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April 13, 2011
Google's Big Blue Bar
Google no longer shows the message below the search buttons: it now displays a big blue bar at the top of the page. If you click "no thanks" or the "x" icon, Google will no longer display the message.
Sometimes Google also shows a Chrome ad and it's really difficult to sign in or go to iGoogle without clicking on one of the ads.
Why target Internet Explorer users? IE is the only important browser that doesn't use Google as the default search engine and doesn't even include Google in the list of search engines.
{ Thanks, Sterling. }
60 comments:
IT ONLY appears on IE since IE DON'T CONSIDER Google,(like you said) Google is trying to get their audience by making it all fancy in their browser; therefore, their users (IE users) would pay a closer look and consider moving to Google.ReplyDelete
The stupidity in your posts is really starting to annoy me.
Hmm. I'm unsure how I feel about this behavior. I like that people can permanently avoid the blue bar. Can the same be said of the Chrome installer box? (Pretty trixy, IMO, putting it next to the account buttons.)ReplyDelete
What does everyone else think. Dodgy?
To the business poster:ReplyDelete
Do you believe this site is an official Google website? (it's an official blog) or did you actually mean to say those idiots?
Also, are you convinced that Google would never allow or post malware/viruses/trojans, or are you convinced that Google would never put up something so ugly and obtrusive? I seem to remember noticing that "download Chrome" box a while ago -- although, I guess it might satisfy only the obtrusive part (of the Google would-never-put-up-something-like-that assumption).
Anyway, Anon, I hope your business is back online and that it suffered minimal damage.
Whoops. I meant to say (unofficial blog).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 2:33 PM
It's annoying as heck and I don't even use IE regularly (maybe once a week tops). On top of that, Google is already my homepage in IE, why is it asking?ReplyDelete
It's just as annoying as the ad to install Chrome. It's my damn default browser already, piss off Google.
(Note: I use IE in InPrivate mode so cookies that would keep these two ads closed aren't saved hence my increased frustration)
Good thing there is an easy and efficient way of getting both of those messages to go away.ReplyDelete
"Install google chrome"Replies
I like your reasoning, james (especially since I use Chrome, myself).ReplyDelete
On the other hand, I see how some people might view this behavior as similar to the United States popping up a box on TV screens, whenever foreigners watch American-made movies, saying, "Move to a more interesting country -- the country where this movie was made!"
People could make the box go away, simply by moving to the US.
While I would personally feel more comfortable changing browsers than my citizenship, some people (and especially corporations), might feel otherwise. Simply put, they could feel very resistant to change browsers -- for reasons that make sense to them.
- AnonymousApril 13, 2011 at 4:22 PM
@Melissa You are just repeating what Alex said: IE users are targeted because IE doesn't use Google's search engine. I see you combined a personal attack with a completely inappropriate NSFW hyperlink. Stay classy, @Melissa.ReplyDelete
I am not a hundred percent sure, but I believe Google is also targeting Safari on Mac. Maybe not with the blue bar, but with just the "Download Chrome" box. Combine that with IE for Windows, and you realize that they are only targeting the users who use the default browser supplied by the OS.ReplyDelete
It's possible that they just want to raise awareness about different browsers, since people using the system default browser are the most likely to be unaware of alternatives.
I noticed facebook added this big blue bar two days ago that looked the same. It said "Drag this to your home button and see what your friends are doing when you open up your browser" with pictures of my most contacted people. This was in firefox. I thought this was google's response to that.ReplyDelete
- William HolderApril 14, 2011 at 7:03 AM
I'mm looking for a new homepage now. Like one of the posters above - my settings are set to delete temporary files each time I close my browser, so I have to put up with this banner everytime I open a new window. Good work Google - your banner will have the exact opposite effect on some users and I doubt you'll bring in many new ones with that stupidity.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM
First thought: Damn again such crap like the Chrome ads.ReplyDelete
Then I read about that it's only for IE.
Second thought: HAHAHAHAHAHA poor *ahem* good for them, now they feel some pain i often have to take because of THEM (as webdesigner you can often start over after testing your site in IE..).
- AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 5:03 AM
okay, either the info about just being able to delete this annoying blue bar is incorrect or I'm not understanding what you said. I've click the no thank you (and alternately the X) but the blue bar just comes up the next time I open a new search.ReplyDelete
I've googled how to remove, how to disable, and just google blue bar and find nothing (other than this blog) even talking about it... Does anyone know how to actually get rid of this annoying blue "come here often" bar PERMANENTLY?
- AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 7:10 PM
stop using google if you want to remove this bar. google is going to bar with thisReplyDelete
- Very AnnoyedApril 17, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Merely stopping using google wouldn't be enough. It merits a Google boycott campaign, and a boycott of Google advertisers campaign. It is VERY fracking annoying, and like anonymous two posts up I actually have (or had, past tense pretty soon) Google's search page as my home page. If you have IE configured to delete history, etc., after exit it just keeps asking the same question every single time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2011 at 5:21 PM
I guess it's finally time for me to check out Bing because the blue banner is so annoying. So long google, we've had an interesting time together over the last ten years.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 18, 2011 at 7:59 PM
I agree that this is obnoxious on the part of Google. Microsoft should reply be installing a default adblocker of all Google's ads.ReplyDelete
I've seen this on my Mac so they're also targeting Safari and Camino usersReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM
Screw Google!!! Would love to start a Facebook page to bring Google down and also start a Google page to bring Facebook down.......ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 7:20 AM
In todays day of internet use you would think legitimate companies would avoid any type of intrusive behaviour like this (as minor as some may imply) without providing some sort of escape from it. And forcing me to change my setting preferences isn't the way to go in my book, and some people have found out by just hitting NO only lasts for that session.ReplyDelete
There's too many other options out there to consider to have to put up with this behaviour. Google - your gone from our side, so thanks for allowing me the opportunity to investigate other options as I have found ones better suited to my liking.
OKAY! SO!!! All of this hot air blasting but no suggestions. Of course you can kill the banner but if you clean your cookies they come back. Why not just protect that cookie in your settings from deletion?ReplyDelete
Please try to post solutions instead of the attacks and hot air.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 8:36 AM
OKAY! SO!!! All of this hot air blasting but no suggestions. Of course you can kill the banner but if you clean your cookies they come back. Why not just protect that cookie in your settings from deletion?ReplyDelete
Please try to post solutions instead of the attacks and hot air.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 10:56 AM
wtf? many people clear their cookies (or have them disabled to begin with) after each browsing session. This bar is beyond intrusive and has introduced me to Bing -- well done Google!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM
i switched to Yahoo alright. There is no way to get this go away. I only use google now for translate thats it. If everybody does that the competition in search is back and the consumer rules againgReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Please help me make it stop...everytime few windows I open up prompts the stupid blue bar. Ack! I'm sick of it!!! Die blue bar...DIE!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 3:50 PM
I always delete all cookies by default as I close browser. So, I get that annoying banner everytime I try to use search... So, only way to avoid bar is moving my search completely to Bing. Well... It may not much or Google may don't care, but just lost one search user.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 7:10 AM
What I find interesting lately is that Google has gone from being able to get users on the merits of their products to this type of *annoyance marketing*. I have also noticed that they have done alot of slimey tactics of having your html links all link to chrome if you have ever installed chrome even if IE or Firefox are your defaults.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 7:10 AM
There are many more borderline unethical marketing? tactics that they have used that have just gotten me to the point of saying "see ya". I know Google doesn't give a rip about one person leaving, but it is interesting to see that even on a pro Google article, and if you do do the searches like some other posters have mentioned, you see nothing but negative about their campaigns. It would take a new savvy CEO to realize what is going on, and then to change it for me to come back....maybe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 7:13 AM
...one more thing for my two anon posts above...as an investor, forget it, my TD Ameritrade account will never even look at Google as long as they keep this up, just a bad managment practice that is based on numbers only and is not sustainable...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 10:20 AM
Christ! It doesn't matter what I answer the blue keeps on coming... Aaaaargh! Makes me really not wanna use Google anymore but it is the best search engine out there...Damn it!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2011 at 12:10 AM
While Google tracks everything, what better way of making Bing my home page in Google Chrome. No more Google adds for Google to earn from on my computers.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Maybe using Bing to search for a solution will work....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 7:29 AM
Here is a solutionReplyDelete
No more blue bar.
