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As my 3rd and last (cry!!) baby is now past the year mark it got me thinking of all the baby products we used both for her and the other two kids when they were babies.
There has been some things that we've used and found invaluable during the kids' 1st year of life but there have also been some of new things that I really wish I had known about when I had my 1st 8 years ago.
So, I thought a baby essentials post with stuff other than the usual bibs and nappies etc would be great to do for both new and old parents. You might find something just as handy as we I did
I've also opened this post up as a linky so hopefully some other parenting bloggers will join in and share their list of baby essentials too.
1. Fisher Price Rainforest Sit Me Up Floor Seat
This is one of those things I really wished I had on the other two! I wanted a donut ring for but couldn't find one this time so we got this instead. It was great for when glitterbaba was holding her head up and wanted to be looking around but I couldn't be with her all the time. Best thing was it folded up so we could bring it to the park with us or even just out the back. She loved being able to sit with her older bro and sis. When it got dirty from food you could just pop it in the wash as the seat was removable! Highly recommend this to everyone! Buy it here
2. Clevascoop
I don't know why I didn't have this on my other two, why I didn't listen to the hype I don't know…stubborn I am lol!! All the hours I wasted counting 9 scoops 3 times a day at one stage! This measures the amount of scoops you need in one big scoop! Genius! Buy it here
3. Braun Thermoscan 3 Thermometer
How parents got babies to stay still for minutes at a time to get a temperature reading before these yolks is beyond me lol! We've had a braun thermoscan for years and it's great because you get a reading from their ear in a couple of seconds. One of these in the home is a must have to put your mind at ease if you are worried they have a temperature. There is 2 newer versions after this but you can have a look at the one we have here
4. Nuby Ice Pop Moulds
I did a full review about these before. These have the perfect sized handle for chubby little baby fingers. You can just add some water and juice or make your own from smoothies or frozen yogurt. One of these keeps my little one quiet for long enough to have a cup of tea and are great for cooling there gums when teething. Buy them here
5. Breville Blend Active Blender
Of course, to make your own ice pops in your fancy new ice pop moulds you'll need a blender. This is the blender we've been using a couple of years now, you can use it to make baby food too but we did baby led weaning so didn't use it much for that. I did a full review of the blender here with multiple links to where you can buy one
6. ClevaFeed
Another Clevamama product makes my list. This feeder was great for when glitterbaba was still a bit small for certain foods. I also used it to put in frozen fruit like blueberries & raspberries. It's a silicone teat with holes so they chew they food out in bits basically. Again this was great for teething and also for giving a snack on the go. Buy it here
7. Boba 4g Carrier
Baby wearing was all new to me with glitterbaba and definitely one of those things I'm sorry I didn't know more about with my first two. I first tried a wrap which is great for newborns but this carrier also does from 7lb up to when they are a toddler. It comes with a newborn seat too. I really love baby wearing now and it's dead handy for around he house. I carry glitterbaba on my back now if she's just wants to be with me but I have to make dinner or something. I have a full review here if you want to know more and there is a discount code too.
8. Arnica Cream
Arnica is a natural remedy for bruises, sores and aches. Once babies start sitting up they will have inevitably have ittle wobbles that will result in bruises. Same goeS for crawling when they tumble over their own hands coz their little legs are going too fast lol and walking when they will probably walk into a door frame…. or ten! When any of my kids get little knock or fall I apply this straight away, I even put it on myself. It really helps heals the bruises much quicker than leaving them by themselves and you definitely won't feel as sore the next day where you got the bruise. Buy it here
9. Safety 1st Swivel Bath Seat
Last but not least a bath seat! Babies need a lot of baths between food messes and explosive nappies 😛 From when my 2 youngest were about 6 months this seat was a lifesaver for my back. No more bending over struggling to keep them slipping back with one hand and trying to wash them with the other. You can wash and play with them with both hands free with a bath seat. Glitterbaba loved sitting in the bath playing with her older siblings in it <3
Oh, two bits of advice about this seat though. One, of course don't leave baby unattended and second if you have a little boy you might want to put a sponge in between his little nether regions and the bar in the middle…they tend to get a bit squished!
Buy it here
Let me know what you found handy for you baby during the first year and even beyond as I still use lots of the products above! Have you used any in the list above, thoughts?
Come back and check to see if some other parenting bloggers added their baby essentials list.
Yaz x


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If we want to talk about the ultimate staple piece – the white shirt is hand downs #1. You can dress it up or down and either way it's just "classic"! So obvi because I'm pregnant I'm going to have to invest in a white shirt that fits around my belly. Of course I'm trying to still fit in as many of my "regular" clothes until I absolutely cannot. A girl is on a budget. So in my daily run through of clothes I can still manage to get into, I remember that I have the perfect white shirt that I'll probably be able to wear through my entire pregnancy. #LookAtGod. See you know you have too many clothes if you forgettin' you got stuff.
This shirt was a great find too. I had previously seen a young lady walking the streets of NYC with a long white shirt on. It was so good y'all. I mean she had it hooked too. It looked great with pants but it could also be worn as a dress. I was like I have got to find that shirt or at least something close to it. I went to L.A. two years ago for a shoot and spent some time at the Grove. I decided to step into the The Gap, as at that time, the selections were really good. In the past it has been hit or miss for me. This day it was so on point.
And The Gap is known for a good sale honey. If you're lucky to find something, you'll get it for a steal and if you have a Gap card you can get an extra discount off of the sale price on any day. So yeah, having not applied for a credit card in years, I signed right on up. They got me. I just couldn't pass up the extra savings to add to my already discounted items I was purchasing. What could it hurt? I'd just pay my $20 for 10 outfits and pay the card off the same day. No, like for real, the deals in Gap have you walking out wanting to treat yourself to dinner cause you've saved so much money. Needless to say, I sure did walk on over to Cheesecake Factory when I was done.
But anyway, I picked up a few cutesy things to try on before I came across what would eventually be a prized possession. I headed over to the sale rack which normally is crazy and all over the place. Most times I just walk away because I don't even want to deal with all the people, clothes barely hanging on the hangers, on the floor or in the wrong place. But it was pretty organized and not a creature was in sight.
Suddenly, it was if the Lord opened the gates of heaven, glory shined through and there it was — a long white shirt — IN … MY … SIIIIZZZZEE! Unbelievable. I should add, that I rarely find something I like and in my size or color on the sale rack. If I only had $10 in my bank account this shirt was gonna be miinnnne. #SorryNotSorry. I can't even remember what the original price was. All I know is with the sale and extra discount I paid about $9 for that shirt. Nine dollars!! So I was good cause the way my bank account is set up.
