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Tom Johnson

New: World Health Organization (WHO) Releases Database on Nutrition, Obesity ... - 0 views

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world health government data analytic journalism

shared by Tom Johnson on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • New: World Health Organization (WHO) Releases Database on Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity (NOPA) Posted on June 5, 2011 by Gary D. Price From a WHO Announcement: The NOPA database has been created in close collaboration with health ministries and with support from the European Commission. It includes details on more than 300 national and sub-national policies that address nutrition, physical activity or obesity. Most of these policy documents have been developed in the past six years and refer to lifestyle trends such as the increasing consumption of industrially produced foods high in fat and sugar and declining physical activity. Physical inactivity and poor nutrition are considered to be risk factors to many non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases and stroke, diabetes, cancer, and mental health disorders. The measurable indicators for policy development have been identified and monitored at the national level in accordance with the commitments made through the European Charter on Counteracting Obesity and the WHO European Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy 2007–2012. As an example of these commitments, the Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity Database shows that 28 Member States have stated that they plan to take action on physical activity in the school setting, 11 plan to address the adequate labeling of food products and 9 plan to deal with appropriate food marketing practices. Direct to NOPA Database
  • Tom Johnson on 05 Jun 11
     
    New: World Health Organization (WHO) Releases Database on Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity (NOPA) Posted on June 5, 2011 by Gary D. Price From a WHO Announcement: The NOPA database has been created in close collaboration with health ministries and with support from the European Commission. It includes details on more than 300 national and sub-national policies that address nutrition, physical activity or obesity. Most of these policy documents have been developed in the past six years and refer to lifestyle trends such as the increasing consumption of industrially produced foods high in fat and sugar and declining physical activity. Physical inactivity and poor nutrition are considered to be risk factors to many non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases and stroke, diabetes, cancer, and mental health disorders. The measurable indicators for policy development have been identified and monitored at the national level in accordance with the commitments made through the European Charter on Counteracting Obesity and the WHO European Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy 2007-2012. As an example of these commitments, the Nutrition, Obesity and Physical Activity Database shows that 28 Member States have stated that they plan to take action on physical activity in the school setting, 11 plan to address the adequate labeling of food products and 9 plan to deal with appropriate food marketing practices. Direct to NOPA Database http://infodocket.com/2011/06/05/new-world-health-organization-who-releases-database-on-nutrition-obesity-and-physical-activity-nopa/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Tom Johnson

SchemaSpy - 0 views

schemaspy.sourceforge.net

opendata database visualization tools design schema

shared by Tom Johnson on 22 Feb 12 - Cached
  • SchemaSpyGraphical Database Schema Metadata Browser Sample Output FAQ Download Release Notes Support SchemaSpy John Currier Recent Donors: Anonymous monocongo chervitz Do you hate starting on a new project and having to try to figure out someone else's idea of a database? Or are you in QA and the developers expect you to understand all the relationships in their schema? If so then this tool's for you. SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool (requires Java 5 or higher) that analyzes the metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a browser-displayable format. It lets you click through the hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships as represented by both HTML links and entity-relationship diagrams. It's also designed to help resolve the obtuse errors that a database sometimes gives related to failures due to constraints.
  • Tom Johnson on 22 Feb 12
     
    SchemaSpy Graphical Database Schema Metadata Browser SourceForge.net Sample Output FAQ Download Release Notes Support SchemaSpy John Currier Recent Donors: Anonymous monocongoProject Donor chervitzProject DonorAccepting Donations Support SchemaSpy Do you hate starting on a new project and having to try to figure out someone else's idea of a database? Or are you in QA and the developers expect you to understand all the relationships in their schema? If so then this tool's for you. SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool (requires Java 5 or higher) that analyzes the metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a browser-displayable format. It lets you click through the hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships as represented by both HTML links and entity-relationship diagrams. It's also designed to help resolve the obtuse errors that a database sometimes gives related to failures due to constraints.
Tom Johnson

