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"Official scorers have a job to do, and by their very nature, their decisions don't make everyone happy," Torre said in a statement released by MLB on Friday. "But everyone in our game deserves respect. I hope that David will meet that standard going forward, because I don't share the same views that he expressed."
Asked about Torre's statement before Friday night's game in Oakland, California, Ortiz said, "I got no comment on that."
The call in question took place when Ortiz hit a sharp two-hopper just to the right of Twins first baseman Joe Mauer in the seventh inning of Wednesday's game at Fenway Park. The ball bounced off Mauer's glove and rolled a few feet away. The off-balance Mauer was unable to recover, and Ortiz reached first base safely.
After viewing a couple of replays, the official scorer, Bob Ellis, charged Mauer with an error. When the inning ended, Ortiz could be seen yelling at the press box, making a thumbs-down motion several times to indicate his displeasure with the call.
After the game, Ortiz was still fuming, saying he "thought people were supposed to have your back at home, and it never happens.
"It's always like that," he continued. "I've been here for more than a decade and the scorekeepers here are always horrible. This is home, man."
Torre took issue with Ortiz's contention that an official scorer should give some leeway to the home team in making decisions on hits and errors.
"Official scorers should never give any benefit of the doubt to the home team. We want their best judgment, based on the rules," Torre said. "We have a process to review the decisions that our scorers make. Even when there are inevitable disagreements, we expect everybody to act professionally and respect the game and the integrity of our scorers."
Red Sox manager John Farrell says the team plans to appeal the decision.
"I think the thing that could be said is any time there's a discrepancy, a dispute or differing of opinion, there's a process that the play can be forwarded for further review, and that's what we'll do with David's ball that glanced off Mauer's glove the other day," he said.
Farrell dismissed Ortiz's reaction as a slumping slugger blowing off some steam.
Ortiz, who is hitting just .188 this month, felt justified in venting.
"I've got to make it clear," Ortiz said Wednesday. "It's not my first rodeo, man. You know how hard it is to get a hit, man?"
It's not clear whether Ortiz was also fined.
Information from ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes and ESPNBoston.com contributor Eric Gilmore was used in this report.
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I've been reading everyone's year-end lists and admiring just how much time goes into them. I'm confident I could muster up my five or ten favorite games, television shows, films, albums and books of the year, but I like to justify each of my picks with a short description. Beyond creating lists, I can't imagine being able to write twenty-five or fifty separate coherent descriptions, and even if I could, I certainly can't imagine those descriptions doing my list items justice.
As such, I've decided to do a list (in no particular order) of some of my favorite "things" of 2010, spanning every category. While I certainly appreciated plenty of things outside of this list, this is the stuff that I'll always associate with this year, and surely the things I enjoyed the most.
Without further ado, my favorite things of 2010:
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
In the food business, many chefs and restaurants become famous for unique combinations--combining savory with sweet, for example. These combinations can be dangerous because too much of either element can upset the fragile balance. When these combinations work, though, they create something amazing. Pac-Man CE DX is one such combination.
Like peanut butter mixed with bacon, PMCEDX combines two incredible things (classic gaming and modern gaming) to make them into something better. As I previously blogged, this game is amazing. It was built to be appealing to both new and old gamers, and the excitement I feel while I'm playing it is something I haven't felt since I was a kid discovering games for the first time.
Playing a 5 or 10-minute session of this game is like entering a time machine. I can't think of a single way to make time fly faster. From the game's brilliant heart-pounding music to its multiple choices of aesthetic and myriad unlockables, this is not only one of my favorite games of 2010, but one of my favorites of all time.
As Matt Fowler said in his fantastic review, season one of Terriers "delivered a subtle brilliance that is almost too hard to encapsulate in words." It's rare that even the greatest films can elicit real emotion from me, so imagine my surprise when the characters I cared most about in 2010 were two hapless P.I.'s on a basic cable show.
Terriers doesn't really fit into any particular genre and is as much a cop drama as it is a buddy comedy. What makes it so unique and wonderful is its characters, who are as richly defined as any I've seen in any medium. The fact that the show weaves together stand-alone episodes with a sprawling, complicated serialized plot and includes razor-sharp dialog doesn't hurt either.
It would take me days to articulate what makes this show so wonderful, so I'll cut to the chase: go watch it. The show was unfortunately cancelled due to poor ratings, but it still provided an incredible narrative arc in its full first season, which is available in its entirety on iTunes or Amazon.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
It's not common to see a Hollywood film appeal to one specific niche, and especially one as obscure as '80s-born gamers. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is the rare exception. The film is like a love letter to a whole generation and appeals so exactly to my interests that I feel like it was made exclusively for me.
From the moment the 8-bit Universal Studios theme played before the opening credits, I knew I was in for something special, but nothing could have prepared me for what I got. The film takes everything that was good from the graphic novels and improves upon it, and takes everything that was bad about the graphic novels and gets rid of it. While I don't think this was the best film of the year, it's without a doubt the one that I enjoyed most. Even after a fifth and sixth viewing, every music cue and game reference puts a smile on my face.
There are plenty of people who won't like or won't relate to Scott Pilgrim, and I can't blame them for it. Being a part of this film's target audience is like being a member of an exclusive club. Anyone can smile at a joke or enjoy an action scene, but to really "get" this film is to love it, and it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
I live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York. This October, a venue just a few blocks from my apartment (less than a five minute walk) was privy to a 'secret,' last minute concert by Kanye West. Packed into a venue one-tenth the size of the ones he usually appears in, Kanye performed five songs and then abruptly left. I assumed this would be my favorite Kanye West moment of 2010, but then about a month later, his new album came out.
I won't pretend to be the world's biggest Kanye fan, but I've liked all of his CD's, and even saw him live a few years ago at a gigantic radio show in Connecticut. With My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, though, I think he's outdone himself. Every song here could (and will) easily be a hit, and some amazing guest stars make appearances.
I had a professor in college who constantly referenced Kanye as an example of a modern poet, and his lyrics on this record don't disappoint. While the guy has given people plenty of reasons to hate his personality, the album speaks for itself and proves that he's not going anywhere any time soon. I'm just wondering how he'll top this one.
The Walking Dead
I'll be the first to admit that AMC's The Walking Dead had plenty of problems. Some of the dialog was the worst I heard on television this year, and the underwhelming season finale left plenty to be desired. One thing I will give it credit for, though, is finally motivating me to read Kirkman's series of graphic novels.
I've always appreciated any interpretation of standard genre fare that approaches the material from a new perspective. Something like Mark Millar's Nemesis was immediately appealing to me because it took a story we all knew and looked at it from a new angle. The Walking Dead does something similar in taking the zombie story we've all seen before and adapting it into a long-form narrative. The stories in Kirkman's books (and, I assume, in Darabont's show) aren't so much about the zombie apocalypse but about what happens after.
Letting the zombies fade into the background and doing a character study of how people cope with living in a whole new type of world is a brilliant way to look at the material, and while the series has plenty of missteps, I think it's one of the most promising comics I've read in years. I'm hoping the series eventually heads toward some kind of end-game and shows us where these characters end up, but for now, I'm fine with following their stories.
Infinity Blade
I've blogged about iPhone gaming before, coming to the conclusion that the phone's strength as a gaming platform isn't in its ports of existing franchises, but in its original IP's. Infinity Blade proves that point better than anything else possibly could.
I've poured more hours into this game than I would have imagined possible, and it's one of the richest experiences I've had in 2010. The game's inventory system is brilliant, and while it's lacking in story, it more than makes up for it with incredible gameplay. As for its visuals, as Hilary said in his review, "I have never seen a game that looked as good as Infinity Blade. This is an absolute stunner for any handheld device and ushers in a new era of possibility for high-end graphics."
