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More than 90 Million Cervical Cancer Cases Reported Globally
05-10-2017 01:04 PM CET | Health & Medicine
Press release from: Renub Research
Renub Research has announced its recent publication on "Global Cervical Cancer Screening Market & Patients, By Test Type (Pap Smear, HPV DNA, VIA) Forecast". The report gives a comprehensive picture of Global Cervical Cancer Screening Market with available diagnostic test pursued by developed, developing and under-privilege countries. In addition volume of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer and their mortality rate is also mentioned in this report. As of now cervical cancer cases is rising globally, Asia and North America both have reported more than 90 Million cervical cancer cases for the year 2016.
Cervical cancer is malignant tumour of the cervix and affecting women all over the world. Cervical cancer is a disease that impacted patients after long period, early diagnosed and treatment of precancerous lesions is considered to be more effective in women who sequentially take part in screening programs. Pap smear test is used at large-scale screening technique in European countries; however, HPV test is steadily gaining accommodation.
Significant measures taken by government and public awareness initiatives have reinforced HPV testing and immunization. Moreover, growing acceptance of the HPV test especially in the untapped developing markets will deliver substantial growth performance.
In low-income countries, VIA (Visual inspection with acetic acid) is used as a screening for cervical cancer due to lower health infrastructure and fund PAP smear and HPV test is not viable in these countries. Over the next decades, new and effective screening (VIA test) and early treatment technique will be the elementary drivers of reduced death from cervical cancer. Many international NGOs have been establishing pilot programme and make technical details available to respective governments.
ASCO Published Worldwide Guidance for HPV Vaccination for Cervical Cancer Prevention
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has recently published recommendation and guidelines for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for how to prevent cervical cancer. The guideline recommends 4 level resource setting: Basic, Limited, Enhanced, and Maximal.
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Honoring Native American History Month
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Q: insert Code before Build I am building a vspackage for Visual Studio 2010, and need to be able to inject code  invisibly into every function in the solution during the build process.
Currently I can use this:
TextDocument doc = (elemInfo.ProjectItem.Document.Object() as TextDocument);

EditPoint ep = doc.CreateEditPoint(elemInfo.StartPoint);
ep.Insert(sb.ToString());

which inserts the code directly into the code file for all to see. This works, but as the code only collects runtime data I never need to see it. Is there a way to inject the code during the build process without publically inserting the code like above?
I could create temporary files for all the code files in the solution, and inject the code into them, then dispose of them after the debug session ends. Would this be the best way?
When intellitrace collects data from the running executable, wouldn't it need to do something similiar to this? I assume it Injects code into each method to save variable states.

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Essentially AOP as per @bzlm

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Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff walks on his monumental installation "The Floating Piers" he created with late Jeanne-Claude, on June 16, 2016, during a press preview at the lake Iseo, northern Italy. Some 200,000 floating cubes create a 3-kilometers runway connecting the village of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola on the Iseo Lake for a 16-day outdoor installation opening on June 18. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
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Now here we are 14 years later....it hurts again when I see the replays of the Twin Towers.
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I feel like my dad, God Bless his soul, is crying in his grave.


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Q: OpenCV/C++ functions I came across functions used like this:
void func(int, void*);

int main()
{
  func(0,0);
}

void func(int, void*)
{
  //content
}

And I have no idea, what does it mean. But for some reason, if I copied content from func straight into main, it doesn't work.
I found it used with OpenCV, but no explanation of it.
So I would appreciate, if someone could explain to me what does it mean or why is it used.
So, in my case:
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

Mat src; Mat src_gray;
int thresh = 100;

/// Function header
void thresh_callback(int, void* );

/** @function main */
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
  /// Load source image and convert it to gray
  src = imread( "test.png", 1 );

  /// Convert image to gray and blur it
  cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
  blur( src_gray, src_gray, Size(3,3) );

  /// Create Window
  char* source_window = "Source";
  namedWindow( source_window, CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
  imshow( source_window, src );

  thresh_callback( 0, 0 );

  waitKey(0);
  return(0);
}

/** @function thresh_callback */
void thresh_callback(int, void* )
{
  Mat threshold_output;
  vector<vector<Point> > contours;
  vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;

  /// Detect edges using Threshold
  threshold( src_gray, threshold_output, thresh, 255, THRESH_BINARY );

  /// Find contours
  findContours( threshold_output, contours, hierarchy, CV_RETR_TREE, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE, Point(0, 0) );

  /// Approximate contours to polygons + get bounding rects
  vector<vector<Point> > contours_poly( contours.size() );
  vector<Rect> boundRect( contours.size() );

  for( int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ ) {
    approxPolyDP( Mat(contours[i]), contours_poly[i], 3, true );
    boundRect[i] = boundingRect( Mat(contours_poly[i]) );
  }

  /// Draw bonding rects
  Mat drawing = Mat::zeros( threshold_output.size(), CV_8UC3 );;
  for( int i = 0; i< contours.size(); i++ ) {
    rectangle( drawing, boundRect[i].tl(), boundRect[i].br(), Scalar::all(255), 2, 8, 0 );
  }

  /// Show in a window
  namedWindow( "Contours", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
  imshow( "Contours", drawing );
}

This is code, that I get from the internet. It works well, it detects edges and draw rectangle around them and i can understand it, except declaration of function thresh_callback.
So, my main question is, why it doesn't work without it?
And what does parameters without names mean or why are they there?

A: 1.
void func(int, void*);

declares that there will be a void function called func with two parameters, the first being an int and the second being a void*.
2.
void func(int, void*)
{
  //content
}

This is the definition of the function declared in 1. So, if you call func, this function will be executed.
3.
int main()
{
  func(0,0);
}

Here you execute func and pass 0 as the first parameter and 0 as the second parameter as well.
4.
If you paste the content of func into main, then it will not work, since the content of func assumes the existence of the two parameters, which do not exist in main.


