Two days of total immersion in the sights and sounds of World War 1 and Son was ready for something a little bit different. In charge of itinerary planning for the next day, light relief and fun were top of his list, a whistle stop tour of Europe in the morning at Mini-Europe in Brussels and then a closer look at the Atomium was his plan. All fine by us.
An hour's easy drive from Bruges and we were just north of Central Brussels at Bruparck, site of Mini-Europe and a number of other attractions. Having been aware of this place for years, I'd always given it a miss on previous visits. A child's paradise, not much there for adults was my reasoning but let's just say I was pleasantly surprised. Tickets purchased we headed inside and were given a guidebook to refer to and help us around the park. I was expecting something a bit like Legoland with plenty of cute little buildings. At first glance that is exactly what it was like – models of Europe's biggest and best landmarks with everything from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the Eiffel Tower to Big Ben.
The guide book was fabulous. Son wasn't too interested in reading it, I was happy to hog it for myself. It had stacks of information about the park and the 350 plus miniature structures but also fascinating facts on various European countries and places – our never-ending travel wish list instantly got longer.
The whole place is built on an exact scale of 1:25. The nerd in me loved this and the fact you could see different landmarks close to each other and instantly see how they compare in height.
We strolled around Paris, London and Venice while checking out the canals of Amsterdam, the windmills of Spain and the Brandenburg Gate. The models took years to build and the attention to detail is amazing to the extent there is real glass in the windows. The craftmanship is simply incredible.
Interactive stuff aplenty too, there were ferries that moved, trains that whizzed around and much fun was had driving our own radio controlled boats through the waterways of Europe.
Too early to see the flower carpet in the Grand Place in Brussels, at least we got to see it in miniature here.
A little Flanders Field area with cemeteries and war graves was poignant considering our last couple of days.
We loved the Channel Tunnel in miniature and a model of the ship in which we actually sailed over that waterway. Mind blowing how huge it really was – it wouldn't have fitted inside the Grand Place.
A European Interactive Exhibition at the very end was a bit of a letdown and then there was the requisite visit to the gift shop before leaving. Outside in a sunny beer-garden with drinks in hand we all agreed our whistle-stop European tour had been lots of fun and the perfect way to spend the morning.
Hadn't heard of that one before Tanja but just had a look – it seems really similar, hope you enjoyed it there!! One to take note of for the future maybe!!
At first from your pics, I thought this was Legoland…as you mentioned you thought they might be similar. What a fun day!
They are a bit similar Diana, all those little models but what I loved about this place was they are exact replicas of the real things. Also as it is all to scale, you get to compare the Leaning Tower of Pisa with the Eiffel Tower for example, I just loved that. It was a really fun family day out.
Thanks for this! I was trying to decide if we should go when we are there in December. Also, what was the Automium like, worth visiting?
Aww thanks Joy! We are there during the Christmas Market so might have a rough time of it as well. I will leave it as a bad weather thing to do. Thanks for the response!
Looking forward to getting all the info on the Christmas market Jules – never been in Brussels at that time of year, will be great to hear what it's like.
What a fun introduction to all the sights of Europe! I've never heard of this before. I was particularly interested to see the Channel Tunnel having taken the train through it.
I loved that too – we've been through it a couple of times as well but never really thought how it would look. The whole place was fascinating, especially since it is all to scale.
Definitely.. loads of fun too!!
Sounds like a place to stop at when close by. Interesting!
Great for kids (big and little!!) – we all loved it, definitely something for the whole family here.
Thanks for sharing this one – it would usually be something I would avoid, but your comment about seeing the scale of all those landmarks compared to eachother has piqued my interest! My children would love it, and it's so true that they deserve to have a part in the adventure choosing… What is the big silver thing?
I had avoided this place in the past too but just loved our visit. It was that thing about seeing the Eiffel Tower next to Big Ben etc. and just seeing how they compared – utterly fascinating. The big silver structure is the Atomium – it's separate to this place, we went inside and explored there too, probably going to do a post about that!!
It is a great place to explore and have fun Kamila – glad you liked it too!!
Sorry, I meant – virtual – tour :)!
I have wanted to go here ever since I heard about it!
Your grandchildren would love it too!!
We had such a great time – so interesting and so much more than I was expecting for sure. I loved the Grand Place because we got to see that flower carpet!!
I've avoided it in the past Rosemary, our son really wanted to go and that was why we did. It was so much fun though, I loved the models too and the fact everything is to scale – so fascinating to compare iconic landmarks and buildings – we just had such a great day out.
This is the type of place that I would've missed (personal preferences), but now I'm intrigued because I'd love to see the different landmarks of Europe in a side-by-side comparison. Although I would have some difficulty with NOT acting out some crazy "Godzilla-stomping-on-Europe" scenes.
I'd missed it out too in the past for the same reason, loved it this time though Melissa, like you say the comparison thing is so fascinating. Glad our son didn't think about the Godzilla thing – that might have made for quite a different visit!!
I am intrigued by the structure with the strange round silver balls in the second picture – is that the 'Atomium'?
That guidebook was a little gem – so many interesting facts, like I said the travel wish list got longer thanks to all that information!! The big silver ball structure is the Atomium – we visited in the afternoon and another first for me, we went inside. Having seen it from the outside in the past we decided to finally check that off the list too!!
Joy, what a fun place! I just know your son enjoyed every minute!
He certainly did Pam – well we all did actually!! A lot of fun and something for everyone, we had such a lovely morning there.
Ha ha George – love it!!
We had such a great morning – the structures were all incredible so all my doubts went right out the window!!
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By Alan Oakes
Michelle and Gil Lohr of Lohr Homes have been building custom homes in the Austin, Texas, area for more than 10 years, and the firm recently completed a residence in a sought-after neighborhood called Tarrytown. As builders of green homes for discerning clients, they know their customers demand a high level of attention to detail. "We wanted the home to have the feel of the neighborhood both on the outside and the inside," Michelle says. "We understand what clients want and expect, that helps set the relationship tone once you start custom construction."
Austin has a reputation for embracing innovation and uniqueness, and because of this spirit, the city came to value green design long before other major metropolitan areas. Boasting a highly educated labor pool, low unemployment, and remarkable growth amid a fragile ecosystem has meant that citizens of the city are ahead of the curve when it comes to knowing about sustainable living and design. "We find clients are very knowledgeable in green building," Michelle says. "They are willing to spend on the additional costs and features of green building because they understand the benefits."
As builders who work primarily with infill projects, the Lohrs appreciate the eclectic nature of Austin neighborhoods, where one can find midcentury modern ranch homes adjacent to Mediterranean villas. "Austin is an international melting pot, thus all these styles of homes are relevant, and it's really about incorporating the green construction into these various styles," Michelle says.
The Lohrs' projects are a testament to the level of comfort the husband-and-wife team have with various vernacular styles. "Every home we build is different in style and architecture from its predecessor," Michelle says. "It gets us interested and involved." She says building green is great because it doesn't have one specific look; clients are not limited to one style.
As for what specifically their clients are looking for in new home construction, Michelle's husband, who is the lead builder on their projects, describes what customers tell him. "They are looking for a floor plan and a house that will fit their needs, and at the same time that the cost of maintaining the house will be low and the overall construction budget is within their budget." Gil is fast to explain that the cost for building green homes has gone down quite a bit in Austin. He notes that with an additional budget of between five and eight percent, customers can have an efficient Austin Energy three-star-certified green home. "That extra investment will save on utility bills, maintenance, and other expenses, so within a few years, not only do you save that initial extra cost to build a green home, you start to save money," he adds.
The Lohrs strive to make sure the needs of their clients are met. Michelle, who is also an artist, offers her interior design services to their custom clients for a complete look. She believes this gives their clients a greater sense of comfort. "After they see our products," she says, "they feel like they have someone who not only leads them the right way in construction, but also holds their hand during the design phase."
The Tarrytown home has garnered attention for its fresh look and quality green construction. Michelle says that people have called them after looking at the property and are so impressed that they were interested in hiring the Lohrs for upcoming projects, which will most likely be green as well. "We love building green because it makes great sense to do so," Michelle says. "We love the ideology because it's building what you believe in."

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Dell'Arte Thesis Festival, May 13-23
By Kali Cozyris on May 12, 2021 at 10:22AM
Been waiting for the curtain to rise on live theater again? Dell'Arte's got the green light and is thrilled to present The Cauldron of Destiny Thesis Festival — four original works by the school's graduating MFA class.
