Here's another book to look out for – The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines . It will be published at the beginning of March .
"In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the "Hockey Stick," a chart showing global temperature data over the past one thousand years. The Hockey Stick demonstrated that temperature had risen with the increase in industrialization and use of fossil fuels. The inescapable conclusion was that worldwide human activity since the industrial age had raised CO2 levels, trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and warming the planet.
Another important book to look forward to.
Here I respond to a letter sent to The Listener by a former scientific colleague, Doug Edmeades. He is now a science spokesperson for local groups which attack the current scientific consensus on climate change as well as attacking local climate scientists.
Doug and I are old mates. In the past we fought together against commercial and bureaucratic attacks on our research. Now we find ourselves on opposite sides of the "barricade." But I am sure there is enough mutual respect to enable a reasoned discussion of the claims made by Doug about climate change science in his letter.
I have invited him to respond in turn to my comments and hopefully he will be happy that I post his response, at least in part, here.
I am responding to claims you made in your recent letter to The NZ Listener reproduced on the Climate Conversation Group Blog (see In a climate of listening). Space limitations clearly prevented you from justifying these five claims (your refer to them as "facts"). However they are, in my view, either not factual or misleading. I explain why below and welcome your response to my comments.
Climate change is a pressing issue – and one which attracts a lot of politically inspired misinformation. Hansen's book provides a lot of the science, but also the history of the science..
Climate change contrarians and deniers love to hate James Hansen. He's up there alongside Al Gore, Michael Mann and Phil Jones. And of course their hatred is no more justified in Hansen's case than it is for the others.
Others criticise Hansen for his "activism." His willingness to warn politicians and the population in general of the dangers we face if we continue with a "business as usual" approach to fossil fuel and CO2 emissions. They suggest this could discredit his science. Scientists must always be objective and should limit their pronouncements to the scientific facts alone.
This is not an old problem for scientists – remember their activism after the first use of nuclear weapons and the beginning of the nuclear arms race. Scientists often confront ethical issues arising out of their work.
It's the silly season again. Another climate change conference (Durban) – another climategate hoax. This cartoon from crikey (Bitter Climate Science Tryst Shock Scandal Rift Emails Exposed) sums it up.
Thanks to: Bitter Climate Science Tryst Shock Scandal Rift Emails Exposed.
And this from one of the most extreme climate change deniers, Telegraph journalist James Delingpole in Climategate 2.0: the most damning email of them all. It's attacking an email with a Christmas song celebrating the IPCC Nobel prize. We will leave such enthusiastic but naive song writing aside. But it certainly puts Delingpole's nose out of joint. It's a bit over the top to describe such attempts at composition as "toecurlingly, . . vile, reprehensible, stomach-churningly dreadful, . . .festering syphilitic repellance. ." isn't it!
Truth getting it's boots on!
Yes, reaction to the "climategate" scandal and resulting climate denial offensive has been slow coming. Inevitable, I guess, becuase it has required investigation and reporting. We had the Pennsylvania State University inquiry which cleared Michael Mann (see Spinning exoneration of Dr. Michael Mann Into "Whitewash") and the UK parliamentary and independent Royal Society inquiries which cleared Phil Jones and the Cimatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia (see Climate scientist Phil Jones exonerated and Officially a fake scandal from science perspective).
Similarly the German Frankfurter Rundschau has withdrawn a story attacking the IPCC over "Africagate." What is the moral of all this – don't trust any "climategate" story?
However, these retractions haven't come easily. They were the result of shoddy, if not completely biased, journalism and/or editing (see "AmazonGate": how the denial lobby and a dishonest journalist created a fake scandal and Sunday Times admits 'Amazongate' story was rubbish. But who's to blame?). The Sunday Times retraction only came after Dr Lewis made a complaint to the Press Council which was upheld. And the retractions have taken months to occur. As Sharon Begley says it is just simply psychology that people will often continue to believe a lie even after the truth has arrived.
Well – I guess it helps that these newspapers have published retractions and apologies. But what about all those blogs (including several New Zealand ones) and conservative newspapers and websites throughout the world who faithfully repeated the lie – but remain silent now?
In my last post Climate scientist's register, I mentioned the new paper Expert credibility in climate change. Several other bloggers have described the findings in the paper, particularly the finding that 97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in the field support the IPCC conclusions and that the "relative climate expertise and scientific prominence of the researchers unconvinced of [the conclusions] are substantially below that of the convinced researchers".
The paper analysed the publication record of the two groups to get a handle on the expertise and credibility of group members. I have pulled out the data and combined them into the graph below. This summarises the difference in expertise between scientists accepting the IPCC conclusions on human contribution to climate change (convinced researchers = red bars) and those who reject the IPCC conclusions (unconvinced researchers = blue bars).
Briefly, approximately 80% of the unconvinced group had fewer than 20 climate publications while less than 10% of the convinced group had fewer than 20 climate publications. The mean number of publications in the unconvinced group was 60 (median 34) , half that for the convinced group – 119 (median 84).
When the investigation was restricted to the 50 most-published researcher in both groups the mean number for the unconvinced group was 89 (median 68) and for the convinced group 408 (median 344).
Considering citation numbers for each researcher's most cited paper this was a mean of 105 for the unconvinced group and 172 for the convinced group. To avoid anomalies when single papers are considered the paper also considers citation numbers for the 2nd to 4th most cited papers for each researcher. The mean for the unconvinced group was 84 and for the convinced group 133.
Blimey! This whole climate change issue is so political – you have to be very careful what you say.
Climate scientists, especially, are being quoted out of context, or even misquoted. Remember the distortion of Phil Jones' comment on the increase in global temperature in the last decade not being statistically significant?
I guess that's the nature of a political mind set which wishes to find evidence (or distort evidence) to support a preconceived position. Rather than derive a conclusions from the facts. (I might start calling that the "theological" method).
Seems a quite reasonable comment to me.
Publishers description: This report describes 20 years of organised attacks on climate science, scientists and the IPCC. It sets out some of the key moments in this campaign of denial started by the fossil fuel industry, and traces them to their sources.
Anyone interested in the current "climategate" clamour will find the report interesting. It's a must read. It's brief (25 pages) and available as a free pdf download.
Dealing in Doubt has just been released by Greenpeace international. The report provides a brief history of attacks on climate science, climate scientists and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It starts with the 1990s, describing the prehistory of the organisations involved (campaigning against the science on the dangers of tobacco) and the formation of the denial networks. And the history is described up until the last few weeks.
"The campaign has made it to New Zealand, where the Business Roundtable has regularly hosted a slew of denial tours, from Fred Singer in the early '90's to Lord Lawson as recently as 2007134. The New Zealand government's international stance on climate change is one of the weakest in the industrialised world.
It's heavily referenced for any reader who wants to dig deeper. The resources listed include useful blogs and some excellent books.
There are lots of details in this report but it still only skims over the surface of the climate denjial networks and their funding. I would love someone to dig deeper into the New Zealand situation. To reveal the links between the ACT Party, The Climate Science Coalition, the Climate Conversation Group , and the Centre for Political Research. These organisations certainly coordinated their activity recently in attacking New Zealand NIWA scientists. They will also be linked to the usual overseas conservative organisations like The Heartland Insitute and conservative media like The American Thinker, and Quadrant.
But this report is a great start.


