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Jun 08, 2016
| Stephanie Schmit and Christina Walker
Seizing New Policy Opportunities to Help Low-Income Mothers with Depression
This paper details information gathered through a scan of federal, state, and local efforts to seize this public health opportunity at a large scale, building on new policy provisions available through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), recent federal decisions and guidance, and local and state innovations. This brief drew upon interviews of child care and early education, health, and mental health stakeholders. Because the stakes for young children's development are so high, it is important for stakeholders from these particular sectors to understand whether and how advocates and policymakers in the child care and early childhood sector could seize these new levers for change.Read Online
Apr 01, 2015
Implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization: A Guide for States
This guide, written jointly by CLASP and NWLC, is designed to help policymakers and advocates gain a better understanding of what is entailed in fully implementing the law.Download PDF
- Feb 11, 2015 | STEPHANIE SCHMIT (CLASP), CHRISTINA WALKER (CLASP), AND RACHEL HERZFELDT-KAMPRATH (CAP) An Investment in Our Future: How Federal Home Visiting Funding Provides Critical Support for Parents and Children This report highlights how states are using Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funds to advance state home visiting systems. Download PDF
- Jul 09, 2014 | STEPHANIE SCHMIT, HANNAH MATTHEWS, AND OLIVIA GOLDEN Thriving Children, Successful Parents: A Two-Generation Approach to Policy This brief examines major federal and state policy areas to identify opportunities for two-generation, large-scale change that better support families as a whole and provide a more conducive environment for local programs to do their work with families. Download PDF
- Oct 23, 2014 | Christine Johnson-Staub First Steps for Early Success: State Strategies to Support Developmental Screening in Early Childhood Settings This brief explores the role of child care and early education programs in connecting children to developmental screening, as well as national efforts and funding streams to support developmental screening and its relationship to early childhood. Download PDF
- Mar 20, 2014 | Stephanie Schmit, Olivia Golden, and William Beardslee Maternal Depression: Why It Matters to an Anti-Poverty Agenda for Parents and Children This brief summarizes the reasons early childhood and anti-poverty advocates should seize this moment to address the problem of maternal depression and create pathways out of poverty for both parents and children. Download PDF
- Mar 13, 2015 | Hannah Matthews and Christine Johnson-Staub An Introduction to CCDBG Reauthorization CCDBG reauthorization establishes many new requirements for states, providing an opportunity to envision a new system which improves the quality of care, protects the health and safety of children, and allows families to access assistance more easily. Download PDF
Apr 14, 2014
What State Leaders Should Know About Early Head Start
What State Leaders Should Know About Early Head Start provides a guide for state leaders less familiar with the Early Head Start program. It provides explanation on eleven Key areas of the Early Head Start program and suggests ways that state policymakers can align key areas of child care and early education with EHS.Download PDF
May 28, 2014
A New Vision for Child Care
This brief is based on Confronting the Child Care Eligibility Maze: Simplifying Child Care and Aligning with Other Work Supports, an in-depth guide to the policies and practices that allow states to simplify and align child care assistance, improve service delivery for clients, and reduce administrative burden for agencies.Download PDF
Feb 20, 2014
| Hannah Matthews and Stephanie Schmit
Child Care Assistance Spending and Participation in 2012
New analysis from CLASP shows state spending on child care assistance, including funds from two federal programs—the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant—at a 10-year low and the number of children receiving CCDBG-funded assistance at a 14-year low.Download PDF
- Mar 10, 2014 | Stephanie Schmit (CLASP), Liz Schott (CBPP), LaDonna Pavetti (CBPP), and Hannah Matthews (CLASP) Effective, Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs in Every State at Risk if Congress Does Not Extend Funding Download PDF
- Feb 14, 2014 | Olivia Golden and Hannah Matthews CLASP Comments on Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships CLASP offered comments to the Administration for Children and Families on the upcoming Early Head Start-Child Care partnerships funding opportunity Download PDF
Dec 20, 2013
| Christine Johnson-Staub and Hannah Matthews
What's Good for the Parent is Good for the Child: Access to Health Care Coverage Benefits the Whole Family
Supporting healthy children isn't just about health coverage for kids. Covering parents is good for children too. Parents' access to health care supports effective parenting, while untreated physical and mental health problems can get in the way. The whole family is also more likely to be financially stable, as the burdens of unexpected health problems and related costs are lifted.Read Online
- Dec 09, 2013 | Hannah Matthews, Gina Adams (The Urban Institute) Confronting the Child Care Eligibility Maze: Simplifying and Aligning with Other Work Supports This report helps states confront burdensome administrative processes that make it difficult for low-income families to get and keep child care benefits, and the cumulative challenges clients face in trying to access other benefits for which they are eligible (i.e. SNAP/Medicaid). Through concrete policy ideas and examples from states across the country, it offers an in-depth guide to help states not only simplify child care subsidy policies, but also to align child care policies with other work supports. With this information, states can identify strategies to improve access and retention of benefits, while improving service delivery and reducing administrative burden. Download PDF
- Oct 01, 2013 | Hannah Matthews Impact of Government Shutdown On Child Care and Early Education Programs Congress did not enact a continuing resolution bill by midnight September 30, thereby triggering a partial government shutdown effective October 1. We hope that most child care and early education programs will continue operating as usual, but that will depend on how long the shutdown lasts and the circumstances of individual states. Download PDF
Dec 13, 2013
| Tom Salyers and Hannah Matthews
CLASP Q& A on Budget Deal
As pundits dissect the proposed budget deal hammered out by the committee co-chaired by Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), CLASP is examining the proposal with a focus on how it affects low-income children, families and individuals. Following are questions about the deal with responses from several CLASP experts.Read Online
- May 15, 2013 | Child Care and Early Education Strong Start for Children Campaign Learn about the President's early learning initative proposal to expand access to high quality early learning programs through a comprehensive birth-to-five early education agenda. Read Online