RCT's Bloomsday Back for One Night Only
By Kali Cozyris on March 26, 2021 at 12:00PM
Jaunt back to the Emerald Isle with Redwood Curtain Theatre to revisit a sweet, heartwarming love story whose telling was cut short by unforseen circumstances. In March of 2020, the pandemic shut down the final performances of RCT's Bloomsday when there was so much more love (and brilliant perfomances) to give. 'Twas a cryin' shame.
Zero to Fierce Womxn's Festival
By Kali Cozyris on March 6, 2021 at 11:17AM
Playhouse Arts presents the 5th annual Zero to Fierce Womxn's Festival 2021, happening Monday, March 8 - Sunday, March 14. The festival is chock full of (mostly) Zoom events showcasing local and out of the area performing and visual artists, scholars, chefs, faith leaders, and social activists.
Artists Dismantling Capitalism Moves Online
By Kali Cozyris on February 25, 2021 at 6:30AM
'Confession' Hits Amazon Prime with Local Talent and Scenery
by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on December 16, 2020 at 7:16PM
The Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission has good news for those of us who've burned through our streaming queues: Humboldt artist and author Daniel Niyiri's thriller Confession is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. The drama centers on a forensic psychiatrist's evaluation of a captured murderer who claims to be a demon.
Dell'Arte's Holiday Show Comes to Your Living Room
by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on November 28, 2020 at 11:55AM
As you scan the growing list of holiday traditions we'll be skipping this year due to COVID-19 and Humboldt County's move into the purple "widespread" risk tier, cross off the annual Dell'Arte holiday show. The Blue Lake-based theater folks are taking the always innovative performances, which normally tour the county with free shows for the kiddies, virtual.
Virtual Veils: Photos of Saturday's Remote Dance Performance
by Mark Larson on October 20, 2020 at 7:07PM
My original plan for Saturday evening was to stay home and watch the live-streamed Arcata Playhouse Arts presentation Intersections, Where We Meet. The Playhouse's theater venue has been closed for months and I was intrigued by the potential of seeing more than 40 performers and eight pieces featuring dancers, classical musicians, storytellers, a clown, poets and artists from secret locations all over Arcata, a local beach and Southern California — all from home.
A Love Story for the Stages
by Kali Cozyris on October 11, 2020 at 3:42PM
With stages and shows dark, what are a couple of theater kids to do? For local actors, Evan Needham and Caroline McFarland, creativity burns in them and so doth the fire of love and, COVID be damned, both must be expressed!
FRT to Reopen Fall of 2021, Satlof Stepping Down
by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on August 29, 2020 at 5:42PM
In a press release Thursday, Ferndale Repertory Theatre, which has been shut down since shelter in place was declared in March, announced it would focus on repairs and hold off reopening until fall of 2021. It also shared that Artistic Producing Director Leira V. Satlof will be stepping down.
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky will toughen its laws to fight the increasingly dangerous heroin crisis, Attorney General Andy Beshear announced Friday.
Beshear appeared at a news conference Friday with Northern Kentucky State Rep. Dennis Keene (D-Wilder) and Rep. Russ Meyer (D-Nicholasville) who have pre-filed legislation to amend the state's laws to fight the powerful drugs that have caused an increasing number of overdoses and deaths across the Commonwealth.
The bill's goal is to address fentanyl and similar powerful synthetic opioids, both known and unknown, by creating a new class definition for known fentanyl derivatives. Currently under state law classifications only cover fentanyl derivatives scheduled in Kentucky.
Under the legislation, controlled substance analogues, a broader definition, would cover unknown fentanyl derivatives and chemicals that have been altered beyond the current class description.
Additionally, the bill creates and increases criminal penalties for trafficking of fentanyl, fentanyl derivatives and analogues, which are structurally similar chemical compounds. Both known and unknown fentanyl derivatives are potent and deadly. The increase amends previous statutes treating these drugs the same as heroin, despite them being significantly more dangerous.
Kentucky's criminal penalties must adequately reflect the dangerous and deadly nature of these drugs, said Beshear, lawmakers and a group of local law enforcement officials at today's announcement in Lexington.
Beshear joined Reps. Keene and Meyer earlier Friday in Grayson where they testified before the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary on solutions to Kentucky's growing drug epidemic.
Beshear said there are potentially 830 analogues or chemically similar versions of fentanyl, but according to the federal officials, Kentucky has only seen about 30 versions in the Commonwealth.
Beshear's office recently assisted in a series of fentanyl overdoses in a 24-hour period in Mount Sterling.
Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky recently had an epidemic of heroin being mixed with carfentanil that lead to several overdose deaths.
Beshear said drug treatment is an important part in Kentucky's fight against addiction.
In the 2016 legislative session Beshear worked with lawmakers to use $8 million from a lawsuit his office won against a drugmaker to fund 15 high-quality substance abuse treatment centers and organizations throughout the state.
The Attorney General's office also helped to secure $2 million from a settlement with another drugmaker to fund Rocket Docket programs. These programs expedite drug-related cases through the judicial system and get those who need it most to treatment quickly. The programs create efficiencies for the state, local county jails and prosecutors, generating more than $10 million in savings last year.


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Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham Are Married! All the Details on Their Neil Lane Wedding Bands
"Ever since we've gotten together, we wanted to fast-forward to this day."
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JanuLARIE is here! The Bachelor's Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham tied the knot at the Haiku Mill in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, January 12, in front of family and close friends in a nontelevised ceremony.
"Ever since we've gotten together, we wanted to fast-forward to this day," the race car driver told Us Weekly. "It's been a year. That's kind of crazy 'cause I remember a year ago we were doing 'happy couples [weekend on The Bachelor]' and talking about getting married and wanting to do that, even last year, so it's awesome that the day is finally here."
For the big day, the bride wore a custom-made ethereal style gown by Hayley Paige, while the groom donned a classic black tuxedo. The couple's ceremony featured a tropical vibe that was filled with greenery from floor to ceiling.
Naturally, the couple exchanged Neil Lane wedding bands during their ceremony. "Lauren's wedding band is a handmade platinum eternity band set with almost 35 French cut diamonds down the center and surrounded on all three sides with over 200 smaller round diamonds," the jeweler told Us Weekly. The total weight of all the diamonds is about 3.9 carats."
The groom's band had a much less flashy feel. "Arie has a rose gold band fused with platinum," Lane said.
In March of 2018, the groom popped the question to Burnham with a Neil Lane engagement ring, that according to Us Weekly is "just over 3.6 carats and cushion cut with a center stone surrounded by a diamond halo."
The couple met during the 22nd season of The Bachelor in 2017. Luyendyk originally proposed to Becca Kufrin during the season finale but later retracted his proposal after deciding he was still in love with Burnham. Luyendyk and Burnham later got engaged during the live After the Final Rose special in March.
"I made some bad decisions but the best decision was running back to you," the reality star said before he got down on one knee. "I truly believe you are my soul mate. I'm ready to face this life with you and all that comes with it. I love you so much. I wanted to do this in front of everyone because I want to show you that I should have done this a long time ago."
The two currently live in Phoenix and are expecting their first child, a girl, which they announced in November.
"We are so excited," the former Bachelor told Us at the time. "It's going to be a whole new chapter in our lives."
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Joel Moose Elber and Peter White will be broadcasting live from the annual Bob Baines Blarney Breakfast on March 15, 7-9 a.m. on WMNH.
MANCHESTER, NH – The 17th annual Bob Baines Blarney Breakfast is still on for March 15 at the Radisson Hotel. Tickets are $150 each, so you may just want to tune in to listen to all the action from the sidelines – The Morning Show with Peter White and the Moose will be broadcasting live, via WMNH 95.3 FM. (Stream the program from the WMNH websiteif you're not driving around in your car).
You can count on the Morning Show co-hosts Peter White and Joel "Moose" Elber to snag some great interviews throughout the event, and dish on the crowd, including who's wearing the most green, what cool items are up for auction, and how much delicious food the Moose was able to score, with his usual charm.
Irish Tenor Finbar Wright will be on stage for the annual Blarney Breakfast.
The annual event, hosted by former Manchester Mayor Bob Baines, has become a St. Patrick's Day tradition in Manchester, and in the process, has raised more than $900,000 to date for Special Olympics New Hampshire, the March of Dimes, The American Red Cross and the Shirley Brulotte Fund for the International Institute of New Hampshire, through ticket sales and raffles of great auction items.
Entertainment by Finbar Wright,one of the famous Irish tenors, and motivational speaker Deo Mwano, of Manchester, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo whohas turned his early life of hardship around by sharing with others his experiences as he created a new pathway forward for himself and his family.
Also on the program to address the crowd:Gov. Chris Sununu, Mayor Ted Gatsas, and Stan Spirou, coach of the SNHU's Penmen basketball team.
