tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post18874824857506382..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: Answer: What was the major news story?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-59997589383388933052014-04-20T11:16:27.509-07:002014-04-20T11:16:27.509-07:00Ramón- I hear Mexíco had a big earthquake which wa...Ramón- I hear Mexíco had a big earthquake which was felt in Mexico City. I hope there are no injuries and no major aftershocks. Be well this Easter weekend. <br /><br />Remmij. Thanks for the info on Vinyl Records day ( I didn't know about it); maybe my vinyl collection is worth something. <br /><br />Dr. Dan - Our group could contribute by putting together such a catalog. Easy for me to say but only coding I ever did was with punch cards. If you don't know what that is don't worry it's from the last century. Sounds worthwhile & we could make it available to other researchers. <br /><br />Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-81691443259147193252014-04-20T08:09:10.241-07:002014-04-20T08:09:10.241-07:00Hi Dr. Russell and Jon. Good day to all and Happy ...Hi Dr. Russell and Jon. Good day to all and Happy Easter.<br /><br />Yes, Newspapers.com is a paywall site. However, the data that you posted, Dr. Russell is free. <br /><br />I had problems finding the information too, Jon. This is how I did it.<br /><br />Newspapers.com. Then Browse, finally, search for the data.<br /><br />Here is the result with Andhra Pradesh <a href="http://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=Andhra+Pradesh&lnd=1" rel="nofollow">1,736 matches</a><br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-64163919125778925072014-04-20T07:14:45.801-07:002014-04-20T07:14:45.801-07:00Rosemary - Thanks for the pointer to the AG_corpus...Rosemary - Thanks for the pointer to the AG_corpus. I thought about that a bit, but I noticed that the catalog of included newspapers was a 404 (file not found), so I more-or-less gave up at that point. <br /><br />But your idea is a good one. Worth pursuing (if I had the time). Does anyone else want to do a bit of coding to create a "count topics by date" function over a decent news corpus? <br /><br />-- Dan <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-43639668786296297482014-04-20T07:12:52.974-07:002014-04-20T07:12:52.974-07:00jon - Your analysis is correct. We all have to be ...jon - Your analysis is correct. We all have to be careful about the assumptions we make about countryhood (AP didn't even exist for much of the last 100 years). Just as a cautionary note: There are other Search Challenges in the queue that have this property! <br /><br />WRT Newspapers.com, I forgot that it was a paywall site. I have a subscription that I set up a while ago, so I just didn't even notice it when I clicked through. Good point. <br /><br />On the other hand, we shouldn't restrict ourselves completely to free sites. In general, I like the idea of open/free access, but not everything is that way. Until that glorious day, we'll keep doing the best we can. <br /><br />(And it's worth noting that many public libraries have a subscription to Newspapers.com (at least in the US). You can go there to get free access. I know my local public library does this.) <br /><br />-- Dan <br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66268556325575463052014-04-19T20:39:01.936-07:002014-04-19T20:39:01.936-07:00My post game analysis:
I laboured under the impre...My post game analysis:<br /><br />I laboured under the impression that "the event" occurred in AP. But it did not. It was in Hyderabad which is NOW in AP.<br /><br />Now, curiously I made another goofy booboo which could have turned out with me getting 2 of 3 answers. I wrote out my answer prior to sending it in. And as usual I checked it over to make sure I had enough truthiness in it. Well, my discovery which I attributed to 1948 (!) was for something that happened in New Delhi. But I had carried on and easily got the last two answers correctly (!) So I did not submit it.<br /><br />I could not resolve my confusion which I perceived in the Challenge.<br /><br />Never thought of Histogram.<br /><br />Now, Newspapers.com: I cannot get into that without leaving a credit card #. Am I also confused in that I have thought we were only using Free stuff for solving the Challenges? I know the site says its a free 7 days but if its as tricky to cancel as with other sites well I don't want to find out.<br /><br />CHeers<br /><br />jonjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450649073262987652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-6054239329122632142014-04-19T18:38:47.870-07:002014-04-19T18:38:47.870-07:00& RSD MX& <a href="http://discotecaonline.net/rsd/" rel="nofollow">RSD MX</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-30831706818765540852014-04-19T17:29:03.533-07:002014-04-19T17:29:03.533-07:00regarding 33⅓ news, from TGWN -
RSD 4/19
RSD CA
...regarding 33⅓ news, from <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/The-Great-White-North-(slang-for-Canada)-(TGWN).html" rel="nofollow">TGWN</a> - <br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgarians-share-1st-vinyl-purchases-on-record-store-day-1.2615660" rel="nofollow">RSD 4/19</a><br /><a href="http://www.recordstoredaycanada.com/" rel="nofollow">RSD CA</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/aptopix-singapore-und_ster.jpg?w=839" rel="nofollow">soggy bunny… for the 3rd x</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-66301778658571924832014-04-19T14:06:01.478-07:002014-04-19T14:06:01.478-07:00Thanks Ramón I can't believe I didn't try ...Thanks Ramón I can't believe I didn't try just newspapers. I was adding keywords such as"historical, archive, timeline etc.".Sometimes the answer is simple.¿decir? Huevo en la cara!<br /><br />I have been unsuccessful finding keywords or websites that provides us with such a simple solution as Dr. Russell. It may be that it doesn`t exist. I did find one website that may be a gateway to producing a histogram or dataset but when I tried running it on my Chromebook it didn`t work. See what you think. I like to find more than one source as well. As well I like to create bread crumbs so if needed in the future I can retrace my steps. Nice if we could automate the steps as well.