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I live in Canada. You wouldn't think we see a lot of tornadoes in Ontario, Canada, but we do. Each summer, our province, especially in and around my community, has to be prepared for a twister to come through. The last couple of years they have gotten worse. One blew through a school, 15 minutes drive from my home. Thankfully it was a weekend, and no one was inside. Still, it was a painful reminder of what could happen. I live in a big city too, so don't think that will protect you. On the contrary. There will just be more stuff to come flying at you.
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Preparing Your Home for a TornadoStrengthen your garage. A garage windowless door with vertical bracing is your best option.
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Em 16/08/2006, às 14:21, Davi Arnaut escreveu: > > Em 16/08/2006, às 12:49, Joe Orton escreveu: > >> On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 12:36:23PM -0300, Davi Arnaut wrote: >>> Em 16/08/2006, às 11:00, Justin Erenkrantz escreveu: >>>> Would a non-blocking read() followed by a poll()/select() be >>>> useful? >>>> We'd still get a 0 back from read() - but if it was the EOF, >>>> would the >>>> state of the socket change to be in the 'exceptional' state then >>>> if we >>>> repoll? -- justin >>> >>> Humm, read returning 0 is a EOF, you could also maybe >>> getsockopt(SO_ERROR) on the socket to confirm the EOF. >> >> SO_ERROR will only give an error in cases where a read or write would >> fail and set errno; that's not true for EOF. > > No, but moving on.. > >> >>> Select is a different beast because of the definition of what is >>> a "exceptional condition" which may be pending error conditions >>> or oob data. I think the "exception fd" of select is similar to a >>> poll >>> with POLLPRI mask, so it shoud'nt signal a connection reset. >> >> It's POLLERR, hopefully; that's how APR maps it anyway ;) > > It's POLLPRI, errors are not exceptional conditions. Just to be clearer, a socket is considered to have an "exceptional condition" if a read would return OOB data without blocking or if there is a OOB data mark on the receive queue. Other exceptional conditions are protocol/ implementation specific. There is no _standard_ way to detect EOF using select(). For example, the Linux select syscall defines/uses the fowling: #define POLLIN_SET (POLLRDNORM | POLLRDBAND | POLLIN | POLLHUP | POLLERR) #define POLLOUT_SET (POLLWRBAND | POLLWRNORM | POLLOUT | POLLERR) #define POLLEX_SET (POLLPRI) So a socket in the readfds is also watched for a EOF. -- Davi Arnaut
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John Bull is an imaginary figure who is a personification of England, similar to the American 'Uncle Sam'. He is shown in cartoons and caricatures as a prosperous farmer of the 18th century.
John Bull first appears as a character in a series of political satires by John Arbuthnot (1667-1735). Arbuthnot was a Scottish scientist, doctor and political satirist. His series of John Bull pamphlets, 'The History of John Bull', introduced John Bull as the typical Englishman: "an honest plain-dealing fellow, choleric, bold, and of a very inconstant temper" (from Law is a Bottomless Pit).
By 1762 James Gillray and other caricature engravers had incorporated John Bull into their work, and he appeared as a cartoon by Sir John Tenniel in Punch magazine.
Bull is usually pictured as a stout man in a tailcoat with breeches and a Union Flag waistcoat, dressed in the fashion of the Regency period. He also wears a low topper (sometimes called a John Bull topper) on his head and is often accompanied by a bulldog. His size and apparent gluttony represented prosperity in an age where rosy cheeks and plump faces were a sign of good health.
The John Bull character was that of a drinking man, hard-headed, down-to-earth, averse to intellectualism, fond of dogs, horses, ale, and country sports.
John Bull's surname is reminiscent of the alleged fondness of the English for beef, reflected in the French nickname for English people les rosbifs (the "Roast Beefs").
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By the 1800s he was seen as a more assertive figure in domestic politics as well, prepared to criticise the royal family and the government, giving those outside the traditional political process a voice.
John Bull became so familiar that his name frequently appeared in books, plays, periodical titles, and as a brand name or trademark. Although frequently used through World War II, John Bull has been seen less often since the 1950s.
John Bull is still looked upon with affection by many English people. As Uncle Sam is the iconic representation of the United States, so John Bull is the personification of the character of the English: honest, generous, straightforward, with a zest for life and ready to stand up and fight for what he believes in.
There was a John Bull in real life, one of the most distinguished English keyboard players of his time. John Bull (1562 - 1628) was in the service of Queen Elizabeth I before taking refuge in the Netherlands to avoid various charges, including adultery, levelled at him in England. He was known as an organist and a virginalist.*
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It has been my experience that it is very helpful if the trainer is a least as smart as the dog.
