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5th IATIS Conference
The 5th IATIS conference is taking place at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, from 7th to 10th July 2015. The theme of the conference is 'Innovation Paths in Translation and Intercultural Studies'. Below you will find a dynamic online version of the conference programme which you can adjust to your needs and preferences. A static version of the programme will also be available on the conference website to de downloaded as PDF on compact and extended formats.
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Google Faces Heavy Fine in European Union Probe
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- As part of the European Commission's ongoing antitrust probe into Google (GOOG - Get Report), the competition watchdog reportedly told the search giant it could face a fine based on its AdWords revenue that's derived from European users.
Translation/ Sayyab Translation Journal (STJ)-Call for Papers, Vol. 7, 2015
Call for papers, Volume 7, 2015
Sayyab Books (London) announces the 2015 volume of its journal, Sayyab Translation Journal (STJ), an international journal of translation, interpreting, and intercultural studies.
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Setting Boundaries on Your Workload
Why working too many hours can end up hindering your productivity.
It seems that, like death and taxes, we cannot escape increasing demands on our time in the workplace.
Although some employers are starting to recognize the unsustainability of the "more, more, more" approach to work, it still falls mainly to each of us to manage an ever-growing workload. That can be particularly tricky in an environment where total devotion to work is seen as a prerequisite for success.
In fact, from a strictly practical standpoint, total devotion to your job may well lead to lower quality work, particularly if what you do involves creativity and problem-solving. Research now supports what many of us know to be true: Our best creative insights and breakthroughs often come when we are not at work. For instance, students who were given a task known to encourage mind-wandering performed better on a subsequent task requiring creative thought than students who were given no task or a task that demanded their entire attention. I suspect this is why my best ideas come to me when I'm out for a walk or a jog — I let my mind wander and it finds the solutions I need.
No one is surprised to find that workers performing physical labor require breaks, and eventually reach a limit past which their work performance begins to suffer. We understand that as muscle exhaustion, and although it's not fully understood, we do know that it is related to prolonged periods of use. We also know that our brains are the single largest consumer of energy in our bodies, and we are all familiar with the feeling of mental exhaustion.
Science does not fully understand mental fatigue any better than muscle fatigue, but the idea that we can demand infinite work from our brains, with no decrease in performance quality, makes no sense to me. It also runs counter to my experience as a project manager: I have often witnessed people — who are past what I call their "work limit" — make avoidable mistakes that wreak havoc on project timelines. I have also noticed this effect in myself.
Therefore, I consider it part of my managerial role to ensure that my team does not work crazy hours — not just because I'm a decent person, but because that is how I can best protect my project from risk. As a worker myself, I try to protect my own schedule so that I can deliver my highest-quality work. That means I set boundaries on my work life.
The first step for me was to understand my own optimal work schedule. How I discovered it was the result of a certain amount of serendipity:It started in graduate school when the traditional tools of more hours, caffeine, and junk food failed to help me solve a particularly difficult problem, but taking a weekend off did.
I didn't really understand the dynamic until many years later, when I was working at a large contracting firm. We "charged hours," meaning that I accounted for my time in 15-minute increments so that we could charge our customers accurately. That process taught me to be conscious of how I spent my time at work. There was no charge code for "reading random things on the Internet," after all. But the real breakthrough was when one of my projects fell behind schedule, and we were authorized to charge (and be paid for) more than 40 hours a week. I was at a point in my life where money mattered more to me than free time, and I was extremely motivated to charge as many hours as I ethically could.
I maxed out at 55 hours a week. There was more work available to do, but I discovered that after about 55 hours, I just wasn't able to do it. There was no charge code for "staring slack-jawed at my computer screen," either.
It turns out that my optimal work week is between 35 and 40 productive hours, which typically translates into 40 to 45 hours of being "at work." I can stretch that up to 55 hours a week, for up to one or two months at a time, but not for much longer than that. And whenever I do, my productivity falls. Knowing that makes it easier to give myself the night off when I need it.
The next step was understanding my preferred normal work schedule, which turns out to be really quite normal, indeed. I prefer to do the majority of my work Monday through Friday, during standard business hours. I'll work a few nights a week if I have something urgent to complete. And I rather enjoy spending an hour or two on Sunday mornings drinking tea and writing. But I take Saturdays completely off. If I keep my work within those boundaries, I am more productive than if I try to take time off in the mornings and work late on weeknights, or take all my weeknights off and work on Saturday.
