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Oct 24 2013
Moments That Made Me Smile
The guys had a big morning of gathering, sorting, and preg-testing (Moooooooo!!!) on the ranch and I have a big post to share tomorrow with all the highs and lows, ups and downs, tragedy and triumph of that four hour period.
As a little bit of a tide-me-over, here are some moments that made me smile this morning.
The sunrise. How could it not?
My daughter riding past me just as the sun popped over the hill. This photo is pretty much unedited; look at that happy yellow light!
My father-in-law, just after he got on his horse. He'd struggled a bit and grunted, and I think he even slipped a tad. And after he was safely on his saddle, he hollered "It's the pits bein' old!" and everyone laughed.
Early morning laughter is some of the very best laughter. Everyone still has their sleepy voices and for many of them, it's the first sound they've made all day.
While the first sound I made all day was screaming "Nooooooooooo!" when Marlboro Man told me it was time to get up.
But I realize that isn't everyone's journey.
Being out in the silence. Well, unless you count the symphony of 300 cows and calves making their way toward your pickup. Oh, what a blessed, beautiful sound.
And I realize I'm not smiling in this photo. At least not outwardly.
Let's just say my soul was smiling.
Seeing Marlboro Man approaching in the rear-view mirror. I don't know…it just adds a little more suspense and thrill than if I were just watching him come straight toward me.
It was very exciting.
I'm weird.
My nephew trying to avoid my camera.
You can run, but you can't hide!
There you go. Just surrender. It's all for the best.
Charlie running straight at me. And the virtual face-lift that resulted.
The horses, chilling out after a big gathering.
Oh, I love the smell of horses in the morning.
If my 16-year-old self could hear my 44-year-old self saying that, she never, ever would have believed it.
249 Comments and 8 Replies
LouAnne On Friday, October 25 at 10:05 am
Love the photos… I have horses and you are right… nothing is better than standing next to a horse in the early, cold morning hours and smelling their unique body smell that just smells "horse" and feeling their warm, furry body next to you… Ok… I am horse woman… can you tell?
Suzy in Arkansas On Friday, October 25 at 10:05 am
How very blessed you are to be able to enjoy such beauty. I find myself smiling at all of your post and pictures of your lovey ranch and family! I enjoy reading your post as it makes me feel as if I am there with you. Seeing, smelling and feeling the morning chill! Charlie and Walter are so stinkin cute and very photogenic. I look forward to checking your website daily so I can catch up with you and your family! I think we could be sisters! Thanks for sharing your family with us!
Eileen Richardson On Friday, October 25 at 10:14 am
Oh my gosh! I miss my horses sooooo much! Your post brought it all back. Especially the smells. The fall leaves, horse sweat, leather. I miss it all. Now I have to be content with my memories of a much better time in my life. I hope you know how lucky you are to have such a life. I wish I could be back with my horses, and my one true love. But I can't. Life moves on. But one can wish, right? So for now, I follow you, with much hope in my heart to one day soon, to get horses back in mine. Much love, Eileen
Jennifer On Friday, October 25 at 10:17 am
I love your posts, they make me smile and laugh and sigh! Thank you for sharing your life!
Barbara On Friday, October 25 at 10:24 am
Ree, the photo of your father-in-law is awesome! An enlarge photo of it would be beautiful and a lovely gift for him, and one of his sons in the background – all the sweeter. Lovely.
Shea Z On Friday, October 25 at 10:34 am
Love, Love, LOVE!
Bethy C. On Friday, October 25 at 10:46 am
Thanks Ree! These pictures totally made me smile too! Great pic of the sun popping over the horizon on your daughter! So beautiful! I love the one where Marlboro man is coming up to you in the rearview mirror. I feel the same way when I see my husband walking up to me! Shows you are still madly in love with him after all these years! I love the Charlie pic!! Shows how much he is in love with you after all these years! LOL Have a great day everyone! ♥
Nancy @ CouponClippingCook On Friday, October 25 at 10:49 am
Sounds like a wonderful way to start the day. I need to try that face lift technique that Charlie does. It looked great on him.
Mary B. On Friday, October 25 at 10:59 am
Ree, I love your photos! Keep 'em coming.
Debi N On Friday, October 25 at 11:51 am
Love the pictures, especially the sunny one of your daughter! I have a question tho, who took your picture, lol, can't tell in the rear view mirror? Charlie and Walter are sure having a great time.
Caryl O On Friday, October 25 at 1:34 pm
Living in the city, it makes me long for being somewhere where you can go out in the morning or early evening and just listen to the silence. I'm a mountain girl deep in my soul, so hope to some day be able to have a cabin in the woods so I can listen to the sounds of silence (or at least the sounds of nature).
Wendy P On Friday, October 25 at 1:34 pm
Wonderful! I love the smell of horses any time of day.
Anne P. On Friday, October 25 at 1:52 pm
Lovely, lovely scenes. You really captured the beauty of the morning, Ree. Especially the picture of your daughter in the brilliant sunshine…looked like she was taking a true "sunbath"! Thankyou again for including us in your wonderful activities!
Linda W - tx On Friday, October 25 at 2:22 pm
Such beautiful morning pictures! I'm so glad that Lad's dad is still in the saddle and loving it.
I too love the smell of horses in the morning, afternoon, anytime – the perfect, warm country scent.
Claudia On Friday, October 25 at 2:31 pm
Beautiful post…….beautiful life. God bless you all!!!
Lizzy (Good Things) On Friday, October 25 at 3:07 pm
Ree, greetings from Downunder… love this post… it takes me to a completely different world and lifestyle. Beautiful images… my favourite? Charlie!
Kimberly A.... On Friday, October 25 at 5:01 pm
Lovely that is all…
forever montana On Friday, October 25 at 6:01 pm
Love, love…..that's my kind of morning
Eliza J On Friday, October 25 at 6:18 pm
Every one of your pictures and every caption you added made me smile ~ thanks…I really need that!
