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Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to u-u-sss, Happy Birthday to us! Did you sing that in your head?
One year ago today, The Jolly Turtle launched its shiny new website and a new range of eco-friendly products.
Our rebrand didn't come at the best time. The UK events and hospitality sectors shut down along with most countries worldwide. So, it's fair to say things didn't pan out exactly as we had planned during our first year in business.
However, we found some new opportunities to help people and businesses on their eco-friendly journey. We expanded our product range wider than we initially anticipated to meet the demand for sustainable hygiene products. For instance, face masks, PPE face shields, and hand sanitiser.
We also spent a lot of time working hard developing our new brand and long-term strategy. All to deliver sustainable solutions to customers. There's no doubt that 2020 was a blockbuster of a year for everyone. For us, it was a year to remember in many ways, and we wrote about some of our highlights in our New Year blog post.
As The Jolly Turtle enters its second year in business, we're very excited about new plans on the horizon. We really look forward to sharing these with you! Although the world around us has changed massively over the last year, our mission remains the same. That is, to make living an eco-friendly lifestyle easier for everyone.
We know we wouldn't be turning one without you, so from the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone that has supported us over the last year. Whether you have engaged with us on social media, purchased an individual item on our website, or kitted out your customers or teams with bespoke survival kits, we are very grateful.
Birthday gifts all round
To help us celebrate our first birthday, we are offering a special discount of 25% on all website orders. Use voucher code BIRTHDAYTURTLE1 at the checkout by Friday 9th April.
If you are a wholesale customer, we're offering a 10% discount on top of our usual wholesale prices. This is valid for orders placed by Friday 9th April. Contact us for further information.
Stay tuned on our blog, and don't forget to follow us on our socials for exclusive and varied content.
Time to reflect
Whether you loved it or loathed it, 2020 is a year most of us will forever remember. How could we possibly forget COVID-19?
I recently had a vision of my little boys sitting down with their children in maybe 30 years and telling them about the year that will go down in history. The year they spent more time at home than at school. The year they ate more brussel sprouts than times they hugged their grandparents (they don't like sprouts!). And how almost the entire world shut down at some point.
The impact on people and companies globally was profound and, for many, devastating. As we reflect on the past year, beyond the tragedy and devastation, it's clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has also generated a tremendous amount of change. It has shaped us in many ways, stimulated a lot of fast-moving innovation, and created new opportunities.
Like many small businesses, The Jolly Turtle didn't escape the wrath of the pandemic. Our core business serves the events and hospitality industry, so it's been a challenging economic climate for us. However, we're fortunate in that we survived.
Sadly, many of the companies we work with didn't survive beyond 2020 – festivals, hotels, glamping companies, and more. Many more are teetering on the brink, and only time will tell whether they will continue to operate in 2021. To help us stay focused on making a difference, we expanded our product range to accommodate the need for environmentally friendly PPE.
It's more important than ever to focus on the positives amongst the doom and gloom in times like these. Therefore, as we step into a new year with renewed hope, we reflect on some of the things we're proud to have achieved in 2020. For us, it's certainly been a year to remember.
Our highlights
We started 2020 under our previous brand, Pic 'n' Mix Festival Kit. In April, just after the first UK lockdown, we rebranded as The Jolly Turtle. We launched a shiny new website and several new products at the same time. Our rebrand saw us expand into new sectors, including travel and hotels. Bad timing, but unpredicted!
Very quickly, we saw a problem evolving with disposable face masks adding to the plastic waste issue. Therefore, we launched a new range of reusable biodegradable face masks for adults and children. Unsurprisingly, these were extremely popular with our eco-conscious customers.
We expanded our hygiene product line in May when we introduced our zero-waste hand sanitiser and Eco Hygiene Kit.
We donated money from sales to the NHS Charities National Covid-19 Urgent Appeal. That was on top of our regular donations to our charity partner, Surfers Against Sewage.
In July, we launched a plastic-free PPE face shield, the world's first to be certified with A Plastic Planet's Plastic Free Trust Mark.
To help spread awareness of the impact of plastic pollution generated from single-use plastic disposable PPE such as face masks and face shields, we gave a TV interview in September demonstrating our support.
Then lockdown 2.0 happened. Without knowing whether our regular business would resume any time soon, we came up with another plan to expand our customer target base. We decided to go festive in time for Christmas. November saw our Eco Pamper Gift Boxes launch. This included new luxury products, such as candles, bath salts, chocolate, and our gorgeous seeded greeting cards.
By the end of 2020, we had launched 34 new plastic-free products over the year. Definitely a year to remember for us! Thank you to everyone that has helped keep us going.
2020 has taught us many lessons. There's no doubt that the world has undergone a considerable transformation. The way people work and live has changed forever, and businesses have learned they need to be more adaptive and resilient than ever to survive.
From an environmental perspective, there have been many positive impacts and more lessons learned. As a result of reduced pollution from manufacturing and transport activities, air quality improved in cities worldwide within weeks. We saw the reintroduction of wildlife habitats that previously had diminished, including the recovery of marine life and ecosystems in the oceans.
This NCBI study gives some more detailed scientific insights into the positive and negative environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's clear that climate change is more critical than ever, and COVID-19 has given us a chance to reflect on how we can live better while minimizing our impact on the planet. 2021 will set a new level of ordinary. Therefore, we can and should use it as an opportunity to build a more sustainable economy and future for people and the planet.
As we enter a new, more hopeful 2021, we wish our readers a happy and safe New Year. One filled with parties, festivals, holidays, and hugs – all the things we most definitely want to remember! Let's hope 2021 will be a year to remember for all the right reasons.
We're very excited to announce today that the original bespoke festival kit supplier, Pic 'n' Mix Festival Kit, has rebranded as The Jolly Turtle.


It's that time of year. Christmas Season! And Circuit of the America's is transforming their race park into a winter dream land. There will be camel rides (because the reindeer will be busy with Santa) singing trees, human snow globe, petting zoo, carnival rides and more.
FREE PARKING, although you can upgrade to preferred parking for a price. Tickets are $16 but if you have children 5 and under they get in for free. Get your tickets here!


