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North Dallas Forty (1979)
4-Word Review: Ugly side of football.
From the very first frame this film grabs your attention. We see football wide receiver Phil Elliot (Nick Nolte) sleeping in his bed with blood spewing out of his nose and soaking his pillow in red. He wakes up and ambles his way to the bathroom looking like a man of 80 instead of 30. We come to realize that his nose is broken and he sleeps with tissue stuffed up his nostril to keep it from bleeding worse than it really does. We soon learn that this is all part of the business. A player is expected not only to play with pain, but live with it as well. Watching Nolte deal with this is so convincing that it will make you feel like you're having the same symptoms and bring back vivid memories of any physical discomfort that you once had. It gets so bad that when he is making love to his girlfriend he is having to tell her to switch positions, or not touch certain parts of his body because even sex ends up being too painful. When you read about how many players suffer from lifelong injuries from their playing days you feel almost insulted at how other sports movies seem to gloss over it like it is no big deal when it really isn't.
The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Peter Gent, who once played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. Although fictionalized to a certain extent one can't help but see the ugly truth seeping through. Many of the characters closely resemble star Cowboy players from that era including the Mac Davis character Seth Maxwell who has the same personality as real-life quarterback Don Meredith. There is also B.A. Strother (G.D. Spradlin) who resembles legendary coach Tom Landry. Like Landry he seems devoutly religious and even quotes scripture, but he also is very cold, calculating, and psychologically manipulative.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film and found it riveting from beginning to end. If only all films could be this revealing and honest. The 'feel good sports movie' can be nice, but it is becoming too much of a cliché. Most players that get into the business don't win Superbowls, or championships. They becomes used and abused by a relentless system until their only goal is simple survival and trying not to be cut. Of course I have never played football, but I don't think the viewer really has to, to appreciate the dead-on truth that is displayed here. Simply being out in the 'real world' and working in corporate America should be enough for just about anyone to connect to what the characters here go through.
The dialogue is exceptional and endlessly quotable. Every scene and conversation dissects another ugly side of the business. Some of it is expected, but other parts become rather startling particularly the way players are pushed to play with injuries in order to 'help the team' even if there is a strong possibility that it could cause serious and permanent harm. Some may say things have gotten better, or worse since this was made, but I can't help but feel that if anything it pretty much the same in a lot of ways, which is why I still maintain that this film is quite possibly the best sports movie ever made.
You also gotta love Charles Durning as the assistant coach constantly carrying with him a bottle of Maalox and looking like the one doing most of the coaching and disciplining while coach Strother stands at a calculated distance. The scene where Durning screams at the players during a team prayer giving in the locker room by a priest is the film's single most funniest moment. Bo Svenson has one of his best roles playing the very large and intimidating player who goes from being obnoxious and even frightening at parties to looking dumb, confused, and even scared during the games. The only actor I wasn't impressed with was John Matusek, who was a real-life pro player for a while. It was nice seeing a well-built actor to compliment Svenson, but Matusek just does not have the ability to deliver his lines with any dramatic impact and the fiery tirade that gives Durning at the end fails to be as strong as it should've been.
The only other problem I had with this film is the scenes involving the actual game itself. It doesn't in any way resemble a pro game. The field is small and looks like it was shot at a high school. The crowd is darkened out, looking like there were no spectators at all. I also didn't like the way director Ted Kotcheff incorporated dramatic music during certain key segments. It came off as heavy-handed and unnecessary. Of course the team's uniforms and logos look tacky and although this is a little distracting you can't blame this on the filmmakers as the NFL refused to endorse the film because of its frank nature.
This film hasn't mellowed at all with age and I was surprised how potent it still is. I would recommend this to anyone, sports fan, or not, who wants to see the game from a different perspective by a player who was there.
Released: August 3, 1979
Runtime: 1Hour 59Minutes
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Studio: Paramount
Available: VHS, DVD, Amazon Instant Video
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3 responses to "North Dallas Forty (1979)"
Tommy | April 12, 2013 at 10:57 PM | Reply
Nice review and I agree its one of the all time great football and sports movies. Both Nolte and Davis are tremendous in their parts and this film has one of my very favorite closing scenes when Mac Davis throws the football to Nolte outside the office building. A true 70's classic.
Joseph Kearny | May 13, 2017 at 3:10 AM | Reply
Overlooked film is still relevant.
Brendan F. | August 18, 2017 at 5:46 AM | Reply
Loved the book and the movie. Like Slapshot, it feels authentic

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Where to focus - the shopper or the retailer?
FINDING THE NEEDLE IN VIETNAM'S TRADITIONAL TRADE HAYSTACK: WHERE TO FOCUS - THE SHOPPER OR THE RETAILER?
Last year, however, traditional trade in Vietnam grew faster than modern trade for the first time in the last decade. Today, traditional trade accounts for more than 85% of sales in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, representing nearly $USD 10 billion. This trend has manufacturers taking a step back to once again review the opportunity that lies in the vast and fragmented traditional trade channel.
The reality for most manufacturers is that servicing 1.3 million outlets in Vietnam's traditional trade channel is not realistic. Even large manufacturers with extensive sales teams only service approximately 30% of outlets directly. Given the complexity in navigating the dynamics of the traditional trade environment and the fact that consumers don't typically even enter traditional trade outlets (instead opting to rely on the shopkeeper), a number of companies have shifted their focus to understanding how the consumer shops this channel to drive sales in traditional trade.
But understanding which stores to focus on is paramount for manufacturers. Why? A recent Nielsen study found that 30% of the stores account for approximately 80% of the total FMCG sales in Vietnam. Given that consumers plan 95% of their traditional trade purchases before they enter the store, manufacturers need to focus on consumers' needs and what motivates them well before the shopping trip starts.
When it comes to decision influencing, however, retailers play a critical role. That's because two out of three shoppers will ultimately buy a product because of a retailer's recommendation. Outside of family and friends, the retailer is a key source of information when it comes to deciding what to buy.
Another unique aspect of Vietnamese shopper behavior is speed of purchase. The shopping experience in traditional trade is fast! In fact, the average transaction takes a mere 90 seconds. Consumers spend the first 10 seconds ordering and the last 20 seconds paying. That leaves one minute of idle time that consumers commonly use to check their mobile phones. This is where the opportunity lies. It's also a prime window for partnerships between manufacturers and retailers to create engaging interactions with consumers. For example, retailers could use the time to inform shoppers about current in-store promotions, upsell programs and free product samples. Manufacturers and retailers could also deploy innovative digital marketing strategies like small screen ads to engage shoppers.
Manufacturers have traditionally used promotions in an attempt to grab consumers' attention at point of sale. Nielsen's recent study, however, found that only 2% of consumers recognise promotions when coming to traditional trade stores, and just 1% of retailers recommend promotions to shoppers when they visit stores. This may sound like an insurmountable obstacle for manufacturers, but it actually represents a huge opportunity to train and educate retailers on the power they hold in influencing shopper experiences and their overall basket sizes. When manufacturers execute promotions poorly, they lose money—or spend it without getting a return. However if they focus on educating retailers to maximise the shopping basket potential when consumers are in store, retailers and manufacturers alike would thrive.
In most cases, shopkeepers are also store owners. Consequently, upselling and increasing consumers' overall basket size is beneficial to them as well as to manufacturers. Across the retail world, store owners' primary objective is to increase the number of shoppers while maximizing their basket sizes. In traditional trade stores, many retailers have typically taken a passive role waiting for shoppers to order products. But there is immense opportunity whereby manufacturers can educate retailers about their important role in influencing product selection and overall store profitability.
In Vietnam, Nielsen's study found that on average, 8% of products go out of stock every day of the year. This equates to a loss in manufacturers' sales of more than $USD 500 million. In addition, only 10% of retailers offer an alternative when a shopper asks for a brand or product that is out of stock. This results in a loss for both the retailer and the manufacturer, as money is essentially walking right out the door.
The study also found that only 10% of retailers speak about new items when shoppers are in store. It also found that retailers don't widely utilize cross-selling opportunities, representing another area where manufacturers can share best practices on the impact that cross selling can have on the bottom line. Understanding consumers is critical to succeeding in any market, but it's even more important in the highly competitive traditional trade market of Vietnam. That's why tight relationships between manufacturers and retailers will be a factor in who succeeds into the future.
Knowing the stores that matter is critical to navigating a fragmented landscape, and manufacturers that work collaboratively with retailers to maximise consumer engagement will help both parties prosper. Success in the future means taking a step back to basics: insure that your product is available in the right stores; make sure it's visible; and make both retailers and shoppers know about the impact your products can have on their lives.
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Q: Determining if awards are fair Imagine a population of people where $x\%$ have blue hats and $(100-x)\%$ have green hats where every year some people are awarded prizes.  The rule is that everyone should have an equal chance of being awarded a prize every year.  The village bosses would like to decide if this rule is being followed as they suspect there may be some prejudice based on hat color.  They count the number of people with blue hats who get a prize and call it $A$  and also the number of people with green hats who get a prize and call that $B$.  The total population size of green and blue hats is $P$.
What is a good method to determine if the prize awarding has indeed been fair?

