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Water SA vol.36 no.5 Pretoria oct. 2010
Sonochemical degradation of the antibiotic cephalexin in aqueous solution
Weilin GuoI,*; Hongzhi WangI; Yahui ShiI; Guangyou ZhangII
ISchool of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
IISchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
The degradation of cephalexin in aqueous solution under ultrasound irradiation was investigated. Biodegradability of the solution was evaluated by the BOD5/COD ratio, which was raised from zero to 0.36 after ultrasound treatment, indicating that the ultrasound irradiation process is a successful pre-treatment step to improve the biodegradability of cephalexin solution. The influences of ultrasound power and pH value on the degradation of cephalexin were studied. It was found that the optimal ultrasound power for cephalexin degradation in the system was 200 W and the rate of cephalexin degradation was maximal in the pH range of 6.5 to 8.5. The degradation kinetics of cephalexin in aqueous solution under various operational conditions was also investigated. It was found that the degradation of cephalexin follows a pseudo-first order kinetics.
Keywords: antibiotic, biodegradability, cephalexin, degradation, ultrasound
The wide application of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine has led to large-scale dissemination of refractory and even toxic pollutants in the environment. In many countries, a multitude of extremely resistant antibiotics have been found in treated sewage, industrial effluent, the aquatic environment and even in drinking water (Klavarioti et al., 2009). They are extremely resistant to biological degradation processes and because of their continuous input they could remain in the environment for a long time; their presence in the environment is considered dangerous in both low and high concentrations.
Recently, a variety of treatment methods like advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) (Klavarioti et al., 2009; Isariebel and Carine 2009), anaerobic treatment (Amin et al., 2006), powdered activated carbon adsorption (Choi et al., 2008), etc., have been suggested for the treatment of most industrial effluents containing toxic organic chemicals. The subject of this paper is the use of ultrasound as an AOP for the degradation of antibiotics in wastewater. Sonolysis has proven to be an effective method for degrading organic effluents into less toxic compounds and in many cases even completely mineralises the compounds. However, the time-scale and the dissipated power necessary to obtain complete mineralisation of the pollutants in the case of ultrasound treatment are not economically acceptable. Hence ultrasound is found more effective when used in combination with other conventional treatment processes than as a stand-alone process (Torres et al., 2009).
It is well known that biological treatment is perhaps less costly and more environmentally friendly than any other destructive treatment. Therefore, several papers have reported that sonochemical degradation could be successfully used as a pre-treatment to enhance the biodegradability of wastewater, but not for the complete mineralisation of the pollutants (Klavarioti et al., 2009; Torres et al., 2009; Sangave and Pandit, 2004).
Cephalexin, as one of the most popular antibiotics, is produced in great quantities. Nowadays this drug is ubiquitously present in the aquatic environment due to its resistance to biodegradation. Considered from the perspective of economy and technology, ultrasound irradiation processes should be used as a pre-treatment technique to enhance the biodegradability of the solution; once biodegradability has been achieved, the effluent is transferred to a cheaper biological treatment (Arslan- Alaton and Akmehmet, 2002).
The purposes of this study were:
To investigate the decomposition of cephalexin under ultrasound irradiation
To evaluate the enhanced biodegradability of the solution
To study the effects of various operating conditions on removal efficiency
According to our knowledge, this is the first time that ultrasound has been used to improving the biodegradability of wastewater containing cephalexin.
Cephalexin hydrate (CAS No. 15686-71-2) was provided by Sigma. Its structural formula is shown in Fig. 1. All other chemicals were of analytical grade and used as received. The water used in all experiments was purified by a Milli-Q system.
Sonication was carried out with an ultrasonic generator (JY92, Ningbo Xinzhi Instrument Co., China), equipped with a 24 kHz transducer and a titanium horn tip of 2.0 cm diameter.
The ultrasonic generator was operated at 200 W (calorimetric power: 17.3 W). The tip of the probe was placed 2 cm into the liquid layer. The sonication was administered in a pulse mode of 30 s on and 15 s off.
All tests were carried out in a 100 m cylindrical glass reaction vessel. A constant temperature of 25±2C was maintained during the sonication by circulating water through a jacket around the sonication cell. In all cases, 50 m of cephalexin solution with a typical concentration of 20 mg/ was added into the jacketed reactor. The pH value of each reaction solution was adjusted to the desired level using appropriate concentrations of sulphuric acid or sodium hydroxide solutions. At different time intervals, samples were withdrawn from the reactor by syringe and filtered through 0.45 μm membranes.
The analytical methods used for determination of COD and BOD5 were 5220D and 5210D, respectively (APHA-AWWA-WEF 1998). The closed reflux colorimetric method was used to determine COD values. Test solution (2 ml) was pipetted into the dichromate reagent and digested at 150ºC for 2 h in an Aqualytic AL 32 COD reactor. COD concentration was measured colorimetrically at λ=430 nm using an Aqualytic PCcompact COD vario photometer. BOD5 was measured using an automatic BOD measurement apparatus (Hach BODTrak, Hach Co., USA). A measured sample of wastewater and nutrient buffer was poured into each of 6 BODTrak bottles. The bottles were then sealed and incubated on the BODTrak instrument, which automatically monitored the BOD continually over 11 days. The samples were continually stirred at 20ºC using magnetic stir bars.
Results and discussion
Sonolysis of cephalexin in aqueous solution
The degradation of cephalexin in aqueous solution under ultrasound irradiation was studied (Fig. 2). Sonolysis was performed under the following conditions: ultrasonic frequency set at 24 kHz, applied power set at 200 W, temperature maintained at 25ºC, and pH value of 7.5 under air atmosphere. As can be seen in Fig. 2, cephalexin could be destructed by ultrasound and the COD value of the solution decreased gradually along with reaction time. At the end of the experiment (150 min) the COD was reduced to about 70% of its initial value.
The degradation kinetics of cephalexin in aqueous solution by sonication is shown in Fig. 3. It was found that the degradation of cephalexin in aqueous solution follows a pseudo-first order kinetics. The kinetic rate constant for the degradation of cephalexin and the correlation coefficient (R2 values) are 0.00895 min-1 and 0.9671, respectively. The R2 value indicates that the degradation of cephalexin under ultrasound irradiation indeed follows pseudo-first order kinetics.
Effect of ultrasonic irradiation on biodegradability
As we all know, ultrasonic treatment alone may not be suitable for decontaminating completely organic pollutants. The process efficiency may be improved by coupling with biological treatment, which will carry on mineralisation as far as possible. Therefore, a sonication process, as a previous step of an ensuing biological treatment, was applied in order to improve the biodegradability of wastewater (Sangave and Pandit, 2004).
In the present study, the solution of cephalexin was sonicated and then the changes of the BOD5/COD ratio were measured to evaluate the biodegradability of the solution (Fig. 4). The BOD5 of 20 mg/ cephalexin solution was about zero, indicating that cephalexin is not readily biodegradable. Contaminants with a ratio of BOD5/COD>0.3 are generally accepted as biodegradable, while those with ratios of between 0.2 and 0.3 units are partially biodegradable. The results presented in Fig. 4 show that the ultrasonic action significantly enhanced the biodegradability of the solution. The BOD5/COD ratio was improved from 0 to 0.36 after 60 min of sonolysis. These results provide evidence that ultrasound transforms cephalexin, in a rapid and quite selective way, into more biodegradable intermediates that will be degraded in a posterior biological step. This is an interesting advantage because, in fact, the most cost-efficient way for applying sonolysis is not to aim for the mineralisation of the organic pollutant but to transform its chemical structure in order to make it less toxic and more biodegradable. It should be emphasized that the sonication time and power should be kept as low as possible in order to reduce the wastewater treatment costs and make the sonolysis suitable for industrial application.
As can be seen in Fig. 4, the biodegradability was initially enhanced by sonication, but this was followed by a decrease in biodegradability. The reason for this may be that the biodegradable intermediates are easily removed under ultrasound irradiation. Similar results have also been reported in previous studies (Cokgor et al., 2004).
Effect of ultrasound power on the degradation of cephalexin
The effect of ultrasonic power on the sonolysis of cephalexin was investigated. As shown in Fig. 5, the sono-degradation rate of cephalexin in aqueous solution is strongly dependent on ultrasound power. The degradation rate of cephalexin increases greatly with an increase in power, reaches a maximum at about 200 W, and then decreases rapidly with increasing power. This indicates clearly that the output power of 200 W will be the optimum to obtain a maximum degradation rate of cephalexin. Sivakumar and Pandit (2001) have also obtained similar results with decomposition of a dye solution.