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Reading Strasbourg case-law on a systematic basis, I always feel uncomfortable when I see the Court's expansive protection in the field of Article 1 Protocol 1. Basically, that is because I don't really like the idea of a human right to property for a number of reasons. Firstly, a right to property takes the present distribution of wealth across society for granted, and requires justification for redistributive state action. Thereby it does not question the mechanisms that distribute wealth among individuals, despite the fact that it is clear that maldistribution can both cause or result from human rights violations. By protecting the status quo, the right to property can undermine the transformative potential of human rights. Secondly, and related, those who have the most property obviously have a larger claim to property protection, disproportionately empowering the most advantaged vis-à-vis the least advantaged. Thirdly, upholding the right to property itself can amount to violations of human rights. Slavery is of course the most shocking example, but also think of how intellectual property rights restrict access to medicines affecting the right to health, or how the right to property can be mobilized to restrict access to fora for social action, affecting the freedom of expression. Fourthly, the right to property does not by itself distinguish between the kinds of property it protects, thereby principally placing the poor man's means of subsistence on the same footing as the millionaire's yacht. While it is clear how the former relates to foundational principles of human rights such as human dignity, in the latter case the link seems non-existent. Why should human rights at all care about the millionaire's yacht?
Should we then do away with the human right to property? Perhaps that's stretching my fundamental unease with the right to property too far. Surely no one would want to go back to the days of communist Europe. The question thus remains how the right to property can be transformed in such a way as to relate better to what we as human rights lawyers care about. The recent judgment in the case of N.K.M v. Hungary (see Ingrid's blog post here) and R.Sz. v. Hungary may indicate the way forward.
While the latter two paragraphs can easily be considered as mere obiter dicta, the Court did put its finger on why we should care more about this case from a human rights perspective than about the millionaire's yacht: because the case does not simply concern property, it also concerns the social right of protection against the risk of loss of employment. The right to property can actually be considered to be instrumental for the protection of the social right involved. The prioritization of the protection of the right to property in cases where this is instrumental for the protection of other human rights could clearly be a step towards an Article 1 Protocol 1 jurisprudence that fits better with most people's conception of what human rights should be about.
My proposal to transform the human right to property however is more radical and goes as follows. Forget about the intrinsic value of the right to property: what we should care about from a human rights perspective is not just money or the worth of goods, but how this affects the capability of individuals to effectively enjoy their human rights, both civil and political as social and economic ones. The right to property should therefore be transformed in a purely instrumental right: property would then only be protected under the European Convention insofar as it can be linked to the enjoyment of another human right. In these cases the link is obvious: the right to protection against the risk of loss of employment. It is easy to imagine some other obvious candidates that can in some cases be instrumentally protected through the right to property: the right to housing, the right to an adequate standard of living or the right to social benefits. Other examples could be the instrumental protection of the freedom of religion, freedom of association or freedom of expression, in cases in which the property of for example minority religions, social movements or political dissidents are targeted. What obviously shouldn't be protected by human rights law are the wealth and luxuries of the Rockefellers of these worlds. These persons are wealthy and powerful enough to protect their interests through the political process anyway, without needing additional empowerment through human rights law.
Of course, moving from an all-encompassing right to property to an instrumental right would mean a radical change in the Court's jurisprudence. Clearly, taking this route would first require further reflection to fully grasp the full consequences of such a radical move. A more modest version of the transformative project would be for the Court to further incrementally prioritize property protection in the case of instrumental effects, and to incrementally decrease property protection in the absence of such effects. In this respect, the Court's approach in the Hungarian cases is clearly an applaudable step in the right direction.
I can emphasise very well with your unease about the right to property. Aside from the cases you mentioned, I tend to feel especially queasy when property rights of corporations stand in the way of environmental protection et al.
And yet… I find it very difficult to find a legitimate reason to exclude such cases, or those you mentioned. Your proposal has the definite advantage of not excluding a certain group of people as such; however, it does seem to me to be very far-reaching in that it would end up excluding not only the "Rockefellers", but also any average citizen when not threatened in any particular way; e.g. not only would the millionaire's yacht not be protected, but the average citizen's yacht, for which he saved up quite a while but on which he is not dependent, would not either.
I'd be interested in whether I misunderstand you (and if so, on what grounds you would protect cases such as this) or not.
Thank you for your comment. You understand me correctly. I'm not arguing that millionaires should not have human rights, I'm arguing that the protection of certain kinds of property is in my view too much disconnected from what human rights should be about: protecting values such as human dignity, autonomy and equality. By turning the right into an instrumental one, it is easier to connect the right with those foundational values. Of course I can perfectly sympathize with the average citizen in case something happens with his yacht for which he saved up quite a while, but that does not in my view make it a human rights issue on which the European Court of Human Rights should spend its scarce time on.
Thank you also for raising the issue of property rights of corporations. It is not self-evident to extend protection of human rights to legal persons, for the simple reason that they are not human. The Inter-American Court for example does not allow petitions by legal persons. Since of course there are humans behind them, striking at legal persons can indirectly affect the human rights of those persons. It is clearly easier to make such a connection in cases of for example newspapers and political or religious organizations, than in the case of large corporations. Nonetheless even in the latter case such a connection cannot be excluded in certain cases. In this respect, it can for example be regretted that the Court treated the Yukos case (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-106308) purely on the basis of the right to property, while refraining from strictly scrutinizing the political motivations behind the case – which was in my view the core issue at stake – by all too easily rejecting the complaint under Article 18. In other words, I'm not interested in the property rights of the Yukos company which should in my eyes not be dealt with by the European Court, instead I'm interested in the freedom of expression of Michail Khodorkovsky. And to relate back to your example: from a human rights perspective, I don't feel any sympathy for large corporations facing restrictions of their property rights in order to advance environmental protection.
"The right of protection against the risk of loss of employment"??? I'm not sure that I even know what that means, much less where I would locate it in the Convention. The right to property, on the other hand, is one of the most fundamental rights in existence. Property, like life and liberty, cannot be taken away without due process of law, and is fundamental to a just society.
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The Soviet-Union had difficulties with the right to property as well.
Thank you for your interesting contribution to the debate. I definitely agree with your comment that "His suggested scheme also has to engage with due process rights under Article 6(1). " I don't question the fact that due process to avoid arbitrariness is essential for a state based on the rule of law. In my view, it however is not necessarily "a bit odd" to provide procedural protection to a certain property interest under Article 6 (1), while not providing it substantive protection under Article 1 Protocol 1. This is the logic of Article 6 (1) as being concerned with "civil rights and obligations" in general, regardless of whether the interests concerned can also be considered as a human right under the Convention.
My blog post could indeed be interpreted as arguing against Rockefeller's human rights, which was not how I intended my argument. I definitely agree that the Rockefellers and the poor alike should enjoy equality before the law and due process. The Rockefellers clearly should not be excluded from human rights protection simply on the basis of their wealth. My argument simply goes that interference with the property interests of Rockefeller would rarely be severe enough to amount to a violation of a human right, without excluding the possibility that in some circumstances it actually might (see the example of Khodorkovsky in my comment above). In the case of the poor, much 'smaller' interferences (in absolute terms) with their property interests may however affect their human dignity in a far more severe way.
In any event, my argument is not that property should not be protected at all by the law, even in cases in which they would not be protected under Article 1 Protocol 1. Take the example of intellectual property rights and medicines: I indeed consider that an absolutist application of the right to intellectual property could give rise to violations of the right to health. Does this mean that we should do away with intellectual property altogether? I don't think so, since you indeed need intellectual property to encourage investment and innovation, but it is important to make sure that the right to health is not excessively affected. So I definitely agree with you that balancing these interests is principally a matter for the government. If the government however chooses to clearly prioritize the right to health, I merely consider that the medical companies do not have a claim to a _human_ right to intellectual property under the Convention to question this.
A bit sketchy logic here, no? "[T]hose who have the most property obviously have a larger claim to property protection, disproportionately empowering the most advantaged vis-à-vis the least advantaged". And those who are tortured by the police obviously have "a larger claim" to freedom from torture.
And those who are married with children have a larger claim to "family life" than a single guy. Those who are interested in politics and go to rallies have a larger claim in "freedom of assembly" than couch potatoes. And so on.
Property rights do not necessarily protect the status quo, they just require the state to follow due process when it wants to take away property (by taxes or directly, for example to build a highway across your field).
"Why should human rights at all care about the millionaire's yacht?" you ask. Because the millionaire is a human being as well, and it's one of the characteristics of human rights that they apply to EVERYONE. If we apply human rights to murderers and dictators, surely it's OK to grant them to rich people.
I am not convinced that the following statement, lumping "human rights lawyers" collectively into a group, is correct: "what we as human rights lawyers care about." This human rights lawyer is perfectly happen w/ an expansive interpretation of art 1 of 1 port. for the simple reason that property rights are intrinsically linked to market economy and democratic development, including rule of law.