Your work limit and preferred normal schedule are probably different from mine. The key is to understand your own optimal parameters, so you can avoid working outside of them whenever possible.
Since I prefer to limit my work hours, I have to make the most of the time I am working. I try to limit mindless time-wasting activities. If I'm going to take a break, I take an actual break. I find that a deliberate 15-to-30-minute break restores my energy, while the shorter, unconscious breaks that creep into my day just drain my productivity. There is some research to support this, but there is also evidence for individual variability. Perhaps the best advice is to be aware of the impact of your activities on your energy levels and productivity, and adjust accordingly.
Research also suggests that periods of disengagement from work are quite beneficial. That includes evenings and weekends. I try to make sure I don't drain my "work energy" needlessly, and only put in extra hours when they'll make a real impact. I have worked to get better at estimating how much time tasks will actually take, and I always know my priorities and deadlines. That way, I know whether or not I need to take a task home at night or whether it can actually wait until the next day. My management of my own personal workload improved immensely when I learned project-management skills: Many of those skills transfer directly to personal practices.
Finally, I'm deliberate about saying "yes" to extra work. If I agree to do something that isn't in my main job description, I make sure I know how the extra work will benefit me, even if the only benefit is the warm, fuzzy feeling I get from helping someone else meet their goals. If I say yes to something that is going to push me outside of my preferred work schedule or over my work limit, I recognize that upfront and have a plan for managing it. For instance, I might I schedule a half-day for myself after that project is over, to allow myself to rejuvenate and approach the next task at full strength.
Your natural work patterns may be different from mine, and therefore your methods for managing boundaries may need to be different. But I suspect all of us can benefit from thinking about these issues, and actively defining our boundaries instead of letting our work flow into every available minute of our lives. That may earn us points in the "overworked olympics," but chances are, it won't actually allow us to get more work done in the long run.
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A long-standing back and forth between a West Quebec newspaper and the body that enforces that province's language laws has come to a head with an injunction that compels the newspaper separate its French and English pages, the co-publisher says.
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Africa Day: Time for Africa - The Zimbabwe Independent
This week we celebrated Africa Day. Africa has come a long way since the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, currently known as the Africa Union (AU). The African Union, comprises of 54 member states, brought together to collectively address the challenges Africa has faced, namely, armed conflict, climate change, and poverty.
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La langue des signes devient officielle en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
La langue des signes devient officielle en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
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Spanish-language do-over
Miami-Dade's schools chief felt the push back and heard questions from skeptical media, then wisely postponed scheduled changes to the way the district teaches foreign languages, especially Spanish, to its students. He said that the district will fine-tune the curriculum first. Good move.
Aboriginal language Wikipedia faces cultural hurdles, say researchers
Researchers looking at setting up an Aboriginal language Wikipedia say the site will have to change if it is to accommodate cultural differences.
A Word, Please: The dummy word that holds things together
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Peru celebrates Native Language Day
Today social organizations, schools, and news portals, among others, are celebrating National Native Language Day in creative forms in Peru.
West Quebec paper claims clampdown by language police
A bilingual newspaper in West Quebec says it's being ordered to segregate its English and French sections, a charge the Office Québecois de la langue Francaise denies. The Pontiac Journal was issued an injunction to comply with the province's language law or face a fine. It is a hot-button issue for both the French and English in Quebec and one that has the tiny bi- weekly paper sandwiched in between.


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In order to keep receiving your financial aid, you must stay in good academic standing, and maintain "satisfactory academic progress."
Lake Land College's satisfactory academic progress standards for Federal and State financial aid recipients were established in accordance with the United States Department of Education regulations. These standards ensure that only those recipients demonstrating satisfactory progress toward the completion of their educational objective continue to receive financial assistance. The "Financial Aid Standards of Satisfactory Progress" applies to all students, regardless of previous financial aid eligibility status.
