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Boot failure: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device...
Win 7 Pro 64-bit SP1 system (ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011, Crucial SSDs) began failing to boot
after a system lockup while using Chrome. System was current with all MS updates. No
response to Alt-Ctrl-Del or front panel reset switch. Required a power-down.
Upon booting up after the preceding lockup, normal BIOS initialization was followed by the message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" and the system refused to boot into Windows.
Ultimately, I used Paragon to restore a relatively recent disk image backup and things were essentially back to normal. During a restart a few days later, following AVG update, the above boot failure occurred again. This time image restore did not fix the problem. The SSD was recognized by the BIOS and Paragon, but could not be made bootable. The above message appeared whenever the system attempted to use it to boot up.
Previously created Windows Recovery CD turned out not to be bootable (yes, should've tested it after I created it!) and booting up with the original Windows install disc to repair the system produces a message that complains that the version on the disc is not compatible with the installation.
Replaced the 120GB OS SSD with a new unit and restored the above image. Again, things were essentially back to normal, so at that point it looked like a bad SSD.
After several weeks (today), Windows Update failed. "Creating System Restore" point failed to complete, so I canceled (gracefully) and exited WU. I rebooted after deleting a number of Restore Points created the day before (these were RPs created by a series of Native Instrument update installs).
On restart, the system failed to boot with the same message from above ("Reboot and Select ...").
Tried restoring the image again, but the boot sequence went directly to Startup Repair, which failed to repair the problem, ultimately stating that ntoskernel.exe is corrupted (IIRC this can mean anything from an actually corrupted file to a missing MBR to bad media).
During the most recent attempt, Startup Repair exited, the system rebooted, and I'm now getting the "Reboot and Select..." message again.
UEFI boot sequence is Optical Drive, "UEFI" (Windows Boot Manager) and "P1: ...", that last of which is actually one of my data drives, and shouldn't have any boot sector, etc. Not sure why it's in the list as option #3 (I didn't do the original build).
So I'm wondering what the options are here, specifically, to identify what could be wrong. I'd prefer to find a way to get my disk image back and ideally fix the problem permanently. But if it sounds like a drive controller or mobo issue, then I'll probably have to start looking at a new system. The 3-year-old ASUS mobo would be $450-ish to replace and at this point that's more than I'd like to spend on a repair (as opposed to a new system).
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|14 Sep 2016
Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
Make the Windows boot manager the first in the boot list.
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|15 Sep 2016
Other suggestions have been things like completely formatting the new OS drive before restoring the image. But this has now happened with two different SSDs, so it's not clear how that would help. I'm willing to give it a try if that's reasonable, however.
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|15 Sep 2016
Hi and welcome to SevenForums,
This might be a long shot
After installing Microsoft Update KB3133977 for Windows 7, some users may encounter a "Secure Boot Violation" , which makes the system fail to boot into the operating system.
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|15 Sep 2016
Well, I'm not getting that error, but it could be getting masked. I'll give this a look and see if it applies to my system.
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|15 Sep 2016
Yea it's not the ultimate cause of your shutdowns but could be why it's not booting
Bios setting should be verified since you do have a asus board :)
That update caused a lot of havoc :)
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|15 Sep 2016
Didn't fix the problem, but instead of the earlier error message, it did get me back into the Startup Repair app, which quickly determined that it was unable to fix the problem. Still says "MissingOsLoader" in the details.
Any additional suggestions greatly appreciated.
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|15 Sep 2016
FWIW, here's this info from the Startup Repair attempt:
Problem signature:
Also, I ran through the standard steps to restore the boot record, with the following (odd?) results: none of the partitions on my OS drive could be made ACTIVE.
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|15 Sep 2016
Did some further reading on this, which might explain some of the above. I wasn't aware that BIOS and UEFI are essentially mutually exclusive. I think the above sequence is intended for BIOS boot using an MBR as opposed to a GPT UEFI partition, which is what I have, at least based on the fact that my OS drive is labeled "Basic GPT Hard Disk" and Partition 0 on that disk is of Type "EFI System Partition". If nothing else, I think this explains why the "ACTIVE" commands, above, failed (these are not MBR partitions).
When I browse this EFI partition (using Paragon), I see an folder named "EFI" in the root, which contains a Boot folder and a Microsoft folder. These, in turn, contain different *.efi files, e.g., bootx64.efi under Boot and bootmgfw.efi, bootmgr.efi and memtest.efi under Microsoft\Boot.
Is it possible that the Microsoft efi files are being accessed at boot time instead of bootx64.efi (or vice versa)? If so, is there a way to resolve that?
thanks again!
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Collective intelligence VS wisdom of crowds(集体智慧与群体智慧) - geovindu的日志 - 网易博客. Collective Intelligence vs.
The Wisdom of Crowds David Edery, who was until recently part of the CMS staff and now works for Microsoft, has been generating some interesting discussion over on his blog, Game Tycoon, about how games might harness "the wisdom of crowds" to solve real world problems. It's an idea he's been promoting for some time but I only recently had a chance to read through all of his discussion. [1208.4091] Wisdom of groups promotes cooperation in evolutionary social dilemmas. Wisdom of the Crowd vs. Collective Intelligence. Collective Intelligence vs. The Wisdom of Crowds. Wisdom and Folly of the Crowds. The Wisdom of Crowds: Myth or Reality?
By Rod Collins With the rapid expansion of the digital technologies of mass collaboration, our capacity to tap into what has become known as the "wisdom of crowds" has become a common experience.
On a regular basis, literally billions of us rely upon Wikipedia as our primary reference source and rarely a day goes by that we don't do a Google search. If Crowds Are Wise, Why Isn't Congress? We've all heard of the "wisdom of crowds" especially after James Surowiecki's 2004 best-selling book by that name and Scott Page's 2007 "The Difference."
