+ Anja Leuenberger is a Swiss model that has walked for J. Crew, Thom Browne, Cushnie et Ochs and others.
+ Anja Leuenberger is signed with Spot 6 Management Toronto, Satoru Japan Inc. Tokyo, Modellink Stockholm, Munich Models Munich, Iconic Management Berlin, Premier Model Management London, Monster Management Milan, Premium Models Paris and Elite New York.
+ In 2013 Anja Leuenberger walked the spring shows for Vivienne Tam, Rachel Zoe and Mara Hoffman.
+ In 2014 she appeared in the fall ad campaign for BCBG Max Azria. She appeared in Asylum-A Monster Film video editorial. She appeared in an editorial for the spring issue of The Ground Magazine. She appeared in an editorial for the November issue of Elle France. She opened and closed the fall show for BCBG Max Azria and also walked for Herve Leger, Ralph Rucci, Reem Acra, Jeremy Scott, Antonio Berardi, Roksanda Ilincic, Fay, Byblos, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, MSGM, Ermanno Scervino, John Richmond, Roccobarocco, Roland Mouret, Issey Miyake, Odeeh and Akris. She walked the spring shows for BCBG Max Azria, Cushnie et Ochs, Zimmermann, Dion Lee, Herve Leger, Academy of Art University, Milly, The Row, Jeremy Scott, Reem Acra, J. Mendel, Marchesa, Matthew Williamson, Margaret Howell, David Koma, Moschino, Just Cavalli, Emporio Armani, Ermanno Scervino, Les Copains, Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Hussein Chalayan, John Galliano, Wunderkind and Masha Ma.
+ In 2015 she walked the spring couture show for Giorgio Armani. She walked the fall shows for Cushnie et Ochs, Zimmermann, Polo Ralph Lauren, Mara Hoffman, Academy of Art University, Houghton, Thom Browne, J. Crew and Naeem Khan and she walked the spring show for Cushnie et Ochs.
+ Her look books include the 2013 look book for Wayne, the 2014 look book for Nicole Farhi and the 2015 look books for Giorgio Armani and Cushnie et Ochs.


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My parents and I tested with AncestryDNA first as it is the largest database out there. That and like you said they don't allow uploads. I ended up following friends' advice to "cast a wide net" by uploading to GEDmatch, Myheritage, LivingDNA, FTDNA and 23andme. 23andme was only on DNA day and I couldn't see matches. I kind of regret that one. It's a shame because I know of two cousins on there and I can't see how they match. They also can't see me. I know they are there as they told me via e-mail or in person. So, it seemed really pointless to upload there. For me anyway. I have yet to test at 23andme. I don't know if I will.
What is your take on DNAland? I keep hearing about it. I haven't uploaded anything there. I'm kind of hesitant as I covered pretty much all the bases.
DNALand is a transfer site and if you've tested at the vendors, you won't find new matches there.
Thanks! =D I don't seem to have any matches on LivingDNA. Might be because not many of my matches uploaded. It's all right, though.
I only have one. They aren't ready for prime time yet on matching.
What are the "advanced tools" in MyHeritage? Can you transfer free for some tools?
Thank you for this article! I am interested in knowing what can be done with the CSV file from national genographic in terms of gleaning more information from it if possible. I also wondered if you could suggest any resources for learning more about mtDNA. Thanks so much!
Unfortunately, there's not much more to be done with the file from Nat Geo. Have you looked at the mtDNA articles on this blog? Just type mitochondrial in the search box.
Thanks Roberta, I will do that. I've worked with the FTDNA Y DNA csv data files and wondered if a similar thing could be done with the csv data files from helix.
Very timely article. I manage a number of DNA samples on Ancestry and am in the process of transferring to Family Tree DNA . How do I tell if the tests I have are pre or post 2013 ? I keep several kits on hand and guess i will need to start dating them.
Sometimes if you open the file in a text format it will say in the first couple rows if it's V1 or V2. Before you open it, save it to another file name because I think they require an unopened file to upload.
They simply aren't ready yet. I tested AT Living DNA and have only one match. Just give it more time. At this point, I don't think it matters at all. Do be sure you're opted in for matching though.
Yes, I did opt in. I keep checking ever so often. My husband's was uploaded there too. He also has no matches. He's gotten the ethnicity break down, which I didn't. His was uploaded when FindMyPast was first involved. I had hoped his Ireland break down would be more than it was. Trying to find where in Ireland his paternal 3rd great grandfather was born. (Y-DNA didn't help on that.) He had lots of break down in England but we know most of that on his mother's side. Thanks!
Why do you not mention Geni – sister site to My Heritage?
I didn't mention Geni or Wikitree because they aren't comparing for matches. You don't upload your entire DNA file, only enter results of haplogroups and indicate that you've tested. That's different. I do use both sides to discover who has tested from the lines I'm interested in though.
I think you'll find that on Geni you can upload the DNA File. I have uploaded my autosumnal DNA data and have received to date 80 DNA matches.
In your first paragraph in the email sent April 9, 2019 the email states that "After May 2016, the Ancestry test is only partly compatible, meaning you receive your closet matches . . .". What are closet matches? I have never seen this term used with respect to genealogy except possibly for those folks who want to, or have come out of the closet.
It was supposed to be "closest matches". Thank you. I will fix this.
So the question left hanging is …….
Should we go back to advising people to test with AncestryDNA and rely on an upload to FTDNA for autosomal, but still use FTDNA for mt and Y testing?
Put another way; are you telling us that the AncestryDNA test is now effectively compatible (enough) with the FTDNA Family Finder test?
If this is not so; how come we now see so many FF matches when uploading recent AncestryDNA tests?
……. and; what about the compatibility of other vendors tests?
It appears that the new transfers are more compatible – I suspect with the imputation required for their new GSA chip. I have not been able to compare an Ancestry test against a new one at FTDNA to see if they are fully compatible but based on the distance of Ancestry matches, it looks promising.


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In the two periods under review, the scope of consolidation changed as a result of a number of transactions.
Disposal, on March 12, 2018, of 86.4% of Erdwärme Oberland GmbH, a company developing geothermal plants headquartered in Germany. The total transaction price was €0.9 million, with a realized capital gain of €1 million;
acquisition, on April 2, 2018, of 33.6% of the minority interests in Enel Generación Chile, enabling Enel Chile to increase its stake in Enel Generación Chile to 93.55%. In addition, on that date the merger of the renewables company Enel Green Power Latin America SA into Enel Chile took effect;
acquisition, on April 3, 2018, acting through Enel Green Power España, of 100% of Parques Eólicos Gestinver SLU and Parques Eólicos Gestinver Gestión SLU for €57 million, of which €15 million of existing debt assumed;
acquisition, on June 7, 2018, by Enel Sudeste of control of the Brazilian distribution company Enel Distribuição São Paulo (formerly Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de São Paulo SA) following initial participation of shareholders. The tender for 100% of the shares ended on July 4, 2018. At September 30, 2018, the company was consolidated on the basis of a 95.88% holding by the Group;
acquisition, on July 25, 2018, acting through the subsidiary Endesa Red, of 94.6% of Empresa de Alumbrado Eléctrico de Ceuta SA, a company operating in the distribution and sale of electricity in the autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa;
disposal, on September 28, 2018, to Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ), a long-term institutional investor, and CKD Infraestructura México SA de CV (CKD IM), the investment vehicle of leading Mexican pension funds, of 80% of eight special purpose vehicles that own eight plants in operation or under construction in Mexico. Following the close of the transaction, Enel Green Power SpA holds 20% of their share capital, meaning that the companies are now accounted for using the equity method;
disposal, on October 18, 2018, by Enel Green Power SpA of the biomass generation plant of Finale Emilia;
disposal, on December 14, 2018, by Enel Green Power SpA of its wholly owned subsidiary Enel Green Power Uruguay SA, which in turn owns the vehicle Estrellada SA of the 50 MW Melowind wind farm at Cerro Largo.