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Thursday Night Links
In a letter to the head of the FTC, Lina Khan, dated Wednesday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ed Markey of Massachusetts said they have serious concerns about how Tesla advertises its advanced driver-assistance features, which don't enable vehicles to operate autonomously. They also took aim at Chief Executive Elon Musk for some of his comments. "Tesla and Mr. Musk's repeated overstatements of their vehicle's capabilities—despite clear and frequent warnings—demonstrate a deeply concerning disregard for the safety of those on the road and require real accountability," the senators wrote. "Their claims put Tesla drivers—and all of the travelling public—at risk of serious injury or death." [WSJ]
In theory, identifying and avoiding stationary objects set off by hazard cones or flashing lights ought to be one of the easiest challenges for any autonomous-driving or driver-assist system. Yet at least 11 times over the past seven years, cars made by Tesla Inc. and running its software have failed this test, slamming into emergency vehicles that were parked on roads and highways. Now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants to know why. A federal investigation announced Monday involves Tesla cars built between 2014 and 2021, including models S, X, 3 and Y. If the probe results in a recall, as many as 765,000 vehicles could be affected. The 11 crashes at issue resulted in 17 injuries and one death. Three took place in Southern California. [LA Times]
However, electric vehicles made up only about 2% of new U.S. sales last year, and 3% in recent months. "We don't see an investable marketplace," said A.J. Siccardi, president of Metroplex Energy Inc., the fuel-supply subsidiary of RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., which owns more than 750 RaceTrac and RaceWay gas stations, primarily in the Southeastern U.S. "We're perfectly OK putting capital at risk. The key is we've got to have a viable business case," he added. [WSJ]
"For the last couple of summers I have been looking at maps trying to figure out a nice long loop hike that would let me spend some time in the old-growth rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula. In June I became the owner of an Alpacka packraft, which made it possible to combine backpacking and rafting. I also felt that it had been way too long since I had been in an alpine environment and that a mountaineering route would be great. Thus was born the idea of climbing Mt. Olympus and then floating down the Hoh River to the Pacific Ocean. From the summit to the sea, from where water is born to where it ends." [link]
In the 1980s, doctors at an English hospital deliberately tried to infect 15 volunteers with a coronavirus. COVID-19 did not yet exist—what interested those doctors was a coronavirus in the same family called 229E, which causes the common cold. 229E is both ubiquitous and obscure. Most of us have had it, probably first as children, but the resulting colds were so mild as to be unremarkable. And indeed, of the 15 adult volunteers who got 229E misted up their nose, only 10 became infected, and of those, only eight actually developed cold symptoms. [Atlantic]
Soon after the Covid outbreak in Wuhan was first revealed to the world, various anti-China groups and websites began producing and promoting propaganda-videos claiming that Chinese society was collapsing from this deadly disease. Some of these hugely popular videos showed Chinese people supposedly dropping dead while walking in the streets, and sometimes suggested that Covid was a deadly Chinese bioweapon that had somehow escaped from one of their weapons labs and would wipe out much of China's population. Also Covid was closely related to SARS, which had had a 10% to 15% fatality rate. So early on I think there were reasonably widespread rumors going around on social media that Covid had a very high fatality rate, perhaps in the 5% or 10% range, and that it might devastate the human race, naturally leading to a great deal of fear-mongering and panic. Obviously, those numbers turned out to be completely wrong, and as a consequence many of the people who had been bombarded with such extreme nonsense reacted against it, arguing that Covid wasn't really so very dangerous at all, which is entirely true, at least relative to those early, inflated figures. But perhaps understandably, they then went overboard in the other direction, starting to argue that the disease wasn't dangerous at all, possibly as a form of wishful thinking. [Unz]
Current Covid-19 vaccines (either mRNA or viral vectors) are based on the original Wuhan spike sequence. Inasmuch as neutralizing antibodies overwhelm facilitating antibodies, ADE is not a concern. However, the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants may tip the scales in favor of infection enhancement. Our structural and modeling data suggest that it might be indeed the case for Delta variants. [link]
Waymo separated from Google's research lab in 2016 to become the latest subsidiary of Alphabet, and went on a hiring spree, recruiting personnel to cut business deals with automakers, draft financial models, lobby state houses, and market its technology. At the time, many Waymonauts—as employees call themselves—believed the machinery was in place for fully driverless cars to hit public roads imminently. In 2017, the year Waymo launched self-driving rides with a backup human driver in Phoenix, one person hired at the company was told its robot fleets would expand to nine cities within 18 months. Staff often discussed having solved "99% of the problem" of driverless cars. "We all assumed it was ready," says another ex-Waymonaut. "We'd just flip a switch and turn it on." But it turns out that last 1% has been a killer. Small disturbances like construction crews, bicyclists, left turns, and pedestrians remain headaches for computer drivers. Each city poses new, unique challenges, and right now, no driverless car from any company can gracefully handle rain, sleet, or snow. Until these last few details are worked out, widespread commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles is all but impossible. [Bloomberg]
We find it interesting that Powell owns no Treasuries. True, there's an exposure to a more tax-efficient version — municipal bonds — but if Powell's portfolio is a variant on the classic 60-40, there's a very clear underweighting of nominal assets relative to that framework. If actions speak more truthfully than words, then the chair of the FOMC is telling everyone to protect themselves from CPI inflation. [FT]
Yes, we are witnessing new price records for the S&P 500, NASDAQ, and a host of other markets. That, in isolation, should not be worrisome. What should worry you, though, is that records are being set on the valuation front. By almost any measure – forward or backward looking – we are staring at some of the most expensive valuations in history, especially in growth stocks. But we've talked about that inconvenient truth many times before. Here's a new worry: Stock issuance in 2021 is also setting a new record, blowing away the last high set in the run-up to the Tech Bubble. This is a dubious item to celebrate if history is any guide. [GMO]
Virtually all acquirers' tangible book value multiples have compressed from deal announcement to where they trade today. The average decline is ~3.5% and there are several deals in which the acquirers' TBV multiple has declined in the double-digit range in percentage terms. It's interesting to note that the decline in TBV multiples and the average decline in acquirer's stock prices is exceeding the level of absolute TBV dilution in these transactions, which is running right around 3% on average, suggesting that the market is taking a dim view of most acquirers' actions. [link]
Who could seriously deny that America's regime-change wars were pointless and excessive, bankrupt in conception and not just in execution? And who could deny the parallel erosion of the domestic hearth during the same years? Who, that is, but a young opinion journalist with a mind self-marinated in the goopy abstractions of interventionism, nurtured by men like Bret Stephens, who on the day he hired me at the Journal told me that his ideal vision of freedom was the 82nd Airborne escorting a Pride parade through the streets of Tehran? [TAC]
The team found that participants who wore the nicotine patch for at least eight days experienced a significant decline in their depression-assessment rating scores. McClernon said this finding indicates that the drug led to an improvement in depression symptoms. As a possible explanation for how nicotine exerts its beneficial effect, McClernon said: "The same areas of the brain that are stimulated by nicotine appear to be involved in the regulation of mood." [link]
The 12-week study, published in last week's Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, was conducted between November 2015 and August 2017 and looked at 15 people, 60 and older, suffering from a major depressive disorder. The average age was 65. All participants received the nicotine patch. There were no placebo patches used in the study. Some study participants were already on antidepressant medications, but not doing well. Some were not currently taking antidepressants. The nicotine patch was added to what they were already taking, or used alone if they were not taking an antidepressant medication. The patches were applied daily and titrated in a rigid dose escalation strategy to a maximum dose of 21.0 mg. The primary mood outcome was measured every three weeks. The participants also had their cognitive outcome measured with a neuropsychological test battery. "The study was designed to see whether there's a signal to encourage us going forward in a bigger, more definitive study," Taylor said. "We don't want to expose a lot of people to something that has no benefit, unless we had preliminary data to suggest this approach could be effective," he said. The study measured remission — the state where the depression is almost gone and the person is functioning well. Fifty percent of the participants hit remission, and more than 80 percent had some good clinical response, even if they didn't reach remission. "As a whole, almost everyone showed improvement in mood. We observed improvement regardless of whether the patch was added to an antidepressant or used alone," Taylor said. [link]
In the spring of 2020, movie director Tyler Perry was suggesting to his fans that they get more sunshine and maybe take Vitamin D supplements to help resist covid. I don't know whether there's a direct biochemical connection, although certainly spending more time outdoors cuts down on transmission risks. And it might help and wouldn't hurt. It struck me at the time that Tyler Perry likes his fans and wants them to thrive. He makes his money from black people buying tickets to his movies, so he tries to offer them good advice so they will live long and prosper. In contrast, many other prominent black figures who make more of their money off of whites (e.g., Ibram X. Kendi) tend to prosper more off black distress. So offering blacks self-help advice is not part of Dr. Kendi's brand because blaming their problems, such as covid, on whites is such a goldmine for him. [Sailer]
We will have an Asian or Subcontinental politician running for major office and *winning* while quoting FBI crime stats verbatim by 2028 at the latest. Ignoring the unspecified race of the victim here, this is the situation on the ground in every major urban center in which we've imported those races to serve as the replacement upper middle class in our new racial caste system. These people aren't going to be able to flee to the exurbs like whites have and will. They're too tied to the urban economic engine to truly escape exposure to the urban zoos we've created. They also cannot be browbeaten with "history" in the form of blood libel like whites have. The system can't cancel the entire managerial class they just spent enormous sums to import, they sort of need them to keep things going. So the end result will be a technocrat like Yang finally having enough and promising to implement Sinofuturism hardcore (boots on skulls). Facts are that blacks are sort of done as a political force in this country. They only ever had power via the black/white racial discourse but "New Americans" have grown to such a size demographically that the black vote increasingly no longer matters in the major metro areas. IMO, the best takes over the summer were those that analyzed BLM as the last gasp of black political relevancy. [Hank Heil]
The evidence we provide adds to the longstanding debate about CEO term limits. Our results suggest that periodic CEO turnover can be valuable for shareholders because even successful CEOs, who were good initial matches for their firms, may be associated with declining firm value over the later course of their tenure. [link]

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Boston, MA — Governor Charlie Baker today announced that he has appointed Dr. Mindy Hull to lead the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). Dr. Hull has served as a medical examiner at the OCME since 2007. Dr. Hull replaces Dr. Henry Nields, who has served as Chief Medical Examiner since 2008.
