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By Her - Canada - Montr?al
Today, the guy I've been dating for 3 months told me he doesn't know how he feels about me because he's not excited when we meet and doesn't miss me when we don't text for a while. He decides to tell me this while we're laying in bed right after having sex for the first time. FML
Valentine's slay
Intimate moments
By unknown - Philippines
Today, I thought it would be funny to put a few extra spoonfuls of sugar in my co-worker's coffee. He thought it would be funny to throw the boiling hot coffee over my crotch. FML
By Anonymous - United States - Manhattan
Today, it's the fourth day of my new diet. I told my friends and family to watch me every time I eat to make sure it's healthy. I got so desperate that I hid some chocolates in my pocket then scarfed them down while pooping. FML
By frankkathy - United States
Today, I saved a honey bee from drowning in our pool. It promptly stung me and died. FML
By LowerCrust - United States
Today, I arrived at the pizza place I work at to find that I'd been fired. Apparently, the class stoner came in last night and not only demanded a free pizza, but also claimed that I always gave him one. I've never talked to this kid in my life, but my boss still doesn't believe me. FML
By random - United States
Today, I got my hair dyed at a fancy salon. While the stylist was pulling out the foils in my hair I sat up and started screaming in pain because the hot foils were burning my scalp. All she said was "oh, you're fine". I went back home to find an oozing burn wound on my scalp. FML
By rebecca - Austria
Today, as a bartender was carding my friends, I excitedly asked if he was going to card me. The guy gave me a blank stare before finally replying, "Look, lady, I don't have time to stroke some middle-aged woman's ego." I asked because it was my birthday. I just turned twenty-one. FML
Today, I got dressed, did my hair, carefully applied my makeup, sprayed myself with perfume, grabbed my bag and put on my coat. I got to the door, and then realised that I had nowhere to go, nothing to do and none of my friends were answering my calls. FML
By 3-wheeler - United Kingdom
Today, I left my car in a disreputable area. After picking it up later on, I heard a strange "clonking" sound. The clonking suddenly stopped when my wheel fell off; someone had stolen my wheel nuts. FML
By in_side_out - Australia
Today, I received an email saying that the present I ordered for my girlfriend's birthday will be a week late, which makes it a week late for her birthday. I sat down and said we needed to talk, she burst into tears and apologised for 'sleeping with him,' I just wanted to tell her it would be late. FML
By OH COME ON - United States
Today, I texted my boyfriend on the way to the hospital to tell him I needed stitches, after my brother's dog bit me on the breast. His response? "Pics or it didn't happen." FML
By thanks google - United States - Naperville
Today, while I was driving, Google said it found a faster route to save me 15 minutes. I hit accept, only be directed into a gridlock on the interstate, adding an hour to my drive time. FML
By Toast514 - Canada
Today, I was short shifted at work because one of my employee's decided not to show up. Furious, I wrote her up and made predetermined judgments about her. When she came in, I went off on her for being absent and leaving me stuck. She then informed me her mom tried to commit suicide. FML
Today, my boyfriend of six months, who happened to be my first kiss, broke up with me after borrowing 120 dollars. Not twenty minutes later, he was at the bar drinking with my brothers and my dad. FML
By boobmilk - United States - Hesperia
Today I left my 8-week-old with my brother so I could return to work. His wife took all the breast milk I'd packed out of the fridge and poured it out. According to her, it was "gross" and she didn't want it near her food. My son is allergic to formula. FML
By What? - United States - Needham
Today, I overheard a conversation between coworkers, during which my name was mentioned, then, "and then I followed her around for a bit, but she didn't do it again." Everyone laughed. I've no idea what I did that was so funny. FML
Today, I failed hard at a color test. I thought it was a joke because most of the colors looked the same to me. Now I know why people laugh at my clothes color choices. FML
By CD - United States
Today, my mom explained the benefits of douching to me with my boyfriend right there. He began arguing with her about how the vagina is usually self-cleaning. FML
Today, my wife heard that wifi could be harmful for our newborn baby's undeveloped brain box. Her solution was to switch the wifi off on our laptops. She won't listen to the flaw in her plan. FML
By mortifiedgrandchild - United States
Today, I came across a picture of my grandpa taking a hit off a bong, while wearing nothing but a Playboy shirt. FML
By xXWhiteSheepXx - United States - Omaha
Today, my cat likes to share my pillow at night. I guess she was extra comfortable last night, because she didn't bother getting off it to hack up a hairball. I woke up because I rolled my face onto it. FML
By sunkissedberries - United States
Today, I ran into my boyfriend. The same guy that told me he was still in Florida with his family. FML
By Peter80 - Netherlands
Today, at work, our new cute intern asked me if I could explain my work. Taking a cool posture sitting on her desk I explained. After 10 minutes I walked away, only to hear her laughing with the girl next to her. Turns out my fly was open. And I didn't wear underwear. FML
By pinpin - France
Today, I helped my son do his maths homework. He got a C and won't talk to me anymore. FML
Today, I was at a restaurant when I heard a young girl telling her father she didn't think she was pretty. When I got up to leave, I walked past her table and told her she was beautiful. Her dad then punched me in the face. FML
By Mia - India - Mumbai
Today, my boyfriend and I were about to get it on. That's when the bell rang. He said, 'I'll just be back'. 5 minutes later, still no sign of him. I wrapped myself in a towel and went to the hall. Turns out his new PS4 had arrived. He said, 'I forgot you were here, sorry' and continued to play. FML
By wished i had a cat
Today, I discovered that my dog knows how to lock doors. This wouldn't have been a problem if anyone in my house every carried a key. FML
By picturemenakedbaby - United States
Today, my boyfriend and I were on the phone. He started talking dirty, and saying how horny he was, etc. So I decided to play along and said "I want you to picture me naked, baby." All of a sudden I heard a huge sigh. He responded, "Ew, that just killed it." FML
By rawr
Today, at work, I spent half an hour trying to convince an elderly customer that no, I wasn't a messenger sent by the devil to take her soul to hell. FML
By SHUTUPDAD! - 17/10/2020 20:02
Today, my dad found his old harmonica. It's been five hours and he shows no signs of stopping. FML
By Accident-prone af - 7/7/2020 20:02
Today, while making milkshakes, I was pouring and the blender's blades all fell out somehow. I don't know what's worse, that I sliced my finger open when the blades fell out and now there's blood all over, that there's now melted ice cream all over my counter and floor, or that I just wasted an entire tub of ice cream. FML
By lazy pregnant girl - United States
Today, my boyfriend told me that because he works fifty hours a week, I should be meeting an arbitrary quota of fifty hours of housework, and if I don't, I'm insensitive and ungrateful. FML
By Anonymous - United States - Great Falls
Today, I walked into the bathroom only to see my boyfriend sitting on the floor eating ice cream, crying. I'd say I was shocked, but this isn't the first time it's happened. FML
By Sensitive!!! - 24/8/2020 21:56 - Australia - Brisbane
A teaching moment
Today, my husband is so bad at foreplay that when he remembers to try and turn me on, he digs around really hard like he's scratching a bug bite. Last time, his nail sliced my clitoris. FML
By bridalqueen - United States
Today, as a veteran blood donor, I made a friend who was donating for the first time- I told her not to be scared and that I've been doing it for six years and that it was a great way to help people. While at the snack area afterwards, I passed out, started convulsing and went into shock. FML
By annoyed
Today, I received an email from my insurance company about a claim that happened over a month ago when I hit someone from behind. I was very apologetic and stated it was my fault, and now they're trying to claim replacement vehicle costs. I was going under 10mph and their car only had a scratch. FML
Today, my girlfriend told me she was bored. During sex. FML
By Spoilicious - Singapore - Singapore
Today, I was reading a book in public. Some bastard stranger came over and started spoiling the plot for me. FML
By Faithy - United States
Today, I got flustered because my hair straightener wasn't working. It took me fifteen minutes to realize I hadn't turned it on. FML
Today, I was taking a crap in a public stall when three kids broke down the door and pelted me with eggs. FML
By DearLord - 3/4/2020 23:00 - Canada
Next, on The Jerry Springer Show…
Today, I had to explain to my boss that masturbating in public is inappropriate. This isn't the first time this has taken place. FML
By DevilsMetsGiants | 30
#6719552 - Tuesday 6 December 2016 9:38
He really sucks for waiting until AFTER sex to say that. I really hope you don't stay with someone like that. That's just really disrespecting you.
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By Kirtres | 4
#6719569 - Tuesday 6 December 2016 11:33
Maybe he hoped that things would change after having sex, but realized after that he still felt the same? Not an excuse, but a possible explanation.
By liinkinparkfan97 | 34
That's awful OP, but you should seriously dump him. You deserve someone much better than that.
By Isamermaid | 17
Sounds like he's still... pretty neutral.
Personally, I'd break it off. There's no magic, nothing special.
You can find someone who feels ALL KINDS of things for you.
By myfucxingluck | 7
Well after sex things can get emotional and you can let out some more personal stuff, so maybe that's what it is
blissfully_me | 16
I don't know why this got so many dislikes... you could have a valid point.
DoomedGemini | 37
Because you don't wait until after sex to tell someone you don't really feel anything about them. It is really just getting things out in the open after getting what he wanted. It wasn't a sudden realization, and if you have any doubts you should say something before sex.
By brenton490 | 19
A vibrator can give you better sex and probably miss you more...
lonewolf3400 | 10
That's a big assumption bud.
species4872 | 19
Eveready.
By justamoderator | 11
Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment
None of you get it.. I've been in a lot of relationships and what's happening here is that you're not a match. He waited until after sex to tell you because he was hoping that something will develop in him, a connection of sorts that will keep you together, a beginning of love, but it didn't. He didn't meant to use you, and then dump you, he just gave your relationship a fair chance..3 months is more than a fair chance! I usually knew after a month if the person is right for me or not, and after 7 months if that's the real deal or not. If this wasn't your ''first time'' then there's nothing to feel bad about, you both tried and it just didn't work out. Keep your chin up and Mr. Right One will come up one day, just like mine did!
Op has every right to be upset whether it's their first time or lot. If sex has meaning to them, it would hurt no matter what. And if you don't feel a connection you say something! They deserve to know and decide with all the information if they still want to have sex. If you don't want to tell them cause you know they wouldn't have sex, I have news for you..
FlyinOrion | 10
Ah, the classic FML circlejerk. Where one one opinion reigns supreme while all others attempting to cut the other party some slack get downvoted automatically.
What's the news
He was expecting the sex to be so hot that it would make up for the mediocre emotional connection.
Move along, nothing to see here.
By lonewolf3400 | 10
I'm not defending the guy but at least he told you. Maybe he had sex with you to see if that would spark back but idk sorry OP.
By NellyFC35 | 19
Maybe he was hoping for the physical part of the relationship to stimulate other areas but most likely he had bad intentions. He waited until he got what he wanted, enjoyed the chase and now hes over it. Even if he was tryning to see if having sex would help thats still a jacked up mentality. You are a queen and deserve to be cherished not tolerated. ?