I've been invited by a group of woodworker's in northwest Arkansas to teach a week-long workshop in traditional hand-tool woodworking this summer, and the starting point for the week's exercises is the most important tool: the workbench. Each participant will build themselves a 6-foot workbench that will not only be the work platform for the week but will serve them as a heritage tool for generations to come. The sensible choice for the form of the workbench is the English Nicholson bench, given not only the time demands but the fact that I think so very highly of the form, its ease of construction, and superb performance. I have made no secret of my preference for the Nicholson if I was a beginning woodworker and could make and have only one bench for the rest of my days. It's a moot point for me personally as I have lots of space and the means to build whatever (and how many) workbenches I want, but for either a beginner or someone with time and resource constraints, I think this is the path to follow.
If I recall correctly Mike Siemsen shows building a Nicholson with a panel saw, brace and two five-gallon buckets, but I had my circular saw and power drill as the primary tools and used my butterfly sawhorse as the construction platform. I was able to build the basic bench before lunch time, and another half day tuning it up to full functionality.
You can follow along as I unfold the project step-by-step in the coming posts.
I built a short version of the naked woodworker bench (52in) for my winter shop (bedroom). It works great. Sometimes I wish it was longer, but you go with the space you have. It was easy to add a leg vise.
I especially like the center stick and find that it works well with the planing stop when preparing rough boards.
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Women now outnumber men in US medical schools
The tables have turned. Source: Shutterstock.
Like many other advanced and high-paid roles, the medical profession is one historically dominated by men.
In fact, a report by The Washington Post said just three decades ago, under a third of medical students were female.
But now, the playing field has evened out. Today, women outnumber men in medical schools across the United States.
In a recent report, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) claimed women in medicine have made steady gains since 1960. In the last 15 years, women made up nearly half of enrolments at medical school in the United States.
Despite a slight lull in 2017 where men outnumbered women, since 2015 there were fewer male applicants than previous years and increasing numbers of female applicants.
Now, women account for over half of all enrollments into medical school.
For the first time, there will be more women than men entering medical school. pic.twitter.com/mE14OpnM3g
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 8, 2018
In Washington, many medical schools have had more women than men for some time. Many even teeter so far that women significantly outnumber men.
According to AAMC, in 2017 women made up 54 percent of that year's intake of students at the Howard University College of Medicine and 53 percent at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Some schools have had exceptional historical diversity.
George Washington University's medical school recently enrolled the highest percentage of women in its history at 62 percent. The Washington Post reported women have made up approximately half of all enrolment to the school since the 1990s.
Additionally, women have taken up the majority of enrolments for the last 19 consecutive years at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In 2017, the school had a 59 percent female intake. There were times when men made up most of the applicants but still, women came out on top.
The progression in gender equality in medicine has largely been attributed to increasing incentives, pipeline programmes, and general encouragement for girls to enter STEM subjects.
For the first year, women are now a majority of entering medical school students nationwide. 30 years ago it was 33%. For the past 15 years it has been about 50%. STEM pipeline programs get credit. https://t.co/mLSzuvObU9
— Terry Mackin (@tcmackin) January 23, 2018
Female students are increasingly being targeted at a young age to feel able to pursue the subjects necessary to embark on a medical career should they so wish.
"Many of these programmes show that women are just as talented and capable in the sciences," AAMC Senior Director for Student Affairs and Programs Geoffrey Young told The Washington Post.
"We are pleased to see this increasing diversity in what has been a white male-dominated profession."
Times are changing. In most institutions women are able to study medicine without a second thought to their gender.
However, they often find themselves in the lower-paid or less esteemed roles in medical schools. For example, women are seldom found in many high-paid specialities such as orthopaedic surgery and cardiovascular disease.
While entering a male-dominated field could be off-putting for some, for other women it provides even more of an incentive to get out there and show what they can do.
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import TestBase from '../testbase';
TestBase.init();

import Cache from '../../node_modules/gs-tools/src/data/a-cache';
import FakeScope from '../../node_modules/gs-tools/src/ng/fake-scope';
import Mocks from '../../node_modules/gs-tools/src/mock/mocks';
import { PartialEditorCtrl } from './partial-editor';

describe('partial.PartialEditorCtrl', () => {
  let mock$scope;
  let mockAssetPipelineService;
  let mockAssetService;
  let ctrl;

  beforeEach(() => {
    mock$scope = FakeScope.create();
    mockAssetService = jasmine.createSpyObj('AssetService', ['saveAsset']);
    mockAssetPipelineService = jasmine.createSpyObj('AssetPipelineService', ['getPipeline']);

    ctrl = new PartialEditorCtrl(
        mock$scope,
        mockAssetPipelineService,
        mockAssetService);
  });

  describe('$onInit', () => {
    it('should initialize correctly', () => {
      let name = 'name';
      let templateString = 'templateString';
      let assetId = 'assetId';
      let mockAsset = Mocks.object('Asset');
      mockAsset.id = assetId;
      mockAsset.partials = { [name]: templateString };

      let mockLabelNode = Mocks.object('LabelNode');
      let mockPartialNode = Mocks.object('PartialNode');
      let mockPipeline = Mocks.object('Pipeline');
      mockPipeline.labelNode = mockLabelNode;
      mockPipeline.partialNode = mockPartialNode;

      mockAssetPipelineService.getPipeline.and.returnValue(mockPipeline);

      spyOn(ctrl, 'setSelectedKey_');
      ctrl.asset = mockAsset;
      ctrl.initName = name;
      ctrl.$onInit();

      expect(mockAssetPipelineService.getPipeline).toHaveBeenCalledWith(assetId);
      expect(ctrl['labelNode_']).toEqual(mockLabelNode);
      expect(ctrl['partialNode_']).toEqual(mockPartialNode);
      expect(ctrl['setSelectedKey_']).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
    });
  });

  describe('setSelectedKey_', () => {
    it('should clear the cache and pick a selecteed key randomly', (done: jasmine.IDoneFn) => {
      let selectedKey = 'selectedLabel';
      let labelsMap = {
        'otherLabel': 'value',
        [selectedKey]: 'value2',
      };

      spyOn(mock$scope, '$apply');
      spyOn(Cache, 'clear');
      spyOn(Math, 'random').and.returnValue(0.5);

      let mockLabelNode = Mocks.object('LabelNode');
      mockLabelNode.result = Promise.resolve({ data: labelsMap });
      ctrl['labelNode_'] = mockLabelNode;

      ctrl.setSelectedKey_()
          .then(() => {
            expect(ctrl.selectedKey).toEqual(selectedKey);
            expect(Cache.clear).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ctrl);
            expect(mock$scope.$apply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.any(Function));
            done();
          }, done.fail);
    });
  });

  describe('onCodeChange', () => {
    let mockAsset;
    let mockPartialNode;

    beforeEach(() => {
      mockAsset = Mocks.object('Asset');
      mockAsset.partials = {};

      mockPartialNode = jasmine.createSpyObj('PartialNode', ['refresh']);
      ctrl.asset = mockAsset;
      ctrl['partialNode_'] = mockPartialNode;
    });

    it('should update the partial and save the asset', () => {
      let name = 'name';
      let newString = 'newPartial';

      spyOn(Cache, 'clear');

      ctrl.name = name;
      ctrl.onCodeChange(newString);

      expect(ctrl.templateString).toEqual(newString);
      expect(mockAsset.partials).toEqual({ [name]: newString });
      expect(mockAssetService.saveAsset).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockAsset);
      expect(Cache.clear).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ctrl);
      expect(mockPartialNode.refresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
    });

    it('should not save the asset if the input is null', () => {
      let name = 'name';
      let mockPartials = Mocks.object('Partials');

      mockAsset.partials = mockPartials;

      ctrl.name = name;
      ctrl.onCodeChange(null);

      expect(ctrl.templateString).toEqual(null);
      expect(mockAsset.partials).toEqual(mockPartials);
      expect(mockAssetService.saveAsset).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
    });
  });

  describe('get preview', () => {
    let mockLabelNode;
    let mockPartialNode;

