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In this sixth part of our series on style sheet properties, you'll learn about layout properties, margins, and more. It is excerpted from chapter four of Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, Third Edition, written by Danny Goodman (O'Reilly; ISBN: 0596527403). Copyright © 2006 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher. Available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media.
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Having never attended this conference before (this was its 3rd year) I didn't quite know what to expect – that led me to think that the organisers could perhaps make an improvement to the way they advertise and describe what the event actually is! Fortunately the conference name 'Science + Football' gives a pretty clear indication of the theme of the 2 days.
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Companies like Opta and Prozone are straddling the gap between conventional wisdom and the analytical approach. They are certainly selling the concept of analytics for football, with varying success, but it is clear from the difference in language used by performance data analysts and, say, sports scientists with a focus on fitness, that the performance data analysts need to heavily soften their findings and vocabulary in order to sell analytical ideas to coaches and teams.
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Garry Gelade, who has colloaborated with Chelsea and more recently PSG in player recruitment analysis, proved that in some cases there is indeed more than meets the eye in terms of analytics at top level clubs. His presentation discussed a valuation of goals scored across the top European leagues. For his research, he cross-referenced a high volume of matches in the top leagues plus games between them at Champions League and Europa League level to infer rankings (a bit like the UEFA coefficient) for defence and attacking ability. From this he was able to make a judgement on the average level of defensive and offensive strength in each league and also how many goals a striker could be expected to score in the Premier League (on average) if they have scored say 15 in a season in the Eredivisie. That kind of a question, although subject to the same old criticism of the use a mean value where the variation in individual cases can be large, still serves as a great example of the use of analytics to hone player recruitment strategy. It also gives a nod and a wink to the kind of research that does happen at top football clubs – despite the veils of secrecy in place. How much it is applied is another question, however as outside observers we can all recognise the probable application of a player recruitment strategy at Newcastle United today – where they are clearly uncovering value in Ligue 1 in particular. There is little question in my mind that this is the result of an analysis-informed approach.
Rasmus Ankersen, apart from trying to sell his book (The Gold Mine Effect, sounds quite interesting actually!) told us about the pitfalls of talent identification and scouting. His prime example was Simon Kjaer, who even at 15 years old was not recognised for his talent and high potential by any of his coaches at the time (including Ankersen himself). Ankersen discussed many hidden factors that can be missed when we look purely at qualifications or conventional wisdom in evaluating talent. He used many examples, including one from Jamaican national team sprint coach Stephen Francis who identified 2 sprinters, 1 who runs 100m in 10.2secs and another who can run 10.6secs. Which sprinter would you prefer to train? Of course, it should depend on the circumstances in getting those times: if the 10.2s runner trains in world class facilities to strict regimes then perhaps his potential is much lower than a 10.6s runner who has developed his own style with indisciplined training. Francis would likely select the 10.6s runner who is slower on paper but has the potential – the runner in this anecdote being former world record holder Asafa Powell. The main theme of Ankersen's work looks at the environmental, geographical and unique factors that breed success in particular 'gold mines' throughout the world, like the Jamaican sprint team and Ethiopian long distance sprinters, many of whom come from the same small town of Bekoji. I guess I'll have to buy the book to find out if Ankersen offers further guidance on how to spot these hidden talents!
All in all it was a very enlightening day 1 of the conference with both encouragement and discouragement for the use of analytics in sport in equal measure. Obviously I am a little behind in posting this considering the conference came and went at the weekend – but for all those interested I expect to have another review for day 2 written up in the next couple of days.


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I Hit the Mark on Markets Again in 2012
12/20/2012 11:22 am EST
Focus: MARKETS
This is the third extraordinarily successful year in a row for MoneyShow's Howard R. Gold, also of The Independent Agenda, who credits a middle-of-the-road approach that tunes out talking-head gibberish for having his hits greatly outnumber his misses.
It's now time for my annual review of this column's "performance." Though I don't manage other people's money, I do give investment advice, and being accountable comes with the territory.
In brief, I had my third consecutive year of correctly calling the big moves in the market. Going back to 2010, following this column's recommendations would have kept you more heavily invested during major advances and less exposed during corrections. (I never recommend being 100% in or out of stocks.)
I've made mistakes and have sometimes featured advisors who got it wrong. But my columns were pretty much on target.
It actually started before the calendar turned. In a November 10, 2011 column called "2012 Could Be a Good Year for Stocks," I wrote: "If we can stay out of recession in the US and avoid one in the developing world, earnings of US-based companies may hold up well enough to support somewhat higher stock prices."
I also wrote that election years historically were the second best of the four-year presidential cycle for the stock market "and during years in which incumbent presidents run for re-election, the market has beaten its average election-year performance significantly." The S&P 500 is up 13.7% since then.
- Read Howard's piece "2012 Could Be a Good Year for Stocks" on MoneyShow.com.
On January 5, in my first column of the new year, I laid out six big themes for 2012, and five substantially came to pass:
- The European debt crisis will drag on, but there may be some progress. "And don't underestimate the willingness of the European Central Bank under Mario Draghi to take a page from Ben Bernanke's playbook and flood the zone with cash if things get rough." Check to both.
- Still, several European countries will go into recession, and some could lose their AAA rating this year. Standard & Poor's downgraded France and Austria from AAA a week later, and the Eurozone had negative GDP growth in the second and third quarters.
- The US will avoid recession for much of the year, and growth will be decent. "No great shakes, maybe 2% or so-and continued slow improvement in private-sector employment throughout the year." Bingo on both counts.
- US stocks should have a decent year, too, though the cyclical bull market is near its end-we covered that, but I'm not sure about the second part yet.
- Emerging markets continue to lose their luster-and ETFs tracking them have lagged the S&P 500 badly since September 2011.
My only big theme that didn't pan out was that "black swans are lurking," but since black swans by definition are unpredictable events, I'll call that a draw.
- Read how Howard's political predictions for 2012 turned out on The Independent Agenda.