<br /><br />http://www.di.unipi.it/~gulli/AG_corpus_of_news_articles.html<br /><br />http://acube.di.unipi.it/tmn-dataset/Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41555988641755209142014-04-19T08:42:44.296-07:002014-04-19T08:42:44.296-07:00Hi RoseMary. I found it just with words [newspaper...Hi RoseMary. I found it just with words [newspapers]. I'd like to know more keywords and also, what other ways could help to measure media coverage if for example, the mentioned site didn't show the Histogram.<br /><br />Searching for keywords, found: <br /><br />[past newspapers] <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/old-newspaper-articles/18689/" rel="nofollow">How to Find Old Newspaper Articles Online</a> Amit Agarwal gives some links about this.<br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-47849143066019565002014-04-19T06:50:14.313-07:002014-04-19T06:50:14.313-07:00Perhaps others like myself do a "post game an...Perhaps others like myself do a "post game analysis" to see where I went wrong. I have tried using keywords to get a search result showing newspapers.com and the only reference I've found is on Wikipedia "List_of_online_newspaper_archives". <br />Searching Wikipedia I find this somewhat hidden under the Sub Heading Multistate near the bottom -<br />"Newspapers.com owned by Ancestry.com (complete list of papers on site, poorly presented)Pay".<br />I would have likely passed over this site based on the "poorly presented" and "pay" comment. I can't find the right keywords in Google Search so I certainly bookmarked it. Keywords?Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-77428126522381714142014-04-18T13:51:12.721-07:002014-04-18T13:51:12.721-07:00Great challenge. It's one of those "once ...Great challenge. It's one of those "once you know it seems so easy". Interesting that Ramón and Passager both got the right articles even if it was achieved by long hand. Well done. I had a look around to see what other sites might have on histograms and found this that looks more like art than data.<br /><br />http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/02/data-visualization-modern-approaches/Rosemary Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291661159622665464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80060700368446977822014-04-18T10:48:57.494-07:002014-04-18T10:48:57.494-07:00technical difficulty…
soggy bunnytechnical difficulty…<br /><a href="http://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/aptopix-singapore-und_ster.jpg?w=839" rel="nofollow">soggy bunny</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-79666194625261920112014-04-18T10:37:02.291-07:002014-04-18T10:37:02.291-07:00Dr. Russell, one question. The query you used to f...Dr. Russell, one question. The query you used to find newspapers.com was [newspapers archives] or you tried others. In the case that histograms weren't available on the site, what other way we could use to measure coverage?<br /><br />Thanks! Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-29642534563856595132014-04-18T10:21:55.316-07:002014-04-18T10:21:55.316-07:00whew!… always a learning curve for me with sRs…reg...<a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=define+whew&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8" rel="nofollow"><i>whew!</i></a>… always a learning curve for me with sRs…regarding the <a href="http://payload58.cargocollective.com/1/6/196094/3474088/crumb_wrench_600_2.jpg" rel="nofollow">tool…</a><br />if you are feeling "charty or chart-ie" (in search of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=define+histgram&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=define+histogram&rls=en&safe=off&spell=1" rel="nofollow">histogram</a> meaning & use)… must confess, it makes my head ache…<br />but Naomi explains histograms without making me a hysterical <b>tool</b>…<br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/01/04/a-histogram-is-not-a-bar-chart/" rel="nofollow">A Histogram is NOT a Bar Chart</a><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/2012/01/10/comparing-distributions-with-box-plots/" rel="nofollow">Comparing Distributions with Box Plots</a><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/naomirobbins/archive/" rel="nofollow">Naomi Robbins archive</a><br /><a href="http://www.genealogyintime.com/NewsStories/2011/Q2/the_death_of_Google_News_Archive.html" rel="nofollow">GNA postmortem</a><br />a final notion/slant on the histogram:<br /><a href="http://seattlelocalfood.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/histogram.jpg" rel="nofollow">Western Union</a><br /><br />re: <b>Berlin ✈</b> - <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/timeline/timeline2.html" rel="nofollow">"rhythm, on a beat as constant as a jungle drum."</a><br />65 years ago, almost to the day… start vs highpoint dates…<br /><a href="http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/06/the-berlin-airlift/" rel="nofollow">"The high point of the Berlin Airlift came on <b>April 6, 1949</b>, when the participating countries mounted what was known as the <b>“Easter Parade.”</b></a><br />as you scuba, may the rabbit not seek you below with Google colored eggs…<br /><a rel="nofollow">soggy bunny</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-76244550144215780322014-04-18T08:39:10.033-07:002014-04-18T08:39:10.033-07:00Hello Dr. Russell and everyone!
Thanks for the C...Hello Dr. Russell and everyone! <br /><br />Thanks for the Coordinates post. It is very helpful. <br /><br />When I did this Challenge, finding the "correct" year, was not so hard because you gave to us 3 questions and that narrowed the options. <br /><br />The key, for me, was the press coverage. I tried many things and honestly I couldn't think about how to find the measuring tool. Searched like Sarah George mentioned similar to Ngram viewer, found nothing. <br /><br />I already tried the site that you mention. I had some problems to find the same results that you found, and finally I did it.<br /><br />I have new knowledge and I like that very much.<br /><br />Have a great weekend, and an excellent Eastern!Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.com