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Today, the School of Business Administration offers undergraduate and graduate programs at the University's four campuses across the State of Florida and graduate programs throughout the world via online education offered directly by Stetson and jointly with the University of Florida. The School has earned the highest levels of accreditation offered by the world's leading business accrediting body, AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). Accreditation of the undergraduate and graduate business and accounting programs places Stetson among less than 200 institutions in the world with such recognition.
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The names John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner often appear side by side, even though the two were bitter rivals during their lives. Both men believed they were the rightful founder of Melbourne, and supporters on both sides still argue the point:
Circumstances, as far as I know, point to honest John Batman as the real founder of Victoria [...] From all I have heard for years past I do believe that Mr Fawkner, knowing that Batman was about to cross over to Port Phillip, followed in his wake.
– Hamilton Hume, 1867
Bonwick, J 1868, John Batman: the founder of Victoria, Fergusson & Moore, Melbourne.
This quote emphasises Batman as the founder of Melbourne, and downplays Fawkner's claim to the title. This illustrates the importance of reading widely to get a variety of perspectives.
One of the arguments against Batman's claim is the location of Melbourne's city grid. The place Batman chose for the settlement was around the Port Melbourne area, on the opposite side of the Yarra to where Melbourne city is today. Fawkner's camp, however, was in the right location, although his party arrived in Port Phillip without him because he was stuck in Launceston due to unpaid debts.
John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner are credited as Melbourne's first pioneers, but the question 'who really founded Melbourne?' is still being asked today. One of Melbourne's first chroniclers, Garryowen recorded what, as far as he could tell, were the facts of the matter:
There has been much disputation as to whom should be accorded the honour of the 'white foundation of the colony', and, after much consideration of the question, I have arrived at the following conclusion, which, to my mind, appears irresistible; That the Grimes party were the first European arrivals at the site of the future capital [...] That Batman was the first prospector of Melbourne and Geelong. That (not Fawkner, but) Fawkner's party – five men, a woman, and the woman's cat – were the bona-fide founders of the present great metropolis.
– Garryowen, chronicles of Early Melbourne, 1888
Finn, E 1888, The chronicles of early Melbourne, centennial edition, 1976, Vols 1–3, Heritage Publications, Melbourne Vic.
Garryowen's Chronicles of early Melbourne includes his observations of people and everyday events, without the formality of most other documents from the time.
According to Garryowen, it was Fawkner's party, not Batman or Fawkner, who settled first on the modern site of Melbourne. His reference to the survey or Charles Grimes, who first explored what was to be called Port Phillip in 1803, introduces yet another element to what is already a very complex issue. But while there is a certain amount of evidence to support each man's claim, the question of Melbourne's true founder may forever remain somewhat of a mystery.
Melbourne's first hundred years, The Argus
Foundation & early history, eMelbourne
Founding myths, eMelbourne
Founders' rapid progress from 1834, The Canberra Times
Batman or Fawkner?, The Argus
Discovery of the River Yarra, pamphlet
Historic chart of Batman's exploration, The La Trobe Jounrnal
John Batman's place in the village, The La Trobe Journal
The Fawkner papers, The La Trobe Journal
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Melbourne's population in the 1800s reflected the city's growth as a bustling metropolis.
Before Melbourne was even established, John Pascoe Fawkner was dreaming of how he wanted it to be.
He was a man of strong opinions, and a central figure in the early years of Port Phillip.