I get so many of compliments on this piece from men and women who generally think I've paid a fortune for it. It will be in style for years to come and I can wear it through my pregnancy. HA-LAY-LU!! It is absolutely THEE ultimate staple in my closet.
Here, I've styled 3 ways.
If you don't have a great white shirt in your closet it's time to make the investment. It's one of the most classy pieces of clothing you'll own that will never go out of style! If there is a white shirt you absolutely love, buy two. Over time your white shirts can become yellowish in color and by that time you'll probably have to toss it. If it does become discolored but you love the style and fit of it, dye it your favorite color and keep it around for a few more years.
You won't find this shirt at the Gap currently but here are two similar white shirts currently avail at Everlane and Asos.

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text: Hi every1, Disclaimer: I'm just a webbuilder and fairly new to openldap and ldap, so I probably won't be able to implement some of the ideas below. Some time ago, my college said with a smile: "let's use openldap with postgresql as backend, that would make things easier for us, also it would be incredible cool.". So I told him: "but it would be a lot slower then the a dbm backend, but maybe it's possible to use replication to replicate it to openldap-slave-servers with berkeleydb for example and use those as readonly-slaves." It made me think about that yesterday. Now I don't know about the current state of replication if your using back-sql, but I wouldn't be surprised if it would 'just work', on the other hand I would be surprised if it didn't work at all. Doesn't matter if it does, because obviously that means you can't update the database with SQL. All updates would need to go through slapd. Which isn't pretty, because you'd have a full SQL-engine, but you can't use it to it's fullest potential for making changes. :( So I came up with a list of possible ways to do replication with sql-backends: 1. slapd keeps a replication log... and there are triggers/procedural language in the database that add any changes to that log..., but locking issues make things harder also triggers need to filter out the changes done through ldap. -- so this is a really crappy way of doing it. 2. slapd doesn't keep a replicationlog-file, but triggers in the database write to a file in the format that slurpd understands. Triggers that write to a file doesn't really sound like a great idea, also maybe you get locking issues again, because several triggers at the same time... might wanna write to the file ? well, this could work, but I'm afraid not all, if not most databases don't supporting writing things to a file and using procedural language to create ldif-like entries doesn't really appeal to me. Maybe using something like a message-queue could help for this. 3. simplest way of doing replication is obviously letting the sql-backend do replication, between sql-backends, but it wouldn't be as fast, but you'd have loadbalancing atleast (also replication between different database-vendors possible might not work). but the best option is probably: 4. the database (using triggers/procedural language) keeps a tabel with replication information, which is then read by a modified slurpd. This seems a fairly simple solution, slurpd could even still use the same working methods, copy-data to file and start working, check input-source for news, sleep, etc. Everything that is custom is near the data in the database, where decisions are made, which makes it flexibel. Also the code for OBDC connectivity, etc. which is in slapd van be used in an 'sql-slurpd'. Only thing I was kinda worried about was that if your database-server has a crash or whatever your replication log is gone (or down) too. But if you happen to lose data that way, any data just written to the database would also be lost, so that could solve that problem (you would have no changes to replicate). ;) Well, it's just ideas, but I'd hope some1 would implement it and a very big maybe even I might (help). Hey I might start an interresting discussion, I like discussions, especially if they start progression to something usefull. :) Anyway I hope this was helpfull, Lennie. _____________________________________ New things are always on the horizon.


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When an epidemic spreads in a large way across the world, it is known as a Pandemic. In that sense, every Pandemic is an Epidemic, but every epidemic need not become a pandemic. In some situation, some diseases outbreak in a huge manner across the globe due to various factors. One of the biggest examples of this is smallpox and plague which has killed millions of people across the globe. However, due to advancing medical science, Pandemics are under control in recent years. The most recent pandemic, which created fear across the world is the HIV pandemic and the recent H1N1 pandemic. Among them, HIV and AIDS are the current biggest pandemics affecting millions of people across the world. Creating a mass awareness about the ways in which these diseases spread and ways to prevent them is the only way to control these pandemics.
Now, the difference between Epidemic and Pandemic is clear. While both Epidemic and Pandemic are both outbreaks of diseases, Epidemic is the outbreak of infectious diseases in a smaller geographical region while Pandemic is the outbreak of diseases in a large geographical region affecting people across the world.
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Background and study aims
Nearly 10% of children aged 4 to 5 in England are obese and more than 13% are overweight. . In Wales over 11% of children aged 4-5 are obese and 15% are overweight. Obesity is more common in children from poorer backgrounds. However, we have little information about how to prevent young children becoming obese. It is recommended that pre-school children are physically active for at least 3 hours per day. Yet, only one third of 2 to 4 year olds are physically active for at least 60 minutes per day. Young children do not eat enough fruits and vegetables and most of their sugar intake is from soft drinks. It is important that care environments are healthy to reduce the risk of obesity. Over 3 million children attend some form of child care in England. In England and Wales free child care is available for children aged 3 to 4. This study will aim to test whether we can adapt and use a 6 month programme from the United States called "The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care" (NAP SACC). We will make changes to use it in the UK and test whether we can work with child care providers to make the environments more healthy.
Who can participate?
Child care providers in North Somerset and Cardiff will be invited to take part in the study if they provide a main meal to children. The providers will include day nurseries, private nursery schools, maintained nurseries, Children's Centres with nurseries and pre-schools. Parents of children aged 2-4 in the child care providers will be asked if they would like their child to take part. Children can take part if they receive an average of at least 12 hours per week of child care and receive at least 1 main meal per week provided by the setting.
What does the study involve?
We will work with child care providers and parents before we start using NAP SACC to find out how we need to change to use it in the UK. We will invite child care providers and parents of children in these providers to take part. We will work with 12 providers. Six will be chosen at random to receive NAP SACC UK and six will be chosen at random not to receive NAP SACC UK. The six providers receiving NAP SACC UK will use the NAP SACC UK self assessment tool ('Review and Reflect') to assess their environment with respect to food, drink and physical activity. They will then work with trained staff (NAP SACC UK Partners) to action plan and set goals to make improvements in areas that have been identified as not meeting best practice. This will be supported by workshops and ongoing support over six months. The other half of child care centres will not receive the programme but will take part in the measurements. At the beginning and end of the study we will take measurements from the children in all twelve child care providers. With the parent's agreement we will measure the child's height, weight, physical activity levels and diet. We will also collect information from parents about the child's quality of life. We will collect information about the costs of providing NAP SACC UK. We will be interested in whether it is possible to take the measurements. We will also be interested in comparing the group who have the NAP SACC UK intervention and those who did not. This will help us to see if there may be benefits from using NAP SACC UK. We will also be able to calculate how many child care providers and children we would need for a larger study. At the beginning and end of the study we will talk to child care staff, staff who work to support child care providers and parents about their views on the study.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
The child care providers will gain from having an expert work alongside them to review and offer suggestions for improving the child care environment. The risks of taking part are very small and mainly involve the time taken to participate in the study, the assessments, communication with parents and measurements with children.
