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The Governor's Gold Seal Award recognizes Florida nursing centers that demonstrate excellence in long term care over a sustained period while promoting the stability of the profession and facilitating the physical, social, and emotional well-being of nursing center residents. Established in 2002, the program was developed and is implemented by the Governor's Panel on Excellence in Long-Term Care (Panel), which is comprised of persons appointed by the Governor's Office, Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), Department of Health, Department of Elder Affairs, Florida Health Care Association, Florida Life Care Residents Association, LeadingAge Florida, and the State Long Term Care Ombudsman. Click here for a list of current Panel members.
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The Panel grants the Gold Seal Award to Florida nursing centers twice a year. Applications are reviewed in two periods: MARCH 15 (Quality of Care Score available by February 15, obtained from the preceding quarter ending Dec. 31) and SEPTEMBER 15 (Quality of Care Score available by August 15, obtained from the preceding quarter ending June 30).
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Definition: Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Description: The map below shows how Commitments, official creditors (COM, current US$) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Bangladesh, with a value of 18,924,070,000.00. The country with the lowest value in the world is Syrian Arab Republic, with a value of 0.00.
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Thursday, 7 January 2016
Mid-Morning Motivation
Do you ever have days where you're just feeling a lil bit rubbishy like you lost a bit of your sparkle ? I definitely have these days a lot and i used to take the opportunity to be sad all day and just have a wasted day for no real reason. But I do not like wasting days. I like to be productive , full of good energy and have that bit of sparkle that makes the day seem brighter. So me and my friend started doing something we call Mid-Morning Motivation.
Whenever one of us has woken up and is feeling pretty rubbish for no particular reason or is just having a difficult morning, we go through Pinterest to look for uplifting quotes and motivation that we then send to whoever is having a difficult day at about 11am as a little surprise to lift there spirits :)
It takes less than five minutes and even just knowing that someone cares enough to send you something just to send you something just to make you smile, might be enough to pick them ( and their day ) back up !
Here's a few examples that you could use that I've made myself :
I do this for my friends regularly so from now on I'll be posting the Mid-Morning Motivation onto my twitter for anybody else who needs that extra boost in the morning !
What do you think ? And what quotes motivate you ?
Stay Strong <3 Stay Smiley :)
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
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Yes, yes, yes, yes! This is perfect! <3 I had friends several years a go when I was going through so much text me things like what they liked about what I was wearing or something that made them smile about me. It really made me aware of how something so small can mean so much and uplift your spirits! Bloody fantastic idea Marianne! <3ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you like it Rainbow, your opinions especially on these sorts of ideas mean so much to me :) It really is the little gestures of love, appreciation and positivity that get you through on a rough day :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
What a nice idea! I'll have to try that. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you ! I'm happy you like it :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
This is such a nice idea! I love it. I am sure your friends really appreciate it :)ReplyDelete
I love this one quote these quotes: "Go all or go home", "Do it. Sometimes later becomes never.", "Stop wishing, start doing" and "What are you looking for isn't out there, it's in you..." :)
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I always love it when they send me these and I've always tried to make it so if somebody does something for me that makes me smile, then surely if it makes me smile it will make somebody else smile . Then I try to do the same thing or something similar for another person when they're having a rough time :) I love the " Stop wishing, start doing" quote, it's something I've really been trying to implement into 2016 :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
Wow, this actually really helped me! I go through days like that a lot, especially as I don't feel well a lot and the only thing I want to do is wallow c': this is a great way of combating it, when I can manage it - one of my favourite quotes is 'there is no all or nothing, everything you can do counts a little bit' :D xxReplyDelete
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I'm so so happy to hear that :) I understand that it's awful on those days and I hope there are a lot less of those days for you in 2016 , I've found that doing something small like this and knowing you've made someone feel good is often a great way to raise your spirits enough to at least give yourself a smile, which i know is valuable on those days :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
P.s. What a lovely quote :)
'be so good they can't ignore you' this is one of my favourite quotes ever! I always remind myself of it when I do something new, or go somewhere I'm not known and the reaction isn't terribly positive or like no-one expects much of you. I love that quote and the others too x Thanks for brightening up my friday xReplyDelete
It's short, simple and sweet ( a little bit like me haha , no I'm just joking ;) ) I do love that quote though, it always brings me a lot of motivation :) I hope you're having a brilliant week !Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
This is the sweetest idea! Nothing better than having someone let you know they care about you and that they're actively thinking about you by sending a lovely quote. I think I definitely need to get in on this with my friends as well!ReplyDelete
Great idea, Marianne!
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Thank you, I just love the idea that something so simple and easy could brighten up someone's day and give them the push they need, when you think about how much people appreciate it and how quick it is to do it feels silly not to :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
This is such a cute idea xxReplyDelete
Thank you honey :) Have a great day :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
So in love with your blog! You've got such a fresh style and it really is a pleasure to read it!ReplyDelete
Would you like to follow each other on GFC? If yes just let me know once done and I'll be right back!
That means so much to me :) I'm sorry I haven't heard of GFC so I don't have it but I would love to follow your blog if you had a Bloglovin account then just let me know !Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
What a great idea! I really like it, it's very creative!ReplyDelete
Yeah I get what you mean. When you sit around wasting a day because you dont feel motivated and good, that just adds to it and makes another reason to feel bad bout yourself.