Financial aid "Standards of Satisfactory Progress" are measured each semester and determined by a combination of the following three elements:
A financial aid recipient not meeting satisfactory progress standards will be notified and placed on financial aid WARNING for the next term of enrollment. A student on WARNING status who does not then meet satisfactory progress standards will be notified and placed on financial aid SUSPENSION and lose financial aid. A student suspended from receiving financial aid must meet the Completion Rate and the Academic Standing elements explained above to regain eligibility or follow the appeal procedure explained below.
Because unusual circumstances may influence satisfactory progress, students may file an appeal. Complete details for the appeal procedure are available from the Financial Aid Office. A personal conference with a financial aid advisor is required prior to filing an appeal. Decisions of the Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress Review Board are final. A student may appeal only one time for each element.
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ATLANTA - Charles Hearn wore a bright orange whistle around his neck and a proud smile on his face throughout Friday's U.S. Olympic weightlifting trials.
His facial expression drew more attention than the noisemaker.
Hearn sat rapt as granddaughter Rachel competed in the trials. He saw the little girl he brought to the Herty Elementary School cafeteria and Team Savannah coach Howard Cohen 15 years ago hoist 451 pounds in two lifts.
That the effort won't come close to qualifying her for the Olympic team later today did not matter.
"I didn't put her in weightlifting for her to win all the time," Charles said. "I told her as long as she enjoyed it and she could compete, that's all I was interested in. I'm mighty proud of her."
The trials' first day was a proud one for many Savannahians. Four local lifters competed, and all four successfully completed the competition.
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Sarah Davis bested her previous 2008 total by 6-1/2 pounds and Jenna Bussard made four of her six lifts, and nearly made the weight to earn her a spot on the World University Games team. Joshua Squyres, Savannah's lone male competitor Friday, made five of his six lifts and totaled 704 pounds.
Yet Friday was extra special to Hearn with her grandfather in the audience. Charles raised her from the age of 12, taking Rachel in when her single mother was going through some hard times.
Charles introduced Rachel to weightlifting soon after. He saw the sport as a good form of exercise.
"She was a big girl, and I was afraid she would become obese," he said. "She didn't."
Rachel's size translated into strength instead. She broke six junior records in her first competition, marks that would stand until another teenage weightlifting phenom, Cheryl Haworth, broke them.
Charles made sure Rachel had the moral and financial support to excel in the sport.
She parlayed that start into a respective international career as well as a college degree through the Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University.
"Without his support, I wouldn't be where I am today," Rachel said.
She paid Charles back Friday. He hadn't seen her lift in four years and got choked up during a backstage visit with Rachel prior to the competition.
"I'm just so happy with what she's done," Charles said. "She's not competing with anybody but herself.
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There are singular events in every person's life that serve as both watersheds and points of reference in the years that follow. One such event for me was the birth of my daughter Ange. On the day she was born she was diagnosed with both a congenital heart defect and Down Syndrome.
My response, in the succeeding days and weeks, exposed the best and the worst in me. The best was that I did everything that I could to make sure that she was loved, nurtured and received the best medical care and early intervention. The worst was what I thought and felt about this event that had "happened to me."
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I have long loved the stories in the first book of Kings dealing with the prophet Elijah. His name tells us all we need to know about him. "Elijah" is the Anglicization of the Hebrew Eliyahu, which means, "Yahweh is God."
People can be named from what they worship, what they hold to be of highest value. Thus, someone who values her work above all is a "company woman;" one who prizes his family above all is a "family man;" someone who seeks pleasure as his highest good is a "good-time Charlie," etc.
Global warming has been named as the most serious crisis of our time.
The highest levels of the Catholic Church have asked for our understanding - and action. As long ago as 1998, the bishops of Alberta wrote a pastoral letter entitled, Celebrate Life: Care for Creation.
There is the sin of presumption — the belief that death will surely take me to my rightful place in paradise. There is also a philosophy of presumption — the belief that everyone has a right to eternal life unless they do something drastically bad to blow it.
However, there is no right to eternal life. As sinful creatures, there is no natural way we can enter into paradise because entering paradise means sharing in the life of the Trinity. God would be denying his own nature if he admitted to Trinitarian life any creature who was not permeated with eternal life.
Do we ever really understand or master prayer? Yes and no. When we try to pray, sometimes we walk on water and sometimes we sink like a stone. Sometimes we have a deep sense of God's reality and sometimes we can't even imagine that God exists.