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Govt may review stand on troops for Iraq
Natwar Singh meets Powell
Ashish Kumar Sen writes from Washington
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh said on Thursday that while New Delhi had not been asked to send troops to Iraq, such a request would "have to be discussed by the government and the Cabinet Committee on Security." "We are a coalition government so the matter will have to be discussed by the government and by the Cabinet Committee on Security," Mr Singh said.
Mr Singh met Secretary of State Colin Powell at the State Department on Thursday morning.
Mr Powell said the question of India contributing troops to a multinational force in Iraq had been raised in the meeting.
The Congress party had opposed an earlier resolution in Parliament on sending troops to Iraq.
Noting a "changed" situation and welcoming the recent adoption of a UN Security Council resolution on Iraq, Mr Singh said: "There is a resolution unanimously passed in United Nations and there are Arab members in it. We'll look at it very carefully. But I must emphasise that this matter will have to be placed before the government at the highest level so it would be premature for me to say yea or nay."
Mr Powell and Mr Singh discussed a full range of bilateral and regional issues in their meeting. Mr Singh described the exchange as "very frank, wide-ranging, lively, occasionally amusing discussion on every single aspect of our relationship."
The Secretary of State said both sides agreed that the USA and India had "a very good, strong relationship right now and we intend to not only keep it strong but to build on that relationship, to move forward."
Earlier, in an interview with BBC's Hardtalk, Mr Natwar Singh appeared to distance himself from former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy of forging closer ties with the USA.
When asked if India was a natural ally of the USA, he responded: "I wouldn't go that far."
Mr Singh said the Manmohan Singh government was "determined to work closely with the US administration to take this partnership forward in all areas." "Both our countries have clear commonalities in shaping a democratic and pluralistic world order free of terrorism," he said.
Mr Singh, who attended President John F Kennedy's funeral in Washington in 1963, represented India at President Ronald Reagan's funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington on Friday.
He noted the important role played by Mr Reagan in strengthening Indo-US relations, and recalled the late president's warm relationship with Mrs Indira Gandhi during her visit to Washington in 1982.
"In his passing away, India has lost a steadfast friend, the USA an inspiring leader, the world an outstanding statesman," Mr Singh said.
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Congratulations, you're an Industry Insider Television Writing Contest Semi-Finalist!
I had never read a movie script before I came across screenwriting last year (2016) when I did my Cert IV in Professional Writing and Editing. I had no idea that screenwriting existed, well I did know about it, but never tried to find out more about it. "Writing a movie" had never come to mind. Figuring out how a movie is actually made never crossed my mind. It was always about writing books or blogging. And to be fair on me, I was not surrounded by people who knew or would talk about it, unlike today.
That's why I am so thrilled I went ahead with writing and publishing my first book. It might not be a bestseller, but I gain so much knowledge from doing it. It got me to want to learn more and do a Cert IV and now studying creative writing at university. My parents and I don't talk, but this is not something they would have supported. A bit like my daughter said: "Mum, a degree in Creative Writing is not going to give a job!". But I am not doing it to "get a job" per se. Of course, I would like to earn money from just writing one day and stay self-employed but I also want to have solid knowledge, a solid base. This first semester at university already showed me there is much more to learn and like any things, you can learn something new every day.
So to get back on the topic of screenwriting, I was lucky that at the same time I started my screenwriting elective for my Cert IV, I went on a date with a screenwriter. He wasn't boyfriend material but he was a hell of a teacher and he coming into my life was perfect timing. For this elective, I had to write a 10-minute short film.
It was around the time when Tom Clancy's The Division video game came out. I love that game and when I found out about a series of short films commissioned by Ubisoft to promote the video game, I wanted to see a feature movie or even better: a TV series. That's where my original idea came from.
My storyline wasn't great and probably not suited for a ten minutes story but it was certainly good practice in learning how to use a screenwriting software such as Final Draft. I also tried Celtx which has a free option and ended up buying The Writer Duet screenwriting program.
I entered the Industry Insider Television Writing Contest with my idea organised by The Writers Store. I had to provide a plan for a 5-seasons TV series plan and won a place in the 50 semi-finalists, leaving about six weeks to write the TV pilot for a chance to get in the top 10.
My guess is that other contestants probably had their TV pilot already written. I'm also guessing that most contestants, had years of experience in the screenwriting industry. My date had 20 years experience and a degree in Films so it is fair to think his kind was most of my competition, on top of being a worldwide renown competition with 1000s of entry. It was so exciting to see my name on the website as a finalist – the first time ever I had been a finalist of any sorts. When I received the emails I was jumping up and down, trying to contain myself as it was about 6am and my household was still deep into sleep.
All I had was a 10-minute short film script and one month experience in screenwriting. But that did not deter me. Mainly because I really wanted to see a TV series and my son was also excited about the idea, so that gave me a bigger purpose even. And for six weeks, I worked hard at it. Questioning everything and every one for ideas, staring at a blank page for hours, crying for the lack of ideas, waking up in the middle of the night with a breakthrough and jumping on the computer to write it before I forgot. I have to admit, it was six weeks of pure hell. But I did it.
Unfortunately, this is not the kind of things you can tell when you enter a contest and I was utterly disappointed when I didn't make it to the top 10. It was heartbreaking. I had poured out my soul in that six weeks process and ended up feeling like a failure for not making it through. This was my first official rejection, and it won't be the last, but I had to go through it.
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IUFRO President Don Koo Lee thanked IUFRO Board at the close of the meeting.
The XXIII IUFRO World Congress met for the final time on Saturday in Seoul, Republic of Korea. In plenary, participants heard an impassioned keynote address by Peter Shaw Ashton, Harvard University, on the "disastrous trajectory for the rain forests." Fifteen technical sessions met as well, along with three sub-plenaries covering IUFRO's priorities for 2010-2014, forest biodiversity, and decentralization and forest livelihoods in a globalized world. A beautiful video montage and vocal accompaniment began the closing ceremony, which included numerous speeches including those of incoming IUFRO President Niels Elers Koch, and closing words from outgoing president Don Koo Lee.
Peter Shaw Ashton, Harvard University, drew on decades of experience in South East Asia to expound on the trajectory of tropical rainforests.
Peter Shaw Ashton receiving a token of appreciation from IUFRO President Don Koo Lee.
Plenary Chair Su See Lee, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, introduced the Keynote speaker, Peter Shaw Ashton, Harvard University, detailing his long and acclaimed career of work on tropical forests.
IUFRO participants in a group discussion, with the Forest Aviation Headquarters' fire prevention helicopter in the background.
Back in the COEX complex on Friday after a damp day of field trips, participants enthusiastically filled 20 early morning technical sessions before hearing the keynote speech by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom in plenary, who also participated in a sub-plenary on new frontiers of forest economics. The two other sub-plenaries focused on agroforestry: the way forward, and enhancement of service life of wood in an environmentally conscious global society. Another 18 technical sessions met in the afternoon, as well as numerous side events and business events.
Plenary Chair John Innes, University of British Columbia, emphasized it was time the natural and social sciences worked together.
Elinor Ostrom accepting a token of appreciation from IUFRO President Don Koo Lee.
IUFRO participants in an excursion to the World Cup Park, a landfill site turned Eco-Park.
On Thursday, participants had a chance to brave the elements and experience innovative and inspiring forest-related projects in and around the Republic of Korea. Of the eight field trips, IISD Reporting Services was there to cover two of them, on Landscape Restoration and Sub-alpine Forest, and Old-aged Natural Forests and Landfill Restoration. Remaining field trips included excursions to learn about: a protected area for biological diversity; non-timber forest products; conservation and utilization of forest genetic resources; forests and human health; sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach; and the wood processing industry.
Arriving at the Korean National Arboretum.
Participants in their element looking at various forest biodiversity.
Participants looking around the experimental forest site.
IUFRO delegates with the IUFRO Congress mascot mixing a giant serving of "Bibimbap".
Photo courtesy of Reem Hajjar.
On Wednesday, participants dug deep into technical issues following a plenary keynote speech by José Joaquín Campos Arce, Director General of Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE). The day continued with three sub-plenaries on forest genetic resources, forest monitoring for climate change, and forest biomass utilization. Thirty-nine technical sessions met, covering all nine Congress themes, along with multiple side and business events, as well as the final official poster session.
John Parrotta, US Forest Service, moderated the plenary session.
José Joaquín Campos Arce, CATIE, accepting a token of appreciation from IUFRO President Don Koo Lee.
IUFRO theme banners prominently displayed in the exhibition hall.
