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Panel--Boeing 767 with 3D effects,
side and rear views, upper panel, etc. Gauges by Chris Jeanne.
Panel by Massimo Grassi. 8.4MB
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Cessna-337 Photoreal panel
- especially made for Mike Stone's aircraft by Horst Paetzold.
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Beech Bonanza Panel This is an update for the panel originally
made by Horst Paetzold for use in the great VFD-1948 Beechcraft
Bonanza 35 by John Recker. Horst's panel had you flying from
the right hand seat and because the original shot was taken
from the doorway, it was skewed on an angle and made you feel
as though you were flying 'sideways' all the time. So using
a bit of graphical magic I changed everything around :-) It's
not perfect but I like it a lot better. You will need Horst's
original panel package called 'hpbonpnl.zip' obtainable here.
Just install it as instructed, then rename the panel.cfg file
something like panel_old.cfg. Then just copy the bmp and panel.cfg
files that are contained in this zip into the panel folder of
the aircraft. This will leave Horst's bmp intact so if you prefer
the original version ;-) you can go back to it. Happy flying.
Check out the screenshot before going ahead. Roger Mole. 304K
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Supermarine Spitfire Panel This
panel is based on the default CFS panel. I have added custom
radios and Nav instruments as well as special taxi/landing views
where you look on the side with your head out of the plane.
You also can use the panning buttons which elevate the seat
for a better view from your seat when taking off. Special gauges
by Jean-Pierre Langer and Arne Bartels, including an airspeed
gauge in knots.1.7MB
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2004 Douglas C-54 panel.
This panel has been done for late C-54, the military variant
of the DC-4. I t might also be used on early DC-6. You need
FSUIPC to make the traffic radar work By: Michael "Pappi" Vader.
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Airbus A 340 Panel. Created
entirely from A340 real photos. Full fixed version. Install
Instructions included. By Mark Governali. 17.4MB
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photoreal Mainpanel for VFD-1948 Beech Bonanza 35 by
John Recker and virtual cockpit adapded made by Horst Paetzold.
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Beech Queenair Panel.
Created for Mike Stones Queenair. Created for FS2004 by Ken
Mitchell. 1.9MB
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Pro "FSTipster" Beech Kingair Professional Beech KingAir panel
based on John Consterdine's "RTW" Beech Baron panel. Features
include a yoke with working ATC and Autopilot Master buttons,
and an overhead panel. Both are removable via simicons. TCAS,
fuel computer, Garmin radio stack, registration gauge color
coded to the radio stack, annunciator test light switch and
more. Modified by Jim Webb in honour of John 'Tipster' Consterdine.
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CheckBox in Admin Area
4 January 2009 at 12:29pm
I would like to create a checkbox in my admin area for my client to indicate whether an item in her online gallery has been sold or not. If an item is sold, then I have a little extra HTML to insert in the page ("SOLD. This item has been sold and is available for viewing only.").
I know how to create images and text fields in the CMS, but how to create a checkbox?
And then how do I call an "if" statement on the checkbox in my template page? Would I need to write a function to query the state of the checkbox or can I check its value in the database directly?Thanks,
Mark -
Re: CheckBox in Admin Area
4 January 2009 at 3:15pm Last edited: 4 January 2009 3:18pm
Hi Boogiez, welcome to Silverstripe
I would recommend you do the tutorials to start with, they give you a very good introduction to how both the templates and admin/db work. You can find them here: http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php
To answer your question you can easily add a checkbox to a page in the admin by adding this to your Page.php file:
class Page extends SiteTree {
static $db = array(
'CheckboxValue' => 'Boolean'
function getCMSFields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
$fields->addFieldToTab("Root.Content.Main", new CheckboxField ("CheckboxValue"));
return $fields;
}then in your template you simply do this:
<% if CheckboxValue %>
<% end_if %>Hope that helps
Re: CheckBox in Admin Area
5 January 2009 at 8:33am
Thanks very much aram! Works like a charm. I checked the tutorials but I didn't see how to create a checkbox. Do you know if there's a page that lists all of the controls we can offer in the CMS?
Re: CheckBox in Admin Area
5 January 2009 at 8:51am
yep, check these pages out, I found them very useful when I started and still refer to them often:
Form types: http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=form-field-types
Built in page controls: http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=built-in-page-controls
DataModel: http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=datamodel
Recipies (various how too's): http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=recipes:start
I think the tutorials are invaluable if you want to start developing sites in SS beacuse they give you a really good introduction to how it all works and so once you have done them you can really start descovering the beauty of SS (with the help of the docs and forum of course)
Anyway good luck and hope to see you around the forums
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The Coupling of Electron Transfer and Proton Translocation: Electrostatic Calculations on Paracoccus denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase Biophysical Journal, Volume 74, Issue 2, 1 February 1998, Pages 708-721 Aimo Kannt, C. Roy D. Lancaster and Hartmut Michel Abstract We have calculated the electrostatic potential and interaction energies of ionizable groups and analyzed the response of the protein environment to redox changes in Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase by using a continuum dielectric model and finite difference technique. Subsequent Monte Carlo sampling of protonation states enabled us to calculate the titration curves of all protonatable groups in the enzyme complex. Inclusion of a model membrane allowed us to restrict the calculations to the functionally essential subunits I and II. Some residues were calculated to have complex titration curves, as a result of strong electrostatic coupling, desolvation, and dipolar interactions. Around the heme a3-CuB binuclear center, we have identified a cluster of 18 strongly interacting residues that account for most of the proton uptake linked to electron transfer. This was calculated to be between 0.7 and 1.1 H+ per electron, depending on the redox transition considered. A hydroxide ion bound to CuB was determined to become protonated to form water upon transfer of the first electron to the binuclear site. The bulk of the protonation changes linked to further reduction of the heme a3-CuB center was calculated to be due to proton uptake by the interacting cluster and GluII-78. Upon formation of the three-electron reduced state (P1), His325, modeled in an alternative orientation away from CuB, was determined to become protonated. The agreement of these results with experiment and their relevance in the light of possible mechanisms of redox-coupled proton transfer are discussed. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (1170 kb) |
Thermodynamic Redox Behavior of the Heme Centers in A-Type Heme-Copper Oxygen Reductases: Comparison between the Two Subfamilies Biophysical Journal, Volume 95, Issue 9, 1 November 2008, Pages 4448-4455 Andreia F. Veríssimo, Filipa L. Sousa, António M. Baptista, Miguel Teixeira and Manuela M. Pereira Abstract The study of the thermodynamic redox behavior of the hemes from two members of the A family of heme-copper oxygen reductases, Paracoccus denitrificans aa3 (A1 subfamily) and Rhodothermus marinus caa3 (A2 subfamily) enzymes, is presented. At different pH values, midpoint reduction potentials and interaction potentials were obtained in the framework of a pairwise model for two interacting redox centers. In both enzymes, the hemes have different reduction potentials. For the A1-type enzyme, it was shown that heme a has a pH-dependent midpoint reduction potential, whereas that of heme a3 is pH independent. For the A2-type enzyme the opposite was observed. The midpoint reduction potential of heme c from subunit II of the caa3 enzyme was determined by fitting the data with a single-electron Nernst curve, and it was shown to be pH dependent. The results presented here for these A-type enzymes are compared with those previously obtained for representative members of the B and C families. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (362 kb) |