    beforeEach(() => {
      mockLabelNode = Mocks.object('LabelNode');
      mockPartialNode = Mocks.object('PartialNode');
      ctrl['labelNode_'] = mockLabelNode;
      ctrl['partialNode_'] = mockPartialNode;
    });

    it('should return a provider that resolves to the correct value', (done: any) => {
      let name = 'name';
      let selectedKey = 'selectedKey';
      let renderedValue = 'renderedValue';
      mockPartialNode.result = Promise.resolve({
        [name]: {
          [selectedKey]: renderedValue,
        },
      });

      ctrl.name = name;
      ctrl.selectedKey = selectedKey;
      ctrl.preview.promise
          .then((previewValue: any) => {
            expect(previewValue).toEqual(renderedValue);
            done();
          }, done.fail);
    });

    it('should cache the provider', () => {
      mockLabelNode.result = Promise.resolve({});
      mockPartialNode.result = Promise.resolve({});
      expect(ctrl.preview).toBe(ctrl.preview);
    });

    it('should return empty string if there are no keys selected', (done: any) => {
      let name = 'name';
      mockPartialNode.result = Promise.resolve({
        [name]: {
          'selectedKey': 'renderedValue',
        },
      });
      mockLabelNode.result = Promise.resolve({});

      ctrl.name = name;
      ctrl.preview.promise
          .then((previewValue: any) => {
            expect(previewValue).toEqual('');
            done();
          }, done.fail);
    });

    it('should return empty string if the partial name is incorrect', (done: jasmine.IDoneFn) => {
      let selectedKey = 'selectedKey';
      mockPartialNode.result = Promise.resolve({
        'otherName': {
          [selectedKey]: 'renderedValue',
        },
      });

      ctrl.selectedKey = selectedKey;
      ctrl.preview.promise
          .then((previewValue: any) => {
            expect(previewValue).toEqual('');
            done();
          }, done.fail);
    });

    it('should return empty string if the selected key does not exist', (done: jasmine.IDoneFn) => {
      mockPartialNode.result = Promise.resolve({
        'otherName': {
          'selectedKey': 'renderedValue',
        },
      });

      ctrl.selectedKey = 'otherKey';
      ctrl.preview.promise
          .then((previewValue: any) => {
            expect(previewValue).toEqual('');
            done();
          }, done.fail);
    });
  });

  describe('get and set selectedKey', () => {
    it('should return the previously set selected key', () => {
      let selectedKey = 'selectedKey';
      ctrl.selectedKey = selectedKey;

      expect(ctrl.selectedKey).toEqual(selectedKey);
    });

    it('should clear the cache when setting the key', () => {
      spyOn(Cache, 'clear');
      ctrl.selectedKey = 'newValue';
      expect(Cache.clear).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ctrl);
    });
  });

  describe('onRefreshClick', () => {
    it('should clear the cache for the preview data', () => {
      spyOn(ctrl, 'setSelectedKey_');
      spyOn(Cache, 'clear');

      ctrl.onRefreshClick();

      expect(ctrl['setSelectedKey_']).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
      expect(Cache.clear).toHaveBeenCalledWith(ctrl);
    });
  });
});

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You saw it on THE VIEW…now you can own one, too. I'm talking about my sisters Linda Woods and Karen Dinino's hot-selling I AM ART t-shirts. The shirts are doing so well that now my sisters have expanded the line to other kinds of clothes and accessories. Check it out at their store.
My friend Richard Prather sent me a signed copy of his book THE PEDDLER today. It's so nice to see this "lost" classic it back-in-print again in a Hard Case Crime edition with a stunning new Robert McGinnis cover. Prather and McGinnis have reunited after a long and rewarding partnership-of-sorts on Prather's wildly successful Shell Scott detective novels in the 1960s (over 90 million copies sold!). Those books were Prather and McGinnis at the top of their form…and so is THE PEDDLER. I only meant to glance at Richard's kind inscription but I was pulled into the prose and before I knew it, I found myself reading nearly the entire book again. It's a dark, gritty, utterly compelling read…and is nothing like the funny, sexist, and gleefully entertaining detective romps that Prather is best known for. Kudos to Hard Case for making this great book available to readers again!
I can't help but recognize your name. Of course Goldberg is rather common in L.A. Do you recognize the last name of Sandstrom? Howard or Betty or Steve? They lived on Sherbourne in B.H. Then, after Papa Bob died Grandma moved to a "blue" apartment at (I think Rodeo and Olympic), after that on Palm Drive near "little" Santa Monica and Doheny. Steve was my father. Grandma also mentioned a Joe Swanson and Mike Berger several times. I brought lox and bagels to Esther Berger (his mom) when she was in a nursing home in Reseda, but never had any reason to meet Mike. Grandma was just getting up in years and I lived in the Valley at the time. I am estranged from my used-to-be immediate family so when a name rings a bell I so try to connect. I know so little about my father. I have no idea how well Mike knew him.
I wrote back and said that I don't know any Sandstroms…or any of the other people she's talking about even though I, like them, am one of the millions who live in Southern California.
desperation I felt? What makes him think this is SUPPOSED to be easy?
I've lost count of how many crappy novels I wrote before I got my break. Tess wrote three unpublished books before she finally sold her fourth. And she knows another writer who wrote seven books before finally selling her eighth.
understand what the craft is all about?
vanity press to print your manuscript.
accept the fact that their books are unpublishable and that they have a lot more work to do on their writing. They don't want to work. They want a book now. Or at least the illusion of one. But it's a career-sabotaging move…not to mention stupid and expensive.
out that old checkbook again to pay to see yourself in print?
There isn't any. Sure, there are a handful of people who have found a measure of success self-publishing, but for the vast majority it is a financial sink-hole and a self-destructive mistake.
UPDATE 11-26-2006: Author Mat Johnson blogs about how the lure of vanity presses is ruining African-American fiction.
at any opportunity not to take "No" for an answer.
Sadly, instead of working actively on getting better, many of this crew instead try to falsely justify the merit of their work.
pictures that Monk creator Andy Breckman took of me with Tony Shalhoub didn't turn out.
known for throwing periodic hissy fits over the existence of fanfic.
She's right… I am an asshat and Tod is a brilliant writer. But I'm thinner and have a lot less body hair.
1. Place your book in 15 retail bookstores.
2. Assign a full-time telemarketer for daily calls to stores to sell your book and set-up signings.
3. Recommend your book in person to decision-makers at five regional bookstore chains.
6. Place your book for sale on amazon and periodically on ebay.
7. Produce a 30 second television commercial to 630,000 views, 240 times.
8. Include your book in a full color glossy newspaper insert delivered to 200,000 subscribers.
9. Include your book in an email campaign to 500,000 book club members.
10. Broadcast two ten minute interviews on national syndicated AM/FM radio shows.
Our goal is to put XYZ in bookstores nationwide and make X a household name. While we have spent thousands, your cost to participate is only $7000!
It's astonishing to me that there are people who will fall for this. It's obvious that Airleaf didn't do any real research into the author…or they would have discovered that he's already very successful and well-known, and that the book they think has great potential was original published in 1990, in paperback in 1991, and was nominated for the equivalent of the Academy Award for excellence in its genre. Clearly, they are just trawling through the lists of iUniverse, PublishAmerica, and Authorhouse titles looking for suckers who still have some credit left on their Visa cards.
Let's analyze their "incredible" offer, shall we?
ISBN number and see it (wow!) on Amazon, that's your business.
But Jesus Christ, you legion of suckers, open your goddamn eyes.
accounts, but volunteer to become shills for other talentless wannabes.
[…]On the other hand, do you want to be published? LEARN TO ####ING WRITE!
other industry–and mores screwed up than some–but it's not evil.
There is no conspiracy to keep newbies out.
He is so right. It may be painful to hear, but that's the cold, hard truth.


