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Shantanu (Sanskrit: शांतनु) is a character in the Mahabharata, described as the ruler of the Kuru Kingdom with his capital at Hastinapura. He was a descendant of the Bharata race, a forebear of the lineage of the Lunar dynasty, and the great-grandfather of the Pandavas and the Kauravas.

The ruler was the youngest son of King Pratipa of Hastinapura and had been born during the latter's latter years. His eldest brother, Devapi, had leprosy, and had given up his inheritance to become a hermit. The middle son, Bahlika, (or Vahlika) abandoned his paternal kingdom, and had started living with his maternal uncle in Balkh, subsequently inheriting his kingdom. Shantanu, thus, ascended the throne of Hastinapura.

He is best known for being the father of Bhishma (also known as Devavrata), among the mightiest warriors of the epic.

Etymology

The meaning of the name can be explained by nirukti available in Adi Parva, through which Sri Nityānanda Miśra elaborates its meaning as "the one who amplifies sukha (happines) for others". Monier-Williams translates śaṁ-tanu as "wholesome for the body".

The Sambhava Parva of Mahabharata says that the old men of his kingdom who were touched by this monarch not only felt an indescribable sensation of pleasure but also became restored to youth. Therefore, this monarch was called Santanu.

Brahma's curse and the birth of Shantanu

In his previous birth, there was a powerful king of the Ikshvaku dynasty named Mahabhisha. He possessed many virtuous qualities, and after performing a thousand Ashvamedha Yagnas and a hundred Rajasuya Yagnas (to qualify as emperor), he had attained heaven after his death. Once he got an opportunity to visit the court of Brahma where all the Devas and the Ganga were also present. While the celestials were worshipping Brahma, a wind blew and displaced Ganga's clothes revealing her body. Everybody present there bent their heads except Mahabhisha who kept gazing at her. Upon seeing this act, Brahma lost his temper and cursed him to be born a mortal. Ganga who also relished the mortal act was cursed to be born as human and come back only after breaking Mahabhisha's heart. Mahabhisha then requested Brahma that he, Mahabhisha, be born as the son of Kuru king Pratipa and his wish was granted by Brahma.

The Kuru king Pratipa was once meditating. At that time Ganga took the form of a beautiful woman, approached the king and sat on his right thigh. When he asked her what she wanted, Ganga requested him to become her husband. Pratipa however refused since he had taken a vow not to lust for anybody, and also that she had sat on his right thigh and according to traditions a man's right thigh was for his daughter or daughter-in-law while the left thigh was for his wife. He then proposed that she marry his son, to which she agreed.

A child was born to Pratipa and his wife Sunanda in their old age. He was named Shantanu because when he was born his father had controlled his passions by ascetic penances. Pratipa then installed Shantanu as king of Hastinapura and retired into the woods to perform penances. Bahlika who was elder than Shantanu also gave permission to him for becoming the king of Hastinapura.

Marriage with Ganga

Shantanu saw a beautiful woman on the banks of the river Ganga and asked her to marry him. She agreed but with one condition: that Shantanu would never ask any questions about her actions. They married and later she gave birth to a son. But she drowned the child. Shantanu could not ask her the reason, because of his promise, lest she would leave him. One by one, seven sons were born and drowned by Ganga.

When Ganga was about to drown the eighth son, Shantanu, devastated, could not restrain himself and confronted her. Finally, Ganga explained to King Shantanu about Brahma's curse given to Mahabhisha and her. Then she told him that their eight children were Eight Vasu's who were cursed by Vasishtha to be born on earth as mortal humans. However, when they pacified him, he limited his curse and told them that they would be freed from this curse upon their birth as humans. So she released the seven of them from human life by drowning them all. However, the Vasu Dyaus was cursed to live a long life and not to have a wife or have children. But the sage Vashishtha also gave a boon to him that he would be virtuous, conversant with all the holy scriptures and will be an obedient son to his father.  Ganga said she would take him to train him properly for the King's throne and status. With these words, she disappeared along with the child while Shantanu was struck with grief thinking about spending the rest of his life without her.

Reunion with his son

Shantanu, filled with grief from the loss of his wife and son, began to practise Brahmacharya and ruled his kingdom extremely well. By merely adopting virtuous behaviour, Shantanu was easily able to conquer the entire world without lifting weapons. All the kings declared Shantanu as Emperor and his reign was a peaceful one. Shantanu gave up hunting and gained popularity from his subjects.

One day, while walking along the banks of the Ganga, Shantanu saw that the river had become shallow. While searching for the cause of this phenomenon, he came across a handsome young boy who had checked the river's flow with his celestial weapon. The young boy was his son, however, he didn't recognize him because he could see him only for a few moments after he was born. The boy recognized that he was his father, however, he didn't reveal it to him instead he disappeared from his sight using his power of illusion. Shantanu upon seeing this wondered whether the boy was actually his son and called upon Ganga to show the boy to him. Ganga having thus appeared revealed to him that the boy was actually his son Devavrata and that he was taught the knowledge of the holy scriptures by the sage Vasishtha and the art of warfare by Parshurama. After revealing the truth about Devavrata she told Shantanu to take him to Hastinapura. Upon reaching the capital Shantanu crowned Devavrata as the heir-apparent to the throne.

Although Shantanu was pained from his separation from Ganga, he was overjoyed upon receiving such an accomplished son. He performed seven Ashvamedha Yagnas on the banks of Yamuna with the help of Devavrata.

Marriage with Satyavati

Four years later, Shantanu while travelling near the banks of Yamuna smelled a sweet scent coming from an unknown direction. While searching for the cause of the scent, he came across Satyavati from whom the smell of scent was coming. Satyavati was an adopted daughter of the chief of the fishermen of her village. Upon seeing her, Shantanu fell in love with her and desired to marry her. Upon asking for his consent, her father agreed to the marriage on the condition that Satyavati's son would inherit the throne of Hastinapura.

King Shantanu was unable to give his word on accession as his eldest son Devavrata was the heir to the throne and was forlorn. Devavrata, however, realised the cause of his sorrowm and for the sake of his father, gave his word to the chief that he would renounce all his claims to the throne, in favour of Satyavati's children. To reassure the skeptical chief further, he also vowed lifelong celibacy to ensure that future generations borne of Satyavati would also not be challenged by his offspring. Upon hearing this vow he immediately agreed to the marriage of Satyavati and Shantanu. Devavrata was named as Bhishma (one who has taken a terrible vow) by the celestials because of the terrible oath he took. Upon returning with Satyavati to Hastinapura he told about his vow to his father. Upon hearing about this Shantanu became highly impressed and gave him a boon that he will only die if he wants to. Shantanu and Satyavati went on to have two sons, Chitrāngada and Vichitravirya. After Shantanu's death, Chitrangada became king of Hastinapur.

Literature
van Buitenen, J.A.B. (1973), Mahabharata, vol. 1, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, pp. 216–230
Shastri Chitrao, M.M.S. (1964), Bharatavarshiya Prachin Charitrakosha (Dictionary of Ancient Indian Biography, in Hindi), pp. 962–63