Stacy On Friday, October 25 at 6:34 pm
I needed a smile. Thank you.
And I think you look serene in your picture.
I love the silence. . .there's always so much going on in it!
Cathy K On Friday, October 25 at 11:39 pm
Wasn't tomorrow a few days ago?
Markie On Saturday, October 26 at 8:11 pm
Yes Cathy K, I was thinking the same thing. I'm getting concerned; it's not like Ree. I know her book tour is starting up this next week. I hope she's just very busy and hope that everything is okay with the family.
Julie On Saturday, October 26 at 7:22 am
This post took me on a wonderful virtual journey. Thank you so much! And, it's great to know there's someone else out there who loves the smell of horses! God Bless!
Mary Lynn On Saturday, October 26 at 8:14 am
~ BLESSINGS ~ thanks for sharing!
Mary D. On Saturday, October 26 at 8:55 am
Your posts/photos made me smile, too …. and remember. Thanks for taking me back home a bit this morning. Hope your day continues to be a fine one in every way.
Colleen Marie On Saturday, October 26 at 11:37 am
Your precious moments made this reader smile……thanks for sharing!
Lori Konya On Saturday, October 26 at 12:37 pm
Living in area right now where I can't take a deep breath. Your posts help me through it!
Donna O. On Saturday, October 26 at 6:44 pm
Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures and thoughts. You made my day! Love Charlie's "smile."
Denise in Bama On Saturday, October 26 at 10:19 pm
The photo of your daughter (just as the sun was rising) looks like a piece of candy corn. How fitting for this time of year!
Salange On Sunday, October 27 at 5:18 am
Ree, Wish I were there!!!!! Just love the posts of everyday ranch work.
Honey On Sunday, October 27 at 9:32 am
I want to be a morning person….I really do. I envy morning people but I was just born to be an owl and not a lark. Therefore, I am always happy to see morning pictures because I never actually experience them. How early do you wake up?? And what time do you finally get to sleep? Love your blog and tv show!
alfagetti On Sunday, October 27 at 2:31 pm
Fabulous post. Warms my heart and made me smile. Thanks, Ree.
Darlene On Sunday, October 27 at 5:39 pm
Ree, Thank you for opening your home and heart to give the rest of us a vision of the rural lifestyle. The images from your ranch way out in the middle of nowhere soothe me at the end of a day which in this world is many times a mixture of sorrow and joy. I wonder about Uncle Todd, though, if you don't mind me asking.
missy On Sunday, October 27 at 10:39 pm
Ree, I love the way you describe the joys of ranch life. Although my farm is much much smaller then yours I enjoy every minute of this life. I also love the smell of my horses . Seems so silly and really what is there to love about that smell but there is just something about them that makes my life so amazingly wonderful. I admire you and the family doing so much work together and making it work. I have not had the chance to do all the cattle ranch work only a few days of helping friends with their herds. We live in the foothills of Northern California and raise Boer goats and that is always fun during the kidding time. I will have to take photos at that time and email them to you . I do have to work outside of my home four days a week in a dental office but so enjoy my three days I get to enjoy my little farm . I also love to cook and bake and follow many of your recipes. Thanks ! I look forwards to your posts . Have a great day and keep up the amazing posts.
ro h On Monday, October 28 at 6:55 am
the smell of horses any time of day is wonderful. great pix.
Andyrose On Monday, October 28 at 8:33 am
I miss our horse. They got old and died. The smell of a horse is so sweet. Touching their coats is wonderful. Some day I hope we have horses again.
Karen Rogers On Monday, October 28 at 9:40 am
I love you pictures! They are awesome, and so are you
Nancy in Tennessee On Monday, October 28 at 9:50 am
These photos are so beautiful. Makes me want to be there.
Anita On Monday, October 28 at 10:45 am
I'm sitting looking out my window and we have Another(!!!!!) foggy morning! So foggy can't
See the neighbors house across the way! It has been at least 2 weeks since we have seen the sun. Then I came upon your lovely pictures….. A breath of fresh air…The sun does still
Exist….you are so fortunate to live on such a lovely piece of Gods green earth, family,horses, kids and the happy dogs!! You made my morning! Thank you I always come away with a smile after reading your blog
Julie Cox On Monday, October 28 at 1:38 pm
The pic of you in the mirror looks like contentment–it's a good thing to have.
Carrie Gaston On Monday, October 28 at 3:23 pm
Love the picture of your golden child.
Gail On Monday, October 28 at 6:40 pm
I know it's hard work but it looks like heaven to me. I love October!
Penny On Monday, October 28 at 8:03 pm
I love your pictures. We moved to South Carolina from Ohio two years ago and I miss the fall colors. Your pictures make me a little home sick! I do love living near the ocean; I guess I have traded views! Love your show and recipes!
Betty Birkner On Wednesday, October 30 at 9:52 am
The last thing I made was chili.
Pat Smith On Friday, November 1 at 1:11 pm
What a beautiful post. Not being very camera savvy myself, I can really appreciate the photos you take. I'm with you on the blessings of sunrises and also sunsets. They always take my breath away! And your last comment, about your 16-year-old self rings so true for me. If my 16-year-old self could hear my 70-year-old self talk about the sounds (or the pure quiet), the smells, and the sights of country living, she definitely would not believe it!
Terry On Saturday, November 2 at 2:34 pm
Hi Ree! Just wanted to tell you that I love your show…it's my favorite. I recently found you so now I am DVRing all of your previous shows. I love your Ranch and family. I live in Florida so we don't have too many of those wide-open spaces that you get to see every day. The scenes of the horses and cattle are just amazing and of course, since I am a dog lover too, I love when you show the basset hounds. Your recipes are down to earth, easy to make and delicious. Please keep it up because you are great at what you do.