A recent entry into the English dictionary, dating from around 2006, is indeed "crowdsource." In the last decade, every manner of organization has begun using crowdsourcing technology to do everything from write software toproofread text to design armored vehicles. Facebook famously crowdsources the translation of its pages. Remarkably, Iceland recently crowdsourced amending its constitution. So why does the US Congress, a crowd of 535, seem so remarkably un-wise? The reason: Group wisdom flourishes under certain conditions, diversity of thought and independence of judgment, virtually impossible under our current plurality voting and single–seat, winner-takes-all (often gerrymandered) Congressional districts.
The good news: This is relatively easy to fix–without overthrowing the government. What About Congress? Need Better Ideas? Ask More Women. There's an old adage that behind every great man is a great(er) woman.
It turns out that the same could be said for great teams. Evidence suggests that the number of women on a given team influences that team's ability to solve complex problems. Harness Collective Wisdom. "Jamais on ne corrompt le peuple, mais souvent on le trompe et c'est alors seulement qu'il paraît vouloir ce qui est mal"
"Whereas psychologists tend to view humans as fallible and sometime even self-destructive, economists tend to view people as efficient maximisers of self-interest who make mistakes only when imperfectly informed about the consequences of their actions." George Loewenstein – noosquest
12 Principles 4 Wise Swarm. Free Card The above is a depiction of the free card that can be printed off and laminated by anyone. Click on the card to reach a printable version with instructions for trimming and lamination. A French version will be posted shortly, and then other languages as they appear. Giving your card away over and over is encouraged. Will Keepen Describes Twelve Principles. Harnessing the Collective Intelligence of the Crowd: Be a Curator Not an Expert - Prodigy Network - EN.
Last month at PSFK's annual conference Prodigy Network's Founder and CEO, Rodrigo Niño, spoke about the power of the collective intelligence, and posed the following question, "How can we better utilize the intelligence of the crowd to create positive change in our society?"
Niño cited two contrasting examples to support his statement. The first was a video of George Papandreou, the former Prime Minister of Greece, speaking about the financial instability in Greece at TEDGlobal. In Papandreou's speech he explained how a group of political leaders and decision makers were trapped by their collective ignorance ultimately leading to Europe's recent economic crisis.
Forget The Wisdom of Crowds; Neurobiologists Reveal The Wisdom Of The Confident. Way back in 1906, the English polymath Francis Galton visited a country fair in which 800 people took part in a contest to guess the weight of a slaughtered ox.
After the fair, he collected the guesses and calculated their average which turned out to be 1208 pounds. 'Wisdom of the crowd': The myths and realities. Is The Lord of the Rings the greatest work of literature of the 20th Century?
Is The Shawshank Redemption the best movie ever made? Both have been awarded these titles by public votes. You don't have to be a literary or film snob to wonder about the wisdom of so-called 'wisdom of the crowd'. In an age routinely denounced as selfishly individualistic, it's curious that a great deal of faith still seems to lie with the judgement of the crowd, especially when it can apparently be far off the mark. Yet there is some truth underpinning the idea that the masses can make more accurate collective judgements than expert individuals. Inside-Knowlege-3-08.pdf (Objet application/pdf) A society governed by the people's wisdom... How crowds, not doctors or supercomputers, could diagnose rare diseases.
When it comes to serious medical conditions, you probably want a doctor – or at least a medically trained supercomputer – delivering your diagnosis.
But CrowdMed, a startup launched in public beta at TEDMED on Tuesday, is showing that the collective intelligence of the crowd can be just as good at getting to the bottom of medical mysteries. For patients hoping to uncover the causes behind frustrating or painful symptoms, doctors and specialists have long been the most trusted resources.
Supercomputer Watson, predictive modeling techniques and other kinds of artificial intelligence are increasingly revealing their diagnostic power. But CrowdMed co-founder Jared Heyman believes there's a third option that's not getting the attention it deserves. Welcome to the Good Judgment Project. I came to the Good Judgment Project (GJP) two years ago, in Season 2, as a forecaster, excited about contributing to an important research project and curious to learn more about my skill at prediction.
I did pretty well at the latter, and GJP did very well at the former. I'm also a political scientist who happened to have more time on my hands than many of my colleagues, because I work as an independent consultant and didn't have a full plate at that point. So, in Season 3, the project hired me to work as one of its lead question writers. Going into that role, I had anticipated that one of the main challenges would be negotiating what Phil Tetlock calls the "rigor-relevance trade-off"—finding questions that are relevant to the project's U.S. government sponsors and can be answered as unambiguously as possible. That forecast was correct, but even armed with that information, I failed to anticipate just how hard it often is to strike this balance.
CrowdMed Patient Diagnosis. Democracy And The Wisdom Of Crowds. "The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations", published in 2004, is a book by James Surowiecki. It discusses, often using anecdotes, that under certain conditions, crowds of people make better decisions than experts. In how far can we (mis)construe this as further proving the democratic doctrine? A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics.
Crowd Wise. Crowd Wise This briefing paper provides an introduction to nef's new participative method for taking shared decisions, helping people to find common ground.
June 30, 2010 // Written by: Perry Walker Crowd Wise is a participative method for taking shared decisions. It produces outcomes which the participants are more likely to support or be able to live with. Issues. Liberating Structures - 13. Wise Crowds. Wise Crowds Tap the Wisdom of the Whole Group in Rapid Cycles (15 min. per person) Every journey has a secret destination of which the traveler is not aware. – Martin Buber What is made possible?
