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Indicators in Cohesion Policy
Published by kingaostanska on May 15, 2017
Original publication: May 2017
Authors: Christian VANDERMOTTEN, Gilles VAN HAMME (IGEAT, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/2kbuCif
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Gross (Regional) Domestic Product per capita is presently the only criterion of eligibility for the less developed or intermediate regions in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds. However, this indicator considers implicitly that any economic production has a positive contribution to regional development and does not take into account the transfers of income between regions (as Gross Regional Income should do, but is unavailable). It reflects also a purely economic conception of the development and it doesn't measure the standard of living nor the well-being of the population.
This study suggests to replace the use of Gross (Regional) Domestic Product by total (i.e. private and public) Final Consumption Expenses (FCE), also computed by EUROSTAT. In addition, a full eligibility statute is proposed for all the regions in countries with a very low level of investment (Greece and Cyprus; Gross Capital Formation less than 15 % of the GDP). Indeed, the very low level of investment in some areas is an obstacle to future development. Another, and probably better solution is to produce a more inclusive indicator taking into account, aside FCE, four other dimensions: physical wellness; social vulnerability; educational and technological development; population dynamics. Using these four dimensions is coherent with the aims of the Europe 2020 strategy, though it may raise issues of data availability. Hence, it is proposed to build a synthetic index which takes into account indicators for each of these dimensions. In most cases, ideal indicators are not available in the EUROSTAT data bank, and it is necessary to rely on proxies, although some of these are not fully satisfactory:
for physical wellness, male life expectancy at birth, since more contrasts are observed between regions for males;
for social vulnerability, an average between the share of the young adults with a low graduation level, the percentage of young people not in work, education or training, unemployment and long-lasting unemployment;
for the educational and technological development, a weighted average of male and female population with a high level of education on one side and three indicators of the technological development on the other side (intra-muros RD expenses in % of the GRP, RD manpower and researchers in % of the active population and patents asked in relation to the active population);
for the regional attractiveness, the migratory balance.
The study proposes also not to include the environmental dimension at this scale, since the regional scale is not the best one for identifying environmental issues. Of course, environmental issues could evidently be included in actions financed through structural funds.
Despite it is not in theory the best geographical division to consider the allocation of structural funds, in practice, NUTS 2 seems to remain the best geographical level for considering the eligibility of the regions, surely if GRP is replaced by FCE or by a synthetic indicator.
By comparison to the present eligibility criteria, using FCE instead of GRP leads to reduce the intra-national disparities, in relation with the internal transfers and in particular the disparities between metropolitan cores and surrounding regions. By comparison to FCE only, using the synthetic indicator reintroduces more intra-State variations, like North vs. South in France, East vs. West in Germany, and the North-South dichotomy in Italy and to a lesser extent in Spain. The synthetic index also reveals the "transition statute" of Ireland, in contrast to GDP figures which positions this country at very high levels but doesn't consider the very high amount of financial transfers outside the country.
Measuring the impact of the UK referendum on the future of the structural funds is a difficult and very conjectural exercise. A lot of scenarios could be built, including increasing contributions of the remaining EU27 countries. It was not possible to examine all the scenarios in the framework of this study. Only keeping the contributions of the countries at their present level has been considered. In this case, the reduction of the total available budget should be very significant: the UK contributes for 15.6% to the European budget and receives only less than 3.5 % of the allocations for the structural funds. So, if one considers a linear reduction of all the European budgets, the expenses for the structural funds will be reduced by 12.1 %. Another consequence to consider is that the absolute value of the European average GDP per capita will decrease: regions that are now below the 75 % or the 90 % thresholds could exceed the same thresholds computed on the basis of the "new" average.
Combining in a scenario the use of the new averages, the reduction of the total budget and using FCE instead of Gross Regional Product, with the same 90 % and 75 % levels as now, should mean a strong loss of allocations for the big Western European countries where the intra-national transfers of income are important (from the North to the South in Italy, from Paris to the rest of the country in France, from Western to Eastern Germany). Conversely, the losses should be more limited in Central-Eastern European countries. Considering the use of the synthetic index, the losses for the Western European countries would be even higher than for FCE, as well also for the Czech Republic, and lower for the other Central-Eastern European countries and the Mediterranean countries. Spain should become the second recipient of the allocations in volume after Poland, due to the weight of its social vulnerability and its negative migratory balance. Finally, the report also pleads for a special attention paid to Greece and Cyprus, in relation with their very low investment rate.
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The graph shows the level of the correlation at the NUTS 2 level between each pair of indicators, here GDP per capita, FCE per capita, expectancy of life (male, female and total) and infant mortality rate.
The graph shows the level of the correlation at the NUTS 2 level between each pair of indicators, here 15-24 people with no job, not in training or not at school (male, female and total), 30-34 people with a low educational level (male, female and total), rate of unemployment (male, female and total) and rate of long term unemployment (total). A high level of correlation appears between the two first and the two last groups of criteria.
The figure shows the correlations between four indicators:share of manpower working in RD; the RD expenses as a ratio of GDP; the number of patents per head; the proportion of 30-34 years old with a high level of graduation at regional level in the EU.
FCE per capita should be preferred to GDP per capita as an indicator for the economic dimension.
Figure 5 shows that a large majority of the present "developed" and "less developed" regions should remain in the same categories using as criteria FCE or the synthetic index instead of GDP. Some countries remain "fully developed", whatever the indicator used: Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden (or nearly: Austria, Denmark). Others remain fully "less developed": Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, or nearly (Romania).
Replacing GDP by FCE or the synthetic index illustrates the strong concentration of the most dynamic sectors of the economy of the Central-Eastern and of some Mediterranean countries in their capital cities, which prevent these cities to benefit from the "less developed" and "intermediate" statutes, which could be more on line with the wealth of their population and their social problems: it is the case for Athens, Budapest, Warsaw, Lisbon, Bucharest, Bratislava.
Generally speaking, and even if the GRP and the private and public final consumption expenses (FCE) are quite well correlated (r = 0.78), replacing the GRP per head by the FCE per head may reduce the proportion of the European population living in eligible areas, if we keep the 90% or the 75% threshold, resulting in the higher geographic concentration of funds (Maps 1 and 2). The legend uses the 75% and 90% of the EU average thresholds.
Generally speaking, and even if the GRP and the private and public final consumption expenses (FCE) are quite well correlated (r = 0.78), replacing the GRP per head by the FCE per head may reduce the proportion of the European population living in eligible areas, if we keep the 90% or the 75% threshold, resulting in the higher geographic concentration of funds (Maps 1 and 2). However, the possibility may also be examined to raise the thresholds to maintain the same percentage of the European population as now in the eligible areas (Map 3). Map 2 As on Map 1, the 75% and 90% of the EU average thresholds are used. Map 3: To keep the same percentage of the EU population than for 75% and 90% of the average GDP per head, the threshold used corresponds to 80.8% and 105.3% of the EU average.
Map 4 (on the left) uses class limits including in each class the same share of the EU28 population as those corresponding respectively to less than 75%, 90%, 100% and 120% of the GDP per capita. Map 5 (on the right) uses limits corresponding to 0.25 or 0.5 standard deviations to the average of the phenomena (standard deviation is the average of the absolute values of the deviations of the individual values to the average, divided by this average). The legend shows the cumulative percentages of the European population included in each class.
Map 10 (on the left) uses class limits including in each class the same share of the EU28 population as those corresponding respectively to less than 75%, 90%, 100% and 120% of the GDP per capita. Map 11 (on the right) uses limits corresponding to 0.25 or 0.5 standard deviations to the average of the phenomena (standard deviation is the average of the absolute values of the deviations of the individual values to the average, divided by this average). The legend shows the cumulative percentages of the European population included in each class.
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    describe("psc.subject.ScheduleList", function () {
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      describe("schedule-load-start", function () {
        before(function () {
          $('#schedule').trigger('schedule-load-start');
        });