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I love thinking up ways to make people smile and I find the quicker and easier they are the more likely people are to do them ! I completely relate to that feeling which is why I like doing things like this because if I'm feeling rubbish, knowing that I've cheered someone else up is often enough motivation to get me out there trying to do some good :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
What incredible motivation! I love reading some sweet quotes to get the day going. What wonderful choices you picked <3ReplyDelete
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Thank you , I spend far to long on Pinterest looking at quotes hehe but I really love them :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
this is such a nice post! really nice choice of wordsReplyDelete
Thank you ! Have a lovely day :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
Aw this is actually such a cute idea, I bet it really works as well! May have to start doing it with my friends!ReplyDelete
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Me and my friends use it a lot and we've always found it works a treat ! I hope it works well for you :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
This was such a great feel-good post and the quotes you chose were super lovely to read. I have down days all the time so I will definitely come back to this post when I have another one!ReplyDelete
Grace xx
I'm so happy that you like it! I think it's important to spread a little positivity wherever you go :)Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
Great motivational quotes!ReplyDelete
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Thank you honey :) Have a nice day !Delete
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
Great post idea! They are a great way of getting closer to my new years resolution of being positive more.I especially love the "I can and I will watch me".
Have a good day,
Aw Thank you ! I think they'd be really good for reaching resolutions like that, go for it ! Me to I think the short and to the point quotes are the best for motivation because they encourage you to just get on with it :)Delete
You too honey !
Lots of love, Marianne xxx
There's something so awesome about uplifting quotes that just gets me so excited! adaatude.comReplyDeleteReplies
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At the very beginning of this year, Gap (NYSE:GPS) decided to drop $130 million to pick up a little chain of stores called Intermix. The brand has only 32 locations in North America and no international footprint. It sits well outside Gap's other brands, offering $2,000 dresses and jeans for hundreds of dollars.
Gap is expecting good things from Intermix, though. The brand has very little online presence and no international offerings. Last week, management highlighted the potential for Intermix, no doubt hoping to capitalize on some of the success that Michael Kors (NYSE:CPRI) has seen recently.
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In its first foray into high fashion, Gap decided to purchase a non-designer. Intermix doesn't make its own clothing; it's a boutique for other designers. That means that Gap was able to get into the business without having to acquire excess production and design capabilities. The boutiques don't carry Kors but do have offerings from designers such as Jimmy Choo and Fendi.
While the product offering is similar to Kors', the operating model is closer to The Buckle's. Buckle also carries other brands -- though there is a Buckle line. The company used that middleman status to run a 27% operating margin last quarter. Gap would love to have that pulling its operating margin up, as last year it managed only 12%.
The competition
Kors isn't going to go quietly along with Gap's growth plan, though. The company has been pushing sales up at a crazy pace over the past nine months. Comparable sales are up 41% across the brand, and total revenue was up 71%. Kors' brand strength has never been higher, and it's quickly becoming the go-to brand for big names.
If Intermix wants to compete, Gap is going to have to scale up quickly and expansively. Thirty-two locations can't compete with Kors' 388 stores. But even if Gap can't beat Kors, it still has a chance to break into a profitable new market. High-end customers have bounced back faster than Middle America from the crisis, and sales at many luxury stores have been strong.
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The Shaheen Bookstore recently presented a high caliber fashion show with alumna Melinda Welch '08 among the spectators. Welch is an Assistant Buyer for Sears.com Women's and Kids Footwear, a position that originated after her six-month stint in the Sears Holdings Corporation Buyer Apprentice Program.
Welch's interest in buying goes back to when she worked in the Shaheen Bookstore as a student buyer, giving her an idea of what the buying process entailed. It was during this time that the fashion show was born. "Developing the fashion show was a way to really promote school spirit," says Welch. "The first show was during my second semester of my first year. It was in the cafeteria and lasted about 15 minutes. By the time I did my 7th show during my senior year, we were in the atrium with a stage and music."
Welch was back on campus initially to speak to students of business and economics professors Bill Shannon and Richard Measell. "One day I emailed Professor Measell to thank him for some advice he gave me in college. I told him that because of his classes and his emphasis on staying up to date on news, I had a competitive edge on those in my training program," says Welch. In a return email Measell asked if Welch could come speak to his students. The invitation came at a perfect time for Welch to drop in on the fashion show, allowing her to reminisce on her past and re-appreciate the values of a liberal arts education.
Originally from Indianapolis, Welch obtained a degree in English literature and a double minor in business and women's studies . As a buyer, her job duties consist of conducting marketing projections, trend research, analyzing sales, and putting outfits together for ads. "The hands-on work I do with the product is my favorite," says Welch. "For example, I had the opportunity to go to New York City to meet with our design team and vendors to finalize our assortment for Back to School 09."
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The Republican Challenge – Reaching Out to Minority Voters
My St. Louis friend Stacy Washington wrote the cover story this month at Townhall magazine "Minority Issue or Messaging?"
"Minority Issue or Messaging?," by Stacy Washington:
Typically, economic factors forecast voting patterns; convention suggests that there must be overall improvements in the quality of life for blacks to justify a level of support merely 5 percent lower than the last election. In August of 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unemployment rate of 14.1 percent within the black community—less than a percentage point below the 14.9 percent rate at the end of the Great Recession, and well above Bush-era rates, of 9 percent and under.
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The GOP has tried running black candidates on the ticket, and while that's important, it isn't the answer. Nor is it enough to feature conservative black pundits on television and radio. Neither of these alone will convert blacks into Republican voters. What will work is illustrating how Republican policies will improve blacks' lives and economic standing…
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New Delhi, Nov 24: Gold prices remained near the all-time record as rates rose by Rs 290 to Rs 32,850 per 10 grams on brisk buying by stockists and retailers for the ongoing wedding season amid a firming global trend.
The price rose by Rs 290 in the national capital. Gold prices in Mumbai increased by Rs 190 to Rs 32,340 and in Kolkata the rates rose by Rs 220 to Rs 32,830. The prices of the precious metal rose up by Rs 410 to Rs 32,730 in Chennai.