If you have an iOS device capable of playing this game, I can't recommend it enough. I can only hope that this game continues to be supported with DLC, because I'm ready to keep playing it for a very long time.
I hope everyone has a happy new year, and feel free to follow me on twitter or check out my other blogs if you haven't already!

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|Fresh corn, bi-color shown here, is stripped from the cob, then fried in bacon drippings and butter, and finished with a little cream.
Iron Skillet Southern Fried CornFried corn is a southern favorite for sure and Florida corn has just started to show up in the markets here. When it does start to appear, this is one of the favorites in our family. Back when I made my creamed corn, I promised to bring you the recipe for my fried corn. Well, here it is... finally!
Southern cooks, we are a funny lot indeed, because we all have our own ways of doin' things, especially when it comes down to the kitchen, and some get real adamant about things only being done one specific way or else it's wrong. I know I have my own quirks about things too - like getting all up in arms about people calling sandwiches or subs po'boys when they aren't po'boys! But... I do always try to impart to others here on my blog that they really ought to make things their own when it comes down to the way they prepare food. Yes. Including with my recipes. The only right way, is the way that makes you happy.
Well, a lot of my fellow southerners would consider what I called creamed corn, to be fried corn, but, my fried corn is a little bit different from my creamed corn, and yeah ... you'll be using some bacon and some bacon drippings for this one too, though the method is slightly different. No, we don't have this dish every day, but when we do, it's mighty good!
I like to sprinkle the corn with a little sugar and give it a toss while I cook the bacon. Corn just calls for sugar in my humble opinion and it really pulls out the sweetness of the corn. Once you toss the corn into that hot fat, it begins to caramelize to this wonderful yummy sweet and salty flavor.
Take care not to overcook it and toughen your corn, and go easy on extra salt, which is one reason you don't see my favorite Cajun seasoning here. You'll get most of your saltiness from the bacon itself and often won't need any additional salt at all, so give it a taste once you pepper it up and see if you need any additional salt first before adding any.
By the way you don't need a special tool for shearing the corn off a cob, just follow my tip and clean if off easy and keep all of the corn kernels contained and off of the countertop and floor! In this recipe, you'll only want to shear off the tops of the kernels, so that you can then scrape the pulp and the corn milk off.
Some would say that the absolute best corn for southern fried corn is the Silver Queen variety, though others would argue that she's been a bit dethroned by newer varieties. There are many delectable, perfectly sweet, and perfect tasting white, yellow and bicolor corn varieties available now, many so tender you can practically eat it raw right off the stalk straight after picking it. So make this fried corn with whatever good corn you have access to. Though it's not quite the same, well-drained canned or frozen corn may also be substituted in this recipe - 3/4 cup of kernels is roughly equal to 1 average ear.
Recipe: Iron Skillet Southern Fried Corn©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 40 min | Yield: About 6 to 8 servings
- 4 slices of bacon
- 10-12 ears of white, yellow or bi-color corn on the cob, shucked, stripped and scraped
- 1/2 tablespoon of granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- Up to 1/2 cup of whole milk, half and half, or heavy cream, optional
- Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- Kosher salt, only if needed (taste first!)
- Fresh herbs, such as parsley, to garnish, optional
In a large cast iron skillet, chop bacon and cook to crisp; remove and set aside, reserving the drippings in the skillet. While that is cooking, clean the corn, except remove only the tops of the corn kernels. Then, using the blunt side of the knife, scrape the remaining pulp and milk from the cob. Sprinkle the kernels with the sugar; stir and set aside.
In the same skillet that you fried the bacon in, add all of the butter to the bacon drippings and melt over medium heat. Add all of the corn, pulp and juices, and about 1 tablespoon of the cream. Continue cooking over medium low heat, stirring often and adding additional cream as the corn begins to dry, just enough to keep the corn slightly moist. Reduce to low and cook about 30 minutes, or until corn is tender. Add pepper and half of the bacon; taste and adjust for salt only as needed. Transfer corn to serving dish, crumble remaining bacon on top and sprinkle with parsley, if desired. Recipe may easily be halved.
Cook's Notes: Turn heat up to medium high at the end to brown, if desired. Substitute well-drained canned or frozen corn when fresh is out of season - 3/4 cup of kernels is roughly equal to 1 ear. Allow frozen corn to thaw slightly before using it and for canned or frozen, cook only until corn is heated through well.
Fiesta Corn: Prepare as above, except add 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion and 1/4 cup each green and red bell pepper with the bacon drippings. Omit milk/cream and add 1/2 teaspoon each chili powder and cumin.
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Here are the first PlayStation 2 games in the PS Now catalog; now almost 650 titles in all.
Here are the first PlayStation 2 games in the PS Now catalog; now almost 650 titles in all.
Malicious also available on PlayStation 3, with Sine Mora and Velocity Ultra HD coming to Vita.
These are GameSpot's nominees for the 2012 XBLA Game of the Year.
Sine Mora is now available for PC.
Peter Brown gives you the good and the bad about Sine Mora before his time runs out.
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I know there are some Houston pros on here, as I have read many useful posts in the past. I am building a 5000 sf house in SW Houston. I will have a 4 ton unit down and a 5 ton unit up, and the builder is highly recommending Lennox. I have a few questions:
1. I am strongly leaning to a Lennox XC16 2-stage model. From what I have read, it should cut down on humidity versus a XC14 single-stage model. Is that right? Is a 2-stage a good investment in Houston?
2. I do not understand what a variable speed furnace does. Is it the same concept as the 2-stage AC -- that is, it runs at a low speed most of the time? Why are there so many recommendations to do variable speed furnaces?
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The ancient desert town of Timbuktu is under assault in the west African nation of Mali. Islamist forces have taken over much of northern Mali where Timbuktu is located. One group, allied with al-Qaida, has begun systematically destroying Shrines that celebrate ancient Muslim saints. Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher Corinne Dufka talks to Renee Montagne about the destruction.


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WATCH // Greylag Release "Yours To Shake" Video Via NPR Music, Share "Songs That Inspire Us" Mix Via Guitar WorldPosted by Andrew on October 29th, 2014
We'd like to welcome to the world the first of many Greylag videos. The Portland trio enlisted director Ben Fee to construct a video to match the intensity of single "Yours to Shake" from their debut album Greylag. Watch the trippy video above or at NPR Music.
"Often times, people are after things that they are just instinctively drawn towards. Whether or not those things are good for them, doesn't matter too much. And those things also blind those people in the process—making them bypass, misuse, under appreciate some really magical things in the journey. Even when they fly so close to their goal, and they can see it could be the end of them, the folks still go further. This doom, and perspective, and instinct, we wanted to paint in a visually poetic way, so as to give a strong feeling, instead of beating a message into the viewers heads with an obvious ABC narrative." – Ben Fee, Director
But wait, there's more! The band has also thrown together a Spotify playlist detailing "Songs That Inspire Us" for Guitar World. Check it out here.
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Enhance your outdoor experience by downloading the new mobile app from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The Official Georgia DNR Pocket Ranger Mobile Tour Guide is offered free and is on-target for all hunters, fishermen and outdoorsmen according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.
The Pocket Ranger is an all-encompassing app that allows you to explore the outdoors like you never have before. Pocket Ranger gives users full access to information for each of Georgia's DNR facilities-look up hunting regulations, retrieve facility maps, buy licenses and permits and stay current on our events. The app's advanced GPS section allows users to track, mark, record and share their explorations and discoveries easily with other Pocket Ranger users as well as family and friends.