Personally I have changed to Bing, I never thought I would see the day but the google homepage is too messy.
- AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 8:23 AM
Microsoft is probably loving this annoying Google campaign. Seems it's steering alot of people to consider using Bing instead. Who knows, maybe they're somehow generating the ad on IE.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM
I have the same problem, Google behave the same like other big corporations, they are nothing better, the blue bart shows even worse things than mIcrosft ever did. Because of this bar I can t afford every minute how much I dislike Google ... lol, I think is a good point to check BING, let's not forget a good search engine is because of people using it.ReplyDelete
FINALY!!! GOT IT HERE IS HOW YOU KILL IT!!!!ReplyDelete
To disable it go to the Tools menu - Internet Options - Advanced tab, and in the Browsing section uncheck the box for "Display Accelerator button on selection". You may need to restart IE for the change to take effect.Replies
- AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 2:03 AM
Hi DariusDelete
For those of us in the corporate world the Advanced tab is, unfortunately, not available.
The post from Anonymous Jul 15, 2011 07:29 AM
worked for me and for those of us in the UK this also works for the home page
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 10:50 AM
It didn't work for me. I'm switching to Firefox because the blue bar is annoying.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 8:13 PM
Here is Google's phone number:ReplyDelete
phone: (650) 253-0000
fax: (650) 253-0001
Call, dial 8, type in any common name like smith or jones or white and leave a message.
Keep doing it over and over again until they get the message.
I thought Google's motto was "do no harm"
Relentlessly annoying people with their blue bars or asking for phone numbers is patronizing and inhumanly insulting.
Annoy them back!!!!
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 4:49 AM
google will get the message when every stops using google itselfReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 8:54 AM
if you have got adblock installed, just right click and click on block ad, then uncheck second column. you will now not have the banner any more.ReplyDelete
Well hehe and ho ho ho thanks for the crap chrissie present google, yep its fugly, and Jason agrees also with Gaff!ReplyDelete
google should be discreet, understated and low-key. it was at first. now they think they got everyone. bloat is awful. Keep It Simple S_____. less is more. don't try to engineer me. don't try to share me. don't try to influence my behavior. and @Gaff- yes, tbe blue & black bars are both FUGLY, FUGLY, FUGLY! all opposed to fugly- raise your pointing device!ReplyDelete
It is not just IE users but also Mozilla users. The Blue Bar is bluesh-t.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2012 at 10:01 PM
I used to like google: very efficient and effectiveReplyDelete
now i hate them: not only do they want to rule the world, collecting all this data about me, they are also becoming VERY VERY annoying with their damn stupid blue banner
can't they take a hint?
How many times do I have to click NO I do not want google as my homepage because it bloody already IS SO
But not for much longer
what is the matter with these guys? money gone to their heads?
trying to outdo Bill gates on being annoying and obnoxious?
- AnonymousMay 25, 2012 at 2:11 PM
GOOGLE - REMOVE THE FRACKING BLUE NAG BAR !!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2012 at 1:29 PM
For now, what someone suggested works for me in IE 8: Tools/Internet options/Advanced, and then in Browsing section uncheck Display Accelerator button. Restart IE.ReplyDelete
Currently I am browsing for more than half an hour and the blue bar did not appear at all.
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 11:35 PM
What is the html code to ad to adblocking to stop that google blue pop up "come here often make google your homepage"?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Just use Linux. It runs more applications than Garble.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Google-Please turn off the confounded blue bar offering to install Google Chrome. Out IT folks do not give users the rights to download and install such software so I cannot do that. With my home page set to Google.com I got tired of having to turn off the blue bar every time I open IE (cookies are automatically purged so IE forgets that I already clicked the "no thanks" box previously). It is a pain. I have today changed to Bing.comReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2012 at 9:41 PM
HELLO EVERYONEReplyDelete
Endlessly frustrated by that damn blue bar. Appeared every single time I used Google.ReplyDelete
Solved it by going to a random site (http://www.tilleryvalley.com/tillery/cookies.aspx)that asked permission to allow cookies. Clicked "OK" (or whatever) and, for reasons I don't understand, it stopped that blue bar of Google's from appearing.
Thanks to Anonymous who suggested Adblock. Googled it and found a simpler solution.ReplyDelete
Solved the problem in IE9 by adding the Tracking Protection Lists and so far no Blue Bar inviting me to install Google Chrome.
Go to http://www.iegallery.com/TPL and follow the prompts. The one recommended in the Youtube article did not do the job so I installed a number on the lists just to be sure. At least one of them is doing the job.
Not sure it this will work with earlier IE versions. Will check back here after testing on other PCs and share my expereince.
Once again, for all the moaners could you please keep it positive, like Anonymous did, and come up with solutions rather than just having a moan.
I might like to add that I DID install Chrome some time ago and deleted it as I did not like the way it behaved - not as user-friendly as IE !!! (I know that this will be hard to believe by some techos out there) You can't win them all !!!
ounnas abd el kader.chromeReplyDelete


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In 2008, Seth (the man behind Dink Smallwood) agreed to license most of the Dink game data under the free zlib license. This means that we can package the game for GNU/Linux distros, making it more visible and easy to install.
Most of the Dink game data means everything except for sounds: most of the wav and midis in Dink were not made by RTsoft, and could not be released freely as well. So currently the game will be distributed with few sound files, but I'm much interested in finding replacements for them under free licenses (such as Creative Commons BY-SA, Art Libre, etc.)
See details for already replaced sounds in README-REPLACEMENTS.txt.
Some of the MIDIs are marked Copyright (C) 1997 by Seth A. Robinson:
|"untitled" intro screen; the matching CD track is called "Intro" by Joel Baker
|"untitled" game start, Dink's house
|"untitled" Dink's house is on fire
|"untitled" Dink rescued Mary; Dink saved a wanderer from 2 guards
|"untitled" area before Bishop Nelson and the Dead Dragon Carcass; the matching CD track is called "Mischief"
|"Lively" (actually unused)
Some of the sound effects were also made by Seth. credits.txt mentions:
Many were created by us as well, most using a Korg T3 & X3 keyboard. (level up wave, choir noise when you pickup a strength potion, etc)
This wasn't discussed when preparing the game data free release, so maybe some other sounds can be released, in particular the mentioned "level-up" and "potion" sounds.
Included in the free data zip:
|secret discovered (e.g. after burning down a tree)
Sounds possibly made with a keyboard:
|level-up, notes are C# major triad (DO#/FA/SOL#/DO# - C#/F/G#/C#) with a bit of reverb
|choir noise when you pickup a strength potion; sound when you're given control when starting the game; notes are FA# (bass) + DO# (bass) + SIb (high), or F#+C#+Cb, or g+2+7 (ZynAddSubFX)
Unused in the main game, but maybe used in D-Mods:
|bird singing (alternative sound)
|used to be the soundtrack of the game intro video (CD version); replaced by empty sound since 1.08. Used for "Back from the grave" title screen (replaced with 1-frame sample generated with Audacity)
|beast producing intimidating hiss
|not a sound, but a saved HTML page ;) It has nothing to do with (and in) the game really.
Editor sounds: Dinkedit embeds 2 sounds, stop.wav (a 'tick' sound when moving the cursor or a sprite) and jump.wav (a 'boing' sound to indicate that a file was saved, used in spritemovie2000 mode). Their origin are unclear so they were removed. In addition, they were missing since v1.07 (built without resources) but it would be nice to reintroduce them.