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Reincarnated: Toronto Review
9:19 PM PDT 9/7/2012 by David Rooney
The Doggfather steps away from his rapper past toward reggae and Rastafari in this engaging reflection on a major life and career shift. TWITTER
Vice magazine editor Andy Capper's documentary sits in on the recording in Jamaica of the newly rechristened Snoop Lion's upcoming reggae album.
TORONTO – Any music star looking to stay relevant and sustain a career over multiple decades needs a certain flair for self-reinvention, and when spiritual awakening is involved, it's often a cue for eye-rolling. (Paging kabbalah Madonna. Sorry, Esther.) Reincarnated accompanies the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg as he records an upcoming reggae album of the same name in Jamaica, embracing the Rastafari credo of peace, love, positivity and primo organic ganja. While it doesn't go deep on the transformation, Andy Capper's intimate documentary makes a solid case for this as a sincere personal and professional odyssey.
STORY: Snoop Dogg Says He's Bob Marley Re-Incarnated, Goes Rasta for New Project
As is to be expected in a film on which the subject and his wife are executive producers, and his manager is a producer, this is very much the authorized account. It's notably lacking in a single voice of skepticism, or anything critical beyond Snoop's own frank assessment of his history. But the rapper has always been a charismatic eccentric, and as an all-access pass to an artist embarking on a new path, this is entertaining stuff – funny, disarming, even poignant. It's also jammed with terrific music.
The global editor of Vice magazine, Capper spends extensive time in the recording studio with Snoop and DJ producer Diplo, who shepherded the album through his Jamaican dancehall/electro house fusion project Major Lazer. The film whets the appetite for the disc, due later this year, the first to be released under the performer's new moniker, Snoop Lion.
STORY: Missing Footage From Snoop Lion Reggae Doc Reveals Muhammad Ali Friendship
It shows the singer and his collaborators – who memorably include Bunny Wailer, last surviving core member of The Wailers – exploring the bridge between melodic hip-hop and reggae. As lively a presence here as he was in Kevin Macdonald's biodoc Marley, it's Wailer, described by Snoop as his spiritual big brother, who upgrades the Dogg to a Lion over a massive spliff.
But as much as Snoop's musical future, the film reflects on the past of an artist who has begun, at age 40, to consider his legacy. "I know Obama want me to come to the White House, but what the fuck can I perform? Be honest," he says. It's a long way from rapping about pimps and guns and thugs and bitches to the seemingly heartfelt sentiments of pain and joy that permeate the new material.
That's not to say that Snoop repudiates his past in ways that will alienate diehard fans. On the contrary, he connects the dots linking his own life to the struggle embodied in much reggae music.
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He talks candidly about his upbringing in Long Beach, California, with a tough-love mother and no father figure, and his indoctrination into and eventual rejection of a gangbanger crime culture. This is by no means an exhaustive bio-portrait, but there's considerable detail in Snoop's recollections of the Death Row Records heyday, and it's moving listening to him recall his reaction to the murder of stablemate Tupac Shakur. Also covered is Snoop's acquittal on charges related to a shooting committed by his bodyguard in 1993, the most violent time in hip-hop.
The look back is characterized by equal parts confession and self-absolution, but there's a persuasive sense here of a man taking stock of his life. The time spent in Jamaica seems part of a general hunger for a mellower, more meaningful existence, which ties in with Snoop's affiliation with the Nation of Islam and with controversial minister Louis Farrahkan. The death in 2011 of his fellow rapper and close friend since high school, Nate Dogg, appears to have cemented this more introspective turn in Snoop's life. Loss also informs at least one track on the new album.
The performer's time in Jamaica is marked by lovely interludes such as a tour of Trench Town, the birthplace of reggae, where Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Wailer all lived in their youth. A drive high into the Blue Mountain Range to out-of-the-way cannabis fields brings some amusing moments, notably when one of the entourage, Daz Dillinger, enthuses, "I'm rollin' a blunt in the jungle! Ain't that a trip?" And Snoop's visit to the Alpha Boys School in Kingston, renowned for its influential music program, yields a toe-tapping performance by the young orchestra.
A pivotal part of Snoop's journey is his pilgrimage to the Nyabinghi Temple, where he smokes, gives thanks and gets re-baptized as Berhane, which means "shining light." While Reincarnated only skims the surface of Rastafari compared to the more detailed Marley, it does convey that the love-and-purity kick is a real commitment for Snoop, and not just a makeover gimmick.
Smoothly assembled by editor Bernardo Loyola, with a wealth of footage from the old West Coast hip-hop days, the film cries out for an additional footnote following the album's release to include critical and fan-base response.
Venue: Toronto Film Festival (TIFF Docs)
Production companies: Vice Films, Snoopadelic Films
Director: Andy Capper
Producers: Surooshi Alvi, Ted Chung, Codine Williams, Justin Li
Executive producers: Calvin Broadus, Shante Broadus
Directors of photography: William Fairman, Nick Neofitidis
Editor: Bernardo Loyola
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Another 29 people were arrested as part of the operation carried out with the help of Chinese police, police said in a statement.
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No. 11 Butler blows 23-point lead, survives St. John's 60-58
LARRY FLEISHER
January 1, 2020, 3:04 AM UTC
Butler St Johns Basketball
Butler forward Jordan Tucker (1) passes the ball past St. John's guard Rasheem Dunn (3) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)
NEW YORK (AP) — With No. 11 Butler trailing by one point in the final minute, Christian David positioned himself in the right corner, not sure the ball would come his way.
Kamar Baldwin passed it over, and David put up the most important shot of his career.
David hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining and Butler rallied after blowing a 23-point lead to beat St. John's 60-58 Tuesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.
"Probably the biggest shot I've made so far," said David, who is a 24% 3-point shooter in his career. Those were his only points in the game — he came in averaging 3.4 points per contest.
David was open after Aaron Thompson got an offensive rebound behind the 3-point line. Thompson quickly fed the ball to Baldwin, who faked a shot and dished to David. He released the shot before St. John's Greg Williams Jr. could come over to defend.
"He's prepared himself for a moment like that and worked like crazy this summer," Butler coach Lavell Jordan said. "It was a huge moment for him and us."
David's dramatic shot occurred after St. John's (11-3, 0-1) staged a 29-4 run in the second half and took a 48-46 advantage on Marcellus Earlington's layup with 6:49 remaining.
Butler (13-1, 1-0) trailed 58-53 when Raheem Dunn hit an uncontested layup with 3:08 left, but then the Bulldogs clamped down defensively. Baldwin's jumper made it 58-57 with 2:01 remaining, and following a series of wild sequences at the rim, David delivered.
After David's clutch shot, Butler got two defensive stops to seal its fourth straight win on a night when it committed 24 turnovers.
Dunn missed a layup with 19 seconds remaining and LJ Figueroa missed a 3-point try with one second left.
"They made plays and we dug a hole," St. John's coach Mike Anderson said after his team missed its final five shots "We got back in and that's the most encouraging thing. We were right there against a very good basketball team."
Baldwin led Butler with 19 points and a career-high five 3-pointers. Sean McDermott and Jordan Tucker added 12 points apiece as Butler shot 40%.
Nick Rutherford led St. John's with 15 points and Dunn added 12 as the Red Storm shot 34.5% and missed 18 of 22 3-point attempts, including their first 11 tries.
Before overcoming its collapse, Butler dominated the final nine-plus minutes of the first half. Baldwin and McDermott combined for 18 points in a 23-2 run that gave the Bulldogs a 37-16 halftime lead.
Butler: Butler continued to be stout defensively, playing aggressive to hold another opponent under 60 points. The Bulldogs have held 10 of their first 14 opponents under 60.
St. John's: It was a tough night for leading scorer Figueroa, who picked up his fourth foul early in the second half and sat for most of the Red Storm's comeback. He went scoreless in 13 minutes and it was the first time at St. John's Figueroa did not score.
CONCERN ABOUT BALDWIN
Baldwin injured his right ankle early in the first half but returned after sitting for about five minutes. He was not on the floor for a long stretch when St. John's came back and was in a walking boot after the game.
HERON SITS
St. John's second-leading scorer Mustapha Heron was held out of his third straight game with a sprained right ankle. Heron was injured in the final minutes against Brown on Dec. 10 going for a rebound.
Butler hosts Creighton in its first Big East home game Saturday.
St. John's visits Xavier on Sunday, which lost at Villanova in its conference opener.