Disposal, on March 1, 2019, of 100% of Mercure Srl, a company to which the business unit consisting of the Mercure biomass plant and the related legal relationships had been previously transferred. The price for the transaction was €168 million;
acquisition, on March 14, 2019, by Enel Green Power SpA, acting through its US renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA, now renamed Enel North America), of 100% of 13 companies that own seven operating renewable generation plants from Enel Green Power North America Renewable Energy Partners (EGPNA REP), a joint venture 50% owned by EGPNA and 50% by General Electric Capital's Energy Financial Services;
acquisition, on March 27, 2019, by Enel Green Power SpA (EGP), acting through its US renewables subsidiary EGPNA (now ENA), of Tradewind Energy, a renewable energy project development company based in Lenexa, Kansas. EGP has incorporated the entire Tradewind development platform, which includes 13 GW of wind, solar and storage projects located in the United States. The agreement also provided for the sale, which took place in June, of Savion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tradewind;
acquisition, on April 30, 2019, by Enel X Italia of 100% of YouSave SpA, an Italian company operating in the energy services sector, providing assistance to large electricity consumers;
on May 31, 2019, the finalization, acting through the renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda, of the disposal of 100% of three renewables plants in Brazil. The total price of the transaction was about R$2.7 billion, the equivalent of about €603 million;
acquisition, on November 14, 2019, by Enel X Srl of 55% of PayTipper, an authorized payment institution that offers its customers financial services to facilitate their daily lives. The contract is accompanied by a put option for the remaining 45%.
In addition to the above changes in the scope of consolidation, note the following transactions, which although they do not represent transactions involving the acquisition or loss of control, gave rise to a change in the interest held by the Group in the investees:
Enel SpA increased its stake over the course of 2019 in Enel Américas by 5.74% under the provisions of the two share swap contracts signed with a financial institution and as a result of a non-proportional capital increase in the subsidiary, bringing the Group's interest to 59.97%;
on March 25, 2019, Enel X International acquired 40% of EnerNOC Japan K.K, bringing its stake to 100%;
on September 5, 2019, Enel Green Power Development acquired 23.44% of Enel Green Power India, bringing its interest to 100%; > on November 21, 2019, Enel Brasil acquired 4.1% of Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de São Paulo SA for about €93 million;
on December 5, 2019, Enel SpA increased its stake in Enel Chile by 0.11% under the provisions of two share swap transactions with a financial institution to increase its interest in Enel Chile SA by a maximum of 3% of share capital.
Acquisition of geothermal, solar and wind plants from Enel Green Power North America Renewable Energy Partners
On March 14, 2019, Enel Green Power SpA, acting through its US subsidiary Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA, now called Enel North America), acquired 100% of 13 companies owning seven operating renewable generation plants with a total capacity of 650 GW from Enel Green Power North America Renewable Energy Partners (EGPNA REP), a joint venture 50% owned by EGPNA (now ENA) and 50% by General Electric Capital's Energy Financial Services.
The acquisition involved a cash outflow of €225 million, of which €198 million for the equity acquired and €27 million for the settlement with the counterparty of a number of creditor positions that the latter had in respect of the companies acquired.
The 13 companies included in the transaction own the following seven plants: Cove Fort, Salt Wells, Stillwater (two plants), Cimarron Bend, Lindahl, Sheldon Springs.
The transaction involved the provisional recognition of negative goodwill of €106 million and the concomitant recognition of a loss by EGPNA REP, which is accounted for using the equity method, reflecting the capital loss (€88 million pertaining to EGPNA) on the sale of the 13 companies to EGPNA.
The following table reports the provisional fair values of the net assets acquired:
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The companies acquired contributed €112 million in revenue and €41 million in operating income to results for 2019.
Acquisition of Tradewind Energy
On March 27, 2019, Enel Green Power acquired Tradewind Energy, a renewables project development company with 13 GW of wind, solar and storage projects located in the United States.
Under the terms of the agreement, Savion, a 100% subsidiary of Tradewind, which has a 6 GW development platform of solar and storage projects, would be sold to the Green Investment Group, part of the Australian multinational Macquarie, and the Cheyenne Ridge company would be sold to Xcel. At June 30, 2019, those disposals had been finalized. Definitive regulatory approval of the disposal of Savion was obtained in July 2019.
Other non-current assets
Other current financial liabilities
The accounting effects of the transaction involved the recognition of negative goodwill of €75 million. During the year, the process of allocating the purchase price was completed by independent experts, who allocated the portfolio of projects under development to "intangible assets". Those no longer considered strategic and subsequently sold were recognized under "other current assets".
Acquisition of YouSave
On April 30, 2019, Enel X Italia acquired 100% of YouSave SpA, an Italian company that operates in the energy services sector, providing assistance to large energy consumers in the industrial, services and government sectors with the aim of significantly reducing energy expenditure by jointly improving prices and the amount of power consumed.
The total consideration, equal to €29 million, based on the structure of the operation, was divided as follows:
price at the date the agreement was signed, equal to €20 million;
a final price adjustment of €9 million.
The acquisition involved a cash outlay of €26 million, including the payment of €3 million into an escrow account. This residual amount of €3 million represents a deferred component to be paid on the 18th month from the execution date, unless the conditions for the payment of the indemnity by the seller to the buyer with respect to a dispute pending before the Court of Bergamo should exist.
The following table reports the provisional fair values of the net assets acquired.
Carrying amount prior to April 30, 2019
Carrying amount at April 30, 2019
Acquisition of PayTipper
On November 14, 2019, Enel X acquired 55% of PayTipper, a payment institution with agreements with an extensive network of sales outlets that offers its customers financial services to facilitate their daily lives. In addition, the contract is associated with a put option for the remaining 45%, to be exercised no later than April 30, 2024. At December 31, 2019 the put option had a value of €17 million.
The Group will determine the fair value of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed within 12 months of the acquisition date.
Determination of goodwill
Disposal of eight companies owning renewables plants in Brazil
On May 31, 2019 the disposal of 100% of three operating renewables plants in Brazil was finalized through the renewables subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda. The total consideration in the transaction, paid to Enel at closing, was equal to the enterprise value of the plants and amounted to about R$2.7 billion, equivalent to about €603 million.
Value of the transaction
Net assets sold
Reversal of OCI reserve
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Disposal of Mercure Srl
March 1, 2019, saw the finalization of the sale of 100% of Mercure Srl, a company to which a business unit consisting of the Mercure biomass power plant and related legal relationships had previously been transferred. The price for the sale was € 168 million.