Summary of internal MIDI comments (obtained using TiMidity++):
(see also http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/credits.txt)
|1.mid (Terris)
Sequence: AVE MARIA Copyright: (C)1994 Roland Corporation (Bach/Gounod version) Possible replacement: http://arsouyes.org/partitions/finies/Bach/Prelude/Piano/prelude.mid (Bach's version, Art Libre) http://arsouyes.org/partitions/finies/gounod/Ave_Maria/Ave_Maria.mid (faster pace, Art Libre) ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JOHN_MICHEL_CELLO-BACH_AVE_MARIA.ogg (record, cc-by-sa)
|104.mid (Stonebrook, Dink's village)
Text: Serenade Text: Composer: Franz Schubert Text: Sequence: Faren Raborn (June, 1995) Text: Email: firstname.lastname@example.com # domain name stolen ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Apparently more precisely: Serenade D957 Found a copy at: http://www.karadar.com/Dictionary/schubert.html http://www.karadar.com/Midi/schubert_serenade.mid Replacement: http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=5672 (score, public domain) http://www.free-scores.com/PDF/schubert-franz-peter-serenade-5672.pdf Remade with Rosegarden by Beuc: serenade-d957.mid serenade-d957.rg (GPLv3+ | Art Libre | CC-BY-SA) Other leads: http://www.kunstderfuge.com/schubert.htm (non-commercial, maybe ask?) http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/26603 (record, by-nc-sa, maybe ask?) http://www.archive.org/details/Serenade (record, Ogg Vorbis, unknown license, a liberal play with a little mistake in the middle) http://www.archive.org/details/CollectedWorksOfHansKronold (empty file?) http://www.classicalmusic.spb.ru/music-mp3/index.htm (russian record with child voice, no copyright information) http://schubertserenade.tripod.com/ (record, no copyright information) http://www.eadcentral.com/go/1/1/0/http://www.liafail.org/clmids.html (unknown license, need to ask)
|105.mid (outside Stonebrook + Kernsin)
Track name: Rêverie by Track name: Claude Debussy Track name: Sequence by Track name: Faren Raborn Track name: June, 1995 Source (same author, not exactly the same instruments though): http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cmc/impress.html http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cgibin/x.cgi/mid/debussy/deb_rev.mid No mail information in http://www.midiworld.com/contributors.htm No author entry for the other "Rêverie" MIDI's author (Gary D. Lloyd) Remade with Rosegarden by Beuc: reverie.mid reverie.rg (GPLv3+ | Art Libre | CC-BY-SA) Possible replacements: http://imslp.org/wiki/Rêverie_(Debussy%2C_Claude) (score, public domain) Other leads: http://www.classiccat.net/debussy_c/68.htm (several MP3s, none has license info) http://www.classicalmidiconnection.com/cgibin/x.cgi/mid/debussy/reverie.mid
|106.mid (Windemere)
Track name: Mendelssohn Track name: Concerto for Violin Track name: Opus64- a - Allegro mol. apass. Track name: Midi by: Track name: B.Fisher Source (not exactly the same instruments though): "Violin Concerto in E-, Op.64 - 1.Allegro molto appassionato" http://www.classicalarchives.com/mendelssohn.html http://www.classicalarchives.com/m/8/menop64a.mid No mail from http://www.classicalarchives.com/c.html Possible replacements: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Felix_Mendelssohn_-_Violinkonzert_e-moll_-_1._Allegro_molto_appassionato.ogg (CC-BY-SA - heavy 19MB / 13:27, maybe truncate)
|denube.mid (attack by Bishop Nelson the slayer shape-shifter)
The Blue Danube / On the Beautiful Blue Danube An der schönen blauen Donau op. 314, Johann Strauss Possible replacement: http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=519 (cc-by-sa, Copyright (C) 2004 Nikos Kouremenos, Mutopia-2005/01/17-519) ** http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ftp/StraussJJ/O314/blue_danube/blue_danube.mid (but very short :/) http://www.free-scores.com/redirection-partition.php?partition=5401 (score, public domain) ** http://www.archive.org/details/BlueDanubeWaltz (record, Ogg Vorbis, public domain) STRAUSS_Blue_Danube_Waltz_1934.ogg (but too serious, the original midi was supposed to add a funny effect to a gory fighting) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:An_der_schönem_blauen_Donau.ogg (old recording, some noise, public domain)
|lovin.mid (Kernsin parade)
Sequence: Lovin' / GACHOPIN Copyright: Copyright(c)1997,GACHOPIN All Rights Reserved. http://sound.jp/gachopin/en/ http://sound.jp/gachopin/music/lovin-e.html http://sound.jp/gachopin/midi/midplug/lovin_mp.mid New home: http://www.pu3.fiberbit.net/gachopin/en/ http://www.pu3.fiberbit.net/gachopin/music/lovin-e.html http://www.pu3.fiberbit.net/gachopin/midi/midplug/lovin_mp.mid firstname.lastname@example.com ICQ:21807998
|5.mid (bar/tavern in Terris)
Format: 0 Tracks: 1 Divisions: 480 Text: Oda Sanae Titled Calbee's Dream at: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Sparta/1411/calbee.mid http://www.geocities.co.jp/Athlete-Sparta/1411/stamble.html and sounds a bit improved. Tristan says: Sanae Oda's webpage used to be at http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~sound-b/ (which is now 404) Her old e-mail was firstname.lastname@example.com but is now offline. Replacement composed by Ofir Mo for FreeDink!
|7.mid (Darklands)
Title is Suite: Incomplete (translation of 組 曲:永遠 ?) by Wakaba Mizuhara (email@example.com) http://www.wakaba-music.com/ http://www.wakaba-music.com/midi/midi-index.html http://www.wakaba-music.com/midi/midi-3.html http://www.wakaba-music.com/midi-data/eien.mid (bit-for-bit identical)
|11.mid (end of game in GoodHearth Castle)
by AKI (?), from his band called The Honest Love Also says: produced by MASA - http://www9.wind.ne.jp/masa/ firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.ikawakanon.com/ http://www.ikawakanon.com/inmydream.htm (lyrics) http://www.ikawakanon.com/mydream.mid (not bit-for-bit identical, but same duration time and sound) http://www.ikawakanon.com/inmydream_o.mid (alternate version) http://www9.wind.ne.jp/masa/midisong/inmy.html (lyrics) Sequence: In my dream Sequence: In my dream Copyright: The Honest LoveThe Honest LoveThe Honest LoveThe Honest Love
|12.mid (inside GoodHearth castle)
Sequence: winter...from? Slightly edited version of winter...from? by Mas. (email@example.com): http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~mas/ http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~mas/music.htm http://www2.wbs.ne.jp/~mas/mid_data/org/winterfm.mid Excerpt from the official page:winter...from? 1999.1.16 Roland SC88ST Proにて作成 タイトル通りなのですが、冬をイメージして作成しました。壮大な感じの曲を作りたかったのですが、 これまたうまくいかなかったようです。壮大な感じを出せるのでは?とストリングスをいくつも使用しています。 終盤同じメロディをゴリ押しして、飽きてしまうかもしれません。なんとなくトラックのムダ使いのような気がしないでもないですが…。 SC88ST Pro以外での音源では確認していません。 winterfm.mid(28KB) MIDIファイル
|13.mid (Church in the Edge of the World, also used in Lyna's Story)
Sequence: untitled Text: Sanae Oda Used at http://buchanweb.info/ohanashi/yumenok.mid http://buchanweb.info/ohanashi/ohanashi_5.htm where it's refered to as "Dreaming Dwarf" (the file is the same, but not byte-for-byte identical) Copyright (C) 1998 Sanae Oda Replaced by Johann Pachelbel's Canon, also known as Canon in D major, or Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo MIDI file by Ofir Mo
|18.mid (End Boss)
Sequence: tukiyo.mid Copyright: Composed by Y-Asano
|4.mid (generic attack sequence)
Sequence: battle
|9.mid (battle against Mog and island's dragons)
Sequence: Mixeddiscussion
Sequence: Cave Exploring
|16.mid (secret Giant Duck's island)
Sequence: Favorite
|100.mid (area south of Terris)
Sequence: Wanderjam
|101.mid (?)
Sequence: Wander 3 Track name: Memorymoog 4
|102.mid (Aunt house at Terris, upstrairs)
Sequence: Tavern2 Track name: Big PWM
|103.mid (Mr SmileStein's)
Sequence: Neighbor
|Bullythe.mid (Milder's nagging)
Playing Bullythe.mid MIDI file: Bullythe.mid Sequence: Bully Theme Track name: Dreamers Possible replacement: HellFortressTwo.ogg from FreeDroidRPG
|Wanderer.mid (meeting Martridge)
Sequence: wanderer
neighbor.mid (unused) Sequence: Neighbor
credits.txt mentions Nobuo Kuge with a (now) broken URL: http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/~kuge/indexe.html
Tristan says the new page might be here: http://organcafe.blog.so-net.ne.jp/ (though there don't seem to be music at that place)
Send sound replacements indicating the source, the license, and what it replaces at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can confirm all the different uses of a sound by looking for its sound slot in START.c, then looking for playsound(SLOT in the Story/ files (replace SLOT by the slot number you found).