There are plenty of reasons you should.
Doctors have been reminding us to get our flu shots since the 1930s, but every winter people inevitably go back and forth about whether they should actually do it. For some people, the decision has been harder to make in recent years, as rumors of the vaccine's inefficacy and potential to cause mild illness — together with the rise of the anti-vaccine movement — have reached more and more people. But this year, new CDC estimates showed that the flu also kills a lot more people than scientists once thought.
The truth is that the flu vaccine, which is created in a slightly different form every year, is not guaranteed to be effective. If you're a healthy adult, there's a high chance you might not even need it, seeing as influenza is really only life threatening to people who are really old, really young, pregnant, or immunocompromised. Furthermore, there's no denying that there are some small costs to getting one, which include the chance you might come down with mild flu symptoms, experience some muscle soreness, exacerbate a long-standing fear of needles, and perhaps have to pay a small financial fee.
Still, the risk you take by avoiding the flu shot far outweighs any of the costs.
The huge public health payoff far outweighs the tiny cost.
The costs to you are obvious: When you avoid getting vaccinated, you risk your body being totally unprepared for whatever strain of flu virus World Health Organization researchers predict will strike in the coming year. While there's no guarantee that they'll get it exactly right — there are so many strains in the world to choose from — that vaccine can still confer some protection against other strains of influenza, not only slightly reducing your symptoms but also decreasing the amount of virus that you carry and transmit.
Which leads us to the greater cost of not getting a flu shot: the fact that it puts so many other people in danger.
In general, viruses spread by finding a host, incubating and multiplying inside that host, then bursting outward from that host — through sneezes, snot, and spit — into the mucus membranes of other potential hosts, kicking off the cycle all over again. The point of a vaccine is to train the immune system to kill flu virus particles ahead of time, so that when a person does encounter the flu virus, the body can kill it before it has the chance to spread.
Herd immunity is effective, but it only works if enough people are vaccinated.
When you don't get vaccinated, you give the flu a free pass to use you as a breeding ground, putting other people — the babies, old people, moms-to-be, and the sick we mentioned before — at risk of becoming gravely ill. In contrast, when enough people get vaccinated, they produce what's known as "herd immunity" — a form of population-wide protection against an infectious disease caused by the inability of the virus to find any hosts in which they can settle.
Doctors can't guarantee that you'll ever feel the individual benefits of getting a flu shot, and, unless you're an epidemiologist, you probably won't ever see the benefits it confers to the entire population. What you may see, however, is the effect that skipping a flu shot has on other people, especially those compromised, aforementioned few that will need much more than just a few days off work and a handful of Sudafed to recover.


A career season for UC Irvine middle attacker Scott Stadick has culminated with him winning the top national award for blocking.
Off the Block announced Monday that a nationwide voting committee selected Stadick as the 2018 Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Blocker of the Year.
The Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Blocker of the Year is an annual award that started in 2011 and recognizes the NCAA Division I-II men's volleyball player with the best front-row defensive performance during the regular season.
Stadick led the Big West and was second in the nation with a 1.32 blocks per game average. The sophomore also had a nation-best 153 blocks, including at least five blocks in 18 regular season matches.
Among the middle attacker's top performances of the season featured season-high 10 blocks in victories against both George Mason and Stanford. In addition, Stadick led the conference with 29 solo blocks as he helped the Anteaters finish in second place in the Big West and earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
A voting committee of about 25 men's volleyball coaches and volleyball media members from around the nation determined the winner for the National Blocker of the Year. The top three vote-getters were named finalists for the award.
Stadick received 54 votes — more votes than the other top-five vote-getters earned combined.
Lincoln Memorial middle attacker Pedro Carvalho finished as the runner-up with 22 votes, while the other finalist Ball State middle attacker Matt Walsh received 12 votes.
This is the eighth year that Off the Block has presented the National Blocker of the Year. Previous winners are former BYU All-American middle attacker Futi Tavana in 2011, former USC middle attacker Robert Feathers in 2012, former UC Santa Barbara All-American middle attacker Dylan Davis in 2013, former Lewis All-American middle attacker Bobby Walsh in 2015, middle attacker Tommy Carmody with Pacific in 2014 and Pepperdine in 2016 and former Long Beach State middle attacker Amir Lugo-Rodriguez in 2017.
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Solomon Islands minister reaffirms Taiwan alliance
By Lu Yi-hsuan / Staff reporter
Taiwan's efforts at surveying and protecting flora show that it is a "close ally," Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said, adding that his nation would continue to support Taiwan at UN assemblies and other international occasions.
Sogavare made the remarks while meeting with Ambassador to the Solomon Islands Roger Luo (羅添宏) last month.
During the meeting, Luo presented Sogavare with the Investigation of Plant Resources and Compilation of the Flora for Solomon Islands catalog of plant species on the Solomon Islands.
"The Solomon Islands, with its abundant natural resources, is one of the best destinations in the world for studying plants," Luo said, adding that Taiwanese compiled the encyclopedia out of friendship and the hope that it would help protect the Solomon Island's flora.
Sogavare said the friendship between the two nations is evidenced by the effort Taiwanese put into protecting plants native to the nation and thanked Taiwan for its support in humanitarian relief, medicine, agriculture and rural development.
The Solomon Islands will continue to support Taiwan's bid for UN recognition, Sogavare said, adding that Solomon Islanders are not afraid to speak for Taiwan.
"Our relationship is based on the fundamental principles of democracy and human rights which our two countries firmly believe in and uphold," he said. "I can assure you that the relationship between our two countries can only grow stronger."
The book is the result of the joint effort of the International Cooperation and Development Fund, the National Museum of Natural Science and Dr Celia Koo Botanic Conservation Center.
A total of 2,715 plant specimens were archived as of December last year. The book project was launched in 2012.
Additional reporting by Sean Lin
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With the majority of displaced people and migrants settling in urban areas, it's clear that cities are at the forefront of displacement crises in countries around the world.
Drawing on our experience and partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and engagements with two municipal authorities, Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), a new report called From Response to Resilience outlines how humanitarian-municipal partnerships can address urban displacement while building resilience.
Ensure the inclusion of displaced and marginalized residents in municipally-provided public services.
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Q: Finding function given its Jacobian and the initial condition Consider continuously differentiable function $f:\mathbb{R}^k\mapsto \mathbb{R}^k$. We know that $f(x_0)=y_0$ and the Jacobian matrix is given for all $x$. I'd like to know the explicit for of the function $f$?
If $k=1$, then I could know the explicit for of $f$ is able to be determined using the following method:
Note that $f(x)=\int_{x_0}^xf^\prime(t)dt+c$ for some $c$. Then we can find $c=y_0$ by substituting $x$ with $x_0$. So, the explicit for of $f$ is $f(x)=\int_{x_0}^xf^\prime(t)dt+y_0$.
However, I found when $k>1$. Any suggestion? Thanks for any help.