References

See also

Characters in the Mahabharata
Ancient Indian people

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Players don't suffer as many gridiron injuries as they did back at the turn-of-the-century when they strapped on lightly padded leather caps fitted with protective earflaps. But even then, a six-foot-something, 300-pound lineman running full-tilt in your direction was an invitation for injury. It wasn't until 1938 that hard plastic football helmets made their debut, and ever since, engineers and manufacturers have focused on designing helmets to lessen the risk of concussion and other head and brain injuries on the field.
"It depends on the duration of the impact, but we believe impacts are non-traumatic if they stay below 20 Gs," says Laurence Young, the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and professor of health sciences and technology in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. However, it's been calculated that larger linemen generate a 20 to 30 G impact on almost every play, and the force on the helmet of a wide receiver in the open field ranges from 40 to 150 Gs.
Today's helmets do a great job protecting players from injuries such collisions might cause, from skull fractures to subdural hematomas, and advances in their construction and design have reduced football-related deaths to virtually zero over the past 20 years, thanks in part to companies like Simbex. Founded by Rick Greenwald, a research affiliate in Young's department, the company developed in-helmet sensors to monitor in real time how hard a player is hit, how often, and the direction of the impact. Over the past decade, Greenwald and his team have collected data from thousands of high school and college players across the country resulting in a hit-severity profile they share with helmet manufacturers. The data is instrumental in the development of helmets that effectively reduce the amount of energy absorbed by the head. Their hard outer shell distributes force away from the point of impact, and the liner — typically made of foam, pads, or air-filled cells — absorbs some of that energy and minimizes rotational twisting that could mean torn dendrites and neural damage within the brain.
"It is unlikely that we can develop a helmet that will completely eliminate head injuries," says Greenwald. "Players get hit hard and they get hit often." But, he believes, as we better understand the physiology of concussions and other head and brain injuries, helmet design will continue to evolve and the incidence and severity of such injuries will be reduced even more.
Achieving that goal is not without its challenges. Helmets and liners must be comfortable and made of low-cost materials that fit the budgets of parents and school athletic departments. Adding weight to the helmet could lead to other injuries as strain is put on the player's neck. And the helmet must not be so large that it becomes impractical. It's no small task, but Greenwald remains hopeful that a balance between safety, appropriate materials, and aesthetics can be reached. "That's all up to the engineers," he says.
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TORONTO -- Stepped-up worldwide sales of its "CSI" franchise helped Canadian broadcaster Alliance Atlantis Communications nearly double its first-quarter earnings.
That's good news for Goldman Sachs & Co. as the Wall Street powerhouse will shortly take ownership of a half-stake in the "CSI" franchise as part of its $1.96 billion takeover of Alliance with CanWest Global Communications Corp.
Alliance said Tuesday it saw revenue from the "CSI" shows rise 74.3% year-over-year to CAN$162.3 million ($146 million) during the latest quarter citing "significant" second-window licensing arrangements with foreign broadcasters and a great number of episodes delivered internationally.
The direct profit from "CSI" rose 79% to CAN$62.3 million ($56 million), again on higher international sales, combined with a foreign exchange gain of CAN$1.5 million ($1.35 million).
Alliance CEO Phyllis Yaffe told analysts Tuesday that the "CSI" franchise was showing "exceptional performance" at present. CBS Prods. owns the other half-stake in it.
Overall, Alliance posted earnings of CAN$41.2 million ($37 million), nearly double the year-ago profit of CAN$21.5 million.
The bottom line also was buoyed by higher TV airtime sales, with cable channel revenue reaching CAN$78 million ($70.3 million), up from CAN$69.7 million.
TV advertising revenue jumped 16.1% to CAN$41.9 million ($37.8 million), while subscriber revenue rose 8.5% to CAN$35.7 million ($32.5 million).
In all, first-quarter revenue came to CAN$358 million ($322.5 million), compared with CAN$271.4 million in 2006.
Alliance shareholders already have signed off on the CAN$53 ($47.75) per-share sale of the company, as has the federal Competition Bureau. The next big hurdles for the deal -- which will hand CanWest Global 13 cable channels, while giving Goldman a half-stake in the "CSI" franchise and a 51% stake in independent film distributor Motion Picture Distribution LLP -- include regulatory approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The CRTC will consider whether sufficient safeguards have been put in place by CanWest to ensure that Goldman does not exercise effective control over MPD or Alliance's cable channels as Canadian broadcasters and movie distribution companies are considered culturally sensitive entities.
Alliance is the latest Canadian media player to be taken over with mostly foreign investment. Atlantic Canada cable operator Persona Communications earlier went private with the CAN$360 million ($324 million) in financing mostly provided by U.S. private equity firm Hicks Muse Tate & Furst.
And Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., the Blackstone Group and Cerberus are among the U.S. equity players recently rumored to be circling Canadian phone giant BCE Inc., which operates satellite service Bell ExpressVu and has a minority stake in national TV network CTV.
Another hurdle for Alliance is Movie Distribution Income Fund, which owns the remaining 49% stake in MPD. The company will argue in court that it has veto power over the proposed sale.
The legal challenge stems in part from Movie Distribution Income Fund seeking a say in who the Canadian partner will be after Goldman eventually purchases the entire movie distribution unit. Canadian law requires that Goldman have a Canadian partner to exercise effective control over MPD, ensuring foreign ownership restrictions aren't breached.
Executives at Alliance, looking ahead to a scheduled June 15 court date to hear Movie Distribution Income's veto bid, on Tuesday reiterated that the income trust's consent is not required to conclude the $1.96 billion takeover deal.
"We're confident that, given a little bit of time, that the new owners of MPD and the trustees can work through any issues that might exist," David Lazzarato, exec vp and CFO, said Tuesday.
Movie Distribution's legal gambit also is thought to be a maneuver aimed at extracting a higher takeover price by the Wall Street investment bank for its 49% stake in MPD, above the $9 per-unit value already placed by Goldman on Alliance's controlling 51% stake.
"Whether or not there's an offer for the remaining 49%, as has been speculated, I don't know. It's not a major concern for us," Lazzarato said.
The Alliance CFO also indicated his company expects to receive a ruling within weeks from the London Court of International Arbitration on financial issues stemming from Motion Picture Distribution LLP's 2004 purchase of Spain's Aurum Producionnes.


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Lee Commander currently instructs Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Beginning Band, Jazz Band and the Marching Redcoats. All of the ensembles at Leon High School have maintained Superior Ratings at both the district and state levels under the Direction Mr. Commander, including the prestigious Otto Kraushaar Award. Prior to earning his B.M.E from The Florida State University Mr. Commander was highly involved with the College of Music where he worked on the Board of Advisors for the College of Music, Marching Coordinator and later Staff Manager for the illustrious Marching Chiefs. He was awarded the Manley Whitcomb Scholarship in 2010 for his continued support and effort to music education and a Medal of Honor from The Marching Chiefs. As the newest Director of the Leon Band, he has added the Instrumental Lesson's Academy where students can receive one-on-one instruction from music professionals in the area. This program has allowed over 25 different students in the band program to receive individual instruction.
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Cheryl Wimberley is a world renowned choreographer and designer. Currently she works as Head Designer for Color guards, winter guards, baton teams, dance teams and soloists throughout the World. Additionally, she has worked on BOA bands as well as competition and show bands throughout the U.S.
Cherly served as Florida Federation of Colorguard Circuit (FFCC) President for ten years, and was recently inducted into the FFCC Hall of Fame.
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Q: How to count runs of identical elements in a list? I am working through Automate The Boring Stuff. I have been stuck for hours on a challenge. I am almost there. The challenge is to create a coin toss simulator, and count runs of like results. Specifically, I am looking to capture any run of like elements occurring 6 or more times in a row.
I've written the code below. It is right in 99% of circumstances except I happened to catch an error - it misses a run of 6 if that run is also the last 6 elements in the list (it may do this if it is the first 6, but I haven't been able to simulate it, and if I knew why it would do that, I could probably solve the problem). Any input would be gratefully received.
import random

# Generate a list simulating 100 coin tosses, where 'H' = Heads, 'T' = Tails

for experiment_number in range(10000):
    results = []
    for i in range(100):
        if random.randint(0, 1) == 0:
            results.append('H')
        else:
            results.append('T')

# Code that checks if there is a streak of 6 heads or tails in a row.

number_of_streaks = 0

last_item = None
current_streak = 0
for item in results:
    if item == last_item:
        current_streak += 1
        if current_streak >= 6:
            number_of_streaks += 1
    else:
        current_streak = 0
    last_item = item

print(results)
print(number_of_streaks)

As above, I've struggled, and come up with what's ultimately quite a straightforward solution. It's just wrong in a fraction of cases and I'm not sure why.