When checking the playsound occurrences, pay attention to the second number which is the play sample rate. Some sounds can be played at different speeds (higher means higher pitch) to get different results; for instance the same sound is used for the base sword attack and picking up a heart bonus.
Your sound need to use the same sample rate as in the original Dink data (such as 8000Hz or 22050Hz). You can resample it in e.g. Audacity by changing the project's rate in the bottom-left corner of the Audacity window.
Also pay attention to whether the file was in mono or stereo. In Audacity you can switch from mono to stereo using Track > Mix > Mix Stereo down to Mono.
The sox utility can be used from the command-line, though
it'll strip the meta-data:
sox original.wav -r rate -b bits -c nb_channels final.wav
sox 442676__qubodup__tree-falls-and-burns-down.wav -r 8000 -b 16 -c 1 burn.wav (8kHz/16-bit/mono)
The sounds can be tested by adding them in the dink/Sound/ directory and running FreeDink. The soundtest/ D-Mod, included in freedink-data's source archive, can be used to quickly trigger various sounds (or you could use your own Dink savegame :)).
Iwan made a video about this.
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Calit2 Director Honored with Golden Goose Award
Work on black holes led to championing a U.S. supercomputing revolution and Web browsers
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Calit2 Director, Larry Smarr
Larry Smarr, a physicist whose work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on calculating black hole collisions led him to champion a federal commitment to dramatically enhance U.S. computing power – which in turn led to the development of NCSA Mosaic, the precursor to web browsers – was named today as the first 2014 recipient of the Golden Goose Award, which goes to three or four winners annually.
The Golden Goose Award honors researchers whose federally funded research may not have seemed to have significant practical applications at the time it was conducted but has resulted in major economic or other benefits to society.
The announcement was made in Chicago by Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) during a symposium on the Golden Goose Award led by Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) and Rep. Hultgren at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Dr. Smarr is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), a partnership of UC San Diego and UC Irvine.
At Illinois in the 1980s, Dr. Smarr was conducting gravitational physics research focused on computing the dynamics of black holes in space. The work, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), required enormous computing power, which at the time was not readily available to academic researchers in the United States, although supercomputers were already being used in European research labs. Realizing that the U.S. had fallen behind and that he and fellow researchers needed far greater computational power, professor Smarr led the first proposal to NSF arguing for the creation of a national supercomputing center housed in an academic setting. This set off a revolution in computational science in academia and industry that continues today.
Upon winning a peer-reviewed national competition underwritten by NSF, Smarr was named director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At NCSA he created a software development group to support the application needs of researchers. Two members of that NCSA team, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, created Mosaic, the world's first widely-used graphical Web browser. The principal Web browsers of the past two decades, such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, and Firefox, are descendants of Mosaic, and today virtually every consumer computing device that accesses information, from smartphones to televisions, from tablets to automobiles, contains a graphical Web browser.
Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) first proposed the Golden Goose Award when the late Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) was issuing the Golden Fleece Award to target wasteful federal spending and often targeted peer-reviewed science because it sounded odd. Rep. Cooper believed such an award was needed to counter the false impression that odd-sounding research was not useful.
In 2012, a coalition of business, university, and scientific organizations listed below created the Golden Goose Award. Like the bipartisan group of Members of Congress who support the Golden Goose Award, the founding organizations believe that federally funded basic scientific research is the cornerstone of American innovation and essential to our economic growth, health, global competitiveness, and national security. Award recipients are selected by a panel of respected scientists and university research leaders.
"The Golden Goose Award celebrates unexpected discoveries, and there's no better example than the World Wide Web," Rep. Cooper said. "The Web is one of humankind's greatest accomplishments and is transforming our planet. Without the unanticipated consequences from Dr. Smarr's research, we'd be trapped in an informational black hole. His success reminds us that we never know where science might lead."
"Dr. Smarr's work is a perfect example of why Congress must remain committed to basic scientific research," Rep. Hultgren said. "It has been a focus of mine on the Science Committee to showcase these kinds of stories, and as the co-founder of the House Science and National Labs Caucus, it was an honor to announce this award for the work Dr. Smarr did in my home state. The idea for Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications was inspired by Dr. Smarr's important questions about black holes, but has demonstrated its usefulness in tackling many other scientific puzzles. As scientists continue gaining a better understanding of the universe, the technology, and tools they use to get there are having broad and longstanding impacts throughout our society. Science that is 'strange' to Congress can lead to the next scientific breakthrough, and these scientific inquiries are vital for America to maintain its place as an innovative and exceptional nation."
Dr. Smarr will receive his award at the third annual Golden Goose Awards ceremony in Washington, DC, on September 18, along with the other awardees to be announced later this year. Founding organizations of the Golden Goose Award, led by the Association of American Universities, include AAAS, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Breakthrough Institute, Progressive Policy Institute, Richard Lounsbery Foundation, The Science Coalition, Task Force on American Innovation and United for Medical Research.
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Reading through the press release below I was immediately struck by how very different this is from another recent Middle East conference held by Evangelicals. Where one was all about bringing in outside Evangelicals to make political points, this conference was held by predominantly Middle East Evangelicals to discuss issues affecting their region, preaching of the gospel and challenges facing believers in the Middle East. The earlier conference was unashamedly politically motivated, mischievously presenting one point of view only, whereas this conference eschewed politics and focused first and foremost on the body of Christ across the entire region. Where the earlier conference seemed predominantly about grandstanding, this conference was held in secret. Furthermore, where one conference largely failed to bring about reconciliation between believing Arabs and Jews, arguably causing long-term damage to Messianic and Arab Christian relations, this conference succeeded not only in bringing together Arab and Jewish believers from across the region, but also in furthering the gospel and needs of Evangelicals across the whole Middle East. What a refreshing change.
I could go on, but you get the picture. Here's the press release.
At the Crossroads - a unique gathering at Christ Church Jerusalem.
"In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria … Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance." (Isaiah 19:23-25)
Muslim background followers of Jesus from various Middle Eastern countries met with their Messianic Jewish and Christian counterparts May 7 – 12 in the Old City of Jerusalem at Christ Church, the oldest Protestant Church in the Middle East. Although similar conferences have been held over the years in the Middle East, this is the first time such a gathering has been held in Israel.
At the Crossroads convened in the context of Isaiah's vision of a highway that will run from Egypt and Israel to Assyria - a model of worship and partnership for Christians across the region that will lead to the Middle East becoming a "blessing on the earth."
More than seventy delegates came from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Palestinian Authority, Cyprus, Armenia, Turkey, Europe and North America. Worshiping and praying together in Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Hebrew, and hearing testimonies about the blessings and challenges of following Jesus in our region were among the highlights of the conference.
Due to security concerns the conference was a closed, invitation only gathering. However, two sessions were open to local guests featuring speakers Rev. Andrew White, the "Vicar of Baghdad", and Pastor Ali Pektash, a Muslim who came to faith in Jesus through a dream while on hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. Messianic Jewish and Palestinian leaders, including Taysir Abu Saada, author of Once an Arafat Man, also addressed the delegates, testifying to God's power not only to reconcile enemies but to enable them to take risks by crossing ethnic, political and religious divides to work together to expand God's kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy in this troubled and unstable region.
In the words of one of the organizers, "It is all too easy for Christians in the Middle East to become ghettoized due to their minority status and the many ethnic and political divisions. Consequently we often fail to see how God is working in our midst. Our focus must extend beyond these conflicts and only the survival of existing Christian communities. Without ignoring the suffering and injustice in so many parts of our region, we should focus on the call of Jesus to expand God's sovereignty by making disciples, recognizing the crucial role Jewish believers in Israel have in the Great Commission to bless their neighbors with the Good News. And equally so, the followers of Jesus in the surrounding nations have a unique role in helping Israel become part of the blessing that God intends for this region."