Wise Crowds make it possible to instantly engage a small or large group of people in helping one another. You can set up a Wise Crowds consultation with one small group of four or five people or with many small groups simultaneously or, during a larger gathering, with a group as big as one hundred or more people. Five Structural Elements – Min Specs for Small Wise Crowds. Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution - Howard Rheingold - Google Books. 1204.3463.pdf (Objet application/pdf) How social influence can undermine the wisdom of crowd effect. Author Affiliations Edited by Burton H. Singer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, and approved April 13, 2011 (received for review June 23, 2010) Abstract. Dantier_intro_psycho_foules.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Dynamics of Crowd-Minds: Patterns of Irrationality in Emotions, Beliefs And Actions (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series A) (Wolrld Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science: Series a): Andrew Adamatzky: 9789812562869: Amazon.com.
Power: 2012. The Wisdom of Crowds - by James Surowiecki. Mind-blowing examples of how groups of diverse people acting independently are smarter than any one person in the group. Has huge implications for management, markets, decision-making, and more. Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them. Groups do not need to be dominated by exceptionally intelligent people in order to be smart. Even if most of the people within a group are not especially well-informed or rational, it can still reach a collectively wise decision. When our imperfect judgements are aggregated in the right way, our collective intelligence is often excellent. We assume that the key to solving problems or making good decisions is finding that one right person who will have the answer. The best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible. ** Chapter 1.
Wisdom of the Crowds. The Wisdom of Crowds. Collective actions and collisions on the net. Crowdfunding. Crowdsourcing. James Surowiecki: When social media became news. James Surowiecki. James Michael Surowiecki (/ˌsʊəroʊˈwɪkiː/ SOOR-oh-WIK-ee; born April 30, 1967) is an American journalist. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he writes a regular column on business and finance called "The Financial Page".[1] Background[edit] Surowiecki was born in Meriden, Connecticut and spent several childhood years in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico where he received a junior high school education from Southwestern Educational Society (SESO). On May 5, 1979, he won the Scripps-Howard Regional Puerto Rico Spelling Bee championship. James Surowiecki: "The Wisdom Of Crowds" (Doubleday)
The Wisdom of the Crowd. Details Performed at TEDx Liverpool: in which I show that the crowd isn't always wise by conducting a quiz live on stage, collecting answers over Twitter. Email comments! • Booking me for conferences Frequently Asked Questions Were those results really pulled in live? Yes, honestly. What presentation software were you using? Category:Crowd psychology. Category:Social psychology. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Subcategories This category has the following 43 subcategories, out of 43 total. Pages in category "Social psychology" The Wisdom of Crowds, Revisited: When The Crowd Goes From Wise to Wrong. The Wisdom of Crowds. La Sagesse des foules. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.
La Sagesse des foules est un livre écrit par James Surowiecki, publié en 2004, traduit en français en 2008, à propos de l'agrégation de l'information dans les groupes, résultant en évaluations qui, selon un théorème qu'il fournit, seront souvent meilleures non seulement que celles d'individus isolés du groupe, mais que la moyenne des évaluations du groupe (la différence provenant d'une prise en compte de l'information de diversité). Le livre présente plusieurs études de cas et anecdotes illustrant cette thèse. Il touche à plusieurs domaines dont l'économie et la psychologie.
Surowiecki se penche également sur l'émergence des marchés prédictifs en tant qu'outil d'exploitation de la sagesse des foules. Le titre est une allusion à la Folie des foules (en) de Charles Mackay, publié en 1841.

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Jio,
An individual approached Sant Baba Isher Singh Ji Maharaj (Rara Sahib Wale) and said "Sikhs are great" with the notion of suggesting that they are better than other religions. Sant Ji Maharaj in their whole life did not speak up against any race, religion, caste, creed or even individual. Upon hearing these words, Sant Ji Maharaj spent a whole hour in giving the individual reassurance that all of mankind is equal and that no single sect or faith is greater than another.
Sant Ji Maharaj brang up the fact that the same Gurbani we all bow to contains writings from Bhagats belonging to the Hindu and Muslim faith. Furthermore, Sant Ji Maharaj went on to describe the historic instances in which members of other faiths proved to be helpful to the Sikh faith in times of desperate need, for example – the Muslim brothers who assisted Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj when disguised as Uch Da Peer and Peer Budhu Shah who sacrificed his whole family lineage and followers for Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj.
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A crew from the Ponoka Fire Department is heading to southern Alberta to help with wildfires.
A press release from the Town of Ponoka Sept. 12 stated that PFD Fire Chief Jamie Wilkinson and three other firefighters are heading to the Provincial Operations Centre in southern Alberta.
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"Mandatory evacuation notices have been issued to residents located south of Highway 505 to Waterton Park, affecting residents in the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Cardston County and Blood Reserve #148."
Firefighters accompanying Wilkinson are Sharon Klinger, Mark Pischke and Tracy Hillaby. Ken Kraft takes over the acting Fire Chief for the PFD for the time being.
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Vladimir Putin & President Obama's Syria Plans Could Not Be More Different — And It's Disconcerting
During a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Monday, U.S. President Obama said that his outline to resolve the current conflict in Syria did not involve a "return to pre-civil war rule" implemented by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Although he specified that the United States would be willing to work with nations like Iran and Russia in order to achieve peace in the region, Obama's plan clashed with that of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who insisted that Syria's leader ought to be applauded for his efforts against ISIS militants, rather than condemned for his regime's documented human rights abuses. While both leaders remained civil throughout the day's events, the uncomfortable tension over their vastly different strategies was apparent.
"Nowhere is our commitment to international order more tested than in Syria," said Obama, speaking to the U.N. General Assembly. "When a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nation's internal affairs." He explained that while the United States was "prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict," it also recognized that there could not be "so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo" that it cancelled out any progress made through global intervention.
