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Submission FAQs
The IACUC uses two electronic submission and review systems: CATS IACUC and PRAMS. The IACUC is now transitioning from PRAMS to CATS IACUC, where all submissions will soon be sent and reviewed.
Currently, all new IACUC applications and triennial renewals must be submitted through CATS IACUC. The IACUC will continue to use PRAMS for protocol amendments and annual reviews for protocols initially approved or started in PRAMS on January 1, 2018 or before. Investigators must also use PRAMS for preserved animal applications for both teaching and research.
Do you need to submit an application to IACUC for the use of animals in research or teaching? Explore the FAQs below. If you are still unsure or need additional help, please contact us at 814-865-1775 or ORP-IACUC@psu.edu.
Click here to access PRAMS
What Type of Animal Activities Requires IACUC Review and Approval?
Basically, if your activity involves vertebrate animals conducted under the auspices of the University, submit an application to the Office for Research Protections for review and approval by the IACUC.
According to Penn State Policy RP04, all animal activities, whether sponsored or unsponsored, conducted under the auspices of the University fall under the jurisdiction of the IACUC.
But, what is a vertebrate animal?
A vertebrate animal is any non-human animal possessing a well-developed nervous system as characterized by the presence of a dorsal notochord protected by a vertebral column.
What if I'm using animal tissue or established cell lines?
Animal tissue or parts collected from euthanized animals covered by approved IACUC protocols or from USDA inspected slaughterhouses, are exempt from IACUC review and approval. The principal investigator of the IACUC protocol is still responsible for ensuring that all tissue is disposed of appropriately. Investigators collecting material from USDA slaughterhouses need to dispose of the tissue in an appropriate manner. The Office for Research Protections is to be contacted if there are any questions regarding tissue disposal.
Established cell lines, as well as biological fluids and foods available as standard inventory from a conventional commercial supplier, are exempt from IACUC review and approval.
What about preserved whole animals?
The use of whole animals (live or dead) requires IACUC review and approval.
Who Needs to Submit for IACUC review and approval?
If University faculty, staff, administrators, or students use vertebrate animals in a University activity, an application must be submitted to the Office for Research Protections (ORP) for review and approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
Policy RP04 is applicable to all Penn State colleges and locations except the College of Medicine located at the Hershey Medical Center. The College of Medicine maintains a separate assurance with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare for compliance.
University activities involving the use of vertebrate animals at other institutions must receive IACUC approvals from both the cooperating institution and Penn State University. In the case of collaboration between the College of Medicine at Hershey and any other University location, the College of Medicine at Hershey will be treated as a cooperating institution.
Can I be a Principal Investigator on an IACUC Application?
A principal investigator can be a faculty member, post-doctoral student, or staff member. For post-doctoral students serving as principal investigators, their supervising faculty member must be listed as an adviser and sign on the designated line. For staff serving as a principal investigator, their unit manager/leader must sign the application on the designated line. All principal investigators are required to have their department head sign the application on the designated line.
Although graduate and undergraduate students cannot serve as principal investigators, they can be listed as co-investigators with a faculty member serving as the principal investigator.
How and what do I submit for IACUC review?
When am I required to submit to the IACUC?
When using any vertebrate animal in activities as defined by Penn State Policy RP04, Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals, at or under the auspices of The Pennsylvania State University.
Who may serve as the principal investigator of an IACUC protocol?
For all IACUC applications, a principal investigator can be a faculty member, post-doctoral student, or staff member. Although graduate and undergraduate students cannot serve as principal investigators, they can be listed as co-investigators with a faculty member serving as the principal investigator. For post-doctoral students serving as principal investigators, their supervising faculty member must be listed as a co-investigator.
How do I submit an IACUC application for review?
Protocol and Review Management System (PRAMS) at http://prams.psu.edu/.
Am I required to submit permits with my application?
The IACUC does not require the principal investigator to provide copies of permits (e.g., PA Game Commission, Bird Banding, US Fish and Wildlife Service) prior to approval. However, if the research mandates a permit requirement, it is principal investigator's responsibility to acquire such permits prior to conducting the research described in the IACUC protocol.
Who is required to complete the IACUC and Occupational Health Training?
All individuals, including faculty, staff, technicians,students, volunteers and visitors working with animals in activities at or under the auspices of The Pennsylvania State University are required to complete the IACUC and Occupational Health Training.
May a High School student conduct research or work (paid or unpaid) in my laboratory?
When a high school student will conduct research or work (paid or unpaid) at Penn State University, the "High School Students in the Laboratory" form must be completed to ensure that the student has received the appropriate instruction and parental consent. This form is online at https://ehs.psu.edu/sites/ehs/files/high_school_students_in_labs_-_final_3.docx.
What is the time period for the review of an IACUC application?
IACUC submission deadlines and the review timeline are online here. Reviews for custom antibody protocols, preserved animal protocols, and minor protocol changes* are reviewed administratively, with an approximate review timeline of five (5) business days. Additional details about the IACUC review process can be found here.
Who do I contact regarding the housing of animals?
Contact the following facility coordinators: Jennifer Kuhns at 814-865-1495 (small laboratory animals); Randy Swope at 814-863-3658 (livestock); Lester Griel, Jr. at 814-865-7696 (Mastitis); Dirk Wise at 814-863-0510 (poultry).
When do I have to conduct a literature search for alternatives?
According to the Animal Welfare Act, Policy 12, animal procedures that may cause pain or distress require a literature search for alternatives.
If I conduct a literature search for alternatives, what information do I need to submit to the IACUC about my search results?
A minimal written narrative must include:
databases searched or other sources consulted;
the date the search was conducted;
the years covered by the search;
the keywords and/or search strategy used, and;
a brief statement summarizing the outcome of your search stating that no acceptable alternatives were found or why potential alternatives cannot be used.
The narrative should be such that the IACUC can readily assess whether the search topics were appropriate and whether the search was sufficiently thorough.
Post-Approval: When should a protocol modification be submitted to the IACUC and how do I request changes (including personnel additions)?
All protocol changes, no matter how minor, must be submitted to the IACUC for review and approval, via Protocol Review and Management System (PRAMS) http://prams.psu.edu/, prior to the change being implemented.
I have a new grant, and I'm doing many of the same things with a similar research objective. How do I get IACUC approval for my new grant?
First, carefully review your new grant and existing IACUC approved protocol(s) to ensure that all animal procedures listed in the grant are covered by an existing IACUC approved protocol(s). If all of the new grant's procedures are not included on an approved protocol, then you must complete and submit a modification to your protocol on PRAMS (http://www.prams.psu.edu/). You will need to indicate the change in funding source and add any new procedures. You are also able to upload your grant documentation via the modification process on PRAMS if you choose. If all of the new grant's procedures are included on an IACUC approved protocol, then you will still need to submit a modification via PRAMS in order to indicate the new funding source for your research. Please note that if your new grant has very different procedures or research objective(s) than what you are already approved to do, then you will likely need to submit a new protocol application on PRAMS. Contact the Office for Research Protections IACUC staff with questions if you are unsure.
Does the approval of a protocol modification extend the original approval date?
No. The approval expiration date will remain the same as when the protocol was originally approved or last renewed.
How do I renew my project for continued approval?
Forty five days before the approval expiration date, the Principal Investigator will receive an automated email notification that your annual or three-year renewal is due. Whether closing or continuing the study, Principal Investigators must complete an annual review submission via Protocol Review and Management System (PRAMS) : http://prams.psu.edu/ at least 30 days prior to the approval expiration date. If the project requires a three-year renewal application, the new application must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the approval expiration to allow time for review and approval.
When does a three-year renewal application apply?
Federal regulations require that the IACUC complete a de novo review of animal activities after three years of approval. The de novo review requires that a new application be submitted for review and approval. During the de novo review, the IACUC is not permitted to rely on previously submitted information and must review the renewal application as a stand-alone application. Principal Investigators must include all study information and incorporate any previously-approved modifications into the renewal application. IACUC applications can be found online here.
How many animals have I been approved to use? How many animals are remaining on my study?
Please refer to the animal numbers memo included in every new approval letter and annual review approval letter. Between annual reviews, the PRAMS Animal Subject Census feature provides more current animal numbers as it includes animals added via modification, ordered from the Animal Resource Program, and reported as transferred to other protocols.
How could my protocol expire or be withdrawn from consideration?
A protocol will expire if the Principal Investigator (PI) does not return the required Annual Review (AR) Form or three-year renewal application (required after every third year of approval) at least 30 days prior to the current approval expiration date. Reminder emails are sent to the PI forty-five days prior to the approval expiration date.
Note: Annual Review Forms submitted later than 30 days prior to the current approval expiration date may not be accepted and the PI may be required to submit a new application for review and approval.
A protocol will be withdrawn from consideration either at the PI's request or if the PI fails to respond to two requests for additional information. In either case, a new IACUC application will need to be submitted for review and approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) prior to working with animals.
What do I do if my protocol expires or is withdrawn from consideration?
If a protocol expires or is withdrawn from consideration, no animal activities may be conducted until a new IACUC Application is approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
The Principal Investigator is responsible for ensuring that his/her approval does not lapse.