Needlebase - for acquiring, integrating, cleansing, analyzing and publishing data on th... - 1 views

needlebase.com

data tools database analysis scraping

shared by Tom Johnson on 03 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • ITA Software is proud to introduce Needlebase™, a revolutionary platform for acquiring, integrating, cleansing, analyzing and publishing data on the web.  Using Needlebase through a web browser, without programmers or DBAs, your data team can easily: acquire data from multiple sources:  A simple tagging process quickly imports structured data from complex websites, XML feeds, and spreadsheets into a unified database of your design. merge, deduplicate and cleanse: Needlebase uses intelligent semantics to help you find and merge variant forms of the same record.  Your merges, edits and deletions persist even after the original data is refreshed from its source. build and publish custom data views: Use Needlebase's visual UI and powerful query language to configure exactly your desired view of the data, whether as a list, table, grid, or map.  Then, with one click, publish the data for others to see, or export a feed of the clean data to your own local database. Needlebase dramatically reduces the time, cost, and expertise needed to build and maintain comprehensive databases of practically anything. Read on to learn more about Needlebase's capabilities and our early adopters' success stories, or watch our tutorial videos. Then sign up to get started!
  • Tom Johnson on 03 Oct 11
     
    ITA Software is proud to introduce Needlebase™, a revolutionary platform for acquiring, integrating, cleansing, analyzing and publishing data on the web. Using Needlebase through a web browser, without programmers or DBAs, your data team can easily: acquire data from multiple sources: A simple tagging process quickly imports structured data from complex websites, XML feeds, and spreadsheets into a unified database of your design. merge, deduplicate and cleanse: Needlebase uses intelligent semantics to help you find and merge variant forms of the same record. Your merges, edits and deletions persist even after the original data is refreshed from its source. build and publish custom data views: Use Needlebase's visual UI and powerful query language to configure exactly your desired view of the data, whether as a list, table, grid, or map. Then, with one click, publish the data for others to see, or export a feed of the clean data to your own local database. Needlebase dramatically reduces the time, cost, and expertise needed to build and maintain comprehensive databases of practically anything. Read on to learn more about Needlebase's capabilities and our early adopters' success stories, or watch our tutorial videos. Then sign up to get started! http://needlebase.com
Tom Johnson

Conflicts of Interest - Information Portal on Corruption in Africa - 0 views

www.ipocafrica.org/index.php

government data information corruption africa

shared by Tom Johnson on 05 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Tom Johnson on 05 Aug 11
     
    The new online Who Owns What Database launched by the Institute of Security Studies in Cape Town on Friday is making the assets and private interests of all elected officials available to the public for the first time. Originally launched in September 2009, the database of politicians' assets and onterests contained approximately 9000 financial disclosure records submitted between 2004 and 2010 by elected members in the National Assembly, National Cabinet, nine provincial legislatures and metropolitan councils. The database has recently been extended to include the latest financial disclosure records of elected local councillors from municipalities across the country. "What this means is that the public can access the financial disclosure forms of all elected politicians online," Collette Herzenberg, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, said at the launch of the database.
  • Tom Johnson on 05 Aug 11
     
    Another good model for other nations to emulate/build on. Congrats to the friends in SA.
Tom Johnson

Introduction to Databases - Stanford University - 0 views

www.db-class.org

database stanford open data online class

shared by Tom Johnson on 16 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Databases" will be offered free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011. Students will have access to lecture videos, receive regular feedback on progress, and receive answers to questions. When you successfully complete this class, you will also receive a statement of accomplishment. Taught by Professor Jennifer Widom, the curriculum draws from Stanford's popular Introduction to Databases course. A syllabus and more information is available here. Sign up below to receive additional information about participating in the online version when it becomes available.
  • Tom Johnson on 16 Aug 11
     
    A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Databases" will be offered free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011. Students will have access to lecture videos, receive regular feedback on progress, and receive answers to questions. When you successfully complete this class, you will also receive a statement of accomplishment. Taught by Professor Jennifer Widom, the curriculum draws from Stanford's popular Introduction to Databases course. A syllabus and more information is available here. Sign up below to receive additional information about participating in the online version when it becomes available.
Tom Johnson