Where is the study run from?
The study is led by the University of Bristol with staff involved from the Universities of Cardiff, Glasgow and North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
September 2014 to April 2017
Who is funding the study?
The research costs are funded by the National Institute of Health Research. The costs for running the programme are funded by North Somerset Council and Public Health Wales.
Who is the main contact?
Dr Ruth Kipping
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Contact information
Primary contact
Dr Ruth Kipping
Contact details
School of Social and Community Medicine
University of Bristol
Canynge Hall
39 Whatley Road
United Kingdom
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Study information
Scientific title
NAP SACC UK: A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in child care settings to increase physical activity and healthy eating in 2-4 year olds
Study hypothesis
1. Can the NAP SACC child care intervention from the US be adapted and developed for use in the UK?
2. Does the child care intervention have the potential to increase healthy eating, increase physical activity and decrease sedentary time among 2-4 year old children in child care provider settings?
3. Is it feasible to conduct a cluster RCT evaluation of NAP SACC in child care providers in the UK and how should such a trial be designed?
Ethics approval
1. Phase 1: Intervention adaptation and development - Wales REC 3, 15/09/2014, ref: 14/WA/1134
2. Phase 2: Pilot RCT - Wales REC 3, 18/03/2015, ref: 15/WA/0043
Study design
Feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial with process evaluation and collection of costs to inform a future assessment of cost-effectiveness. The study is multi-centred with two centres.
Primary study design
Secondary study design
Cluster randomised trial
Trial setting
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Physical activity, sedentary time and diet
The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) -http://www.napsacc.org/ - is an intervention delivered in child care centres with the aim of improving policies, practices and the nutrition and physical activity environment, through a process of self-assessment and targeted assistance. NAP SACC is a theory-based programme that employs components of social cognitive theory and socio-ecological framework. Goals of the programme are to improve:
1. The nutritional quality of food served
2. Amount and quality of physical activity
3. Staff-child interactions
4. Centre nutrition and physical activity policy
Intervention type
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
For the purposes of the feasibility study, the primary outcomes are the acceptability of the intervention and the trial methods.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) Instrument score: The (EPAO) instrument was developed for NAP SACC14 and assesses child-care nutrition and physical activity environments, policies, and practices and was developed using the standards, recommendations, and research literature upon which the NAP SACC intervention itself was based. The EPAO consists of a 1-day observation and review of pertinent centre documents using 75-item responses, with the average of all subscale scores representing total nutrition and physical activity scores. The EPAO will be administered by a researcher who will receive a day of training and be blind to child care provider allocation. . The EPAO will be adapted for use in the UK prior to use.
2. Anthropometric measures of children (zBMI and proportion of overweight and obese, as determined by the UK1990 age and gender reference charts at 85% and 95% centiles, respectively; with further sensitivity analysis using the International Obesity Task Force thresholds). All anthropometric measurements will be completed with children in a private area with two DAB checked trained fieldworkers present and a member of nursery staff. Weight will be measured without shoes in light clothing to the nearest 0.1kg using a Seca digital scale. Height will be measured, to the nearest 0.1cm, without shoes using a portable Harpenden stadiometer. Fieldworkers will be trained to ensure correct position for height assessment.
3. Accelerometry measured activity (mean minutes of sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous activity per day). We will use ActiGraph accelerometers which have been described as the most widely used and extensively validated accelerometer for assessment of physical activity among children. We have extensive experience (with over 8000 children) of collecting and processing Actigraph accelerometer data. Accelerometers have been widely used with pre-school aged children. Accelerometers will be worn for five days. Periods of 60-minutes with zero values will be interpreted as time that the monitor is not worn. A day will be considered valid if 8 hours of data are recorded. Mean minutes of sedentary, light, moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity will then be processed using the criteria proposed by van Cauwenberghe et al. Mean accelerometer counts per minute, which provides an indication of the overall volume of physical activity in which the children engage will also be calculated as this approach facilitates comparison with studies that may have applied a different cut-point.
4. Children's food and drink intake specifically fruit and vegetables, snacks and sugar sweetened drinks. Dietary assessment will be performed using the CADET (Child and Diet Evaluation Tool) diary as a 24 hour recall. CADET will be completed by trained fieldworkers for the hours the child is in nursery, and the children's parents (to reflect diet at home) by self-completion. Trained staff will contact non-responders by telephone to complete CADET.
All outcomes (primary and secondary) will be measured at baseline and after approximately 12 months.
Overall trial start date
Overall trial end date
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Participant inclusion criteria
Participants for Phase 1:
1. Child care provider managers and staff in day nurseries, private nursery schools, maintained nurseries, childrens centres with nurseries and pre-schools
2. Health Visitors in North Somerset
3. Healthy Preschool Programme staff in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
4. Early Years staff working at local authorities in North Somerset and Cardiff
5. Parents/carers with children aged 2-4 attending child care providers in North Somerset and Cardiff
Participants for Phase 2:
1. Child care provider managers and staff recruited to the trial
2. NAP SACC Partners (health visitors in North Somerset and Healthy Preschool Programme staff in Cardiff)
3. Parents/carers in the recruited providers with children aged 2-4 attending the providers recruited to the trial
4. Children aged 2-4 attending child care in the recruited providers attending for at least an average of 12 hours per week across the year (15 hours per week term time only), being provided with at least 1 main meal by the child care setting
Participant type
Healthy volunteer
Age group
Target number of participants
12 child care providers and 168 children.
