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Who's saving the files? Towards a new role for local map collections?
The theme of LIBER's 2002 conference of the Groupe des Cartothécaires, "Strategies for survival", reflects the increasingly widespread fear of map librarians that the future of their collections (and therefore also their profession) is threatened from numerous sides: by changing perceptions of the value of their predominantly paper collections by their paymasters (not so much perhaps by their users), through commodification of data (making it increasingly expensive to obtain and restrictive to use), by the perpetual squeeze on public service provision, and not the least by the direct distribution of data digitally via the web. This fear gave rise recently to a heated debate on MAPS-L, the American map librarians' list-server, of a paper on "The map library's future" (Keller, 2001). Although Keller's views were not popular with many of his respondents, at first sight his arguments seemed relatively uncontentious. Keller saw the role of the future map librarian as a facilitator who would assist in finding, understanding and using geographical information, and perhaps provide specialized hardware facilities, e.g. for printing large format maps from digital data. The data, however, would not necessarily be stored in a map library, nor would it be necessary physically to access the data sets from a map library. So the curator becomes less of a curator, but more an expert advisor and source of knowledge.
Increasingly government agencies are constructing their own National spatial data infrastructures and providing web-facilitated access to both metadata and data, thus subverting the role of map collections. But to preserve superseded data has perhaps been of less concern to such government institutions. Campbell has suggested that a major role of the 21st century map library should be to archive digital data, a role in his view for the legal deposit libraries (Campbell, 2000). This suggests that the curatorial role of the map curator should in fact continue into the digital age. But why, and how?
This paper presents arguments in support of such a role, and suggests that it should be shared beyond the domain of national libraries to include also smaller collections, such as those in universities and, in the UK context, in county record libraries. Although major national collections, with their legal deposit status, are pre-eminent in archiving and preserving their nations' mapping, university collections have had an important role to play in the tertiary spatial education of students and in research in their host institutions. The future of these collections is perhaps even more threatened than that of major national ones, since university collections are perceived as being less concerned with the archiving of historical material and more concerned with contemporary data. Yet I shall contend that all map curators have an interest, and perhaps a responsibility, to look to the preservation of contemporary data sets, which are now in a more fragile digital form than their hard-copy predecessors. There is a role for collections, both small and large, regional and national, to become pro-active in this area.
This paper does no more than to ask a few questions and present a few ideas, based largely on its author's rather parochial, British-based experience and impressions. It would be interesting to learn however whether it creates any resonance with the experiences of LIBER members in other parts of Europe. The author plans to carry out a more extensive trawl of UK university and county record collections, and data providers, in order to investigate whether there is more evidence to underpin the arguments presented here.
First, let's look back. A column in the periodical Geotime, recently reported the comment of a contributor to a National Science Foundation conference that believed a digital library should only contain material "born digital". We live in an age when instant and current are good, and the past may seem of little consequence. Yet we find all too often that the past catches up on us. And here the traditional map collection has often been a help. Two examples from the UK will illustrate this. Firstly, there is contemporary concern about the pollution of groundwater by nitrates: does this come from the application of inorganic fertilizers, or has the release of nitrogen as a result of the plough-up of grassland fifty years ago to feed the nation with cereals been a factor? ("Now, where can I find copies of those old land use map from the Dudley Stamp survey of the 1930s?"). Or another problem: my house is subsiding! ("Are there any old maps which indicate that the developer should have known that this was a former landfill site?"). Both are questions asked - and answered - in the author's university collection.
Map libraries have been important repositories of these kinds of data, relating to the relatively recent past. But until recently the data were not digital: they were captured, stored, and distributed on paper. That realization has led to a flood of activity in the UK to scan old editions of British Ordnance Survey maps, and to "rubber sheet" them to fit contemporary grids. The appearance of many of these on the web (http://www.old-maps.co.uk/), or via purchasable CDs, has benefited a wide range of users. The most comprehensive and ambitious UK project has been the creation of an online, time-layered electronic map library by Sitescope. So much for "born digital".
In Britain, at the University of Portsmouth, Humphrey Southall and colleagues have been carrying out a rather more difficult exercise, capturing digitally the historic boundaries of Britain as part of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, while at Exeter University, Richard Oliver and Roger Kain recently completed Historic Parishes of England & Wales. An Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850, held and distributed by the History Data Service at the University of Essex. Such work is difficult because of inconsistently preserved records, but at least, in most cases, the records have been preserved somewhere and, with some effort, can usually be retrieved.
Please note that map libraries did not initiate most of these digitising projects, and this means that map collections are being by-passed in terms of historical as well as contemporary digital data.
However, that is all about yesterday's history. The concern in this paper is with tomorrow's history, and the starting point is two recent occurrences. The first immediately set alarm bells ringing. It was a message posted on the CARTO-SOC list-server (1 February, 2002) from a researcher at Imperial College who wanted to build an historical database of UK postcodes. While there may not be much intrinsic interest in postcodes themselves, they are important as spatial units for storing and mapping certain kinds of thematic data such as geodemographic and lifestyle data (Raper et al., 1992). The Chorley Report (Department of the Environment, 1987) recommended that postcodes should be used as basic spatial data units in geographical information systems. However, one of their limitations is that they are not a stable boundary set: many thousands of changes are made annually to UK postcode geography at the unit postcode level. Therefore for mapping purposes, historical thematic data needs historical postcode boundaries. The researcher who posted the message had tried to obtain the quarterly update files for previous years, but found that the Post Office, and associated companies, failed to keep data older than two years.
The second occurrence stems from a contribution by Pip Forer, a geography professor in New Zealand, to the book The map library in the new millennium (Parry and Perkins, 2001). Forer was invited to write about "the business" of mapping, and in particular the way some government surveys had been effectively if not actually privatised. However, his chapter took a somewhat different turn. In it he makes a distinction between the traditional mapping industry as exemplified by national mapping agencies, and a sector "that is based on more purpose-specific spatial data capture for mapping and analysis" (Forer, 2001, p 189). He describes a new map-making industry "out there", based on geocoded data and the ability of almost anyone to make maps, leading to a new, diffuse "industry". What, he asks, are its implications for map libraries?
Now the contention in this paper is that in our scramble to come to terms with new digital and communications technology, we have indeed neglected the need to capture and archive some kinds of spatial, or spatially encoded data which may be of critical importance in the future. Certainly, we have put much effort into tackling questions of how to capture and preserve the topographic digital archive for the future (Fairbairn, 1993; Fleet, 1999), but in doing so have tended to concentrate on national data sets and national libraries. Meanwhile there has been a tendency to neglect the similar importance of both local and national thematic data sets (including, especially, boundary data to which those thematic sets are mapped) and in particular to neglect what to some may seem expendable data, but which previously, being in paper form, would have been less readily destroyed.
Because increasingly data are being spatially referenced, GIS and computer mapping systems make it possible to combine data into a limitless number of thematic maps. Therefore it is presumed that a digital archive will be primarily concerned not with the maps themselves, but with preserving the "mappable" data, and the boundary polygons where these are needed to give the data spatiality.
Boundary data:Postcodes, zip codes, NUTS boundaries, administrative and judicial boundaries, planning regions, health areas, police districts, counties, communes, enumeration districts, street gazetteers, all these spatial units, or "area footprints", are receptacles for information. Without these, the thematic data cannot be mapped. Therefore their preservation is crucial.
Spatially encoded data: It has been suggested that between 60 and 80% of all UK government data can be classed as "geospatial" (Nanson, Smith and Davey, 1995). Anything with an address can be mapped, and it doesn't all have to be government data: house prices, crime rates, traffic flows, noise contours, health statistics, lifestyle data, valued landscapes, heritage sites, are examples of the range of themes.