Redox Properties of Thermus thermophilus ba3: Different Electron-Proton Coupling in Oxygen Reductases? Biophysical Journal, Volume 94, Issue 6, 15 March 2008, Pages 2434-2441 Filipa L. Sousa, Andreia F. Veríssimo, António M. Baptista, Tewfik Soulimane, Miguel Teixeira and Manuela M. Pereira Abstract A comprehensive study of the thermodynamic redox behavior of the hemes of the ba3 enzyme from Thermus thermophilus, a B-type heme-copper oxygen reductase, is presented. This enzyme, in contrast to those having a single type of heme, allows the B- and A-type hemes to be monitored separately by visible spectroscopy and the reduction potential of each heme to be determined unequivocally. The relative order of the midpoint reduction potentials of each center changed in the pH range from 6 to 8.4, and both hemes present a significant redox-Bohr effect. For instance, at pH 7, the midpoint reduction potentials of the hemes B and A3 are 213mV and 285mV, respectively, whereas at pH 8.4, the order is reversed: 246mV for heme B and 199mV for heme A3. The existence of redox anticooperativity was established by introducing a redox interaction parameter in a model of pairwise interacting redox centers. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (171 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 76, Issue 6, 2978-2998, 1 June 1999
António M. Baptista, , Paulo J. Martel and Cláudio M. Soares
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
A new method is presented for simulating the simultaneous binding equilibrium of electrons and protons on protein molecules, which makes it possible to study the full equilibrium thermodynamics of redox and protonation processes, including electron-proton coupling. The simulations using this method reflect directly the pH and electrostatic potential of the environment, thus providing a much closer and realistic connection with experimental parameters than do usual methods. By ignoring the full binding equilibrium, calculations usually overlook the twofold effect that binding fluctuations have on the behavior of redox proteins: first, they affect the energy of the system by creating partially occupied sites; second, they affect its entropy by introducing an additional empty/occupied site disorder (here named occupational entropy). The proposed method is applied to cytochrome c3 of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough to study its redox properties and electron-proton coupling (redox-Bohr effect), using a continuum electrostatic method based on the linear Poisson-Boltzmann equation. Unlike previous studies using other methods, the full reduction order of the four hemes at physiological pH is successfully predicted. The sites more strongly involved in the redox-Bohr effect are identified by analysis of their titration curves/surfaces and the shifts of their midpoint redox potentials and pKa values. Site-site couplings are analyzed using statistical correlations, a method much more realistic than the usual analysis based on direct interactions. The site found to be more strongly involved in the redox-Bohr effect is propionate D of heme I, in agreement with previous studies; other likely candidates are His67, the N-terminus, and propionate D of heme IV. Even though the present study is limited to equilibrium conditions, the possible role of binding fluctuations in the concerted transfer of protons and electrons under nonequilibrium conditions is also discussed. The occupational entropy contributions to midpoint redox potentials and pKa values are computed and shown to be significant.


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In this sequel, as Elle uses her good-hearted pluck to work toward her goal, Witherspoon is a sheer delight, all charm and light and loveliness; you just want her to win. -
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does not have to do with addiction. It happens when the body adjusts to the dose
Drug Addiction
taking drug for non therapeutic effects. "It takes away emotional pain"
if you have an addict you should TREAT PAIN
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Plant issues cost Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim a drug approval
The FDA has held off approval of a new Eli Lilly diabetes drug until partner Boehringer Ingelheim fixes problems at a plant that last year was slapped with a warning letter.
In SGLT2 diabetes fight, Lilly's empagliflozin loss is J&J and AstraZeneca's gain
Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca will just have to duke it out for share of the market for SGLT2 treatments for diabetes. A potential third competitor from Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim, empagliflozin, failed to win FDA approval, thanks to problems at a Boehringer manufacturing plant.
UPDATED: FDA rejects Eli Lilly's SGLT2 diabetes drug empagliflozin
The FDA has rejected one of Eli Lilly's top drug prospects partnered with Boehringer Ingelheim, saying that its SGLT2 drug empagliflozin could not be approved for marketing before Boehringer fixed "deficiencies" at one of its manufacturing facilities.
Boehringer Ingelheim withheld Pradaxa data from FDA, lawsuit files show
Drugmakers should clean out their data closets and turn over to regulators every bit of research and analysis they have, according to some healthcare experts, who point to documents released in litigation against Boehringer Ingelheim, with the company's blockbuster anticoagulant Pradaxa as prime evidence.
Ben Venue Labs may be closed but it is still recalling products
A voluntary recall was issued Friday after there was a report of a single visible glass particle in a vial in a lot that was produced for Genco Pharmaceutical Services.
Twitter praises Boehringer for social media savvy
Which pharma companies are getting it right when it comes to social media? As far as Twitter is concerned, Boehringer Ingelheim is up there.
Twitter explains how Boehringer is winning on social media
Biopharma has encountered more critics than cheerleaders as it has cautiously edged into social media, but Boehringer Ingelheim has recently won a high-profile supporter: Twitter. In a case study, the social network praised Boehringer's use of its platform.
Boehringer says it's fighting 2,000 lawsuits over Pradaxa safety
Pradaxa has become a bigger legal headache for Boehringer Ingelheim. The German drugmaker says it's facing more than 2,000 lawsuits in the U.S., filed by patients claiming the anticoagulant drug caused severe or fatal bleeding.
Pradaxa files show drug marketers weighing in on how to communicate the drug's risks
Recently unsealed company documents that are part of litigation over the bleeding risks of Boehringer Ingelheim's blockbuster blood thinner Pradaxa show that officials wanted to soften, or even kill, an internal report that suggested a small group of patients would benefit from regular blood monitoring for bleeding risks, The New York Times reports.
The FDA's Mini-Sentinel healthcare surveillance database is growing quickly
When the FDA began drafting plans to meet Congress' drug safety legislation, the agency predicted that postmarket surveillance would ultimately become as big a task as premarket review. Since then, the system those plans spawned--named Mini-Sentinel--has given credence to the prediction by growing to cover more than 160 million patients.


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Ginobili knows it takes more than talent to win
San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili and Team Argentina got off on the right foot yesterday with a 84-52 win over Paraguay as the 2011 FIBA Americas tournament kicked off.
There is not doubting the Argentinian team is loaded. Aside from Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto, Carlos Delfino, Andres Nocini and Luis Scola round out a deep roster thus making Argentina the heavy favorite. But according to Ginobili, having a roster dotted with solid players is not enough to win it all in Mar del Plata.
"It's true we have many talented players but if you don't supply talent with hard work it's useless," said Ginóbili, an Olympic champion in Athens 2004. "Talent is not enough. How many talented teams have lost on the first days of competition in history?"
Manu is right and Spurs fans know first-hand about a talented roster losing prematurely. All they need to do is point to the Spurs in the 2011 NBA playoffs when the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies upset the first-seeded Spurs.
Manu went on to speak about the lopsided win over Paraguay and stated the win allowed for rest for their older veteran players.
"The good thing about this game was that players such as Luis (Scola), who is still recovering from an injury, didn't have to play much and will be rested for next games," said the San Antonio Spurs players.