Nancy On Monday, November 4 at 2:44 pm
Oh where, oh where, did your lovely daughter get that beautiful extra wide headband? I have been on a quest for an extra-wide one like that for ages.
Many Thanks,
Nancy W.
Michelle On Tuesday, November 5 at 11:03 am
Oh Ree, you should print that photo of your father in law after he got up on his horse. Such a wonderful photo. And yes, getting old is the pits.
Paula Horton On Tuesday, November 5 at 12:30 pm
When I saw this youtube video of "What does the farmer say" based on the viral sensation of 'What does the fox say' I thought of you. I think you would love it!!
If you watch Dancing with the Stars, they did a fabuolous group dance to the music also to celebrate Halloween night.
What does the farmer say?
Ylvis – The Fox
PS…I could not figure out how to email Ree so I posted on Country Life. Hope she sees this.
C Sitterly On Friday, November 22 at 11:07 am
Question for Drummonds:
My family from Fairfax. As a child decades ago I recall visiting my uncle Walter Smith who lived and worked 24/7 on a large ranch outside Fairfax. Do you recall Mr and Mrs John Smith or Walter Smith? Thank you. I read your story in Parade Magazine and wondered if it was the same ranch! I love your show and your writing.


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"I think it is important to note that today we have a shift within our military structure in attitudes, too. Our military organizations realize that putting aside personnel with disabilities is a wasteful loss of valuable human resources," Chu said.
Thanks to advancements in technology and rehabilitation programs, "it has become common practice (for) military personnel who so desire and can demonstrate their ability to return to military duty and certainly to pursue rewarding careers in civil society," he said.
Gade was able to stay on active duty and is heading to a teaching position at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He said that after his injury, people often referred to him as a hero. But to those at the ceremony, he offered a different definition.
"A hero by my way of thinking is not captured by a dictionary search or (an Internet) search. Most heroes simply live their lives unnoticed and uncelebrated," Gade said. "Perhaps the best definition of a hero is one who chooses a harder right over an easier wrong. You may be thinking that the warfighters are the heroes, and some are. You may think the military families are the heroes, and some are. You may even think that you are not a hero, but aren't you, or couldn't you be?
"Those of you with disabilities who are working despite those disabilities and employees who empower them are my heroes today, and I applaud you," Gade said.
Nicole Richards has worked two years for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Indianapolis. A car accident after high school left the aspiring gymnast paralyzed. She went on to college and wasn't sure what she wanted to do. Her grandfather was a retired civil servant and told her of the benefits. Now, she said, she plans to make civil service a career.
"The two short years that I've been there have been great, and I can see myself there for a very long time. Anything I need or have needed, they seem to get right away," she said.
For Richards, the awards show that disabled employees work as hard as those without disabilities.
"It means a lot really. … It shows me that the government really does care about people with disabilities," she said. "We are working just as hard and sometimes harder as able-bodied people to get our mission accomplished."
Rocco Arizzi, an electrical engineer with the Navy in Bethesda, Md., said the awards send a message to young people with disabilities who may be wondering what they are going to do with their lives or who will employ them. Arizzi was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a degenerative neuromuscular disease.
"I like for younger people and students with disabilities to see people accomplishing things and serving their country so that they know they can do the same," he said. "The more they see people not only just existing and working, but achieving great things, the more that they believe that they can do it themselves."
Arizzi's grandfather and brother both served in the Navy. He would like to see disabled people eventually deploy in support of the war. "There's a lot of front-line work that can be done by people with disabilities -- people who are sitting at desks or controlling unmanned aerial vehicles or running logistics. I would like to see more opportunities for (disabled) people in those types of areas," he said. "I believe they can contribute in the war directly."
Kane Urban, a senior auditor with the Defense Contract Audit Agency, at Fort Worth, Texas, was born with muscular dystrophy. He said he is happy with accommodations the Defense Department makes to hire disabled people, but he would like to see the day when special recognition is no longer needed because such hiring practices are commonplace.
"They have these types of awards and ceremonies and conferences to highlight improvements that are made, … and their goal is total integration and equality. Once you reach that, you don't need conferences and awards, because you met the goal," he said.
Urban said he believes more managers would hire disabled people but are held back by misperceptions of additional costs and difficult accommodations. "We bring the same things to the table as anyone else does, with minimal increased costs when you compare it to what employees cost anyway. I think … that managers don't realize how marginal the cost is," he said.
Linda Keel, an administrative assistant a Redstone Arsenal, Ala., component of Defense Intelligence Agency, began federal service more than two decades ago, before many of today's accommodations were in place.
Keel, who has dwarfism, showed up on her first day of work to a full-sized desk and chair. But she didn't let it intimidate her, she said. Her only complaint was that it was sometimes hard to reach things.
Now she works in a cubicle that fits her size and is delivering big dividends for her employers. Last week, she was named Outstanding DIA Employee with a Disability. This award means a lot to her, she said, because it means that she makes a difference.
Keel serves up tall advice for those following in her tiny footprints. "Don't give up. Go after it with the attitude that you can do it and with the determination that you can do it, and just put being disabled behind you," she said.
Other award recipients were:
-- Bruce E. Beyer, Department of the Army;
-- Ronald B. Greenfield, Department of the Air Force;
-- Steven R. Clark, Office of the Secretary of Defense/Washington Headquarters Service;
-- Maria T. Andrade, Army and Air Force Exchange Service;
-- Anthony Green, Defense Commissary Agency;
-- Joseph P. Higginbotham, Defense Contract Management Agency;
-- Kimberly J. Pare, Defense Information Systems Agency;
-- Constance Gardener, Defense Logistics Agency;
-- Jennifer L. Perry, Defense Threat Reduction Agency;
-- Michael J. Morgan Jr., National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency;
-- Michael P. Herron, National Guard Bureau; and
-- John H. Loftis Jr., National Security Agency.