In stark contrast to Obama's words, when he took to the U.N. podium later that day, Putin insisted that Assad's regime played a valuable role in the Syrian civil war. "[The world] should acknowledge [Assad's work]," he said. "We propose discussing whether it is possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the actions of all the forces that confront the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations."
Putin's plan, while diplomatic on paper, seemed to blatantly ignore the violence inflicted by the Assad regime, which the U.N. Security Council aggressively condemned in June this year. At the time, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, referencing the many documented chemical and barrel-bomb attacks perpetuated by Assad and his loyalists, said that Syrian civilians were experiencing "atrocities and human rights abuses" on a daily basis. Ban's former aide, Valerie Amos, called for the council to enact a strict arms embargo in order to counter the continued bloodshed.
The assembly was not the first time in recent history that Putin has backed the Assad regime. In early September, he announced that the Russian military had been providing the Syrian Army with "serious" training to battle the rebel forces. "To say we're ready to [provide ground troops in Syria is] premature ... but we are already giving Syria quite serious help with equipment and training soldiers, with our weapons," said the Russian president in a statement to the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency. "We really want to create some kind of an international coalition to fight terrorism and extremism."
As The Telegraph pointed out that same day, over the past four-and-a-half years, Russia has utilized its seat in the U.N. to support Assad's forces. It's vetoed any resolution that condemns the dictator's ironclad hold on the region, forcing the international community to sit back and watch as Assad and his regional allies continue to violently stamp out any dissent among the public.
In his speech Monday, Obama, who maintains an icy but civil relationship with Putin, made it clear that while toppling the Islamic State was a top priority, the world simply could not afford to allow Assad free, tyrannical reign over his people any longer. He urged the U.N. to find ways to enact peace within the Middle Eastern nation while simultaneously focusing its larger militaristic efforts on ISIS itself. Obama added:
I've said it before ... there is no room for an apocalyptic cult like ISIL, and the United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a broad coalition to go after them. We will not be outlasted by extremists. But while military power is necessary, it is not sufficient to resolve the situation in Syria. Lasting stability can only take hold when the people of Syria can forge an agreement to live together peacefully.


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While women have faced oppression and discrimination throughout history and still face a wage gap (when are we going to fix this guys?!), this symposium focused not on how society or businesses can change to help women, but on what each woman can do for herself to advance in her career and secure her "place at the table."
The first speaker, Erika Schenk, started her talk with a story about how she used to model her work life after a school-like reward system: do good work, get an A. It took her a long time to realize that she needed to do more than just do good work; she needed to advocate for herself at work. She needed to make sure that she was receiving the credit that she deserved for her good work and that her managers knew about what she did for her law firm. She preached the concept of assuming you have the ability, the value, and the talent (because it isn't a question of whether you do; it's a question of whether you believe you do) and later speakers followed with their own renditions of this concept. The problem does not come from women who are incapable of doing the job or moving upwards in their careers; the problem is that these women don't believe they are capable of doing the job and moving upwards in their careers and when they do believe it, not knowing what to do next.
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Florida and specifically Polk County is an amazing area to see birds in their natural habitat while hiking. Over 300 bird species are present in Polk County which is in the center of Florida. Florida and Polk county are fly ways for a multitude of birds traveling from Canada to South America so you never know what birds you may see when hiking.
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The first locale is Circle B Bar Reserve. It contains over 1,200 acres of march, swamp, and oak hammock which provides habitat to wading birds, ibises, ducks, and eagles. A bird is typically visible within seconds of commencing a hike here. The address is 4399 Winter Lake Road in Lakeland.
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Lakeland Highland Scrub is another great area. It is on the historic Lakeland Ridge and home to red tailed hawks and palm warbles which are easily visible when hiking. It is at 6998 Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland Florida. Parking is at the dead end of the dirt road and it is open typically from 6 am to 6:30 pm. One of the hike loops is 0.6 miles and the other is 2.2 miles.
Lake Kissimmee State park is another amazing area to see a bird every second. The birds include turkeys and bobwhites. There are also picnic areas where you can often see wading birds and snail kites as well as songbird migrants and crested caracaras. There is a fee to enter and hike. However it is worth it if you enjoy to watch a rare bird. It is not uncommon to see the less common northern harriers and kingfishers here. You reach this Florida Park by taking State Route 60 and turning onto Boy Scoth Road to the north and then east on Camp Mack Road. There is an entry gate.
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List of Open Geospatial Data Portals from Recent GIS MOOC Discussions
In our recent offerings of Do-It-Yourself GeoApps, an Esri MOOC, we've had some wonderfully rich discussions about open data portals. I thought that the readers of this blog might appreciate viewing the listing of these portals from local to global that my colleague compiled, here: diy_geoapps_data_sources_m19_combined
As always, investigate each of these before using them, but this extensive list is a further reflection of the open data movement that we have been discussing in this blog, and it is exciting to see.
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The Top 10 Most Useful Geospatial Data Portals, Revisited
We have been writing this geospatial data column for 7 years now, beginning when our book The GIS Guide to Public Domain Data, was published. Over those years, in addition to keeping issues such as data quality, copyright, privacy, and fee vs. free at the forefront of the conversation, we have tested and reviewed many geospatial data portals. Some of these portals promise more than they deliver, some have been frustrating, but many have been extremely valuable in GIS work. Back in 2017 we listed 10 of those that we have found most useful, rich with content, easy to use, and with metadata that is available and understandable. A few are no longer functioning, and a few have emerged that merit inclusion in the top 10 list. In creating such a list, we realize that "most useful" really depends on the application that one is using GIS for, but the list below should be useful for GIS users across many disciplines. Some allow for data to be streamed from web servers into your GIS software, and all allow data to be downloaded.