This new app, developed for IPhone and Android platforms, uses some of the most advanced GPS smartphone technology to provide users with valuable features that will enhance their visits to Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), Public Fishing Areas (PFA) and other state owned lands. The app-developed collaboratively between Georgia's Department of Natural Resources and ParksByNature Network-is available for free to smartphone users, and can be downloaded by visiting Apple iTunes, Android Market or www.StateParkApps.com.
"The new Pocket Ranger Mobile Tour Guide makes exploring Georgia's outdoor areas easier than ever," said Dan Forster, Wildlife Resources Director. "It has an activity search feature which allows you to find the closest place to hunt, fish, ride horses, bird watch or just explore trails. It also includes detailed descriptions of each area with all amenities available at the site, current weather reports and maps for WMAs, PFAS and all state owned lands."
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The World Next Year: from new Islamist governments to US and French elections
François Picard and his panel discuss the Arab revolutions, the financial crisis and other important events of 2011 and their implications for 2012. Also on the agenda in this new year are elections in France and the US - can Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy be re-elected?
- Steven ERLANGER, Paris Bureau Chief, New York Times;
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...and finally it pays off for OSNews to have a Dutch editor. Yes, I knew this glorious day would one day be upon us, the day upon which the rest of the technology world would be struggling with Google Translate to decipher a Dutch article with news in it. But not for OSNews, oh no! Anyway, Steve Wozniak, Apple founder and still technically an employee, gave an interview to a Dutch newspaper (the worst we have, but still) in which he made some interesting remarks. Update: Told you it's the worst newspaper we have.
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Android is exactly like a PC OS (Windows, Linux), non-optimised in order to work with any component the phone manufacturers use.
Example: according to the reviews, theiPhone has an 800 Mhz CPU while the latest android phones have 1 Ghz. Even with the extra juice, the latter still experiences slowdowns from time to time.


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Ida Freedman of Randolph, who turns 104 on April 19, lives in her own apartment, walks every day, follows the news, goes to her high school reunions, fixes meals and teaches Jewish cooking to her aides, who assist her with shopping and showers.
RANDOLPH - 'Ida, you're a miracle," Annette, the homemaker, proclaims. "Run with it. Enjoy it!" She has just arrived at Ida Freedman's apartment and is about to gather the laundry.
Freedman sits on her favorite couch in a pretty plaid top, her white hair neatly done, her nails bright red, her earrings dangling. She looks doubtful. Not about the "miracle" – she is, after all, nearly 104 and still, as she puts it, "very independent, very active."
No, it's the reporter showing up unexpectedly who has stirred her skepticism. "I've never wanted publicity, to be a celebrity," she says.
Freedman turns 104 on April 19, traditional Patriots Day, and its theme of independence seems a perfect fit. She lives in her own apartment, walks every day, follows the news, goes to her high school reunions, always votes ("That was a big thing with my father") fixes her meals and teaches Jewish cooking to Annette. Other aides help with shopping and showers.
When I called on the lobby phone, the door buzzer didn't work. "Want me to come down?" she asked and moments later, stepped off the elevator. She's tiny, about 4 feet 8 inches, with a strong voice and warm smile. Later, we'll venture out for her daily 15-minute walk and she'll use her walker, but now, solo, steady as she comes.
I heard about Freedman from one of her admirers, who said, "She is amazing. She has all her faculties, used to watch the marathon in Coolidge Corner and is very pleasant."
In her apartment, family photos line a wall: her parents; sisters; son, Carl, 60, and nieces.
"You'd be surprised at how time goes by at this age . . . so fast," she says. "Years back, I can remember that like it was yesterday. Ask me what happened 15 minutes ago . . ." A mischievous smile forms as she continues, "A reporter from the Patriot Ledger showed up and was bothering me!"
I have met other 104-year-olds, but none like this, living in their own home, without any family members, so self-reliant. I ask the secret of her longevity.
"It's easy," she says. "I was always independent. I always had to take care of myself and take care of my family. When you have to, you learn how to do it. Otherwise, you fall apart.
"And I love walking. I go out every day and walk up and down. I'd love to walk the mall but my son won't hear of it."
She moved here 25 years ago, from Brookline and it still suits her. She has her favorite morning game shows on TV, reads the paper. The home care aides come several days a week. A niece drives her to medical appointments, or she'll call a cab.
Freedman was born in Boston in 1910, one of nine children, six girls and three boys. She graduated in 1927 from Girls High School in the South End and still goes to the reunions.
Last year, what a fuss they made over their oldest graduate. "You should see the pictures clacking, clacking, and they all wanted to be in the photo with me so they could say how old I was."
The W.T. Grant Co. opened a store in downtown Boston and she worked there for 25 years, becoming a department head and then a buyer. She lived with two sisters and her son in Brookline; after both sisters died, she came to Randolph.
Most of her friends are gone, but she still knows a few neighbors and she has her aides, her resources and her memories. She loves talking about those early years, her close family, how smart her father was, and especially her mother's cooking. "Such a wonderful baker. Oh, those knishes! Aaaah, we couldn't wait for it to get out of the oven!" And all the delis in Coolidge Corner, smoked fish, lox, cream cheese. "I loved that stuff!" "She taught me how to make matzah ball soup, potato pancakes, and they were delicious," Annette says.
"Whatever I'm doing, I try to do it right," Freedman says later. "I'm not a perfect person, but I'm comfortable wherever I am."
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Although it's still chilly out, winter is nearing an end and with spring, many feel inspired by that "out with the old, in with the new" adage.
And now that training for The Vancouver Sun Run is kicking into high gear, participants may be thinking of buying a fresh pair of runners.
But what to do with those stinky old trainers?
Before you toss them out, you may want to consider a program in Vancouver that will scrub them clean and donate them to those in need.
Sun Run ShoeRenu is a program in partnership with the three Sun Run stores: The Right Shoe, Rackets and Runners and Peninsula Runners. It also works with the Rotary Club of Vancouver Quadra, Salvation Army and the BC Podiatric Medical Association to set up three or four clinics a year in the Downtown Eastside to hand out clean shoes to homeless people and low-income earners.
This year, the ShoeRenu program is running a promotion to get as many old shoes as possible, said spokeswoman Suzanne Clement. Organizers say they'd like to beat last year's tally of about 2,000 pairs of shoes.
If you bring in a pair before May, you will receive a $10 Sun Run coupon, which can be redeemed on a purchase of $100 or more at any of the Sun Run stores.
"We're hoping to get about 5,000 shoes this year," said Graham Salvail, president of the Rotary Club of Vancouver Quadra, adding that they also collect hiking boots and work boots, but not items such as high-heels, sandals and kids' shoes.
Salvail has been part of the ShoeRenu project since its inception eight years ago. He said a lot of runners will wear their shoes for four or five months and then buy a new pair.
"They may be worn down for a marathon runner but they are still in good shape for walking around in," he said.
Eight years ago the rotary club had a podiatrist come and speak about the rampant foot problems among residents of the Downtown Eastside. Many people wear the same pair of shoes for years, said Salvail, and they wear them with holes, letting their feet get soaked every time it rains.
He said podiatrists are seeing everything from fungal infections that haven't been treated to more serious issues such as gangrene.
At the clinics, held at the Salvation Army in the Downtown Eastside, clients are given a clean pair of socks to try on the shoes and then they have the option of having a foot bath or visiting with a volunteer podiatrist.
An average of 550 people visit each clinic, but to have a good range of sizes they need at least double that number of shoes, Salvail said.
