Spotfire is a visual data science platform that makes smart people smarter by combining interactive visualizations and advanced analytics to solve complex industry specific business problems.

Spotfire is a visual data science platform that makes smart people smarter by combining interactive visualizations and advanced analytics to solve complex industry specific business problems.

Spotfire: Solving complex, industry-specific problems at the speed of thought

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Poverty statistics guide social policy, but in many low- and middle-income countries, censuses and household surveys that collect these data are costly, infrequent, quickly outdated, and sometimes error-prone. Satellite imagery offers global coverage and the possibility of predicting economic livelihoods at scale, yet existing approaches to predicting livelihoods with imagery or other non-traditional data often fail to reliably identify local-level variation and, as we show, degrade under temporal shift. Here we introduce Tempov, a satellite foundation model pretrained by self-supervision on three million bi-temporal Landsat pairs and adapted with parameter-efficient fine-tuning to sparse survey labels. The model enables large-scale, high-resolution wealth mapping and dynamic measurement, including zero-shot nowcasting up to a decade after observed labels, retrospective hindcasting, and decadal change tracking, while outperforming existing neural network and geospatial foundation-model baselines. In low-label regimes, Tempov achieves competitive accuracy with only 10% of survey samples, indicating substantially reduced dependence on expensive label collection. The model further generalizes across populous countries within and outside Africa, and scales to a unified Africa-wide model with strong continent-level performance ($R^2=0.63$, $r^2=0.68$), from which we generate high-resolution decadal maps of wealth and wealth changes for the African continent. Analysis of these maps shows large variation in recent economic performance both within and across countries. Our open-source approach provides a pathway to timely, scalable, low-cost monitoring of wealth and poverty from routinely collected satellite data.

Poverty statistics guide social policy, but in many low- and middle-income countries, censuses and household surveys that collect these data are costly, infrequent, quickly outdated, and sometimes error-prone. Satellite imagery offers global coverage and the possibility of predicting economic livelihoods at scale, yet existing approaches to predicting livelihoods with imagery or other non-traditional data often fail to reliably identify local-level variation and, as we show, degrade under temporal shift. Here we introduce Tempov, a satellite foundation model pretrained by self-supervision on three million bi-temporal Landsat pairs and adapted with parameter-efficient fine-tuning to sparse survey labels. The model enables large-scale, high-resolution wealth mapping and dynamic measurement, including zero-shot nowcasting up to a decade after observed labels, retrospective hindcasting, and decadal change tracking, while outperforming existing neural network and geospatial foundation-model baselines. In low-label regimes, Tempov achieves competitive accuracy with only 10% of survey samples, indicating substantially reduced dependence on expensive label collection. The model further generalizes across populous countries within and outside Africa, and scales to a unified Africa-wide model with strong continent-level performance ($R^2=0.63$, $r^2=0.68$), from which we generate high-resolution decadal maps of wealth and wealth changes for the African continent. Analysis of these maps shows large variation in recent economic performance both within and across countries. Our open-source approach provides a pathway to timely, scalable, low-cost monitoring of wealth and poverty from routinely collected satellite data.

[2604.23166] A satellite foundation model for improved wealth monitoring

arXiv.org

With the rapid development in AI and related fields, IEEE Intelligent Systems will broaden its scope to encompass emerging areas, innovative methodologies, and practical applications. IEEE Intelligent Systems will strengthen its position as a leader in publishing impactful and forward-thinking AI research.

With the rapid development in AI and related fields, IEEE Intelligent Systems will broaden its scope to encompass emerging areas, innovative methodologies, and practical applications. IEEE Intelligent Systems will strengthen its position as a leader in publishing impactful and forward-thinking AI research.

IEEE Intelligent Systems | IEEE Computer Society Digital Library

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TexTonic: Interactive visualization for exploration and discovery of very large text collections

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Rwanda’s RapidSMS system helps mothers and newborns get life-saving care

Rwanda’s RapidSMS system helps mothers and newborns get life-saving care

When text messages save lives | UNICEF

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Stream

Ankh wedja seneb - Wikipedia

The incompletely deciphered hieroglyphic script and language of the Maya constitutes the primary focus of the research project under discussion here, which is being carried out cooperatively by the Universities of Bonn and Göttingen. The

The incompletely deciphered hieroglyphic script and language of the Maya constitutes the primary focus of the research project under discussion here, which is being carried out cooperatively by the Universities of Bonn and Göttingen. The