- The Open Data portal based on ArcGIS Hub technology. This portal's simple "what" and "where" interface is the entry point to a vast, curated, and growing list of valuable open data sites, along with a helpful story map described here.
- The Esri Living Atlas of the World is an expanding, curated set of data and maps on thousands of topics that can be used and also contributed to by the GIS community.
- The European Space Agency's Sentinel Online data portal includes a wide variety of image-related data sets on the five themes of land, marine, atmosphere, emergency, and security.
- CIESIN at Columbia University has been serving data for over 20 years on climate, population, soil, econonics, land use, biodiversity, and other themes, including its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- The Atlas of the Biosphere serves global data, largely in grid format, of human impact, land use, ecosystems, and water resources themes.
- Natural Earth is a public domain dataset at small scale (1:10,000,000, 1:50,000,000, and 1:110,000,000) for the globe, in vector and raster formats that are easily ingestible in GIS software.
- The World Resources Institute hosts a variety of data geospatial data sets for specific areas of the world, such as Kenya and Uganda.
- The FAO GeoNetwork. This portal contains global to regional scale data from administrative boundaries and agriculture to soils, population, land use, and water resources.
- OpenTopography. This NSF data facility from UC San Diego focuses on "Earth science-related, research-grade, topography and bathymetry data", including a mountain-load of Lidar data.
- Many "lists of data sites" have appeared over the years. Most are not kept up to date and end up being less useful over time. However, those that are still quite helpful that we have reviewed are Dr Karen Payne's list from the University of Georgia, and Robin Wilson's list of free spatial data. A few others that are useful are this list from the USGS that I started back when I worked at that organization, and this list from Stanford University.
A few others "almost make the top 10" : The National Map from the USGS, data.gov from the US Government (though I am still frustrated that they removed the zebra mussels data that I used to access all the time), environmental and population data from TerraPopulus, Diva-GIS's data layers for each country, the UNEP Environmental Data Explorer, the NEO site at NASA Earth Observations, and OpenStreetMap (which besides roads, also includes buildings, land use, railroads, and, waterways)
For more details on any of these resources, search the Spatial Reserves blog for our reviews, remain diligent about being critical of the data you are considering using, and as always, we welcome your feedback.
Working with Lidar data obtained from the USGS National Map data portal.
–Joseph Kerski
Global Land Cover Facility goes offline
The world of geospatial data portals is dynamic; new sites appear and others disappear. Sites are shut down due to the end of a funding period, changes in technologies, or as a result of mission or personnel changes. One of the earliest and most useful sites particularly for remotely sensed imagery recently went off-line–the Global Land Cover Facility from the University of Maryland. Their notice said, "The GLCF has had a very good run since 1997! Originally it was funded under NASA's Earth Science Information Partnership (under the inspired leadership of Martha Maiden of NASA). Subsequently it was maintained to support our NASA-funded research activities especially those concerned with Landsat data. We feel we have attained what we wanted to accomplish, and now it's time for us to move on and explorer other ventures. The data and services provided by GLCF are now mostly available via government agencies, especially USGS and NASA."
To expand on the last note above, what should you, the GIS user who loves imagery, do? For the time being, the GLCF data are still on a no-graphics FTP site, here: ftp://ftp.glcf.umd.edu/. But better yet, we have examined numerous functioning imagery portals on this blog; start here. These include, for example, LandViewer, EOS Data Analytics, NASA AVIRIS, the GeoPortal, Lidar from USGS, DevelopmentSeed, Sentinel-2, and many others.
Thank you, GLCF! You provided a wonderful service, and will be missed.
–Joseph Kerski
Finding data via ArcGIS Hubs around the world
To date, over 10,000 open data sites have been published by governments all over the world using ArcGIS Hub technology, as described here. I recently wrote about how to use the ArcGIS Hub open data portal to search for and find geospatial data. This story map is another way to find data, because it lists and provides access to some of these hubs. The story map shows 1,500 sites created in 2017, so while only a fraction of the total, the map provides an excellent way to browse and find spatial data. I used it recently to easily find transportation spatial data in Victoria, Australia, for example, for the purpose of constructing a GIS lesson around.
Equally important as accessing the data is that the story map raises the important point that the open spatial data movement is more than just about sharing data. As we have written about extensively in this blog, the open spatial data movement is a reflection of the transformation that GIS is bringing in the way government, private, and nonprofit organizations work. This increased collaboration between departments and engagement with citizens is a long-term and oft-difficult effort, but is resulting in increased efficiency, and yes, in data access for all.
Try this story map as a way to discover spatial data, particularly by region, and I think you will find it to be a useful tool. For more information and background on ArcGIS Hub, see this essay by my colleague Andrew Turner.
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A Review of the Gap Analysis Program's Protected Areas Data Portal
Today's guest blog essay comes from Linda Zellmer, Government Information & Data Services Librarian, Western Illinois University. Linda can be contacted at LR-Zellmer @ wiu.edu.
Several years ago, I worked with a class in our Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration department. The students in the class were getting their first exposure to GIS, and used it to analyze the populations served by a park to develop a plan for managing and expanding its services. At the time, students had to obtain geospatial data on park locations and boundaries from local or state government agencies or download Federal lands data from the National Atlas of the United States. Then they combined the park boundary data with data from the Census Bureau to learn about the population characteristics of the people in the area. Finally, they visited the park of interest to get information on park usage and amenities. A new data set, the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) will make this class and related research much easier, because it provides data on all types of protected areas for either the entire United States, a U.S. Region, by landscape region, or by US State or Territory. PAD-US data is available for downloading, viewing and as a web map service from the PAD-US website.