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Overall, the articles mentioned the how important the design in the human's past, present and future. How it is affect the foundation, development of a nation. The articles also mention the complexity relationship between the nations changed from geopolitics, race ethnic to another form, which the design played as the main role in making the differences.
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Dec 2, 2009 @ 4:30 PM
Modern development practices demand unit testing of most code. When you do the new edition of this book, it would be useful if you could devote part of a chapter in part 4 to strategies for automated and _isolated_ unit testing of business logic code that uses EJB3 and JPA.
Having thought about this, I think there's really only one key mechanism needed - a way for tests to access the same DI mechanism that the EJB container uses, so the test can supply mock implementations of the resources, the Entity Manager, etc. These can populate data or throw exceptions so all of the code paths can be tested independently of the framework. Are all of the types used as DI targets by EJB3 interfaces or are there concrete classes, too?
Would you have any general advice in this regard? Does EJB 3.1 provide any mechanisms that can be leveraged for this, with maybe a utility class or two in the test suite? Or do I need to use an external toolset that simulates EJB3 DI?
Dec 2, 2009 @ 5:00 PM
Re: Unit testing of EJB3 or EJB3.1 code
We do indeed plan an entire chapter on testing for the second edition.
The key tool for unit testing EJB 3.x is an embedded container, which is standardized in EJB 3.1. The best tool in EJB 3.0/Java EE 5 is Apache OpenEJB, which supports things like alternative deployment descriptors, etc. You can use things like embedded databases (e.g. HSQL) and DBUnit with OpenEJB. The OpenEJB community is also pretty active about implementing any feature requests. You might also want to check out EJB3Unit (not sure about its level of maturity).
Dec 3, 2009 @ 11:16 AM
Re: Unit testing of EJB3 or EJB3.1 code
Thanks Reza,
> The key tool for unit testing EJB 3.x is an embedded container, which is standardized in EJB 3.1.
Did they pick OpenEJB as the RI? Or are they using something else? Does this mean that I should have everything I need in Glassfish V3 and Netbeans 6.8? If OpenEJB was used as the RI, can I use the documentation on the OpenEJB site for it or did they change class and property names into the javax space.
> Apache OpenEJB ... supports things like alternative deployment descriptors, etc.
> You can use things like embedded databases (e.g. HSQL) and DBUnit with OpenEJB.
> You might also want to check out EJB3Unit (not sure about its level of maturity).
OpenEJB looks like it will be really good for unit-focused integration testing, making sure the unit integrates with the container properly. EJB3Unit looks like it is ideal for the kind of code path coverage I'll want to do as a part of every time the code builds, since it will let me mock away the container completely and run like lightning.
So, two good tools with complementary strengths. More to learn, always more to learn.
The original EJB3Unit project team seems to have gotten busy with other things but there is some new blood involved at least in bug fixes to the version 1 stream. They had plans for a 2.0 stream that would support EJB3.1 and JMock2 and there's a snapshot for it out there. It doesn't appear to have been under active development for about a year but looks can be deceiving. I'll have to see how far from ready the 2.0 code stream is and grab the source. If I find myself using it enough, maybe I can help.
Thanks again,
Dec 3, 2009 @ 2:22 PM
Re: Unit testing of EJB3 or EJB3.1 code
OpenEJB is not the RI solution, embedded GlassFish is. OpenEJB was the model that was standardized. However, I've used OpenEJB with both JBoss and GlassFish since it allows for configuration of JNDI names (now standardized in EJB 3.1 so a moot point). If you are a GlassFish guy, feel free to check out Adam Bien's blog. He has good material on using OpenEJB with GlassFish I think...
I do think the EJB3Unit guys could use a hand...
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The above link to an article about an advisor who stole $20 million is a good lesson. In the Wall Street Journal article I was quoted in last week I stated that you should watch out for people promising high returns with no risk, that is exactly what this scam artist offered. He offered stock market like returns without the risk - impossible. When you believe something that cannot be true you will be taken for a ride. These people could have done a few simple things to ensure there money was not stolen. I'll address this in another post (gotta jump on a conference call!).
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Wrens are common songbirds that live in most areas of the United States. During breeding season, wrens who are injured or killed may leave behind a nest full of eggs.
Incubating eggs and caring for hatchlings is challenging, so if you find an abandoned nest, the best option is contacting a trained wildlife rehabilitation expert. If no one is available to take the eggs, however, you will need to incubate them yourself.
Nest Abandonment
Adults may leave their nests behind for brief periods of time, so observe the nest over several hours before removing the eggs. Wrens mate for life, and if one bird is killed, the other will normally provide care for the eggs and babies.
Even if you know one parent has been killed, wait a few hours to give the other parent a chance to care for the eggs.
Egg Incubation
If no adult appears to be providing care for the eggs, remove the eggs from the nest and avoid shaking them. Place them in a chicken egg incubator and incubate at 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Prevent the eggs from drying out by misting them several times a day with a water mister. Though eggs will die if they become too dry, they can also mold if they become too wet.
The key is to keep the incubator moist but not wet. Humidity of about 50 percent is usually ideal.
Egg Turning
Wren eggs tend to develop hot spots, and if an embryo overheats it can die. Consequently, it's important to turn the eggs several times a day in order to keep the temperature inside of the egg consistent.
Most wildlife rehabilitators recommend turning wren eggs a minimum of four times a day. Simply turn the egg 180 degrees without shaking or squeezing it.
Hatching Babies
The incubation period for wrens ranges from 13 to 15 days. Of course, if you've found the eggs there's no good way to know how long until they will hatch.
Check them several times a day for signs of hatching babies. Baby wrens typically take a few hours to fully hatch, so avoid interfering with the hatching process.
