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Our building was flooded and the server is destroyed. I have confirmed that the DC did not have any FSMO roles. I am assuming that I need to clean up AD and remove any remnants that are left from the lost server. I cannot seem to find any articles describing exactly what I need to do. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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akp982 is an IT service provider.
1) Make sure you sieze the 5 FSMO roles first. http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;q255504
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FAMA supports programs of a civic, social, cultural or artistic nature that are designed to increase the function and aesthetic values of the community, and also economic programs designed to strengthen and expand the economic potential of North Fourth Avenue.
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Artist: Lucie Stahl
Venue: Halle Für Kunst Lüneburg
Exhibition Title: Spirit
Date: June 25 – August 7, 2016
Originally Posted: August 5th, 2016
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Andy Reids Sons
November 16, 2010 by Post Team
Andy Reids Sons, (CP) – The problem with making up excuses is that each one has to improve on those that came before.
After benching Donovan McNabb in the closing minutes of Sunday's loss to the Lions, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said his quarterback wasn't ready to run the two-minute offence.
A day later, Shanahan said — five times, no less — that McNabb's "cardiovascular endurance" wasn't up to snuff.
The day after that, his son, offensive co-ordinator Kyle Shanahan, said they had considered sitting McNabb "to rest him up and get him better for the rest of the year" before he talked them out of it.
So the next time one Shanahan or the other decides to yank their quarterback off the field — and there will be a next time — get ready to hear a tale about how the dog ate McNabb's playbook.
That's how things work with Shanahan. He inherited John Elway in Denver early in his coaching career, won back-to-back Super Bowls, and has yet to find another quarterback he trusts to carry out his carefully crafted game plans.
When the replacements were named Bubby Brister, Brian Griese, Jake Plummer and Jay Cutler, it was easy to give Shanahan the benefit of the doubt. But McNabb?
Not so much.
In less than half a season, the coach has managed to alienate Albert Haynesworth, who took a boatload of money to anchor the Redskins defence, and now he's undercut a quarterback he signed off on just this past April.
This is hardly the first time unnecessary drama has swirled around McNabb. A pack of notoriously tough fans from Philadelphia drove up to New York to boo McNabb on the day the Eagles drafted him. Then radio talker Rush Limbaugh dragged McNabb into his sermon about "black quarterbacks." Then Philly coach Andy Reid, long one of his most loyal supporters, paved the road to ship him out of town.
Up to his point, McNabb's list of sins has been mercifully short: He never won the big one. He took the Eagles to five NFC championship games and the Super Bowl, only to have certified blowhard and then-teammate Terrell Owens question whether McNabb had enough stamina left at the end of that one.
Through it all, McNabb managed to hold his tongue. He tried one more time this week, right after the Shanahans got their stories straight.
"I'm just ready to move on, focus on what I have to do after the bye week," McNabb said during a radio interview Tuesday.
"You can ask these guys," he added, referring to his teammates, "how I work and my work ethic. My work ethic has never been a question. My tempo has never been a question. But I think there's a lot of digging going on right now, miscellaneous digging."
It's fair to question McNabb's performance. The Redskins have already matched their win total for all of last season, though he's been far from his best. He's thrown eight interceptions against seven touchdown passes. His quarterback rating of 76.0 is the lowest he's posted since his rookie year.
He's closing in on 34, but if he were 134, he'd still be better than Rex Grossman, who replaced him Sunday against the Lions, as well as JaMarcus Russell, the failed No. 1 pick whom the Redskins gave a second look at a workout Tuesday.
Neither QB is going to provide Shanahan the leadership he's been looking for, and submarining McNabb might not only undue all the smart choices the coach has made before this, it could well lose him the rest of his locker room.
Shanahan is such a control freak that back in Denver, he put cameras in the clubhouse so he could watch team meetings from his office on closed-circuit television. There's little chance he'll do the same in Washington. Even with a bye week to cool things down, chances are good he wouldn't like what he saw.
Maybe that's what prompted Shanahan, finally, to walk back some of his criticism and say that a long-term deal for McNabb was still possible.
"We all know Donovan is a franchise quarterback. … Obviously there's negotiations that go on with both sides," Shanahan said. "Time will tell, as it does with all our players."
McNabb said on his radio show that there was a "100 per cent" chance he would be quarterbacking the Redskins next season.
"If I would have said 75 or 60," McNabb said candidly, "it would have been another big story."
