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A little twangy but I like it.
Looking back
At the dead ends and the detours
All I can do is long for a straighter line
Yeah, I was lost
I had no way of knowin'
Where the twists and turns were goin'
But sometimes, just gotta let the road wind
Could it have been easier?
A little smoother ride
Maybe so
But lying here with you
Would I change one thing 'bout that road?
I believe
Things happen for a reason
Even though you might not see it
At the time
Cause' now I know
Every plan that came unraveled
Every crooked path I traveled in my life
Led me here to your side
Could it have been easier?
A little smoother ride
Maybe so
But lying here with you
Would I change one thing 'bout that road?
Yeah, I finally found you...
No ~~ Jason Aldean
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sing Along Time
A little twangy but I like it.
Posted by Kimberly at 6:52 PM 6 comments
All Rise....
For the Honorable Heff. Judge Heff, with Baliff Donna by his side, who bowed out of a somewhat limelight gracefully 4 months ago has just announced his comeback tour. Welcome back you Nikki Sixx lovin' dirty ol' fuck.
Posted by Kimberly at 2:22 PM 6 comments
Here Pup-Pup!
While its true that some consider our dogs part of our family or even our children when is too much too much?
Weddings for dogs?
60% of your clothing features likenesses of your beloved canines?
If someone speaks of a real child & another chimes in with the same story regarding a dog?
If someone speaks of a human death & the only association you can make is that of a pup?
Don't get me wrong folks and remember I am childless but...I have dogs and I love, love those cutie patooties but I know where to draw the line(at least in public). If someone talks about their kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews or some other version of a little people and because I don't have any of these I simply but out of the conversation.
Posted by Kimberly at 7:44 AM 10 comments
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Is It Wrong? (just two more)
Team blogs. Is blogging so hard that it takes more than one person to put down their own ideals and opinions? I thought blogging was a sort of independent thought itself?
Political blogs. Yes, I voted. No I don't understand every platform. I can not tell you the difference between liberal vs. conservative other than in my mind liberal means very open minded & conservative means you play your cards close the vest & you aren't wasteful. Both are probably wrong. Republican vs. Democrat? I don't even know where to start. Seems like everyone got on some type of bandwagon this year albeit political or college football fanaticism. Everyone rode the Obama train & all the others rode the cruise ship into Alaska.
Another example - fashion. Maybe its because the media really emphasizes Herve Lager classic styles or the utmost importance of a Louis Vuitton speedy bag. Who really of the middle class working folk knew who Mr. Blahnik was before Sex and the City? I get the idea of wearing brand name clothing. Otherwise how would you achieve popularity in middle or high school?
There was a time when politics and religion were considered rude topics. There was a time when you would never ask someone where they got something or how much something cost because it also considered rude. But there has always been a time when we judged people based on their clothing, political stance and college football choice which is a form of rudeness all it's own.
Are we just rude people?
Posted by Kimberly at 12:12 PM 13 comments
Deep Thought of the Day
"What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk?" ~~ Jack Handy
Posted by Kimberly at 8:34 AM 10 comments
Monday, February 22, 2010
Man Candy Monday
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
I Call Bullshit
All women, well maybe not all, the vast majority of us has someone in our life called a gynecologist. In short, the gyno cops a feel and makes it to third base without even buying you a drink.
Anyway. I called my GYN today to make an appointment for my annual check up. Previous to the phone call today I had called in November 2009 to schedule something in January 2010. The pleasant voice on the other line told me because I had visited in March 2009 that an annual visit in January 2010 might not be covered by my insurance because it had not been 12 months. Ok. I'll call in January for March, so I thought. The first available appointment is July 20, 2010. A full 6 months away. Can you believe that shit?
Oh one more thing - I called the office number & this is what I hear "If you are in labor please press 7"....wow.
Posted by Kimberly at 4:47 PM 7 comments
Monday, February 15, 2010
I am not part of a religion that practices lent but because I am nosey at best, I like to find out what others give up for self-denial. Most people I know give up some type of alcohol consumption. Good thing my religion doesn't practice lent, but if it did and I were a practicing "lenter" I'd give up one the following:
Rocket Science
Tea & crumpets
What are you giving up?
Posted by Kimberly at 2:28 PM 10 comments
Man Candy Monday
I've been a little lax of late with the ogling of pecks, dimples & non-receding hairlines. To redeem myself of my absence I give you...
Posted by Kimberly at 10:05 AM 10 comments
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Ode to My Mother
On a day in 1955 a baby girl was born. That baby girl was my mother and that day is today, February 12th.
So this is for the birthday girl.
Posted by Kimberly at 7:13 AM 8 comments
Thursday, February 11, 2010
*Choose Your Own Title
I must be the most cynical and miserable person in the world --- newborn baby blogs? Cat blogs? Crafty blogs? Am I that bitter or just plain ol' boring? Millions of blogs and I have a found a handful that I can bare to stomach. What the fuck? I am friends with cat lovers and quilters. However, I choose not to become friends with people who have children and the people I do consider friends who do have children, well I am never around their kids. People who have children tend to lose themselves(hey, my blog, my opinion) in carpooling, homework, baseball, gymnastics, after school care, tee-ball practice, chicken nuggets & juice boxes. My mother was very um, around in my childhood but I walked to school (for real), I coordinated my own travel to volleyball, softball, football games and practices from age 10 to 17. I cleaned my own room. I took care of the material things I had. I ate what was put before me. I went to bed at 8:00 PM even when I was a senior in high school. I was spanked as a younger child and when I got older my parents resorted to "talking" and "grounding". My parents set restrictions and rules - I followed them with no feet stomping, breathe holding episodes. If I fucked up, I accepted the punishment.
