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Although he is most well-known for the eleven herbs and spices that made Kentucky Fried Chicken famous world-wide, Harland "Colonel" Sanders' life was about much more than fried chicken. The man whose face became synonymous with "finger-lickin' good" chicken used hard work and perseverance-- not to mention a little luck along the way-- to become recognized as Kentucky's most famous citizen.
Armed with only a sixth-grade education, Sanders worked a number of jobs over the years -- an army mule tender, railroad worker, tire salesman, and farmhand.
In 1930, he moved to Corbin and opened a lunchroom behind a service station that had room for six people sitting at one table. His restaurant grew rapidly , and in a short time, he was operating Sanders' Cafe, which seated 142 patrons. His customers made fried chicken the most popular item on the menu. He might have worked in that cafe for the rest of his life if it weren't for the building of interstate 75, forcing him to sell his place at auction.
Sanders was now in his mid-sixties, an age when most people take the opportunity to retire. He decided to go out on the road, traveling the country showing restaurants how to make Colonel Sanders' Kentucky Fried Chicken. By 1963, there were more than 600 outlets selling his chicken.
On Christmas Day 1809, a thousand miles away from the nearest hospital and thirty-five years before the discovery of anesthesia, Dr. Ephraim McDowell removed a 22-pound ovarian tumor from the abdomen of a 46-year-old woman. It was the worlds first ovariotomy, and it eventually brought McDowell worldwide acclaim as the Father of Abdominal Surgery. The patient, Jane Todd Crawford, had ridden three days on horseback to reach McDowells home in Danville, Kentucky, to have the operation. The medical authorities of the day were convinced that opening the abdomen meant certain death, so McDowell was far from sure that the surgery would succeed. He told Crawford he would proceed only if she thought herself prepared to die. She said she was ready, but they neednt have worried. Mrs. Crawford came through with flying colors and in less than a month was on the way home to Green County.
She lived another 32 years. Dr. McDowells boldness had saved Crawfords life and paved the way for surgeries that have since saved untold numbers of lives.
Born on a farm in what is now Larue County, Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln spent his early years in the Commonwealth. His family moved to Indiana when he was seven, partly because of his fathers opposition to slavery, and never returned. But as his native brilliance and burning political ambition carried him to the presidency and greatnessa panel of historians recently chose him as the most influential American who ever livedLincoln always had connections with his native state.
In his law office in Springfield, Illinois, he had a law partner from Green County, KentuckyWilliam Herndon, who later wrote a biography of Lincoln. His best friend in Springfield was Joshua Speed, a son of Louisvilles prominent Speed family; and in Springfield he found a wife from KentuckyMary Todd, the daughter of a well-known Lexington family. Lincoln visited Kentucky to see the Speeds and his in-laws, and took the great Kentucky statesman Henry Clay as his political hero. During the Civil War Lincoln was very unpopular in Kentucky, but when he said, I too am a Kentuckian, no one could dispute it.
Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, was a powerful observer of human nature. Born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, Twain penned several novels including two major classics of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, humorist, lecturer, journalist, publisher and inventor. His mother, Jane Lampton, was born in Adair County, Kentucky, where she met Clemens' father, who was clerking at a law office in Columbia, Kentucky. They married and lived two years in Columbia before moving to Tennessee and then on to Missouri.
Through his characters and stories, Twain single-handedly put American literature on the map. Ernest Hemingway was quoted as saying, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." Mark Twain lived many lifetimes in one, traveled much and entertained multitudes with his particular sense of humor. But that humor was borne on the back of great sorrow and many personal tragedies. He was irreverent, irascible, and had a razor-sharp wit. He is an American icon.
Louis Marshall Jones, better known as Grandpa, was the son of Henderson County sharecroppers. Hard times drove the family north to Akron, Ohio in the late 1920s. Jones, who had a repertoire of songs learned from his parents and the radio, won a talent contest that led to regular work on an Akron radio station. That launched a career that lasted more than sixty years. It was during tours with country music star (and fellow Kentuckian) Bradley Kincaid in the 1930s that Jones developed the Grandpa persona he used the rest of his life.
Jones wrote many of his most popular songs. Like many old-time musicians, he struggled during the rock-and-roll craze of the 1950she toured Canada and tried his hand at early television. Beginning in 1969, television brought Jones fame as a member of the original cast of "Hee Haw," which showcased his skills as a vaudeville comic. Grandpa Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978. He never retired, suffering a fatal stroke after a performance at the Grand Ole Opry in 1998.


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Seasonal Utilization of Sago Pondweed by Waterfowl at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah
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Seasonal utilization of sago pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus L.) by waterfowl was studied at Bear River Miqratory Bird Refuge by comparing amounts of sago production on a series of plots on Unit Four. One plot was available to carp and waterfowl; one only to carp; and one available to neither.
The cage used to eliminate carp and waterfowl use of a plot caused a significant increase in sago production. The increase was attributed to less turbidity and less wind and wave action within the cage.
Carp distribution was limited to deep-water portions of Unit Four, a small area, and they had no significant effect on sago production. Therefore, sago production from carp and open plots was compared to determine utilization of sago by waterfowl.
Waterfowl utilization of sago in summer and spring was not significant; however, 52 percent of the tuber crop was used by waterfowl in fall. The method of study did not allow detection of waterfowl use of windrowed or submersed seed. Water depths between 2 and 10 inches had little or no effect on waterfowl use of tubers in fall; however depths between 5 and 14 inches in spring and 4 and 13 inches in summer may have prevented full use of tubers.
Tubers were most available to ducks in the first 6 inches of soil but were utili zed to 8 inch depths.
A series of 50 foot-square pens (2,500 square feet) were stocked with semi-domestic mallards to determine the effect of certain levels of utilization on sago growth. Sago seemed to recover well after heavy spring utilization. Results concerning the effect of summer utilization on production were not conclusive. Sago recovered well in spring after waterfowl had consumed 52 percent of the tuber crop the previous fall.
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As part of Dunleavy administration directive, ADF&G considered selling its hatcheries
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Published April 23, 2019 at 2:14 PM AKDT
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When Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled his budget proposal back in February, he also issued a directive asking departments to seek out state-owned properties that could be sold in an effort to save money.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game considered selling state-owned hatchery facilities to the aquaculture groups that operate them, but received no interest in the idea.
As part of a larger directive from the Dunleavy administration, Fish and Game considered selling off the 11 salmon hatcheries it leases out to private nonprofit aquaculture groups in the Southcentral and Southeast regions of the state.
"They run them at no cost to the state. It's on a long-term lease sort of arrangement," Flip Pryor, Fish and Game's aquaculture section chief, said.
While hatchery organizations that currently run state-owned facilities are responsible for all maintenance and operating costs, they lease the properties for next to nothing, typically $1 for 50 to 90-year leases.
Pryor said a number of state-owned hatchery facilities also come with significant liabilities, making the idea of owning one uneconomical for hatchery nonprofits.
"In a lot of cases, those hatcheries come with liability for cleanup. They're on Forest Service land and such that there's requirements that you have to clean the land up to its previous condition if the hatchery were to go away," he explained. "The cost to do away with the hatcheries is way more than to continue to have them operate."
Shutting down a hatchery can cost millions of dollars. Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association runs two state-owned facilities on the Kenai Peninsula. Executive Director Dean Day adds this idea has come up in the past and he said there are more issues than just liabilities.
"From our perspective as an organization, we could not see any benefit of doing that," he said. "The primary reason was because of the complexity of interagency land management agreements that are currently in place with ADF&G, multiple agencies – for example DNR, and DOT at an number of different locations."
Fish and Game has received no interest from groups who want to buy state-owned hatcheries and it's unclear if the department is contemplating selling other properties.
Gov. Dunleavy's Press Secretary Matt Shuckerow said Fish and Game and other departments are due to submit reports to the governor's office on June 1, recommending state-owned properties that could be sold.
"So we look forward to receiving that information from departments, looking and exploring specific facilities, maybe areas that are underutilized, explanation for benefits on why the state maybe should no longer be in ownership or should relinquish properties," he added.
Shuckerow said the administration will craft a report consolidating all the recommendations by mid-summer.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported the number of state-owned hatcheries. The state leases 11 facilities to private nonprofit hatchery organizations.
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Turn west, treetops. Turn east, nothing left. Blocks down, thorns of a battered rose bush scratched the tender crease of an old woman's finger. Her hand swelled with a fungal infection they haven't named yet. First the hand, then the wrist. This is what my grandmother says. She keeps a tally of the dead. 157 and counting. She knows the ones who will go next. She unwinds her arm from mine and says, If your grandpa was a younger man we'd move away. This place is poison now.
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was a younger man he camped in a blast crater of a Philippine village. Grandmother's grip reminded him, you are an old man nestled in a tornado eye.
The Ford's engine turns over, slow as a bellyache groan. Tires slide back into driveway ruts. My heart is an empty fist, the quiet in the center of the storm. We drive north.
Cynthia Hawkins's work has appeared in ESPN the Magazine, Monkeybicycle, Stymie Magazine of Sports Literature, Passages North, and the upcoming anthology The Way We Sleep. She is currently Associate Editor of Arts and Culture at The Nervous Breakdown and a Creative Writing and Literature professor at UTSA.