Ephemeral data: Data collected for a specific purpose: e.g. to investigate traffic congestion in relation a new road development or to map the spread of a disease outbreak (such as the Foot and Mouth outbreak in Britain). Often, such data are also local rather than national in scope and importance.
A report by the Royal Statistical Society and the UK Data Archive (2002) on Preserving and sharing statistical material made no direct reference to maps or indeed to spatial data, but it was concerned with the same issues of recognizing the long-term value of certain data sets, and to make provision to share these data. It raised the question of who is responsible for (a) deciding what should be conserved for the future, and (b) holding and making available the archive.
The report clearly placed the custodial responsibility with the data collectors. But is that sufficient? We have already seen that in the case of postcodes this hasn't been occurring. And we know from past experience that major producersof mapping have not necessary been thorough in maintaining a record collection. This does not mean necessarily that the producers should be relieved of this role. With so much data becoming available, the question also has to be asked: "Is it worth preserving?". To which the answer often can only be: "Only time will tell!". But there needs to be some guidelines and some means of encouraging data providers to consider the value of the data beyond their own specific requirements.
"It would be impractical to preserve all material of a statistical nature but it is important that the potential value of all such material is considered as part of the selection process." (Royal Statistical Society, 2002)In the case of personal data there may be a conflict between the requirements of the 1998 UK Data Protection Act (e.g. that data may be kept for no longer that necessary) and the longer-term value of the data, though anonymized data may be preserved.
Of course, it is one thing to accept donations of data stored on CD-ROM and lock them away in a cupboard and forget about them. To ensure their use when required has cost implications both financially and in staff time. The data sets need to be provided with metadata, and their existence made known, perhaps through the map library's web site or via some centralized source, such as a metadata warehouse. More significant in the long term perhaps, is the need to preserve the data in a format, which ensures they can continue to be used. Many major data sets from the early days of GIS and computer mapping have required, or potentially require, a huge input of effort and funding to render them operable with contemporary computer systems. Examples are the Canada Land Information System and the British Domesday project ("Digital Domesday Book lasts 15 years, not 1,000" - heading in The Observer, 3 March 2002). Perhaps this will be less of a problem in the future with the development of OpenGIS.
So here are some of the things that would need attention:
|The data need to be adequately catalogued, e.g. to Dublin Core standard.
|The metadata need to be shared over the web.
|Spatially encoded data need to be linked to appropriate boundary data sets.
|The data should be available to a wider user group than the local.
|Confidentiality and IPR may need to be protected.
|Custodial responsibility needs to be clear: are the data donated or loaned?
|Permissions for use and legal constraints need to be granted and understood.
|Data need to be technology-proof.
"When material is georeferenced, there is a clear advantage to locating its digital version on a server close to, or within, the geographic footprint of the material, since that is where interest in it is likely to be highest." (Goodchild, 1998, p. 62)This paper sets out to stress the importance of the local dimension in spatial data collection and accessibility, and this quote from Goodchild may point the way. Certainly his model applies well to America, where most notably at the University of Connecticut, McGlamery has used generously distributed local data sets to build a GIS and mapping system, making these data accessible and usable to a wide range of consumers, both locally and beyond (McGlamery, 1995). In the UK, government data, including local government data, are not so generously distributed. The same opportunity has not arisen, and it would be difficult to develop such a fully integrated provision of local data.
But as in the USA, the preservation of such data does not have to be the exclusive preserve of a centralized archive, particularly where the data apply to a local region.
" a digital geolibrary can consist of a collection of servers, each specializing in materials about its local region". (Goodchild, 1998, p. 61)In the UK context the location might be the county record office, or an academic library such as a university map library. The county record office seems an obvious candidate, since its remit is to archive local material, and its clientele has local interests. But first enquiries indicate that little progress has been made in this area.
Perhaps a better contender at present is the academic map library in so far that this, or at least its host institution, has the hardware, expertise and Internet links for storing and sharing and using such data. One has to admit, that in terms of use, the principal demand of one's academic clients is not for local mapping, but for national and international data: topographic, geological, soil, climatic, demographic, the traditional mapping themes, continue to be of predominant interest. Some of these are now accessible, free, via the web, or by subscription to online services such as Digimap, UK Borders and the Census. So here too, we are losing a great deal of our function to centralized providers (such as EDINA and MIMAS).
However, looking back again, we find that our map library at the University of Reading has over the years been the recipient of donations of local hard-copy material. Often this has been the local component of a national map series, but value-added in some way. The most recent example is of many hundreds of large-scale (1:2500) OS maps of the local area, a disposal of the Reading Valuation Office because, yes, they had migrated their records to a digital system. These maps were shared between Berkshire Record Office, the University's map collection and Reading Public Library as a gap-filling exercise. But they were not just OS maps: they had added value. Hand-drawn annotations provided historical property boundary and land valuation information. Reading Public Library was particularly excited about this added information, and it could well be argued that this collection should not have been split up! But at least the records have been preserved.
Such donations have not been actively sought. However, in the future such value-added data will be held in a computer file, where it may be continuously updated, or if not, more easily disposed of when no longer needed by its owners. Ten years ago, the county of Berkshire established a GIS to handle local transport and environmental data. Some 40 data sets on themes ranging from highway networks to wildlife heritage sites, to accident black spots to Second World War pill boxes were mapped to a common reference base. Will that material be retrievable in another ten years? Perhaps then we need to take a more active interest both locally and nationally about what is being collected digitally and whether it is being conserved for the future.
"A serious collection needs to work with various data providers in identifying the form that a data archive might take and what should be held locally. Observation suggests this is not an issue that current data providers are looking closely at." (Forer, 2001, p. 200)Apart from the important function of assisting spatial data users alluded to by Keller and by many of the contributors to The map library in the new millennium, there is therefore scope for map libraries to become specialized in the acquisition and conservation of local, and in some cases national data sets, and then to share them, over the web with other collections. Cooperation is also factored in through persuading local government and commercial organizations to donate data sets that they no longer regard as important for their own purposes. In the past, many collections have benefited from hard copy donations of this type. But is the same thing happening with digital data? Not yet it seems. Perhaps map curators could actively promote a culture, which encourages this.
This paper has done little more than raise some questions. But the issue could be important: digital data are too easily lost. If it is important, is anyone doing anything about it - in other European countries besides the UK? Is it something in which major national collections should play a leading role, or should it be left to the data providers? What are the funding and custodial implications? And, finally, the local component: is this an opportunity for local collections to build bridges with local data collectors and to specialize in saving local digital data?
Campbell, A.: "Where are map libraries heading? Some route maps for the digital future." LIBER Quarterly, 10 (2000) 4, 489-498
Department of the Environment. Handling geographic information. London : HMSO, 1987.
Fairbairn, D.: "The future history of our landscape". The Cartographic Journal, 30 (1993), 62-67.
Fleet, C.: "Ordnance Survey digital data in UK legal deposit libraries". LIBER Quarterly, 9(1999), 235-243. http://www.kb.nl/infolev/liber/articles/fleet11.htm
Forer, P.: "Taking care of business: map libraries and the new "mapping" industry". Chapter 13 in: Parry, R.B. & C.R. Perkins (eds.). The Map Library in the New Millennium. London: LA Publishing, 2001. Pp. 188-206.
Goodchild, M.F.: "The geolibrary". In: Carver, S. & S. Openshaw (eds.). Innovations in GIS 5. London : Taylor and Francis, 1998. Pp. 59-68.
