get around that is to provide your own for-like command as shown in the following example:
    @echo off
    setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion

    rem Call the callback function for each argument.
    set escapee=/
    call :doFor :processEach 1 2 ? 4 5
    echo.Escapee was %escapee%

    rem Execute simple command for each argument.
    call :doFor echo 6 7 ? 9 10

    endlocal
    goto :eof

:processEach
    set escapee=%escapee%%1/
    goto :eof

:doFor
    setlocal

    rem Get action.
    set cbAction=%1
    shift

:dfloop
    rem Process each argument with callback or command.
    if not "%1" == "" (
        call %cbAction% %1
        shift
        goto :dfloop
    )
    endlocal&&set escapee=%escapee%
    goto :eof

This provides a single functions which can handle both callbacks and simple commands. For more complex commands, provide a callback function and it will get called with each argument in turn. The callback function can be arbitrarily complex but keep in mind that, because it's operating within a setlocal, changes to environment variables cannot escape back to the caller.
As a way around this, it allows one variable, escapee, to escape the scope - you could also add more if needed.
For simple commands (like echo) where you just need the argument placed at the end, you do the same thing. It doesn't need a callback function but it's restricted to very simple scenarios.
Also keep in mind that, although this seems like a lot of code, the vast majority of it only needs to exist in one place. To use it, you simply need a one-liner like the sample:
call :doFor echo my hovercraft is full of eels

Also keep in mind that there may be other characters that do not fare well, even with this scheme. It solves the ? issue but others may still cause problems. I suspect that this would be an ideal opportunity to add PowerShell to your CV, for example, a command that's almost bash-like in it's elegance and zen-ness:
PShell> foreach ($item in @("1", "?", "3", "4")) { echo $item }
1
?
3
4

A: You could switch to FOR /F.
But FOR /F is used to process multiple lines to split them into tokens.
In your case you don't need multiple tokens, you need one loop per item.
That can be done by splitting the items with linefeeds.
I'm using # as item delimiter, but you are free to use any other character
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
(set \n=^
%=EMPTY=%
)

set "itemList=the#quick#?#brown#fox"
for %%L in ("!\n!") DO (
    FOR /F "delims=" %%x in ("!itemList:#=%%~L!") DO echo - %%x -
)

Output:
- the -
- quick -
- ? -
- brown -
- fox -

A: I've been coding with batch many years, and I'm suprised to realize this issue until now!
I found another way to deal with this problem. May be somebody prefers it, like me.
In my particularly case, I'm using the FOR LOOP to get some named arguments of the current function. This is what I did:
:SomeFunct
rem Replace ?
set "args=%*"
set "args=%args:?=`%"

rem Iterate args
for %%p in (%args%) do (
    for /f "tokens=1,* delims=: " %%a in ("%%~p") do (
        rem Get and store values
        if /i "%%~a" equ "/a" set "argA=%%~b"
        if /i "%%~a" equ "/b" set "argB=%%~b"
        if /i "%%~a" equ "/c" set "argC=%%~b"
    )
)

rem Restore ?
if defined argA set "argA=%argA:`=?%"
if defined argB set "argB=%argB:`=?%"
if defined argC set "argC=%argC:`=?%"

rem I use the args
rem ...

rem Return
goto:eof

I call the function like this:
rem Calling example
call:SomeFunct "/a:Is there" "/b:a question mark" "/c in the arguments?"

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// See the LICENSE file at the top-level directory of this distribution.
// This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.

// This file is based on the works by Chris Wu
// http://chriswu.me/blog/writing-hello-world-in-fcgi-with-c-plus-plus/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include "fcgio.h"
#include "fcgi_kram.h"
#include "../vm/output.h"

// Maximum bytes
const unsigned long STDIN_MAX = 1000000;

Output* kram_output_stream;