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Milk Production Process: Pledge to Cut Emissions from Dairy Farms
Interest in the increasing carbon footprint of the dairy industry has grown considerably over the past few years and growing greenhouse gas emissions from the milk production process are a contributing factor.
A number of greenhouse gases (GHG) are produced from fertiliser production through to consumption and disposal of packaging. Methane is produced as a direct emission from cows and carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide are released as a result of the production of packaging, transportation, and fertilisers.
Studies have revealed that the world's top 10 dairy companies emitted roughly 231 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2016, which is the equivalent of half of France's total greenhouse gas footprint1. Therefore, a change needs to be made.
What is being done to cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Milk Production Process?
Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, the agricultural industry has pledged to reduce 2008 GHG emissions by 11% by 20202. Each and every dairy farmer must contribute towards this national goal. The reduction of gas emissions is only possible alongside its careful monitoring and measurement, which requires a gas sensor.
Attempts to cut GHG emissions by the largest dairy firm in Europe, Arla, have been discussed in a recent article by the BBC3. The firm aims to make its operation carbon-neutral by 2050 through radical changes and has already seen a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide from production and packaging alone.
Some alternative ways that dairy farmers can decrease their carbon dioxide and methane emissions in the milk production process include increasing milk yield, increasing animal welfare, improving fertility and increasing manure management (e.g. covering stored manure, adding acid to slurry and biogas production.4) Furthermore, they can attempt to reduce energy consumption through the minimisation of transportation and electricity usage.
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1. Shoup, M. Dairy industry disputes grain report on global GHG emissions, dairyreporter.com https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2017/11/15/Dairy-industry-disputes-GRAIN-report-on-global-GHG-emissions (accessed April 2019)
2. Dairyco (2012) Greenhouse gas emissions on British dairy farms https://dairy.ahdb.org.uk/media/623464/greenhouse_gas_emissions_on_british_dairy_farms.pdf (accessed April 2019)
3. BBC News, Climate change: Pledge to cut emissions from dairy farms, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47499656 (accessed April 2019)
4. Sonesson, U., Cederberg, C. and Berglund, M. (2009) Food and agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Animal Production and Health Division http://www.klimatmarkningen.se/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/2009-3-milk.pdf (accessed April 2019)