Kain, Roger J.P. & Richard R. Oliver. Historic Parishes of England & Wales. An Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata. Colchester - History Data Service, 2001.http://www.ex.ac.uk/geography/research/boundaries.html
Keller, C.P.: "The map library's future". Cartographic Perspectives, 38 (2001), 73-77.
McGlamery, P.: "MAGIC at the University of Connecticut: building the virtual map library". Bulletin, Special Libraries Association Geography and Maps Division, 179(1995), 14-30.
Nanson, B., N. Smith & A. Davey: What is the British National Spatial Database? Paper presented to the 1995 Association for Geographic Information conference, 1995.
Raper, J.D., W. Rhind & J. Shepherd. Postcodes: the new geography, London : Longman, 1992.
Royal Statistical Society and UK Data Archive. Preserving and sharing statistical material. Colchester : UK Data Archive, 2002, 48 pp
Old editions of British Ordnance Survey maps: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
Edinburgh Data and Information Access: http://edina.ac.uk
Great Britain Historical GIS Project: http://www.gbhgis.org/
Manchester Information & Associated Services: http://www.mimas.ac.uk
Sitescope: http://www.sitescope.co.uk/
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ObamaCare Cost‐Estimate Watch, Day #265
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released what may be the penultimate cost estimate of ObamaCare. Or maybe it will be the 12th‐to‐the‐last. Whatever.
That document — unlike the CBO's score of the Clinton health plan — includes no cost estimates of the legislation's private‐sector mandates. As I have written previously, the private‐sector mandates accounted for 60 percent of the cost of the Clinton plan. The Obama plan is remarkably similar, which is probably why Democrats have systematically suppressed any such estimates this time around.
President Obama has implicitly acknowledged that the CBO estimates do not reflect the legislation's full cost. Yet it has now been 265 days since Congress saw the first version of the Obama health plan, and we're still waiting for a full cost estimate.
And so, the ObamaCare Cost‐Estimate Watch maintains its lonely vigil. At least The New York Times is listening.

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Story Number: NNS100326-15 From USS Nimitz Public Affairs
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Ships of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returned to their homeport of San Diego March 26 after an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility (AOR).
The strike group flag ship, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), guided-missile destroyers USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and USS Sampson (DDG 102) and the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) were greeted by thousands upon arrival.
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group deployed July 31, 2009 in support of the nation's Maritime Strategy.
"Every member of the Strike Group has been running hard, operating across the core capabilities of our Maritime Strategy and they've done it with precision," said Rear Adm. Robert P. Girrier, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11. "I am tremendously proud of their contributions providing deterrence and forward presence in the Western Pacific, projecting power from the skies over Afghanistan and conducting maritime security operations in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf."
From the Nimitz flight deck, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 began combat operations from the North Arabian Sept. 18, launching more than 2,600 sorties in support of the coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan. Carrier-based aircraft provided 30 percent of the combat air support for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) during the four-month period.
"Nimitz was on the line for 120 days of flight operations," said Capt. Paul Monger, Nimitz commanding officer. "The Old Salt/Barbed Wire team generated a 99.7 percent sortie completion rate and they were there on time and on target for coalition forces on the ground. That is the result of the people and the tradition of teamwork that has endured on this ship for three decades."
Destroyer Squadron 23 participated in counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa, protected critical Iraqi infrastructure and conducted Maritime Security Operations (MSO) for both fleet commanders.
"Our operations focused on reassuring regional partners of our commitment to security and stability," said Capt. Geno Autrey, commander, Destroyer Squadron 23. "Whether we were side by side with the Iraqi Navy on an oil terminal, protecting global commerce around the Horn of Africa, or working with the Royal Malaysian Navy, the key ingredient of our many successes were the partnerships we developed with the various regional navies."
To further strengthen relationships, Sailors hosted several distinguished visitors and participated in more than 25 Community Service Projects during port visits to Japan, Singapore, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
"In Singapore we helped at an old church and at a school in Phuket [Thailand] we played a game of soccer with the kids," said Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class (AW/SW) David Bauer, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 14. "Being overseas is always a great experience, still it has been a long cruise and I am looking forward to returning home."
"Every time this team was called, we delivered excellence. When we did, our enemies took notice; our friends and allies took notice," said Monger. "I am truly honored to sail with this team."
Nimitz CSG is comprised of USS Nimitz, embarked Carrier Air Wing 11, embarked Destroyer Squadron 23, and the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Chosin. Ships assigned to DESRON 23 include the destroyers USS Pinckney, USS Sampson and the frigate USS Rentz.
Squadrons from CVW-11 include the "Black Aces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, the "Tophatters" of VFA-14, the "Warhawks" of VFA-97, the "Sidewinders" of VFA-86, the "Indians" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 6, the "Black Ravens" of Electronic Attack Squadron 135, the "Providers" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 and the "Wallbangers" of Carrier Airborne Command and Control Squadron 117.
Helicopter detachments include the "Easy Riders" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 37, the "Battle Cats" of HSL-43, the "Wolfpack" of HSL-45, the "Scorpions" of HSL-49 and the "Wildcards" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23. Also accompanying the Nimitz CSG are Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 and the USNS Bridge.
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He spent his entire career with one team, something rare today, and he played well under pressure. Most of all, and not mentioned in any tribute, is how well he handled the games where he blew leads and blew save opportunities.
The World Series in 2001 was arguably one of the most memorable. Several games were come-from-behind games. Game seven of that series had the Yankees leading in a year when it was important that New York win the World Series. Rivera gave up the lead and the game.
He lost the lead in 2004 to the Red Sox in game four of the playoffs. He won many more big games, but when you appear in a lot of big games, you are bound to lose a few of them. Mariano Rivera always spoke to the press. He never blamed his teammates. He was a class act in the wake of whatever happened on a baseball field.
Some of us older fans remember Rich "Goose" Gossage as the Yankees' intimidating closer. And how couldn't we? Gossage was a giant of a man from the mountains of Colorado who threw in the mid-90's. Gossage was also a class act, once refusing manager Billy Martin's order to hit a batter.
When Gossage pitched out of the Yankee bullpen, he reminded older baseball fans of Ryne Duran. Duren threw so hard that manager Casey Stengel once said "I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense."
And then came Gossage some 20 years later. And then came Mariano Rivera. One generation of closer to another to another. Mariano Rivera, to be considered the greatest of all time, was better than all of those great strong arms.
This is not even mentioning the great closers on other teams. Rivera is universally appreciated in a world where respect and sportsmanship are not often common. What Rivera gave to the fans in New York, fans of both teams, is special. How he played the game mattered as much as the results.
What Would Koch Do?
This will be the first election in New York City without quintessential New Yorker Edward I. Koch. Koch, the colorful 12-year mayor of the city, was also an active participant in our democracy right up to the very end.
He endorsed candidates of both parties. He fought for reforming our redistricting process. He was plugged into our politics right up the end.
A Koch endorsement was something candidates fell over themselves to try to get. It meant that the ultimate political gray-beard, the "liberal with sanity," gave you a stamp of approval. It was worth something; his endorsement was universally respected. There is no other endorsement that has that kind of reach (although a pat on the back from the Rev. Floyd Flake comes close).
Would Koch have endorsed liberal Republican Joe Lhota? Lhota has similar views as Rudy Giuliani when it comes to managing the city, although Lhota is perhaps more progressive than Rudy. Koch and Rudy fell out of favor, but not on the issues.
Or would Koch have sided with Bill de Blasio? De Blasio's likability may have been a factor. And all of those other races for City Council, Assembly, and State Senate, all will be without the extra seasoning of Ed Koch's opinion.
This City is different without Koch. While Giuliani will still be thought of as America's mayor, Koch is still New York's mayor, at least in spirit.