What has happened to the parents of today? "If you do that one more time" turns into12 more times. Time outs? Rolling in the floor? Noodle body?
I guess I am not a parent because I'd probably end up in jail for child abuse.
Please, please point me in the direction of interesting reads - humor, drug abuse, confessionals, hoarders, shop-a-holics, alcoholics, posts that make you cry and those that make you feel good. I'll be waiting.
Posted by Kimberly at 10:02 AM 16 comments
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Random Thoughts 16
Training bra. Why is it called a training bra?
Snack. Fun to say. Fun to eat. Oh snack, did you eat that?
I think I have a mild obession with the Kennedy family...
The Kennedy's (Jack, Bobby, Ted, John Jr.) possibly have the most perfect sets of teeth I've seen that look untouched by dental correcting - toothy, straight & white.
Posted by Kimberly at 9:54 AM 7 comments
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler
It's that time of year - when chaos & debauchery is led in the streets by drunken, masked marauders. When people wrestle over plastic strings of pearls & the token peanut butter moon pie. When the words "Hey Mister, throw me something" rolls off the tongues of everyone lining the parade route. When you learn just what the magical qualities of "jungle juice" are. When toothless wonders and "old money" stand side by side swilling mass quantities of Bud Light. When colors of purple, green and gold are hanging from every balcony, covering bodies of the young and old. A culture shock for some and traditions for others. A true sight to behold and a hangover to experience.
"I have trouble explaining to out-of-towners why people here spend $1,000 to wear a mask so no one knows who they are, and then give away things to people they've never met. But I guess it's an opportunity for everybody to play Santa Claus. That's at the heart of it." ~ Arthur Hardy
Mobile isn't New Orleans but it is the same grand ol' party.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! ~~ Let the good times roll!
Posted by Kimberly at 7:31 AM 6 comments
Monday, February 8, 2010
Every Day Use
I often use words & I know what they mean but don't know the exact definition of them...so this morning three words came to mind:
Shallow - 1. of little depth; not deep
2. lacking depth; superficial
Shrewd - 1. astute or sharp in practical matters
2. keen; piercing
Mealy Mouth - No back-bone. Passive. Submissive. Perceived as a "sweet" person. A term mostly applied to women (by other women) who will neither engage in straight conversation nor take action.
Frank - direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere
I don't think I've ever called anyone shallow but I have swam in shallow water.
I have never really used the word shrewd & for some reason when I think of this word
I think of Elizabeth Taylor.
Well I can't say I've used mealy mouth either but I heard Scarlett O'Hara use it once. "You'd rather live with that silly little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes" or "no" and raise a passel of mealy-mouthed brats just like her."
Can I be frank? Well, frankly I've probably never used it either. Forever I thought it meant can I be Frank? Like a famous Frank - Frank Sinatra or Frankenstein.
You feel smarter now, don't you?
Posted by Kimberly at 10:13 AM 4 comments
Thursday, February 4, 2010
We all have a our own vocabulary. Catalogs of words that make us fill up with some exuberant zeal. Some are fun to say, some to feel and some to have. My over zealous catalog includes these:
And there are some words that make me cringe and I try to use sparingly:
Pelvic Exam
Your turn...
Posted by Kimberly at 8:23 AM 8 comments
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Medicinal Purposes?
I am not a connoisseur but more of a novice when it comes to recreational drug use. I don't use drugs - illegal, prescription - for two reasons: I have an addictive personality and my so called "deep pockets" are reserved for handbag purchases only. I did no research of my own regarding Ambien, I thought I would get all the answers I needed from other blogging geniuses. What triggered this post are two verses to two different songs listed below:
The city never sleeps,
better slip you an Ambien ~~ Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z w/Alicia Keys
Red wine and Ambien
You're talking shit again ~~ John Mayer, Heartbreak Warfare
Now do tell me closet users how do you take your Ambien?
Posted by Kimberly at 8:32 AM 8 comments
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Is It Wrong (I know, one more thing & will it ever stop)
Cooking blogs, home-cooking housewife blogs or blogs in which the authors refer to themselves as Foodies. I get it, really I do. People love to cook. People love to eat. But after watching Julie & Julia - the blockbuster movie involving a girl named Julie Powell who cooks her way through Julia Child's cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking - 524 recipes in 365 days via the blogosphere, I am sure this movie has inspired 100's maybe 1000's of non-blogging self made chef & cheffettes to "blog on" to the cyber world in search of FAME & FORTUNE while trying to become the MacGuyer's of three ingredient recipes. Well good luck you do-gooder's but remember - you're not the leader, you're the follower. Bon Appetit.
*Editor's note ~~ I don't really dislike every blog other than mine. Mine has no rhyme and reason unlike the others I have "dissed" - their content is consistent. Alas, it is a free country which entitles me to free speech so I can whine and disagree as I see fit.
Posted by Kimberly at 9:08 AM 14 comments
Monday, February 1, 2010
Non-Typical Post
I never tell the world what I do on a daily basis but..here goes:
I had to make an impromptu doctor visit this morning. I went to a local urgent care center. Upon entering the lobby I was greeted by a non too happy administrative assistant. Ok, I get it, it's Monday. I am asked to fill out the appropriate paperwork since I am a new patient and let me just add - I write incredibly legibly if I do so say so myself. I turn in the paper work & write a check for my co-pay - $35.00. "She" takes my check & I inquire about a receipt. "She" replies "normally, I don't give any out". Um, ok. So I guess since I asked she decided to a bigger smart ass than me & give me one. The amount shown paid $25 (wrong) and my city of residence Billingsley (wrong). I point out the mistakes & "she" says I entered what you had written down. I respond with the correct information & also point to my driver license which would match the paperwork in question or so I thought. I guess cross referencing is an out-dated secretarial practice.