Hatchling Care
Caring for wren babies is exhausting work. They need food dozens of times each day and the quantity and type of food they require changes every few days.
Contact an avian veterinarian prior to the time the eggs hatch for advice on specific food items to give the wrens. Most lay people will be poorly equipped to provide care for wren hatchlings, however, so the most responsible strategy is to find a wildlife rehabilitator, veterinarian or avian expert to take the birds prior to hatching.


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The family of a Crawley mother-of-two who died after her boyfriend crashed his car said their lives had been 'ripped apart leaving a wound that will never fully heal'.
Minesh Parbat, 36, of Gregory Close, Maidenbower, was this morning (August 28) jailed for seven years for causing the death of Lisa Watling by dangerous driving while over the limit for alcohol.
In a statment, Lisa's family said: "Our lives have been ripped apart leaving a wound that will never fully heal, no matter how much times passes.
"However, the two real victims are Lisa's children, her 11 year-old-daughter and 7-year-old son. They have been deprived of the right to be raised by their mother. They will never be able to cuddle up in their mum's bed on a lazy Sunday morning again. They will never have that soft comforting voice that they know and love whisper goodnight, safe in the knowledge that when they wake up in the morning she'll be there to greet them.
"That dream died along with many others when Minesh got into that driver's seat. As a family we feel relief that some kind of justice has been seen as he has been found guilty and jailed. It feels like a very small step towards gaining a degree of closure. However, it is bitter-sweet, there is no glory in it. For Lisa's children there is no justice. Their mum will not be coming home with us today. She is gone forever and there is no justice in that."
Lewes Crown Court heard that Parbat was driving his BMW Z3 sports car west along Crawley Avenue at 1.40am on March 9 2014 when it left the road and collided with a fence.
His girlfriend, Lisa Watling, 28, who was a passenger, in the car tragically later in hospital from her injuries.
Parbat, who was also over the drink-drive limit, denied the charge but a jury found him guilty after a six-day trial. The alcohol level in his blood was 102 milligrammes in 100 millilitres of blood - the legal limit is 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
He also received a three-and-a-half year driving ban which he will serve when released from prison.
Sergeant Clare Kenward said: "Parbat has blamed everyone but himself throughout and has caused the family of Lisa Watling a huge amount of distress. I hope the verdict and sentencing goes some way to easing their pain."
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Roles of Women in the Church – Sept 20th
In this message, Pastor Doug presents SBC with the following challenge found in 1 Timothy 2:9: 8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,10 but with … [Read more…]
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so. there's the whole 'God made man/woman in his image', right? regardless of your beliefs, you must at least know the idea is out there? but when you ask someone - even someone who theoretically believes that - to describe God you get all kinds of descriptors that don't sound like anyone i know.
how can the daughter be like the mother without mother also being like the daughter?
what if God is like me? or like you? what if God is actually pretty funny, sensual, smart, creative and loud? i asked some of my friends a couple of years ago to describe me in one word, and looking at that list, what if those words also described God? expressive, unfiltered, mosaic, open, authentic, brave, loving...
people are always loping off parts of themselves to try to fit into whatever religious or social or cultural mold they happen to be trying to fit in - what a terrible idea. all the parts of us are so, so important - the ones that make us confident and the ones that make us utterly fragile.
instead of loping off more parts of myself to fit, i'm going to start collecting up the pieces of myself lying around and figure out how to reincorporate them. i do not want to live piecemeal anymore - i want to be whole. mercurial as that might be.


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There was a time where the most famous Filipino film export was (and still may be) a 2'9″ James Bond-spoof action star by the name of Weng Weng. His films were international hits for the Philippines in the late 70s/early 80s, when their film industry was the second largest in the worlds, in terms of sheer cinematic output. Then, Weng Weng suddenly disappeared. By the 90s, anyone who even heard of Weng Weng only knew him as a sort of mythical figure of Filipino B-grade cinema. Who was he? Where did he come from? What happened to him?
It took a cinephile named Andrew Leavold to embark on a seven-year-long odyssey in the Philippines to try to find the answer to those questions. He got more than he bargained for. What started as a simple cult film curiosity turned into a look at the Filipino film industry, culture at large, and finally the humanity behind what most people consider worthless trash. His wonderful story is now a documentary called THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG, and we are sponsoring its US and Canada tour this month, starting in San Diego this Saturday, 12/6 at Ken Cinema!
Andrew Leavold joins me to discuss:
Discovering cult film and Weng Weng.
How he made it to Manila.
Meeting the family and co-workers of Weng Weng.
How a cartoonish fascination became something far grander.
The importance of low brow cinema.
And more!
This is one of my favorite conversations!The documentary is brilliant–get San Diego Tickets WITH director in attendance here!
Other North America Dates!