- Nov 20, 2012 | Christine Johnson-Staub Planning Funding Partnerships: A Worksheet to Help States Get Started in Putting it Together The following worksheet comes from CLASP's "Putting It Together: A Guide to Financing Comprehensive Services in Child Care and Early Education." States and communities embarking on financing partnerships to expand access to comprehensive services can use this worksheet to begin mapping the need, available resources, and potential partnering strategies that will help them move forward. This document may be downloaded, edited, and saved. Download PDF
- Sep 13, 2012 | Stephanie Schmit and Jamie Colvard Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk All babies need good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences to foster their healthy intellectual, social, and emotional development. Unfortunately, far too few young children receive the supports they need to build a strong foundation for future growth. The federal Early Head Start (EHS) program was created in 1994 to address the comprehensive needs of children under age 3 in low-income families and vulnerable low-income pregnant women. Research shows that EHS positively impacts children's cognitive, language, and social-emotional development; family self-sufficiency; and parental support of child development. This report highlights how states are using innovative funding, policies, and partnerships, to expand the critically important EHS program and better meet the needs of more low-income children and pregnant women living in their state. Download PDF
- Sep 11, 2012 | Hannah Matthews At Risk: Early Care and Education Funding and Sequestration Sequestration was created in August 2011 as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which ended that year's showdown over raising the federal debt ceiling. Because Congress failed to come up with a deficit reduction plan, the Budget Control Act calls for $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts over the next decade, divided equally between defense and "non-defense discretionary" programs. This fact sheet explains how these cuts will impact federal early care and education funding and what can be done to prevent them. Download PDF
- Aug 23, 2012 | Christine Johnson-Staub Putting it Together: A Guide to Financing Comprehensive Services in Child Care and Early Education This guide provides state policymakers and advocates with strategies to maximize resources and make policy changes that drive funds, resources, and community partners to child care and early education programs to benefit young children and families. Separate from blending and braiding funding streams at the local or program level, the strategies described in this guide focus on state policy decisions that can facilitate the innovative use of funds, encourage partnerships at the state and local level, and replicate promising models from other states. Download PDF
- Jun 05, 2012 | Christine Johnson-Staub and Stephanie Schmit Home Away From Home: A Toolkit for Planning Home Visiting Partnerships with Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers Home visiting and family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) partnerships hold great opportunity to reach more children with family support services during the critical early years. This tookit provides states with an overview of FFN and home visiting partnerships, a tool to help states explore and establish this type of partnership, and case studies of existing home visiting and FFN partnerships. Download PDF
- Feb 23, 2012 | Karen Schulman, Hannah Matthews, Helen Blank, and Danielle Ewen A Count for Quality: Child Care Center Directors on Rating and Improvement Systems Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are designed to give providers incentives and supports to improve quality and parents information about child care quality. With the growth in QRIS, CLASP, together with the National Women's Law Center, interviewed child care providers participating in QRIS in several states. This report provides findings on the key components of QRIS, cross-cutting lessons on QRIS strategies, and recommendations for policymakers from the perspective of child care center directors. Download PDF
- Feb 10, 2012 | Elizabeth Hoffmann and Tiffany Conway Perrin Extending Home Visiting to Kinship Caregivers and Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers CLASP conducted an interview project to explore how home visiting programs are serving children in nonparental care--specifically children in kinship care and in family, friend, and neighbor care. This policy report presents findings from CLASP's interviews with major national models of home visiting and other stakeholders. Download PDF
- Jan 18, 2012 | Child Care and Early Education A Tool Using Data to Inform a State Early Childhood Agenda This tool is intended for state advocates and policymakers to use as they work to develop a state early childhood agenda. It includes a series of key questions to understand the context and conditions of young children, birth to six, in the state. It also includes questions specific to infants and toddlers. Download PDF
- Nov 17, 2011 | Hannah Matthews Integrating Systems: Improving Access to Better Serve Families Families seeking assistance often face multiple, complex needs and that require the services of more than one program. Integrated service systems help to provide a more family-centered, seamless service delivery system, a system that offers a broad continuum of services and tailors these services to the strengths and needs of individual families. This presentation given at the 2011 State and Territory Administrators and the Child Care Policy Research Consortium Joint Meeting in Bethesda, MD looks at how to create an integrated system and the challenges and opportunities of doing so. Download PDF
- Sep 15, 2011 | Christine Johnson-Staub The Relationship Between Licensing and QRIS: Challenges and Opportunities More than half of states currently have child care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) up and running, and more are under development. As states develop these promising systems, they are grappling with several questions around the relationship between child care licensing and the QRIS rating levels, including: defining program eligibility for QRIS participation, setting standards that align with licensing, deciding how licensing fits into QRIS levels, defining the role of licensing staff in rating and monitoring, and developing strategies for supporting programs through technical assistance. This presentation, given at the 2011 NARA Licensing Seminar in Pittsburg, Penn., draws from current state QRIS practices, as well as research conducted by CLASP and NWLC on child care providers' experiences with QRIS across the country. Download PDF
- Jan 20, 2011 | Child Care and Early Education Building Comprehensive State Systems for Vulnerable Babies CLASP has developed this resource to help state leaders strategize how to create or improve early childhood systems to meet the needs of vulnerable babies and toddlers, their families, and pregnant women. Every state has the pieces of a comprehensive early childhood system in place. This tool will help state leaders locate and build them into a system that meets the needs of children and families. Download PDF
- Oct 18, 2010 | CLASP and ZERO TO THREE Including and Expanding Early Head Start in State Early Childhood Systems In May 2010, five state teams came together in Stowe, Vermont, with representatives from ZERO TO THREE and CLASP to discuss ways that Early Head Start could be included in state early childhood systems. This webpage provides links to these resources to help all states reflect on how they can promote high-quality services like Early Head Start for infants and toddlers. Read Online