A: When you are given a matrix-valued function ${\bf x}\to A({\bf x})$ and know for sure that it is the Jacobian of some vector-valued function $${\bf f}:\quad{\mathbb R}^n\to{\mathbb R}^m,\qquad {\bf x}\to{\bf f}({\bf x})$$ then it is easy to recover ${\bf f}$ from $A$. Indeed, the columns of $A$ are nothing else but the partial derivatives
$${\bf f}_{.k}({\bf x})=\left({\partial f_1\over\partial x_k},{\partial f_2\over\partial x_k},\ldots,{\partial f_m\over\partial x_k}\right)\qquad(1\leq k\leq n)\ ,$$
and assuming ${\bf x}_0={\bf y}_0={\bf 0}$ it is  pretty obvious that we have
$${\bf f}({\bf x})=\int_0^{x_1}{\bf f}_{.1}(t,0,\ldots,0)\ dt+\int_0^{x_2}{\bf f}_{.2}(x_1,t,0,\ldots,0)\ dt+\ldots+\int_0^{x_n}{\bf f}_{.n}(x_1,\ldots, x_{n-1},t)\ dt\ .$$
This comes from integrating the partial derivatives of ${\bf f}$ along a multi-L-shaped path with legs parallel to the coordinate axes from ${\bf 0}$ to ${\bf x}$. A coordinate-free way to write ${\bf f}$ would be
$${\bf f}({\bf x})=\int_0^1 A(t{\bf x}).{\bf x}\ dt\ .$$
The deep problem here is somewhere else: You cannot give an arbitrary matrix-valued function ${\bf x}\to A({\bf x})$ and hope that there is a function ${\bf x}\to{\bf f}({\bf x})$ with $d{\bf f}({\bf x})=A({\bf x})$ for each ${\bf x}$. There are so-called integrability conditions as soon as $n\geq2$, corresponding to the condition ${\rm curl}\,{\bf F}={\bf 0}$ for a vector field ${\bf F}$ in ${\mathbb R}^3$ to be a gradient field $\nabla f$. To put it simply: These conditions encode that the mixed second partials of the prospective ${\bf f}$ should be equal.
Given a matrix-valued function ${\bf x}\to A({\bf x})=\bigl[a_{ik}({\bf x})\bigr]_{1\leq i\leq m, \ 1\leq k\leq n}$ on a simply connected domain $\Omega\subset{\mathbb R}^n$ the integrability conditions read as follows:
$${\partial a_{ik}({\bf x})\over\partial x_l}\equiv {\partial a_{il}({\bf x})\over\partial x_k}\quad({\bf x}\in\Omega, \ 1\leq i\leq m, \ 1\leq k<l\leq n)\ .$$
So there are $m\cdot{n\choose 2}$ of them.

A: The situations of differential equations in one variable and several variable are deeply different.
In several variables, you have $f(x_1,\dots,x_k)=(f_1(x_1,\dots,x_k),\dots,f_m(x_1,\dots,x_k))$ and the question is about knowing the $f_i$ once one knows the partial derivatives of them (the Jacobian). Well, the world of PDEs (Partial Differential Equations) is more complicated than that of ODE (Ordinary Differential Equations). The theorem of existence and uniqueness fails in general.
See for instance the Wikipedia page on Partial Differential Equations.

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Packers DT Jolly charged with felony drug possession
Published: Jul 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM
HOUSTON -- Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly Jr. faces a July 22 court date after he was arrested last week and charged with felony drug possession, court records show.
Johnny Jolly Jr., DT
2007 Statistics:
Games/Starts: 10/7
Tackles: 21
Sacks: 1
Jolly, 25, was arrested last Tuesday in Houston for possession of at least 200 grams of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, said John Meltzer, clerk for the 262nd District Court. He posted $10,000 bond and was released Wednesday.
Brian Overstreet, Jolly's attorney, didn't immediately return a phone call Monday.
The 6-foot-3, 320-pound Jolly was selected by the Packers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL draft out of Texas A&M.
Jolly played in 10 games last season, recording 21 tackles. He injured his shoulder against Carolina on Nov. 18 and did not play the rest of the season.
Packers spokesman Jeff Blumb said the team was "aware of the report involving Johnny Jolly."
"This is a legal matter, and we still are in the process of gathering information," he said. "We have no further comment at this time."
Jolly attended high school in Houston.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press