Donate your shoes to:
The Right Shoe:
1601 West Fourth Ave, Vancouver
Rackets and Runners:
3880 Oak St., Vancouver
Peninsula Runners:
20349 88th Ave, Langley
1708 152nd St, White Rock
3- 1707 Salton Rd., Abbotsford


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This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality. Re-use satelites, great idea, good luck doing it though.
I think it would come down to a cost-benefit sort of thing.
I'm just working my way through my coffee and I haven't had my breakfast yet, so excuse any insanity in the following.
The best way I could figure one could do this would be to have a robotic "scrap yard" in space - a space station of sorts with storage bays and robotic arms and/or drones that would pull in satellites and have them be disassembled through fly-by-wire. The parts would then be stored in bays and re-assembled.
I can see a few problems with this, of course. One way or another you're going to have to get the drones/station to the satellites. You're going to have to have *something* pull up next to the satellite and either drag it into a reclamation bay or have the whole reprocessing unit go up right next to it. Moreover you'd have to fuel the reclamation station somehow, meaning the satellite that scraps other satellites would eventually need to be scrapped or refueled itself.
It might be pretty difficult to actually re-build the stuff in space, too... so another option would be to just collect the junk and return it to earth. But I'd say it takes way more effort to get something back down from orbit than it does to get it back up there. You don't need to give satellites heat shielding because they're not really supposed to return. So if you were to go the "collect parts and bring them back down" route, you'd have to heat-shield everything, not to mention things like parachutes or retro-rockets that would permit to land without smashing into the ground at terminal velocity.
So... I don't know, this idea seems pretty nuts. I don't think we could do it until we have electrically-powered engines that can be recharged with solar power and a rather large, permanently-manned space station.
One way or another you're going to have to get the drones/station to the satellites. You're going to have to have *something* pull up next to the satellite and either drag it into a reclamation bay or have the whole reprocessing unit go up right next to it
Except that moving the birds from their widely differing orbits is a major expense.
I don't think we could do it until we have electrically-powered engines that can be recharged with solar power and a rather large, permanently-manned space station.
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Except that moving the birds from their widely differing orbits is a major expense.
Not really. A lot of the valuable satellites will be in GEO or the geostationary graveyard orbits. Moving them around takes very little energy.
Getting from one end of geostationary orbit to the other end and then slowing down to match geostationary orbit again is not trivial in terms of fuel costs.
Orbits have ends now?
Seriously though, the energy costs are trivial, and pretty much proportional to how fast you want to move around. Move into a slightly lower orbit (maybe a few m/sec delta-v for a Hohmann transfer), then wait for a while, then move back out. The shift around the orbit is dependant on how long you wait, not on how much fuel you expend. Drop down to an orbit around 1000km lower, and you can move around the whole of the GEO track in less than a month.
Orbits have ends now?
I'll try to put things more clearly. If you are going to change your path of movement to that of another object you not only have to get there but also match speed and direction with the other object. That means at least two changes.
Your "just drop down to a lower orbit" means a change in speed so an expenditure of fuel. Once you have the right position "below" as you suggest (which it won't be because it's not a stable orbit, in fact the altitude would still be around geostationary)
Once you have the right position "below" as you suggest (which it won't be because it's not a stable orbit, in fact the altitude would still be around geostationary)
You'd probably be going up at a reduced forward speed to act against gravity bringing you down over time.
(which it won't be because it's not a stable orbit, in fact the altitude would still be around geostationary)
What are you smoking? Here, read this. [wikipedia.org]
it's then another burn to get to the object you want to match orbits with
Do you honestly think it takes the same amount of time to make an orbit regardless of altitude? I'll give you a hint: the ISS orbits the earth in 91 minutes.
That's not going to be a trivial expenditure of fuel unless the distances are trivial.
Distance? Who carers about distance? If you're moving, you'll get there.
gravity is making it harder to get back into geostationary orbit with every passing second.
What is this I don't even.
Stop it before you give someone an brain aneurism
You mean start thinking
That link is about something completely and utterly different because it's about shifting into different orbits and not another location in the same orbit - and it's a bit much that you both misunderstood that and implied that I'm on drugs because I didn't misunderstand that. Look at my other post for an idea of what velocity (both speed and direction) to start with.
Do you honestly think it takes the same amount of time to make an o
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shifting into different orbits and not another location in the same orbit
That's how it's done. You move to a different orbit, wait a while and then move back.
I thought you were on drugs because you keep talking about unstable orbits. The only way an orbit is unstable is if you intercept the body you're orbiting, reach escape velocity or a third body causes you to eventually do one of those things.
Here's how it works: you decelerate from GEO into an elliptical orbit with a perigee about 100km less than GEO. when you reach perigee, you decelerate again to reach a circular orbit
I know what NASA does and that's not it
No you don't - with respect you are not even grasping the concept of rotation and are only thinking of fixed circles which is why I'm trying to describe it to you in a more familiar set of 2D co-ordinates. It's not a silly single dimension idea of concentric rings of wheels, there is a second dimension. You don't just step from one orbit to another without passing through intervening space and in fact you would never want to if you just want to shift to a different a
Except that moving the birds from their widely differing orbits is a major expense.
Not really. A lot of the valuable satellites will be in GEO or the geostationary graveyard orbits. Moving them around takes very little energy.
Don't forget the insurance recovery fees, 10%, I believe.
Thrust is only critical when you're trying to get off a planet. If you're already in orbit, you don't care about thrust as much as Isp, which translates to your delta-v budget...
That said, this sounds like a pretty stupid idea. The expense of getting the robot miner/factory to the retired satellite is as much as putting a whole new satellite in place, one produced using the full resources of planet-bound manufacturing, not some ad-hock remote-controlled business, and I strongly suspect that each robot wo
The most valuable resource a retired GEO satellite has is not the stuff in the satellite, but the position it occupies. The best solution is to build an attachable thruster as a secondary payload, and use it to nudge the satellite into interplanetary orbit so the new satellite can take it's place....
Exactly. Where are my mod points when I need them!!
The physical material in the satellite costs a few dollars. The rest of the cost is the cost of employment of large numbers of highly paid technicians on earth. As such any savings in trying to repair these things is elusive at best, and, given the nature of government programs probably impossible.
Better DARPA should invent cheap technology packages that can be launched by the hundreds latch onto or snag these dead birds and de-orbit them freeing their sl
Why would they be in a hurry?
If it goes a little faster, it will move to a slightly higher orbit, and rotate more slowly. Wait for the place you're aiming for to catch up. Slow down, to move as fast as it does. You'll probably need tethers to do the final orbital adjustment, but by then your speed difference should be in the inches/minute range. (The tether is because it's quite difficult to exactly align in position and velocity in all three dimensions. But you want to get really close before you touc
I don't think so, after all nobody is saying "you gotta get that part TODAY Johnson!" are they? you could use one of those Russian Hall Effect thruster [wikipedia.org] which IIRC are pretty power efficient for their size, then as the other poster said have a 'scrap yard" where drones take them apart.
But IMHO if they are gonna do that then we are gonna need to get together with the other sat producing countries and work on a modular design for future birds. that would make this MUCH easier to do and while i'm sure that wit
13 reactor cores and 32 nuclear generators
The Readers Digest of all things told me about that as a kid.