Maybe so.
But the chances he finishes the season as Washington's starter are considerably lower than that. If the past is prologue, Shanahan is already trying out new-and-improved alibis.
They'd need to be better than what he's come up with so far, since he wouldn't be the first guy to be reminded that the coverup is a lot tougher to get away with than the crime.
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Pakistan Science Club was born as an idea in 2007 and became a reality on 8th of August 2008 by the continual efforts ofMr. Abdul Rauf who stands as the President and Founder of Pakistan Science Club with Ch Qamar Raza as Vice President, Mr. Abdul Qadeer as the General Secretary, with the rest of the staff under general hierarchy of the club. The current situation in the Pakistan is that fewer and fewer of its citizens are being trained in technical/scientific backgrounds like scientists and doctors while scientific education in rest of the world like Europe, North America and Asia are on the rise. The amount of science being taught at the educational level across the country is dangerously dropping. Science in this country is clearly taking a back seat to the other occupations such as business, sports, and other disciplines.
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PSC has embarked on a mission to make people aware of the importance of science and technology, its benefits and the nation's urgent need for her technical manpower. PSC aims to target children till grade 12 and is also working to establish a research wing above the grade 12 level plus an awareness campaign year round.
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Is it possible for a JotForm representative to schedule a time to show the system to potential clients or is it done only via the tools on your website.
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Thank you! I think I have all the information I need (for now anyway! smiley face!)
I want to extend my thanks to you and your colleagues for working through all these questions and the use of the 'post' with me.
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This Self-Cutting Washing Machine Outlet Kit is an appliance waste water self-cutting clamp tool for 32mm and 40mm pipe work.
- Features: Fits most appliance outlet hoses.
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Boxset of four classic films from the 1940s. 'Sleeping Car to Trieste' (1948) stars Jean Kent and Albert Lieven.
Set on board the Orient Express the film follows the story of a man named Charles Poole (Alan Wheatley) who has stolen an important political diary and is being pursued by two different people who want it back. 'It's Not Cricket' (1949) stars Basil Radford as Major Bright and Naunton Wayne as Captain Early - detectives who have recently been thrown out of the army for their failure to capture a notoriously evil Nazi Otto Fisch (Maurice Denham).
The detectives are invited to a weekend of cricket by their old friend Gerald Lawson (Nigel Buchanan) but what Gerald doesn't realise is that the ball he has purchased for the match contains the famous Rothstein diamond, stolen by Fisch, who will stop at nothing to get it back. 'All Over the Town' (1949) is a British comedy drama starring Norman Wooland as a Royal Air Force pilot who returns to work as a newspaper reporter.
After fighting in the Second World War, Nat Hearn (Wooland) resumes his former position at the Tormouth Clarion and finds himself working with Sally Thorpe (Sarah Churchill), the woman who was given his job when he left.
When Nat is promoted to editor of the paper, he decides to use his new status to make changes within the publication that will benefit the town but in the process he angers powerful figures within the community. 'Once a Jolly Swagman' (1949) is a British drama about speedway racer Bill Fox (Dirk Bogarde).
Factory worker Fox is bored of his daily life and decides to quit his job to become a motorbike racer.
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text: One-time charge results in 2Q loss, but sets stage for future improvement; Bank management optimistic about final six months of 2013 Loan production, net interest margin improve; asset quality best in 3 years LINCOLNTON, N.C., July 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carolina Trust Bank (Nasdaq:CART) today reported a net loss of $1.49 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, or $0.32 per diluted common share attributable to common shareholders. Second quarter results were influenced by a one-time charge to non-interest expense that was tied to the unexpected closing of a commercial customer in late December 2012. Excluding payment of dividends on preferred shares, the bank realized a net loss of $1.44 million for the second quarter of 2013. Results compared to net income of $301,000 for the same period in 2012, or $0.07 per diluted common share available to common shareholders. On a link-quarter basis, second quarter results compared to a profit of $32,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, or $0.01 per diluted common share available to common shareholders. "While we are disappointed with the quarterly loss, we are encouraged by the fundamentals of our business," said Mike Cline, president and CEO. "We continue to see solid progress in loan growth, improvement in asset quality, and ongoing strength in core earnings. We're optimistic about the remaining six months of 2013." In the second quarter of 2013, Carolina Trust booked $16.14 million in new loans, including $9.10 million in the month of May, its second largest monthly production total in 24 months. Total nonperforming assets at June 30, 2013, were their lowest in more than three years and non-accrual loans fell dramatically in the second quarter of 2013. Core earnings and total revenues remained healthy as net interest income and net interest margin improved year-over-year and on a link-quarter basis.


