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This spa hotel is located in Cartagena (Cartagena Walled City), close to Caribbean Naval Museum, Puerta del Reloj, and San Pedro Claver Church and Convent. Also nearby are San Felipe de Barajas Castle and Parque de La Marina.
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In addition to 2 restaurants, Charleston Santa Teresa Cartagena features an outdoor pool. Other amenities include a full-service spa and a poolside bar.
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LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, iPads, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to a full-service spa, Charleston Santa Teresa Cartagena features an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. A poolside bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
2 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
- Total number of rooms - 89
- Number of floors - 6
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 30USD per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 20 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 117 per night
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Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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Middle East boost for West Cumbria firm M-Sport
Published at 13:01, Friday, 30 November 2012
Rally boss Malcolm Wilson this week confirmed that the immediate future of M-Sport was secure after a new link-up with Qatar but could not give long-term guarantees over his 230 staff.
A delighted Mr Wilson announced on Monday that a deal had been struck with the Middle Eastern country to continue running M-Sport cars in the the World Rally Championship next year.
The future of the motor sport company, based at Dovenby, near Cockermouth, had been thrown into jeopardy when Ford revealed it was pulling its sponsorship last month.
The Qatar link has secured the short-term future of M-Sport, but the loss of Ford's commercial support is still a major issue.
Mr Wilson said: "This prestigious partnership will enable M-Sport to continue at the pinnacle of the sport and we are looking forward to working together in the future."
The team will be called Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team, with the cars featuring a Qatari livery.
Mr Wilson added: "The new partnership with Qatar allows the company to continue competing at rallying's highest level. The agreement with Qatar is a big boost for M-Sport, but we are still feeling the effects of Ford's decision
"Unfortunately, with the reduced commercial support from Ford, some tough decisions still have to be made to safeguard the continued success of the business.
"Having said that, work has not stopped since the close of the 2012 season, and everyone within the company is dedicated to developing the Ford Fiesta for next year's World Rally Championship and providing the strongest possible package for 2013."
Mr Wilson's M-Sport operation, which builds and prepares rally cars, employs staff in West Cumbria and Poland.
Ford will continue to provide M-Sport with engineering and vehicle support, and a new Fiesta F5 car will be launched from Dovenby next March.
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It is time to repot some of my tropical hibiscus. I have been planting them in a mix I get from a local company by the truckload - it is an excellent mix of bark fines, sand, aged mushroom compost. I also grow roses and have lately been experimenting with mixes for the young roses I grow as "bands". I raise horses so have plenty of composted aged manure, also have bags of dehydrated manure, perlite, vermiculite, Miracle Gro potting soil [regular and Moisture Mix] and peat moss. I would be interested in knowing why type soil hibiscus like. My potted ones are all doing very well - would just like to tweak the mix a bit to possibly improve it when I repot. Thanks for any advice.


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"If Animal Collective would like to blog a song of ours in the future, I'd be more than happy to give it to them."
By Paul Thompson on December 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST
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It was a week ago today that we posted a story about some trouble in the animal kingdom. It seems Grizzly Bear posted "Brothersport", a track from Animal Collective's forthcoming Merriweather Post Pavilion, well in advance of the album's release. This was a no-no, according to the copyright-enforcin' Web Sheriff, who put the e-smackdown on the Grizz.
Over the Thanksgiving break, Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste hopped on the band's blog to call the whole thing "overblown and rather silly," and offer an explanation of exactly what happened. [Via Exclaim/the Daily Swarm]:
1. The song was played on a French podcast or radio program.
2. Someone (not me) ripped the song.
3. Many blogs posted the track.
4. I was one of those blogs.
5. The weekend hit, and the Web Sheriff went on patrol.
6. His email to us went into our Spam folder along with Penis Enlargement emails.
7. His email to others that work with us were in the process of being addressed, but most likely were going to wait until Monday morning, after the weekend.
8. Suddenly it was Sunday and note two made its way to us, and the tone had become more harsh.
9. Web Sheriff believed we were ignoring him, but it was an honest misunderstanding.
10. The song was taken down and the Web Sheriff's pre-written apology letter was put up, along with his letter, which I found funny. The posting of his letter was a mistake and was the only reason the issue came to any else's attention.