The Leave Campaign printed all over their bus, leaflets, posters, mugs and merchandise that they would want to fund the NHS with an additional £350m if Britain left the European Union. However, after £17m people voted to leave, leading Brexit campaigner – Iain Duncan Smith – has made a major backtrack on that famous claim that convinced many to vote Leave.
To me, this feels like such a huge betrayal from the Leave Side, who emphasised this point massively during their whole campaign. A large proportion of the Leave voters, voted to fund their NHS with an additional £350m. Yet now they're likely to not get what they voted for at all. Slowly, the lies behind their entire campaign are beginning to unravel.
In fact, the repeated £350m claim was being criticised from the out-set, with the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the BBC stating that Britain's actual contributions to the EU were closer to £175m a week because of EU rebate.
Duncan Smith doesn't appear to be the only one who is taking a U-turn on the repeated pledge. UKIP leader – Nigel Farage – also said that he could not promise money spent on the EU going to the NHS instead. Of course he never was an official part of the Leave Campaign, but it's interesting that he never spoke out about the fake claims until the referendum was over. In fact, I still don't think that Nigel Farage would've said anything about the £350m figures, had he not been asked about it on ITV's Good Morning Britain programme. This is helping me to understand why people wanted a second referendum because voters were never aware about any of this prior to voting.
This is just one of the many truths beginning to unwind from the EU Referendum.