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(copying Holger Knublauch as a key SPIN driver) Hi Ivan: On Jan 10, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Ivan Herman wrote: >> We will also add those to the documentation of GoodRelations for the few cases in which schema.org supports now two patterns, shallow, original schema.org elements and more generic GoodRelations elements (e.g. opening hours or pricing). >> >> A caveat is that except for SPIN, there is AFAIK no standard syntax for exchanging such SPARQL CONSTRUCT rules and tying them to the relevant vocabulary. >> > > Unfortunately... Putting my W3C hat on, if there was enough interest to somehow codify that in a, say, community group, that would be great... > Well, this work has already been done: http://spinrdf.org/ Just support http://www.w3.org/Submission/spin-overview/ ;-) IMO, spin:rule provides all you need: http://www.w3.org/Submission/2011/SUBM-spin-modeling-20110222/#spin-rules-construct From my experience, modeling non-standard inference rules with SPARQL in SPIN is pretty intuitive. Martin > Ivan > >> We currently just publish them at >> >> http://wiki.goodrelations-vocabulary.org/Axioms >> >> Martin >> >> On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Ivan Herman wrote: >> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>> comments below >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2013, at 11:15 , Martin Hepp <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ivan, all: >>>> >>>> FYI: For GoodRelations, we will provide a formal, OWL/RDFS-based mapping in the next GR service update, i.e. for an RDF client who can handle owl:sameAs, rdfs:subClassOf, rdfs:subPropertyOf, owl:equivalentProperty, and owl:equivalentClass (in a moderate, pragmatic way - no need for full OWL reasoning), >>> >>> Agreed. My take is that OWL RL should be the maximum level of OWL we aim for (although, see some comments below). >>> >>>> it will not matter whether GoodRelations is used in the original namespace or in the schema.org namespace. >>>> >>>> E.g. >>>> >>>> @prefix schema: <http://schema.org/> . >>>> @prefix gr: <http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#>. >>>> >>>> schema:ParcelService a owl:Class ; >>>> owl:equivalentClass gr:DeliveryModeParcelService . >>>> >>>> By that, we can also easily bridge the slight differences in naming conventions between the two namespaces, as documented in [1] >>>> >>> >>> Yes, this simple structure may cover GR. However, isn't it possible/feasible that, in some cases, the mapping is not that straightforward? There may be, eg, context-sensitive subproperty mappings; ie, if a property is used on the instance of a class _then_, but only then is there a, say, subproperty relationship. I hope that n3 rule below is understandable: >>> >>> { ?x a ex:A. ?x ex:p ?y } => { ?x ex:q ?y} >>> >>> The reason this may arise is because schema, for obvious reasons, tries to minimize the number of terms it uses, so two different vocabularies may end up using the same property. The relationship to the 'original' one may depend on the 'context', eg, the class/type of the resource. >>> >>> I actually had a discussion with an OWL expert (Ian Horrocks) and he showed me a way to express this rule using OWL2 RL (I was actually surprised it was possible) but it is convoluted and not for the faint hearted:-). Ie, I am not sure we want to go along that way (maybe yes) and, also, whether all cases coming up would be transferable to OWL RL. >>> >>> Maybe, pragmatically, we would ignore these. Maybe we would use some rule formalism (n3, sparql, whatever). But we have to know about this. >>> >>>> For the near future, I think that defining such a thing as a "best practice" should be sufficient. We could then put the actual task on the shoulders of the maintainers of the original vocabulary. >>> >>> + having a pointer at those files at schema.org. So that they could be easily found... (eg, in the OWL schema.org vocabulary as a seealso, or something similar). >>> >>>> >>>> However, should schema.org evolve beyond ca. 1000 types and include components from more than ca. 10 vocabularies that are not fully stable, we will need a more flexible and scalable approach. >>>> >>>> Ideally, we would already sketch the architecture for this future now (nice PhD or research paper topic) while we muddle through with the pragmatic approach sketched above. >>> >>> Yep >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Ivan >>> >>>> >>>> Martin >>>> >>>> [1] http://wiki.goodrelations-vocabulary.org/Cookbook/Schema.org#Naming_Differences >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 10, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Ivan Herman wrote: >>>> >>>>> Exactly... >>>>> >>>>> I think it would worthwhile to have some general discussion on how to maintain equivalence between what you call 'adopted' vocabularies and their original. We do not want to disenfranchise users who happen to use (or have used) the original namespace/terms. >>>>> >>>>> Putting my RDF hat on, it would/could be possible to set up some machine readable files defining the equivalences although, I am afraid, a simple owl:sameAs, owl:samePropertyAs, etc, may not work in all cases. There is also an issue of who would manage those equivalences: is it the job of schema.org? The 'authors/owners' of the original vocabularies? This group as a community? I honestly do not know. And I am also not 100% whether this is the right approach. >>>>> >>>>> At the moment we have two 'adopted' vocabularies (GoodRelations and rNews); out of those GR has a significant adoption already in its original namespace, I am not sure about the rNews figures. LRMI, afaik, does not have a non-schema version, so that is not an issue. But if we begin to discuss SKOS, SIOC and the others, then it is worthwhile having this discussion before it gets out of hand... >>>>> >>>>> Whether it is a workshop or simply a discussion on this list: I do not know. I would certainly like to hear the opinions on this list. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Martin, for raising this. >>>>> >>>>> Ivan >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 19:28 , Martin Hepp <email@example.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I would like to add at this point that I see schema.org first and foremost as an effort to provide ex ante schema alignment under a common, easily accessible umbrella, following a "schema alignment before data publication" paradigm. >>>>>> This makes authoring markup easier (no namespace traversals) and reduces the complexity for consuming clients. >>>>>> >>>>>> This having said, I would also rather suggest to import a pragmatic subset of SKOS into schema.org, in a fashion similar to the external enumerations pattern in use now and the additionalType property solution for external type systems. >>>>>> >>>>>> An general open question is how we maintain the alignment of the original vocabularies (LRMI, GoodRelations, maybe SKOS, SIOC, ...) with their conceptually equivalent elements in schema.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> In GoodRelations, we will simply try to keep both in sync manual, which seems reasonable given that the conceptual model is pretty stable. >>>>>> >>>>>> In the long run, however, we will need to find a solution that combines the centralized schema.org approach with distributed contributions from various domains. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe that is an interesting topic for a new schema.org workshop in 2013? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> >>>>>> Martin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Dan Brickley wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> +Cc: Jamie >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9 January 2013 16:29, Richard Wallis <email@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Coming from the bibliographic world, specifically chairing the Schema Bib >>>>>>>> Extend Group[1] (who are building a consensus around a group of proposals >>>>>>>> for Schema.org extensions for bibliographic resources, before submitting >>>>>>>> them to this group), I am identifying situations where being able to model >>>>>>>> things as SKOS[2] Concepts held in ConceptSchemes would make a great deal of >>>>>>>> sense. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Working with colleagues we were finding ourselves almost reinventing the >>>>>>>> SKOS model in [proposed] Schema.org vocabulary. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The introduction of External Enumerations[2] provided the ability to link to >>>>>>>> lists of things controlled by external authorities. An approach used widely >>>>>>>> in the bibliographic and other domains – Library of Congress Subject >>>>>>>> Headings[4] for example. Many of these authorities are modelled using SKOS >>>>>>>> (Concepts within ConceptSchemes) which introduces a consistent structured >>>>>>>> way to describe relationships (broader/narrower), language specific >>>>>>>> preferred labels, etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sub-typing Intangible for Concept and ConceptScheme, it would be >>>>>>>> comparatively easy to introduce SKOS into Schema. The benefits I believe >>>>>>>> being to add even more value to External Enumeration; providing a flexible >>>>>>>> simple-ish yet standard pattern for marking up lists of concepts and their >>>>>>>> interrelationships; provide a very easy way for already published >>>>>>>> authoritative lists of concepts to adopt Schema.org and provide valuable >>>>>>>> resources for all to connect with. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For instance VIAF[4] the Virtual International Authority File, a well used >>>>>>>> source of URIs and authoritative names for people and organisations >>>>>>>> (compiled and managed by the bibliographic community but used widely) is >>>>>>>> already in SKOS. SKOS is also used in many other domains. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I could see this adding value without significant impact on the rest of >>>>>>>> Schema. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What do others think? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've been thinking in this direction too (and had brief discussion >>>>>>> with Jamie, cc:'d, w.r.t. Freebase's approach). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> SKOS has done well and a great many controlled vocabularies in the >>>>>>> thesauri, subject classification and code list tradition are expressed >>>>>>> using it. SKOS handles various cases where 'class/object/property' >>>>>>> models don't capture things well. I'd like to have a way of reflecting >>>>>>> SKOS-oriented data into schema.org descriptions without going >>>>>>> 'multi-namespace'. There are also already various corners of >>>>>>> schema.org where different loose notions of 'category' are slipping >>>>>>> in. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My current preference would be to call a new type "Topic" or perhaps >>>>>>> "Category" rather than the more esoteric / vague "Concept", even while >>>>>>> borrowing most structure and terminology from SKOS. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do you have a strawman list of what you'd hope to include, from a >>>>>>> bibliographic perspective? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~Richard >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Richard Wallis >>>>>>>> Technology Evangelist >>>>>>>> OCLC >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [1] http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/ >>>>>>>> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/ >>>>>>>> [3] http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebSchemas/ExternalEnumerations >>>>>>>> [4] http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> martin hepp >>>>>> e-business & web science research group >>>>>> universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen >>>>>> >>>>>> e-mail: email@example.com >>>>>> phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 >>>>>> fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 >>>>>> www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) >>>>>> http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) >>>>>> skype: mfhepp >>>>>> twitter: mfhepp >>>>>> >>>>>> Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data! >>>>>> ================================================================= >>>>>> * Project Main Page: http://purl.org/goodrelations/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead >>>>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >>>>> mobile: +31-641044153 >>>>> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>>> martin hepp >>>> e-business & web science research group >>>> universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen >>>> >>>> e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com >>>> phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 >>>> fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 >>>> www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) >>>> http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) >>>> skype: mfhepp >>>> twitter: mfhepp >>>> >>>> Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data! >>>> ================================================================= >>>> * Project Main Page: http://purl.org/goodrelations/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead >>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >>> mobile: +31-641044153 >>> FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> martin hepp >> e-business & web science research group >> universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen >> >> e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com >> phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 >> fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 >> www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) >> http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) >> skype: mfhepp >> twitter: mfhepp >> >> Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data! >> ================================================================= >> * Project Main Page: http://purl.org/goodrelations/ >> >> >> >> > > > ---- > Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead > Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > mobile: +31-641044153 > FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- martin hepp e-business & web science research group universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen e-mail: email@example.com phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) skype: mfhepp twitter: mfhepp Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data! ================================================================= * Project Main Page: http://purl.org/goodrelations/Received on Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:47:54 UTC
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LOS ANGELES — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose today for the sixth consecutive day, increasing four-tenths of a cent to $3.629.
The average price is 2.2 cents more than one week ago but 7 cents less than one month ago and 40.4 cents lower than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The rising pump prices are the result of the increased wholesale price stemming from investors' fear of a diminished supply of gasoline because of maintenance work at refineries, according to Marie Montgomery of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The Orange County average price was unchanged today, remaining at $3.621 after rising five of the past six days. It is 2.3 cents more than one week ago but 6.1 cents less than one month ago and 39.4 cents lower than one year ago.


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NJ Town Pares Back Worker Hours to Avoid ObamaCare
Faces $775,000 in increased health care costs
The township shaved back hours for some part-time workers to avoid providing insurance required under the federal health care reform law, the Asbury Park Press has learned.
The change impacts about 25 part-time employees. But that could translate to a $775,000 annual increase in the township's health insurance costs, based on the current benefits in place now, which are about $31,000 per employee.
Starting May 1, Middletown adjusted hours for part-time employees to make sure they work, on average, less than 30 hours per week, the threshold that the Affordable Care Act considers a full-time employee.


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Tesla museum receives $400,000 grant
The nascent Shoreham museum and science center dedicated to Nikola Tesla and located at the late scientist's former lab has received a $400,000 state grant administered through the Town of Brookhaven, town officials said.
The town board unanimously voted on Tuesday to transfer a $400,000 matching grant to the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, a nonprofit group that last week concluded a decades-long effort to buy the scientist's former facility, which was known as Wardenclyffe.
The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation awarded the grant to the town in 2010, for the purchase and preservation of Wardenclyffe. The nonprofit -- also known as Friends of Science East -- raised enough to buy the $850,000 laboratory complex, which sits on 16 acres tucked off Route 25A.
"I think this is a great thing for Brookhaven. People don't know the incredible accomplishments of Nikola Tesla," Town Supervisor Edward P. Romaine said. "Tesla doesn't get the credit he deserves."
Tesla's friend, renowned architect Stanford White, built the complex in 1903. Despite having invented several technologies that played major roles in modern radio and electricity, Tesla was overshadowed by other scientists and died destitute in 1943.
After nearly two decades of trying to raise money to preserve the lab, the nonprofit last week closed on the deed for the lab buildings from the multinational Belgian company Agfa, which had been using it as a photo processing plant.
The nonprofit received a boost last summer from Matthew Inman of Seattle, a popular Internet cartoonist and Tesla fan. Inman called international attention to the group's efforts, and within days, the group received online donations of more than $1.3 million.
"Almost 100 years after Nikola Tesla lost his claim to Wardenclyffe, we have been able to reclaim it in his name," president Jane Alcorn said in the release. She personally thanked Inman "and people throughout the world who contributed to make this possible, and to the local residents who have always supported our goal. With their continued support, we look forward to creating a museum and science center worthy of Tesla and his legacy."


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|Dance, Electronica, R&B, Rock
|Dance-Pop, Club/Dance, House, Urban
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|Group members:
|Nicole Scherzinger [16], Jessica Sutta [1]
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Founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, the Pussycat Dolls began as a burlesque dance revue based in Los Angeles, spawned a second revue in Las Vegas, grew into an A-list phenomena with a revolving cast of guest celebrities, and eventually became a recording act with a number one dance hit. It wasn't long after launching its revue that the troupe began attracting actresses and models who wanted to become a Pussycat Doll for a night. Christina Aguilera, Pamela Anderson, Kelly Osbourne, P!nk, Britney Spears, Carmen Electra, and Gwen Stefani are just some of the names who donned lingerie and pinup costumes and joined the Dolls for their flirtatious shows. An appearance in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle was followed by numerous television appearances, most with Carmen Electra. Capitalizing on the nationwide attention and the addition of former Eden's Crush member Nicole Scherzinger as lead singer, the single "Don't Cha" with special guest Busta Rhymes appeared at the beginning of 2005 and climbed to number two on the pop chart, number one on the dance chart. With help from the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am and producer Timbaland, the Pussycat Dolls recorded their full-length debut. The A&M label released PCD, a Top Ten hit, in the summer of 2005. In 2008 member Carmit Bachar left to pursue a solo career while the Interscope label announced that a solo album from Scherzinger was being put on hold after four teaser singles failed to climb the charts. Continuing on as a five-piece, the Dolls released both the single "When I Grow Up" and the album Doll Domination that same year. "When I Grow Up" reached the Top Ten in 16 countries. Following the release of Doll Domination, rumors began to swirl regarding tension between the members of the Dolls and Scherzinger. Subsequently, by 2010, original Doll members Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, Melody Thornton, and Ashley Roberts had left the group.