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8.b Other income - €2,961 million
9.a Electricity, gas and fuel purchases - €33,755 million
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9.e Depreciation, amortization and other impairment losses - €9,682 million
9.f Other operating expenses - €7,276 million
9.g Capitalized costs - €(2,355) million
10. Net income/(expense) from commodity risk management - €(733) million
11. Net financial income/(expense) from derivatives - €342 million
12. Other net financial income/(expense) - €(2,786) million
13. Share of income/(losses) of equity investments accounted for using the equity method - €(122) million
14. Income taxes - €836 million
15. Basic and diluted earnings per share
16. Property, plant and equipment - €79,809 million
17. Infrastructure within the scope of "IFRIC 12 - Service concession arrangements"
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19. Investment property - €112 million
20. Intangible assets - €19,089 million
21. Goodwill - €14,241 million
22. Deferred tax assets and liabilities - €9,112 million and €8,314 million
23. Equity investments accounted for using the equity method - €1,682 million
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26. Other non-current financial assets - €6,006 million
27. Other non-current assets - €2,701 million
28. Inventories - €2,531 million
29. Trade receivables - €13,083 million
30. Other current financial assets - €4,305 million
31. Other current assets - €3,115 million
32. Cash and cash equivalents - €9,029 million
33. Assets and disposal groups classified as held for sale - €101 million and €3 million
34. Shareholders' equity - €46,938 million
35. Borrowings
36. Employee benefits - €3,771 million
37. Provisions for risks and charges - €6,520 million
38. Other non-current liabilities - €3,706 million
39. Trade payables - €12,960 million
40. Other current financial liabilities - €754 million
41. Net financial position and long-term financial receivables and securities - €45,175 million
42. Other current liabilities - €13,161 million
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King receives $725K from Province
By Mark Pavilons
King has received a much-appreciated injection of funding, thanks to a commitment from the Province.
King-Vaughan MPP Stephen Lecce, and Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, visited the King Township offices Monday afternoon, to make the announcement.
The provincial government is investing $725,000 in King to foster the efficient and effective delivery of services.
"Our government is making a significant investment in King to ensure our residents live in a community with a strong quality of life and growing economy. I am proud to deliver results for the hard working people of King. This new funding will make a meaningful difference, along with ongoing investments in local roads, highways, and GO stations across King-Vaughan," said Lecce.
The funding comes as part of a one-time investment in small and rural municipalities across Ontario, aimed to provide the resources necessary for municipalities to modernize and streamline the delivery of its services to residents.
"Taxpayers need their local government to deliver modern, efficient services that show respect for their hard-earned dollars. This funding will help small and rural municipalities, like King, improve how they deliver services and reduce the ongoing costs of providing those services," said Minister Clark. "I look forward to continuing to work together with our municipal partners to help people and businesses in communities across our province thrive."
"It's heartening to see the province recognize that smaller, rural communities like King face pressures to plan and manage transformation," said Mayor Steve Pellegrini. "Unlike larger communities, King relies heavily on residential taxpayers to help pay for programs and services. Funding from other levels of government helps us to keep the impacts on taxpayers as low as possible. We thank the province for the funding which will benefit the entire community."
Calling Lecce a "superstar" and "tremendous voice," Clark stressed the Province values its relationships with all the municipalities.
Lecce said Clark's presence in King Monday speaks volumes about the Province's willingness to co-operate with municipal governments. This funding ensures that King will get what it needs to expand its services and improve the quality of life in King.
Lecce said he will continue to fight, as this area's MPP, for broadband Internet, roads and infrastructure funding.
Pellegrini said the money will definitely be put to good use and it will "really make a dent."
Mizzoni sizzles with his best album to date
Following up on worldwide exposure for his 2019 hit, King's Len Mizzoni will release what he calls his best album so far. The prolific songwriter and musician is thrilled with "Forever" and its single "It's You Always been You." The album is set for a Feb. 3 release. Mizzoni said this album is a mixed bag – everything you could want in terms of adult contemporary tunes.
King philanthropist focused to start new decade on serious note
A King-based philanthropist and influencer is starting a new decade on a serious note. Joan Kelley Walker is intent on leading by example, never forgetting about the numerous charities she supports.
Local doctor delivers vision care to the needy
Dr. Sonia Postiglione's resolution for the new year is to deliver 20-20 vision to people who don't have access to it. It's not a mere coincidence that it's the year 2020. The optometrist has been collecting old glasses since September in preparation for an upcoming trip to Chinandega in Nicaragua, where she joins a team of professionals on a mission to provide corrective vision to those in need.
Residents spring into action to help wounded deer
A local doctor didn't think twice about rescuing a wounded deer. The incident occurred Nov. 16 at roughly 8 p.m. on King Road, east of Highway 27. Dr. Brian Van Arem just left his equine veterinary practice at Woodbine Racetrack when he came across a number of vehicles pulled over to the side of the road. "As I passed I saw that a deer had been hit by a car and was lying between the vehicles. I pulled over and was told by the bystanders that a deer had been hit and the vehicle had left the scene. The deer was in shock and was unable to stand."
King City Secondary students give back
tudents at King City Secondary School took time to give back to their community and help those in need for the holiday season. The ESP Team ran two events simultaneously: a fundraiser for Yellow Brick House and a homeroom challenge for Socks for Souls.
Increase in water rates necessary for cost-recovery
Water rates are going up again in King in 2020, and some residents aren't too happy about it. A staff presentation at council Dec. 2 revealed the rate hikes coming in the new year are the result of a multi-year phased increase by the Region of York. Municipalities are being encouraged to make their water and wastewater services pay for themselves. Mandates from the Province have added to the burden, which is being passed on to homeowners.
King adopts corporate energy plan
ing Township has approved its ambitious corporate energy management and conservation plan, complying with provincial regulations. But the move to set the corporate target at 35% reduction through 2030 was seen by the public as a step backwards, and a retreat from council's previously set goal of 45%.
Local jazz artist marks first anniversary on Jazz FM91
A King jazz artist has been dishing out jazz like home-made New Orleans delicacies for just over a year. And he can't be more pleased. Ron Littlejohn of Snowball is the voice behind "The Gumbo Kitchen" on Jazz FM 91.
King artist Panopoulos reinvents historic monoliths
A King artist's imagination is sparked by the "mystery of history." John Panopoulos takes his direction from the past, those faint whispers that reverberate around some of humankind's most amazing, and often mysterious, monoliths.
Hush blankets ensure comfort and a good night's sleep
We are stressed for many reasons. People are now sleeping less than they did in the past, and sleep quality has decreased as well.
Let's clean up our act, before the Messiah arrives
Just when did we begin to lose faith? It's no secret that Christianity has been waning, slowly slipping year after year. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade.
Making plans and taking steps to self-improvement
We humans tend to make a lot of noise, whether standing or sitting. I wonder how the world would sound if you eliminated all of the chatter, voices, and human utterances. Eerie, or soothing? Fireworks accompanied most new year's celebrations and they date back thousands of years as ancient Asian cultures used firecrackers, fireworks and guns – loud noises of any kind – to frighten away dark spirits.
Why do we do what we do on a daily basis?
Why? Now there's the question for all of human existence. But really, this is a question most of us should ask ourselves on a daily basis.
Canadians not taking much-needed vacation time
Canadians are a proud bunch. We're decent folks and yet we just don't understand how important it is to take time off.
Consumers share the blame for climate change
Human beings are experts at turning a blind eye to really important issues. We're quite proficient at ignoring facts, twisting truths, spinning and even altering our own perception. Climate change is nothing new and yet we're still not frantically ringing the alarm bells. Or is that we're just not listening?
Goodwill towards children is imperative
As we enter the holiday season, we should talk the talk when it comes to extending goodwill toward others, especially children. Most of us would agree there's nothing on this planet as beautiful as the wide-eyed wonderment of kids on Christmas. Priceless.