/**
 * Note this is not thread safe due to the static allocation of the
 * content_buffer.
 */
std::string get_request_content(const FCGX_Request & request) {
	char * content_length_str = FCGX_GetParam("CONTENT_LENGTH", request.envp);
	unsigned long content_length = STDIN_MAX;

	if (content_length_str) {
		content_length = strtol(content_length_str, &content_length_str, 10);
		if (*content_length_str) {
			std::cerr << "Can't Parse 'CONTENT_LENGTH='"
				 << FCGX_GetParam("CONTENT_LENGTH", request.envp)
				 << "'. Consuming stdin up to " << STDIN_MAX << std::endl;
		}

		if (content_length > STDIN_MAX) {
			content_length = STDIN_MAX;
		}
	} else {
		// Do not read from stdin if CONTENT_LENGTH is missing
		content_length = 0;
	}

	char * content_buffer = new char[content_length];
	std::cin.read(content_buffer, content_length);
	content_length = std::cin.gcount();

	// Chew up any remaining stdin - this shouldn't be necessary
	// but is because mod_fastcgi doesn't handle it correctly.

	// ignore() doesn't set the eof bit in some versions of glibc++
	// so use gcount() instead of eof()...
	do std::cin.ignore(1024); while (std::cin.gcount() == 1024);

	std::string content(content_buffer, content_length);
	delete [] content_buffer;
	return content;
}

int main(void) {

	FCGX_Request request;

	FCGX_Init();
	FCGX_InitRequest(&request, 0, 0);

	while (FCGX_Accept_r(&request) == 0) {
		fcgi_streambuf cin_fcgi_streambuf(request.in);
		fcgi_streambuf cout_fcgi_streambuf(request.out);
		fcgi_streambuf cerr_fcgi_streambuf(request.err);

		//std::cin.rdbuf(&cin_fcgi_streambuf);
		//std::cout.rdbuf(&cout_fcgi_streambuf);
		//std::cerr.rdbuf(&cerr_fcgi_streambuf);

		const char * uri = FCGX_GetParam("REQUEST_URI", request.envp);
		const char * script_filename = FCGX_GetParam("SCRIPT_FILENAME", request.envp);

		// TODO: Pass this to kram
		std::string content = get_request_content(request);

		// Simple debug
		std::cout << "Request: " << uri << "\n";

		// Redirect output to fcgi
		std::ostream fout(&cout_fcgi_streambuf);
		kram_output_stream = new Output(fout);

		// Print basic headers
		fout << "Content-type: text/html\r\n"
			 << "\r\n";

		run_file(script_filename);

		fout << "\n";