(3) Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan: Annual Report for 2014

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Migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

Toyin Omoyeni Falola (listenⓘ; born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies. Falola is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and has served as the president of the African Studies Association.[1] He is currently the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.[2]

Toyin Omoyeni Falola (listenⓘ; born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies. Falola is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and has served as the president of the African Studies Association.[1] He is currently the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.[2]

Toyin Falola - Wikipedia

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Author of Self-healing power and therapy, African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo, N’Kongo Ye Nza Yakun’zungidila = Le Mukongo et le monde qui l’entourait, Kindezi, Simba Simbi, Mbongi

Author of Self-healing power and therapy, African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo, N’Kongo Ye Nza Yakun’zungidila = Le Mukongo et le monde qui l’entourait, Kindezi, Simba Simbi, Mbongi

Kimbwandènde Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau | Open Library

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When a person becomes a simulation—when it is difficult to distinguish between their self and their role in the game—they may be said, in psychoanalytic terms, to have an “as-­if” personality. An as-­if person, according to psychoanalyst Helen Deutsch, who coined the term, appears “intellectually intact,” able to create a “repetition of a prototype [but] without the slightest trace of originality” because “expressions of emotion are formal . . . all inner experience is completely excluded.” She likens the behavior of someone with an as-­if personality to “the performance of an actor who is technically well trained but who lacks the necessary spark to make his impersonations true to life”

When a person becomes a simulation—when it is difficult to distinguish between their self and their role in the game—they may be said, in psychoanalytic terms, to have an “as-­if” personality. An as-­if person, according to psychoanalyst Helen Deutsch, who coined the term, appears “intellectually intact,” able to create a “repetition of a prototype [but] without the slightest trace of originality” because “expressions of emotion are formal . . . all inner experience is completely excluded.” She likens the behavior of someone with an as-­if personality to “the performance of an actor who is technically well trained but who lacks the necessary spark to make his impersonations true to life”

The Yale Review | Nuar Alsadir: "We Are Our Choices"

John A. Sanford - Wikipedia

James Hillman was an American psychologist. He studied at, and then guided studies for, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He founded a movement toward archetypal psychology and retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut.

James Hillman was an American psychologist. He studied at, and then guided studies for, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He founded a movement toward archetypal psychology and retired into private practice, writing and traveling to lecture, until his death at his home in Connecticut.

James Hillman on Changing the Object of our Desire - YouTube

YouTube

James Hillman - Wikipedia

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-310) and index

The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé spectacle : art, gender, and social harmony in African culture : Lawal, Babatunde, 1942- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Panels, late 19th century – Speed Art Museum

Speed Art Museum

Door panel composed of arched top section with high relief of eight birds over a low relief of a divination board with four faces.

Door panel composed of arched top section with high relief of eight birds over a low relief of a divination board with four faces.

Door – Works – National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution

Yoruba Panels, late 19th Century | PBS LearningMedia

Yoruba Door Panels | Denver Art Museum

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Carved planks and beams from Yoruba temples - a narrative and symbolic analysis

Carved planks and beams from Yoruba temples - a narrative and symbolic analysis

On Yoruba Art as Historic Storytelling

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History and ancestral knowledge as a vehicle for social and psychological development

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Get the Heidegger Basic Writings book - http://amzn.to/2uHiAFp Support my work here - https://www.patreon.com/sadler Philosophy tutorials - https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutorials/ This Core Concept video focuses on Martin Heidegger's lecture "What Is Metaphysics?" and examines his discussion about the nature and scope of metaphysical inquiry.

Get the Heidegger Basic Writings book - <a href="http://amzn.to/2uHiAFp" rel="nofollow noopener">http://amzn.to/2uHiAFp</a> Support my work here - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/sadler" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/sadler</a> Philosophy tutorials - <a href="https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutorials/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutorials/</a> This Core Concept video focuses on Martin Heidegger's lecture "What Is Metaphysics?" and examines his discussion about the nature and scope of metaphysical inquiry.

Martin Heidegger on the Nature of Metaphysical Inquiry - Philosophy Core Concepts

heidegger-what-is-metaphysics-translation-groth.pdf

https://wagner.edu

Quem é Brian Cantwell Smith? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cantwell_Smith O video original foi gravado por Alexandre Monnin, que é um estudioso da filosofia da Web. Pelo que pude entender, Brian Smith fez parte da sua banca de doutoramento, na França, recentemente, e aproveitou para dar a palestra que aparece no vídeo, dois dias depois.