- Jan 09, 2008 | Rachel Schumacher, Elizabeth Hoffmann, and Anne Goldstein (ZERO TO THREE) Charting Progress For Babies in Child Care: Policy Framework This policy framework sets forth four key principles that establish the foundation of supports that all babies and toddlers in child care need, as well as 15 recommendations that state child care licensing, subsidy, and quality enhancement policies should address. Read Online
- Dec 15, 2006 | Early Childhood Systems Working Group State Early Childhood Development System and Core Elements The Early Childhood Systems Working Group consists of 14 organizations, including CLASP, that mapped four elements of a State Early Childhood Development System as well as the Core Elements of these systems that are needed to support families and help children thrive. Download PDF
- Aug 03, 2006 | Rachel Schumacher, Katie Hamm, Anne Goldstein and Joan Lombardi Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development From Birth In State Early Care And Education Initiatives State early care and education policies that start at birth and address the full range of children's development can potentially identify health and developmental issues, link families to necessary supports, and assure that those who care for infants and toddlers have the tools to stimulate early learning and development and ease transitions into the preschool and elementary years. This paper describes a menu of state strategies to improve early care and education for infants and toddlers, and supports to their families, including: examples of specific policies to promote child development birth to 3, as well as ideas for state funding and governance structures that provide attention and resources for all children birth to age 5. Download PDF


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People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, a study finds. The formula that mathematicians in the study rated most beautiful? Leonhard Euler's identity (eiπ =-1.) (See here for more information on it). There are many different sources of beauty—a beautiful face, a picturesque landscape, a great symphony. But there are other, highly intellectual sources of beauty. Mathematicians often describe mathematical formulae in emotive terms and compare it go great art. In a new paper published in the open-access journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, researchers used the brain scanning technique functional magnetic resonance imaging to image the brain activity of 15 mathematicians when they looked at formulae that they had previously rated as beautiful, neutral or ugly. The results showed that the experience of mathematical beauty correlates with activity in the same part of the emotional brain – namely the medial orbito-frontal cortex – as the experience of beauty derived from art or music. "For Plato, the abstract quality of mathematics expressed the ultimate pinnacle of beauty," said Semir Zeki, lead author of the paper from the Wellcome Laboratory of Neurobiology at University College London. "To many of us mathematical formulae appear dry and inaccessible but to a mathematician an equation can embody the quintessence of beauty. The beauty of a formula may result from simplicity, symmetry, elegance or the expression of an immutable truth. " The formulae most consistently rated as beautiful both before and during the scans were Euler's identity, the Pythagorean identity and the Cauchy-Riemann equations. Euler's identity links five fundamental mathematical constants with three basic arithmetic operations each occurring once. The equation's beauty has been likened to that of the soliloquy in Hamlet. Mathematicians judged Srinivasa Ramanujan's infinite series and Riemann's functional equation as the ugliest. "Activity in the brain is strongly related to how intense people declare their experience of beauty to – even in this example where the source of beauty is extremely abstract. This answers a critical question in the study of aesthetics, namely whether aesthetic experiences can be quantified," Zeki said.


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I actually went to this high school some years ago. Just making a comment about some national news from a former local resident.
Arsenal Technical is a large outdoor type high school, often taking long amounts of time to walk between classes, as such, they do have security/police officers who roam the area.
It's situated on about 80 Acres of Land, so there's a lot of ground to cover.
However, looking into this situation...
It's really inexcusible that no authority (adult, teacher, staff, office) was unable to see this kid being harrassed. If he was indeed, surrounded previously, and feared for his safety, someone should have taken note of that.
You can see *most* of the open area in which students travel between buildings. And teachers also observe outside at times during passing periods. I can't imagine he would go out of his way to walk thru an area that wasn't well traveled.
There are a few, since it's a very large school (over 20 separate buildings) and more similar to a small urban community college layout than the single building high school.
Still, most fights and things of this nature were quickly detected by all, cause you can see large groups forming towards the interior of the grounds from all sides, windows of buildings, and so on.
I don't think he should be suspended. He didn't hurt anyone, and that wasn't his intention in bringing the stun gun to school.
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Ok, we're just back up from the clubhouse. Jerry Manuel is sitting Luis Castillo in favor of Argenis Reyes for two reasons, to give him a break from the fans' hostility and because he's struggling. Castillo just admitted that the fans are getting to him when he's up at the plate.
"I know how it is here," Castillo said. "The fans want you to do well. I know about that. I try to do too much. I put too much pressure on myself. I need to be relaxed and enjoy the game. I have to play relaxed. Sometimes when you go to the plate, you're thinking about the fans and what's happening. I need to clean my mind.â€
Manuel said he'll see how Reyes looks and then decide if it's more than a one-game thing.
Omar Minaya had a pregame meeting to decide whether to activate John Maine, and the decision was made that he was ready. He threw before the game on flat ground and felt good. Minaya said they would most likely need to see him pitch out of the pen over these final games to determine whether to put him on a potential playoff roster as a reliever.
Saturday's starter is still up in the air. Manuel mentioned Jon Niese, Nelson Figueroa and Brandon Knight. You would think Knight would be the favorite. Manuel left the door open a crack for Johan Santana on three days' rest, yet said he probably wouldn't want to push him, especially after he threw 125 pitches last night. But if tomorrow night's series finale gets rained out, it would solve the need for a spot starter. The forecast is bad, but Minaya said there was no thought yet about trying to move up the game time. The forecast isn't great for Friday and Saturday, either.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators want to talk to Justin Bieber following a scuffle the pop star got into with a photographer on Sunday at a shopping center in Calabasas, Calif.