        /* This fails under rhino.  Theory: it's a timing thing which should be addressed after "wait" is added to screw-unit
        it("shows the load screen", function () {
          expect($('.loading').css('display')).to(equal, 'block');
        });
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      });

      describe("schedule-ready", function () {
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        before(function () {
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          oldSchedDataModule = psc.subject.ScheduleData;

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            id: "etc",
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              'name': 'canceled'
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        after(function () {
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        describe("with a schedule", function () {
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              current: function () {
                return new psc.subject.Schedule({
                  days: {
                    "2009-05-01": {
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                    }
                  }
                });
              }
            };

            $('#schedule').trigger('schedule-ready');
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          it("appends to #scheduled-activities", function () {
            expect($('#scheduled-activities #fake_day_2009-05-01').length).to(equal, 1);
          });

          it("hides the loading screen", function () {
            expect($('.loading').css('display')).to(equal, 'none');
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            expect($('#schedule-error').css('display')).to(equal, 'none');
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        });

        it("should pass the message 'Banana!'", function() {
          $('#schedule').trigger('schedule-error', "Banana!");
          expect($('#schedule-error').text()).to(equal, 'Problem loading schedule data: Banana!');
        });
      });
    });
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A recent speech by the Universities Minister focused on his apparent desire to reduce regulation for institutions: "We are in a government that understands the value of autonomy," Mr Willetts said.
Mr Willetts talked about the possibility of reducing data collection requirements as well as the likelihood of universities escaping some EU regulation following the shift to majority private funding as a result of the new fees regime.
Both of these would be welcome steps. The burden of excessive regulation is a significant problem for universities. It might be thought that as the size of the public contribution to higher education funding declined this would be reflected in a reduction in red tape. Unfortunately, despite the rhetoric, universities are left with the feeling that the weight of regulation tends to keep growing rather than reducing.
The BIS White Paper 'Students at the Heart of the System' discusses a new regulatory framework for HE in England and explicitly tasks HESA, working with the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Better Regulation Group and the Information Standards Board for education and skills, to redesign the information landscape in order to arrive at a new system that meets the needs of a wider group of users; reduces the duplication that currently exists and results in timelier and more relevant data.
Will this make a difference? We will see. Universities have been here before though and have yet to see a real impact on regulation.
So, how big is the accountability 'burden' on institutions? Looking back over the past dozen years there are several attempts to measure and to reduce or improve regulation. In 2004 PA Consulting, following up an earlier report on accountability costs, investigated changes in accountability costs as perceived by the universities they contacted. The study cited a number of changes since 2000 including the introduction of a revised QAA framework and reduced requirements from HEFCE in terms of bidding, tendering and consultations. The paper concluded, on the basis of its survey, that the accountability cost to the sector had declined over the four year period to the equivalent of £188m (at 2000 prices), a reduction of 25%. However, it is also noted that this was the equivalent to the 'annual income of two large universities' (at that time) and therefore 'a cause for continued attention'. Something of an understatement, especially given the 'slightly disconcerting' range of additional accountability requirements identified in the report. These findings were commented on favourably by the (then) Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education in his presentation of the Government response to the Interim Report of the Better Regulation Review Group (in 2004).
The Better Regulation Review Group was succeeded by the Higher Education Regulation Review Group (HERRG). HERRG was established to 'introduce a stage of informed scrutiny into the policy making process'. The impact of both groups was, arguably, negligible. It is difficult to muster much confidence that the latest incarnations of this kind of task force will be any more beneficial in terms of reducing the bureaucratic burden.
There is always a gap between policy as formulated and as implemented. The simplistic nature of the instrumental interpretation of relationship between policy and evaluation is rational but disconnected from reality. Unfortunately though, evaluation is often seen in this way, as the provision of information to policy makers or stakeholders who prefer simply described and preferably numerical outcomes. The disappointment at the lack of measurable output inevitably leads to a desire for further regulation in order to deliver greater confidence in the results of policy. The consequences of this though can be inimical to the intended ends of the original policy and corrosive of trust.
The role of HE in creating the professional labour force of the UK public sector is one example of how successful universities have been and how vital is their role in contemporary society. Given the importance of universities then the desire for intervention should not come as a surprise but the interventionist approach which characterises regulation in HE is also part of wider trends and a diminution of an historical trust which no longer appears to offer adequate reassurance of the quality and standard of HE provision. This decline in trust results in heavy transaction costs and, associated with the move towards controlling institutions via contract and regulation, matters have to become more explicit rather than implicit. It is difficult though to see this reduction in trust in institutions as anything other than a long term and irreversible trend. The very nature of the national quality assurance framework, for example, would seem to reinforce this and it is difficult to imagine that the historical basis of trust can be reconstructed.
Some other interesting views: Martin Wolf  has argued that universities are, in effect, a nationalised industry which accepted their financial dependence on the state with the foundation of the UGC in 1919. The government has asked institutions to assure quality without providing the funds needed to ensure it and the less generously the government funds, the more it interferes with the universities. That has certainly been the experience in the last few years. Salter and Tapper  suggest that, whereas Robbins saw total institutional freedom as necessary for the efficient operation of universities, in the 1980s the principle of HE regulation was established to ensure the efficient use of public funds and then, having developed this far, specific accountability arrangements were needed.
The costs of regulation of HE outweigh the extremely limited benefits. Indeed the Better Regulation Task Force report says that the HE sector has 'earned the right to more autonomy' and that multiple audits, excessive data requirements and over-restrictive funding are 'symptomatic of a lack of trust between government and the HE sector'. The Chairman of the Task Force observes that 'there is no evidence that the sector is particularly prone to management or financial failings or failures to deliver on academic performance'. The statement suggests that earned autonomy is a key theme for government which wants to see it applied more in HE. The report refers to the PA Consulting study (quoted above) which estimates the accountability burden for HE to be £250m per annum and notes that the National Audit Office regards HE as a low risk sector in terms of fraud and malpractice.
The changes made in HE regulation in the first decade or so of the 21st Century have not resulted in the reduction in burden and cost which is called for. The claimed 25% reduction in the burden of regulation between 2000 and 2004 seems extremely modest in the light of the above (incomplete) list of regulatory interventions which includes a number of new requirements replacing the eliminated accountability demands.
Private HE institutions, which are expected to increase in number under the new fee regime, will benefit from significantly lighter regulation. However, for everyone else there remains the seemingly iron law that as government funding declines the volume and range of government regulation inevitably increases. So, less money and ever greater constraints on how it can be spent. No matter what the Minister may say.
Mr Russell's retirement may be imminent but, as the hearing made clear, few expect the red tape that has stifled the sector for so long to be untangled any time soon. The committee was informed that, for every £5 that goes to FE, £1 is swallowed up by bureaucracy. The biggest difficulties, MPs heard, are caused by colleges having to deal with very different data obligations and regulations from several agencies simultaneously. A general FE college offering higher education provision, Mr Lang explained, has to accommodate the requirements of four different funding bodies – the Department for Education, the Young People's Learning Agency, the SFA and the Higher Education Funding Council for England – as well as policy directives from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
That's pretty expensive and works out at more than £150 per student according to the National Audit Office. Things may be bad for the universities but at least they aren't this bad. So, should we feel lucky?
There has been only one substantive change in the last decade to the mass of regulation loaded onto institutions: the ending of subject-based inspection of universities (Subject Review or TQA as it was originally known). Whilst undoubtedly welcome and beneficial, the gain the ending of such inspections represented has more than been replaced by other forms of regulation. So the burden continues to grow. One step forward, two steps back.
Don't be deflected from delivering the agreed university strategy by regulation.
Will we see a reduction in the regulatory burden as Mr Willetts claims? We might, but it is unlikely to make a big difference. My advice? Don't hold your breath.
 Salter, B and Tapper, T (2000), 'The politics of Governance in Higher Education: the Case of Quality Assurance', Political Studies, 48(1), pp66-87.
 Better Regulation Task Force (22 July 2002), Press release for Higher Education: Easing the burden, London: Cabinet Office.
42. State denial: The withdrawal of the state as chief funding agent of higher education creates new balances in governance authority. The body which can be most expected to fill that space is the alumni, as they now become the chief funding agent of most English universities in direct replacement of that state interest, through their decades-long repayment of state-provided loans. The alumni also have the greatest, life-long stake in the institution's reputation and its protection. They understand the institution's symbolic value.
Private HE institutions, which are expected to increase in number under the new fee regime, benefit from significantly lighter regulation. However, for everyone else there remains the seemingly iron law that as government funding declines the volume and range of government regulation inevitably increases. So, less money and ever greater constraints on how it can be spent.
The HE Council will explain how it is investing taxpayers' money, and safeguarding students' investment in higher education, through an annual report to Parliament.
So, it looks like the end of the road for the QAA, OFFA and OIA.