Google refine basic: Full Tutorial by David Huynh - 0 views

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google refine tutorial

shared by Tom Johnson on 23 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Tom Johnson on 23 Jul 11
     
    Google Refine is a power tool for working with messy data, primarily for * detecting and fixing inconsistencies * transforming data from one structure or format to another * connecting names within your data to name registries (databases) Use Google Refine when you need something ... * more powerful than a spreadsheet * more interactive and visual than scripting * more provisional / exploratory / experimental / playful than a database
Tom Johnson

Dirty Energy Money: About This Tool - 0 views

dirtyenergymoney.com/about.php

networks analysis analytic journalism DJCamp2011 oil

shared by Tom Johnson on 09 May 11 - No Cached
  • The Dirty Energy Money tool provides an illustration of the network of funding relationships between Dirty Energy companies and politicians. You can use the interactive network map to explore our database campaign contribution relationships. Politicians and companies are positioned by their relationships, those that are close together tend to have similar patterns of giving and receiving.
  • Tom Johnson on 09 May 11
     
    The Dirty Energy Money tool provides an illustration of the network of funding relationships between Dirty Energy companies and politicians. You can use the interactive network map to explore our database campaign contribution relationships. Politicians and companies are positioned by their relationships, those that are close together tend to have similar patterns of giving and receiving.
Tom Johnson

Graphviz - Graph Visualization Software - 0 views

www.graphviz.org

opensource visualization graph software tools graphics

shared by Tom Johnson on 19 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Welcome to Graphviz  Available translations:Belorussian What is Graphviz? Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics,  software engineering, database and web design, machine learning, and in visual interfaces for other technical domains.   Features The Graphviz layout programs take descriptions of graphs in a simple text language, and make diagrams in useful formats, such as images and SVG for web pages, PDF or Postscript for inclusion in other documents; or display in an interactive graph browser. (Graphviz also supports GXL, an XML dialect.)  Graphviz has many useful features for concrete diagrams, such as options for colors, fonts, tabular node layouts, line styles, hyperlinks, rolland custom shapes.
  • Tom Johnson on 19 Oct 11
     
    Welcome to Graphviz Available translations:Belorussian What is Graphviz? Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics, software engineering, database and web design, machine learning, and in visual interfaces for other technical domains. Features The Graphviz layout programs take descriptions of graphs in a simple text language, and make diagrams in useful formats, such as images and SVG for web pages, PDF or Postscript for inclusion in other documents; or display in an interactive graph browser. (Graphviz also supports GXL, an XML dialect.) Graphviz has many useful features for concrete diagrams, such as options for colors, fonts, tabular node layouts, line styles, hyperlinks, rolland custom shapes.
Tom Johnson

Investigative Resources for Investigative Reporters with TLOxp® - 0 views

www.tlo.com/investigative-reporters

online investigative public records

shared by Tom Johnson on 18 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Tom Johnson on 18 Dec 12
     
    TLOxp® for Investigative Reporters is a cutting-edge online investigative database, giving reporters access to the most accurate, comprehensive information on people, businesses and locations and the connections between them.
Tom Johnson

Reporters' Lab // Creating a newsroom tool in 30 hours or less - 1 views

www.reporterslab.org/haystax

hacks&Hackers scraper tool

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  • Tom Johnson on 29 Jun 12
     
    Creating a newsroom tool in 30 hours or less June 28, 2012 at 2:51 PM At NewsHack in San Francisco, a team of eight journalists and developers spent 30 hours cobbling together Haystax, a point-and-click Web scraper to help anyone collect public information from online databases. Now we need help taking it to the next level.
Tom Johnson

We Just Ran Twenty-Three Million Queries of the World Bank's Website - Working Paper 36... - 0 views

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transparency open government bank world development Latin America

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  • Tom Johnson on 10 May 14
     