The delegates resolved:
1. to rise above ethnic, political, and theological differences in the Body of Messiah, and to work together in expanding the Kingdom of God in our region.
2. to proclaim that "Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance" will indeed become a blessing in the midst of the earth.
3. to commit to work and pray for the blessing and salvation of all the peoples of the Middle East.
4. to mobilize people to go and make disciples as a practical expression of the Kingdom of God, recognizing that we now have a window of opportunity that may not remain open in the future.
5. to advocate and allocate resources for justice, helping the poor and mitigating persecution of Christians.
6. to establish a network of communication and intercession throughout the region and to meet together on a regular basis as a means of expressing the "one new man." (Eph.2:15)
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Some have called the Barnett Shale the new Austin Chalk, while others draw parallels with coalbed methane. In each case, new technologies are making what used to be an uneconomic venture a highly profitable one. Further, the technologies can be learned at a distance. Shale gas is now being produced from the Barnett Shale and the Fayetteville Shale, while companies are starting to drill and produce gas from the Caney Shale. In other parts of the country, the Antrim and the New Albany shales are of interest.
The technologies include new methods of processing well-log data. These new computing techniques take well logs that contain information on the rock characteristics and reprocess them using new algorithms. The analysis can reveal overlooked reserves, or possible extensions to existing fields. One such program is called Geologic Analysis via Maximum Likelihood System (GAMLS), and it is available through Eric Geoscience.
GAMLS is a software program which allows geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and petrophycists to evaluate old fields, look for step-outs, and to analyze the potential of new producing zones. In many cases, the new zones have been overlooked because technologies to determine the zone's potential, and then to successfully drill and complete a well in the the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, did not exist.
Such a situation was often the case with tight gas and shale gas, including the Barnett Shale and Fayetteville Shale, where permeability was measured in the milli-darcies. Technological advancements have led to the ability to economically produce shale gas, but it is very important to understand the lithology and petrophysical characteristics of the formations, as well as to be able to detect the presence of commercially viable quantities of hydrocarbons. Perhaps one of the most cost-effective ways to explore for shale gas within an existing field is to utilize programs such as GAMLS to do the following analytical tasks (from the website):
- Analyze digitized wireline well log data, plus core data if it exists.
- Cluster datasets into modes (= clusters = rock types = flow units) using a model-based, maximum likelihood system wherein each sample is assigned to each mode with a fractional probability (mode probability assignment). Therefore, samples (depths) assigned to the same cluster have similar log properties.
- Permit correlation of rock units between wells.
- Generate graphics (plots) and tables that show the relationships among variables for each mode.
- Permit predictions of missing data using the statistical relationships computed during a previous clustering run.
These are just a few of the new ways to use e-learning to develop skills that directly lead to positive economic results.
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Fayetteville Shale - February 2006 - AAPG Explorer -
"Barnett May Have an Arkoma Cousin"
Barnett Shale - February 2006 - AAPG Explorer --
"Barnett Shale a Stimulating Play"
Other shales -- Woodford shale gas / Coalbed methane -
PTTC Network News - 2004
Potential Gas Shales in Oklahoma --
Oklahoma Geological Survey - 2006
2006 Gas Shales Modeling --
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Petroquest -- Woodford Shale test -- 2005 financial results
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Sports Betting Is No Crime
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By Matthew J. Webster
Should betting on sports be a crime in America? N.B.A. commisioner Adam Silver reignited the debate, and reversed two decades of league policy, with his November 13 New York Times Op-Ed piece asserting that sports betting should be legalized in the US. In a nutshell, Silver argues that sports betting is legal in most of the world outside the US, and has become widely normalized in this country since Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA, prohibiting states from allowing gambling in 1992.
In those days before the Internet brought betting into our living rooms, all the major American professional sports leagues supported PASPA. The terrain has shifted since then. Silver references estimates that Americans now illegally wager $400 billion annually on sports. If accurate, that's an awful lot of potentially taxable revenue vanishing into the ether based on vague and outdated moral arguments.
One example was offered by Boston Globe columnist Steven Syre the week following Silver's Op-Ed. Asserting that "gambling is the most serious threat to sports in general, to the public's belief that the outcomes of games are legitimate," Syre claims the "moral high ground" on the subject, with his primary supporting argument being that people who favor legalized gambling are likely to make money from it.
Notwithstanding the fact that there's nothing morally wrong with making money, Syre's rhetoric is weak. He names Silver as potentially biased because he could, conceivably, gain money in connection with gambling, disregarding the fact Silver is an N.B.A. official and so must necessarily recuse himself from wagering on his own league. With regards to the legitimacy of results, Syre seems to allude to the possibility of match fixing, but does not mention this term, understandably since Americans have wagered billions on their favorite sports since PASPA with negligible match fixing in evidence. Match fixing is a real danger wherever sports betting occurs, but, as Silver points out, the best way to prevent it is close scrutiny of anomalies in betting-line action by regulatory bodies.
Professional sports are businesses. Like all manners of free enterprise, everything related to sports involves calculated risk. An N.B.A. fan may gamble thousands of dollars on season tickets for a team that turns out as disappointing as last year's Milwaukee Bucks, or the manager of Liverpool Football Club may risk tens of millions on a young player who turns out as unstable and infamously vampiric as Luis Suárez.
Sports and fixed-odds betting are kinds of games, each having its rules and objectives. Games, sports and betting are all inseparable from strategic risk. Not all games involve betting, but all sports and all betting involve risk. So to say gambling is bad for sports is rather like suggesting prostitution is bad for sex in general.
Yet while the primeval practice of exchanging sex for money is, like sports betting, legally sanctioned and taxed in the state of Nevada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and other civilized places, no one believes its decriminalization negatively effects the sex lives of all who live there.
In the book Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape, theology professor Erik C. Owens describes the irony of US gambling policy with the example of state lotteries. Ninety percent of Americans live in states with lotteries, and studies indicate about half us play them. Billions in revenues from state lotteries are tethered to the cause of public education. But sadly, according to Owens, accrual of those funds actually requires exploitation of the least educated Americans, who bet incrementally more on lotteries, probably because they are less likely to calculate the long odds against winning. Where such a cynical approach to public funding is ubiquitous, can't we also allow ordinary sports fans a fair bet?


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Five talking points for the second half of the Formula One season
1. Will the tire talk stop?
If Formula One's tire manufacturer was a football manager surely they'd have been sacked by Christmas? It really is last chance saloon for Pirelli, having cashed in their chips before the mid-season break.
F1's up-and-down relationship with its tire manufacturer is nothing new, but it reached a new low in the first half of this season.
You wondered whether Pirelli would have been better off sticking to calendars.
There was the controversial Mercedes tire test and then the Silverstone shambles when a number of drivers suffered problems. Drivers, teams and fans lost confidence - and serious questions were asked. Pirelli's advertising deal for circuit hoardings means no other manufacturer is likely to want to take over in a hurry, but it's not going to be an easy return to action after the break as the characteristics of the Spa circuit make this weekends' Belgian Grand Prix one of the toughest tests for the tires.
2. Driver changes?
It's going to be a great few months for the gossip mongers. Who has been spotted talking to who in the back of which garage? We could see as many changes in driver line-ups as changes of tires.
Daniel Ricciardo is widely expected to be announced as Mark Webber's replacement at Red Bull for next season. Another Australian, Ricciardo is seen as a natural fit after his time at sister team Toro Rosso.
Kimi Raikkonen was in the frame for that seat, but there's now speculation he could be returning to Ferrari for a second stint. There's been a feeling for a while that Felipe Massa has been living on borrowed time, but is the "Iceman" - a world champion with the "Prancing Horse" in 2007 - the man for an Italian job?
And what of Fernando Alonso? How much longer can the two-time world champion put up with a car that just doesn't cut the mustard? On the flip side, how many more frustrated outbursts from the Spaniard will Ferrari put up with?
There are also questions being asked about Roman Grosjean's erratic performances for Lotus. Although the Frenchman does bring considerable financial backing, Nico Hulkenberg isn't happy at Sauber and Kamui Kobayashi has Japanese backing and wants a return to F1. Watch this space.