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Q: Android styles best practices I'm not sure this is the right forum on stack to ask this, it probably needs to be in a community wiki, but I'll ask here anyways.
I've searched for this topic and have not found anything, but over the years doing Android I've come across some usages of styles that make me uncomfortable and I'd like to get some feedback on best practices regarding writing styles in Android.
One example that I feel is wrong is this style which is used for TextView in a particular layout:
<style name="historyHeroText" parent="normalText">
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The style concerns itself with text, and alignment both regarding the inside, and outside of the element it styles. layout_alignParentRight is specific to Views that are inside of a RelativeLayout. Also, there seems to be a conflict between gravity and textAlignment which in this case both specify the same behavior.
What types of things should a style concern itself with? If it's a style meant to be used on TextView shouldn't it only concern itself with text styling and leave layout concerns for the layout file? What are some general best practices that you follow?
Also, what warrants pulling the properties out of the layout file into a style? It seems to me that if the properties are used only one place it does not warrant a style.

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When the Caregiver of a Child with Type 1 is Ill
Audrey Farley and Martin Hensel July 14, 2017
When I tell people that my seven-year-old daughter has diabetes, they often respond by expressing sympathy that such a young child has to receive shots and prick her fingers on a daily basis. "I can't imagine! All those needles! The poor thing." Then they say what a shame it is that she can't enjoy sweets like other children.
I know these people mean well, but I can't help but become frustrated by their assumption that sharp objects and a sugar-free diet constitute the crux of the disease. In reality, people with diabetes, and their caregivers, face much greater psychological and emotional burdens.
This is largely because managing the disease is a full-time job. Diabetes requires meticulous counting of every single gram of carbohydrate in a meal, while also factoring in exercise and other variables. It requires careful monitoring of blood sugar at every moment of the day and night to mitigate the risk of seizure, coma—even death. Such constant vigilance is exhausting.
About six months after my daughter's diagnosis, I developed chronic migraines. It started with a single headache on a particularly hot day – I suddenly felt woozy and tired, as if I had consumed a few glasses of wine. My vision was blurred, and I had sea legs. An hour later, a throbbing pain consumed the back of my skull. This happened again a week later, and then again, and again, until suddenly it was happening every day.
A neurologist diagnosed me with atypical migraine, gave me a prescription for an anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy, and advised me to "not stress" about work or family matters.
But things only got worse. I began to wake up in a stuporous daze, which would last for hours—sometimes, all day. I experienced other symptoms as well: poor concentration, forgetfulness, irritability, dizziness, vertigo, and lethargy.
Two years later, my symptoms are somewhat better controlled. I have found that certain dietary restrictions and prescription drugs can reduce the intensity and duration of migraine symptoms. Transitioning to a work-from-home job has also helped. But I still experience symptoms on a daily basis. And when I do, I want nothing more than to retreat to a dark, silent room.
Only, such a retreat isn't possible, since I'm the primary caregiver for my diabetic child. No matter how dizzy I feel, I still have to weigh and measure her food. No matter how severe the brain fog, I still have to remember to pack each necessity: fast-acting sugar, insulin, test strips, meter, etc. I know that forgetting just one of these items could lead to serious complications.
No matter how tired or withdrawn I feel, I have to be on the mark in case her blood sugar drops too low or climbs too rapidly. Even when she is at school, I am still on the clock, and I communicate with the school nurse throughout the day.
Perhaps the greatest difficulty is being an endless vessel of emotional giving. When my child is crying herself to sleep because she "hates diabetes," I can't exactly leave the room to nurse a headache. I have to comfort her, even though I, too, am angry and scared about her diabetes.
My spouse very willingly shares these burdens. He comes home from work with his sleeves rolled up. I let him take over even though he has his own share of serious health problems, which I suspect are also attributable to the onerous demands of diabetes.
It's a precarious position, both needing and giving care. In fact, this phenomenon has recently gained attention in the healthcare profession, as doctors, nurses, and other medical providers increasingly report that their own mental and physical well-being have deteriorated under the demands of the job. A Sun Magazine piece about the crisis asks, "Who Will Heal the Healers?" What happens when caregivers, too, become ill? Alternatively, what happens when someone who is already ill becomes responsible for the well-being of another?
I suspect that many people are doubly touched by chronic illness, both needing and providing care. Not to mention, many chronically ill people routinely render other kinds of care; my mother-in-law, for instance, raised two boys while managing her own T1D. How do individuals cope with these conflicting responsibilities?
I have greatly benefitted from the "reading cure," otherwise known as bibliotherapy. Stories simultaneously offer distraction and perspective, both of which the patient-caregiver needs. They allow readers to inhabit another world, thereby escaping their own pain. As D.H. Lawrence puts it, "One sheds one's sickness in books." At the same time, readers become more attuned to others' experiences through stories. In moving beyond themselves, readers become vulnerable to the pain of others.
The truth is, most everyone is preoccupied by their own afflictions. We are all in some sort of pain, though the kind and degree may vary. And this pain renders the cries of other living beings faint. But when we read stories—when we choose to listen to others' cries—these cries become a little clearer.
These past two years, I have found patient narratives to be especially therapeutic, because these stories affect me in contradictory ways. Take, for instance, Justice Sonia Sotomayor's memoir, My Beloved World, which recounts her life following a childhood diabetes diagnosis. Sotomayor poignantly describes what it feels like to live with a chronic illness. But she also explains how her chronic illness was confounded by other hardships, such as growing up in a poor, single-parent household.
In comparison, my own family's experience with chronic illness has been more fortunate. My daughter has never been without an abundance of advanced-technology supplies, nourishing meals, and other amenities. I have never been without access to great medical care and two steady incomes, despite how debilitating my condition can be. And neither of us will ever know what it feels like to be triply marginalized by illness, economic status, and race. Nor will we know what it feels like to experience chronic illness as a person of color, or as an impoverished person. Illness narratives like Sotomayor's memoir both decenter and reaffirm my own experiences. They help me to make meaning while also obscuring the world as I know it.
Perhaps I also favor such narratives because they acknowledge that disease is curiously multidimensional. Illness—especially chronic illness—is rotten, of course; but it can also contain wonders, such as the virtue of mindfulness. Illness often encourages people to appreciate the moment and not take time nor other blessings for granted. Sotomayor suggests this very idea when she explains how diabetes inspired her to seize the day: "I probably wasn't going to live as long as most people, I figured. So I couldn't afford to waste time."
Of course, reading is not going to "cure" diabetes or chronic migraine. But it has helped me to navigate my way through the kingdom of the sick. I hope that my daughter, too, discovers such signposts. I hope that she finds comfort, strength, wisdom, challenge, and curiosity in stories. And I hope that in stories she finds her own voice while also remembering to listen carefully for others.
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The Lion's Den & Liner Notes
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The "Lion's Den" was released in 2015
Pre-Production was done at R Street Studios (Holly Bayhnumn engineer) in Washington, DC
Production was done at House Studio DC (Jake Grotticelli engineer) in Hyattsville, MD
Mastering – Kyle Murdock
Arranged: Aaron Myers
Song by: Chick Corea / Al Jarreau
So, who takes a jazz standard by the great Chick Corea, and puts a 21st century spin on it including: Opera, Jazz & Rap? This dude! We've taken Spain and incorporated the original Spanish language from the Concerto de Aranjuez sung by Aundi Marie Moore (who blew everyone away in the studio), combined it with the lyrics from Al Jarreau sung by Aaron Myers, adding the realness of rap by Pacman Slim, bringing the whole story together.
Tyler Leak (Drums)
Dave Kane (piano)
Percy White (Bass)
Aundi Marie Moore (Soprano Vocals)
Pacman Slim (Rapper)
Aaron Myers (Voice)
Herb Scott (Saxaphone)
Aaron's Blues
Composed & Arranged by Aaron Myers
This blues came by accident. For years when I sang at the Black Fox Lounge, I was asked to sing a blues to open up my shows (mostly for sound check purposes). After a while, I developed some consistent lyrics that stuck. After a few years, my pianist (Oren Levine) suggested I go ahead and record it before someone else did…so here it is! My blues or "Aaron's Blues."
Aaron Myers (Vocals)
Ollie Wright (Piano)
Percy White (Drums)
Warren G. Crudup (Drums)
Herb Scott (Alto Saxaphone)
Lionel Lyles (Tenor Saxaphone)
Composed By: Frederick Loewe
Lyrics by: Alan Jay Lerner
Arranged By Aaron Myers
I first heard Sammy Davis Jr. sing this song and fell in love. Then year after year, I heard other legendary singers add their spin to this song. I attempted to sing this song at one of my shows, and to my surprise I could see many people moving their lips to the song…I wasn't alone, it was their favorite too. On this project, I decided to add my interpretation, with a mixture of Jazz & Soul.
Lionel Lyles (Tenor Sax)
Waren G. Crudup (Drums)
Written/Arrange by Aaron Myers
This song was written about how I would imagine the situation would go if I were about to leave a significant other. How I would imagine I would feel during that process, one more minute, one last time. After living through these words, I must agree that my assumption was true, but it surpasses just intimate relations with others…but with many close friends and family members..we all want one more minute, before we have to say goodbye. That is, if the love is true.
Percy's Intro
Aaron Myers & Percy White
I've known Percy for years now, he knows my deepest darkest secrets, and if I decide to run for President, he'd have to be my Vice-President so that my secrets will stay safe. This is not our first rodeo!