This is a discussion on Dog training within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; How does one go about training a neighbor how to train their dog? My neighbor's dog barks 24/7. 7 am on the weekends, after 11 ...
How does one go about training a neighbor how to train their dog? My neighbor's dog barks 24/7. 7 am on the weekends, after 11 pm during the week, I can't spen 5 minutes in my back yard without thei dog barking redo rediculously. To make it worse their side door/fence line is right by the window I sleep by.
I know a dog's job is to bark at a threat but how do I train my neighbors tontrain their dog? I think their technique of yelling, "shut the heck up" at the dog does not seem to be working at this point.
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It has been my experience that it is very helpful if the trainer is a least as smart as the dog.
Asking for a solution to this on a gun forum could bring certain expected answers . j/k
The only sure solution that I know of for this is acreage.
The others involve speaking to your neighbor about it. I've never had a dog I couldn't train, and I've known folks who've never owned a dog that they could. I'm betting this dog doesn't get walked or socialized. A simple walk a day could correct the problem. Regardless, they are responsible for the noise nuisance and should seek professional training, since they seem to be unable to manage the dog themselves.
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I wish they were more "reasonable" neighbors but I fear mearly suggesting professional training for their dog will fall on deaf ears. Perhaps the airhorn technique.
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I believe suggesting how to solve a neighbor's dog problem...with the neighbor...will not make better neighbor relationships.OMO
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Call the Humane Society and report it.
Express you concern for the animal; NOT your anger at it's IDIOT owner.
Tell them you've heard that incessent barking is a sign of stress & anxiety; and you fear for the animal's well-being. (You do not have to let them know who you are.)
The Humane Society will send out someone to inspect & interview the owner. (I used to do this with dogs & horses for the HS in my area.)
It's been my experience that most owners are aware of the animals problems but, just don't know what to do. The HS will interview the owner and recommend a trainer in the area; or may even confiscate the animal if they suspect any abuse or neglect. (I've even had owners ask me to go ahead and take animals with issues they didn't know how to handle.)
Believe me, this is a very good (NON-confrontational) way to address the issue without you personally notifying AC or the police of a nuscience animal.
I'm a dog owner and my dog barks when people walk by, but not overly so. I'm surrounded by dogs and some of them do it constantly -- the owners don't realize that when a dog barks at people walking by and they keep walking, it signals the dog that to make people go away, they should keep barking. If the dog wont' stop , they should have them out of view of passerbys, like out back.
If the dog is barking when nobody is around, the dog wants in, or to play, etc and that is 100% the owner's issue. The owner should be outside with their dog if that is happening all the time.
But for your part, you gotta talk to them, but do not be confrontational. Try to come up with some ways to handle it. Maybe talk about a Bark collar for when they're outside. If the owner is like "I WANT my dog to let me know when people are around" you need to point out that the dog signaling you is one thing, annoying the neighbors is another. My dog barks like mad if someone comes into the driveway, which is good. She has a completely different bark when people are on the street.
Owners need more training than their dogs 90% of the time.
Exercise > Discipline > Affection.
Good dog!
Maybe express your frustration with your neighbor and offer to take the dog for walks if they won't. Maybe offer, as a token of neighborly solidarity, one of Cesar Milan's books or videos.
Or, as has been previously suggested, a call to the local Humane Society could be in order - to get the dog walking so to speak.
File a "Disturbing The Peace" Police Report.
Then file another one if they cannot quiet the dog.
If some of your other neighbors are also bothered by the incessant barking then have them file a Police report also.
Then they will have to get rid of the dog. You pay your taxes & you have a right to some percentage of solitude in your own home.
The dogs never do leave their house or their tiny yard. I bet I they walk them once a day it would not be as bad.
I want to try to fo it peacefully as I do have to live next to them.
We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.
- George Orwell Military
"and offer to take the dog for walks if they won't."
Not such a great idea. Anything happens to the dog on a walk...or the dog takes off or gets sick..& they accuse him of doing it intentionally.
I sure do understand that.
If possible you do not want to make an enemy out of the neighbor that you're stuck living next to.
On the flip side of the coin you can't live in your own home going bonkers or wearing ear plugs all the time.
And...you can't take it out on the dog. It's not the dogs fault.
After you've exhausted all other options you might be left with an only option of filing Police reports.
From the dog training I've been exposed to, it's 95% about training the owners. Hve you ever wanted a dog? If it's not out of the question you might just buy the dog from him and train him yourself.