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Oscars 2018: Watch The Greatest Showman's Keala Settle Perform "This is Me"
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Māori-American singer and actor Keala Settle took the stage at the 2018 Academy Awards to sing "This is Me" from the musical drama The Greatest Showman. Watch her performance below. Settle starred in the film as Lettie Lutz. The song—which was co-written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul—was nominated for Best Original Song, but lost to "Remember Me" from the animated film Coco. "This is Me" won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song earlier this year. Miguel, Mary J. Blige, Sufjan Stevens, Common, and Andra Day also performed earlier during the ceremony.
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GoPro Footage Appears To Show Climbers' Final Moments Before Deadly AvalancheAn eerie discovery in India appears to show the final moments before a group of climbers died in an avalanche in the Himalayas.
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Best International Festivals To Attend This FallA look at five of the best international festivals and events held in the fall.
30 Months For Edison, N.J. Man In Cash-For-Visas SchemeA man was sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday, after admitting to running an eight-year illegal scheme to get natives of India into the United States.
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HOUSTON — A 12-year-old boy was attacked by a shark off the coast of Sunday Beach near Port O'Connor. "All I could think about was hurry up and get him to safety," said the boy's father, Cecil Vossler. Vossler and his family were vacationing at...
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It's still summer, even though I have had to go to work every week day for the past three weeks. The weather is still warm, I have not had to carry a jacket yet. We have been able to eat out on the patio several times this past week since it is not blazing hot out anymore. The kids have settled into school routines fairly easily, but have enjoyed playing out in the afternoons and weekends. I do love Summer, even though I don't get any more leisurely vacation days. Oh well, Labor Day is coming soon. A three day weekend sounds nice. I hope the weather is good too.