Food accessibility should be everyone's right
Despite our vast array of accomplishments and our position at the top of the food chain, our world is still burdened by hunger. Haile Selassie once said that we all seek a world in which we are free and free from the burdens of hunger, disease, poverty and ignorance.
We are unique, but are we irreplaceable?
Who am I and what do I mean to you? This was the opening line of a piece of high school prose I wrote several decades ago. It still has meaning today. It's a sort of self-reckoning, and self-evaluation of one's worth or place in the cogs of the massive wheel of life.
Reality sometimes sucks, that's just the way it is
How often have you used the saying "that's just how it is?" It has always been the "sign of the times" for us human beings. The other day my son made a rather unsettling realization; for him anyway. He asked about our adult routines, noting we get up, go to work, come home, make dinner, go to bed, get up and start the process all over again. "Being an adult sucks," he said with some dismay.
Job action, union pressure are nothing new
Like clockwork, at the end of almost every union contract in this province, mayhem ensues. It's mostly sabre rattling and it's mostly a show of strength. Neither side wants to appear weak or a pushover. Both sides want to get their point across.
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Few, if any, travelers coming off of the Anacortes Ferry from Washington State are making the turn into Sidney and a new business lobby group says that's costing local merchants a significant amount of money.
In the words of the group's spokesperson, Denis Paquette, Sidney is missing the boat.
Paquette, owner of the Sidney Waterfront Inn and Suites, said he has teamed up with the ownership of the Beacon Inn, Best Western and Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa to form the Sidney Traffic Improvement Group (STIG). They have also recruited specialists in traffic and town planning to help gather information and make solid recommendations on how to drive more tourists into the downtown core.
Paquette was behind an earlier attempt to erect a flagpole at the Sidney Anacortes Ferry terminal to help welcome travellers to the community. He said the first step in attracting people, is to at least welcome them. Then, he added, the community has to intercept them before they head to Victoria or other destinations.
The group, Paquette continued, hopes to bring in more stakeholders in tourism and will get as many merchants on board as possible. He said it's not just about the local hotel owners, but about how a few extra visitors can help the local tourism economy.
In rough numbers, Paquette said there are 200 vehicles coming off of the Anacortes Ferry per trip. If Sidney attracts five per cent of those (10 cars) and they stay on Beacon Avenue overnight at $100, that's $1,000 a day added to local coffers. Over 30 days, he continued, it jumps to $30,000 and so on — and then there's the trickle-down effect of when people stay longer, they tend to spend more elsewhere.
He said as it is today, most, if not all of the vehicles from the ferry are turning left at Fifth Street and heading south.
Paquette admitted he wants to bring back his idea for a welcome sign and flagpole at the ferry terminal, an idea that was rejected by town council in 2010. That plan, he added, depends on what the rest of the group and merchant stakeholders want.
That's the same with the idea of returning, after more than 10 years, Beacon Avenue to two-way traffic. Paquette said if the community intercepts visitors, they shouldn't be getting lost. As well, he said two-way traffic slows down vehicles and people can take the time to see what Sidney has to offer.
The group's first step, he continued, is to gather information on visitors, traffic and more. Then they want to reach out to local merchants for support and work on a plan. The last step would be to lobby town hall to hear and consider their suggestions.
Paquette added STIG hopes to have a website up soon and will be working to get information out to the community.
Between May and July, 2012, 773 people who walked off the Anacortes Ferry into Sidney stopped in at the tourist information booth the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce operates there during the season.
Another 596 were counted in August, says Visitor Services manager Carol Whitehouse. Most, however, arrive looking to visit either the Butchart Gardens or Victoria. The only time they spend in Sidney that Whitehouse can account for, is at the Fifth Street bus stop.
Should they require Canadian money, Whitehouse said their staff directs them to banks and shops in downtown Sidney. Otherwise, most wait for the bus into Victoria or the Gardens on Fifth Street.
Others do make it deeper into the Peninsula. Whitehouse noted that from April to September of this year, 330 parties (two or more people) were served at the Beacon Avenue visitor information centre. Most are, however, still looking for Victoria or Butchart Gardens.
Washington State Ferries' statistics from 2011 show there were 45,148 foot passengers on the Anacortes to Sidney run. That was up 8.4 per cent over 2010.
Another 28,380 were passengers in 41,310 vehicles (driver included).


While there is an inevitable focus on up-front costs and short term paybacks it is important not to lose sight of the 'bigger picture'. Life cycle analysis considers all aspects of a particular material or process, from design or manufacture through to disposal, recycling or re-use.
We can carry out life cycle analysis studies according to accepted frameworks which include assessments of up-front costs, running costs, embodied energy / CO2 and end-of-life factors. These studies have been used to inform policy or design decisions at central or local government level, or on a project-by-project basis.
We have carried out several value case research projects for the MfE, EECA and Auckland Council. These have assessed the cost/benefits of various environmental design approaches, or environmental design in general. We have applied the same approaches to our projects, presenting value case studies to client boards and Treasury.
Assessments of on-going building operation such as POEs or NABERSNZ can be applied across a portfolio to compare against benchmarks. This can be used for asset management over a property portfolio. We can assist not only in the assessments, but in establishing a strategy for improving the portfolio's performance in key metrics.
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Sadly, train crashes have been in the news more frequently lately, both in the United States and abroad. The Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis reports more than 1,000 train accidents in 2016 resulting in at least seven deaths. Causes most often are human error, though other factors in train accidents can include:
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1 Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."
2 Paul and Barnabas had quite a dispute and argument with them. So Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to confer with the apostles and elders about this question.
3 They were sent on their way by the church, and as they were going through Phoenicia and Samaria they told of the conversion of the gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers.
4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done through them.
5 But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The gentiles must be circumcised and ordered to keep the Law of Moses."
6 So the apostles and the elders met to look into this claim.
7 After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.
8 God, who knows everyone's heart, showed them he approved by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
9 He made no distinction between them and us, because of their faith-cleansed hearts.
10 So why do you test God by putting on the disciples' neck a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we could carry?
11 We certainly believe that it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, that we are saved, just as they are."
12 The whole crowd was silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul tell about all the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the gentiles.
13 After Paul and Barnabas had finished speaking, James responded, "Brothers, listen to me:
14 Simeon has explained how God first showed his concern for the gentiles by taking from among them a people for his name.
15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
16 ""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again
17 so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the gentiles who are called by my name,' declares the Lord. "He is the one who has been doing these things
18 that have been known from long ago.'
19 "Therefore, I have decided that we should not trouble these gentiles who are turning to God.
20 Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.
21 After all, Moses has had people to proclaim him in every city for generations, and on every Sabbath his books are read aloud in the synagogues."
22 Then the apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to choose some of their men to send with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. These were Judas, who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the brothers.
23 They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.
24 Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.
25 So we have unanimously decided to choose men and send them to you with our dear Barnabas and Paul,
26 who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
27 We have therefore sent Judas and Silas to tell you the same things by word of mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements:
29 to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."
30 So the men were sent on their way and arrived in Antioch. They gathered the congregation together and delivered the letter.
31 When the people read it, they were pleased with how the letter encouraged them.
32 Then Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, said a lot to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
33 After staying there for some time, they were sent back with a greeting from the brothers to those who had sent them.
35 Both Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch to teach and proclaim the word of the Lord, as did many others.