"The Chief Medical Examiner's Office serves a critical role in administering justice across the Commonwealth and Dr. Hull has the professional experience necessary to the lead the dedicated and talented OCME team," said Governor Baker.
"Supporting the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has been a priority for our Administration and we look forward to continuing that support to help the office continue the progress it has made in its critically important work," said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito.
Dr. Hull has been a medical examiner at the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner since 2007. She earned her undergraduate degree in Natural Science and Mathematics at Bradford College in Haverhill, Massachusetts and her M.D. at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. She completed her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2007 and a one-year fellowship in Forensic Pathology at the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in 2008. She holds the following board certifications: Anatomic Pathology and Forensic Pathology, National Board of Physicians and Surgeons; Anatomic Pathology, American Board of Pathology; and Forensic Pathology, American Board of Pathology.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner investigates the cause and manner of death for deaths that occur under violent, suspicious, or unexplained circumstances.


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YANGON—Since January, residents of Namjim Village northwest of the Kachin State capital Myitkyina have witnessed a number of Chinese workers bustling around the area.
Around 10 kilometers from the village, just across the Namkoi River, Chinese workers have been conducting a ground survey for a project site.
The road connecting Namjim Village to the project site is very rocky and at some points extremely narrow. The location of this project is not near the China-Myanmar border where Chinese investors usually prefer to carry out their investment projects.
Now, however, a Chinese company has announced grand plans to build the massive Myitkyina Economic Development Zone (MEDZ) on approximately 4,700 acres of land along the historic Ledo Road. The Ledo Road was built during World War II to enable the Western allies to deliver supplies to China and thus aid the war effort against Japanese forces. It was an overland connection between Ledo in India's Assam and Kunming in China's Yunnan Province. Experts say China has chosen the area strategically, with an ultimate aim to link it with India as part of its Belt and Road Initiative.
The Yunnan Tengchong Heng Yong Investment Company (YTHIC) and the Myitkyina Economic Development Zone Committee (MEDZC), formed by Kachin State government, are expected to invest a combined total of more than US$400 million in the MEDZ which is to include nearly 500 factories and 5,000 buildings at the project site located 25 kilometers from Myitkyina.
Currently, Kachin State is home to a number of China-backed investments ranging from hydropower to mining to agriculture. But the MEDZ was one of the lesser-known China-backed projects to be planned for the state—that was until Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang's visit to the site area in late December 2018. The Chinese ambassador said the economic zone will be a crucial part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which is being implemented under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor agreement. The initiative is President Xi's grand vision to create a network of trade routes from China to Europe passing through Central Asia, the Middle East and Russia. Unveiled in 2013, the BRI aims to ultimately encompass nearly 70 countries and two-thirds of the world's population.
As well as the MEDZ, both Myanmar and China have planned to construct another $5-million "economic cooperation zone" as part of the BRI plan in Kanpiketi, a town in Kachin State's Special Region 1, which is under the control of a militia group called the New Democratic Army-Kachin.
The MEDZ investors signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in May 2018. The Chinese company, YTHYIC, is owned by the Yunnan Baoshan Hengyi Group and Tengchong Border Economic Cooperation Zone, a company based in Baoshan, Yunnan. The former's company chairperson met several ministers in Naypyitaw last year to discuss the construction of the economic development zone in detail.
According to the MoU viewed by the Irrawaddy, both sides will collaborate to draw up a master plan, to calculate the estimate cost, rules and regulations, the share ratio and other framework details based on the project investment procedures. Moreover, YTHIC and the state government have agreed to establish a joint venture company to implement the zone —a collaboration between YTHIC and the government-affiliated company. Both sides also agreed that YTHIC would cover expenses such as feasibility studies and the environmental impact assessment (EIA). Later, the joint venture company must pay back all expenses to the YTHIC.
According to the agreement, the joint venture company will obtain a 50-year lease for the land and the government must transfer the land rights within 90 days of the company's formation.
The MoU outlines the responsibilities of the Kachin government, such as the forming of one-stop service facility and related investment organizations for the MEDZ. It is also tasked with getting project permissions from various government departments, following tax procedures and applying for relevant tax exemptions as outlined in the local investment law. Both sides agreed not to disclose information concerning the project to third parties.
The MoU says the Chinese company has full authority to invite third-party investors and that the Kachin State government will not allow any other similar project near Myitkyina during the project's 15-year implementation period.
Kachin Minister U Khet Aung told The Irrawaddy that both sides are currently drawing up the framework agreement for the formation of the joint venture company.
"The framework agreement is vital for forming a joint venture company. Both sides are also working on the master plan and feasibility study," he said.
U Khet Aung declined to comment on whether the government has chosen a government-affiliated company to form the company in conjunction with the Chinese company. He also didn't reveal when it will be announced officially.
The Kachin government has proposed for the 15-year implementation period to be reduced to 10 years, while the Chinese company has called for an 80 percent share of the ownership with the Kachin government joint venture company taking the remaining 20 percent. However, according to Kachin State's chief minister, as discussions on forming a joint venture company are still ongoing, specific details on the project cannot be revealed yet.
According to the minister, they will apply for permission from the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) after the master plan is approved by the joint venture company.
When The Irrawaddy visited the project area in the first week of April and spoke to locals, they said they don't know specific information about the project or who the land owners in the project area are.
U Zaw Lwin, a Namjim Village ward administrator, told The Irrawaddy that he also has no information about the project. Yet, he was ordered to deploy police for the security of the Chinese land surveyors' security.
"The order came from above," he said, referring to the state government.
As more and more Chinese staff are coming into the project area which is being marked out by the surveyors, concerns are rising among locals—especially the owners of land which lies within the project area.
The Irrawaddy learnt that though no one lives in the project area, it has long been planted with crops, rubber trees and other medicinal plants. While a handful of people do have official documents to prove their rights to the land, a majority do not have ownership certificates for land they have been cultivating for generations.
"Chinese company workers have been clearing out some areas of the site without [consulting] the owners. They entered our land to measure it without asking us," U Khun Myat Min Aung, told The Irrawaddy. He is the owner of six acres of land in the project area.
Land-grabbing is one the major issues in Kachin State, especially in Waimaw Township across the river from Myitkyina where there is a proliferation of Chinese-operated banana plantations. According to the Kachin State parliament speaker, the parliament's complaints committee received 345 complaints from locals since the NLD took office in the state and 179 of the complaints were over land-grabbing.
Recently, a group of landowners formed a committee in order to negotiate with officials over a particular 650 acres of land in the project area which was originally given by the government to practitioners of traditional medicine for growing medicinal plants. Last year, the state government agreed to give the official rights to farm the land to the famers in those areas. However, though officers have carried out land surveys, the famers haven't been given the official documents.