On Tuesday, participants continued discussing forestry issues of every hue, beginning with a keynote speech by Frances Seymour, the Director-General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in the main plenary on past and future challenges of forest research. The day continued with three sub-plenaries on urban forests, the next generation of forest research, and forests and climate mitigation. Additionally, 38 technical sessions met, covering all nine Congress themes, along with multiple side and business events, as well as the first of two official poster sessions.
Frances Seymour, CIFOR, giving the keynote speech on past and future challenges facing forest research.
Niels Elers Koch, Forest and Landscape, Denmark, chaired the plenary session.
Lee Myung-Bak, President of the Republic of Korea, giving his opening address.
Don Koo Lee, IUFRO President, and Su See Lee, IUFRO, presented the Host Scientific Award to Sung Gak Hong, The National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea.
Don Koo Lee, IUFRO President, and Su See Lee, IUFRO, presented the Scientific Achievement Awards.
Lee Myung-Bak, President of the Republic of Korea (center) alongside IUFRO Congress VIPs. Photo courtesy of IUFRO.
Korean musician and actress Lee Tae Won entertained participants during the closing plenary of XXIII IUFRO World Congress.
L-R: IUFRO participants Rahmawaty, Indonesia; Nuzhat Qazi, India and Eny Farridah, Indonesia posed for a picture by the entrance to the exhibition hall.
IUFRO participants Adejoke Akinyele, Nigeria, and Lucy Ammisah, Ghana, exchanging contact details.
IUFRO participants from the Philippines.
Korea Forest Service exhibition booth.
L-R: ENB writers Liz Willetts; Kunbao Xia; Aaron Leopold; and Graeme Auld with IUFRO mascots.


The Kodak Fun Flash camera is a fun, easy way into shooting with film. Loaded with ISO 800 film and a flash, it's great for shooting with both indoors and out.
It produces images vibrant colours and good sharpness. Small and lightweight, it's preloaded with film, so no faffing about!


Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women (Cleaver, 2005; Mumtaz, 2005; Schady, 2001; Thorp et al., 2005). The objective of this review and annotated bibliography is to examine social movements within and across various strata of society (i.e. not only the chronically poor; and case studies that include men and women), in order to identify the key features that may facilitate or limit the ability of social movement organisations (SMOs) to be inclusive of the chronically poor and give voice to their demands.
effectively address the constraints on chronically poor women's participation through the delivery of key resources, such as basic needs that address asset and time poverty.
engage with the state in meaningful and innovative ways.
The literature review is followed by a selected annotated bibliography of the supporting readings, which draw upon social movement, feminist, collective action and gendered chronic poverty literature.


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AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine study seeking minority participants
On Jan. 8, Dyan Wright received her shot to take part in the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Study. (Source: Dyan Wright)
By Karina Bolster | January 11, 2021 at 6:33 PM EST - Updated January 14 at 2:22 PM
HENRICO Co., Va. (WWBT) - While a third COVID-19 vaccine is still in the works here in the United States, there is a way you could get that vaccine ahead of time through a clinical study.
Clinical Research Partners in Henrico is conducting the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials in the metro area and desperately needs more people of color to get involved.
"African Americans are dying at a much higher rate than our counterparts," said Dyan Wright, a participant in the study.
In November, the CDC released data showing the Black population was nearly three times more likely to die from COVID-19 complications than the white population.
Wright said early on she was skeptical about getting the vaccine but changed her mind shortly after the new year.
"As soon as I saw our Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris take it, I said you know, I'm going to go ahead and take it," she said. "If it prevents one death, prevents 10,000 deaths, I'm all for it."
Kamala Harris on getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine will save your life. I have absolute confidence in our scientists and look forward to getting my second shot.
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However, as an African American woman, Wright understands why some people just like her may be hesitant after concerns in the past. It is why she decided to sign up for the study.
"I'm really advocating for African Americans to go ahead and take it because of the Tuskegee experiments," Wright said.
Researchers with the study said since October they've had more than 1,700 participants but currently need more men and women like Wright.
"We can only enroll anybody (any race) 65 and older but only people of color if they're under the age of 65," said Dr. Robert Call.
Clinical Research Partners are searching for volunteers to take part in the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine study. (Source: Clinical Research Partners)
Participants would receive either the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine or a placebo. Call said two out of three participants will receive the vaccine. The shot is given on day one and day 29 of participation.
"We measure the blood for antibodies after the vaccine," Call said.
Wright received her shot on Friday.
"I haven't had any side effects," she added. "On Friday I did feel some warmth go up my arm and back down my arm, but that was about it."
While the United Kingdom has already started using this vaccine, researchers said taking part in the two-year study will help provide long-term data during the ongoing fight against COVID.
"This is an opportunity to get a COVID vaccine and hopefully be protected against the COVID virus," Call said.
Call said currently an interim depth analysis is being done on the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in the United States.
"If everything looks good enough, they'll be able to submit to the FDA, hopefully by the end of January," he said.
However, Call added if the vaccine is released for emergency use in the March timeframe, researchers would "unblind" all the participants who received the placebo to allow them to receive the actual vaccine.
For more information on taking part in this study, click here.
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Edison Sailing Center offers NASBLA-approved Safe Boater education programs that comply with the law ( "In order to operate a motorboat of 10hp or greater, FL law requires anyone born on or after Jan 1, 1988, to successfully complete an approved boating safety course and obtain a Boating Safety Education ID Card."). Edison teaches both the US Powerboat Safe Powerboat Handling course and the Florida Bobber Card course, How to Boat Smart, both of which include up to 8 hours on the water in various types of outboard boats. We teach youth ages 10 -17 and adults ages 18+. Most youth courses are offered during one or more of Edison's summer programs or through an organization's request for training, e.g. a private or parochial school, scouting programs, etc. Youth boater education is comprised of Florida's (FWC) How to Boat Smart boater education course. This is referred to as the Bobber Card course ( logo above). While this course teaches the content knowledge, it does not provide for any on-the-water skills development. The US Coast Guard and NASBLA have identified 30+ specific boat handling skills that all beginning boat operators must be able to demonstrate. Edison teaches these on-the-water skills as part of its safe boater education training and requires satisfactory demonstration of the skills.
We recommend the US Powerboating course for youth ages 13-17. This 16 hour program may also be taken during the summer or arranged through a school or organization. This course goes more in depth with boater education and complies with both Florida law and national (NASBLA) regulations.
Those who complete an approved boater education course hold a Lifetime safe boater card (there is no expiration date at this time).
For those who fall under the boater education law (born on or after 1/1/88), we offer the US Powerboating course, Safe Powerboat Handling. This is a combination class time and water time program that meets the NASBLA requirements and with satisfactory completion results in the NASBLA Boater Education license.
For those who have been operating a powerboat for some time, consider themselves fairly proficient, but still fall under the boater education law, we can offer a "challenge" course that allows the candidate to take the written exam for the Safe Powerboat Handling course, without class time + the on-the-water time. Successful completion (passing score of 80%+ on written) and demonstration of the OTW standards will result in a NASBLA license and official registration with US Powerboat .
For those who have some experience but just want a little more confidence in their boat handling, we can offer a "water time" only program that targets the basic safety and operating maneuvers but does not result in a boater's license.
Adult courses are scheduled both individually as well as in small groups. Course cost will depend on the format and option chosen.
ESC also offers boater education courses through our adult instructor, Capt. Jason Dunwody. Please click on the link to his website www.Florida Boating Made Easy.com for more information.
If you already have a Bobber Card or other Boater Education Identification Card…..
ESC offers the critical follow-up to online or seat-time only Boater Education courses, On The Water. While it is important to understand and follow the navigational markers and know basic boating content, until you have had experience on the water, practicing and safely executing all of the identified basic boat handling skills, you are missing an opportunity to apply that knowledge, safely and confidently.
On-the-Water Instruction for those who have successfully passed an online or seat time Safe Boater Education course can be arranged by contacting us at 239-454-5114 or at FloridaBoatingMadeEasy.com.
Your safety – and the safety of everyone on board – is priceless. Do you know how to safely execute an emergency stop? How are your docking skills? Can you execute a proper man overboard pick-up? Understand the importance of the kill switch and where it should be attached?


AMBULANCE bosses are urging people to be patient as crews battle icy weather to get to emergencies.
The East of England Ambulance Service Trust said it is facing a significant increase in demand across the county.
Hayden Newton, chief executive of the trust, called on people not to call for an ambulance again while waiting for assistance unless their condition changes.
"We are getting to patients as quickly as we possibly can," he said.
Mr Newton also urged people considering calling 999 for an ambulance to only do so if it is really necessary.


I am a Hoosier darnit!!