36 A few days later, Paul told Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing."
37 Barnabas wanted to take along John, who was called Mark,
38 but Paul did not think it was right to take along the man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and who had not gone with them into the work.
39 The disagreement was so sharp that they parted ways. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus,
40 while Paul chose Silas and left after the brothers had entrusted him to the grace of the Lord.
41 He went through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the churches.


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EJUSA joined with several other justice organizations to condemn President Trump's comments to law enforcement officers late last month, in which encouraged the use of force against community members.
The Center for Popular Democracy looked at 12 major cities, analyzing budgets and talking to community members. Their conclusion: cities pour a staggering level of funds into police departments, often neglecting glaring community development needs which have proven public safety outcomes.
Common Justice "develops and advances solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration." In this interview, Danielle Sered, Executive Director, offers compelling insights about the end of mass incarceration, understanding what survivors really want as a key component of public safety, and the future of justice reform in America. EJUSA is proud to have partnered with our friends at Common Justice to bring racial equity to victim services.
Police officers typically don't talk about the horrible things they witness, nor the impact this trauma may have on their choices to use force, escalate interactions with civilians, or do harm to themselves or their families. As a result, their trauma could put them, and the community they serve, at risk. This article examines a program that offers mental health counseling to officers, though more needs to be done to address the trauma that police officers face. In EJUSA's Newark, NJ pilot of Police/Community Initiative on Trauma-Informed Responses to Violence, we find that police and community participants are calling for both increased trauma care for officers as well as greater trauma care for the communities they serve.
Jennifer Williams' grandson was shot and killed while playing basketball in a part of Detroit residents call "dead man's alley." Now she's wondering why a state-provided fund for crime victims wouldn't help her bury him. Williams is involved with Mothers of Murdered Children, an organization in Detroit with which EJUSA has worked for over a year, helping them build their capacity and prepare to apply for federal grant funding.
A new report by the Urban Institute suggests it's not low-level drug sentences that really helped cause higher imprisonment rates in the U.S., but rather sentences for violent crimes. Reimagining our justice system will require transforming the ways in which we respond to violence.
Dr. Rita S Fierro, EJUSA's evaluation consultant for our police-community trauma initiative, links the current triggering of collective trauma to broader opportunities to transform how we address trauma country-wide. Rita's forthcoming book, Gimme Back My Child!, centers the voices of mothers of color to explore the intersection of the foster care system, the criminal justice system, and other systems to reveal narratives of trauma, injustice, and loss. A growing movement compares the collateral damage of mass incarceration to that of the removal of children from their parents in the foster system, what some call "The New Jane Crow" child-industrial complex.


The CDYHL is hosting the post-season playoffs this weekend in Aspen (Squirt A/B), Vail/Eagle (Peewee A/B) and Breckenridge (Bantam A/B). This season all teams are eligible for the first annual three-game guarantee playoff tournament. Best of luck to all participating teams!
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The film, projected on stage throughout the dance performance, was influenced by my interest in cybernetic and expanded cinema. It combines digital film and artificial life sequences, which were developed simultaneously alongside the systems and patterns within the choreography.


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In the early 2000s, tens of thousands of animals were euthanized each year in New York City shelters due to a lack of awareness of the adoptable animals available in shelters and rescue groups. Many such groups worked independently to find homes for these animals, but a lack of communication and coordination between the groups, the City shelter, and the City hindered their efforts. When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002, Jane Hoffman, one of the founding members of the New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee, co-wrote a memo highlighting challenges faced by the city shelter and asked for collaboration with the City government. Her memo began an ongoing cooperation with the City, and the creation of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, a private non-profit. The Alliance applied for and was granted funds by an animal welfare foundation, Maddie's Fund, which initially promised the Alliance $15 million and has provided approximately $30 million since 2005. The Alliance provides services and resources to coordinate and enhance the rescue efforts of more than 150 animal rescue groups, city departments, and private companies like Petco. Since 2003, their collaborative efforts have resulted in saving more than 250,000 dog and cats in New York City.
Before founding the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Jane worked as an attorney for the law firm Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, and as a management consultant. Her experience analyzing company operations in order to determine better business practices, as well as her ability to create strategic plans for organizations, have helped her guide the collaborative efforts of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.
Jane's legal education, career, and work as a management consultant helped her navigate city government bureaucracy, promote professional conduct from Alliance participants, seek funding sources, and communicate effectively with business partners, such as local veterinarians, animal-related service providers such as groomers and trainers, and Petco. Jane credits her ability to create a strategic plan, a step crucial in obtaining the necessary funding from Maddie's Fund, the California-based non-profit organization which has provided approximately $30 million of dollars to support the Alliance's efforts thus far. Her negotiation skills proved helpful in recruiting city government to cooperate. Jane put together a strategic plan from a business-world perspective; she saw this business-oriented mindset lacking in the non-profit sector, and believes this knowledge gave her an advantage in thinking strategically of the Alliance's goals and how to achieve them.
Jane's experience as an attorney taught her the language and needs of each sector, helping her communicate with government and business officials effectively. For example, she conveyed to Petco and veterinarians how working with the Alliance would increase their profits by boosting their reputation for compassion and by bringing more customers to the business. By highlighting the financial incentives for cross-sector efforts, she ensures that the more than 150 non-profit organizations can work not only with each other but also with city government and businesses. She stresses the importance of "thinking like businesses" and increasing the professionalism of non-profits without losing focus of the goal to help animals. Jane now teaches how to execute strategic plans across sectors at conferences, seminars for the ASPCA and the Alliance, and webinars for the Humane Society of the United States and Petsmart Charities.
Jane's network proved to be a crucial resource in establishing the Alliance; she tapped contacts in the business and legal community for a variety of services. Her contacts at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. helped her to compose a strategic plan, while her former law firm Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett helped the Alliance establish itself as a non-profit. The firm continues to serve as the Alliance's legal counsel. Similarly, the General Counsel of the New York City Bar Association supported Jane during early meetings with city government officials, providing further legitimacy to her efforts; Jane was a founding member and past chair of the Animal Law Committee of the Bar Association.
Jane's legal education and expertise helped her to overcome bureaucratic roadblocks in city government, and ensure confidentiality with partners when necessary. Jane recognized that Mayor Bloomberg supported cross-sector partnerships, so she positioned the Alliance as a political necessity, selling the Alliance as a business deal rather than simply a cause. As an attorney, Jane learned how to mediate between various stakeholders in order to come to a mutually beneficial conclusion.
Maddie's Fund required the Alliance create a 10-year strategic plan as a condition of funding. The strategic plan has four core objectives: increase awareness, increase adoptions, increase resources, and decrease homelessness. The strategic plan consisted of 18 initiatives including adoption events and the mobile transport service, Wheels of Hope, which were designed to help achieve the four core objectives. The City's disclosure of overall euthanasia and adoption numbers were important for grant applications and to determining whether goals were being met. Mayor Giuliani's administration (1994-2001) disclosed numbers that seemed too low to Jane, likely based on a "bunker mentality" of the administration; Jane argued that releasing accurate numbers could be beneficial, and help the Alliance receive more money from Maddie's Fund. The Alliance also reports adoption numbers for all member groups as a whole, rather than disclosing numbers for each member, to help the members feel comfortable sharing information.