The following week, I wrote a column called "US Stocks Are Still Investors' Best Bet," in which I repeated my long-held belief that investors would do well investing stateside.
I didn't foresee the strong performance of German and other developed European stock markets, but if you had most of your equity exposure in US stocks of all sizes and some other money in diversified international funds, you reaped most of those gains, too.
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In April, though, in a piece called, "It's Spring-Time to Take Profits," I wrote: "I think we'll see a long-overdue correction as we move deeper into spring. The weeks ahead may be a good time to take some profits and move money into more defensive areas, though I certainly wouldn't dump equities entirely."
The correction wasn't very deep-about 8%, less than half of what we saw in both 2010 and 2011. But the S&P now is slightly above where it was then, which was around 1,420. I did get a bit more bullish in July, when I repeated that "2012 still may be pretty good for stocks."
I also was correctly cautious on oil and gold. In early May, with gasoline prices near $4 a gallon nationwide, I wrote: "It looks to me as if higher oil and gas prices won't be a big worry when we head for the beach in a few weeks," and said they could fall below $3.50. By July 4, they got down to $3.41, and they're now just above $3.20.
And I earned the ire of gold bugs everywhere by speculating that "the end of the gold bull is on the horizon." In that piece, I envisioned "a scenario of slowly recovering global economies, gradual deleveraging, and little inflation in the real world-plus a firmer dollar. All in all, it would be a recipe for higher share prices but continued weakness for gold."
That has pretty much happened. Gold sits at around $1,644 an ounce, below where it was ($1,658) when that column appeared.
- Read Howard's view on where gold prices can go now at MoneyShow.com.
As I said at the outset, my good run of market calls goes back to early 2010, when I warned that a nasty correction was coming, tied to the European debt crisis. That happened, but then in August 2010 in a column called "Three Reasons to Be (at Least a Little) Bullish," I said stocks could move higher again. They did, in a rally that lasted eight months and took the S&P 500 index 30% higher.
But in early 2011, I predicted a big correction was coming. Stocks peaked in late April, then tumbled, and had just begun to recover when I wrote my November 2011 column saying this year could be good for stocks.
My biggest mistake this year: recommending dividend-paying stocks, which did OK, rather than consumer discretionary and housing stocks, which did spectacularly.
I don't have any "secret sauce." I tend to be moderately bullish and watch
for extremes in sentiment. And I try to screen out the noise that constitutes
too much market coverage these days.
Plus, I've had a run of good luck, which no doubt will end one day. Will it be next year? Maybe, but I'll take my chances-and give my 2013 predictions right after the new year.
Happy holidays and have a great New Year!
Howard R. Gold is editor at large for MoneyShow.com and a columnist for MarketWatch. Follow him on Twitter @howardrgold and catch his coverage of politics, the economy, and the fiscal cliff at www.independentagenda.com.
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Buster and Kathy arrange to go somewhere out of the Square after almost being caught kissing by Ian, but Buster is frustrated when Kathy fails to show up.
At the same time, Kathy makes her way to the tube station, but is stunned when Gavin approaches her and tells her that he has Dennis. This leaves Kathy with no option but to get into the car with him.
As Gavin takes Kathy away, it doesn't take her long to realise that he has a new shocking plan in mind, but just how far is Gavin prepared to go to get what he wants?
Margaret soon arrives to reason with Gavin, but as the severity of the situation hits Kathy, it's apparent that she is in great danger...
Meanwhile, Sharon is fuming to discover Dennis has been in contact with Gavin and later gets a shock when a panicked Buster says that he saw Gavin and Kathy driving off together.
Elsewhere, Sam drops Richard off with Jack, but he struggles to make a connection with his son. However, after learning that Richard loves animals, he soon comes up with an idea.
Also, Peggy's wake continues at The Vic. Linda confronts Shirley about her feelings for Phil, but she insists she is with Buster now. Phil also grows irritated by Sam's behaviour.


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I am loving this challenge as it is allowing me to tell the blogger what I really like about their blog..much more than you can put in a comment. So thank you gapawa https://gapawa.com/2016/05/24/a-z-challenge-people-edition/ for this brilliant brain wave.
Well what a treat I have for you….. I chanced upon https://chezmoiblog.com/ in my quest for that very special "C". The very first thing that caught my eye was the Saturday Soup….Pumpkin, Coconut and lemon grass..3 of my favorite Thai ingredients and the wonderful easy way Chez ( pronounced Shay) has of not only giving you a soup recipe but an insight into her life..both travel and home and also other soups which invoke happy, warm memories of mum's and family, cold ,damp childhood days when soup was the staple and loved. All enhanced by beautiful photography.
Not only does Chez give soup..but cake…..sssshh with Whiskey….something tells me this lady likes the finer things in life and appreciates good food and drink 🙂
Now for your treat……I think this is very nice of me to share this and not keep all to myself but how could I? I love sharing great recipes 🙂
My favorite Tanqueray Gin no less and a tonic recipe ..you will never ever pull that metal ring and pour it over your gin again…This is sublime, the ultimate in a mixer and just what gin deserves and no I am not including the recipe for you…you will have to pop over to Chez's blog and find it…ha ha…….Now you can all guess what I will be making this weekend 😉 If I can get Cinchona bark which gives the quinnine flavour of tonic…..but Chez has it covered, if you can't she has given us the link to a man who can!
Do pop over to Chez Moi and I know you will be as enthralled as I was…. it is a mixture of travel, food, reflections on life, childhood memories all wonderfully illustrated with beautiful photography.
For me it resonates and strikes a chord as I live in Asia, love the food and the flavours, the vibrance and the calm of daily life. As you know we have recently moved and are exploring our surrounding ( once this dang water) is sorted…. And my baby( Luffa) is doing well! Just saying!