Last week my middle school post nearly tipped the scale for the most popular visited post in one day. I am a sucker for statistics so I check the numbers all of the time. I don't know if it was the Tretorn talk or the trojan talk, either way, you read what I had to say. I am a transplant to the Chicago area. I grew up in Indiana…on Main Street in fact. Even though I have lived here many years,occasionally in the summer, a smell, sound or a sensation hits me that reminds me of summers back home. The lackadaisical attitude, walks to the "strand" to see a move, greek's, riding bikes up and down main street. When I look back on it, life seemed so much easier then than now. Intellectually, I know it wasn't, I mean there were mean girls ruining perfectly decent shoes for goodness sake. But now that I am a mom, I wish for the same carefree summers for my children. I don't know if I can give them the same things in this Urban setting, but they'll always know I am a Hoosier at heart.
I couldn't sleep Friday night. I was tossing and tossing about in the sheets. When I saw K, K and L the next morning it seemed we were all in the same boat. The plan of action was this, K and I would start at about 6:30, head south on the path till we got to 51st street, or wherever the Garmin told us we had completed 5 miles. We said goodbye to K and L and took off at our snails' pace. Honestly, the first few miles were so beautiful. I don't know what was different about the run, but I had no problems breathing and felt good. I was very happy for my hat as the sun was baking hot. We were the first people across the 5 mile timing pad which made me laugh pretty hard. I was imagining someone at a computer wondering how the heck these two got there so fast, granted we passed it going the wrong way. At the turn around, we started seeing other runners, we saw the leader and then 8,000 runners started to pass us. Note to runners, the best way to get encouragement during the race is to be a fattie. Many people took time out of their run to congratulate us and tell us how good we were doing. Partially in shock I believe, I am sure there were some questions as to how we got there so fast. We did finish the race! It was exciting. I felt like dying at the end and those last 2 miles sucked. I was so happy that P our partner and friend who couldn't do the run cause of an injury cheered us on went the last few miles with us. Here are some shots of the day.
I probably won't do another long distance run like this. I think 10 miles is a little too long for me. Maybe some shorter runs like 10 K or others, but I never really know what's in store for me, hanging around with this group of women, you just have to stay on your toes!! One final shot from the day.


Yesterday I had a very unique experience! I'm often blogging newborns, and absolutely love when they come in two's (twins, yay!) but yesterday I got to photograph eight babies...EIGHT! We went to their home just south of Sioux Falls, and I got to snuggle and love on them just like I do my regular newborn clients! Okay, so they weren't newborn humans, but they did present their own challenges and personalities, and I was so honored to get to capture Emme, a dog I've photographed in the past's, litter! Momma is a Goldendoodle, and daddy is a Wire Hair Pointing Griffon; and its so crazy to see how those unique traits came out in each pup! They are quite the brood, with lots of energy and of course sweet kisses. Congratulations Vostad Family, and future pup families; on your new additions!
Update: Angel is still looking for her forever home!


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Theresa May repeatedly refuses to condemn Trump's immigration ban
London [UK], Jan. 29 : British Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly refused to condemn the ban on refugees and entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations imposed by U.S.
President Donald Trump. She was speaking just a day after meeting the new President in Washington, where the pair pledged their commitment to the "special relationship" between Britain and the U.S., reports the Independent.
May who is presently in Turkey for bilateral talks, held a joint press conference with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
Their talks were overshadowed by global debate over Trump's executive order to ban Syrian refugees from entering the US indefinitely, halt all other asylum admissions for 120 days and suspend travel visas for citizens of "countries of particular concern", including Syria, Iraq and other Muslim-majority nations.
When pressed for her view on Trump's executive order, May replied: "The United States is responsible for the United States' policy on refugees, the United Kingdom is responsible for the United Kingdom's policy on refugees." Yvette Cooper, the former shadow Home Secretary, sent a letter to the Prime Minister urging her to echo condemnation from French and German ministers over the "deeply troubling" executive order.
Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, said the Prime Minister's refusal to condemn Mr Trump's Muslim ban "is shocking, wrong and cannot stand".
He added: "It flies in the face of the values of people across Britain." Meanwhile, the United Nations has condemned Trump's ban on refugees.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and International Organisation for Migration called on the new President's administration to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, a right protected by international law.
"The needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been greater and the US resettlement program is one of the most important in the world," the two agencies said in a joint statement.
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Robert Burney, author of Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls, is a "Counselor for Wounded Souls" - a Spiritual teacher, codependency counselor, and grief therapist. He has developed an innovative, powerful approach to emotional / inner child healing that helped him to integrate intellectual knowledge and Spiritual Truth into his emotional relationship with life in a way that allowed him to change his experience of life from a hell of emotional suffering to an adventure that is exciting and enjoyable most of the time.
Robert is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict who has been clean and sober since January 3, 1984. He dates his codependency recovery from June 3, 1986, when he made a conscious commitment to do whatever was necessary to heal his emotional wounds and change the subconscious programming that was dictating his relationship with self, life, and other people. He credits the ancient Spiritual principles, that are the foundation of the twelve step recovery process, with first saving his life, and then with helping him to develop an inner peace and faith that allows him to relax and be present to experience moments of Joy in almost every day of his life - a way of living that helps him to feel happy to be alive. On the internet, and in his book, he shares his experience, strength and hope as part of his ongoing healing and recovery process - because that is how the ancient wisdom of the twelve step principles work.
"I share my Truth and myself, as a Joyous expression of my Spiritual Being, because it is what I need to do for me. Giving and receiving is what keeps the healing energy flowing for me. I have learned that through giving of what I have received I am healing me.
This is my way of standing up for my Truth, and of honoring "All My Relations," which is a Native American term that refers to the Great Spirit whose essence is present in everyone and everything. We are all related to everyone and everything.
I do this in honor and service to my belief that the ultimate, eternal, blessed Truth is that we are all ONE. That we are all perfect parts of the ONENESS of ALL THAT IS - which is the Universal Creative God-Force.
I share as an expression of Love, as an act of Karmic settlement, and with hope that sharing the Joy that I have found in my Truth will remind you of the Truth which exists within you. Of the Truth of who you Truly are, and why you are here."