A: I would do it this way:
streaks = [[streak,i] for i, streak in enumerate(results) if len(set(results[i:i+6]))==1 and len(results[i:i+6])==6]

With this list comprehension you will get a list of tuple with: ['coin_results', index] values, indicating the index and type of results which occurred exactly 6 times in a row in your experiments.
To handle the case where there are more than 6 occurrences of the same 'coin_results' e.g.:
streaks = [['H', 36], ['H', 37]]

I would pass streaks to this function
def real_occurrences(streaks):
      real_streaks = streaks
      for i,streak in enumerate(streaks[:-1]):
              if streaks[i][1] == streaks[i+1][1]-1:
                     real_streaks.pop(i+1)
      return len(real_streaks)

getting [['H', 36]]

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Admiral Gary Roughead heads the world's largest combined fleet command, covering 102 million square miles and more than 190 ships and submarines, 1,400 aircraft, 191,000 sailors and Marines and 30,000 civilians.
In India last week to meet Admiral Arun Prakash, Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt and other senior naval and defence officials and chart out a course of cooperation, the Commander of America's Pacific Fleet took time out to grant an exclusive interview to Deputy Managing Editor Ramananda Sengupta and Nikhil Lakshman on what the Indian and American navies propose to do together, and why. The first of a two-part interview:
You recently mentioned that the Indian and American navies need to go beyond exercises, and get into the area of interoperability. What exactly did you have in mind?
We've talked about range of issues at the meetings that I've had since I've been here.
The whole focus of my visit here was to interact with the navy leadership. To talk about where we have been with regard to the various exercises and interactions we have had, and then to look at how we can move forward in a cooperative way that is mutually beneficial to our navies.
When I talk about getting beyond exercises, exercises are wonderful vehicles to advance the relationship, and to allow our forces to interact. But I believe it is important that we have a dialogue on how we can become inter-operable. What are better ways of moving information back and forth, how can our subject matter experts come together to talk about how we do things. Because I believe that no one organisation or any profession has a lock on good ideas.
Your navy is very competent, very professional. It is a truly world class navy. And that allows us to work together in ways that are perhaps different from our relationships with our other neighbours. So when we look at equipment inter-operability, information sharing, procedures and protocols, and with that, we then can begin to work on areas that go beyond exercises. Because as we saw, in the tsunami last year, you don't have a lot of time to prepare for things.
Normally when we do exercises, it's a question of initial planning meets, mid-planning meetings and final planning meetings, all these go into the exercises. Going back to the professionalism of the Indian navy, there will be things that could happen like the tsunami when you have to come out of the blocks, and how we do business in a day to day method, how we exchange information that could make a difference in how quickly we respond to events that take place in this important part of the world.
So you see it quickly moving beyond sharing of information and equipment to conducting operations together?
I believe we can put ourselves in a position to conduct operations that again are mutually agreeable by our governments, which fulfil the objectives that we share. It is clear to me and has been for some time, and this has also been acknowledged at the highest levels very recently that as the biggest and the oldest democracies we have so much in common.
As we look to this region with the importance of freedom of movement on the sea lanes of the world, that is a role that navies can support. It is clear that both the US navy and the Indian navy share the view that security and stability on the world's oceans is important to our country's prosperity, regional prosperity and ultimately global prosperity.
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2011 Portland Rising Star Aaron Barnett grew up in Canada in a household of foodies—he ate frog's legs for the first time at the age of eight. Barnett's family moved to the United States when he was a teenager, where he eventually enrolled in the California School of Culinary Arts' Cordon Bleu program to pursue his longtime goal of becoming a chef. Barnett externed in his native Canada at Lumière in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was immediately taken with the flavors and produce available in the Pacific Northwest. Diving headfirst into the vast array of available ingredients, he began to put together the building blocks that would become his signature style. During this exciting time, he also became an assistant to Chef Rob Feenie on the television show, "New Classics, with Rob Feenie" on Food Network Canada.
Barnett moved to San Francisco to work under Gary Danko, and he soon took a sous chef position at up-and-coming Myth in San Francisco under Chef Sean O'Brien. In little under a year, Barnett was made executive chef at the Desert Sage in La Quinta, California. After a move and an executive chef role at Olea in Portland, Oregon, Barnett was wooed to the highly regarded 23Hoyt, where he was fortunate enough to participate in a James Beard dinner. After he was introduced to restaurateur Kurt Huffman of Chefstable, the two teamed in 2010 up to open St. Jack—a modern take on a traditional Lyonnaise bouchon. It's here that Barnett puts the sophistication learned at Gary Danko to work, breathing new life into French bistro staples.
Interview with Portland Rising Star Chef Aaron Barnett of St. Jack - Portland, OR
Francoise Villeneuve: What inspired you to pursue cooking professionally?
Aaron Barnett: My family. They didn't want me to cook, but it was just one of those things that happened. I went to university in Santa Barbara, at UCSB, and then in Canada, so when I finally went to culinary school, at LA's Le Cordon Bleu program, I was 23. I was never quite sure what I wanted to do until then.
FV: Do you hire chefs without a culinary school background?
AB: I think that when I went it was far less expensive. I grew up in a household jam-packed with food and food knowledge. For some it's probably a wonderful thing to go to culinary school. My only problem with it is the high cost.
FV: What advice would you offer young chefs just getting started?
AB: Work your ass off and don't complain. You have to understand when you get into cooking that you're probably going to be broke for a good, long time.
FV: How are you involved in your local culinary community?
AB: Right now we're developing relationships with more and more farmers, like people who raise beef, raise lamb, and forage. A good number of things you can get here are foraged from the woods. We have a salad of 20 different mixed greens, using these types of products.
FV: What is your philosophy on food and dining?
AB: I don't overthink it. I want guests to sit down and eat the meal and enjoy it. Today people get so caught up with nitpicking every dish and wanting to know how every single detail of that thing is made. They get so caught up in technicalities that they lose the romance of cooking.
FV: What's the biggest challenge facing your restaurant?
AB: It hasn't been that bad here. I work a lot but that's to be expected. The community has been extremely supportive—press, other chefs, and guests were strangely excited for this type of restaurant to open up.
FV: What's next for you? Where will we find you in five years?
AB: I just wanna get to a stable point. There's still a lot to do here. We need to keep pushing and try to find ways of bringing interesting preparations into our menu.
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Nanyang Technological University World of Wisdom ["NTU WOW"] is an autonomous student-run think tank and knowledge outreach institution under the aegis of the NTU Graduate Student Council and the NTU Student Affairs Office.
This document outlines the NTU WOW pro-tem committee's recommendations for permanent governing and organisational structures. The recommendations are based on members' experience gained from TEDxNTU events, the inaugural WOW event and from researching the organisational structures of internationally reputed think-tanks and student bodies.
In summary, it is recommended that NTU WOW be formally placed under the NTU GSC as a main committee and have an Executive Board for daily operations and a Board of Advisors for planning and review.
Create intellectual and interdisciplinary 'content' that promotes 'Wisdom' primarily within the NTU student community.
Foster a 'healthy' blend of idealism and pragmatism within the community.
Encourage intellectual participation of the NTU community and provide opportunities for all to mould their skills in diverse disciplines including science, technology, philosophy, economics and arts.
Provide a platform that combines logic, ideas and passion with 'rational' elegance and enthusiasm, to inspire the NTU community to think beyond the realms of individual disciplines and routine.
Conduct and share research on topics within multiple disciplines including science, technology, philosophy, economics and arts.
Seek partnerships and collaborations with like-minded parties to advance the NTU WOW objectives.
"Making the NTU community and this world a 'wiser' place to live in".
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A few days before four people involved in theft and armed robberies. A local officer has said to the Media that more than 200 thieves had been arrested during the past one month. However, residents complained organized gangs of robbers and dacoits were still active in the area.
There are still many armed gangs and thieves in the commanders, incidents of robberies, theft and dacoits were difficult to contain, believed the residents. A week back police arrested two armed men recovered three lifted vehicles with a number of other valuables from them in the same area.
Most of the crimes are recorded as the people who left the front of war, now they joined to a different kind of gangs and robbers which mostly ambushing the highways. Government had still was in struggle to end this but still people are witnessed of increasing crimes in the country.
Building prison Kabul
British Troops in Afghanistan
New TV channels and Censorship
Officials invovled in drug trafficking
Deadline for foreign NGOs
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If you are like me and use "All Unknown Computers" to deploy your OSD to you will also be fairly familiar of making sure you have cleared an object from the SCCM Database before trying to re-image, otherwise ... well its not Unknown now is it?
Typically this would involve a tech opening AD searching for the computer and removing it, then opening the SCCM console and doing the same. I have spent some time adding to a tool i previously released , adding many more functions.
The "Remove Objects" tool is written in PowerShell and compiled. The tool essentially looks at all computer objects (taken from settings file), does a lookup in AD for these objects, then scans your SCCM instance for the same name. It will then merge all the information together.
Settings for your environment are referenced in the file "settings.xml"
Spaces in the search base should be accepted without worry.
Ensure that you set these values to match your environment. The settings file MUST reside in the same root folder as the Remove Objects executable, if not you will see this error.
You will get an output file stored in the same location as the executable, this will be recreated each time the "search/filter" button is used, this is used in case you face issues with objects not being found.
I have provided a "InstallRemote.cmd" which would copy these files to the default path in C:\Program Files (x86)\ConfigMgrConsole\bin\i386 . I haven't included the actual remote control files in my download as these are copyrighted.
You can search/filter off any value, for example, name.
The function controls are self-explanatory. All functions (except remote) will prompt for confirmation. All cells can be copied to clipboard.
NB. To perform any function, you must highlight the computer name from the NAME column.
All options chosen will prompt for confirmation, except for "Remote Control".
b. Installed from the InstallRemote.cmd as mentioned earlier.
Remove SCCM/AD Object: Removes SCCM and AD Object – This is the default function you should use to clear a machine for reimaging.
Cells highlighted in yellow indicate that a computers SCCM resource ID has been removed or not found. This would happen if you were to use the "Remove from SCCM" option only.
Note, your SystemOUName variable should be the root location for your workstations, if your system OU name doesnt match your searchbase, items will be shown as yellow , as they cannot be matched against the same computer names in AD.
This code exists to ensure that you dont return other SCCM objects such as servers or mobile devices.
A block of code will run for each computer loaded that will check that each AD Hostname has a matching record in the above lookup code, if the Hostname is not found, the row will be shown as yellow.
In further releases i will include a settings option to either use SCCM remote control OR Microsoft Remote Assistance.
Because the tool scans AD then matches the host names of computers to their object names in SCCM, machines that have been removed from AD and still exist in SCCM will not be shown.
Be sure to read the "readme" file in the download package for all T's and C's. All efforts have been put into testing this application.
Full code can be viewed here - Note this is created with PS studio therefore all object controls are held separately, if you would like the full code export with object controls, let me know.