A Utah holiday tradition, the Utah Governor and First Lady invite the public into their home for a FREE holiday tour.
See their spectacular Christmas tree display, and get to know them a little bit better by taking a tour of the place they call home. The Kearns Mansion, also known as The Governor's Mansion, is located at 603 E. South Temple. Free tours are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the month of December. Tours begin every thirty minutes between 2pm and 4pm. You must arrive by 3:30pm for the last tour.
Learn more about the Kearns (Governor's) Mansion, and the history behind it. You can even participate in a game while touring the mansion!


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This template will deploy 2 new VMs (along with a new VNet, Storage Account and Load Balancer) and create a new  AD forest and domain, each VM will be created as a DC for the new domain and will be placed in an availability set. Each VM will also have an RDP endpoint added with a public load balanced IP address.

Click the button below to deploy

Below are the parameters that the template expects

| Name   | Description    |
|:--- |:---|
| newStorageAccountName    | Name of the storage account to create    |
| storageAccountType      | Type of the storage account

**Allowed Values**
Standard_LRS **(default)**

Standard_GRS

"Standard_RAGRS"

"Standard_ZRS"

"Premium_RS"

 |
| deploymentLocation  | Location where to deploy the resource

**Allowed Values**
West US

East US

**West Europe (default)**

East Asia

Southeast Asia
|
| virtualNetworkName | Name of the Virtual Network |
| virtualNetworkAddressRange | Virtual Network Address Range

10.0.0.0/16 **(default)**

 |
| adSubnetName | Name of Subnet for AD VM  |
| adSubnet | Address prefix for adSubnetName

10.0.0.0/24 **(default)**

 |
| adPDCNicName | The name of the NIC attached to the new PDC |
| adPDCNicIPAddress | The IP address of the new AD PDC

**10.0.0.4 (default)**

 |
| adBDCNicName | The name of the NIC attached to the new BDC |
| adBDCNicIPAddress | The IP address of the new AD BDC

**10.0.0.5 (default)**

 |
| publicIPAddressName | Name of the public IP address to create |
| publicIPAddressType | Type of Public IP Address

**Allowed Values**
Dynamic **(default)**

Static

|
| adPDCVMName | Name for the PDC |
| adBDCVMName | Name for the BDC |
| adminUsername | Admin username for the VM **This will also be used as the domain admin user name**|
| adminPassword | Admin password for the VM **This will also be used as the domain admin password and the SafeMode password** |
| adVMSize | Size of the VM

**Allowed Values**
Standard_D1

Standard_DS1

Standard_D2**(default)**

Standard_DS2

Standard_D3

Standard_DS3

Standard_D4

Standard_DS11

Standard_D11

Standard_DS11

Standard_D12

Standard_DS12

Standard_D13

Standard_DS13

Standard_D14

Standard_DS14

|
| imagePublisher| The name of the pulisher of the Image ||
| imageOffer| The Image Offer|
| imageSKU| The Image SKU|| vmContainerName | The container name in the storage account where VM disks are stored|
| adAvailabilitySetName | The name of the availability set that the AD VM is created in|
| domainName | The FQDN of the AD Domain created |
| dnsPrefix | The DNS prefix for the public IP address used by the Load Balancer |
| pdcRDPPort | The public RDP port for the PDC VM |
| bdcRDPPort | The public RDP port for the BDC VM |
| AssetLocation | The location of resources such as templates and DSC modules that the script is dependent

 **https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azurermtemplates/azurermtemplates/master/activedirectorynewdomain-ha-2-dc (default)**

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# Known Issues

+	This template is entirely serial due to some concurrency issues between the platform agent and the DSC extension which cause problems when multiple VM and\or extension resources are deployed concurrently, this will be fixed in the near future


Music From The Future - "Explicit Electronica"
Colorado-based electronic musician Marcel Peelen returns with a new collection of adventurous space music. What had grabbed me about his previous release, "Random Noise Generation", was his ability to meet the challenge of creating floating electronica that breaks out beyond mere New Age by being meditative but also creatively complex. "Explicit Electronica" carries on in this spirit and even extends it a bit on a few tracks.
Among the highlights is "Day Of The Great Blue Heron", which travels into freakier space territory than the previous CD. There is a basic electro-percussion beat and floating synth lines, but also a small banquet of varied synth noodlings that give a welcome element of cosmic chaos to the music. "Pulses" features very cool bubbling synth patterns alongside an eerie soaring melody. Things build to intense levels as increasing layers of electronics join the fray and there are some highly cosmic freakout moments. "TD"... I wonder if this stands for Tangerine Dream? The music certainly has a Tangerine Dream sound to it in which orchestral melodies provide the backdrop for a rapid sequenced pattern.
Marcel also explores more beat-oriented, even danceable, yet still adventurous territory on a few tracks. "Triple Black Diamond" includes driving rave styled electronica, but is well beyond simplistic dancefloor madness. Mucho freaky sounds gurgle and pulse around the incessant pounding beat. "Twice" is a similar tune, but more tribal in nature. Careful mixing ensures that the beats blast back and forth from left to right so that the listener feels the sonic assault. I sure did! I really liked the off-balance rhythms Marcel fits very nicely into the established pattern. And "Fantasy Grrl" consists of a well done focus on both rhythm and sound, combining a floating synth line with a rising and falling sequenced pattern. I liked the way the contrasting sounds blended to produce music that is equally ethereal and brain jarring.
I gave "Random Noise Generation" a fresh listen after hearing this new one a few times and I think my preferences are tending towards "Explicit Electronica" as some of the tracks have a more freeform feel, resulting in some freakier space explorations. The combination of multiple and varied sounds and synth patterns makes the music far more interesting than much of the current available electronica. Newcomers to Marcel's music would benefit equally from starting with either release.
For more information you can visit Marcel Peelen at http://www.peakpeak.com/~synthman or http://www.my.treeway.com/m2kplus.
CLICK HERE to read the review of "Random Noise Generation" and interview with Marcel Peelen that appeared in Aural Innovations #6.


trees cast shadows by starlight.
Even dog stares into illuminated stillness.
spilling light into our darkness.
cold calling us from four corners.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The raw and desolate beauty of Vermont winter and stunning night sky, as with anything so exquisite, are beyond the grasp of words. Perhaps only in painting with words, such as poetry, can we even hope to evoke the experience.
IMAGE: ""Snowy Chapel at Night"(Little Stone Chapel built in 1950 by Werner von Trapp, Stowe, Vermont) by Edward Fielding. Prints available at fineartamerica.com.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cameron Miller is a Hoosier by birth, a preacher by profession, and an author by vocation. He is the writer behind the curtain at www.subversivepreacher.org, and has also written professionally as a columnist and storyteller. Recently he traded fulltime parish ministry for writing fiction, poetry, and spiritual reflections while also relocating to the fabled Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. He has a poem included in the "I Am Waiting" Series on Silver Birch Press, with more poems appearing in upcoming anthologies by Eyewear Press and Inwood Indiana Press.
Thanks – nothing like frigid cold to awaken the senses!