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Your child is overweight, and at risk for chronic health issues. Do you put him on a strict diet? Ban all junk foods? Success depends on using the right approach.
Making changes in the diet of overweight kids involves more than a list of dos and don'ts. Drastic restrictions and constant hovering are not productive. Parents need to work with their kids to help them make healthier choices.
The following strategies can help you help your child think differently about food, hunger and eating patterns.
Hunger usually involves a physical sensation. Help them recognize those signals, such as a gnawing feeling or growling in the stomach. Studies have shown that children who were trained to recognize their own cues of hunger and fullness were able to control their eating better.
Help your kids come up with a list of things to do if they determine their "hunger" is really just something else. Kids, like adults, will eat out of boredom, anxiety, procrastination or a host of other reasons. Taking a walk, writing in a journal, talking to a trusted friend or playing a board game can serve as distractions to get them over the hump.
Never encourage kids to "clean their plate." This ignores their natural cues of hunger and fullness.
Try not to rush your kids at mealtime. If they eat too quickly, they can end up taking in more calories than they really need.
Avoid using food as a reward. This ignores true hunger cues.
Watch your own portions. Modeling correct portion size yourself can help your kids do the same.
Try asking, "Are you hungry for lunch?" instead of "It's noon, so it's time to eat."
This behavior by parents can make children feel as if they are being punished. In fact, forbidding kids to eat certain foods does not keep them from gaining weight and may make the situation worse.
If you completely restrict a child's access to his favorite foods, you may just make those foods look more attractive. This can lead to closet eating (sneaking food). According to one study, girls at the highest risk for weight gain were those whose parents were the most restrictive with their food choices. The research also noted that girls who lacked self-control were about twice as likely to be overweight.
Limit how much junk food you bring into your home. Though you are not looking to ban "all junk food all the time," this helps to eliminate the constant battles on the home front.
Stock up on healthier foods, and give kids plenty of alternative choices.
Try to keep the pressure off and keep mealtime pleasant. Don't panic if your child doesn't eat all of her vegetables, or takes an extra serving of chicken or rice.
Plan meals and snacks at regular intervals. Have healthy foods available but avoid monitoring every bite. Over time your child will come to eat more reasonable portions, knowing the next meal or snack is not far away.
Finally, check with your pediatrician about what weight is right for your child. The doctor can tell you what is the best way to reach and maintain that weight. Though some very overweight children may need to lose weight (through healthy diet and exercise), many experts advise maintaining weight until the child "grows into their weight." It is never healthy to put a child on a strict very low-calorie diet.