According to Sheriff's Lt. Robert Wiard, a paparazzo was trying to take a picture of Bieber and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez, as they walked out of a theater at The Commons mall on Sunday, reports AP. Bieber got physical, and after the star couple left, the photographer called 911 and complained of pain to his chest. Wiard says the photographer was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
Bieber and Gomez left before deputies arrived. Investigators now want to get his side of the story.
TMZ reports that witnesses say the photog had been blocking Bieber's car as the singer was trying to leave the mall. The star got out of the car and asked the guy to move away but he wouldn't, and that's when the scuffle happened.
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HAVE you heard the one about the comedian who went back to university?
Bolton funnyman Peter Kay returned to his roots to share his comic expertise with more than 50 performance students at the University of Salford.
The 39-year-old, who completed a media and performance course at the university in the late 1990s, gave a comedy masterclass to an audience of students and staff.
During the lively question and answer session, the former Mount St Joseph High School pupil talked about his experiences in the comedy business from his early days to becoming one of the UK's most popular stand-up comedians.
Peter said he would love to be starting out at the university today with the huge benefits of the internet and technology which were not available to him 15 years ago and the opportunities available for students studying at the MediaCityUK campus.
He added: "Salford students are really sitting on a goldmine at MediaCityUK.
"It's a massive gift for them — they just need to get in there and get on. I would really have enjoyed doing the new comedy practices course at Salford if it was around in my day.
"I always preferred the practical work to theory during my course and I understand there's a lot of practical skills teaching in the degree, which is great."
Performance students, including several from the new comedy practices BA degree, quizzed the multiaward winning funnyman for two hours at the university's Adelphi Studio.
Peter talked about the experience of developing his career soon after leaving Salford, including the techniques he uses in a wide range of comedy disciplines such as creating a stand-up routine, TV scriptwriting and character development.
During his career he has created and starred in TV series including Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere and That Peter Kay Thing.
Year two comedy writing and performance student Allyn Thomas, who attended the masterclass, said: "It was a fantastic opportunity and a privilege to have Peter Kay talk to us.
"He's one of my comedy heroes."
Lecturers are hoping the comedy masterclass will become a regular feature of performance courses at the university with plans to invite other famous local comedy performers and writers to give talks next year.


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The FTC report found the age group most likely to be affected by identity theft in 2011 was 20 to 29 year olds, who made up about 23 percent of the total complaints, and found the least likely to be affected were those people 70 and over, who made up about 6 percent of the total complaints.


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Saturday will mark two years since transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata was beaten to death by a man she met on the Internet. Zapata's killer, Allen Andrade, was found guilty of murder; the jury also convicted him of a hate crime.
Zapata isn't alone. In 2009, twenty-two LGBTQ people were murdered, according to a report released today. Of those, 79 percent were minorities and most were transgender women.
LGBTQ murders are at the second-highest rate in a decade, says the report, which was released by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. But overall, hate violence dropped slightly in 2009. Advocates attribute that dip to a decrease in reporting -- not in violence itself.
"In the wake of the fiscal crisis, many AVP programs lost funding," says Crystal Middlestat of the Colorado Anti-Violence Program. That means LGBTQ folks lost critical resources -- though Middlestat says CAVP's programming has remained consistent. Yet Colorado also saw a drop in hate violence in 2009, she says: 110 cases, as opposed to 131 in 2008.
One of those cases was 27-year-old Mabel of Denver, who identifies as genderqueer. One night last May, Mabel was bicycling home along the edge of a city park. "I was wearing my new favorite dress," Mabel says, when a car full of young men started verbally harassing her. Mabel ignored them, but they didn't give up.
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A broad view of the nature and potential of computational information geometry in statistics is offered. This new area suitably extends the manifold-based approach of classical information geometry to a simplicial setting, in order to obtain an operational universal model space. Additional underlying theory and illustrative real examples are presented. In the infinite-dimensional case, challenges inherent in this ambitious overall agenda are highlighted and promising new methodologies indicated.
The application of geometry to statistical theory and practice has seen a number of different approaches developed. One of the most important can be defined as starting with Efron's seminal paper [
The strengths usually claimed of such a result are that, for a worker fluent in the language of information geometry, it is explicit, insightful as to the underlying structure and of clear utility in statistical practice. We agree entirely However, the overwhelming evidence of the literature is that, while the benefits of such inferential improvements are widely acknowledged in principle, in practice, the overhead of first becoming fluent in information geometry prevents their routine use. As a result, a great number of powerful results of practical importance lay severely underused, locked away behind notational and conceptual bars.
This paper proposes that this problem can be addressed computationally by the development of what we call computational information geometry. This gives a mathematical and numerical computational framework in which the results of information geometry can be encoded as "black-box" numerical algorithms, allowing direct access to their power. Essentially, this works by exploiting the structural properties of information geometry, which are such that all formulae can be expressed in terms of four fundamental building blocks: defined and detailed in Amari [
The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 looks at the case of distributions on a finite number of categories where the extended multinomial family provides an exhaustive model underlying the corresponding information geometry. Since the aim is to produce a computational theory, a finite representation is the ultimate aim, making the results of this section of central importance. The paper also emphasises how the simplicial structures introduced here are foundational to a theory of computational information geometry. Being intrinsically constructive, a simplicial approach is useful both theoretically and computationally. Section 3 looks at how simplicial structures, defined for finite dimensions, can be extended to the infinite dimensional case.
This section shows how the results of classical information geometry can be applied in a purely computational way. We emphasise that the framework developed here can be implemented in a purely algorithmic way, allowing direct access to a powerful information geometric theory of practical importance.