DoD organizations honored were: the Department of the Air Force, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense/Washington Headquarters Service.
Related Sites:Department of Defense Disability Awards Ceremony and Forum Computer/Electronic Accommodation Program


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B chose Numbers and Counting Adventures Interactive Activities. It includes 4 games that are great for building number awareness and counting skills. He loved it!
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B chose Numbers and Counting Adventures Interactive Activities. It includes 4 games that are great for building number awareness and counting skills. He loved it!
I would like the Learn and Play Interactive Science Activities.
Magic Show, Sort Match and compare. Very neat games!
Magic Show, Sort Match and compare. Very neat games!
I think they would love all of them but if I had to choose I would say Numbers and Counting Adventures.
Numbers and Counting, specifically because of the race car activity.
Great coupon! So many good choices but the Math Factory game stands out.
I would love the phonemic awareness software
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We would love Rockin' Rhyme Interactive Game.
We would love to use any of the math games!
Probably the number and counting one!
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All of them would be great! I think my son would get into the numbers and counting as that is what they are learning in PreK right now.
My daughter would have fun with Measurement Adventures Interactive Activities. kim(at)kimberlychance(dot)com
The Learn and Play Interactive Science activities looks good! Such a great variety to choose from- thanks for this offer! grace2u {at} rogers {dot} com
Science activities and numbers/counting would be great!
Science activities and numbers/counting would be great!
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My son would love the race car numbers and counting!
Alexander would love just about any of them but the top would be the count and learn followed closely by the science ones.
I already like you FB – I wish they had a love button! 😀
Follower! My son would love the fish game first, then the cars counting
Robably second. : )
I think we would try the numbers & counting game first, but the phonic game also looks great. mdv36 at hotmail dot com
I am a follower and i think my boy will like "Numbers and Counting Adventures Interactive Activities"
Hi, I'm a follower, my son would probably like a science game like secrets of science or Out of the world. I would rather get a Math blaster.
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I'm sure they'd love all of them – but I bet they'd have a lot of fun with the numbers and counting game. We've been working with numbers and counting quite a bit lately with board games.
My daughter would love the reading games.
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I like Activity Mom on FB.
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Numbers and counting or the math factory
I think my kids would like Beginning Operations Adventures Interactive Activities
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Math Factory or numbers and counting
I'm a follower, and we would get the most use from the Sight Words Carnival!
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The Learn and Play Interactive Science Activities sound really fun!
I already "like" you on facebook!
My son would love the cars game!Rr
I like you on fb
The math factory one looks great!
Oh and I like u on Facebook!
The math factory one looks great!
The math factory one looks great!
Lots of great games…would love the Phonemic Awareness game for my son!
Weather and Seasons would be fun!
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The Numbers & Counting activities look totally awesome!!!
My boys would like the fish counting game!
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My son and my preschool students would love any of the games! We stress reading & writing so much that I think a the Numbers and Counting would be beneficial email@example.com
I am a follower on FB. I would love the numbers and counting. They look amazing!!
My kids would like any type of rhyming game!
My daughter would love the math factory or reading games.
We follow you on FB.
Math factory!
Wow, any of the games would be wonderful!! Especially science and math. My 5 year old is in private school and they do not have computers or teach computers. I have to purchase software for her to use at home so she learns how to use a computer. These games are great for that!
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I would love to get Sound Switching Interactive Game – looks great for sounding out words which is something my 5 year old and I are working on.
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Can anyone comment on the life of this...
Can anyone comment on the life of this filter in the real world. I'd be stunned if it was even good for 1/100 of the "1 million gallon guarantee"
Believe it, the filter has a surreal lifetime. Used it when there where 2 of us filtering water for over 3 months.Its still going. I'm just not a fan of the flow, its not bad but its not great. The platypus gravity filter has the best flow I have ever seen for this kind of system.
If there is air in the tubing it will slow down the flow. What I do is have water fill the whole tube/push out all the air, then snap on the filter to the tubing. I can get 2L in about 2min. after I do that. One reason platypus flows faster is it has a larger micron size.
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As a recovering alcoholic, I have not had any wine – or any spirits – for 15 years. Thank God. But I serve it to my guests, who deserve a nice wine with their lunch or dinner.
The truth is, wine making, importing, exporting and pairings have changed in the last 15 years, and I do not know the half of it. But I can wow you with just a few little facts. Wine consumption in the U.S. has surpassed France and Italy per capita. Wine sales in the U.S. have grown 7.7 percent in the last five years. International wines are having a resurgence after the thrill of California-dominated everything.
It is not just French and Italian wines either. According to my research, grape mixing has grown from just red, white and Champagne. Rose is having a big boom, as are the old Lambruscos, sparkling wines, prosecco and Beaujolais Noveau. I remember when people made fun of those fools drinking the Beaujolais Noveau. In France, B.N. comes to its peak in November and signs are posted at every cafe's entrance, celebrating this beloved wine.
The Cordon Bleu always had a party, sponsored by the school, when B.N. was ready, complete with appetizers and students in the wine program strutting about, looking very important. (We could have all the free wine we could drink, but we could not have Internet. C'est la vie!)
Many countries are producing some great wines: Portugal, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, the list goes on. It is an exciting time for you oenophiles. I cannot taste the wines I sell to sample them, so I rely on others' advice. I kind of know who to ask and who not to ask, after getting thumbs up or thumbs down from my customers and husband! But you lovers of the grape, you have many ways, interesting and serious, to discern a wine's characteristics.