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Antarctic explorers help University of Reading experts make climate change discovery - 100 years on
Research included looking at the ships' logbooks of explorers such as Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton
Jonathan LowReading FC reporter
Antarctic explorers' failed expeditions dating back over 100 years may hold the secret to the effects of climate change on the South Pole's sea ice.
A study by experts at the University of Reading suggests the area of sea ice around the Antarctic has barely changed in size in 100 years.
The research by climate scientists indicates Antarctic sea ice is much less sensitive to the effects of climate change than that of the Arctic, which in stark contrast has experienced a dramatic decline during the 20th century.
Experts in Reading looked at ice observations recorded in the ships' logbooks of explorers such as Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton to compare where the Antarctic ice edge was during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (1897-1917) and where satellites show it is today.
Watch the video above to see animations of some of the early 1900s voyages based against the daily mean, minimum and maximum satellite-derived ice edges.
For each frame, the route of the ship for that particular day and the preceding day is shown, with a colour indicator showing the sections of the expedition when the ship was travelling in open water as blue and when the ship was travelling through the ice as white.
The research, published in the European Geosciences journal The Cryosphere, estimates the extent of Antarctic summer sea ice is at most 14 per cent smaller now than during the early 1900s.
Impact of climate change on plants could be seen within 35 years, say University of Reading experts
Dr Jonathan Day, who led the study, said: "The missions of Scott and Shackleton are remembered in history as heroic failures, yet the data collected by these and other explorers could profoundly change the way we view the ebb and flow of Antarctic sea ice.
"We know that sea ice in the Antarctic has increased slightly over the past 30 years, since satellite observations began.
Sir Ernest Shackleton
"Global warming...may not be anything new"
"Scientists have been grappling to understand this trend in the context of global warming, but these new findings suggest it may not be anything new.
"If ice levels were as low a century ago as estimated in this research, then a similar increase may have occurred between then and the middle of the century, when previous studies suggest ice levels were far higher."
Protein shakes could cut risk of strokes and heart disease, say Reading scientists
The new study is the first to shed light on sea ice extent in the period prior to the 1930s, and suggests the levels in the early 1900s were in fact similar to today, at between 5.3 and 7.4 million square kilometres.
Although one region, the Weddell Sea, did have a significantly larger ice cover.
Captain Robert Scott
Antarctica climate fluctuated
Published estimates suggest Antarctic sea ice extent was significantly higher during the 1950s, before a steep decline returned it to around six million square kilometres in recent decades.
The research suggests the climate of Antarctica may have fluctuated significantly throughout the 20th century, swinging between decades of high ice cover and decades of low ice cover, rather than enduring a steady downward trend.
Proton beam cancer treatment could be available in Reading as plans go in for Thames Valley Science Park lab
This study builds on international efforts to recover old weather and climate data from ships' logbooks.
Capt Scott perished along with his team in 1912 after missing out on being the first to reach the South Pole by a matter of weeks, while Shackleton's ship sank after becoming trapped in ice in 1915 as he and his crew journeyed to attempt the first ever cross-Antarctic trek.
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Q: Visual Studio2017 - Productivity Power Tools Is there a way to Install Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2017 in a machine with no internet connection?
When I run ProductivityPowerPack2017.vsix file I get an error.

In the log file I found this:
`(...)  System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException:` An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.

I believe this is because my machine has limited internet connection (with some blocked URLs).
So is their a way to install Power Tools? I need Process Editor for Visual Studio 2017.