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Explorers' Sketchbooks
The Art of Discovery & Adventure
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Huw Lewis-Jones, Kari Herbert
Despite dramatic advances in technology and equipment over the centuries, there is one vital piece of kit in most explorers' pockets that hasn't changed much at all – the journal.
The sketchbooks and journals presented here allow us the opportunity to share, through their own eyes and thoughts, the on-the-spot reactions of around 70 intrepid individuals as they journeyed into frozen waters, high mountains, barren deserts and rich rainforests. Some are well known, such as Captain Scott, Charles Darwin, Thor Heyerdahl and Abel Tasman; others are unfamiliar, including Adela Breton, who braved the jungles of Mexico to make an unparalleled record of Maya monuments, and Alexandrine Tinne, who died in her attempt to be the first woman to cross the Sahara. Here are pioneering explorers and map-makers, botanists and artists, ecologists and anthropologists, eccentrics and visionaries, men and women. A handful of living explorers, including Wade Davis, provide their thoughts on the art of exploration.
Often battered and neglected, stored away and perhaps long forgotten, many of these sketchbooks have themselves awaited rediscovery. Now is the chance to open them again…
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Huw Lewis-Jones is former curator at the Scott Polar Research Institute and National Maritime Museum. Among his other books are Across the Arctic Ocean, The Conquest of Everest and The Crossing of Antarctica. Kari Herbert, explorer Sir Wally Herbert's daughter, is the author of The Explorer's Daughter, In Search of the South Pole and Heart of the Hero.
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Evolution does not satisfactorily explain the big picture, and it seems to me that the forest gets lost in the trees.
November 15, 2014 December 27, 2018 kevingdrendel
I am fascinated by the Theory of Evolution, but it is more of a curiosity than anything else. How can so many scientific people be so religiously attached to one principle?
I am no scientist. I will admit that; at the same time, I note that many rational people are downright dogmatic on this topic. Questioning the theory of evolution as an explanation of for the origin of life is sacrilege in these modern times – so much so that we have laws in the United States that forbid competing theories (like intelligent design or creationism, which are very different models) from even being mentioned in a public school.
When I mention evolutionary theory in this blog piece, I am not talking about the adaptation of species over relatively short periods of time. I think there is sufficient proof of evolution in that sense. I am talking about the big picture, the forest, not the trees. When talking about the evolutionary paradigm as an explanation of the origin of life, it does not satisfactorily explain the big picture, not even close, and it seems to me that the forest gets lost in the trees.
I spent a little time today listening to a presentation of the views of C. S. Lewis on evolution, a topic that attracted his attention his entire lifetime. Even in his 20's, well before he became a theist, and then a Christian, Lewis was critical of evolution as an explanation for the origin of life, and specifically of the origin of man. Lewis did not reject evolution as a whole, even after he became a Christian, but he doubted that it provided the correct framework for understanding the existence of life. (C.S. Lewis and Evolution)
Lewis engaged with the theory of evolution his entire life. He had an extensive collection of writings on evolution, including Darwin's writings. His collection of those writings have been preserved today, marked up extensively with underlining and comments. Lewis also maintained open dialogue and correspondence with evolutionary theorists throughout his life.
For Lewis, "The ultimate challenge against unguided natural selection is man, himself. How could such a blind, material process produce humanity's unique capabilities of reason and conscience?"
Darwin wrote the book, the Descent of Man, in an attempt to demonstrate how his theory of evolution could account for man's mind and morals. Lewis was not persuaded. He was more persuaded by G. K. Chesterton's book, The Everlasting Man, in which Chesterton argued that "man is not merely an evolution, but rather a revolution, one that was beyond the power of a strictly Darwinian process."
Lewis was also persuaded by Arthur James Balfour, who said, "If we would maintain the value of our highest beliefs and emotions, beauty must be more than accident, the source of morality must be moral, the source of knowledge must be rational."
For Lewis, "it was the dogmatism of evolutionary scientists" that put the nail in the coffin of any residual notion of evolution as the explanation for the source of life.
Lewis wrote to one colleague, "it is the fanatical and twisted attitudes of evolution's defenders" that inclined him to conclude that evolution is more than a misguided theory as an explanation of the origin of life; it is a lie and a falsehood." He expressed deep concern over the intellectual dishonesty, intolerance and stubborn closed-mindedness of adherents to evolutionary theory who treated criticism of evolutionary theory as an attack on science, itself.
Lewis died in 1963, and evolutionary theory remains ingrained and entrenched today as much as in his day. As Lewis did, I marvel at the dogmatism of it. Does science not welcome questions and criticisms to test and retest the theories of science? Can science not stand the comparison of theories? Yet, we have laws still the forbid evolutionary theory to be questioned in a public school setting.
For Lewis, there were fundamental problems with the theory of evolution as an explanation of man's existence for which evolution theory could not provide a rational answer. Indeed, evolutionary theory casts into question its own rational foundation: "Assigning the development of human reason to a non-rational process like natural selection ends up undermining our confidence in reason itself. After all, if reason is merely a byproduct of a fundamentally non-rational process, what grounds do we have for regarding its conclusions as objectively true?"
Darwin himself doubted whether a mind developed through a Darwinian process could be trusted. "But then with me, the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of a man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would anyone trust in the conviction of a monkey's mind if there are any convictions in such a mind?"
This quotation comes from a letter to William Graham written late in Darwin's life. Darwin had read Graham's Creed of Science. Darwin was captivated by Graham's notion that there is some purpose in science (some call it the religion of science, pr scientism). Darwin, ultimately, could not buy into it. His reasoning, however, is extremely revealing, and it undermines the implicit confidence he placed in his own ability to reason. In fact, it undermines any assertion of any man anywhere. (Darwin Correspondence Project, (emphasis added)):
"…I cannot see that there is then necessarily any purpose. Would there be purpose if the lowest organisms alone destitute of consciousness existed in the moon? But I have had no practice in abstract reasoning and I may be all astray. Nevertheless you have expressed my inward conviction, though far more vividly and clearly than I could have done, that the Universe is not the result of chance. But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?"
At least three points from this letter penned by Darwin's hand bear some further analysis: 1) Darwin admitted that he was not adept at abstract reasoning; 2) Darwin's "inward conviction" was an inclination to believe there is some purpose in life; but 3) he ultimately rejected his intuition that there is purpose in life because he could not trust his inward convictions, being the product of evolution from lower forms of life.
Taking the third point first, one should wonder why Darwin trusted the conclusions of his reasoning any more than his "inward convictions", being the "product" of random selection from lower life forms. Why did Darwin believe his reasoning was any more trustworthy than his "inward convictions"? After all, who could trust the reasoning of a monkey's mind?.
The questions begs to be asked: Why trust one conclusion and reject the other if both are the product of lower life forms that hare inherently untrustworthy?
The logic is self-defeating: the conclusion based on understanding of evidence that is observed by humans is that humans evolved randomly from primitive life forms; if that conclusion is true, then the human capacity to intuit and reason is derived from lower life forms (that, by the way, do not have that capacity); since humans evolved from such primitive life forms, human intuition (inward convictions) cannot be trusted; the inward conviction that there is purpose in life cannot be trusted because it is a byproduct of untrustworthy lower life forms; if those intuitions are untrustworthy, the human ability to understand observable evidence and reason conclusions is similarly untrustworthy; and the very determination that we can (or cannot) trust our inward convictions (or our ability to reason) is not to be trusted.
It is not insignificant that Darwin admitted to an inward conviction, albeit one he did not trust. I am reminded of Paul's famous statement in Romans 1:18-22:
"[T]hat which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools…."
Even Darwin, the father of evolution and progenitor of naturalistic materialism that rejects any notion that an intelligent designer created the world (and, thus rejects that there is purpose in life) has an inward conviction that there is purpose in life. He rejected the obvious, simple conclusion for a highly complex and convoluted theory that ultimately defeats any confidence in the very conclusion that is ultimately reached by it.
Finally, Darwin admitted that he was not adept at abstract reasoning – such things as philosophy, logic and theology. Philosophy, logic and theology are not as tangible as observable world. There certainly is some reason to be skeptical of man's application of philosophy, logic and theology, as they are not capable of testing as scientific facts are. We often do not see our own failings and errors; but the frailties and limitations of man do not negate the rationality of philosophy, logic and theology any more than a lack of understanding of gravity negates the law of gravity.
Darwin put all of his marbles in the scientific process and evidence that can be seen, felt, touched, etc. The human limitations Darwin feared, however, are certainly no less evident in man's ability to decipher intuition or apply logic than they are in man's ability to analyze and draw conclusion from tangible evidence.
Unlike Darwin, Lewis was more apt to fear the fallibility of "science". The skepticism Lewis had toward man's ability to do objective science began as an atheist and grew over his life. In his last book, the Discarded Image, published after his death, Lewis focused on that theme, among others. He argues that scientific theories are "supposals rather than facts". They account for as many facts as possible with as few assumptions as possible, but we must recognize that the supposals are provisional; and they may be wrong.
That reminds me of the thought to which I often allude: that where we start in our reasoning (our "supposals") ultimately determines where we end up.
Lewis points out that scientific revolutions are not simply the result of the discovery of new facts. Science changes not simply because of the discovery of new evidence. Rather, people "see what they want to see". Lewis observed that, for decades and centuries before Darwin, people were exploring the notion of mankind progressing from the more primitive to the more civilized, from barbarianism to nobility, from cruder living to more developed living, and that "enlightenment" preceded Darwin's Theory of Evolution. People who already believed in this progress of human development were, then, predisposed to embrace Darwin's theory with enthusiasm.
Lewis further observed that the development of the scientific approach to life actually limits the questions that people ask and inhibits people from asking other questions. Lewis was concerned about the questions not being asked in the new scientific age.
As an example, scientists have thought (supposed) that the vast majority of human DNA was purposeless because that is what they expected to see as the result of a random, natural process unguided by any intelligent influence, producing order only as one of an infinite number of possibilities. Intelligent design, on the other hand, tends to encourage the exploration of purpose in what seems to be lacking in purpose – it prompts questions a naturalist informed by evolutionary theory would never ask. As a point in fact, we have only begun to explore portions of DNA previously assumed to be "junk" because we supposed that this "junk DNA" was merely a byproduct of random, natural selection. It didn't previously occur to a Darwinist that this junk DNA was something other than an evolutionary byproduct. Not only does the junk DNA perform critical functions, it turns out that we would not even exist but for the "junk" DNA.
We need to remain open to new possibilities. Science, as observed by our fallible selves, can box us in. We should have a healthy skepticism of "inward convictions"; but we should be no less skeptical of our "rational conclusions". Abstract thought and the intuition of "inward convictions" are important foils to our rational minds.
I will end my "random" thoughts with these questions:
How does an irrational, random process produce reason?
How does an amoral, natural selection process produce morality?
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This was a really great read! I have some thing to think over for the rest of my holidays now…
I was so happy with this article and how it made me think that I decided to put it up in my blog called "Weekend Reads"! Here it is!
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Thank you gadgetroid, the reblog is much appreciated.
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The easiest way to redeem a gift card or code is by where you can download and install it. Press the Xbox button on your controller and then select My games and apps > Ready to install . Select the app or game, then select Install. If the card or code is for a subscription, such as a subscription to Xbox Live Gold, you can find it in System > Settings > Account > Subscriptions. —or... 17/12/2014 · I want to add the apple gift card to my itunes account but I'm not able to do it since to redeem an itunes gift card all it needs is the code that starts with an X and the gift card I have has a pin and a gift card number.
An iTunes Gift Card can be redeemed based on the credit amount on the card. These credits can then be used to buy apps, books, and multi-media files at iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store. Redeeming a card is simple. This tutorial will show you how to redeem iTunes Gift Cards using your …... 17/12/2014 · I want to add the apple gift card to my itunes account but I'm not able to do it since to redeem an itunes gift card all it needs is the code that starts with an X and the gift card I have has a pin and a gift card number.
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Q: OpenCV build with tesseract I'm trying to build opencv-4.5.1 with tesseract-5.0.0 using cmake under Windows 10. First, I built tesseract with C++17 (by default) as static lib. Then, when configuring opencv, cmake issues the message:
Tesseract:   YES (ver 5.0.0-alpha-20201231)
Can't use Tesseract (details: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/2220)