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Video games should be officially classified as cultural products equal to TV, film and animation, according to UK developers.
Industry body Tiga has told Newsbeat the move would give games "the respect they deserve" and offer a boost to British-based companies.
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2 Introduction At a time when organizations are just beginning to do the hard work of standardizing and integrating their internal data, big data, that is extremely large data sets of structured and unstructured data from a variety of sources, is looming on the horizon. Today, tools and techniques are becoming available to store, manipulate, analyze and manage these very large data sets to gain new insights into customers, supply chains, and business and environmental conditions and use them to deliver value to an organization. In order to learn how big data will affect IT and how it presents information to the business, The CIO Brief invited Robert Lanoue and Shreeshant Dabir of Deloitte to discuss what CIOs need to understand about big data. The Evolution of Analytics Robert Lanoue leads Deloitte s Canadian Marketing Strategy Practice and specializes in the areas of customer analytics, customer experience and transformation to customer-centric organizations. Use of big data for analytics is a huge topic with many domains, such as customers, supply chain, workforce, and risk, he explained. Ideally, it will enable companies to combine data from disparate sources and use analytics to create actionable insights that will enhance strategic, operational, and tactical decision-making. In addition to data, technology, processes and controls, and talent are all required for a mature analytics function. I see great models in the business these days, but what s important is what companies are doing with the data they collect and how they are structured to leverage insights, Rob said. Increasingly, companies are demanding more and better information to meet their needs and to obtain it, companies need a data strategy, sophisticated business users and statistical experts, and the technology to capture and manage data and to apply key analytical techniques, such as manipulation, algorithms, and visualization. The analytics capabilities needed for business range from simple operational reporting using standardized static reports, to KPI reporting, visual data exploration, segmentation of customers and products, and ultimately to simulation and optimization. Although tools are necessary for analytics, 1
3 this is not a tools challenge, said Rob. Instead, companies should focus on what analytics can mean to the business and develop the processes, capabilities, data and timelines to make the tools effective. The value delivered through analytics increases as tools and methods become more mature and integrated across the entire value chain. Early analytics were based on historic, siloed internal data and rudimentary techniques. Decisions were based on a mix of limited data insights and intuition. More mature analytics use frequently refreshed internal and external data and more complex analytical techniques. These then enable rapid decisions based on robust insights. Tools and methods are often embedded in the workflow of companies but the analytics themselves are still primarily based on siloed, structured data within each business function. Emerging analytics are based on real-time, structured and unstructured data sets and statistics-driven techniques. They enable real-time decisions supported by multi-layered insights from multiple business functions. Most companies today are between early and mature, said Rob, but the field is moving rapidly. Much of what is emerging today will be mainstream in two years so it s important for companies to be ready for this next analytics wave. Learning how to think about data, developing more discipline about collecting data, experimenting with analytics models, and changing corporate culture to enable some risk as models evolve are critical new capabilities. Analytics must start with relevant business questions that address key value levers, such as: What are my biggest drivers of profits? Or, How can we reduce the downtime associated with equipment failures? Then, relevant lagging, leading and predictive indicators can be developed based on key data domains. In one organization, Rob noted that both qualitative and quantitative data were used by its planners. However, merely acquiring lots of data is not a solution, nor is simply plugging in a model. It s important to identify the right person to work with the business, he explained, noting that all models are wrong to some extent but some are useful and the right person is needed to know how to interpret insights and adjust models. Organizations are not looking for analytics in and of themselves but for insights into key business questions. Demand for analytics spans many different functions in an organization, Rob stated. However, deep insights cannot be developed without the right foundational infrastructure however. Getting the infrastructure right means asking questions, such as: 2
4 How can we attract, grow and retain key employees? What is the optimal way to collect and manage the massive amounts of structured and unstructured data needed? How can we best support varied and dynamic business needs more rapidly? Once this infrastructure has been developed, the business will become increasingly interested in using it to address their questions and to cope with the challenges they are facing on many fronts. Big data is both a solution and a source of pressure for organizations. For example, Amazon and Google are constantly raising the bar for other companies with their use of big data and setting higher customer expectations for everyone as a result. Pressure on companies comes from three sources: Increased competition that is creating demands for ever-more insights to sustain and grow competitive advantage. Increased complexity that is creating demands to continually improve performance and find clarity in an environment of uncertainty. Growing constraints that are making some activities and operations more difficult to manage and control. However, while these pressures are challenging for companies, the research shows that addressing them with improved analytics are increasingly driving better decisions and higher value at all levels strategic, operational, and tactical. Big Data Analytics Shreeshant Dabir is a Senior Manager in Deloitte s Information Management Practice and leads its Big Data practice in Canada. He is also a thought leader in the development of advanced analytic solutions for structured and unstructured data using a variety new and traditional data technologies. Big data is happening now, he explained. For example, mainstream companies such as Sears are already using it to compare its prices to those of other retailers and to dynamically adjust them to remain competitive. Sears is also moving to open source data storage using Hadoop. Big data helps companies do the same types of analytics on their data as they ve always done and more, but without 3