A: You could consider using a hypergeometric distribution.

Let $Y$ denote the number of people with blue hats that receive prizes. For each year, let $a$, $b$, and $p$ be the observed values of $A$, $B$, and $P$. Based upon your description, it is assumed that $x$ is constant across all years. Then:
$$Y \sim Hypergeometric(N=p, K=x*p, n=a+b) $$
$$P(Y=k) = \frac{\binom{K}{k}\binom{N-K}{n-k}}{\binom{N}{n}}$$
You would then calculate the probability that $Y = a$ for that year:
$$P(Y=a) = \frac{\binom{x*p}{a}\binom{p-x*p}{a+b-a}}{\binom{p}{a+b}}\\
= \frac{\binom{x*p}{a}\binom{(1-x)*p}{b}}{\binom{p}{a+b}}$$
If that probability is too low (based on some threshold), you would know it was rigged.

A: You will have a two-way contingency table and the classic chi-square test of independence will provide a good answer.

A: $x/100 = A/(A+B)$?
Within limits of random error, of course. How confident does the boss want to be that that a prejudice is indeed a prejudice?
There's probably a good theoretical way of getting the confidence (p-values?) but personally lazy me would just simulate many populations of size $P$, then draw $(A+B)$ number of prize-winners randomly (without replacement)  and finally tally the $A$ and $B$ values observed to get my confidence limits.

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Video: Paddle Boarders Come Face to Face with Massive Ocean Sunfish
Two paddle boarders crossed paths with a gigantic sunfish just 200 yards from shore
By Sage Marshall | Published Dec 8, 2021 5:00 PM
The largest ocean sunfish ever recorded weighed over 5,000 pounds. Rich German
Rich German and his buddy Matthew Wheaton were out paddleboarding off the coast of Laguna Beach, California on Thursday, December 2, when they encountered a creature of stunning proportions basking near the surface of the water. It was an ocean sunfish, also known as a mola mola, that German estimates to be about 9 to 10 feet long, using Wheaton's 14-foot paddleboard as a reference.
"I've paddle boarded basically every day here in Laguna Beach for the last twelve years," German tells F&S. "I've had over 2,000 encounters with dolphins and whales. The most typical thing that I'll see on a daily basis is bottlenose dolphins close to shore. So, we were out there looking for dolphins, and we just randomly stumbled across this massive sunfish."
German says he's seen about ten sunfish before over the span of a decade, but seeing one so close to land—about 200 yards from shore—was a surprise. All of the sunfish that German had previously encountered were at least a few miles out. "The first time I ever saw a sunfish years ago, I had no idea what it was," he says. "It looked like a mutilated alien shark that had gotten bit in half. They're just crazy-looking. But since I've seen them before, I knew what this one was right away, but what hit me was the size of it. It was just gigantic."
The ocean sunfish is the heaviest species of bony fish in the world. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest ocean sunfish ever recorded weighed over 5,000 pounds and was over 10 feet long. The large creatures are typically almost as wide from top to bottom as they are long. Sunfish feed on small fish, zooplankton, and algae. Their round shape makes them relatively clumsy swimmers. Though they're not targeted in commercial or recreational fisheries, they are susceptible to getting snagged in gill nets as bycatch, as well as suffocating on trash like plastic bags, according to National Geographic. German is the founder of Project O, a nonprofit that is focused on ocean conservation and restoration and runs a podcast called Our Epic Ocean. He notes that he encountered the big sunfish in a marine protected zone that prohibits the take of any kind by fishermen.
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German and Wheaton took several photos next to the mola mola, which was calm and docile the whole time, before paddling off. "It was just a unique, bizarre creature," says German, who emphasizes the importance of protecting the oceans—and the incredible marine life that inhabits them.
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For those who sold their home this year, it's important to understand how selling your home may impact your tax returns, now that tax season is upon us. The following information explains how capital gains work for those who have recently sold a home.
It's 2014 – What's Your Real Estate Resolution?
Everyone makes resolutions around this time every year – from taking up a long-delayed painting project, to finally remodeling that kitchen, or finally making up your mind about packing up and selling the place.
Purge – Get rid of stuff you don't want buyers to see and stuff you don't want to move to your new home. It's probably too cold, wet or snowy to hold a garage sale right now, but you can donate items for a tax deduction.
Just buy – You will never get there until you take that first step. Assuming that you have the capital to work with, now is the time to buy! Choose a property that you know will profit you one way or the other. It can be through rental or equity buildup or renovation for flipping – whatever it is, take that first step.
Remodeling? – Determining your return on investment should be one of the first things you research before starting any remodeling project. If you plan on selling your home someday, keep in mind that 80 percent is the ideal return on a remodeling investment. A few suggested improvements that can bring the greatest return on investment include kitchen improvements, new siding, a bathroom addition, and replacing windows.
Refinancing? – Taking advantage of the current low interest rates might make refinancing a good option for you. A recent study indicates that more homeowners are switching from a 30-year fixed rate mortgage to 15-year fixed rate mortgage and bringing additional funds to closing to reduce their mortgage amount.
Finally – Potential homebuyers should resolve to shop around when looking for a home loan. They say lenders vary, often significantly, in the fees they charge and the interest rates they levy so keep searching until you find a lender that offers both good service and good rates.


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The Bank of England raised the cost of borrowing by 50 basis points to 1.75% — the sixth time the central bank has raised rates since December, and follows recent hikes by the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve to tame runaway prices.
In June, annual consumer prices rises reached a four-decade high to hit 9.4%, plunging millions of Britons into a cost-of-living crisis that has forced many to choose between 'heating or eating'.
The central bank said in a Thursday press release that inflationary pressures had "intensified significantly" in recent weeks.
"That largely reflects a near doubling in wholesale gas prices since May, owing to Russia's restriction of gas supplies to Europe and the risk of further curbs," it said.
The Bank of England has also forecast inflation to rise above 13% in the autumn, when energy bills are due to increase, and to "remain at very elevated levels throughout much of 2023."
But the Resolution Foundation, a think tank, said on Wednesday that it expects energy costs to drive consumer price inflation past 15% next year.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February — and subsequent oil and gas supply disruptions — has only made matters worse, helping to push fuel prices up to record highs.
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According to research firm Cornwall Insight, the average yearly bill for millions of households will soar by another 83% from January to top £3,600 ($4,380). That's £300 ($365) a month spent on gas and electricity.
Average energy bills in the United Kingdom could top £500 ($613) for January alone, according to a new report from consultancy BFY Group.
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Book Review: Under Fire: Reporting From the Front Lines of the Trump White House By April Ryan
April Ryan is giving us a unique look of the White House through the lives of the press. At any given point, the press can become the story. For years, April Ryan has worked in various presidential administrations, yet this is the first one where she felt attacked. It is pretty clear that the White House has little regard for anybody's family and reputation before they attack them. The President's tweets and the treatment of the staff has harmed many reporters, and April Ryan is one of them.
I must admit that I am annoyed with the name calling of individuals and taking digs at people even though it can be entertaining. Ryan does take digs at people, as she does not have an inside understanding of what happens in the White House like Omarosa and Woodward, so she is describing her experience with the White House.
If this was not the President, then I would say that April Ryan has a great claim for libel and slander. The White House has harmed her to the point that Ryan should go to therapy since she is under a great deal of stress while going to work.
Omarosa wrote in her book that she was just like Donald Trump. The rest of the book was trying to justify her role within the White House. The one major "accomplishment" Omarosa claims to have is the meeting of HBCU presidents coming to the White House. According to Omarosa, it is the fault of the Trump White House that this meeting didn't produce anything for the HBCU presidents, such as money. Yet, April Ryan accounts that the failure was Omarosa that Ryan claims is one of the reasons that lead to Omarosa being fired. April Ryan showed the Donald Trump of Omarosa, as it was clear that Omarosa instructed the Press Secretary to not answer Ryan's questions. Even though Ryan and Omarosa were friends, I am unclear as to how they could be friends when Omarosa would start rumors that Ryan was being paid from the Clinton campaign and then had Omarosa's attorney friends to call Ryan for counsel only to have fuel for more rumors. It is Ryan's book that solidifies our perspective of Omarosa. Ryan completely discredits Omarosa's book.
In the 171 pages of this book, we were able to read April Ryan's commitment to telling the truth through her reporting. She is committed to African Americans and the issues that serve them. It is amazing that she was able to not acknowledge her role as a woman and the effect of the women's movement on her life.
Ryan lives within her Blackness and not in her womanness, so we are not even aware of the intersection of being a Black woman in her profession. Ryan is trying to demonstrate that it is hard to be a journalist who seeks truth while reporting on this White House.
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``GET``
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Get a single target for a specific STEERING-:ref:`ds-types` :term:`Delivery Service`.