With increasing the output power of ultrasound, there will be an increase in the number of cavities generated and hence the cumulative pressure pulse (number of cavities multiplied by the collapse pressure due to a single cavity) will also increase at higher levels of power (Sivakumar and Pandit, 2001). This results in a corresponding increase in the extent of degradation of cephalexin. At higher output power, however, a large number of gas bubbles exist in the solution, which scatter the sound waves to the walls of the vessel or back to the transducer. Thus less energy is dissipated in the liquid due to cavitational activity, although the vessel is exposed to higher and higher power. Again, bubble cloud formation may occur at the surface of the horn if the power is too high, resulting in attenuation of the sound wave. Also, it may happen that, due to the very high number of cavities per unit volume of liquid, there is a coalescence of the cavities resulting in the formation of a larger cavity (the collapse pressure is inversely proportional to the size of the cavity).
Therefore, the enhancement of the sonochemical effect with increasing power dissipation in the system is only obtained until an optimum power value, beyond which the rates of degradation decrease with increased output power.
Effect of pH on the degradation of cephalexin by sonochemistry
The initial pH of the medium is an important parameter for the degradation of chemical pollutants under ultrasound irradiation. The influence of pH on the degradation rate of cephalexin was investigated at pH range 4.5-10.0 using 20 mg/ cephalexin aqueous solution; the results are shown in Fig. 6. It was observed that the degradation rate of cephalexin in aqueous solution is strongly dependent on pH value. The degradation rate of cephalexin is enhanced with increasing pH value from 4.5 to 6.5, and there is almost no change in the pH range of 6.5-8.5. Further increase of pH to about 10.0 leads to a great reduction of degradation rate. The removal rate of COD is only 11.47% at pH 10.0.
The effect of pH on the rate of sono-degradation is dependent on the state of the pollutant molecule, i.e. whether the pollutant is present as ionic species or as a molecule (Ghodbane and Hamdaoui, 2009). Cephalexin is a non-volatile compound and the region of sono-decomposition would be at the cavitation bubble interface where the hydroxyl radical concentration is at a maximum. The change in the solution pH results in a change in the hydrophobic property of cephalexin, because cephalexin is a zwitterion, i.e. the molecule contains both a basic and an acidic group. In the pH range 4.5-6.5, cephalexin mainly exists in zwitterionic form in solution. Therefore, cephalexin exists in higher concentrations at the bubble surface and thus is more readily subjected to the hydroxyl radical attack. However, at lower and higher pH conditions, cephalexin mainly exists in cationic or anionic form in solution. Therefore, the hydrophilicity and solubility of cephalexin are enhanced, and thus the decomposition is carried out in the bulk of the solution where there is a lower concentration of hydroxyl radicals, because only about 10% of the hydroxyl radical generated in the bubble can diffuse into the bulk solution (Goel et al., 2004).
Additionally, a high pH value may create more free radical scavengers (i.e., CO3 2-, HCO3 -) and results in the decrease in the concentration of hydroxyl radical (OH) (Wang et al., 2009). This may be another reason for the decrease of removal rate of cephalexin at higher pH value.
The ultrasound irradiation process was found to be a successful treatment for both the removal of, and improvement of the biodegradability of, cephalexin in wastewater. Ultrasound can effectively decompose cephalexin in aqueous solution and the extent of degradation depends strongly on the operating conditions, such as ultrasound power and pH value of the medium. Sonolysis of cephalexin follows a pseudo-first order kinetics and ultrasound noticeably increases the biodegradability of the cephalexin solution.
These conclusions lead us to suggest integrating the technology of ultrasound and biological treatment as an optimal strategy for antibiotic removal from industrial wastewater.
The authors greatly acknowledge The Foundation for Excellent Young Scientists of Shandong Province for financial support (2008BS09019).
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Taking a look at Illinois' official symbols to find a better fit for state government
In late August, Gov. Rod Blagojevich took time from carving up the state budget and picking on lawmakers to sign Senate Bill 199, naming the GoldRush apple as Illinois' official fruit. This variety is described as acidic, coarse and thin-skinned -- arguably just like the governor himself.
All throughout the recently ended "spring" legislative session, Illinois' chief executive treated one and all to a taste of his governing style: jetting back and forth to Chicago whilst business was conducted in Springfield; threatening to torpedo the budget unless his massive health-care expansion passed; nearly coming to blows with a senator of his own party. This week, Blagojevich topped himself by suing House Speaker Michael Madigan, who dared disobey the guv's calls for more special sessions. Since we're adding the GoldRush to Illinois' roster of official symbols, why not revisit the existing ones to better fit our state's leadership?
State animal: Currently it's the white-tailed deer, too spry a beast for a Legislature that took a record-breaking eight months to pass a spending plan. More appropriate? The three-toed sloth.
State flower: Change it from the pretty violet to nasty poison ivy. It's emblematic of how Senate President Emil Jones caught Blagojevich's power rash in refusing to give his chamber any shot at overriding the governor's budget vetoes.
State fish: In 1986, under a Republican governor, Illinois schoolkids picked the bluegill. More fitting now would be the shark, what with all the blood in the water. Those fins circling the Democratic governor? Many belong to rank-and-file Democrats, tired of him dining down on them.
State mineral: It's fluorite. Given how lawmakers larded the $59 million budget with member initiatives, some clearly less vital to the state's long-term welfare than others, Illinois' mineral should be fool's gold.
State insect: We'll keep this one, the Monarch butterfly. It's befitting a governor who fancies himself king.
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I heard a young girl calling
Michael they are taking you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
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Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
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Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled they ran me down
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She watched the last star falling
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At Parkhead Stadium today Celtic play Falkirk and a portly Irishman will play Pavarotti. However, the terraces will not echo to the sound of Nessun Dorma, but a more appropriate lament will be sung, without accompaniment, by Pete St John.
The Dublin songwriter will perform his most popular, and just recently, only 'controversial' work: The Fields Of Athenry. "I hope it goes well," says St John, "because as a singer, I'm a good boxer."
Over the past few years the song has grown in popularity among crowds of Celtic supporters, but was recently condemned by football commentator Gerry McNee as a song sung for sectarian reasons solely to wind up opposing Rangers fans. "I don't have anything against the song itself. It's just used for all the wrong reasons. Until both Celtic and Rangers can dump the baggage of 300 years ago there will be no movement forward," says the broadcaster.
McNee urged the club's chairman, Fergus McCann, to ban it but McCann refused, saying it could be sung with pride.
St John first heard that the song had become an unofficial anthem when n friends in Germany contacted him after attending a Celtic versus Borussia Dortmund match where the lyrics echoed around the terracing. It was the Celtic keeper, Paddy Bonner, who explained the controversy when they met earlier this year at Croke Park for the All Ireland Gaelic football final.
"I was delighted when I heard the song was being sung in Parkhead and when I heard they wanted to ban it I thought it was a joke. I've never met Gerry McNee but there is nothing in the song that is at all sectarian. I've been involved in the peace movement both here and in America. I'm not into pulling a stunt like that," says St John.
"I've been so long in the game I just dismissed it as a thoughtless thing to say by a person looking for a few headlines or some publicity. It seemed to me more like a marketing ploy. Now I couldn't take that man McNee seriously if I met him, not after what he's said. There are other songs closer to the bone, than the one I've written."
The song was written in 1979 and recorded by Paddy Reilly, whose best-selling single launched an album of the same name. However, over the past 17 years more than 400 cover versions have been made with conservative estimates on single sales put at five million. The song was based on a true story of the fate of one young couple during the Irish famine.
The song tells the story of Lord Trevelyan who brought a supply of corn back from America in a bid to battle starvation during the potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century. Unfortunately it was Indian corn too hard to be milled, so useless. However, local people thought it would save them and so broke into the stores, were arrested, and subsequently deported to Australia.
"The song could be about anyone Scots, Irish, English. It is about poor innocent people and how they are victims of natural disasters. It's easy to say why it's been so popular in Glasgow because in 1846, the year the song's set, over 150,000 Irishmen, women, and children fled to the city where many were treated with generosity. But I've heard the song sung everywhere from San Francisco to Melbourne."