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Solar Power Satellite Design Considerations
The major considerations driving solar power satellite design decisions are:
location (geostationary, LEO, other)
energy delivery method to Earth
solar panel photovoltaic versus turbine generator (efficiency/cost tradeoff)
size of an SPS (dimensions, mass, power)
Most studies recommend a geostationary orbit for Solar Power Satellites. This choice simplifies designs, and is the only choice that can deliver continuous power from a single SPS – the others require a constellation of satellites with any given ground station receiving power from a sequence of satellites. The disadvantages are that a relatively large transmitting antenna is required, and it takes more energy to reach those geostationary orbits.
Another disadvantage is that it is inefficient to deliver power to high latitudes; multiple satellites with Molniya orbits are one possible alternative.
An SPS constellation in medium Earth orbit has been proposed, because of the lower cost to launch from Earth and the smaller size of the transmitting antenna. The disadvantages are that both the transmitting and receiving antennas may need to be dynamically aimed, plus the "dark" time due to passing through the Earth's shadow is much greater, requiring still more satellites to deliver continuous power.
The remainder of this post will focus on geostationary locations, which have been studied more thoroughly.
MICROWAVE ENERGY DELIVERY TO EARTH
The minimum size of an SPS is driven by the size of the energy transmitter and the Earthside receiving station. While several alternatives have been considered, the best option appears to be beaming microwaves to Earth receiving stations from geosynchronous orbit. To achieve sufficiently narrow beams that arrive at sufficiently low energy densities (so as not to cook anything in their path), we'll need a transmitting antenna one kilometer wide.
The receiving station is larger at 10 kilometers east-to-west and as long north-to-south as necessary to appear circular from the SPS (a 10 kilometer circle at the equator, a 10 by 15 kilometer oval at 30 degrees latitude, 10 by 20 kilometers at 45 degrees latitude, perhaps 10 by 30 kilometers at 60 degrees). Note that 60 degrees latitude is approximately the limit of feasibility due to both the size of the receiving array and the amount of atmosphere that must be traversed. Luckily, this supports serving the vast majority of the global population, excluding only the Artic regions, Alaska (U.S.A.), northern Canada, and the European Nordic countries and northern Russia. Note that St. Petersburg (Russia), Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), and Oslo (Norway) are near the limits of servable destinations.
An Earth-side energy density of 23 mW/cm² (chosen as safe for all life forms) equates to 5 gigawatts as a minimum power limit near the equator and proportionally more at higher latitudes. Building smaller SPS systems can be done, but the antenna arrays would not be smaller (or cheaper), and thus would be less cost-effective. Note that some sources suggest a minimum size of 4 gigawatts. In any event, at 2.45 Ghz (the highest frequency with negligible absorption by rain, snow, clouds, and people), a one-kilometer transmitter could not possibly focus higher intensities upon the Earth, making this a safe and non-military technology.
The likely technology for the receiving station is a rectenna array, a network of many simple wires with diodes. It can be deployed above cropland (and herds of cattle, even forests) with only minor loss of productivity of the farm. Receiver losses will be of the order of 10%, much less than typical long distance power transmission.
A side point: direct-to-home power transmission is perfectly feasible. A home rooftop rectenna could easily capture 5 or 10 kilowatts of power, several times the average household demand. The problem is all the power wasted between rooftops, including undesirable electric currents induced in most metals and wiring. But perhaps this is not a problem in a military environment, where an energy beam could be directed to the conflict zone, not as a weapon, but for providing electrical power wherever needed. This also has direct military applications: SPS powered drones could fly indefinitely.
HOW BIG IS A SOLAR POWER SATELLITE?
So how big is the SPS itself? That depends critically on the efficiency of solar energy capture and thus the technology used. There are two likely technologies: solar cells (photovoltaic) and solar dynamic (mirrors and gas or steam turbine powered generators). Both methods take advantage of the near-constant sunlight (only shadowed by the Earth for a few total hours near midnight twice a year, and never for more than 75 minutes at a time) – a net 99% availability. Also, the intensity of solar energy in space is greater than on the Earth's surface due to the lack of air to absorb energy. About 950w/m2 strikes the Earth's surface at noon on the equator on a clear day, while in orbit the solar energy density is 1367w/m2 all of the time.
Solar Photovoltaic versus Solar Dynamic
Solar cells vary hugely in cost and efficiency. Common cells convert about 10% of the incoming energy to electricity. But modern cells convert 20% (thin film) to 40% (optimized) of the incoming energy. Caltech claimed to achieve 85% in a highly experimental demonstration in March of 2010. We don't know what technology will be the most cost-efficient. Note that 25% efficiency implies a 4km by 4km photovoltaic array would generate 5 gigawatts in orbit, although it would take a 4.25km square array to deliver 5 gigawatts to the Earth assuming an 80% efficiency in the transmitter / receiver.
Solar dynamic may be more efficient, as large, low-cost mirror arrays focus the sun's heat on a boiler driving a turbine electric generator. The mirrors are relatively inexpensive, and the cost will be dominated by the need to remove the waste heat using large cooling arrays. But the efficiencies are quite high, typically 40% to 50% (potentially even higher, depending upon the fluid used). Ordinary steam turbines can achieve 40% efficiency. Hybrid designs with a gas turbine followed by a steam turbine can achieve 60% or higher efficiency. The problem with solar dynamic is that moving parts imply mechanical failures. These units would likely require a nearby crew for maintenance – something easily provided from a space-based habitat. Note that at 60% efficiency, a circular mirror of 2.8 km diameter (or a 2.5 km square array) is sufficient for a 5 gigawatt SPS.
Solar dynamic has other advantages: lightweight flexible mirrors (such as ordinary aluminum foil) are not significantly affected by radiation, ultraviolet light, or micrometeor punctures. Disadvantages include that the turbines and generators are heavy, high-tech components that may have to be launched from the Earth. Also, the working fluid in the gas/steam turbines may not be cheaply available. The only gas available in large quantities is oxygen, which is very corrosive to many metal surfaces, at least until we capture the resources of a live or extinct comet which is likely to contain enormous quantities of water and ammonia.
PHYSICAL SIZE OF A SOLAR POWER SATELLITE
Using assumptions listed above, the width of an SPS might range from 2.5km to 4.25km, or as large as 6.75km if we use the cheapest solar cell technologies. But 4.25km looks like a reasonable target. Note that at geosync orbital distances, these would be as visible as the larger planets, and easily resolved with binoculars. Once hundreds were in orbit, they would appear as an arc of lights to anyone who looked up on a clear night.
There is also a nearby 1.0km microwave transmitting antenna, visible using binoculars. One problem is that the solar cells must always point at the sun while the transmitting antenna must always point to the Earth side receiving station. Proposed solutions include:
use the same structure with phased array techniques to steer the beam (always pointed at the sun), difficult for certain orientations;
use separate structures with some connecting mechanism that rotates one or both arrays;
use a smaller integrated array of a 1km transmitter (always pointing to the Earth) backed by a (fixed) 1km photovoltaic array, and a separate large mirror to track the sun and focus its light on the back of the transmitter. While appealing in several respects, this does have its own problems: dissipating roughly 15kw of waste heat per square meter, which implies a blackbody temperature of 240oC if there is no additional radiating surface (it couldn't be a manned structure, and would have to cool off prior to maintenance). The mirror and the transceiver would have different orbits – one would require constant adjustments. Lastly, it would be difficult to focus sufficient light on the transceiver near local noon each day. But some clever engineer may find a solution to all these problems.
MASS OF A SOLAR POWER SATELLITE
Using modestly optimistic assumptions for solar photovoltaic panels, supporting structure, power collection, and for the microwave transmitter and its own antenna, I estimate a total mass of 25,000 tons for a five-gigawatt SPS. Early estimates were closer to five times higher, and some optimists currently estimate that thin film panels would weigh one-fifth as much, although a supporting structure and the transmitter must also be considered. Note that if the solar panel array is 4km on a side, then 1.0 kg/m2 of panels, structure, and wiring results in a total mass of 16,000 tons, leaving the remainder of my mass allowance for the transmitter, its antenna, and other support structures.
A 1.0kg/m2 mass allowance solar cells, wiring, and structure seems like a significant challenge, requiring a substrate similar to a sheet of paper in thickness. Note that a silicon wafer sliced 1.0mm thick weighs 2.3kg/m2. However, the typical thickness of photovoltaic silicon wafers today is only a tenth that, and thus weighs 0.23kg/m2, leaving adequate allowance for structural components and wiring.
When using the resources of an asteroid to build the Solar Power Satellite, the mass of the photovoltaic panels is only a minor concern, as there is more than enough silicon and iron in even a small asteroid to build them as crudely as desired. Indeed, using a convenient asteroid allows the construction of large and inefficient but presumably simple and reliable solar power satellites. The final technology choice may be one of minimum labor costs or total time-to-market. Those tradeoffs are not simple, because using a less efficient technology (that is simpler to produce) implies a significantly larger structure with more materials and thus more time and effort to build.
But by using an asteroid for raw materials, we at least have choices to make beyond "is it even feasible?" Launch costs of people and tools to bootstrap the process will be high enough as it is, but having the cheap and convenient asteroidal resources in orbit where we need them gives us the flexibility to try not just one approach, but several approaches and learn which is the best way to deliver clean and cheap energy to the inhabitants of Earth.
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searp said...
It appears to me that this would result in 230 w/m2 at the earth. Given a 60% aperture efficiency this would be ~140 w/m2. Solar can be much higher, even if it has lower availability.
Can you comment on whether the SPS is competitive?
Stephen D. Covey said...
Your math is correct.
A minor point: microwave rectennas can achieve much higher conversion efficiencies than 60%; even 90%.
More importantly, however, is that the 230 w/m2 is a design point that allows people (and wildlife) to thrive even when in the beam. If we don't care about cooking them, we can use much higher energy densities.
Most importantly, that energy is available 24x7, while ground-based solar power doesn't work at night, when it's cloudy, or in early morning or late afternoon when the sun angle is too low, and the fraction of time of high sun angles varies by season. On average, ground solar is available perhaps 8 hours per day (more in dry deserts where you don't need it, less in high-latitude cloudy areas like the mid-west and north-eastern states where you need it most).
A last point: solar radiance in space is 1367 w/m2, while on the ground is only about 1000 w/m2 even when the sun is shining directly overhead.
Space-Based Solar Power
Economics of Solar Power Satellites


