--- a/alexandria.py	Tue Sep 15 17:22:19 2009 -0700
+++ b/alexandria.py	Tue Sep 15 17:30:16 2009 -0700
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 from ConfigParser   import SafeConfigParser
 from models         import Author, Paper, Tag, AuthorNickname, initDatabase, session, asc
 
+# suppress the deprecation warning in elixir 0.6.1 
+import warnings 
+warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning, 412)
+
+
 db_filename = 'alexandria.db'
 term = terminal.TerminalController()
 color = {'title':   term.GREEN + term.BOLD,