The key tool, as explained in [
with a label associated with each vertex. Here,
This paper builds on the theory of information geometry following that introduced by [
In Definition 1, the space of (discretised) distributions is a −1-convex subspace of the affine space, (
Examples 2 and 3 are used for illustration. The second of these is a moderately high dimensional family, where the way that the boundaries of the simplex are attached to the model is of great importance for the behaviour of the likelihood and of the maximum likelihood estimate. In general, working in a simplex, boundary effects mean that standard first order asymptotic results can fail, while the much more flexible higher order methods can be very effective. The other example is a continuous curved exponential family, where both higher order asymptotic sampling theory results and geometrically-based dimension reduction are described.
One of the most powerful set of results from classical information geometry is the way that geometrically-based tensor analysis is perfect for use in multi-dimensional higher order asymptotic analysis; see [
Two more fundamental issues, which the global geometric approach of this paper highlights, concern numerical stability. The ability to invert the Fisher information matrix is vital in most tensorial formulae, and so understanding its spectrum, discussed in Section 2.4, is vital. Secondly, numerical underflow and overflow near boundaries require careful analysis, and so, understanding the way that models are attached to the boundaries of the extended multinomial models is equally important. The four-cycle model, to which we now return, illustrates computational information geometry doing this effectively.
We focus now on the second numerical issue identified above. In any multinomial, the Fisher information matrix and its inverse are explicit. Indeed, the 0-geodesics and the corresponding geodesic distance are also explicit; see [
With π−0 denoting the vector of all bin probabilities, except π0, we can write the Fisher information matrix (in the +1 form) as
This has an explicit spectral decomposition, which can be computed by using interlacing eigenvalue results (see for example [
We give a complete account of the spectral decomposition (SpD) of
Case 1 For some
follows at once from that of
Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
This is the generic case, having the spectrum of (
In particular,
so that
whose unique zero δ∗ over (−1, 1) is positive whenever, as will typically be the case,
Mixture modelling is an exemplar of a major area of statistics in which computational information geometry enables distinctive methodological progress. The −1-convex hull of an exponential family is of great interest, mixture models being widely used in many areas of statistical science. In particular, they are explored further in [
This section will start to explore the question of whether the simplex structure, which describes the finite dimensional space of distributions, can extend to the infinite dimensional case. We examine some of the differences with the finite dimensional case, illustrating them with clear, commonly occurring examples.
In the previous sections, the underlying computational space is always finite dimensional. This section looks at issues related to an infinite dimensional extension of the theory in that paper. There is a great deal of literature concerning infinite dimensional statistical models. The discussion here concentrates on information geometric, parametrisation and boundary issues.
The information geometry theory of Amari [
In this paper, in contrast to previous authors, a simplicial, rather than a manifold-based, approach is taken. This allows distributions with varying support, as well as closures of statistical families to be included in the geometry. Another difference in approach is the way in which geometric structures are induced by infinite dimensional affine spaces rather than by using an intrinsic geometry. This approach was introduced by [
In exponential families, the −1-affine structure is often called the mean parametrisation, and using moments as parameters is one very important part of modelling. In the infinite dimensional case, the use of moments as a parameter system is related to the classical moment problem—when does there exist a (unique) distribution whose moments agree with a given sequence?—which has generated a vast literature in its own right; see [
The geometry of the Fisher information is also much more complex in general spaces of distributions than in exponential families. Simple mixture models, including two-component mixtures of exponential distributions [
The rest of this section looks at the topology and geometry of the infinite dimensional simplex and gives some illustrative examples, which, in particular, show the need for specific Hilbert space structures, discussed in the final section.
For simplicity and concreteness, in this section, we will be looking at models for real valued random variables. In this paper, we restrict attention to the cases where the sample space is ℝ+ or ℝ and has been discretised to a countably infinite set of bins,
In what follows, it is important to note that for any given statistical inference problem, the sample size,
It is immediate that the spaces, ∆ and
In the same way as for the finite case, the −1-geometry can be defined using an affine space structure using the following definition.
In order to define the +1-geometric structure, we also follow the approach used in the finite case. Initially, to understand the +1- structure, consider the case where all distributions have a common support,
On sets of +1-points with the same support, we can define the +1-geometry in the same way as in the finite case. With "exp" connoting an exponential family distribution, we have:
This result shows that sets in
In order to get a sense of how the +1-geometry works, let us consider a few illustrative examples.
Thus, in this example, the path joining the two distributions is an extended, rather than natural, exponential family, since we have to include the boundary point where the mean is unbounded.
From this example, we see that the limit points of exponential families can lie in the space,
The last illustrative example is from [
Following these examples, we can consider the Hilbert space structure of exponential families inside the infinite simplex with the following results.
The spaces,
Hence, this result illustrates the point above regarding the existence of "nice" geometric structure in the sense of Amari's information geometry developed for finite dimensional exponential families. Infinite dimensional families have a richer structure; for example, they include the possibility of having an infinite Fisher information; see Examples 7 and 10.
The authors would like to thank Karim Anaya-Izquierdo and Paul Vos for many helpful discussions and the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the support of grant number EP/E017878/.
All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study, the collection and analysis of the data and the discussion of the results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Undirected graphical model showing the cyclic graph of order four.
The envelope of a set of linear functions. Functions, dashed lines; envelope, solid lines.
Attaching a two-dimensional example to the boundary of the simplex.
Using the Edgeworth expansion near the boundary of four-cycle model.
Spectrum of the Fisher information matrix of a discretised normal distribution.
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O'Dell, a former chamber of commerce director who has been active in local veterans causes, won the treasurer's job in 1995. He ran unopposed most recently in March 2011, securing a new four-year term that runs into 2015.
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In the letter dated Dec. 4, O'Dell said he'd decided to retire early after a "painful decision process," and because of "a number of issues that have come up recently."
O'Dell said Wednesday he's at the age where he wants to retire and spend more time with his family. The 69-year-old former commercial artist said he hadn't picked up a paintbrush in years, but did so recently to paint a portrait of his friend, the late Hermosa Beach City Treasurer John Workman.
"It reignited my passion in my art," O'Dell said. "I've really enjoyed it so much that I want to just paint."