Thank you Chez for the tonic recipe 🙂 and letting me share your lovely blog and the gin picture 🙂
Now it begins again… my quest for that special blog beginning with " D"
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USA Today, the Washington Post, and the New York Times lead with the Federal Reserve's decision Tuesday to lower short-term interest rates half a percentage point, which is also the top story in the Wall Street Journal's front-page business news box. The top national story at the Los Angeles Times, which fronts the rate cut, is more cautious government guidelines for cholesterol levels that could lead to nearly one-fifth of the U.S. adult population being prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs, a development everybody else fronts. The LAT says high that the new stringency might curtail the ravages of heart disease, but it might also impose heavy costs on the already burdened U.S. health-care system.
The headline over the USAT lead says that the Fed hinted of more cuts, but the story itself goes high saying that yesterday's Fed action could be "the beginning of the end of the latest round of cuts." The story and the rest of the coverage converges on a reconciliation of these two ideas: Subsequent cuts are likely to be smaller and not between scheduled Fed meetings. The NYT calls the 2.5 points in cuts since January "one of the most concentrated efforts" the Fed "has ever undertaken to reignite economic growth." The WP says it's the "most aggressive swing in policy, from restraining the economy to stimulating it, since the fall of 1982." USAT detects a "sense of urgency" rarely seen at the Fed under Alan Greenspan. The LAT says the Fed seems "particularly worried about corporate America." And several of the papers note that the Fed's Tuesday statement emphasized the need to stimulate business to spend more on new equipment. Most of the stories are struck by the Fed's apparent lack of concern that the new cuts will produce inflation. The NYT thinks this means that Greenspan believes that productivity growth will continue in the long term despite a recent slip. The WSJ is alone in noticing one sign that perhaps the Fed isn't monitoring things quite as carefully as everyone thinks: The statement it issued yesterday is "virtually identical" to the one it issued along with its last cut in April.
The papers report that tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank participated in a protest against what they call the "catastrophe" of the creation of Israel in 1948. They marked the day with speeches, burning Israeli and American flags and throwing stones at and scuffling with and shooting at Israeli police and soldiers. At least four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli fire, and the coverage strongly suggests that some of those Palestinians were not shooting at Israeli forces at the time they were killed but had been targeted by Israeli snipers who perceived them to be known terrorists. The papers also report at least one case where the strategy led to the shooting of a clearly innocent victim: An Israeli sniper chest-shot a French reporter, who survived only because of his flak jacket.
The WP goes inside with a story headlined "FIELD OFFICES ASSURE FBI ALL MCVEIGH FILES ARE IN." Nice to know, but the story waits until the sixth paragraph before getting to the real news–that before the dust-up about the FBI's undisclosed John Doe No. 2 files, McVeigh had written a letter to the Houston Chronicle in which he stated unequivocally that there was no John Doe No. 2.
The WP fronts word that a retired U.S. nuclear bomb scientist, Danny Stillman, who participated repeatedly in exchange programs with his Chinese counterparts, believes he learned "a lot" about Chinese nukes without giving anything away about U.S. capabilities. The paper emphasizes that now the U.S. government is refusing to let Stillman publish a book he's written about the China contacts. It seems to Today's Papers that here, too, the Post hides the real news. The story waits until the 32nd paragraph to reveal that one top Chinese scientist told Stillman that the Chinese developed warhead miniaturization on their own and until the 35th to mention that on every one of Stillman's visits to China, scientists there pressed him for help getting nuclear bomb locks because the Tiananmen Square crisis drove home to them the dangers of unauthorized control of nuclear weapons by military factions, but that the U.S. declined to help. In this case, the reporter can't really blame his editors for imposing the false notes on him, because the reporter is the paper's managing editor, Steve Coll.
And why is one WP fronter headlined "RACIAL PROFILING IN MARYLAND DEFIES DEFINITION AND SOLUTION"? After all, the story says that at one area where all Maryland state police traffic stops were videotaped, nearly 30 percent of the drivers stopped were black even though one of the nation's top traffic stop statisticians estimates that only 17 percent of the lawbreakers in the traffic there were black. And why, by the way, is that little nugget saved for the 28th paragraph?
When it comes to Monday's Supreme Court decision on medical marijuana, a WP editorial feels strongly both ways. In the first paragraph, it says that "Drug buyers' clubs that sprang up in California following the state's passage of a medical marijuana referendum were therefore operating illegally, and the Justice Department was within its rights to shut them down." But in the third paragraph, it says, "Where other treatments have failed patients and their doctors are willing to certify that they believe marijuana could offer relief, there ought to be a way for them to receive the drug without the threat–however theoretical–of federal criminal prosecution."
The worst thing about op-ed page "humor" is that it's too often written by "funny" people without interesting opinions who do no reporting, whereas the key is instead to find opinionated reporters who can make you laugh. Witness two successes from the NYT op-ed page: 1) Maureen Dowd has this reaction to Hillary Clinton's being shocked that the FBI misplaced those McVeigh files: "Surely our senator understands that records can disappear on you, just when they are most needed as evidence in a high-profile case"; 2) Paul Krugman foresees the Bush administration reaction to an unprecedentedly bad fall TV lineup: "Mr. Bush declares that he is 'very concerned' about the deteriorating quality of broadcast entertainment. He urges TV viewers to support his plan for tax relief, which will provide families with money they can use to subscribe to HBO, allowing them to watch The Sopranos."


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Summer in the city. In every sense of the word. After work I hurried off to London to meet up with some friends in Shoreditch, I needed an outfit that would easily take me from the office day to evening social wear. I decided to dress up a little, wearing this Zara midi pleated skirt at work (a far cry from my usual plain black jeans or culottes) and changed in to this white graphic top before hopping on to the train. I have a new-found love for tees lately, as I mentioned in my previous ootd post I previously overlooked the importance of having basic tees in my wardrobe.
I bought this white graphic tee from Topshop a few weeks ago, undoubtedly the piece that began my new wardrobe obsession: I love the graphic/logo tee trend at the moment, and this one caught my eye straight away. I love the Girls Girls Girls message (which I elaborated on here!) the colour, the font, and the general coolness it adds to any outfit. The fact the text was embroidered instead of screen printed was what really sold it for me. Screen-printed tees tend to fade after a while and cheapen the clothing. This tee was also quite affordable for Topshop at around ₤25 - it's also washed well which is a bonus!