11. People took note and blogged about it.
12. I decided to take down Mr. Sheriff's letter and do this quick-and-easy twelve-step explanation.
Droste adds, "If I've offended anyone in the Animal Collective family with my excited post, I apologize. It was meant to generate even more excitement for what will surely be a great album, and yes the Web Sheriff is just doing his job. I hope this makes everyone happy! If Animal Collective would like to blog a song of ours in the future, I'd be more than happy to give it to them. In fact I'd be honored." That's very cute!
Speaking of the Web Sheriff, this is great.
Merriweather Post Pavilion, "Brothersport" and all, is due January 12 in the UK and January 20 Stateside from Domino. Grizzly Bear, meanwhile, aren't really due anywhere but the studio and the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a while.
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Computer games are a different medium than other types of storytelling though. Sure with a novel or a television show or whatever, you do it and then it's done, for better or worse. But that's understandable, because of how those mediums work, and because they are both established. For example, there aren't any real advancements in how to write a novel, it's all just words on paper.
But with computer games you just have to look back historically to see they are often patched. Because STO itself, and the Foundry in particular, doesn't stay the same, there's a large possibility that you can improve your mission(s) later.
For example, it looks like the ability to hide contacts is on Tribble now. That means I can drop the clunky work around of dropping contacts through the floor on my missions, or hiding them in a wall. So, by giving up control you're setting in stone not just the story, but also all of the limitations you faced at the time you made it.
It's a unique situation where you have access to real time improvements. It's like being able to shoot a movie in 1980 and then seamlessly improve the special effects every few years, with only limited effort on your part.
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Comparative genomic analysis reveals significant enrichment of mobile genetic elements and genes encoding surface structure-proteins in hospital-associated clonal complex 2 Enterococcus faecalis
1 Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology and Food Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1432 Ås, Norway
2 Section for Biostatistics, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1432 Ås, Norway
3 Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Microbiology 2011, 11:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-11-3Published: 4 January 2011
Enterococci rank among the leading causes of nosocomial infections. The failure to identify pathogen-specific genes in Enterococcus faecalis has led to a hypothesis where the virulence of different strains may be linked to strain-specific genes, and where the combined endeavor of the different gene-sets result in the ability to cause infection. Population structure studies by multilocus sequence typing have defined distinct clonal complexes (CC) of E. faecalis enriched in hospitalized patients (CC2, CC9, CC28 and CC40).
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Decomposing phenol by the hidden talent of ferromagnetic nanoparticles
Jinbin Zhanga,b, Jie Zhuanga,b, Lizeng Gaoa,b, Yu Zhangc, Ning Guc, Jing Fenga, Dongling Yanga,
Jingdong Zhua, Xiyun Yana,*
aNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules and Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Tokyo Joint Laboratory of Structural Virology and Immunology,
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mailbox 1, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
bGraduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
cState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
a r t i c l ei n f o
Article history:
Received 7 April 2008
Received in revised form 21 May 2008
Accepted 22 May 2008
Available online 19 September 2008
Ferromagnetic nanoparticles
Phenol removal
Wastewater treatment
a b s t r a c t
Researches on modified Fenton reactions applied in phenol degradation have been focused on reducing
secondary pollution and enhancing catalytic efficiency. Newly developed methods utilizing carriers, such
as Resin and Nafion, to immobilize Fe2+could avoid iron ion leakage. However, the requirement of high
temperature and the limited reaction efficiency still restrained them from broad application. Based on a
recently discovered ''hidden talent" of ferromagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), we established a MNP-cata-
lyzed phenol removal assay, which could overcome these limitations. Our results showed that the MNPs