Moving right along into the exam room. Doctor enters room, shakes my hand & immediately says "you aren't 15". I said "ohh, there was a time"....
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Wedding Reception Logistics
The location of your reception is key. The options are endless and you may have even been dreaming of the perfect place for some time: your home, a favorite restaurant, hotel, country club, or hall. The bride's parents' house is a favorite and traditional setting for the reception. If many of your guests are from out-of-town and are staying in a local bed and breakfast or hotel, you could consider having your reception there. If there's a wonderful getaway location you've been dreaming of escaping to for a weekend, consider having your wedding and reception there.
Unless your head count numbers less than 30, you will probably hire a caterer. Clubs, hotels, and halls typically offer packages and all you have to do is choose from among them. Otherwise, you will need to consult with an outside caterer. Here are some tips to help you choose your caterer.
- Ask for recommendations from friends
- Discuss food choices in your price range
- Sample a prospective caterer's food
- Try to stop in at an event they're producing
- Has the caterer worked at your venue before? (experience helps)
- Who'll bring the liquor? (You can save money if you bring it yourself)
- Will the caterer attend the event herself?
- Are seconds expected?
- Can you donate any leftovers to charity?
One of the first decisions you'll make is whether to plan a full buffet (guests help themselves), semi-buffet (with serving and clearing by staff), or sit-down style meal. If you choose buffet, be sure to ask your caterer to create more than one line for your guests, so they don't have to stand around and wait. For a large group, two identical buffet tables and four lines is a wise arrangement. If you are concerned about costs (as most people are), keep in mind that a serving staff is an added expense. However, a buffet set-up requires more food to accommodate individual appetites (including bigger servings and "seconds") and the maintenance of a generous and attractive table (rather than one that appears "picked over").
A plate or banquet (sit-down) meal service with a skilled waiting staff is always the most sophisticated choice, and is expected for a formal affair. It is also more comfortable and relaxing to be waited on, especially since many guests will be wearing new shoes (and the women will likely be wearing heels) and they'll want to save their energy for dancing.
Get it in writing
The most important part of the catering arrangement is the contract. Be sure to spell everything out and be very clear. It is the one piece of paper that you and the caterer sign, and it lets each party know who is responsible for what.
All catering contracts should include:
- Detailed menu
- How the food will be served, i.e., sit-down dinner or buffet
- Beverages offered, including champagne or punch for toasts
- Wedding cake and/or groom's cake
- Number of serving staff
- Included gratuities
- Number of tables and chairs
- Set-up costs
- Delivery charges
- Deadline for the final guest count
- Overtime charges
- Coat check facilities
- Tents or marquees
- Insurance against glass and china breakage
Liquor/Bar Options
With the current trend toward drinking less, you might be fine offering only champagne, beer, wine and an assortment of nonalcoholic drinks at bars. Plan to have 1 bar per 50 to 75 people. Open the bar farthest from the entrance first to draw people in and prevent gridlock.
Ways to Pay for Liquor
- Cash bar – guests pay for their own drinks. This is the most inexpensive, but seldom used at weddings.
- Hosted or Open Bar - the host pays for all the drinks, either by the person, by the bottle or by the drink.
- Paying by the person - (i.e. $12 per person for a one-hour bar) is weighted in the caterer's favor, since people usually drink less than is estimated. (But if yours is a hard-drinking group this might work well for you!)
- Paying by the bottle - means that you pay for all bottles of liquor that are opened even if only one drink is poured from some of them.
The bride and groom have the first dance to a song they've selected as their own. After that, the choice of music can get pretty dicey, even if you and the groom agree about your favorite style. When parents and older guests are included with children and younger guests, including your peers, you need to choose music that everyone will enjoy.
For a more formal reception, you should consider hiring a band. Although a string quartet may be too stuffy for your younger guests, a band with a good repertoire should be able to honor most of your guests' requests (after they've played all of your favorites). Even if you listen to Top 40 every day in your car, consider a small orchestra to play great old classics and standard tunes that you can dance to, cheek-to-cheek. A DJ is a better choice for a young crowd.

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Veterinary Referrals to RBVH for Current Clinical Studies
For information about current and pending clinical studies, or to refer one of your patients for consideration, please contact Red Bank Veterinary Hospital at (732) 747-3636(732) 747-3636. A member of our team would be pleased to discuss whether an available study would benefit your patient.
Current Clinical Studies
Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Alternating Rabacfosadine and Doxorubicin Treatments Against Multicentric Lymphoma in Previously Untreated Dogs
Dietary Treatment of Mild to Moderate Feline Chronic Enteropathy
Mitral Valve Disease Study: Dogs
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Study: Cats & Dogs
Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of Doxepin in Canine Laryngeal Paralysis: Dogs
Pulmonic Stenosis (PS) Study: Cats & Dogs
Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of TANOVEA™ (Rabacfosadine for Injection) in Cats with Lymphoma, Lymphoid Leukemia or Multiple Myeloma/Plasma Cell Tumor
Types of Studies
Prospective studies are designed to evaluate existing treatments with larger numbers of patients for more meaningful evaluation or to assess new therapies not previously examined. New therapies may involve new protocols of previously used drugs or novel agents. Novel agents are considered experimental; however, the effectiveness of the treatment has been proven in laboratory animals. Safety for the novel agents has been demonstrated in normal dogs or cats, and, above all, the therapy is considered to be of potential benefit to the patient.