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Britain to trigger Brexit process on March 29, gov't says
By Associated Press | News, Politics | March 20th 2017
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a meeting with First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales, Monday March 20, 2017. Photo by The Associated Press
Britain's government will begin the process of leaving the European Union on March 29, starting the clock on two years in which to complete the most important negotiation for a generation.
Britain's permanent representative to the EU, Tim Barrow, informed the European Council President Donald Tusk of the timing on Monday morning, the U.K.'s Department for Exiting the European Union said in a statement.
The notification of triggering Article 50 will come in the form of a letter.
"We are on the threshold of the most important negotiation for this country for a generation," Brexit secretary David Davis said. "The government is clear in its aims: a deal that works for every nation and region of the UK and indeed for all of Europe - a new, positive partnership between the UK and our friends and allies in the European Union."
Brexit Secretary David Davis said in a statement that the country is "on the threshold of the most important negotiation" for a generation.
Britain voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union in a referendum on June 23.
Britain will push for Canada-EU trade deal despite Brexit, says UK envoy
By Mike Blanchfield | News, Politics | July 25th 2016
Nick Fillmore: Brexit is latest world attempt to fend off power that ruins lives
By Nick Fillmore | Opinion, Politics | June 30th 2016
Three Amigos to preach North American co-operation against Brexit backdrop
By Mike Blanchfield & Alexander Panetta | News, Politics | June 27th 2016
After Brexit and Donald Trump, Canada is the "only remotely sane place" left on Earth
By Bea Vongdouangchanh | Opinion, Politics | June 24th 2016


Sunday morning found us trudging through a good steady rain to the Earth Day Market in Yoyogi Park. We weren't sure exactly what we would find - if anything or anyone - but we'd been trying to get here since the Earth Day Tokyo 2009 event. A little rain wasn't going to stop us now!
Damp yet enthusiastic vendors offered vegetables, prepared foods (mostly vegan and vegetarian), jams and preserves, handmade soaps and bath products, hand-dyed yarns, the biggest selection of millet I've ever seen along with sorghum and black rice, organic beer, seedlings, beans, honey, and cooking oils. Damp yet enthusiastic customers merrily jostled about with umbrellas to shop or chatted away while snacking at little tables under awnings.
We bought udon noodles made from wheat raised at Mananouen, an organic farm run by a former commodities trader in Tokyo, carrot soap from azure soap, and black millet from Hitonigiri for our rice. Even though I get a veritable cornucopia of vegetables from the farm I work at here, I can hardly wait to visit the vendors again to try new things and see what else is in season!


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Well as of Saturday I'm now all the threes, thirty-three, and may I say a big thank you to all the people who sent me presents, cards and professionally-taken photos of themselves in a leatherette presentation folder (thanks Sis, I'll treasure it). On the cards front, I received a handmade one from Carol, a hand-bought one from Dave, and a handful of ones in my Mum's handwriting claiming to be from my cat. Fortunately they all managed to fit through my front door, although Carol is on the brink of flouting the new postage rules by making cards more than 5mm thick. She could be in serious trouble come August 21st.
On my birthday itself, I visited Lisa's Mum in the hope that she might have a present for me (luckily she did, otherwise it would have been a wasted journey), after which Lisa and I went out for the evening with her sister and a bloke from Torquay who's emigrating to Turkey on the grounds that they sound similar. Or something. I told him I wouldn't be brave enough to do the same. I'm too chicken to move to Turkey.
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Anyhoo, after a successful evening's Cottaging, I woke up on Sunday morning and attempted to share my dreams with Lisa. Unfortunately, having got as far as "I dreamt I had a friend...", she interrupted with "Well it must have been a dream then". I didn't feel like continuing after that. But I pulled myself together enough to welcome my family to my flat, before insisting they take me to Pizza Express down at Brighton Marina, a restaurant which apparently "looks like a boat", but only to people with good imaginations. I also allowed Lisa's 7-year-old nephew to come along on condition that he brought me a present. Which is why I'm now the proud owner of a Will Young CD.
The meal itself was fine. I ordered a starter with Gusto, my brother tried to leave without paying, Lisa called the waiter an Eastern European circus freak, and my Dad made a balloon parrot for the waitress. Just a normal family meal really.
We followed that with a game of football at the local park, which only lasted ten minutes after my sister-in-law hacked down Lisa's nephew in a nasty off-the-ball incident which went unseen by the referee. He had to be substituted, and I was forced to drive him home to wash the blood out of his t-shirt. That's the last time I'll be allowed to take him out for the afternoon. Fortunately though, he recovered sufficiently to play hide-and-seek, and beat me about the head with a cuddly aardvark, so I think he'll live. Which is more than I can say for myself - the diet starts again this morning.
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> Paul Epstein, the associate director of Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the Global Environment, ranks among the world's leading researchers studying the connections between climate change and health. A medical doctor trained in tropical public health, he has worked closely with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, helping author reports on everything from how global warming is encouraging the spread of dengue fever to the true cost of coal power when health and environmental impacts are factored in.
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The health impacts of an unstable climate regime are becoming more evident. There are direct effects of warming--bugs that bite and carry disease shifting to new territory, for example. But wilder weather--including wicked winters--takes the greatest toll.
A problem that's suddenly surged is the rise in food prices, grains particularly--posing nutritional risks for those in many nations. Several factors stand out. 1. Increased demand for meat. 2. Rising fuel prices. 3. Bioethanol crops (displacing food crops in some countries). And 4. The droughts, heat waves, and floods afflicting so many parts of the globe. The wheat crop crash in Russia during that country's 2010 summer heat wave, for example, boosted bread prices and led to food riots in Mozambique (where I lived and worked some decades ago).
You'll notice that three of the four reasons listed are about climate instability and energy. The right energy policies are needed to restabilize the climate.
If a wish could make it so. I wish the upward trend in cancer would abate; it is heartening that more people are surviving. Prevention involves reducing the carcinogens assaulting our defenses through approaches like "green chemistry," which uses non-toxic chemicals, and plants and algae, rather than petroleum, as the stocks for plastics and other products, keeping our water safe. European nations are moving in this direction. Agriculture without pesticides is a crucial measure and growing more food locally reduces air pollution from transport.
Rather than throwing me off track, a new idea shifted me onto new track. Three years ago I began focusing the health lens on proposed climate solutions. I first examined the problems with some solutions (e.g., more coal and nuclear energy), and then healthy solutions (electric vehicles, cleanly powered smart grids, and healthy cities programs) that could be rapidly scaled up today.
Three people you've probably never heard of. Alexander Leaf, a Harvard physician and researcher who first called attention in 1989 in the New England Journal of Medicine to the health risks of climate change. Barbara McClintock, a research pioneer who discovered--in corn, in the '30s--jumping genes, a finding that propelled the field of genetics and still challenges today's inadequate understanding of the gene/protein orchestra. (She did get the Nobel Prize in 1983.) Cynthia Rosenzweig, who studies the impacts of climate change on agriculture, and who today is helping New York City become a greener town.
O Leozinho (The Little Lion), by Brazilian singer/songwriter Caetano Veloso.