removed over 85% phenol from aqueous solution within 3 h even at 16 ?C. The catalytic condition was
extensively optimized among a range of pH, temperature as well as initial concentration of phenol and
H2O2. TOC and GC/MS analysis revealed that about 30% phenol was mineralized while the rest became
small molecular organic acids. Moreover the MNPs were thermo-stable and could be regenerated for
at least five rounds. Thus, our findings open up a wide spectrum of environmental friendly applications
of MNPs showing several attractive features, such as easy preparation, low cost, thermo-stability and
? 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
1. Introduction
Phenol and phenolic compounds are the most important repre-
sentative of organic pollutants generated by various industrial pro-
cesses. Since they are highly toxic and suspicious carcinogens,
many processes such as physical adsorption (Nevskaia et al.,
2004), chemical oxidation (Garcia-Molina et al., 2005) and biolog-
ical degradation (Jiang et al., 2006) have been developed to remove
phenol from wastewater. Among these methods, a solution of Fe3+/
Fe2+and H2O2, known as Fenton reagent, is frequently used to drive
the oxidation of organic contaminants (Tarr, 2003). However, the
iron ions and the sludge generated by Fenton reagent required fur-
ther treatments and rose up new disposal problems. To overcome
the drawbacks, various modified Fenton systems have been devel-
oped. For example, immobilized Fenton reactions using Fe3+loaded
on resin, clay or Nafion have been developed (Sabhi and Kiwi,
2001; Catrinescu et al., 2003; Liou et al., 2004; Carriazo et al.,
2005; Liou et al., 2005; Nikolopoulos et al., 2006). In addition, het-
erogeneous Fenton-like systems were made using goethite (Lu
et al., 2002), hematite (Feng et al., 2004), AFe2O4(A = Fe, Ni, Zn)
(Guin et al., 2005) and Fe0/Fe3O4(Moura et al., 2005), which are
usually slow and need additional assistants such as UV and ultra-
sound. Compared with the chemical reagents, enzymatic catalysis
is more active and environmental friendly. For instance, several
commercial peroxidases were investigated for removing phenol
from aqueous solutions (Bodalo et al., 2006). There were also at-
tempts trying to immobilize them on clay and other vectors
(Akhtar and Husain, 2006; Cheng et al., 2006). However, because
of their protein nature, the instability and costliness of the enzyme
made them not feasible in the treatment of wastewater although it
has been reported for almost 30 year (Klibanov et al., 1980). There-
fore, it is important and necessary to find new materials and estab-
lish new methods.
Recently we have found that the ferromagnetic nanoparticles
(MNPs) are intrinsically active catalyst for oxidation reactions sim-
ilar to that found in natural peroxidases (Gao et al., 2007). What is
more, the MNPs have a definite advantage compared with their
protein-based counterparts because they are considerably more
stable over a wide range of temperatures and various levels of acid-
ity. Based on this finding, we studied the potential application of
MNPs in phenol removal and developed a MNP-catalyzed phenol
degradation assay. Our data show that this assay is efficient and
economical. Furthermore, the stability and reusability of MNPs
promised broad applications in (but not restricted in) the treat-
ment of phenolic wastewater.
0045-6535/$ - see front matter ? 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 6488 8583; fax: +86 10 6488 8584.
E-mail address: email@example.com (X. Yan).
Chemosphere 73 (2008) 1524–1528
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/chemosphere
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2. Materials and methods
2.1. Materials
Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP), 3,30,5,50-tetramethyl benzidine,
catalase, 5,50-dimethyl-1-pirroline-N-oxide (DMPO) and BSTFA
(N,O-Bis (trimethylsilyl) trifluoro acetamide) + TMCS (Trimethyl-
chlorosilane) were purchased from Sigma–Aldrich Inc (USA).
H2O2 (30% v/v), 4-AAP (4-aminoantipyrine), K3Fe(CN)6, Phenol,
FeSO4,FeCl3? 6 H2O and NH3? H2O were from Beijing Chemical Re-
agents Company (China). All chemicals and reagents used were of
analytical grade.
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. MNP synthesis
MNPs with a diameter of 13 nm were prepared according to the
method of Molday (1984). Briefly, a solution of 10 mM FeCl3and
6 mM FeSO4 were mixed at pH 1.7 under N2 protecting. Then,
ammonia aqueous solution (1.5 M) was dropped into the mixture
solution with violently stirring until the pH of the solution raised
up to 9. The MNPs were washed immediately with water for 5
times and then ethanol for 2 times. Finally, MNPs were either dis-
solved in ethanol (for long time storage) or dried at room temper-
ature under vacuum (for instant usage).