.. deprecated:: ATCv4
	Use the ``GET`` method of :ref:`to-api-steering-id-targets` instead

:Auth. Required: Yes
:Roles Required: None
:Response Type:  Array

Request Structure
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.. table:: Request Path Parameters

	+-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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	+===========+======================================================================================================================================+
	| ID        | The integral, unique identifier of a steering :term:`Delivery Service`                                                               |
	+-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
	| targetID  | The integral, unique identifier of a :term:`Delivery Service` which is a target of the :term:`Delivery Service` identified by ``ID`` |
	+-----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
	| orderby   | Choose the ordering of the results - must be the name of one of the fields of the objects in the ``response`` array                  |
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	| sortOrder | Changes the order of sorting. Either ascending (default or "asc") or descending ("desc")                                             |
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	|           | If ``offset`` was defined, this query parameter has no effect. ``limit`` must be defined to make use of ``page``.                    |
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	:caption: Request Example

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	Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
	User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
	Accept: */*
	Cookie: mojolicious=...

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:deliveryService:   A string that is the :ref:`ds-xmlid` of the steering :term:`Delivery Service`
:deliveryServiceId: An integral, unique identifier for the steering :term:`Delivery Service`
:target:            A string that is the :ref:`ds-xmlid` of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:targetId:          An integral, unique identifier for this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:type:              The routing type of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:typeId:            An integral, unique identifier for the :ref:`routing type <ds-types>` of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:value:             The 'weight' attributed to this steering target as an integer

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	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
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	Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:16:53 GMT
	Content-Length: 130

	{ "alerts": [
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			"text": "This endpoint is deprecated, please use GET steering/{deliveryservice]/targets with the query parameter target instead.",
			"level": "warning"
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		{
			"deliveryService": "test",
			"deliveryServiceId": 2,
			"target": "demo1",
			"targetId": 1,
			"type": "HTTP",
			"typeId": 1,
			"value": 100
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``PUT``
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Updates a steering target.

:Auth. Required: Yes
:Roles Required: Portal, Steering, Federation, "operations" or "admin"
:Response Type:  Object

Request Structure
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.. table:: Request Path Parameters

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	|    ID    | The integral, unique identifier of a steering :term:`Delivery Service`                                                               |
	+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
	| targetID | The integral, unique identifier of a :term:`Delivery Service` which is a target of the :term:`Delivery Service` identified by ``ID`` |
	+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

:typeId: The integral, unique identifier of the :ref:`routing type <ds-types>` of the target :term:`Delivery Service`
:value:  The 'weight' which shall be attributed to the target :term:`Delivery Service`

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Request Example

	PUT /api/1.4/steering/2/targets/1 HTTP/1.1
	Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
	User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
	Accept: */*
	Cookie: mojolicious=...
	Content-Length: 26
	Content-Type: application/json

	{
		"value": 1,
		"typeId": 1
	}

Response Structure
------------------
:deliveryService:   A string that is the :ref:`ds-xmlid` of the steering :term:`Delivery Service`
:deliveryServiceId: An integral, unique identifier for the steering :term:`Delivery Service`
:target:            A string that is the :ref:`ds-xmlid` of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:targetId:          An integral, unique identifier for this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:type:              The routing type of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:typeId:            An integral, unique identifier for the :ref:`routing type <ds-types>` of this target :term:`Delivery Service`
:value:             The 'weight' attributed to this steering target as an integer

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Response Example

	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
	Content-Type: application/json
	Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
	Whole-Content-Sha512: AfXsIRzdtU3HZYkr93qBMVTZRJ5oTF2u5sKYnd+DSqxZ+RQxY6vXtCupnnXCf9dxMt5QXRW1EFOW/FBG6lFrTg==
	X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
	Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:34:22 GMT
	Content-Length: 194

	{ "alerts": [
		{
			"text": "steeringtarget was updated.",
			"level": "success"
		}
	],
	"response": {
		"deliveryService": "test",
		"deliveryServiceId": 2,
		"target": "demo1",
		"targetId": 1,
		"type": "HTTP",
		"typeId": 1,
		"value": 1
	}}

``DELETE``
==========
Removes a specific target mapping from a specific :term:`Delivery Service`

:Auth. Required: Yes
:Roles Required: Portal, Steering, Federation, "operations" or "admin"
:Response Type:  ``undefined``

Request Structure
-----------------
.. table:: Request Path Parameters

	+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
	|   Name   |                Description                                                                                |
	+==========+====================================================================================================================================================+
	|    ID    | The integral, unique identifier of a steering :term:`Delivery Service` - a target of which shall be deleted                                        |
	+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
	| targetID | The integral, unique identifier of a :term:`Delivery Service` which is a target to be removed of the :term:`Delivery Service` identified by ``ID`` |
	+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Request Example

	DELETE /api/1.4/steering/2/targets/1 HTTP/1.1
	Host: trafficops.infra.ciab.test
	User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
	Accept: */*
	Cookie: mojolicious=...

Response Structure
------------------
.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Response Example

	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
	Content-Type: application/json
	Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
	Whole-Content-Sha512: N6h8Kl7uQveqpTc3fmKXFDY2yYe5smApNcaTow4ab0DHGFdJfqQh89I4nvvaXvmVNhxVAqX3UE/6blbO8/9Xqg==
	X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
	Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:42:54 GMT
	Content-Length: 69

	{ "alerts": [
		{
			"text": "steeringtarget was deleted.",
			"level": "success"
		}
	]}