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wait, that's not a… is it?!
Why yes, it most assuredly is, and why not? After all, we do appear to be in the midst of a cultural "penaissance,"as Rob McElhenny, Charlie Day, and Glenn Howerton astutely observed during a recent episode of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia podcast. It's a long time in coming, too, but if you happen to be a former reader of Big Brother skateboard mag then you know we were way ahead of the curve when it came to the curious case of full-frontal male nudity.
This was the second time Chris Pontius appeared in the pages of Big Brother, courtesy of an interview and photos submitted to us by Thomas Campbell. One of the photos included in that interview did indeed qualify as full-frontal male nudity, which I guess would've been a little more on point for the purpose of this article, but this blahg being what it is... well, the drop-knee maneuver was pretty sweet then and now.
There's a whole Pandora's minefield of petrifying shit from the '90s, but it is a well established fact that homophobia was no stranger to the scene—and I'm not just talking about within skateboarding. Like it or not this was a prevailing mindset of the time that the vast majority of American males from all walks of heterosexual life dragged around like an insecurity blanket following their conservative upbringings in the '80s (a decade, worthy to note, marked by the meteoric rise of the AIDS epidemic, and we all too well know what illogical and ignorant repercussions can result from such "polarizing" events). So when dicks started popping up in a blatantly uncensored manner within the pages of Big Brother, sure, it was rather disturbing to many skaters. And while yes, that was kind of the cheap point—shocking is as shocking does and the mag certainly leaned into that at times—it also wasn't the only point because, let's face it, dicks just look ridiculous and silly. And no one embodied this bold absurdity better than our foremost freelance staffer of the time, Chris Pontius [1], who had no shortage of wholesome tallywhacker antics under his belt.
[Gratuitous and relatively unnecessary aside that easily could have been a footnote below or just not mentioned at all: The uncensored full-frontal hijinks came to an abrupt end once the magazine was acquired by Larry Flynt Publications, Inc., circa 1997, which may sound ironic, but America's most notorious pornographer didn't particularly want to get pegged for peddling smut to minors [2]. A valid concern, I suppose, considering the outspoken media mogul had pissed off so many uptight people throughout the years that he was under constant scrutiny by those just waiting to capitalize on the slightest criminal slip-up… case in point, the infamous "Kids Issue" of Big Brother and the whole Dr. Laura Schlessinger hullabaloo that ensued. If you want to know more, I suggest checking out the big dumb documentary on Hulu.]
If memory serves, the "Helicockter" was one of the earliest ideas we set upon once committing to the 3D gimmick in 2010. Photo: Sean Cliver
Aside from the very brief spell when we put baby in the corner after he flaked out on a road trip of ours through Florida in 1999, Chris's dingaling remained a featured asset throughout the lifespan of Big Brother, the televised birth of jackass, our first foray into mainstream cinema with a Box Office #1 hit movie, the greatest nature show ever, aka Wildboyz, and all of the subsequent jackass flicks—although most notably the one from 2010, when he went full Buckaroo Banzai and pioneered full-frontal male nudity into the third dimension. In the process of all that, did we inadvertently lend a helping hand toward the "normalization" of male genitalia in mainstream entertainment? It's funny to think so, but fuck if I really know. I've never been one for broader philosophical hot takes, so if you're looking for deep dive, best not to ask me. My brainpan has the relative breadth and scope of a backyard plastic kiddy pool, as evidenced by the simple anti-Socratic question that has dictated the majority of my decisions in life: "Does it make me giggle?" True story.
We always thought it was funny to force a heterosexual MTV generation to deal with all of our thongs and homoerotic humor. In many ways, all our gay humor has been a humanitarian attack against homophobia. We've been trying to rid the world of homophobia for years.
—Steve-O, from an interview in Vanity Fair (2010)
Early concept art for the "Pontiusaurus." Ralph McQuarrie wept.
Anyway, fast forward to 2020, where we're all still friends, all still working together, all still doing the same old stupid shit, and we're brainstorming on creative for what would eventually become jackass forever. Somewhere in his sprawling document of ridiculous ideas, Johnny Knoxville had this one wild hair to turn Pontius's now world famous wiener into a prehistoric monster and have it terrorize a miniature city set. A lifelong fan of schlocky giant monster movies, I excitedly took the initiative to first flesh the concept out on paper [3], and then, per Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine's notes, roughed out some basic storyboards for what was only intended to be a random non sequitur of sorts buried within the body of the movie [Exhibit A].
Here's the original treatment as it was written:
PONTIUSAURUS
Cast: Chris Pontius
We transform the King of the Tallywhackers into a giant sci-fi monster using makeup and small prosthetic attachments, such as T-rex arms, plates for the back of the shaft, testicular feet, and all that prehistoric, radioactive monster jazz. The really elaborate build, though, is going to be the miniature city set for Pontius's dong to destroy. To do this, Pontius will likely be prone, facing up, with his tallywhacker being puppeteered through a slot where the "city" can be moved and manipulated on a table around his stationary monster. Small SFX charges and explosions are prepped to go off all throughout the city, as Pontius barges through, derailing a toy train and thrashing through power lines, until his opponent is finally revealed: a crab! A real crab! Up until this point, the audience will have viewed everything from a macro level within the miniature world, but we'll pull out for a big reveal once the battle commences and the pincers are no laughing matter—at least for Pontius, that is.