		// Note: the fcgi_streambuf destructor will auto flush
	}

	return 0;
}

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Gone are the days when just being a chocolate company guaranteed you sweet success. Today, the U.S. chocolate business must deal with larger and more diverse competition (U.S. chocolate grew at a rate of only 0.7% this year, according to Nielsen) and market issues like the rising price of cocoa.
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So Hershey has devised a plan: Take its strength as the No. 1 chocolate company in the U.S. and use it to reinvent itself as a snacking company.
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I picked up their newest, We Walked in Song, after falling in love with Sufjan's live cover of "The Lakes of Canada" (though that isn't on their newest album). We Walked is amazing with songs like "The Brotherhood of Man" and "Into Brooklyn, Early in the Morning." (Paste and Pitchfork Reviews)
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This bit of yellow could be a leaf
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And I think of you in the colors of the world.
And I did meet you in the brotherhood of man
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My second purchase was Now the Day is Over. This is an album of lullabies, highlighted by several notable and beloved songs like "Over the Rainbow" and "Edelweiss." Lovely stuff handled gently, with a continued sense of fragility and gentleness. Hard to believe these songs, which I would never look for on CD, are done this well. (Paste Review)
The third album I found was Birds of My Neighborhood, which is very new to me and just starting to get time in my rotation. It contains "The Lakes of Canada," which is a beautiful song. Through a listen or two, it's just as wonderful as the others. (Pitchfork Review)
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Erin is the Director of the Office of Research Development at the University of Southern Queensland. She leads a team that manages strategic research partnerships, contract research, consultancy, commercialisation and eResearch for the University. Prior to joining USQ, Erin was responsible for providing commercialisation, innovation transfer and research development support at qutbluebox. She has also managed large-scale collaborative research projects for Griffith University. Erin began her career as a biomedical scientist and worked in the United Kingdom on remedi, the 'Regenerative Medicine — A New Industry Grand Challenge funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Erin has a BBiotechInnov(Hons), a PhD in tissue engineering, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is currently a Director of QCIF and Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia, and is a committee member of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Roy Pidgeon
Director: CQUniversity
Roy is Chief Information and Digital Officer at CQUniversity. His responsibilities include delivering real business and technical solutions for the whole of the University's activities in learning, teaching, research and corporate functions. He focuses on establishing innovation culture through effective partnerships with stakeholders and improving customer engagement, service delivery, governance and management of technology applications and solutions. Roy first joined CQUniversity in 2008 as Associate Director of Infrastructure Services and Support. Prior to that he was IT Director at Charles Darwin University from 2003–2008.
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Womack offers new option during childbirth
By Eve Meinhardt, WAMCOctober 10, 2017
1 / 1 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Meredith Jones holds her daughter, Hannah Olson, at Womack Army Medical Center, Sept. 20. Jones was one of the first patients to take advantage of a new capability at WAMC, which offers nitrous oxide as a pain management option during delivery. (U.S. Army photo by Eve Meinhardt/WAMC PAO) (Photo Credit: Eve Meinhardt, WAMC) VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Meredith Jones is tough. She eschews taking pain relievers for headaches and even refuses numbing agents when having dental work done.
She was more than four hours away from home when her water broke earlier than expected. Instead of panicking, the first-time mom went home to weigh her options and decide where she wanted to deliver her daughter.
Her original plan was to deliver at home, but the interview with her midwife wasn't scheduled until the following week. After weighing her choices, she chose to deliver at Womack Army Medical Center because of the alternate options the hospital offers when it comes to delivery, including being able to walk, squat and use a balance ball while in labor.
An additional and newly implemented option Womack provides for mothers in labor is the use of nitrous oxide as an alternative pain management method.
"Nitrous oxide helps us provide more options for moms who want assistance managing their pain, but don't want an epidural," said Maj. Shemica Ward, clinical nurse officer in charge, Labor and Delivery, WAMC. "It doesn't take the pain away, but it helps relax you and take your attention away from the pain."
Jones, who delivered her daughter, Hannah Olson, a little after midnight on Sept. 18, said that this was a great option for her because she was able to decide when, if and when she wanted to use it.
"It really helped me," she said. "I was able to use it sparingly and it was able to keep me more focused on more breathing."
Womack Army Medical Center is the first Army medical treatment facility to offer nitrous oxide as an option during delivery. Ward said that it has no effect on the baby and that each person is different as far as side effects for mom, but that they are minimal and mostly include being a little dizzy or queasy.
Jones said that she appreciated the option and the fact that she was able to use it only as needed.
"I didn't have any light-headed feeling and I felt like it wasn't invasive at all," said Jones. "It really helped me relax and that was the most important thing for me -- to relax and breathe."
Ward said that it's important to offer moms alternative pain management methods to help meet their individual needs when they deliver. Moms who decline an epidural and are at least 37 weeks can choose to use nitrous oxide.
"We've been using it as an option since mid-September with great results," said Ward. "The patient has full control of when and how often they use it while in labor."
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Ofsted's MAT research project is a qualitative study involving 121 schools across 41 MATs, with 700 people interviewed as part of the process.
The report is not set to be published for some weeks. But at the Confederation of School Trust's spring conference, Sue Lewis, a senior research lead at Ofsted, outlined some of the preliminary findings.
Ms Lewis said that "the people who took part, on the whole, were very positive about the benefits of belonging to a MAT, often indicating that wasn't how they felt before they became part of the MAT".
However, some interviewees raised concerns about a loss of parental influence and local decision making, particularly as MATs grew.
"We did get a very strong message from some schools, some local governors in particular, that they felt that was a challenge in their MAT, that the route that parents had in terms of influencing the MAT and the direction of the MAT was very limited, if not non-existent," she said.
While interviewees highlighted possible benefits from MAT growth in terms of "potential for further resource and influence", she said teachers worried about it.
School staff and MAT leaders alike worried about "losing their distinctiveness…their identity if you like as a MAT" if they grew.
The growth of MATs has in many cases involved power shifting away from local governing bodies, and Ms Lewis said that individual schools felt this "loss of local governance". "Even where there was a local governing body, the ambiguity around that governing body's rights, responsibilities, accountability, meant schools were feeling at times it was a little bit emasculated," she said.