In his letter to the council, O'Dell wrote that "I do not feel that it is in the best interests of my family and I to continue to serve out the remaining two years" of his fifth term.
He said he made his decision now so that an election for his replacement could coincide with upcoming municipal races. His last day in office will be Dec. 17.
"I guarantee you, this has been the hardest decision of my life," he continued, saying he did not want the transition to cause a disruption to the city.
Coincidentally, his resignation is the second within the past month for a beach city treasurer. On Nov. 26, former El Segundo Treasurer Chris Powell resigned abruptly for "personal and family matters" after a letter surfaced alleging an affair with a school board member. The El Segundo City Council plans to appoint a newcomer instead of footing the bill for a special election.
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After logging into the locator website Tomnod, former Hole frontwoman took to her Facebook and shared a possible clue in the mysterious March 8 flight disappearance.
We're quickly approaching the end of 2013 and 7 Hollywood magazine pays homage to biggest stars over the past 12 months.
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For Style.com's spring issue Miss Love wrote a personal essay about the "mostly contrived" nature of the music industry.
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Pathogen Detection:
• Biosensor, Cell-based sensor and Immunosensor tools
• Antibody production and Immunoassays
• Genetic fingerprinting and PCR assays
Pathogenic Mechanism and Pathogenicity Testing:
• Understanding the molecular mechanism of Listeria monocytogenes adhesion to mammalian cells in vivo and in vitro.
• Mammalian cell culture and cytotoxicity assay for foodborne pathogens
EducationB.V.Sc. (Veterinary Medicine), W.B., India.; Ph.D. (Food Microbiology), University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Postdoctoral Training (Food Microbiology, Immunology), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
BooksSelected Publications
Wampler, J.L., K-P. Kim, Z.W. Jaradat, and A.K. Bhunia. 2004. Heat-shock protein 60 acts as a receptor for the Listeria adhesion protein in Caco-2 cells. Infection and Immunity 72(2): 931-936.
Jaradat, J.W. and A.K. Bhunia. 2003. Adhesion, Invasion, and translocation characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes serotypes in a Caco-2 cell and mouse model. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (6): 3640-3645.
Lathrop, A.L., Z.W. Jaradat, T. Haley, and A.K. Bhunia. 2003. Characterization and application of a Listeria monocytogenes reactive monoclonal antibody C11E9 in a resonant mirror biosensor. Journal of Immunological Methods 281:119-128.
Menon, A., M. Shroyer, J. L. Wampler, C.B. Chawan, and A.K. Bhunia. 2003. In vitro study of Listeria monocytogenes infection to murine primary and human transformed B cells. Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 26:157-174.
Jaradat, Z., G. E. Schutze, and A.K. Bhunia. 2002. Genetic homogeneity among Listeria monocytogenes strains from infected patients and meat products from two geographic locations determined by phenotyping, ribotyping and PCR analysis of virulence genes. International Journal of Food Microbiology 76:1-10.
Gomez, R., R. Bashir, and A.K. Bhunia. 2002. Microscale electronic detection of bacterial metabolism. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 86: 198-208.
Roberts, P.H., K.C. Davis, W.R. Garstka, and A.K. Bhunia. 2001. Lactate dehydrogenase release assay from vero cells to distinguish verotoxin producing Escherichia coli from non-verotoxin producing strains. Journal of Microbiological Methods 43:171-181.
Pandiripally, V.P., D.G. Westbrook, G.R. Sunki, and A.K. Bhunia. 1999. Surface protein p104 is involved in adhesion of Listeria monocytogenes to human intestinal cell line, Caco-2. Journal of Medical Microbiology 48: 117-124.
Bhunia, A.K. 1997. Antibodies to Listeria monocytogenes. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 23 (2): 77-107.
Bhunia, A.K., D.G. Westbrook, R. Story, and M.G. Johnson. 1995. Frozen-stored murine hybridoma cells can be used to determine the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 33: 3349-3351.
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The following Finding Aids have been compiled for local history collections housed in the Bethlehem Room. They provide detailed information about the scope and content of the collection materials and also serve as guide for location within the archives.
Bach Choir Collection, 1900-2000 consists of annual festival programs between 1900 and 2000, special events programs between 1915 and 1951, and publicity items including newspaper clipping scrapbooks and articles for America's oldest Bach Choir, formed in 1898.
The Papers of Catherine L. Barlieb 1934-1968 contain detailed accounts of "Bird Lady" Barlieb's bird watching walks around the city of Bethlehem chronicling 210 species of birds, and work with the Junior Audubon Clubs that she organized.
Records of the Current Events Club, 1897-2006 represent the social consciousness and intellectual awareness of this Bethlehem women's club aiming to share knowledge on such topics as literature, art, science, religion, and politics.
Grand Opera House Programs Collection, 1901-1902 consists of 64 programs (some in duplicate) for South Bethlehem's Grand Opera House performances during the 1901-1902 season.
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The Macon County Board of Health will host a public forum regarding the continuation of Rabies Vaccination Clinics. This public forum will feature information regarding the spread of rabies, current rabies vaccination clinics, and reporting requirements for animal bites. The forum will take place at the Macon County Human Services Building located at 1830 Lakeside Drive from 5:30-6:30 pm on Tuesday, January 28th.


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New CEO Appointed for Newmarket
New CEO Appointed for Newmarket
By Bridget Smith, Board Chair, Newmarket Business Association
July 3, 2014
Newmarket, Auckland – The Board of the Newmarket Business Association (NBA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Knoff-Thomas as their new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Knoff-Thomas brings with him a diverse business background that includes executive leadership, general and operational management, consulting, education and media. His recent focus on the employment sector, from a national general management capacity, has provided him with significant insights into the challenges faced by a wide range of businesses. He is a former President of the Auckland GLBT business association GABA, a Member of the NZ Institute of Directors, and is extensively networked.