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Young frontrunners see potential in developing Baltic bioeconomy
Carbon farming enables young farmers to tackle climate change
Nordic countries boost the bioeconomy in the shadow of climate change
How to cut plastic waste and boost the bioeconomy
Politicians, stay calm, and develop the bioeconomy
How to create a bioeconomy revolution
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Sustainable Growth the Nordic Way
WEB MAGAZINE - June 2019
By Páll Tómas Finnsson
Young people all around the world are mobilising to take the lead in the battle against climate change. In this edition of Sustainable Growth the Nordic Way, participants in the Baltic Leadership Programme on Youth and Bioeconomy deliver important messages to politicians, farmers, educators and consumers on how to develop the bioeconomy. They identify the largest potentials for expanding the bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea Region in agriculture, bioenergy, food and forestry.
"The circular and sustainable bioeconomy is an emerging sector with great potential," says Gabor Schneider, Programme Manager for the Baltic Leadership Programme at the Swedish Institute, a public agency that works toward promoting the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). "The blue and green bioeconomy has really started to take off in the region. Involving youth in that development is a key priority."
It's vital for the transition to the sustainable bioeconomy that we increase youth involvement and make these sectors more attractive to new talent
The Baltic Leadership Programme on Youth and Bioeconomy brought together young bioeconomy professionals and environmental frontrunners to discuss sustainability leadership issues in the bioeconomy and gain insights into their views on its further development. The programme was organised together with the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
"Some of the key sectors of the bioeconomy, such as agriculture, fisheries and forestry, are faced with a problem of ageing," says Schneider. "It's vital for the transition to the sustainable bioeconomy that we increase youth involvement and make these sectors more attractive to new talent."
A survey conducted by consultancy Nordic Sustainability, Norek and Sköld, shows that the participants in the leadership programme see great potential in growing the bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea Region. The most important benefits of the bioeconomy are identified as its potential to ensure sustainable resource management and lower negative environmental impacts, and establish more circular value chains.
Reducing emissions from farming
When asked where they see the greatest potential for growing the region's bioeconomy, 20% of the participants indicated agriculture, 17% mentioned bio-based energy, 16% food, and 12% forestry. In an op-ed on sustainable growth in agriculture, two of these young bioeconomy frontrunners, Agnė Dapkuvienė and Jussi Nissi, highlight the benefits of carbon farming.
Carbon farming involves implementing a range of practices to increase soil quality, preserve biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emission, including crop rotation and shifting livestock between pastures to prevent over-grazing. According to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is responsible for around 24% of total global emissions.
Smart agriculture can make a significant difference for the climate and the environment.
"Carbon farming increases carbon assimilation and storage in the ground," says Dapkuvienė. "Applying the method makes agricultural production more organic and environmentally friendly. It reduces the need for fertilisers and pesticides, which greatly enhances biodiversity and ecosystem services. Carbon farming increases the long-term yield, as you minimise the risk of exhausting the land. Smart agriculture can make a significant difference for the climate and the environment."
Fantastic tool for rural growth
As a Research Fellow at Nordregio in Stockholm, Alberto Giacometti has been involved in various initiatives exploring the potential of the bioeconomy for regional development. He sees the circular bioeconomy as a fantastic approach to achieve sustainable growth in rural areas.
"Local politicians have a great responsibility to seize the opportunities of the bioeconomy. And to do so, they should work closely with existing stakeholder networks, continue to build on previous investments in the local area, and ensure that the initiatives produce local value. This is essential."
Watch the trailer for the video campaign telling stories of the people behind some of the most visible bio solutions in Nordic & Baltic states:
Watch all the stories here: Made of Courage – people in the forefront of bioeconomy
Beyond regulation, Giacometti explains in his op-ed how politicians can explore creative collaboration models to make the bioeconomy affordable in a context of intense global competition.
In the survey, 20% of the participants highlighted networks and cross-border collaboration as the most important prerequisites for fully exploiting the potential of the bioeconomy. Other key factors are development and new business models (19%) and technological innovation (16%). Giacometti also calls for changes in the regulatory and institutional setup.
"We must break the normative lock-ins and establish support mechanisms for producers to change their practices and for consumers to change their behaviour. We must find alternatives to our current heavily exploitative systems and start focusing on the quality of our growth. How does it affect nature, the population and the quality of life?"
Taking a stand through consumption
But is the bioeconomy something new? Not according to Katrin Kepp, Head of Centre of Bioeconomy at the Estonian University of Life Sciences, who describes the term as a new label for a field that has existed for centuries. What is new is the strong focus on adding value by upgrading residues and biological side-streams into new materials and valuable products.
Kepp, together with Santa Niedola, wrote an op-ed on the power of the consumer. The two authors address the intensive use of plastics in society and the need for more sustainable bio-based alternatives.
"Sustainability has different layers, starting with the individual and moving toward the masses," she says. "Everyone should start from themselves, for example by avoiding the use of plastic bags and reducing food waste. We also see that festivals have started educating people about their ecological footprint and that large international companies are shifting their production to biomaterials. By choosing these bio-based solutions, we can drive sustainable change through our consumption."
Kepp and Niedola also emphasise the role of legislation in changing consumer behaviour, mentioning the new EU rules on single-use plastics to reduce marine litter as an example. Currently, an estimated 5 trillion pieces of plastics are floating around in the ocean.
"The plastic crisis is a man-made environmental disaster," says Kepp. "Banning single-use plastics in Europe is obviously highly positive, but it's important to keep in mind that Asia is by far the largest producer and consumer of plastics in the world. We must address these problems on a global level."
EUSBSR Annual Forum 2019
The ideas behind the op-eds will be presented at the seminar 'Blue and green bioeconomy in the BSR from a youth perspective' at the 10th EUSBSR Annual Forum, which takes place in Gdansk in Poland on 12-13 June 2019.
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Q: How to manage various ASP.NET Web Site project references and autoupdate I have a Visual Studio 2008 Web Site project in a solution with a number of other assembly projects.
The Web Site project has 4 types of references: Project, bin, COM Interop, and text files.
The Project references autoupdate perfectly.
The bin references for managed DLLs autoupdate with .refresh files, which work well and can be checked into Visual SourceSafe.
My question is about how to manage the other two types - COM Interop and text files.
I have an OCX that, when added as a reference, creates an interop DLL without a .refresh file. Checking the interop DLL into VSS isn't desirable, as you then have to check it out whenever you build. Moving the interop DLL to another location to reference directly doesn't work as I need to strong name my assemblies, which requires the original OCX in this case. The interop reference doesn't even show up on the Property Pages > References page.
How do I get it to properly autoupdate? How can I fashion an appropriate .refresh file?
I have plain text files that contain licenses for the other managed DLL references. I created .refresh files that seem to work for both VS2008 and VSS, but weren't created for me automatically.
How should I be including the references in a way that works with VSS?
Checking in the license files in the bin directory leads to the same problem of having to check them out on every build.