I think a lot of people shy away from these tops because, if like myself you have bigger boobs (gasps) then I personally tend to distance myself from tight-fitting ones. The main reason being that it can look unflattering, especially when the material stretches over the chest. So I usually end up getting a bigger size to avoid this, but recently I've found myself not worrying about it as much. Maybe it's all the pictures of Jeanne Damas & Bella Hadid pulling off such simple tees with effortless coolness that has me reaching from them in stores. Holding on to the hope that just maybe they'll deliver that effortless coolness on me. A girl can dream, right?
As for the skirt, I've been searching for some more midi ones for a while now without any luck. I did find a lovely blue polka dot button down pair for & Other Stories, but there were just a *little* bit of a stretch at 60 or 70 pounds. That being said, midi skirts are also the perfect transitional piece, so you can be sure they'll be worn throughout the cooler seasons of the year - so maybe investing in a few pairs isn't such a bad thing. Once again my shoes remain the same. You should all know by now I own about a handful of shoes, it's something I've always neglected in my wardrobe. My reasoning is that my docs go with everything, so why spend money I don't always have on other pairs? My summer wardrobe wishlist isn't at the top of my list of priorities at the moment - I'm trying to focus my efforts (and money) on a capsule travel wardrobe for the end of the year. Summer x
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Do It Because It Is Who You Want to Be – Life Rule #1
One day, I was driving to work and listening to an NPR interview of Mac Bledsoe, author, educator and father of football player Drew Bledsoe. Mac was discussing his book, Parenting with Dignity, and a key life event in developing his parenting philosophy.
While in the military, Lt. Mac Bledsoe was stationed in the south and worked with an African American woman who was known for always treating people with respect and dignity regardless of their position or race. One night the KKK burned a cross in Shirley's front yard. The next day, Shirley came into the office and continued to treat everyone, including a Sergeant who was a reputed KKK member, with her usual respect and dignity. Mac watched her throughout the day and could not understand how, after the hateful and frightening events of the night before, Shirley could still work with the same level of professionalism. So he asked her. Her response was, "Oh, Lieutenant Bledsoe, that's easy. In our family we are respectful and dignified, not because the people around us are acting respectful and dignified but because we are."
This story has stayed with me over time, and in fact helped define a key part of who I am and want to be as a person. It has also provided a wonderful example of the legacy I would like to leave with our next generation. (Yep! That's you; Guy, Carl, Jesse, Sean, Taylor, Jacie, Kyler, Jameson, Flannery, Honora, Xavier, Phoenix, and Alaya.)
As each of you move through life you will undoubtedly meet people who act with hatred, bigotry or just plain old "Assholeness". You will get angry. You will want to yell, get in their face, get personal, or even get physical. In that moment, it will be very easy to forget who you are and to respond with equal emotion. Some of my biggest regrets have come from moments where, under the cover of "righteousness", I chose to respond with anger, losing myself and my point at the same time.
In that nanosecond between the event and your response, you have a choice. Take a deep breath, THINK, and ask yourself, "Who do I want to be?" Then act accordingly.
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Alexandria Morgan
- UGrow Fellow
- email@example.com
- (305) x
Paige Morgan
- Digital Scholarship Librarian and Scholarly Publishing Officer
- email@example.com
- (305) 284-1524
I'm always happy to chat about troubleshooting or potential project ideas. You can make an appointment with me through my YouCanBookMe page. If you're looking for my monthly DH @ UM Newsletter, check out the most recent issue and subscribe.
This guide is co-authored by Paige Morgan (Digital Humanities & Scholarship Librarian) and UM Libraries Digital Humanities UGrow Fellows (Hadassah St. Hubert, UM Libraries DH UGrow Fellow, Spring 2018; Ruth Trego, UM Libraries DH UGrow Fellow 2016-17).
- our brand-new Learn@DLF pre-conference (#learnatdlf, October 14);
- the DLF Forum (#DLFforum, October 15-17);
- NDSA's Digital Preservation 2018 (#digipres18, October 17-18).
(Watch this space for announcements about upcoming courses focused on DH, or with DH components.)
Demystifying Digital Humanities
The Demystifying Digital Humanities workshops provide a lightweight orientation to digital humanities research. The full series of six workshops is offered each year, with three workshops per semester. More information is available in the Demystifying Digital Humanities Workshops section.
GIS Workshops
GIS (Geographic Information Systems) tools can be useful for any digital humanities project that has a spatial/geographical component. Abe Parrish, the UM Libraries GIS Librarian, offers regular workshops focusing on ArcGIS, one of the most powerful GIS tools available. Find out about upcoming workshops and other GIS resources at the GIS Resources guide.
ProfHacker is a group blog hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education, with many authors who identify as digital humanists. Column topics range from pedagogy to strategies for self-care and work/life balance.
The NEH Office of Digital Humanities is a great site to find out more about grants and funding opportunities. While the NEH funds large DH projects, it also funds occasional short-term workshops, often with travel stipends for graduate students.
JobsDH aggregates DH job postings from several sources. If you're curious about what sorts of opportunities might be available, checking out job listings and skills is an excellent first step in figuring out what you might need to learn.
If you're looking for the most current discussions in DH, whether formal or informal, then searching "digital humanities" on Twitter will show you what people are talking about right now.
Upcoming FLDH events include the 2017 HASTAC conference -- a supportive conference especially for scholars who are presenting for the first time on digital humanities-related work.
Opportunities (many funded)
(Coming soon!)
Funding Opportunities (in order of deadline):
Institute for Humane Studies: Conference & Research Grant funding of up to $750 for graduate students. These awards are not limited to DH activities, but you certainly *could* use them for DH purposes. Deadline: Applications are funded on a rolling basis, and must be submitted at least 4 weeks in advance of your proposed activity.
