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Ten sources of free big data on Internet
Introduction.
I am often asked by clients where can they find public datasets for analysis and for inclusion in their own data analytics. This brief list of ten key sources shows the range of data available via some key national and international organisations. Most of this data is freely available and updated regularly as new data becomes available.
Some of these datasets are large, 300TB from one source alone.
10 Sources of Data
Data provided by UK open data program. Includes government statistics on Economics, Finance, Health and Agriculture.
Source of data for the US Government open data; Divided into sections covering agriculture, finance, business. Contains over 180,000 datasets for public access.
USA census data collected on population, detailed down to block level. Also provides tools for analysis or alternatively, bulk data download.
Eurostat, the European Statistics Organisation provides the European Union open data repository. Covers a huge range of topics including census data, business data, migration data, economy, agriculture and health.
Amazon Datasets
Amazon provides a range of open source data hosted on their S3 storage. The data is free, though processing charges are applied for computer processing on their EWS platforms.
Data available include Landsat satellite imagery, updated daily, also climate data, the million song collection of 28 music datasets, social media data, genomes data from the Human Genome Project.
CERN – the European Organisation for Particle Physics provide open data on a number of their experiments, for example the Large Hadron Collider has provided some 300 TB of data, some processed to make it suitable for schools and colleges.
The World Bank provide a huge range of development and economic data via their open data program. These often include easy to use software interfaces in addition to direct data download. One example is the World Development Indicators Database. You can extract data from this database easily using their software. I wrote a program to illustrate access to this dataset here: https://tendron.shinyapps.io/WorldBank1/
An extensive range of economics datasets are listed on this website, including stock market data, government bond data and GDP data among a wide range of other economic and financial timeseries.
A list of datasets available via Microsoft Azure, many of them are free, though not all.
The bank of England provide a large range of banking, monetary and financial statistics in the Statistical Interactive Database. Other data sets include forecasts for the UK economy and statistics on public finance and spending.
European Economy data can be downloaded from the Europa portal site. The datasets are contained in the Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate site (ECFIN DG). The home page of the directorate is: http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/index_en.htm.
On this site you will find a whole range of statistics for each of the 30 OECD countries, the euro area and the OECD as a whole. The statistics are arranged by topic group, including national Accounts, Finance, Agriculture, Development, International Trade, Labour, Prices, Public Management and Short-term Economic Statistics.
Summary
The above free datasets provide enormous quantities of data suitable for professional analysis. CERN, for example provide 300TB for their Large Hadron Collider experiment alone. Nevertheless, they also provide processed datasets which are suitable for school and college projects.
Douche Punches Guy’s Girlfriend Then Gets Knocked Out
In the video this douche is seen arguing with the couple in a car park. It quickly escalates, and like the coward he is, throws a shot at the woman hitting her clean in the chin.
That’s when shit hits the fan and her boyfriend sees red.
Brazilian Model Instagrams Herself Breastfeeding Calves
A model and DJ called Sabrina Boing Boing caused an uproar in her home country of Brazil when NSFW Instagram photos showed her trying to breastfeed a calf. No wonder: You're supposed to milk cows, not the other way around.
On her Instagram account, Boing Boing wrote, "Teste feito com mamiferos, ate agora todos querem mamaaaaa rs." Google Translate tells us this roughly equates to "Testing done with mammals, so far everyone wants suck lol." Gross.
As best we can tell (and forgive us, our Portuguese is rusty), the calf would not latch on to actually breastfeed. Thank goodness for that. Unsurprisingly, some of Boing Boing's tens of thousands of Twitter and Instagram followers deemed the calf "lucky" and made other icky comments like "very tasty." Among the less positive comments was one Instagramer called Boing Boing "fucking disgusting."
Boing Boing was also overly friendly with an ostrich last week, exposing her breasts as she fed the bird.
Something tells us Temple Grandin would not be pleased.
(Warning: not safe for work, or life, or possibly cows.)
Brazilian Model Instagrams Herself Breastfeeding Calves
A model and DJ called Sabrina Boing Boing caused an uproar in her home country of Brazil when NSFW Instagram photos showed her trying to breastfeed a calf. No wonder: You're supposed to milk cows, not the other way around.
On her Instagram account, Boing Boing wrote, "Teste feito com mamiferos, ate agora todos querem mamaaaaa rs." Google Translate tells us this roughly equates to "Testing done with mammals, so far everyone wants suck lol." Gross.
As best we can tell (and forgive us, our Portuguese is rusty), the calf would not latch on to actually breastfeed. Thank goodness for that. Unsurprisingly, some of Boing Boing's tens of thousands of Twitter and Instagram followers deemed the calf "lucky" and made other icky comments like "very tasty." Among the less positive comments was one Instagramer called Boing Boing "fucking disgusting."
Boing Boing was also overly friendly with an ostrich last week, exposing her breasts as she fed the bird.
Something tells us Temple Grandin would not be pleased.
(Warning: not safe for work, or life, or possibly cows.)
Miss Bum Bum 2014 - which of these 27 delicious derrières gets your vote?
It's been a shocking year for Brazil. Not only is their economy struggling, but they were twonked 7-1 on their own turf by Germany in the World Cup.
Thankfully the samba nation finally has something to look forward to: Miss Bum Bum 2014.
27 of the most ridiculous rear ends across Brazil have been selected and are now competing for a $22,000 prize (£13,000), together with the world wide acclaim that comes with possessing Brazil's perfect posterior.
Somehow, the judges need to whittle this battle of the butts down from 27 girls down to 15 before the competitions next stage - and what better way to do that than giving you the power to vote for your favourite!
The question is, who are you going to be giving your backing to? It's not an easy decision, that's for sure. But luckily for you, we've bundled together all 27 of the the tasty tushy's into one handy gallery.
Rest assured it's Bum-believable stuff!
Cougars or Moms... Who is Hotter?
#1 Hard Call
Well the answer seems to be that it depends and varies from person to person
#2 Moms Compete
Often times moms compete and that makes them become extra hot
#3 Cougars and Fitness
Cougars tend to pay attention to fitness.
#4 Tight Clothes
The pressure on moms to look great is huge
#5 Cougars are Bold
I mean that's how they got to be a cougar...
#6 Moms are Confident
They have a kid and sometimes a husband. They feel more sure of themselves
#7 Wild Partying?
Cougars like to party. They have seen the world
#8 Moms Have Style
Style is as important as fitness and moms have time to think about style
#9 Lingerie Obsession
A woman who knows herself also knows her lingerie
#10 She wins!
Whoever she is.. she wins.. Mom or Cougar.. We don't care