2.2.2. Phenol removal reaction and detection
carried out in a tube with 125 ll H2O (pH 3.0) containing 12 lg
MNPs and 3 mM phenol. For HRP catalysis, the experiments were
performed with 1.5 lg HRP and 3 M phenol in 125 ll 0.1 M Tris-
HCl buffer (pH 8.0). The reactions were initiated by adding H2O2to
a final concentration of 60 mM (for MNPs) or 6 mM (for HRP) for
3 h at room temperature. Then, 125 U ml?1(final concentration)
Catalase was added to stop the reaction and decompose excessive
H2O2. Finally, the reaction was centrifuged at 13000g for 3 min,
and 2 ll supernatant from each reaction was taken for analysis.
Two microliter sample was mixed in a 96-well plate with 50 ll
reaction buffer A (16.7 mM K3Fe(CN)6in 0.25 M NaHCO3) and 50 ll
reaction buffer B (4.18 mM 4-AAP in 0.25 M NaHCO3). After incu-
bation for 5 min, the phenol concentration was measured at
490 nm using a Bio-Rad Microplate Reader 550.
2.2.3. Recycle of MNPs
A phenol removal experiment was performed using 24 lg
MNPs. After each reaction, the MNPs were collected using a
magnet, washed with 200 ll deionized water and sonicated
for 2 min. The regenerated MNPs were applied for the next
2.2.4. Analysis of MNP-catalyzed products
For TOC assay, the MNP-catalyzed products were first diluted
15 times with H2O and then filtrated with a 0.45 lm Millipore filter
before submitted into an analyzer (Analyti kjena AG, Germany).
For GC/MS assay, the sample were first freeze-dried and dis-
solved in 1 ml methylene dichloride, followed by 0.1 ml BSTFA/
TMCS (99:1) for derivatization. After incubating at 60 ?C for
30 min, the sample were dehydrated by Na2SO4and filtrated with
0.45 lm Millipore filter before submitted to an analyzer (Agilent
For electron spin resonance (ESR) assay, 40 ll samples were ta-
ken instantaneously at different time point from phenol removal
reaction and mixed with 10 ll 500 mM DMPO to form DMPO-OH
adduct. The amount of hydroxyl radicals was indicated by ESR sig-
nals using a Bruker model ER 200D spectrometer.
3. Results and discussion
3.1. MNPs catalyze phenol degradation
First, we prepared MNPs using the method of Molday (1984).
The character of the MNPs was studied using TEM and ED photog-
raphy, showing that the MNPs appeared approximately spherical
with an average diameter of 13 nm (Supplemental Figs. 1 and 2).
Their saturation magnetization value was 65.45 emu g?1and coer-
civity value was 20.89 Oe as determined by hysteresis loops (Sup-
plemental Fig. 3) indicating the MNPs with good magnetism
character. The detailed characterization of the MNPs has been pre-
sented elsewhere (Ma et al., 2004).
Next, we mixed these MNPs with hydrogen peroxide and phe-
nol together in water solution to find out whether the peroxi-
dase-like activity of MNPs could catalyze the decomposing of
phenol. As shown in Fig. 1a, the MNPs dramatically degraded phe-
nol in the reaction and about 60% phenol was removed within the
first 60 min. The maximal phenol removal efficiency of MNPs was
higher than 85% after 180 min. In contrast, little change in phenol
concentration was observed in control reactions without H2O2. In
addition, the absorption of phenol by MNPs was neglectable even
with double dose (Fig. 1b). These data demonstrate that it is
MNP catalysis but not unspecific absorption that results in phenol
Fig. 1. The MNPs catalyzed phenol removal with little non-specific absorption. (a) Phenol concentration decreased as MNP catalysis went on and (b) absorption of phenol by
MNPs was neglectable.