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Rob Lipsett (YouTuber) was born on the 17th of January, 1992. He was born in 1990s, in Millennials Generation. His birth sign is Capricorn and his life path number is 3. Rob's birth flower is Carnation and birthstone is Garnet. What does this all mean? Let's find out!
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NAME: Rob Lipsett
FULL NAME: Rob Lipsett
NICKNAME: Rob
PROFESSION: YouTuber
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Rob Lipsett, best known for being a YouTuber, was born in Dublin on Friday, January 17, 1992. Irish fitness trainer whose YouTuber and Instagram stardom helped propel his Lipsett Fitness brand. He has more than 380,000 Instagram followers to go along with 340,000 YouTube subscribers.
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Pelosi, Schumer 'urge' FBI to investigate Trump's ties to massage parlor owner
Move over, Russia — there's a new conspiracy theory in town. The Democrats want the FBI to investigate a Florida massage parlor owner who they are calling a potential counterintelligence threat.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) implored FBI director Christopher Wray to look into Li "Cindy" Yang's relationship with the president following allegations from House and Senate Democrats that the former day spa owner "sold access" to President Trump and his family.
Saying the alleged activity gave foreign actors potential access to blackmail, Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Panels, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sen. Mark Warner (D-MA), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), wrote a letter Friday to the FBI, intelligence agencies, and Secret Service asking for criminal and counter-intelligence investigations into Yang's relationship with Trump.
Dems allege conspiracy
In the letter, Democrats riffed on a theme familiar from Russiagate: that foreign entities could acquire blackmail on the president through the service allegedly proffered by Yang. Democrats have long argued that Vladimir Putin has blackmail or "kompromat" on Trump that influences the president's decision-making. Their letter got a boost from Pelosi and Schumer on Monday, who called the case "very concerning."
"The facts in this situation are very concerning, and we urge Director Wray to adhere to the joint bicameral requests of the Democratic Senate ranking members and Democratic House chairmen and start an investigation," they said Monday.
Yang is the founder of a chain of massage parlors in Florida. The House and Senate Democrats allege that Yang "sold access to Trump" through a separate business, GY US Investments, on a now-defunct website.
In their letter, House and Senate Democrats allege that Yang "offered clients 'the opportunity to interact with the president, the [American] Minister of Commerce and other political figures" and offered to set up "White House and Capitol Hill dinners." The four Democrats allege that Yang arranged for a group of Chinese businessmen to attend a Trump fundraiser in New York.
Yang, the letter continues, is reportedly a frequent guest at Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort, has visited the White House on at least one occasion, and was photographed with the president at a Super Bowl party at his West Palm beach golf resort. Yang shared a selfie with Trump on Facebook.
The Democrats allege that Yang's alleged activities "could permit adversary governments or their agents access to these same politicians to acquire potential material for blackmail or other even more nefarious purposes," noting that China "has frequently used non-traditional intelligence collectors and businesspersons to compromise targets."
Nefarious plot?
Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who also has a close relationship with Trump, was arrested for soliciting prostitution at an Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, which was formerly owned by Yang. The South Florida chain was raided by the FBI as part of a human trafficking sting. Kraft has denied the allegation.
Yang sold the parlor before it was raided, and she was not charged or implicated in connection with the prostitution crackdown. However, that hasn't stopped Democrats from attempting to link her, and Trump, with the alleged prostitution. In the letter, the Democrats call for criminal investigations into "credible allegations of potential human trafficking" as well as "unlawful foreign lobbying, campaign finance and other activities by Ms. Yang" and ask for "an assessment of any counter-intelligence risks or related concerns associated with any interactions between President Donald Trump and Ms. Yang."
The Democrats want to know whether the FBI was aware of Yang's alleged illicit activities before the media reported them and whether there are other individuals "using Mar-A-Lago for similar purposes", namely, "by offering foreigners access to the President." They also want to know about the extent of Yang's interactions with Trump and other White House officials and whether Trump took efforts to vet illicit campaign contributions through straw donors.
Fishing expedition
"We have seen the Democratic partisan letter and allegations," Yang's attorney, Evan W. Turk said in a statement. "Our firm will represent our client, and her interests as an American. This seems to be another politically driven fishing expedition. We will be addressing these matters when appropriate."
The calls for an investigation come as Robert Mueller's investigation of alleged collusion is expected to be nearing its conclusion, and unsatisfied House Democrats pick up the baton with their own sprawling investigations into Trump's family, business, and connections.


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Gut Sandbeck, ein ehemaliger Rittersitz, befindet sich im Landkreis Osterholz am Scharmbecker Bach der Kreisstadt Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Nach umfangreicher Restaurierung dient es seit 1981 als Kulturzentrum der Stadt.

Geschichte

Die Börde Scharmbeck bestand wohl bereits 768, wird aber erst 1043 als Scirnbeci urkundlich erwähnt. Die Namen Sandbeck und Scharmbeck sind letztlich identisch und Variationen von Scirnbeci; originärer Namensgeber ist der Scharmbecker Bach, der nach Süden zur Hamme fließend, den Hammebogen schließt.

1182 wurde der Name von Westerbeck (Westerbike) erstmals genannt; zu diesem Zeitpunkt waren solche Namen in den Urkunden noch häufig örtliche Herkunftsbezeichnungen und nicht immer feste Familiennamen.

1233 wurde der Ort Sandbeck erstmals durch Bertholdus von Westerbike, dem Ministerialen der Kirche von St. Petri zu Bremen, genannt, da er seinen Besitz in Sandbeck für 30 Mark an das Kloster in Osterholz verkaufte.

Das Kloster gab ihn 1331 weiter und so wurde ein Geschlecht von Sandbeck erstmals erwähnt. Auch diese Ortsbezeichnung nach der Herkunft einer Person (von Stand) entwickelte sich zum festen Namensbestandsteil und seit 1343 existierte das Briefsiegel des Heyno von Sandbeck: ein klarer Bach (vermutlich der Scharmbecker Bach) auf blauem Feld und offener Helm mit drei Pfauenfedern. Auf dem Siegelring ist dieses Siegel spiegelverkehrt und der kristallklare Bach fließt von links oben nach rechts unten; im Siegel der Urkunden selbst erscheint es "korrekt" von rechts oben nach links unten.

1454 gingen Berthold und Heino von Sandbeck mit der Stadt Bremen ein Bündnis ein, vermutlich auch, um Bundesgenossen  bei ihren Streitigkeiten mit den Pröpsten zu erhalten, die als Schirmherren des Nonnenklosters in Osterholz die Lehensverpflichtungen des Gutes überwachten.

Dieses Bündnis wurde dann eingefordert und 1499 führte Bart(h)old von Sandbeck 700 Mann in die Schlacht bei Weddewarden (siehe Geschichte von Hadeln und Wursten), da Erzbischof Johann III. Rode von Wale in Wursten eingriff, das sich wiederum im Bündnis mit dem Grafen Johann von Oldenburg befand.

Die Lehenslast drückte die von Sandbeck auch weiterhin: 1455 und 1500 waren Höhepunkte dieser Unstimmigkeiten, die zum Einschreiten des Erzbischofs von Bremen führte.

Deshalb wurde 1513 das Kloster in Osterholz noch einmal in einem offiziellen Akt mit den Sandbeckern belehnt. An einem Sonntag (Laetare) lud deshalb der Propst Johann Widdenbrügge ins Kloster ein: als Zeugen erschienen der Bürgermeister von Bremen Marten Heyenbroch, die Gutsherren Warner von der Hude und die Gutsherren Gebrüder Cordt. Damit unterstrich der Erzbischof von Bremen, wer in der Region die weltliche Macht ausübte; eine Verweigerung hätte den Beginn einer Fehde bedeutet und die Sandbecker hätten ihr Lehen wohl verloren, weshalb sich Just von Sandbeck (wie damals üblich) tränenreich – vor seinem Gefolge – dem Kloster verpflichtete.

1540 starb Just von Sandbeck, allerdings wurden auch damit die Konflikte zwischen beiden Seiten auf Dauer nicht endgültig beendet.

1575 wurde das heutige Herrenhaus im – heute so bezeichneten – Stil der Weser-Renaissance gebaut; durch die beiden Querungen des Scharmbecker Bachs bleibt die ursprüngliche Errichtung als Wasserburg jedoch bis heute sichtbar. Bauherr war Johann von Sandbeck, Baumeister der Bremer Ratszimmermeister Johan Stollink, der 1609 auch Obergeschoss und Dachstuhl des Bremer Rathauses geschaffen hatte.

Am  17. April 1552  führt die Basdahler Ritterschaft ein Satting (Sate) in Scharmbeck durch: 328 Pferde und 3483 Mann Fußvolk sollte die Region bis Lesum als Heerfolge im Kriegsfall stellen. Zwei Pferde entfielen dabei auf das Rittergut.

Die Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Kloster eskalierten 1613; Herman und Joachim von Sandbeck wurden angeklagt, mit gespannten Pistolen und gezückten Degen in die Häuser zweier Klostermeier eingedrungen zu sein und dort erheblichen Schaden angerichtet zu haben. Ein Klostermeier wurde gröblich misshandelt, ein anderer grob behandelt und gescholten. Anlass dieses wenig rühmlichen Verhaltens war ein auf die beiden gedichtetes Spottlied, welches die Klostermeier gesungen hatten. Der Grund für das Spottlied waren die häufige Übergriffe der beiden Brüder auf die Klostermeier.