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For those who solo travel, bargains are harder to come by, particularly if you're booking a cruise or taking a tour. Most tour prices are couple friendly. If you have a traveling buddy, lodging is cheaper.
Ed Perkins, a consumer travel writer for Tribune Media Services offers some suggestions for people who are going it alone to reduce the cost of an adventure.
One option is to have a cruise line or cruise operator find a roommate for you. Perhaps someone is in the same position you are. You would only be sharing a room, but the rest of the time you can strike out on your own.
Another is to look for a traveling companion by hitting up your friends, coworkers, family members, basically anyone you know, to find out if they know of someone who would like to go on a trip.
Check out an organization like Connecting Solo Travel Network, Travel Acquaintance and Travel Chums. These businesses specialize in hooking people up to single travel deals and with each other.
Perkins also suggests O Solo Mio Tours and scouting out last minute deals with tour operators. Sometimes you can get a good deal right before a trip starts.
Even for people traveling with a partner, hooking up with a single person can be a money saver and can offer a broader experience. When my husband and I were traveling in Vietnam we became friends with Amit, a woman from Israel. We shared a room and hired a driver together, and even arranged to meet up with her in Hanoi after we veered in different directions for a few days.
We also hung out with Stan, a Vietnam vet who was traveling alone. After sharing a meal, we shared the cost of a driver from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang. Since Stan was stationed in Nha Trang, this gave us an experience from his point of view.
Amit became our companion from Nha Trang to Hue and on to Hoi An.
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Those are all good suggestions. In addition, this year Club Med, Tauck World Discovery and several other companies lowered or removed the single supplement for specific weeks or sailings. And many adventure companies offer roommate matching. For more ideas on avoiding the single supplement, boldlygosolo dot com has a category on single supplements and a link to a story that run in the Kansas newspaper that contains additional information.


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Album: Miscellaneous
Genre: Folk
And the winter moves about Illinois
When my sister picks a fight with the Alexander boy
And my father locks the car by the store
Still we figure out the keys and follow him once more
Oh my God, we see it on the floor
The woman on the bed the ankle brace she wore
Stones and sled it could have been some other
The mind that knows itself has a mind to serve the other
And we run back scratching at the door, scratching at the door
If I'm hiding in the sleeves of my coat
When my father runs undressed, he's pointing at my throat
And my brother has a fit in the snow
And the traffic stops for miles, we take him by the elbow
Oh my God, the shuffling at the floor
(Oh my God)
A mind that knows itself is a mind that knows much more
(No one came to our side)
So we run back, scrambling for cover
(To carry us away from danger)
A mind that knows itself has a mind to kill the other
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US 4501674 A Abstract A method is provided for reducing the corrosiveness of an aqueous fluid, particularly water containing dissolved oxygen and corrosive chemical agents such as naturally-occurring brine. According to the method, an enzyme which reacts with a substrate and consumes oxygen is added to the water along with a suitable substrate. Crude oil or other hydrocarbon material is also added to the water. The resulting water is less corrosive than water not containing the described system. In another embodiment of the invention, a water-flood method of post-primary oil recovery is provided in which the brine used is made less corrosive to metal drilling equipment by the addition to the water of an oxygen-consuming enzyme, a suitable substrate for the enzyme, and crude oil or other hydrocarbon material.
Claims(26) 1. A method for reducing the corrosiveness of an oxygen-containing aqueous fluid, the method comprising contacting the aqueous fluid with a deoxygenating system comprising (a) an enzyme which catalyzes the reaction between a substrate material and oxygen, (b) the substrate material and (c) at least one hydrocarbon.
2. The method of claim 1 in which the enzyme is an alcohol oxidase enzyme.
3. The method of claim 2 in which the substrate material is an alkanol.
4. The method of claim 3 in which the alkanol is selected from methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol.
5. The method of claim 4 in which the hydrocarbon is selected from crude oil, petroleum fractions, xylene, benzene, toluene, hexane, decane, butane, fuel oil, diesel and hexadecene.
6. The method of claim 4 in which the alcohol oxidase enzyme is derived from a microorganism of genus Pichia.
7. The method of claim 2 in which sufficient enzyme is present such that enzyme activity is present in an amount of at least about 0.01 E.U. per mL of treated aqueous fluid, the substrate material is present in an amount of at least about 20 ppm per mL of treated aqueous fluid and the hydrocarbon is present within the range of about 0.1 to about 50 volume percent, based on the amount of aqueous fluid.
8. The method of claim 7 in which the enzyme is an alcohol oxidase enzyme, the substrate material selected from methanol and ethanol, and the hydrocarbon is crude oil.
9. The method of claim 8 in which the aqueous fluid is contacted by the enzyme by passing the aqueous fluid across the enzyme immobilized on an inert support.
10. The method of claim 8 in which the aqueous fluid is brine.
11. The method of claim 1 in which the hydrocarbon is present within the range of about 2 to about 20 volume percent, based on the amount of water.
12. In an oil recovery method in which an aqueous fluid is introduced into an oil-bearing reservoir via a metal conduit, the improvement comprising introducing into the oil-bearing reservoir aqueous fluid which has been treated by a method comprising:
contacting the oxygen-containing aqueous fluid with a deoxygenation system comprising (a) an enzyme which catalyzes the reaction between a substrate material and oxygen, (b) the substrate materal and (c) at least one hydrocarbon. 13. The method of claim 12 in which the aqueous fluid is introduced into the reservoir via an injection well.
14. The method of claim 12 in which the aqueous fluid is introduced into the reservoir via an injection well as part of a waterflood oil recovery technique.
15. The method of claim 12 in which the enzyme is an alcohol oxidase enzyme and the substrate is selected from methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol.
16. The method of claim 15 in which the hydrocarbon is selected from crude oil, petroleum fractions, xylene, benzene, toluene, hexane, decane, butane, fuel oil, diesel and hexadecene.
17. The method of claim 16 in which the hydrocarbon is crude oil.
18. The method of claim 17 in which the alcohol oxidase is derived from a microorganism of genus Pichia and the substrate is methanol.
19. The method of claim 18 in which the crude oil is present in an amount sufficient to solubilize any aldehyde and hydrogen peroxide produced from deoxygenation of the oxygen-containing aqueous fluid.
20. The method of claim 19 in which the aqueous fluid is contacted by tne enzyme by passing the aqueous fluid across the enzyme immobilized on an inert support.
21. The method of claim 19 which further comprises driving the aqueous fluid through the reservoir toward a production well.
22. The method of claim 12 in which the hydrocarbon is present in an amount sufficient to reduce the corrosiveness of the aqueous fluid.
23. A composition for deoxygenating oxygen-containing water comprising (a) an enzyme which catalyzes the reaction between a substrate material and oxygen, (b) the substrate material, and (c) a hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of crude oil, petroleum fractions, xylene, benzene, toluene, hexane, decane, butane, fuel oil, diesel and hexadecene.
24. The composition of claim 23 in which the hydrocarbon is crude oil.
25. The composition of claim 23 in which sufficient enzyme is present such that enzyme activity is within the range of at least about 0.1 to about 1.0 e.u. per mL of treated water, the substrate material is present in an amount within the range of about 1 to about 10,000 moles per mole of dissolved oxygen and the hydrocarbon is present within the range of about 2 to about 20 volume percent, based on the amount of water.