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Cast your mind way back to January, 2010. There was I, your humble blogger, at the end of a long stint bouncing around Africa in the back of a big orange truck, sick to death of tents, sleeping bags, camp food and the continent in general. During a short pause in Livingstone, Zambia, my last stop in Africa, I packed up a load of stuff – souvenirs, sleeping bag, a camping mattress, unwanted clothing, gifts and other assorted gack, and sealed it all up in a big cardboard box swathed in an entire roll of saran wrap and packing tape. Then it was off to the post office in Livingstone where I was charged the usurious sum of 453,000 Zambian Kwacha (a bit better than $100 CAD) and trusted the good people of Zambia Post to see the whole bunch back to Winnipeg.
And then there was waiting. Karen & Steve in Winnipeg, me in a series of other countries you've already heard about. And we waited. And we waited. Three months. Six months. Ten months… nothing. And I'm sorry to say that by about the 6 month mark my faith in Zambia Post was non-existent. I was quite certain that someone somewhere had helped him or herself to the interesting bits of the package and the rest was tipped into the garbage, never to be seen again. The most distressing thing was that Laurie had loaned me her much-thicker-more-comfortable therma-rest mattress before she departed in Dar Es Salaam, taking my thin-and-easier-to-pack one home with her. So that was gone, which naturally made me feel like a bit of a heel. Also gone was the sleeping bag I'd bought just for the African sojourn, and a black and white painting of zebras and a carved wooden giraffe I'd bought for myself, and some Zanzibar spices and other bits I'd bought for people.
But I was philosophical about it all. Spending a year travelling as I did, with only the contents of one carry-on sized bag, I gained a more relaxed, easy-come-easy-go attitude to physical possessions in general. Especially ones I'd been parted from for months on end. So I apologized profusely to Laurie (who refused to let me buy her a new therma-rest), and had a brief period of mourning for my wooden giraffe, and got on with my life.
And now for the bit you've already guessed was coming.
I'd just got back to London from my Christmas break back in Canada, and I mean just. I'd fetched up at the doorstep - after three flights, two layovers, two airline-sized bottles of Chardonnay, one Gravol, an interminable wait for luggage and an hour long tube-ride from Heathrow - at about 1:00pm on Tuesday, January 3rd. At 6:15pm the same day, just as I was finishing a jet-lag defying 7km run, I got a text message from Karen:
Hmmm… intriguing."Check your email… now."
The email said:
Yep. The prodigal package, looking distinctly worse for wear, had finally finished its epic journey. And it managed to arrive just 30 hours too late for me to greet it myself, in person. Good timing!"You will never guess what Canada Post delivered today."
Weird Food Steve received the package, and reported that it had "been through the wars". He was also clever enough to takes some pictures!
The package, after 357 days in transit. It looks sort of like I felt in the same circumstances. In fact, this poor box was on the road for seven days LONGER than I was. No wonder it looks a bit rough around the edges… literally. (And I notice my return address mysteriously migrated from the top of the box to the side... neat trick.)
Most miraculous of all was the fact that everything that I'd put in the box a year ago in Zambia was still in the box when it arrived in Winnipeg. (Though I use the term "box" loosely, since it would best be described as a "bundle" or "lump" after 357 of RTW travel). The painting, the giraffe, the therma-rest, the sleeping bag, the gifts… everything. Even a mouldy baggie of vanilla beans purchased on the cheap at the market in Zanzibar.
So to Zambia Post, Canada Post, and whatever other postal systems were involved (Albania? Faulkland Islands? Venus?): I apologize for doubting you. And thanks. Now how about that other package I sent on the same day… to Calgary?


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I hope everyone is moving right along with their reading of our GeekMom Book Club selection for this month, which is The Hobbit. We only have a couple weeks left so it's also time to start voting for the book we will be reading for April.
There are five books up for consideration for April. The books are The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and two selections by GeekMom editors: Pilgrim of the Sky by Natania Barron and Phoenix Rising by Corrina Lawson. Please vote on which of these books you'd like to see as the GeekMom Book Club selection for April by going to the poll on our Goodreads group. The poll will be open until Monday, March 19th.
Now, back to The Hobbit! Here are the questions I pose for this week:
During one of the most famous and important scenes in The Hobbit, Bilbo plays a game of riddles with Gollum. He ends up winning by asking "What have I got in my pockets?", which Gollum is unable to answer. How do you think you would have done if you had been playing the riddle game instead of Bilbo? Do you think Bilbo cheated by asking a question at the end that wasn't strictly a riddle?
Please weigh in with your thoughts here or at our GeekMom Goodreads group! You can also see last week's question as well at Goodreads.


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News and Such
A brand new, all-inclusive book all about Sesame Street will be released on November 10, 2009. Coinciding with the premier of the 40th season and arriving on the exact day the show premiered 40 years ago, Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street will do just what the title implies, celebrate 40 years of Sesame Street. The book's publisher, Workman Publishing, posted a preview/commercial for the book on YouTube. It states that there will be over 1,500 pictures in the book. That's more pictures than I've ever seen! (Probably.)
Tough Pigs has posted a review of the new "Bert and Ernie: Good Night!" musical stage show. Who knew it was legal to have pigeons dancing onstage?
The Muppet Mindset now has over 100 followers on Twitter and over 80 followers on Facebook! A huge shout out to all of our great, supportive fans! You guys make this website worthwhile!
Today on The Muppet Mindset, our friend RedPiggy talks to us about the failed 1989 television show, The Jim Henson Hour, the brainchild of, who would've thunk it, Jim Henson.
Where's Waldo? A Pondering of The Jim Henson Hour
I'll be honest, I was a kid when this show aired and only remembered bits and pieces of it, namely the "Secrets of the Muppets" episode, which was really neat as it was the only time my father, the technological go-to guy in my family, showed an interest, if only to comment on appreciating the skill of creating the Gorgs from Fraggle Rock.
If it hadn't been for a friend of mine on Muppet Central Forums, I may never have bothered to wonder about it again. I had seen Muppet*Vision 3D in Orlando and I remembered Waldo (barely) and remembered bits and pieces of Muppets Tonight, where we see Clifford in a more prominent (if just as thankless as Kermit's) role.
Later, after spending some quality time on YouTube, I gained a new found appreciation of this largely forgotten show. According to Muppet Wiki's article on the show, it suffered from a bad time slot, bad ratings, and eventually the station (and Jim Henson) pulled it off the air. It was canceled quickly, and watching the episodes back, I can kind of see why. This show began the bridge from Classic Henson to Modern Henson. People were expecting The Muppet Show, but you can tell, particularly in some of the show-within-a-show spots and the "Ratings" episode in particular, that we were heading to the kind of humor one might see on Dinosaurs—a much more successful Disney/Henson outing in the 90s. I think the latter show's DTV segments are basically the Henson Hour segments, but with dinosaurs instead of monsters and bears and chickens and things.
The Jim Henson Hour's primary problem, if it has one, is that it struggles to rise above being the experiment that it is. I think a lot of where Jim Henson went "wrong" (if he did) in the latter years was this obsession with experimentation—fancy, new, modern doo-dads taking the place of character and humor (*cough*Lucas*cough*). Characterization in the Jim Henson Hour is almost one-note, particularly with the new characters which hadn't been on The Muppet Show previously. You can tell Jim Henson liked fussing with props and equipment and it shows.