3. How low will Button go?
Even the most cynical British sports fan would have struggled to predict that Jenson Button would be a whopping 85 points behind his former teammate Lewis Hamilton after 10 races and sitting ninth in the drivers' standings.
The MP4-28 isn't a car that will be going into the McLaren museum. It's been so bad that team bosses have said they've ended development on it and are now in the business of damage limitation.
Button has failed to finish on the podium so far this season - in fact hasn't qualified better than seventh - and despite better showings in Germany and Hungary it's not beyond the realms of possibilities that the 2009 world champion could finish the season 100 points worse off than Hamilton.
4. Will the Red Bull rampage come to an end?
1 Red Bull 277
2 Mercedes 208
3 Ferrari 194
4 Lotus 183
With Hamilton looking to have found his form can Mercedes stop the Red Bull charge given there's 69 points between the top two teams heading into the second stretch of the season?
Webber has already announced he's off to Porsche and the World Endurance Championship next season and if he takes his foot off the gas and doesn't clock up a few points here and there the Silver Arrows could have flown past Christian Horner and co before they know what's happened.
Mercedes have three wins and four poles from the last five races and have both drivers vying for podium places.
If Nico Rosberg can avoid adding to the three non-finishes races, which marred his first-half term card and Hamilton's improvement continues, there could be a different constructors' champion for the first time in four years.
Who will win the drivers' championship?
1 Sebastian Vettel Ger Red Bull 172
2 Kimi Raikkonen Fin Lotus 134
3 Fernando Alonso Spa Ferrari 133
4 Lewis Hamilton GB Mercedes 124
But surely Sebastian Vettel already has the drivers' title in the bag?
At this point last season the German was 44 points behind Alonso and still went on to claim his third straight crown. This year he's got a 38-point lead over second-placed Raikkonen with nine races still to run. He's got more wins, more podiums and more fastest laps than any other driver.
But Raikkonen, together with Alonso and Hamilton, will be doing their utmost to stop him. There's 225 points left to win and all three of his nearest challengers have been there and won the title in the past.
Raikkonen will be looking for a fifth career victory at Spa on Sunday. He's finished in the top 10 at every race since last year's Bahrain GP, but will need to up his game in qualifying to keep up his fight.
Ross Brawn has promised there's more to come from Hamilton after his first victory in a Mercedes at last month's Hungarian GP.
The 2008 world champion has scored more points than any other driver in the last three races as well as taking pole in each of them. And his fight with teammate Rosberg could push both of them up the rankings. The question is - how far?
Why should there be only one tire brand allowed? That's like saying everyone has to use the same tennis racket. And why not widen the tracks so drivers can pass? It's so boring to watch someone take the lead and hold it the entire race while his partner blocks the cars behind. F1 needs to modernize.
You seem to know little about F1 !
Please explain what you know that I do not know.
No, it would be more like telling all ATP players to use the same string, not racquet. The F1 car is more of the metaphorical racquet. But I agree with you.
While there have been some really good races this year I really feel that Sebastian Vettel and RBR is starting to ruin F1. I'm getting tired of wasting 2 hours watching Alonso and Raikkonen claw their way through the field every race while Vettel just cruises in first most of the time. I understand that most of the drivers are arrogant spoiled brats but Vettel and Hamilton really epitomize this and watching Vettel set records all because of Adrian Newey doesn't really interest me. I'm not too excited for the new rules next year but if it evens out the difference between Red Bull and everyone else then I can't wait.
Aren't they going to a turbo formula next season and if so, what displacement?
Also, what network (in the states) is carrying TV coverage? Haven't been able to find it all year.


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Feb. 2, 2013— -- One of three companies vying to ferry US astronauts to and from the International Space Station has inked a multimillion dollar deal with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin in a move aimed at preparing a craft dubbed Dream Chaser for the task.
The move by Sierra Nevada Corp. highlights the pace at which the company's plans are morphing from plans on paper to hardware on the shop floor. "We're moving from concept to the next phase of the program, probably faster than most people realize," said Mark Sirangelo, who heads the company's space-systems division.
Through Lockheed Martin, Sierra Nevada will have access to expertise in using composite materials that Dream Chaser needs, as well as to large manufacturing facilities required to assemble several craft. In addition, Lockheed developed the Atlas V rocket, which is a likely launch vehicle for Dream Chaser, and has experience working with NASA to certify spacecraft for human spaceflight.
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It appears to be a significant step forward for the aerospace company, which has been around for 25 years, but has previously focused on smaller ventures. The company has produced small satellites, components for projects such as the Mars Science Laboratory, and rocket motors, including motors for Burt Rutan's Spaceship One and its tourist version for Virgin Galactic, Spaceship Two.
The goal of the NASA commercial crew-transportation program is to free up NASA resources to focus on human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. That means turning to private companies to build a spacecraft to service the space station, which also should help lay the foundation for a broader commercial human-spaceflight industry, advocates of commercialization say.
Last July, the agency divvied up contracts worth a combined $1.1 billion among three companies working on designs – Boeing, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), and Sierra Nevada Corp. In December, NASA parceled another $29.6 million among the companies for parallel efforts that focus on meeting its performance and safety requirements.
Compared with the other two contenders' craft, Dream Chaser's design is unique. While Boeing and SpaceX are developing capsules, Dream Chaser is, in effect, a mini space shuttle, winged for a pilot-controlled landing at runways such as the one the shuttle used at the Kennedy Space Center. The craft is designed to carry up to seven people, including the flight crew, as well as cargo.
Within the next six to eight months, the company plans to conduct its first flight tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Palmdale, Calif. The craft will be released from beneath a helicopter, then fly and land without human guidance.
The initial test is just to make sure the design can fly, says Jim Voss, a former NASA astronaut and vice president of the company's space-exploration systems division. The typical flight time will run from 30 to 40 seconds. Several more tests will be conducted, with different maneuvers added to each test, to take the full measure of its aerodynamic traits.
"We're starting a flight program, we are now starting to think about how to operate the system, how to create a transportation regime to low-Earth orbit and how to build multiple vehicles – all the things necessary to fly and fly within the next few years," says Mr. Sirangelo, adding that the new alliance with Lockheed will help Sierra Nevada meet its targets going forward.
SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, Calif., is working on a variant of its Dragon capsule. The capsule has made two cargo trips to the International Space Station so far, and is slated for two more this year under a cargo contract with NASA through at least 2015. The crewed version of Dragon would use rocket motors during the final moments of descent for a soft landing on Earth at mission's end. It would also include an escape system that could be used if a launch was aborted shortly after liftoff. The company has said it plans to test the escape system on the launch pad as early as next December.
The other entrant, Boeing, has teamed up with Bigelow Aerospace on another capsule-based approach to crew transportation that would also be expected to use the Atlas V as the launch vehicle.
Under NASA's contracts with the three companies, they receive incremental payments that are issued as they successfully meet agreed-upon milestones. If all three meet their milestones for the current contracts, NASA will have invested $1.5 billion in developing a commercial-crew capability for the US since 2009.


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With East clinched, Red Sox want best record in AL
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have almost two weeks before their first playoff game, enough time to tweak their pitching rotation and nurse their injured players back to health.
And they won't stop trying to win, either.
"We still want to play a good brand of baseball," Red Sox manager John Farrell said after the home finale when asked what his goals were over the last week of the season. "We don't see the clinching of the division as a breather.
"It's a matter of continuing on and playing a very sound brand of baseball."
The Red Sox secured a playoff berth on Thursday and clinched the AL East the next night, but there's plenty more to play for over their final five games. Mostly, the goal remains to earn the best record in the American League, a prize that would earn them a playoff matchup with the wild-card winner.
Entering Monday night's games, the Red Sox held a 1½-game lead over AL West-champion Oakland and a 3½-game lead over the Central Division-leading Detroit. The division winner with the best record will play the surviving second place team, which will not only be fighting for a postseason berth through the end of the season but will have to use one of its best pitchers in a wild-card play-in game.
"We really want to get that best record; we want that for all stuff it means for playoffs," outfielder Daniel Nava said. "We want that best record. We know what it means."