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Thursday 11th December – SAN FRANCISCO, opening film of FACINE/21: 21st Annual Filipino International Cina Festival at the Roxie, 7pm (http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/facine21/?instance_id=5544 – tickets here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5466165)
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Monday 15th December – PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA), 8pm (http://www.philamoca.org/)
Wednesday 17th December – DETROIT, Cinema Detroit, 7.30pm (http://cinemadetroit.com/2014/11/25/search-for-weng-weng/)
Thursday 18th December – TORONTO, The Royal, 9.15pm, with an instore appearance at Eyesore Cinema from 6-8pm (http://www.theroyal.to/films/the-search-weng-weng/)
Friday 19th December – OTTOWA, Mayfair Theatre, time to be confirmed (http://mayfairtheatre.ca/movies/Search-For-Weng-Weng-The/)
Sunday 21st December – HOLLYWOOD, Cinefamily @ The Silent Movie Theatre, 4.30pm (http://www.cinefamily.org/films/special-events-december-2014/#the-search-for-weng-weng-filmmaker-in-person)
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DESTRUCTION From the KANGAROO. The kangaroo disappears from cattle runs, and can be killed by stockmen merely for the sake of your skin; but no mercy is proven to the natives who may perhaps assist on their own to your bullock or maybe a sheep. This type of state of points should infallibly bring on the extirpation from the aboriginal natives, as in Van Diemen's Land, unless timely actions are taken for their civilisation and security. I've listened to some impacting allusions created by natives for the white Males's killing the kangaroo. At this time almost every stockman has a number of sturdy kangaroo pet dogs; now it would be only an act of justice towards the aborigines to ban white Gentlemen by regulation from killing these creatures which might be as necessary to the natives as cattle are on the Europeans. The prohibition can be no less than a evidence on the disposition of your strangers to act as humanely as they potentially could in the direction of the natives. If wild cattle on the contrary turn out to be quite a few the natives also could possibly rise in number and, Otherwise civilised and instructed now, may come to be formidable and implacable enemies then, as no absolute right to kill even wild cattle could well be conceded to them. The evils prone to result from such situations have been apparent both in the commencement and termination of my initial journey; but although the desert character of the interior renders this kind of state of factors not as likely to occur, at least on a bigger scale, the unlucky race whom we have discovered about the shores of Australia usually are not the fewer entitled to our protection.
This cave provides in all its contains a hanging distinction to that now explained. Its entrance is often a kind of pit, possessing a extensive orifice nearly vertical, and its recesses are obtainable only by means of ladders and ropes. As an alternative to partitions as well as a roof of strong limestone rock we uncovered shattered masses apparently held collectively by breccia, also of a reddish colour and brimming with fragments of bones. (Plate 45.) The opening inside the floor seems to have been fashioned with the subsidence of those rocks at some time when they had been hurled down, mixed with breccia, to the position which they however keep. Bones were being but a little attached on the area of the cement, as though it experienced never ever been in an exceedingly gentle state, and this We now have cause to infer also from its staying the sole substance supporting several large rocks and concurrently holding them asunder. Conversely we discover portions of even incredibly tiny bones, and also modest fragments from the limestone, dispersed by means of this cementing material or breccia. Very first DISCOVERY OF BONES. The pit were very first entered only a short time before I examined it by Mr. Rankin, to whose aid in these researches I am Considerably indebted. He went down through a rope to 1 landing-position after which you can, repairing the rope to what seemed a projecting portion of rock, he Enable himself down to a different stage exactly where he learned, within the fragment offering way, which the rope were mounted to a really huge bone, and thus these fossils were discovered. The large bone projected from the higher Portion of the breccia, the only real material which supported and separated various large blocks, as demonstrated during the accompanying watch of your cave (Plate 45) and it absolutely was protected with a tough tuffaceous encrustation resembling mortar. No other bone of so wonderful Proportions has due to the fact been learned within the breccia. (See Figures 12 and thirteen, Plate 51.)
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LIMESTONE. June 25. The region we handed in excess of today was upon The full richer in point of grass than any we experienced viewed because we remaining Sydney; I for that reason suspected which the soil had some greater rock for the basis than sandstone; and I had purpose to think that it had been limestone, from indications of subsidence which I observed on the surface. CURIOUS CHARACTER OF AN ORIGINAL SURFACE. We experienced discovered no comparable place all through either of the two former journeys. There were Not one of the acacia trees we had viewed about the lower Bogan; while the grasses ended up also different from any of those on the Darling. A great new species of Daviesia, very similar to a Grevillea and forming a most singular bush, grew right here. It experienced no leaves, but inexperienced branches formed into shorter, broad, thick vertical plates organized spirally, and far reduced compared to the very little axillary clusters of flowers which were just beginning to open.* We also achieved with bushes with the unusual Trymalium majoranaefolium, a hoary bush with clusters of small gray flowers, enclosed when youthful in the bright, substantial membranous involucre. A couple of times distant rows of lofty gumtrees appeared to indicate the road with the river; but on approaching them we identified either dry hollows or exactly the same ana-department, mainly because it seemed, on which we last encamped.
We could now enter these types of thickets with larger basic safety; and With this we observed an exceptionally lovely new shrubby species of cassia, with thin papery pods and numbers of probably the most excellent yellow blossoms. On a lot of the branches the leaflets experienced fallen off and remaining absolutely nothing but the flat leafy petioles to characterize them. The pods were of assorted dimensions and types, on which account, if new, I'd personally name it C. heteroloba.* (*Footnote. C. heteroloba, Lindley manuscripts; foliolis bijugis linearibus carnosis cito deciduis apice mucronulatis recurvis, glandula parva conica inter omnia, petiolo compresso herbaceo nunc aphyllo mucronulato, racemis paucifloris folio brevioribus, leguminibus oblongis planis obtusis papyraceis continuis aut varie strangulatis.)
The pink lily* was also found, as on Yerrarar, among rocks, but growing in loaded red soil. We collected many the bulbs, currently being incredibly desirous to propagate this plant, which differs with the frequent white amaryllis and Other people belonging for the plains don't just in colour, but additionally within the absence from their corona of intermediate teeth. We once more observed in this article The brand new Xerotes, possessing the flower in 5-6 spherical tufts over the blade. The flowered blades drooped close to, radiating with the centre, though These without the need of flowers stood upright, supplying to The complete an uncommon visual appeal; the flower had a very enjoyable perfume. ASCEND MORIATTU. April 19. Mr. Stapylton executed the bash forward though I went to your summit of Moriattu While using the theodolite. Thence I noticed Mount Granard, Yerrarar, and Mount Torrens, also the assorted points which I had intersected from Wallangome. A degree basic appeared to visit homepage extend southward in the midst from the teams of ridges composing Macquarie and Peel's ranges.