Augmented Reality: Fad or Profound Tool for Teaching and Campus Life?
Augmented Reality is an emerging technology trend that faculty and schools are beginning to explore to improve student engagement in the classroom and on campus. AR can be used to add interactive elements, such as hyperlinks, audio, and images, and video to textbooks or other objects of study as well as offices and university buildings.
Learn how to use AR to facilitate active learning, support peer-to-peer learning, and engage students with course materials in a new way.
AR can be used, for example, to overlay information about university buildings, such as which offices are located inside, and points of interest, such as a brief history of the oldest tree on campus.
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AJMC®: Could you discuss the trajectory of vaccinations in healthcare, particularly when it comes to population health?
Gershman: The goal is to remove barriers to vaccinations with various measures including school clinics, back-to-school immunization clinics, public health clinics, influenza vaccination clinics, tracking of childhood immunizations, and government-sponsored financing of vaccines. State laws vary regarding which patient age groups pharmacists can immunize. For example, many states do not permit pharmacists to vaccinate children. Pharmacists should continue to counsel caregivers on the importance of staying up-to-date on their children's vaccines. There have been recent measles outbreaks among nonimmunized individuals, and it is important to eradicate this disease globally.
AJMC®: Can you review recent clinical advances in the immunization spectrum and assess their impact on current practices?
Gershman: In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began recommending that pregnant women receive the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination at 27 to 36 weeks (third trimester) of pregnancy, preferably during the earlier part of that time frame. This allows for the optimal transfer of protective antibodies from mothers to their babies. Additionally, the Tdap vaccine should be given to pregnant women during each pregnancy. Infants do not begin their own vaccine series against pertussis until approximately 2 months of age, so maternal vaccination is extremely important. It is important for pharmacists to educate pregnant patients about the importance of receiving the Tdap. The CDC also recommends that pregnant patients receive the influenza vaccine. According to the CDC, as of November 2017, only about 35% of pregnant women received the influenza vaccine. Pharmacists can play an important role as educators to increase this vaccination rate in pregnant women.
AJMC®: What role does technology play in the evolving immunization landscape?
Gershman: Technology is continuously advancing, especially for vaccine delivery methods. The influenza vaccine is a good example of an immunization with a variety of delivery methods to assist with patient preference. The delivery methods include intramuscular, intradermal, and intranasal. The live attenuated influenza vaccine through intranasal administration was not recommended during the 2017-2018 flu season due to concerns of lack of efficacy. However, it may be available during the 2018-2019 flu season. During the 2017-2018 flu season, inactivated vaccines were produced using egg-based, cell culture-based, and recombinant technologies.
AJMC®: With insurers now offering free preventive care, why are coverage rates for preventable infections still below the recommended target?
Gershman: According to the CDC, vaccine rates in adults are considered suboptimal, and the greatest barrier to vaccine coverage is lack of knowledge among patients and providers. Unknown vaccine records are also a barrier; however, adults can receive most immunizations if no previous record exists. Patients also have misconceptions regarding certain immunizations, such as the influenza vaccine. It is important to educate patients that the influenza vaccine cannot cause the flu, and it takes about 2 weeks for it to become effective. Vaccine hesitancy exists among parents leading to lower rates of influenza vaccination for their children. Most pediatric deaths associated with the flu occur in those children that did not receive the influenza vaccine. It is also important for pharmacists to educate patients that evidence has demonstrated vaccines do not cause autism.
AJMC®: From a practical perspective, can you discuss the difference between immunization as a pharmacy/prescription benefit versus as a medical benefit?
Gershman: Vaccines may be covered either as a prescription or medical benefit. Pharmacies can run patients' insurance to determine the best way for them to receive coverage for vaccines either through prescription drug coverage or as a medical benefit. All Health Insurance Marketplace plans must cover certain vaccines without charging co-payment or co-insurance when provided by an in-network provider. Health plans are required to cover new vaccine recommendations in the next plan year. Medicare Part D plans identify covered vaccines through formularies as part of the prescription drug coverage.
AJMC®: How do clinical innovations drive administrative and health policy efforts in the arena of immunization?
Gershman: According to a recent report to Congress from the US Department of Health and Human Services, there are over 120 vaccine candidates under development for the prevention of more than 40 infectious diseases. The FDA ensures that vaccines are safe and effective and continuously monitors the immunizations. Pharmacists can play an important role in the postmarketing surveillance process by reporting adverse effects associated with vaccines through the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
AJMC®: What are some of the unmet needs that remain when it comes to health policy and immunization and how can they be addressed?
Gershman: Previous vaccine history may not always be accessible at the point-of-care in hospitals and community pharmacy settings. This can make it difficult for pharmacists to determine whether patients have recently received certain vaccines such as influenza, pneumococcal, or herpes zoster. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has established project IMPACT immunizations through an initial pilot program to identify unmet vaccines and increase immunization rates. The initial results revealed a 41.4% increase in the number of vaccines administered and improvements in immunization rates. There should be federal databases for pharmacists to see patient vaccine information to ensure that individuals are receiving the appropriate immunizations. States have different reporting requirements when it comes to immunizations.
AJMC®: How would you assess the role of pharmacists as healthcare providers in both the administration of vaccines and education about immunization?
Gershman: The CDC and WHO recognize the importance of pharmacists in the role of vaccine administration and education and their global impact to increase immunization rates and prevent vaccine-preventable diseases. Studies have shown that pharmacist-led education can boost immunization rates. Provider status has historically been a struggle, and federally pharmacists are not recognized as providers but progress is being made in certain states.
AJMC®: How are pharmacists seen by other healthcare providers when it comes to vaccine education and administration?
Gershman: The path to pharmacists administering immunizations was initially a struggle in many states. The first organized vaccine training program began in Seattle, Washington in 1994. The APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery certificate training program is nationally recognized for immunization training through CDC educational standards. However, pharmacist vaccine authority has continued to expand despite initial opposition by other healthcare professionals. The American College of Physicians supports pharmacists as vaccine immunizers and educators.
AJMC®: How do pharmacists and community pharmacies figure into broader efforts to bolster immunization coverage?
Gershman: Pharmacists are 1 of the most accessible healthcare professionals, especially those practicing in community pharmacies. Community pharmacies generally have longer business hours than physician offices, which makes it more convenient for patients to receive vaccines. Pharmacists have the authority to administer immunizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This has substantially expanded the role of the pharmacist. According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, pharmacy-based immunization services have increased influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations by millions since they became more common in the community pharmacy setting.
AJMC®: Over the last several years, how has pharmacist-led immunization impacted vaccination rates, and has it freed up physicians to focus their medical care on other areas?
Gershman: Pharmacist-led immunization has increased vaccination rates across the country and allowed physicians to spend more time with their patients during office visits.


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Electric cars found to emit 50 per cent less emissions than diesel cars over lifetime
Posted on October 26th / 2017 By Andy Jessop
The Guardian has reported that electric cars emit 50 per cent less greenhouse gas than diesel vehicles over an average lifecycle.
Researchers in Poland were able to calculate the total life cycle emissions and include the manufacturing processes as well as energy consumption.
The report, by Belguim's VUB University, found that even when powered by electricity produced from fossil fuels, electric cars still produce a quarter less emissions that diesel vehicles.
Yoann Le Petit, a spokesman for the T&E think tank, which commissioned the study, said that:
On average, electric vehicles will emit half the CO2 emissions of a diesel car by 2030, including the manufacturing emissions.
"We've been facing a lot of fake news in the past year about electrification put out by the fuel industry but in this study you can see that even in Poland today it is more beneficial to the climate to drive an electric vehicle than a diesel."
Only 1.7 per cent of new vehicles sold in Europe are electric and there are doubts as to whether the continent has enough lithium to create a 5 to 10 per cent market share for electric vehicles.
The VUB study was careful to note that the supply of critical metals and rare earths would have to be closely monitored and diversified.
It also found that emissions from battery production itself could be cut by up to 65 per cent.
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Suicides harmed Iran's security apparatus: human rights official
February 25, 2018 - 20:0
TEHRAN – A few cases of suicides in prisons harmed Iran's security apparatus, the deputy chief of the Iranian High Council for Human Rights said, rejecting claims that the suicides were committed due to pressure on the detainees in the prisons.
"By investigating espionage cases in different countries, we can conclude that some of those who are accused of espionage commit suicides," Kazem Qaribabadi said, ISNA reported on Sunday.
Most recently, Kavous Seyed-Emami, a university lecturer and a Canadian-Iranian environmentalist, died while in custody in Tehran. The Judiciary said he had committed suicide after he was charged with "espionage in the area of environment."
Weeks ago, ten lawmakers toured the Evin prison in Tehran for three hours to visit those detained in the early January unrest. While at the prison the MPs viewed CCTV footage of the suicide of a young man while in custody.
Qaribabadi said the footage convinced the lawmakers that the inmate had committed suicide.
"When detainees are handed to prisons, the guards are required to use all of their potential to protect their lives, irrespective of their crimes," he asserted.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the official pointed to the recent unrest by a cult group in the Pasdaran neighborhood, northern Tehran, saying Westerners and special rapporteurs on human rights exploit any legal confrontation against rioters as a violation of the rights of minorities.
"We do not arrest anyone for his belief in the Islamic Republic," he said, emphasizing that the arrests were made regardless of the arrestees' faith.
MH/PA
MPs visit Evin prison, view footage of inmate's suicide
Suicides in prison not due to pressure: Judiciary
Tehran prosecutor confirms Seyed-Emami's suicide
Six MPs to visit Evin Prison
evin prison
Kazem Qaribabadi
IHRC: UN must hold US accountable for Soleimani assassination
Iran: Ukrainian plane crash should not be used for political objectives
Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor calls Soleimani assassination violation of national and intl. law
Russia says E3 decision on nuclear deal is 'worrisome'