Obviously that's not the final confrontation that went down once it came time to film. While a crab may have sounded funny in the STD sense, they're a tad more wily to wrangle (they scutttle sideways!) and we needed a more predictable maw to rely upon—enter the snapping turtle.
Photos L to R: I know I called this a "backyard" shoot in the caption above, but there was still a buttload of work that went into it; The rest of Chris Pontius drifts off to a happy place while his manhood gets manipulated in the model city above him.
It wasn't until we were a few awkward scenes deep into shooting on a janky miniature set with limited thought given to Pontius's overall comfort and actual body physics—this was definitely one of those uncharted instances where you just don't know until you know—that Tremaine and Spike Jonze, both laughing to the point of tears, turned to each other with the exact same thought: this could be more—much more. And that's when it was formally decided to wrap the shoot and bump the "Pontiusaurus" up from an afternoon's half-ass lark to an intensive week-long cinematic movie shoot, incorporating live action stunts, celebrity guest appearances, great balls of pyrotechnic fire, green screen visual effects, the entire Paramount Studios backlot, and a big-time Hollywood crew [3] for an even bigger-time Hollywood budget.
Exhibit A: Storyboards for the backyard version of the "Pontiusaurus" shoot.
Trivial fun fact: In the original cut of the "Pontiusaurus" opening sequence, Chris was not revealed as the actual monster until the very, very snapping end [5]; however, a debate ensued amongst the producers that ultimately resulted in two distinct cuts: one being the aforementioned surprise reveal, while the other exposed him much earlier and directly so the audience would know exactly who and what was actually on the rampage. My money—all of it, without a single cent of doubt—was placed on the original cut of mystery winning out, but when both versions screened for test audiences, lo and behold, the latter sequence where they knew exactly what was going on, aka "being let in on the joke," ultimately played better and garnered the loudest and most favorable reactions. So… fuck me. Apparently I don't know shit and it's best I avoid Vegas at all costs.
To say it took a village to bring us to this grand snapping climax would be an egregious understatement. Photo: Sean Cliver
And on that life-questioning note, I'm happy to present this graphic ode to one of the most absurd scenarios in which I've ever had the pleasure of being an active participant in, both on paper and in the movie, and one of the best humans I know on the planet. So thank you, Chris, for being all that you unabashedly are, and thank you Knoxville, Tremaine, and Spike for having me along for this long, wild, arrested detour through adulthood, as well as your collective blessing on this particular Pontius board project. —Cliver
The Chris Pontius guest board will be available on the site this Saturday, April 9, at 9am PST/noon EST. If for some reason you happen to miss out on this opportunity, fear not, because Chris will have a limited amount available next weekend (I think) on chrispontius.com.
1. I could have easily thrown Dave Carnie in here as well, but this ain't about him. However, I'd be awfully remiss not to mention the very first time both Dave and Chris came to the World Industries/Big Brother offices in August of 1995, they made a grand entrance clad only in their birthday suits and all slathered up in orange body paint. Those were the days!
2. Okay, so there was that one little mishap in the LFP subscription department, where they mistakenly sent a super raw fetish mag entitled Taboo to all the Big Brother subscribers, but even Jay Leno could see the humor in that little mix-up (I would have included the video here, but my first Google search for "Leno Taboo Big Brother" resulted in a lot of not what I expected nor wanted to see… possibly the very same sentiment shared by all the young kids who received Taboo and were introduced to the stark reality of naked women peeing for someone's apparent pleasure).
3. Not to get all Superbad, but I could definitely relate to Jonah Hill's character in at least one regard… well, not entirely or exactly so, but let's just say I have left a pretty commendable Sharpie trail across the globe.
4. Including the dude who puppeteered/played the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the original Ghostbusters (1984)!
5. I'm a firm believer that if you go to the trouble to read anything on the interweb these days you should be rewarded in some manner [6]. So here you go: For the original cut there was an entire vignette filmed where the monster brought down the side of a building to reveal Pontius dolled up in a very Fay Wray way in a cute, wink-wink-nudge-nudge moment. Alas, the cutting room floor was as far as it ever got, making this a truly never-before-seen shot from the set in 2021. (Photo: Sean Cliver)
6. Mainly because it's all just a bunch of click-bait articles that go on and on and on saying the same shit over and over and over for the sole purposed of serving up a million-billion ads and monetizing your precious impression time. Fucking fuckers. If you believe in a hell with a capital H then surely those in the interweb analytics profession will have a circle of torment all unto their own damned selves.
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Q: Checking for duplicate data in SQL Server Please don't ask me why but there is a lot of duplicate data where every field is duplicated.
For example
alex, 1
alex, 1
liza, 32
hary, 34