That the cattle should relaxation at the current camp two weeks and after that continue whilst I, by travelling to date in advance of them with so gentle a party, could send again a supply of provisions as well as the boat, to satisfy this second celebration next in my track around the banking companies of the Murray. As a result I could reach Sydney some weeks quicker, as well as keep on my survey much more conveniently; the cattle, which had been sinking Practically day by day, will be As a result refreshed sufficiently to be able to journey and the chance of The full celebration suffering from famine might be A great deal diminished. This sort of was the outline of your system which our placement and necessities prompt. September 18. At the present time was handed in producing preparations for location out tomorrow with the light party as proposed. SPECIMENS OF All-natural Historical past. The catalogue with the objects of Organic Record collected throughout the journey bundled many birds and animals not hitherto pointed out During this Journal. Amongst one of the most remarkable of those was the pig-footed animal discovered on June 16. It calculated about ten inches in duration, experienced no tail, plus the forefeet resembled those of a pig. There was also the rat which climbs trees such as the opossum; the flat-tailed rat from your scrubs on the Darling, where by it builds an enormous nest of branches and boughs, so interlaced as being proof versus any assaults in the indigenous Pet. The exclusive specimen with the reedy country on the Murray of a really singular animal Significantly resembling the jerboa or desert rat of Persia; also a rat-eared bat with the Lachlan. We experienced numerous new birds, but the most admired of our ornithological discoveries was a white-winged fantastic warbler from your junction from the Darling plus the Murray, the many plumage not white staying of the brilliant blue colour; but of this we experienced obtained only one specimen. I had not several chances of figuring the birds from daily life, so very attractive in ornithological topics. The eye with the eagle and the prosperous crest on the cockatoo in the desert could not be preserved in lifeless specimens, and ended up far too fine for being omitted Among the many sketches I endeavoured to snatch from nature.* Our herbarium had suffered through click to investigate the ongoing damp climate, specifically in fording deep rivers; which was the greater to become regretted since it contained quite a few outstanding specimens. The seeds and bulbous roots comprising sorts of Calostemma, Caladenia, and Anguillaria, besides quite a few substantial liliaceous bulbs, were being having said that preserved in a very good condition.** (*Footnote. See Plates 23 and 36.)
Circumstance OF DEPOT CAMP AT LAKE REPOSE. The camp where Mr. Stapylton's bash was to stay two weeks was in as favourable a place for refreshing the cattle as may very well be uncovered. The ground undulated and was thickly clothed with fresh new verdure; a grassy swamp also, including cattle delight in, prolonged northward right into a lake of fresh new water which I named Lake Repose.
By prolonged follow a native can help himself along with his toes on incredibly modest notches, not merely in climbing but although he cuts other notches, needed for his further more ascent, with a person hand, the opposite arm embracing the tree. The elasticity and lightness of The straightforward manage from the mogo or stone hatchet employed (see Figure five earlier mentioned) are well tailored to the load of The top and assist the blow important to Reduce the thick bark with the fringe of stone. Given that the natives Dwell mainly to the opossum, which they come across while in the hollow trunk or higher branches of tall trees and, because they never ascend by previous notches but usually Slice new kinds, this kind of marks are quite common within the woods; and on my journeys in the inside I knew, by their staying inside of a current condition, Once i was approaching a tribe; or if they weren't really new how long it had been Because the natives had been in this kind of aspects of the woods; whether or not they experienced any iron hatchets or utilised even now These of stone only; etcetera. (*Footnote. Several usages of such impolite men and women Considerably resemble All those on the wandering Arabs. Dr. Pococke mentions some open huts made from boughs lifted about three toes over the ground which he observed around St. John D'Acre. He observes: "These resources are of so perishing a nature, and trees and reeds and bushes are so extremely scarce in certain areas that just one would speculate they should not all accommodate themselves with tents but we find they do not in fact." Volume two web page 158. "And that they ought to publish and proclaim in all their cities As well as in Jerusalem saying, Go view publisher site forth unto the mount and fetch olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees to generate booths as it can be composed." Nehemiah eight:15.)
A most amazing species of Phebalium* with holly-like leaves and shiny purple bouquets resembling Individuals of the Boronia. It had been associated with P. phylicifolium but really unique.
I noticed a little ridge of lure-rock near the river. We crossed before long following the base of Mount Torrens, also a hill of entice; along with a continuation on this bank with the Lachlan from the Goulburn assortment. Mount Torrens is on the other hand only an elongated hill. The trap-rock reappears in some decreased hills additional northward, of which Mount Davison is the best and most japanese. (*Footnote. See Footnote below.)
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I've had one or the other volume of this sitting on my bedside table for the last six months, since it's slow, dense reading. Last night before bed, I finished it off, and after that much time spent on it I'm damn well going to write about it.
Morris wrote this in the early 1890s, and it was published by the Kelmscott Press in the year of his death in 1896. It's an expression of his lifelong love of the mediaeval and of the Matter of Britain, though this text is closer in feel to the numerous accretions than to the "core" Arthurian tales. Fundamentally, it's fanfic – the devoted craft of someone who can't accept that there isn't any more of their obsession, and damn well writes it themselves.
A lot of what I can say about this involves "despite" – it is, overall, good and fresh despite the pseudo-mediaeval style (there's enough cod in there to restock half the Atlantic) and the interminable dullness of every scene wherein someone shows love or affection to someone else.