Looking closely at the opencv flags I found that it was configured with C++11. Then I rebuilt tesseract with C++11 support, but this error persists. As a result, opencv is built, but when creating an OCRTesseract object, a message is displayed that tesseract was not found.
Then I tried the older tesseract-4.1.0 version. It is labeled LSTM. The error persisted.
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There were times during my pregnancy when I felt gorgeous (not whilst I was vomiting at the beginning or waddling at the end). Once my pregnancy became visible and before I became too huge to fully function, I really wanted to 'flaunt' my beautiful bump. I thought a saree, which reveals the midriff, would be the perfect way to do it! How I imagined wearing a saree during my pregnancy was so different from the reality.Thus began a process of trial and error over the course of a couple of months.
The first time I wore a saree with my baby bump, it was Christmas eve and we celebrated it with our German friend, her Indian husband and friends. I wore green and gold, one of my favourite sarees from my mother-in-law's vast collection. I thought the best way to wear the saree would be under my bump, to really accentuate the roundness of my growing belly. I was wrong. I was carrying very low so the pleats were also extremely low. I kept tripping over them which pulled them down further, revealing my underwear!
The second time, my belly was much bigger and Rohan had become really wiggley. It was my cousin-sister-in-law's wedding, I wore my pink and orange saree in the centre of my bump. Across my belly button, where I would normally wear it, thinking this would solve my problem. I didn't want to cover my bump completely but didn't want a repeat of Christmas eve, especially with so many people around. Sadly, this didn't work out, Rohan was such an active baby in utero (especially when subjected to the brass band and drums during the marriage procession) my bump was constantly changing shape, causing my saree to fall! I was constantly pulling it up or rearranging my pleats.
The third and final time I wore a saree pregnant, it was a success. It was for my Marathi baby shower (Dohale Jevan) when I was in my third trimester. A gorgeous turquoise and silver banarsi saree. This time, with help from my mother-in-law, I wore it on top of my bump and high on my hips. My bump held it up, no matter how much he wriggled, keeping me from tripping and the saree from falling.
So, from my experience, it turns out the best way to wear a saree with a baby bump is to cover your bump, wrap your baby in silk. A saree really is the perfect item of clothing to wear during pregnancy because it can grow with you (once you figure out how best to wear it that is).
Amazing. I never tried that. I was under the impression Indian women wore salwar kameez during pregnancy.
Hmm…. so this is Rohan undercover LOL. I guess saris are a bit flexible than a skirt or a trouser during this time. You look ravishing like the women from Indian mythology like Shakuntala and Sita, all covered in flowers. We are waiting eagerly for you to fill us up with the details.
Have you been to any temples with Rohan like Sai temple at Shirdi or the Bengali Kali temple you mentioned. This year you will be celebrating all the festivals with Rohan, what fun!!
Aw, thank you so much! I'll definitely be writing about the baby shower soon. Very different from a Western style one!
Rohan has been to several temples! He really likes looking at all the idols, as well as the nice vibes, I think it's great for his sensory development. He really loved the Bengali Kali Mandir, he's also been to the grand Swaminarayan Mandir, a small Hanuman mandir and Durga mandir!
I'm really excited to celebrate the festivals with Rohan, I know he will really love the colours!
A humble suggestion. Day After Tomorrow is janamashtami the birthday of Lord Krishna. Dress up rohan as little krishna. I think u could find little krishna outfit in the market. He would look cute and post the pics.
Sometimes its better to keep the bump hidden. Despite what people say, noone likes a lardass. Ok you have a excuse, you are carrying, but still….
You look beautiful Lauren! Thank you for sharing your experiences with wearing saree during pregnancy. I'm curious to hear about your experience with prenatal & postpartum health care in India vs your expectations for how it would go- but only if you want to share.


This appendix describes interfaces that are under development and aimed at future releases of this specification. At this stage, such interfaces are at best recommended practice, and do not constitute normative requirements of this specification. Applications may not assume that any system provides these interfaces.
We encourage system implementors and ISVs to provide these interfaces, and to provide feedback on their specification to lsbspec@freestandards.org. These interfaces may well be further modified during the development process, and may be withdrawn if concensus cannot be reached.