26. The composition of claim 23 in which the hydrocarbon is selected from the group consisting of crude oil, petroleum fractions, xylene, benzene, toluene, hexane, decane, butane, fuel oil, diesel and hexadecene.
Description The invention relates to the reduction of the corrosiveness of oxygen-containing water. It further relates to post-primary oil recovery processes involving the introduction of water into an underground formation. In certain large-scale uses of water for industrial purposes, it is economically necessary to use naturally-occurring water near the site of the application. Such naturally-occurring water will often contain high concentrations of salts and dissolved oxygen. Such highly-oxygenated water is corrosive to any metal equipment with which it comes in contact, adding significantly to the expense of the process. An example of such a process is the post-primary recovery of oil using various water-flooding procedures. The large quantities of water involved make it necessary to use naturally-occurring brine, the high salt content of which makes it corrosive to the down-well metal drilling equipment. The problem of corrosion is particularly great in off-shore oil drilling sites, where the sea water employed for flooding the formation is highly corrosive. Oxygen-consuming enzyme systems can be used to deoxygenate such water and reduce its corrosiveness. For example, alcohol oxidase enzymes, which catalyze the reaction of an alcohol with oxygen to produce an aldehyde and hydrogen peroxide, can be added to oxygen-containing water in combination with a suitable alcohol substrate to reduce the oxygen content of the water. It has been found that the reduction of the oxygen content of highly-saline water is not adequate for some purposes to sufficiently reduce corrosion, possibly because of the production of by-products which are themselves corrosive. It would be desirable to reduce the corrosiveness of brine by deoxygenaton to a sufficient extent to render the brine useful for a variety of purposes in which the brine comes in contact with corrodible surfaces. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method for reducing the corrosiveness of aqueous fluids used in processes in which the fluids come in contact with corrodible surfaces. It is a further object to reduce the oxygen content of brine. it is a further object to provide an improved method of post-primary oil recovery in off-shore oil wells. According to the invention, the corrosiveness of an aqueous fluid such as oxygen-containing brine is reduced by contacting the aqueous fluid with a composition comprising an enzyme which catalyzes an oxygen-consuming reaction, a suitable substrate for the enzyme, and a hydrocarbon material. The method is particularly suited to the deoxygenation of brine used in post-primary oil recovery processes prior to the injection of the brine into an oil-containing formation. The use of a hydrocarbon in combination with the enzyme/substrate system has been found to significantly reduce the corrosiveness of the brine. Naturally-occurring brine can contain, depending upon the temperature and pressure of its location, large amounts of dissolved oxygen. Water in the North Sea would typically contain about 12 mg/l dissolved oxygen in addition to the large concentration of salts. Enzyme substrates suitable for use in the invention include alcohols which are substrates for alcohol oxidase enzymes. These include lower alkanols such as methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol. the enzymes suitable for the method are those which catalyze the reaction of a substrate with oxygen, such as alcohol oxidases, which catalyze the following reaction: ##STR1## in which R is selected from hdyrogen, methyl, ethyl and propyl. Thus, according to the reaction scheme above, an alcohol oxidase enzyme catalyzes the removal of oxygen in the presence of, e.g., methanol or ethanol to produce, respectively, formaldehyde or acetaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide. Under appropriate conditions, the aldehyde is further oxidized to carboxylic acid. The enzyme is not consumed by the reaction but functions continuously so long as oxygen and aqueous alcohol are both present. The enzyme catalase is contained in alcohol oxidase preparations derived from single-cell protein productions, except high-purity alcohol oxidase preparations refined by dialysis. For enzyme preparations containing catalase, the following catalytic reaction will also occur: ##STR2## The oxygen produced in this reaction will be consumed in the alcohol oxidase-catalyzed reaction. Catalase can thus also be present in the invention deoxygenation system if desired to reduce the amount of H.sub.2 O.sub.2 present. It has been found that the use of crude oil or other hydrocarbon material with the oxidase/alcohol deoxygenation system has the effect of at least partially overcoming the corrosive effects of the aldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and carboxylic acid products of the oxygen-consuming reaction. The enzyme can be used in the form of (1) whole cell suspensions, (2) ruptured cell homogenates, (3) cell-free supernatants or (4) in purified form. The form used for a given application will depend at least in part upon the plugging, of either equipment or formation, which may occur with the use of (1) or (2). The alcohol oxidase enzyme can be immobilized on an inert support so that enzymes are not added to the water but catalyze oxygen removal as the water containing dissolved oxygen and alcohol passes in contact with the immobilized enzymes. Suitable microorganisms which can be cultured on an aqueous methanol-containing substrate and thus provide a source of alcohol oxidase include the following: Gliocladium deliquescens, Paecilomyces varioti, Trichoderma lignorum, Candida boidinii, Candida methanolica, Candida parapsilosis, Hansenula capsulata, Hansenula glycozyma, Hansenula henricii, Hansenula minuta, Hansenula nonfermentans, Hansenula philodendra, Hansenula polymorpha, Hansenula wickerhamii, Kloeckera species, Pichia haplophila, Pichia lindnerii, Pichia pastoris, Pichia pinus, Pichia trehalophila, Torulopsis glabrata, Torulopsis pinus, Torulopsis methanodomerquiii, Torulopsis methanolovescens, Torulopsis methanosorbosa, Torulopsis nitratophila and the like. The particularly preferred alcohol oxidases are recovered from cells of Hansenula polymorpha and Pichia pastoris. The presently preferred alcohol oxidase is obtained from methanol utilizing Pichia-type microorganisms comprising microorganisms of genus Pichia and microorganisms genetically and/or taxonomically closely related to Pichia. Specific examples of such methanol-utilizing Pichia yeast include: Pichia pastoris, Pichia pinus, Pichia trehalophilya, and Pichia molischiana. Alcohol oxidase can be obtained commercially from chemical and biological supply houses. However, in a preferred embodiment the alcohol oxidase is obtained from fermentation of an alcohol by a selected microorganism followed by separation of the alcohol oxidase. An alcohol oxidase can be isolated from Pichia pastoris in soluble form, or crystallized to purity, using a dialysis precipitation procedure. The enzyme is isolated from a suspension of cells taken from a fermenter by homogenizing in a Dynomill glass-bead mill and separating the resultant supernatant containing the alcohol oxidase from the cellular debris by centrifugation. This supernatant, which contains 200-300 enzyme units (Eu) per mL, can be further treated by adjusting the pH to 6.5 and dialyzing against 10 volumes of water. When the molar ionic strength of the crude enzyme solution decreases to about 0.02 M sodium phosphate, a precipitate of the alcohol oxidase forms. The supernatant with relatively high enzymatic activity (200-300 Eu/mL) also contains large amounts of catalase, an enzyme which rapidly dismutates two moles of hydrogen peroxide into one mole of oxygen gas and two moles of water. Thus, alcohol oxidase is obtainable from Pichia pastoris in various degrees of purity: (a) Whole single cell protein suspension: Both alcohol oxidase and catalase enzymes are available over long time periods by diffusion through cell walls. (b) Homogenate of ruptured cells: Both alcohol oxidase and catalase enzymes are available in solution with significant amounts of cellular debris. (c) Supernatant after centrifugation of (b): The cell-free supernatant contains relatively high enzymatic activity (200-300 Eu/mL) comprising alcohol oxidase and catalase. (d) High purity alcohol oxidase by dialysis of (c): The precipitated alcohol oxidase of about 95% purity accounts for over 80% of the enzymatic activity of the above supernatant. Broadly, according to a preferred method of preparing the alcohol oxidase, an aqueous suspension of cells having alcohol oxidase activity is prepared by fermentation of methanol as carbon energy substrate using a methanol-utilizing microorganism. The aqueous suspension of cells can be homogenized to produce a homogenate having alcohol oxidase activity. Suspended solids can be removed from such a homogenate by centrifugation, filtration, or the like, and the resulting supernatant or cell-free fluid can be used as a crude solution having alcohol oxidase activity. A crystalline, electrophoretically pure alcohol oxidase can be further prepared from the crude solution by ultrafiltration or dialysis or by other suitable means, presently preferably and conveniently by dialysis. In a number of applications wherein H.sub.2 O.sub.2 by-product is undesirable, the enzyme catalase can also be present in the enzyme treatment of aqueous fluid which contain free oxygen. The net result of the reactions catalyzed by the enzyme combination of alcohol oxidase and catalase is the scavenging of free oxygen and the conversion of the by-product H.sub.2 O.sub.2 into water. The enzyme-catalyzed deoxygenation systems described herein are operable over a pH range of 6 to 9 with an optimum pH range of 6.5 to 7.5. A temperature range of 0 optimum temperature range of about 40 preparations can be stored indefinitely at 0 appreciable loss of activity. The catalytic enzymes of the subject deoxygenaton systems are active over a salinity range of 500 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS) to about 300,000 ppm TDS. In regard to stabilizers, 100 to 500 ppm formaldehyde or about 0.02 weight percent sodium azide is effective in maintaining a high level of enzyme activity in solution within the designated ranges of pH and temperature. Two presently preferred strains of suitable yeasts of the species Pichia pastoris have been deposited with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Northern Regional Research Laboratories of Peoria, Ill., and have received the numerical designations NRRL Y-11430 and Y-11431. In the firmentation process, a species of methanol competent Pichia-type yeast is cultured under aerobic aqueous fermentation conditions using methanol as the carbon energy source. Preferably the methanol is supplied under conditions so that methanol is the growth-limiting factor. The methanol-limiting conditions are defined as a concentration of methanol which is the minimum concentration of methanol which results in a maximum growth rate for a given set of fermentation culture conditions. Preferably, the fermentation is conducted under high-cell density conditions, i.e., so that cell density is 50, more preferably 100, grams or greater on a dry weight basis per liter of ferment (cells plus aqueous liquor). The selected yeast is grown in a batch or continuous process in the presence of oxygen, methanol, and an assimilable source of nitrogen. Various types of fermentation processes and apparatuses known in the art can be utilized. For example, a foam-type fermenter such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,982,998, or other suitable fermenter can be used. The needed oxygen can be supplied to the fermenter as such, or in the form of air or oxygen-enriched air, in a range of pressures from such as about 0.1 atm. to 100 atm., as is known in the art. Fermentation pressures are generally within the range of about 0.1 to 100 atmospheres, more usually about 1 to 30 atmospheres, and more preferably about 1 to 5 atmospheres since the higher pressures result in a higher level of dissolved oxygen in the aqueous medium and usually higher cell productivities. The assimilable nitrogen source for the fermentation can be any organic or inorganic nitrogen-containing compound which provides nitrogen in a form suitable for metabolic utilization by the microorganisms, such as proteins, amino acids, urea, and the like; and ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, ammonium nitrate, and the like. The presently preferred nitrogen sources include ammonia and ammonium hydroxide for convenience and availability. The growth of the microorganism is sensitive to the operating temperature of the ferment. Each particular strain of microorganism has an optimum temperature for growth. Exemplary fermentation temperatures are in the range of about 20 The pH range in the aqueous microbial ferment usually is controlled in the range of about 3 to 7, usually about 3.5 to 5.5, by suitable additions of acidic or alkaline material. Preferences of particular species of microorganisms for a particular pH range are dependent to some extent on the medium employed, as well as on the particular microorganism, and thus may vary somewhat with change in medium as can be readily determined by those skilled in the art. For isolation of the alcohol oxidase enzyme, fluid is prepared which is an aqueou suspension containing cells of the selected microorganism. The aqueous fluid can be fermenter effluent which can be used as is, or preferably after adjusting the pH as described below. Alternatively, the suspended microorganism cells can be initially separated from the fermentation medium, for example, by centrifugation or by filtration through filters having a pore size less than the size of the individual cells, and subsequently resuspended in a convenient volume of water or of an appropriate aqueous buffer, for example KH.sub.2 PO.sub.4 /Na.sub.2 HPO.sub.4 buffer at 0.2 M. The cell density in the aqueous suspension must be greater than a minimum crystallization density. Satisfactory results are obtained if the fluid cell density is greater than about 75 grams on a dry weight basis per liter of fluids. If the fermenter effluent is to be used as the fluid, it should be first adjusted to a pH of such as about 7.5 by addition of a base such as ammonium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, and the like, for most satisfactory results. The pH is not believed to be critical, and the pH of the aqueous suspension need not be adjusted prior to homogenization. It is preferable to adjust the pH broadly in the range of about 6-9 since in this range the enzyme is active and stable. The cell-containing fluid can be homogenized by suitable means known to the art. The homogenate solids are separated from the homogenate to produce a crude solution containing the alcohol oxidase as a soluble component. For example, the homogenate solids can be removed by centrifugation to yield a cell-free supernatant. Alternatively, the solids can be removed by filtration through filters having a suitable pore size, followed by pH adjustment, if desired, for optimum activity. If further purification is desired, such as recovery of crystalline alcohol oxidase, the pH can be adjusted to the range of 5.75 to 6.75 preferably to pH 6.5. The crude solution containing the soluble alcohol oxidase can be treated to recover crystalline alcohol oxidase either in more concentrated solid form such as by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulfate, or and preferably as the crystalline form exhibiting highest activity by treatment under dialysis conditions either by conventional dialysis modes or by applying ultra-filtration to increase the rate of recovery. In dialysis, the alcohol oxidase containing solution is dialyzed against a dialysis medium, for example water or a buffer solution, to achieve a recovery range solution on the enzyme side of the membrane having an ionic strength in a recovery range of between 0.05 M and 0.01 M thereby effecting precipitation of an electrophoretically homogeneous crystalline oxidase. Satisfactory crystallization has been observed where the effective cell density is about 75 grams (on a dry weight basis) per liter of aqueous fluid. Crystallization occurs at even lower effective cell densities although the amount of crystalline alcohol oxidase recovered is less. During dialysis, the pH of the alcohol oxidase containing solution should be maintained in the range of about 5.75 to about 6.75 by use of a suitable buffer system such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate and disodium hydrogen phosphate. Preferably the pH range is from about 6.0 to 6.5 for