    "Abstract Much of the data underlying global poverty and inequality estimates is not in the public domain, but can be accessed in small pieces using the World Bank's PovcalNet online tool. To overcome these limitations and reproduce this database in a format more useful to researchers, we ran approximately 23 million queries of the World Bank's web site, accessing only information that was already in the public domain. This web scraping exercise produced 10,000 points on the cumulative distribution of income or consumption from each of 942 surveys spanning 127 countries over the period 1977 to 2012. This short note describes our methodology, briefly discusses some of the relevant intellectual property issues, and illustrates the kind of calculations that are facilitated by this data set, including growth incidence curves and poverty rates using alternative PPP indices. The full data can be downloaded at www.cgdev.org/povcalnet. "
Tom Johnson

Javascript used to display Business Database Search from The Dallas Morning News - 0 views

newsapps.dallasnews.com/...dfw-public-companies.html

analytic journalism DJCamp2011 database business javascript

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  • Tom Johnson on 15 May 11
     
    Daniel Lathrop Wanted to share with all of you my latest installment in my ongoing love affair with Google Fusion Tables, the Dallas publicly-traded companies list. http://newsapps.dallasnews.com/media/dfw-public-companies.html I got the data from the biz desk on Thursday and wrote this little thing using JQuery, JQueryUI and FusionTables pretty quickly. And before everyone gets all "but you could have used [Caspio, TableSetter, Rails, PHP, Ilene, etc.]" on me, I know I could have. But doing this with Fusion Tables let me do all my work on the client side and let me create the user-experience I wanted. Plus, I now have a starting place to do this for any similar Fusion Tables project. For the curious, the Javascript can be found here: http://newsapps.dallasnews.com/media/fusiondmn.pubcompanies.js It's fewer than 150 lines, and more than a quarter of that is my Javascript for for rendering integer/floating point #s in newsroom style (e.g. $4.2 billion). I'm hoping to turn it into a robust tool for deploying searchable data with Fusion Tables and am going to ask my corporate overlords to let me open source it once I've done some refactoring to make it generally applicable. Critiques welcome. -Daniel --------------------------- Daniel Lathrop 206.718.0349 (cell)
Tom Johnson

An Applied Demography Toolbox - 1 views

www.demog.berkeley.edu/...toolbox.html

analytic journalism statistics demography data

shared by Tom Johnson on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Tom Johnson on 05 Oct 11
     
    An Applied Demography Toolbox A collection of applied demography programs, scripts, spreadsheets and databases. If you have any questions (such as how to apply the tools to your own work), recommendations or additions, you can send a message to me (Eddie Hunsinger) at edynivn@gmail.com. If you would like to use, share or reproduce any information or ideas from the linked files, be sure to cite the respective source. Here is a neat article that gives this site some inspiration. Acknowledgments. Subscribe to new postings . Return to Eddie's homepage. http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~eddieh/toolbox.html#MedianCalculator
  • Tom Johnson on 05 Oct 11
     
    These tend to be US-centric, but there are universal tools here for statistical analysis.
Tom Johnson

About LittleSis - LittleSis - 0 views

littlesis.org/about

networks charts Infoviz government coverage

shared by Tom Johnson on 12 Jul 12 - Cached
  • Tom Johnson on 12 Jul 12
     
    LittleSis is a free database detailing the connections between powerful people and organizations. We bring transparency to influential social networks by tracking the key relationships of politicians, business leaders, lobbyists, financiers, and their affiliated institutions. We help answer questions such as: Who do the wealthiest Americans donate their money to? Where did White House officials work before they were appointed? Which lobbyists are married to politicians, and who do they lobby for? All of this information is public, but scattered. We bring it together in one place. Our data derives from government filings, news articles, and other reputable sources. Some data sets are updated automatically; the rest is filled in by our user community. More Features »
Tom Johnson

Open Data Directory - 0 views

open.mflask.com

government data databases cor analytic journalism DJCamp2011

shared by Tom Johnson on 09 May 11 - No Cached
  • A free search engine for data sets published by governments, private companies and other organizations. It now indexes 255180 datasets from many sources.
  • Tom Johnson on 09 May 11
     
    A free search engine for data sets published by governments, private companies and other organizations. It now indexes 255,180 datasets from many sources.
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