Why I Sing the Blues
Written /Arranged by Percy White
This is ONLY A SONG as stated by Percy. I will not profess the same for me.
Aaron Myers & Geneva Renee
Geneva has a voice as I've described it, "when Disney met God!" We're both Leo's and at times, we get into a mess of trouble together, but we make such good music together as well. This conversation is a conversation we've had many times…on both sides. One day we'll find "THAT" special someone. I'm sure her Prince will come soon!
Strong Confident Woman
Written by Aaron Myers & Geneva Renee
This song was inspired by one of the strongest girls I'd ever met in College. "MK" (for short) stood her ground, stuck to her morals, and did not take any crap from the college boys (or men). She befriended me, and did not hesitate to call me on my crap when I needed it, but also with her beautiful voice, offered me a shoulder to cry on at times, but believed in me. MK…you'll always have my heart!
Geneva Renee (Vocals)
Herb Scott (Alto Sax)
Written & Arranged by Aaron Myers
This song is very simple. BLACK LIVES MATTER! I'm BLACK and BEAUTIFUL. I was born Black and will die BLACK. It is my hope that my life and death will not be determined BECAUSE of my color by society, but by my creator, in which according to some documents, I (and other Black people) have the right to LIVE. It is my goal to DIE of NATURAL CAUSES…and not by the result of a bullet, strangle hold, or altercation with law enforcement of any kind. #BlackLivesMatter
Marvin Dunaway (Haywood) was and will always remain a friend. I do not believe death ends friendship. He took me in as a friend and was a true friend. Also a Leo, he had spice, and had some of the best comeback lines I've ever heard. One of my only friends who didn't drink, but didn't need it to have a great time. To my knowledge, he didn't have any enemies. A gentle soul, and a great example of what a man should be,
Winter Ray
Winter Ray was written as I sat at my piano and watched the snow fall. I tried to capture my feelings of loving the snow, but hating the cold. Of loving the snow, but missing my family and the warmth of Texas. Of loving the snow, but worried about those who could not actually be indoors in a safe space. Of loving the snow, and still worried about those sliding across the ice in their cars. Winter Ray is the first instrumental I've written and I was able to witness how the notes were interpreted by others.
O How I Love Jesus
Written By: Fredrick Whitfield
This song I dedicated to my Grandmother Velma Sanders. She was in my first audience, and listened to me play this song on her upright piano for more hours than I could mention and she never complained. She was a soul that possessed so much light, could ease the tension of any moment with a smile, and could make you feel safe with a simple embrace. Because she was, I am.
Aaron Myers (Vocals & Piano)
Jazz Vocalist Aaron Myers at Mr. Henry's
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Washington, District of Columbia September 22 — Friday night, patrons will be entertained by Jazz Vocalist Aaron Myers at Mr Henry's Restaurant at his monthly Fourth Friday Jazz Show. This show will be unique as he will be celebrating the release of his new album "The Lion's Den" that will be released digitally October 2nd. Physical "Pre-Release" copies of the project will be available for purchase at this time.
"Working with Mr. Henry's has been a great experience," Myers said. "It's good to be apart of programming that continues a long tradition of jazz and live music."
Myers debuted music from his new album "The Lion's Den" September 9th at Blues Alley. To a packed house, he introduced his version of "I Can Recall," a vocal version of Chick Corea's "Spain" with noted soprano Aundi Marie Moore and rapper Pacman Slim. Myers will also kick off his Friday show with a blues he's sang for years affectionately called "Aaron"s Blues" that is also included on the project.
A staple on the DC Jazz scene, Myers brought his show to Mr. Henry's in June after the closing of the Black Fox Lounge where he served as Resident Artist for five years. Now Resident Artist at Mr. Henry's, he also serves as one of hosts of the Capitol Hill Jazz Jam every Wednesday night from 8pm – 11pm which was launched by saxophonist Herb Scott. Mr. Henry's will be introducing a new feature to the popular Friday and Saturday night jazz shows, a reservation component that will offer a special dinner menu and preferred seating. This added element is unique and a fresh addition to typical no cover live music shows.
"I'm an independent artist that takes great pride in his art," Myers said. "This venue respects that and we've worked hard to ensure that every aspect of the show experience is elevated, from the plate to the performance!" Mr. Henry's has served the community since 1966, known as the launching pad for artists such as Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.
Aaron Myers, known as the "Class Act" and currently ranked the number one Jazz artist in DC on the Reverbnation Jazz Charts, brings his show to Mr. Henry's the fourth Friday of every month. Selected Best Singer in the Washington City Paper's "Best of DC Readers Poll" for 2015, Myers has currently been selected as a contender in The Blade's Best of Gay DC Readers Poll as "Best Singer of a Band," an honor he's very proud of. Through his partnerships with charities, businesses, and politics, Myers has made an impression on the District that merges art with activism. Visit his website at www.aaron2.me for more information.
Friday Night 9/25: Mr. Henry's Restaurant 8pm (no cover) (No Cover – any questions email aaronmyers@aaron2.me) "The Lion's Den" will be released on iTunes/GooglePlay/Amazon October 2nd.
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Washington, District of Columbia September 16th — After months of preparation and recording, Jazz Vocalist Aaron Myers announces the release of his new album "The Lion's Den" that will be released October 2nd. Digital copies are already being pre-ordered on Amazon, with the option to pre-order on iTunes and GooglePlay being available within the next week.
"Completing this album has not been an easy task!" said Myers, "But the product is something I'm proud of and displays the true collaboration between genres." "The Lion's Den" offers everything from the song "Black Lives Matter" dedicated to the activists of today to a touching tribute to his grandmother Velma Sanders on the last track of the album.
Myers took a path that many independent artists are taking, he supported this project through the Crowdfunding site GoFundMe. Crowdfunding is the practice of raising small amounts of money from large numbers of people, typically via the internet. "I was told not to bother trying to crowdfund for a Jazz album because there was not enough support for the genre, so the pressure was really on!" Exceeding his goal of $3500, Myers used the money to help complete his project at House Studio DC. House Studio engineer Jake "Vicious" Grotticelli stated, "Aaron Myers is an enigmatic entertainer. From his writing, to his singing, to his playing and arranging, Aaron really took this project somewhere special. It is an amazing project, and I was honored to be involved in a small piece. It's the kind of album where you will hear something new and great each time you listen."
"Most people try to stay in their lane either musically, financially, personally, whatever it is. That's their comfort zone." said Percy White, bassist on the project. "When I asked Aaron about venturing out of his lane, he said you don't have to stay in your lane when you own the road. I believe he will own whatever road he goes down. He is my friend and I will be right there with him…enjoying the ride whether he owns the road or is simply passing through." Myers honed is craft in the church growing up in Goodlow, Texas, a town of only 312 people at the time. He took his love for music with him as he entered the Army and then on to Los Angeles, where he started working in entertainment.
Teaming up with other area musicians, Myers reached across genre boundaries tagging noted soprano Aundi Marie Moore and rapper Pacman Slim to join him for his rendition of "I Can Recall" or "Spain" known instrumentally by others. "The Album is an experience waiting to happen from beginning to end" said Pacman Slim. "Aaron Myers is a fantastic artist and it's truly an honor to be apart of this project" said Moore. Washington's own Herb Scott, noted Saxophonist and founder of the Capitol Hill Jazz Jam whose featured on the project stated, "Aaron's music is deeply rooted in the soulful gospel tradition that is the backbone of jazz and that's why I like working with him. He's so warm and inviting, just like his music.
"When you're working with musicians you like, fun is only the beginning. Anything else that follows is pure magic" stated Myers. "The Lion's Den" is set to be released digitally October 2nd on iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay and other music streaming sites. Physical copies will be available in locations specified by his website.
Aaron Myers, known as the "Class Act," is a native Texan who relocated to DC 7 years ago, and has made DC his home now serving as the Resident Artist at the legendary Mr. Henry's and Minister of Music at Covenant Baptist UCC. Through his partnerships with charities, businesses, and politics, Myers has made an impression on the District that merges art with activism. Visit his website at www.aaron2.me for more information.
"The Lion's Den" releases 10/2: Mr. Henry's 9/25 8pm No Cover w/ pre-release CD's available.
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Aaron Myers at Blues Alley. Taken by Darwyn Dave
Wednesday September 9th will find audiences crowding into Blues Alley for the return of local Jazz Artist Aaron Myers. Patrons will be given the first chance to hear music from his new album "The Lion's Den" and also be the first to purchase hard copies of project that is set to be released October 2nd.
"This album has a lot of creative, fun, jazz & fusion on it," Myers said. "it's been a rough year for me, all of my pain and joy is in the music!"
Myers has been been working at House Studio DC finishing his project "The Lion's Den" which displays his talent as a composer, arranger, pianist and vocalist as he collaborates with opera singers, rappers, and many local jazz musicians. Wednesday's show will offer live collaborations and also unique arrangements that span from Jazz, Soul, R&B, to Broadway and Funk.
Since June, Myers has served as the resident artist at Mr. Henry's on Capitol Hill, first home of Roberta Flack, and introduced such stars as Donny Hathaway and Luther Vandros. As Resident Artist, Myers has a featured show at the venue the Fourth Friday of ever month and serves as one of the hosts for The Capitol Hill Jazz Jam.
"Last year we sold out the venue," Myers said. "And I hope I have the opportunity to display my art to a love filled audience!" Teamed with stellar musicians such as: Bassist Tarus Mateen, Pianist Dave Kane, Saxaphonist Herb Scott, and Drummer Tyler Leaks, audiences can expect the musicianship to be superb.
Aaron Myers, known as the "Class Act," is a native Texan who relocated to DC 7 years ago, and has made it his home. Through his partnerships with charities, businesses, and politics, Myers has made an impression on the District that merges art with activism. Visit his website at www.aaron2.me for more information.