5 the constraints of traditional data warehouses, Shreeshant explained. Data warehouses were band aid solutions. With big data, companies can store and analyze everything. Today, the question companies should be asking about data is: If we can take away computing and storage constraints, what value can we add? New technologies enable companies to keep all their data in one place and to use much more data. However, the challenge remains as to how best to organize it and how to capture context and meaning in order to get to the most useful insights. In short, big data increases the volume and velocity of data available and reduces the costs involved, but companies must still decide how to dissect it to turn data into insights. Simply making data available is no guarantee of value. Organizations need data context, centres of excellence, and governance to manage it properly, he said. However, it is not necessary to spend large amounts of money to demonstrate value, he added. Expensive analytics projects are not required to get started with big data. Companies should start small and focus on proving value at each step. He noted that it is possible to begin inexpensively with open systems, which are scalable and require no licences. While you wouldn t want to run an entire enterprise this way, you can start small and then add variables and improve your models. The key is learning how to manage and grow and think about data. If you don t begin, you don t know what you can leverage. Big data is still an immature concept and companies should therefore adopt it in an evolutionary fashion rather than in a big bang. However, it cannot be ignored. Big data is going to be a part of your business, he explained. The question is, how big? Participants asked whether they should look first at internal or external data. Shreeshant recommended that CIOs look for the biggest play they can get, either on the top or bottom line. There s a wide gamut of opportunities out there. The quick wins are probably internal with customer and product information. However, he suggested keeping an open mind and looking at everything. Sometimes, relevant data spans both dimensions, he said. Companies should also understand their tolerance for risk and experimentation and determine how to capture the data they need. An application one firm has begun to develop is using structured and unstructured data from both internal and external sources to develop a consolidated view of its customers. In the past, disparate, siloed internal data in systems made data consolidation challenging. Massive data plumbing was required before analysis could begin and data definitions had to be created before 4
6 data could be stored or consolidated. The constraints of relational databases forced business to make decisions about how its data was to be stored before it was analyzed. In contrast, with big data, all types of data from multiple customer touch points are now available in one place in native form which provides the maximum flexibility of analysis. More granular data for example, allows for finer classifications and segmentations to be made and allows marketers to tailor the message to a single person if necessary. All this is done with no loss of time in fact well implemented big data solutions provide better analytics in less time. Thus, more time can then be spent on analytics and less on data management issues. Big data technologies, such as Hadoop, can coexist with existing data warehouses and so can be introduced slowly, replacing specific storage and computing scenarios over time. Start with the basics to build competencies, reduce processing, and take care of the mundane, and then grow, Shreeshant recommended. As a company gets some quick wins, it will be more willing to develop pilot use cases for enterprise value realization with big data. As you move up the maturity curve, you will be able to figure out value optimization with big data, he said. There are still many challenges facing companies with big data however, such as immature technology, legal and regulatory considerations, ownership of data quality, expectation management, and establishing the organization structure, talent and skills to create insights and take advantage of them. Think about presenting and telling stories to illustrate how big data could be used in your organization, he suggested. Privacy and data quality are also critical issues that must be properly managed if big data initiatives are going to succeed. He recommended that CIOs address the following topics when considering the move to big data: Strategy and business case to define the specific objectives, success criteria and value propositions for different case scenarios and help prioritize them. Architecture fit to assess the alignment of big data technologies with existing technologies and the fit of current data architecture with new approaches. Organization preparedness to develop and acquire the new skills, methods and approaches needed to manage data differently. A roadmap of change should also be developed. 5
7 Vendor selection/technology evaluation to consider inter-operability, maturity, and functionality of the wide variety of technology offerings in the big data ecosystem. Proof of concept execution to implement both big data technology and demonstrate its successful application. Typically, value can be demonstrated in small increments of about three months. Proofs of concept should be developed for both business and technology value. Shreeshant stressed that IT skills will have to change over time. At first, staff will be needed to oversee the implementation and appropriate use of the new technologies. Following this initial phase, analytics can be developed to monitor what s being done with the data. It is also critical to develop people with a combination of business, analytics, and data skills, who are not isolated from the business because often decisions must be made quickly. 6
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The funds give the New York-based lender a chance to restructure its debt outside of bankruptcy after the US government refused to give the firm a second bailout.