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Married At First Sight Australia's Jessika Power denies pregnancy rumours saying 'it's crazy'
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MARRIED At First Sight Australia's Jessika Power has denied rumours that she is pregnant.
The Celebs Go Dating star, 29, has firmly shut down false claims about her expecting a baby.
Jessika Power has hit back at pregnancy rumours and called it 'stupid'Credit: CLICK NEWS AND MEDIA
The reality star took to social media to put the record straight
Jessika set the record straight after rumours circulated that she was expecting a child while filming Big Brother VIP.
The blonde beauty told fans: "You've heard it here first, [I'm] definitely not pregnant.
"It's crazy to me that I even have to do this story, it's so annoying.
"I don't even know how to say it like this is so f**king stupid.
"My boyfriend doesn't know I am pregnant. First of all, what boyfriend? What pregnancy?"
It comes after Jessika started filming scenes alongside the all-star cast in London last week for the upcoming E4 dating series, and will be introduced as a bombshell intruder.
HE'S GONE!
Jessika split from her Manchester-based love interest, podcaster Connor Thompson, - just 8 days after relocating from Down Under to be with him - and was quickly snapped up by producers.
A source tells The Sun Online: "Jess moved to England to pursue things with Connor who she connected with online, further her career and line up more TV work.
"She'd been talking to Connor on Instagram for six months after he slid into her DMs, and after finally meeting in real life in October when she moved to Manchester the spark just wasn't there.
"They spent around 8 days seeing each other before Jess decided to end it because it wasn't the fairytale she'd been dreaming. She then accepted an offer to do Celebs Go Dating because she's still keen to find herself a British boyfriend."
Celebs Go Dating producers had been desperate to snap a MAFS Oz star up since the show exploded on E4 earlier this year - but border closures proved to be a logistical nightmare.
"Bosses first approached Jess in February but she couldn't leave Australia. At one point Ines Basic then all but signed on the dotted line but dropped out due to the amount of time she'd have to spend in quarantine.
"Tamara Joy was also in talks but that fizzled out. Jess then deciding to move to the UK just as filming commenced was like fate," the source added.
"They spared no expense in convincing her to sign up."
Jessika made waves on MAFS earlier this year after cheating on her husband Mick Gould with their co-star Dan Webb.
But for her appearance on Celebs Go Dating, Jessika has promised she's going to show viewers her real personality.
Jessika said: "I feel people have a misconception of me being a husband stealing witch but I'm not.
"I am super bubbly, super friendly and I am just like any other girl out there looking for a man."
She added: "If the agency can't help me I am done, I will be like a cat lady for the rest of my life.
"I am super excited to be in the UK to find love and I won't be going home empty handed."
Jessika will be appearing on upcoming series of E4's Celebs Go Dating
MAFS Jessika Power breaks down in tears as she accuses drug-addict mother of using her for cash


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Google Scholar Can be a Starting Point for Research
A colleague once said that students can't use Google for research, because they don't know how to search properly. She was primarily concerned that inexperienced researchers do not know how to identify legitimate online resources. Google Scholar solves this problem by providing books, articles and even legal documents on virtually any subject. (There is no sound.) (01:53)
1.1 Abbreviations used within this unit
While reading this subject you may come across the following abbreviations.
AAL – ATM adaptation layer
API – application program interface
ARP – address resolution protocol
ATM – asynchronous transfer mode
B-ISDN – broadband ISDN
CLP – cell loss priority
DNS – domain name system
FTP – file transfer protocol
HTTP – hypertext transfer protocol
Know Learn how to read ABC Alphabet
Alphabet - watch this video again and again, your kids will familiar with ABCD within a week. It shows the kids their ABC's
1.5.2 Ways of organizing yourself
How do you organize yourself?
Make a note of how you organise your:
internet bookmarks or favorites
computer files
2.3 Computer systems
So far, I have introduced the major components of a computer, namely a processor along with input and output devices, plus main and secondary memory. I now want to explore three of these components a little further, starting with input devices.
Input devices have to collect some information from outside the computer and present it to the computer as data which is in a form the processor can work with. (Strictly speaking, 'data' is the plural of the Latin word 'datum'. But in the
2.2.2 Hollow tubing surfaces
In their doughnut-shaped representation, toruses can be thought of as being hollow tubes. Many other surfaces in space can also be drawn as if they were made of hollow tubing. Figure 15 shows two such examples.
6 Thermoregulation and mammalian fur
A coat of profuse mammalian body hair is commonly called fur. Fur provides insulation, which is a property that one first thinks of as useful for mammals to help retain body heat. Fur is a unique and fundamental feature of mammals, though not all living species possess it.
Evaluating Web Sites Tutorial
This tutorial covers how to evaluate websites for credibility. It discusses the differences between the different domains and how to check to get the best information.
1.2.1 What evidence are we reading?
Although we live in a society where a huge amount of information is available in the form of numbers, some of us still feel a mental fog descend when we are asked to deal with them. This is because numerical information is information in a very condensed and abstract form. A number on its own means very little. You have to learn to read it. Numeracy (the ability to work with numbers) is a skill that we can learn. It is a very useful skill, because it allows us to understand very quickly the <
LCS Litigation Panel
Professional litigators discuss the types of things they do in their daily work. Panelists represent both public and private sectors.
Repatriation and returning remains
19th Century philosopher Jeremy Bentham allowed his body to be put on public display after he passed on but would you allow your body to be displayed after you die? The following video and audio collection examines specific cases in which the issue of display and ownership are raised and explores how museums have handled this question. Experts share reasons for their beliefs regarding repatriation and refer to specific examples on the topic of whether remains should be returned to their country
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5.1 The medical background
Blood pressure is normally tightly controlled in the face of large variations in blood flow required by activities such as vigorous exercise. The diameter of the blood vessels is under the influence of the so-called sympathetic nervous system. Impulses from the brain stimulate the release of a chemical substance, noradrenaline (1), from the nerve-endings close to the vessel walls. The noradrenaline then diffuses to the blood vessel wall, where it interacts with a specific molecular sit
Dave Mckean Draws For Fans
Dave McKean draws a picture for fans at Comicon in Naples, Italy. This clip is busy with lots of background noise and talking and poor lighting but the camera stays focused on the drawing he is making.
This three-minute video is about the the second century A.D. when the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning, trade, power and prosperity in the western world. It shows some images that may be offensive to some. Not much depth in terms of data, but it does paint a picture of what life was like. (03:05)
How the Body Works : The Spleen
This is a brief video with narration spleen is a small organ located behind the stomach in the left, upper part of the abdomen.
5.1 Energy services
Except in the form of food, no one needs or wants energy as such. That is to say, no one wants to eat coal or uranium, drink oil, breathe natural gas or be directly connected to an electricity supply. What people want is energy services – those services which energy uniquely can provide. Principally, these are: heat, for warming rooms, for washing and for processing materials; lighting, both interior and exterior; motive power, for a myriad of uses from pumping fluids to lifti
3.4 The importance of understanding attitudes
One of the most important phenomena for a social marketer to understand is that of 'attitudes'. Having said this, this is not a straightforward issue as there is much disagreement about the nature of attitudes, how they are formed, and how they determine our behaviour. Attitude theory research is a key focus for consumer behaviour theorists and derives from the field of psychology.
There are many definitions of attitude, for example, 'the predisposition of the individual to evalua
4.4 Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society and Board of Health
In the meantime Owen joined the town's social and intellectual elite, which like its politics was largely dominated by Dissenters. They were prominent in the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society which Owen joined in 1793. There he associated with some significant reformers, heard papers on a wide range of intellectual, industrial and social topics, and himself presented papers dealing with such issues, including one on education.
The society was founded in 1781, the co-founders b
4.1 An explanation
I will now elaborate on my answer from Exercise 1. I'm doing this because my internet search revealed more than I've written in the above answer, and to show that the invention of the telephone and its use by consumers is not as plain and simple as you may think. You were not expect
3.2 Generalising Ampère's law
We need to generalise Ampère's law beyond the confines of static charge densities. Let's try adding an extra (and at this stage unknown) vector field, K to the right-hand side of the differential form of Ampère's law. The modified equation then reads