"After the project MoU was signed, the local administration department said they would no longer give us the farmland tenure," said U Khun Myat Min Aung.
"The local officer said we are just trespassers. The project will be implemented in that area, so we have to leave the land," he said.
Despite landowners sending several letters to officials and expressing their concerns, they have not received any replies of information on how the government will handle the compensation process and local resentment towards the project.
U Khun Myat Min Aung has personally sent five request letters to the chief minister and related government departments. His request is for his land not to be included in the project area or for him to be adequately compensated.
"They haven't replied to my request at all," he said.
Despite the president's warning, local residents said the government is still silent about further decisions on the project.
"We officially sent three letters to the chief minister, but we didn't receive any reply from him," said U Gannes Basnez.
Lu Ra's late sister and brother-in-law owned about 8 acres of land in the project areas.
"Both died two years ago leaving two children," she said. "We can't ask them to stop the project, but the children deserve to get compensation," she added.
Kachin State Lawmaker U Khin Maung Myint said even local lawmakers have little knowledge about the project.
"The agreement was made among a handful of people. It's no wonder that the agreement doesn't represent all local people," said U Khin Maung Myint.
Chief Minister U Khet Aung told The Irrawaddy of his hopes for over 5,000 jobs to be created for locals through the project. However, he refused to comment about the land rights issues, saying that they will be handled by the related departments of the state government.
He pointed out that Chinese companies operating the controversial banana plantations in Kachin State tend to only employ Chinese workers in supervisor positions and even as truck drivers.
Across Kachin State, negative sentiment has been mounting over Chinese projects following Beijing's recent efforts to revive the controversial Myitsone hydropower dam project. In response to a statement released by the Chinese embassy in Yangon on Jan. 13 claiming that Kachin people are not opposed the dam project, three prominent Kachin parties issued a statement the following day, officially calling for the dam project to be cancelled permanently. The statement also said that all industrial projects in the state should not be implemented until peace prevails there.
Gumgrawng Awng Hkam, president of the Kachin Democratic Party, said that an alliance of Kachin parties will oppose the MEDZ if there is no transparency and if it is not supported by the local residents.
Recently, the landowner's committee met with the alliance of parties to request Kachin politicians to mediate during the negotiation process with government officials. Moreover, the committee also met with a lawyers' association based in Myitkyina for their assistance in legal issues. U Khun Myat Min Aung said the committee plans to send an official request letter for a meeting with the Kachin chief minister at the end of April.
"We already tried many times through official channels. If it doesn't work [this time], we have to go out into the street," he said.


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Outsiders' intelligence: Time to re-think current practices?
We live in an era of accelerated knowledge. In modern elite level sports and in particular in football, input from the backroom staff (medicine and science practitioners) is considerable and influences the coaches' decision-making process. However, it appears that there is a huge gap between knowledge gained in the lab or via research and actual benefit for the team in the field. As an example, injuries incidence in elite football players remained unchanged over the last 10 years. This was despite the growing number of scientific papers on prevention over the same period and the fact that some clubs are using injury prevention programs regularly. Another example, again in elite football, is related to the effect of congested fixture on performance. As most of you know, congested fixture will possibly result in performance decrements despite the fact that training and recovery methods have been substantially improved over the last years. Are we heading in the right direction? Should we start thinking differently?
Why injuries incidence remains stable?
With reference to the first example above, a number of reasons may explain the relatively low effectiveness of injury prevention programs on the injury incidence in elite football. Some of these factors are: the lack of applied research which is real-life questions driven, the inability to translate current research into effective practice, the relatively low players' compliance with the prevention training. If player's commitment with the specific exercise program is an issue (as some researchers and practitioners suggest) we should concentrate more on understanding our players rather than on developing exercise drills. Knowledge from social sciences might help in understanding our players better. In extension to that, it is assumed that the lack of fresh ideas and of the 360o view might also be a factor. As in other expertise knowledge from other areas, outsiders' knowledge, could add value and help in finding solutions to current challenges.
What can we learn from the outsiders?
In terms of injury prevention and risk detection approaches in elite footballers, the majority of strategies so far are fragmented. Screening tests, mostly performed at the start of season and in isolation to the game context, are correlated with the injury incidence throughout the season. However, to link any injury with its risk factors we should at least analyze the specific movement and the context (e.g. time of match, style of play) that it occurs. For that reason, we must integrate measures and data from movement and performance analysis, energy system function, psychological status and previous training principles. This requires a dynamic and holistic approach in data analysis. Several business units of a dynamic nature use approaches to deal with big data and reach meaningful conclusions, being, for instance, the risk of taking a decision, prices/budget forecasts, consumers behavior etc. I am sure that modern sports have to learn a lot from these practices.
USA navy wanted to use the most advanced tools to screen their pilots' ability to perform well under high psychological stress. This initiative was driven by the strategic objective to reduce the human lives losses and financial cost in case of fatal events. Their research showed that certain proteins are valid candidate molecules to identify individuals who can perform well while under high stress. I am not claiming that we should use exactly the same genomic approach as in pilots but this knowledge from outsiders might help us to improve the tools we use in football.
Business owners in the City of London wanted to know which biological factors affect the traders' decision making. If they are able to identify the influential biological markers next step would be to manipulate them towards the optimal level. Saliva samples were collected from the traders every morning and were analyzed for testosterone and cortisol concentration. The saliva hormones daily variations were plotted against their performance (money profit and losses). The results showed that the traders were making profits in the days that testosterone concentration was high. This is particularly relevant to elite sports where all actions should align to optimize performance at a certain time of day.
To my view we should rethink the way we approach, plan and execute science in modern sports. To provide effective solutions to coaches/managers, being tools to injury incidence reduction and performance enhancement, we should also look at other areas and places. Knowledge from outsiders might help.
George Nassis holds a doctorate degree in exercise physiology & sports science and has long experience as a physiologist and head of performance in football. He has extensive experience on the integration of sports medicine and science for injury prevention and performance enhancement. George has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals (h-index=18).


Canadian maritime workers will take to the streets again on Jan. 12. Our movement continues to gather strength as we fight hard to protect decent jobs and Canadian communities — and ensure that our marine environment is safe for future generations.
We ask you to join us to be part of something big. Join us as we link hands with our allies in First Nations and NGO communities. Join us in the fight against the federal Liberal government's ignorant and flat-out assault on maritime jobs — and its plans sell us out to corporate greed.
Canadian maritime and transport workers and their unions are united in our determination to see this struggle through to the end. Our ranks are swelling. The streets are filling.
Here are the times and places you can take part in our marches Thursday, followed by a short backgrounder on the acts of utter disrespect by the Liberal government that have drawn us into the streets.
Montreal: 12:30-2:30 pm Jan. 12. Meeting at 200-1333 Rue St-Jacques, marching to office of Transport Minister Marc Garneau, 340-4060 Rue Ste-Catherine.
Toronto: 12:30-2:30 pm Jan. 12. Meeting at Matt Cohen Park (intersection of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue), marching to office of Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, 344 Bloor Street West.
Vancouver: 9:45-11:30 am Jan. 12. Meeting at Denman Street and Beach Avenue (English Bay), marching to office of Vancouver Centre Liberal MP Dr. Hedy Fry, 106-1030 Denman Street (Denman Place Mall).
Victoria: 10 am Jan. 12. Rally at Ogden Point, 152 Dallas Road.
Prince Rupert: 10 am, Jan. 12. Rally at Transport Canada office, 309 2 Avenue West.
Leave Canadians on deck — don't deregulate our safe seas!