The Red Sox were off on Monday before heading to Colorado for two games against the Rockies and then to Baltimore to finish the season with three games there. They will not begin the playoffs until Oct. 4 — a week from Friday — giving them time to line up their starting pitchers and rest any regulars who need it.
Farrell said on Sunday that he will start John Lackey on Tuesday and Jake Peavy on Wednesday in Colorado, and then use Clay Buchholz, Jon Lester and Lackey against the Orioles. That would likely set up Lester, Lackey and Buchholz for the first three games of the playoffs — each of them with no less than the regular amount rest.
With two extra days off this week — they are also off to travel on Thursday — the Red Sox position players probably won't need extra rest.
"You have four days off at the end of the year, so I think it's important for us to play," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "It's your pitchers: you give them their rest. But position players need to continue to do what they're doing now."
Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who had been out since Sept. 5 with a broken bone in his foot, is expected to return on Wednesday. Buchholz could use another start to build up his arm strength after spending almost half the season on the disabled list, and young players like Xander Bogaerts and Will Middlebrooks could probably just use the playing time.
"Getting Jacoby back is probably as big as anything," Farrell said.
Of course, the Tigers and A's aren't just sitting around, either. Oakland has three games against the Los Angeles Angels and three against the Seattle Mariners. The Tigers finish up with three against the Minnesota Twins and three against the Miami Marlins.
"We don't ever ease up. We're always pushing forward. We're always playing for the moment," A's reliever Jerry Blevins said. "There's no relax for this team."
The A's still remember what happened last year, when they finished with the second-best record in the AL and had to open the playoffs in Detroit. The Tigers eliminated them in five games.
"We know our place is as tough a place to play for other teams. Last year was absolutely nuts here and I have no doubt it will be again this year," outfielder Josh Reddick said. "We're going to do everything we can to try and get this thing started here."
For the Red Sox, who haven't made the playoffs since 2009, the chance to play at home could also be a big advantage. They went 53-28 at Fenway Park — the best home record in baseball — though they also have a chance for the best road record, too.
And they have gone 14-6 in September — quite a turnaround for a team that went 7-20 in the month in 2011 to blow a nine-game lead in the wild-card race and miss the playoffs on the final day. Last year, the Red Sox were never in it, winning 69 games for the franchise's worst finish in almost half a century.
"We have heard a lot lately about the last couple of Septembers," Farrell said. "But that has not penetrated the minds of anyone in this clubhouse."
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Michelle Wie finally wins an LPGA event at home
KAPOLEI, Hawaii – Michelle Wie began the week reminiscing about the first time she played on the LPGA Tour.
She was 12 and still wore braces when she earned a spot in the 2002 Takefugi Classic through a Monday qualifier. She had a swing so powerfully smooth that only weeks earlier Tom Lehman gave her the nickname "Big Wiesy" because she reminded him of Ernie Els.
"I didn't play very well. I was so star-struck on the range," Wie said Sunday. "I was like, 'This is so cool.' I was thinking I could never go back to junior golf after this."
More than 12 years later, Wie was in complete control of her swing in a strong wind at Ko Olina. She made up a four-shot deficit against Angela Stanford in eight holes, took the lead with a birdie on the par-3 12th and closed with a 67 late Saturday for a two-shot victory in the LPGA LOTTE Championship.
It was a significant win for the 24-year-old Wie.
She won for the first time since graduating from Stanford in the spring of 2012. Wie spent five years splitting her time between classes and the LPGA Tour, which would seem to make it difficult to fulfill her golfing potential. She won for the first time in nearly four years. And while it was her first victory in the U.S. — her other two were in Canada and Mexico — it happened on her home island of Oahu.
"I had so many family and friends come up and say, 'I waited 12 years for his.' And I was like, 'I know. Me, too," Wie said with a laugh, thinking back to her LPGA debut as a seventh-grader. "It's crazy how long it took. The last couple of years, I put so much pressure on myself to win. I knew I really wanted to play well. But this week I said, 'I'm going to go out there and put no expectations on myself and have fun.' And I think I did that."
Wie looked stronger than ever with a collection of half-swings to keep the ball low in the wind. She missed three birdie putts inside 10 feet on the back nine — including one from inside 3 feet — and made a conservative bogey she could afford. She still won by two.
Coming off a runner-up finish in the first major of the year at Kraft Nabisco Championship, Wie now leads the LPGA Tour money list at $616,555.
Even with only three LPGA victories, Wie remains a star attraction in women's golf. Some of that dates to her exploits as a teenager and her attempt to compete against the men. When she was 16, Wie had a chance to win three majors.
"From 16, I've been through a lot of things," she said. "After so many experiences, I' more grateful for good play when I do play well. I'm having a lot of fun. … I'm definitely happy because I'm playing well. I'm enjoying being out there. I'm treating it more like a game when I'm out there. 'Let's see if I can hit this shot or make this putt.' It's not life or death out there."
But a victory in Hawaii does mean joining a hula dance at Ko Olina. The 6-footer from Hawaii looked more comfortable bending over her putts than going through a few hula moves.
"It went a lot longer than I expected," Wie said. "I'm not the smoothest dancer alive. But I think I made a lot of friends happy. They texted me and said, 'You're never living that down — ever.' It was awkward. But I had fun. It was awesome."


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Q: At first I liked hooking up with my boyfriend, but I don't want to do it every chance we get. How do I get him to just talk instead of always fool around?
A: Don't be afraid to speak up and tell your boyfriend how you're feeling. I know that may feel scary because it probably seems like all he wants to do is fool around, but I doubt that's the case. Guys and girls aren't really that different. Meaning that guys get enjoyment out of the emotional parts of a relationship too — having a girl to hang out with, share things with, and talk to about their lives. It could be, though, that your current BF doesn't know what to talk to you about, or he doesn't know that you care about what he has to say. Be straightforward, and tell him: "I like hooking up with you, but I like just hanging out with you too. Let's spend more time just talking, or doing fun things together. We don't have to fool around every chance we get."
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Q: I met a guy today who's 19. He's super cute and has every quality I want in a guy, but I'm only 15. He's four years older than me! Is that okay, or should I just keep him as a friend?
A: I think your instincts are spot on for this one — keep him as a friend! A big age difference like that can cause huge imbalances in your relationship at this age, and can make you feel pressured into doing things you're not ready for. Beyond that, it's just nice to be dating someone who's about your age, and who's going through the same things that you are. That way you have more to talk about. My call: This guy's good for a crush, but nothing more.
Q: So my boyfriend just sent me a picture of himself naked! First of all, I don't know what to do with it! And second, he says that he wants one of me! I told him no, but then he said I have to do it, because he sent one to me. Help!
A: Good move, girl! Do NOT send him a picture of yourself naked! You never know where it may end up, or who he might show it to. Even worse, if you got into a fight or break up, he could post it online. If you want your boyfriend to see you naked, show him in person (if you're ready to take that step). But I wouldn't give him (or anyone for that matter) a picture that can literally last forever, and potentially haunt you for years to come. As for what to do about the pic he sent you...whatever you want...as long as you keep it private. He sent it for your eyes, and your eyes only.
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Ignoring the World
In a parliamentary system, all ministers generally speak for the coalition, even if the Prime Minister dictates policy. It is not uncommon in a parliamentary system for one minister to go out and make a pronouncement that can then be plausibly denied by the PM as "not speaking for the government." So when Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called John Kerry "obsessive" and "messianic" for his conduct toward negotiations between Israel and the PLO, he wasn't speaking for the government, but in the light of recent events, it seems pretty clear that he was speaking for a majority of Israelis, a large percentage of the world Jewish community, most of our European allies, most of NATO, at least nine countries in the Arab League and probably about a dozen other countries and constituencies as well. It was intended to be a specific rebuke that Kerry and Obama are too far out front, and that they had better pull back. And yet the message is apparently going to be ignored.