Law Web: Whether it is permissible for court to decide issue of bonafide need and comparative hardship in composite manner?
Whether it is permissible for court to decide issue of bonafide need and comparative hardship in composite manner?
The Trial Court, in the present case has considered the issue of bona fide requirement and comparative hardship in a composite manner rather than consider the two aspects separately. The Trial Court, failed to appreciate that to begin with, it has to be determined whether the landlords have made out a case that the suit premises are required by them reasonably and bona fide. Upon record of satisfaction in this regard, the Trial Court should have then adverted to the predicates of Section 16(2) of the Rent Act, which mandate that no decree of eviction shall be passed on the grounds specified in Section 16(1)(g) of the Rent Act, if the Court is satisfied that having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the question whether reasonable accommodation is acquired by landlord, greater hardship would be caused by passing a decree than by refusing to pass it. There is accordingly, clear failure to exercise jurisdiction under Section 16(2) of the Rent Act, by confusing and mixing of two issues of reasonable and bona fide requirement and comparative hardship into one. The entire reasoning of two Courts is that the landlords are the best judges and the final arbiters in matters of reasonable and bona fide requirement and further that since the tenant Gujar has two rooms in Namdev Cooperative Housing Society, the respondent-landlords will suffer greater hardship. The landlords are hoteliers having Hotels like Blue Star and Lucky Restaurant at Mahabaleshwar itself. The landlords and their family members are engaged in several businesses like STD Booth, sale of handicrafts etc.. One of the landlords has been the President of Municipal Council of Mahabaleshwar. The record indicates that the family members of one of the landlords have served in Municipal Council in some capacities or the other. In contrast, the tenant Gujar, who resides in suit premises No. 1, is engaged in sale of 'Panipuri' and other road side snacks. The tenant Panhalkar is engaged in sale of handicraft items through suit premises No. 2 which admeasure around 40 sq.ft. Both the tenants have deposed that despite best efforts, it is not possible for them to acquire other premises. There are several premises in the occupation of the landlords which the landlords did not even bother to disclose in the plaints. In these circumstances, even if the issue of comparative hardship was required to be decided, the same would have to be answered in favour of the tenants. In any case, by ignoring of such relevant and vital material on record, the Courts could not have answered such issue in favour of the landlords.
This Court in case of BismilL Bee w/o. SK. Chand and Khajamiyan S/o. Sk. Chand v. anwar S.o. Mohd. Akhtar MANU/MH/1536/2009 : 2010(1) ALL MR 889, has held that the provisions of Section 16(2) of the Rent Act, cast a statutory duty upon the Court to make an enquiry to the extent of need of the landlord, even if such need is found to be reasonable and bona fide. The right of the landlord to seek eviction on one hand and the protection granted to the tenant on the ground of comparative hardship on the other hand, can be balanced by the Court by making enquiry into the extent of need of landlord and even passing a decree for partial eviction from the suit premises, to meet the ends of justice. Such an exercise is required to be carried out by the Court irrespective of the fact whether party demands it or not. If such exercise is not carried out by the Court, then certainly it would result not only in failure to jurisdiction, but also failure to perform statutory and mandatory duty, resulting in failure of justice. Further, Section 16(2) of the Rent Act mandates that the Court is to have 'regard to all circumstance of the case'. It further proceeds to state that this would include the question whether other reasonable accommodation is available for the landlord or the tenant. In this context, it is necessary, for the Court to be alive to the financial status of both the landlord as well as the tenant. The Court is also expected to be alive to the situation regards scarcity of accommodation at a particular place. In the present case, the two Courts have failed to undertake any such exercise and the impugned orders consequently are unsustainable.


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By The Canadian Press on January 5, 2021.
CALGARY – Suncor Energy Inc. says it will take a $425-million impairment charge related to its stake in the White Rose offshore oilfield and West White Rose expansion project.
While White Rose is currently producing, the $2.2-billion West White Rose Project was intended to access 200 million barrels of crude oil and extend the life of the White Rose field by about 14 years.
However, Suncor says the recent acquisition of Husky Energy, the project's operator, by Cenovus Energy Inc. has cast doubt on the future of the West White Rose project which has been under review since September.
Cenovus completed its deal to buy Husky on Monday.
Suncor says talks are ongoing with Cenovus and various levels of government to determine the future of the project and that the Newfoundland and Labrador government has agreed to provide some support for the West White Rose project.
Cenovus holds a 72.5 per cent stake in White Rose, while Suncor owns 27.5 per cent. The West White Rose expansion owners are Cenovus with 69 per cent, Suncor with 26 per cent and Nalcor with five per cent.
Companies in this story: (TSX:SU, TSX:CVE)


Publix Stores Please STOP Selling Rabbit Meat!
So tomorrow will be 2 years ago that I lost my Gracie. Even tho I miss here every day I am going to try to focus on the positive. She was the funniest bunny. She was always doing something funny. Racing around the living room while I was on the phone with my mom every night because she wanted my attention. She stopped dead in her tracks and look over at me and I would say "Gracie are you running, good girl, good girl, running". Yep I do wish I had that on video. And every morning when I opened the gate to her room she would hop over to it, put her paws up on top of the gate and ROARRRRRRR like a lion as she was a black lions head after all. She never once growled at my husband only me. My husband always told me the Gracie was dominant over me and that is how she proved it. That I was her subordinate. She was always so anxious to get her freedom in the morning and run and see what had changed in the living room since last night. Had my other rabbit Baby been out – she had to know exactly what had happened. She had her husband Dino (now bonded to Lucy) who she loved and adored. She knew exactly how to keep him thinking he was in charge but really Gracie was. She was smatter then I ever gave her credit for and she loved her Dino and her freedom. Read more about Gracie, how she bonded to Dino and what finally took her from us by going here.
We did everything we could for her at the end and I have no regrets. A pic with my 3 favorite photos of Gracie hangs in my bedroom and a cement paw print is also hanging from a shelf. Yep life can be sad but if I never took the time to adopt her, love her and make her my daughter then I would have been robbed of all those wonderful memories I will always carry with me. So I am so glad I have adopted my 4 bunnies now (2 living and 2 that have passed). I hope that if you are reading this you will think about bringing a pet into your life and world because the love and affection and beautiful memories of them will be with your forever. Don't live your life like my 91 year old mother has – alone and lonely. Adopt a pet – a dog, cat, bunny, bird, something to bring love, life and laugher back into your world.
Yep I need to focus on the fact that even tho I adopted her from a home where she got no attention she really rescued me right back by bringing love and laughter into my life in a way that only Gracie could. Binky on black bunny Binky on!
If you have a specific question about your rabbit, please email me at info@bunnymama.com.
Outdoor Rescues, What Is Brownie Up To?
So in case you didn't know Brownie was a little brown domestic bunny that my husband and I rescued outdoors in the dead of winter and cold last March. She was here with me for about 6 days before I turned her over to Red Door Animal Shelter Its quite a story how we caught her, click here to read her full story. She had 2 friends with her, read about them here. To date those other 2 rabbits have stayed away from the area we caught Brownie in. When the weather starts to get colder again I'll check in with my contact and see if they are around again. If so we will make an attempt to catch them.
So Brownie was moved into a foster home back in May or June I believe. It wasn't long before her foster mom had to go on vacation and when she took her back to the shelter to be watched, she said please don't show her to anyone as I think I might adopt her. So when the mom came home she did adopt Brownie. I am so happy for that little sweetheart. In fact the mom is going to take her to Red Door for some bunny speed dating to find her a companion. Oh that is great news as she is just such a sweet bunny and I wish her my best. Meanwhile I will try to get some recent pics of her. Stay tuned there is more to come…..
Now these people really know rabbits and what they say take should be taken to heart for bunny care. So please take some to educate yourself as you can never know to much about bunnies.
Whole Foods to Stop Selling Rabbit by end of 2015!!!!!
And hopefully this is where the battle with Whole Foods ends. But we will make sure that it does. Next on our hit list in the Chicago area is a grocery store chain named Mariano's as they are carrying rabbit meat in the meat case. They are a new and growing chain in our area and we will be on them soon!
So celebrate, be happy for the bunnies that we helped and kiss your bun on the head and tell him or her – we won this one!
Protest Willowbrook IL 9/20 – CANCELLED!!!!
THIS PROTEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED — WE WON!!!WHOLE FOODS WILL STOP SELLING RABBIT MEAT BY THE END OF 2015!
Rabbit news, advice and support!
Publix Stores Sells Rabbit Meat – Contact Them TODAY!
Contact Tony's "Not So" Finer Foods In Chicago – Stop Selling Rabbit Meat!!!!
Will Rabbit Bonds Last Forever?
Cage or Pen? Indoos or Outdoors?
Food and Treats – Yum!!!!
Post Surgery – What to Expect?
Unexpected Baby Rabbits? – Now What?
What Is Brownie Up To?