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Our Pinot Noir Deal of the Year for 2015. List $42, You Pay $24.99 by the Case
Our Pinot Noir Deal of the Year for 2015. List $42, You Pay $24.99 by the Case
Posted December 09, 2015
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The fact that you can get Pinot this good, for $24.99 per bottle, is almost hard to believe after tasting it. The wine is from Willowbrook and a few months back, we bought and sold out of a prior wine from this estate that we loved as well. THAT wine was featured in the Wall St Journal shortly after it arrived. Shortly after ... the wine sold out.
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The 34-year-old wicket-keeper batsman, who played the last of his 69 Tests for Pakistan last year, will lead a squad of seven players which includes only two newcomers to international cricket.
Hong Kong Sixes Tournament 2005 is being played at Kowloon Cricket Club October 22-23 with teams from seven Test nations and hosts Hong Kong featuring.
The other members of the Pakistan team are Yasir Arafat, Naveed Latif, Mohammad Hafeez, Tahir Khan, Kamran Hussain and Riaz Afridi.
"It's a great honour for me because I have represented Pakistan in the Super Sixes before and have won the title," said Khan, who still harbours hope of an international comeback.
Khan praised cricket interest and facilities in Hong Kong.
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The Hong Kong Sixes has been a popular attraction for all the major cricket playing countries since its debut in 1992.
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- Type: 2DR CPE
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- Year: 1984
- Mileage: 64,254
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But it has gotten plenty of play in the Canadian press.
It appears that Bush surprised the Canadians by bringing up the controversial missile defense issue when the two leaders met privately in Ottawa on Tuesday.
Bush then threw the issue into the public arena Wednesday when he asked Canadians to get behind the program during a speech in Halifax.
The president thanked the people of Canada's Atlantic Provinces for taking in thousands of passengers from diverted U.S.-bound airplanes after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Using the tragedy as a springboard, he launched his pitch on missile defense.
"I hope we'll also move forward on ballistic-missile defense co-operation to protect the next generation of Canadians and Americans from the threats we know will arise. The energetic defense of our nations is an important duty," Bush said.
Whether Canada should join the United States in creation of a space-based defense shield that would guard against missile attack is an issue being hotly debated in Canadian political circles, even causing splits in Martin's own Liberal Party.
So Bush's mention of the topic set off sparks across Canada and put Martin on the defensive.
On Thursday, he emerged from a meeting of his Liberal Party Cabinet and denied to reporters that he was caught off guard by Bush's remarks.
"The president's position on missile defense has been known for quite some time. In the kind of discussions that we were having, I wasn't a bit surprised that he raised it, nor that in fact that he spoke his mind in the speech," Martin told the Toronto Globe and Mail.
Martin said that while his majority party is still debating whether to participate in the program, they are opposed to basing what could be nuclear weapons in space.
"We want to make sure that there is no weaponization of space. We want to make sure that whatever decision is taken is one that is going to benefit our own security. When we arrive at that point, one way or the other, we'll make our decision," Martin told reporters.
But in referring to Bush, Martin used three key words — "spoke his mind." They are instructional.
Unlike other international diplomats, who seem at times to do everything but speak their minds, Bush breaks the mold. He comes out and says what he believes. And a lot of people don't like it, especially foreign leaders who disagree with him.
It seems they would rather have Bush paper over their differences and go on. Instead, he throws the dispute out there for everyone to see.
As Bush prepared to travel to Canada, the Canadian press was reporting that the American president would not bring up missile defense because of the division it engenders north of the border. But Bush did it his way.
A member of Bush's national security staff who briefed U.S. reporters after the Bush-Martin meeting on Tuesday said that "recognizing that this is a Canadian decision, but also recognizing that ultimately our missile defense program is going to extend a security umbrella across North America," the president felt it was important that the Canadians understand his views.
His point of view is that missile defense is important and that Canada should join in. Now it is up to them.
A Canadian reporter asked Bush if his foreign policy was responsible for the United States and Canada "drifting apart." He replied, "We just had a poll in our country where people decided that the foreign policy of the Bush administration ought to stay in place for four more years."
As Martin said, he "spoke his mind."