Quem é Brian Cantwell Smith? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cantwell_Smith" rel="nofollow noopener">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cantwell_Smith</a> O video original foi gravado por Alexandre Monnin, que é um estudioso da filosofia da Web. Pelo que pude entender, Brian Smith fez parte da sua banca de doutoramento, na França, recentemente, e aproveitou para dar a palestra que aparece no vídeo, dois dias depois.

Brian Cantwell Smith The philosophy of computation meaning, mechanism, mystery

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It’s not about striving for success, says Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön. Right effort is a graceful fine-tuning.

It’s not about striving for success, says Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön. Right effort is a graceful fine-tuning.

The Eightfold Path: Right Effort

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This article is about the concept in Chinese religions. For other uses, see Hungry Ghosts (disambiguation). For the Buddhist variant and for the Hindu variant, see Preta.

This article is about the concept in Chinese religions. For other uses, see Hungry Ghosts (disambiguation). For the Buddhist variant and for the Hindu variant, see Preta.

Hungry ghost - Wikipedia

Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Chinese: 地獄／奈落; pinyin: Dìyù/Nàiluò; Japanese: 地獄／奈落, romanized:&nbsp;Jigoku/Naraku) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as “hell” (or “hell realm”) or “purgatory”.[1][2] Another term used for the concept of hell in earlier writings is niraya. In Cambodia, Naraka was part of Buddhist cosmology and indeed also a Khmer word (នរក; norok) for hell.[3] The Narakas of Buddhism are closely related to Diyu, the hell in Chinese mythology. A naraka differs from the concept of hell in Christianity in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment; secondly, the length of a being’s stay in a naraka is not eternal,[4][5] though it is usually incomprehensibly long.[6][7]

Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Chinese: 地獄／奈落; pinyin: Dìyù/Nàiluò; Japanese: 地獄／奈落, romanized:&nbsp;Jigoku/Naraku) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as “hell” (or “hell realm”) or “purgatory”.[1][2] Another term used for the concept of hell in earlier writings is niraya. In Cambodia, Naraka was part of Buddhist cosmology and indeed also a Khmer word (នរក; norok) for hell.[3] The Narakas of Buddhism are closely related to Diyu, the hell in Chinese mythology. A naraka differs from the concept of hell in Christianity in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment; secondly, the length of a being’s stay in a naraka is not eternal,[4][5] though it is usually incomprehensibly long.[6][7]

Naraka (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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Want to host a relational database for your side project on AWS without breaking the bank? This guide shows you how to set up a super cheap SQLite database using AWS EFS and AWS CDK. Perfect for...

Want to host a relational database for your side project on AWS without breaking the bank? This guide shows you how to set up a super cheap SQLite database using AWS EFS and AWS CDK. Perfect for...

Setting up a super cheap SQLite DB with AWS EFS, Lambda & AWS CDK

Medium

Setting up a super cheap SQLite DB with AWS EFS, Lambda & AWS CDK | by Estian Yssel | Medium

Setting up a super cheap SQLite DB with AWS EFS, Lambda &amp; AWS CDK

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In our previous blog post, we introduced Netflix's TimeSeries Abstraction, a distributed service designed to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low millisecond latencies...

In our previous blog post, we introduced Netflix's TimeSeries Abstraction, a distributed service designed to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low millisecond latencies...

Netflix's Distributed Counter Abstraction

Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction | by Netflix Technology Blog | Nov, 2024 | Netflix TechBlog

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Hello, I know this may seem unusual, but I am inviting people to participate in a small project I have for a class. I am a psychology student and am looking for ways to get more people to interact and participate in a blog about psychoanalysis and suicide. If you are interested, you can check it out on my profile. I would really appreciate it.

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Hello, I know this may seem unusual, but I am inviting people to participate in a small project I have for a class. I am a psychology student and am looking for ways to get more people to interact and participate in a blog about psychoanalysis and suicide. If you are interested, you can check it out on my profile. I would really appreciate it.

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69.7 Miles, Rolling Hills &amp; Steep Climbs Ride ID 2122 Meet: 8:00 AM Ride-Out: 8:30 AM Heavy Rain Cancels Let's start "Ramping Up": a Saturday series where everyone is welcome as we build our skills and endurance, preparing ourselves for AIDS/LifeCycle. This is a progressive series, each week riding farther and higher.