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Lectures on the dispensations of God with Adam
von Ralph Wardle
serve to lift up the eyelids, and so had almost lost his sight; being forced, as long as that defect lasted, to push up his eyelids every moment with his own hands! In general we may remark, how little those who enjoy the perfect use of their organs know the comprehensiveness of the blessing, the variety of the obligation. They perceive a result, but they think little of the multitude of concurrences and rectitudes which go to form it.'
It should here be observed, respecting the eyelids, that the defect above mentioned, in what may be called the hinges of these inimitable shutters, is an affliction of very rare occurence: and when, in addition to this, we consider how perfectly and successfully they perform their important office, the eyelids may be selected as a peculiarly appropriate exemplification of the subject under consideration, viz. :—the adaptation of the members of the body in general, and of the organs of motion in particular, to perform their several offices.
As a further proof of this, the member which the apostle James, for evident reasons, calls an unruly member,' must by no means be passed over in silence. On this point the reader is referred to article A, in the appendix.
2.-In the human frame, we see an admirable union of strength and beauty, united with a due regard to convenience and comeliness in respect of bulk. These are qualities of the human body not undeserving notice. Indeed, there is nothing unworthy attention, in which may be discerned the
overruling providence of God. To me, it appears a wise and merciful arrangement of the Divine Being, that the ordinary strength of men is what it is, and neither more or less : That the strength of the hand, for example, should be so considerable, and yet be possessed without offence to comeliness or convenience, either as to size or shape, is surely not undeserving the brief notice here bestowed upon it: nor as it has pleased God, in respect of their beauty, to give us bodies suitable to the rank we occupy in the scale of being, shonld we fail to recognize his hand in it. For, although it is unquestionable that the body has suffered by the fall in respect of beauty, similarly with the soul by the same cause; yet, as to creation in general, sin has left to man's bodily frame much that bespeaks the dignity and beauty of his original state. For mark his erect posture, which seems like the star on the breast of nobility, or like the diadem which oft oppresses the brow it adorns, to point out man as the lord of this lower world: mark his countenance and his eye, both beaming with that intelligence and immortality which his speech scarcely less distinctly than his mental powers proclaims. In short, the human head covered as it is with a covering wove in nature's inimitable loom, may, I think, be fitly compared to the ornamental finish of the stately columns which support the dome of some ancient pile, whose exact and elegant proportions would but inadequately represent the still more elegant symmetry of the human frame; in which, moreover, that it might be perfect through the comeliness which God has put upon it, we see the most agreeable variety, both in respect of countenance, complexion, shape, and size. What then must have been its beauty when first created ? Was it not like Zion,' the perfection of beauty', so divinely perfect, that it would not have been an unsuitable residence even for an angel ?
3.- And especially should we consider, that, as the works of God in general, so the human frame in particular abounds with the clearest indications of its being not the work of chance, but of design and contrivance-the work of an infinitely intelligent and Almighty Creator! And this is true, not only of the bodies of Adam and Eve, but of our own, in every part of which, except a man have the disease of atheism, it is impossible not to discover contrivance and design; nay, effects produced by ways, causes, and combinations so wonderful, as to evince, as we said, infinite skill and power. Is it, for example, we might ask, the work of chance or design, that the human skull, whose office is to defend that vital organ, the brain, is (to resist violence) ever hard and convex, and yet lined with a soft membrane to fit it for its contents ? Is there no benevolent care nor design cognizable in the eyebrows, or in the hair, planted with such inimitable skill along their ridges? Have the ribs their strength and curvature, and are they placed where they are by chance? Is it by chance that the nails are placed at the extremities of the toes and fingers ? or that the bones should possess the quality of knitting
together again so fimrly, that when broken and properly set, they become as strong as ever ? And surely, that the laws of nature, in respect of the human frame, should operate with such regularity, ought to be regarded as a singular proof of a superintending providence. For on what other principle can we rationally account for the several members of the body being constantly and universally fixed in the same place, and that the very place where they ought to be? Nor can I see, except on the same principle, as Mr. Addison remarks, how we can account for the fact, that the number of males and females should be so nicely adjusted, that the number of males appears to be just sufficiently larger to make
up the diminution to which they are liable by war and other causes. And here it may be enquired, whether the distinction in the sexes does not evince that the body is, as really as the soul, the workmanship of God. Such reflections as these I must leave you to pursue, judging you would be better pleased, were we further to illustrate the point before us by a few more quotations from Paley's Evidences; for which, see appendix, article B.And to bring our remarks on the creation of the corporeal part of Adam to a close, I hasten to re
mind you,
4thly. That whatever in respect of beauty or otherwise, might have been the perfection of the body in its primitive state, it was a perfection the more wonderful; because, had it not been for sin, it would have continued for ever. What an admirable frame then was Adam's! as immortal as his soula piece of divine mechanism which, but for sin, would never have needed any other repairs than what food and sleep would have efficiently and perpetually afforded: with these remedies it would have bid defiance to disease, decay, deformity, and death. Adam's body was therefore especially a wonderful structure! And yet, it is reasonable to suppose, it was formed by a word in the twinkling of an eye ; and formed, too, out of nothing but dust. Even as the apostle speaks, when referring to the rebuilding and glorifying of the bodies of the just at the last day, by the same Divine Architect, the eternal Word, without whom, was not any thing made that was made.' But what saith the Apostle ? We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment—in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. Well might it be said of Jesus, 'his name shall be called Wonderful.' For what amazing power-power that will fill many, and that, in different senses, with amazement, is implied in what the Apostle on the same subject, the resurrection of believers, says in another place: 'the Saviour shall change our vile bodies, and fashion them like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself.' O glorious power! glorious in its nature! glorious in its application! With what'sweet surprise, will it fill the souls of millions! With what unwonted terror will it pierce the hearts of millions more, especially such as shall die in that most dreadful sin


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Webb Space Telescope Observes Galaxy NGC 346
By Keith Cowing
Filed under Astronomy, galaxy, JWST, NGC 346, telescope, Webb Space Telescope
Galaxy NGC 346
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, though, it is less mysterious thanks to new findings from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.
NCG 346 is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a dwarf galaxy close to our Milky Way. The SMC contains lower concentrations of elements heavier than hydrogen or helium, which astronomers call metals, than seen in the Milky Way. Since dust grains in space are composed mostly of metals, scientists expected that there would only be small amounts of dust, and that it would be hard to detect. But new data from Webb reveals just the opposite.
Astronomers probed this region because the conditions and amount of metals within the SMC resemble those seen in galaxies billions of years ago, during an era in the Universe's history known as 'cosmic noon,' when star formation was at its peak. Some 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, galaxies were forming stars at a furious rate. The fireworks of star formation happening then still shape the galaxies we see around us today.
"A galaxy during cosmic noon wouldn't have one NGC 346, as the Small Magellanic Cloud does; it would have thousands", said Margaret Meixner, an astronomer at the Universities Space Research Association and principal investigator of the research team. "But even if NGC 346 is now the one and only massive cluster furiously forming stars in its galaxy, it offers us a great opportunity to probe the conditions that were in place at cosmic noon."
By observing protostars still in the process of forming, researchers can learn if the star formation process in the SMC is different from what we observe in our own Milky Way. Previous infrared studies of NGC 346 have focused on protostars heavier than about five to eight times the mass of our Sun. "With Webb, we can probe down to lighter-weight protostars, as small as one tenth of our Sun, to see if their formation process is affected by the lower metal content," said Olivia Jones of the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre, at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, a co-investigator on the program.
As stars form, they gather gas and dust, which can look like ribbons in Webb imagery, from the surrounding molecular cloud. The material collects into an accretion disc that feeds the central protostar. Astronomers have detected gas around protostars within NGC 346, but Webb's near-infrared observations mark the first time they have also detected dust in these discs.
"We're seeing the building blocks, not only of stars, but also potentially of planets," said Guido De Marchi of the European Space Agency, a co-investigator on the research team. "And since the Small Magellanic Cloud has a similar environment to that of galaxies during cosmic noon, it's possible that rocky planets could have formed earlier in the history of the Universe than we might have thought."
The team also has spectroscopic observations from Webb's NIRSpec instrument that they are continuing to analyse. These data are expected to provide new insights into the material accreting onto individual protostars, as well as the environment immediately surrounding the protostars.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI); CC BY 4.0
Keith Cowing
SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.


text:
12:05 pm, December 3, 2018
Daryl Gurney makes sensational retirement claim
It seems strange to think that Daryl Gurney could quit PDC darts before Raymond van Barneveld.
But while Barney has committed to another year on the PDC circuit, Gurney doesn't seem so sure. The Northern Irishman has dropped a surprising bombshell. Speaking to Live Darts, the recent Players Championship Finals winner suggested World Championship glory could spell the end for him.
"In all honesty, it could nearly mean retirement," said Superchin.
"Not with the money, just retiring altogether. Because if you win the worlds you're immortal, you'll be remembered forever.
"But obviously it's the one everybody wants to win. That's what makes it so hard, and that's why everybody keeps talking about whenever it gets probably to September.
"Around that time of the year, everybody just concentrates on the worlds, putting in their couple of months practice prior to Ally Pally."
Gurney isn't planning for life after darts at the moment. But he has put the Sid Waddell Trophy on his list of trophies to win before he goes. And the 2017 World Grand Prix winner believes he has the game to take the sport's biggest prize.
"Definitely, I'd love to win it sometime before I retire – should it be this year, next year, or the next five or 10 years," Gurney said.
"If I'm still playing at the top level and I'm still capable of winning it, I'll keep on believing that one day I could win that trophy."
Tags: Daryl Gurney, PDC, PDC World Championship 2019
Author: Ed McCosh