1705 starb Jürgen Franz von Sandbeck im Amt als königlich schwedischer Landrat.
Aus schweren Steinquadern wurde 1773 ein Mühlenstau errichtet und eine Wassermühle errichtet.

Hausherr von 1789 bis 1840 war Gottlieb Ernst von Sandbeck; unter seiner Regie war 1800 das Gut als "Edelhof" bekannt und wies 175 Stellenbesitzer aus, u. a.:
 46 in Westerbeck
 20 in Sandbeckerbruch
 13 in Bargten

In der Bremer Franzosenzeit von 1812 bis 1813 war Gottlieb Ernst von Sandbeck Maire (Bürgermeister) der Mairie Scharmbeck.

1855 starb der letzte Hausherr, Friedrich Christian Heinrich August von Sandbeck und das ehemals große Gut – es besaß mehr als 10.000 Morgen Land –  war dermaßen hoch verschuldet, dass es im selben Jahr für 140.000 Taler an den Bankier Carl Hostmann aus Celle verkauft werden musste, der es durch Teilverkäufe stark verkleinerte.

1862 wechselte es für 70.000 Taler in den Besitz eines Herrn Thörnau und war 1875 noch etwa 250 Morgen groß.

1886 erwarb es die Familie von Hodenberg. Flächenmäßig war das Gut immer noch der größte Hof der gesamten Umgebung.  Zwischen 1955 und 1975 wechselte das Gut mehrmals den Eigentümer, bevor die Stadt Osterholz-Scharmbeck am 23. September 1975 die Restfläche (einschließlich der fünf vorhandenen Gebäude) für 380.000 DM von der Versicherungsgesellschaft IDUNA erwarb.

Während dieser wechselvollen Zeit wurde der jeweils mehr oder weniger geeignete Wohn- sowie Nutzungsraum im Haupthaus, der großen Scheune und den daranliegenden Gebäuden an Firmen und Privatpersonen vermietet.

Die Stadt restaurierte zunächst (bis 1979 lediglich in den unteren Bereichen, später komplett übergreifend) nur das Haupthaus und baute es zum Kulturzentrum Gut Sandbeck aus. Die Instandsetzung kostete insgesamt 1,6 Millionen DM und wurde am 4. Juni 1981 zunächst mit der feierlichen Einweihung abgeschlossen. Die ursprüngliche Wassermühle von 1773 war schon 1971 abgebrochen worden, der Mühlenstau existiert aber noch. 1984 folgte die Restaurierung der Großen Scheune und 1987 der Kleinen Scheune; die seitdem kulturell genutzt werden.

Das Gutshaus und die Theaterscheune war im September 2011 Drehort für die Fernsehserie Jümmer Justizgeschichten, die von der Hamburger Produktionsfirma miramedia im Auftrag des NDR produziert worden war.

Hinweis
 Das Gelände (mit seinen Skulpturen) kann frei betreten werden.
 Das Herrenhaus steht für Eheschließungen zur Verfügung; so fand dort z. B. am 15. Juli 2006 die Heirat von Tim Borowski und Lena Mühlbacher statt.

Literatur
 Johann Segelken: Osterholz-Scharmbecker Heimatbuch. 4. Auflage. Verlag Saade, Osterholz-Scharmbeck 1987, ISBN 3-922642-18-7.
 Copienbuch des Klosters St. Marien.
 Stadtarchiv Hannover, Schatzregister 1534/36.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Bauwerk in Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Sandbeck
Unternehmen (Landkreis Osterholz)
Organisation (Osterholz-Scharmbeck)

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Q: Can we disclose patient information to a collection agency so we can receive overdue payments?
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1) What is the relationship of the caller to the patient?
2) Is the caller the living with the patient and responsible for the patient's care?
3) What are the patient's wishes surrounding disclosure of information to family members?
First, if the patient is a minor and the individual calling is a parent, or the patient's designated representative, then you may disclose the patient's information. However, if the patient has requested that you without information, then it is left up to the best judgement of the covered entity to decide whether such a disclosure could place the patient at risk.
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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.Sql
{
    using Azure;
    using Management;
    using Rest;
    using Rest.Azure;
    using Rest.Serialization;
    using Models;
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Net;
    using System.Net.Http;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;