69.7 Miles, Rolling Hills &amp; Steep Climbs Ride ID 2122 Meet: 8:00 AM Ride-Out: 8:30 AM Heavy Rain Cancels Let's start "Ramping Up": a Saturday series where everyone is welcome as we build our skills and endurance, preparing ourselves for AIDS/LifeCycle. This is a progressive series, each week riding farther and higher.

San Francisco: 70 Miles Hosted by Ramping Up * AIDS/LifeCycle

AIDS/LifeCycle

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https://theanarchistlibrary.org

Wild animals aren't the only ones facing extinction. Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab We're letting foods we've eaten for thousands of years disappear from farmers' fields, and from our plates. Saving them isn't just a matter of cultural preservation.

Wild animals aren't the only ones facing extinction. Join the Video Lab! <a href="http://bit.ly/video-lab" rel="nofollow noopener">http://bit.ly/video-lab</a> We're letting foods we've eaten for thousands of years disappear from farmers' fields, and from our plates. Saving them isn't just a matter of cultural preservation.

The race to save endangered foods

ecology

Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 - 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he did not seek publicity.

Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 - 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he did not seek publicity.

George Taubman Goldie - Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Imaginary depiction of Benin City of 1668. In the center there is a wall-like structure, which probably is the walls of Benin.
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Shows a number of features in Benin City: in the background (A) the house of the queens; on the left (B), the royal courtyard, containing several palaces, showing their spires (D). The king is depicted in the center (E) mounted on a horse with his mounted nobles in procession on the right (F). The king is surrounded by dwarfs (H), and leading the procession on the left are the musicians who are also holding the royal tigers (I). For a discussion of the authenticity of the architectural details in this engraving (first published in the Flemish edition, 1668), see Susan Denyer, African Traditional Architecture (New York, 1978), p. 82. In an informed discussion of Dapper as an historical source, Adam Jones writes "there is virtually no evidence" that Dapper "took much interest in what sort of visual material was to accompany his text," and that it was the publisher, Van Meurs, "who probably did all the engraving himself." With respect to the plates, in particular, Jones concludes: "For those interested in seventeenth-century black Africa rather than in the history of European perceptions, few of the plates showing human beings and artefacts are of any value . . . . [and] originated solely from Van Meurs' imagination" (Decompiling Dapper: A Preliminary Search for Evidence (History in Africa [1990], vol. 17, pp. 187-190).

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Imaginary depiction of Benin City of 1668. In the center there is a wall-like structure, which probably is the walls of Benin. 
D. O. Dapper, a Dutch physician and writer - Description de l'Afrique . . . Traduite du Flamand (Amsterdam: Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom &amp; van Someren,1686; 1st ed., 1668), between pp. 320-21. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-30841) 
Shows a number of features in Benin City: in the background (A) the house of the queens; on the left (B), the royal courtyard, containing several palaces, showing their spires (D). The king is depicted in the center (E) mounted on a horse with his mounted nobles in procession on the right (F). The king is surrounded by dwarfs (H), and leading the procession on the left are the musicians who are also holding the royal tigers (I). For a discussion of the authenticity of the architectural details in this engraving (first published in the Flemish edition, 1668), see Susan Denyer, African Traditional Architecture (New York, 1978), p. 82. In an informed discussion of Dapper as an historical source, Adam Jones writes "there is virtually no evidence" that Dapper "took much interest in what sort of visual material was to accompany his text," and that it was the publisher, Van Meurs, "who probably did all the engraving himself." With respect to the plates, in particular, Jones concludes: "For those interested in seventeenth-century black Africa rather than in the history of European perceptions, few of the plates showing human beings and artefacts are of any value . . . . [and] originated solely from Van Meurs' imagination" (Decompiling Dapper: A Preliminary Search for Evidence (History in Africa [1990], vol. 17, pp. 187-190).

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Walls of Benin - Wikipedia | Imaginary depiction of Benin City of 1668. In the center there is a wall-like structure, which probably is the walls of Benin.

Walls of Benin - Wikipedia

The Benin City Walls consist of a set of inner and outer interlocking rings originally built to delineate the royal precinct of the Oba, or king, from the surrounding area.

The Benin City Walls consist of a set of inner and outer interlocking rings originally built to delineate the royal precinct of the Oba, or king, from the surrounding area.