St John trained as an electrician, emigrated to Washington via Canada and South America as young man, where he rose to vice president of an electrical contracting firm, before moving into PR, and then song-writing. To date he has written more than 50 songs. "And I've never had a bad one; well I've never had one that hasn't made money."
He returned semi-retired to Ireland in 1975 but returns regularly to America to visit his two sons. Next year he plans to conduct a large tour of American colleges and campuses to mark the 150th anniversary of "Black '47" the worst year of the Irish famine.
The invitation to Parkhead from Fergus McCann he describes as "an honour". It is unlikely he will sing unaccompanied for long - 30,000 fans may decide to sing-a-long a salute.


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How cool would it be to walk up to the Sikorsky factory and hand them a multi-million dollar check for 10 S-76s? I have wondered if buying a helicopter is as big a chore as buying a car. Then I wondered about the prospects of purchasing a bunch of helicopters for a fleet operator. How do you buy 10 big expensive helicopters at one time? Is it difficult? Are there discounts for bulk purchases?
Paul Mouisset, aircraft sales and acquisition manager with Bristow Group in New Iberia, La., spent some time explaining how they approach this process.
When Bristow makes the decision to add a new helicopter, there are the usual determining factors at play. It must meet customer requirements, be reasonably priced, have good manufacturer support and be available within the timeframe needed.
Generally, Bristow prefers to purchase new factory aircraft. However, there are times when it is more convenient to go to the used market to meet immediate needs. If so, the used helicopter must meet stringent requirements, such as having no history flying with an offshore operator, no history of accidents and an acceptable level of total airframe time. Also, the company typically does not trade in its used helicopters, preferring to sell them on the open market.
When dealing with OEMs for new helicopter purchases, it is, of course, a contract sale with each side outlining their expectations. Method of payment is through routine commercial paper documents. Mouisset emphasized that Bristow pays cash for all its helicopter purchases.
Do negotiations take place? Yes, and the intensity depends on the circumstances. Sometimes a particular helicopter will match up evenly with another factory competitor, just like with Ford and Chevrolet before the government owned the auto industry. In the event that the decision is tough to make, certain things like price and added value become very important.
With each new delivery, the manufacturer will provide airframe maintenance and pilot training, and sometimes power plant and factory avionics training.
It's not unusual for Bristow to buy helicopters in groups, with the number depending on current needs. Once they are off the assembly line, have gone through the factory testing and are declared ready for delivery, Bristow will send a flyaway acceptance inspector and qualified pilot to perform an inspection. All manufacturer discrepancies are worked out before Bristow signs off and receives the aircraft. It is then flown to New Iberia for further work.
Depending on the manufacturer and the type of helicopter, it may not go directly to New Iberia, but make a detour to a completion company, such as Keystone Helicopter in Coatesville, Pa. (owned by Sikorsky) to have pop-out floats and interiors installed. In some cases, mechanics equip the helicopters with factory avionics if they are integral to the airframe.
When the aircraft leave the factory, they feature green primer paint with only the N-number painted on. When they arrive at the home base, they are painted in the company livery and given a new registration number, based on which country the helicopter will operate in. But that's only part of the story. These green helicopters must also be prepared for their role as offshore transporters in a very corrosive environment — that is, salt air and the daily movements of hundreds of offshore roughnecks and production workers. It is unlikely that the helicopters will be landing at the Wall Street Heliport.
Years of repetitious flight operations have shown where the wear spots are on different types of helicopters, plus refinements needed for comfort and safety of the passengers. Many of the installations are regulatory and customer-required, such as external life rafts, cabin emergency exit lighting and cargo tie-downs. Some of the additional refinements include snap vents in windows, stainless steel doublers on baggage compartment door sills, a stainless steel doubler below the fuel tank filler and rearview mirrors. A corrosion-inhibiting product may also be applied.
As a final step, Bristow Group installs avionics needed for the offshore mission. The company's Air Logistics division estimates that equipping and preparing a helicopter for its offshore life costs between $400,000 and $500,000. A bit more expensive than decking out the family bus.


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Extension of ESA's Integral and XMM-Newton missions approved
In recognition of their superb scientific output, the mission operations of European flagship x-ray and gamma-ray observatories, XMM-Newton and Integral, have been extended until 31 December 2012.
The extension of both missions, which have been producing an incessant flow of science results since launch, was announced this week after a unanimous vote at a meeting of ESA's Science Programme Committee.
Integral science highlights
With its sensitive detectors, Integral has accurately measured the hard Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB), responsible for creating the diffuse background glow spread throughout the universe, and it has confirmed that systems containing white dwarves contribute significantly to the galactic hard X-ray diffuse emission.
The gamma-ray observatory has a found a rare class of anomalous X-ray pulsars, with magnetic fields a thousand million times stronger than the strongest steady magnetic field achievable in a laboratory on Earth, and has found massive stars by looking for their radioactive traces - radioactive decay gamma-ray lines from iron have been observed with the most significant detection to date, forcing re-evaluation of existing theoretical models.
Integral has also discovered a new class of X-ray binary stars called super-giant fast transients - X-ray binary systems containing super giant stars. Integral and other high-energy satellites have discovered that these transient systems are not as rare in the galaxy as initially thought.
Although not designed for the purpose, Integral has also proved to be a great gamma-ray-burst 'watchdog', providing instantaneous, accurate positions of gamma ray bursts to other facilities within minutes or even seconds. In collaboration with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, Integral has also detected what appears to be the fastest spinning neutron star yet.
XMM-Newton science highlights
In the last two years XMM-Newton has made breakthrough observations of a wide variety of compact objects, such as the first detection of an intermediate-mass black hole in globular cluster NGC 4472. This has direct implications for the formation and evolution theories of globular clusters in general.
Thanks to its sensitivity at high energies, XMM-Newton has made the first and only direct probing of the central regions near a black hole, by sampling the presence of iron and the variability of its spectral fingerprints. The satellite's observations have also been fundamental in helping understand the physics of heavy sub-atomic matter ('baryonic') in clusters of galaxies and on studying the dark matter component in clusters.
XMM-Newton has given the first strong indication that very faint active galactic nuclei (AGN) are similar to the 'normal' AGN population, and measured for the first time the size of the emission region of an AGN.
Other major results include the progress in understanding the link between X-ray emission and luminosity of stars, as well as the relation between the X-ray emission and processes such as star accretion or collisions.
The satellite has also discovered the remnants of a new class of supernovae within the so-called 'Ia type', which are used as standard reference, or 'candles', to determine stellar luminosity.
XMM-Newton has also revealed X-ray emission in the Martian exosphere - the first definite detection of X-ray emission induced by exchange of electrical charges from the exosphere of another planet.
Looking towards the future
Science proposals on using these satellites fruitfully in the future have already been submitted, and will continue to be submitted in the future, with an overwhelming response from the scientific community.
Kudos to the teams behind these excellent missions!
Notes for editors:
In December 2005 the XMM-Newton and Integral missions, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively, had already obtained an extension of their operations until 2010.
Since the beginning of their scientific operations, the number of papers in refereed journals originating from these missions number in hundreds, XMM-Newton at the rate of 300 papers per year and Integral at a rate of 100 per year. There are now in total 1600 refereed papers published based on XMM-Newton data, and more than 300 based on Integral data.
Valuable products from the two missions include X-ray and gamma-ray source sky catalogues – a precious and unique reference for astronomers of the present and next generation.
Among these is the Integral imager (IBIS) survey catalogue, whose third version, compiled from data obtained during the first 3.5 years of the mission, has been recently released. It contains more than 400 high-energy sources, with about 25% of the sources yet to be identified.
Two major source catalogues of XMM-Newton observations have recently been released too: the 'slew catalogue' with 4326 sources covering around 20% of the sky, and the 2XMM Serendipitous Source Catalogue with 247 000 detections of 192 000 individual sources, covering a sky area of more than 360 square degrees. The 2XMM catalogue is the largest X-ray source catalogue ever produced.
Last but not least, in the largest survey ever undertaken with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), called the Cosmological Evolution Survey, the combination of XMM-Newton, HST data and ground-based measurements has resulted in the first 3-dimensional map of dark matter across the survey field and extending back in time by about six thousand million years.
For more information:
Christoph Winkler, ESA Integral Project Scientist
Email: Christoph.Winkler @ rssd.esa.int
Norbert Schartel, ESA XMM-Newton Project Scientist
Email: Norbert.Schartel @ sciops.esa.int


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The lone graded Kentucky Derby 2012 prep at Turfway Park was run on Saturday and Went The Day Well emerged as a contender on the first Saturday in May after cruising home in the G3 Spiral Stakes for Graham Motion and Team Valor.