Sometimes we have deep feelings about God's goodness and love and sometimes we feel only boredom and distraction. Sometimes our eyes fill with tears and sometimes they wander furtively to our wrist-watches to see how much time we still need to spend in prayer. Sometimes we would like to stay in our prayer place forever and sometimes we wonder why we even showed up.
The local Church here in Krakow, Poland, takes great pride in her saints and in the 20th century, no city produced more important ones. Father Maximilian Kolbe studied here and died at Auschwitz, part of the Archdiocese of Krakow. Sister Faustina Kowalska's convent was here, and the Divine Mercy devotion began here.
The summer of 2011 has added Blessed John Paul II to the honour roll, and every single parish, shrine and souvenir stand is bedecked with images celebrating the Church's newest saint, Krakow's most noble son.
All of this Sunday's readings are about one of the most important aspects of human life, the healing of the soul through God's forgiveness and what follows as natural consequence of it — our forgiveness of others.
While we all, consciously or not, crave God's mercy and annihilation of our sins, it is not always easy to forgive the other.
It's common, particularly among religious commentators, to describe the human heart as small, narrow and petty: How small-hearted and petty we are. I find this distressing because religious thinkers especially should know better. We are not created by God and put on this earth with small, narrow and petty hearts.
The opposite is true. God puts us into this world with huge hearts, hearts as deep as the Grand Canyon. The human heart in itself, when not closed off by fear, wound and paranoia, is the antithesis of pettiness. The human heart, as Augustine describes it, is not fulfilled by anything less than infinity itself. There's nothing small about the human heart.
Upon reading both the signs of the times, and the 2009 encyclical, Charity in Truth, you might be tempted to conclude that Pope Benedict was offering a prophetic description of the 2011 labour scene in Canada.
He noted: "Through the combination of social and economic change, trade unions organizations experience greater difficulty in carrying out their task of representing the interests of workers, partly because governments, for reasons of economic utility, often limit the freedom or the negotiating capacity of labour unions."
In my ethics classes I often tell "the grizzly bear story," illustrating how our outlook on life can change when confronted by new information or experiences.
A hospital social worker once went hiking in the mountains with her son and sister. The son was a park ranger and knew all the backcountry trails. They decided to tackle a grueling hike but, despite being physically fit, the sisters huffed and puffed trying to keep up with the younger son.


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Described is a system and method for grouping elements whose data falls below a grouping threshold, and for displaying the grouped elements as a single portion of a graphical chart. Briefly stated, the system and method allow a user to dynamically increase a grouping threshold from a default value to an adjusted value. The data for each elements falling below the adjusted grouping threshold is aggregated. The grouped elements are then displayed as a single slice with a value of the aggregated data rather than being displayed as individual slices. In this way, the important information, which normally means the bigger and more significant slices, is more clearly visible. Further more, a single label may be associated with the group, thereby eliminating problems associated with the layout of multiple labels for each individual grouped element.
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a graphical representation of data, comprising:
displaying a graphical representation of the data, wherein the graphical representation includes unique portions that represent elements of the data;
providing a grouping threshold, wherein the grouping threshold is a value set on a computing device;
in response to receiving a grouping instruction signal from an input device while displaying the graphical representation of data, automatically aggregating at least two elements that have values below the grouping threshold while elements above the grouping threshold are not aggregated; and
redisplaying the graphical representation with the at least two aggregated elements sharing a common portion of the graphical representation while elements that are not aggregated maintain respective unique portions of the graphical representation.
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9. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium cause a computer to execute and display a chart by causing at least a portion of a computer to perform steps, comprising:
obtaining an indication that a grouping threshold has been modified, wherein the indication is obtained from a signal issued by an input device;
in response to obtaining the indication that the grouping threshold has been modified while displaying the chart, automatically causing the computer to determine which of a plurality of elements have values below the modified grouping threshold;
aggregating the plurality of elements that have values below the modified grouping threshold, while elements that have values above the grouping threshold are not aggregated; and
displaying the chart with the elements below the grouping threshold having an aggregated portion of the chart while elements above the grouping threshold maintain respective unique portions of the chart.