text:
Kiribati 1999
Kiribati. Visit Countryaah official website to get information about the capital city of Kiribati. Severe drought caused the state of emergency to be announced in early March. President Teburoro Tito appealed to the outside world for support to build new desalination plants. Two of the country's islands, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, were completely submerged in June. The reason was rising seawater levels as a result of the greenhouse effect. In September, Kiribati joined the UN.
Kiribati was the first country to enter in the year 2000. The island of Milenio – named in 1999 for the purpose of boosting tourism – was the center of festivities in the preceding hours.
Together with Tuvalu and the Maldives, in March 2002, Kiribati declared that it would take steps against the United States refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Global warming threatens to flood, thus eradicating small island states.
In July 2003, Anote Tong was elected President. He beat his brother Harry in the election.
China severed diplomatic relations with Kiribati after it entered diplomatic relations with Taiwan in November 2003.
When Kiribati entered diplomatic relations with Taiwan in November 2003, China severed diplomatic relations with the country.
A 2006 UNICEF report showed that many countries in the region are showing high levels of development. However, Kiribati is at its worst end in terms of childhood mortality and curable childhood illnesses, such as respiratory illnesses and diarrhea.
That same year, Kiribati created the world's third largest marine reserve. Fishing is prohibited in the vast ocean area, which houses several hundred different species of fish and coral.
OceaniaKiribati
Vanuatu 1999


We all love sous vide, and sometimes we want everyone else to know we love it. Check out our sous vide shirts and see which ones inspire you to show off!
We currently carry two types of shirts, men's shirts and women's fitted shirts.
Our men's shirts are either 100% cotton or a Polyester/Cotton/Rayon Blend and will have you feeling comfortable while you rock your favorite sous vide shirt design.
Our women's fitted shirts are all 100% cotton and cut to fit your body while you show off your love of sous vide! Prefer a looser fit? Just snag one of the men's shirts...you'll still look amazing and we promise not to tell!
Note: The fitted women's shirts usually run small by a size or two so sometimes it is best to go up a size, or get a men's style. There is a size chart on each t-shirt page you can reference as well. Thanks!
Do You Sous Vide? If so, let everyone know with our fun cow shirts.
Are pigs more your thing? Our pig themed "Do You Sous Vide" shirts will help you make a statement.
If you think sous vide chicken is divine, let everyone know with our "Do You Sous Vide" chicken shirts!
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To say that the Republican establishment is desperate to stop Donald Trump is a HUGE understatement. In an odd way, Donald Trump has been playing the role as a filter in helping to separate out the true conservative candidates from the Republican establishment candidates posing as conservatives. The Republican Party has become the stuck on stupid party in recent years. They seem to care more about what the media and Democrats say then what their own supporters have to say. I had a feeling that the fake controversy over Donald Trump's comments about John McCain wasn't going to impact Trump's poll numbers, and I was right. For starters, conservatives (including active military and veterans) have no love lost for John McCain, so when the Republican establishment candidates such as Rick Perry, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham etc attacked Trump, their plan to use McCain's service to take down Trump backfired. Not only did it backfire, but Trump's poll numbers have increased further post his McCain military service comments. If the other GOP candidates who are attacking Trump had any sense, they would be spending more time trying to figure out why Trump is resonating with the base and less time attacking him.
I thought what the progressive fascists did to Sarah Palin could never be topped, but I stand corrected and I'm not the least bit surprised. Democrat fascists and the Republican establishment have been in a full on seek and destroy mission of Donald Trump for daring to commit the cardinal sin of telling the truth about illegal aliens. What the corporations who have dumped their business connections with Donald Trump have shown to the nation is that they are more beholden to the likes of La Raza and the CASA then they are to Americans.To Trump's credit, he is still trucking on defiant as ever. That by itself is a reason why he has shot up in the polls. People are sick and tired of the wishy washy pandering apologetic politicians. In other words, they are sick of political puppets. It's amazing that illegals can speak out about Trump and not be deported, yet if you tell the truth about rapists and murders from Mexico coming into the country, you are shunned, mocked and ridiculed as if you are a freak of nature. The one thing that the corporate flunkies in the Republican Party nor the fascists in the Democratic Party can't say about Donald Trump is that he wasn't factually honest in what he said. The Democans and Republicrats don't want to offend their precious law breakers. The stupidity in this country these days burns hotter then a California wild fire.


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import { ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, inject, TestBed, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { TooltipModule } from './tooltip.module';
import { TooltipDirective } from './tooltip.directive';
import { OverlayContainer } from '@angular/cdk/overlay';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-tooltip-test',
    template: `
        <button *ngIf="showTrigger" uxTooltip="Tooltip content here" [(isOpen)]="isOpen">
            Show Tooltip
        </button>
    `
})
export class TooltipDirectiveSpecComponent {
    @ViewChild(TooltipDirective, { static: false }) tooltipDirective: TooltipDirective;

    isOpen: boolean = false;
    showTrigger: boolean = true;
}

describe('Tooltip Directive', () => {

    let component: TooltipDirectiveSpecComponent;
    let fixture: ComponentFixture<TooltipDirectiveSpecComponent>;
    let overlayContainer: OverlayContainer;
    let overlayContainerElement: HTMLElement;

    beforeEach(() => {
        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
            imports: [TooltipModule],
            declarations: [TooltipDirectiveSpecComponent]
        });

        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TooltipDirectiveSpecComponent);
        component = fixture.componentInstance;
        fixture.detectChanges();

        // access the overlay container
        inject([OverlayContainer], (oc: OverlayContainer) => {
            overlayContainer = oc;
            overlayContainerElement = oc.getContainerElement();
        })();
    });

    afterEach(() => {
        overlayContainer.ngOnDestroy();
    });

    it('should show tooltip', fakeAsync(() => {

        const shownSpy = spyOn(component.tooltipDirective.shown, 'emit');

        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeTruthy();
        expect(shownSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    }));

    it('should show tooltip after delay', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.tooltipDirective.delay = 100;
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeFalsy();
        tick(100);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeTruthy();
    }));

    it('should correctly destroy tooltip pending show', fakeAsync(async () => {
        component.tooltipDirective.delay = 100;
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);

        component.showTrigger = false;
        fixture.detectChanges();
        await fixture.whenStable();

        // ensure the timeout is cancelled
        expect((component.showTrigger as any)._showTimeoutId).toBeFalsy();
    }));

    it('should not show tooltip when tooltip is disabled', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.tooltipDirective.disabled = true;
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeFalsy();
    }));

    it('should apply the custom tooltip class', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.tooltipDirective.customClass = 'custom-tooltip-class';
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeTruthy();
        expect(getInnerTooltip().classList.contains('custom-tooltip-class')).toBeTruthy();
    }));

    it('should apply the correct tooltip placement', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.tooltipDirective.placement = 'right';
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeTruthy();
        expect(getInnerTooltip().classList.contains('right')).toBeTruthy();
    }));

    it('should show the correct tooltip content', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.tooltipDirective.show();
        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltipContent()).toBe('Tooltip content here');
    }));

    it('should show allow open state to be controlled via the isOpen input', fakeAsync(() => {
        component.isOpen = true;
        fixture.detectChanges();

        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeTruthy();

        // should also close
        component.isOpen = false;
        fixture.detectChanges();

        tick(0);
        expect(getTooltip()).toBeFalsy();
    }));

    function getTooltip(): HTMLElement | null {
        return document.querySelector('ux-tooltip');
    }

    function getInnerTooltip(): HTMLElement | null {
        return getTooltip().querySelector('.tooltip');
    }

    function getTooltipContent(): string {
        return getTooltip().querySelector<HTMLDivElement>('.tooltip-inner').innerText.trim();
    }
});