The Alliance's goal is to reduce the number of animals euthanized in the city shelter each year by increasing the number of animals adopted to the public, transferred to rescue partners to assist in getting them adopted, and returned to owners, and increasing the number of spay/neuter surgeries performed. The Mayor's Alliance promotes a "no kill" New York City by 2015. Petco, which already hosted adoption centers in many of their stores, was naturally amenable to working with the Alliance to create major adoption events. Jane convinced the city to share her vision of success by arguing that it would be good public policy and fiscally responsible for the city to reduce euthanasia. Previously, the city didn't have a stated goal of reductions in euthanizations; the new administration, she argued, could take corrective action without being blamed politically for an "embarrassingly high number" of euthanized animals in the city shelter.
Obtaining the support of Maddie's Fund has been crucial for the operation of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and its member non-profits. Maddie's Fund was started by Dave Duffield and his wife Cheryl. Dave is co-CEO of Workday, a successful publicly traded enterprise software firm and his support provided legitimacy to the project. Because the grant from Maddie's Fund required the Alliance to create strategic direction to qualify for funding, the Fund helped further the Alliance's mission.
It was clear to Jane that 'no one rescue group or sector could have done it alone,' and that part of her responsibility was to convey the need for the collaboration to the partners. "One of the challenges," Jane says, "was getting people to realize that the city shelter wasn't the enemy." The non-profits had to work with and not against the city shelter. Private sector veterinarians, animal service related businesses, and pet supply stores understood the value of involvement with the Alliance; for instance Petco has physical locations capable of hosting major adoption events and adoption centers for individual rescue groups and shelters, which in turn provided publicity and increased sales for the company. The major adoption events feature vets, trainers, groomers, and pet supply businesses including pet food companies, offering their services at no cost.
It was crucial that Jane persuade the city to provide accurate statistics for the number of animals euthanized at the city shelter, not only to gain the trust of the non-profit organizations involved, but also for the Alliance to receive the appropriate amount of funding from Maddie's Fund. One of the keys to reducing euthanasia was increasing adoption; the creation of the major adoption events that many of the rescue groups and shelters participated in brought attention to the pets available. Having these events in "happy" locations, such as city parks and stores, engaged the public and motivated them to support the Alliance's collaborative efforts. Jane said that the city under Mayor Giuliani was taking in over 40,000 animals and reporting only 3,200 adoptable animals. But when the Bloomberg administration took office, Jane saw an opportunity to explain the advantages of reporting accurate numbers, to allow the alliance to secure an even larger grant from Maddie's Fund, and in turn provide funds to member groups and to help them become more effective and more efficient in their rescue efforts.
Homeless animals in New York City have a much brighter future than they did 10 years as ago as a result of the efforts of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals. Approximately a quarter of a million cats and dogs have been saved since 2003, and the city is on target to be "no kill" by 2015.
The Alliance continues to host, along with Petco and the city, major adoption events for dogs, cats, and rabbits a few times a year. At these events, the public can learn about available pets or about how they can find low-cost spay/neuter and other services for existing pets. They can also obtain a city dog license and find out more about emergency preparedness for pets from city information booths.
Maddie's Fund has contributed approximately $30 million to the Alliance through the Pet Rescue Project in NYC and the Spay/Neuter Project in NYC.
Jane teaches seminars at conferences, on webinars for the Humane Society of the United States and Petsmart Charities, and for other local non-profits on how to replicate the Alliance model.


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Tom Rothman's TriStar Productions has teamed with BBC Films to greenlight "The Lady in the Van" starring "Downton Abbey's" Maggie Smith.
The pic is an adaptation of Alan Bennett's West End hit with Smith reprising her role of Miss Shepherd.
The play was based on the true story of an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who "temporarily" parked her broken down van in Bennett's London driveway and proceeded to live there for the next 15 years. Alex Jennings will play Bennett.
Nicholas Hytner will direct from a script by Bennett. The two have previously teamed on "The Madness of King George" and "The History Boys."
Damian Jones and Kevin Loader will produce, along with Hytner. Miles Ketley and Charles Moore will serve as executive producers.
TriStar won the film rights in a competitive situation and will distribute worldwide, with the BBC taking the first television window in its territory and making an additional investment in the negative.
"'The Crucible,' 'The Madness of King George' and 'The History Boys' are among the films in my career of which I am the most proud," Rothman said. "Nick is rarely gifted and the chance to work with him and Alan again is sweet indeed. They make brilliant things. And Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings bring such intelligence to glorious life."
The pic marks the third film Rothman and TriStar have greenlit since the start of 2014. The other two include "Ricki and the Flash," directed by Jonathan Demme, written by Diablo Cody, and starring Meryl Streep, and Robert Zemeckis' untitled film based on Philippe Petit's memoir "To Reach the Clouds," starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte LeBon and James Badge Dale.
After nearly six months of being in his new post, Rothman said he could not be happier to in a place that are able to make movies like the ones they are doing now.
"It's been Incredibly invigorating and exciting," Rothman told Variety. "What I find is in the community, and I believe this going to be true for the audience, is that there is a hunger for the this type of original material that we're seeking out, and we're having a lot of fun doing it."
Maggie Smith,


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Effects Of Zero Tillage Practices On Soybean Yield And&nb...
D.M. Wheatley, D.A. MacLeod and R.S. Jessop
Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, University of New England Armidale NSW 2351
Summary. Dryland soybeans are considered as an alternative land-use to summer cereal crops and fallows. Two field experiments compared the grain yields and levels of soil protection from zero tillage soybeans compared to soybeans grown by conventional tillage. Zero tillage soybeans maintained high levels of soil cover (>80%) and increased grain yield when sown as an opportunity crop compared to a cultivated system. When sown after a fallow, zero tillage produced equivalent yields to conventional tillage and maintained a higher level of soil cover (>70%).
In the summer rainfall cropping regions of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales cropping consists of continuous crop-fallow rotations. This contrasts with the southern Australian cropping region where extensive use is made of pasture leys after several years of cropping. Without the benefit of a legume pasture ley, total soil nitrogen levels have declined, with a 19-63% decline in nitrogen fertility measured on six southern Queensland soils with cropping histories of between 20 and 70 years (1). Legume crops are being considered as a means of reducing this decline in soil nitrogen; they also have the potential to reduce the build up in cereal diseases when used in crop rotation (2). Disease control is also achieved in legume crops by the ability to control alternative cereal disease hosts, including grass weeds, by selective herbicides such as haloxyfop and fluazifop.
However, legume stubbles provide poor levels of soil protection due to rapid rate of breakdown of stubble and reduced production of crop residues compared to cereals. Retention of crop residues especially from cereal crops by zero and reduced tillage has been shown to reduce soil erosion in the following crop by maintaining high levels of soil cover (4,8). This increase in soil protection has been reported to reduce annual soil loss from 30-60 t/ha/year with stubble removal and conventional tillage to under 2 t/ha/year with stubble retention and zero tillage (3). Soybean research in the USA has found that soil erosion was reduced by 54-64% by zero tillage, and narrow row spacing decreased soil erosion by 37% (9).
Dryland soybean crops can be grown after a proceeding fallow or as an opportunity crop instead of a fallow when soil moisture is available. This paper reports on two soybean experiments one grown as an opportunity crop the other after a winter fallow. Grain yields are compared for soybeans sown by zero tillage or minimal tillage practices compared to conventional tillage practices at wide and narrow row spacing. The soil erosion protection provided by the growing soybean crop and previous crop residues was also compared for the different tillage treatments and row spacings at three stages during the crop.