Other Opportunities:
The Programming Historian offers novice-friendly peer-reviewed tutorials for a wide range of digital humanities and programming tasks. As of August, the site also has a new team of Spanish Language Editors, who will work on translating existing tutorials, and work with writers producing tutorials in Spanish. For more info, see the Programming Historian's Contribute page. New submissions are reviewed, edited, and published as they come in throughout the year.
Upcoming IRG Meetings
Coming soon!
Past IRG Meetings
Friday, March 2, 1–2:30 p.m.
Ashe Building, Room 427
The next meeting of the Digital Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Group will feature presentations from Diana Ter-Ghazaryan and Oliver Wallis.
Tuesday, March 27, 12:30–2 p.m.
Merrick Building, Room 205
Workshop: Building a Digital Corpus
This workshop is presented by Gimena del Rio Riande and Susanna Alles Torrent.
Wednesday, March 28, 4 p.m.
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Conference Room
Lecture: Refounding the Digital Humanities from the South
This lecture is presented by Gimena del Rio Riande.
Fall 2017 Meetings
DH Project Presentations: see members of the UM community present the DH projects that they are working to develop, and receive supportive feedback from other University of Miami digital humanists!
Contact Lindsay Thomas and Susanna Alles-Torrent if you're interested in presenting.
Friday, November 3rd, 2:30-4:00 p.m., Ungar 230-C/D
Friday, December 1st, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Richter Library 3rd floor conference room.
March 2017 meeting
March 3rd, 2017 -- 12:30-2:00 p.m. (Location TBA)
Reading: "Frozen Social Relations and Time for a Thaw: Visibility, Exclusions, and Considerations for Postcolonial Digital Archives" -- Martha Nell Smith
Professor Smith is exceptionally well known for her work on Emily Dickinson, scholarly editing, and the digital humanities. We are excited to announce that she will be visiting the University of Miami to give a public talk on Thursday, April 20th, at 4:30 p.m., in the Richter Library 3rd Floor Conference Room. (If you're visiting campus, parking is free after 4 p.m.).
November 2016 meeting:
Neoliberal Tools (and Archives): A Political History of Digital Humanities, by Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillette, and David Golumbia
Beyond Resistance: Towards a Future History of Digital Humanities, by Juliana Spahr, Richard So, and Andrew Piper
For more information on the IRG, please see the Humanities Center website.
Though many of these journals publish traditional scholarly articles, several of them also publish (or will consider publishing) experimental and/or multimedia formats. If you are interested in publishing in an alternative format, I strongly recommend that you check the journal's submission guidelines carefully, and contact the journal's editorial board to learn more about what they can support.
All of these journals are peer-reviewed or refereed.
If you are aware of a journal that is digital humanities/digital scholarship-focused, or a journal that is making a deliberate effort to regularly publish content related to digital scholarship, please let me know.
CA: Journal of Cultural Analytics
- What do they publish?: Cultural Analytics is "dedicated to the computational study of culture. Its aim is to promote high quality scholarship that intervenes in contemporary debates about the study of culture using computational and quantitative methods."
- Start of publication: 2016
- Format: online
- Frequency: rolling
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: maximum 9,000 words; see submission guidelines for more information
Caracteres: Estudios culturales y criticos de la esfera digital
- What do they publish?: "El objetivo principal de la revista Caracteres es desarrollar los estudios en torno a las Humanidades Digitales mediante la publicación de trabajos originales e inéditos. La revista incluye también una sección de reseñas y otra orientada a la publicación de artículos divulgativos abierta a diferentes tipos de propuestas." / "The main objective of the journal characters is to develop studies around the Digital Humanities by publishing original and unpublished works. The magazine also includes a section of reviews and another one oriented to the publication of informative articles open to different types of proposals."
- Start of publication: 2012
- Format: online
- Frequency: biannual
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: Maximum 35,000 characters, including footnotes and works cited. See the publication guidelines (also available in English) for more information
- What do they publish?: Peer reviews of existing and in-progress DH projects, and "How Did They Make That?" submissions focusing on "how to launch and/or maintain an exemplary aspect of a stable digital project."
- Start of publication: 2015
- Format: online
- Frequency: annually
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: 600-1,000 words for How Did They Make That? narratives; project narratives vary; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: "Scholarly articles; editorials and provocative opinion pieces; experiments in interactive media; reviews of books, web sites, new media art installations, digital humanities systems and tools." If you are interested in publishing in an experimental or non-traditional format, please see the submission guidelines for more details what DHQ can support, and contact the editorial board in advance.
- Start of publication: 2007
- Format: online
- Frequency: quarterly
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no maximum limits; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: "Digital Literary Studies publishes scholarly articles on research concerned with computational approaches to literary analysis/criticism, or critical/literary approaches to electronic literature, digital media, and textual resources. In addition to longer, more traditionally-formed articles, this journal publishes positional papers and articles with a shorter experimental focus, as well as reviews of books and electronic literature. Contributors may also submit curated electronic texts for peer-review, as well as thoroughly-documented hermeneutical methods and tools. Any digital project with a literary focus, whether that be a digital edition, tool, or otherwise, may be considered for peer-review."
- Start of publication: 2016
- Format: online
- Frequency: annually
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: varies by article type; see author guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: Critical articles, reports on research in progress, and reviews of digital humanities monographs and anthologies.
- Start of publication: 1986
- Format: print & online
- Frequency: quarterly
- Accessibility: via subscription, or membership in any of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations member organizations
- Article length: Max: 9,000 words for full-length papers; 5,000 words for shorter articles, 3,000 words for reports of research in progress; see author guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: DS/CN publishes "contributions relating to work carried out in the digital humanities, broadly construed. In its open, thematic, and conference volumes DS/CN publishes academic articles, scholarly notes, working papers, field synopses, larger reviews, and well-documented opinion pieces. DS/CN privileges publications which explicitly demonstrate an awareness of interdisciplinary context(s) and a history of pertinent academic engagement."