Patients that qualify and enter a prospective clinical trial are monitored carefully, and strict adherence to the treatment protocol is necessary. Evaluation of the patient is dependent upon the study guidelines and generally involves visits to Red Bank Veterinary Hospital.
Costs for Qualifying Patients
For many prospective clinical studies, the costs of the staging, diagnosis, and therapy may be completely covered, or at least defrayed, by the specific study sponsor. With owner permission, samples such as blood, urine, and tumor may be obtained to aid researchers in gaining additional information to benefit present and future cancer patients.


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Hussain Sajwani is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of DAMAC Group. He founded the company in 2002 in the UAE, where he was born and raised. The company is a leading real estate development firm that is responsible for tens of thousands of units built within the city of Dubai. DAMAC Group has maintained its headquarters in Dubai since the company's inception.
Hussain Sajwani has been one of the major forces behind much of the new construction in the city. His real estate company has constructed hotels, towers, luxury villas and homes, and a golf course. They continue with plans four more construction in Dubai, the DAMAC owner has recently focused his sights on building new development projects in China.
The sales of the luxury homes built within the golf community are underway, and so far, have totaled approximately $2 billion. Hussain Sajwani partnered with the Trump Organization to develop the first of its kind in Dubai. The Trump Organization, located in New York, New York, is owned by the family of U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Hussain has befriended President Trump and his children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr. He spent New Year's Eve with the Trump family in 2017. The owners of the two major real estate organizations look forward to future joint ventures.
Prior to his career in real estate, Hussain Sajwani founded a catering company that is still in existence in the UAE. Years later, the city of Dubai authorized sales of properties to foreign investors, and Hussain created what would later become his real estate empire. DAMAC Group started with the development of several small hotels and rapidly grew under Hussain's leadership. He is an innovative marketer, and he has experienced tremendous success in both of his start-up companies. Hussain attended college in the United States at the University of Washington.
Hussain Sajwani is a philanthropist, and he founded the Sajwani Family Foundation to lend his generous support to a variety of charitable organizations.
More tips here: https://www.thenational.ae/business/damac-chairman-relishes-his-roots-1.478924


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Programs > Patient Care/Medical Assisting
Location: Neptune
105 Neptune Boulevard, Neptune 07753
Phone: 732-431-7245 Fax: 732-897-1676
The Patient Care/Medical Assisting program is a two-year HIGH SCHOOL program. The program is unique, in that, the classroom is work-based after the first two months each year. This concept develops work-place readiness skills, professional behavior, and provides immediate access to various jobs upon graduation. Students will have clinical experience in the nursing department in a long-term care facility/nursing home, assisted living facility and in a hospital.
Medical Requirement: It is MANDATORY that students complete a physical, PPD and blood work by the first week of school. Specific information is mailed home in the summer. Guidelines are strictly followed.
Professional Attire: Scrubs and white sneakers are worn by all students to clinical. Specific color of scrubs will be reviewed the first week of school. No fake nails, hair is worn up and away from face. Stud earrings and a watch are acceptable.
Clinical: Student is directly involved in the personal care of a resident, which includes bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting, and transferring, in preparation for nursing assistant certification.
Patient Care 10 Credits
CTE Math I 5 Credits
ICTE Science I 5 Credits
Nursing Assistant 10 Credits
CTE Math II 5 Credits
ICTE Science II 5 Credits
TOTAL 40 Credits
Brookdale Community College:
Intro to Allied Health 3 credits
TOTAL: 3 credits
Rutgers University:
Dynamics of Health Care 3 credits
Medical Terminology 3 credits
TOTAL: 6 credits
Full Time Programs
Shared Time Programs
Adult Education


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The work Roz Rustigian is doing here with CVIC is admirable. Most hear of an issue or problem and turn a blind eye. Before action can be taken to resolve an issue people need to be aware that there is a problem. Bravo for making us all aware for our safety, our children's safety, and for the safety of our beloved pets. As you know I have been the tireless voice of disenfranchised animals. I look to improve the quality of lives for all animals – homeless, sheltered, endangered, or otherwise. I support your efforts 100%.
– Wendy Diamond, Leading Pet Lifestyle expert, Best Selling Author, TV Personality and Endangered Animal and Rescue Advocate (www.animalfair.com)


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From healthy recipes to cooking tips, Tanya O'Connor MS, shares recipes and information designed to help home child care providers (and everyone else) serve nutritious meals and live healthier lives.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Save the Date-Fall Wildwood Conference
Wildwood will be presenting our fall conference on September 26, 2009. We are excited to announce that we will be partnering with Children's Hospital, and the conference will be at their new hospital location (Colfax and I-225). The conference will be from 7:30-4:30 and the registration cost is $30. For your registration fee, you can enjoy a light breakfast and lunch, plus 7 hours of continuing education credits. I will be presenting a nutrition workshop, plus we have many other great speakers and activities. I will be posting more information soon about how to register.
Hope to see you there!
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Tilda Swinton's Latest Fashion Performance Piece, Eternity Dress
Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton is no stranger to the lights of Paris, a frequent front-row fixture at shows like Haider Ackermann, Viktor & Rolf, Lanvin, and Chanel. Now the city's Festival d'automne sees her reprise a role center stage in her second piece of fashion performance art. Entitled Eternity Dress, Swinton's latest outing continues a close partnership with the fashion curator Olivier Saillard, whose recent achievements include the reopening of Paris's Palais Galliera fashion museum and a Roger Vivier retrospective at the nearby Palais de Tokyo. That's where, in 2012, the pair presented The Impossible Wardrobe, their first collaboration, which brought Swinton up close and personal with centuries-worth of archival garments from the Galliera's vaults. A film created by artist Katerina Jebb, which saw Swinton discovering the museum's archives in a white calico robe, prefaced the live repetition.