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In 2018, WACKER also joined "Businesses for a Cosmopolitan Saxony," an initiative with a total of 70 members advocating a cosmopolitan, tolerant Saxony. The association supports and promotes economic integration of newcomers from around the country and around the world and, in so doing, is contributing to an international, economically strong Saxony.
The Stetten Salt Mine, which supplies our Burghausen site with salt, began offering its neighbors a digital communication option in 2017: nearby residents can now document anything unusual that they notice, such as unpleasant odors, in a 24-hour, online odor logbook for the city of Haigerloch – an important foundation for finding solutions together should the need arise.
At many sites, we offer free services to surrounding communities. The following are a few examples from the period under review:
Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (WMC) is a joint venture between WACKER and Metroark, a silicone manufacturer in Kolkata, India. In 2017, WMC held a health camp in the north Indian city of Ludhiana, at which some 350 people from neighboring communities had their eyes tested and underwent a health check free of charge. Following the examination, 106 participants received free glasses and 19 patients underwent cataract surgery. Blood tests and ECGs were offered alongside the eye tests. Additional health camps were held in East and West India. In 2018, WMC organized five additional health camps in India, providing a total of roughly 2,000 medical exams and treatments.
WACKER held its 21st annual "Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day" for neighbors of its Adrian site in Michigan (USA) in 2018. The event provides an opportunity for nearby residents to bring in household products that are not allowed in trash receptacles, such as paints, finishes, waste oil, antifreeze, pesticides and herbicides, spray cans and batteries. Held in Adrian continuously since 1997, this campaign has resulted in the collection and proper disposal or recycling of some 264 metric tons of household hazardous waste.
At its Allentown site in the US, WACKER has been involved with Habitat for Humanity. In addition to collecting monetary donations, WACKER employees have also participated in renovating homes for underprivileged families – 27 percent of WACKER's Allentown employees took part in the volunteer program in 2018.
In 2018, Paul Lindblad, president of WACKER Greater China, received the "Magnolia Gold Award" from the city of Shanghai. He was one of ten award winners. Shanghai uses this award – named after the city's flower – to honor foreigners living there who have made significant contributions to economic performance, international relations and the development of the community.
Procuring goods and services from local suppliers is another important way in which WACKER supports neighboring communities. We purchase about 90 percent of our technical goods and services in the country for which they are intended. Our two biggest sites are good examples of this regional supply-chain system:
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In 2018, the site procured 21 percent (€210 million) of its technical goods and services from local suppliers (2017: 20 percent = €186 million). Another 28 percent came from suppliers in other parts of Bavaria.
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Thousands party in streets after Alabama win, despite virus
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of excited football fans partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State 52-24 for the national championship, ignoring pleas for common sense and safety at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Students and others poured out of jam-packed bars near campus as time expired in Miami late Monday, traffic cameras and images posted on social media show, gathering on University Boulevard in an area called "The Strip."
Many of the fans screaming and cheering as they pressed against each other in the street didn't wear face masks. The scene was exactly what officials feared before the game as they urged people to watch at home and celebrate privately.
More than 5,300 people have died in Alabama from the illness caused by the coronavirus, and about 404,000 have tested positive. About 14,200 people have tested positive in Tuscaloosa County, making it one of the worst in the state for the virus in overall numbers, and about 175 COVID-19 patients are being treated by DCH Regional Medical Center, located in the city.
"Cheer, celebrate, and enjoy the success of our team, but please do so responsibly and safely. Roll Tide!," Police Chief Brent Blankley said in a statement beforehand. Police cars and officers are visible at the fringes of the throng in some images.
People lined up to get into the bars an hour before kickoff despite the warnings, The Tuscaloosa News reported. "All bars are open and we're ready to roll over Ohio State," said a tweet by Gallettes, a popular student bar, long before the game began.
Despite the threat of COVID-19, the celebration eclipsed the size of previous ones during coach Nick Saban's string of titles at Alabama.


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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Dell CEO Michael Dell will speak at the opening session of the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.
Add in Peyton Manning — Friday's keynote — and this makes for an impressive lineup of speakers at HIMSS16. If you'll be attending, be sure and visit us at booth #3408!


I have been doing the Writers of Kern Dan McGuire Blog Post Challenge of writing 26 posts in 13 weeks. I finished 19. Suddenly my pattern changed. Usually I am in the process of finishing one post and have another rolling around in my head, ready to be worked on. That process suddenly stopped. What happened? What should my next blog post be about?
It sounds like writing about not knowing what to write about is a good topic for a blog post. I'm sure it's been done, many times. Here is my version.
I want to write within the structure of my blog. This blog is mainly written for an audience of parents, grandparents, and teachers of young children.
— With teaching experience, and a Master's degree in Early Childhood Education, I feel like that is the audience where I could be the most helpful with ideas and tips on child development in reading and literacy.
— I also want to encourage people to get outside and appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature.
— And, of course, I want to talk about our books and the experience of developing and writing them.
When I started this challenge, I already had 30 posts written. Because of this, I have to be careful I don't repeat myself too much.
Sometimes repeating something is valuable.
"The 1st time people look at ad, they don't see it.
The 3rd time, they are aware that it is there.
The 4th time, they have a fleeting sense that they've seen it before.
The 5th time, they actually read the ad.
The 6th time, they thumb their nose at it.
The 7th time, they get a little irritated with it.
The 9th time, they wonder if they're missing out on something.
The 10th time, they ask their friends or neighbors if they've tried it.
The 11th time, they wonder how the company is paying for all these ads.
The 12th time, they start to think that it must be a good product.
The 13th time, they start to feel the product has value.
The 14th time, they start to feel like they've wanted a product like this for a long time.
The 15th time, they start to yearn for it because they can't afford to buy it.
The 16th time, they accept the fact that they will buy it sometime in the future.
The 17th time, they make a commitment to buy the product.
The 18th time, they curse their poverty because they can't buy this terrific product.
The 19th time, they count their money very carefully.
My favorites, as they relate to people actually reading to their children, were the 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 17th, and 20th. I plan to keep repeating that message.
So, given what I'm trying to do, and what I've already done, what should be my solution to not knowing what to write? I'll go through my posts, note the topics, talk to some people about it, and then start writing about that new idea that is now in my head.
Thanks to Cathleen for her beautiful picture and encouragement And thanks to my sister and sons and friends for talking with me about my dilemma.
By the way, Cathleen tells me that prints of the picture above will be available for sale on her website at the end of May. You might want to purchase one. As for my sister and sons and friends, I'm keeping them for me.
Thank you, Annis. I hope I can keep up the momentum from doing this challenge to spend May reorganizing my website for easier access to blog posts, and, of course, working on marketing. With summer coming, I intend to push for the Sandcastle book.
Thanks, Lily! It started out somewhat just in fun, then it led me to delineating the purposes of my blog, which was useful to me to restate. It has made me think of working to reorganize my website to show those three main areas, with the appropriate posts under each category.