The group creates a circle, holds hands, and chants "this game is really fun" until everyone laughs.
Have enough space and quiet for everyone to form a circle and hear each other.
Stand in a circle holding hands.
All participants must make eye contact with other participants.
If participants start to giggle or smile, participants step out, creating a smaller and smaller circle of chanting, bored-looking people.
The game ends with two people holding hands, swinging their hands, chanting and staring into each other's eyes.
Chant whatever you want- an inside joke within your whole group, etc.
Everyone who is out can distract the players who are still in to try to make them laugh.
When there are enough people who are out they can form a circle on the outside of the players who are still in. In the outside circle, you cannot get out.


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New Bedford Whaling
National Historical Park Massachusetts
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry mural on William Street. Image courtesy: NPS
By the 1820s, the growing whaling industry attracted workers from all different backgrounds, including free and escaped African Americans, Pequot and Wampanoag natives, Cape Verdeans, Pacific Islanders, and Europeans. The job opportunities and diversity within the city fostered a civil rights movement and opportunities for people of all backgrounds.
In 1830, New Bedford's population totaled 7,592 residents; by 1834, the number of black seamen in the city nearly quadrupled. By 1837, the population and economy had grown so much that New Bedford officially became a city. Its 16,000 residents included 1,047 African Americans, 400 of whom were fugitive slaves.
Black men owned property, paid taxes, and could vote. Black families lived among white ones in some neighborhoods, and black children attended schools with white children, although they were seated separately.
In 1833, African Americans created the New Bedford Union Society, an antislavery group. The following year local black and white abolitionists created the New Bedford Anti Slavery Society.
When Congress approved the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, which required citizens to return runaway slaves to their masters, New Bedford Quakers Sarah Arnold and Elizabeth Rodman gathered 1,729 signatures to petition for its repeal.
By 1853, New Bedford housed 1,008 African American inhabitants; 700 of them were escaped slaves. By 1855, the city had 20,389 residents.
Anna Murray Douglass
Lewis Temple
Nathan Johnson
Mary "Polly" Johnson
Paul Cuffe
William Carney
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Correlating Web-User Data
Marketing on the Internet requires so much data for operations that we sometimes forget the same data can be used for research to gain insight into prospects and customers.
Everything served to a visitor -- from the first page through marketing, sales, and product fulfillment -- generates data about the customer. Web marketers can tap into this "free" source of profile data for just the cost of converting existing data into a format that can be used by a data-analysis program.
In general, two types of data are available about Web visitors:
Information provided by the individual
Information collected by observing behavior
Both types of data have their benefits and limitations, but when they are combined, our view of Web visitors becomes much clearer.
The data we typically receive from visitors includes registration and subscription data (for site and newsletter content), and delivery data (for product shipment). Those sites using personalization can collect data about users' interests, preferences, and decision criteria.
One problem with information gathered directly from individuals is that the data can be inaccurate. Marketing researchers have known for years that survey responses are frequently biased; respondents sometimes attempt to please the researcher or make themselves look good.
As for Web forms, it's common for people to provide random or inaccurate data. If, however, it's essential for them to receive the benefits of the site, they will provide accurate information. For instance, it's hard to imagine a visitor at a music site saying he likes rock music when he actually prefers jazz.
At the same time, observed data has accuracy problems, too. Just because someone spends time on certain pages or clicks links in a newsletter doesn't mean she has a significant interest in those topics.
However, by combining data from observation with data from individuals, it's possible to identify marketing activities that are likely to lead to a sale.
Frequently, when the topic of analyzing Web data comes up, many marketers think that it means data mining. The truth is, you don't have to use an elaborate data-mining tool to get started with data analysis. In fact, one of the handiest data-analysis tools is Microsoft Excel. The statistical functions in Excel are relatively easy to use, and they provide a quick way to do an initial analysis.
One statistical term that has found its way into popular business language is "correlation." We frequently hear phrases like "the number of visits is correlated with order size." Most of the time, though, there has been no measurement of just how much correlation exists.
Correlation measures the relationship between two sets of data on a scale of 0.0 (no correlation) to 1.0 (100 percent positive correlation) or -1.0 (100 percent negative correlation).
There are many ways to use this technique to learn about the people who visit your Web site.
One way is to analyze how the number of visits to a site correlates with order size. If sales tend to be made on repeat visits, then it's important to make sure marketing vehicles such as e-mail newsletters are being used to bring people back to the site. On the other hand, if the number of visits is not highly correlated to sales, then it's more important to motivate visitors to take action during every visit.
Here is a hypothetical set of data showing the number of times nine customers visited a site and the size of their order:
Visitor Number
Number of Visits
It's clear from this data that the people who visited the site only once placed small orders, but it's harder to discern a relationship between sales and more frequent visits. Measuring the relationship between these two sets of data is easy. Excel quickly calculates a correlation coefficient of 0.84, which indicates a strong relationship between the number of visits and the size of orders.
Correlation can be used to analyze a wide range of data, including the following:
Inquiries and sales
Number and length of visits
Number of pages visited
Sequence of pages visited
Demographics and purchase history
Buying motives and decision criteria
Click-through data from newsletters
For companies using a customer relationship management system, both online and offline data are available for data analyses that can help marketers spot opportunities.
While correlation does not actually identify the cause of a particular behavior, it does help identify when two behaviors are likely to occur together. As a practical matter, then, if you can elicit visitor behavior that is highly correlated with sales, then you're likely to increase revenue.


NEW YORK, NY/4/11/07-Harry N. Abrams has named Beau Friedlander as editorial director of its Abrams Image imprint, which specializes in pop culture illustrated books and gift items. He will joint the company on June 1. Friedlander, who formerly served as creative director and director of communications for Chelsea Green Publishing, will report to Leslie Stoker, senior vice president and publisher of Stewart, Tabori & Chang and Abrams Image.


Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts in the months and years leading up to a big event.
In a carefully prepared, loving LSD session, a woman will inevitably have several hundred orgasms.
A yoga session is harder than a football practice easily for me. Probably in some ways just as intense, not from a physical standpoint of hitting ,but from a game, the intensity is the same.
Pnin slowly walked under solemn pines. The sky was dying. He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly, in a democracy of ghosts. The souls of the dead, perhaps, formed committees, and these, in continuous session, attended the destinies of the quick.
Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.
"Richard Sherman Talks The AristoCats". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 5, 2008.
As I get older it gets harder and harder to hold on to the ephemeral excitement. When a documentary, or a screenplay, or even just a brainstorming session is going well I get to experience sense of hope, and expansiveness, even if it's just for a moment.
I honestly don't remember how I wrote or did the songs. Or the sessions. They all become very much a blur. And each album is like that. It may be that there are different locations, it may take longer, shorter, or whatever, but it's always something that just happened.
The easiest method of acquiring the habit of scholarship is through acquiring the ability to express oneself clearly in discussing and disputing scholarly problems. This is what clarifies their import and makes them understandable. Some students spend most of their lives attending scholarly sessions. Still, one finds them silent. They do not talk and do not discuss matters. More than is necessary, they are concerned with memorizing. Thus, they do not obtain much of a habit in the practice of scholarship and scholarly instruction.
I was never pushed into the business. I wanted to play the guitar. When my dad found out I could play pretty good he took me into the studio one day. I did my first session for his label. We did quite a few sessions up there.
People like to think the worst. They like to have hushed gossip sessions and point their fingers at someone's problems that are more obvious than their own.
There's a band of studio session - hot players - that play on my albums... They're an eclectic bunch of misfits that I've worked with for years and years.
A musician can get lost to what he is in the session busines as it was.
Oh God, modern life with all its feelings. ... We live in the most callous society ever, and all anybody talks about nowadays is getting in touch with their feelings. ... The world has become one enormous group therapy session. It's a terrible bore. My motto is, 'Thank you for not sharing!
I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it!
"EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Hasson Talked With Us About 'Twisted'". Interview with Amy Crooks, www.dis411.net. February 5, 2014.
And if sun comes / How shall we greet him? / Shall we not dread him, / Shall we not fear him / After so lengthy a / Session with shade?
The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook.
My first place in Nashville was like Animal House. The whole band lived under one roof, and most nights the jam sessions ended close to sunrise.
how many times would a defendant's lawyer enter the courtroom before a session and ask each of the male clerks and paralegals around me, 'Are you the assistant in charge?' while I sat there invisible to him at the head of the table?
Every recording session and tour is a very valuable time to me in terms of getting to spend time with the musicians - whether they're friends and family or people I've just met - because I don't have a job where I get to interact with people everyday.
Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. September 1, 2001.
I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.


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A second villain has been added to the Avengers: Age of Ultron movie, as Marvel is casting someone to play Baron Von Strucker, the leader of HYDRA. But, before people start questioning the addition to a villain despite the presence of the very powerful Ultron, there is nothing to worry about.
Comparing the next Avengers movie to something like James Bond, Baron Von Strucker and HYDRA is who The Avengers will be battling when the movie starts and will not stick around for the rest of the movie. However, those early movie scenes with Baron Von Strucker plays an important role in the rest of the film.
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will be working with HYDRA in the beginning, but something will happen and they will end up with The Avengers after the battle. One of the main themes in Avengers: Age of Ultron will be whether or not The Avengers can trust the brother and sister duo.
So, who is Baron Von Strucker?
Baron Von Strucker is a former Nazi officer and one of the leaders of HYDRA, who also happens to be ageless. He has seemingly died in the past, but has always returned. With HYDRA the main villains seemingly behind Winter Soldier's emergence in the next Captain America movie, this should be how those two movies tie together.
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U.S. Prices At The Pump Slowly Starting To Ease
But it doesn't have all that much to do with White House actions on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
By Daniel James Graeber November 23 ,	2021
Retail gasoline prices are moving lower in some parts of the country, but don't expect the announcement to tap strategic reserves to work any long-term magic, analysts said.
Motor club AAA listed a national average retail price of $3.40 per gallon of regular unleaded for Tuesday. That national average is skewed higher because of California, which because of higher taxes and other factors, had a state average of $4.70 per gallon. On the low end, Oklahoma averaged $2.97 per gallon on Tuesday.
Higher energy prices have become a growing concern for the White House (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
National prices are moving lower in some markets, though broad-based inflationary concerns are a mounting issue for a White House worried about slumping poll numbers and the general health of the U.S. economy.
Matthew Kohlman, an associate director for refined products pricing at S&P Global Platts, said the market was probably working given the notion that the solution to high prices is usually high prices. Demand would theoretically start to decline at a certain point and, assuming no supply disruptions, prices would respond.
The only issue, Kohlman said, is that it doesn't always work overnight. And particularly with the upcoming long Thanksgiving Day holiday, it's unlikely that demand would evaporate this week.
TSA checkpoint travel numbers show we're close to pre-pandemic levels for air travel ahead of the long Thanksgiving holiday. (U.S. Transportation Security Administration)
Wholesale prices are already on the decline as broader markets react to the return of tight social restrictions in Europe, where Austria has already returned to lockdown in an effort to control a surge in new cases of COVID-19. Additionally, the U.S. Department of State has issued a do not travel warning for Germany and Belgium.
Meanwhile, in the domestic market, the U.S. federal government reported last week that gasoline demand dropped from 9.26 million barrels per day to 9.24 million barrels per day.
"But prices at the pump seem to be backing down more slowly, as there is still strong gasoline and diesel demand in the U.S. for this time of year and flying demand has also returned," Kohlman said.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the economy during an event at the South Court Auditorium at Eisenhower Executive Office Building on November 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. President Biden announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve of the Department of Energy to combat high energy prices which are at a seven-year high across the nation prior to the holiday travel season. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at The PRICE Futures Group in Chicago, said the higher prices adage is a two-sided coin.
"Our expectations are that demand will rise faster than expected because of the lower price," he said.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took to the podium Tuesday to discuss the health of the economy, expressing concern that taxpayers will be forced to pay "an arm and a leg" for goods and services moving into the holiday season. On gasoline and broader commodities, the president announced he was tapping into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve in parallel with China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.
The Department of Energy under the provision will release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to curb prices. In a fit of irony, perhaps, crude oil prices actually ticked higher on the news. Biden acknowledged from the podium that prices won't move overnight, but they should move lower eventually with more oil on the market.
The price of crude oil is among the largest factors behind what consumers see at the pump.
But for much of the day, market watchers were skeptical.
"I frankly think the White House release is a bit weak," said Patrick DeHaan, the senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy. "Still, gas stations are dragging their feet on the huge drop in wholesale over the last week and that's also frustrating."
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Discussing The Quatermass Xperiment
By: Maura McHugh 4 December 2017 20 December 2018
ReviewsHammer Films, Hammered, horror, Nigel Kneale, podcast, science fiction, The Quatermass Xperiment
The inaugural episode of the Hammered podcast is now available for listening. The host of the series JG Byrne and I talk about The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). It was a fun and nerdy deep dive into the film. Perfect for fans of Hammer films, science fiction, and Nigel Kneale (though of course he didn't…
Talking at The Kitchen Table
By: Maura McHugh 26 October 2017 20 December 2018
ReviewsBram Stoker Festival, Dublin City FM, Mindhunter, radio, Slayers and their Vampires, Supergirl, The Kitchen Table, tv
Thanks to Clare Mclaughlin for chatting to me for a segment on The Kitchen Table show on 103.2 Dublin City FM, which is airing tonight from 9 pm -10 pm. We talk about a couple of TV shows I'm watching currently – such as Supergirl and the recent Netflix show Mindhunter – and we also…
Profile of Philip Pullman on Arena
ReviewsArena, His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, radio, RTE, The Book of Dust
There's much excitement about the publication tomorrow of the next novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga – titled The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage. This evening I appeared on RTÉ Radio 1 arts show, Arena, and discussed Pullman's work for those unfamiliar with the stories, and those who are keen to get…
Talking Twin Peaks
By: Maura McHugh 18 September 2017 13 December 2018
ReviewsFire Walk With Me, podcast, Television, The Return, Twin Peaks
Thanks to Emmet O'Cuana for inviting me onto The Hopscotch Friday Podcast to discuss my book on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and the new series, Twin Peaks: The Return. I've thought a lot about the series since it aired, and it was great to have a chance to trash through some of the…
Reviewing Marvel's The Defenders
By: Maura McHugh 15 August 2017 13 December 2018
ReviewsArena, comics, Marvel, Netflix, radio, superheroes, The Defenders
I had a whirlwind return from Helsinki as I was scheduled to review the new eight-episode Netflix show, Marvel's The Defenders, on Arena today. I was able to watch the first four episodes of the new show before the radio interview with Arena host Kay Sheehy. Fans of the four series, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke…
Borne Review
ReviewsArena, Borne, Jeff VanderMeer, novel, radio, RTE
Tonight I reviewed Borne, the latest novel by Jeff VanderMeer, for the RTÉ Radio 1 Arts show, Arena.
Women In Horror Mixtape
By: Maura McHugh 13 February 2017 13 December 2018
Reviewsfairy tales, horror, Tanith Lee, women in horror, Women in Horror Month
Mark West asked me to contribute to his Women In Horror Mixtape, the third in his series of recommended works, which was scheduled to be part of the Women in Horror Month celebrations. This time I picked 'Red as Blood' by Tanith Lee. Partly it's a tribute to the history of fairy tales, which have…
Waiting for Andre
By: Maura McHugh 30 January 2017 20 December 2018
ReviewsBeckett, short film, Sky Arts, Waiting for Andre
Need some cheering up? If you have access to Sky Arts then I highly recommend the half-hour short, 'Waiting for Andre', which is part of their Urban Myths series of shorts. In it the writer Samuel Beckett agrees to drive the young Andre Rousimoff (who became famous later in life as the wrestler Andre the…
American Horror Mixtape
By: Maura McHugh 25 July 2016 7 June 2019
ReviewsAmerican Horror Mixtape, Gemma Files, horror, Mark West, short stories
After the success of his Brit Horror Mixtape, writer Mark West decided to give the American continent the same treatment, and asked me to contribute a suggestion for the American Horror Mixtape. Considering I had American and Canadian writers to select from I decided to pick a memorable writer in the field who is a…
The Brit Horror Mixtape
By: Maura McHugh 31 May 2016 20 December 2018
Fiction, ReviewsBrit Horror Mixtape, Daphne du Maurier, horror, Mark West, short stories, The Birds
Writer Mark West came up with the fun idea of curating a 'Brit Horror Mixtape' by asking writers in the field to recommend a short story by a British horror writer that influenced their work. It's pretty hard to pick one favourite – as I have many – so I decided to select based on…