Eternity Dress proposes a new angle to Swinton and Saillard's historical dialogue, this time unveiling the delicate and traditional process of dress-making to the public. Staged in a small auditorium within the seventeenth-century Beaux-arts de Paris, the engaging performance shows Swinton at both her reverent and comical best, employed as both model and seamstress in a painstaking process of trial and error that culminates in the unveiling of a long-sleeved black crepe shift dress, split through the back with a cocooning drape. Beginning with careful attention to body measurements, then drawing and cutting, the pair demonstrates each step toward the final product, including an amusing sequence of collar trials, whereby Swinton throws each proposition on the floor, calling out their respective names in perfect French. "Col Américain, col Anglais, col bateau," memorized in alphabetical order, no less. A further act involves Saillard's attempt to create various pockets and other superfluous amendments like a suit lapel. Swinton defies his efforts by removing each carefully taped proposition immediately after he makes it. A dramatic tableau vivant arrives in the stage of fabric selection, as Swinton drapes bolts of fabric across her body in flashes of chartreuse silk, golden lace, or forest green corduroy.
Pinned, later, into the three panels of her bespoke pattern, the willowy actress sews herself into the canvas toile, starting at the bust and working her way down to her waist in jolting, urgent movements—each needle and thread held high and returned to Saillard's pin cushion after a side is completed. She casually hoists another floor-length toile up to her bust, negotiating its length with the audience in a theatrical diversion that breaks the otherwise solemn, studied air of the piece. That same casual interaction returns in the final act, when Swinton scans the room to mimic the various gestures of her audience, after enacting a series of graceful poses dedicated to Parisian designers. With her '30s-inspired dress finished, she offers a pronounced shrug for Cristóbal Balenciaga and a jaunty hand placed in an imaginary Le Smoking pocket for Yves Saint Laurent, amongst references to Saillard's known favorites like Madame Grès, Paul Poiret, and even Comme des Garçons (she removes her Roger Vivier heels for that one, in a nod to **Rei Kawakubo'**s eternal preference for flats).
As Saillard explained, "It was the idea to explore the process of making a dress, more so than its result. In today's world, I think that a simple dress is much more chic than something ostentatious." Both immediately hypnotizing and nonchalant, Eternity Dress and its predecessor, The Impossible Wardrobe, have carved a truly unique link between fashion and performance, in a formidable effort to raise awareness and conserve the traditions of Paris's couture heritage. With Swinton's help, he is giving new life to museum culture—with breathtaking results.
Eternity Dress runs from through November 24 at Beaux-arts de Paris; 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris


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Happy Wednesday. I wrote about priorities last week, and it kind of inspired me to really take charge and make the next step in other parts of my life. We've got a lot going for us: New promotion, new job, our cruise is coming up, and we're not getting any younger. We've made some significant changes in our diet over the past year or so (even if we fall off the wagon from time to time), but we haven't been able to stick to a regular fitness routine.
We all know that I totally lack the motivation to work out. I don't like to sweat, I hate the heat, and I have some physical hurdles that keep me from doing as much as others can. BUT, one of the things that will help with those hurdles is losing some weight. I think my biggest issue is that I want some instant gratification, and with healthy weight loss that's just not going to happen. While I know this in my head, I still can't fully accept that I'm not doing it wrong and that the program I am doing really is working for me even though I haven't seen many changes in the first week.
What really got me to make this mental change is that I've given my husband a good reason to make some of the changes that we have made, but I haven't held myself to that same standard.
"I want to live a long and happy life with you, and in order to do that we have to take care of ourselves now."
So, on Monday, we made a big decision. Hubs and I joined a gym. It's a local business run by a really great guy, plus I have a friend from school who goes there and has agreed to be our trainer for a little while. That is just what I need to get my butt back in gear.
I am hoping that between MyFitnessPal, my Jawbone UP24, and the new gym membership, I can start living a healthier lifestyle and be happier with my body. What's more is that my amazing friends Kendra, Melissa, and Lora have started a new blogger fitness support challenge that starts next Wednesday, July 1 called Bloggers Give it 100. There's a hashtag and everything #BloggersGiveIt100, click here for more details.
How are you taking charge and keeping your priorities in line?
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About 500 law enforcement officers from Central New Jersey are on the road today in Ocean County by bicycle for the first leg of the annual Police Unity Tour.
The annual event honors officers who have died in the line of duty and raises money for the the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
In the following footage and photos, the tour can be seen making its way down Cedar Bridge Avenue in Lakewood, NJ.
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Local Jazz Vocalist to perform at Poverty Bay Wine Festival this Sunday
Local Vocalist Kerry Wallingford and her trio will perform jazz standards at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival this Sunday, March 2.
Wallingford regularly takes the stage at Seattle jazz clubs, including Tula's and Egan's Jam House.
Wallingford has been singing since her early teens for audiences as large as 7,000, performing a wide range of styles including gospel, rock 'n roll, and dinner shows. While attending the University of Puget Sound, she sang with the university's Adelphian Choir in Europe and across the U.S. Wallingford joined the Seattle jazz scene in 2009.
"There is certain connection to people you get from sharing music with them. There is always a special meaning in the music that I can share with the audience," Wallingford said. "It's always my hope that people leave the room feeling better than when they walked in."