    /// <summary>
    /// The Azure SQL Database management API provides a RESTful set of web
    /// services that interact with Azure SQL Database services to manage your
    /// databases. The API enables you to create, retrieve, update, and delete
    /// databases.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class SqlManagementClient : ServiceClient<SqlManagementClient>, ISqlManagementClient, IAzureClient
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The base URI of the service.
        /// </summary>
        public System.Uri BaseUri { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets json serialization settings.
        /// </summary>
        public Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings SerializationSettings { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets json deserialization settings.
        /// </summary>
        public Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings DeserializationSettings { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </summary>
        public ServiceClientCredentials Credentials { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The subscription ID that identifies an Azure subscription.
        /// </summary>
        public string SubscriptionId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the preferred language for the response.
        /// </summary>
        public string AcceptLanguage { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the retry timeout in seconds for Long Running Operations.
        /// Default value is 30.
        /// </summary>
        public int? LongRunningOperationRetryTimeout { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// When set to true a unique x-ms-client-request-id value is generated and
        /// included in each request. Default is true.
        /// </summary>
        public bool? GenerateClientRequestId { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IServersOperations.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IServersOperations Servers { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IDatabasesOperations.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IDatabasesOperations Databases { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IImportExportOperations.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IImportExportOperations ImportExportOperations { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IElasticPoolsOperations.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IElasticPoolsOperations ElasticPools { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the IRecommendedElasticPoolsOperations.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual IRecommendedElasticPoolsOperations RecommendedElasticPools { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        protected SqlManagementClient(params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : base(handlers)
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='rootHandler'>
        /// Optional. The http client handler used to handle http transport.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        protected SqlManagementClient(System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler rootHandler, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : base(rootHandler, handlers)
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='baseUri'>
        /// Optional. The base URI of the service.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        protected SqlManagementClient(System.Uri baseUri, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(handlers)
        {
            if (baseUri == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("baseUri");
            }
            BaseUri = baseUri;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='baseUri'>
        /// Optional. The base URI of the service.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='rootHandler'>
        /// Optional. The http client handler used to handle http transport.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        protected SqlManagementClient(System.Uri baseUri, System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler rootHandler, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(rootHandler, handlers)
        {
            if (baseUri == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("baseUri");
            }
            BaseUri = baseUri;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='credentials'>
        /// Required. Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        public SqlManagementClient(ServiceClientCredentials credentials, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(handlers)
        {
            if (credentials == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("credentials");
            }
            Credentials = credentials;
            if (Credentials != null)
            {
                Credentials.InitializeServiceClient(this);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='credentials'>
        /// Required. Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='rootHandler'>
        /// Optional. The http client handler used to handle http transport.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        public SqlManagementClient(ServiceClientCredentials credentials, System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler rootHandler, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(rootHandler, handlers)
        {
            if (credentials == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("credentials");
            }
            Credentials = credentials;
            if (Credentials != null)
            {
                Credentials.InitializeServiceClient(this);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='baseUri'>
        /// Optional. The base URI of the service.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='credentials'>
        /// Required. Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        public SqlManagementClient(System.Uri baseUri, ServiceClientCredentials credentials, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(handlers)
        {
            if (baseUri == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("baseUri");
            }
            if (credentials == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("credentials");
            }
            BaseUri = baseUri;
            Credentials = credentials;
            if (Credentials != null)
            {
                Credentials.InitializeServiceClient(this);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the SqlManagementClient class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='baseUri'>
        /// Optional. The base URI of the service.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='credentials'>
        /// Required. Credentials needed for the client to connect to Azure.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='rootHandler'>
        /// Optional. The http client handler used to handle http transport.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='handlers'>
        /// Optional. The delegating handlers to add to the http client pipeline.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
        /// Thrown when a required parameter is null
        /// </exception>
        public SqlManagementClient(System.Uri baseUri, ServiceClientCredentials credentials, System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler rootHandler, params System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[] handlers) : this(rootHandler, handlers)
        {
            if (baseUri == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("baseUri");
            }
            if (credentials == null)
            {
                throw new System.ArgumentNullException("credentials");
            }
            BaseUri = baseUri;
            Credentials = credentials;
            if (Credentials != null)
            {
                Credentials.InitializeServiceClient(this);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// An optional partial-method to perform custom initialization.
        /// </summary>
        partial void CustomInitialize();
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes client properties.
        /// </summary>
        private void Initialize()
        {
            Servers = new ServersOperations(this);
            Databases = new DatabasesOperations(this);
            ImportExportOperations = new ImportExportOperations(this);
            ElasticPools = new ElasticPoolsOperations(this);
            RecommendedElasticPools = new RecommendedElasticPoolsOperations(this);
            BaseUri = new System.Uri("https://management.azure.com");
            AcceptLanguage = "en-US";
            LongRunningOperationRetryTimeout = 30;
            GenerateClientRequestId = true;
            SerializationSettings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings
            {
                Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
                DateFormatHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.DateFormatHandling.IsoDateFormat,
                DateTimeZoneHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc,
                NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore,
                ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize,
                ContractResolver = new ReadOnlyJsonContractResolver(),
                Converters = new System.Collections.Generic.List<Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter>
                    {
                        new Iso8601TimeSpanConverter()
                    }
            };
            SerializationSettings.Converters.Add(new TransformationJsonConverter());
            DeserializationSettings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings
            {
                DateFormatHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.DateFormatHandling.IsoDateFormat,
                DateTimeZoneHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc,
                NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore,
                ReferenceLoopHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize,
                ContractResolver = new ReadOnlyJsonContractResolver(),
                Converters = new System.Collections.Generic.List<Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter>
                    {
                        new Iso8601TimeSpanConverter()
                    }
            };
            CustomInitialize();
            DeserializationSettings.Converters.Add(new TransformationJsonConverter());
            DeserializationSettings.Converters.Add(new CloudErrorJsonConverter());
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Lists all of the available SQL Rest API operations.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name='customHeaders'>
        /// Headers that will be added to request.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name='cancellationToken'>
        /// The cancellation token.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="CloudException">
        /// Thrown when the operation returned an invalid status code
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="SerializationException">
        /// Thrown when unable to deserialize the response
        /// </exception>
        /// <return>
        /// A response object containing the response body and response headers.
        /// </return>
        public async Task<AzureOperationResponse<OperationListResult>> ListOperationsWithHttpMessagesAsync(Dictionary<string, List<string>> customHeaders = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
        {
            string apiVersion = "2014-04-01";
            // Tracing
            bool _shouldTrace = ServiceClientTracing.IsEnabled;
            string _invocationId = null;
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                _invocationId = ServiceClientTracing.NextInvocationId.ToString();
                Dictionary<string, object> tracingParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                tracingParameters.Add("apiVersion", apiVersion);
                tracingParameters.Add("cancellationToken", cancellationToken);
                ServiceClientTracing.Enter(_invocationId, this, "ListOperations", tracingParameters);
            }
            // Construct URL
            var _baseUrl = BaseUri.AbsoluteUri;
            var _url = new System.Uri(new System.Uri(_baseUrl + (_baseUrl.EndsWith("/") ? "" : "/")), "providers/Microsoft.Sql/operations").ToString();
            List<string> _queryParameters = new List<string>();
            if (apiVersion != null)
            {
                _queryParameters.Add(string.Format("api-version={0}", System.Uri.EscapeDataString(apiVersion)));
            }
            if (_queryParameters.Count > 0)
            {
                _url += (_url.Contains("?") ? "&" : "?") + string.Join("&", _queryParameters);
            }
            // Create HTTP transport objects
            var _httpRequest = new System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage();
            System.Net.Http.HttpResponseMessage _httpResponse = null;
            _httpRequest.Method = new System.Net.Http.HttpMethod("GET");
            _httpRequest.RequestUri = new System.Uri(_url);
            // Set Headers
            if (GenerateClientRequestId != null && GenerateClientRequestId.Value)
            {
                _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("x-ms-client-request-id", System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            }
            if (AcceptLanguage != null)
            {
                if (_httpRequest.Headers.Contains("accept-language"))
                {
                    _httpRequest.Headers.Remove("accept-language");
                }
                _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("accept-language", AcceptLanguage);
            }
            if (customHeaders != null)
            {
                foreach(var _header in customHeaders)
                {
                    if (_httpRequest.Headers.Contains(_header.Key))
                    {
                        _httpRequest.Headers.Remove(_header.Key);
                    }
                    _httpRequest.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(_header.Key, _header.Value);
                }
            }

            // Serialize Request
            string _requestContent = null;
            // Set Credentials
            if (Credentials != null)
            {
                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                await Credentials.ProcessHttpRequestAsync(_httpRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            // Send Request
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                ServiceClientTracing.SendRequest(_invocationId, _httpRequest);
            }
            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
            _httpResponse = await HttpClient.SendAsync(_httpRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (_shouldTrace)
            {
                ServiceClientTracing.ReceiveResponse(_invocationId, _httpResponse);
            }
            HttpStatusCode _statusCode = _httpResponse.StatusCode;
            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
            string _responseContent = null;
            if ((int)_statusCode != 200)
            {
                var ex = new CloudException(string.Format("Operation returned an invalid status code '{0}'", _statusCode));
                try
                {
                    _responseContent = await _httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                    CloudError _errorBody =  SafeJsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CloudError>(_responseContent, DeserializationSettings);
                    if (_errorBody != null)
                    {
                        ex = new CloudException(_errorBody.Message);
                        ex.Body = _errorBody;
                    }
                }
                catch (Newtonsoft.Json.JsonException)
                {
                    // Ignore the exception
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                ex.Request = new HttpRequestMessageWrapper(_httpRequest, _requestContent);
                ex.Response = new HttpResponseMessageWrapper(_httpResponse, _responseContent);
                if (_httpResponse.Headers.Contains("x-ms-request-id"))
                {
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Who says you can't wear pajamas outside your home? This pajama shirt is comfortable and chic enough for a date night, lunch with friends and even for work. Silk satin. Button placket, contrasting trim, handmade in Colombia.


As human, I strongly believe in the thaumaturgical effect of the time spent living in deep harmony with nature, as photographer I believe in the power of creating evocative images and share the magic I found somewhere with other people.
It's important for me, to enter in a close relation with what I behold. I think that in many cases it's what makes a photograph an image destinate to last in times. The human figure rarely appears in my pictures, I find more interesting documenting the passage of people than the their physical presence.