We're asking you to help us take it to the streets as maritime and transport workers join in a National Day of Action on Jan. 12, 2017.
We'll be raising our voices publicly, nationwide, in defense of the maritime jobs and the coastlines now under attack by the federal Liberal Government. They're out to dismantle cabotage — the legal guarantees that ensure maritime work in Canada remains in the hands of trained and dedicated Canadian workers. Specifically, we'll be calling out the Trudeau government for its intention to adopt the Emerson Report on the Canadian Transportation Act — which calls for dismantling of the hard-won safety net of regulations that requires people and goods moving between two Canadian locations be transported by Canadian companies with Canadian equipment and Canadian workers. In the maritime world, these regulations are known as cabotage.
The Emerson Report would change all that — and mean the death of 12,000 good maritime jobs that support families and communities across Canada. At risk is every Canadian who works aboard a ship, tug, ferry, barge or dredge. The Trudeau government's goal? To allow the industry to hire foreign seafarers paid as little as $1.26 per hour – a wage no Canadian worker can live on. And that's just where it starts. Job losses will mushroom across air and rail transport in the tens of thousands for all the same reasons.
The gift to industry doesn't end there. Canada's ports — built with billions of dollars of public infrastructure investment — will be further privatized. Payments to surrounding municipalities, already reduced, will be slashed. Private investment will drive decisions on opening our Arctic, and decisions on climate-change action will be aimed at coordinating with the United States, a country now poised to dismantle much of its already minimal environmental commitment.
We know that beyond the straightforward social and economic costs, changes to cabotage will put our marine environment at higher risk. Canadian seafarers are largely unionized, which gives them the ability to speak up and stop environmental degradation when they see it. They are committed to their families, community and coasts.
Vulnerable, poorly paid foreign workers who fear retribution and blacklisting and struggle to work for dollars a day are far less likely to speak up. We know this through our daily work on decks and docks across the country. Those of us who represent Canadian seafarers form the support network for the International Transportation Workers Federation (ITF) as it stands up for crew who sail aboard foreign-flagged vessel. We bear witness all too often to the men and women for whom a job at sea means everything to their families at home — and speaking up at work about poor safety conditions on board or poor environmental practices can mean dismissal.
None of this is imaginary. Last fall, the Nathan E. Stewart, the foreign-flagged tugboat, ran aground off Bella Bella in B.C., leaking thousands of litres of diesel fuel into the water. The vessel was operating with a waiver exempting it from Canadian regulations that would otherwise have required it to carry a B.C. coast pilot on board during its passage, ensuring local knowledge of the waters it sailed.
The Canadian Transportation Agency has also issued an eight-year waiver to the foreign owners of the Cable Innovator, an underwater cable-repair ship stationed in Victoria.The majority of the 50 foreign are paid less than $4 per hour to work in Canadian waters — even though current cabotage regulations require use of a Canadian company and a Canadian vessel employing Canadian seafarers earning Canadian wages.
In yet another example, in Newfoundland, the Woodwards group of companies has reflagged vessels from Canada to the Marshall Islands, allowing them to lay off up to 100 Canadians and replace them with low-paid foreign crew.
The solution to this assault on our communities and coasts is to LEAVE CANADIANS ON DECK and HANDS OFF OUR DOCKS!
YOU can help save our coast and our jobs!
Send an email to: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Transportation Minister Marc Garneau, BC Liberal caucus leader Hedy Fry and your MP. Demand they protect good paying Canadian jobs and our environment by rejecting the Emerson Report.
For more information in BC, please contact ILWU Canada.
In Eastern Canada, please contact Charles-Etienne Aubry at 514-931-8285 or caubry@seafarers.ca.
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43-year-old Sunita Kasera is the only female member of the 150 member strong Karauli Press Union in Rajasthan. Sunita feels that Karauli is a backward district that offers little opportunity to local residents. Although Sunita completed her graduation from Jaipur University, after marriage, her in-laws insisted she stay at home. In her spare time, Sunita joined an NGO, Sathya Naval Development, that helps provide access to basic human rights to rural communities in Rajasthan. She learned about Video Volunteers from Sathya and joined as a community correspondent in 2010. Sunita has made videos on issues ranging from discrimination against widows…
In Karauli, Rajathan, scheme for rehabilitating bootleggers falls through.
The state of Rajasthan is a major centre for the illegal bootlegging of liquor. The activity is responsible for the loss of several thousand crore rupees each year to the excise department of the state. Many families across Rajasthan are involved in illegal brewing & sale. In an effort to end the loss to the state coffers and rehabilitate the families involved the Government announced the 'Navjeevan Yojna' in 2010 which offers vocational training and small loans which will help rehabilitate the families by helping them find new livelihoods and start small businesses.
While reports of schemes success have poured in from many parts of the state, Sunita Kasera, Community Correspondent from Karauli District, Rajasthan begs to differ. Says Sunita," The scheme is certainly being implemented but not fully and efficiently. The training camps are being held but the loans and equipment are not being provided. So the people attended the training and then find themselves with no option but to return to brewing."
Sunita's concern is for the women involved in the trade. They are mostly from poor dalit communities; they are uneducated and are struggling to make ends meet. "Life is a vicious cycle for them," says Sunita. "The fact that they are involved in an illegal scheme of things makes them even more vulnerable. They deserve a chance at a better life."
Around 10 million rupees have been allocated to the Navjeevan Yojna and local NGOs and other philanthropic organizations have assigned as collaborators to ensure the implementation. Inspite of the sweeping ambition of the scheme, very little has changed for the bootleggers Karauli and the women who attended the training are disillusioned. Repeated requests to the District Collector and NGOs involved have yielded no response.
"What is the use of formulating a scheme if it does not reach and change the lives of the very people it was intended for? I sincerely request the authorities to look into the matter."
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43-year-old Sunita Kasera is the only female member of the 150 member strong Karauli Press Union in Rajasthan. Sunita feels that Karauli is a backward district that offers little opportunity to local residents. Although Sunita completed her graduation from Jaipur University, after marriage, her in-laws insisted she stay at home. In her spare time, Sunita joined an NGO, Sathya Naval Development, that helps provide access to basic human rights to rural communities in Rajasthan. She learned about Video Volunteers from Sathya and joined as a community correspondent in 2010.
Sunita has made videos on issues ranging from discrimination against widows to non-implementation of the Right to Education Act. She has managed to make successful impacts in many of these cases, be it through fighting with excise authorities to ensure that 20 women received the grant they were entitled to under the Navjeevan Yojna scheme or to put an end to discriminatory practices against Dalit women in Dangariya village through an online petition. "I try to report on issues that local newspapers don't take up," says Sunita. "I am the only woman journalist in Karauli, so sometimes, there may be a small piece on something related to a woman in the newspaper. My male colleagues tell me about it and I pursue that issue because I think I can do a good job of reporting on it. As I am a woman, women feel more comfortable talking to me about their problems."
Sunita is also interested in documenting the traditional art and cultural practices of her region, which she feels are getting eroded. She has reported on interesting practices like the Sanjhi ritual observed by married men for the well-being of their wives or the alternative way of living of the Gadiyanwal tribe who live out of a cart.
In 2015, she was awarded the prestigious Laadli Media Award for her story that put an end to the practice of untouchability in Dangariya Village in Karauli district and her documentation of the traditional Sanjhi art form that creates gender sensitivity. She feels that her work with VV has earned her a good reputation in her district that has also enabled her to get a job as a legal advisor in a court. "Earlier, people used to know me only as a housewife. Now I have a new identity because of VV," she says. "My children feel proud of me and tell their friends at school that their mother is a reporter. Every impact that I have made has made me very happy because I have been able to change people's lives for the better. I want to keep doing good work and want every video of mine to go viral so that it creates meaningful impact."