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3.2. MNP-catalyzed phenol removal depend on H2O2and phenol
To test whether the catalytic activity of the MNPs is, like the
conventional enzyme-HRP, dependent on the concentration of
H2O2, we performed phenol removal experiments using a range
of H2O2concentrations from 0.3 to 240 mM. Reactions were initi-
ated by adding either 12 lg MNPs or 1.5 lg HRP. The results
showed that both MNPs and HRP removed phenol effectively, but
their dependence on H2O2was largely different. To reach the max-
imal level of phenol removal, the MNPs required 60 mM H2O2,
which is one order of magnitude higher than HRP (6 mM). We be-
lieve that is because of their different catalyzing mechanism. As
essentially iron oxides, MNPs might catalyze phenol removal
through a chemical catalysis mechanism in which the Fe2+/Fe3+
on the surface of Fe3O4particles might play as a Fenton-like re-
agent whereas HRP catalyzed the reaction in an enzymatic way.
In addition, we found that further increasing of H2O2concentration
would result in inhibition of both HRP and MNP catalysis. The HRP
catalysis was sharply suppressed when H2O2concentration was
more than 10 mM (Fig. 2a), while the MNP catalysis was inhibited
when H2O2increased to 480 mM (Supplemental Fig. 4).
To detect whether the phenol concentration also affects the
MNP catalysis, we used a range of initial phenol concentrations
from 0.038 to 13.76 mM. As shown in Fig. 2b, MNP and HRP catal-
ysis were both decreasing with the increase of phenol concentra-
tion. More than 90% phenol was removed by either MNPs or HRP
when the initial phenol concentration was around 2 mM. However,
when phenol concentration increased to 12 mM, the MNPs showed
80% efficiency while the HRP remained less than 30%. Moreover,
further study showed that the optimal H2O2/phenol ratio for HRP
catalysis varied from 0.5 to 2.0 which is consistent with the previ-
ous report (Klibanov et al., 1983; Liu et al., 2002). However, the
optimal H2O2/phenol ratio for MNPs ranged from 2 to 160, which
is much broader than HRP. This indicates that the MNPs are better
than HRP in handling large amount of pollutants.
3.3. MNP-catalyzed phenol removal depend on pH but not
In order to find optimal condition of MNPs in phenol removal,
we set up a range of values of pH from 1 to 9.5 and temperatures
from 4 to 90 ?C. The results showed that the MNP-catalyzed phenol
removal was dependent on pH but not temperature. The optimal
pH for MNP catalysis was restricted around 3. When the pH was
lower than 2 or higher than 4, the MNP catalysis was sharply de-
creased (Fig. 3a). This observation is consistent with the typical
Fenton process which is carried on at pH 3.0 (Edwards et al.,
1992). It might be due to the catalytic hydration shell forms differ-
ent complexes according to the pH range. In more acidic solutions,
Fig. 2. Phenol removal efficiency of HRP and MNPs depend on the initial concentrations of both H2O2(a) and phenol (b). The reactions were taken at pH 3 for MNPs and pH 8
for HRP.
Fig. 3. Phenol removal efficiency of MNPs depends on pH (a) rather than temperature (b).
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the FeðH2OÞ3þ
shell water; at more basic pH-values, the OH groups might replace
the H2O groups. Both of the effects are detrimental to the Fe-cata-
lytic activity of decomposing H2O2to generate hydroxyl radicals.
Surprisingly, unlike typical Fenton processes which usually re-
quire high temperature from 40 to 80 ?C (Catrinescu et al., 2003;
Liou et al., 2005), MNPs effectively catalyzed phenol degradation
under temperatures varied from 16 to 95 ?C (Fig. 3b). Over 85%
phenol removal efficiency could still be achieved even at 16 ?C.
These data support that MNP catalysis is pH but not temperature
shell protonation will result in releasing hydration
3.4. MNPs are thermo-stable
As inorganic nanomaterial, MNPs are expected to be more sta-
ble than the enzyme-HRP which is a protein and easy to be dena-
tured. To examine the stability of MNPs, we first treated the HRP
and MNPs at a range of temperatures from 5 to 90 ?C for 3 h, and
then the heat-treated catalysts were applied for phenol removal
experiment under the optimal conditions. As shown in Fig. 4, the
MNPs appeared very good thermo-stability. Even after treated at
90 ?C for 3 h, the MNPs still remained more than 80% activity in
phenol removal. In contrast, the enzymatic activity of HRP dramat-
ically decreased after treatment at temperatures greater than
60 ?C. These data suggest that MNPs are thermo-stable, which
can be easily stored at temperature from 0 to 90 ?C.