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Crime Dataset Analysis
The file size is around 25 MB and will take few minutes to. The implementation was tested on Mason server on Hydra Clusters, provided by George Mason University, Department of Computer Science. Datasets, tables, and reports for periodic surveys, 1989-2000, of victim rates, fear of crime, and subjective wellbeing within European countries. More information about these indices. Data from Home Office police recorded crime. Public data sets for multivariate data analysis IMPORTANT: all downloadable material listed on these pages - appended by specifics mentioned under the individual headers/chapters - is available for public use. Crime analysis and prediction using data mining Abstract: Crime analysis and prevention is a systematic approach for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime. All of the most interesting and coolest datasets for analysis that I've used are here. Download Open Datasets on 1000s of Projects + Share Projects on One Platform. Usage USArrests Format. Download the dataset by clicking on the Export button and choose CSV format. Sunlight and the What Works Cities program more broadly are vendor-neutral for open data platforms. The discretization allowed for a more general analysis of the time of crime. So first, let's do some basic analysis. – Commonly applied to large volumes of data, such as census data. Data mining is the underlying engine and key component in each of these crime data utilization systems. Public data sets for multivariate data analysis IMPORTANT: all downloadable material listed on these pages - appended by specifics mentioned under the individual headers/chapters - is available for public use. Enter the data for URBAN (percent living in urban areas), MURDER (murders per million residents), ROBBERY (robberies per million residents), POLICE (police employees per 100,000 population), and REGION for the 50 states that are presented on the attached page. I did an econometrics project a couple years ago on teen pregnancy rates across the 50 US states. Anewobjectcalledcrime_data iscreatedtostorethisdata. The simplest kind of linear regression involves taking a set of data (x i,y i), and trying to determine the "best" linear relationship y = a * x + b Commonly, we look at the vector of errors: e i = y i - a * x i - b. This dataset contains the next columns: Crime ID: Identificator of the crime. We will be using three datasets that are available on the city of Chicago's Data Portal: Socioeconomic Indicators in Chicago - Chicago Public Schools - Chicago Crime Data - donscara/Chicago-Crime-Data-Analysis. Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program; National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Statistics; HPD's Transition from UCR to NIBRS; Recent Crime Map hosted by CrimeReports. This dataset is designed to teach how to determine differences in presentation of the same news event by different media by using content analysis. The results of our study have implications for studies of crime networks and crime control. All of the most interesting and coolest datasets for analysis that I've used are here. dta files in (a) ZIP format or (b) a self-extracting EXE file (download and double-click) Select individual *. This Problem Data set of San Francisco Contains information about the crime in San Francisco, We are going to analyze the data, Visualize the data using folium maps for geographical understanding. Adding people, phones, vehicles and times. Visualizing your data is important in all types of analysis, but in GIS data, it's. Unemployment and Crime Rates in the Post-World War II United States: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Created Date: 20160806213408Z. Crime mapping serves three main functions within crime analysis: 1. Dataset loading utilities¶. Other data are collected through national surveys implemented by UNODC in cooperation with national governments or are compiled from scientific literature. dta files from the table below. Next, using ArcGIS Business Analyst , you obtain a dataset of businesses that either sell or serve alcohol (this includes bars, nightclubs, lounges, taverns, liquor stores, and so. gov has grown to over 200,000 datasets from hundreds of … Continued. - Typically the first kind of data analysis performed on a data set - Commonly applied to large volumes of data, such as census data-The description and interpretation processes are different steps - Univariate and Bivariate are two types of statistical descriptive analyses. Launched by the U. To further analyse crimes' datasets, the paper introduces an analysis study by combining our findings of Denver crimes' dataset with its demographics information in order to capture the factors that might affect. This data set is an extension of UCF50 data set which has 50 action categories. Feel free to join the RapidMiner Community and do this together with other analysts. Data is extracted from the Chicago Police Department's CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting) system. Data is extracted from the Chicago Police Department's CLEAR (Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting) system. by Sergio Hernandez. Datasets publicly available on BigQuery (reddit. Redistribution in any other form is prohibited. They are: CRIM - per capita crime rate by town; ZN - proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000 sq. Multivariate and X-Ray Analysis of Pottery at Xigongqiao Archaeology Site Data. The data can then be analysed to answer questions such as (specific to the sample dataset): Where are the large clusters of crime incidents in Manchester? Where are the burglary hot spots?. SPS files must be opened using SPSS data analysis software. Within this framework, I will be observing the development path of an emerging subcentre through pin-pointing the development of Bayraklı, in relation to the perception of sustainability, enquiring whether urban redevelopment is regarded as a strategic term or a contextual element that has been embedded in architectural planning and in urban forms. Before the analysis, a simple data analysis such as convert data into a corrected data type, recode the variable into a readable format and select relevant variables is conducted as shown below:. This will be the first dataset to analyze. In this paper, we study discrimination-aware classification when applied to a real world dataset of Statistics Netherlands, which is a census body in the Netherlands. This analysis thus produced 9 total models explaining crime variation in cities, SMSAs, and states, across 3 decades. More specifically, we analysed datasets about crimes that took place in Los Angeles. Abstract: This paper presents an extended version of our measurement and analysis of data from the city of Los Angeles (Ibrahim and Shafiq, 2017). Below is a list of the variables in order. results with real crime data from London we obtain an accuracy of almost 70% when predicting whether a speci c area in the city will be a crime hotspot or not. Some are region or place data, like building footprints, or land use. Videos and Resources dataMontgomery Overview Filtering a dataset Sorting a About Open Montgomery Open Government Legislation Technical Standards Manual Open Data. The goal of this analysis is to. Temporal analysis of crime patterns, such as crime sprees (temporal association of crime from an individual or group) and vii. A short description of each anomalous event is given below. UCI Machine Learning Repository: UCI Machine Learning Repository 3. csv) Description. The simplest kind of linear regression involves taking a set of data (x i,y i), and trying to determine the "best" linear relationship y = a * x + b Commonly, we look at the vector of errors: e i = y i - a * x i - b. According to Shamoo and Resnik (2003) various analytic procedures "provide a way of drawing inductive inferences from data and distinguishing the signal (the phenomenon of interest. Louis, Missouri using SVM with k-means clustering. It facilitates visual and statistical analyses of the spatial nature of crime and other types of events. We offer seamless national coverage and up to 90% accuracy. Flexible Data Ingestion. Subject categories include criminal justice, education, energy, food and agriculture, government, health, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, and more. [email protected] missouri. further analyse crimes' datasets, the paper introduces an analysis study by combining our findings of Denver crimes' dataset with its demographics information in order to capture the factors that might affect the safety of neighborhoods. So first, let's do some basic analysis. Analysis of arrests over time provides valuable insights about a city and its changing crime trends and law enforcement policies. Because of the growing variety of datasets, we recommend that users start by visiting agency portal home pages to understand what data is provided, how its provided, what's. For the purpose of this study only data from the year 2017 is selected. Data from Home Office police recorded crime. Standard Datasets. With its dense population, it is also the hub of various types of crimes, and the crime rate has been a concern for the local government. – Typically the first kind of data analysis performed on a data set. The dataset is provided by Professor Mary E. General Services Administration (GSA) in May 2009 with a modest 47 datasets, Data. dta files from the table below. Regression in R for explorative analysis: US crime pattern analysis by socio-economic data at community level Published on June 3, 2017 June 3, 2017 • 13 Likes • 1 Comments. Multivariate and X-Ray Analysis of Pottery at Xigongqiao Archaeology Site Data. we used Decision Tree classifier and Naïve Bayesian classifier in order to predict potential crime types. # Create and look at new crime_data object. Pandas allows you to convert a list of lists into a Dataframe and specify the column names separately. Forecasting Crime: A City Level Analysis John V. The file size is around 25 MB and will take few minutes to. And others are pre-summarized data by area, like demographic or economic data at the census block group or neighborhood level. Violent Crime Rates by US State Description. This is a dataset containing records from a legacy crime incident report system, which includes multiple fields capturing when, where, and how the incident occurred, as well as who was involved. Crime Analysis is concerned with exploring different crime datasets, analyzing them and finding out certain patterns from them, so data analytics is a field which helps in establishing certain patterns from the data. Digitization of datasets renders them accessible to computer analysis. The Data Planet repository contains more than 157 billion data points from more than 80 source organizations. They highlighted the lack of negative samples in many types of datasets and addressed this problem using k-means clustering to partition the dataset into small sets. The implementation was tested on Mason server on Hydra Clusters, provided by George Mason University, Department of Computer Science. world helps us bring the power of data to journalists at all technical skill levels and foster data journalism at resource-strapped newsrooms large and small. The data is based on the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) which includes all victims of person crimes and all crimes within an incident. Dashboards Dashboards. Whereas, in. sas file giving the code for a SAS PROC using the data set. The very step in study of crime is crime analysis. Miscellaneous Crimes Against Society: Absconding from Lawful Custody / Bail Offences / Bigamy / Concealing an Infant Death Close to Birth / Dangerous Driving / Disclosure, Obstruction, False or Misleading State / Exploitation of Prostitution / Forgery or Use of Drug Prescription / Fraud or Forgery Associated with Driver Records / Going Equipped. Esri 's Crime Indexes data contains statistics about major categories of personal and property crime. co, datasets for data geeks, find and share Machine Learning datasets. Public Open Data DC site - production. The results of this solution could be used to raise people's awareness. This May marks the tenth anniversary of Data. - Type of data set applied to: Census Data Set - a whole. Analysis of arrests over time provides valuable insights about a city and