Sunita is also a part of Video Volunteers' campaign #KhelBadal to dismantle patriarchy. The campaign is taking on patriarchy through stories of women and men who face, negotiate and challenge patriarchy in everyday life — at home, at work, at school, in cultural and public spaces. Under the campaign, she makes films that capture the nuances of routine, normalised gender discrimination, stories of change and runs Gender Discussion Clubs where lively, introspective conversations around gender equality and patriarchy happen.
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African Journal of
Mathematics and Computer Science Research
Abbreviation: Afr. J. Math. Comput. Sci. Res.
DOI: 10.5897/AJMCSR
Published Articles: 257
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Notes on the order of convergence, consistency and stability properties of newly derived schemes
In this paper, two numerical integration methods for solving Initial Value Problems (IVPs) in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), namely "Third Order One Step Scheme (TOOSS) and Second Order One Step Scheme (SOOSS)" have been considered. The order of convergence, consistency and the stability properties of the schemes have been investigated. From the analyses, it is observed that SOOSS and TOOSS have...
Author(s): Sunday Emmanuel Fadugba
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMCSR2020.0842
Division by zero in real and complex number arithmetic and some of its implications
In this paper, an attempt is made to include division by zero in ordinary arithmetic. Counting or measuring is done to get the value of multiples, powers, quotients, sums and differences of zeros. Zero divided by zero is taken to be equal to one. There are many infinities and many zeroes. The biggest of all infinities cannot be imagined and the smallest zero cannot be imagined also. An attempt is made to define a...
Author(s): Chihoro Ernest Tafadzwa
Article Number: BCF286F69924
Moore-Penrose inverse of linear operators in Hilbert space
In this paper, we investigate properties of with closed range satisfying the operator equations In particular, we investigate the invertibility of with closed range where the Moore-Penrose inverse of T turns out to be the usual inverse of T under some classes of operators. We also deduce the Moore-Penrose inverse of a perturbed linear operator with closed range where such...
Author(s): J. M. Mwanzia, M. Kavila and J. M. Khalagai
Article Number: 8B1D58169921
Calculation of a class of Gaussian integrals: Derivation of payoff at expiry for European option
This work deals with the calculation of a class of Gaussian integral of the form where Completing the squares of the exponential and changing variables led to the solution where denotes the cumulative standard normal distribution function. An equation which corresponds to pay-off at expiry for European option was derived. Key words: Gaussian integral, Euler-Poisson integral, multivariable...
Author(s): Joy Ijeoma Adindu-Dick
Article Number: DFF2C0268777
A novel 2-character randomized response technique model applicable to real life situations
In this paper, we propose a model for estimating population proportion of a personality possessing two related sensitive attributes in survey sampling by extending Warner's Randomized Response Technique (RRT). The proposed estimators are more efficient than Lee's simple model estimators as the population proportion escalates. Our proposed model performs better than Lee's crossed model estimators when...
Author(s): Olumide Charles Ayeni, Femi Barnabas Adebola and Johnson Oladele Fatokun
Article Number: 8FD44B168375
Triple Shehu transform and its properties with applications
In the current paper, the concept of one-dimensional Shehu Transform have been generalized into three-dimensional Shehu Transform namely, Triple Shehu Transform (TRHT). Further, some main properties, several theorems and properties related to the TRHT have been established. Triple Shehu transform was used in solving fractional partial differential equations, with the fractional derivative described in Caputo sense. The...
Author(s): Sameehah R. Alkaleeli, Ahmad A. H. Mtawal and Mbroka S. Hmad
Article Number: 7CEE10567028
Convergences and numerical analysis of a contact problem with normal compliance and unilateral constraint
This paper represents a continuation of a previous study on "Analysis of a Sliding Frictional Contact Problem with Unilateral Constraint". This study considers a mathematical model which describes the equilibrium of an elastic body in frictional contact with a moving foundation. The contact is modeled with a multivalued normal compliance condition with unilateral constraints, associated to a sliding version...
Author(s): Yahyeh Souleiman
Article Number: C996DE267129
One kind of construction on sunflower with two petals*
A sunflower (or ∆-system) with k petals and a core Y is a collection of sets S1,⋯, Sk such that Si∩Sj=Y for all i≠j; the sets S1\Y,⋯, Sk\ Y, are petals. In this paper, we first give a sufficient condition for the existence of a sunflower with 2 petals. Let F={A,B,C} be a family of subsets of a set { a1,⋯,am , b1,⋯,bn , c1,⋯,cn } with and A={a1,⋯,am}, B={ b1,⋯,bn } and C={ c1,⋯,cn } are...
Author(s): Jiyun Guo, Guanshu Wang and Baiguang Cai
Article Number: F9422B265883
A focus on the Riemann's hypothesis
Riemann's hypothesis, formulated in 1859, concerns the location of the zeros of Riemann's Zeta function. The history of the Riemann hypothesis is well known. In 1859, the German mathematician B. Riemann presented a paper to the Berlin Academy of Mathematic. In that paper, he proposed that this function, called Riemann-zeta function takes values 0 on the complex plane when s=0.5+it. This hypothesis...
Author(s): Jean-Max CORANSON-BEAUDU
Article Number: 8D9763C65256
Integral Tau method for fourth-order ordinary differential equations with third degree over determination
This paper is concerned with the solution of a class of fourth order initial value problems in ordinary differential equation by the integrated formulation of the Tau method. The initial focus is the class with a maximum of third degree overdetermination. The matrix equations were constructed based on the degree of overdetermination and for purpose of automation. The automated Tau system was tested on some selected...
Author(s): V. O. Ojo and R. B. Adeniyi
Article Number: 859618D64611
The weighted Monsef distribution
A two-parameter weighted Monsef distribution (WM) is proposed in this paper. WM is flexible and has the property that the hazard rate function can accommodate both increasing and bathtub shapes. Most of its mathematical properties, such as probability density function, hazard function, moments and mean residual life function, are derived. The maximum likelihood method is used to estimate the distribution parameters. A...
Author(s): Alshrani Mustafa and M. M. E. Abd El-Monsef
Article Number: F5E879764673
An automorphism in the LK_ITB5a H110F gene mutation
Sanchez et al. (2005) have shown the structure of vector space genetic code over the Galois field GF(4) which relate to the physicochemical properties of the genetic code on proteins. From this vector space, an automorphism can be constructed to reflect the mutation process in the genetic code. This study investigates a type of transformation in the LK_ITB5a lipase gene mutation. The result of the study shows that there...
Author(s): Qonita Ummi Safitri, Elvira Kusniyanti, Irawati, Ilma Fauziah Ma&#;ruf and Akhmaloka,
Article Number: D5CF6F164184
Funmatics: The future generation of African mathematical scientists - How their minds works
Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement, and mathematical sciences have become important aspects of everyday life. It underpins many fields that provide benefits for humanities including but not limited to Internet search, medical imaging, computer animation, numerical weather predictions, and all types of digital communications (Hu, 2016)
Author(s): Temitayo Fasina and Folorunso O. Fasina
Article Number: 15853D263767
Three-step optimized block backward differentiation formulae (TOBBDF) for solving stiff ordinary differential equations
A three-step optimized block backward differentiation formulae for solving stiff ordinary differential equations of first-orderdifferential equations is presented. The method adopts polynomial of order 6 and three hybrid pointschosen appropriately to optimize the local truncation errors of the main formulas for the block. The method is zero-stable and consistent with sixth algebraic order. Some numerical examples were...
Author(s): Ukpebor L. A. and Omole E. O.