CIT, which has reported $3 billion of losses in the last two years, received a $2.33 billion rescue in December but has been scrambling to raise $2 billion to $4 billion more.
Under the deal, CIT's main bondholders will give the company $3 billion at an initial rate of 10.5%.
Bankruptcy would have threatened funding for scores of small businesses across America and wiped out the federal bailout money injected into the firm.
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Tonight, Friday, October 14, 2016, the Film Society of Lincoln Center makes cinema history with the New York Film Festival's world premiere of Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, presented at the 600-seat AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 IMAX theater on its 100-foot-wide screen, the largest in North America. The brief on this technological milestone? Images shot and projected at 120 fps, dual 4K RGB laser projectors that display wide color gamut and high dynamic range, bright RealD 3D, 12-channel audio with overhead speakers plus sub-bass. Talk about immersive! And what of the film itself? Billy Lynn's Long Halftime […]by David Leitner on Oct 14, 2016
Ted Hope — producer, Good Machine co-founder, and now CEO of Fandor — is no tongue-tied wallflower in the independent film community. Indeed, his passionate commentary, counsel and editorializing on topics ranging from net neutrality to making better films to a "systems reboot" of the independent film economy seem to be everywhere these days. But while his website, Twitter account and frequent speeches at industry events may make it seem that his opinions have been enabled — or at least turbo-charged — by this current social media age, he has, in fact, been lobbing list-driven rhetorical broadsides for years. (Don't […]by Scott Macaulay on Nov 24, 2014
The world premiere of Life of Pi, Ang Lee's epic 3-D adaptation of Yann Martel's highly acclaimed Booker Prize-winning novel, will open the New York Film Festival, which starts September 28 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Lee is no stranger to the NYFF: this will be the second time one of his movies has opened the fest (The Ice Storm kicked off the 1997 edition), while in 2009 Lee was the subject of a career retrospective at FSLC's annual celebration of cinema. "Life of Pi is a perfect combination of technological innovation and a strong artistic vision," said […]by Nick Dawson on Aug 13, 2012
Here's the first trailer for Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's novel, Life of Pi. The film's in 3D, and you can sense how spectacular and immersive it should be from this preview.by Scott Macaulay on Jul 25, 2012
Leading up to our 18th birthday, I'll be revisiting on the blog one issue of Filmmaker a day. Today's is Summer, 1993. Summer, 1993 is another issue whose content didn't make it over to WordPress. Our cover story was Alison Maclean's Crush. Sande Zeig interviewed Sally Potter about her Orlando, which was just reissued by Sony Pictures Classics. John Woo, John Greyson, and Ross McElwee were all in the book along with an article tracking the development status of several beloved cult novels' film adaptations. We also ran a great how-to by Strand Releasing's Marcus Hu on guerilla marketing your […]by Scott Macaulay on Aug 5, 2010
A powerful statement from U.S. directors calling for the release of director Jafar Panahi from prison in Iran has been issued. I'll let the petition speak for itself, but kudos to the organizers for taking action and assembling this illustrious group. New York, NY (April 30, 2010) – Jafar Panahi, an internationally acclaimed Iranian director of such award-winning films as The White Balloon, The Circle, Crimson Gold and Offside, was arrested at his home on March 1st and has been held since in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. A number of filmmaking luminaries have come to Mr. Panahi's defense and "condemn […]by Scott Macaulay on May 1, 2010
Last week when I intro'd a piece on Don Hahn and Peter Schneider's Waking Sleeping Beauty, I wrote that every mid-career filmmaker must desire at some point a better record of his or her early days. In that vein, I came across on Ted Hope's blog this little excerpt of a TV profile on his production company with James Schamus, Good Machine. It's a great blast from the past, especially watching Good Machine staffers bustle through their office, stacked with papers and scripts and lined with posters, on West 25th. Needless to say, while this may be almost two decades […]by Scott Macaulay on Mar 29, 2010


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls for fourth straight session
TORONTO, May 7 (Reuters) - Canadian stocks finished down for the fourth straight session on Monday as mining and energy shares continued to slide after new anti-austerity governments in Greece and France fanned concern about the euro zone debt crisis. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 10.57 points, or 0.1 percent, at 11,860.66. It rebounded after touching a 2012 low at 11,785.74.
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