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Child care settings in North Somerset and Cardiff which are:
1.1. Childminders
1.2. Crèches
1.3. Playgroups
1.4. Primary school reception classes, where schools operate an early admission policy to admit four year olds
1.5 Au pairs
1.7 Child care providers previously or currently participating in the Wales Healthy and Sustainable Preschool Scheme
1.8 Child care providers defined as 'Flying Start' centres
2. Children aged <2 and >4 in providers which are recruited
3. Children where the parents know the child will be leaving the child care provider during the academic year September 2015-August 2016
4. Children whose parents/carers refuse consent for measurements
Recruitment start date
Recruitment end date
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
Funder type
Funder name
National Institute for Health Research
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
United Kingdom
Funder name
North Somerset Council
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Funder name
Public Health Wales
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Stored in repository
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2016 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27053273
2018 cross-sectional study results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30428858


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In addition to the benefits of supporting the Lutheran Elementary School Association, a QCD excludes the amount donated from taxable income, which is unlike regular withdrawals from an IRA. Keeping your taxable income lower may reduce the impact to certain tax credits and deductions, including Social Security and Medicare. Also, QCDs don't require that you itemize, which due to the recent tax law changes, means you may decide to take advantage of the higher standard deduction, but still use a QCD for charitable giving.
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With the help of the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis and the generosity of many, LESA's Building Blocks Scholarship Fund is currently $4.7 million and growing. While being good stewards of these gifts, the annual distribution helps meet some of the Building Blocks Scholarship needs, but not all. That is why your gift is so meaningful. Your generous gift will help build a foundation in Jesus Christ for future generations while also being a blessing to our 35 member Lutheran schools. To date, more than $4.1 million in scholarships have been awarded to students enrolled in member schools. For your convenience, download an Endowment Fund Donation Form and return it by mail. Or contact Katherine Auble via email kauble at lesastl dot org or at 314-200-0797 for more information.Download Form
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The Scottish Government launched a public consultation on its new draft Fuel Poverty Strategy on 9 November. The consultation seeks views on proposals to tackle and diminish fuel poverty in Scotland.
The strategy looks at the existing approach to tackling fuel poverty and legislative framework and sets out detailed proposals for a new Fuel Poverty Strategy for Scotland. This is a cross-portfolio endeavour by the Scottish Government to take action to tackle fuel poverty and to enshrine their ambition to eradicate fuel poverty in a new Warm Homes Bill in summer 2018. The deadline for responses is 1 February – the consultation can be accessed via Citizen Space and responses submitted at https://consult.gov.scot/better-homes-division/fuel-poverty/
Scottish Government policy officials will also be holding a series of open consultation events throughout Scotland during December this year.
Confirmed consultation events:
Monday 4 December, Edinburgh, 10:00-13:00
Wednesday 6 December, Inverness, 11:00-15.00
Mon 11 December, Glasgow, 13:00-16:00
Tuesday 12 December, Aberdeen, 13:00-16:00
Tues 19 December, Edinburgh, 09:30-12:30
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Scottish Government officials are happy to do one-on-one Video Conferencing meetings with any stakeholders located in the islands regions who are unable to attend one of the events.
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Hey guys! So, for today's post, I thought I'd switch it up and write a series of mini-reviews for some of the books I've read recently. I've read a decent amount of contemporaries lately that I don't have a *ton* of things to say about, but that I still want to discuss with you guys! Without further ado, let's talk about the books.
The King of Bourbon Street (NOLA Nights, #1) by Thea de Salle
Published by Pocket Star on February 13th 2017
Pages: 304
Hotel chain mogul Sol DuMont is about to learn that some of life's biggest surprises come in deceptively small packages—namely a petite heiress named Rain who's hell-bent on upsetting her family's expectations—in this first book in the all new series by Thea de Salle, set against the sultry backdrop of New Orleans.
Thirty-seven-year-old Sol DuMont is a divorcee and the owner of a mid-sized hotel chain in New Orleans. Since Hurricane Katrina, his father's death, and the decision that he and his ex-wife Maddy are far better off friends than lovers, he's lost interest in almost everything he held dear—parties, people, and pushing limits.
All his limits.
Then Arianna Barrington checks into his hotel.
Twenty-four-year-old Arianna "Rain" Barrington could have been society's sweetheart. Her family is moneyed, connected press darlings, and make sweeping headlines from coast to coast for reasons both good and bad. But when her mother shoves her at Charles Harwood—the obnoxious, entitled heir of Harwood Corp—to cement a billion-dollar business merger, Rain does the only thing she can think of to escape: she creates a scandal so big Harwood doesn't want her anymore before fleeing to New Orleans for much-needed rest and relaxation.
All she wants is jazz piano, beignets, and to sail the Mississippi. What she gets is Sol DuMont, a whirlwind affair, and a hands-on education in sex, power play, and pushing limits.
All her limits.
This was such a pleasant surprise! Romance isn't usually my genre of choice, but sometimes I get a craving for a romance novel, and this one didn't disappoint. Quite frankly, my aversion to romance usually stems from the misogyny and heteronormativity that run rampant in that genre, so The King of Bourbon Street was super refreshing on that front. Our female MC is fat, while our male MC is queer (a label is never specified, I don't think). I loved that our Rain's weight was never treated as a fetish, and she never hated on her own body. This was definitely a super steamy read. It features an age difference and a sub/dom relationship, if those are your thing. Overall, this is one of the best romances I've read recently! Super hot, super fat positive (more of this, please!), and generally a fun, quick read. Oh, and if you're still not sold on reading this book? Rain has an adorable corgi named Freckles.
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
Published by Katherine Tegen Books on September 20th 2016
Pages: 341
Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn't feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was murdered three years ago and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best. The language of violence.
While her crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can't be trusted among other people, even in her small hometown. She relegates herself to the shadows, a girl who goes unseen in plain sight, unremarkable in the high school hallways.
But Jack Fisher sees her. He's the guy all other guys want to be: the star athlete gunning for valedictorian with the prom queen on his arm. Guilt over the role he played the night Anna's body was discovered hasn't let him forget Alex over the years, and now her green eyes amid a constellation of freckles have his attention. He doesn't want to only see Alex Craft; he wants to know her.
So does Peekay, the preacher's kid, a girl whose identity is entangled with her dad's job, though that does not stop her from knowing the taste of beer or missing the touch of her ex-boyfriend. When Peekay and Alex start working together at the animal shelter, a friendship forms and Alex's protective nature extends to more than just the dogs and cats they care for.
Circumstances bring Alex, Jack, and Peekay together as their senior year unfolds. While partying one night, Alex's darker nature breaks out, setting the teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever.
This book is probably my favorite of the bunch. I love, love, love a dark YA contemporary, and The Female of the Species definitely fits the bill. It's a brutal, honest exploration of rape culture and misogyny. The story is told through three POVs– which McGinnis handled masterfully, I must say– and all of the main characters are flawed (or "morally gray," as all the cool kids say), which makes the story all the more real. While reading this, I kind of felt like I was being repeatedly punched in the stomach, but there was also some genius dark humor woven throughout. I don't know, man, I just can't form coherent thoughts on this book, but I can tell you that it's one I think everyone should read (just don't go in expecting a feel-good YA contemporary). Trigger warning for sexual assault, rape, murder, and animal cruelty.