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Judge Allows Devin Nunes' Defamation Lawsuit Against Rachel Maddow To Partially Move Forward
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Part of former Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes's defamation lawsuit against MSNBC host Rachel Maddow can move forward despite NBCUniversal's efforts to dismiss the suit, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Maddow claimed in March 18, 2021, that Nunes accepted a package from U. S. government-sanctioned Russian agent Andriy Derkach and "refused to hand it over" to the FBI.
Nunes sued NBCUniversal for defamation in August 2021 over three statements she made on "The Rachel Maddow Show." U. S. Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel granted NBC Universal's request to dismiss Nunes' defamation claims about two statements made by Maddow and part of a third, but allowed the lawsuit to continue over her statement that Nunes "refused" to give the package to the FBI.
Derkach addressed a package to Nunes in December 2019, but Nunes's staff sent it to the FBI's offices unopened, with the then-congressman sending then-Attorney General William Barr a letter about the package the same day, according to the lawsuit.... (Read more)
Breaking: Alec Baldwin To Be Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter


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The barn was built in 1928 to house the research station's Percheron horses.
Six years later, the station had already gained recognition for their work with the horses, both on the Canadian Prairies and in the mid-western US. By 1948 though, the Percheron barn was converted to the young stock barn; and in 1961, after ending all animal research, the barn was converted to a plant growth rooms building.
When the barn was built, WR Leslie, superintendent of the station described it saying, "It is a horse barn of economical construction, but modern type." The barn appears to have been of special design specifically for horses, drafted by the architects working in the draughting room of the Central Experimental Farm.
One of the chief features of the design is its ventilation system. At this time, it was already recognized that ventilation was key to preventing dampness and disease among the animals. For this purpose, the barn was built only 32' wide so that it could heat up sufficiently during the cold winter months. The hot air was then able to rise up through the ventilators, while fresh air was drawn in through an open window. During the summer, open windows and doors carried out excess moisture, poisonous gases, and odors, while bringing in fresh air. Care was taken to ensure a sanitary and warm horse barn. The concrete floors cleaned easily and the wooden walls were insulative.
During its time as a growth rooms building, the barn was transformed. Many of the original openings such as the large animal entry, hayloft door and numerous first story windows were closed. The interior became a lab with white walls and ceilings, narrow hallways and climate controlled compartments for botany experiments.
Although the interior no longer bears any resemblance to the Percheron barn, the original wooden exterior does remain intact beneath the metal-clad exterior.
The barn was donated by the Morden Research Station in 1989 and moved to the museum grounds in 1990. It features horse drawn equipment.


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The Somm Journal: Pure Innovation
Pioneering J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines Debuts its First Proprietary Red Wine
Story by Michelle Ball
Photos by Jeremy Ball
It was the early 1970s when Jerry Lohr, a civil engineer in the Bay Area and a former NASA research scientist, planted the first grapes for J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines in an unproven viticultural region on California's Central Coast. Having grown up on a farm in South Dakota, Lohr was captivated by the wine industry, as it allowed for complete control of all aspects of the business—from farming the grapes to making the wine.
In contrast to most early beginnings, the Stanford graduate formed a business plan for a winery with an annual production of 125,000 cases and an initial goal of being 80% estate-grown. "The reason I wanted to be at a reasonable level was so I could bring in the best barrels, the best winemakers, the best vineyards, the best technology, the best marketing, and so forth," explains Lohr, who at 82 still res off dates and facts from his past as if they happened yesterday.
When it came time to plant, Lohr wanted to look beyond Napa and Sonoma, which were already on the verge of tremendous growth. "I thought, OK, what can I learn from those places, but more importantly, where else can I go?" recalls Lohr. The desire to forge a new path and improve beyond the status quo led Lohr to cultivate vineyards in Monterey County, whose coastal proximity was ideal for retaining natural acidity. A little over a decade later, Lohr expanded to Paso Robles to add Bordeaux varieties to his portfolio.
This year marks the 45th anniversary of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, and a constant drive to improve, a commitment to being estate-grown and -bottled, and a dedication to its people remain integral to the winery's success. The longevity of the latter mission is evident from the lengthy tenures of employees throughout the company, among them Brenden Wood, who was recently promoted to red winemaker after 15 years with J. Lohr.
"Always Willing to Invest"
After graduating from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a degree in biochemistry, Wood traveled through France and Italy to glean valuable winemaking experience. Joining J. Lohr in 2004, he began as a lab technician and worked his way up to enologist, then assistant winemaker; now, in his new role, he's overseeing the entire portfolio of red wines at the company's Paso Robles winery.
As a scientist, he says he values J. Lohr's commitment to continually increasing quality through research and testing. "I could see early on that they were always willing to invest in improvements to make the wines better," adds Wood, who explains that one of his initial projects was focused on promoting phenolic development. J. Lohr was one of the first producers to closely examine how pigmentation is derived from tannins, a practice that helps guide winemaking decisions to achieve Lohr's stylistic goals: plushy, soft tannic character and intense color. "We've seen a steady growth [in phenolics] over the last 15 vintages, so the wines keep getting darker each year. That's easy to do—what's hard to do is to keep tannins soft," says Wood. "We've actually seen our wines get denser over time, but also softer. Softer in this case relates to that skin ratio of color and tannin."
J. Lohr Pure Paso Debuts
That trademark flavor profile is evident in the winery's latest release, the J. Lohr Pure Paso Proprietary Red Wine, which Lohr describes as "an opportunity for our winemakers to make an ultimate red blend."
The very first J. Lohr wine was a 1974 Petite Sirah, which was also one of the first varieties planted by Lohr and his team in Paso Robles. It flourished in the region's warm, arid climate, and the winery continues to annually produce a popular Tower Road Petite Sirah under its Vineyard Series tier. "What we always want to do is completely control our own grapes. It's estate fruit made by us, barreled by us, blended by us, and bottled by us," Lohr explains.
With J. Lohr Pure Paso, Petite Sirah takes on a different role, making up nearly 30% of the final blend. Mild fermentation temperatures and
a shorter maceration time give the variety a fresh blackberry pro le and a soft tannin structure. Cabernet Sauvignon serves as the backbone (70%), seeing the addition of small amounts of Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec for complexity.
For this particular wine, Wood focuses on Cabernet Sauvignon from the Shotwell Vineyard in the El Pomar District. This site sits directly in the path of the Templeton Gap— a series of passes in the coastal mountains. This geological feature allows maritime air currents to flow, moderating afternoon heat and heightening the aforementioned savory red fruit and herbal characteristics in the Cabernet grapes. On the nose, the Petite Sirah leads with opulent and fresh blackberry while the Cabernet frames the palate with greater restraint, cassis, and subtle minty notes: an interplay Wood describes as a "yin-yang," considering how the two varieties both contrast with and complement each other.
A Fresh Look for the J. Lohr Vineyard Series
In 1986, J. Lohr planted its first vines in Paso Robles at the Home Ranch in what was to become the Paso Robles Estrella District sub-appellation. Fast-forward to today, when the winery now farms over 2,600 acres of vines spanning every of Paso Robles' sub-AVAs. Around 20 years ago, J. Lohr launched its Vineyard Series portfolio, highlighting the character and profiles of single-vineyard estates throughout Monterey and Paso Robles; now the series includes the J. Lohr Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon, named for a vineyard located on the Home Ranch. The J. Lohr Tower Road Petite Sirah completes the tier's Paso Robles offerings, while Monterey and the Arroyo Seco AVA's cooler climate contribute the series' J. Lohr Arroyo Vista and October Night Chardonnays, the Fog's Reach and Highlands' Bench Pinot Noirs, and a Late Harvest Riesling. J. Lohr's lone Napa Valley property in St. Helena is the source of the J. Lohr Carol's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
Since its inception, the J. Lohr Vineyard Series wines have benefited from the company's constant viticultural investment and innovation. Tighter spacing, advancements in farming techniques, new irrigation protocols, and experience with choosing better-suited rootstocks and clones are all instrumental in improving fruit quality.
With such significant advancements in the vineyard over the past 20 years, a refresh in packaging for the Vineyard Series tier seemed appropriate. The new look was thoughtfully crafted in collaboration with highly regarded firm CF Napa Brand Design not only to communicate the series' focus on place but also to better differentiate it visually from the J. Lohr Estates tier. In addition, a conscious effort was made to preserve elements from the original design so as to retain familiarity among buyers. Keep an eye out for the brand-new Vineyard Series label beginning with the release of the 2017 J. Lohr Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon this fall.