recovery of maximum amounts of crystalline alcohol oxidase. The dialysis can be safely carried out at temperatures in the range of from about 4 one hour, and preferably 18 hours or more, is needed for crystallization to occur. At the end of the dialysis, the alcohol oxidase is present in the dialysis bag as a crystalline solid. The crystalline alcohol oxidase can be readily separated from the dialysis medium, such as by decanting the liquid in the dialysis bag from the solid crystals. The moist crystals can be further processed as desired for storage. For example, the crystal slurry can be frozen followed by lyophilization to form a dry powder, or can be dissolved in water or more preferably in a phosphate buffer. The alcohol oxidase can be stored frozen without significant loss of enzymatic activity. Stabilizer compounds known to stabilize enzyme solutions against denaturation and loss of enzymatic activity can be added, such as sucrose or glycerol, or 0.02 weight % sodium azide. It is suitable to store the prepared enzyme at temperatures in the range of about 4 on storage of the enzyme at 4 7.5, and with such as about 0.2% sodium azide to inhibit microorganism growth. The foregoing detailed description of a particular alcohol oxidase enzyme is directed to the presently-preferred form of enzyme for the invention method and is not intended to be limiting. Any enzyme which catalyzes the reaction between a substrate material and oxygen is suitable for the invention method. The addition of a hydrocarbon to the enzyme/substrate system improves the corrosion-reducing capabilities of the system. It is theorized that this effect is the result of the movement of potentially-corrosive aldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and carboxylic acid products of the reaction into the organic phase provided by the added hydrocarbon. Any hydrocarbon which can provide an organic phase in the treated water can be used in the invention method, including aromatic compounds and saturated and unsaturated aliphatic compounds. Such hydrocarbons include but are not limited to xylene, benzene, toluene, hexane, decane, butane, fuel oil, cumene, tetralin, diesel, hexadecene, extract oils, petroleum fractions and crude oil. Glycerides of unsaturated fatty acids such as tung oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, soybean oil and the like can also be used alone or in combination with one or more of the above cited hydrocarbons. The presently-preferred hydrocarbon for this purpose, because of its availability at the site of the primary application of the deoxygenation system and its effectiveness, is crude oil. The crude oil or other hydrocarbons can be added to the deoxygenation system in any amount effective for reducing the corrosiveness of the aqueous system. The crude oil can generally be added in the amount within the range of about 0.1 to about 50 volume percent, preferably about 0.5 to about 30, most preferably about 2 to about 20 volume percent, based on the volume of water treated. The components of the deoxygenation system can be added to the oxygen-containing water in any order but the preferred manner of mixing the components is adding methanol to the oxygen-containing water, then adding the alcohol oxidase and finally adding the crude oil. Preferably, the components are added with mixing or agitation of the water. The water containing the deoxygenation system can, if desired for more complete oxygen removal, be held prior to use for a period of time which depends upon the extent of oxygen removal desired and the conditions. Generally, a time of up to six hours will be sufficient to remove 50% of the oxygen, and 90% removal would be achieved within 24 hours. The alcohol oxidase is present in an amount sufficient to catalyze the oxidation reaction. The enzyme will generally be present in an amount of at least about 0.01 E.U. per mL of treated water to whatever level may be economically feasible. The alcohol amount can be as low as 20 ppm to any higher practical limit. Generally, the enzyme concentration will range from about 0.01 to about 100, preferably about 0.1 to 1.0 enzyme units per mL of water being treated. Generally, the alcohol concentration will range from about 0.8 to about 10,000 moles alcohol per moles of dissolved oxygen, preferably about 1 to about 1,000 moles per mole of oxygen. The oxygen-containing water thus treated for removal of the oxygen can be used for whatever ultimate purpose is desired. For example, brine treated according to the invention method can be used in post-primary methods of oil recovery involving water-flooding techniques. The thus-treated brine will be less corrosive to the downhole metal drilling equipment than untreated brine. In the post-primary oil recovery methods using deoxygenated brines, the preferred technique includes adding alcohol oxidase and the substrate alcohol to the brine, contacting the thus-treated brine with crude oil, and subsequently introducing the brine into the oil-bearing reservoir through an injection well. The treated water is then used to drive reservoir oil toward production wells. Runs were performed to assess the effectiveness of an alcohol oxidase/methanol system as a corrosion inhibitor in oxygen-saturated brine. The brine formulation was designed to simulate water from the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. A 1000 mL sample of synthetic Ekofisk water (93.1 g CaCl.sub.2.sup.. H.sub.2 O, 46.4 g MgCl.sub.2.6H.sub.2 O and 781.1 g NaCl per 5 gal. distilled H.sub.2 O) was saturated with oxygen for 30 minutes. Absolute methanol (10 mL) and alcohol oxidase from Pichia pastoris (3 mL of a cell-free supernatant containing 200-300 e.u. per mL of supernatant from Phillips Petroleum Company) were added to the brine. The reactor was sealed. An ionization probe in combination with a Magma Corrator was used to measure corrosion rate. The results are shown in Table I. TABLE I______________________________________Alcohol Meth- Corros-Run Oxidase anol Water ion Rate PittingNo. (mL) (mL) Additive (mL) MPY Index______________________________________1 None None None 1000 35 112 3.0 10 None 1000 8.5 4.03 3.0 10 None 1000 11.0 5.04 3.0 10 (2 mL) 1000 29 3.05 3.0 10 (C.sub.2 H.sub.5).sub.2 NH 1000 17 11 (0.2 mL)6 3.0 10 Crude Oil 900 2.1 0.7 (100 mL)7 None None Crude Oil 900 13 2.5 (100 mL)______________________________________ Control run 1 illustrates the corrosiveness of oxygen-saturated synthetic Ekofisk brine. Control run 7 employing crude oil alone resulted in a lower corrosion rate. Runs 2 and 3 demonstrate that alcohol oxidase and methanol used in combination further reduced corrosion but not as effectively as invention run 6. Runs 4 and 5 illustrate that the addition of reducing agents such as formaldehyde and diethylamine to the alcohol oxidase/methanol system gave a modest reduction in the corrosion rate. Invention run 6 shows the significant improvement in corrosion reduction achieved by the enzyme system when used in combination with crude oil additive. Patent Citations
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Adult Parks?, No kids please! |
Adult Parks?, No kids please! |
Katiekat |
Aug 20 2007, 05:53 PM
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Does anyone know of a website or published material that tells where there are adult parks in New England/New York? We are a couple in our 40s - no kids, obviously - and looking for quiet parks that don't appeal to families! Anyone know of where we can start?
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Aug 21 2007, 06:06 PM
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 27-December 05 From: Granby, Québec, Canada Member No.: 5036 |
This is not really on topic, but I always get a chuckle out of the designation "adult park". I wonder if it is like an adult movie?
When we brought our kids to Florida once, (long time ago, they are in their 30's now) we stayed at a campground that catered mostly to older snowbirds and had lots of rules concerning kids in the park. Our daughter suggested they needed another one: Children under 55 years old - no breathing without adult supervision! |


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Gallery: Will and Kate after the wedding
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LONDON -- After the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the couple traveled from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace where they kissed on the balcony.