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers on February 14th 2017
Pages: 234
You go through life thinking there's so much you need…
Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother.
Marin hasn't spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend, Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she's tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit, and Marin will be forced to face everything that's been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart.
I wanted to love We Are Okay. I really did. Nina Lacour has written some of my all-time favorite books, but this one fell a little short for me. The prose is stunning, no doubt. However, the story just didn't capture me. Also, after the big twist was revealed, it just felt overdone… like something I've read or watched before. I really liked the friendship between Marin and Mabel, and I adored how wonderful Mabel's family was. As always in Lacour's books, the representation was excellent; Marin is a lesbian, and Mabel is Latina and bisexual. I also enjoyed that the book involved college-aged characters and was set at a university, but it didn't read like a "new adult" book– I'd love to see more of this in YA! This was a quietly powerful book, which was fitting for the subject matter. We Are Okay is certainly a poignant exploration of grief and loss, but it definitely left me feeling underwhelmed.
The Melody of You and Me (Lillac Town, #1) by M. Hollis
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on February 19th 2017
Pages: 144
After dropping out of university and breaking up with her girlfriend of three years, Chris Morrison's life is now a mind-numbing mess. She doubts that working at the small neighborhood bookstore is going to change that. The rest of her time is spent mostly playing guitar and ignoring the many messages her mother keeps sending her about going back to college.But one day, an adorable and charming new bookseller waltzes her way into Chris's life. Josie Navarro is sweet, flirty, and she always has a new book in her hands. The two girls start a fast friendship that, for Chris, holds the promise of something more. But is she reading too much into this or is it possible that Josie feels the same way?
This novella is too cute! It's an f/f romance set in a bookstore, so basically, reading this felt like wish-fulfillment for me. I love that The Melody of You and Me involves a romance with little to no drama, and of course I always love stories where queer people get happy endings. The representation in this one rocks, too. It's one of the few books I've read with a pansexual MC, and our love interest is a Filipina lesbian. Plus, it's very sex-positive! Basically, it's a wonderfully adorable, diverse read, and I can't wait to read the companion novel, The Paths We Choose, which comes out in a few short weeks!
The Heartbeats of Wing Jones by Katherine Webber
Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on March 14th 2017
Pages: 336
Wing Jones, like everyone else in her town, has worshipped her older brother, Marcus, for as long as she can remember. Good-looking, popular, and the star of the football team, Marcus is everything his sister is not, and Wing is all too aware of this.
Until the night when everything changes. Marcus, drunk at the wheel after a party, kills two people and barely survives himself. With Marcus now in a coma, Wing is crushed, confused, and angry—could Marcus, the golden boy, really have done something so irresponsible, so reckless? She is tormented at school for Marcus's mistake, haunted at home by her mother's and grandmothers' grief. To make matters worse, the bank is threatening to repossess her family's house because all their money is going to pay her brother's mounting medical bills.
Every night, unable to sleep, Wing finds herself sneaking out to go to the school's empty track. With the breeze in her hair and her feet pounding the dirt for hours and hours, she can imagine she is keeping Marcus's heart beating. If she runs hard enough, maybe he'll wake up. Maybe she'll free her family.
When Aaron, Marcus's best friend, sees her running one night, he recognizes that her speed, skill, and agility could get her spot on the track team—and better still, a shot at a coveted sponsorship from a major athletic gear company. Wing can't pass up the opportunity to train with her longtime crush and to help her struggling family, but can she handle being thrust out of Marcus's shadow and into the spotlight?
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
This is one of those books I simply don't have much to say about. I enjoyed Wing Jones, but I didn't think it was anything revolutionary. I loved the character growth Wing undergoes throughout the book, and I also really loved how central a role Wing's family played in her life (her grandmas were probably my favorite characters in the book). I wasn't completely sold on the romance, though. One other thing I adored about this book was the setting: it's set in Atlanta (my city) in the 90's! I loved the homage to my city– I saw a lot of the city I know and love portrayed in this book, even though the story leaves off shortly after I would have been born, lol. I really appreciate that the author didn't whitewash Atlanta. In that vein, though I really appreciated the diversity in this book, I felt as though the author (a white woman) was maybe writing outside her lane at times? The cultural elements seemed well-researched and respectful, but the authenticity of a true #ownvoices book was missing. Idk. I'll update this post once I do more research into her writing process and once I find reviews by people who are part of the cultures portrayed in the book. The bottom line? I liked this book; I just didn't love it.
Have you read any of these books? If so, tell me your thoughts! If not, do you plan to read them?


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Penn State Football: National Analyst Breaks Down Nittany Lions' Early Recruiting Success
In many ways, the start of the Bill O'Brien era at Penn State couldn't have gone much better for him.
Numerous speaking engagements, a friendly relationship with the media, and respect for Penn State traditions have helped the 42-year-old O'Brien win over many of his early critics after spending the past five seasons with the New England Patriots.
While O'Brien has yet to coach a game inside of Beaver Stadium, his impact on the football program's future has already been felt.
As of Thursday, Penn State had received the verbal commitments from a quartet of four-star athletes, as well as five-star tight end prospect, Adam Breneman.
The sudden burst of success on the recruiting trail has been a welcome sight for Nittany Lions fans who have seen only one recruiting class rank in the Top 10 nationally since 2002, according to Rivals.com.
Even in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal and the departure of former head coach Joe Paterno, Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Mike Farrell said he expected Penn State to do OK in its recruiting efforts.
"What made Penn State good hasn't changed." Farrell said. "The locker room hasn't changed the fans, the stadium, the history and tradition hasn't changed. I didn't think it would be this quick and immediate, but I knew Penn State would be better off with an active head coach. People don't understand the limitations the staff was working with since around 2006 or so.
"When kids took visits to campus they limited the amount of time they spent with Joe. He wasn't the kind of guy you could bring out and say 'he'll be your coach for the next five years', Bill O'Brien is a guy you can trot out front and center and say 'Hey, this is our guy.'
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Considering factors such as Breneman's lifelong love of Penn State, and the friendship between defensive end Garrett Sickels and offensive tackle Brendan Mahon, it would be easy to claim O'Brien's success on the recruiting trail as good fortune rather than recruiting savvy.
Farrell says that O'Brien deserves a lot more credit for what he has done so far, despite losing on out Maryland transfer quarterback Danny O'Brien (Wisconsin), offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey (Notre Dame) and wide receiver Ryan Switzer (North Carolina).