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LOOKING GOOD DEAD Starring Adam Woodyatt and Gaynor Faye
Adam Woodyatt and Gaynor Faye star as 'Tom Bryce' and 'Kellie Bryce' in the World Premiere stage production of the Peter James best-selling novel "LOOKING GOOD DEAD".
"LOOKING GOOD DEAD" opened at the Leicester Curve on 1 July 2021 ahead of a major UK tour. www.peterjames.com.
No good deed goes unpunished…. hours after picking up a USB memory stick, left behind on a train seat, Tom Bryce inadvertently becomes a witness to a vicious murder. Reporting the crime to the police has disastrous consequences, placing him and his family in grave danger. When Detective Superintendent Roy Grace becomes involved, he has his own demons to contend with while he tries to crack the case in time to save the Bryce family's lives.
POET HOLLIE MCNISH REIMAGINES ANTIGONE FOR THE STORYHOUSE STAGE
First look at rehearsals for the 25th Anniversary production of Stones in His Pockets


FRESNO, Calif.- More than 80 wildfires are raging across the West, spurring evacuations in both California and Washington state.
On Wednesday, officials in Okanogan County, Wash. ordered an immediate evacuation for the town of Conconully and the surrounding area for an advancing fire.
The fire was reported to have been coming off Funk Mountain and the Sugarloaf area and moving south towards the town of Conconully.
"Persons need to be aware of their surroundings and evacuate immediately. Law enforcement and fire crew are in the area to assist leaving the area on Conconully highway. Do not wait for door to door notification, leave immediately," Okanogan County Emergency Management tweeted.
Also Wednesday, authorities in Central California said that a weeks-old wildfire found new power and surged across a highway, forcing the evacuation of 1,000 people from their homes.
Sparked by lighting July 31, the Fresno County blaze tore through timber, brush and tall grass in the Sierra National Forest, growing to nearly 37 square miles. Evacuations were ordered in the Hume Lake area after the fire jumped state Highway 180.
About 100 miles to the southwest, a fire threatened 339 homes in Santa Margarita as crews worked to douse wind-driven embers and hot spots.
Despite the threat, the blaze was mainly burning within areas bounded by fire retardant. The biggest threat to homes was from spot fires that leaped over lines that had been cut to corral it, fire spokesman Bennet Milloy said.
"A lot of the smoke is laying low to the ground. It's really smoky and ashy, watching embers kind of skirt across the burned areas of the ground," Milloy said.
At 3 square miles, the fire was only 10 percent contained.
About 800 people remain evacuated from the small town near U.S. 101 in San Luis Obispo County.
Marilyn Oedekerk and Gina Travelstead were evacuated from a trailer park in Santa Margarita Monday evening.
"It was raining ashes on us," Travelstead told the San Luis Obispo Tribune as she sat on a cot at a shelter with her toy poodle, Sally.
Travelstead said she was terrified when she was told to evacuate.
"You're shakin' in your boots even though you're not wearing boots," she said.
Progress was reported on many of the state's other active fires. More than 440 California National Guard soldiers joined the firefighters this week, and thousands more were being trained, according to Cal Fire's Mike Mohler.