If you follow global news, you'd note a growing sense of unease coming from these other constituencies arising out of two facts. First, the United States has apparently accepted that the new PLO state is not going to be pluralistic and democratic, but it will likely be poor, non-viable, authoritarian and involved in a civil war with Hamas. Second, the United States has apparently conceded that once folks living in the PLO state get passports recognized by the United States and Europe, those folks can leave and go anywhere they want, something not entirely possible now. Which creates a spectre that within a year of "statehood," two-three million "Palestinians" taking their opportunity to flee to the European Union, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq–and essentially destabilizing much of those societies in the process. Jordan and Egypt have specifically stated that they want any agreement to "lock in place" the people of that new state, which the United States has dismissed out of hand. Leaving the remaining Arab states to realize that they are far happier with these people under Israel's boot (with the great PR potential) than under their collective Arab noses (with the poor PR potential).
What was Yaalon telling the Obama Administration? slow it down. Who is he speaking for? pretty much the civilized world. Is Obama listening? clearly not.


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Finally! Since ELEAGUE entered the world of fighting games last year with Street Fighter V and Injustice 2, Tekken fans have been hopeful that one day, ELEAGUE would do the same for TEKKEN 7. That day has come! The ELEAGUE Tekken Team Takedown will take place March 3rd, live on TWITCH (probably twitch.tv/eleaguetv). The 4-part feature series will air on TBS from March 16th on, so set your DVR's as the TBS show is where you will get the full package.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Day in the Life of an Orthodonist
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- AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I really enjoyed this post. It never occurred to me (don't know why not) that orthodontia was a part of hospital based dentofacial interventions...anyway, that said: (and I am making this point only because it was drummed into my head for practically an entire lifetime) Dentists, Physicians, Professors, Theologians....we are all "doctors". If we all worked very hard at advanced degrees, we all deserve the honorific. So I guess my point is, Maybe first sentence should read "I am a dentist, not a physician..."ReplyDelete
Years and years of my Dad saying (somewhat bitterly) "I am too a "real" doctor"
I am very impressed by your breastfeeding! Awesome job momma!ReplyDelete
Amazing post! Ortho, M.D., whatever. We are all doctor moms just trying to survive. Looks like you are doing a decent job.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2009 at 4:39 PM
What a small world. Love your post. I'm a Malaysian in the US working as a Pathologist. I also love Dr. Sears, co-sleep, do extended breast-feeding. We have 3 kids.ReplyDelete


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Furloughs will cut pay for thousands of Az defense workers
Defense Department furloughs that took effect Monday will mean about a 20 percent reduction in pay for the rest of this fiscal year for the roughly 8,400 department civilian employees in Arizona.
The furloughs do not affect active military, but most civilian defense workers will lose 11 days of pay – almost one day a week – between now and Sept. 30 as part of the Pentagon's efforts to meet cuts ordered by the federal budget sequestration.
The furloughs will hit more than 650,000 civilian defense employees nationwide and save the Defense Department $1.8 billion in this fiscal year. Officials could not immediately provide an estimate on the loss of wages in Arizona, but some said the cuts will be felt in the local economy.
Harry Shapiro, of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce, noted that Luke Air Force Base is a big part of the economy in that part of the state, so "of course" the cuts will cause an impact.
Rep. Ron Barber, D-Tucson, agreed, saying in a statement Monday that the cuts would be "a financial blow" to more than just the furloughed workers.
"These cuts will spread throughout the communities where these men and women live and work as they are forced to reduce their own spending to deal with this unfair pay cut," Barber said. "That will be a financial blow to many small businesses."
He had estimated in May that furloughs would hit nearly 5,000 civilian workers at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Fort Huachuca and the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard.
Barber said then that furloughing people who "are essential to our national security" is unacceptable.
But Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in May that the Pentagon had made "vigorous efforts to meet our budgetary shortfalls though actions other than furlough."
It could have been worse: The department initially expected that civilian employees would have to take off 22 days.
Furloughs for 11 days reflect "the department's vigorous efforts to meet our budgetary shortfalls through actions other than furlough," Hagel said in May. "I have made this decision very reluctantly, because I know that the furloughs will disrupt lives and impact DoD operations."
The cuts were ordered as part of sequestration, automatic federal budget reductions that took effect this year after Congress and the White House failed to reach agreement on a long-term budget reduction plan.
Pentagon spokesman George Little on Monday called sequestration "an unfortunate mechanism designed to avoid unfortunate consequences."
Barber in May blasted the "irresponsible and wrong-headed cuts." He had introduced a bill in April that would have cut congressional pay by 20 percent to offset the furloughs, but it failed to gain any co-sponsors in the House.
Mike Varney, president and CEO of Tucson Metro Chamber, called the sequester a "two-edged sword." He understands the need for cuts, but wishes they had been made elsewhere.
"We need to balance our budget and clearly there are cost reductions called for, we just don't think defense is the place to start," Varney said.
Virginia has the most civilians facing furlough, at 72,000, while Vermont has the fewest at about 490, according to news reports.
While Hagel opposed the cuts, he said in May that they were crafted to keep the nation's defense at full capacity.
"The department has been doing everything possible to reduce this shortfall while ensuring we can defend the nation, sustain wartime operations, and preserve DoD's most critical asset – our world-class civilian and military personnel," Hagel said then.


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A crucial turning point in the presidential race came when the McCain campaign ended its candidate's habitual informal interactions with the press. The area of the McCain campaign plane where a couch had been installed so the Arizonian could hold court with journalists was cut off with a dark curtain, marking the end of an era.
Since 2000, John McCain had thrived on his irrepressible chattiness with the press, talking about anything reporters wanted for as long as they would listen. The press loved the access and avoided "gotcha" coverage, letting McCain explain any seeming gaffes. The arrangement worked beautifully for both sides -- until McCain became the Republican presidential nominee.
Suddenly, he wasn't afforded the same old courtesy from reporters, and he had to go about the grim business of driving a daily message. With the end of the running bull sessions, a trial separation began with the press that became a divorce that became a feud.
The enduring scandal of the McCain campaign is that it wants to win. The press had hoped for a harmless, nostalgic loser like Bob Dole in 1996. In a column excoriating Republicans for historically launching successful attacks against Democratic presidential candidates in August, Time columnist Joe Klein excepted Bob Dole -- not mentioning that Dole had been eviscerated by Clinton negative ads before August ever arrived.
The press turned on McCain with a vengeance as soon as he mocked Barack Obama as a celebrity. Its mood grew still more foul when the McCain campaign took offense at Obama's "lipstick on a pig" jab. "The media are getting mad," according to Washington Post reporter Howard Kurtz. "Stop the madness," urged ABC News' Mark Halperin, exhorting his fellow journalists to fight back against the McCain campaign's manufactured outrage.
The lipstick controversy indeed represented a silly bit of grievance-mongering. But had the Obama camp's tendentious interpretation of Bill Clinton's "fairy tale" put-down as a racial slight generated similar push-back from the media? Had Obama's ridiculous depiction of Geraldine Ferraro as a quasi-racist? Had Obama's repeated contention -- with no evidence -- that Republicans were attacking him for looking different?
The media have made it gospel that McCain is attacking Obama dishonestly. Of course, campaign advertisements are the last place to look for a dispassionate rendition of the facts. McCain's ads are no different. But they are no worse than Obama's spots.
When Obama distorted a McCain remark about staying in Iraq for 100 years -- if we were taking no casualties -- into an endorsement of endless war, the media generally tsk-tsked that McCain should be more careful about what he says. Obama just ran an ad saying McCain would cut education funding -- with no evidence. His response to McCain's supposed out-of-control negativity is a new negative ad misleadingly creating the impression that McCain aides are currently lobbying for special interests.
What has truly driven the media batty is McCain's selection of Sarah Palin. The first days after her announcement brought gross misreporting and personal smears; followed by a Charlie Gibson interview during which the newscaster appeared disgusted that he even had to talk to such a lowly and unworthy personage; followed by front-page Washington Post and New York Times reports on her tenure in Alaska that were so hostile they left it a mystery why she has an 86 percent approval rating as governor.
Palin will forever be a target. A pro-life, pro-gun evangelical with five kids, Palin has made the election even more into a culture war than it was before. Not only do national journalists resent that, they are, as urbanites and self-styled sophisticates, largely on the other side of that war as a matter of lifestyle and conviction. Because cultural matters cut so close to the core, it is nearly impossible for them to hide their allegiance.
Whatever affection they still have for McCain is now expressed in self-interested yearning: Where is the McCain of old, the one who could be reliably counted on to lose?