3.5. MNPs are reusable
The catalytic property coupled with magnetically driven cap-
ture techniques endowed the MNPs a unique advantage in waste-
water treatment. To examine the reusability of MNPs, we repeated
phenol removal experiments for 5 times using the same MNPs
regenerated simply by sonication and washing with deionized
water. After 5 rounds of recycle, the MNPs still remained almost
100% catalytic activity (Fig. 5). The combination of catalytic activity
and magnetic recovery of MNPs on the one hand prevents second-
ary contamination caused by MNP leakage, on the other hand fur-
ther lower the cost per treatment. Considering both the cost of
preparation ($2.5 kg?1) and the reusability of MNPs, it would be
very cheap when applied in wastewater treatment.
Fig. 4. Comparing the thermo-stability of MNPs and HRP. Both catalysts were first
treated at temperatures indicated in the figure for 3 h and then applied for phenol
removal experiment at the optimal condition.
Fig. 5. Reusability of the MNPs in phenol removals.
Fig. 6. TOC removal efficiency of MNPs. MNPs catalyzed reactions were stopped at
different time points when samples were analyzed for both TOC and phenol
Fig. 7. ESR spectrum detected in phenol removal reaction with MNPs (a) or not (b). (c) ESR signal of DMPO-OH radical observed in MNP catalysis at different time points.
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3.6. Analysis of phenol degradation product
In order to figure out whether all the phenol was mineralized
during the MNP catalysis, we further tested the TOC values of reac-
tions carried on for different times. The results showed that 30% of
phenol was mineralized by MNPs after 3 h reaction (Fig. 6). The
rest of reaction products were identified by GC/MS to be small
molecular organic acids, including lactic acid, tartaric acid, oxalic
acid, succinic acid, maleic acid and 1,2-propylene glycol. These
data suggest that MNPs degraded phenol partially by cleaving phe-
nyl to form small molecular organic acids.
Furthermore, we used ESR assay to detect whether any hydro-
xyl radicals were produced during MNP catalysis. The four-line sig-
nal with a peak height ratio of 1:2:2:1 showed in the results is
matched with the pattern of the typical DMPO-OH adduct
(Fig. 7a) while in the contrast no signal was observed in control
reactions (without MNPs, Fig. 7b), indicating the presence of hy-
droxyl radicals in the products. Moreover, although the phenol oxi-
dation reaction was almost stopped after 3 h, the intensity of
DMPO-OH radical was still about one third of that when the reac-
tion started (Fig. 7c). This implies that the MNPs could drive the
generation of hydroxyl radicals constantly which is in consistent
with the reusability. Taken together, we speculate the mechanism
of MNPs in phenol removal is that the MNPs catalyzed H2O2to gen-
erate hydroxyl radicals, which in turn attacked the phenyl and
break down it into small molecular organic acids.
4. Conclusions
Our results demonstrated that MNPs can be used as a promising
catalyst to remove phenolic pollutants from aqueous solutions.
Over 85% phenol could be removed at optimal reaction condition.
There are 4 significant advantages of using MNPs in wastewater
treatment: (1) The MNPs are cheap and easy to prepare, which
make them more feasible than other effective but expensive re-
agents or processes. (2) As being composed of inorganic materials,
MNPs are robust and thermo-stable. (3) With the chemical essen-
tial of Fe3O4, MNPs are nontoxic and environmental friendly. (4)
The MNPs could be recycled and regenerated. These attractive fea-
tures endowed them broad applications in various processes such
as phenolic wastewater treatment.