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Q: Pass js var into html block being added via appendTo I've got this html which i'm injecting into the page when someone clicks a button. The html gets appended again each time the button is clicked using the js below.

This is fieldset 1

      <input name="foo[]" />
      <input name="bar[]" />
      <input name="oth[]" />

var count = 1;
  $(function(){
    $('.add-member').live("click", function(e){
        e.preventDefault(e);
        count += 1;
        var grab = $('.grab-me')
                .clone()
                .removeClass('grab-me')
                .appendTo('#register');

    });
 });

But what i need to do is where it says "This is fieldset 1" i need to increase that number by 1 each time so subsequent appends say This is fieldset 2, This is fieldset 3 etc etc. I can't see how i can pass a variable (my count var) in to the html block when it gets cloned that will replace that number.
Here is a jsfiddle of it: http://jsfiddle.net/tzbgA/
Any help would be great! Thanks!!

A: you can give the sentence you want to change class. Then using jQuery selectors change the text inside it.

  <button class="add-member">add more</button>

This is fieldset 1

      <input name="foo[]" />
      <input name="bar[]" />
      <input name="oth[]" />

var count = 1;
$(function(){
    $('.add-member').on("click", function(e){
        e.preventDefault(e);
        var grab = $('.grab-me')
                .clone()
                .removeClass('grab-me')
                .appendTo('#register')
        .find('p.count').html('This is fieldset '+count);
      count += 1;
    });
 });

A: add span:

This is fieldset 1

   var count = 1;
      $(function(){
        $('.add-member').on("click", function(e){
            e.preventDefault(e);
            count += 1;
            var grab = $('.grab-me')
                    .clone()
                    .removeClass('grab-me')
                    .appendTo('#register');
            $('.span').html('count');

        });
     });

A: var count = 1;
$(function(){
    $('.add-member').live("click", function(e){
        e.preventDefault(e);
        count += 1;
        var grab = $('.grab-me').clone();
        $(grab p).html('This is fieldset '+count).appendTo('#register');
    });
});

A: Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/howderek/tzbgA/2/
Here's a version that uses 8 lines of code:
Code (Javascript)
var count = 1,
    html = '
This is fieldset #
<input name="foo[]"/> <input name = "bar[]"/> <input name = "oth[]"/>';
$(function () {
    $('.add-member').live("click", function (e) {
        e.preventDefault(e);
        document.getElementById("register").innerHTML += html.replace("#",++count);
    });
});