I think it has that freshness for two reasons. First, it has a strongly English sense of place about it – Morris may have been unreasoningly in love with the form of the mediaeval epics, but he still understood their matter. When Ralph leaves Upmeads, he goes through Wulstead, the Abbey of St Mary at Higham[1], Bourton Abbas, and the Wood Perilous. Those are all good English place names where today you might find stockbrokers and real ale; and meseems that in the Wood Perilous might one
venture at cheap and hope to behold squirrels, ramblers, and suchlike woodland beasts.
Secondly, it's mostly free of tired fantasy conventions. Well, technically Lord of the Rings is free of tired fantasy conventions, since it was the wellspring of most of them, but The Well at the World's End has the added advantage that it didn't inspire legions of imitators. I've a soft spot for books with no non-human characters or antagonists, too.
As for where the breadcrumbs lead next – I've some more of Morris's work on the same shelf, and the next literary heritor on is JRR Tolkien. Large swathes of The Hobbit were inspired by Morris's depictions of early Germanic life, and in his 20s he wrote self-consciously in the style of Morris. He got better though.
The other apparent followup is early Sheri S. Tepper – her True Game books et seq – though those owe as much to Dunsany as to Morris.
[1] The story is set very much in the far-off reaches of this world – the early pages make mention of "a house of good canons, who knew not the way to Rome".


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The Wedding That Saved a Town
Weddings are a facet of every culture, however their purposes and their customs vary greatly between cultures. Gaining an understanding of various customs often leads to cultural respect, and thus award-winning author Yale Strom's book can serve as a way to expose children to a traditional European Jewish wedding custom. Strom is also a renowned klezmer musician, filmmaker, and scholar of the Jewish faith.
In this modern folk-tale, the main character, Yiske, is asked to perform at a wedding. Yiske gladly accepts the offer, but he soon learns of the grim reasoning for the wedding. The people of the town are sick, and only a traditional "shvartze chaseneh" can help lift the illness. Yiske then sets his mind to finding the perfect couple for the wedding in hopes of a cure. The last page of the book contains an author's note and a glossary of Yiddish words that are seen throughout the book.
Jenya Prosmitksy's illustrations are cartoon-like, bringing light to what may appear otherwise as a dismal tradition. Colorful and full of expression, they compliment Strom's strong characters. Prosmit-sky grew up in the former USSR and has illustrated other children's books, including, A Mink, A Fink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun? and Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?
The book is valuable for children and educators alike. For children, it is a hopeful and animated tale. For educators, the book can be used to enhance multiculturalism in the classroom. In addition, Jewish students might feel more comfortable in the classroom if a traditional tale of theirs were integrated with dominate Christian traditions.
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My children will leave our house next year and so I am currently preparing myself and my small shop for the time when a whole floor needs new furniture ;-)
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The biggest challenge apart from adjusting the 4 sliders was the router mount. Here in Europe the routers like the one on Matthias' photos are hard to find – and the two I am aware of I can't justify to purchase. So I made a contraption that mounts my big plunge router using the holes in the base for the parallel fence. Since this requires more vertical space than the original I increased the overall height by around 100mm.
At GarageWoodWorks you can buy plans for a similar machine which also features a template holder. A rod is connected to the mortiser base and follows the template. So the router cuts the pattern according to the template. Since I found this a neat and simple to build idea I added this feature as well.
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Archive for the 'Horrible Hip Hop' Category
As of Right Now – an ode for the 99% and #ows
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You play for keeps, but we will not be empty-handed in the end.
As of right now: the clock is ticking. We're assembling in your city streets.
As of right now: the one percent should prob'ly not invest in hats.
As of right now: you took our money, now we're coming to your house to eat.
As of right now: we'll all be grabbing souvenirs on the way out.
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WRITING: Shoot the Neighbors
When I went to NerdRage in Philly last month to see my long time friends in Scrub Club, I had the pleasure of talking to King Pheenix for a long time about many things. Among them he hinted that he and Madhatter would be working on an album of political rap in the near future.
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Anyway, here's your torture for today…
Let's go shoot the neighbors / they knocked down our tree / we could just call the cops / but what fun would that be?
Let's go shoot the neighbors / they're way out of line / I loaned them my chainsaw / to get Jim's tree, not mine.
Let's go shoot the neighbors / and if their neighbors cry foul / we'll be lobbing grenades / over there in an hour.
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Let's go shoot the neighbors / I'll shut down this whole street / until every last one of you / swears allegiance to me.
Let's go shoot the neighbors / and whoever makes it through / can come to my yard / for beer and barbeque!
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WRITING: Gangsta Geriatric
Without wasting too much time explaining something so silly, a friend and I were joking about the elderly in FL and I got this image in my head of an elderly version of the Beastie Boys rollin' in a pimped out golf cart. What followed are lyrics to a hip hop tune worthy of The Lonely Island that should probably never get produced beyond this page.
Gangsta Geriatric
We rolled up to the buffet it was about four-thirty
My girl took out her teeth because she wanna get dirty
I told my bitty 'no, this ain't no time to start."
'Cause there ain't no doors on my pimpin' golf cart
I get my ass out the ride and I unfold Chuck's walker
Larry need to take his pill and he'll need a sip of water
So we swagger up the walk all sportin' wicked gangsta lean
Cause you know we got bad hips and Larry's breathing machine
Mah girlie hit the door first and she's panting so hard
'Cause it's at least twelve steps to the door from the car.
Some youngin' open the do' wide 'cause she showin' some respect
And she know she gotta work to get a tip with my check.
The hostess looks my way and she smiles real wide
She ask me "Do you want your usual booth sweetie-pie?"