Customers have embraced wireless charging, with countless wireless chargers flooding the market since Apple's adoption with the iPhone 8. Usually, they have a choice to make between a flat charging mat, or a vertical charging stand. Each of these have their benefits.
A stand takes up a smaller footprint on the desk, makes it easier to unlock the device via Face ID, and not to mention easier to see notifications on the screen. A mat, keeps your display from facing you while you sleep and can be easier to see when lower on a desk. A mat is also better suited for a Touch ID-based phone where you can push right down.
Case-Mate, like others before it, have tried their hand at developing a transforming charger that acts as a mat, but when placed in a stand will be positioned upright and allowing the user to choose which is best.
The charging pad itself is a rounded off rectangle with silicone pads running around the top. It can lay on the table flat, or it can be propped into the included stand to charge your device vertically.
Build quality is maintained, but it still is made of plastic rather than the premium metal ones that Belkin, Mophie, and Nomad put out. This is trying to hit a lower price point, so concessions such as that must be made.
On the side is a small diffused status LED that lets you know when a device is charging.
We've been charging out devices -- iPhone, AirPods, Galaxy Buds -- on the Power Pad for a few weeks now and it operates as any other wireless charger does. It can charge our iPhone at an acceptable 7.5W, and it is easy to switch from a stand to a mat when we want to. For example, I was re-watching the most recent season of Arrested Development in bed so I used the stand to prop the phone up. But as I went to bed, I laid the phone flat. I don't use Do Not Disturb mode, so I like not having the screen face me lest it illuminate and wake me up.
Unfortunately, though, there are a few misses that make the Power Pad hard to recommend over other options.
Our first qualm is with the power cable itself. Instead of being the common micro USB, or even the preferable USB-C, Case-Mate chose a non-detachable cable. This locks you in and if something should happen to that cable you have to toss the whole charger. That all-or-nothing approach is hard to get behind. The end of the cable is USB-A, something we'd have ditched in favor of USB-C.
Because this is a transformative device and must operate vertically, the size of the charging pad is also much larger than your standard round charging puck. It is most noticable when not in use. The stand also is an awkward unused accessory you may feel compelled to hang on to as well, even if not being used. That is just more clutter for our drawer.
We prefer the modular design offered by the likes of Nomad where the stand is tucked away underneath and features a removable cable. Perfect for use at home, or on the go.
One thing Case-Mate could have done to set themselves apart is offer an additional USB output to power a secondary device, such as your Apple Watch.
Power Pad is a solid wireless charger that has a few weaknesses compared to other chargers available. While that's the case, it is an exceptionally affordable option coming in at less than $50 and working as both a stand or a charger.
If you want to grab one, they are available on Amazon with Prime shipping for $45.50.


MOOSIC, Pa. (September 11-12, 2018) - Weathering a nearly three-hour rain delay, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders held off the Durham Bulls 3-2 on Wednesday morning at PNC Field. The RailRiders have a 1-0 lead over the Bulls in the best-of-five Governor's Cup Championship Series.
Domingo German made his return to the mound for the RailRiders and was terrific. The only blemish he allowed in 3.0 innings was a two-out double to Austin Meadows in the top of the first, while striking out five Bulls.
In the top of the fifth Durham took a 1-0 lead when they loaded the bases with no outs against Justus Sheffield. The southpaw induced a double play from Jake Cronenworth for the first two outs, but Nate Lowe scampered home to score the contest's first run.
The RailRiders wasted no time in striking back in the bottom of the fifth against Ryan Weber, who eventually took the loss. Wilkin Castillo and Mark Payton collected back-to-back one-out singles, and Bruce Caldwell followed with a two-run double to put the RailRiders on top. After a Giovanny Urshela groundout and a walk to Mike Ford, Ryan McBroom laced a base hit into left, plating Caldwell and extending the SWB lead to 3-1.
Former RailRider Rob Refsnyder connected for a solo home run against David Sosebee to narrow the gap to 3-2. He escaped the inning without further trouble, and Cale Coshow and Joe Harvey combined to toss a scoreless top of the eighth.
In the bottom of the eighth McBroom drew a walk to lead off the inning, and Zack Zehner ran a 2-2 count against Ian Gibaut when rain intensified and the game entered a two-hour, 59-minute rain delay. When the game resumed, the RailRiders were retired in the eighth.
George Kontos walked Lowe leading off the top of the ninth, but settled down to retire the side on three flyouts to close out the victory, notching his first save of the postseason.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre continues the best-of-five Governors' Cup Championship Series with Durham Wednesday night at PNC Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. The RailRiders send LHP Nestor Cortes (6-6, 3.71), the Bulls will counter with RHP Austin Pruitt (3-0, 2.95). For tickets and more information call (570) 969-BALL or slide to www.swbrailriders.com/tickets.


In 2017, almost 25% of UK businesses said there would be a high probability they would relocate within the year, and their biggest challenge when the moving date comes around is taking their phone number with them.
With traditional ISDN numbers, which are constrained geographically, only numbers beginning with the likes of 01 and 02 can be automatically re-directed, but this comes with a potentially high price tag.
Businesses using ISDN lines often order far more lines than necessary to cope with the delay in installation, which results in lines being paid for, but many remaining unused. The same TalkTalk survey mentioned previously found that 48% of UK businesses had paid for telephone lines that had subsequently only been used for a portion of the year (on average around 6 months). With VoIP however, businesses only pay for the time used, which is far more cost-effective, not to mention far easier to track and manage for management/owners.


The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently approved two applications from LedgerX – a platform for trading and clearing Bitcoin options – to become registered as a swap execution facility (SEF) and derivatives clearing organization (DCO). These approvals make LedgerX the first DCO and the second SEF approved to facilitate digital currency-related derivatives activity (another SEF, TeraExchange, lists cash-settled forward contracts on Bitcoin). LedgerX received temporary registration as a SEF nearly two years ago.
Although the CFTC authorized LedgerX to clear various types of digital currencies, LedgerX will initially only clear options on Bitcoin, which is expected to commence in September 2017. LedgerX is expected to list options on other digital currencies, such as Ethereum, in the future.
As a registered SEF and DCO, LedgerX is authorized to facilitate the execution of and act as a central counterparty for clearing swaps based on digital currencies. However, LedgerX will only be able to clear fully collateralized swaps, meaning that LedgerX must hold, at all times, funds sufficient to cover the maximum possible loss a counterparty could incur upon liquidation or expiration of the contract. LedgerX will therefore require participants to deposit at LedgerX or an approved depository sufficient collateral to cover the participant's maximum potential loss or delivery obligation (which can be in the form of US dollars or the relevant virtual currency).
the requirement to stress test its financial resources on a monthly basis.
the requirement for DCOs to have financial resources sufficiently liquid on hand to enable the DCO to fulfill its obligations as a central counterparty during a one-day settlement cycle.
the requirement to obtain from its non-FCM participants periodic financial reports since their fully collateralized trades would not present a credit or default risk to LedgerX.
the requirement to conduct stress testing on a daily basis with respect to each large trader who poses significant risk to a clearing member or the DCO.
the requirement to promptly transfer all or a portion of a customer's portfolio of positions and related funds at the same time from one FCM to another without having to close out and re-book those positions (however, this exemption is only applicable so long as LedgerX has no FCM participants – meaning its participants are not clearing on behalf of customers).
certain daily reporting obligations, including the requirement to submit a daily report to the CFTC regarding daily variation margin payments and mark-to-market amounts collected and paid.
the requirement to make a public disclosure of its margin-setting methodology and a list of its participants.
In 2015, the CFTC determined that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are "properly defined as commodities" for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act. Our blog post on that order can be accessed here.
In April 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied proposals to list and trade shares of two Bitcoin trust exchanges, finding that the proposals did not satisfy SEC requirements that (1) the exchange must have surveillance-sharing agreements with significant markets for trading the underlying commodity (i.e., Bitcoin) or derivatives on that commodity and (2) those markets must be regulated. Our post on those actions can be accessed here.
In May 2017, the CFTC created LabCFTC, an initiative to make the CFTC more accessible to FinTech innovators, and to serve as a platform to inform the CFTC's understanding of new technologies.
On July 25, 2017, the SEC issued an investigative report concluding that DAO Tokens, a type of digital currency offered for sale by an organization using distributed ledger technology, were in fact "securities," and that the offer and sale of those securities is subject to federal securities laws. These offers and sales of digital currencies are commonly referred to as "Initial Coin Offerings" or "Token Sales." Our blog post on the SEC's investigative report can be accessed here.