Here are a few guidelines for serving food with wine. I can only explain the simplest of rules for a foundation, and then you can take it from here with a sommelier or your trusty wine merchant. You want to focus on these four things:
1. Body – Does it feel light or heavy on your tongue?
2. Intensity – Is it bold or delicate?
3. Flavor – What does it remind you of? Berries? Oak? Apples?
4. Characteristics – Dry or fruity? Is it acidic?
Pairing ideas:
1. Salty, snack types of food: sparkling wines to lighten the salt, such as Champagne or prosecco.
2. Spicy, salty, smoky foods: fruity, low-acid wines such as pinot grigio, pinot noir and riesling.
3. Rich dishes: full-bodied wines such as merlot, chardonnay or a cabernet.
4. Acidic dishes: high-acid wines such as sauvignon blanc or Chianti.
5. Desserts: sweet wine such as Sauternes, muscat or prosecco.
Wine has evolved and changed from white with chicken and fish and red with meat. If you are into it, it is really exciting to watch all the strides, new grape varieties and new nations coming into the game.


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Killebrew officially president
Community involvement is stressed
In a ceremony filled with traditions, ideas for the future and some comic remarks, Flavius C. Killebrew was officially installed as president of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on Saturday, eight months after he took the office.
The event, which took place at the university's Performing Arts Center, was the end to a weeklong celebration. The installation was delayed from Killebrew's start in January because he was needed in Austin to seek university funding from the Legislature.
Dressed in academic regalia, staff and alumni represented universities and colleges from around the country. Faculty also attended, dressed in colorful decor denoting their particular fields of study.
Diana Ivy, speaker of the faculty senate, lightened the ceremony by taking a shot at Killebrew's tall stature.
"This faculty won't stand behind you," she said. "If we stand behind you, you can't see anything. We the faculty prefer to stand with you or beside you."
But the most lively speech was from Killebrew's mentor, Barry B. Thompson, chancellor emeritus for the Texas A&M University System. Thompson blasted the Legislature for failing to fund K-12 education. Although the occasion was for installing a university president, Thompson said one couldn't exist without the other.
"Why can't we create a Texas for Texans, regardless of bipartisanship?" he said. "We can. That's what this university is about - truth, hope and knowledge."
Killebrew restated his three goals for the university: excellence, engagement and expansion. The goals also are part of the university's 10-year master plan called Momentum 2015.
"Although we are on an island, we are not on an island unto ourselves," Killebrew said. "We are connected in many ways to our community."
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Legal Trade
A blog about lawyering with Mary Flood.
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
Boomtown DA Carol Vance writes the book
Vance's book by Whitecaps Media Prison preaching, tennis playing, nice guy former prosecutor Carol Vance has written a book about his historic 21 years as Harris County District Attorney. The book had a kind of coming out party last night in the glorious never ending backyard of an astonishingly grand River Oaks home with a […] [Read More]
Your future — lawyer infomercials & lawyer robo calls
"After the rotisserie chicken guy it's going to be somebody telling you about their legal services," Gene Major, the director of advertising review for the Texas State Bar told the Houston chapter of the Legal Marketing Association at a lunch meeting in Houston on Wednesday. If these three need to advertise, you know lawyers do […] [Read More]
Law school rankings — UT still 15th
U.S. News & World Report's much despised and much cited ranking for law schools are out. University of Texas is still up there with the best of them, tied with UCLA for 15th, one spot behind Georgetown. The top law schools are Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and University of Chicago. Several Texas schools got high […] [Read More]
Area lawyers disciplined this month
Disciplinary Actions — April 2010 (verbatim from the State Bar of Texas) General questions regarding attorney discipline should be directed to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel's Office, toll-free (877) 953-5535 or (512) 453-5535. The Board of Disciplinary Appeals may be reached at (512) 475-1578. Information and copies of actual orders are available at www.txboda.org. The State […] [Read More]
Ben Hall to start his own radio show
"The Ben Hall Show" starts on CNN 650 Radio on Saturday afternoon. Hall, a former top attorney for the City of Houston, says he plans to pick provocative topics ranging from evolving sexuality to our archaic ways of meeting our energy needs. "I want to talk about where we are going to be 25 years […] [Read More]


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I am visiting my friend Jim in Walpole, NH, and it is snowy weather. His knee is hurting him (acl surgery scheduled for a fortnight from now) so we can't go for hikes in the woods...So, of course, I taught him how to knit, and he's taken to it like a pro: Got the basics in less than an hour, and thus far today he has knit 3 inches on a simple garter scarf (brown sheep worsted: 34 st on size 9's....could have done size 10's...my fault, scarf could have more drape) but it's all good and he's buzzing right along for such a curmudgeonly old woodchuck...
I whipped out a hat in Adirondec (sp?) organic cotton (not terrible to knit with for a cotton,) but as I was making it up as I went along, it is a little on the largish side. I will probably pull the whole thing out and start again: It took about 2 hours to do. No big deal... All is good: I return to Portland on Monday.... I miss my kids (horses) and the gardens, but it is nice to visit with my friend.
From another knitting group - in January of '06 (or so I recall;t may have been February) - I joined a "Knit your own adventure mystery pi shawl" (KYOAMPI) -- and *finally* got it blocked out this week and photographed.
attached are before and after shots of the shawl once off the needle.
there was a "garden" them on this shawl - you could pick various lace and mix and match -- I have a "flower lace" ; lace daffodils, bumblebee lace and leaf lace.
i am looking for home grown wool --- I recieved some as a gift this week and really liked the feel of the natural wool and was wondering if anyone could recommend a website that has home grown and spun wool --- Ifigure I can support the little people in this world too instead of the big corporate america.
Also, aas a side note if any of you men own a wool farm and need help this summer let me know (it would be great experience since I am going to school to get my veterinary technichian certification)


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A process for the preparation of a hydroxyapatite, which is suitable as a tooth-cleaning substance, by precipitation from aqueous phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide solution, in which a calcium-doped phosphoric acid solution is fed to an intensive mixer with a suspension of calcium hydroxide/oxide in a molar ratio of Ca:P=1.667 corresponding to the hydroxyapatite of and reacted there at precipitation temperatures of 60°-100° C., preferably 80°-90° C. and a pH of 4-8, preferably of 6.5-7.5. Also disclosed in a tooth-cleaning substance containing the hydroxyapatite.