Still, we can have a good moan about what went wrong and why (could even invest in some hot cocoa and laxatives and go have a chat about it with Statler and Waldorf for a few hours) but ultimately, this show just wasn't fair to the Henson Hour characters themselves. Yes, Waldo, Bean, and Clifford all got second (and third) chances, but there were many more that deserved another glorious few moments in the spotlight, too.
Take Digit and his fellow members of the Solid Foam band, for example. I best remember their song "The Music Just Keeps On Rolling Along" where Dr. Teeth can be seen in the background, in the recording booth. Does he manage them? What's the story there? No surprise, we never get one. Unfortunately instead of having meaning, it comes across as someone in marketing sending round a memo to remind them to give the popular Electric Mayhem members cameos because they'd be easily recognized, and keep the viewers. However, it was easy for the viewers (that's us, guys) to see through this Emperor's Suit of Multi-Colored Satin and it felt as though Solid Foam were never allowed to be their own thing. And for this reason, we never got anywhere. Heck, the female drummer doesn't even become important enough to be named. (Thank you, Muppet chauvinism.)
What about Leon? He was a chameleon (apparently) but so stylized by this point that he just doesn't scream "chameleon". (Not like Kermit's googly-eyes, it's obvious he's a frog! Or Fozzie's hat... He's obviously a bear!) No color changes (that I recall), no nothing. Just a derivative name. He was a major scam artist, so he should at least be able to join the modern team up of Rizzo the Rat and Pepe the King Prawn in that regard.
I realize that the whole "being canceled" thing means you don't get a lot of time to bring out characters. However, had they been more than one-note jokes in the first place, maybe it wouldn't have been canceled and then we would have had time to bring out the characters that weren't brought out because there wasn't time to bring them out because it was canceled because the characters were never brought out (Phew...That was quite a sentence, but you get the idea...) Perhaps if the show had not seemed like a showcase of "Hey, look what we can do now!"... it would still be on the air. Muppets Tonight may not have even been necessary. (Sorry Pepe!)
It is a pity. There was so much scope for the imagination, and it just never reached its full potential.
However...That is where we come in, both as fans and also fan-fiction writers. It's our job (and sworn duty) to point out some overlooked opportunities—and to make some effort to correct them. Want to know why Dr. Teeth was there in the background of the Solid Foam? We can create our own reasons. Want to know why Leon couldn't change his colors? There must have been a reason! Go back to his childhood, oh ye fans, and get it sorted out! Discuss! Create! Produce! Go forth and multiply! (The…er…Multiply the amount of suggestions…and character breakdowns…that is…) What is more, popular demand and making the names of these characters popular buzz words on blogs, websites, forums, and Twitters can also have a direct effect on the popularity of those characters, and united fan demand could bring them back to life in future projects.
The truth is, The Jim Henson Hour did have an unfortunate finish, and truthfully, we may never see Waldo on our cinema screens again…but remember (and this is important) life's like a movie, we can write our own ending!


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|System: X360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Neversoft
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Activision
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Oct. 15, 2007
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-8
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: TEEN
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Matthew Walker
Back in the day, there was only one champion in the skating genre - Tony Hawk games. Over the years, there have been a few flops in the series and a few disgraces of the once highlighted series. There have also been attempts at uprooting the giant franchise. Even a recent title, SKATE, has attempted to claim the crown in the hearts of skaters. While that entry was a nice attempt, in my eyes and in several others, there is only one skating series that I feel I have to play whether it's good or bad. Moreover, you don't have to worry that much about punishing your thumb when it makes you do a ridiculous trick like you do with SKATE.
There are a few things to the newest installment that people will view as the same old same old, but there are also a few tidbits that will keep people playing for quite some time. One of these is the diversity of the controls. Now, I know that most of it is a repeat, but there are several new ways to make sure you will nail your trick. One of these is a slow motion camera that allows you to zoom in to see exactly how your footing needs to be to land it correctly. However, where it holds the strongest is in the Nail the Grab mode while skating. This is necessary to learn for anyone looking to excel in the game. This is where one of the newer tweaks comes into play. Instead of having access to a plethora of tricks and techniques right from the beginning, you will have to progress through different story modes in order to acquire some of the more desired techniques to show off your skill.
To some this could be a downfall to the game since you can just skate without ever really doing any of the story modes available. Players just wanting to skate around in their designated area will be happy to see plenty of areas to become more comfortable with the controls before attempting any of the story modes that are available. The great, but also bad, thing here is that there is absolutely no direction on how you move through the story modes. You decide how you progress once you have learned the basics to make yourself shine at the park. This is a great thing, especially if you got tired of the massive overarch of story in previous games. Here you can just do the smaller story-arches at your own pace. Again, be forewarned that certain stories give you certain abilities that are a must, so be careful of the path you choose first. Since the story modes are how you unlock new abilities and techniques you might want to fully explore every story arch as they come instead of advancing in just one.
There are a few of the eight new features that are kind of pointless or trivial. One is the Nail-the-Manual. I cannot express how trivial this was. In real life, not so much, but here it felt a little too difficult to perform and never really amounted to anything other than constant wipeouts or ending too soon. Another feature I had a problem with is the Bowl Carving. It felt almost forced and not as put together as it could have been. For instance, some of the time it was extremely easy to nail the trick, while others it was no fault of mine but rather the device I was performing it on. Maybe, in future installments, this will be modified to almost perfection because it could be essential to showing off your skills, at least in real life.
Another annoyance I had, though it might be small, is the level of challenge you face. Each challenge is broken down into three difficulty settings, AM, Pro, and Sick. You can clear a section by meeting the AM requirements only, which is a good thing. No longer do you have to spend a ridiculous amount of time to progress. The annoying thing is there is really no reason to try for the Pro or Sick levels. The only plus to these levels is the extra cash and bragging rights. Personally, I wish there had been a little more to the harder challenge levels than that.


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Finally PolyDigital got the info that they wanted from car manufactures for years. and they will include car damage that will actually alter the way the car runs just as reality and or just end your day all together
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April 3rd, 2008
Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi has announced during an interview with CVG that a "major update" is in the works for GT5: Prologue, and is going to include the highly anticipated vehicular damage! Other updates will include enhanced online functionality and "community building features." We have known for some time now that private races and in-game chat have been in the works, with a realistic release date sometime this summer. However, damage may be a bit further off in the fuall of this, as cited by IGN. Stay tuned for the full interview, released tomorrow, where Yamauchi is expected to comment on the possibility of developing a complete Formula 1 title in the future.
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but then you must ask, how much damage will they apply, damage like nfs prostreet or nfs hot pursuit 2... well at least there'll be damage
Posted: Apr 5 2008, 05:33 AM
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its poly bro
as realistic as possible...
for example:
you bang your inside wheel on the back of another car coming too hot into a corner... in reality..... if you did that hard enough you could possibly damage upper and lower control arms, your wheel, or any other suspension related part
thats what im thinking.. im sure they are capable..... this was my argument all these years. people scream they want damage and they are happy to see a bumpers fly off.. to be real. i have hit K walls curbs etc in real life drifting... and my fenders don't fly off they just crumple a bit lol
personally.... i have great respect for Polydigitals production team..... All i want to see is tire tracks when you happen to brake traction
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I can just see it now:
GT5 player: OK i've just got my Zonda C12 fully tuned and i've nearly had to use all my credits but i'll be invinceble .
~while racing~
Oh yeah numba 1 ... what the? AH CRAP, i've crashed . oh well gues i'll just pay the repa... WHAT THE??!! 10 mil Credits? . where's that gameshark...