I will need to eliminate from this table one of the alex, 1 rows
I know this algorithm will be very ineffecient, but it does not matter. I will need to remove duplicate data.
What is the best way to do this? Please keep in mind I do not have 2 fields, I actually have about 10 fields to check on.

A: As you said, yes this will be very inefficient, but you can try something like
DECLARE @TestTable TABLE(
        Name VARCHAR(20),
        SomeVal INT
)
INSERT INTO @TestTable SELECT 'alex', 1
INSERT INTO @TestTable SELECT 'alex', 1
INSERT INTO @TestTable SELECT 'liza', 32
INSERT INTO @TestTable SELECT 'hary', 34

SELECT  *
FROM    @TestTable

;WITH DuplicateVals AS (
    SELECT  *,
            ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY Name, SomeVal ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) RowID
    FROM    @TestTable
)
DELETE FROM DuplicateVals WHERE RowID > 1

SELECT *
FROM    @TestTable

A: I understand this does not answer the specific question (eliminating dupes in SAME table), but I'm offering the solution because it is very fast and might work best for the author.
Speedy solution, if you don't mind creating a new table, create a new table with the same schema named NewTable.
Execute this SQL
 Insert into NewTable
 Select
   name,
   num
 from
   OldTable
 group by
   name,
   num

Just include every field name in both the select and group by clauses.

A: create table DuplicateTable(name varchar(10), number int)

insert DuplicateTable
values
    ('alex', 1),
    ('alex', 1),
    ('liza', 32),
    ('hary', 34);

with cte
as
(
    select *, row_number() over(partition by name, number order by name) RowNumber
    from DuplicateTable
)
delete cte
where RowNumber > 1

A: Method A.  You can get a deduped version of your data using
SELECT field1, field2, ...
INTO Deduped
FROM Source
GROUP BY field1, field2, ...

for example, for your sample data,
SELECT name, number
FROM Source
GROUP BY name, number

yields
alex    1
hary    34
liza    32

then simply delete the old table, and rename the new one.  Of course, there are a number of fancy in-place solutions, but this is the clearest way to do it.
Method B. An in-place method is to create a primary key and delete duplicates that way. For example, you can
ALTER TABLE Source ADD sid INT IDENTITY(1,1);

which makes Source look like this
alex    1   1
alex    1   2
liza    32  3
hary    34  4

then you can use
DELETE FROM Source
WHERE  sid NOT IN
  (SELECT MIN(sid)
   FROM  Source
   GROUP BY name, number)

which will give the desired result.  Of course, "NOT IN" is not exactly the most efficient, but it will do the job.  Alternatively, you can LEFT JOIN the grouped table (maybe stored in a TEMP table), and do the DELETE that way.