G3 Spiral (3-24-12): 92 BSF (Went The Day Well)
Heavy Breathing carved out the early splits for Todd Pletcher, with Went The Day Well positioned perfectly behind the speed along the rail under John Velazquez.
Pletcher's other colt Holiday Promise was sitting midpack at almost 26-1 and expected early runner Handsome Mike broke 12th and last after losing his footing and getting bumped at the start.
Heavy Breathing put away overmatched pace rivals Ill Conceived and Coach Royal but Went The Day Well was always traveling smoothly and passed the front runner after six furlongs.
Holiday Promise made a wide move and tried to gain on the new leader but got a bit weary in late stretch while settling for runner-up honors.
Heavy Breathing was a comfortable 3rd and was followed across the line by Handsome Mike, Stealcase, All Squared Away, Ill Conceived, Russian Greek, Tizanexpense, Red Jack, Mr. Prankster, and Coach Royal.
Went The Day Well picked up $282,000 in graded earnings on March 24, which should be more than enough to make the Derby gate. The promising son of Proud Citizen handles dirt, turf, and synthetic, and Motion/Team Valor have plenty of options with the versatile sort this year. He was green in the Turfway stretch before kicking away to win by 3-1/2 lengths. He has some catching up to do and seems a cut or two below the best at this stage. The G3 Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on April 21 could be next.
It should be noted that Animal Kingdom won the Spiral Stakes and Kentucky Derby for Graham Motion, Team Valor, and John Velazquez last year…deja vu all over again?
Spiral Stakes Grade: C+ (78 out of 100)


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RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife hunting and fishing licenses are on sale now for the 2013-14 seasons at retail outlets, at parks and wildlife offices and online.
Anglers are reminded that they must have a new license by April 1.
Lion hunters also now have an extra month — through April — for hunting, but they must buy a new license on or after April 1.That license will be valid through March 31, 2014.
License buyers between the ages of 18-64 also must buy a $10 Colorado Habitat Stamp. Money collected from stamp purchases is used to preserve and protect wildlife habitat throughout the state.
A resident annual fishing license costs $26. Youngsters 15 and under are not required to purchase an annual license; however, if they plan to fish with a second line, they must buy a second-rod stamp for $5. Senior annual licenses for those 64 or older cost just $1.
A combination fishing-small game license is available for $41. A small-game license costs $21, but only $1.75 for those under 18. Turkey season starts April 13. A resident license is $21 and just $11 for anyone under 18. Remember that the deadline for applying for big game limited licenses is April 2. Purchase of any hunting or fishing license also includes a search and rescue fee.
Now is also a good time to buy a Colorado State Parks pass. A pass, good for entry at 42 state parks, costs $70 and is good for a year from the date of purchase. Buy one at a Parks and Wildlife office or online at parksstore.state.co.us.
Anglers should pick up a 2013-14 fishing brochure to check regulations and to see what's new. You must know the regulations for the waters you are fishing. Brochures are available at license dealers or any parks and wildlife office, and online at case.epaperflip.com/Colorado/fishing/.
The online version features helpful videos on fishing techniques, how to safely release fish, special locations and more.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is also asking anglers for help again this year to report suspicious activity on state waters, especially reservoirs. Moving fish from one water to another in Colorado is illegal and causes serious damage to a fisheries. If you suspect a "bucket biologist" is transplanting fish, please contact a Parks and Wildlife office or call Operation Game Thief at 1-877-265-6648.
Anyone who takes a boat to a lake or reservoir is reminded that Colorado Parks and Wildlife conducts mandatory boat inspections and decontaminations at 27 state parks and 58 other locations around the state. Information about the state's extensive boat inspection program can be found online at wildlife.state.co.us /Fishing/Pages/MandatoryBoatInspections.aspx.
Resources for boaters in Colorado state park waters can be viewed at www.parks.state.co.us/Boating/NewBoatInspection/Pages/BoatInspection.aspx.
For more information about fishing, hunting, state parks pass or to buy a license online, go to: cpw.state.co.us.


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I've been following the 'curation' meme for awhile now, and find its latest iteration particularly fascinating. Whereas in the recent past, the term 'curated' has tended to crop up in marketing and shopping-related contexts (i.e. "to curate" = "to pick and choose," "to select," or at its most base, "to shop around so others don't have to"), last week I noticed that the term is now being slung around by those on both sides of the iPad/Apple wars. In an article titled Curated Computing: What's Next for Devices in a Post-iPad World, on ars technica, analyst Sarah Rotman Epps puts a new spin on what's already become a tired (and annoyingly mis-applied) buzz-word, arguing,
There is something very significant about the iPad beyond how many units it will sell: it's changing how we think about the PC. The iPad creates a use case for a device that doesn't do everything your laptop does, targeted at a consumer that uses devices more for consumption than production. The iPad ushers in a new era of personal computing that we call "Curated Computing"—a mode of computing where choice is constrained to deliver less complex, more relevant experiences. Let me repeat that, because it's the essence of the Curated Computing experience: less choice; more relevance.
Oof! The connotations of the word 'curation' just get worse and worse, don't they? "Less choice; more relevance?" Here, the verb curation isn't merely equated with shopping; it signifies exclusivity and an active process of kicking the riff-raff out of the so-called "walled garden" of Eden that Apple has created and actively cultivates (or polices, depending on your point of view). You can watch a YouTube video of Epps describing her "curated computing" concept in (slightly) further detail here; I think it's pretty dumb myself, but you can judge for yourself whether the idea of 'curating' in this context provides a useful conceptual metaphor or just trendy b.s..
In The Death of the Open Web, NYT Magazine columnist Virginia Heffernan used the term 'curation' to drive a related train of thought. In yesterday's Magazine, Heffernan describes the Web as "a teeming commercial city…where Malware and spam have turned living conditions in many quarters unsafe and unsanitary" and "bullies and hucksters roam the streets." Before, she argues, there was no way that Web denizens could escape the rabble. The rise of the iPhone, the iPad and the ubiquitous app, however, are now allowing users to migrate into the online equivalent of a gated community in the 'burbs. Heffernan goes so far as to liken it to "white flight." She writes,
In spite of a growing consensus about the dangers of Web vertigo and the importance of curation, there were surprisingly few "walled gardens†online — like the one Facebook purports to (but does not really) represent.
But a kind of virtual redlining is now under way. The Webtropolis is being stratified. Even if, like most people, you still surf the Web on a desktop or laptop, you will have noticed pay walls, invitation-only clubs, subscription programs, privacy settings and other ways of creating tiers of access. All these things make spaces feel "safe†— not only from viruses, instability, unwanted light and sound, unrequested porn, sponsored links and pop-up ads, but also from crude design, wayward and unregistered commenters and the eccentric Âvoices and images that make the Web constantly surprising, challenging and enlightening.
Heffernan's analogies are powerful and persuasive, although I do think she's romanticizing some of the cruddier aspects of internet citizenry a bit. In any case, Hefferman's use of the term 'curation' in this context aligns curators with those snooty, front lawn-obsessed Homeowners Associations and NIMBY-types, if not with community policing.
And finally Eliot van Burskirk, in an article written for Wired last week, took a jab at Epps' opportunistic deployment of what he describe as "a well-worn meme" while acknowledging that Epps is undoubtedly "on to something" in her use of the term curated. Van Burskirk, tongue loosely planted in cheek, goes Epps one better and dubs this "The Age of Curation."
Curation is the positive flip side of Apple's locked-down approach, decried as a major, negative development in computing by many observers, present company included. Who would have thought that in 2010, so many people would pay good money for a computer that only runs approved software?
It runs counter to the idea, prized by geeks, that computing equals freedom. If it were Microsoft doing this, we'd all be storming the Gates with torches and pitchforks.
Nonetheless, the Age of Curation (see? anyone can coin a catchphrase) began long before today's conversation about curated computing. In this Age of Digital Excess (oops, there I go again), we're surrounded by too much music, too much software, too many websites, too many feeds, too many people, too many of their opinions and so on.
Curation is already fundamental to the way in which we view the world these days, and the iPad is hardly the first technology to recognize this.