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Bregman, Gurriel, Astros beat Twins for 4th win in row
By Kristie RiekenThe Associated Press
HOUSTON — Alex Bregman hit three doubles and Yuli Gurriel homered for the second game in a row, leading Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros over the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win.
Verlander (14-9) yielded one run and three hits while fanning eight over seven innings.
Jorge Polanco homered off reliever Chris Devenski to begin the ninth. After Robbie Grossman walked, Roberto Osuna took over and gave up a single to Tyler Austin with one out. Gurriel then caught Max Kepler's liner and stepped on first to complete the double play and give Osuna his 13th save.
The Astros got to Trevor May (3-1) immediately when George Springer hit a leadoff single and scored on a one-out double by Bregman. Tyler White hit an RBI single with two outs to score Bregman and a short mound visit came next.
On the second pitch after the visit, Gurriel sent a ball into the seats in left field for his 10th homer to extend the lead to 4-0.
Twins rookie Kohl Stewart, who was born and grew up in Houston, took over for the second inning and pitched well in front of a large group of friends and family sitting behind the visitor's dugout. He allowed just three hits over five scoreless innings.
Verlander ran into some trouble in the second inning when Grossman singled before Miguel Sano and Kepler drew consecutive walks with one out to load the bases. But Verlander retired Ehire Adrianza before striking out Chris Gimenez to end the threat.
Sano was carted off the field in the inning after injuring his surgically repaired left leg sliding into second base. The team said X-rays were negative and he was listed as day-to-day with a bruise on his lower left leg. Sano had a rod inserted in his left leg in November.
Grossman, who previously played for the Astros, hit an RBI double with two outs in the third that made it 4-1. Verlander started rolling after that, retiring the last 13 batters he faced, with six strikeouts, before Ryan Pressly took over for the eighth inning.
Tony Kemp hit a bunt single to start Houston's seventh and the Astros pushed the lead to 5-1 when Bregman hit his major league-leading 46th double with two outs.
Astros: RHP Charlie Morton (shoulder discomfort) threw a bullpen session before the game. If he feels good in the next couple of days, he'll come off the disabled list to start against Boston on Saturday. ... INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez was out of the lineup after leaving Monday's game with discomfort in his oblique and is listed as day to day. ... RHP Hector Rondon probably won't pitch for a few days after taking deflecting a line drive off his right hand on Monday.
Houston rookie LHP Framber Valdez (2-1, 1.26 ERA) opposes Jake Odorizzi (5-9, 4.41) when the series wraps up on Wednesday night. Valdez allowed just two hits and one run in five innings in his last start but took the loss in a 3-0 defeat by the Angels. Odorizzi looks to get back on track after losing his last two starts.


