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IOC Retesting All Beijing Olympic Doping Samples
The International Olympic Committee will retest all doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug. The International Olympic Committee will retest all doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting ... more
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Europe plans asteroid sample grab
European scientists and engineers are working on a potential new mission to bring back material from an asteroid.
The venture, known as Marco Polo, could launch in the next decade, and would be designed to learn more about how our Solar System evolved.
The plan is to select a small asteroid - less than 1km across - near Earth and send a spacecraft there to drill for dust and rubble for analysis.
Mission plans are being worked on by UK Astrium and OHB in Germany.
Both satellite manufacturers have been asked to undertake a feasibility study, to assess the type of spacecraft architecture that would be needed to carry out the project.
A final decision on whether to approve the mission will be made by the European Space Agency (Esa) in a few years' time. The mission would launch towards the end of the next decade, in about 2017.
Asteroids are the debris left over from the formation of the Solar System about 4.6 billion years ago.
Studying their pristine material should provide new insights on how the Solar System came into being and how planets like Earth evolved.
"We'll be looking at the best solution for getting there and back," UK Astrium's Dr Ralph Cordey told BBC News.
"We've got to look at all elements of the mission - how we would design the mission, how to design the trajectory to one of a number of possible asteroids, how to optimise that so we use the smallest spacecraft, the least fuel and the smallest rocket."
Marco Polo might work like this:
• After the launch on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Kourou spaceport, a propulsion unit would take the mission out to its target asteroid
• The main spacecraft unit would undertake a remote-sensing campaign, gathering key information on shape, size, mass, spin and global composition
• It would then attempt to land, drilling a few cm into the surface. Up to 300g of dust and pebbles would be stored away in a sealed capsule
• After lifting off the asteroid, the spacecraft would put itself on a homeward trajectory, releasing the capsule close to Earth for a re-entry
• The capsule would land without parachutes. It would be opened in a clean facility to ensure there was no Earth contamination
Esa has an exploration roadmap for the missions it wishes to conduct in the coming years. Marco Polo is being considered under its Cosmic Visions programme, and is one of a number of competing ideas in a class of missions that could cost in the region of 300 million euros.
It is quite possible that Marco Polo, if approved, could be undertaken in partnership with Japan.
Sample return missions are of significant interest to scientists. Although in-situ measurements provide remarkable insights, so much more would be learnt if materials were brought back to Earth laboratories, where the full panoply of modern analytical technologies can be deployed. European scientists and engineers are working on a potential new mission to bring back material from an asteroid. ... more -
Usher's "love in this club" uses 2 garageband stock samples
Producer Polow Da Don brings new light to the word "Creativity" lol i guess the drums were all his though right?
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Kanye sued over jazz samples
"The College Dropout" himself, has been sued by the family of Joe Farrell. On Kanye's joint 'Gone' he samples the song 'Upon This Rock.' Common, Method Man, and Redman are also being sued for lifting the same sample.
Dear Kanye, you are RICH. CLEAR YOUR SAMPLES! "The College Dropout" himself, has been sued by the family of Joe Farrell. On Kanye's joint 'Gone' he samples... more -
smsd 3 'the feed'
smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson of visual-hybrid and music producer screen3
smsd - the feed track 3 of the visual-hybrid / screen3 smsd AV collaboration. the feed was filmed and recorded in june 2005 to the manifesto laid down by sc3 and v-h.
view smsd - track 1 - mr thomas is ill for an explanation of the manifesto
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-manifesto-tr...
and smsd - track 2 - performance pressure for a further insight into the development of the smsd concept.
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-2-performanc...
the smsd project provides a snapshot of city life in busy 21st century london.
to contact, please email either
martin@screen-3.com or
paul@visual-hybrid.co.uk
http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk
http://www.screen-3.com smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson of visual-hybrid and music producer screen3 ... more -
smsd 2 'performance pressure'
smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson of http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk and music producer http://www.screen-3.com
smsd 2 - 'performance pressure'
track 2 of the visual-hybrid / screen3 smsd AV collaboration. 'performance pressure' was filmed and recorded in april 2005 to the manifesto laid down by sc3 and v-h.
view smsd - track 1 'mr thomas is ill' for an explanation of the manifesto and smsd - track 3 'the feed' for a further insight into the development of the smsd concept.
the smsd project provides a snapshot of city life in busy 21st century london.
Please do watch the other 2 parts in the smsd project:
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-manifesto-tr...
track 1 - mr thomas is ill
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-3-feed
track 3 - the feed
http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk
http://www.screen-3.com smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson of http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk and music producer h... more -
smsd - manifesto/ track 1 'mr thomas is ill'
smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk and music producer screen3 - http://www.screen-3.com
The 'smsd' Manifesto:
1 - Choose at random up to 5 stations for zones 1 & 2 of the London Underground network.
2 - Film visuals on super 8mm camera & record sounds at these locations in one day.
3 - Using only drum samples & the recorded incidental sounds from that day, create an audio track up to 5 mins long.(the use of guitars, turntables, keyboards etc is completely prohibited)
4 - The super 8mm film footage will then be cut & edited to the music track.
track 1. 'mr thomas is ill' - was filmed/recorded on 11/01/05
within randomly chosen areas of : bond street/ marylebone/
surrey keys/ lambeth north :
the smsd project provides a snapshot of city life in busy 21st century london.
Please do watch the other 2 parts in the smsd project:
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-2-performanc...
track 2 - performance pressure
http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/video/smsd-3-feed
track 3 - the feed
to contact, please email either:
martin@screen-3.com
paul@visual-hybrid.co.uk smsd or ’slow-mots-stop-dols’ is an AV project between filmmaker paul stevenson http://www.visual-hybrid.co.uk and music producer scre... more -
Where'd all those awesome Justice samples come from?
But your favorite band is so good at sampling!!!
Just click the picture above for video proof.
(They're those T-shirt Guys from Paris) But your favorite band is so good at sampling!!! Just click the picture above for video proof. ... more
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