A few weeks ago I described how we reattached the wing on Boo-Qwilla. Although it's great that we were able to reattach the wing, we don't want to do it again! Two preventive measures we took include applying a borate solution and attaching lead flashing. This post deals with the application of a borate salt preservative to the totem and the next will describe the process of designing and attaching protective lead flashing.
As you might remember from my previous post, before the wing was reattached, the mortise joint was saturated with Bora-Care—a borate-based wood preservative—in order to prevent future infestations by fungi and pests. The next step was applying this treatment to the entire totem. Considering Boo-Qwilla is about 40 inches in diameter and about 25 feet tall, the scale alone of this application was beyond typical usage. Other factors that we had to consider were the delicacy of the paint and the potential change in color to the wood itself due to the Bora-Care. We consulted with a distributor to ensure we were anticipating everything we could. They assured us that the product wouldn't change the color of the wood or disturb the paint. Some whitish crystals – possibly remnants of a waterproofing agent applied by the artist – did form on some surfaces, however they brushed off fairly easily.
Bora-Care is a highly viscous substance – similar to honey – and you dilute it with water prior to application. The active ingredient – disodium tetraborate – is suspended in a glycol syrup in order to aid penetration into the wood. The glycol takes a long time to penetrate and to dry; the distributor recommended 48 hours without rain to ensure maximum penetration. We waited for a weather forecast of clear skies and went to work early. About two and a half gallons of undiluted Bora-Care were applied to Boo-Qwilla—the same amount you would apply to 2,000 board feet of lumber! The application of Bora-Care was relatively straightforward; we combined it with warm water to form a one-to-one solution and then brushed it on. It took us all day—about nine hours—to apply the calculated amount of solution. The major obstacle was simply getting the wood to quickly soak up the Bora-Care; once you saturate a surface you have to wait for it to dry before reapplying. The large end-grain surfaces absorbed the most and some checks in the totem acted like conduits for the Bora-Care to penetrate further. After about a week, the end grain surfaces were completely dried out and the wood regained its original color.
Considering Bora-Care has a tested effective lifespan of about 12 years, we won't definitively know how effective the treatment was for some time. The ultimate test is simply going to be how long the totem keeps its character and appearance. However, Boo-Qwilla looks great and everyone feels better knowing that the pole will be protected in the future having undergone an overall, preventive treatment.


What's Even Neater Is, Because The Builders Didn't Use Any Glue Or Chemicals To Build The Store, All Of The Materials They Used Can Be Recycled Again!
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Whether you are dangling possibly a small print center of the item or a sizable oil painting should really be at eye level. When you have a sizable little bit of artwork you can look at to-use it as a headboard. When hanging photos or styles behind the countertop usually place them up ins above the desk. Hold photos in circular categories of rectangles or geometric triangles to incorporate attention.
Don't just forget about light, while accessorizing your bedroom. When lamps that are buying be sure to buy ones that choose the beach theme you intend to produce. For beach model lighting try using clear-glass lamps filled up with figural light-house designed bulbs or covers. The carpet may outline a place and draw your room together. Sleeping furniture fully to the rug to get a milder effect. Only use rugs that go with your beach extras.
Using pads can include interest aswell. Utilize several towards the top of the mattress and varied shades designs and patterns while still maintaining the color and theme inside one's bedroom's layout in general. Don't feel you have to buy everything for the bedroom at once. Look around to obtain the perfect equipment to match the Interior Design Recycled Materials. You will find discounts at consignment outlets flea markets and property sales.


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Take a Chance è un film del 1933 diretto da Monte Brice e Laurence Schwab. La sceneggiatura si basa su Take a Chance, commedia musicale di Buddy DeSylva, Laurence Schwab, Sid Silvers, Richard Whiting, Nacio Brown e Vincent Youmans andata in scena a Broadway il 26 novembre 1932.

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Produzione
Il film, prodotto dalla Paramount Pictures, venne girato nei Kaufman Astoria Studios, al 3412 della 36th Street ad Astoria, nel Queens di New York.

Distribuzione
Il copyright del film, richiesto dalla Paramount Productions, Inc., fu registrato il 25 ottobre 1933 con il numero LP4201.
Distribuito dalla Paramount Pictures, il film uscì nelle sale cinematografiche statunitensi il 25 novembre 1933.

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Collegamenti esterni

Film commedia musicale


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Comedian Type: Juggler
Show/Info: If you are looking for an act to dazzle with circus flair, amuse with crazy antics and engage people of all ages, then Spin Cycle is the act for you!
Achievements: Kristi has performed in Cirque du Soleil and in Japan, Korea, Europe, New Zealand, & Singapore. Greg Tarlin has performed in Japan, Korea, at the North Pole for Canada's military, coast to coast in Canada, the USA and aboard cruise ships.
Performs: The Spin Cycle show is a unique combination of fantastic skills, infectious comedy and great two-person variety routines the likes of which haven't been seen since the golden age of vaudeville. Routines include a split-second timing two-person juggling number, a stilt ballet, plate spinning, a comedy ballroom dance routine with two life-sized puppets, unicycles, and more.
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The Spin Cycle Show
Kristi Heath has been a professional performer since the age of eighteen, beginning her career with the Second City comedy revue company. Once she figured out how to combine her background in comedy and theater with goofy circus tricks, she became a very happy person.
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Greg Tarlin's remarkable skills earned him the title of Canadian juggling champion at the age of 20 and since then he has performed in Japan, Korea, at the North Pole for Canada's military, coast to coast in Canada, the USA and aboard cruise ships. His vast repertoire of skills includes 7 ball and 5 club juggling, ball spinning, unicycling, stilt walking, rola bola, yo-yo and plate spinning!