A: A bit different solution which requires primary key(or unique index):
Suppose you have a table your_table(id - PK, name, and num)
DELETE
FROM your_table
FROM your_table AS t2
WHERE
(select  COUNT(*) FROM your_table y
  where t2.name = y.name and  t2.num = y.num) >1
AND t2.id !=
(SELECT top 1 id FROM your_table z
 WHERE t2.name = z.name and  t2.num = z.num);

I assumed that name and num are NOT NULL, if they can contain NULL values, you need to change wheres in sub-queries.


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A missing tooth calls for declined oral health and self-confidence. This is the reason it becomes important to replace a missing tooth. Well, there are multiple options when it comes to replacing a missing tooth but dentures and bridges have emerged as a real saver. Replacing missing teeth is not only important for cosmetic reasons but also keeps existing teeth to move out of place. Dentures and bridges both have their own set of advantages and drawbacks based on the requirement of individuals. It is therefore required to do some research into what will work for you and your lifestyle.
Partial dentures are composed of a molded plate that is attached to the replacement teeth. This plate clips onto the remaining teeth that surround the area where you have gaps. A partial denture is something that you wear during the day and take out at night. It is used when one or more missing teeth are in either upper or lower dental arch.
Our dentists place the metal framework across the roof of the mouth and extend them to the lower or back portion of teeth. The small attachment in partial denture connects them to nearby teeth. They are designed to replace multiple missing teeth.
Partial dentures are the best for people with misaligned and unstructured teeth.
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Partial dentures are recommended in case of gum disease.
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They are also quite economical than permanent bridges.
Partial dentures last for around 5 years which means they need to be replaced frequently. However, with other permanent tooth replacement options, there are increased chances of durability and sustainability.
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Bridges are considered the best solution in case of single-tooth replacement. A bridge is cemented to your teeth using the healthy teeth on both the side of gaps. They can be used when you have your natural teeth on both sides of the gap created by your missing tooth. Bridges fill a gap in teeth by using existing teeth or implants around the gap. This cements the artificial tooth in place.
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The charming personality, outstanding presentation skills and in-depth knowledge about the weather has enabled Bill Karins to captivate the heart of millions of audience. Bill Karins is an American meteorologist who is currently working for 'The Weather Channel' and 'NBC News' and is also a fill-in reporter for Dylan Dreyer on 'Weekend Today' and Al Roker for 'Today.' He presents the weekdays for MSNBC's 'First Look,' 'Morning Joe,' 'MSNBC Live' 'Way Too Early,' 'CNBC,' NBC's 'First Look' and The Weather Channel.
Date of Birth Apr 14, 1974
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Social Media Twitter, Facebook
Children/Kids One Daughter, One Son
Height 5'8" (1.73 m)
Education State University
The charming personality, outstanding presentation skills and in-depth knowledge about the weather has enabled Bill Karins to captivate the heart of millions of audience. Bill Karins is an American meteorologist who is currently working for 'The Weather Channel' and 'NBC News' and is also a fill-in reporter for Dylan Dreyer on 'Weekend Today' and Al Roker for 'Today.'
He presents the weekdays for MSNBC's 'First Look,' 'Morning Joe,' 'MSNBC Live' 'Way Too Early,' 'CNBC,' NBC's 'First Look' and The Weather Channel.
Married life with Wife:
Bill Karins is one of the most accomplished meteorologists who has a wide range of professional duties to fulfill. However, amidst this professional rush, Bill never runs away from his familial responsibilities as a husband and father.
The journalist is happily married to his wife. However, he has yet to reveal the name of his wife to the public. Bill and his anonymous wife shared the wedding vows in Bar Harbor as evident by one of Bill's tweet on the 16th of September 2016. However, the actual nuptials date is kept under tha wraps. In the same tweet, he also spoke that he and his wife had promised to return on every 10th anniversary at the place where they got married.
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Together, the pair are parents of two youngsters, a son and a daughter, who like their mother has mostly remained away from the mainstream media. Bill and his anonymous spouse welcomed their baby son in 2006 whereas a baby daughter in 2012.
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The prominent journalist, Bill Karins has invested more than a decade in the journalism sector covering weather beat. He has worked for some renowned networks such as, KSNT, WCTI, MNSBC, and NBC which helped him gain both recognition and economic fortune. Although the meteorologist hasn't disclosed, we suspect Bill earns a huge salary which consequently contributes to his net worth that could be in millions of dollars.
Bill Karins previously worked as a meteorologist at KSNT in Topeka, WCTI in North Carolina, WABI-TV at Bangor and WOFL in Orlando. He covered Hurricanes Jeanne, Frances, Charley, Ivan, Bertha, Fran and much more while he worked for these networks. He served as a meteorologist on 'Weekend Today' on Saturdays from 2009 to 2012 and reported about several environmental catastrophes and injury caused by them.
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William J. Karins, professionally known as, Bill Karins was born on April 14, 1974, in Albany, New York. He completed his graduation from the State University of New York situated at Oneonta. The journalist belongs to white ethnicity and holds American nationality.
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When I rowed on the Charles River (1980), the state of flow was often triggered. It's that place where action and awareness merge, and you feel a tremendous amount of self control and focus. What is even more amazing is the total lack of emotion(s) in this spaciousness You can't create experiences like this, you undergo them. Today, in Henley-On-Thames, I jump into a light single and skull down the river-someday is the longest day of the week, but someday I'm rowing down The Thames!For sure.
The Secret is about results, flow is about process rather than achievement. The ends justify the means is about the outcome. Flow is means without ends-the joy is simply doing it, but doing it optimally is, nonetheless the consequence.
Flow is a lose of self but Peak experience(s) leave me with a sense of self. My brain makes me travel. Even thinking about leaving a port of call for some imagiNATION generates a roller coaster ride of flight and fantasy ---a flood of dopamine that signals to my body that something good has or is about to happen.
Dopamine is a swiss army knife that does a lot of jobs, but the thing Mr. Science notices most is that it regulates reward. When I travel to some far away place, it's a dopamine spike that's responsible for the thrill that follows. Drugs, legal and illegal-mimic the actions of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a chemical which makes us feel elated; crystal meth is so addictive because it releases dopamine. More than that, The brain images of drug addicts who are about to take another hit are indistinguishable from those of sailors who are at sea (I am making this up).
Peak Experiences provide water/landmarks of positive experiences that I can recall and savor throughout the rest of my life or as I have come to know it-the stopover between being and oblivion, that blissful repose of nothingness.
PE's are those moments, gone in 60 seconds to a few minutes, where I feel my highest levels of happiness, synchronicity and promise. It's real magic where my consciousness becomes storyteller. The teachable moment being: PE's insinuate the recognition that my own powers are far greater than I imagined them to ever be.
I have had so many of these PE's while sailing. It's no stretch---Nature has a way of showing up and producing wonder, awe, or ecstasy.
Oxford is known as the "city of dreaming spires", a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold.Visited here today.
Visited Bath, today a city so beautiful and special that it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The London Water Taxi is another way to get around the city-it may not be the fastest but today it was certainly the coolest- seeing the landmarks and place names that I have only known from the London Underground, was a connect the dots experience giving it more shape.
I also took a few buses- and that combined with the water taxi, added to my relational memory of "Where am I" spatially. I get London now a lot better.
Walking from street to street untethered to my phone, helped alleviate the "text neck" of looking down at Google Maps, blindly following them all the time.
Had some business in Bournemouth today, and on the way back stopped by SO'TON for the UK's Leading Outdoor Boat Show. In the background is The Queen Mary 2, Cunard's flagship. Sailed that last year and it was cool to see her docked alongside all these wonderful yachts.
I always get an amazing feeling when I walk past a ship I have "lived" and worked on. If ecstasy is doing something out of your ordinary experience, and nostalgia is the pain of remembering something beautiful-then that sums up cruising---it's an amazing lifestyle!
It's a miracle that I "Get to go" to work on ships-If a miracle is a shift in thinking-then it takes a special kind of shift to count your blessings, ride the wave and enjoy the ride.
The QM2 and the Cunard brand, is no miraculous exception. This is not your typical cruise ship. In fact, The Mary is the last of the great ocean liners- passage ships designed for 12 months of brutal Atlantic sea crossings: NY to SO'TON. Her keel sits higher above the water line, 7 decks instead of 5, which makes it cut water better and makes for a smoother sail.
After all-The whole object of traveling is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
After 6 sea days, we took a voyage, not a cruise onboard the Queen Mary2. This is the shortest bridge between New York and Europe. Airplanes, after all, are like diets - I don't like being on them.
The Queen Mary 2 comes to Hamburg every year.
For her tenth jubilee she got a special celebration.


College School District is pleased to be able to offer a music program for its students. The Music and Arts Education Committee, comprised of teachers and parents, proposed a comprehensive Music and Arts Education program, which was implemented in the 1997/1998 school year. The Orff Classroom Music Program focuses on rhythms, language, movement, art, and beginning notation. K-6 students attend weekly music class.