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"""The scene and layers of the world."""

from cocos import layer, scene

from .constants import Colors
from .basic import pos
from .adventurer import Adventurer

__author__ = 'fyabc'

class Background(layer.ColorLayer):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(*Colors['white'])

class World(layer.Layer):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        self.debug_fn()

    def debug_fn(self):
        from .adventurer import policies2action
        from ..controller.policies import p_set_value, p_circle, p_shoot_bullet

        def _add_sprite(position, policy_list):
            adventurer = Adventurer(pos(*position))
            self.add(adventurer)
            adventurer.do(policies2action(policy_list))

        _add_sprite((0.2, 0.3), [p_set_value(rotation=60, speed=70)])
        _add_sprite((0.2, 0.8), [p_circle(speed=60, start_theta=90, d_theta=40), p_shoot_bullet(duration=1)])

def get_main_scene():
    return scene.Scene(Background(), World())

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
package javax.rmi.CORBA;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class ClassDesc implements Serializable {
    private String repid;
    private String codebase;
}


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The Wait Is Finally Over As Terraria Builds A Path To Switch
Jun 26, 2019 Shayne Brown 0 comments 1191
Credit: Re-Logic
Ever since the creation of Minecraft, undoubtedly one of the most popular games of the 'sandblox' genre, dozens of games have followed in its wake in an attempt to topple the leader, or at least share the throne. Many have failed, but there was one that managed to leave a strong impression in the hearts of many. That game is Terraria.
Although Terraria was technically released before Minecraft was (the Mojang powerhouse being in beta at the time), it takes so many noticeable cues from the game that it's not impossible to compare the two.
However, the biggest difference is that Terraria, unlike Minecraft's large and expansive 3D world, Terraria is 2D.
Other smaller, charming things that set it apart are the necessity of crafting accessories to navigate the expansive world (such as breathing underwater), gathering friendly NPCs and merchants, and doing all you can to protect your home from monsters and invaders.
The game is currently available on PC (by way of Steam), PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS, Android, and 3DS, but come June 27, it also hits the Nintendo Switch, a dream many fans are finally going to be able to see realized.
Terraria supports multiplayer, where the host can invite players to their world to join in on the adventure, or enable PVP if they feel like taking home glory in addition to whatever resources they managed to pick up.
The Switch version will launch on 1.3.0.1, with other updates in the works. At the time, the game doesn't feature crossplay, but it is speculated to receive it in the very far future,
In addition, a physical Switch release is planned, it at this time, pricing for both digital and physical is unknown. Thankfully, for the former, there won't be too long a wait.
Re-Logic is also encouraging feedback and story sharing from their fanbase, opening up their social communities on Discord, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, Twitch, and Steam, as well as their forums.
The studio's love for their fanbase rivals the love the fanbase for the games, and their willingness to engage and socialize makes them as popular as their game.
Terraria for Switch comes out June 27, 2019. This month has been surprising in a number of ways for games, and as we approach Q3, the surprises are only sure to get bigger and more numerous. Until next time, stay and play savvy, gamers.
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The sacrament of the Eucharist will be received at the 11am Mass this Sunday by the boys and girls of second class in Emly N.S.
Our boys and girls will receive the sacrament of Confirmation on Wed next, June 1st at 11am.
On Wed eve next we offer Mass for all our boys and girls involved in exams at this time. We ask God's blessing on them in their lives.
Fr. James Foley CC., Tipperary Town.
A meeting will be held on Fri next 3rd June 8pm.
Cleaning of the church on Tuesday 10.15am.
Thanks to all who contribute throughout the year to the Parish Envelope Collection. This replaces the quarterly collections usual in other parishes and allows parishioners to subscribe at their own convenience. This support is vital for the upkeep of the parish. Envelopes are always available at the back of the church.
We extend our best wishes to all the children getting Holy Communion this Sunday and Confirmation on Wednesday and all who are doing the Junior and Leaving Cert.
Cul Camp Forms were distributed during the past week at training sessions. Contact any Officer if you did not get one.
U.12 Hurling League in Emly on Thursday 2nd June @7.00pm Emly B v Lattin Cullen B and at 8.00pm Emly A v Lattin Cullen A.
Jesus is preparing his disciples for his imminent departure and for a future in which he would be with them in a different way. He would not 'leave them orphans' but send an 'Advocate' to 'be with (them) for ever'.
As our boys and girls take another step in faith by receiving the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation, we ask what responsibility we have to be an example of faith in our homes.


CoreCivic, Inc. ( CXW ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 28, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.43 per share is scheduled to be paid on October 15, 2018. Shareholders who purchased CXW prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that CXW has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $24.05, the dividend yield is 7.15%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CXW was $24.05, representing a -12.55% decrease from the 52 week high of $27.50 and a 29.23% increase over the 52 week low of $18.61.
CXW is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as American Tower Corporation (REIT) ( AMT ) and Simon Property Group, Inc. ( SPG ). CXW's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.35. Zacks Investment Research reports CXW's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as -.22%, compared to an industry average of 1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CXW Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.


