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The present study examined the incidence of Escherichia coliO157:H7 and Salmonellain feedlot lambs. Fifty-six feedlot lambs from eight sheep farming operations were grouped in a single drylot pen, fed, and managed as is typical in the southwestern United States. Fecal samples were collected on days 0, 46, 87, and 122 of the feeding period via rectal palpation. Wool samples (ventral midline) were collected one time only at the feedlot, immediately prior to shipping to the processing plant, and carcass swabs were collected following slaughter. All samples were cultured for E. coliO157:H7, Salmonella, and fecal coliforms, and select isolates were examined for antimicrobial susceptibility. Overall, the percentages of fecal and wool samples positive for E. coliO157:H7 averaged 9 and 18%, respectively. One carcass swab was E. coliO157:H7 positive. Of the 155 fecal samples collected, 11 (7%) were Salmonellapositive. Salmonellawas detected in nearly 50% of the wool samples collected prior to slaughter, while none of the carcasses were Salmonellapositive 24 h postslaughter. All isolates (E. coliO157:H7, Salmonella, and fecal coliforms) were susceptible to ceftiofur, enrofloxacin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. One E. coliO157:H7 isolate cultured from a carcass swab was resistant to seven antibiotics, and seven wool E. coliO157: H7 isolates were multidrug resistant. Results of this research demonstrate that feedlot sheep are naturally colonized with E. coliO157:H7 and Salmonellaand wool can be a source of carcass contamination; however, in-plant processing procedures and intervention strategies were largely effective in preventing carcass contamination.

The article reports on the announcement by the Government of Canada in February 2011 that permissions is not needed to reproduce any of its publications by any means for personal or public non-commercial purposes, unless specified in the material. After a month, the governing minority Conservative Party was defeated on Copyright Reform Bill and other pending legislation on a lack of confidence vote by the opposition parties. Several organizations asked the government to change its decision. INSET: 0.

Using the theory of information-gap for decision-making under severe uncertainty, it has been shown that there exist irrevocable trade-offs between fidelity-to-data, robustness-to-uncertainty and confidence-in-prediction. The paper describes the assessment and trade-offs of these three components in a data-sparse application. To augment the data and corresponding modeling, a similar application with data and models is considered. A method of information integration is illustrated. Saaty's Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to determine weights for two models and two experimental data sets, by forming all possible pair-wise comparisons between model output and experimental data.

This section offers news briefs concerning the field of mapping in Canada as of November 2008. The Geological Survey of Canada has issued a number of large scale maps showing sea floor geology and topography for country's Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Many scanned Canadian geology maps are available via the MIRAGE database: gdr.nrcan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the ramping up of geological mapping throughout Canada's Arctic region.

Presents the poem "then let fall your horrible pleasure," by Tim Ross. First Line: physicists live alone in the woods they build fires they burn the limbs of their numbers; Last Line: they sound like sculptors sanding away at the monolith.

Presents the poem "Wilderness with Glowing Aperture," by Tim Ross. First Line: we're the salmon we bring the guileless eggs; Last Line: step past our foreheads into the torrent.

Presents the poem "that all planes are infinite, by extension," by Tim Ross. First Line: who are you the ashes of I ask the snow are you the barber with the smoky fingers; Last Line: we say here are my teeth count them all our numbers add up to one.

Presents the poem "Engine," by Tim Ross.

Presents the poem "The Lightmaker's Aubade," by Tim Ross.

The article reports on the success of Tom Brittnacher in winning in the tenure-track Geographic Information System (GIS) Librarian competition at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver in Canada.

This section offers political, legislative and administrative news briefs in Canada of interest to libraries. It notes that the government will reduce programs and staff in government libraries in Ottawa, Ontario and regional centres. It adds that the interlibrary loan programs at the National Library will be discontinued while reference hours will be reduced and restricted to formal appointments. The government plans to stop the distribution of tangible publications by the end of 2014.

The article offers Canadian library news briefs. The British Columbia government introduced its open data portal http://www.data.gov.bc.ca. The University of British Columbia offers its Indigenous Foundation site http://indigenousfoundations.ars.ubc.ca as a historical resource for research on indigenous people. The Association of Canadian Map Libraries & Archives will hold its annual conference at Ryerson University in Toronto on June 12-15, 2012.

Several letters to the editor are presented including the practice of medicine in Australia, the difference in roles between nurses and doctors and the importance of a clinical pharmacists to minimize problems in medications.

This section offers news briefs related to the social and economic issues in Canada as of November 2010. The Canadian Federal Department of Natural Resources has released 300 topographic maps covering the different regions of the country such as those in the northern areas that were unmapped at the 1:50,000 scale. A bill which aims to modify the Copyright Modernization Act was proposed in the Canadian federal House of Commons. The website XUMP.COM announced the sales of its Canada map placemat.

The section offers news briefs related to maps in Canada. Several interactive and other maps were released by the Canadian government to be used in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games. An announcement was made by Natural Resources Canada about its production of 1600 topographic maps of the northern regions of Canada. The Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives' (ACMLA) 2010 annual conference will be held from June 15 to 18, 2010 at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario.

The article discusses a 2007 study on homophobic bullying in British schools. Conducted by equality organization Stonewall, the study estimated that about 156,000 gay and lesbian pupils have been subject to bullying. 41% of the respondents had experienced physical abuse, 17% had received death threats and 12% have been sexually assaulted. Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill says the findings should serve as a wake-up call to educators since it threatens other students who are perceived as gay and may adversely affect the school work of gay pupils.

Presents the poem "yet these were but small griefs," by Tim Ross. First Line: the clock with the milky eye returns from the swamp of daydreams; Last Line: crumbling avenue.

Presents the poem "White Carpet, White Paint," by Tim Ross.

Presents the poem "A Notion of What Floats," by Tim Ross.

Presents the poem "Old Foreign Film Late at Night," by Tim Ross.

Presents the poem "A Notion of What Floats," by Tim Ross.

Presents the poem "White Carpet, White Paint," by Tim Ross.

An interview with radio personality Tim 'Rosso' Ross is presented. When asked how he finds his return to radio on Sydney's Mix 106.5, he says it is a different experience. He relates being in a way and saying things that connect with the audience is the secret to great radio. He also discusses the things that made him busy, his show with Adam Zwar on the ABC called "Agony Uncles," and his other ambitions.

The article discusses factors to consider when selecting intelligent video management systems. It is important to determine whether the system captures or stores video in an easily searchable, compressed fashion. The system must also provide a searchable database of security events and uses bandwidth and storage efficiently.