Markas' hard eyes shifted away from Ross toward the western horizon, toward the buzbugs still charging that direction. "A day's ride and I can bring them back. I'll need two other men with me. Useful men who can ride." After addressing the tribe, his angry glare returned to Ross, who found himself flushing red.
His chain of thought ended when a young man shouted, "Keep yourself quiet, grandmother! Your open mouth shames us!" Shoo's face set in anger and the shocked reactions of both men and women told him that her grandson had just violated a rule weightier than a woman addressing a man.
"Calmness and peace," snapped Markas as his aspbug mount shifted and grunted. "We need to meet in conference over this matter—strangers not included." The last phrase he uttered while staring directly at Ross.
Ross sat at the edge of camp during the conference, on an outcropping of flat rock. Next to him sat Shoo's grandson, unspeaking, his elbows on his knees and his chin resting in the palms of his upward-reaching hands. They did not speak to one another.
At one point, one of the herd boys passed Ross, his face still pale and sweaty, like the time several months ago when the same boy had thought he'd seen a ghost. "What happened to the herd?" he asked, guessing this to be the cause of the boy's anxiety.
"I'm sure you did your best," said Ross. "The tribe won't blame you." These words brought a small smile of relief to the boy's face.
"I would not praise yet. You are to come with me and we shall see if her words are true. If they are not, you will not be returning to the tribe." As he spoke, perhaps unconsciously, Markas moved his right hand to rest on the pommel of the dagger in his belt.


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Mulligan, Pool Bring Smiles to Young Patients
We cheer for them on Sundays, and sweat out each and every play they make. But lost somewhere in the shuffle is the fact that there are men behind the facemasks who have duties and responsibilities outside their jobs; much like the rest of us.
On Tuesday, S Brodney Pool and TE Matthew Mulligan took the time to visit Goryeb Children's Hospital in Morristown, N.J. Arriving complete with Jets memorabilia, the players moved from room to room, greeting patients, talking football and taking pictures. For the patients, it was an experience that made an otherwise painful day a bit brighter.
"I'm really happy that they came here to visit me," said Tyler Goodyear, a 14-year-old high school freshman. "It really boosts my confidence. The small things that they do can make someone's day. It's awesome."
A Jets fan throughout his life, Goodyear was set to play WR and CB at school this fall. Unfortunately, a dirt bike accident derailed his season and has him recovering at Goryeb. He remains steadfast in his determination to play next season, and the visit from Pool and Mulligan helped raise his spirits even more.
"It's inspiring," said Tyler's father, Glen. "He needs something like this to make him feel good. He's been through a lot. I think the Jets are very dedicated, and it shows a lot of heart."
Among the dedicated Jets is Mulligan, a repeat visitor to Goryeb, having visited there several times during his three-year Jets career.
"To be able to see kids in that particular situation enjoy life for however long we're there — the kids may be thinking they're having a good time, but for me, it's really uplifting," said Mulligan.
While Pool was making his first visit to the hospital, he has been on similar visits and understands the importance of reaching out to the less fortunate Jets fans.
"It's big, because anytime you can put a smile on a little kid's face, it's an amazing feeling. It's a fun thing to do," he said. "To go out and see those kids smiling just from giving them an autograph is pretty big."
For one patient who got to meet Pool and Mulligan, the visit was therapeutic for both him and his mother. Sam Fishman is a 9-year-old student at Bragg Elementary School in Chester, N.J., and is in Goryeb recovering after surgery to remove an infection in his femur.
Last season Fishman was able to take the field at MetLife Stadium to play in an exhibition at halftime of a Jets home game. This year the linebacker will miss his football season, but he reveled in the opportunity to spend time with members of his favorite team.
"It was literally the first smile I've seen in a week," said Sam's mother, Laura. "It's been an unhappy week of misery, and a smile is worth … it's priceless."
Kristin Holtzman is a child life specialist at Goryeb, and each year she sees the effects of the player visits firsthand.
"It's amazing to see their reactions," said Holtzman. "You see smiles on faces that you haven't seen. You saw all the kids decked out in Jets gear. They were so excited, and they couldn't wait. They were all so thankful and so grateful that Matthew and Brodney were able to come in and be a part of their day."
The effect the visits had on the patients were obvious, but the effects the patients had on the players were not as visible. However, while returning to the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center two hours later, Mulligan spoke about how he was impacted by the visits.
"I've been to that hospital quite a few times, so I'm a regular there. It makes me realize how blessed I really am to be in this position, because there are a lot of people out there who are in unfortunate situations. For us to be able to do that, I think it's a great thing."