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15. A computer-implemented method for displaying elements of data in a chart, comprising:
displaying the chart with each of the elements being represented by a unique portion of the chart;
obtaining a modification to a grouping threshold, wherein the modification is obtained from a signal issued by an input device;
in response to obtaining the modification while displaying the chart, automatically causing a computing device to aggregate elements that have values below the grouping threshold, while elements that have values above the grouping threshold are not aggregated; and
displaying an aggregated chart having at least two elements below the grouping threshold sharing a portion of the chart while elements above the grouping threshold maintain respective unique portions of the chart.
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/153,711, filed May 21, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,972,762 the benefit of the earlier filing date is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. �120.
One of the biggest factors considered in the design and development of software applications is ease of use. Often the difference between a successful software application and an unsuccessful software application is decided by the user's experience in interacting with it. Because of this, software developers generally strive to simplify the user's experience.
One particularly competitive segment of the software industry is data analysis software. Data analysis software deals with analyzing data and presenting the data to the user in a meaningful way. Typically, data analysis software includes mechanisms to generate graphical representations of the data, such as pie charts, bar charts, line graphs, and the like. Some data analysis software includes rich features to ensure that those graphical representations convey as much information about the underlying data as possible. For example, data analysis software that generates pie charts may include the ability to alter the color of the pie slices, change the size of the pie chart, modify the layout of labels, and alter other visual features of the pie chart. Each of these attributes is intended to allow the user to graphically display information about underlying data in the most meaningful way possible.
Sometimes, the data underlying the graphical representation is not all equally important to the user. This may be especially true in the case of pie charts. In some cases, a pie chart may display data associated with very many elements of data but the pie chart is dominated by a relatively small number of elements. For example, in a series of 10 or more elements, as few as two or three may make up 80 percent or more of the pie chart, with the remaining elements being displayed as very small slices. Typically, the user is most interested in the elements of data that dominate the overall presentation, and is less interested in the smaller elements. In cases like this, the smaller slices of the pie chart, which represent the smaller elements, are more distracting to the user than informative. However, at least in the case of a pie chart, those smaller elements cannot be simply eliminated because to do so would skew the overall presentation. In addition, labels are difficult to place on such a pie chart because an appealing layout for the few dominant slices may result in a less than satisfactory layout for the remaining slices. For the purpose of this discussion, the term "element" refers to a data entry that ordinarily results in a slice on the pie chart.
Users today have few options to address these issues. For instance, a user may modify the data entries themselves to make the pie chart more visually appealing, such as by manually combining less interesting elements from the data. Another option for the user would be setting a threshold that will remove the smaller slices from the pie. While doing so, the user is also changing the proportion of the remaining slices to the whole. However, these solutions do not make the user experience pleasant or it distorts the data. Unfortunately, an acceptable solution to these issues has eluded those skilled in the art.
The present invention is directed at a system and method for grouping elements whose data falls below a grouping threshold, and displaying the grouped elements as a single portion of a graphical chart. Briefly stated, the system and method allow a user to dynamically increase a grouping threshold from a default value to an adjusted value. The data for each elements falling below the adjusted grouping threshold is aggregated. The grouped elements are then displayed as a single slice with a value of the aggregated data rather than being displayed as individual slices. In this way, several smaller slices may be displayed as a group, thereby eliminating the distraction of having smaller elements dispersed among elements of greater value.
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Most software applications, such as the data analysis application 120, receive user input events, including those received from a mouse or keyboard. Typically, software applications include a message queue 125 into which the user interface module 115 posts signals from input devices. In the current example, a signal from an input device, such as the wheel mouse or keyboard, is received by the device driver 110, retrieved from the device driver 110 by the user interface module 115, and posted to the message queue 125 of the data analysis application 120. At that point, the data analysis application 120 may handle the message in any practical way. Certain signals in the message queue 125 are interpreted as modifying another signal in the message queue 125. For instance, the existence of a Ctl_Down signal (meaning that a control key on the keyboard has been pressed) in the message queue 125 may cause a subsequently-received signal, such as a Wheel_Rotate signal (meaning that the wheel of the mouse has been rotated), to be interpreted differently than its default manner.