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Q: socket.io ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED and Failed to load resource Hello I try to establish a two-way connection with socket.io but I receive these two errors:
socket.io.js:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED Maniptwo.php:889
Uncaught ReferenceError: io is not defined at Maniptwo.php:889
I'm at my first use of socket.io so sorry if my questions seem stupid.
server.js :
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const { Server } = require("socket.io");
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  console.log('a user connected');
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Dead Space wins two awards at 7th Annual GANG Audio Awards
By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 00:30 GMT
Dead Space received two awards during the 7th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards during GDC last week.
Audio of The Year and Sound Design of The Year were accepted by EA Redwood Studios for it's space-horror shooter, while composer Wataru Hokoyama took home two as well – one for Rookie of the Year and another for Music of the Year for his work on PS3 game Afrika.
GANG is a non-profit focused on advancement and recognition is game audio.
The full list of winner after the break.
Via Gamasutra.
Audio Of The Year: Dead Space
Music Of The Year: Afrika
Sound Design Of The Year: Dead Space
Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio (Tie): World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King and Gears Of War 2
Best Use Of Multi-Channel Surround In A Game: Left 4 Dead
Best Original Vocal Song – Choral: "Main Title" – World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King
Best Original Vocal Song – Pop: "Still Alive" – Mirror's Edge
Best Original Instrumental (Tie): "The Garden" – LittleBigPlanet and"Main Theme" – Afrika
Best Original Soundtrack Album: Video Games Live: Volume One
Best Dialogue: Grand Theft Auto IV
Best Use Of Licensed Music: Rock Band 2
Best Handheld Audio: God Of War: Chains Of Olympus
Best Interactive Score: LittleBigPlanet
Best Game Audio Article, Publication Or Broadcast: "The Complete Guide To Game Audio" 2nd Edition – Aaron Marks
Best Audio – Other: Watchman Motion Comic
Rookie Of The Year: Wataru Hokoyama (Afrika, Resident Evil 5)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bob Rice
G.A.N.G. Distinguished Service Awards: Richard Jacques
Tom Salta: Stephen Years
G.A.N.G. Recognition Awards: Jim Charne and John Broomhall
Student/Apprentice Competition Winners: Music – Tom Graczkowski; Sound Design – Benoit Babin
Winners were chosen by the Game Audio Network Guild community by over 800 members in over 30 countries.


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Creates a MemoryBlock from an existing block of memory of a specific size.
p A Ptr that points to a chunk of memory that was allocated using some other method such as a Declare to an OS API call.
size The size (in bytes) of the allocated memory as either a 32-bit or 64-bit unsigned integer depending on the OS. This size is used for bounds checking on the various getter and setter functions.
The pointer p serves as the MemoryBlock's backing. Mutating the MemoryBlock will also mutate the contents of the block of memory. The MemoryBlock does not take ownership of the memory, so the application is responsible for freeing it after the MemoryBlock has been destructed. If it is freed before then, all MemoryBlock behavior is undefined and will likely crash.
NilObjectException if p is Nil.
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OTTAWA — The Canadian economy posted its first monthly loss of jobs since April in December amid tightened public health restrictions to slow a resurgence in the pandemic.
Statistics Canada said Friday the economy lost 63,000 jobs while the unemployment rate edged up to 8.6 per cent compared with 8.5 per cent in November.
The job losses ended a streak of monthly job gains that began in May, when initial restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the pandemic began to ease.
Full-time employment in December rose by 36,500, but there was a loss of 99,000 part-time jobs.
Statistics Canada said that total hours worked fell for the first time since April as they declined 0.3 per cent in December.
Employment fell in industries most directly affected by the new and continuing public health measures.
The accommodation and food services industry lost 56,700 jobs for the month, while the "other services" category, which includes hair salons, laundry services and other areas affected by public health measures, lost 30,800. The information, culture and recreation group lost 18,800.
The number of jobs in the services-producing side of the economy fell for the first time since April as it lost a total of 74,000 in December. The goods-producing sector gained 11,300 jobs.
Statistics Canada said its report was a snapshot of the labour market conditions as of the week of Dec. 6 to 12.
It noted that additional public health measures were put in place in many provinces after that period and would likely to be reflected in its January labour force survey results.
Financial data firm Refinitiv says economists on average had expected the report to show a loss of 27,500 jobs for December. The unemployment rate was expected to be 8.6 per cent.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for December, by Canadian city