This is what Pine Brook looked like 50 years ago!
Pine Brook was established in 1962 beginning at the grand stone wall entrance on Lamp Post Lane. Originally sold as a community of executive homes, some of the Pine Brook house plans were based on designs in "Better Homes and Gardens" magazine.
Eugene Sweitzer, the Better Homes and Gardens builder in Central Pennsylvania, was the original developer of Pine Brook. Mentioned here in an article from a Summer 1964 issue of the magazine, the home at 203 Lamp Post Lane would be built based on the Editor's Choice award winning plans. The article goes on to mention that the finished homes, built across the country by local builders, should be ready for tours in the Fall; about the same time the Fall 1964 issue of the magazine is published with pictures of the finished homes.
We're nestled in Central Pennsylvania in Hampden Township, just west of Camp Hill, a 20 minute drive from Harrisburg on most weekdays. We're a thriving neighborhood of about 400 homes, beginning on the north bank of the Conodoguinet Creek, and stretching along almost all the way to Armitage Golf Course.
Our neighborhood is sometimes compared to a movie set in appearance. Handsome homes built in the 1960s on large lots are flocked by mature oaks, maples, and other trees, making the neighborhood shady in summer and brilliantly colorful in fall. Two parks and two open areas next to the creek add to the sense of open space.
Although only 5 minutes away from the stores and shops of the Carlisle Pike, Pine Brook is quietly tucked away by the natural shield of the Conodoguinet Creek and the hill it has carved away from, so that the sounds of the neighborhood are the neighborhood itself... from cardinals and sparrows to kids to lawnmowers and neighbors talking while taking their daily stroll.
Many of us lived in Central Pennsylvania for many years before realizing that Pine Brook even existed... which can add to its charm.
Feel free to visit our online neighborhood. We'll try to put up pictures on a regular basis about life and scenes from Pine Brook, the place we gladly call home.


I was happy about the news that Jason Momoa (Stargate: Atlantis) had been cast as Conan in the new film by Marcus Nispel. He seems like he can act, and he's got a look that will not only work for the part, but quickly differentiate this version from the Schwarzenegger original.
Now we've got a few pics of Momoa in costume and a handful of set images to give you an idea of what to expect from Conan.
Too bad the pics of Momoa are so blurry — you can only get a partial idea of what the costume really looks like — and there's no sense of his physical ability. We'll need to see a teaser for that. In the meantime I expect some spirited discussion based on the costume as we see it here, and the simple fact that Momoa isn't Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Sean Hood did a rewrite on the previous draft of the Conan script by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, which followed Conan as he took on a quest to avenge the slaughter of his people and his father.


We finished our epic Chile journey with a visit to Paranal where I spend 80 nights a year working at the telescopes. We had some bad luck though. The skies are normally clear here at least 90 per cent of the time, but the last couple of years have seen quite a lot of bad weather, and today we managed to pick a cloudy day. We'd seen the cirrus over the desert as we headed out from Antofagasta, but there is quite often cloud nearer to Antofagasta while Paranal is clear. Today it was not so, and the clouds thickened during the afternoon.
By nightfall they'd decided not to open the telescopes. The opening is always impressive to see, so this was a pity, but the engineer who would have opened the dome treated us to a good display anyway, tilting and rotating the telescope so that we got great views of it inside the closed dome.
We went out onto the platform in the night, and through breaks in the clouds we could see stars, but nothing like the normal blazing skies. It was a pity, as I'd planned the trip for a time when there would be no moon and the centre of the Milky Way would be high in the sky at the start of the night. The night before, and the night after, there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
But Paranal is not only about the night skies. We went for a walk in the desert the next day, and that's always great. The terrain here is so harsh that just before we arrived, they'd been testing a Mars rover nearby.


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York Way Estate turns 50: 'Our community has always been tight-knit'
The York Way Estate's 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday. Picture: Polly Hancock - Credit: Archant
Tenants from the York Way Estate celebrated 50 years in the Cally at the weekend.
Brenda Kyriacou, of the York Way Estate's tenants and residents' association, at the 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday. Picture: Polly Hancock - Credit: Archant
The estate, between North Road and Market Road by Caledonian Park, was built in 1968: a time when Islington was short of social housing.
Only the previous year, the neighbouring 271-flat Market Estate had also been constructed on the former Caledonian Market site.
But unlike the Market Estate, knocked down after 43 years due to a shameful culture of neglect, the 275-flat York Way Estate is still going strong.
"It has changed a lot since 1968," tenants and residents' association secretary Brenda Kyriacou told the Gazette at the 50th celebration event on Saturday.
"Many of the people from then have obviously passed away. There are less than a dozen of the original tenants remaning. We have many different nationalities joining us now. It has always been a tight-knit community here."
Archie Blundell, aged eight, at the York Way Estate's 50th anniversary celebrations on Saturday. Picture: Polly Hancock - Credit: Archant
Saturday's celebration included donkey rides, a petting farm, rodeo bull and a climbing wall after Brenda was able to secure Lottery funding as part of the tenants and residents' association's work.
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Brenda said: "It was set up to put on events like this, but also because all residents in estates have complaints. They may to go the office, or the Corportation of London [which owns and runs the estate], but perhaps may not always get far. So a few people got together to form the association in 1999 and it has gone on from there.
"I think it's really important to give people a voice. They will see us passing by and can inform us about what's going on, or tell us if they have any issues. If they don't always manage to resolve their issues, they can come to us.
"I think we've done a valuable job here, otherwise we would have been disbanded. We are always organising events on the estate. In our hall, we have so many photos from over the years."
She added: "The sense of community is the best thing about the estate. It's so diverse and for some people it can be hard to integrate. But we are always inviting people to come down and get involved."