There's an engineering and robotics club at a western Loudoun school that nearly every girl in class wants to be a part of.
Hillsboro Charter Academy, now in its second year, created a club called Girls in GEAR (Guiding Engineering, Aerospace, and Robotics) for fourth and fifth graders. The club encourages girls to explore science, technology, engineering, and math through hands-on projects. They meet each Monday afternoon in the school's STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Lab to build and program robots, 3D print whatever they can dream up, and hear from women in the community about their work in science- and engineering-related fields.
It's the most popular club at Hillsboro Charter Academy—of the school's 21 fourth and fifth graders, all but two are members.
"It's really, really fun because you learn more stuff about engineering, and you get to build stuff," said 9-year-old Lucy Keating, who joined the club after she heard her older sister talk about what she was building and learning.
Megan Tucker, the school's STEAM Specialist and Girls in GEAR club advisor, said she wants to equip the girls to encourage other students at Hillsboro Charter Academy that everybody can learn something from engineering, aerospace and robotics—and have fun while they're at it. She's seen the girls in the club become stronger leaders, who are quick to help peers and younger students with their work.
The club has also built the girls' confidence. Tucker gave the example of a fourth-grader who shied away from learning the 3D printing software because she was certain it would be too hard. Tucker didn't push her, but mentioned the idea of using the software to design and print a necklace pendant to wear to school.
And several of the Girls in GEAR say what they've learned in the club is shaping their interests outside of school, and beyond.
The club's impact has caught the attention of the Community Foundation of Northern Virginia, which recently announced that Girls in GEAR won a $13,000 grant from its Business Women's Giving Circle program.
Tucker plans to use the grant money to buy Chrome books, iPads, robots, and filament for the 3D printer.
Now, the girls want to share some of what they've learned with their male counterparts. Tucker is launching an auxiliary workshop series, called Boys in BOTS (Building Our Technology Stewards) where the Girls in GEAR create and facilitate workshops for the boys to explore 3D printing, robotics, coding, and rocketry.
"This is another opportunity to build the girls' leadership skills and confidence," Tucker said. The club members, she added, are becoming lifelong technology stewards.


text:
Q: Is there a jQuery equivalent of MooTools' set()? I am trying to change this mootools to jquery but I dont find a equivalent, the problem is in the line: onSuccess: function(texto, xmlrespuesta) {$('divrespuesta2').set('html',texto);
Motools
function searchTopics(){
       document.getElementById("divrespuesta3").innerHTML="";
       document.getElementById("divInicio").innerHTML="";
       buscador = $('txtbuscar').value;
       var nuevoRequest = new Request({
           method: 'POST',
           url: '../path/controller.php',
           data: 'search='+search,
           onRequest: function() {$('divrespuesta2').innerHTML="Cargando...";},
           onSuccess: function(texto, xmlrespuesta) {$('divrespuesta2').set('html',texto);

}

jQuery
function searchTopics(){

    $('#divrespuesta3').html("");
    $('#divInicio').html("");

    buscador = $('#txtbuscar').val();

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '../path/controller.php',
        data:'search='+search,
        beforeSend:function(){},
        success: function(response){
            $('#divrespuesta2').set('html', response);

        }
    });

}

A: $("#divrespuesta2").html(response);


Thirty one days. On August 1st I made a snap decision to make a video for every day in August. I didn't know when I began just how hard it would be to "get it together" and share a piece of my life every day. I didn't know how much I would dread trying to think of something to say in those moments.


text:
Consumable Aphex Twin
On no noticeable cue or without the standard dimming of lights, Richard D. James walks casually to center stage at a mid-sized rock venue in Atlanta. Both his arrival and his demeanor are so subdued that when he bends over to poke at certain pieces of equipment, the audience assumes he's just another disheveled member of the road crew preparing for another rendition of the standard "check, one, two."
But in a moment, the club's sound system perks up and something that sounds like an assembly of toads rhythmically bleating is laid atop the audience. A massive drum beat ensues and a thin blonde kid done up in baggy skate gear next to me stops the conversation he's having and says, "Look, that's him. That's the fucking Twin!" The sound of the toads erupts further.
Yes, it was he—the Twin. The infamous tank wielding, sleep shunning asthmatic who figures high up in the fellowship of electronic music's knob twiddlers. The Aphex Twin, spinning vinyl more than a year or so ago so as to warm up the masses who came out to see Björk tour behind her mega Post LP. When she appears later, she will make the crowd surge and holler, but while James shuffles booming slices of jungle and techno between turntables, the capacity gathering hardly responds. A few bob emphatically, trying hard to rave properly, but most just shift restlessly while they await her elfin-ship.
"Yeah, I remember that," James says a release or two and some many months later over a low-fi transatlantic phone line. But with some more urging, he'll add that the reaction was more the exception than the norm as far as the rest of the tour went. While he makes that point when pressed a bit, you can tell that Richard probably only cares so much about incidents like an off night in Georgia. He abandoned appearances in general for a while, even though his gigs were fairly well received. ("Yeah, they were great," he now admits.) Instead he did some wood-shedding and took on the mammoth task of filling his laptop with the sum total of all his repertoire. ("It took about a year.") So the Twin can now basically recreate his psyche-shredding beats and soundscapes anywhere and all out of something smaller than a suitcase. To him, this seems massively liberating.
Which is part of the Aphex Twin work ethic. He insists on being at all times, totally capable and self-sufficient. He works at such a breakneck pace that while we're all set to muse over his new recording, Richard D. James, he's already hundreds of hours and probably one or two projects ahead of us. Since one record company can't sanely keep up with his output, James has gone the way of releasing material under multiple pseudonyms (Polygon Window, Analogue Bubblebath, etc.).
But what he's sent over stateside, for the moment, is a fairly compelling group of selections from the backlog. Richard D. James, with it's blurred drum beats and winsome synth tones, is not jungle (in a sense), but not purely ambient either. It strikes me at the moment, that I found it most engaging during an evening's drive home through the country with daylight fleeing fast over a horizon dotted with frost covered trees and a few roaming bovine characters settling in for the evening—the soundtrack coloring in a landscape during a moment of drastic shift in character or mood. Dance floor material this is not.
Richard, for his part, has not too much to add by way of explanation. He has no reason, for instance, why two key tracks on the new album which share an almost orchestral fraternity with one another differ in that one is solemn and simply beautiful ("Goon Gumpas") and the other ("Girl/Boy Song") is sprayed with frantic jungle rhythms and haywire percussion. Richard "reckons" it's completely arbitrary—two pieces of modern electronic music whose presentation is perfect as is but possibly completely whimsical. There's also the appearance of the Twin's vocal debut.
"I've used my voice a lot before on other tracks, but this time it was untreated," James recounts. Indeed, a shy, almost reticent Richard appears sonically naked on "Milkman." It's not really singing as such, but more like the Twin endlessly chanting a little two line bit of fancy that a child might more aptly recite in his head en route to school:
I wish the milkman would deliver my milk in the morning
I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits
But Richard is not particularly preoccupied with this bit of evolution either. Instead, he says he's more interested in a type of programming that he's recently taken to: "It's more like putting together pieces of sound than actual code." When he's mastered this, we shall see some dramatic things appear in his music apparently. He's almost ready to have a few classical musicians in to play a few parts and let him sample the complete range of their instruments for an idea that, while he doesn't discuss in much detail, should be quite revolutionary. Pictures will also be figured into the process eventually, but his compulsion to have a command over that aspect of his work before he unveils it to the planet, will keep this under wraps for a time as well.
Right now, however, I leave Richard with the minor dilemma of trying to return to composing without the hindrance of headphones. Since he left his native Cornwall for London, his neighbors have put down any of his efforts that involve volume. And what with Richard's near-legendary habit of avoiding sleep, this is fairly understandable local concern.
"Well, I sleep a lot more than I used to, but if I have ideas I want to get up right then and get them into my computer," James confesses. Further transmissions are apparently imminent.
Written by: Joe Silva, Feb 1997, Consumable Online


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A new outpost has been added to the list of charismatic and dangerous postings for British diplomats: Milton Keynes.
The move to the sprawling new town 50 miles up the M1 from Whitehall is part of a secret Foreign Office money-saving plan to move mandarins out of London.
With the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) needing to save hundreds of millions of pounds to fund its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the roles of its 1,000-plus staff in the historic Old Admiralty Building are being re-examined.
A copy of the minutes of the Foreign Office management board, headed by Sir Peter Ricketts, the head of the diplomatic service, obtained by The Mail on Sunday under the Freedom of Information Act, reveals details of the plan.
The Old Admiralty Building is the second-largest Foreign Office building in Whitehall and costs about £1.5million a year to heat, light and maintain.
It is home to some of the FCO's less glamorous functionaries, including the treaty section, which advises on international agreements, the language training department, the protocol directorate and the travel advice unit, which warns of international hotspots.
First to move will be the legalisation department, which provides confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on any international contract or other paperwork is genuine.
This department is to be relocated to a new office in central Milton Keynes in a few months, with only a small "drop box" office left in London.
Last night, a senior FCO official said it was reviewing the cost of staff in London and "examining moving support staff to other areas".
The latest moves come after the Mail On Sunday revealed how the department was planning to sell off palatial embassies abroad, including those in Washington and Paris, to save money, and rent more modest buildings instead.