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Proper exercise can reverse damage from heart aging
Exercise should begin by late middle age (before age 65), when the heart apparently retains some plasticity and ability to remodel itself.
DALLAS – Jan. 8, 2018 – Exercise can reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent risk of future heart failure – if it's enough exercise, and if it's begun in time, according to a new study by cardiologists at UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources.
To reap the most benefit, the exercise regimen should begin by late middle age (before age 65), when the heart apparently retains some plasticity and ability to remodel itself, according to the findings by researchers at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM), which is a collaboration between UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
And the exercise needs to be performed four to five times a week. Two to three times a week was not enough, the researchers found in an earlier study.
Learn about IEEM studies
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"Based on a series of studies performed by our team over the past 5 years, this 'dose' of exercise has become my prescription for life," said senior author Dr. Benjamin Levine, Director of the Institute and Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern. "I think people should be able to do this as part of their personal hygiene – just like brushing your teeth and taking a shower."
The regimen included exercising four to five times a week, generally in 30-minute sessions, plus warmup and cool-down:
One of the weekly sessions included a high-intensity 30-minute workout, such as aerobic interval sessions in which heart rate tops 95 percent of peak rate for 4 minutes, with 3 minutes of recovery, repeated four times (a so-called "4x4").
Each interval session was followed by a recovery session performed at relatively low intensity.
One day's session lasted an hour and was of moderate intensity. (As a "prescription for life," Levine said this longer session could be a fun activity such as tennis, aerobic dancing, walking, or biking.)
One or two other sessions were performed each week at a moderate intensity, meaning the participant would break a sweat, be a little short of breath, but still be able to carry on a conversation – the "talk test." In the study, exercise sessions were individually prescribed based on exercise tests and heart rate monitoring.
One or two weekly strength training sessions using weights or exercise machines were included on a separate day, or after an endurance session.
Dr. Levine, shown here in front of his laboratory's hyper/hypobaric environmental chamber, which is used to simulate high altitude, deep diving, and space-like conditions in studies of human performance.
Study participants built up to those levels, beginning with three, 30-minute, moderate exercise sessions for the first 3 months and peaked at 10 months when two high-intensity aerobic intervals were added.
The more than 50 participants in the study were divided into two groups, one of which received two years of supervised exercise training and the other group, a control group, which participated in yoga and balance training.
At the end of the two-year study, those who had exercised showed an 18 percent improvement in their maximum oxygen intake during exercise and a more than 25 percent improvement in compliance, or elasticity, of the left ventricular muscle of the heart, Dr. Levine noted. He compared the change in the heart to a stretchy, new rubber band versus one that has gotten stiff sitting in a drawer.
Sedentary aging can lead to a stiffening of the muscle in the heart's left ventricle, the chamber that pumps oxygen-rich blood back out to the body, he explained.
"When the muscle stiffens, you get high pressure and the heart chamber doesn't fill as well with blood. In its most severe form, blood can back up into the lungs. That's when heart failure develops," said Dr. Levine, who holds the S. Finley Ewing Chair for Wellness at Texas Health Dallas and the Harry S. Moss Heart Chair for Cardiovascular Research. He also holds the Distinguished Professorship in Exercise Sciences at UT Southwestern, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.
Earlier research by UT Southwestern cardiologists showed that left ventricular stiffening often shows up in middle age in people who don't exercise and aren't fit, leaving them with small, stiff chambers that can't pump blood as well.
However, the researchers also found that the heart chamber in competitive masters-level athletes remains large and elastic, and that even four to five days of committed exercise over decades is enough for noncompetitive athletes to reap most of this benefit.
In the current study, researchers wanted to know if exercise can restore the heart's elasticity in previously sedentary individuals – especially if begun in late middle age. Previous studies from Dr. Levine's research program have shown substantial improvements in cardiac compliance in young individuals after a year of training, but surprisingly little change if the training was started after age 65.
To start the study, researchers recruited 53 participants, ages 45 to 64. Many came from the Dallas Heart Study, which includes 6,000 Dallas residents and is the only single-center heart study of its size and multiethnic composition. The Dallas Heart Study is designed to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of heart disease.
The new study appears in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association. Collaborators on the study included first author Dr. Erin Howden, Research Fellow with UT Southwestern's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the IEEM and now a faculty member at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Funding came from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.
About UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern, one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution's faculty has received six Nobel Prizes, and includes 22 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The faculty of more than 2,700 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in about 80 specialties to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients, 600,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 2.2 million outpatient visits a year.
Gene editing halts damage in mice after heart attacks in UT Southwestern study
Editing a gene that prompts a cascade of damage after a heart attack appeared to reverse this inevitable course in mice, leaving their hearts remarkably unharmed, a new study by UT Southwestern scientists showed.
Gene therapy corrects mutation responsible for common heart condition, research shows
Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, UT Southwestern researchers corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells and a mouse model of the disease.
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The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of two UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty members – Lora Hooper, Ph.D., Chair of Immunology, and Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Center for Inflammation Research.
UTSW researchers discover molecular switch for heart regeneration
Scientists at UT Southwestern have discovered a molecular switch to restore the regenerative ability of adult heart cells.