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NFL and East-West Shrine Bowl Announce Head Coaches and Legends Mentors
Aims to Increase Development Opportunities for Coaches and Draft-Eligible Players
Release: 1/8/2020 | National Football League
The NFL today announced several initiatives in partnership with the 2020 East-West Shrine Bowl. The strengthened enhancements are designed to continue growing the game through the development of personnel and increasing engagement with players through all levels of their athletic life cycle.
"The objective for the East-West Shrine Bowl is to provide opportunity for development, evaluation and community outreach for both the next generation of prospects and coaches," said Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of Football Operations and 2019 East-West Shrine Bowl Hall of Fame inductee. "The venue affords prospects an early start on evaluation and assessment by pro personnel. It is also a tremendous opportunity to engage with the children and families at the Shriners Hospital."
The East-West Shrine Bowl, formerly known as East-West Shrine Game, is the nation's oldest all-star game for college seniors aspiring to play in the NFL. Seventy-seven Pro Football Hall of Famers have played in the East-West Shrine Bowl, and more than 300 past participants were on 2019 NFL Week 1 rosters.
Mike Caldwell of the Tampa Bay Bucaneers and Ben Steele of the Atlanta Falcons will serve as the head coaches for this year's game.
An 11-year NFL veteran, Caldwell spent the 2019 season as the Buccaneers inside linebackers coach after serving four seasons as the assistant head coach/inside linebackers coach for the New York Jets. In 2019, rookie linebacker Devin White was one of two players in the NFL with at least four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles, while linebacker Lavonte David recorded his seventh-career 100-tackle season.
A seven-year NFL veteran, Steele joined the Falcons in 2019 as an offensive assistant after spending the previous five seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Atlanta tight end Austin Hooper set career highs in receptions (75), receiving yards (787) and receiving touchdowns (six) this season.
"We're very excited to have Mike Caldwell and Ben Steele as head coaches for our East-West Shrine Bowl all-stars," said Bob Roller, executive director of the East-West Shrine Bowl. "Ben was a coordinator for our 2019 game and both coaches have ties to the Tampa/St. Pete area. They will lead two strong staffs of NFL assistant coaches that will be invaluable to our players as they begin their own journey to the NFL"
At the conclusion of the NFL regular season, clubs nominated active assistant coaches who were reviewed by a panel of NFL Football Operations staff, East-West Shrine Bowl leadership and two members of the NFL's General Managers Advisory Committee. The final two were chosen as head coaches. Once the head coaches are selected, each head coach then fills his 12-person staff from other NFL assistant coaches nominated by the clubs, a key job requirement for head coaches at every level of the sport.
To further aid in the development of future coordinators and head coaches, these representatives will have the opportunity to participate in a panel session and learn from former NFL head coaches and general managers while in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Legends Mentors
In a continuous effort to connect the game's greats with the next generation of stars, Pro Football Hall of Famer Will Shields and NFL Legends Willie McGinest, Bobby Taylor and Amani Toomer will serve as mentors to the 2020 East-West Shrine Bowl players throughout the week.
A two-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time Super Bowl champion, Willie McGinest was a vital member of the New England Patriots dynasty of the early 2000s. His 15-year NFL playing experience was highlighted by his 12 seasons with New England, where he recorded an NFL-record 16 postseason sacks, including a single-game playoff record 4.5 sacks in the Patriots' 2005 AFC Wild Card game. McGinest, who finished his career with the Cleveland Browns, currently serves as an analyst for the NFL Network and is a member of the NFL Legends Youth Advisory Committee.
A 10-year NFL veteran, cornerback Bobby Taylor was selected in the second round (50th overall) by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1995 NFL Draft. In 129 career games with Philadelphia (1995-2003) and Seattle (2004), he recorded 19 career interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns, along with 10 fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles. During his 2002 Pro Bowl season, Taylor recorded a career-high five interceptions and registered an interception return for a touchdown in the NFC Divisional playoffs to help send the Eagles to the NFC Championship Game. He attended Notre Dame (1991-94) and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American his senior year.
A 13-year NFL veteran and Super Bowl XLII champion, wide receiver Amani Toomer was selected in the second round (34th overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. In 190 career regular-season games with the Giants (1996-2008), Toomer is the franchise's all-time leader in receptions (668), receiving yards (9,497) and receiving touchdowns (54). He also appeared in 11 postseason games and totaled 44 catches for 608 yards and a franchise-best seven touchdowns, including three during the Giants run to the Super Bowl title in 2007. Toomer attended Michigan (1992-95), where he totaled 143 receptions for 2,657 yards (fourth-most in school history) and 18 touchdowns.
Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015, guard Will Shields was selected in the third round (74th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. Selected to 12 consecutive Pro Bowls from 1995-2006, he set Chiefs franchise records for games (224) and starts (223) during his 14-year career in Kansas City. Shields was selected as the 2003 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and was named to the 2000's NFL All-Decade team. Selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001, he attended the Nebraska (1989-92) and earned the Outland Trophy as a senior as the nation's top interior lineman.
Other League Initiatives
The league continues to assist in identifying the best players for the East-West Shrine Bowl, provide game officials, and football operations internship opportunities during the week leading up to the East-West Shrine Bowl game. Additionally, the NFL and East-West Shrine Bowl will partner on highlighting innovative concepts to further evolve the game.
The 95th annual East-West Shrine Bowl, which features some of college football's best prospects, will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 18, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and be televised live on NFL Network.
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Nollywood actors and actresses jumping into music is not a new thing despite what some of us might think. Igwe Tupac might be the latest of the bunch of Nollywood stars attempting to enter music, but he's had a lot of mentors to "look up" to.
So, in the of throwback Thursday, we'll look back at all the Nollywood actors and actresses that tried (and for the most part failed) their hands in the music industry.
You know we can't start this list without the latest and greatest Igwe Tupac aka Jigga Boy aka My Money is My Money aka You know what it is. Charles Okocha (Igwe Tupac) is the latest of the string of Nollywood peeps that have dabbled into music. We'll have to see how his pans out, but right now… well… Amoshine when Amoshine.


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Our next social meetup is on Sunday 17th February. We will be running a mini Neopixel workshop using an Arduino, a Neopixel ring and two buttons. You will learn the basics of using Neopixels and how to make a programmable 'mood lamp' with the Arduino and the buttons. This workshop is aimed at complete beginners.
For further details and to sign up, go over to our MEETUP page.
Tea and coffee will be provided but don't forget to bring yourself some lunch to eat.


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Cleansing the iPod, finding some gems
When it comes to downloading freebies and stuff on my iPod, I'm an indiscriminate slut. I'll load the sucker with all manner of mediocrity. I WROTE A COLUMN about finally cleaning out my crapola-strewn iPod, and finding a few lookee-here keepers in the process. All of the following are available on iTunes, but you can listen here by clicking the links:
Gold Mine, Breanne Duren (from the album Sparks): This one starts out sounding like vintage '84 Cars, but soon turns into a '90s alt-pop Belly jam. The Twin Cities gal - and good pal of Owl City - is 23 with a 16-year-old's cutie-pie voice. It's one of those indie-gal-makes-good singalongs, and if you don't like it, your girlfriend certainly will.
Two Against One, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi feat. Jack White (from the album Rome): My crush on Danger Mouse, the genre-splicing producer and quiet half of Gnarls Barkley, has become a rampant office joke. But there's a reason for our imagined bromance, and that's because everything the man touches, whether it's with Gnarls or Broken Bells or the Gorillaz, sounds dazzling, dreamlike, different. This collabo pairs him with composer Luppi, as they pay homage to Italian film music. Musicians from Ennio Morricone classic scores show up, as do guests Norah Jones and White, who here provides a snarly vocal over spy movie-cool walking music.
The Game Has Changed, Daft Punk (from the album Tron: Legacy): This is not unlike Tangerine Dream's classic electro-pulsing sound track for Risky Business - that is, if Tom Cruise were running from Guido the Killer Cyborg. Yes, it's overwrought futuristic foofaraw, but it's also genuinely stirring, a testament to the French duo's tech derring-do and sneaky heart.
The Hunger, Shirley Manson & Serj Tankian: This benefit single from rock musical Prometheus Bound is marked "explicit" and that makes sense considering the sources. Garbage femme fatale Manson and System of a Down's Tankian often had no use for niceties - that is, before they dropped off the face of the earth. Nice to have 'em back, even if this dark, Nine Inch Nails-type cut stays a little too droney. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International.
4th of July, Shooter Jennings (from the album Put the 'O' Back in Country): Okay, this one isn't new, but it is awesome, a 2005 rumbler from Waylon's kid that sneaks up on you with anthemic swoon. I forgot how much I love this shoulda-been smash, about two lovers riding 'cross country, outrunning their past and putting their future on hold. This romp will instantly improve your day - and your next holiday barbecue.
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Jun 22, 2017 . Overview Automotive sales and service is one of Tunisia's major economic sectors. No vehicles are manufactured locally, but Tunisia does have a small car assembly industry. The GOT utilizes a strict quota system that caps the number of vehicles allowed into the country annually. The quota thresholds.
Jun 22, 2017 . Overview. Water and Wastewater Due to its arid and semi-arid climate, mismanaged water resources, and growing population, Tunisia faces increasingly severe water shortage problems, particularly in the summer. The quality of water varies throughout the country and does not meet potable standards in.
May 18, 2017 . Royal Dutch Shell is seeking to sell its gas fields in Tunisia for some $500 million, sources said, as the Anglo-Dutch company pushes forward with its vast disposal program.