Posted: Apr 13 2008, 02:17 PM
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Ehh, hope you don't have to pay for repairs, maybe allow us to use stock parts if there is a limit to damage before we have to buy a new one.
Like, for example, my exhuast system.
After a race it gets 3% damage.
When at 90% it is unuseable, but you can pay to repair it.
If it gets to 100% it gets removed from your car and if you don't have a backup part* then you must forfeit any more races if it's a series, otherwise you can't drive with the car.
*Could be either a different level of part or stock part. Perhaps, multiple of part?
That'll teach you punks using stage 4 Turbos on Eclipses, muahaha.
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OMG, this is gonna be so cool. It's gonna be so epic when my 22B or Type R drift in through a turn, the bumper only millimeters away from the inside corner, and i accidentally mess up, causing the bumper to totally rip off, forcing my cars to finish the lap without a face!
Posted: Apr 15 2008, 07:18 PM
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uhm haha thats exactly what he said he didn't like...basically
Posted: Apr 15 2008, 09:37 PM
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That's great news. But hopefully they'll either make the repairs free or have the repair marker system of NFS Prostreet. Maybe one repair marker for completing a race or something like that. Then it would still encourage people to drive sensibly, but without the frustration of needing to earn a few hundred grand just to repair a car like the Zonda.
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i wouldnt be surprised if it ends up like the Forza system, where if you damage you car, you earn less money at the end of the race. going too far with simulation for damage (ie. paying for damage every time you make one dent) is just going to be frustrating.
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hopefully they'll do it the way it works in DiRT. IE, if you knick your front left side of the car on something pretty harsh, it knocks the car out of alignment on top of tearing off the front fender pannel.
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DiRT's damage engine was great, it's somewhat realistic in Pro Am difficulty, but still forgiving when you hit something light.
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Aw, now i can't whore the walls during rally races. now i have to use real skill.
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Considering the raw processing potential of the cell chip, damage physics should be a cakewalk to run. Programming them, on the other hand...we'll see what they come up with. This is, after all, the first time they'll be doing it.
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Seeing the kind of damage done in DiRT would definitely be nice. I hope repairs are at least free or you'd have to save up a lot more before entering events, especially rally stages.
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I saw at the 2010 trailer that there was an imrpeza rally car there that displayed gt5's damage modeling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLbSu72pzB0&feature=related


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When actress Farrah Fawcett died in 2009, she bequeathed several works of art to her alma mater, the University of Texas. One of them, a portrait of the actress done by Andy Warhol, apparently never made its way down to Austin, and the school is claiming Fawcett's longtime companion Ryan O'Neal has it.
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In the lawsuit, the University stressed that it is concerned with preserving history and not interested in monetary gain.
"The enduring value and public interest in the Warhol portraits is a testament not only to Mr Warhol's talent and artistry, but also to Ms Fawcett's status as a cultural icon," asserts the University in the suit. "The Warhol portrait is an irreplaceable piece of art for which legal damages could not fully compensate."
O'Neal, meanwhile, maintains that the portrait in his bedroom is one of two Warhol did of Fawcett, and that it is rightfully his.
A spokesman for O'Neal, Arnold Robinson, sees the suit as "ridiculous."
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The portrait, or portraits, are estimated to be worth close to $30 million.
O'Neal has been making headlines a lot lately for his controversial actions - first for admitting that he mistakenly hit on his own daughter, Tatum, while at Fawcett's funeral, and then for claiming that Tatum O'Neal herself may have been the cause of Fawcett's cancer.
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In short, the fridge that orders its own food might sound like a good idea, but it needs changes to product packaging, to supply chains and, perhaps most difficult of all, to the way we stagger round the kitchen half asleep making breakfast. And who's going to do that, just to please a household appliance?
Another appliance that's been made internet aware – and like the fridge, Korean company LG Electronics is a key player in this area – is the washing machine. A machine that's never going to let you mix clothes with colours that run is boon to the careless, but like the fridge, it suffers from a key problem: to identify what's being put in the drum, clothes need to be RFID tagged.
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The mixed martial arts (MMA) class has been going on for eight months, and mirrors the explosion of the sport on the national scene.
"Any MMA fighter will say it - it used to be a spectacle, a sideshow," said Bryan Vetell, Force Fitness MMA coach and former fighter in the International Fight League. It was seen as two opponents "beating the crap out of each other until the jujitsu guys and wrestlers came into the sport and implemented their art."
And so four times a week, Vetell's students remove their shoes and shuffle into the mustard yellow room with blue padded floors and get to work. After five minutes of jogging, the students walk around performing the combos they will practice on each other shortly. Left jab, right uppercut. Left jab, right jab, then left, left, right, right in rapid succession. Afterwards, they face the mirrored wall and begin shadow boxing the combos.
Vetell who is built like a small house, teaches grappling classes on Monday and Wednesday and striking on Tuesday and Thursday. He thinks MMA provides something different in a crowded self-improvement marketplace.
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"At the beginning I was always getting beat up," Quinn said, breathing hard on the floor from his final grappling session of the class. "I played hockey before, but this has me in the best shape of my life."
Quinn, who goes to Queens College, has taken his newfound love for MMA and decided to become an amateur fighter. "I'm doing it because its fun and maybe it's a possible future," he said.
The foundation for an MMA future comes from its storied past. The Ancient Greeks invented a sport called "pankration," known as the original martial art. The name "pankration" is a combination of two Greek words, pan and kratos, and can be translated as "all-encompassing" or "all-powerful." The sport was a combination of Hellenic boxing and wrestling and became the most popular event of the Olympics.
In modern times, the Gracie family brought MMA into the public consciousness. In Brazil, in 1801, a renowned Japanese judo champion taught the son of political figure Gastao Gracie. It spread throughout the family, but without the traditional Japanese discipline, the Gracie's changed the sport to fit their needs and personality. As the years passed, the Gracie's took the sport to the United States.
In 1993, Rorian Gracie and a partner took the sport to Semaphore Entertainment Group and the Ultimate Fighting Championship(UFC) was born. Political opposition and a lack of rules hurt the sport and sent it underground for a time, but it experienced a resurgence when rules and safeguards were put in place. With safety less of a concern, it flourished and this past summer the milestone event, UFC 100, showed that the sport is stronger than ever.
And so with UFC posters adorning the walls, the beleaguered Thursday group, depleted by those tired from Monday through Wednesday classes, fights on.
Joe McCormeck of Grand Avenue is a first timer with a background in gymnastics. While upping the intensity of his punches, per Vetell's orders, he gets a little too excited and accidentally misses the pad he was supposed to hit. Instead he hits his partner flush in the jaw. Laughing it off, his partner says to the class, "He don't know slow! He only knows one speed!"
In his Irish accent, McCormeck took stock of his first day. "It was brilliant. Very good. The hardest part was getting choked out," he said, but he definitely plans to return.
Ewelina Egner of Fresh Pond Road also has a gymnastic background and came with McCormeck. She explained that she had no qualms about being involved in such an aggressive sport.
"I was always around guys, I have two older brothers," she said. "I came for conditioning, I started two to three months ago."
Egner has been into martial arts for 10 years and did everything from tae bo boxing to capoeira.
In Vettel's mind, the sport is only going to continue to increase in popularity.
"Four years ago, you saw someone with an MMA shirt and you knew they were a fighter," he said. "Now things have changed dramatically. I'm not going to say it's baseball, but it's similar in the way it has been packaged and sold to the public."


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An exclusive-IP zone has its own IP-related state.
This includes the ability to use the following features in an exclusive-IP zone:
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