This work is partly supported by grants from the NSFC founda-
tion (Nos. 90406020 and 30672436), the Knowledge of Innovation
Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Kjcx2.yw.nano02,
kjcx2-yw-r-121 and kjcx2-yw-m02), the Chinese Ministry of Sci-
ences (2006CB933204, 2006DFB32010 and 2006CB910901), the
Chinese 863 Project (2006AA02A245), and Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.
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Sudden Dracaena issue
Just below the crown, the leaves of this Drac are turning black at the edges, in kind of a ring. The leaves above and below seem fine. Is this something that needs attention, or a past event that is now over? I have no idea what caused this. There are 2 other different kinds of Dracs in the pot and none of their leaves look abnormal.
This plant has always been kind of weird, and still has this weird hole thing on the stem, which hasn't changed that I can tell from a while back.
I have had this problem with every single Dracaena Deremensis I ever had. I could never conclusively determine what the problem was.
I actually have more problems with D. Deremensis than I have with some supposedly more difficult plants like Red Aglaonemas.
I have been searching the net looking for people with similar issues. And I found something:
See the source of these images below.
It would appear that this is caused by overwatering and then compensating by underwatering. When you water the plant it drowns but then as the water dries up left over salts burn the plant. Something that the (Warneckii, Lemon Lime and Janet Craig) cultivar line is apparently very sensitive to.
what kind of soil are you using?
I don't mean to sound like an Ad spokes person for Tapla's 'Gritty Mix' but it should solve both problems. I use pure turface in my Red Aglaonemas but i think his blend is much better. If you can get it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Dying Dracaena
I would say that most of the problems related to spoiled foliage start with the soil choice, watering habits, and the level of dissolved solids (salts) in the soil.
Do you have all three in check? I hope so. These react quite poorly if they are not kept in check, including those brown spots.
I am not sure if it's fungal, but I am leaning towards any of the three mentioned above first.
Good luck friend:-)
I saw one on Lowe's clearance rack which looks almost exactly like yours the other day. It looks like overwatered to me (the one in Lowe's not yours). I did not get it though as I already have an limelight from HD couple months ago. My limelight I got from HD also comes with some brown edge leaves too (I posted here before), but it stabilized - it still in its original soil, I always flush the soil when I watering. Hope it will do well until I repot it into gritty mix in spring.
Thanks for the replies!
This plant was repotted about 4 months ago and the other plants added. If it is a soil issue, this particular plant must be much more sensitive than the other Dracs (D. marginata and D. marginata 'tricolor.) It's the same mix all of my plants are in, including a ton of Dracs, but no others of this same type.
What is so weird is that the tips are fine, it's just along the sides of a few leaves at a certain point along the trunk. The leaves below and above are fine. My pic shows all of the damage.
I appreciate your investigation Harris, a LOT! But don't think the plant you pictured looks like it has the same malady because that plant is affected at the tips, and looks like it then encompasses the whole leaf.
About a month ago, before the plants all came in, there was some rain and I put all of the pots out in it. Wondering if that soggy-ness coupled with the low temps for a few nights before coming in might have had something to do with it.
This plant was kind of ratty when I got it, probably in Feb., but has been doing great since this suddenly happened, within a week.
Tiffany - this exact puzzle shows up from time to time. There are a couple of possibilities described in the info linked to below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Commercial production guide w/info ....
Thanks! Reading the (now bookmarked) link... It was cold when I bought it (looking ratty) and has apparently had recent stress (being out in some pretty cold weather.)
Quotes are from the link...
"Suggested air temperatures for best growth range between 65 and 90ðF. For maximum production, root zone temperature should be between 75 and 80ðF. If air temperatures exceed 90ðF chlorosis of `Janet Craig' and notching of `Warneckii' will occur. The chlorosis appears to be iron deficiency, but additions of iron will not prevent the chlorosis. At soil or air temperatures less than 65ðF, very little growth will occur. Plants will be damaged at 35ðF air temperature if exposed for short periods, 1-2 days, or if exposed to 55ðF for 1 week. To simply protect the plants from cold damage, a minimum of 50ðF should be held and plants should be sheltered from wind. Temperatures below 50ðF, but above freezing, have been observed to cause chilling damage when plants are exposed to wind." Oops.