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Poor Kids About To Get Even Hungrier With Food Stamp Decrease
Next week, on Nov. 1, food stamp benefits will be cut by $5 billion for this fiscal year alone.
By Susie Madrak — October 28, 2013
I really and truly despise every last one of the politicians who created this cruel and inhuman situation, and I hope there's a hell, because I want them to go there. Michael Hiltzik from the L.A. Times:
If you've been following the food stamp debate in Washington, you know it's about whether to cut food stamp benefits for the disadvantaged by $4 billion a year (the House proposal) or only $400 million a year (the Senate plan).
Here's what you may not know: By its pure inaction, Congress is about to impose a cut in food stamp benefits that beats both. Next week, on Nov. 1, benefits will be cut by $5 billion for this fiscal year alone.That number may be hard to grasp, but here's what it means on the ground.
It means a loss of 21 meals a month for a family of four on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (the formal name for food stamps).
About 47 million Americans will be affected by the coming 15% reduction in benefits across the board.
Sounds like a crisis needing immediate relief, doesn't it? Not to our Congress. "Congress would have to take action, and there's no pending legislation to do that," said Dorothy Rosenbaum, a SNAP expert at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Even if there was, time is obviously tight. The lawmakers only come back to work on Tuesday, having taken a long weekend to recover from their horrific workload during the, er, government shutdown. (Posturing for the TV cameras in front of the shuttered World War II Memorial takes a lot out of you, don't you know.)
The coming benefit cut is the perverse result of the fiscal stimulus legislation of 2009, followed by a couple of other stimulus measures enacted later. The 2009 stimulus measure increased monthly food stamp benefits by about $20 to $25 per month as a spur to economic recovery. For an eligible family of four, the increase of just over $80 a month raised the maximum benefit to $668, from $584.
The idea was that the increase would fade away over time, as inflation increases brought the basic benefit up to that $668 level. The original estimate was that the increase would be completely eaten away by late 2014.
But Congress accelerated the sunset. In 2010, lawmakers moved up the expiration date to April 2014 to help pay for the Education Jobs Act, which raised federal funding for school districts to keep teachers on the job. Four months later, Congress moved up the expiration further, to this Oct. 31, to pay for the reauthorization of child nutrition programs. That's known as taking away with one hand what you give with the other, and it's where things stand today.
It bears repeating that the food stamp program provides the No. 1 opportunity for members of Congress to display their hypocritical side. We've documented at length, here and here, the spectacle of conservative lawmakers voting to slash benefits, which amount to $1.40 per meal per day, while collecting millions of dollars in farm subsidies for themselves.
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On the brink: Christianity facing Middle East purge within decade, says group
By Perry Chiaramonte, | Fox News
Syrian refugees near the Christian village of Kaa, Lebanon. The Christian presence may disappear completely within a decade or even sooner according to a recently released study. (Aid to the Church in Need-US)
The dwindling Christian population of the Middle East could vanish completely within a decade unless the global community intervenes, say alarmed aid groups who say followers of the Bible are being killed, driven from their land or forced to renounce their faith at an unprecedented pace.
The world has largely stood by as a dangerous tide of intolerance has washed over the region, according to a new study by the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. The study includes disturbing data about the plunging numbers of Christians in the part of the world that gave birth to the faith, and makes a dire prediction of what could happen.
"It's an answer that depends on the response of the world," Edward Clancy, director of outreach for the New York-based Aid to the Church in Need, told FoxNews.com. "What response is there going to be toward us if we act?"
"Last Christmas was the first time that bells did not ring out in the city of Mosul in 2000 years. I think that speaks to the reality that hundreds of thousands of Christian families are living on the edge of extinction."
— Elijah Brown, 21st Century Wilberforce
While Christians are under siege from Islamic State radicals in war-torn Syria and Iraq, the report notes that the religion is being targeted throughout the region. Christians who have managed to escape ISIS have fled to places like Europe and Lebanon, while members of the faith also are under increasing pressure in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations.
The Christian population in Iraq has plummeted from 1.5 million in 2003 to current estimates of 275,000 and could be gone for good within five years, according to the report. The dwindling numbers are due to genocide, refugees fleeing to other countries, those who are internally displaced, and others hiding in plain sight and not allowing their faith to be publicly known. A dozen Christian families flee Iraq each day, according to 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, a Falls Church, Va., nonprofit dedicated to promoting religious freedom worldwide.
"Unless the global community gets involved, we will witness the loss of Christian witnesses in a land that is biblically significant," Elijah Brown, executive vice president for 21st Century Wilberforce, told FoxNews.com.
He noted that Iraq's second-largest city, once home to a thriving Christian community as old as the faith itself, has now been overrun by ISIS and purged of Christians.
"Last Christmas was the first time that bells did not ring out in the city of Mosul in 2,000 years," Brown said. "I think that speaks to the reality that hundreds of thousands of Christian families are living on the edge of extinction."
In Syria, where Aid to the Church in Need has sent $9 million in aid to help Christians driven from small villages north of Damascus, an estimated 15,000 Christians have left their villages to seek refuge in Homs, Zaidal and Fairouzeh in recent days, according to Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh. He told the charity Christians are terrified that ISIS, in a constant see-saw battle for territory with government forces, will capture their villages and kill all non-Muslims. They are particularly fearful for the key city of Sadad, where Christians lived peacefully with Muslims for centuries.
Remains of St. Mary's, Syrian Orthodox church in Homs, Syria. (Aid to the Church in Need-US)
"We are afraid that ISIS -- which God will hopefully prevent -- will conquer the town. We would lose the center of Christianity in our diocese," Archbishop Selwanos said, adding that two years ago, jihadists held the town briefly and killed at least 45 Christians, and destroyed churches and homes.
The report names Egypt as the one nation in the Middle East that has reversed the trend under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, following the ouster of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist agenda. El-Sisi, himself a Muslim, has vowed to protect Egypt's Coptic Christians, and last Christmas attended church services with them in an unprecedented show of tolerance and solidarity.
"Such a development holds out a potential beacon of hope for Christians and others in the Middle East against a backdrop of growing Islamism," the report stated.
While the situation is most dire in the Middle East, Christianity is under assault in Africa and Asia, too, according to the Aid to the Church in Need study. It cited persecution at the hands of Islamist terror groups such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and other extremists in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and other parts of the continent. Asia's Christians have been targeted by nationalist religious movements -- Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist -- in such countries as Pakistan, Hindu and Myanmar. Many of these groups increasingly view Christianity as a foreign, "colonial" import, and believe its practitioners are doing the bidding of the West, said Clancy.
Persecution has been allowed to spread in many of these countries because of the complacency of its citizens and inaction of the international community, said Brown.
"On average, in many of the Muslim majority countries, an average of 73 percent believe that they already have religious freedom," he said, referring to a Pew research poll. "So we often see a passive public that is resistant to change.
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"Unfortunately, there are also many who are hesitating to use the proper label for what is occurring in many of these countries, which is genocide."
Both 21st Century Wilberforce and Aid for The Church in Need agree that preventing further genocide requires an international undertaking.
"It's going to have to be a multi-tiered effort," Clancy said. "We can definitely start with restrictions on the borders of some of these countries. There are definitely weapons flowing into the region. These channels need to be squeezed.
"We need to start putting on the pressure and if and when there is some sort of peace, we need to ensure that minority religious groups are represented in newly forming governments."
Perry Chiaramonte is a producer with Fox News Channel's Investigative Unit. Follow him on Twitter at @perrych


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First Indigenously Overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI Jet Handed Over to IAF
October 27, 2018 ; By: Hindustan Times
The 11 Base Repair Depot (BRD) of the Indian Air Force at Ojhar in Maharashtra's Nashik district Friday handed over its first indigenously overhauled Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet to the IAF, an official said.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI is a twin-jet multi-role air superiority aircraft developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
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Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall Announce The Marfa Tapes, Share "In His Arms": Stream
The stripped-down recording session sought to capture the stark beauty of the Texas landscape
Jon Randall, Jack Ingram, and Miranda Lambert, photo by Spencer Peeples
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March 5, 2021 | 2:16pm ET
Country superstar Miranda Lambert has teamed up with songwriters Jack Ingram and Jon Randall for the new album The Marfa Tapes. It drops May 7th, and to preview the release, the group has unveiled the lead single "In His Arms".
Lambert, Ingram, and Randall are hardly strangers; the trio previously collaborated on Lambert's twice Grammy-nominated single "Tin Man" (2016), as well as the fan favorite "Tequila Does" (2019). Fresh takes on both of those songs will appear on The Marfa Tapes, but the majority of the 15-track effort has never been heard outside of Marfa, Texas.
The small town is home to only about 1,800 people, but for five days last November it also hosted three musicians, two microphones, and one acoustic guitar. The stripped-down recording session tried to capture the stark beauty of the Texas landscape, as Ingram noted in a statement. "There's something singular that happens in that moment of collaboration and creation, something you can never really recreate in the studio. Our hope with this album was to share a little bit of that magic with people."
"I'll never forget pulling into Marfa that first night at 4am," Lambert said. "The stars were like nothing I'd ever seen before, just this endless blanket hanging so low you could reach up and touch them. I immediately understood why this place was so special."
"There's no TV, no radio, nothing to do out there but pour a cocktail, sit around the campfire, and talk," added Randall. "Eventually, that just inevitably leads to songs. There's no pressure to write, but most of the time, the three of us can't seem to help ourselves."
The lead single is a tender, lonely tune that's rooted in the open expanses of Marfa. "Is he praying for rain out in West Texas?" Lambert sings. "Is he lost in the Marfa lights? Is he out there looking for me? Wishing I was in his arms tonight?" The accompanying music video was filmed at sunset, and in keeping with the sparse ambitions of the project, it shows nothing more complicated than three friends playing music next to a pickup truck. Check it out below.
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The Marfa Tapes arrives May 7th through Vanner Records/RCA Nashville and pre-orders are off and running. Earlier this year, Lambert appeared on Barry Gibb's album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.
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The Marfa Tapes Tracklist:
01. In His Arms
02. I Don't Like It
03. The Wind's Just Gonna Blow
04. Am I Right or Amarillo
05. Waxahachie
06. Homegrown Tomatoes
07. Breaking a Heart
08. Ghost
09. Geraldene
10. We'll Always Have the Blues
11. Tin Man
12. Two-Step Down to Texas
13. Anchor
14. Tequila Does
15. Amazing Grace (West Texas)
New Album Announcement
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall Announce The Marfa Tapes, Share "In His Arms": Stream