1. A process for the preparation of a hydroxyapatite suitable as a tooth-cleaning substance, comprising the steps of
simultaneously feeding an acidic calcium phosphate solution having a molar ratio of Ca:P of from about 0.2:1 to 1:1 and a calcium suspension to an intensive mixer in a substantially stoichiometric molar ratio of Ca:P to provide a reaction mixture;
reacting the reaction mixture under intensive mixing at a temperature of from about 60° to about 100° C. and at a pH of from about 4 to 8 to obtain a hydroxyapatite suspension; and
separating a hydroxyapatite product from the suspension.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein said separating step includes washing the separated hydroxyapatite; and drying the washed hydroxyapatite.
3. A process according to claim 1, wherein the calcium phosphate solution comprises a solution containing a concentration of calcium phosphate of from about 20 to 50% by weight.
4. A process according to claim 1, wherein the calcium suspension comprises a calcium hydroxide suspension having a concentration of calcium hydroxide of from about 5 to 30% by weight.
5. A process according to claim 1, wherein said reacting step comprises the additional step of transferring the hydroxyapatite suspension to a separate vessel and permitting said suspension to continue reacting in said separate vessel under stirring conditions at a temperature between about 60° and 90° C. for a period of time of up to about 5 hours.
6. A process according to claim 1, wherein said pH is between about 6.75 and 7.5, and said temperature is between about 80° and 90 ° C.
7. A process according to claim 6, wherein said pH is between about 7 and 7.5.
8. A process according to claim 5, wherein said continued reaction time is between about 1 and 2 hours.
9. A process according to claim 5, wherein said continued reaction is monitored by X-ray diffraction for selection of final degree of crystallization of the hydroxyapatite product.
10. A process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of grinding the hydroxyapatite product.
11. A hydroxyapatite composition produced according to claim 1 and having a relative abrasiveness according to the RDA method of between about 110-150, a high crystallinity of a degree of crystallization of greater than about 95 %, a surface area determined by BET of at most about 10 m2 /g, and an average grain size of between about 1-20 μm, and wherein said hydroxyapatite composition contains substantially no dicalcium phosphate.
12. A hydroxyapatite composition according to claim 11, wherein the surface area is between about 0.1-5 m2 /g, and the average grain size is between about 4-8 μm.
13. In a tooth cleaning composition, the improvement comprising that the composition Contains hydroxyapatite as defined according to claim 11.
14. A process according to claim 1, wherein said molar ratio of Ca:P is between about 0.3:1 to 0.5:1.
15. A process according to claim 1, wherein said hydroxyapatite product contains substantially no dicalcium phosphate.
16. A process according to claim 1, wherein said hydroxyapatite product has a high crystallinity of a degree of crystallization of greater than about 95%.
The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of hydroxyapatite.
Many different kinds of inorganic minerals are used in oral hygiene as cleaning substances for the production of toothpastes for cleaning the teeth. To mention only a few examples, those which can be used are dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, silica, Maddrell's salt, alumina and others. Of these cleaning substances, not all are noncontroversial in view of their chemical and ionic composition.
Important factors for the suitability of a material as a tooth-cleaning substance in a toothpaste are a defined hardness of the substance, a very fine and closely defined grain structure, and a specific surface constitution and/or degree of roughness and absorptiveness to water/glycerol mixtures.
The abrasiveness of tooth-cleaning substances is determined by various processes (cf. F. J. Dany: Seifen Ole, Fette, Wachse, 104 (1978), pp. 306-310). The abrasiveness of the materials according to the invention was determined by the copper plate method, but there are certain correlations between the analytical methods. To achieve a very narrow and reproducible abrasiveness, three product parameters are essential. Attention must be paid to a specific grain structure (degree of fineness), a specific surface structure on the crystal/agglomerate and a high crystallinity.
The human teeth consist largely, and in particular the outer dental enamel, of calcium phosphates or more exactly of calcium hydroxyapatite of high purity. It is therefore natural to use precipitated calcium hydroxyapatite as a cleaning substance which has a substantial identity with the natural dental enamel.
Many methods for the precipitation of hydroxyapatite are known from the literature (CA, B 1142-55). In these processes, hydroxyapatite precipitates in very finely crystalline form in nearly all solutions. The crystals tend to agglomerate in solution and during the subsequent isolation of the solid. It thus appears that only very different and hardly reproducible materials can be produced in the conventional ways by metering a calcium source--such as calcium hydroxide, milk of lime or calcium carbonate--into a dilute phosphoric acid or into a dilute alkali metal phosphate solution or conversely a phosphate/phosphoric acid solution into a milk of lime, also under closely controlled precipitation parameters from the point of view of a defined abrasiveness. It ensues from this that in all precipitation processes of industrial importance, dicalcium phosphate is coprecipitated as a by-product and cannot be removed from the final product. This material exhibits different crystal hardnesses and is therefore completely undesirable in the material according to the invention.
It is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,274,879, for example, to prepare hydroxyapatite by mixing milk of lime with at least 60% phosphoric acid in stoichiometric amounts at temperatures of 80°-85° C. and a pH of the reaction solution of about 9.0-11.0 in a continuous reaction. The products obtained are approximately spherical crystals having a diameter of 0.03 μm to 0.5 μm and a hydroxyapatite content of 98.5-99.5%. They are suitable for preparing bone replacement parts by sintering at temperatures of 700° C. They are unsuitable as tooth-cleaning substances on account of their fineness.