its changing crime trends and law enforcement policies. csv Regular Season Match Results for England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain Premier Soccer Leagues 2013/4 Season Data (. The sklearn. A data frame with 50 observations on 4 variables. The violent crime of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter increased 8. In some cases, SPS data setup files may also be provided. UNODC regularly updates statistical series on crime, criminal justice, drug trafficking and prices, drug production, and drug use. Updated annually, the Crime Index data variables include information about murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. Communities and Crime Data Set Download: Data Folder, Data Set Description. Using ArcIMS and a custom Active Server Pages (ASP) reporting application that has been seamlessly integrated with ArcIMS, this information. We limited our analysis to Socrata datasets due to time constraints and data availability. It facilitates visual and statistical analyses of the spatial nature of crime and other types of events. The search engine below was designed to help you find out more easily which dataset among all the surveys available in the RDCs best suits your. These datasets are freely hosted and accessible using a variety of data warehouse and analytics software, from open source Apache Spark to cutting edge Google technologies like Google BigQuery and Google Cloud Dataflow. With this information, you can outline questions that will help you to make important business decisions and then set up your infrastructure (and culture) to address them on a consistent basis through accurate data insights. The data are from 244 US cities and "places" with populations of 100,000 or more. This tool also enables you to view local arrests. Analyses that provide risk predictions within delimited areas and time slots. In addition, the City of Houston and the Houston Police Department caution against using the crime data to make decisions or comparisons regarding the safety of or the amount of crime occurring in a particular area. This is a log of known issues with datasets on the portal that are open or being monitored. Users will find in Gender Info an easy-to-use tool to shed light on gender issues through customizable tables, graphs and maps. Networks with ground-truth communities : ground-truth network communities in social and information networks. Each dataset is small enough to fit into memory and review in a spreadsheet. we used Decision Tree classifier and Naïve Bayesian classifier in order to predict potential crime types. This data reflects reported incidents of crime that have occurred in the City of Chicago during a specific time period. So, before starting off with the analysis, Let me brief you about the dataset, According to the briefings, it says: This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that occurred in the City of Chicago from 2001 to present, minus the most recent seven days. The Red Deer data are presented simply as a text file that contains a report of a sequence of detailed observations. Analysis and Documentation • Planning animal studies to ensure all ethical standards were met. This dataset previously had separate endpoints for various years and types of incidents. This will be the first dataset to analyze. 61352 and the median is 0. Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program; National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Statistics; HPD's Transition from UCR to NIBRS; Recent Crime Map hosted by CrimeReports. Crime-fighting authorities have moved toward more proactive strategies for combating crime, gangs, and terrorism. Linking threats to risk of critical infrastructure based on vulnerability assessments. Crime Mapping The police incidents will provide data on the Part I crimes of arson, motor vehicle thefts, larcenies, burglaries, aggravated assaults, robberies and homicides as well as Part II crimes of drugs, alcohol offenses, disorderly conduct, embezzlement, family offenses, forgery, fraud, simple assault, stolen property, and vandalism. CHAPTER 13 Crime Analyses Using R Anindya Sengupta*, Madhav Kumar*, Shreyes Upadhyay{*Fractal Analytics, India, {Diamond Management and Technology Consultants, India 13. of analysis is often discussed as though it is distinct from crime analysis; in reality, however, crime mapping is a subdiscipline of crime analysis. You also can explore other research uses of this data set through the page. We conduct an empirical and analytical study at the level of:. Part II crimes include simple assault, prostitution, gambling, fraud, and other non-violent offenses. The United Nations has collected data on crime and criminal justice since the mid 1970~~ but little systematic use has been made of the data, with some exceptions. Using ArcIMS and a custom Active Server Pages (ASP) reporting application that has been seamlessly integrated with ArcIMS, this information. In this paper, Big Data analysis is used on this dataset and a tool that predicts crime in San Francisco is provided. The other idea would be a time-depended analysis of the meta game. Each page provides a handful of examples of when the analysis might be used along with sample data, an example analysis and an explanation of the output, followed by references for more information. Pandas allows you to convert a list of lists into a Dataframe and specify the column names separately. One person, perhaps a detective, arrived at the site of a late. Lessons Analyze Crime Using Statistics and the R-ArcGIS Bridge Contents As a GIS analyst at the San Francisco Police Department, you're looking for a new way to gather insights and information about the spatial and temporal trends of criminal activity in the city. These datasets are freely hosted and accessible using a variety of data warehouse and analytics software, from open source Apache Spark to cutting edge Google technologies like Google BigQuery and Google Cloud Dataflow. Anewobjectcalledcrime_data iscreatedtostorethisdata. This data contains huge amount of data set with complex relationships which needs use of data mining. VIRAT Video Dataset Purpose and Characteristics The dataset is designed to be realistic, natural and challenging for video surveillance domains in terms of its resolution, background clutter, diversity in scenes, and human activity/event categories than existing action recognition datasets. Finally, we visualized the results. The simplest kind of linear regression involves taking a set of data (x i,y i), and trying to determine the "best" linear relationship y = a * x + b Commonly, we look at the vector of errors: e i = y i - a * x i - b. In crime analysis, an example of a temporal dataset would be a dataset that describes the counts of different types of crimes that have been committed, broken into count per day and recorded on a daily basis for an entire month. Dashboards Dashboards. org , a clearinghouse of datasets available from the City & County of San Francisco, CA. , frequency or location) (Santos, 2012). The file is a comma delimiter format, which is a text file with commas placed between each variable. The most well-known criminal justice data set is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), collected by the FBI since 1930. It is defined specifically on the premise of civilisation and bound to act upon it. In addition, this 85% variance of the original dataset, thus he does not loss much information. In this paper, we study discrimination-aware classification when applied to a real world dataset of Statistics Netherlands, which is a census body in the Netherlands. What do you mean by 'interesting' datasets? Every data is interesting as it carries some information that may be useful for someone. The file size is around 25 MB and will take few minutes to. Weiss in the News. Dashboards Dashboards. You can analyse a single dataset, a cross-country or a time-series dataset. GIS provides an information-based method supporting all roles and aspects of law enforcement. NOTE: If restricted datasets will be used, contact the IRB. All of the most interesting and coolest datasets for analysis that I've used are here. These included practitioners (for example police and community safety partners) and academics with research interests in this area. Each file includes 26 fields, including these important fields; incident number, date & time reported, date & time from/to, offense,. Users will find in Gender Info an easy-to-use tool to shed light on gender issues through customizable tables, graphs and maps. There are 51 surburbs in Boston that have very high crime rate (above 90th percentile) Majority of Boston suburb have low crime rates, there are suburbs in Boston that have very high crime rate but the frequency is low. The dataset date range from 2010 up until recent 22/08/2018. Data analysis techniques for fraud detection. The companion PowerPoint presentation for Chapter Twelve (Crime Analysis) for the book Police Technology. For more details about the UCF-Crime dataset, please refer to our paper. Otherwise, they are available as a SAS data set (. In case you are not familiar with SparkSQL, please refer to our post on Introduction to SparkSQL. Specifically, we consider the use of classifiers for predicting whether an individual is a crime suspect, or not, to support law enforcement and security agencies' decision making. It consists of socio-economic data from the 1990 Census, law enforcement data from 1990 Law. The data included information such as date/time when the crime happened, block where the crime occurred, type of crime, location description, whether there was an arrest, and location coordinates. This dataset contains the next columns: Crime ID: Identificator of the crime. If the two criteria above are met and the research will involve data from a dataset listed below, no UAB IRB review or approval is needed. Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Analyze Crime Data. In this paper, for performing predictive analysis, the Communities and Crime dataset from UCI repository [5] has been used which consists of crime data in Chicago, a city having highest crime rate in the United States of America. In another post, I will plot the data onto the San Francisco map. Each record has a corresponding unique place id, address, census block ID, land parcel id, latitude and longitude. Santhosh Baboo 2 and Anbarasi. It is defined specifically on the premise of civilisation and bound to act upon it. These and additional data are presented in the 2017 edition of the FBI's. All data, except for Appleby's Red Deer data set, are coded in the UCINET DL format. The charges relate in particular to the killing of Belgian citizen Claire Beckers, her husband Isaïe Bucyana, a Tutsi, and their daughter Katia. Feature datasets are used to facilitate building controller datasets (sometimes also referred to as extension datasets) such as a topology or utility network. This is the fifth trial in Belgium in relation to the conflict in Rwanda of 1994 but the first in which the accused has been charged with the crime of genocide. Download all the *. Formally, given a spatial crime dataset and other information familiar to law enforcement agencies, the CPA process identifies interesting, potentially useful and previously unknown crime patterns. Enter the data for URBAN (percent living in urban areas), MURDER (murders per million residents), ROBBERY (robberies per million residents), POLICE (police employees per 100,000 population), and REGION for the 50 states that are presented on the attached page. The results of our study have implications for studies of crime networks and crime control. The records span from July 2012 to August of 2015. We have a historical data of The Daily Show guests from 1999 to 2004. Data for GIS Analysis Available at NACJD The following tables list NACJD data collections that contain geographic identifiers that could be geocoded for GIS analysis. Communities and Crime Unnormalized Data Set Download: Data Folder, Data Set Description. Below is a list of the variables in order. [email protected] missouri. This provides a direct connection to the data that can be refreshed on-demand within the connected application. The following algorithms were selected to conduct analysis of the Communities and Crime Un normalized Data set over the course of this research project. Visualizing your data is important in all types