While moonlighting as a jazz singer, Wallingford spends most of her time running a thriving business as a financial advisor. Wallingford and her small staff assist clients with navigating health care reform, planning for and financing their children's college education, and planning for retirement. The firm, based in Normandy Park, has served families and small business owners around the Puget Sound region since 1986.
Wallingford and her trio will perform at 12:30 p.m. this Sunday, March 2, followed by Pearl Django at 2:30 p.m.
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In addition to both shows, tickets include wine tasting and food samples.
Tickets are $25 at www.povertybaywine.com.
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Honorable Chief Guest, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mr. Sartaj Aziz,
Honorable Minister of Climate Change Senator Mushaidullah Khan
Special Guest Ambassador Shafqat Khakakhel
Executive Director GCISC, Dr. Tariq Banuri
Presented by: Mr. Muhammad Arif Goheer
DECEMBER 20, 2017: The closing session
of the Science Policy Conference on Climate Change was held on 20 Dec 2017. The
Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, and Honorable Deputy
Chairman Planning Commission Mr. Sartaj Aziz attend
this session.
Climate change is
a reality. Pakistan is a witness to its adverse impacts. In the past 20 years,
the country has been hit by recurrent and devastating floods, recurrent heat
waves, a prolonged drought, erratic weather patterns leading to lowered
agricultural productivity, emergence of new diseases, and the looming threat of
desertification due to the recession of the Himalayan glaciers.
In the backdrop
of these critical circumstances, the Science-policy conference on climate change
was organized to;
scientific understanding of the changing climate and associated impacts on
socio-economic sectors.
2. Develop policy
recommendations to address the challenges affecting Pakistan's development.
3. Promote
coordination among researchers and institutions working on different aspects of
climate change in Pakistan and facilitating their collaboration with
international scientists and experts engaged in similar research activities.
4. Sharing of
knowledge and best practices on adaptation strategies, including capacity
building of national institutions and experts.
The Conference has been organized by GCISC with the support
of several important partners, including the HEC, SDPI, COMSATS, NDMA, PMD,
PARC, PCRET, HBS, NRSP, the University of Utah, and the US-Pakistan Centre for
Advanced Studies in Water and attended by more than 700 delegates representing International
and national research organizations, academia, government, media, law,
parliamentarians and civil society.
31 national organizations contributed to the activities of
this conference in one way or the other.
The participants included Eminent international
Scientists as well as Pakistani Researchers both from within the country and
working abroad Steve Burian, Tom Downing, Youba Sokona, Paul Deshankar,
Jeff Ulemon, Adil Najam, Saleem Ali, Asim Zia, and Abrar Chaudhary and
several young scientists pursuing climate change research aboard were Moetsim Ashfaq, Fahad Saeed, Imran Nadeem, Shabeh-ul-Hasan, Abrar Chaudhary, Chaman Gul, Qurat-ul-Ain Ahmad, Sardar Mumtaz, Sher Muhammad and Sana Ilyas.
The conference comprised of 5 parallel research
workshops. The themes are a) Climate Science, b) Climate and water, c) Agriculture
and Food Security, d) Impacts and adaptation and e) mitigation and policy. The
purpose of these workshops was to allow researchers to present the latest
research on these areas. Each research workshop was distributed into 9 sessions
of one and a half hour each and in each session 3 papers were presented. On
overall 140 papers were
In the first stream in climate science,
papers reported that mean and extreme temperatures in future are likely to
increase in all parts of the country. However, in case of precipitation, the
models do not give any significant signal except for showing some increase in
the northern parts of the country. Temperature extremes in the form of
heatwaves are going to increase in future over most parts of the country. The need
for effective contingency plan and regular updating of glaciers and glacial
lakes was also stressed
In the climate and water research workshops, the researchers reported that the
number of climate-water related challenges facing Pakistan are increasing. They
include rising temperatures, unpredictable precipitation patterns, glacier
melting, increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, low
storage capacity, poor irrigation infrastructure, recurring droughts and
floods, rising sea levels, environmental degradation, and governance issues
associated with these stresses. Climate change affects the volume and
variability of inflows which poses threats to food security, the safety of
infrastructure, civic services, human health and hygiene and energy security.
The presenters recommended increasing storage capacity, improving water-use
efficiency, institutional capacity building and investing in water saving
The speakers in the session on agriculture and
food security recommended precision farming, practicing water use efficiency
and employing adopting to various agronomic and breeding techniques.
A Total of 29 papers were presented in
the Mitigation and Policy workshop. The recommended investment in renewable energy,
which has the potential of providing highest economic benefits, decent jobs.
The workshop sessions, round tables and side events
were chaired by Parliamentarians including like Mushahid Hussain Syed, Uzair Malik, Nuzhat Sadiq, Nisar Memon, Malik Amin Aslam, Ms. Nafisa Shah, Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam, eminent scientists and academicians like, Dr.
Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Dr. Yousaf Zafar, Dr. Nadeem Abbassi, Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhary, Dr. Ghulam Rasool, Dr. Muhamamd Ashraf,
and Secretaries like Syed Abu Ahmad Akif, Secretary MoCC, Arif Ahmad Khan
Secretary EAD, Mr. Fazal Abbass Maken Secretary of Ministry of Food Security and
Research and Chairman NDMA.
mapping the currently ongoing research the Thematic Round tables were also
organized. The objective of organizing the
roundtables was to provide an opportunity for key stakeholders on a priority
issue to consult with each other, establish a platform for future
consultations, and plan future activities in regard to their domain of work,
including, e.g., future research and publication plans, and future meetings and
their expected results. These
round tables covered the issues of water, glaciers, energy, Nationally
determined contributions, climate finance, low carbon development pathways, CPEC,
Information technology and climate change and security. Eminent experts
contributed to the deliberations and present novel ideas.