The PAD-US data was developed as part of the Gap Analysis Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The Gap program collects data on land cover, species distribution and stewardship to determine whether a given species' habitat is protected, so that plans for further protection (if needed) can be developed. According to the PAD-US Standards and Methods Manual for Data Stewards, the data set contains geospatial data on "marine and terrestrial protected areas" that are "dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses." The data set contains geospatial data showing the extent and location of Federal, State, Local and private lands set aside for recreation and conservation. It also provides information on the owner name and type, whether the site is publicly accessible, and information on whether the site is being managed for conservation.
Geospatial Librarians and the GeoBlacklight Data Portal
The position of spatial data librarian is not commonplace at universities, but it is growing. I have met at least 10 new librarians in this position over the past several years. The small but expert and energetic group of spatial data librarians has been making headway in several key innovative projects germane to the themes of this blog and our book. These include the creation of useful data portals, moving the digital humanities field forward, and coordinating data production, dissemination, and use–not only between departments on their own campuses, but between universities, government agencies, industry, and nonprofit organizations. A group of these spatial data librarians recently met at a "Geo4Lib" camp, for example, and among other topics, explored a solution called GeoBlacklight to host geospatial data.
One group from Colorado is considering the use of GeoBlacklight tools to host a statewide Colorado GIS data portal. Colorado is sorely in need of such a portal as Colorado has no curated and supported statewide data organization or portal as exists in Texas with TNRIS or Montana with NRIS, for example. To see GeoBlacklight in action, see Stanford University's instance of it here, led by my colleague Stace Maples.
Try the Stanford University instance of GeoBlacklight. What are your reactions to its usefulness, as a geospatial data professional? Do you have a geospatial data librarian at your local or regional university? What can the GIS community do to advocate that universities hire such staffpersons in the library?
A Review of the Texas Natural Resources Information Systems Data Portal
In this blog and in our book, we have reviewed many geospatial data portals. One of the oldest and yet most useful of all regional or state portals is that of the Texas Natural Resources Information System, or TNRIS. Indeed, TNRIS predated digital spatial data, for it was founded in 1968, housing paper topographic and geologic maps and aerial photographs for years before hosting digital spatial data. TNRIS allows searches by county or by data theme. If one zooms in on a the statewide map with county boundaries, the familiar USGS 7.5-minute grid is displayed, from which one can download such data as digital raster graphics, elevation, wetlands, geology, and historical and current satellite imagery. Statewide themes include bathymetry, land cover, soils, census data, transportation, and many others. Metadata is not only available but it is conveniently packaged, and the site doesn't burden the data user with needless frills and fancy ways to download–it is, in my view, what a data portal should be–with the ability to quickly go in and get what one needs, in a variety of formats.
As GIS technologies have evolved, the TNRIS portal has evolved as well. One of the most innovative and useful sections of their site is its online mapping services. Here, high resolution imagery (30 cm in many places), land cover, and other themes are hosted as ArcGIS services and OGC WMS services. The site conveniently enables the data user to preview the services on their website or to copy the URL for the service so that it may be used in ArcGIS Online. Therefore, not everything from TNRIS needs to be downloaded–a growing amount can be streamed.
Texas is an excellent location for other useful data portals as well: The General Land Office hosts data on habitat, minerals, oil and gas, and other themes. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hosts data on air and water quality, toxic hazards, and other layers. Texas Parks and Wildlife hosts data on bays, ecosystems, trails, and wildlife management areas. And other gems exist, such as the railroads and other data hosted by Entergy on the Texas Site Selection Center.
A section of the Texas Natural Resources Information Systems geospatial data portal.


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Utah's Fourth Lighthouse School
Recently, Park faculty, parents and students rejoiced at the wonderful news of becoming a Lighthouse School. When you think of a lighthouse, you imagine a beacon illuminating its light in all directions beckoning to the incoming ships there is safety after the storm. A lighthouse also warns of danger of rocks and other obstacles that stand in the way of reaching the shore.


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My scarecrow flag is missing. Even though the weather more suits this cute flower flag, I wanted to put out the fall scarecrow but he isn't in the box where he should be. What to do?
Monday, October 8, 2007
2 comments:
- Michelle said...
You could always go shopping for a replacement flag:) Do you have a Christmas flag? Maybe's he hanging out with Santa.
- October 8, 2007 at 10:16 PM
- Esther Sunday said...
Hey! How about finding a piece of inexpensive fall fabric at Walmart or something and making your own square? Easy and it will get ya by for now... Love, Esther
- October 9, 2007 at 9:14 AM
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It's the most wonderful time of the year. I mean technically I would argue that Fall is, but there's no song for it. As the holidays approach, so do the holiday parties; the one day your company tries to buy back your love after all the bullshit they put you through over the year. For what it's worth, I enjoy holiday parties. I enjoy seeing people out of their usual element and get routinely amazed how people take a few shots and completely forget they are still at a work function. Every year I sit and babysit my drink and watch colleagues make asses of themselves, I'm not that heroic. I remember at one job I had, a manager got lit and I'm pretty sure she shot her shot at every brother on the payroll. Someone may have took her up on that offer. We still judge him.
Drunk white women are predatory as fuck with black men, but that's another post for another day. The best parties to attend are other peoples', I can be charming and social with no expectation that this same me will be here on Monday morning. So as I'm sure you enjoy your holiday party shenanigans this weekend; just remember the rules to live by:
- If it's not open bar, its not a holiday party; it's Happy Hour.
- If it is open bar, its not a holiday party; it's a challenge
- In spite of #2, handle your liquor
- I'm probably going to forget your +1s name by time the handshake ends
- Yes, white people you can dance. You still can't dance alone.