"Some of these kids might have headed elsewhere," Farrell said. "Breneman dreamed about playing for Penn State but O'Brien recruited Breneman very well. Sickels had every offer in the world, and when scandal hit, Mahon, who is a Penn State fan as well started looking at other places too.
"Kids have grown up wanting to play for Penn State, but that hasn't landed them all there over the past five years. They've lost some of those guys, and now they're not. That's O'Brien."
O'Brien and his staff will have an opportunity to get back on the right foot this weekend as they host verbally committed players such as Breneman and four-star quarterback Christian Hackenberg, and several other prospects, including Philadelphia native David Williams, the top-rated running back in the state.
Moving forward, the 2012-13 season may be the most important for Bill O'Brien and his staff as they look to sustain their rather hot start on the recruiting trail.
"In order to keep it going they'll need to win, and play in a BCS bowl," Farrell said "A 6-6 season, or a bad year, and you'll see vultures circling trying to pick up some of the big name guys Penn State has, O'Brien is doing the first part great, but he needs to win as well."
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This is my first time going to Osaka so of course I have to visit the EXPOCITY! The largest complex in Japan has just opened recently in Osaka. I decided to visit the Pokemon Gym, Nifrel and the Gundam cafe! Oh and don't forget to visit the ALL YOU CAN EAT KFC. I missed it 🙁 Since we ate at the Gundam cafe, but if you ever visit – make sure you eat at the all you can eat!! Visit the full map here.
It's such a neat little aquarium, everything is 3D!!! Although everything in there was giving me major headache since everything is 3D. They have pretty neat things in here.
Pokemon Gym
I didn't actually pay to go inside…. I've read some of the reviews and many said it's only good if you have children with you. Since I don't….. we decided to skip it, but I did picked up some really neat souvenirs!
Gundam Cafe
Who else wanted to come here. Of course my husband!!!
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Make sure you get the Cherry Blossom Frapp!!!! I also picked up an unlimited edition of their Osaka tumbler! There's always shopping in Japan! Make sure you head to LaLaport mall!
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(1925 – 2006)
oil on composition board
91.5 x 122.0 cm
signed lower right: Coburn.
signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: JOHN COBURN "TABLELAND" … / 11/688 OLD STH HD RD ROSE BAY 9/60
$20,000 – 30,000
Sold for $61,000 (inc. BP) in Auction 52 - 29 November 2017, Melbourne
Peter Laverty, Sydney, acquired directly from the artist in 1960 (label attached verso)
Thence by descent
Private collection, Sydney
Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2003, pl. 33, pp. 57 (illus.), 213
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1960 was an important year for John Coburn; he won the prestigious Blake Prize for religious art, enabling the artist to buy his first house, which importantly came with a garage that of course was quickly converted into his studio. It was also the year he held his third solo exhibition in Sydney at the Macquarie Galleries, which attracted enthusiastic responses including that of the budding art critic Robert Hughes:
'Coburn is unlike any other significant Australian non-figurative painter in that his work is deadpan, unmarked by the evidence of struggle which gives other abstracts their peculiar intensity. He pushes his greens and pinks and rusty browns around the canvas until they fall, almost with audible click, into place. It may all look effortless and inevitable, as though the problems of painting had given way to those of assembling a jigsaw puzzle. His intuition does not, it seems, unfold itself during the final creative act; everything is thought out beforehand …
… Mr Coburn is an ideographic painter, and like others of his kind he works in a rigid range of symbols, in conformity with the traditions of ideographic art, with as little personal flourish as possible … the essence of Mr Coburn's vision is its dedicated, sustained search for a visual equivalent to the underlying order of nature – whatever it is that binds rocks, earth, fruit, sun, sky, flowers and people into an immense whole. He has a great deal to say; he proceeds slowly, and his work records the blind alleys as well as the steps forward, but this near-religious ambition gives it an impressive inner coherence'.1
Hughes begins with an interesting observation because, at the time, abstract painting in Sydney was very much a lyrical affair. Many painters presented their abstract works as 'landscapes' and therefore organic colour and curves were staple features. Coburn's broad primordial forms, with their slabs of secondary colour, must have come as a cool antidote to the wristy arabesques of the likes of Passmore and Olsen. As though compensating for the lack of lyricism in the work, the artist adds foreign matter such as sand to the paint in order to add complexity to the surface. The resulting richly textured surface serves to enhance the otherwise austere forms which make up much of the work.
In Tableland, 1960, the moon or sun hangs high in the sky and anchors the work as 'a landscape'. This circular form also acts as a counterpoint to the angular planes, as well as giving a domestic scale to the shapes which make up the painting. These forms rise on two sturdy vertical trunks which support the notion of a tableland within the landscape, the floating forms nudging the images gently in the direction of the later works for which the artist is best known.
John Coburn's popularity has endured and continued to grow steadily over many years, and through his many solo exhibitions, important commissions and prestigious awards he has well and truly cemented his place in the canon of Australian painting.
1. Hughes, R., 'Coburn Jigsaws', Nation, Sydney, 19 November 1960


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Patrick McLaughlin is senior vice president and chief sustainability officer of Verisk Analytics. Since 2014, he has worked with leadership and employees across the company to create the environmental, social, and governance framework underlying Verisk's corporate social responsibility program.
Mr. McLaughlin brings many years of Verisk and ISO experience to the position. He began his career in regulatory affairs, then managed client relations, and later served as special assistant to the president during ISO's conversion to a for-profit company during the mid-1990s. From 1996 to 2008, Mr. McLaughlin and his management team led the financial and operational turnaround of ISO's national property services business, publishing first-ever public opinion research demonstrating how ISO's municipal fire grading activities benefit communities throughout the nation. In 2009, he led the company's Information Systems & Technology operation during the search for a permanent executive.
Mr. McLaughlin holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Notre Dame and earned a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from New York Law School. He practiced law with the former New York firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae and also worked as an elementary school teacher and coach. He has broad experience as an active volunteer in the community, with local government, and as a trustee for various not-for-profit organizations and schools.
Mr. McLaughlin is a steward of the Verisk Leadership Institute and regularly serves as a mentor to executives participating in Verisk's Leadership Excellence Program.


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GuatemalaSoccer.com – I have friend and family ties to Guatemala so this was a no brainer for me. I found this nice .com on Bill's Available List last week. All major country+soccer .coms are taken, especially Latin American countries! Of course, soccer is the most popular sport in Guatemala. I was quite surprised to find this one on an expired list.