Opportunity-crop experiment
The crop of dryland soybeans (Glycine max var. Valder) was sown at Willow Tree, NSW (near Tamworth) on a black earth (Ug 5.14) (6) on 19 January 1990, two weeks after harvesting the wheat crop, with 5 t/ha of stubble remaining. The experimental design was a randomised complete block experiment with four replications of four tillage treatments and two row spacing The tillage treatments were zero tillage (standing stubble), minimal tillage (stubble slashed), stubble incorporated (cultivated twice by chisel plough) and stubble removal (above ground stubble removed, with no cultivation). The soybeans were sown at a wide row spacing of 100 cm and a narrow row spacing of 65 cm, at a sowing rate of 230,000 seeds/ha. Weeds were controlled by glyphosate applied to all treatments prior to sowing and Haloxyfop to control grass weeds four weeks after sowing. Each plot measured 10 m long by 8 m wide.
After-fallow experiment
This experiment was sown at Armidale, NSW, on a chocolate soil (Uf 6.32) (6) on 13 December 1990 with the soybean variety Valder . Six tillage treatments were established over the winter fallow following a crop of millet (Echinochloa utilis) resulting in 4.5 t/ha of stubble at harvest, with weed control using glyphosate. The experimental design was a complete randomised block with four replicates of six tillage treatments in plots 10 m long by 8 m wide. The tillage treatments were zero tillage, zero tillage stubble burnt, mulch (simulated tillage of sweep plough), stubble incorporated late (one passage of chisel plough prior to sowing), stubble incorporated early (three passages of a chisel plough during winter fallow), burned and incorporated (stubble burnt and three passages of chisel plough during winter fallow). Sowing density was 650,000 seeds/ha sown by a Stanhay seed spacing drill (precision belt seeder) with a 0.5 m row spacing and 250 kg/ha of single superphosphate applied.
Emergence counts were taken by counting soybean establishment along two random 1 m lengths of row. Final grain harvest was measured by sampling three random 1 m rows and hand thrashing. The percentage of soil cover by crop and stubble residues was measured at 15 days after sowing in the after-fallow experiment and 35 days after sowing for the opportunity crop and for both experiments at full soybean canopy and after crop harvest. Measurements were by a photographic technique with photographs taken using a 35 mm lens at a height of 1.5 m, then projected on to a grid of random points to determine soil cover (10).
Emergence and grain yields
Tillage type had no significant effect on soybean emergence when sown as a opportunity crop into wheat stubble with an average plant establishment of 170,000 plants/ha. This was not the case in the after-fallow experiment in which stubble removal by burning or by incorporation significantly increased (P<0.05) soybean emergence (580,000 plants/ha) compared to zero tillage with stubble retention (29,000 plants/ha). The reduction in soybean emergence caused by the zero tillage treatment could be attributed to the sowing equipment used in this experiment which tended to have poor stubble handling ability. This especially affected the tillage treatments with high levels of crop residues (zero tillage and mulch). The variation in plant establishment between tillage treatments is within the range found to have no affect on soybean grain yields (5). In the opportunity crop experiment, in which sowing equipment designed for zero tillage was used, no difference in emergence was found.
In the opportunity crop experiment yield from zero tillage was 60% greater than cultivated treatments and 100% greater than treatments with mulch or stubble removed (Fig. 1). There was no significant effect of tillage on grain production when soybeans were grown following a fallow, with the average grain production across all tillage treatments being 3.2 t/ha.
Figure 1. Tillage and row spacing effect on opportunity-cropped soybean grain production.
Increased grain pi (Auction obtained from zero tillage in the opportunity experiment may result from the potential for standing wheat stubble to reduce transpiration loss of water by shading and reduced wind speed. The absence of this effect in the after fallow experiment may be due in part to the flattening of the millet stubble after the winter fallow, which would remove any shading or wind break effects. The after fallow experiment soybean yield was 300% greater than the opportunity cropped experiment. This could be due to the extra 180 mm of rain received in 1990/1991 crop combined with the lower summer temperatures experienced at Armidale compared to Willow Tree. The opportunity crop experiment was also sown one month later than the after fallow experiment. This delay in sowing has been shown to decrease soybean grain production by 20-40% (7). The lack of response to zero tillage in the after fallow experiment could arise from the lower water stress experienced by the crop compared to that at Willow Tree. The narrow row spacing of 0.65 m in the opportunity crop increased grain production by 18% compared to the 1 m row spacing (Fig. 1). This increase in soybean grain production by narrow row spacing agrees with previous work (5) in which January sown soybean crops had increased grain production when sown in narrow row spacing.
Opportunity cropped soybeans sown by zero tillage maintained soil cover significantly higher (P<0.05) throughout the growing season compared to stubble incorporation and stubble removal treatments (Fig. 2). At all times soil cover was maintained by zero tillage at over 80% compared to the other tillage treatments with soil cover reduced to under 60% at harvest. Soil cover was not significantly affected by narrow or wide row spacing. The 80% soil cover at harvest provided by zero tillage soybeans is comparable to the level of soil cover provided by wheat stubble at this time of year. Soil cover in the soybean after fallow experiment was reduced to below 30% at emergence for any tillage treatment that removed crop residues by either tillage or burning. (Fig. 3). It is considered that for soil erosion protection a soil cover level of greater than 30% is needed especially over summer when there is a high risk of erosive rain (>25 mm/ h). Soil cover was increased to approximately 90% at full canopy development for all tillage treatments. At harvest zero tillage soybeans had a significantly (P<0.05) higher soil cover than any tillage treatment that removed stubble at 92% compared to the average for stubble incorporated or burnt treatments was 78% (Fig. 3). The soybeans grown in the after fallow experiment produced greater soil cover at harvest than the opportunity experiment after crop establishment due to reduced dry-matter production by the latter.
Figure 2. Effect of tillage on soil cover of soybeans and remaining wheat stubble of opportunity-cropped soybeans.
Figure 3. Effect of tillage on soil cover of soybeans and remaining millet stubble grown after fallow.
The establishment of soybeans by zero tillage maintained crop yields when grown alter fallow and increased yields when grown as an opportunity crop. Compared to conventional tillage practices, zero tillage soybeans maintained high levels of soil cover during the growing season of over 70% for both cropping strategies. Zero tillage maintained high levels of soil cover by conserving a high level of previous crop residues. Narrow row spacing has the potential to increase grain production of soybeans sown in January. Further work is in progress to study comparative difference in losses of soil and water from the different tillage treatments.
This project was funded by the National Soil Conservation Programme of Australia.
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Today, in a 5 to 2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in Nunez v. Geico General Ins. Co., Case No. SC12-650 (Fla., June 27, 2013), a case which was argued before the Court on December 4, 2012. This case was certified by the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, on the following certified question: "[w]hether, under FLA. STAT. § 627.736, an insurer can require an insured to attend an [examination under oath] as a condition precedent to recovery of [personal injury protection] benefits?" The Florida Supreme Court answered this question in the negative.
Yesterday, in Jacobson v. Southeast Personnel Leasing, Inc., the First District Court of Appeal held that a statute prohibiting a claimant from hiring a lawyer on an hourly fee to defend him against a motion to tax costs is unconstitutional. The claimant sustained a compensable industrial accident on September 4, 2007, injuring his neck and back. He underwent a cervical fusion, and then doctors recommended another surgery to repair a herniated cervical disc. The JCC denied both the claim for continued compensability of the low back as well as for PTD benefits. The employer/carrier then filed a motion to tax prevailing party costs against the claimant.