firstly I'd like to thank everyone who contributes to the board. I have picked up lots of tips so far!
My dilemma is that on Friday I am leaving to travel to Paris (via London on Qantas QF31) with my family on a "family" holiday. The first one in years! I am a Qantas Club Member and so is my father. Unfortuantely there are five members in my party (my sister, Mum and aunt). I know that you are allowed one guest per member, which leaves someone outside.
Does anyone have any tips on how to get the extra member into the lounge at Singapore? Qantas told me that I could by a guest pass for ~$200 I think, but that makes it quite expensive as apart from this trip, I have never travelled with the family.
We are travelling back at different times so it's only the stop at Singapore that will be an issue.
There are two types of "guest" passes for QF Clubs. One is the guest passes that they send you to enable you to invite one guest per member. However, there are also the other entry passes which Qantas send out to non-QF-club bronze tier members who just attain silver status. These can be used without requiring the holder to be accompanied a QF Club member. These sometimes sell on Ebay (cannot find any on there now), or you could ask around to try and get one.
I agree with the above post about trying the honesty approach, but I suggest going one step further.
There have been a few times when I have needed to take an extra guest in, and I ring the lounge ahead of the day and explain the situation. I have found that they will often make a note in their diary that you are coming and let you in without a problem.
Good to see Qantas thinking with their head for once.
Or you can buy one of mine. Need some spare cash so willing to accept any reasonable offer.
People on this forum like NM have taken 7 family members with only him being Plat and Mrs NM being QC - they all got in everywhere they went (it wasa RTW).
If you are a family group, they are unlikely to separate you unless they have capacity problems - at which point, they'd probably deny you all.
Certainly have . But the difference here may be that 3 of those were children.
I have even been welcomed into domestic Qantas Club lounges when Mrs NM was flying (when no FF or member status) with Mini NM#4, and we all entered including 3 other Mini NM's based on my Platinum FF status. No questions asked, just welcomed into the lounge.
On our RTW holiday, I did make prior arrangements with a few lounges to let them know that we would be coming and asking if they would permit access for 4 adults and 3 kids based on my Platinum FF status and Mrs NM's Partner Qantas Club membership. One was by phone calls to the Brisbane International lounge the day before we flew, and the other was in person at the AKL lounge when I flew through by myself the week before our holiday. Both noted it in their desk diary and were expecting us when we arrived. In BNE they asked us to use the Business Class lounge as the F lounge is small, while in AKL we were welcome to use the F lounge. In HKG they also asked us to use the Business Class lounge.
Back when the member's guest passes were used, I was sometimes asked for a guest pass or two when taking the kids into the lounge. But since the guest passes have been removed, I have never been denied access with the children.
But if the guests are all adults, it will be a different story. You will need to have the necessary guest access rights to bring them into the lounge.
One possible way is to find a solo travelling Qantas Club member (or Gold FF status person) and ask them to permit one of your party to enter as their guest. If I was approached politely by someone in your situation, I would be happy to oblige. I rarely have a guest to take into the lounge anyway.
In fact, one time in CDG I was waiting at the desk to enter the BA lounge with a travelling colleague. We were both OneWorld Emerald flying on the BA flight number back to London in Club Europe. So we were both entitled to one guest. In front of us as the desk were a couple who were being denied access because they were Qantas Club members flying on the QF codeshare, and that lounge at CDG is not actually a BA lounge, but an AF lounge shared by BA, so no access to non-BA flyers. So my colleague and I just showed our Emerald cards and told the desk agent that these two Aussies in front were now our guests and we all entered the lounge together.
I think I will try and call ahead to Singapore. This might sound like a dumb question but where do I find the phone number for the Singapore Qantas Club Lounge. I did have a look on the website but drew a blank. I am in the middle of exams this week so my mind is mush.