It is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,324,772 to mix, in a two-stage process, first milk of lime and phosphoric acid at 70°-85° C. and at a pH of 9.5-11, preferably at 10.5, in order to prevent formation of dicalcium phosphate impurities due to the excess of calcium hydroxide, and then to lower the pH to 7.0-7.4 in a second stage by addition of further phosphoric acid in order to neutralize excess calcium hydroxide. A hydroxyapatite having a grain size of less than 1 μm results which, if the process is not carried out exactly, contains slight impurities of included Ca(OH)2. This product is unsuitable as a tooth-cleaning substance.
A further process for the preparation of hydroxyapatite is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,849,193, in which an acidic premixture of phosphoric acid and calcium hydroxide solution is first prepared which has the approximate composition of a monocalcium phosphate and a pH of 1.5-3.5, preferably 2.0. This is slowly metered at 23° C. into a container of calcium hydroxide, a pH of over 12 being maintained, which only falls to 11-11.5 on addition of all the phosphoric acid. A finely divided hydroxyapatite is obtained which, after sintering at 1000° C., has a grain size of 0.2 μm and according to X-ray analysis is free of other calcium phosphates. This material is unsuitable as a tooth-cleaning substance.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved process for preparing hydroxyapatite.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a process for preparing a hydroxyapatite having a relative abrasiveness according to the RDA method as described in Grabenstetter (cf. F. J. Dany: Seifen, Ole, Fette, Wachse, 104 (1978), pp. 306-310) of about 110-150.
It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved hydroxy apatite composition and improved tooth-cleaning compositions containing the hydroxyapatite formulations produced according to the process of the invention.
In accomplishing the foregoing objects, there has been provided in accordance with one aspect of the present invention a process for the preparation of a hydroxyapatite suitable as a tooth-cleaning substance, comprising the steps of simultaneously feeding an acidic calcium phosphate solution having a molar ratio of Ca:P of from about 0.2:1 to 1:1 and a calcium suspension to an intensive mixer in a substantially stoichiometric molar ratio of Ca:P to provide a reaction mixture; reacting the reaction mixture under intensive mixing at a temperature of from about 60° to about 100° C. and at a pH of from about 4 to 8 to obtain a hydroxyapatite suspension; and separating a dried hydroxyapatite from the suspension, preferably by washing the separated hydroxyapatite and drying the washed hydroxyapatite.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there has been provided a novel hydroxyapatite composition of high purity and having a narrowly-defined set of properties, as well as a tooth-cleaning composition containing this hydroxyapatite formulation.
Further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to persons skilled in the art from the detailed description of preferred embodiments that follows, when considered together with the appended figures of drawing.
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FIGS. 1a and 1b are X-ray spectrographic refraction diagrams of products prepared in Examples contained in the present application;
FIGS. 2a and 2b are scanning electron microscope photographs of products produced in Examples contained in the present application; and
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a preferred set of steps for carrying out the process according to the present invention.
The material prepared by the process of the invention should have a relative abrasiveness according to the RDA method of about 110-150 and additionally have a high crystallinity of a degree of crystallization of greater than about 95%, a surface area determined by BET of at most about 10 m2 /g, preferably about 0.1-5 m2 /g, and an average grain size of about 1-20 μm, preferably about 4-8 μm.
According to the process of the invention, an acidic calcium phosphate solution having a Ca:P molar ratio of about 0.2-1, preferably about 0.3-0.5, and milk of lime are combined stoichiometrically with simultaneous intensive mixing at a pH of about 4-8, preferably about 6.75-7.5, particularly preferably about 7.0-7.5, and at a temperature of about 60°-100° C., preferably about 80°-90° C. Agglomerates having fine growths which are shown in scanning electron microscope photographs (cf. FIG. 2b) are formed. These consist of a hydroxyapatite of very high crystallinity (> about 95% (cf. FIG. 1b)), and the precipitation products are free of dicalcium phosphate by-products, which is surprising since under these conditions (pH 7) dicalcium phosphate also precipitates as soon as the stoichiometric ratios correspond to this.
The whole process is described in the flow diagram (FIG. 3). A calcium phosphate solution and milk of lime are passed into a continuously heated intensive mixer in a stoichiometric ratio of Ca:P=1.667. Precipitation is carried out at temperatures between about 60° and 100° C., preferably about 80°-90° C. The pH is adjusted to about 7 and remains in a range from about 5 to 8 during stoichiometric addition of the components. The overflow from the mixer is passed into a heated stirring vessel, in which a subsequent reaction phase having an average residence time of up to about 5 hours is observed with moderate stirring and maintenance of the precipitation temperature. As a rule, about 1-2 hours' average residence time suffice; the course of the subsequent reaction is monitored by X-ray diffraction for the degree of crystallization of the final product. Suspension is continuously removed from the residence vessel and fed to a customary separator, such as e.g., a belt filter or a centrifuge, to separate off the hydroxyapatite, and is simultaneously washed there with water. The adhering water is evaporated in a drier. Subsequent grinding and drying serve to establish a narrow grain band and to destroy agglomerates arising during the drying. Particles of a size of 1-20 μm, on average 5-8 μm, are thus obtained.
The following examples of preferred embodiments are given as being merely illustrative and not limiting.
By means of two differential metering balances coupled to one another, a 40% strength phosphoric acid is metered at 146.5 kg/h and a 20% strength milk of lime is metered at 380.8 kg/h (from calcium hydroxide having a Ca content of 52.3% and deionized water) into a horizontal intensive continuous mixer (effective contents 40 l), which is preheated to a temperature of 85° C. The resulting approximately 20% strength suspension, which has a pH of 7.2, is passed into a 4 m3 stirring reactor, which is kept at 90° C. A sample which was taken after 3 h, after filtering off and drying, shows on X-ray spectrographic investigation a refraction diagram (FIG. 1a) having clear dicalcium phosphate peaks and in an electron microscope photograph (FIG. 2a) a nonhomogeneous, finegrain surface. Grain size about 0.8 μm.