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The date: July 25, 1965. The event: the Newport Folk Festival. Backed by guitarist Al Cooper and other members of the Paul Butterfield Blues band, along with pianist Berry Goldberg, an earnest 24-year-old Bob Dylan took the stage, an uncommon sight hanging from his shoulder: an electric guitar. The rising star had a major surprise planned for the audience, but he had no clue of the controversy he was about to stir.
The Meltdown
Dylan's performance was innocent enough. Intent on showing off a pocketful of new electric songs, some from his just-released half-acoustic-half-electric album, Bringing it All Back Home, Dylan tore into his music with driven abandon, as he commonly did during acoustic performances. A mix of both cheering and booing started when Dylan launched into "Maggie's Farm," but the situation continued to melt down as he wound onward through the as-yet unreleased single, "Like a Rolling Stone." Finally, the hostility climaxed with chants of "Sellout!" as Dylan ran through "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry." Things got so sensational and warped that a purple-faced Pete Seeger was allegedly running around backstage with an axe, threatening to chop the wires to the soundboard. Enough was enough; after ending the song, the musicians walked off, somewhat stunned. After all, hadn't Muddy Waters played electric at the festival? Why was the audience open-minded and accepting about some musicians, but not about Bob Dylan?
Consider for a second all the facial expressions casting about. All that seriousness. Rage, fury, angst, confusion. Intensity. By all accounts, the vibe was best described as surreal after the musicians left the stage. When lured back out by former stage mate Joan Baez, a shaken Bob Dylan grabbed an acoustic guitar and gave the crowd what it ultimately came for. His return to the stage was pure class. The atmosphere was still tense, but to some modest applause, he assuaged the fold with "Mr. Tambourine Man," salvaging the day, and soon ending his set with an apropos of everything, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."
A Musical Visionary A-Changin': Folk or Rock 'n' Roll?
By 1964, Bob Dylan was going places, but nobody knew quite where, least of all himself. He had pretty much catalyzed his credentials as an activist in the civil rights movement with his album, The Times They Are A-Changin'. He had already been performing some of the record's songs during civil rights rallies throughout the preceding year in Mississippi. The song "Only a Pawn in their Game" (about the brutal murder of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers by a Klu Klux Klan member), became emblematic both of the atrocities being committed in the American South, as well as Dylan's growing leadership as the poet laureate of the civil rights movement.
This wasn't necessarily what he had in mind for his musical future. If we've learned one thing about Dylan over the years, it's that he likes to experiment, then move quickly onto the next thing. But in the mid-1960s, during the peak of his creative prowess, some fans didn't understand Dylan's need to keep moving and push the limits of his art. By early 1965, Dylan had already moved on from his good standing as a musician-activist, and was writing new songs with electric band. Meanwhile, his peers in the folk scene were pressuring him continue on as a protest singer that mustered the ranks of American youths to the cause.
He Said, She Said
The entire controversy has been the speculation of theorists and revisionists over the years. Some blame the poor quality of the Newport sound system for the uproar. Others claim the problem was a slapdash performance by an unrehearsed band. In Martin Scorcese's 2005 documentary, No Direction Home, a much-older Pete Seeger (who was partly responsible for bringing Dylan to Newport) was almost apologetic, denying allegations that he was fuming during the performance and threatening to pull the plug, joining the crowd in its angry chant for Dylan to leave the stage. In his autobiography, Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards (1979), Al Kooper swears that the boos had nothing to do with Dylan playing rock music, bad sound quality, or any of that. According to him, it was because Dylan was only going to play 15 minutes, while everyone else played 45; the crowd simply wanted their money's worth.
Whatever the case, a good portion of the audience—or at least the booers—came expecting to hear "The Ballad of Hollis Brown," "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," and other songs from Dylan's acclaimed repertoire as a "protest singer." It was one thing to break from that topical mold and start singing personal songs, like he did for the 1964 album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. But this electric business was pushing it a little too far.
Dylan's Newport Legacy
To the surprise of many, Dylan actually revisited Newport for a live performance at the folk festival in 2002, and the hype abounded. But if the mucky-mucks expected Dylan to bury some kind of hidden Newport statement in his song choices, they would be denied. Costumed in a phony beard and wig, Dylan started things off with an acoustic "The Roving Gambler"—a common opener on the "Love and Theft" tour—and encored with "Not Fade Away." Sandwiched in-between was about every song you'd want to hear Dylan perform.
Nowadays critics speculate that, had Dylan continued on as an acoustic folk singer and never gone electric, he'd probably never have reached the pinnacle of success that he still enjoys today. But regardless, suffering critical assaults became a mainstay for Dylan after the '65 Newport controversy, and soon afterward the troubadour-turned-folk-rocker would quit performing live altogether for a period of eight years. While Dylan had played Newport—acoustically—in 1963 and again in '64 to much enthusiasm, his conversion to electric was the hardest sell of his career. This festival—once well-known for its hardcore audience of staunch folk purists—would be the showcase for the biggest artistic statement of Dylan's career, an unorthodox and unforgivable blasphemy that will always rank as one of the seminal moments of American rock 'n' roll history.


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BioWare Austin: Contact UI Artist
Industry: | Games |
Category: | UI & Tools |
Type: | Full-time |
Created: | Aug 21st 2013, 09:50 by tmesuria |
BioWare is a division of EA which crafts high quality multiplatform role-playing, MMO and strategy games, focused on emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed titles and franchises, including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. BioWare currently operates in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and Austin (Texas).
BioWare's games have continually achieved critical and commercial success. All of our published titles are highly rated at www.gamerankings.com; in fact we have 6 games in the top 1% highest rated games of all time! Today BioWare has over 800 staff at its locations and continues to grow. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bioware . To join the millions of fans already registered with the BioWare community, go to http://social.bioware.com
BioWare Austin is seeking a full-time Contract UI Artist to join our Austin team. The Contract UI Artist will work with the Art Director and Lead Artists in establishing and extending the look and feel of the UI for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Note: This is a full-time, contract/temporary position for up to 6 months. No relocation will be provided.