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Crying the Gospel – A Profile of Charles de Foucauld
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Charles de Foucauld was born in 1858, the year of the apparitions at Lourdes. Napoleon III was emperor, and Catholicism was enjoying a revival after the horrors of the Revolution and the interference of the first Napoleon.
Charles had wealthy and aristocratic parents, but they died when he was small, and his grandfather brought him up. When Charles left school he decided to be a professional soldier. In 1876 he went to the military academy of St Cyr, where he failed to distinguish himself, and was known to be overweight and lazy. He graduated as an officer in the cavalry and became a great dandy, notorious for high spending and luxurious dinners. So far, a life of privilege on predictable lines. And then his regiment was sent to Algeria.
In Algeria he incurred the displeasure of his commanding officer by bringing his mistress into the country. He decided to leave the army. It was his first major setback. But no sooner had he resigned his commission than war broke out in Africa, and he realized that he had lost the chance of active service. He rushed to the French War Office in Paris and re-enlisted, accepting all the army's conditions for doing so. He fought the campaign as a changed character, but resigned again as soon as it was over. So this was an unstable man, casting about for a meaning to his existence. He next decided to become an explorer, and set his heart on penetrating Morocco, at that time completely closed to Europeans. This was dangerous work. He disguised himself, pretending to be a Muslim, and with a companion penetrated deep into the heartland, keeping meticulous records and proving to be a high-calibre cartographer, so much so that on his return to Paris he gained an award, the gold medal of the Geographical Society.As a youth Charles had lost his faith and parted company with the Church. At the age of twelve he saw the collapse of the empire and the introduction of the anti-Catholic Third Republic. Being pious was no longer à la mode. However, while he was in Morocco he observed the simple Muslim tribesmen, and was struck by the way they prayed, regularly, simply and with great faith. 'Islam pleased me because of its simplicity of dogma, hierarchy, moral code', he wrote to a friend. On his return to Paris he was restless, sensing that he was missing the purpose of life but unsure what to do about it. He would drop in and out of churches, but found it hard to focus. 'My God, if you exist, help me to know it', was his prayer. He admired believers, especially his cousin, and this admiration made him reflect that if it produced characters so intelligent and virtuous, 'maybe religion is not after all absurd'. He went in search of the learned and renowned preacher the Abbé Huvelin. He imagined that he could enrol with him for a course of instruction. But when he caught up with Huvelin at his church in Paris, the priest simply said, 'You won't get anywhere more through discussion: what you need is to go to confession.' Charles made his confession there and then, received communion and underwent a total conversion. From being the most confused of agnostics he became the most fervent of Catholics. He afterwards said, 'As soon as I believed that God existed, I realized that I could not live except for him.'
On the advice of Abbé Huvelin, Charles went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and it was there that the next step became clear to him. He became a Cistercian brother at an austere mountain monastery in the south of France, Our Lady of the Snows. From there he went to Syria, to a daughter monastery at Akbes. The life was extremely rigorous and hard, but not as hard as it was for the poor people at the gate: he at least knew where his next meal was coming from, while they did not. More and more he desired to spend his life with the most abandoned and abject people, sharing not only their hunger and hardship but also their insecurity, and this he could not do as a Cistercian. Finally, with the abbot's blessing, he left the monastery and became a wandering holy man, what the Russians would have called a starets. He discovered an increasing love for Jesus in his hidden life, Jesus with the holy family at Nazareth, Jesus living a life – as he pictured it – of extreme poverty and simplicity, humbly concealed in the Galilean countryside. So Charles made his own way to Nazareth, and for a time became the handyman of the Poor Clare Sisters there, living in a shack in their garden. He spent long hours in the chapel, day and night: the Blessed Sacrament became the centre of his existence.
Charles became a priest in 1900 and went back to Algeria. His vocation was becoming clear to him. He wanted very much to work for the conversion of the Algerians. He planned to do it not by preaching or by charitable work, but simply by being a loving presence among them, disarming them by love. 'I wish to be a universal brother.' It was a new idea: to bring the loving, caring presence of Jesus to the very heart of Muslim society, and to let unconditional friendship and affection speak for itself. The French army, running the interior of the country, did not oppose this move. The Catholics among the officers and soldiers would gain enormously from the help and advice of such a priest, one moreover who knew the military life from the inside. He settled at Beni-Abbes, an oasis near the Moroccan border, building himself a little house and a rudimentary chapel. The other part of Charles' vocation, as he discerned it, was to found an order of brothers who would live the same life as that of the local people, scratching a living from the barren soil with homemade tools, keeping open house, welcoming all the neighbours as true brothers and sisters, and at the same time spending much of their time in prayer and contemplation. He wrote a Rule for his new Order, planned out the first monastery for them with great exactitude, like a professional architect, even designed a habit, and waited for recruits.
They never came. This was the story of Charles' life, and his perpetual disillusion. He longed for companions from Europe who would share his vision of bonté, of total self-gift in the service of neighbour, of smiling welcome for the sake of the gospel, of the conversion to Christianity of those territories where France ruled. But they never came. Inevitably, he became more and more a solitary. Not a lonely one, because the villagers and the troops were constantly visiting him. He had, however, no colleagues. He had dreamed of community life in the desert, and finished up living a religious life with a strict, self-imposed timetable but no companions.
From Beni-Abbes he moved south, in 1904, into the heart of the Sahara, to Tamanrasset. He had to negotiate this new move with the church authorities, and they were initially doubtful about it. He had heard of the Touaregs, savage semi-nomadic tribesmen who still practised slavery. He was determined to make his motto – 'to cry the gospel with my life' – a reality in the context of these tribesmen. Surely nowhere on earth were there people more abandoned, spiritually destitute as well as physically poor? To them he would dedicate what remained of his life. He settled among them, gained their confidence and even began to compose a French-Touareg dictionary, a work of immense difficulty: his dream was thus to make the gospel accessible to those who knew nothing of it. For several years he was deprived of the Eucharist, because although he was a priest he was not allowed to celebrate Mass without another person present: those were the rules at the time. Although the Blessed Sacrament was the great love of his life, he knew in his bones that it was even more important for him to be a Christian presence to the Touareg. (Eventually, though, the required permission came through, something which afforded him immense consolation.)
Charles was murdered rather than martyred. It happened halfway through the First World War. Although the tribesmen of the Sahara were not actively engaged in the war, the whole military balance of the region was disturbed by the withdrawal of European troops to fight at the front in Europe. Charles had made provision to shelter the local villagers in his house in case of an armed raid, and this involved holding a small cache of arms. A passing band of tribesmen stopped one day, searched his house, found the guns, decided that he was a hostile and dangerous Frenchman, sacked his house and shot him before riding on. He was not discovered for three weeks. Lying in the sand a few yards from where he had fallen was the simple monstrance from his home-made chapel, with the Sacred Host still in it.
Throughout his life Charles had the habit of nocturnal adoration, and when he caught himself nodding off to sleep he would keep awake by writing. A collection of these writings, the Spiritual Writings of Charles de Foucauld, shows how profoundly important the Gospels were to him, and how he based his prayer on imaginative contemplation of Jesus as found in the pages of Scripture. (In this he was following the advice of Ignatius of Loyola.) In Syria, we find him singling out in each evangelist the passages that touch on the soul's personal encounter with God, on prayer and on faith. From Nazareth he leaves us lengthy, impassioned meditations on St Luke. His daily rule of life at Beni-Abbes includes: 'From one pm to two, written meditation on the Holy Gospel; at seven, explanation of the Holy Gospel to some soldiers…' As he travelled across the desert from oasis to oasis, he was dreaming of his translation of the Gospels for the Touareg. In 1909 he wrote in a letter to a friend, 'If we do not live the Gospel, Jesus does not live in us.'
Charles de Foucauld failed as a religious founder. No one would join him. He failed as a missionary. The wave of conversions he longed for never even started. By worldly standards his life was one of non-achievement. However, in the years that followed his death, something major began to stir. The copious writings he left behind him, including his many letters and reflections on Scripture, began to have an impact. The warm human contacts he had nourished – with soldiers, with his cousin, with friends who shared his dream, with his bishop as well as with the Touareg – were, in retrospect, inspiring and unforgettable, and the news of them spread. Before long the religious order for which he had longed took shape. It still exists today. It is called the Little Brothers of Jesus. The foundation of the Little Sisters of Jesus followed, and then a host of other associations, of laypeople, of priests, of men and women all over the world who discovered that Charles' way of living the gospel made sense for them.
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