I give the girl the nod and tell my peeps to go ahead
But I make a right turn and hit the bathroom instead
I had take care of business 'cause my trousers be saggin
Depends can only hold so much after a night of bottle-baggin'
To you it all seems so amazing but to me it's automatic
Another day in the life of this gangsta geriatric
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Last night my bruthas and me all got a bit crazy
I know we did a bit of drinkin' but the details is hazy
We sipped on forties of prune juice hangin' in the park
We messed around so late that it almost got dark
Didn't want to be out hootin' when the kids came out to play
No whipper-snapper's gonna ruin such a pimptastic day.
We stumbled back to the cart and swerved back to 'the home'
I found my girl knittin an afghan, took her back to my room.
Where we sat and watched Trebek while the juice swam in my head
Then the nurse came and helped us both jump into bed.
My girlie started moanin' right when the nurse turned out the light
And I knew that we'd be getting' no sleep in this night.
So I pressed the call button and the nurse came back
And I said 'Bitch help out my girl', she got a pain in her back!"
You know that girl got busy 'cause she don' wanna make me mad
And 'cause she think I look just a little bit like her dad
And 'cause I let her go out and sell my 'scriptions on the street
She makes herself a nice buck and cuts the rest all back to me
The cops all know she work for me so they don't give her no static
Them pigs don't wanna mess with THIS gangsta geriatric.


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By: Rebecca Bilbro, Lewis Broerman, and Jordan Higgins
The widespread adoption of advanced machine learning techniques is changing the very nature of analytic work. Very soon, the job of an analyst will become a model maker that selects and trains machines. To date, this model selection has been largely accomplished using scientific computing languages, advanced statistics, probability theory, and iterative hypothesis-testing. These tools and techniques require both a deep knowledge of software and the underlying math, and limits the workforce available to apply them effectively and rapidly.
The ByteCubed concept is to enable human-machine collaboration with augmented reality to leverage human intuition and visual pattern recognition in model selection to increase the size of the workforce able to effectively select and implement highly effective machine learning for analytical missions.
Machine learning is the process of creating predictive models by fitting an algorithm to a set of training data, and then using the fitted model to extrapolate target values, classes, or other patterns of behavior from new unseen data. In practice, the workflow includes (1) selecting and/or engineering the smallest and most predictive feature set, (2) choosing a set of relevant algorithms from a model family, and (3) tuning the algorithm hyperparameters to optimize for performance.
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Why pure automation does not work
Automation in machine learning relies on model and hyperparameter search, however the search space is large because there are many possible models, and many possible hyperparameters for each model. Optimization techniques exist (e.g. genetic algorithms or particle swarm) which can learn the search space and make traversal more efficient, but even with such optimizations, many algorithms will not converge on a solution. Traversing this search space becomes exponentially slower with big data and high-dimensional data. Alternatively, pure automated mathematical model fit may not consider undesired or unweighted negative consequences or biases, and can make it difficult to leverage subject matter expertise.
Human-machine collaboration
Human-machine collaboration tools enable interventions in machine optimization. Users are able to engage in the modeling process through visualization, using their visual cortex to guide the process. This engagement leads to better performing models, produced more quickly and with greater insight.
Augmented steering and mixed reality
Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality applications stand to produce significant gains in the area of human-machine collaboration along five main parameters: immersion, dimensionality, collaboration, visual, and aural processing.
- AR/VR provides the ability to more fully engage multiple senses (visual, aural, haptic) in immersive experiences that provide greater context to more dimensions.
- Multi-dimensional data is particularly difficult to explore because humans struggle to visualize more a few dimensions. AR/VR better supports the visualization of high-dimensional data.
- Immersive visualization in AR/VR may result in better understanding and enhanced perception of relationships in data. These benefits are multiplied when people can work together. AR/VR can also provide these benefits with no geographical limitation, providing a sense of presence to participants regardless of physical location.
- The optic nerve processes visual information at roughly 1.25 MB/s, and when we focus on reading words or charts on a screen we use a fraction of this bandwidth. AR/VR has potential to greatly enhance ability for people to process and draw meaning from immersive data visualizations.
- In complex environments auditory cues are a proven means of drawing individual attention to critical information in complex, high visual load environments, such as pilots in a cockpit. 360 positional audio in AR/VR applications can provide similar benefits to compensate for human capacity to process data.
The intended outcome of the further development is a proof of concept mixed reality application for visualization of model selection process. Measures of success would include benchmarking versus current method and analyst usability measures.
ByteCubed seeks a mission partner to collaboratively engage with a problem and data pipeline currently using machine learning. The partner would have access to analyst(s) that could evaluate and validate the effectiveness of the concept and bench mark with current methods being used model selection. Collaborative, venture or other accelerative funding for research and development would be of interest.
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Bengfort, B. (2016). Visualizing the model selection process. Data Day Seattle.
Bilbro, R. (2016). Visual diagnostics for more informed machine learning: Feature analysis; Demystifying model selection; Visual evaluation and parameter tuning. District Data Labs.
Bilbro, R. (2017). Yellowbrick: Steering machine learning with visual transformers. PyData London.
Elmqvist, N., & Fekete, J.-D. (2010). Hierarchical aggregation for information visualization: Overview, techniques, and design guidelines. Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Transactions on, 16(3), 439–454.
Heer, J., & Shneiderman, B. (2012). Interactive dynamics for visual analysis. Queue, 10(2), 30.
Kumar, A., McCann, R., Naughton, J., Patel, J. (2015). Model selection management systems: The next frontier of advanced analytics. ACM SIGMOD Record.
Seo, J. and Shneiderman, B. (2005). A rank-by-feature frame-work for interactive exploration of multidimensional data. Information Visualization, 4(2):96-113.
Wickham, H., Cook, D., and Hofmann, H. (2015). Visualizing statistical models: Removing the blindfold. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining: The ASA Data Science Journal, 8(4):203-225.


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