- Don't talk to me about work.
- You're allowed 3 snapchats tops. After that you're just being the feds
- I know it won't but I want the ugly sweater trend to die in a fiery crash.
- Just because we shared a laugh at the party, doesn't mean its now our inside joke for the next 6 months
- Always arrive a little late, black people…well y'all know.
- Don't stare at the health crazed vegan on their 4th drink. You don't know their life.
- The worst person in the world is the one person who didn't go to the party but insists on full recaps on Monday.
- Just because they're wife/husband ain't there doesn't mean they aren't still married, savage
- Be mindful of your Yankee Swap gifts; last year someone brought a 50 Shades of Chicken cookbook, thankfully a white woman opened it
- The Yankee Swap isn't that deep you can just buy those wine glasses, Susan
- If your workhusband/workwife is more attractive than your date, watch how more flirty they get going forward
- Don't try to to pull the intern, have some couth
- You can learn everything about how a coworker feels about you by how their date reacts to your name
- Don't be the ones starting rumors on Monday, stay out grown folks business
- Festive Casual isn't a t shirt
- The boss always notices who wasn't paying attention when they was giving a few words
- If someone asks you how many drinks/plates you have…it's not a genuine inquiry, have the clapback ready
- Greet your boss, greet their date, avoid them for the rest of the evening
- One day we going to have to tell white people we don't do Kwanzaa so they can stop trying to squeeze it in…the hell is Kwanzaa Bread Pudding, B
- And most important of all, don't end up in HR on Monday. Getting fired for Holiday Party shenanigans is literally getting fired on your day off. You got to be a dumb muhfugga to get fired on your day off.


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A course to help you to tap into your memories, family stories or other biographies and to discover your true voice. Each class will inspire you with extended writing exercises, strategies, tips and motivation to help you practice and refine your life stories. Life writing is the recording of memory or experiences, whether your own or someone else's. This course is for beginners, improvers or for those who have had a break in their writing practice and want to breathe new energy into their work. A strong desire to write and read eclectically is essential.
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- Developing skills and motivation to write from real-life.
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- Appreciating the art of memoir, family memoir and biography.
- Know some outlets for publication.
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Writing exercises: techniques, tips and strategies to practice and improve your writing and boost your confidence. We will discuss the potential problems of sharing/over-sharing real-life stories and how the fear of this might hold us back. Each week there will be opportunities to share your work on a rota basis.
Reading: we will read extracts from great memoir and fiction. Don't worry if you're not an avid reader, this is the opportunity to be exposed to an eclectic range of writing and discover new passions.
Assessment: we will workshop writing in class in a supportive way. There will be opportunities to develop your opinions and critical assessment in order to become a more confident editor.
At the end of the eight weeks we will hold a showcase where you will have the chance to share an edited piece you can be proud of and receive brief written feedback from each member of the group.
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Fill your notebooks with new writing over the 8-week course and beyond.
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Wesley Clark... just typing his name brings up images of his lovefest with Michael Moore... Yet he gets on TV and blasts McCain for not having "executive" experience while mocking McCain's military service. As if Clark's military service is something to brag about...
But it is a trend that is building up steam on the Left. The Politico reports today on how the Left is attacking McCain's military service in an attempt to boost the political fortunes of The Obama. You gotta scratch your head when you hear Medea Benjamin accuse McCain of war crimes...
"I wouldn't characterize anybody who fought in Vietnam as a war hero," said Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the theatrical anti-war group Code Pink. "In 23 bombing sorties, there must have been civilians that were killed and there's no heroism to that."
"Anyone who can't look back and admit how wrong it was to be in Vietnam and be killing civilians deserves to be challenged," she said, though she stressed that her group is more focused on McCain's present support for the war in Iraq than on his past.
These are the same people who stood up on their soapbox and declared Kerry fit for President because he had 3 Purple Hearts. They tossed around "swiftboating" as the word du jour and any who spoke in contradiction of Kerry's claims as a Liar. Is this attempt to marginalize and denigrate McCain's military service some sort of perverse lefty pay-back? If so it ain't gonna play well with Mr and Mrs. America. It's one thing to point out the truth about a rice-fanny purple heart and another to mock one's military service that included time at the Hanoi Hilton.
Wonder if the esteemed genius Danielle Allen is doing any research on this latest tactic? Is the WaPo prepping a story on this? Don't hold your breath.
How long before The Obama announces "that is not the Wesley Clark I know" and gives him a ride under the bus with Wright, Pfleger, et al.
Capt Ed over at HotAir has one of the best responses to Wesley's stupid statements yesterday. Michelle Malkin wonders if riding in bumper cars and posing as Superman are qualifications for Commander in Chief.
Those classy KOS Kidz have jumped on the "what's so special about being a POW" meme...


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Suicide rates inched up in almost every USA state from 1999 through 2016, according to a new government report released Thursday. During the study period, rate increases ranged from just under 6 percent in DE to over 57 percent in North Dakota.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and just one of three leading causes of death that's on the rise, according to the CDC.
Keep them safe and get rid of anything that could be used in a suicide attempt.
Other studies have found much higher rates of mental health disorders among people at high risk of suicide, experts noted.
But what has spurred this steady increase in American suicides?
The greatest increase in suicides was seen in "middle-aged adults", between the ages of 45 and 64. Only Nevada did not record a rise.
Pulling data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) that observed contributing circumstances to suicide in decedents with and without known mental health conditions in 27 states in 2015, researchers reported that 54% did not have a known mental health condition.
The CDC "Vital Signs" report said that more than half of people who commit suicide do not have a diagnosed mental health condition.