Article Number: ADC850063396
An internal heat source in temperature rate dependent thermoelastic medium subjected to the effect of rotation and gravity field
The present work is devoted to study the effect of rotation and gravity field in a homogeneous, isotropic elastic semi- infinite, which is at initial temperature, and subjected to heat source and load moving with finite velocity. In view of calculating general problems, a numerical solution technique is to be used. For this purpose, the normal mode analysis method is used. The results for the displacement, stress...
Author(s): F. S. Bayones
Article Number: 6AF95AE62948
A mathematical model for solving integer linear programming problems
A suggested algorithm to solve fully rough integer linear programming (FRILP) problems is introduced in this paper in order to find rough value optimal solutions and decision rough integer variables, where all parameters and decision variables in the constraints and the objective function are rough intervals (RIs). In real-life situations, the parameters of linear programming problem model may not be defined precisely,...
Author(s): Ammar E. E. and Emsimir A. A.
Article Number: 8AB802563098
Volatility measure of Nigeria crude oil production as a tool to investigate production variability
The interest to carry out volatility analysis of crude oil production in Nigeria in this paper is motivated by the shortfalls in quantities of crude oil produced in recent past, given the country's high dependence on oil and its contribution to the nation's economic development. In 2016 precisely, the country experienced drastic instability in prices of crude oil at international markets and dwindling...
Author(s): Usoro A. E., Ikpang I. N. and George E. U.
Article Number: 493EA4662638
Fixed lifetime inventory system with double order under useful lifetime based model
The problem of outdating in the fixed lifetime inventory system has been the focus of researchers in the last decade. Results show that while outdating is being minimized, shortages have become a problem. To eliminate or reduce shortages in the fixed lifetime inventory system, we propose a model where, there are two orders, one period apart in arriving into the inventory system. The second order is designed to satisfy...
Author(s): Izevbizua O. and Mukoro E. S.
Article Number: 007D18E62718
A short note on inequalities of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy matrices
Inequality, also known as inequation, but unlike equation does not have rich history. After the introduction of equation, inequation captures its popularity in different fields namely algebra, geometry, trigonometry, probability, set theory, fuzzy set theory, logic, calculus etc. Whereas inequalities used in algebra are called algebraic inequalities, the ones used in geometry are called geometric inequalities etc....
Author(s): Somen Debnath
Total revenue function for non-regular fixed lifetime inventory system
The fixed lifetime inventory system assumes that outdated items are discarded from inventory. Such inventory system is here referred to as regular inventory system. The non-regular fixed lifetime inventory system assumes that outdated items are not discarded from inventory. The features of both the regular and non-regular inventory systems are compared in this work and the total revenue function for the non-regular...
Author(s): Izevbizua O., and Apanapudor J. S.,
Article Number: 2AB7A7662382
An air quality composite index based on pollutant concentration factor analysis
To overcome the problems of Air Quality Index in describing regional short-term air quality status and changing trend, based on the daily average concentrations of six air pollutants affecting regional air quality in Zhengzhou from 2015 to 2018, this paper analyzes their correlation characteristics and defines an air quality composite index instead of the original index by using factor analysis method, which not only...
Author(s): Kai-guang ZHANG, Ming-ting BA, Hong-ling MENG and Yan-min SUN
Article Number: 85E774562138
Comparative study of the direct and inverse finite element methods for pricing American options
This paper investigates the computational performance of direct and inverse finite element methods for pricing American options. The underlying concept of the direct approach is similar to that of conventional finite element method. But the inverse approach is a relatively new development that involves trading the roles of financial variables. Based on the same constitutive model and linear elements, a performance...
Author(s): Bolujo Joseph Adegboyegun
Comparison of open source data mining softwares on a data set
Data mining is the process of extracting informative and useful rules or relations, that can be used to make predictions about the values of new instances, from existing data. A wide range of commercial and open source software programs are used for data mining. In this study, a comparison of several classification algorithms included in some open source softwares such as WEKA, Tanagra and Scikit-learn using SEER...
Author(s): Abdullah BAYKAL and Cengiz COÅžKUN
Article Number: 9EF53DD59307
Proof of Beal's conjecture
In this research, a proof of Beal's conjecture is presented. A possible Pythagorean algebraic relationship between the terms of the conjecture problem will be proposed and used to arrive at the proof results. In the process of seeking the proof the solution of the congruent number problem through a family of cubic curves will be discussed. Key words: Proof of Beal's conjecture, proof of ABC conjecture,...
Author(s): Samuel Bonaya Buya
Article Number: F5F6E2B59269
A study on exact solution of the telegraph equation by (G'/G)-expansion method
In this article, an exact solution of the Telegraph equation is solved by -Expansion method and this is one of the most popular example both linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The -Expansion method is simple and powerful analyzed for getting some sets of exact solutions. To develop the theory and to visualize the graph, the mathematical software MAPLE was used. This method also gives us...
Author(s): Muhammad Minarul Islam and Mohammad Sanjeed Hasan
Article Number: CF3D70D58985
Derivation of a new block fifth order method for numerical solution of first order initial value problems
A new block method of order five for the numerical solution of initial value problems is derived. The coefficients of the matrix of the method are chosen such that low power of the blocksize appears in the principal local truncation error. The stability polynomial is shown to be a perturbation of order explicit Runge-Kutta method. Key words: Predictor-corrector methods, ordinary differential equations,...
Author(s): Salman H. Abbas and Noor A. Jalil Alshakhoori
Article Number: 76FBE6A58983
The half way series expansion
A new formula for mathematics is derived which gives the upper half of the series expansion of the expression (ay+b)2n, where n, is a natural number. A proof of the new formula is given followed by a simple example to test its accuracy. This formula is helpful whenever n is large. Key words: Series Expansion, fluid models, Intermolecular Potential model
Author(s): Alpha Ibrahim Turay
Article Number: 93A5D7E58487
Maximizing profit in the poultry farming sector: An application of the robust linear programming technique
Managing the limited resources of money, time and space poses a real problem in the livestock business in general and the poultry sector in particular. The stochastic linear programming with recourse will permit the formulation of a mathematical model that could easily be solved in order to attain the objective of maximizing profit but this will be hindered by the presence of some parameters like demand and supply which...
Author(s): Mathias A. Onabid and Therence A. Tchoffo
Multi parameter fuzzy soft set approach to decision making problem
In this paper, a new approach for decision making problem is introduced by extending the definition of fuzzy soft set for multiple parameter sets and is called extended fuzzy soft set. Also, few operations such as "AND" and " " are defined on extended fuzzy soft sets and illustrated with examples. Further an algorithm for decision making using the concept of extended fuzzy soft set is presented....
Article Number: 15971DC58179
Continuous frame in Hilbert space and its applications
In this paper, we study continuous frames in Hilbert spaces using a family of linearly independent vectors called coherent state (CS) and applying it in any physical space. To accomplish this goal, the standard theory of frames in Hilbert spaces, using discrete bases, is generalized to one where the basis vectors may be labeled using discrete, continuous or a mixture of the two types of indices. A comprehensive...
Author(s): H. K. Das, S. Ghosh and R. Prodhan
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Applications of Cauchy-Schwarz inequalities in the mapping structure of linear operator
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Thermographic Surveys can determine a buildings continuity of insulation and diagnose areas of air leakage, heat loss for BREEAM credits, building comfort mitigation and improvements to reduce building energy costs.
Thermography is an accurate method of surveying and recording the thermal properties of a building by indicating the heat distribution over the surface of a building envelope. Thermography also identifies areas of damp or water ingress such as leaking roofs or leaks in underfloor heating.
To assist in diagnosing suspected problems with the building fabric and occupier comfort levels.
Where there are suspected problems with the building fabric such as moisture ingress, condensation and mould growth or where there is the perception that the thermal efficiency isn't what it should be, the use of thermography can provide excellent visual and quantitative evidence of the causes of the suspected problems.