Bam! The discharge of the .45-caliber starter gun reverberates off the vaulted ceiling as my wife and I step in from the cold and enter the arena. I run down the ramp to see which race is being contested. I'm startled to see greying, middle-aged runners jockeying for position around the banked 200-meter indoor track.
The Simplot Games is one of the largest high-school indoor track meets in the world. We're here to support our son, Jacob, a high-school junior who will be racing later in the day.
I have no idea my life is about to change.
I watch, mesmerized, as the field of aging runners settle into pace. I shake my head at the absurd spectacle before me. Come on! What is this? Coaches racing at a high school track meet? Old athletes trying to recapture past glories?
Something stirs deep within me. A longing. Fascination. It draws me in with inexplicable force. The potency of this reaction takes me by surprise. Driven by a long-forgotten competitive compulsion, my pulse quickens, my imagination surges.
Much of who I am, I owe to collegiate athletics. Distance running was my life. Competing in a highly successful NCAA program was intense—and I loved it. My teammates and I poured everything we had into the accomplishment of specific, lofty goals. We gave athletics a lot. It gave a lot back.
Now what? We've grown up. We lead busy lives, with myriad obligations, responsibilities, and details. Maintaining healthy balanced lives is increasingly difficult. Still, at some time during our settled or harried lives, have we not all felt that transcendent call to greatness, the urge to attempt something spectacular?
Charles "Chick" Hislop—celebrated collegiate track coach, former coach of the US Olympic team, and US Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association Hall of Famer—made excellence his career. Our small college didn't attract world-class recruits, yet Hislop consistently produced nationally ranked NCAA Division I cross-country teams and dozens of NCAA All-American 3000m steeplechasers. He took local, fairly ordinary runners and molded them into world-class competitors. He made us ordinary kids great.
As scholarship athletes, our job included reviewing the prerace plan and executing, discussing tactics and their implementation, and participating in a postrace interview conducted by our intimidating coach. There was almost always a discussion about mental toughness. Hislop's profound grasp of fine detail, and the way he connected cause to effect, was amazing. I usually left those sessions chastened, instructed, and rededicated to running smarter and harder.
Occasionally, this ordinarily exhaustive postrace interview would consist of just four words. With a haughty look, tinged with disdain, Coach would look me in the eye and intone, "That was good enough." He would then turn on his heel and leave me steaming.
Why was I so outraged? Because I knew Coach was right. Like a military strategist or a CEO, he had the uncanny ability to know when individuals on his team were holding back, selling out, or simply failing to reach their potential. Coach saw greatness in me that I didn't see in myself. He knew that if I aspired to make an Olympic team, if I were to excel personally and professionally, I had to understand that good enough isn't. I needed to build the habit of always getting better.
Running a race is hard. It's tempting to ease up after the initial push, pull back on the pace, settle into mediocrity. Just as in life, after a powerful start, we tend to settle into routine. Life is stressful, our jobs are demanding, our plates are full. It's easy to give in or hold back, and compromise our destiny.
Good enough might keep us employed or married; it might keep the bills paid, but good enough doesn't stretch us. It doesn't feed our souls. A dim glow doesn't become us—we were born to shine.
When you're a competitive runner, you're constantly chasing excellence. You're focused on being better today than yesterday and better still tomorrow. Tiny improvements represent huge victories. You're an organism constantly evolving toward an approximation of perfection.
This quest for excellence is isn't just an ideal, it is our job—and it's the coach's job to see that we get our job done. Maybe that's why these old coaches were out there running on that cold February day.
Watching the Coaches' Mile, I realized there was something I missed about my NCAA experience, and I missed it a lot. For myself and my teammates, running was more than a sport. We strove to be the strongest, the fastest, the best. Our habit of continuous improvement, our quest for excellence, set the pace for our young lives. When we were running well—not just getting better, but getting better at the process of getting better—we created a positive wake. This slipstream effect drew along other important aspects of our lives as well, and we tended to excel academically, socially, and spiritually.
Then what happened? We graduated. Some of us started families. Some of us focused on our careers. We moved on. As we moved forward on our separate journeys, did we continue to nurture our passion for excellence? Did we maintain our commitment to continuous improvement, to getting better? Did we feel we were good enough at whatever we were good at? What became of our quest for excellence?
Why does this matter? Life is good. I've been blessed with a wonderful family and a challenging, though rewarding, career. But, on that February day at the Simplot Games, I realized I'd somehow stagnated. I'd gotten good enough at too many things. I'd lost focus, abandoned the quest for excellence. Watching those gray-haired coaches run, I determined that even at forty-five years old, I would be a runner again.
So, I got back on track. A five-minute mile is a towering goal for someone my age, so I aimed for that. I pushed myself—hard—and ran that mile in 4:32. I called Coach Hislop, now retired, to share the results.
Thus, the quest began anew.
By late March, under Coach's guidance, I ran 4:26. By mid-April, 4:23. Then, just as we were about to make our first attempt to break a world record, I broke my foot. The quest was painfully terminated—but I had learned some things along the way.
Tough breaks happen. Bones break, hearts break. Referees make bad calls. Networks go down, stress goes up, less-capable colleagues get the promotion. We may be plagued by problems, but focusing on the unfairness of life induces self-doubt, rationalization, and mediocrity—and despair. We must get back on track and keep running anyway.
Breaking world records is serious business. Everything is open for reexamination. We discovered—painfully—that the training strategies we had used with great success in my college days didn't work anymore. Training mileage, duration and intensity of hurtle ritual, rest during interval training, pacing, the warm-up cycle, negative race-pacing tactics, diet, nutrition, sleep: almost all of the weekly targets were significantly harder to achieve than they had been twenty-five years earlier. The parameters for each had to be tested, adjusted, tested again—with me as the guinea pig.
We had to completely reinvent how we handled the business of exceptional running. We usually got things right. On occasion, Coach and I committed destructive, fitness-compromising blunders.
Reinvention can be a painful, heartbreaking, soul-numbing process. But just like life, just like being great at anything, reinvention is necessary if you're going to do something that's never been done before. Constant reinvention and continuous improvement are fundamental requirements of world-class performance.
My broken foot was supposed to take four weeks to heal. It took three months. When I finally got back on track again, fitness returned slowly. But with consistent, determined effort, things started to come around. It wasn't fun. Often, in the middle of a difficult interval workout, I would wonder how on earth I could continue. Coach Hislop offered perspective and encouragement.
Vision is what the thing you are aspiring to achieve looks like. When the process gets muddied by competing priorities, inevitable failures, the sheer suffering in the midst of difficulty, you've got to have a clear picture of what you're to accomplish. Your vision is your guiding star.
A mission is a specific objective or set of objectives. Missions can typically be tied to hard numbers, specific figures, or an organizational matrix. Our mission was to break four M45 world records: the indoor mile, the outdoor mile, the indoor 3000m, and the outdoor 3000m steeplechase.
A strategy is a method or plan for bringing about a specific outcome. It includes marshaling resources and putting them to their most efficient, effective use. Coach and I decided that because of a previous knee surgery (to repair a severe lateral meniscus bucket handle tear), our best chance of avoiding injury was to limit my overall mileage. This was a deliberate quality-versus-quantity decision.
Tactics are the methods by which strategies are executed. They're purpose-built to meet the demands of the moment. Tactics are fluid, often changing to fit the needs of a dynamic situation, sometimes in the midst of an interval workout or race.
My second failed indoor world-record attempt began with a brutal fall. In a crowded field of talented young collegiate milers, I was forced to run the first lap in lane three. Desperate to get to lane one, I shot a small gap at breakneck pace, was clipped by another runner, and took a hard fall on the inside rail, landing on my shoulder. I fought back to pace, and even managed to finish ahead of most of the college kids. But, I wasn't even close to my goal.
And that's exactly what happened. Because my coach kept my vision clear, I stayed the course, overcame the doubt, and approached my final attempt with determination and confidence. On March 2, 2013, at the Columbia Last-Chance Qualifier at The Armory in uptown Manhattan (the most famous indoor track in the world), I shaved 3.5 seconds off of John Hinton's M45 indoor mile world record, finishing in a stunning 4:16.83.
There have since been triumphs and disappointments. I missed the steeplechase world record by a mere 1.5 seconds in Seattle last July. But I also claimed two US Masters championship titles, two American records in the 3000 m steeplechase, and two World Masters Games victories. Not bad at all!
True to form, Coach had a plan. I couldn't have run any harder in 2013, and 2014 would find me one year older and probably a little bit slower. To have any chance at that steeplechase record, we decided to take a higher risk, higher mileage approach to our 2014 campaign. We weren't sure if my forty-eight-year-old knees could absorb the strain of increased mileage, intensity, and frequency. It was a Secretariat gamble.
In March 2014, the gamble netted us our second world record: 8:26.15, eight seconds faster than Spain's Jesus Borrego's 3000m indoor world record.
In April and May, new injuries robbed us of training time and compromised my fitness. After a grueling rehabilitation period and intense training, we were ready for a third world-record attempt. On June 8, in Nashville, Tennessee, we shocked the Masters Track & Field world by shaving nearly ten seconds off Norway's Nils Undersaker's 30-year-old 3000m steeplechase world record.
The next month, in San Diego, at forty-eight years old, I narrowly missed achieving our fourth goal—the outdoor M45 mile world record—clocking in at 4:17.45. In the process, however, I became the oldest sub-4:20 miler in history!
It has been quite a run.
Though difficult, my Masters Track & Field career has blessed my life immensely. Coach and I fulfilled our vision of doings things that have never been done, but the best part is experiencing that marvelous feeling again, that focus and determination on the quest for excellence. And, just as in my college days, the effort and momentum of this quest have created a slipstream effect, a positive energy wake that has drawn every part of my life along with it. I am a better father, a better husband, and a better neighbor. I read more, write more, and speak with greater authenticity and power about the joys of being alive and of pursuing difficult and worthwhile dreams.
Join me. Let's get back on track!
Brad Barton, CSP, is a leadership and continuous improvement expert who helps companies create record-setting team cultures. He is the author of Beyond Illusions: The Magic of Positive Perception , and the forthcoming book Back on Track. This father of six is an NCAA All-American and holds several Masters Track & Field age-group world records. Follow him on Twitter @BradBartonTweet and on his website.


text:
package v1beta1

import (
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/abac"
)

// GroupName is the group name use in this package
const GroupName = "abac.authorization.kubernetes.io"

// SchemeGroupVersion is the API group and version for abac v1beta1
var SchemeGroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: GroupName, Version: "v1beta1"}

func init() {
	// TODO: Delete this init function, abac should not have its own scheme.
	utilruntime.Must(addKnownTypes(abac.Scheme))

	utilruntime.Must(RegisterConversions(abac.Scheme))
}

var (
	// SchemeBuilder is the scheme builder with scheme init functions to run for this API package
	// TODO: move SchemeBuilder with zz_generated.deepcopy.go to k8s.io/api.
	SchemeBuilder runtime.SchemeBuilder
	// localSchemeBuilder ïs a pointer to SchemeBuilder instance. Using localSchemeBuilder
	// defaulting and conversion init funcs are registered as well.
	// localSchemeBuilder and AddToScheme will stay in k8s.io/kubernetes.
	localSchemeBuilder = &SchemeBuilder
	// AddToScheme is a common registration function for mapping packaged scoped group & version keys to a scheme
	AddToScheme = localSchemeBuilder.AddToScheme
)

func init() {
	// We only register manually written functions here. The registration of the
	// generated functions takes place in the generated files. The separation
	// makes the code compile even when the generated files are missing.
	localSchemeBuilder.Register(addKnownTypes, RegisterDefaults)
}

func addKnownTypes(scheme *runtime.Scheme) error {
	scheme.AddKnownTypes(SchemeGroupVersion,
		&Policy{},
	)
	return nil
}