I wouldn't be too worried, the sheer kinetic energy of those things falling out of the sky is more dangerous than their radioactive properties. Once they've crashed the radioactive materials are so active that they are trivial to find (eg. fragments from a Kosmos impact in Canada were found from the air) but small enough that accidental exposure is likely to be minor. Those reactors are not the big steam
But the big IF there is IF they can control re-entry which is not always the case. what if it goes down in Miami? New York? if any of these comes down in a major city the impact with the buildings will spread the shit far and wide, it would be a mess. And that of course isn't counting the loss of life from the pure panic that happens when you say the word radiation around the public. sure the device itself in a worst case would give less than a hundred people cancer, but how many will literally stomp their
For a person operating such robotics, the complexity is similar to trying to assemble via remote control multiple Lego at the same time while looking through a telescope
Sounds like brain surgery to me, not quite rocket science then. Shouldn't be too hard.
Well, If I had to decide between flying with a rocket built by a self-taught rocket scientist and having my brain operated on by a self-taught brain surgeon, I think I'd take the rocket flight.
I think the lego analogy is oversimplified. They should have said it would be like building your own telvision via remote control while looking through a telescope. Legos "just fit". Diodes, resistors, etc, don't just snap together - and neither will all those parts form satellites launched by different companies, for different purposes, over the span of a few decades. Almost nothing is going to "just fit".
That was in line with my thoughts. If the devices were designed to snap out the fuel cells and reprogram the onboard logic, it could probably be made to work, at least for satellites of a similar type, but going much further than that would require technology which we don't yet have.
There's also the issue of these satellites being owned by somebody, even though they are still in orbit and unusable at the moment.
Presumably a lot of military hardware uses a couple common satellite buses, so the parts could perhaps be interchangeable. I think that reusing across dissimilar craft is a pipe dream for now.
Ownership can be easily resolved.
Start charging 'rent' for satellite positions in orbit. You can bet companies will start begging people to take their broken hardware.
For a person operating such robotics, the complexity is similar to trying to assemble via remote control multiple Lego at the same time while looking through a telescope
Sounds like brain surgery to me, not quite rocket science then. Shouldn't be too hard.
The round-trip signal delay might also prove a problem for someone operating a remote gripper or performing some delicate real-time operation. You're going to need some serious AI on-board to handle most things, I think: the human operator would just issue directives and the local intelligence would get the job done. Eventually, as the software develops, you won't need the human.
This isn't exactly a trivial proposition: they'd probably have to spend a good chunk of that $300 billion getting this to work.
I was just thinking it sounds like a really great game. It would make a dandy mod for some FPS engine that can handle rotating the player.
I don't know... as soon as I heard about this, my immediate thoughts jumped to, "WE COME IN PEACE... PRIORITY OVERRIDE. NEW BEHAVIOR DICTATED. MUST BREAK TARGET INTO COMPONENT MATERIALS."
annoying... "filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like yelling".
It's a good idea to make mandates for the GEO orbit, but it's going to add weight and cost to the next round of birds. That makes them even more expensive, and you'd better be able to demonstrate that you will in fact be able to take advantage of it, or that will be added cost to no benefit.
It sounds like they're faced with the same situation software developers often are: reuse would be great, but much of the time it really is cheaper just to re-build another custom solution. And even if we do explicitly
This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality.
Remember that "R" in DARPA's name? It doesn't have to work. It just has to be something interesting from which one could learn something new. And I could see a whole lot of useful/interesting stuff coming out of even trying to do something like this.
Parent is exactly right. In the defense-sciencey world, there is a whole class of problems often called DARPA-hard. I think the term is one DARPA itself uses. My company recently missed out on an opportunity to bid a project for DARPA because we had an approach based on current technology which could be fielded very quickly. DARPA doesn't do that. DARPA does crazy, hard projects with the goal of advancing technology. This is definitely an area ripe for DARPA - it is a high risk, high payoff applicatio
This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality. Re-use satelites, great idea, good luck doing it though.
I have a closet full of old PC components and will never use most of them -- and those were designed to be interchangeable commodity parts. What are the chances that you can take a solar panel off an old satellite and use it for something? Did they standardize on micro-USB connectors? nope. Common voltage? nope. Standard mounting bracket? nope.
What other heavy items might be useful? batteries, telescopes, radios. Still less likely than my old PC parts.
The only chance this has is taking new parts up an
I don't think a robot would be able to pull out a cell phone.
True, but what would happen is that the human operator would receive a message on his screen saying, "operation halted, programmed torque limit exceeded." The operator could then decided to override the limit and see if he can't work it loose. If that doesn't work, then he or she can call up the Car Talk guys.
This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality. Re-use satelites, great idea, good luck doing it though.
Odd thing is, my decades long study of the debris in orbit focuses one aspect on this very issue. Am I an engineer? No. Have I published any papers on this subject? No. Are my ideas valid? As valid as anybody elses.
Would the whole process and those dated components even warrant all those expenses?
Well, let's see. On the one side, we have DARPA's well-funded program, presumably chock full of experts in the field, who seem to think it is.
But then a guy on Slashdot isn't sure.
What to think, what to think...
I agree we need to collect the space junk we've scattered in orbit. It's a hazard to future flights.
But I can't imagine that the hardware left up there is worth the expense of salvage. Most of the expense of a satellite is not the hardware itself, but the R&D that goes into them, the testing, the prototypes, the huge staff involved in the overall process of design and construction. The hardware itself is as disposable and unimportant as your PC.
one of the primary drivers of the high cost is the launch costs,
It's interesting todo because the antennas and solar panels makes up quite a lot of the launch costs... they're not talking about reusing everything, just the heavy parts
Heavy parts being optics, benches, batteries, flywheels, gyroscopes.... basically everything that is not reusable.
if they can prove reassembly in orbit is viable then it suggests that the space industry needs to standardize to facilitate this.
Or make the Chinese do it seeing as that stunt they pulled with that anti-satellite weapon contributed so substantially to the problem in the first place.The only other cases where the US in 1985 and again in 2008. Neither event contributed significantly to the problem and the latter debris is almost certainly already out of orbit.
Earthbound junkyards work, because there's lots of interchangeable parts that can be harvested from old cars. Can the same be said of satellites, or are they made of one-time built to order parts? Also, it's one thing for a junkyard part in your car to crap out on the road. Do you want to trust satellites in orbit with used parts? Oh, just stop by the orbital junkyard, for a new used part . . .
Some satellites are one-offs, but things like the GPS and NOAA constellations have dozens of virtually identical models. And speaking from experience, the space industry is moving (although ever so slowly) toward interchangeable parts to reduce costs. If they knew there were five or ten usable solar arrays for the taking, they could design the interface to accept them as well as a new parts.
The other interesting thing is that being able to salvage satellite parts would mean they would be less of a sunk cost and more of an investment. If they have a resale value after they are retired, that adds profit motive to the launching company.
Beat me to it...
There's a tendency now to try to use more common components in new satellites, especially for meteorology birds, while there's always new science, adapting existing hardware to do the work means you might get a couple of instruments on different spaceframes, and not cost as much as the gee-whiz one-offs. Someone already mentioned that R&D, testing, SRM&QA and launch services cost a bunch. If we COULD accomplish this, then restoring capabilities on-orbit would be great.
NASA had a "Flight Telerobotic Servicer" project in the early 90's. Don't know where it went but it did get a fair bit of support and a lot of good engineering talent was pointed at it. From my interactions with DARPA projects in the past, there's a fair chance that something useful will come out of this, even if the whole program is over-ambitious.
NASA had a "Flight Telerobotic Servicer" project in the early 90's. Don't know where it went...
Not very far. After some study contracts, a $233 million dollar contract was awarded, but not much resulted. A prototype arm [roperresources.com] was built and is for sale for $42,000. Early planning proposed a test flight in 1991 [archive.org], with a rather easy set of tests. ("Peg in hole". With a human remote operator. Really. )
Who does an old defunct satellite belong to? I suspect that it still belongs to whoever put it up there, or their executors, whoever bought the company etc.