Board Chair of the NBA, Bridget Smith, commented "Mark has a comprehensive background in leadership, management and operations and the Board feels his skills, experience, and passion will enable him to excel in this new challenge."
Mark Knoff-Thomas said "I am very much looking forward to getting started and meeting with NBA members as soon as possible. Newmarket is a vibrant, world-class destination and I look forward to the challenge of building on its strong foundation and keeping it top of mind for all Aucklanders, and visitors alike."
Mr. Knoff-Thomas will assume the position on 29 July 2014.
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Adventure on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England (original 2009; edition 2009)
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Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England by Stuart Maconie (2009)
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Mildly amusing,more raise a smile than laugh out loud.Chose it because I had read [b:Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North|765768|Pies and Prejudice In Search of the North|Stuart Maconie|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178158984s/765768.jpg|751839] and had really liked that but in comparision this was disappointing.As for the claim that he is the english Bill Bryson I don't think so
Another delightful look at part of England by the author of Pies and Prejudice, this time looking at southern England as a partial outsider. Though he spends a lot of time on the usual quirks of local populace and history, his most powerful chapters are on great English literature and also humour. Strongly recommended for anyone with an interest in England.
In short,a tour of Middle England by a throughly nice bloke. It is an amusing and at the same time informative tour through the central area of England,which takes in places as diverse as Bath to Grantham and Oxford to Leamington Spa. On the way Stuart Maconie talks about Motorway Service Stations,English ghost stories,food and music. He also meets and talks with the people who live in the Towns and villages covered by his book.Albeit a very personal journey,I found myself nodding in agreement with many of his very sensible comments.
Stuart Maconie is back on the road, now venturing further from the safety of his northern birthplace (which he explored in Pies and Prejudice) to investigate the myths of Middle England, home of Jane Austen, Nick Drake, David Brent, Margaret Thatcher, Fred West, Midsomer Murders, Brief Encounter and Tubular Bells. It's an easy life being a celebrity travel book writer: you get on a train, spend a day wandering round Chipping Norton or Burton-On-Trent, sample the local wares, chat to a few disgruntled passers by, make a few notes, nick a few bits from other people's books or blogs, then cobble it all together with wry humour and a little seasoning - voilà, £11-99 in Waterstones. I might resent it if Maconie wasn't a writer first and celeb second, if he hadn't worked his way up through the NME trenches, if he wasn't so warm and avuncular, at times even bordering on fascinating.
Read the full review at my blog
Maconie is a London music writer and t.v. host from Middle England, what seems to be the equivalent of the Midwest in America. On the surface, this book has him traveling to small towns and villages that tend to be overlooked in favor of places like London or Birmingham. It appears to be essays that are sometimes funny, other times, like discussing musician Nick Drake, sad. But there's a lot more here: Maconie breaks it up into chapters that concentrate on food, music, literature or the British railway, and all along he goes into interesting biographies of the famous or infamous, such as when visiting the little hometown of Thatcher.
I'm so used to reading British slang that I usually have no problem, but perhaps because Maconie is from the north, he sometimes uses phrases or whole sentences that stop me. Still, that's a small complaint. This isn't so much a guide book as a book that proves that history is everywhere in England.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0091926505, Paperback)Just where and what is "Middle England?" Is Slough really as bad as Ricky Gervais makes out? From Shakespeare to Midsomer Murders, Stuart Maconie goes in search of the truth, with plenty of stop-offs for tea and pastries.
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Everyone talks about Middle England. Sometimes they mean something bad & sometimes they mean something good. But just where & what is Middle England? Stuart Maconie didn't know either, so he packed his Thermos & sandwiches and set off to find out.
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Comfortable room in all aspects - specially beds - Excellent breakfast Hotel evening eating options ok but rather limited in choice
Nice modern hotel located in the centre with free parking and wifi. Good breakfast and restaurant. Rooms are well equipped and brand new The glass facade is covered by spider webs, some regular cleaning of the outside windows would be nice. Otherwise everything perfect
The hotel is very central
Good internet connection
The hotel is located in a very central position, very close to the main attractions of the town and to the sea, too Breakfast room is maybe too small if compared to the dimensions of the hotel
A truly nice and friendly hotel with a good breakfast. Small but very nice and quiet rooms. The free afternoon tea / coffee with biscuits is simple but charming.The wireless i-net works well.
When we asked for baggage storage prior to check-in, were given access to room. Constant access to complimentary refreshments. Prompt and friendly assistance with onward travel planning by an ever available reception team Bedroom temperature a little cool (radiators inconsistent and effectiveness limited by heavy drapes over them). No plug in en-suite basin
Nice polite staff, good location Bad smell in the rooms, very narrow space to park the car
Friendly staff. Free tea and coffee at all times (in the kitchen). Nice breakfast. Rooms were clean and tidy. Good WiFi signal in the room. Very well located by the town center. Bathroom was somehow unpleasant and rough. There was no shampoo and no hooks to hang your towel or clothes. The lobby was a bit uncozy. The elevator was old.
Well located. Reasonable price The hotel staff was not very friendly but in general it was ok
The hotel is located in the middle of Karlskrona. The rooms are very nice and new, as well as the restaurant! The staff was very friendly! Breakfast was good and the best is, that dining is for free, also! Parking is for free aswell. The room was just a bit cold...
Very friendly & helpful staff. Good breakfast.
location near harbour,and the free evening buffet. poor air quality in the room due to the small windowopening.hot even in late august.