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Dyes and Pigments Market
Dyes and Pigments Market by Type (Dyes, Pigments, and Others), by Dye Type (Reactive Dyes, Disperse Dyes, VAT Dyes, Direct Dyes, Acid Dyes, and Others), by Pigment Type (Titanium dioxide, Inorganic Pigments, and Organic Pigments), and by Application (Paints & Coatings, Textile, Automotive, Paper, Leather, Plastics, Construction, and Others)–Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast- 2022-2030
Industry: Materials & Chemicals | Publish Date: Dec 2022 | No of Pages: N/A | No. Tables: N/A | No. Figures: N/A
Research Scope
The Dyes and Pigments Market size was valued at USD 34.70 billion in 2021 and is predicted to reach USD 54.40 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 5.3% from 2022-2030.
Dyes and pigments are colorants that are extensively used for coloring textiles, buildings, papers and others. Dyes are mostly obtained from leaves, roots, berries, as well as lichens and are soluble in water whereas pigments are derived from coal tars and other petrochemicals and are insoluble in water. The main difference between dyes and pigments is particle size and their stability in UV. Dyes are much finer than pigments and are not stable in UV, while pigments are typically stable in UV conditions. Dyes are commonly of three types such as cellulose fiber dye, protein fibers dye and synthetic fibers dye. Whereas there are basically three types of pigments such as absorption pigments, metal effect pigments, and pearlescent pigments.
Dyes and pigments are increasingly used in the manufacturing of cosmetic and personal care products such as facial make-up, nail products, eye make-up and others due to their enhanced covering power and coloring intensity. Also, growing utilization of dyes and pigments in the leather, pharmaceuticals, paints, fabric and food industries to add or change the color of the concerned items is the major factor which is expected to propel the growth of the market. Moreover, the growth in the textile industry and the surge in the demand for a variety of colored apparel are factors that are expected to boost the growth of the market.
In addition, high demand for paints and coatings owing to the unceasing demand from a number of end-use industries like automotive, marine, and other industries are boosting the growth of the market in this region. For instance, in September 2021, Axalta announced the construction of a state-of-the-art coatings facility in Jilin City, North China of 46,000-square-meter. The new plant will produce mobility coatings to support growing customer demand in China for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and automotive plastic components.
However, the fluctuating raw material costs along with the production of hazardous wastes from the manufacturing industries such as paper, leather, inks, paints & coatings are expected to restrain the growth of market during the forecast period. On the other hand, pigments such as titanium dioxide are increasingly being adopted in the pharmaceutical industry in coloring capsules as they provide unique properties such as opacity, enhanced contrast, inertness, protection from UV light and the smoothness of the resulting product, which support future opportunities for the market. In addition, technological advancements such as organic dyes, functional dyes that include hi-tech applications such as dye sensitized solar cells and optoelectronics are expected to create lucrative growth opportunities for the dyes and pigments market players in the future.
The dyes and pigments market size has been segmented based on type, dye type, pigment type, application, and geography. On the basis of type, the market is classified into dyes, pigments, and others. On the basis of dye type, the market is classified into reactive dyes, disperse dyes, vat dyes, direct dyes, acid dyes and others. On the basis of pigments type, the market is grouped into titanium dioxide, inorganic pigments, and organic pigments. On the basis of application, the market is divided into paints & coatings, textile, automotive, paper, leather, plastics, construction, and others. The geography breakdown and analysis of each of the aforesaid segments includes regions comprising of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and ROW.
Asia-Pacific region holds the lion share of dyes and pigments market at present and is expected to continue dominating the market during the forecast period. This is attributed to factors such as growth of the textiles and plastic industries in the countries such as China, India and Bangladesh. For instance, in 2022, according to the Fair Planet Organization, the textile industry in China is the largest in the world in overall production, exports and retail. Its textile section accounts for an output of 58 million tons a year in the fiber categories alone, accounting for more than 50 percent of the world's total fiber. Also, emerging construction industries in this region commonly use dyes and pigments for house-roofing products, as well as for coating tiles, metals, panels and shingles, which in turn is fueling the market growth.
Moreover, various government initiatives and investments for technological developments in the construction industry are boosting the market growth of dyes and paints. For instance, in January 2022, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban–Rural Development in China, the government of China unveiled a five-year development plan for the country's construction industry with the aim to promote "greener, smarter and safer" working. According to this plan, the industry will grow at the same rate as the general economy, maintaining its 6% contribution to national GDP and employing roughly 55 million people.
On the other hand, Europe is expected to witness a moderate growth in the dyes and pigments market due to the gradually increasing production capacities of dyes in this region along with its increasing demand in end-use industries such as coatings, leather, footwear and furniture among others. For instance, in 2021, according to the Euroleather Organization, Europe accounts for 25% of the world's leather production and stands out as the leading force in international business circles in relation to leather and tanning. Europe has a turnover of nearly 8 billion Euros, with over 3 000 companies and some 50 000 people directly employed in the sector.
Moreover, the occurrence of major key players that are planning expansion of business by various strategies such as mergers, acquisitions, and collaboration is further anticipated to propel the growth of the dyes and pigments market in the region in the coming years. For instance, Clariant had merged its Pigments business with a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners with a 20% stake. This roll-over allows Clariant to improve the profitability of the Pigments business, participate in future growth opportunities and realize synergies via the combination with Heubach's Pigments business.
The dyes and pigments market comprises of various players such as BASF SE, Clariant AG, Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited, Koel Colours Pvt. Ltd, Neelikon Food Dyes & Chemicals Limited, Atul Ltd, DIC CORPORATION, Kiri Industries Ltd, Cabot Corporation, and Huntsman International LLC. These manufacturers are actively indulging in expansions and acquisitions to enhance their products and increase their growth as well as geographical reach.
For instance, in April 2022, Cabot Corporation announced the expansion of its Inkjet manufacturing facility in Haverhill, Massachusetts with the addition of a new production line. The expansion increases the company's global capacity for color aqueous pigment dispersions to meet the growing demand of the inkjet market for digital printing applications. Also, in June 2021, DIC Corporation has closed on the acquisition of BASF's global pigments business. The acquisition intends to brings together the complementary portfolio of technologies, products, manufacturing assets, supply chain and customer service of the two companies to serve customers globally.
The dyes and pigments market report provide the quantitative analysis of the current market and estimations through 2022-2030 that assist in identifying the prevailing market opportunities to capitalize on.
The study comprises a deep dive analysis of dyes and pigments market trends including the current and future trends for depicting the prevalent investment pockets in the market.
The information related to key drivers, restraints and opportunities and their impact on the dyes and pigments market is provided in the report.
The competitive analysis of the market players along with their market share in the dyes and pigments market.
The SWOT analysis and Porter's Five Forces model is elaborated in the study.
By Dye Type
Disperse Dyes
VAT Dyes
Direct Dyes
Acid Dyes
By Pigment Type
Inorganic Pigments
Organic Pigments
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Clariant AG
Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited
Koel Colours Pvt. Ltd.
Neelikon Food Dyes & Chemicals Limited
Atul Ltd
DIC Corporation
Kiri Industries Ltd
Cabot Corporation
Huntsman International LLC
What will be the worth of dyes and pigments market by the end of 2030?
Global dyes and pigments market size was valued at USD 34.70 billion in 2021 and is predicted to reach USD 54.40 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 5.3% from 2022-2030.
Which region is expected to hold the highest market share in dyes and pigments industry?
Asia-Pacific region holds the lion share of dyes and pigments market. This is attributed to factors such as growth of the textiles and plastic industries in the countries such as China, India and Bangladesh.
Which are the top players in the dyes and pigments market?
BASF SE, Clariant AG, Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited, Koel Colours Pvt. Ltd, Neelikon Food Dyes & Chemicals Limited, Atul Ltd, DIC CORPORATION, Kiri Industries Ltd, Cabot Corporation, and Huntsman International LLC.
What are the market segments and scope of the study?
The dyes and pigments market size has been segmented based on type, dye type, pigment type, application, and geography.
What are the challenges in the dyes and pigments market?
The fluctuating raw material costs along with the production of hazardous wastes from the manufacturing industries such as paper, leather, inks, paints & coatings are expected to restrain the growth of market during the forecast period.