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Here is a list of what you'll most likely find in my camera bag.
Nikon Df
The Df is Nikon's first attempt at the world of digital retro following Fujifilm's success. Designed to look like a bulky FE/FM of old, the Df uses the same 16MP CMOS sensor as the D4 and consequently the result is incredible. The detail in its images are as staggering as its high ISO performance. This camera replaces my older D60 to become my digital work horse.
Nikon F Series
The Nikon F series has proved to be the world's standard for top of the line SLR cameras. They were designed for journalists to be adaptable, reliable and often indestructible. They have been used to capture every inch of this planet, every conflict since their release and even taken into space. They are special cameras, as are many of the Nikkor lenses that have been designed for them. I currently own and use the F3, F4 and F5. The F4 has seen most of the work lately as it is the most compatible of these Nikons and built like a brick. The F5 is also an incredible camera and my favourite. Even today's top of the line digital cameras owe much of their development to the F5. The F3 on the other hand is arguably the best 35mm manual focus camera ever made. It has been the workhorse of many leading photographers and photojournalists and still continues to produce stunning images 30 years after it was first introduced. As a testament to its design Nikon kept it in production for 21 years!
Nikonos V
This is the last Nikonos underwater rangefinder camera produced by Nikon. It's as solid as it looks and relatively easy to use. The 15mm shown above is corrected for underwater use only and as a result is sharper than anything else produced to date. Underwater photography is not an easy subject to master but this makes it a whole lot of fun.
Nikkor Family
Nikkor was the reason to shoot Nikon and still is. Unless you're a Leica Man, good Nikkor glass is hard to beat. No zoom's to see here either, just solid little primes. Each one carefully picked for it's optical qualities and usefulness. These are my eyes in which to view and record the world.
Fuji GW690III
This oversized 6×9 rangefinder from Fujifilm is dubbed the 'Texas Leica' for obvious reasons. The technical image quality possible is astonishing with only 8 frames per roll of 120 film. Not without it's compromises this mechanical camera lets you slow down and enjoy the art of making images.
I almost exclusively shoot slide film for most of my work. Print film has never given me the colours or contrast that I need. There are many films to choose from and I have tried most of them. My preference is Fujifilm Velvia 50 and Kodak E100VS for the super saturated stuff followed by Fujifilm Provia 100F if portraits and less wild colours are desired. The more complicated E6 process means that I send all of my film away for developing and scanning. Standard hi-res scans equivalent to just over 7MP are what I get in return and are more than sufficient for a good 8×12 print. For larger prints and more detailed work I will send the film away for virtual drum scanning.
Filters are an important part of photography, especially for film where your white balance is fixed. All lenses should have a good quality UV filter to protect them. Other than that, full ND and grad ND filters are essential to balance the sky or slow things down. Occasionally I use a 81A to warm things up and have just started experimenting with the Tiffen CC30M (colour correcting 30 points of magenta) thanks to some of the inspiring work of Joe McNally. The ND400 is a special use only. I also have a C-PL but rarely use it. With all my filters they are either 52mm or 77mm.
The Light Table and the Loupe
There is only one way to appreciate reversal film. Look at it on a light table for what it really is – vibrant and stunningly colourful! Colour is everything when it comes to this type of film and it is why I use it. There is also a unique depth given to the images when backlit. A good quality loupe is also a must if you are going to shoot and view slides. There are many out there so let me simplify the choice for you – Mamiya. Their optical and build quality are second to none. I also have a 22x Peak loupe for close up work though seldom use it.


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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Trifold Shutter Card with Adaptation and Presentation Box.
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Wow, love it, simply stunning. Thanks for sharing in our Vintage challenge over at Creative Craft Cottage.ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks so much Eileen - I love doing these and I feel this template I've done gives you a lot more room to write on the last page. Ange:)Delete
This is so gorgeous sweetie. A real stunner. The card and box are both awesome. I spotted you over on Make it Monday and popped over for a closer look and I am so glad that I did.ReplyDelete
That is so nice of you Cathy, so lovely to hear from you. Thanks so much. I finally got over the magic 100 followers. I've been trying so hard to keep people interested in my blog. Ange hugs xxooDelete
This card is gorgeous, and the box also. What a great tip about using 2 sided paper for this type of card. Thanks for the inspiration and our great comment on my blog.ReplyDeleteReplies
My absolute pleasure, thank you for your kind comments. Happy Crafting! AngexxooDelete
Fantastic work Angela!! Love the color palette!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Pam, lovely of you to stop by, it's getting hard to think of different things to put on my blog to try and build my group of followers. On my way to my goal of 200 followers. Might do some candy soon to reach my 200th follower. Ange:)Delete
Fabulous - a very special card.ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining us at One Stitch at a Time this week, and good luck!Replies
Thanks for stopping by Josephine, I do appreciate it. AngexxooDelete
What an awesome and creative fold and a great card. Thanks so much for sharing with us this week. I hope that you will continue to stop by and share with us.ReplyDelete
God bless you!
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I really love your site Karen and if my project fits will always enter your challenges. Ange xxooDelete
Beautiful card and box Angela. I saw this on MIM..LozReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Loz, I would love you to become one of my followers and join my blog. Happy Crafting! Ange xxooDelete
Hi Angela, your card is just gorgeous and the matching box is fantastic!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the very kind comment on my blog and becoming a follower - I am now following you as well!
My pleasure Sarah, thank you so much for becoming a follower. Thank you for your kind comments. It's hard to keep thinking of new ideas and keeping people interested in your blog. Happy Crafting! AngexxooDelete
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us at Word Art Wednesday this week. Blessings, Carole DTReplyDelete
PS outstanding comes to mind as well.