I don't have a dog in the walled garden vs. the riff-raff, suburb vs. gritty city, the iPad vs. Freedom of All that Is Good and True argument. I'm more interested in the ways that the terms curator and curation, which once had such dusty connotations, are undergoing a semiotic rejuvenation of sorts. Its meanings are not confined to a single realm of experience anymore – the curator has finally broken free of the White Cube. Alas, the white cube seems only to lead out into a Walled Garden, but I guess you have to take what you can get.
Claudine Isé
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Night Music
Posted by Rot at 6:07 PM
Labels: ambient, listen and don't watch, music, now playing, rot radio, youtube.com
5 comments:
- bean said...
This is one of my all time favorites of yours.
You're so cool. ;)
- February 25, 2011 at 6:09 AM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
I'm listening right now. Great mix.
- February 25, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Great music as always.
I was reading the comments when listening to the first one and mostly everyone was having an arguement over religion????
I thought we were suppost to just sit back and enjoy the music.....
- February 25, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
I tried to pick this back up but Kyle has Spartacus playing way too loud for me and my headphones.
- February 26, 2011 at 1:42 AM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
You always know how to make my day.
- February 27, 2011 at 7:56 AM
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Vashikaran has based solution for bringing your lost girlfriend back by the help of preferably the birth chart of your girlfriend. And, the solutions are provided by means of counteractive and favourable gemstones, astrology yantras technique, Vedic mantras technique, etc. On the other hand, the solution based on vashikaran harnesses the power of certain highly potent vashikaran mantras. Either of these techniques of solutions is super fast effects, affordable and cheaply-charged, no harm for both the concerned person and solves the problem for the whole lifetime.


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Charge grind out 94-91 OT win against Tulsa.
A trip to the dentist's office never felt so good for the Canton Charge.
Canton earned a teeth-pulling win in overtime Wednesday night at Memorial Civic Center, topping the Tulsa 66ers 94-91.
A crowd of 1,742 watched both teams struggle to find any offensive flow. But it was the Charge emerging from the muck and mire with their sixth win in seven games to start the season.
"In crunch time of the game, when we were down, I thought our composure was at a high level," Charge head coach Steve Hetzel said.
"We got the defensive stops that we needed. We got the baskets that we needed. We made our free throws.
"We scratched and we clawed, but we came away with the win."
The Charge shot 37.6 percent from the field, which was good enough on a night Tulsa (1-7) shot 36.2
The Cavaliers assigned Carrick Felix, Sergey Karasev and Henry Sims to Canton earlier Wednesday. With Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant in attendance, it was five Charge regulars who played at crunch time.
Hetzel basically stuck with the five of Kevin Jones, Bo Spencer, Jorge Gutierrez, Arinze Onuaku and Antoine Agudio from the 4:32 mark of the fourth quarter to the end of OT.
"Those were the guys that got us to overtime," Hetzel said. "… I just wanted to keep the momentum there."
Jones scored a team-high 24 points, going 10-for-10 from the foul line, and grabbed nine rebounds.
The Charge went more than seven minutes of the fourth quarter without a field goal before Spencer drove and fed Onuaku for a dunk. The next trip, it was Gutierrez finding Jones for a jumper, and the score was tied at 88-88 with 1:11 left.
Canton did not possess the ball again in regulation. In the midst of calling two timeouts, the 66ers missed five straight looks at the bucket, with three of the misses coming from Ben Uzoh.
"We continued to believe one of those were going to get in," Tulsa head coach Darko Rajakovic said.
Hetzel's faith was tested as he watched the 66ers get look after look with some help from long bounces.
"It's scary," he said, "but I believe in my guys, I believe in our system and I believe that they're going to get the job done."
Onuaku threw down an authoritative jam on a Tulsa defender to start OT. It was the only field goal of the three-minute overtime for Canton, but it was enough as the Charge clamped down on Tulsa.
Onuaku was a force despite some point-blank misses in the first half. He scored 17 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. He also blocked two shots and altered others.
"Just the presence of Onuaku in the paint means a lot for Canton," Rajakovic said. "They were smart enough and experienced enough to use his size and ability to score."
Tulsa's Grant Jerrett scored 27 points, but only two of those came after the third quarter. Canton started switching pick-and-rolls to stay attached to the sweet-shooting big man.
Karasev, in his first assignment with the Charge, made a nice driving reverse scoop shot and a 3-pointer during a first-half surge. The 20-year-old Russian, drafted 19th overall by the Cavs this summer, scored 16 points on the night.
"He's very talented," Hetzel said. "He's one of those silky smooth players that doesn't look like he's playing hard but he gets the job done."
Sims added 12 points and nine rebounds. Gutierrez totaled 10 points, six assists and four rebounds in his first game back after missing two with foot problems.


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1. 14 people played trivia today.
2. who the hell played under my name?
I went to play today and to my surprise I had already played. In fact, I had to log in which I haven't had to do since I joined the site. So I ask again, Who played under my name?
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An important research problem is the incorporation of "declarative" knowledge into an automated theorem prover that can be utilized in the search for a proof. An interesting pro-posal in this direction is Alan Bundy's approach of using explicit proof plans that encapsulatethe general form of a proof and is instantiated into a particular proof for the case at hand. Wegive some examples that show how a "declarative" highlevel description of a proof can be usedto find proofs of apparently "similiar" theorems by analogy. This "analogical" information isused to select the appropriate axioms from the database so that the theorem can be proved.This information is also used to adjust some options of a resolution theorem prover. In orderto get a powerful tool it is necessary to develop an epistemologically appropriate language todescribe proofs, for which a large set of examples should be used as a testbed. We presentsome ideas in this direction.
Typical examples, that is, examples that are representative for a particular situationor concept, play an important role in human knowledge representation and reasoning.In real life situations more often than not, instead of a lengthy abstract characteriza-tion, a typical example is used to describe the situation. This well-known observationhas been the motivation for various investigations in experimental psychology, whichalso motivate our formal characterization of typical examples, based on a partial orderfor their typicality. Reasoning by typical examples is then developed as a special caseof analogical reasoning using the semantic information contained in the correspondingconcept structures. We derive new inference rules by replacing the explicit informa-tion about connections and similarity, which are normally used to formalize analogicalinference rules, by information about the relationship to typical examples. Using theseinference rules analogical reasoning proceeds by checking a related typical example,this is a form of reasoning based on semantic information from cases.


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Injured defenseman Robyn Regehr skated with his Kings teammates for the first time Friday since he suffered a knee injury in Game 1 of their second-round series against the Ducks. He wasn't in the lineup for Game 6 against the Chicago Blackhawks and there's no timetable for his return.
Regehr was cleared for contact and relished the chance to play a little rough with his teammates at long last. Simply participating with the team was its own reward, one Regehr expressed in rather unique terms after the morning skate at Staples Center.
"It's difficult when you're injured because you're on a different schedule and program than a lot of the normal guys, the playing guys, so you feel like you're a little bit of a hobbit sometimes," he said. "So, it's nice to be back around the guys. It started with the travel to Chicago and things like that.
"I did a few little battle drills down low, 2-on-1s and things like that. I need more of that, more contact before I'm ready to roll. It's a lot better than doing them by yourself. You can chirp back. The only thing you could do before was look at your reflection in the glass and that was no fun."
No hometown fan
Kings captain Dustin Brown has told the story before, and he related it again Friday. He grew up in Ithaca, N.Y., and just to be different, just to annoy family and friends, he didn't root for the New York Rangers like everyone else in his upstate New York town.
Brown was a fan of the Vancouver Canucks when the team faced off against the Rangers in the 1994 Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers eliminated the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference finals Thursday and advanced to their first Final since they won in '94.
"Everyone was a Rangers fan in upstate New York, so I tended not to like the Rangers just to be different," Brown said. "I started liking Vancouver because they played them in '94. I liked the Quebec Nordiques for some reason, too."
Brown said he didn't watch the Rangers' latest clincher on TV because he had other commitments, adding with obvious ambivalence, "I just saw the final score. Just one of those things. Sometimes you have time, sometimes you don't."
Stanley Cup or bust?
Chicago is the defending Stanley Cup champion. Anything less isn't good enough in Chicago's playbook.
"I don't think we look at it as a success if we don't win with the group of guys we have here and the core guys," defenseman Duncan Keith said. "I think that's our goal. We've done a few things right to get to this point. I don't think we're satisfied just getting to the Western Conference finals."