ARMOROC Sound Testing – Ectek International Inc.
The objective of this study is to estimate sound transmission ratings (Sound Transmission Class according to ASTM E413 and Impact Insulation Class according to ASTM E989) for a set of five floor assemblies with TOTAL JOISTS supporting a floor deck of Armoroc fiber-reinforced concrete panels.This set of assemblies includesthe base floor assembly plus fourfloors with floor finishesinstalled over the concrete deck panels of the base assembly.
The estimates were established by extrapolation from previous acoustic tests of similar assemblies with TOTAL JOISTS, combined with data on similar generic constructions from published reports. The main report presents the STC and IIC estimates in concise tabular format. An appendix to the report gives details on the source data used, and the analysis process, to facilitate engineering assessment of the results by third party evaluators.
Ceiling of 15.9 mm (5/8 in.) thick USG/CGC FireCode C gypsum board, screwed to the resilient metal channels.
Table 1: Estimated sound transmission class (STC) ratings according to ASTM E413 and impact insulation class (IIC) according to ASTM E989 for the floor assemblies with flooring finishes as indicated. Note that these ratings apply to direct sound transmission through the floor assembly, in the absence of structure-borne flanking transmission (which is the rating specified in current building codes in Canada and the USA). Actual sound insulation in a building (ASTC or NNIC for airborne sound, or AIIC for impact sound) may be lower.
The estimates were developed by extrapolation from sound transmission data on similar assemblies – both assemblies with TOTAL JOISTS and assemblies with generic steel joists.
An obvious point of reference is specimen B3454.1 (from reports on NRC contract B3454),which has Fortocrete fiber-reinforced concrete panels on 305 mm iSPAN joists (now designated as TOTAL JOISTS by iSPAN Systems LP). The components of specimen B3454.1 are identical to those of the base specimen of concern here, except that the Fortocrete deck panels are replaced by Armoroc panels in the present design.
To estimate how the change in the physical characteristics of the floor deck would affect STC and IIC, the change was calculated using regression expressions developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC has performed several major studies of sound transmission through common floor assemblies, in collaboration with a broad group of industry partners. These are described in detail in NRC reportsIR-811 and RR-169, which are publicly available at http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ibp/irc/publications/index.html.A systematic analysis of the combined data from these studies is presented in RR-169. This includes regression analysis of the sound transmission results. For airborne sound transmission (STC) the regression analysis was performed on a set of 170 floors with various types of joists and gypsum board ceilings supported on resilient metal channels. For impact sound transmission (IIC), the data were separated into two sets – 144 floors with "wood" decks and 15 with concrete or gypsum concrete surfaces – because "hardness" of the top surface tends to mask dependence on other construction details. The regression analysis established dependence of the STC and IIC on variables such as mass of the surfaces, joist spacing, type and thickness of insulation, etc.
Thus acoustical performance should be marginally better with the Armoroc panels, but the difference is very small, so the STC and IIC ratings (which are limited to integer values)are unchanged.
Other specimens from reports on NRC contract B3454 provide sound transmission data for the same base assembly with Fortocrete panels covered by three of the floorings: carpet (Report B3454.2), laminate flooring (Report B3454.3) and ceramic tile (Report B3454.8). In each of these cases,the same corrections given above for the base floor were applied to account for the change from Fortocrete to Armoroc; because these corrections are very small, the resulting STC and IIC values with these floorings match those measured for the corresponding floors in the B3454 series.
To obtain an estimate for the case with vinyl flooring, unpublished results from the NRC laboratory for flooring added to various assemblies being tested for clients were used. These testswere funded by NRC (with the clients' permission) to obtain data to provide a framework for future consideration of IIC requirements in the National Building Code. In these cases, all the bare floors had gypsum concrete topping at least 25 mm thick. The improvement measured with the standard tapping machine when the vinyl flooring was added on these decks (which are heavier and less "hard" than the Armoroc panels) provides a slightly conservative estimate of the improvement expected due to adding vinyl flooring over the base floor with Armoroc panels.
These comparisons, which all involve small changes from measured cases, provide the basis for credible estimates for the STC and IIC when the base floor with Armoroc is enhanced with the four types of added flooring.


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Mascots Directed by Christopher Guest
Photo by Scott Garfield/Netflix
This review was originally published during TIFF
After losing himself in the role of This Is Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel, Christopher Guest had a directorial three-peat that proved his merit as a comedy auteur. Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind are all nothing short of comedy masterpieces, though Guest's resume would be far better off if he had stopped there.
Instead, Guest's once-stellar reputation has eroded into mediocrity. His 2006 Oscar comedy For Your Consideration was half-decent, but its follow-up HBO series Family Tree was overly dry, with a pace more suited for Antiques Roadshow than any sort of improvised comedy. Which brings us to Mascots, Guest's Netflix debut and, by all appearances, an attempt to reclaim his former glory.
The pining for the past is evident throughout the film, from its wacky, event-based premise (here, a ragtag group of Midwestern weirdoes converge for a mascot competition) to its characters. And while Parker Posey and Fred Willard revisit familiar characterizations from previous efforts, Guest fully brings back a character, resurrecting Guffman's Corky St. Clair for a humourless bit part in the film (His biggest joke is saying the word "boner" after meeting an attractive woman). It's a cloying attempt to revisit his glory days.
That said, the actors are hardly the problem. Chris O'Dowd gets the most laughs (though still not many) as Tommy "Zook" Zucarello, a roughhousing hockey mascot from Manitoba known as the Fist. Guest newcomers Zach Woods and Sarah Baker try their damnedest to bring some awkward energy as a married pair of mascots who hate one another, but there's still a Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara-shaped hole at the centre of the film's cast.
It doesn't help that Mascots' plot is practically non-existent. Instead, Guest has developed another mirthful sandbox where the humour should, theoretically, come easy, but he misses the mark in all kinds of ways. The jokes here are either too subtle or too ridiculous (the existence of "the Gluten-Free Network" on television is one of many horribly topical and painfully unfunny gags throughout the film), meaning you'll have a small, nearly inaudible chuckle every 15 minutes or so, between cringing or resisting the urge to look at your phone.
Guest's glory days were followed by a movement of mediocre mockumentaries that followed his style but couldn't match it; with Mascots, a film on par with Balls of Fury, his own work is indistinguishable from the imitators. (Netflix)
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Q: Use wget on a cluster with ssh-tunnel Normally I can sercure copy files from one machine to another using
> scp -oProxyJump=user@login.node.org ssh user@main.node.org:/home/user/my_files/* .

which is very slow for large data sets.
I was told that the machines I am using has a very fast link that can be accessed with wget. How do I perform the same file transfer using wget instead?

A: If you have a fast, secure and stable network link between these two machines, you can use a combination of netcat and tar, like this.
On the destination machine, run:
nc -l 10000 | tar -C /destination/directory -xzf -

On the source machine, run:
tar -cz /source/directory | nc dst-machine-ip-address 10000

Be aware that no encryption will be used, so traffic can me sniffered, and if by any reason the connection be dropped, you're gonna have to start it all over again.
Personally, I would keep up with rsync.

A: The performance of scp may be caused by two factors:

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*The cost of encryption, which may be too much for slow processors,

*The number of round trips necessary to request a single file.

For a large number of small files it is the second. My first idea was to advise using sftp, since it uses a different program on the remote host. But after a test this gives a similar performance.
The solution that works is to use a program, which is installed on both the client and the server and sends only one stream of data back (instead of thousands of ssh channels):

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*If you have rsync on the remote server (and you install it on the client) use:
rsync -av -e "ssh -oProxyJump=user@login.example.net" user@node.example.net:/home/user/my_files .

*Otherwise you can use tar:
ssh -o ProxyJumbp=user@login.example.net -e none user@node.example.net \
tar -c /home/user/my_files | tar -x


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