A calcium-doped phosphoric acid having a Ca content of 3.0% and a P2 O5 content of 28.8% is reacted at 85° C. according to the invention at a metering rate of 146.5 kg/h with a milk of lime (Ca content: 10.8%) at the rate of 328 kg/h in the apparatus described in the Comparison Example. The pH of the reaction solution here is between 7 and 8. A dicalcium phosphate-free hydroxyapatite of high crystallinity according to the refraction diagram (FIG. 1b) and of a homogeneous surface structure (FIG. 2b) results.
26 kg of a solution having a content of 16.3% P2 O5 and 3.1% Ca (prepared from lime and phosphoric acid) and 23.4 kg of a 25% strength milk of lime are fed into a water sample of 5 l by means of metering pumps in the course of 90 min into a 50 l turbulent mixing reactor preheated to 90° C. The mixture has a pH of 6.8. After a subsequent reaction time of 1 h, the slurry is concentrated in the mixer to a dry content of 80% under vacuum evaporation. The product is then dried to a moisture content of <2% in a discontinuous fluidized bed and subsequently ground in a pinned-disk mill. A hydroxyapatite according to Example 1 having the following properties is obtained:
Bulk density 900 g/l
Average grain size 6 μm
Abrasiveness 150 (copper plate test)
The following product streams in the weight ratio 1:1.4 and a total mass flow of 900 kg/h are metered continuously by means of a differential balance system:
Calcium phosphate solution containing 24% P2 O5 and 3.5% Ca
25% strength milk of lime from CaO and water.
The precipitation apparatus used is a 1000 l discontinuous turbulent mixing reactor with steam heating. The suspension, which has a pH of 6.5-7.8, is continuously pumped into a heated 4 m3 stirring vessel through a nozzle at 2/3 of the tank height. A flow of 750 l/h is added continuously from this to a belt filter from a degree of filling of 80%. The filter-moist cake is dried in a pneumatic-conveyor drier and ground in a classifier mill to the desired grain size of 4-10 μm.
The procedure is carried out as in Example 3, only using a 1 m3 stirring reactor having two trapezoidal stirring elements arranged on a stirrer shaft as a reactor for the reaction and a total mass flow of 700-kg/h. The preparation of the calcium monophosphate solution is carried out from calcium phosphate waste and phosphoric acid and with subsequent clarifying filtration.
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If you know anyone who wants to know more about Watergate, you should tell them to go to the exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.
Located at 5 East Edenton St., its hours are Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sunday, it is open from noon to 5 p.m.
The museum is part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the Smithsonian Affiliations Membership Program. Right now, "Leadership in History" is going on with the exhibit "Watergate: Political Scandal and the Presidency."
The exhibit is going from May 17 to Aug. 10, and it follows the work of North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin who investigated the Nixon White House, leading to Nixon's resignation Aug. 9, 1974. On Monday, Rufus Edmisten said he is trying to get the exhibit moved to Morganton.
He has been giving tours of the exhibit which features him and Ervin. The Boone native and Raleigh lawyer is also trying to raise money for the Morganton program. Edmisten worked with Ervin on Watergate, and he is a former North Carolina attorney general.
It was in 1973 as the hot, summer months moved on, and you watched TV nonstop when five men were arrested with bugging equipment.
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Also kids and adults get to see stone tools from 12,000 to 1000 BCE that were used by early inhabitants.
Also one can see a cannon, a pewter plate, gold flakes and other items found from a shipwreck of Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge. The ship was found at Beaufort Inlet in 1996.
The state's fourth-oldest house is here, restored and built in Pitt County in 1742 by Solomon Robson. There is a restored slave cabin from Martin County. There were seven enslaved African-Americans who lived in this one-room house in 1860.
There is a replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. There is a lunch counter used in a 1960 sit-in in Salisbury during the Civil Rights movement.
The section on Watergate features Sen. Sam Ervin and Rufus Edmisten as they find out the truth with the president.
Sponsors of the exhibit include the Josephus Daniels Charitable Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation, the SECU Foundation, Glaxo Smith Kline, Bank of American, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Reynolds American Foundation, Senator and Mrs. James T. Broyhill, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. S. Davis Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. W. Trent Ragland Jr., Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company, Duke Energy and others.
There is a photo of Edmisten delivering the subpoenas served to Nixon's lawyer on July 23, 1973 to get recordings of Nixon's White House conversations. He was deputy chief counsel to the Senate Select committee.
Edmisten said, "This exhibit is by far one of the most comprehensive collections of Watergate history and memorabilia, both funny and sad, that I've seen."
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August 16, 2014
Location, Location, Location is the reason for staying at this condo. No cars needed! We walked to Schlitterbahn (East) and tubed down the Comal from the condo's water edge. We got the best of both worlds by staying at this condo. The updated condo was neat, clean and beautifully decorated. We had everything that a hotel supplies and MORE. The place had abundant supplies (kitchen ware, shampoo, towels, washer/dryer, etc.) to make your stay comfortable, as if you live there. The condo had tubes for tubing. We floated from the condo's water edge to the last public exit, a 45 minute trip, with the walk back to the condo at maybe a quarter mile walk or less.This condo property has an active management to keep the place maintained. They have a maintenance guy on the property at all time ... to assist with any problems you may need addressed. He corrected a chlorine problem with the pool and hot tub while we were there.The owner asks that you follow procedures to ensure a smooth turnover time from one renter to the next. This is needed to keep the place tidy and all residents in the building safe. My only dislike was having to remove the trash from the condo before departing ... not part of the cleaning fee. An additional $20 fee is charged if trash is left in condo. Even with this one dislike, YES, I would stay here again. It is the ideal place to stay when going to Schlitterbahn.
Tina Talachi, Houston, TX USA