Failing that I think I will ask a solo member if they mind taking my Aunt in with them! We are quite a respectible looking family (I think) with two grown up kids (My sister and I) so hopefully someone will take pity on us!
My sister doesn't drink so she won't be using up the alcohol! I usually stick to the Campari - which I believe I must be the only person in the world who drinks it. I have checked the line on the bottle before and it often appears to be the same when I return a few months later!
I'll let you all know how I go!
I 'd like to happily report that my family had no trouble getting into the Sydney, Singapore and London lounges. Obviously we were all travelling together and the staff were all extremely friendly and helpful!
When I entered the Singapore lounge - what a transforamation - the place is fantastic! - even at 4am!
Now I am off to find somewhere in Paris that willbe showing the Grand Final!
Huh? SYD International is a fairly small lounge, and has a self-service bar, so how can they "shut all the bars"?
SIN looks out onto - ummm, it was so forgettable, I forget what it looks out on, at least at SYD you can look at something aviation related (vaguely remember something resembling a water feature at SIN, was so memorable I fogot it after being the lounge for two minutes).
Only downside for the SYD lounge was the drinks offering, beer was decidedly down-market, and not up to par with the domestic lounge offering.
LHR, depends on which of the T4 lounges you go to - which one did you visit?
Well they did! I was up one far end watching the footy - and the self serve bar was closed. Walked to the one near reception that was closed to. Needed to walk to the one at the other end to get a drink.
Now normally this wouldn't be a problem but there was no way I could get there and back between goals!!!
Okay, so they hadn't actually shut ALL the bars then?
Not to be pedantic but I actually said they shut all except for one. Unfortuantely for me that was the bar furthest away from where i was sitting!
I have seen all except on of the bars closed like this before. Avery one except for that nearest the F lounge. There used to be TV's up there as well, but that area was swalloped up when the F lounge was enlarged.
There are actually 5 - 6 internet PC's in the J lounge, the entry for these is immediately after the counter to the right of the entrance as you come in.
I have travelled a few times with the family (wife and 2 kids) and have never been refused entry to a QC lounge. But on last year's trip to the UK we had a BA flight from LHR to SIN (I had to do this to save the 10,000 points it otherwise would have cost to do a stopover with Qantas).
Anyway, we fronted up at Heathrow after chunneling back from Paris that day (i.e. already slightly shagged) and I was surprised to be knocked back by the BA lounge staff on the basis of 1 guest only. The kids were 2 and 4 at the time and I thought they were being a bit stingy. Anyway, the wife went shopping with Master 4, I took Missy 2 in to the playroom and made myself 3 martini-strength G&T's, and we met up again at the gate.
I don't know if it would be any different if I had called beforehand to explain my situation, but it seems pretty unreasonable to expect QC members to fork out $$$'s for an extra membership that might be used a couple of times a year to get the kids into the lounge. I think I prefered the 10 guest cards per year scheme.
How is it stingy of BA to restrict access to the lounge to that which is permitted? were qantas guest cards able to be used to exceed the normal allowance of one at BA lounges?
You were lucky that things have changed; once upon a time Children were not permitted in a BA lounge at all[/b].
In 1998 I (Emerald) was travelling with mrs serfty (QP), MIL & 6 YO mini serfty. Travelling SIN-xLHR-DUB. I was unable to gain admittance at LHR T1 for mini serfty.
Came through with a business partner at BKK last night so he was my 1 guest into the QP. Whle wandering the shops, I then ran into the elderly lady whom was sitting next to me on the flight. As the lounge had only a few people I checked at the service desk if an extra guest would be OK. No go "only1 guest per person".
A quick walk into the lounge and a nice sole traveller loaned me a boarding pass which got my extra guest into the lounge. Same result just took a little longer.
The lady that loaned me her boarding pass was travelling LHR-SYD. When she got off in BKK she was OP UP to business for the remainder of the journey. I seems the generosity can be returned.


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