It was a surprice that a dinner buffet was included in the price. And a dinner buffet of nice quality. None
Nice room, friendly staff. We really liked the idea of a complimentary evening buffet as there aren't many restaurants nearby
It is a nice location, close to everything. The hotel fitts well into the environment. The hotel is clearly a product of when it was built I guess 20 years ago
Rooms were nice. Breakfast and complimentary dinner buffet were good. Parking. Central near the habour. Free WIFI. Lots and lots of spiders hanging on ALL windows (rooms and hallways) and after we tried to open the window huge spiders came in. So make sure you keep the windows closed. No A/C but with the provided fan it was ok. Great hotel if you don't have arachnophobia.
Very friendly staff. Free high tea and dinner. Not just a snack but a proper diner buffet. Design of the room very nice. Shopping just 10 minutes walk. Nice shops. Near harbour. Place close to the prison and diesel punp. Not a nice surrounding.
Very close to the ferry terminal. A very nice surprise that Hotel had a complimentary dinner at night. Very hot during the night, the fan did help a little but still very hot.
Complementry evening buffet and excellent breakfast buffet.
I really liked the waffles, the chocolate cake and the good pie that was offered for free during the Swedish coffee time in the afternoon! That was great and I think they offer this during weekdays off-season. We booked some couple of days before we arrived and we got a great double room for 750 SEK with breakfast included and the coffee time was a bonus! The bed in the room was really comfortable and it was nice looking out the window and see the life on the shopping street. The room was really nice and quiet and the breakfast good. The hotel is downtown located by the shopping street and there are restaurants and great clothing and design shops nearby. It is also only 1 minute walk to the harbor! Free parking was also included. The carpets on the hallway are little bit old and stuck with dirt and should be renovated soon.
Other than three spiders as roommates in our hotel room it was nice and clean though a little small for a double-room. The interior is quite modern and well cared-for. Nice atmosphere and well situated for trips downtown and around the city.
Very good value for money. Nothing fancy, but clean, comfortable and beautifully located in the city center. Close to everything!


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By Kevin Saleeba
When asked what the key was in stopping the Patriots offense in Super Bowl XLVI, Giants defensive lineman Jason Tuck had a very simple answer. "Tom Brady!"
"That guy is an awesome quarterback and as he goes, the offense goes," Tuck said during a Thursday Super Bowl press conference. "He is definitely the leader of that football team, and for us personally (the Giants defensive line) it has to come down to making him uncomfortable."
Uncomfortable is just a nice way of saying the Giants want to hit Brady constantly and put him repeatedly on the Lucas Oil Stadium turf. It's going to be up to the Patriots offensive line to stop the Giants potent pass rush, which is tied for second in the NFL in team sacks this season. Four years ago in Super Bowl XLII, the Patriots O-line was not up to the task as the Giants made the pocket very "uncomfortable" for Brady, sacking him five times and hitting him several times more to help end the Patriots perfect season.
Patriots' assistant head coach/offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia feels this year's O-line is up for the challenge in stopping the Giants formidable pass rush.
"We have two sayings: work together and see the game through one set of eyes," said Scarnecchia this week. "All five guys have to see the game through one set of eyes. If they see it differently then you have chaos; anarchy reigns and it never work."
Attempting to cause anarchy in the Patriots offensive backfield are primary pass rushers Jason Pierre-Paul, Osi Umenyiora and Tuck. Looking to stop them are veteran pro bowl left tackle Matt Light and pro bowl left guard Logan Mankins, who were the only two linemen leftover from the Super Bowl XLII debacle .
Mankins said the line needs to just stay on their blocks. "If they're blitzing, picking those up and just blocking those guys for as long as it takes," he said. "For as long as (Brady) needs, that's how long we're supposed to block."
"I think (the Giants) pick and choose when they want to blitz," said Light. "I think that whoever they have doing it, they usually have a pretty good idea of what you do offensively and they try to time it up with maybe some of your protections ... I think primarily their front four do a pretty good job on their own of applying up-the-field pressure … they make it pretty difficult for you up front."
Joining them are pro bowl right guard Brian Waters from Kansas City, first-round draft pick Nate Solder, and the often injured, but talented right tackle Sebastian Vollmer, who has been out since November. Vollmer is expected to play Sunday.
Solder had to step in to play for Vollmer and he's also played tight end to help sure up protection. "He's gone through the usual rookie tough times … he's a gifted athlete, a very smart guy and very tough. Thank God we took him when you think about it. We didn't have Light at the time. All of the sudden we get some injuries at tackle with Sebastian and here's this guy you have to start and play against really good players. The fact that he's playing tight end and tackle on either side, to his credit how could you want any more out of a young kid than we have this year?"
The Patriots also played musical chairs at the center position since pro bowl center Dan Koppen sustained a season ending ankle injury in Week One. Dan Connolly, Ryan Wendell, and Nick McDonald have all shared duties at the position. Connolly is expected to get the start on Sunday.
"(Connolly's) a very talented guy though," said Scarnecchia. "He's a really gifted athlete. He just came from a very small school … he came in here and spent his time on the practice field, did everything he was supposed to do. He improved himself as a player and he's a very good center. The first thing I noticed was his athleticism. "
Waters said the offensive line has become a tight-knit group throughout the season. "I've had an opportunity to know a couple of these guys before I got here. I had a lot of respect for Matt Light and Logan and the way they played the game before I got here and then just working with Nate and Sebastian – those are two of the most talented football players, especially young players, that I have ever been around. So, it has been a really good group.
"Even the young guys like Donald Thomas (at right guard) and Nick McDonald, Ryan Wendell, those guys have really stepped up when asked," said Waters. "Whether it's been for a handful of plays to start a game or when they had never started a game in their careers. It just shows that these guys are professional and they love the game and they have a lot of respect for each other that they stay accountable to each other. It's a good group; it's definitely a good group."
Good group or not, Scarnecchia said they better do their job protecting Brady on Sunday.
"If we do a great job on our mental assignments and don't screw many things up, in particular in pass protection, we usually do ok," he said. "But if we're a little out here or if one guy, God forbid, is (too much) to the right, then all hell is going to break loose."
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