California dreaming
As Chicago coach Joel Quenneville took his seat for his pregame interview session Friday afternoon, you could hear Aerosmith's song "Dream on."
Asked if he had a pregame speech already lined up, Quenneville said: "I've got to dream on a little bit more before I get out there."
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Xmas 2002Unfortunately the advertised Coronation street personality Keith Duffy was replaced at the last minute with Coronation's street bad boy, dastardly Richard Hillman. Dastardly Richard Hillman, alias Brian Capron, the huge crowd just loved him...he played to the crowd, one moment he was the bad guy, making faces and gesticulating at the crowd, the next all smiles, and handing out autographs, the crowd just kept on shouting Richard, Richard, boo, hisss...ss.. great fun.
Village people entertained on the large stage at the Louise Carnegie gates, along with tribute bands Robbie Williams impersonator, Disco roadshow, competitions, prizes and live on Bridge street, mountain bike stuntman
Jez Avery thrilled the crowds with his daring stunts... further up the High street, Cobblers the Clown Roadshow, magicians, puppet shows and the panto characters, from this years' production of Cinderella, entertained the large crowds.
Dastardly Richard Hillman, alias Brian Capron The lights switch on and Christmas procession started just after 05:30 pm, various bands including Dunfermline and District Pipe band, Dunfermline Accordian band etc.. led the Christmas procession. Hornes funfair were also present all weekend in Pittencrieff park, beside the Louise Carnegie gates.


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Today marks 2 months, 1 week, and 5 days since the stroke hit ne. I wanted to be tracking my progress here on my blog but there hasn't been much to write about.
I'n still typing with one finger. Hubs got me a program that is voice-actvated so
Icsan IM easier, only I don't know how to operate it and Ialready have to disturb "H"uubs enough for necessary things that I hate to assk him for things that aren't necssary.
I am still in the wheelchair as I am unable to walk, but my speech has improved and my blood pressure is finally down so
I'n hoping to be able to return to physical therapy this week.
To "Anonymous"that writes to me in a foreign language: Please write your comments in English:
I appreciate you writing to me and would love to be able to read your notes and get to know you.
To anyone who is a follower of my blog: Please know that
I appreciate you taking the time to read my humble little blog, but for some reasone the followers' names don't show up on ny computer, so please let me know if you are one of the fllowers.
To each of youy who have been praying for me; THANK YOU AND PLEASE CONTINE. Ican feel your prayers and "Icontinue to believe that God will completly heal me.
This has been one of the hardest trials I'ne ever had to go thru and I know it's because of the prayers of my friends and family that I'm still here and still trusting God for a miracle. Ilook forward to hearing from each of you. Til next time...
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Still "Incapacitated
Today marks 2 months, 1 week, and 5 days since the stroke hit ne. I wanted to be tracking my progress here on my blog but there hasn't been much to write about.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Sorry I've been away so long, I've been incapacitated by a steroke on May 2nd. I spent 3 1/2 weeks in the hospital(my first time ever to hospitalized) and I don't have very good use of my left hand, soI am typing everything with one hand. Iwon't be postin for a while but will be reading, so please leave me comments.
I wll still be treading all your blogs, but pleaase understand why i'm not commenting Hope to be back soon!
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to anyone of my, er, um, former(?) followers, that is, if you still bother to come over to my blog. I just realized it's been almost 3 weeks since I've posted anything. And I was doing to so good at posting something every day. Okay, so I blew it. But, here I am today, on this beautiful sunny day in So. Cal., to say Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Day to all of you!
Today's service was awesome! The church was pretty full with regulars and visitors alike. But the most important person there was Jesus! His Spirit was so prevalent during the whole service. Everyone "sensed" it. From the first note of the first song during worship, the anointing was there. Such a wonderful presence of the Lord could be felt throughout the whole worship service. Then the choir presented the program we've been working on for the past 2 months. They did an outstanding job. We had a couple of technical difficulties, but they overcame, and were awesome!
Across the street from our church is a small park. Every year, our Children's Ministries workers take the kids over to the park for an Easter Egg Hunt. Today was no different, with the exception of this: The workers had just finished hiding all the egss and they were about to take the kids out, when, all of a sudden, the park's sprinklers came on! Never before, in the history of us using this park on Easter Sunday, has this happened. And I'm talkin' 22 years now!
One would think this might put a damper on the festivities for the kids, but not so! They didn't care - they just wanted those eggs. I was told that one little girl, who was all dressed up in a frilly dress, looked at the teacher and said, "It's just water. I'll dry!" and bee-lined it into the middle of the grass area, sprinklers and all. I think it turned out to be one of the most fun egg hunts they've ever had!
So, it turned out to be a great day, in all points. Thank You, Jesus, for going to the cross for mankind, and me in particular, and that You rose from the dead in triumphant victory. Thank You, Jesus, for pouring out Your Spirit on us and blessing us with Your presence!
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tablescape Thursday
Go to Susan's blog at Between Naps on the Porch for more beautiful and creative tablescapes.
Last week I posted pictures of my church's women's group's "Spring Fling" from last year. Today I am showing this year's "Springtime".
This first picture is an overview of the entire room.
We used to always set the long banquet-style table side by side, but lately we've been forming them into a U-shape, so that no one has their back to anyone else when we're seated.
I used white tablecloths, and skirted the inside of the U-shape, then put the centerpieces and decorations along the inside edge of the U.
I used green placemats with wicker "chargers" and pink plates. The green napkins and pink tableware sat in the individual "napkin thingy" holders I made.
All the chairs were covered in white, with alternating pink and green ties. Pink and green tulle, topped by silk ivy made the runners. I used glass cylinder candle holders with green candles, and little votive cups from the 99 Cent Store held miniature bouquets of silk roses and hydrangeas. I made three "scenes" in jars for the centerpieces - each contained a birdhouse, birdnest and a music scroll that had the words "His Eye Is On The Sparrow".
This is a tea cart that sits behind the banquet tables.
The food table had my large decorated-with-bird-things birdcage as the centerpiece, and tall silver buckets of fuschia, green, and white gerbera daisies flanked the ends.
Tomorrow I'll have pics of the cute "nest" things I made, as well as the rest of the yummy food the ladies made, on Foodie Friday. Stay tuned!
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Been doing ancestry search lately. Last night I found this picture of my paternal great great grandmother (she's the one on the left).
She lived in the mid-1800's. This, so far, is the only picture I have of any of my ancestors on my father's side.
I love doing ancestry research. I've been spending mass quantities of time on it lately. I love mysteries and doing this research is like solving a mystery. When I find new information, it almost makes me cry. I don't know why it affects me like that, but it does. It makes me wonder what these people were like, why they lived in the places they did, etc. My ancestors from my mother's side of the family originated in Georgia, but ended up in Oklahoma Indian Territory, and intermarried with the Choctaw Indians. Why did they leave Georgia? Why did they settle in Oklahoma? Many questions, but not nearly enough answers to satisfy my curiosity. So, I continue to search and make contact with other relatives, and, little by little, I get more answers to my questions.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
It's A Special Day Today
Not only do Brenda @ It's All Good and I share the same name, but we also share the same anniversary date, just one year apart. And, today is also my friend Laura's birthday. So, that makes today's date pretty special! Happy Annivesary to Brenda & Hubby, and Happy Birthday to Laura!
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29 Years and Counting
Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary, Ha-a-a-py Anniversary! Does anyone remember Fred Flinstone singing that to Wilma? I think the tune is William Tell Overture. Anyhow, today is #29 for Hubby & Me. It's pretty amazing we made it this long. There've been times for both of us when we wondered if we would last. But, thanks to the Lord being the center of our lives, and our marriage, we have made it. So, Happy Anniversary, honey. I love you! :-)
P.S. This is the same pic from last year. We haven't taken any new ones together. I know, I know...sad, but true. lol
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Yesterday, all day, I was busy "nesting", or making nests, that is. I made these cute little "nest" cupcakes for the women's meeting today.
I also made these little nests out of chow mein noodles and they will be filled with egg salad, also for the women's meeting.
I will be serving mini pita pockets filled with alfalfa sprouts and chicken salad. They, too, will look like little nests.
On yesterday's post, I showed you the "before" of this stand, and today, you get to see the "after". I painted the whole thing white, and made the little flower bouquet to go inside the hole where the handle was missing. I lined it with paper doilies, because I'll be serving those little egg salad "nests" on this piece.