- Start of publication: 2000
- Format: online
- Frequency: rolling release; varies by year
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no maximum limits; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: The DAH Journal "seeks to gather current developments in the field of Digital Art History world-wide and to foster discourse on the subject both from Art History and Information Science."
- Start of publication: 2015
- Format: print and online
- Frequency: annually
- Accessibility: open access for online; print subscriptions available
- Article length: Maximum 6,000 words; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: JDMDH publishes "relevant data analysis with human-produced datasets" (see Editorial Policies for more information).
- Start of publication: 2015
- Format: online
- Frequency: currently annually; may become quarterly in
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no maximum length; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: JoDML publishes "traditional research articles alongside hybrid, mixed-media articles and creative digital projects."
- Start of publication: 2013
- Format: online
- Frequency: 1-2 times per year
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no maximum limit; not currently accepting submissions as the editors are "currently working with guest editors to coordinate the next six issues"
- What do they publish?: "The mission of The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (ISSN 2166-6245) is to promote open scholarly discourse around critical and creative uses of digital technology in teaching, learning, and research. ... The journal will also work to change what counts as scholarship—and how it is presented, disseminated, and reviewed—by allowing contributors to develop their ideas, publish their work, and engage their readers using multiple formats."
- Start of publication: 2012
- Format: online
- Frequency: biannually; however, short form pieces are published on a rolling basis throughout the year
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no maximum length for article submissions; for video/multimedia pieces, suggested length is 5-10 minutes
- What do they publish?: "The Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD) features peer reviewed publications describing humanities data, software, and ontologies with high potential for reuse." See the journal's Call For Papers for more information.
- Start of publication: 2015
- Format: online
- Frequency: continuous: papers come online as soon as they have passed peer review
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: 1,000 word limit for short metapapers; full-length articles should be 3,000-5,000 words; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: The Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative "publishes the proceedings of the annual TEI Conference and Members' Meeting and special thematic issues: state-of-the-art reports on electronic textual editing, current trends in TEI encoding, and new use cases for TEI. It furthermore provides a forum for articles on the discussion of the interface between the TEI and other communities, and more generally of the role of technological standards in the digital humanities, including digital scholarly editing, linguistic analysis, corpora creation, and newer areas such as mass digitization, semantic web research, and editing within virtual worlds."
- Start of publication: 2010
- Format: online
- Frequency: at least once a year
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: 5,000-7,000 words for full-length research articles; 2,000-4,000 words for shorter "articles reflecting poster session or lightning presentations, or new tools or services." See author guidelines for more information.
- What do they publish?: Kairos publishes ""webtexts," which are texts authored specifically for publication on the World Wide Web. Webtexts are scholarly examinations of topics related to technology in English Studies fields (e.g., rhetoric, composition, technical and professional communication, education, creative writing, language and literature) and related fields such as media studies, informatics, arts technology, and others. Besides scholarly webtexts, Kairos publishes teaching-with-technology narratives, reviews of print and digital media, extended interviews with leading scholars, interactive exchanges, "letters" to the editors, and news and announcements of interest." About Kairos
- Start of publication: 1996
- Format: online
- Frequency: biannually in January and August, with special issues in May
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: varies; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: Prompt publishes academic writing assignments for undergraduates and graduate students, accompanied by reflective essays discussing the assignment.
- Start of publication: 2017
- Format: online
- Frequency: (undetermined -- this is a very new peer reviewed journal)
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: Assignment + a reflective essay of 1,500-2,000 words; see submission guidelines for more information
- What do they publish?: sx archipelagos is "devoted to creative exploration, debate, and critical thinking about and through digital practices in contemporary scholarly and artistic work in and on the Caribbean. Given the wide implications of the "digital turn" for our very conceptions of knowledge, our mission is to discern the ways in which the digital may enhance and transform our comprehension of the regional and diasporic Caribbean. sx archipelagos responds to this challenge with three distinct dimensions of critical production: scholarly essays; digital scholarship projects; and digital project reviews."
- Start of publication: 2016
- Format: online
- Frequency: still being established
- Accessibility: open access
- Article length: no set length, see author guidelines for more information
DH work can be more successful when you're not working on your own. Here are some of the ways that we can collaborate, whether you're developing ideas, specific plans, or are at any stage of a project.
Pedagogical Support
Please note:
- In most cases, classroom activities and sessions require at least two weeks' notice. The sooner you contact me, the more likely I will be able to accommodate your request.
- When I am introducing your class to a new skill, activity, or website, your presence during the session is essential.
Guest Lecture/Discussion: I am happy to work with your students during a single course session to introduce a single topic or website. Potential subjects include:
- An introduction to DH activity in relation to your course's focus
- Using one of the library's DH-oriented databases, such as Gale's Artemis or ECCO
- Finding DH data sources in the wild
- Exploring a single digital humanities project
- Following fair-use guidelines in digital research
Short Assignment/Activity: In two course sessions (usually no more than one week apart), I can provide a focused intro to DH, and get your students started working with one of a few entry-level DH tools for a short assignment that you and I create and/or customize according to your course's needs. In the second course session, students will present their findings, and I will facilitate discussion of the process and outcomes of their work.
Potential tools: Google Fusion Tables, Voyant, AntConc, Palladio
Final Project/Activity: I will work with you to design or adapt an assignment sequence (including scaffolding) to incorporate a particular digital tool or method, and train your students to use it, including coverage of copyright/fair-use guidelines). Depending on the tool and the specific project that we develop, and materials involved, this activity will require three or four 50-minute class sessions for training and in-class work time to insure that students are confident enough with the tool to be successful in their assignment (I am happy to be available for 1-1/small group troubleshooting appointments outside of class).
Potential tools: Omeka, Scalar, ArcGIS
Assignment Development/Feedback: I am happy to work with you to create or adapt a particular assignment around a tool, topic, or dataset for your course; or just to look over an assignment that you've created and provide quick feedback.
Rubric Development/Feedback: If you're introducing your students to using digital technology in their research, one of the most important components can be providing clear expectations for an assignment. I am happy to work with you to develop a detailed rubric for evaluating student assignments; or to provide quick feedback on a rubric that you've developed.