The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Iginni, said on Tuesday the political elite were the major problem of the country.According to him, while the Independent National Electoral Commission has been devising means to ensure the fairness and credibility of elections in the country, the political elite are busy "mounting roadblocks" that will ensure the elections are not free and fair.Iginni said INEC was in possession of reports showing that politicians in some parts of the country were already collecting account numbers of voters and making part payment for the purchase of votes.
He said the politicians resorted to the approach in response to the move by INEC to block vote-buying.
Iginni spoke during the 15th Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture held at Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.
The lecture, with the theme, 'Securing the independence of INEC as panacea for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria,' was organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja branch.
The main lecture was delivered by Prof. Akin Oyebode under the chairmanship of Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Court of Appeal.
Among the discussants were Iginni; human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN); Mr Dele Adesina (SAN); and a former NBA President, Mr Augustine Alegeh (SAN).
In his contribution, Iginni decried the judgment of the Supreme Court invalidating the use of card reader, saying the apex court failed to realise that it was introduced to curb election-rigging.
He declared that despite the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amended Electoral Act, which provided for the use of card reader, this year's general elections would be conducted using the card reader, which, he noted, INEC had been using since 2015.
He, however, said it would be no business as usual, urging the electorate to be vigilant.
Iginni also absolved INEC of blame in last year's Osun State governorship rerun where thugs prevented voters from getting to the polling units.


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Science News from research organizations 1 . 2 . Tracking circadian rhythms from your smartwatch . Date: August 3, 2021 Source: University of Michigan Summary: Smartwatches are handy devices for people to keep track of the number of steps they take per day or to track their mile time during a run. But they are also opportunities for scientists to understand people's physiological processes while they are going about their everyday lives. Share: FULL STORY Smartwatches are handy devices for people to keep track of the number of steps they take per day or to track their mile time during a run. But they are also opportunities for scientists to understand people's physiological processes while they are going about their everyday lives. advertisement In particular, scientists have been interested in tracking people's circadian rhythms through the biological data gathered by their smartwatches -- specifically, their heart rate. Doing so would allow individuals to know the best times of day to sleep, eat, exercise or take their medications. At night, a person's heart rate lowers in order to conserve energy. During a person's waking period, their heart rate speeds up in anticipation of activity. But the challenge has been figuring out a way to find the throughline of a person's heart rate among all of the ways it varies throughout the day, says Daniel Forger, a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan. Now, Forger and his colleagues have developed a statistical method that accounts for all of the "noise" that might affect a person's heart rate and extracts a person's circadian rhythm based on heart rate data provided by their smart watch. The circadian rhythm is an internal clock that synchronizes all of the physiological functions in the body. The master clock, located in the brain's hypothalamus, oversees all of the millions of other internal clocks in your body: Each cell has an internal clock, as does your heart, the liver and the brain. In healthy individuals, these clocks are all in synchrony. But studying this master clock is difficult -- especially outside of a lab setting. "I think a big question has been, can we measure circadian rhythms with wearables, and how can we do that?" said Forger, also a research professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics at Michigan Medicine. "Heart rate itself has a circadian rhythm, but it's complicated by a lot of different things: You lie down and go to sleep, and your heart rate drops. You go running and your heart rate goes way up. advertisement "The hard question was, how do we pull out that internal timekeeping signal to know what time of day your body thinks it is from all of those other signals out there?" The group's algorithm works by discarding data collected during sleep and focusing on data collected during a person's waking period. Then, the algorithm, developed by study co-author and former U-M postdoctoral researcher Clark Bowman, takes into account whether a person's heart rate is affected by the person's activity or cortisol because of exercise, posture or meals. The result is the underlying daily timekeeping signal controlling heart rate. To test whether this statistical method worked, the group used a dataset from an ongoing study of medical interns, called the Intern Health Study. The study provides more than 130,000 days of data from 900 interns who continuously wore wrist-based sleep-tracking devices collecting motion and heart rate data. Medical interns are good subjects to use in this kind of research because they are shift workers, which means sometimes their work shifts change from day to night from week to week. "Smart watches collect heart rate data using optical sensors, which aren't very accurate, and there are so many things affecting heart rate throughout the day that measurements tend to be all over the place, so it's a big result to be able to identify a circadian rhythm in that kind of data at all," said Bowman, now a professor of mathematics and statistics at Hamilton College. "It's only possible since smart watches take measurements so frequently and provide information about activity to help account for cardiac demand. The sheer amount of data is just enough to see the background trend of heart rate subtly rising and falling in time with a circadian clock." In one example in the study, a person's sleeping and waking patterns, as demonstrated by their heart rate, adjust quickly to their changing work schedule. This means their circadian rhythm was able to quickly adjust to a bedtime and waking time that was almost opposite of what they had previously been experiencing. advertisement Another individual's data, however, showed a different story. Their circadian rhythm lagged behind their adjusted sleep schedule, which likely means they were feeling pretty sluggish during the time they were adjusting to their new waking schedule. This sluggishness is the same effect that those with jet lag experience. Jet lag can occur when a person's heart rate isn't in sync with their waking period. A slower heart rate can make a person feel sleepy or sluggish. Forger says the strength of using data from wearables means scientists, as well as the person wearing the watch, can study a person's circadian rhythm based on real-world influences, which has certain advantages over measuring circadian rhythm in a lab. The gold standard clinical study to study circadian rhythm would be to measure a person's melatonin levels over a period of six to 40 hours in a dark lab. "We've shown that you can take a wearable signal and directly measure circadian rhythms in the real world, and the real world has so many things that affect circadian rhythms that you aren't going to measure in the lab," Forger said, explaining that some of the data the team has had to account for are extended periods of intense activity (a semiprofessional cyclist, for example). The method also does not account for effects on heart rate such as caffeine, psychological stress, pharmaceuticals and disease. "There are some scenarios that you have to always be a little more careful with, using real world data," he said. "But again we're going to pick up other things you may not experience in a lab." The researchers also developed the Social Rhythms app, available for iPhone and Android devices, where you can upload your wearable data and receive a report on how your internal circadian clock has changed recently. "Measuring that signal not only provides information about the body's circadian timing, but also characterizes how each individual's heart rate behaves," Bowman said. "We can use this information to track how the body adjusts to new schedules, study how physical activity affects each individual's heart rate slightly differently, and even quantify the effect of being active at different times of day on the body's internal clock. "Smart watch users could have real-time information on their circadian clock to help adjust to jet lag or shift work, manage circadian disorders or identify abnormalities in heart rate which might present health risks." Co-authors of the study include Yitong Huang of Dartmouth College, and U-M researchers Olivia Walch, Yu Fang, Elena Frank, Jonathan Tyler, Caleb Mayer, Christopher Stockbridge, Cathy Goldstein and Srijan Sen. Story Source: Materials provided by University of Michigan . Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference : Clark Bowman, Yitong Huang, Olivia J. Walch, Yu Fang, Elena Frank, Jonathan Tyler, Caleb Mayer, Christopher Stockbridge, Cathy Goldstein, Srijan Sen, Daniel B. Forger. A method for characterizing daily physiology from widely used wearables . Cell Reports Methods , 2021; 100058 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100058 . Cite This Page : MLA . APA . Chicago . University of Michigan. "Tracking circadian rhythms from your smartwatch." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 August 2021. . University of Michigan. (2021, August 3). Tracking circadian rhythms from your smartwatch. ScienceDaily . 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