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A paramedic is shown next to an ambulance outside a hospital in Montreal on August 17, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
More than 19K lives wouldn't have ended if pandemic never happened: Stats Canada
That's 5.2 per cent more deaths than if the pandemic never happened
Nov. 8, 2021 12:30 p.m.
Statistics Canada says more than 19,000 Canadians lost their lives during COVID-19 than would have been expected had the pandemic never happened.
The report highlights the deadly toll COVID-19 has taken directly and indirectly on Canadian lives.
According to provisional data, approximately 19,488 more Canadians died between March 2020 and July 2021 than would have been expected.
That's 5.2 per cent more deaths than if the pandemic never happened.
During that time frame, Statistics Canada says that while 25,465 people died as a direct consequence of contracting the virus, the pandemic also delayed medical procedures and led to a rise in substance use, which could also have contributed to the number of deaths.
On the flip side, some lives may have been spared by other causes, including public health measures that prevented influenza from spreading as usual last year.
The numbers don't reflect all the deaths that occurred as some are still being investigated, so the data may under-represent the true number of deaths attributed to certain causes, including suicides.
They have also been adjusted to account for changes in the population, such as aging.
The highest number of deaths happened in the spring and autumn of 2020.
There was not a significant number of extra deaths between mid-January 2021 and the end of July 2021, according to the agency, despite the fact that COVID-19 claimed 6,255 lives in Canada during that time.
However, some provinces, including Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, were an exception.
British Columbia and Alberta also saw more people dying than typically expected this past summer when a heat wave settled over both provinces.
Statistics Canada expects to release a more comprehensive picture of how many more people have died as a result of the pandemic by the end of November.
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IMF chief warns on U.S.-China rivalry, calls Trump-era tariffs counterproductive
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Nov 13 (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund warned of risks to the global economy from the rivalry between China and the United States, while describing tariffs put on Chinese imports under then-President Donald Trump as counterproductive.
"We may be sleepwalking into a world that is poorer and less secure as a result," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told the Washington Post in an interview published on Saturday.
"I lived through the first Cold War on the other side of the Iron Curtain. And, yeah, it is quite cold out there," Georgieva, who was born and raised in Bulgaria, said in the interview. "And to go in a second cold war for another generation is … very irresponsible."
President Joe Biden has yet to resolve the key policy issue surrounding tariffs on Chinese goods established by his predecessor that cost U.S. importers billions of dollars.
"It is important to think through actions and what they may generate as counter actions carefully, because once you let the genie out of the bottle, it's hard to put it back in," Georgieva said of the Trump-era tariffs.
Biden's team wrestled for months with various ways to ease the costs of duties imposed on Chinese imports as it tries to tamp down inflation.
China's military exercises around Taiwan led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, people familiar with the matter told Reuters in August.
Beijing staged the war games that month after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei, and has since continued military activities nearby including almost daily fighter jet crossings of the sensitive median line in the narrow Taiwan Strait.
Relations between the world's two largest economies have strained in recent years over issues like tariffs, Taiwan, intellectual property, cyber security, the removal of Hong Kong's autonomy and the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, among others.
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Owen Labrie, the former St. Paul's School student convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on campus in 2014, is now behind bars at the Merrimack County correctional facility in Boscawen, N.H., an official said Wednesday.
Superintendent Ross Cunningham
confirmed in a telephone interview that Labrie surrendered himself and will now undergo a classification process at the prison that currently houses about 220 inmates in security settings ranging from minimum to maximum.
"We have a great group of professional staff here,'' Cunningham said. "He will be treated accordingly. We treat all our offenders fairly and with consistency."
In 2015, Labrie was sentenced to a year behind bars for sexual assault. He was free on bail while he appealed his convictions but was sent to jail in 2016 for violating the terms of his release by missing court-ordered curfews.
He served 63 days at in the Boscawen prison as a result of the bail revocation order, according to court documents.
Earlier this month, Superior Court Judge Larry M. Smukler denied the 23-year-old Labrie's request for a reduced sentence and ordered him to surrender Wednesday to start serving the nine months that remain to be served.
The victim in the case, Chessy Prout, now 20, supported Smukler's decision in a statement released earlier this month. She called the judge's order "important because it shows survivors that people are listening, even if it takes several years for a single case to be resolved."
On Wednesday, Prout's family said in a statement that Labrie "has shown no remorse nor accepted any responsibility for his actions."
"We hope he never sexually assaults another person in the future," read the statement.
The family praised police, prosecutors, and victim advocates for their work in the case.
"These dedicated professionals worked tirelessly in bringing the perpetrator to justice and helped shine a light on the institutional complicity of St. Paul's School," read the statement. "We hope this serves as a wake up call to perpetrators and the institutions that enable rape culture."
In September, the New Hampshire attorney general's office reached an agreement with the school that put that office in control of handling reports of possible child abuse on campus. That office had launched a criminal probe of the school as a result of a 2017 report that detailed sexual misconduct at the school.
The agreement was intended to "ensure a system of accountabilities, oversight, transparency, and training at the school," according to the office.
The deal called for the selection of a compliance overseer "who would be embedded on the St. Paul's School campus and tasked with reporting at least bi-annually to the Attorney General's Office regarding St. Paul's compliance with all the terms" of the agreement, authorities said.
Last week, the attorney general's office announced that Jeffrey T. Maher was the selected as the independent compliance overseer for St. Paul's.
Labrie was acquitted of rape charges but convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault for having sex with someone below the age of consent and using computer services to entice a minor. He received a suspended sentence on the computer services conviction.
In November, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld his convictions by a 3-0 margin.
Laura Crimaldi of Globe staff contributed to this report. John R. Ellement can be reached at ellement@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @JREbosglobe.