- Develops, and leads the creation of UI design, interaction prototypes, artwork, and motion design to meet design goals and support the look and feel
- Works with the Art Director and art team in defining and communicating the visual language and interface look and feel
- Specs out art tasks and generates time estimates when needed
- Works closely with the design team to execute their UI needs and provide visual polish as needed
- Works on icons for use in the UI
- Anticipates issues and is proactive in developing solutions
- Utilizes internal tools and procedures and works with engineering to meet technical requirements
- Has the flexibility to work on multiple titles and platforms simultaneously
- Maintains flexibility to assist with special projects as needed
- At least 6 years' experience as a UI Artist in a high-tech environment, including some experience in games
- Must be a strong artist/illustrator and an even stronger sense of design
- Is an expert with Photoshop
- Experience with Flash and/or ScaleForm is a definite plus
- Has a positive attitude and enjoys working on a team
- Ability to receive and respond appropriately to critiques from all members of the development team
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- Linda Rice Breaks New Ground in Thoroughbred Racing (Forbes.com)
- Racing Industry Meetings: Where Are All The Women? (The Saratogian)
- 150 Years of Racing in Saratoga (Daily Racing Form)
- The Track at Saratoga: America's Grandest Race Course (WMHT)
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The H. Allen Jerkens Saratoga Training Title: Honoring, and Honored
Monday at Saratoga, closing day, was a day both happy and melancholy. Happy because we were there, still there, spending Labor Day at the track with family and friends, seeing two stakes races, enjoying another gorgeous day at the Spa. … Continue reading
The tests for the two-year-olds: Saratoga 1910
Saratoga 2010 closes out with three stakes races that have been run for more than 100 years: the Spinaway, the Saranac, and the Hopeful. In 1910, where we've spent so much time this summer, the Spinaway was run on August … Continue reading
The BEST of the Backstretch
"Saratoga is a healing community," said Paul Ruchames recently, "and you can accomplish a lot with a healing community." Ruchames is the recently appointed executive director of Backstretch Employees Service Team (BEST); he comes to the position from the Albert … Continue reading
A Rodeo for the Children of Anna House
"We're here to thank you," said Michael Dubb, chairman of the board of the Belmont Child Association, to the crowd assembled at last week's benefit at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga. "Tonight is more than financial. It's the one … Continue reading
Travers Day, 2010
Yesterday's Travers will likely have no significant effect on racing. It won't determine the three-year-old champion; it didn't set any records; and its winner might not even go on to race in the Breeders' Cup in November. Alan at Left … Continue reading
Travers morning, and the Chief is off the duck
I arrive at 6:40. The sun is up, and the lines at each of the gates to the track are long, with people waiting expectantly for the day's first race, the rush from the gates to the coveted picnic tables … Continue reading
Travers Day, 1910
I've spent a good part of this summer immersed in 1910, in the racing meet a century ago. Saratoga was scheduled to race that year for 21 days; in the middle of the meet, three days were added, because when … Continue reading
Migliore on Life At Ten
During a career that spanned three decades, Richard Migliore got to sit on a lot of classy horses. Last night at the Parting Glass's monthly racing meeting (always open to the public), at which Migliore was the featured guest, the … Continue reading
Travers Draw Day
And now we are in full Travers mode. I kicked off what feels like the official beginning of Travers week at the barn of Dale Romans, to interview Tammy Fox for a feature that will appear in the Saratogian later … Continue reading
This week in Saratoga
It is with great melancholy that I post this week's happenings, as at least one of them will be taking place after I return to Brooklyn. I can't believe that Saratoga is almost over, and nearly every day I come … Continue reading


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A commitment to removing barriers to social inclusion is at the core of the ambition for 'recovery oriented services'. This means, for example, providing individuals and families affected by drug or alcohol problems with access to appropriate housing and opportunities for meaningful activity, including employment. It also means address the negative attitudes that are too often a barrier to re-integration and recovery. DrugScope also highlights the social contexts for drug and alcohol problems – including trauma and abuse, poverty and lack of opportunity – are the need for early intervention and policy that addresses the causes as well as the consequences of dependency.
The social inclusion agenda is at the core of much of DrugScope's policy work, and we have close working relationships with a range of organisations and agencies working in criminal justice, housing, mental health, welfare and employment support and other areas of social policy.
The Work Programme: In June 2011, the Department for Work and Pensions introduced the Work Programme – an initiative that replaces almost all previous programmes including Flexible New Deal and Progress2Work. The Work Programme aims to provide tailored support to help the long-term unemployed and those with additional barriers into paid work using a payment by results model.
The House & Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee is holding an inquiry that will look at various aspects of the Work Programme, including the experience of different customer groups. DrugScope has heard anecdotal feedback about the experience that people with histories of substance use have had on the Work Programme, and is keen to find out more before formally submitting evidence to the Select Committee in early December. We are keen to hear any case stories (positive or negative) as well as getting an overview of people's experience in connection to things such as outcomes, the quality of service and whether people have had their benefits sanctioned as a consequence of being unable to meet Work Programme requirements.
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Hiring? Young veterans with a true entrepreneurial inclination can thrive at a start-up.
Hiring? Young veterans with a true entrepreneurial inclination can thrive at a start-up.
Regardless of the size of an organization you will always find entrepreneurs. Lockheed Martin's Clarence "Kelly" L. Johnson comes to mind; specifically, the development of that organization's "Skunk Works." The Skunk Works outfit was responsible for the invention of the first XP-80 jet fighter in 1943. So no matter where you work the traits, skills and risks associated with entrepreneurship, they can be put to good use.
I have to say that as a former Army officer, there is always a little friendly rivalry and banter among members of different services, but when the chips are down we all have a healthy respect for each other. So for you skeptics out there I bring you Technical Sergeant Ryan Klug, USAF.
I am not sure I can tell you exactly what Klug does and if I did then the black Tahoes might pull up in front of my house. Yikes! Klug is a young man, by comparison to yours truly, and he holds several degrees: Aviation Maintenance Technology, Computer Science, IT Management and certifications such as: A+, Net+, and is working toward his Security+ Certification exam. Klug intends to complete an MS in IT with a concentration in business intelligence. (No Tahoe yet.) An avid reader of Inc., he knows that he will finish his military career one day and make the transition to the private sector.
All branches of the military do a very good job of placing the management of an individual's career in their own hands. They manage it almost like a business unit, adding assets such as degrees or certifications in preparation for the next step. While we don't always have the resources in small business I have seen similar internal growth and continuing education requirements in small business beyond those requiring CLE's or CEU's to maintain certifications or licenses.
I don't know Klug but his wife and my wife are Internet cohorts. Ryan started reading the Inc. articles and is getting a real charge out of them. Apparently filling his wife's ears with information such as Six Sigma and the like which she finds... frustrating. I find it encouraging for those out there that are recruiting for new positions. This gives you some indication of the caliber of individuals in our armed services. They are paying attention, they frequently work with limited resources, they are well educated and apply themselves to problem solving in very entrepreneurial ways.
For those in military service you have our appreciation and respect, for those moving from the active services to the private sector there are a myriad of opportunities for you, the transition is not always easy but can be very fulfilling!
I would be very interested to know how many active service members are Inc followers. My bet: more than most people think.
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The Final Score: Lake Forest 53, Deerfield 49
Scouts Star Performer: Evan Boudreaux had another double double with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Other Notable Scout Performance: Sam Downey chipped in 14 tallies.
Who's Next: The Scouts travel to Stevenson at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Bottom Line: Lake Forest never trailed in the game but never led by more than nine points as they continually came up with the plays to stay ahead of the Warriors. Taking a 43-35 lead into the fourth quarter, the Scouts got what the needed each time Deerfield got within a possession. Key free throws by Boudreaux, Ben Simpson and George Quall in the last minute erased each Warrior Threat. Lake Forest is now 15-6 for the season.
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Architecture 6:00 pm See this Timber and Concrete Torquay Beach House on the Coast of Australia This residence on the beachside of Torquay, Victoria, was built to withstand the fickle and often tough coastal weather. Wolveridge Architects divided the living space into three main connecting blocks, clad in timber and concrete to protect the occupants from powerful winds.… 3389 - Read more
Architecture 5:00 pm See the Cantilevering Trojan Residence in Melbourne, Australia Jackson Clements Burrows bring us the Trojan Residence in Melbourne, Australia. Initially an ordinary family home, the structure underwent renovations out of the need for space for the owners' three children. The architects added a projecting wooden "box" perpendicular to the garden… 2341 - Read more
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