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Other slices, such as England and Japan, are also displayed in the pie chart in association with the remaining elements in the tabular data 307. Each of the remaining elements has a value significantly below the value of each of the three largest elements. For that reason, the value to the user of any information associated with the smaller slices is likely outweighed by the visual distraction caused to the lager elements. Thus, the pie chart 301 illustrated in
Also associated with the window 300 is a menu bar 310 having a Chart option 311 and a Grouping sub-option 312. In accordance with one implementation of the invention, the grouping threshold of the pie chart 301 may be modified by activating the Grouping sub-option 312, thereby invoking another input window (not shown). An input selection mechanism or field on that other input window may be used to modify the grouping threshold. However, that process, although effective, detracts from the user experience by taking the user's attention away from the pie chart 301. In accordance with another implementation of the invention, activating a rotational input mechanism, such as the wheel of a computer mouse, causes the data analysis application to dynamically modify the grouping threshold of the pie chart 301.
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In the preferred implementation of the invention, the input signal may be generated by activating a rotational input mechanism (e.g., a mouse wheel) while viewing the pie chart 301. A modifier key, such as the Control (Ctrl) key on a keyboard, may also be used to distinguish the particular input signal as one affecting the grouping threshold. Accordingly, while viewing the pie chart 301, the user may simply hold down the Ctrl key and rotate the mouse wheel in one direction to increase the grouping threshold such that elements are combined into the group slice 405. It is envisioned that some incremental value will be either added to or subtracted from the grouping threshold corresponding to an incremental change in the rotational input mechanism. In short, the more the user turns the mouse wheel in one or the other direction, the more the grouping threshold is increased or decreased. By increasing the grouping threshold, more elements are added to the group slice 405. By decreasing the grouping threshold, elements are removed from the group slice 405 and again displayed as individual slices. It will be appreciated that the pie chart 301 may be redrawn in response to each incremental change in the grouping threshold to provide the user with instant feedback on what the pie chart 301 will look like with the grouping threshold at the current value.
Note that in this preferred implementation, the user need not select any menu items nor activate any other input window to modify the grouping threshold. By allowing direct and dynamic manipulation of the grouping threshold, the invention improves the user's experience, providing the data analysis application with a competitive advantage.
Although described here in the context of a wheel mouse, it will be appreciated that other input devices, such as trackballs, may work suitably well also. Other alternatives may also become apparent to skilled artisans.
At step 501, the process draws the pie chart to a display window of the data analysis application. As shown in
At step 502, the process idles until an instruction is received to modify the grouping threshold (a "grouping instruction"). In one implementation, the grouping instruction may correspond to a signal generated by an input device having a rotational input mechanism. One example of such an input device is the conventional wheel mouse illustrated in
At step 503, the grouping threshold is modified based on the grouping instruction. As mentioned, in one implementation the grouping instruction includes a direction of rotation of the rotational input mechanism. Based on that information, the current value of the grouping threshold may be either increased or decreased. The amount by which the grouping threshold is modified may be based on an incremental value associated with each incremental rotation of the rotational input mechanism. For instance, one incremental rotation of a mouse wheel may correspond to an increase of 10 units of measure. Each unit of measure may be based on the particular units associated with the tabular data, the fractional percentage of the pie chart, or the visual size of each displayed slice (e.g., the area of a slice or the number of pixels used to display a slice).
For example, the data analysis application may increase the grouping threshold from zero to a given value, indicating that any element whose displayed size does not exceed the given value will be included in the group slice. Each incremental rotation of the mouse wheel then results in the grouping threshold being increased another incremental value until an acceptable appearance of the pie chart results. Rotating the mouse wheel in the opposite direction may decrease the grouping threshold by the same incremental value. The incremental value may be predefined or user selectable. It will be appreciated that as a user continues to rotate the wheel of the mouse, multiple signals may be generated for each predetermined increment by which the wheel is rotated. The incremental value (or gradient) may be repeatedly applied for each rotational increment experienced. Once the grouping threshold has been properly modified, the process 500 continues to step 504.
Another example might be in the case where the threshold is defined as the displayed size of the slice outer arc. In this case, when the pie has a certain size, some of the slices are under the threshold and are grouped while others are drawn individually. When the user resizes the pie to a bigger size, the arc size of each slice is enlarged. This results in some of the slices going over the threshold and out of the grouped slices.