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Dr. Jorgensen's research focuses on the discovery of drugs for cancer chemotherapy. He is a renowned expert in developing and applying the requisite methodology and computer software for computer-aided drug design. His team of experts are designing drugs that bind tightly to enzymes (protein molecules that catalyze reactions) involved in aberrant cell proliferation. The tight binding causes the enzymes to stop functioning, the cancer cells to stop reproducing, and the tumors to shrink. Such drugs are called enzyme inhibitors. Specifically, his research has sought inhibitors of an enzyme called fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 kinase (FGFR1 kinase). Aberrant FGFR kinase activity has been implicated in numerous cancers including breast cancer, human pancreatic cancer, astrocytomas, salivary gland adenosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer. Therefore, discovery of inhibitors of FGFR1 kinase has substantial potential therapeutic value.
His team computationally modeled millions of compounds that might be possible FGFR1 kinase inhibitors and 23 compounds were purchased and experimentally tested. Two of the compounds showed some inhibitory activity towards FGFR1 kinase and his team focused on improving the potency of the compounds and their chemical properties to make them more likely to become drugs. Their work required the preparation ("synthesis") of modified versions, "analogs", of the initial "lead" compounds. They explored various changes in the series of thienopyrimidinone compounds and simplified the structures to only pyrimidinones which are uncommon as kinase inhibitors and were active at low micromolar concentrations. Future research will focus on enhancing the activity of these compounds and testing for selectivity in inhibiting other kinases.
Dr. William Jorgensen received his B.A. from Princeton University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. In 1975, he first joined the faculty at Purdue University and in 1990, he joined the faculty at Yale University as the Whitehead Professor of Chemistry. He served as Director, Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering and he is currently the Sterling Professor of Chemistry.
From 2005 to 2010 at Yale University, Dr. Jorgensen co-directed the NFCR Center for Anti-Cancer Drug Design and Discovery with Director and NFCR-supported scientist, Dr. Alanna Schepartz. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Jorgensen is the recipient of numerous awards including; the ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research; Award in Computational Biology – International Society for Quantum Biology and Pharmacology; the Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids (ACS); and the Tetraheron Prize.
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Q: GL Context destruction I create the GL Rendering Context successfully (I checked return values of all WinApi functions). When I am trying to destroy the context using the following piece of code it fails:
    bool success = ::wglMakeCurrent ( 0, 0 ); // false
    success = ::wglDeleteContext ( glRenderingContext_ ); // false

All described above happens in one thread. What is wrong?

A: Did you destroy the window that held the device and rendering contexts before making this call?  You should shut down your rendering context before you destroy your window.


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Q: C# (.NET), веб-запрос методом GET, используя куки и аутентификацию Моя цель - считать http страницу с этой ссылки.
Использую HttpWebRequest и HttpWebResponse, но страница требует куки и аутентификацию. Fiddler дал мне общую информацию о запросе через браузер (скрин).
В коде постарался добавить все заголовки и основные куки с фиддлера, но возможно где-то допустил глупую ошибку, или попросту что-то пропустил:
string userData = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password));
string uri002 = "https://opskins.com/?loc=shop_checkout";
HttpWebRequest request002 = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri002);
request002.Host = "opskins.com";
request002.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/55.0.2883.87 Safari/537.36";
request002.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic" + userData);
request002.Method = "GET";
request002.Referer = "https://opskins.com/?loc=shop_search&app=730_2&sort=lh";
request002.Headers.Add("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br");
request002.Headers.Add("Accept-Language", "ru-RU,ru;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,en;q=0.4");
request002.Accept = "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8";
request002.Headers.Add("Cache-Control", "max-age=0");
request002.Headers.Add("Upgrade-Insecure-Requests", "1");

request002.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
request002.CookieContainer.Add(new Uri("https://opskins.com"), new Cookie("opskins_csrf_token", textBox4.Text));
request002.CookieContainer.Add(new Uri("https://opskins.com"), new Cookie("opskins_login_token", textBox5.Text));
request002.CookieContainer.Add(new Uri("https://opskins.com"), new Cookie("PHPSESSID", textBox6.Text));

HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request002.GetResponse();
StreamReader responseRead = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8);
MessageBox.Show(responseRead.ReadToEnd());
responseRead.Close();

При запуске вылетает следующая ошибка:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.WebException' occurred in
  System.dll
  The request was aborted: The connection was unexpectedly closed.

Запрос был прерван: Соединение было неожиданно закрыто.
Что нужно исправить в коде? Добавить оставшиеся куки или искать другой способ для считывания http страницы? К слову на сайте стоит защита от ботов, но я не думаю что это влияет на мой запрос. Скрин с фиддлера для моего запроса оставлю в комментариях. Удачного дня.

A: Смотря на вопрос начинаю подозревать что вам проще будет использовать Selenium WebDriver напару с PhantomJS браузером.
Скорее всего это даст вам именно то что нужно и с меньшими усилиями.
С оговоркой на то, что куки нужно будет вручную сериализовать и рассериализовать т.к. вебдрайвер не умеет этого делать.