of analysis, but in GIS data, it's. Weiss in the News. The dataset greatly affects the results of network analyses. , the cyclical process of collecting and analyzing data during a single research study). When it comes to crime prevention, figuring out what works can take a lot of detective work. This Apache Flink use case tutorial will help you to understand the use of DataSet APIs provided by Apache Flink. In other words It is called Geo spatial Mapping. CeMMAP Software Library , ESRC Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (CeMMAP) at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK Though not entirely Stata-centric, this blog offers many code examples and links to community-contributed pacakges for use in Stata. to analyze the crime report use-case. Inside Science column. A left node represents a person and a right node represents a crime. Remember, to import CSV files into Tableau, select the "Text File" option (not Excel). Standard Datasets. Linking threats to risk of critical infrastructure based on vulnerability assessments. GIS provides an information-based method supporting all roles and aspects of law enforcement. This dataset is designed to teach how to determine differences in presentation of the same news event by different media by using content analysis. Explore Popular Topics Like Government, Sports, Medicine, Fintech, Food, More. Crime and Enforcement Activity Reports The reports below present statistics on race and ethnicity compiled from the New York City Police Department's records management system. edu or on a Unix server--over the Web. Digitization of datasets renders them accessible to computer analysis. In this paper, Big Data analysis is used on this dataset and a tool that predicts crime in San Francisco is provided. When reviewing crime data, users should consider that:. By using Pandas, I analyzed and visualized the open data of Boston Crime Incident Reports. This data set contains statistics, in arrests per 100,000 residents for assault, murder, and rape in each of the 50 US states in 1973. Violent Crime Rates by US State Description. The dataset listings below provide access to all data files in ASCII/TXT format, and associated codebooks in PDF format. – Commonly applied to large volumes of data, such as census data. Therefore statistical data sets form the basis from which statistical inferences can be drawn. General Services Administration (GSA) in May 2009 with a modest 47 datasets, Data. We also have data sets of human graded codes in C and Java for various problems. Calculation of various statistical parameters such as averages, quantiles, performance metrics, probability distributions, and so on. Wooldridge data sets Each of these data sets is readable by Stata--running on the desktop, apps. News sites that release their data publicly can be great places to find data sets for data visualization. Crime is an important topic and it is of interest to us because of the consequences and penalties it attracts (which ranges from fine to death). The objective of this report is to show potential users of international crime data what they could. , frequency or location) (Santos, 2012). In this project, we will be using the technique of machine learning and data science for crime prediction of Chicago crime data set. world Feedback. For example, the averages may include average length of call, average number of calls per month and average delays in bill payment. Moreover, the analysis of the second data set has enabled us to establish the extent of crime in Poland in comparison to other countries, and to learn whether Poland is among the countries of higher crime rate or it is relatively safe to visit the country. • Using GraphPad Prism and Excel to perform statistical analysis of results. Crime Insight Of India August 20, 2015 Author : Kr Pawan. Related Areas and. The details of datasets are summarized by aspects like attribute types, number of instances, number of attributes and year published that can be sorted and searched. This dataset tracks former criminals from Iowa over a 3 year period after their release from prison to see whether or not they were convicted of a new crime during that time. We will be using three datasets that are available on the city of Chicago's Data Portal: Socioeconomic Indicators in Chicago - Chicago Public Schools - Chicago Crime Data - donscara/Chicago-Crime-Data-Analysis. csv) Description. So first, let's do some basic analysis. Columbia, Missouri, Etats-Unis. Launched by the U. These anomalies are selected because they have a significant impact on public safety. SAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSIS. Santhosh Baboo 2 and Anbarasi. There are 51 surburbs in Boston that have very high crime rate (above 90th percentile) Majority of Boston suburb have low crime rates, there are suburbs in Boston that have very high crime rate but the frequency is low. For more information about setting dataset access controls, see Controlling access to datasets. In column B. Analyzing Chicago crime data set and applying Machine learning. Introduction to visualising spatial data in R lnd dataset. Explore Popular Topics Like Government, Sports, Medicine, Fintech, Food, More. Property crime means theft of property. In crime analysis, an example of a temporal dataset would be a dataset that describes the counts of different types of crimes that have been committed, broken into count per day and recorded on a daily basis for an entire month. Here, we will work on some problem statements and come up with solutions using Pig scripts. Datasets are updated weekly, providing impressive granularity and access to New York's crime trends. For example, the averages may include average length of call, average number of calls per month and average delays in bill payment. The violent crime rate fell 0. Datasets publicly available on BigQuery (reddit. Each page provides a handful of examples of when the analysis might be used along with sample data, an example analysis and an explanation of the output, followed by references for more information. Data Mining Resources. A log of dataset alerts open, monitored or resolved on the open data portal. Order The order of the cases is mysterious. Month: I guess that this column refers to month of the crime. Adding people, phones, vehicles and times. The data set shouldn't have too many rows or columns, so it's easy to work with. For the following study, the case considered for crime analysis. This Problem Data set of San Francisco Contains information about the crime in San Francisco, We are going to analyze the data, Visualize the data using folium maps for geographical understanding. Annual crime data from 2010 to the last calendar year is made available for the public and can be used to reports detailing statistical trends for a specific offense, jurisdiction, or other dataset. Instead of building your own dataset, there already exists a rich collection of computer vision datasets contributed by academic researchers, hobbyists and companies. The file size is around 25 MB and will take few minutes to. The companion PowerPoint presentation for Chapter Twelve (Crime Analysis) for the book Police Technology. The simplest kind of linear regression involves taking a set of data (x i,y i), and trying to determine the "best" linear relationship y = a * x + b Commonly, we look at the vector of errors: e i = y i - a * x i - b. Includes many large datasets from national governments and numerous datasets related to economic development. 6 percent in 2016 when compared with the 2015 estimate. Part I crimes include violent offenses such as aggravated assault, rape, arson, among others. A data frame with 50 observations on 4 variables. Regression in R for explorative analysis: US crime pattern analysis by socio-economic data at community level Published on June 3, 2017 June 3, 2017 • 13 Likes • 1 Comments. Due to their popularity, a lot of analysts even end up thinking that they are the only form of regressions. Crime Dataset Analysis for City of Chicago. The project investigated current awareness and interest levels of geospatial data for crime analysis (particularly in understanding the distribution of domestic burglary) by engaging with potential end users. The Red Deer data are presented simply as a text file that contains a report of a sequence of detailed observations. To further analyse crimes' datasets, the paper introduces an analysis study by combining our findings of Denver crimes' dataset with its demographics information in order to capture the factors that might affect. (5) The entries under the "Notes" column show any one of a number of things: the type of analysis for which the data set is useful, a homework assignment (past or present), or a. This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that occurred in the City of Chicago from 2001 to present, minus the most recent seven days. In a nutshell, The first and maybe most important dataset is our target variable: the crime data. Benefits of the Repository. The national database first included information on the perpetrators, victims, event, and group characteristics of crimes committed by members of the domestic far-right, but has since been expanded to include information on crimes by the far-left, religious. In essence, it describes a set of data. Crime analysis need data mining, because the last is an iterative process of extracting knowledge hidden from large volumes of raw data. An edge between two nodes shows that the left node was involved in the crime represented by the right node. This report involves in applying linear regressionmodelling technique on the data set to predict the per capita crime rate using other variables in the data set. Quandl Offers a free platform with hundreds of free data sets from "central banks, exchanges, brokerages, governments, statistical agencies, think-tanks, academics, research firms and more. General Services Administration (GSA) in May 2009 with a modest 47 datasets, Data. This dataset includes different blocks of the. The data is available in a variety of geographies. How to Visualize and Compare Distributions in R By Nathan Yau Single data points from a large dataset can make it more relatable, but those individual numbers don't mean much without something to compare to. The blog post can be followed to create RData or it can be downloaded from here crime_analysis_shiny_r. This dataset contains the next columns: Crime ID: Identificator of the crime. In this tutorial, you will import crime data from the UK's Police website and perform some spatial analysis. Abstract: Predict whether income exceeds $50K/yr based on census data. Beginner's guide to R: Easy ways to do basic data analysis Part 3 of our hands-on series covers pulling stats from your data frame, and related topics. GIS provides an information-based method supporting all roles and aspects of law enforcement. , robbery or assault) is based on victim pattern or crime events that share one or more distinct systematic opportunities (e. the Big Data course, we pre-processed the crime dataset of the city of Chicago and came up with the intermediate result we need as the input of the final analysis. Crime against a person is called personal crime like murder, robbery, etc. The same goes for the surveillance network as well as the merged network. The details of datasets are summarized by aspects like attribute types, number of instances, number of attributes and year published that can be sorted and searched. They typically clean the data for you, and they often already have charts they've made that you can learn from, replicate, or improve. This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that occurred in the City of Chicago from 2001 to present, minus the most recent seven days. This dataset includes criminal offenses in the City and County of Denver for the previous five calendar years plus the current year to date. Multivariate and X-Ray Analysis of Pottery at Xigongqiao Archaeology Site Data. to analyze the crime report use-case. This dataset is available publically, reflects the reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders, where. Research Data Centres offer a secure access to detailed microdata from Statistics Canada's surveys, and to Canadian censuses' data, as well as to an increasing number of administrative data sets. the Communities and Crime Un normalized Data set over the course of this research project.