To demonstrate compliance with the construction specification on newly constructed buildings.
As part of Part L of the Building Regulations and sustainability assessments such as BREEAM an increasing number of Building Specifications are including a thermographic survey into the schedule of works as a means of quality assurance and to achieve the required sustainability rating.
To identify potential improvements to reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions.
On existing buildings, thermography can be used to assess the overall performance of the individual building fabric elements allowing improving energy efficiency to be made. If required, in-depth analysis can also be undertaken to estimate the potential cost and CO2 reductions if particular improvements are undertaken.
What Does Thermographic Testing Involve?
Surveys are carried out using a calibrated thermal imaging camera, which can measure temperatures to 0.1°C with full-colour images that are incorporated into a detailed report where BREEAM credits are a requirement. These surveys are a powerful tool for diagnosing typical weaknesses in the thermal integrity of a building. Air Tightness Solutions undertakes Thermographic Surveys to BS EN 13187:1999 and BRE Report 176. Thermographic surveys for BREEAM credits are undertaken by a Level 2 thermography certified surveyor.


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It's hard to say whether it's luckier to be Irish, or to be in Missouri. Fortunately, you don't have to choose between them. These unique Missouri St. Patrick's Day celebrations shout "Show-Me the Irish" in communities all over the state. Here are our favorite places to celebrate March 17.
Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade, Kansas City, MO
A group of friends meeting at Hogerty's Cocktail Lounge in 1973 felt that Kansas City needed a St. Patrick's Day Parade to better commemorate the area's Irish heritage. Fast forward about a half century and the Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade is the largest Irish celebration in the area. Groups of volunteers work hard to provide a family-friendly event anyone can attend.
Brookside St. Patrick's Warm-Up Parade, Kansas City, MO
This fun neighborhood parade is geared toward families and local businesses, with over 100 organizations marching or riding in vehicles. Look for high school bands, drill teams, Irish step dancers, the Jackson County Sheriff Mounted Patrol, and a variety of dogs. The Brookside St. Patrick's Warm-Up Parade always falls on the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day, and kicks off a citywide celebration of Ireland's patron saint.
St. Patrick's Water Parade, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
An unusual St. Patrick's Day tradition, the annual Water Parade is a fun trip on the lake and a great way to kick off the boating season. Families are invited to decorate their boats and join the parade, which both begins and ends in Sunrise Beach. Come and stand along the shore to clap the parade on, or buy a ticket to enjoy the parade from a cruise boat. Better yet, decorate your own boat and join in the festivities
The St. Joseph St. Patrick's Day Parade is organized by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a nationally-known Irish Catholic men's group which promotes Irish culture and supports various charitable causes. The Hibernians host a family-friendly parade with plenty of floats and music, well attended by the community and supported by local businesses.
St. Patrick's Day Festival & Homebrew Competition, Sikeston, MO
Brewers from three states gather in Sikeston every year for the St Patrick's Day Festival and Homebrew Competition. Sample craft beers from commercial and private brewers while enjoying good food and live music. A family-friendly event, prizes are given for the best St. Patrick's Day costume.
St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt, Trenton, MO
Crowder State Park, near Trenton, is the site of the family-friendly St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt. Park rangers offer two scavenger hunt options—one driving, the other hiking. Prizes are awarded to the winners.
Engineers' Week, Columbia, MO
The University of Missouri at Columbia has hosted this celebration of St. Patrick's Day for close to 120 years. Engineers' Week is eight days of fun, frolic, and Irish-themed festivity in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers. Games and road rallies, 5Ks and Scavenger Hunt, there's plenty to do in Columbia the week before St. Patrick's Day.
Snake Saturday Parade & Festival, North Kansas City, MO
With nearly 100,000 participants, Snake Saturday is the largest Irish festival in North Kansas City and a philanthropic endeavor. The party begins on the Friday before St. Patrick's Day with a charity cook-off for the adults and a carnival for the kids. The next day, Snake Saturday, you'll find plenty of food vendors, a free children's area, children's stage, and the Snake Saturday Parade. After thirty years of charitable giving, Snake Saturday just reached a million-dollar milestone.
St. Patrick's Day Parade, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis' annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is actually a two day-long celebration, with something for everyone. The festivities kick off the evening before with a black-tie dinner at the Hilton. Cocktails, visiting dignitaries, and dancing give way the next morning to the St. Patrick's Day Parade Run, one of the largest events of its kind in the St. Louis area, with more than 8,000 participants running the five-mile course through the streets of historic downtown. And then, the world-famous St. Patrick's Day Parade itself, comprised of over 120 marching bands, floats, giant character balloons, and clowns. All in all, this an event for the entire family.
Find St. Patrick's Day Events Near You
Find St. Patricks Day Events Near You
Holy Infant Shamrock Shuffle 5k
Holy Infant Council, Ballwin, MO
Creve Coeur St. Paddy's Half Marathon And 7K
Sailboat Cove at Creve Coeur Park, Maryland Heights, MO
Kansas City's Big 12 Run
St. Patrick's Day Parade Run
Westport St. Patrick's Day Run
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Q: Import from Excel to datatable for .xls and .xlsx versions I'm trying to Import Excel data to a SQL database. I've this working for excel workbooks with a xls extension (Ver-97). See below the code I'm using for this import:
MyConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source='" & fname & "';Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;")

MyCommand = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("Select * from [Sheet" & var01 & "$]", MyConnection)
MyCommand.TableMappings.Add("Table", "ImportTable")

Note: var01 is the worksheet the user can select.
As stated this works fine and no issues. However when I'm trying to import Excel workbooks with higher version I'm getting error messages.
See below code I'm using for this import:
MyConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source='" & fname & "';Extended Properties=Excel 12.0; HDR=YES; IMEX=1;")

MyCommand = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("Select * from [Sheet" & var01 & "$]", MyConnection)
MyCommand.TableMappings.Add("Table", "ImportTable")

Note: I'm determining the workbook extension and based on this extension I'm select one of the above 2 code options.
Any advise would be highly appreciated in order to settle this issue.
Thanks in advance!

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Being a big fan of kitchen gadgets, I was pleased to be invited to an event showcasing some of the latest kitchen appliances. The evening was hosted by Currys, the electrical store, and was held at a lovely little cookery school in London, the Underground Cookery School. The theme of the evening was making a curry (!) and some pear soufflés, as well as a couple of delicious cocktails.
It was a busy evening with around 21 food bloggers all snapping away with their phones and cameras. The hashtag for the event (on Twitter and Instagram) was #currysinthekitchen, and many photos were posted during the evening - you can do a search to see them.
We were treated to canapes, freshly whizzed vegetable smoothies and flowing glasses of bubbly before splitting into two groups to make the curry and soufflés.
After de-boning some chicken legs, we cooked the coconut sauce for the curry. When finished, it was popped into the ovens and we moved on to soufflé making. This involved plenty of egg cracking and whisking, before the mixture went into individual soufflé dishes. Cocktail making followed, caipirinhas and pina coladas - very refreshing! Then it was dinner time, with much snapping and admiring of the food we had made before tucking in.
Mixing the spices with the fried onions, before adding the coconut milk - the aroma was fabulous!
The appliances were used to make the different parts of the meal, although we didn't actually get to use them ourselves as the pastes and sauces were already made for us!
Currys were very generous and gave away the appliances to happy bloggers who had tweeted and posted the best tweets/photos. I got to meet some lovely new foodies and had a most enjoyable evening.
The Underground Cookery School is available for private hire, hen parties and corporate group sessions, they also have recipes and cooking videos on their website.
Currys have written their own blog post on the evening which you can read here.
Disclosure: I attended the event as a guest of Currys, all views are my own.


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