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Sanchez and his party are staunch supporters of the European Union and the euro currency shared by 19 European Union nations. Rajoy's likely removal follows corruption convictions last week involving former members of his conservative Popular Party.
The reason for this is relatively simple: Unlike other common methods of suicide, firing a gun is an immediate, irreversible, and reliably lethal act.
In all, 772 Oregonians died by suicide in 2016, the CDC reported. Some of the designer's family members have spoken out, including her father and her older sister, who gave a lengthy statement to the Kansas City Star claiming Spade's suicide wasn't unexpected - after declining a phone interview because she said she had taken a sedative.
Gordon said doctors need to ask patients at every opportunity about their mental health and evaluate their risk for suicide.
Sikora, who lost her sister to suicide in 2001, is the western Pennsylvania director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. There were 44,965 suicide deaths in 2016, according to CDC data. But the outpouring of grief on social media over the untimely deaths of these icons hides a larger trend, a country in the grips of a suicide crisis. "I tell people, 'You may have prevented a suicide in your life and have no idea, because you were kind to somebody not knowing that they were in a moment of utter despair.' As long as it's done in a respectful and non-intrusive way, I don't think it can hurt anything - and it might help". With considerations to gender, significant suicide rate increases were observed among males and females in 34 and 43 states, respectively.
Be there with them and listen.
Problems with relationships, physical health, money, jobs or housing can lead people to take their own lives, the report stated.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number is 800-273-8255.
Mental Health First Aid: 8-hour sessions give people a 5-step action plan that includes the skills, resources, and knowledge to recognize if someone needs help and how to get it for them.


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Drilling in preparation for the construction of Braidy Industries' aluminum mill is now taking place at the EastPark Industrial Center.
Nathan Haney, senior vice president of government relations at Braidy Industries, said workers are drilling/boring as part of long-term plans for foundational work.
"It will take about two weeks — very deep, all the way down to bedrock," Haney said. "Then they will be doing additional work to prep the work for main construction. We are talking about retention, silt fences, silt walls to help get it all started."
Braidy said in August it selected Kiewit as the company's Engineering, Procurement, and Construction ("EPC") contractor to construct the mill Braidy Atlas. Land compaction work is scheduled for this month. First production at the mill is expected to unfold in 2020. The company expects construction will bring with it some 1,500 construction jobs, many of which will be filled by residents from the region…


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After the season finale aired on Monday, JoJo Fletcher, the most recent bachelorette, and Jordan Rodger, her husband-to-be, talked about their future plans on After the Final Rose.
Jojo recounts the difficulties of their relationship the past few months as they haven't been able to be seen together in public, and the strain that has caused. Now, however, the season is over and the couple can begin to build their lives together.
They will begin by moving to a home they recently bought in Dallas, the couple announced on air on Monday.
Their new home will be 1,547 square feet, have two bedrooms, two bathrooms and one garage space, according to an article by Caitlin Clark for D Magazine.
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The Agra-based Indian Dreams Foundation has launched a new initiative, "My Daughter, My Pride," which celebrates the unique bond between a mother and her daughter and acknowledges the important role a mother has throughout her daughter's life.
"It is a universal truth that the relationship between a mother and daughter is vital from birth to adulthood," Punit Asthana, who founded the Indian Dreams Foundation in 2004, told India-West. "A mother is the most important individual in her daughter's life, and this relationship is particularly significant in the formative years," he said.
IDF is funded in part by Indian Americans, who donate to the organization through the Northern California-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The organization's flagship program, "Honhar Ladhki" – promising girl – focuses on the education of adolescent girls in formal secondary education schools and higher learning institutions. "My Daughter, My Pride" is an extension of the Honhar Ladhki initiative, said Asthana.
The web portal provides a platform for women to share photographs of themselves with their mothers or daughters, along with anecdotes, experiences and policy ideas to empower young women.
"Through this campaign, IDF would like to encourage brave mothers who fight against all odds and to do all they can to ensure the well-being of their daughter. The campaign is dedicated to the empowerment of girls and to encourage their education through digital media," said the social activist, whose mother raised him and two siblings singlehandedly after his father died when he was just 10. Asthana noted that his mother had fought for all her children to be educated, ignoring the wishes of relatives who thought the young children should work (I-W, Dec. 2, 2015).
"Capture your proudest moments and share them," the founder told India-West, encouraging all women to peruse the portal. Since its launch last month, 200 women have connected with the initiative.
India is home to one-third of the world's female illiterate population. More than 187 million women cannot read or write, and only half of India's women have basic literacy skills.
Evan Grae Davis, producer of the documentary film, "It's a Girl," noted that India's females are devalued by their mother and fathers even before they are born. Female infanticide is still prevalent in India, with some states having skewed gender ratios as low as 832 girls for every 1,000 boys.
In the film, Davis interviewed a woman in India who casually spoke of killing eight newborn daughters by strangling them. "Women have the power to give life and to take it away," she told the film-makers.
The woman also told her own story of excelling in school, but nonetheless being married off at a young age, as a second wife to her sister's husband, because her sister was unable to have children.
"Gendercide took on a whole new meaning for me, because I realized she was simply a product of the culture in which she lives," Davis told Mercatornet.
"She was programmed from birth to accept certain traditional views about her value and roles as a woman. These deeply engrained cultural beliefs drive the entire system, and women often find themselves as the perpetrators, visiting the same violence they experienced upon their daughters and daughters-in-law," said Davis.
IDF is currently working with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration to support the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" – Save the Girl Child, Educate the Girl Child — initiative.
The program aims to balance child sex ratios through initiatives – primarily education – which help parents recognize the value of their daughters.
Asthana said he hopes "My Daughter My Pride" will grow into a forum to allow women's voices to be heard across the globe.


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