Roundtable on Climate and Finance recommended the following:
Need hardcore projects to attract more financing under GCF
Growing global renewable energy transition is an opportunity for
developing more projects that are innovative, cost effective and revenue
Should be focusing not just on the GCF but look for other options
for financing as well.
participants of NDC roundtable urged the need to invest stringently in
indigenous research, creating and enforcing Biodiversity laws and promoting
sustainable natural development.
on the recommendation of Glaciers roundtable a Glaciers forum is being launched.
Side events were
arranged on the topics of role of media, climate and business, climate and
civil society, national adaptation plans, role of parliamentarians in dealing
climate change and climate law.
Side event on climate and business
highlighted the 4 key areas viz.
1.Relevant and clear policies for
business corporations.
2.Capacity mobilization
3.Finance and funding
4.Project development and support
Which need immediate attention.
Side event on climate and civil society urged
the need of a strong network between civil society and institutes like GCISC
and SDPI in order to tackle CC by conducting
peer learning sessions to identify new innovation ideas that could be
Media is the main
vehicle for outreach. In the side event with media close interation of the research institute like GCISC, PMD, PARC and PCRWR with the media was
emphasized for effective communication and awareness of masses on climate
For all such actions
research is required for better informed decisions and we have established the
basis of partnerships through this conference. Hopefully we will work together
in near future for better outcomes.
Two sessions on peoples'
voices were organized by NRSP and SIDA to present and discuss the conditions of
flood and drought stricken people. The affectees shared their experiences and invited the attention for proactive actions by the
concerned to avoid such in future.
also acquired poster contributions from different universities and
organizations. Under climate and water theme, the conference received 10
posters, in climate science 7, in food security and agriculture 6, in impacts
and adaptation 8 and in mitigation and finance 2 posters. Lead Pakistan
contributed 8 infographics related to the conference themes, for participation.
The universities and organizations which made the contributions were: LEAD
Pakistan, PCRWR, Pakistan met department, SDPI, CIIT (Department of
meteorology), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, International Islamic
University, Fatima Jinnah Women University, MUET, NUST, Pir meher ali shah (Arid
agriculture university), Quaid-e-azam university
,Skidmore College New York and GCISC. Participants took keen interest in
the work of the students and young researchers. A technical committee has also
reviewed the poster work and in the proceedings of this session you will hear
the technical committee findings.
The Conference also
provided an opportunity to various organizations to display their work in the
exhibit area. There
were 12 stall contributions, the organizations involved were: NDMA, LEAD, PIDE,
JS Bank, PCRET, MUET, Bahria university, NHMP, GCISC,
SDPI, Roshan Auditory, PARC and PCRWR.
In the essence SP3C 2017 served as a
Rambo comprising of multiple color addressing the climate agenda to a resilient
Pakistan. No matter how much we can do by ourselves on the national level,
whether it be research or development, it is never enough. We have asked the
international experts, most of them are present here, to work closely with the centre to do high quality research and they have shown willingness to enter into a longer-term relationship with the


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I studied for my undergraduate degree at this very Department and it was during this time that I first developed an interest in studying human bones. On completing my degree, I spent a year working for various archaeological units; excavating sites of all periods and types from settlements to cemeteries. This work gave me the opportunity to excavate and analyse human skeletal remains from a variety of time periods. Having enjoyed this experience immensely, I undertook the MSc in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology taught jointly between the Universities of Sheffield and Bradford. It was during this time that I began to specialise in skeletal age estimation techniques and age as an aspect of social identity, and I returned to Durham University to pursue this subject at doctoral level. During the course of my PhD I became interested in the divide between science and social theory in archaeology and the implications of this for human skeletal analysis and funerary archaeology. This became the subject of a book The Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains that I co-edited with Dr Chris Knüsel (University of Exeter).
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I currently teach human skeletal analysis at both Undergraduate and Masters level. I also co-organise and teach a short course in Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology with Dr Tim Thompson at Teesside University. Tim and I have recently completed a co-authored book Human Identity and Identification which examines the inter-relationship between social identity and the biological tissues of the body.
Research Interests
- Health and demography in the Roman world
- Skeletal ageing and age as an aspect of social identity
- Social perceptions, care and treatment of the physically impaired in early medieval England
- The history of malaria in England
- The inter-relationship between the physical body and social identity
Teaching Areas
- Bones and Human Societies
- Identification and Analysis of the Normal Human Skeleton
- Palaeopathology. Theory and Method
- Themes in Palaeopathology
Indicators of Esteem
- 2016: Editorial Board: Bioarchaeology International:
- 2016: External Examiner: University of Sheffield:
- 2016: Treasurer of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past:
- 2015: Editorial Board: Science and Justice:
- 2015: Roman Archaeology Committee Member:
- 2013: External Examiner: Bounemouth University:
- 2013: Invited speaker: Ancient Perspectives on Ageing Retirement and Health, Manchester:
- 2010: Treasurer of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology:
Authored book
- Gowland, R. L. & Thompson, T. J. U. (2013). Human Identity and Identification. Cambridge Cambridge University Press.
Book review
- Gowland, R. L. (2010). Palaeoepidemiology: the measure of disease in the human past. Medical History 54(3): 407-408.