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Representatives of the rail authority said they anticipate adopting a final environmental report for the Fresno-Bakersfield section next spring.
The state is seeking an exemption from federal permit requirements for railway construction and in its petition filed Sept. 26 asked the board for a conditional decision "subject to the entry of a final decision after completion of environmental review" by the state rail agency and the Federal Railroad Administration.
Attorneys for the state also wanted a decision by Dec. 31 because "there is a possibility that the (federal) board will have a vacancy as of January 1, 2014."
The three members of the Surface Transportation Board are presidential appointees who are subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. They oversee rates, construction, mergers and other rail-related issues. The members are chairman Daniel R. Elliott III, Ann D. Begeman and Francis P. Mulvey. Elliot's term is due to expire Dec. 31.
In its petition, attorneys for the state said that if the contractor cannot be authorized to begin work south of downtown Fresno by July 2014, that section would be removed from the first construction contract. That, in turn, would force the state to renegotiate the price for the first 24 miles north of Fresno, and negotiate a separate contract for the southernmost 5 miles, potentially creating "a substantial aggregate increase in the cost of construction" for the two sections.
But in their unanimous decision, the STB members said the state "has not presented any unique or compelling circumstances" that require conditional approval before the environmental work is completed.
"The fact that the Authority contractually agreed to notify its contractor by a certain date that construction can proceed is not a sufficient basis for the Board to carry out its independent statutory obligation in a piecemeal fashion," the decision read. "Moreover, no construction may begin until after the environmental review is completed and the Board issues its final decision."
While the Surface Transportation Board refused to grant an early conditional approval on the permit exemption, the state's petition remains pending until the federal board can consider the transportation and environmental issues together for the Fresno-Bakersfield section. Replies to the petition, including objections by opponents to the project, are being accepted by the STB through Dec. 24.
Jeff Morales, CEO of the state High-Speed Rail Authority, described Wednesday's decision as consistent with the federal board's procedures on the Merced-Fresno section.
"As we did with the previous filing with the Surface Transportation Board, we presented them with two options to move the process forward," Morales said. "With their decision today, the board opted for the same process used in their approval of the Merced to Fresno project section and all of our ongoing work and contracts proceed as they have been."
Authority spokeswoman Lisa Marie Alley said Wednesday that the STB's vote "does not change anything in our contract -- no contract change, no price change" for its construction firms. "We believe there is nothing to suggest that we can't make the July 2014 deadline."
"If we get to June and we still haven't gotten the environmental clearances, then we'll take another look and see what that means for us," Alley added.
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, declared the STB decision "another major blow in a series of setbacks" to the California project.
Denham, a vocal critic of the rail authority, noted that the decision comes on the heels of a court ruling last week in Sacramento that requires the rail agency to re-do its finance and business plan to comply with Proposition 1A, a $9.9 billion bond measure approved by California voters in 2008. Until it submits a plan that complies with Prop. 1A, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny ruled, the rail authority cannot spend any state bond money on rail construction.
Another San Joaquin Valley Republican congressman, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, successfully attached an amendment to a House appropriations bill in June that would bar the Surface Transportation Board from approving individual construction segments of the state project. Instead, the board would be allowed only to consider the statewide high-speed train network -- from San Francisco through the Valley and down to Los Angeles -- in its entirety. But that appropriations bill with Valadao's amendment remains hung up in the federal budget stalemate between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which is in the hands Democrats.