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WAFarmers' ports policy updated following extensive consultation
By WA Farmers
Following extensive discussions with Local and State Government, key industry stakeholders, and port users, WAFarmers has updated their policy regarding the lease of Fremantle Port and the development of an Outer Harbour.
"Having considered the most up-to-date information available and done due diligence on behalf of our members and the wider agricultural community, WAFarmers does not support the privatisation of any monopoly state-owned asset or assets, though acknowledges that the long-term lease of Fremantle Port remains a possibility under the current State Government," said WAFarmers President Tony York.
"The Nationals WA still remain opposed to any sale of Fremantle Port, so if the sale is progressed, the Treasurer and Premier will have to undertake further negotiations with their partners in government.
"We understand that the State Government needs to relinquish some assets to assist in offsetting the state's debt and, to this end, our role is to act as a check-and-balance on the process to ensure the best possible outcome is achieved for our members, and the agricultural industry as a whole.
"Given the information available and our consultations, we do not support the privatisation of monopoly infrastructure unless there are clear benefits for Western Australian agriculture."
With the information the State Government has provided, WAFarmers has offered the following provisions and concerns around the proposed sale.
"While we remain concerned that the proposed provisions for oversight and regulation of access and pricing have not been tested in WA infrastructure privatisation, we encourage the State Government to evaluate the access and pricing policies in conjunction with the ACCC," Mr York said.
"Further, WAFarmers encourages the State Government to develop a long-term infrastructure plan. This would include transport routes and linkages, the outer harbour, including the livestock facility, existing bulk and private facilities, and private infrastructure."
Mr York said WAFarmers welcomed the State Government action in ensuring that adequate safeguards were available to prevent failings as seen in the privatisation of WA railway network.
Though in support of a dedicated outer harbour and livestock facility, Mr York said WAFarmers did not consider the proposed 25 year deadline for a containerised outer harbour to be realistic and explained that key points be taken into consideration when developing the facility.
"We welcome the acknowledgement from State Government that the Fremantle Port facility does have a use-by date," he explained.
"While WAFarmers does not dispute that the estimated two million Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit (TEU) capacity of Fremantle Port is realistic, we do not consider the existing transport linkages adequate to support an estimated tripled through-put.
"As such, the outer harbour livestock facility must be developed as stage one of the wider development of the Kwinana Industrial Area and the containerised outer harbour to ensure it does not impede on meeting the long-term economic requirements of the State, and must be developed in conjunction with the future users of the port.
"However, we have significant reservations around the fact that there has been limited environmental scoping work done on the feasibility of what the government is proposing to do."
For further details on the policy, contact WAFarmers Executive Officer Grady Powell on (08) 9486 2100.
All media requests to be directed to WAFarmers Marketing and Events Manager Megan MacNeill on (08) 9486 2100 or [email protected].
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We Are... Penn State!
Penn State is now 4-0. They won their Big Ten opener against Northwestern. They shouldn't have won the game, however. Michael Robinson accounted for four turnovers (three interceptions and a fumble) in the first half. Fortunately, Northwestern only scored 13 on those turnovers. Oh yeah, Robinson also had two fumbles that PSU recovered. This game was pathetic. PSU did not deserve to win this game. Robinson had many terrible passes. Considering his first completion was to Northwestern should give everyone the hint that he can't throw the ball. Most of his passes were short or long. He couldn't seem to throw anything on target. Even that amazing game-winning touchdown was underthrown. He couldn't catch his receiver in stride. The receiver had to stop in his route to catch the ball and then dodge a tackle for the TD. This team will not compete in the Big Ten for a bowl bid if it keeps playing like this on offense. Joe Paterno needs to consider using Anthony Morelli as a starting quarterback. Obviously Robinson has no idea how to play the position--he's the second leading rusher on the team. If he wants to be a running back, let him. Let a real quarterback have a chance and maybe the offense will finally do something.
Are people really this stupid? Why do people believe in such idiotic consipiracy theories?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out this news story:
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/09/23/news/local/news05.txt
Some local weatherman in Idaho believes the Japanese mafia is behind Hurricane Katrina as retribution for the atomic bomb attacks of WWII. Usually I'd say, "Don't quit your day job." But it's too late. This guy decided to pursue his stupid theory full time. How much time can you devote to lies and BS?
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fun for the literati
Here's a wonderful site for anyone interested in literature (mostly beat poetry). It's the Naropa University audio archive (yeah, I'm promoting of my graduate program). Lot's of great readings are contained in it, as well as classes and lectures. I've listened to a bit of it, but there's just so much there to discover that I can't tell you where to begin. Some more interesting readings contain Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Anselm Hollo, and Jack Collum. If I find anything to seriously recommend, I'll post it. Until then, just browse through it for yourself. Check it out. You can hear a whole lot of Allen Ginsburg and friends.
NAROPA AUDIO ARCHIVE
The Job Search
I thought I had a job lined up in Japan. I was wrong. They asked me to e-mail copies of documents (diplomas, TEFL, passport) last Saturday. Well, due to my grad school's stupidity, I had to wait until Monday to find out what was going on with my diploma. I explained the situation and sent all the other documents to Japan. Apparently that took too long. A school couldn't wait between Saturday and Monday to get documents? Well that's a load of crap.
So, now I'm looking at other teaching opportunities. These jobs are all in Japan and China. Although most are in China now because Japan doesn't seem to be hiring at this time. Fortunately, I have received two responses saying that I will be contacted for a phone interview. One is in Shenzhen (southern China) and the other is in Changchun (northeast China).
At this point it's first come, first serve. I just need an excuse to take some time out of the country and learn a second language (seeing as I gave up on Spanish some years ago). Not only that, but I don't feel like editing or proofreading anymore. Teaching sounds a little more interesting.
Labels: jobs, rant, stupidity
Over There, part II
It's getting near the end of the first season of FX's new series "Over There." After the first two episodes I didn't think much of the show--it didn't show much promise as a enjoyable entertainment (at least not up to par with "The Shield" or "Nip/Tuck"). I continued to watch the series in the expectation of viewing something compelling. It was wrong to think that.
"Over There" lacks. The actors do a fine job at protraying their stereotypical, one-dimensional characters, but that's about the only redeeming quality. The problem with the show isn't that the actors are flat or that the direction is bad (these aspects are terrific); the problem rests squarely on the writing. So far, only "Dim" has shown true emotion and character development (and this just developed in tonight's episode). The remaining characters are exactly how they were at the beginning of the series. Their emotions don't change much and neither do their attitudes and insight. Characters need to be more than one-dimensional. These people are not compelling. They are not forming what could become meaningful relationships. These characters do not create enough interest to keep viewers.
The storylines aren't much better. The first few episodes sounded vaguely like news reports. From then on the show has tried to incorporate more Iraqi life and culture--too little, too late. In tonight's episode, the crew finds $5 million dollars and debates what to do. There are ethical conversations, as well as questions of trust. Funny how this sounds a little like "The Shield" and its money train storyline. The difference being that "The Shield" slowly dealt with the money in a much more intriguing way.
Unless "Over There" can come up with some better storylines and a lot more character development, I don't see the series lasting. If I really wanted emotion to connect with the war in Iraq, I'd turn on CNN or talk to some recently returned soldiers.
As a side note: I may be a little biased in viewing this series as I have a few friends in the military--including those who have been to Iraq and are going back there.
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War on Words
This is a little sickening... probably because I'm an editor. Most people I'm sure don't care much about this, but I do. I keep hearing about the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. It's terrible. It's a tragedy. But why must people call it "a terrible tragedy"? A tragedy is terrible in its own right. It is simply redundant to say terrible tragedy. Please cease this redundancy.
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University Stupidity
Here's the deal: I graduated with an MFA in July. I was told that my diploma would be mailed to me within 30 days. It is now Sept. 19 and I have no diploma. I need said diploma to obtain a work permit in Japan. I called the registrar at Naropa and told them to send it to me immediately. They told me they can't. Why? It's simple really. The diplomas were all printed up and ready to get sent to the graduates. However, the new vice president of the university who was hired in July decided he wanted his name to appear on the diplomas rather than the VP who was there for the time that the students were. The diplomas all had to be reprinted. On top of this, some school official who has to sign every diploma lives in Canada. Why is he in Canada? What sort of stupidity is there in the world that one man can screw up my life so easily?
I am calling for the resignation of the vice president of Naropa. He's obviously too stupid to work in academia. And if he doesn't resign, I'd like a formal apology and tuition reimbursement. I spent $40,000 on that degree and I better have it soon.
Yeah, I'm sorry for not posting sooner. I will write my review of Nova shortly. I've been busy with moving to NJ and job searches (any job offers out there?).
Along with that, I received troubling news about my friend's brother in Iraq--he's now in a hospital in Maryland. I typically would go off on a rant about W. but I'll save that for another time and place. In the meantime, we have to hope for the best for James.