At step 504, the data analysis application redraws the pie chart with each element not exceeding the current grouping threshold aggregated in to a single group slice, and the process 500 ends. It will be appreciated that the process shown allows a user to group elements into a group slice without resort to a separate input window. It will be appreciated that the system and method enabled by the present invention simplifies interaction with the data analysis application, thereby improving the user's experience and creating a competitive advantage.
The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the composition of the invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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If they can handle anything, then why couldn't BS handle the fact that he did resign, but then he couldn't handle the fact that young PS was not going to have the fortune all to himself - couldnt handle that huh? Then it sounds like he couldn't handle being with that hefty paycheck,,so he handle it himself by giving himself a bonus as he left..yea he can handle a lot, just has to be on his terms..
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After a promising start to their nine-game road trip, the Arizona Diamondbacks were heading nowhere fast going into the top of the sixth inning at PNC Park Thursday.
Losers of three in a row and the victim of five hitless frames from Pittsburgh Pirates starter Vance Worley, Arizona needed a spark in the worst of ways.
That spark came via a three-run inning in the six, highlighted by an RBI single by Ender Inciarte and a two-run home run by David Peralta.
Right-hander Brandon McCarthy just barely fell short of recording his ninth quality start of the season, though his outing still had plenty of quality to it.
In 5.2 innings of work, McCarthy allowed two runs on eight hits, while also striking six batters.
That was more than enough as the D-backs tacked on seven insurance runs in the ninth before taking their series finale with the Pirates by a final of 10-2.
Here's a look back at the eight-run road win by the numbers:
Peralta's go-ahead long ball in the sixth was the third of his career. And for the third time in his career, the D-backs outfielder collected two or more RBI in a game.
Peralta finished with a career-high four RBI, adding a two-run single in the ninth.
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Arizona reached the double-digit run mark for the fifth time in 87 games.
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Cody Ross' RBI double off of Ernesto Frieri in the ninth was only his fifth of the campaign. Ross' last two-bagger came on June 10 vs. Houston.
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McCarthy punched out six or more batters in a start for the sixth time this season. He achieved the feat only three times in 2013.
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In victory, Arizona snapped a six-game streak of scoring no more than three runs. In those six games, Kirk Gibson and Co. were 2-4.
The D-backs' seven-run ninth inning was their largest so far this season. It also matches their run total from the last four games combined.
Arizona won its eighth challenge of the season. After a lengthy review, Doug Edding's initial call that Gregory Polanco was safe on his steal attempt of second was overturned in the bottom of sixth.
Dating back to May 11, left-hander reliever Oliver Perez hasn't allowed a run in 20 of 21 appearances. Thursday, he induced an inning-ending fielder's choice off the bat of Josh Harrison.
Over the last four weeks, the D-backs have nine wins. And of those nine, none came by more than three runs until Thursday's triumph. Arizona's last won a game by more than three runs on June 5 -- 12-7 at Colorado.
Paul Goldschmidt smacked his 30th double of the season off Vance Worley. Goldschmidt leads the National League in the doubles department.
Goldschmidt also collected his first triple of the season, knocking in two with a three-base hit in the ninth.
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Hatton's physical nature won't carry well to 147, which is why Collazo gave him so much trouble.
As a boxer, there is really very little you can do against what Hatton does. The problem is Hatton has very good handspeed, and leaps in with his punches. You'd have to be a really good counterpuncher to catch him coming in. And it has to be before he ties you up.
He has a bit of John Ruiz in him, and that really does irk me. I can't stand guys who disallow the inside game. Hatton never really seemed to be this way before, but he is now. I can understand he is doing this or that to wear a guy down, but you have to be a dunce to not recognize that he is also doing it to avoid any sort of inside exchanges.
I will say this though, that bodyshot he knocked Castillo out with was golden, and should cement Hatton's status as one of the very best body punchers in the business. I'd put him right next to Cotto in that department.
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Political conventions are more than just pomp and circumstances, says Tampa Bay Times political editor Adam Smith.