Research Support
(These are a few of the services that I can provide, but if you're looking for a type of support that's not listed, please ask me about it.)
Thinking About Possible Projects: If you have an idea for a research project, even if it's not fully formed, I'm happy to chat informally about it, with the goal of fleshing out what it might look like. Your starting point might be "I want to organize my data into a database for my own use" or "I want to work with [topic/material/data], but I'm not sure where to start."
Finding and/or Creating Data: Getting machine-readable data suitable for your research can be tricky. Sometimes the data is available on the web, if you know where to look; but sometimes your work will include creating or cleaning the data. I am happy to help you search for pre-existing data, and I can also help you plan and prepare to digitize printed texts, take high-res photos for digitization, or begin creating a controlled vocabulary for structured data.
Prototype Development: Creating a small prototype of a project can be a great way to start answering your research question -- as well as learning more about what kind of work it will take to expand your project, and developing more facility with particular tools. I am happy to help you develop a plan for your prototype (including choosing a tool to build it with), get you started, and help you troubleshoot as you go. Optional: if you'd like to talk to a supportive audience about your experience, I'm happy to work to set that up.
Planning and Applying for Grants: If you are interested in finding funding for your project, I can help you identify potential grants (whether microgrants or major grants), and work towards a complete application, I am happy to help you prepare, whether by talking through your application, providing advanced feedback, or helping you make sense of feedback from readers.
A free, easy-to-use, intuitive tool for anyone whose instruction involves reading or writing, Prism allows students to take notes on texts in a platform that their teacher can see and within categories on which their teacher wants them to focus. Teachers can, in turn, use that data to direct class time based on student needs, or for many other pedagogical purposes, with a little bit of imagination.
2.) Story Maps
A segment of the larger program ArcGIS, Story Maps is a platform that allows students to create multimedia projects that tell a story through the use of a geographic information system. Fairly simple to use for technological novices, but with opportunities for technically adept teachers and students to use their skills, Story Maps is ideal for projects that seek to foreground spatial content and themes.
3.) Omeka
Omeka is an open source website-building tool that's perfect for curating and exhibiting cultural objects. Probably best suited for collaborative work and for teachers with some degree of technological bravery, Omeka projects can result in products that look both professional and scholarly.
4.) AntConc and Voyant
These tools are both useful for beginners at text mining who want to use computers to find patterns and trends in texts. Of the two, Voyant is a bit simpler and easier to use, while AntConc yields somewhat more sophisticated data.
5.) Timeline JS and TimeMapper
Both of these tools allow teachers and students to make visually attractive, multimedia timelines. The difference between them is that timeline.js lets users embed a wide range of media, including everything from images to videos to sound clips to google maps to wikipedia pages, while TimeMapper is more specifically interested in combining the concepts of time and space.
Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities
Part of MLA Commons; General Editors: Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, Jentery Sayers
This resource offers 60 deliberately innovative, current keywords for humanities classrooms (such as "labor," "hashtag," "failure," and "code") and presents 10 artifacts for each keyword. The artifacts include sample syllabi, prompts, exercises, and lesson plans, and include source URLs so users can replicate and modify them.
The Pedagogy Project
Hosted by HASTAC; Main Editor: Fiona Barnett
This resource shares Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities' focus on specific tools and transparency about how to use those tools in the classroom, but is roughly arranged around types of projects rather than keywords. It is ideal for teachers looking for specific digital pedagogy tips along with rationales for using such methods.
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
Senior Editor and Publisher: Douglas Eyman
This born-digital journal specializes in articles that make use of web-specific formats for a fresh take on peer-reviewed academic scholarship. Readers will encounter both theoretical articles on new media and practical articles on digital pedagogy, but the intentionally web-based formats of all articles reimagines the way professional scholarship can be presented.
Learning Through Digital Media
Edited by R. Trebor Scholz
Most of the short essays in this collection offer a discursive overview of how an educator might interact with a particular digital tool in the classroom. This resource focuses more on providing reflections about how profitable educators thought the use of a particular tool was in their classrooms than on step-by-step directions or links to source materials.
Hybrid Pedagogy
Division of the Digital Pedagogy Lab; Directors: Jesse Stommel, Sean Michael Morris
In their own words, the editorial team at Hybrid Pedagogy strives to create a journal that "combines the strands of critical pedagogy and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses for technology and new media in education" and "avoids valorizing educational technology, but seeks to interrogate and investigate technological tools to determine their most progressive applications." Articles are peer-reviewed, but have the interface, length, and - sometimes - personalness/informality of more blog post-style writing, and are ideal for those looking to become more well-versed in digital pedagogy theory.


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Silent Sentinel announce $2M US order for Aeron TI cameras
Silent Sentinel announce $2M US order for Aeron TI thermal security surveillance cameras
Silent Sentinel is pleased to announce that it has received an order from its US office to provide more than $2million worth of Aeron Searcher cameras. The cameras will be used to protect a number of utility sites on the US East Coast.
Mark Klang, President of Silent Sentinel USA, said, "this significant order represents is a great endorsement for what we are doing, not only in the US but also worldwide. We welcome our customer's confidence in this new product and look forward to working with them not only with this opportunity, but also on future projects."
The chosen Aeron IP Searcher features a 35-105mm continuous thermal zoom, which provides man detection to over 3500 meters, and a HD video zoom block providing high quality images for video verification purposes.
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Since its discovery in 1778 by Captain James Cook, Hawaii would forever be changed. This chain of Polynesian islands looks a lot different today compared to back then; granted, virtually everything looks different compared to how it looked in 1778. Less than 0.2% of the U.S. population identifies as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, which is peculiar given that before colonization the approximate total of Native Hawaiians was around 400,000 (Stillman 2004). However, I'm not here to talk about statistics. I'm here to examine the people of Hawaii today and how they are perceived in not just the media, but the cinemas and society as well. Although the people have changed, that doesn't necessarily mean the perception has.