Buttressed by this, "These symptoms are not evident for 2 or more weeks because damage occurs inside the terminal sheath of leaves and foliage must elongate first." I think this is a result of the cold for a few weeks at night before coming in. This is what I get for thinking that might make it want to bloom, as I've read for D. fragrans. I know better than to mix'n'match advice like that, and did it anyway.
I'm not sure how the spot it's in while now inside compares to the light it was getting outside... it's got to be a lot less even with a short period of direct sun in the afternoon, although that's mostly blocked by hanging plants above it.
"Plants grown above 4000 ft-c probably will not survive well when placed indoors as plants grown at lower light levels." Sounds like it will let me know if it continues to be unhappy with its' placement, temperature, or my mood or whatever! Ha!
...this reminds of that old commercial "You've got ring around the collar!" I've got ring around my Dracaena.
Info from Penn State
Here is a link that might be useful: dracena disease, incl fluoride sensitivity
Jean, that's a great link, I bookmarked it too. Thanks!
I didn't mean to ignore your suggestion above, and that's a concern of mine too (along with chlorine/chloramine, lime, our tap water probably has it all.) Outside plants get rain (when it rains) and I try to save rain water, but admit I'm pretty lazy for the months they're inside. This plant hasn't needed a drink since coming inside though. It's quite cool (60-65 usually) and humid in here.


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Jeff Fisher: Refs goofed with Super Bowl no-call
|Jeff Fisher said the Ravens should have been flagged on the 49ers' final offensive play in the Super Bowl. (US Presswire)
Perhaps a little NFC West loyalty is at play.
Rams coach Jeff Fisher says the Ravens' Jimmy Smith should have been called for pass interference on Michael Crabtree on the 49ers' final offensive play of Super Bowl XLVII.
"I think that's called. I think you want that called," Fisher said on ESPN 101 in St. Louis. "I think that's a penalty."
A flag would have given the 49ers first-and-goal with 1:50 left, trailing 34-29. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh was incensed, though former NFL head of officials Mike Pereira said officials did the right thing by swallowing their whistles. You can watch the play here.
Fisher mainly addressed Rams topics in the interview.
He called new defensive coordinator Tim Walton an "excellent communicator" and a "technician." He said he wants running back Steven Jackson to finish his career in St. Louis and for the team to re-sign wideout Danny Amendola, though Fisher earlier professed not to be concerned about the Amendola negotiations.
If they don't return, quarterback Sam Bradford would lose two big weapons. Fisher, however, seemed to suggest the offensive line is a bigger priority.
Bradford's play, Fisher said, "was directly affected by the people around him. There's times when it's difficult to step up in the pocket and make the good throw. That's not the quarterback's fault. That's whatever's going on out front.
"We're pleased with what Sam did. He's got an exciting future. I know he's really excited about coming back in here in April and getting started and not having to learn another offense."
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Tonto Nat'l. Forest / Christopher Creek Campground,
Payson, Arizona
Phone: (928) 468-7135
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Sites: 43
Recent Rate: $6 9/2013
Latitude: 34.3199056810591
Longitude: -111.01248078701
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Date of Stay: September, 2013 - $6.00
This is a National Forest Service campground, located in a beautiful area that is surrounded by Ponderosa pines and other forest foliage, with Christopher Creek running thru the campground. The fall colors were a nice in contrast to the Phoenix desert area that we traveled from. Sites have plenty of room around them. You can't reach out and touch your next door neighbor. There are fire rings, BBQ grills, and you can fish in the stream. Vault toilets and no dump station in the campground, but you can dump at the Ponderosa campground about 3 miles down the road. There are bears in the area. The upper loop of the campground was closed due to recent bear sightings and there was evidence of bears throughout the campground. Website says no trailers over 22', but there are sites that can accommodate larger vehicles. We stayed in a 26' RV and had plenty of room. You can't make reservations for this campground. It's first-come first served only. We arrived late on a fall Friday evening and were able to find a suitable site. Not sure how crowded it gets during the summer, though. We'll definitely visit again. We camped at Tonto Nat'l. Forest / Christopher Creek Campground, in a Motorhome.Undo
7 Ratings
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