And who is authorised to say that something is defunct anyway? Imagine such phrases as "We left it dormant for future needs." and "We were keeping it until we could go up ourselves, collect it, bring it back and repair it."
Scientists and engineers may have worked out the economics of doing this, but have they included that nasty concept of Corporate Lawyers?
Scientists and engineers may have worked out the economics of doing this, but have they included that nasty concept of Corporate Lawyers?
I'd expect that a satellite in a retirement orbit would still belong to the original owner, but the Corporate Lawyers aren't necessarily a large bar. If it's the original owner doing or benefiting from the salvaging, or if they get a sufficient cut of the savings, the lawyers can stick to writing contracts rather than getting in the way.
A larger problem seems to be that f
If the original owners own the satellite, then would they be liable for the space junk they leave behind? Company A's space junk takes out Company B's working satellite. Let the corporate lawyer death-match commence! If there was real punching, then I would buy a ticket.
there is no such thing as Logo's
Oh yes there is [wikipedia.org].
A lot of reactions talk about the cost of fuel... seemingly these people forget that the satellite in question might still have fuel available that is going unused. What if out of this research it becomes clear that any new satellite needs the requirement to have enough fuel left for one last journey to the collector satellite orbit where it will be dismantled.
I wonder how a slashdot story about Darpa seeking input on a research project for some kind of network that can route around damage would be received
that the satellite in question might still have fuel available that is going unused.
Considering the trivial amount of delta-v required to keep a satellite in GEO, that amount of fuel is likely to be tiny per satellite - ie not worth the fuel cost of boosting specialized fuel extraction/recycling equipment up to GEO and into specific orbits. Add this to the fact that fuel is usually pressurized, and that different satellites are probably using different fuel types - it's not the easiest component to deal with.
This sort of thing could really put a space station and its inhabitants to easy to understand use, fix and repair stuff in orbit. Keep most of the kinetic energy, get unobstructed sunshine, and catch some space junk - campy. Running a solar sailing race on the side as a hobby could be entertaining.
I remember that there existed a TV show about junkyard people in the past. Maybe one could come up with a space comedy around it. Some cross between Alien and Space Cowboys maybe.
What we really need are some Jawas. [wikia.com]
I made some comment about the topic in the past. Nice, DARPA listened, or to be more modest, had a similar idea.
Darn sad I can't find it now. Thinking about it, it really isn't that hard to come up with the idea, somebody like Oberth or Ziolkovsky probably already thought about it.
the space program of the United States of America is going to manufacture satellites in outer space
Now that's progress.
".. the complexity is similar to trying to assemble via remote control multiple orbiting Legos at the same time while looking through a telescope."
Fixed that for you.
If one component is failed, why not replace it? The reason we don't do that now is that it's a complicated operation to do in space but if the point is to develop the technologies to make this kind of salvage possible, wouldn't it be just as easy to replace the broken part in some cases?
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Most of the fantasy world has Minnesota RB Adrian Peterson atop their rankings. To be honest as recently as the end of July, I had him at #1, too. I. But after deeper analysis and consideration, I've changed courses. In the last decade, there has never been a consensus #1 fantasy pick who has done as little as Peterson. The potential is there for greatness, but fantasy leagues don't give points for potential.
The point of this article is not to brand you a fool if you take Adrian Peterson with the #1 overall pick. The point of this article is to brand you a fool if you don't at least consider the alternatives. Here are five reasons why Peterson shouldn't be handed the #1 spot on a silver platter.
There's an old saying that NFL analysts love to pull out of the mothballs when discussing great running backs: "You can't stop him. You can only hope to contain him." The funny thing about Peterson is you can stop him. As explosive as he is, Peterson has shown a tendency to get taken out of a game. Good defenses know how to game plan against him. Peterson finished with 80 or fewer rushing yards in five games last season and eight games in 2007. If you're doing the math, that's 13 times in 30 games. And this is our consensus #1 pick? I'm not suggesting Peterson isn't good. I'm just saying he's not in the same class as past fantasy stalwarts like Marshall Faulk, LaDainian Tomlinson or Priest Holmes. Call me spoiled but I expect more from the top overall fantasy pick.
This is the big one so pay attention. There are three dimensions to every fantasy RB: 1) the ability to run the football, 2) the ability to catch the football and 3) the ability to score touchdowns. The bare minimum expectation for a #1 overall fantasy pick should be that he excels in two of these categories. Ultra-studs like LaDainian Tomlinson and Marshall Faulk nailed the tri-fecta. The reason it's so important is because it mitigates the risk of a bad game. If a multi-dimensional RB gets shut down on the ground, he has the ability to produce in another area—either receiving or with a touchdown.
Peterson's wheelhouse is running. The guy delivers monster production on the ground. Over 3,000 rushing yards in his first two seasons. A rushing title last year. He's a beast. No question about it.
But let's talk about his receiving and touchdown production, which are both cause for major concern. In his two-year career, Peterson has never had more than 21 receptions in a season. In a standard scoring league, that's tough to swallow. In a league that gives points per reception (PPR), it's an absolute back-breaker. If you play in a PPR league and own the #1 pick, Peterson is not your guy. Period. What about receiving yardage? Last year he had just 125 yards through the air. To put that in perspective, that's less receiving yardage than Cedric Benson, who only played 12 games.
Another check mark against Peterson is that he's touchdown deficient. Last season, he scored just 10 times. I'm a touchdown guy so maybe I'm a bit biased. Ten touchdowns is junk. It's an abomination. I cannot accept that from a top pick. For this reason alone it blows my mind that Peterson is considered such a no-brainer #1. You can argue that this is a new season and Peterson's TD production will go up. That's fine but the fact is Peterson hasn't proven he can score 15-20 TDs in a single season. With fumbling concerns and Chester Taylor taking production, I have my doubts that he will in 2009.
Brett Favre finally decided he preferred Wrangler jeans to purple football pants. Peterson apparently made the decision more difficult because he was actively lobbying Favre to join the team. Peterson's no dummy. With Brett Favre under center, Peterson knew opposing defenses wouldn't be able to stack eight men in the box on every play. They'd have to throw out that blueprint for stopping him—you know, the one that has worked 13 times in the last 30 games. With Tarvaris Jackson and/or Sage Rosenfels manning the ship, good defenses will continue to clamp down on Peterson.
This is Peterson's third year in the league. So far he has escaped a major injury. But coming out of college he wore the "injury prone" label. As a freshman, he dislocated his shoulder. As a sophomore, he suffered a high ankle sprain. As a junior, he broke his collarbone. This checkered injury history caused him to slip to #7 in the 2007 NFL draft. His most significant injury in the pros was a knee sprain he suffered during his rookie year, which kept him out of a couple games. Part of what makes Peterson so special is he doesn't shy away from contact. More often than not he gets the better of defenders, but there's a good chance someone will eventually square up on Peterson and put him in street clothes for a few games.
I suspect the reason why most owners are going with Peterson #1 overall is they're having a difficult time settling on an alternative. The rest of the first-round RBs have some question marks. I'll grant you that. However, Maurice Jones-Drew and Michael Turner offer more upside than Peterson while carrying about the same level of risk.
Let's start with MJD. By my count, there are four running backs on the board who are proven legitimate three-dimensional players. MJD is one of them (the other three are Tomlinson, Steven Jackson and Brian Westbrook). MJD can run (career 4.8 ypc); he can catch (average of 48 rec./year); he can score (13 TDs/year despite splitting carries). Some will argue that MJD hasn't proven he has the size and stamina to hold up. Hogwash. He's averaged over 250 touches per season over his first three years (factoring in rushes, receptions and returns) and he's only missed one game as a pro. Jones-Drew has the best chance of any RB on the board to post 2,000 total yards and 15 TDs.