In 2002 (yes, it was that long ago), Disney released a movie called Lilo & Stitch, which was well received by the general viewing audience. Upon researching reviews of the film I found a lot of, "Cute story, likeable characters, great soundtrack, etc." Seeing as this movie was intended for kids, this makes a lot of sense. I did, however, come across a review that implied the movie was sexist because the thin alien (Pleakley) was disguised as the women every time, but that's not really an argument because at one point the other alien (Jumba) wanted to try on the wig, so… I think that person was just trying to make something out of nothing.
Anyway, I would like to move the focus to the portrayal of the characters in the movie, and while critics make very good points about the characters being likeable and very real; in some ways, I think they aren't. Much of speaking is done with a pidgin accent, which is a slanged version of English, and that's not true of most of the Hawaiian population. I don't have that accent, and actual native Hawaiians don't even have that accent (we're actually quite articulate). Not to mention it's a little insulting when I hear people trying to mimic that accent. It's not difficult, but accents aren't for everyone. Here is a video of a Youtuber from Hawaii letting you know what people from Hawaii say, which I don't agree with (perpetuating the misconception).
There's also the feel of the movie. Disney managed to capture the Native Hawaiians strong belief of family, or ohana. Although, I could have done without the many "cuz" or "brah" or "braddahs" that were used throughout the movie. In my experience, this is not an actual experience. The movie does have its own flow though. In a New York Times review, they say, "Instead of the usual barrage of cheeky pop-culture references, there is Lilo's devotion to Elvis (whom she teaches Stitch to impersonate), and a quiet regard for details of character and setting." Hawaii may not be as skilled at being weird as Portland, but there seemingly is no shortage of originality, according to the New York Times. I won't speculate on the emphasis that was put into Elvis and his relation to Hawaii, but I think Disney may have put a little too much emphasis there. Despite that, I think this movie does a good job of portraying the values and beliefs of the people of Hawaii compared to its portrayal of language and people.
In Peter Segal's 50 Fifty First Dates, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, the movie also takes place in Hawaii. Raving reviews of "bravely true, undeniably heart-felt, and an audience that's expected to laugh." can be read about the film. That's entirely out of context though. Most of the reviews are actually very negative. Rightfully so? Jaquo, arguably the films saving grace, is the name of the walrus from the zoo. News flash, there are no walrus's at the zoo, it's too warm. Sometimes they're driven near Alaska when the ice starts melting, but that's the closest they usually come.
An actor by the name of Rob Schneider plays a native Hawaiian; however, he identifies as Filipino. There are Filipino's in Hawaii, so I could see him playing a character that is from Hawaii, but not Hawaiian. After all, Hawaii has people with Filipino ethnicity. He plays a Hawaiian though. Again, he has that stereotypical accent as well. Not everyone from Hawaii has a pidgin accent. Actually, that accent isn't even related solely to Hawaiians. It's more related to any minority group that was present during the white power owners (plantation owners and such), so any group that isn't Caucasian… Pretty much. Actress Amy Hill identifies as half-Japanese and half Finnish. There are quite a few people of the Japanese persuasion who have taken up residence in Hawaii, so once again the question comes to mind as to why she couldn't just play a Japanese person instead of Hawaiian. I appreciate the thought of letting people think that Hawaii is riddled with Hawaiians, but sadly that is just not the case.
This isn't Hawaii's fault though. There are constantly battles amongst "foreigners" and the "locals" about certain issues; particularly on the presence (or lack thereof) of larger businesses. I'm not sure if anyone not from Hawaii has heard the saying, but it definitely resonates strongly among the local population.
It means what you think it means: Leave things the way they are. We are PRO tradition, and have strong beliefs in the ideas of our ancestors. While "country" may not be the most accurate term, it's a suitable one. The locals want to keep the traditions and smaller "mom-and-pop" shops while big businesses want to cement themselves in Hawaii.
Unfortunately, change is something that happens consistently. Why then, does the portrayal and, in turn, perception of Hawaiians not? While I have had the pleasure of meeting people who have a firm grasp on what Hawaii actually looks like and stands for, I have also had the displeasure of meeting individuals who have a, politely put, slight misunderstanding of Hawaii. To answer the most common troll questions, yes we ride dolphins, yes we live in grass huts, yes we wear grass skirts and coconut bikinis, and if you believe me, I feel very sorry for you.
- Stillman, A. (2004). Project MUSE – Pacific-ing Asian Pacific American History. Retrieved July 23, 2015, from https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_asian_american_studies/v007/7.3stillman


text: Dire winter has increased the suffering of displaced Syrians in southern province of Deraa who live in makeshift camp. People who've fled the war are now facing a battle of a different kind - surviving the bitterly cold winter. Cold weather and rain has exacerbated the bad situation as water and mud entered tents Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports. Middle East War & Conflict


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Being that Sunday mornings are for sleeping in and brunching, Saturday mornings are meant for productivity before noon. At least we like to think so!
That's why we woke up, made it to a 7:30 am Soul Cycle class then decided to stretch it out at 9 am with Grit Fitness at the W Hotel's WET Deck.
All throughout the summer months, Grit Fitness has been hosting this event. A mix between Yoga and Pilates, this was more than a stretch for us! We enjoyed a great view off the 16th floor of the W Hotel Dallas while still being pool side. Actually the view was more than just great…
But so was the work out! Shout out to Grit Fitness instructor Maria for leading us through the exercises. Great Job! The work out was relaxing with a side of repetition. She flowed with us through many yoga positions that would accommodate even the newest of yogis. With the flow came plenty of flexing as well. Exercises to embrace upper body, core and lower body muscles were included.
This free event is definitely something no one should miss out on, especially since there is something for everyone! Flexin' Flow is also available to take at either of the Grit Studios on a weekly basis. We love all of the Grit sponsored events and are looking forward to more of the Summer Series this weekend. And make sure to check out more summer events hosted at the W Hotel!


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