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Journalist and Professor Alissa Quart Introduced to New Paltz Community
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Students and faculty were introduced to the 2015 James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professorship, Alissa Quart, during a question and answer talk with President Donald P. Christian. Alissa shared her insight about journalism and the use of media while also discussing highlights from her career, which includes being editor of Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a non-profit devoted to developing and supporting journalism about inequality and authoring three books.
Alissa Quart introduction to campus from The Little Rebellion on Vimeo.
Alissa Quart's published work
1. Republic of Outsiders – Republic of Outsiders is about the growing number of Americans who disrupt the status quo: outsiders who seek to redefine a wide variety of fields, from film and mental health to diplomacy and music, from how we see gender to what we eat. This deeply reported book shows how and why these groups now gather, organize, and create new communities and economies.
2. Branded – In Branded, Alissa Quart illuminates the unsettling new reality of marketing to teenagers, as well as the quieter but no less worrisome forms of teen branding. This includes the teen consultants who work for corporations in exchange for product, the girls obsessed with cosmetic surgery who will do anything to look like women on TV and those teens simply obsessed with admission into a name-brand college.
3. Hothouse Kids – Hothouse Kids breaks the news about an issue that will be of urgent concern to parents and educators as well as adult readers with "gifted" pasts: the dilemma of the gifted child. Quart traveled the country to research the many ways in which the current craze to "produce" gifted kids and prodigies has gone too far.
4. Monetized – Monetized reflects upon a shared longing for the analogue era, as well as our longing for a less commercialized past. This book is a remarkable account of a state of yearning for the passing moment in a period of rapid acceleration, a feeling Quart calls "right-now-nostalgia."
Poems by Quart:
1.Solarised
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2. Palm Springs at the End of the Mind
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Arusha Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. Its capital and largest city is the city of Arusha. The region is bordered by Kajiado County and Narok County in Kenya to the north, the Kilimanjaro Region to the east, the Manyara and Singida regions to the south, and the Mara and Simiyu regions to the west. Major towns include Monduli, Namanga, Longido, and Loliondo to the north, Mto wa Mbu and Karatu to the west, and Usa River to the east. The region is comparable in size to the combined land and water areas of the United States state of Maryland.