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WHERE ART THOU? Jake, buddy. Really? Five years running, you're the only Power Lawyer to refuse to speak to me for your profile. I get it: You've built a reputation as the industry's anti-authoritarian iconoclast, a man whom Jerry Bruckheimer once said in these pages "looks more like a bohemian poet than a Hollywood lawyer." You don't really need recognition from THR or anyone. You represent Johnny Depp, flying high with the $1 billion gross of the latest Pirates. Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is a client. Imagine Entertainment. Even Sylvester Stallone made a $100 million-grossing movie last year (The Expendables). But man, five years of unreturned phone calls is downright depressing. My therapist says I shouldn't take it personally, but I do. This year, I even promised your assistant I wouldn't ask any awkward questions about clients Charlie Sheen or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Still nothing. She even giggled at me a little. Yes, I realize that calling you out in the middle of a list to say you ignore it is not exactly a stinging punishment. But for me, it's therapy. I hope you understand.


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As a student studying for a dual MA/MBA degree from Kogod and American University's School of International Service, Joseph Sidari was always looking for ways to apply his classroom learning to a real-life setting.
He found that last year on a tomato farm in Senegal, where he and two other students from the MBA program, Krissa Lum and Fadel Kane, immersed themselves in the economics of the Senegalese farming system and met with officials from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as individual farmers, to discuss ways to improve the livelihood of small local farmers.
Although the students took the initiative in planning the trip, they enlisted the help of a Kogod professor. Before traveling, they pitched the idea to Kogod's Dean and managed to secure a grant covering their airfare. Since Kane was a Senegalese national, the three were able to stay with his family, keeping their travel expenses to a minimum and serving as an inspiration to other students deterred by the cost of international study projects.
The real inspiration, though, was how Sidari, Lum and Kane gained a concrete understanding of an obscure African business that rarely makes it into American text books. He is now preparing a paper with recommendations on how the Senegalese farmers might make more profit from their crop while also contemplating career options in international business.
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Lift meat from water.
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Make 4 or 5 diagonal slashes 3/4 way-through meat: spread cut surfaces with mustard.
Insert 2 onion slices in each slash.
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Two previous series extended to seven games and two multi-goal comebacks in their final two games proved to be too much for the Rangers in the end. The Rangers' season ended without their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals since their last championship season in 1994, with Devils rookie Adam Henrique's scramble goal 63 seconds into overtime sending the Rangers, who had overcome a two-goal first-period hole, to a crushing 3-2 loss in Newark. "It's hard. It felt like so many things happened during the year made it feel like it was something special, like they were signs that something good was coming, something exciting," said Henrik Lundqvist, who played so much better in these playoffs than his 10-10 final record would indicate. "I'm going to sit down and try to learn something from this. It's shocking, it's always shocking, it doesn't matter how it ends. "When it's over, it's an empty feeling, it's weird, it's all over. I'm probably going to be pretty tired ...
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Initially Jenkins agreed signing documents with Lou Taylor of Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group.
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It's against the CBA to force a financial advisor on a player, and Fisher has no power except to put the language into the contract, and Jenkins wants none of that.
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A couple of months ago, I bought a fluorescent light bulb at a big box home improvement store in North Olmsted, in Cuyahoga County. When the bulb didn't work, I had to exchange it. It was more convenient to exchange it at the chain's store on U.S. 250 in Erie County, so I did.
I made a straight exchange for an identical replacement bulb (the Sandusky one worked) but the store clerk also handed me some change. I couldn't figure it out until I remembered that there's a difference in sales taxes.
As you can see for yourself, Cuyahoga County residents enjoy the highest sales tax rate in Ohio, 8 percent. The rate in Erie County is 7.25 percent. In Ottawa County, it's 7 percent.
The elected county executive in Cuyahoga County is Ed FitzGerald, who has earned a reputation for being honest and for avoiding government waste. He apparently likes having the highest sales tax in Ohio, however, because he hasn't tried to change it. Mr. FitzGerald is the Democratic nominee for governor.
There are probably quite a few residents of Cuyahoga County who come here often during the summer, perhaps because they have a season pass for Cedar Point or because they keep a boat at an Ottawa County marina. Why not point out to them that they should buy their bottled water, soda pop etc. while they are visiting us here? Because if they bought it back in Cleveland, they paid too much.