I think it definately looks better white than black. But, should I change my mind, all it takes is a can of spray paint ($1 buckeroo at WalMart), and badda-bing, badda-boom, it can be black again (or any other color I get a "hankerin" for).
For all the pics of today's women's meeting, check back on Thursday for Tablescape Thursday. In the very near future, I'll be starting another blog, exclusively for pictures and information from our women's group. But until then, I'll keep posting them here.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Just Some Stuff
A few months back I had broken one of my apothocary jars. I had taken it to a friend's house to use for a party. We decided not to use it, so I set it down on the carpeted floor next to my purse, to grab it when I left. I accidentally kicked it over and it broke (how this happened on a very thick carpeted floor I have no idea, but it did.) I saved the jar and the lid, thinking I might somehow glue it back together, which I never got around to trying, and it probably would have looked very bad had I done it. Here's what it looked like:
A couple of days ago, I went by one of my favorite stores in town that was in the process of moving to a new location, and I found the same jar that I needed, only with no lid, and it was reduced for clearance at $12.95 with 75% off. Since I knew as soon as I saw it that my lid would fit perfectly, I snapped that baby up in a heartbeat. I paid a whopping $3.25, and no sales tax. Here's the new jar, without the lid:
And here it is, with it's new, perfectly fitting lid:
I also bought this serving stand. I didn't realize until I started to paint it, that it was bent in places, but since it is wire, it was an easy fix. I also noticed that it's missing a handle at the top. I figured that's okay, because I will stick some flowers in the hole. I painted it white, but haven't taken pics of it's new paint job yet, so taht will come later.
And here's a pic of the finished birdhouses I was working on last week. I made a scroll out of music scrapbook paper, and wrote on it "His Eye Is On The Sparrow". I got the cute little nest at Joann's and put them all into one of my apothocary jars, with grass. There are three of them and they are the centerpieces for our ladies' meeting this coming Saturday.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tax Time - Blech!!!
So, today I've been working on getting all my receipts together for Hubs, so he can get the tax stuff ready. I am not very consistent at filing, so my receipts were all over the place and in no kind of order. The only consistent thing is that I had about a gazillion receipts from Michael's. But I finally got them all collected, put in order, and labeled as to what category they fall under for tax purposes. The bummer is that I also had about a gazillion receipts that are not tax deductible, so that's a big bummer. (Note to self: buy stock in Michael's. Then if purchases are not tax deductible, at least your paying into your own stock. lol)
On a brighter note, I have some pics to put up, but have to put them on the computer first, and before I can do that, I have to charge the battery in my camera. So hopefully, I'll get that all done tonight and be able to put up pics tomorrow. At the store in my town that moved and had the 75% off sale, I was able to make a couple of really great purchases. That's what I want to show you all.
Okay, I'm tired from all that tax stuff - it taxes my brain. I don't like it when I have to think too hard about things that I don't like to think about. Does anyone else feel that way, too? I'm sure you're out there, whoever you are. :-) Check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll have my pics up.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tablescape Thursday
Today I am posting pictures from last year's "Spring Fling", our women's group from church.
I made these "napkin thingys" out of scrapbook paper. I found the pattern online, and cut them all out, made the little bows. I had found a stamp at Michael's in their Dollar Bins that said Spring Fling, so I stamped it onto the green round and glued them to the fronts.
I got these topiaries at Joann's after Easter for 60% off. They had purple eggs, so I painted them pink and added in some pink and green flowers to match the color scheme.
I bought these boxes at the 99 Cent Store, wrapped them in decorative paper and glued them on top of each other with ribbon and a little bird's nest at the top. They flanked the food table.
Here's the buffet table:
I also made this cute little cake with a bird's nest on top:
This coming Saturday, our women's group is having a "Springtime" Brunch, again with a pink & green color scheme. However, the tablescapes and other decor will be quite different, so I'll post it next week for Tablescape Thursday.
For more yummy tablescapes, be sure to stop by Susan's, at Between Naps On The Porch.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
On Sears hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping.
On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
On a bar of Dial soap: Directions: Use like regular soap.
On some Swanson frozen dinners: Serving suggestions: Defrost.
On Marks and Spencer Bread Pudding: Product will be hot after heating.
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: Do not iron clothes on body.
On Nytol Sleep Aid: Warning: May cause drowsiness.
On most brands of Christmas lights: For indoor or outdoor use only.
On Sainsbury's peanuts: Warning: Contains nuts.
On a child's Superman costume: Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
On shin pads for cyclists: Shin guards cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover.
On a take away coffee cup: Caution: Hot beverages are hot.
On the bottom of a cola bottle: Do not open here.
Rules on a tram: Beware! To touch these wires is instant death. Anyone found doing so will be persecuted.
On a can of air freshener: For use by trained personnel only.
On a bottle of baby lotion: Keep away from children.
On a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle: Some assembly required.
On a can of pepper spray used for self defense: May irritate eyes.
Directions for mosquito repellant: Replacing battery: replace old battery with a new one.
On a birthday card for a one year old: Not suitable for children aged under 36 months or less.
On a toilet cleaning brush: Do not use orally.
On a TV remote: Not Dishwasher safe.
On a washing machine in a launderette: No small children.
In a dishwasher manual: Do not allow children to play in dishwasher.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
Then you're probably the family dog.
And you thought I was going to get all spiritual with this, huh?!
Have a great day!
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Friday, March 13, 2009
A Little Birdie Told Me
Today I've been preparing for a meeting tomorrow at church for our Children's Ministries. But I squeezed in a little bit of time to do this birdhouse, which will be used in the centerpieces for next week's ladies' meeting. The birdhouses (there will be 3 altogether) will be paired with a small nest of eggs, plus a music scroll from His Eye Is On The Sparrow, and the whole thing will be under glass in jars. At least that's what I'm planning. The "thinking" behind the decor of this little house was to try to match it as closely as possible to the napkin thingys I made earlier this week.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
More Brenda's Wise Buys
I didn't get to participate in Tablescape Thursday this week, so I'm posting pics of my sale finds from yesterday. I went to a store here in town that I frequent alot. They are in the process of moving to a new location, so everything left in the store is 60% - 75% off. I got these, tax included, for $27 buckeroos!
The birdnest will be a perfect accent to the decorations for next week's Women's Ministries meeting, and the 3-tiered stand just "tickled my fancy" so I bought it.
By next Thursday, the tablescapes should be completed for our WM and I'll post the pics for Tablescape Thursday.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Another "Napkin Thingy"
So, yesterday I posted pictures of stuff that I had bought at Michael's to use next week at our ladies' meeting. Today, I made the "napkin thingys". They turned out so cute. I amazed myself at how good they look. Hubs asked if the idea was my own or if I got it somewhere else. It's all my idea and my design. The little perch on the front of the birdhouse is a piece of toothpick that I cut and glued in place. The "roof" is made of ribbon that I hand-cut each piece to fit and then glued in place. They are velcro'd onto the boxes that I got in packages of 12 at the Dollar Tree store. Ya gotta love that place. I get the best random things there. But, I digress - here's the finished product, sans the napkins and tableware.
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Without God
Received this email today...thought it was a good one.
Without GOD, our week would be:
Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday,
Thirstday, Fightday & Shatterday.
If you are not ashamed of GOD, pass it on.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wise Buys
Today I went shopping at Michael's. They're having a sale on "all things Brenda wants to buy" (lol). I got lots of goodies to use in decorating for our upcoming Women's Ministries meeting next week. The theme is Springtime and our colors are pink & green, and because of spring, we're doing a birdhouse/birdnest thing.
To make our napkin thingys (as Esther & I so fondly call them), I got this stuff.
I will use the little wooden house for a pattern to cut birdhouses out of the pink foam, then decorate the "roof" with the striped ribbon, and glue the little flowers around the bottom. I got the white party favor boxes at the Dollar Tree (12 @ $1 Buck), and will glue the little birdhouses to the fronts. Napkins and tableware will go inside.
Centerpieces for the tables will be my big glass jars with these little birdhouses (painted cute, of course), and birdnest, and (hopefully) a music scroll with the words "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" printed on it. I have more of the paper lanterns and will hang them from the ceiling.
I love these giant Gerbera daisies and I plan to use them in floral arrangements for the food table.
I also bought a package of two silver candy scoops that I used a 40% coupon on, but, sorry, I didn't take a picture of them. You'll just have to use your imagination. :)
The total of everything I bought today (Oh, yeah, I also bought some candy, but you know that didn't make it into a picture - in fact, it didn't even make it home! hee hee) was $35. Not bad for all I got. And that, my friends, is Brenda's Wise Buys for the week!