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2017 Jaguar F-Pace Spy Shots
These are the latest spy shots of 2017 Jaguar F-Pace upcoming SUV based on the C-X17 conceptfirst shown at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. Previously thought to be an "XQ" or "Q-Type", Jaguar has since confirmed that it's first-ever high-riding model will becalled an "F-Pace". While the name might be a bit of an odd choice—Jaguar says it picked F-Pace to link the new SUV with the F-Type sports car—we're glad to report that the production version appears almost identical to the handsome concept. 2017 Jaguar F-Pace Spy Shots
Carscoop caught Jaguar's first-ever SUV model, the F-Pace, warming up on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. A background check on the plates tells us that this tester is powered by Jaguar's 3.0-liter supercharged V6 that puts out 340PS (335hp) and 436Nm (32 lb-ft) of torque in the related XE sedan, with which it shares its lightweight aluminum-intensive platform.
The powertrain lineup will largely mirror that of the XE including the Ingenium 2.0-liter turbo diesels with up to 200PS (197hp) and 2.0-liter petrols with up to 240PS (237hp), though, at this point, we don't know which ones will be offered in North America. If Jaguar really wants to up their game against the Germans, they could drop their supercharged V8 in an F-Pace R high-performance model.
In our previous 'Visual Comparison', we established that the F-Pace's design will be extremely close to the C-X17 Concept shown in Frankfurt back in 2013, so expect similar exterior dimensions for the production car at 4,718mm (185.7 inches) long, 1,649mm (64.9 inches) tall and 1,959mm (77.1 inches) wide.
Inside, we expect the F-Pace to have plenty in common with the XE including a twin-dial instrument binnacle and JLR's new InControl touchscreen multimedia system with a large display incorporated in the center console.
At the New York Auto Show, Jaguar confirmed that the F-Pace will have its world premiere at the Frankfurt motor show in September, with sales to start in 2016.
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Hearing Loss Linked to Dementia
by Elizabeth Agnvall, AARP Bulletin, February 2, 2011 | Comments: 0
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Having difficulty hearing? You may be at higher risk of getting dementia.
En español | Adults with hearing loss are significantly more likely than adults with normal hearing to develop dementia, according to a new study out today from researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging. The study – which finds that the greater the hearing loss, the higher the risk – may open a new avenue of research into dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Men and women in the study who experienced severe hearing loss were five times more likely to develop dementia than those with normal hearing. But even mild hearing loss doubled the risk of dementia.
The study followed 639 people ages 36 to 90 who initially did not have dementia – the insidious loss of memory, logic and language that interferes with daily living. The volunteers were tested for hearing loss and dementia every two years for nearly two decades.
Researchers found that those with hearing loss at the beginning of the study were much more likely to develop dementia by the end, even after taking into account age and other risk factors. The risk of dementia only began to rise once hearing loss began to interfere with the ability to communicate – for example, in a noisy restaurant. The study also found that hearing loss increased the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but the two were not as strongly linked as hearing loss and dementia. The study was published in the medical journal Archives of Neurology.
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Frank Lin, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Otology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an author of the study, says this is the first large study to connect hearing loss to the development of dementia and should spur more research into this intriguing new relationship.
Explaining the link
Lin says it may be that whatever causes dementia also causes hearing loss, but there's no clear evidence. He thinks it's more likely that the neurological stress of dealing with hearing loss contributes to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
"If you are out to dinner with friends at a busy restaurant and it's very, very loud, by the time you get home you're exhausted, because you spend so much time trying to think about the words people are saying, to decipher everything," he says.
Then, too, it may be that the social isolation that comes with hearing loss contributes to the development of dementia.
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People who have a hard time hearing can't follow conversations or respond to questions. They feel frustrated and embarrassed and tend to avoid socializing. And previous research has linked isolation with a higher risk of dementia.
Or, Lin says, it may be a combination of the neurological stress and social isolation.
Either way, this study may prompt men and women to pay more attention to hearing loss, a condition that affects more than 9 million Americans over the age of 65, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Lin says people don't tend to give hearing loss the same kind of attention they give high blood pressure or heart disease. Instead, they accept hearing loss as an inevitable part of aging. But, says Lin, it may be time to take a more serious look at the condition.
Will hearing aids help?
Luigi Ferrucci, M.D., chief of the Longitudinal Studies Section at the National Institutes on Aging and another of the study authors, says it's not yet time to recommend widespread action, but researchers have important questions to answer, including: If we cure hearing loss, are we going to prevent dementia? And can hearing aids make a difference?
Even if treating hearing loss only delayed dementia, that alone could have enormous consequences, researchers say.
This study didn't find that hearing aids decreased the risk of dementia, but volunteers in the study only reported whether or not they had hearing aids, not how often they used them or how effective they were.
In June, Johns Hopkins researchers will begin a study to determine whether hearing aids or cochlear implants can lower the risk of dementia. Those results, however, won't be available for several years. Meanwhile, Ferrucci says, he and his colleagues are studying brain scans of people with hearing loss to look for connections between the two.
Elizabeth Agnvall is a contributing editor at the AARP Bulletin.
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The floating Zenyatta is one of the many Characters in Overwatch. He protects his allies through the use of powerful orbs. For more on him, the skills he utilizes and ways to play him, continue reading the page below.
Zenyatta is a Support character. He uses orbs as his primary weapon, which are highly accurate, but don't deal much damage. His orbs of Discord and Harmony allow him to heal allies and increase the damage done to targets, but only if he maintains vision of that person. Zenyatta's ultimate is very powerful, allowing for a few seconds of massive area of effect healing to be done.
The downsides of using Zenyatta is his reliance on vision of a target, and general lack of mobility. Zenyatta has no options to get away from an enemy and since his health is so low, it means that if someone finds you, you'll likely die. He also is forced to keep vision on his orb targets, which often places him in the thick of things, meaning you are reliant on your allies to keep you alive.
Orb of Destruction: Zenyatta's main weapon. Throw a single orb in a straight line, or hold down the alternate fire to slowly charge up several orbs. The orbs have pinpoint accuracy at all ranges and do a light amount of damage.
Orb of Harmony: Zenyatta tosses a healing orb to an ally. As long as Zenyatta can see that ally, they will now receive continuous healing. Zenyatta can only throw one orb of harmony, and if another is thrown, the first one is removed from the target.
Orb of Discord: Zenyatta tosses an orb at an enemy. So long as Zenyatta can see the target, that person will take additional damage when shot from any person. Only one Orb of Discord can be active at a time.
Transcendence: Zenyatta becomes a beacon of hope, gaining invulnerability from all damage. While in this new stance, Zenyatta heals all allies around him very rapidly. This stance lasts for only a few seconds.
Zenyatta is a very weak character, so always be as far back as possible. You only need to have line of sight on your target to heal them, so you can be way in the back of the group and still have your heal active.
Never forget your Orb of Discord. It boosts damage done to the target by roughly 50%, a huge amount, and more than enough to sway a fight in your allies favor.
Zenyatta's main weapon fires in a perfectly straight line. While hanging back, always be throwing orbs into the distance, sniping targets and whittling down their health.
Transcendence offers a massive area of effect heal, and will prevent any damage being done to targets within. Use it to protect your team from devastating ultimates, like D.Va and her bomb.
Due to his low health, and the way his skills work, Zenyatta works better as a defensive healer, rather than an offensive one. Sticking with a mobile group often leaves him vulnerable, making him less useful on offense.
Due to his low health, any high damage, high mobility character can kill him easily. Tracer is particularly good at this.
Roadhog, if he can land a hook on him, can easily dispatch Zenyatta.
Zenyatta doesn't move very fast, making Widowmaker a strong counter.
Always be mindful of his ultimate and its ability to counter you. When a Zenyatta is on the other team, don't stack all your ultimates, instead use one and trick Zenyatta into protecting his allies. Once you've made Zenyatta use his ultimate, your team can use the rest of theirs.
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The govt will be forced to step down: Fakhrul
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BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday vowed to force the ruling Awami League government to step down through a united movement.
He made the remarks at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club as part of the observation of "Democracy Killing Day" marking the alleged "vote robbery" on the eve of the 11th parliamentary election in 2018.
Mirza Fakhrul said the government had staged the "farcical" election using state machinery.
"A one-party government has been formed. The politics of looting has started in Bangladesh. We want to get rid of it," he said.
He also noted that the Awami League government has completely destroyed the electoral system.
The veteran politician said the ruling party wants an autocratic system although they pretend to be a democratic one.
"We have fought for democracy. We will bring back democracy. Therefore, we will bring people's government by uprooting this illegitimate government through a united movement," he said.
Criticising the Election Commission, the BNP spokesperson said a neutral election is not possible under its supervision.
"We have to force elections under a neutral government. The government of the people must be established through a neutral election," he added.
He also expressed doubts about Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and said, "If you vote in one place in EVM, it is registered for another candidate."
Fakhrul also alleged that the BNP leaders and activists were prevented from coming to the protest rally.
Dhaka Metropolitan North and South BNP jointly organised the programme. BNP Central Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohail presided over the event.
Among others, Habibur Rahman Habib, advisor to the BNP chairperson, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, joint secretary general, Mir Sarfat Ali Sapu, volunteer affairs secretary, Abdul Qadir Bhuiyan Jewel, general secretary of Swechchasebak Dal, Kazi Abul Baar, general secretary of Dhaka Metropolitan BNP and Leaders and activists of different levels of the party were present.
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