Contains inferential and graphical routines for multi-group analysis of while-alive loss (or event) rate for possibly recurrent nonfatal event in the presence of death.

Color palettes taken from the landscapes and cities of Washington 
    state. Colors were extracted from a set of photographs, and then combined to 
    form a set of continuous and discrete palettes.  Continuous palettes were 
    designed to be perceptually uniform, while discrete palettes were chosen to
    maximize contrast at several different levels of overall brightness and 
    saturation. Each palette has been evaluated to ensure colors are 
    distinguishable by colorblind people.

A multivariate weather generator for daily climate variables based 
    on weather-states (Flecher et al. (2010) <doi:10.1029/2009WR008098>). 
    It uses a Markov chain for modeling the succession of weather states. 
    Conditionally to the weather states, the multivariate variables are modeled using the family 
    of Complete Skew-Normal distributions. Parameters are estimated on measured series. Must 
    include the variable 'Rain' and can accept as many other variables as desired.

A user-friendly factor-like interface for converting strings of
    text into numeric vectors and rectangular data structures.

Square pie charts (a.k.a. waffle charts) can be used
    to communicate parts of a whole for categorical quantities. To emulate the
    percentage view of a pie chart, a 10x10 grid should be used with each square
    representing 1% of the total. Modern uses of waffle charts do not
    necessarily adhere to this rule and can be created with a grid of any
    rectangular shape. Best practices suggest keeping the number of categories
    small, just as should be done when creating pie charts. Tools are provided
    to create waffle charts as well as stitch them together, and to use glyphs
    for making isotype pictograms.

Full screen and partial loading screens for 'Shiny' with spinners, progress bars, and notifications.