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Q: AbstractList - Difference between return types of add(int index, E element), add(E e) etc? The methods addAll(int index, Collection<? extends E> c) and add(E e) return a boolean to inform that an element has been added successfully. On the other hand, add(int index, E element) does not.
Why is it like this? How will I come to know if the element could be added or not ?

A: add(E) is a member of Collection. For some kinds of collections -- Set, which guarantees uniqueness,  especially -- sometimes adding an element can "fail" in a nonsurprising way, because the element was already in the collection. The boolean return value is useful in that case.
add(int, E), on the other hand, is a member of List, and adding an element to a list will never fail in this way -- a List, by definition, can contain duplicate elements.
addAll(int, Collection<E>) is a little harder. It is a member of List, so by definition, the additions won't be rejected. The Javadoc says that is returns true "if this list changed as a result of the call." I suppose if the argument is an empty collection, it could return false.  This doesn't seem very useful.
But note that there's an addAll(Collection<E>) in Collection, and that can return false when all the added elements are duplications and the collection is a Set. So I imagine the List method returns boolean because the Collection method does -- for symmetry, not out of any real need.


Like us many of you have found the Mini Micro a Godsend, not only in terms of getting to school or nursery on time but also because children love it.
Like us many of you have found the Mini Micro a Godsend, not only in terms of getting to school or nursery on time but also because children love it. They are experts at surfing the parks, pavements and kitchen floors! Many of you have asked, 'what comes next?'. So the team at Mini Micro came up with a Mini Micro for older children. It has all the fun, versatility and good design of the Mini Micro but for older children. Its slightly edgier, cooler, sporty, sturdy and yet portable. It is an ideal follow on from the Mini Micro.
The Maxi weighs just 2.5 kilos and is height adjustable. Double rear-wheeled for extra safety and a cool look. The maxi also has silicone wheels and a fiberglass deck and like the mini is really easy to use. We've had some requests to have a regular T-Bar rather than the joystick, so here is a slightly different version of the Maxi Micro.
I have just taken delivery of our second Micro Maxi. Both children are thrilled with them - they are a perfect follow on from the Mini Micro, really robust and stylish.


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Vikranth Rao Bejjanki
on leave 2019-20
Taylor Science Center 3058
bejjanki@hamilton.edu
Vikranth Bejjanki's research is concerned with examining the neural and computational mechanisms that allow humans to learn from their experiences. He uses a range of methods, including psychophysics, computational modeling, and functional neuroimaging, to study learning at multiple levels of analysis. His published work can be found in journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS Computational Biology, Neural Computation and the Journal of Vision.
Bejjanki earned bachelor's degrees in computer engineering and cognitive science from the University at Buffalo, and a master's degree and doctorate in brain and cognitive sciences from the University of Rochester. He comes to Hamilton from Princeton University, where he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
Fundamentals of Human Neuroscience
Psychology and Neuroscience of Learning
Bejjanki V.R., DaSilveira R.A., Cohen J.D., Turk-Browne N.B. (2017). Noise correlations in the human brain and their impact on pattern classification. PLoS Computational Biology, 13 (8), e1005674.
Bejjanki V.R., Knill D.C., Aslin R.N. (2016). Learning and inference using complex generative models in a spatial localization task. Journal of Vision, 16(5):9, 1–13.
Bejjanki V.R., Zhang R., Li R., Pouget A., Green C.S., Lu Z-L., Bavelier D. (2014). Action video game play facilitates the development of better perceptual templates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(47), 16961–16966.
Bejjanki, V. R., Beck, J. M., Lu Z-L., Pouget A. (2011). Perceptual learning as improved probabilistic inference in early sensory areas. Nature Neuroscience, 14, 642-648.
Bejjanki, V. R., Clayards, M., Knill, D. C., Aslin, R. N., (2011). Cue integration in categorical tasks: insights from audio-visual speech perception. PLoS ONE 6, e19812.
Beck, J., Bejjanki, V. R., Pouget A. (2011). Insights from a simple expression for linear Fischer information in a recurrently connected population of spiking neurons. Neural Computation, 23, 1484-1502.
Anstey J., Pape D., Shapiro, S. C., Rao V. (2003). Virtual drama with intelligent agents. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference in Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VSMM). Montreal, Canada.
Bejjanki, V. R., Turk-Browne N. B. (2014). Background connectivity in human visual cortex during perceptual learning. Poster at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting, Washington D.C.
Bejjanki, V. R., Knill, D. C., Aslin, R. N. (2013). Learning and optimal inference in a novel spatial localization task. Poster at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) meeting, Naples, FL.
Bejjanki, V. R., Sims, C. R., Green, C. S., Bavelier, D., (2012). Evidence for action video game induced 'learning to learn' in a perceptual decision making task. Talk at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) meeting, Naples, FL.
Zhang, R., Bejjanki, V. R., Lu, Z. L., Green, C. S., Pouget, A., Bavelier, D., (2012). Action video game playing improves learning to learn in perceptual learning. Poster at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) meeting, Naples, FL.
Bejjanki, V. R., Beck, J. M., Pouget, A. (2012). Attention, information, normalization and correlations. Poster at the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (CoSyNe) conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
Vision Sciences Society
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M.A., University of Rochester
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo


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It is only natural to wish to look fabulous especially during your long-awaited vacation, as you will be roaming the city center and many tourist destinations, eat at the most renowned restaurants, not to mention that you will probably want to window shop at premier destinations. If you would normally visit a hair stylist once a week or whenever you eat out in your city, during your stay in Charlotte you will have plenty more reasons to look beautiful every day. Carrying your beauty products after you in a vacation is not such a great idea. Doing your hair by yourself will not only take longer, but you are not even guaranteed you can make it work in the crammed bathroom of your hotel room. Instead of taking filling your luggage with beauty care products, hair straighteners and round-brushes, you should book appointments to a beauty salon in Charlotte the moment you start searching for a hotel.
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