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
But God!
The Scripture tells us that satan brings things on us because he means for them to harm us in every way possible. But God, in His loving kindness and tender mercy, uses those very things for our good.
For the last four years, my brother has been battling cancer. During this time, there have been a number of complications that have happened that should have killed him. I say, should have, because that's how satan intended it to be. But God has performed a miracle each time, and brought him thru each crisis.
The most recent thing that happened is that there was a tumor on my brother's spine that, if not shrunk, would result in total paralysis, which would result in death. He was scheduled for surgery yesterday. The surgeon was hopeful that, at best, he could remove part of the tumor, enough to relieve the pressure. But he also warned that death could occur as a result of the surgery, too.
So many people were praying for a miracle yesterday. When the surgeon finally got to the tumor, he found that, from previous chemo and radiation, the tumor had hard jagged edges on it, and that made it possible for him to be able to get hold of the tumor and remove the entire thing! Satan meant this to kill my brother, but God! God performed another miracle. And today, less than twenty-four hours after the surgery, he not only left ICU, but he was up and left ICU in a wheelchair instead of a gurney. AND, awake and alert!
I am so thankful to God that, once again, He has performed a miracle and spared my brother's life. I am thankful that He's given strength to my brother as well as my sister-in-law. I am thankful that our oldest brother was able to be at the hospital with them, as none of the rest of our family lives in the same state.
God is so good! When you go through trials, remember, satan means it for your harm, but God will turn it around for your good. Always trust in Him! He'll never leave us nor forsake us!
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Friday, March 6, 2009
Yesterday was the Homegoing service for our "Murr", who passed away last Sunday afternoon. The presence of the Lord was in our midst, as everyone rejoiced at knowing Murr had made her landing safely in heaven.
Her daughters, a couple of grandchildren, and several friends remembered special times with Murr. It was noted that she had written five songs and two books. During the service, one of the songs she had written was played from a tape she made of herself singing it. At the end of the song, she spoke about how the Lord had given her those songs, and that "in two days, I'll be 90 years old". It was so cute to hear her voice. She had made that tape two years ago, since in about 6 weeks, she would have been 92. In addition to the songs and books she wrote, she had helped start several different ministries over the years. So her legacy lives on, not only in her children and grandchildren, but in the lives that were and continue to be won for the Lord because of the example she was and seed she sowed.
It wasn't a sad service, although we grieve for ourselves, at our own loss - at the thought of her no longer being with us here on earth. But instead of a lot of tears, there was laughter and joy at all the remembrances of her life. We weren't there to mourn her, but to celebrate her life and her lifetime of dedicated service to God. We will all miss her greatly, but we look forward to seeing her again, when we get to other side. Her desire was summed up in the words of a song that was played yesterday, "Just be there".
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
Tablescape Thursday
For this week's tablescape, I decided to show the setting from my blog header. This was a tea party last year on the first day of spring. It was an online party, hosted by Risa, The ParTea Planner.
This china is called Royal Albert American Beauty Rose. It was a Christmas gift to me from my hubby a couple of years ago. I don't know the pattern name for the vintage silverware - I picked it up really cheap at a yard sale.
At each place setting is a little box/bag containing a teacup shaped cookie that I made, plus a tea strainer, and a couple of little packages of loose-leaf tea. These were the party favors for my guests to take home. The little teapots sticking out of each box/bag are the name cards.
For my centerpiece, I used a wreath of dark and light pink and white silk roses. In the center, I put a hurricane candle holder. I had little ceramic egg cups in pink and green that I put tea light candles in at each place setting. The tablecloth is a pale pink floor length cloth with a lime green organza overlay.
On the sideboard next to the table, is all the food.
I served cucumber, egg salad, and chicken salad sandwiches, and mini quiches. Apricot scones line an antique silver Bride's Basket. Paula Deen's brownies with raspberry mousse were yummy along side homemade mini coconut pies. And the mini cupcakes looked so pretty under glass.
A tall vase of pink tulips and a green ceramic water can filled with sweet peas completed the tea table.
Here's a quick glance at my friends and I at the table.
We all ate til we almost couldn't move, and by the time we drank so much tea, we were totally relaxed and ready for a nap. It was a really fun day with the girls.
For more beautiful tablescapes, go to Susan's blog and then click on everyone else who is participating in Tablescape Thursday.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Here's some recent photos of my kitties. Remember the beds I bought for them? Here's Lucy in her fave.
Here's another shot of her laying on a blanket.
When Lucy first came to be "our" cat, she was not friendly at all, and did not like human contact. In fact, she had pretty much been just thrown to the wind by her previous owners. It wasn't until she got an absess (spelling doesn't seem right to me)and we kept her inside to care for her, that she began to warm up to us. Now she loves being indoors and being pampered. One of her fave things is to lay on "Poo-Paw's" (hubby)lap and sleep. We're not sure how old she is, but she is pretty young. I don't think she's very much older than her babies, and they are all a lot bigger than she is. But they all think they are tiny and they love their mama and constantly want to be next to her. That's why she likes Poo-Paw's lap so much...it's one place she can get a respite from them.
Here she is with Cali.
And with George:
Here's George with his back turned to me. I suppose he is mad at me for making him leave his mother alone, so he's just not gonna look at me. "So, there", he says!
This is my little buddy, Prowler. He likes to sit on my lap and watch TV with me.
So, there they are, my babies. Sometimes I could just wring their little necks, but mostly, I just love them to pieces and spoil them rotten! Isn't that what they're here for? :-)
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An Alcoa spokesman says all of its workers are accounted for. Sheriff's deputies are checking coal mines, docks and barges to see if any of their workers are missing.
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Cecil activated, Gose optioned to Minors
OAKLAND -- Left-hander Brett Cecil was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to Friday afternoon's game against the A's.
Cecil's recovery from a strained groin went about as well as could be expected. He missed the minimum 15 days and made a pair of rehab appearances with Triple-A Buffalo prior to re-joining his club.
With Cecil not having missed much time, the Blue Jays don't seem too concerned about easing him back into middle relief. He'll be called upon when the need presents itself.
"We'll pick our spots, if it's something where we need him, he lines up good with somebody over there, we'll use him regardless," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said.
To make room for Cecil on the 25-man roster, outfielder Anthony Gose was optioned to the Minor Leagues. That left Toronto with a starting outfield of Melky Cabrera, Darin Mastroianni and Brad Glenn.
Colby Rasmus will resume his starting duties in center field in the near future but remains day to day with a sore right wrist while Jose Bautista is still limited to designated hitter duties because of a hamstring injury.
When Rasmus and Bautista are completely healthy it's possible the Blue Jays will option Glenn to open up a spot for catcher Erik Kratz. For now, Gose is the odd man out while Mastroianni and Glenn remain in the fold because the club is facing a lot of left-handed pitching in the coming week.
"He definitely understood, he has come a long way," Gibbons said of Gose. "There will come a time when he can sit out in that room and not have to worry about that [stuff] anymore.
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On 9 July, the new Accent Rings eyewear collection was crowned with the prestigious design award
This year, an unprecedented number of applicants vied for the Red Dot Award for product design, with over 6,300 innovations entered by companies and designers from 59 countries. The winning entry was the trailblazing design of the new Accent Rings collection by the Austrian premium eyewear manufacturer Silhouette. This was the ninth time the Titan Minimal Art. The Icon. eyewear has won the prize, this time with its lenses adorned by the eponymous, sleek SPX® rings as frames. The rings add a high degree of refinement, creating a perfect, individual look.
The innovative design, which is neither a true "rimless" style, nor a classic full-rim model, sets the collection apart from the competition. The Accent Rings collection is a hybrid, making it a perfect fit for the times. The eyewear garnered much acclaim, in particular for its tantalising combinations of titanium and the irresistible array of Accent Ring colours. One of the key decision-makers behind the aesthetics at the House of Silhouette is Head of Design Roland Keplinger, who commented: "With the colours and shapes, we have created subtle contrasts that produce an interplay of glossy and matte surfaces. This highlight collection features trendy combinations like brass with petrol or rosé gold and amethyst." Tuned to match the wearer's personality, this personalised eyewear offers a choice of six lens shapes, six Accent Ring colours and six frame colours, allowing for over 200 possible combinations.
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