You are too kind, thanks for stopping by Carole. Ange hugs and may you have a blessed day! AngexxooReplyDelete
Great card shape. I saw this on MIM.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Margaret, lovely to see you here at my blog. Would love you to join my blog as one of my followers. I have a easel drawer card coming up on my blog on Friday. Happy Crafting AngexxooDelete
Wow, this is beautiful. I love your papers and the whole layout and colours. Thank you for sharing with us at Make it Monday!ReplyDelete
Have a great week
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Thank you so much for stopping by Rachael - I do appreciate it on my way to my goal of reaching 200 followers by August. Ange:)Delete
Awesome card Angela and love this tri fold one, I do different ones but like the idea of the wider section at the end. Thanks for your sweet comment and I too have joined your blog...keeping in touch...xAnnieReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so very much for stopping by Annie, I do really appreciate it as I strive to reach 200 followers by August. I do appreciate very much you becoming one of them, I have considered offering Candy to reach the 200 but just have to work out how to do that on my blog. Ange:)Delete
This is truly beautiful! I love the colors you have chosen! Did you make those lovely flowers? This is a very inspiring card and the box is equally beautiful.ReplyDelete
I might have to try that fold! Thanks for the inspiration!Replies
Hi Cathy Firstly, thank you so very much for your lovely comments on my journey to reach my goal of having 200 followers by August, If you haven't already I would really appreciate you becoming one of my followers by joining my blog. I will be putting up a easel drawer card tomorrow. The flower on the box is from Molossi Designs - there retail store is on my blog on the right hand side at the bottom and the other handmade flower was made by a lovely lady who sells them on facebook. I strive to have at least 10 projects on my blog every month and I do try and do unusual cards as well - it's my passion. Happy Crafting! Ange:)Delete
WOW! What an amazing fold on this beautiful card!ReplyDelete
Thank you for participating in the OSAAT challenge this week!
thanks for dropping by Jeanette, glad you like my card. Would love you to consider joining my blog. Posting a easel drawer card tomorrow. Ange xxooReplyDelete
What a wonderful project! Thank you for joining us at Crafts Galore Challenge. I hope you'll join us in our next challenge.ReplyDelete
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Hi La - Vie I am following you know , hope you will follow me too, Thanks for stopping by. Happy Crafting! AngexxooDelete
Wow! This is stunning! Looks very complicated to make. Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week. Good luck. Maggie - DTReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Margaret I'm glad you liked it, I gave it to a sick friend and it cheered her up. Mission accomplished. Ange:)Delete
Awesome Card! You have some Amazing projects on your Blog and use so many Beautiful Colours! Have a Great Week!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Jennifer, would love you to join my blog. I appreciate you stopping by. Ange:)Delete


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President Bush today named John Brauman, the J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, as one of eight pioneering researchers to receive the 2002 National Medal of Science.
"Brauman advanced scientific knowledge by demonstrating differences in chemical reactivity in the presence or absence of solvent, making it possible to infer the role solvent plays in chemical stability and reactivity," lauded a White House press release. "He developed techniques for exploring and enhancing understanding of energy transfer and its effects on chemical dynamics."
Established by Congress in 1959, the medal is the nation's highest scientific honor. For a complete list of winners, see http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/nms/medal.htm.
Brauman's medal brings the number awarded to Stanford including the Hoover Institution to 30.
Richard N. Zare, the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford and a 1983 winner of the National Medal of Science, called Brauman's contributions to the field "spectacular," saying they changed the way chemists regard the properties of ions and the mechanisms of ion-molecule reactions. "No person has done more to help us understand the important role solvent molecules play in ion chemistry than John Brauman," he said.
"John Brauman has made major contributions to chemistry, in particular the field of ionic reactions and the crucial role of the medium in which these reactions occur," said John Ross, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at Stanford and a 1999 winner of the National Medal of Science. "His work provides a basic framework for understanding and predicting so much of solution and gas-phase reactions."
Chemical reactions can take place in solvents or solids, and the reactants often are not electrically neutral. To the contrary, they have charges that can interact very strongly with the solvents.
Brauman explained his work during an interview in his office in the Mudd Building. "One of the problems is when you make an observation -- how strong an acid is or how fast a reaction goes or how the reaction rate depends on the structure -- what you see is a combination of what the reactivity would have been without the solvent plus what the solvent is doing," he said. "What our research has been all about is trying to take those two things apart by looking at those reactions where there isn't any solvent around."
Looking at reactions essentially in a vacuum -- out of the context in which they occur in, say, biological or industrial solvents -- Brauman has learned a lot about their intrinsic reactivity. By demonstrating differences in chemical reactivity in the presence or absence of solvent, he has been able to infer the role solvent plays in chemical stability and reactivity.
To carry out an experiment that will allow study of a reaction without any solvent around requires a special technology that puts the charged reactants in a gaseous state. One example of that technology, developed in the 1960s, ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, was developed by former Stanford faculty member John Baldeschwieler (now at Caltech), who won the National Medal of Science in 2000. Brauman used it to look at simple organic acids and bases undergoing reactions in a vacuum, which gave him a unique window into the equilibria and kinetics of the chemical reactions.
"One thing that makes organic chemistry interesting, in part, is the small structural changes you can make and the way the systems respond," Brauman said. "The reason our work was initially startling was that people made observations [in solvent] about what was a strong acid and what was a weaker acid and then tried to make hypotheses about the origin of these effects. And as it happens, if you take the solvent away then the effects are sometimes different."
He was first to show that many simple organic compounds have reversed acidity and basicity between the gas and liquid phase, and that meant that some hypotheses about acid/base chemistry, based on simplistic models, had to be wrong. The new knowledge created by his fundamental research has had profound effects on organic and biological chemistry and related fields.
"Brauman was able to rationalize both the gas phase and the solution behavior -- and he put them on a much more substantial footing," Zare said. "He subsequently developed powerful methods for describing solvation effects in ionic reactions. In recent work, he has shown that simple hydrogen-bonded complexes can have structures and properties that are quite different from those predicted by simple models. This work promises to make our pictures of hydrogen bonding much clearer."
In related work, Brauman studied how much energy it took to remove electrons from negative ions -- a measure of their absolute energetics. Determining accurate electron affinities of many molecules has provided new insights into the energetics of negatively charged ions. In addition, Brauman has undertaken studies to explore and understand energy transfer and its effects on reaction dynamics.
Career path
Born in Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, 1937, Brauman received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT in 1959 and his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California-Berkeley in 1963. He completed a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California-Los Angeles before coming to Stanford, where he worked as an assistant professor (1963-1969), associate professor (1969-1972) and professor (1972 to present). He served as Chemistry Department chair from 1979 to 1983 and from 1995 to 1996 and as cognizant dean for natural sciences from 1999 to 2003.
Brauman's numerous awards include the Willard Gibbs Medal, the Linus Pauling Medal, the James Flack Norris Award in Physical-Organic Chemistry, the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, the Harrison Howe Award and the Award in Pure Chemistry -- all from the American Chemical Society -- as well as the National Academy of Sciences Award in the Chemical Sciences and a Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching from Stanford.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society, an honorary fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and a member and home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences.
Author of more than 300 publications, Brauman has chaired Science magazine's senior editorial board since 2001, and was the magazine's deputy editor for physical sciences from 1985 to 2000.
John Brauman
Stanford Report, October 29, 2003


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