Like Peterson, Michael Turner doesn't offer much production in the passing game. He had just six receptions in 2008. However, Turner makes up for this deficiency with touchdowns. He finished second in the NFL with 17 scores last season and he certainly has what it takes to be a 20-TD RB. An improved passing game featuring Matt Ryan, Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez will keep defenses honest and give Turner room to run. Some will point to the Curse of 370 as reason enough to avoid Turner. Read my recent blog post on why Turner will escape that curse. I like Turner's chances of matching Peterson's yardage and exceeding his TD production.
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Step by step, we are allowing religion to intrude further and further into politics. Ballot Question 2 and the laws governing abortions, for example, are political issues. Yet current interpretation of tax law allows churches and religious organization to raise money in support of their views on these political issues with no consequences to their tax-exempt status ("Bishops adopt a mandate," Metro, Nov. 13).
By allowing religious organizations to raise money for political causes through tax-exempt donations, we are giving them a privileged position. Our tax laws need to change or be interpreted to remove this privilege and put these groups in the same position as similarly situated nonreligious organizations.
The issues of abortion and physician-assisted suicide concern the laws by which the public desires to be governed consistent with our constitutional rights. These laws are political in that they affect everyone without regard to religion. Religious matters, on the other hand, properly pertain only to the members of the religious organizations to which they belong.
When religious organizations raise money to support or oppose laws that affect nonmembers, they overstep their role and become political organizations.
The public should fight back and call for taxing the contributions to these organizations when they engage in fund-raising to support political positions.


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From hiva to hip hop - UH Manoa collaborates on major dance conference in Wellington, New ZealandUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Center for Pacific Island Studies
The importance of dance to the survival of the cultures of the Pacific and Oceania will be the subject of a major international conference in Wellington, New Zealand, in November 2005.
The conference and performance event, Culture Moves! Dance in Oceania from hiva to hip hop, will be held at the Soundings Theatre, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, November 9—12.
The conference will include panel appearances by local and international scholars, choreographers, musicians, and museum specialists; performances by performers and dance companies from Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Hawai'i, and California; and master classes.
Well known kumu hula and local choreographers Michael Lanakila Casupang, Karl Veto Baker, Vicky Holt Takamine and Peter Rockford Espiritu are also participating.
Conference convenor Katerina Teaiwa, assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies, says dance and music have always been central forms of physical, spiritual, political, artistic, and intellectual expression and communication throughout Oceania.
"Dance has often been described as the first means of communication, and yet the study of dance has often been marginalised in academia. More work needs to be done that recognizes the importance of dance to the creative survival of Pacific peoples."
Co-convenors are April Henderson, a lecturer in Pacific Studies at Victoria University, and Sean Mallon, senior curator Pacific cultures at Te Papa. The conference will bring together choreographers, dancers, composers, curators, costume makers, scholars, writers, musicians, and artists to participate in a discussion on the knowledge and practice of dance in Oceania across cultural, national, academic, and aesthetic boundaries.
The conference and event have been organized by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Victoria University of Wellington's Pacific Studies Programme, and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, with additional support from the UH Mānoa Chancellor's Office, Creative New Zealand, the Pacific Cooperation Foundation, and the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO.
Keynote presentations will be given by Dr Epeli Hauʻofa, director of the Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and Dr Adrienne Kaeppler, dance ethnologist and Oceanic curator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The conference will also include master classes by Neil Ieremia, of New Zealand's acclaimed Black Grace dance troupe, and Suga Pop, from the Electric Boogaloos, and a dance notation workshop by Jennifer Shennan from Victoria University and Professor Judy Van Zile from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.


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McDonald's customers who may have been exposed to hepatitis A after eating at the Northport restaurant last year have until September to apply for compensation from a class action settlement.
McDonald's customers who may have been exposed to hepatitis A after eating at the Northport restaurant last year have until September to apply for compensation from a class-action settlement.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs and RPH Management, doing business as the McDonald's at 2000 McFarland Blvd., asked for extra time to notify people who are eligible to receive a $125 payout from the company.
The Alabama Department of Public Health notified the public in March 2012 that a McDonald's employee may have exposed customers to hepatitis A. People were urged to receive a vaccine and immune globulin to prevent infection. Customers who ate at the restaurant on McFarland Boulevard in Northport on March 14, 2012, or during breakfast hours on March 16 are eligible to receive a portion of a proposed $85,000 settlement. Only people with documentation that they received a shot can receive a portion of the settlement.
Forty-seven people filed claims to receive part of the settlement by the original June deadline, so attorneys agreed to extend the eligibility period until Sept. 24.
Attorneys for each side are working with a claims administrator to provide additional notice to potential class members. They are considering using data from the Tuscaloosa County Health Department, where most people received shots.
Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Jim Roberts granted the extension of eligibility period this week. He will hold a final hearing and consider granting final approval for the settlement at a hearing scheduled in October.
The proposed $125 settlement per customer is intended as compensation for the cost of the vaccine, lost time and anxiety and concern caused by potential exposure. Only customers who provide proof that they were vaccinated qualify to receive the settlement.
Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that can range in severity from a mild illness that lasts a few weeks to a severe illness that lasts months, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Symptoms can include fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tiredness, pain in the upper right side of the abdomen, dark urine, light stools and jaundice.
Hepatitis A is usually spread when a person ingests fecal matter, even in microscopic amounts, from contact with food, drink or objects contaminated by feces from an infected person. Contamination of food can happen at any point, while it's growing, being harvested, processed, being prepared or being cooked.
The Department of Public Health did not report that anyone contracted the disease after being exposed. It is unclear how many people have qualified to receive compensation.
According to the proposed settlement, each person will receive an equal share of the $85,000 if more than 980 claims are submitted. Any part of the $85,000 not paid to claimants will be returned to company RPH Management Inc., which owns the McDonald's. The settlement proposes that the plaintiffs' attorney receive $15,000 compensation and that he anonymously donate an additional $10,000 to a charity. William D. Marler of the Seattle, Wash. firm Marler Clark, who has extensive experience with food-borne illness litigation, is representing the plaintiffs.
For information about the settlement, visit www.northport-hepa.com.


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So far no arrests have been made in connection with a Fruitvale shooting that happened last night in a residential neighborhood, but officials say the man who was shot could possibly be the one facing charges in this case.
The shooting happened a little after 10:30p.m. at 2995 Pinyon Avenue.
Myranda Clifton was at home with her two young children and her roommate Michael Craig, when her ex–boyfriend Michael Ball came over. According to authorities Ball assaulted Clifton and refused to leave. That's when Craig stepped in and fired two shots at Ball hitting him in the chest. Ball was taken to St. Mary's Hospital where he remains in serious condition. Both Clifton and Craig were taken to the Sheriff's Office for questioning.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is processing the scene, and authorities are looking into the possibility that this case may fall under the Make My Day Law for self-defense. Whether this case fits into that definition is now up to investigators.
Michael Ball was arrested last month for domestic violence against a different woman in Delta County.


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I dont mean to be an ass, but i'm curious as to why you'd want to dissect music in the first place. I've played and hung around lots of musicians in the past and it always struck me as odd how so many of them just pop erections when they figure out the timing and notation of some black metal song, ignoring the whole experience of the music during the process. I'm not trying to insult people who are musically literate, but i just have to ask why its even necessary to fixate on such things when all it does is offer you a view of the individual songs in a format which they simply werent meant for - like assembly code for computers. What the hell does that have to do with art? Its like looking at the Mona Lisa through 3d glasses..
If you play an instrument then you will always see the technical part of the music.
Read theory books on your own. I don't think a non-music major would be allowed to take a theory class unless they audition on an instrument (but then what do I know? I'm only basing my assumptions on subjective experience). You might be able to take a music appreciation class, however. If your professor is a great musicologist then he will not only talk music but relate it to philosophy, theology, architecture, and aesthetics and how they correlate to one another and how there awesomeness unfolds. I happen to have a teacher as such.
Totally unrelated, I know, but I'm hinting at the possibility of one's musical intuition.
Only a few can make great symphonies or songs that truly transport the listener to more than one place.


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Blog entry Freerice 'Class of the Week' - Mr. Wilmarth's class
Mr. Wilmarth teaches at the Hua Shi Yi Fu Zhong school in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. His class are using Freerice and iPads to turn the game into a powerful tool for teaching languages, while raising over a million grains to feed the world's hungry.
Congratulations and thank you to Mr Wilmarth's Class!
You can find out more about Mr. Wilmarth's approach to using Freerice on the World Food Programme's Student's and Teacher's section.
That's just amazing~ If every single class in the world tried to do the same, a lot of starving people could be saved :) How does a whole class have IPads ? O_o... I live in Canada and we don't have that at my school yet =.=" Well, they're lucky but with that luck, they made a difference :)
hi im american
thats so awesome! i wish my teacher could understand, he doesnt like me to be on freerice he thinks its a waste of time :(
I always admire teachers. They are the one that students will never forget. I think teaching is the most cool and at the same time difficult job in the whole world. So to all teachers out there, YOU ROCK! Keep up the good work, be patient as always.
Great job!
Nice job! Technology, fun, and a good cause all wrapped up into one big bundle!
congrad. My class does do anything like that I wish we did!!
I do freerice in class too!
thats going to be awesome when its done! GREAT work guys!!! ;)
you guys are making a difference.
This is really neat!! Great work!! :D
Cool! IPAD!
Geiliable,and unbelievable.Good work!
Woo!Cool!I am in this class!Go,Go,Go!Our IEC!
Wuhan, represent.
Cool, keep doing, gays!
We are the best !
Freaking awesome!!!
Cool, iPad!
Awesome! :)
~I'm the only one in my class who ACTUALLY uses FreeRice!
*I wish my class could use iPads*
WIsh our school would use freerice.
Lol :3 My class doesn't do much
Excellent Achievement!
Congradulations Class of the Week
cool that is so cool!
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Interesting idea... made me think of what jerseys/sweaters/shirts we should donate to Haiti.
I'm thinking any Hossa Red Wings Sweater should be donated.
Any other ideas?
Interesting idea... made me think of what jerseys/sweaters/shirts we should donate to Haiti.
I'm thinking any Hossa Red Wings Sweater should be donated.
Any other ideas?
I don't know if anyone is in the mood to make jokes about donating clothes to victims of a natural disaster, and then not doing it.
I'm sure the OP didn't mean to make light of the situation in Haiti.
Anyway, I didn't know about the drive. If I can find a "donation station" here in Clearwater, which should be easy due to its relatively close proximity, I am going to empty my closet of clothing that I don't use anymore.
So, the OP accomplished something with the post.
Whoa.. pull back a little. More of a topic regarding getting rid of sports-related clothes you will never wear again (and getting them to a place of need)... not a comment/joke about 200,000+ dead people.
Truth be told... my Hossa sweather will not make it to Haiti... I already have a bag of clothes ready to go to Salvation Army. Either way... I will never wear it again, but someone will
If you're going to send a Hossa red wings sweater/jersey, id advise cutting off the sleeves. It gets kinda hot down there.
Nothing funnier than thousands of dead people!!! HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
What's probably just as sad as this disaster is the fact that it took this disaster to bring Haiti to the national discussion.
Haiti is one of the most impoverished nations in the world, and it's right here in our part of the world. It shouldn't have taken a disaster like this to get everyone thinking about how much help is needed there.
Sorry off my soapbox now.
This thread isn't the most tasteful, but it did remind me of an
Obscure jerseys site
Your post is counter-intuitive but at least the article is good. My prayers go out to all the lost and their loved one's.
of donations --
Turns out it has come up before, here.
This is a short list of links to highly trusted aid orgs working in Haiti right now.
Is there any way this (aid to Haiti) could become an Mgoblog project?
I'm gonna send my free Maurice Clarett shirt. I figure it has served its purpose.


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Chelsea, still looking for their first Premier League away win of the 2013/14 season, will travel to Carrow Road tomorrow to play Norwich City.
This will be Chelsea's fourth away game and, after drawing with Tottenham and Manchester United and losing to Everton, Jose Mourinho will be well aware that the pressure to secure three points outside of Stamford Bridge will be mounting on his side.
Mourinho's highly-anticipated return as Chelsea manager has hardly been headline-hitting as the Blues have earned a mediocre 11 points from a possible 18 in their first six games. In saying that though, the team, who are currently fifth in the Premier League, have had some difficult fixtures, including matches against Manchester United, Everton and Tottenham.
Although they are yet to win away from home in the Premier League, Chelsea had no problem in their midweek Champions League game as they brushed aside Romanian team Steaua Bucharest with a 4-0 victory.
Chelsea, getting their European campaign back on track after a shock 2-1 defeat to Basel in their opening game, deserved their 4-0 win on Tuesday, with the goals coming from a Ramires brace, a Daniel Georgievski own goal and a late Frank Lampard strike.
Meanwhile, Norwich, who have taken seven points from a possible 18 in their opening six matches, are currently sat 14th in the Premier League.
The Canaries have had no problems finding the net in the Capital One Cup, having scored six goals against Bury in the second round and three against Watford in the third round; however they, along with Fulham and Sunderland, have scored the fewest goals (four) in the Premier League.
In their last match, Norwich beat Stoke 1-0 thanks to Jonny Howson's stunning 25-yard strike. Chris Hughton's side will want to build some momentum following last week's win as they head into a difficult two-month period. October and November sees the Canaries face a lot of difficult teams, including Arsenal and Manchester City, as well as tomorrow's visit from Chelsea.
Norwich earned the majority of their points at home last season (31 of 44), so this perhaps suggests they are more comfortable taking the game to teams at Carrow Road. With their fans behind them, they will be hoping they can shock Chelsea with a win tomorrow.
In the last corresponding fixture, Chelsea won 1-0 thanks to Juan Mata's 38th minute winner. In this Boxing Day game Chelsea dominated possession (64%) and took all three points.
Norwich will be wary of the fact that they haven't beaten Chelsea in the past nine meetings between the teams. The last time the Canaries won in this fixture was back in 1994, so they will certainly be hoping to re-write the history books tomorrow. However, they will take comfort from the fact that they have only lost two home games in the whole of 2013 (both against Aston Villa).
Team News:
Norwich defender Sebastien Bassong could return after seemingly overcoming a hamstring injury which has ruled him out for the last couple of weeks, while Javier Garrido and Nathan Redmond will probably return after missing their team's trip to Stoke last weekend.
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres picked up a knee injury in his side's 4-0 win against Steaua Bucharest in midweek, however after picking up a red card against Tottenham last weekend he is suspended anyway so will not play any part in this match.
Meanwhile, Eden Hazard will face a late test on an ankle problem and, if ruled out, he could be replaced by Andre Schurrle or Juan Mata.
What will be the score in tomorrow's game? Will Chelsea end their away win drought, or will Norwich upset the odds? Predict the score and have your say below.
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