- Gowland, R.L. (2009). Children, Identity, and the Past. Edited by Liv Helga Dommasnes and Melanie Wrigglesworth. Childhood in the Past: An International Journal
- Gowland, R.L. (2004). Review of 'Burial in early medieval England and Wales', edited by Sam Lucy and Andrew Reynolds. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 14(2): 145-147.
Chapter in book
- Gowland, R. L. (2018). 'A Mass of Crooked Alphabets' The Construction and Othering of Working Class Bodies in Industrial England. In Bioarchaeological Analyses and Bodies New Ways of Knowing Anatomical and Archaeological Skeletal Collections. Stone, P. Springer.
- Gowland, R. L. & Walther, L. J. (2018). Human Growth and Stature. In The Science of Roman History Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past. Scheidel, W. Princeton University Press.
- Gowland, R. L. (2018). Infants and Mothers: Linked Lives and Embodied Life Courses. In The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Childhood. Crawford, S., Hadley, D. & Shepherd, G. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 104-121.
- Gowland, R.L. & Penny-Mason, B. (2018). Overview: Archaeology and the Medieval Life-Course. In Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain. Gerrard, C. & Gutiérrez, A. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 759-773.
- Southwell-Wright, W., Gowland, R. L. & Powell, L. (2016). Foundations and approaches to the study of care in the past. In Care in the Past: Archaeological and interdisciplinary perspectives. Southwell-Wright, W., Powell, L. & Gowland, R. L. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 1-19.
- Gowland, R. L. (2016). Growing Old: Biographies of Care and Disability in Later Life. In New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care. Tilley, Lorna, Schrenk, Alicia & Martin, Debra Cham: Springer. 237-251.
- Gowland, Rebecca (2016). Ideas of Childhood in Roman Britain: The Bioarchaeological and Material Evidence. In The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain. Millett, Martin, Revell, Louise & Moore, Alison Jane Oxford: Oxford University Press. 303-320.
- Gowland, R. L. (2016). That 'tattered coat upon a stick' the ageing body: evidence for elder marginalisation and abuse in Roman Britain. In Care in the Past: Archaeological and interdisciplinary perspectives. Powell, L., Southwell-Wright, W. & Gowland, R. L. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
- Cataroche, J & Gowland, R. L. (2015). Flesh, Fire, and Funerary Remains from the Neolithic site of La Varde, Guernsey: Investigations Past and Present. In Cremation in Archaeology. Thompson, T. J. U. Oxbow.
- Redfern, R. C. & Gowland, R. L. (2012). A bioarchaeological perspective on the pre-adult stages of the life course: implications for the care and health of children in the Roman Empire. In Families in the Roman and Late Antique World. Harlow, M. & Larsson Loven, L. Continuum. 111-140.
- Gowland, R. L. & Garnsey, P. (2010). Skeletal evidence for health, nutritional status and malaria in Rome and the empire. In Roman diasporas; archaeological approaches to mobility and diversity in the Roman Empire. Eckardt, Hella Journal of Roman Archaeology. Supplement 78: 131-156.
- Gowland, R. (2006). Age as an aspect of social identity: the archaeological funerary evidence. In Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains. Gowland, R. & Knusel, C. Oxford: Oxbow. 143-154.
- Gowland, R. L. & Knusel, C. J. (2006). Introduction. In Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains. Gowland, R. L. & Knusel, C. J. Oxford: Oxbow. ix-xiv.
Conference Paper
- Lewis, M. E. & Gowland, R. L. (2009), Infantile cortical hyperostosis: cases, causes and contradictions, in Lewis, M. E. & Clegg, M. eds, BAR International Series 1918: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Reading, Archaeopress, Oxford, 43-52.
Conference Proceeding
- Gowland, R. L. & Chamberlain, A.T. (2005). Estimating age-at-death from the pubic symphysis: past, present and future. British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology 2003, Southampton, Archaeopress.
- Gowland, R.L. (2004). The social identity of health in late Roman Britain. Thirteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Leicester, Oxbow.
- Millard, A. & Gowland, R. (2003). A Bayesian approach to the estimation of age-at-death from tooth development and wear in humans.
- Gowland, R. L. & Chamberlain, A.T. (2003). A new method for estimating gestational age from skeletal long bone length. Archaeological Sciences 1999, Bristol, Archaeopress.
- Gowland, R. (2001). Playing dead: implications of mortuary evidence for the social construction of childhood in Roman Britain. Tenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, London, Oxbow.
Edited book
- Powell, L., Southwell-Wright, W. & Gowland, R. L. (2016). Care in the Past: Archaeological and Interdisciplinary perspectives. Oxbow.
- Gowland, R. & Knusel, C. (2006). Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains. Oxford: Oxbow.
Journal Article
- Redfern, Rebecca, DeWitte, Sharon, Montgomery, Janet & Gowland, Rebecca (2018). A Novel Investigation into Migrant and Local Health-Statuses in the Past: A Case Study from Roman Britain. Bioarchaeology International 2(1): 20-43.
- Gowland, R. L., Caffell, A. C., Newman, S., Levene, A. & Holst, M. (2018). Broken Childhoods: Rural and Urban Non-Adult Health during the Industrial Revolution in Northern England (Eighteenth-Nineteenth Centuries). Bioarchaeology International 2(1): 44-62.
- Mays, Simon, Gowland, Rebecca, Halcrow, Siân & Murphy, Eileen (2017). Child Bioarchaeology: Perspectives on the Past 10 Years. Childhood in the Past 10(1): 38-56.
- Newman, S.L. & Gowland, R.L. (2017). Dedicated followers of fashion? Bioarchaeological perspectives on socio-economic status, inequality, and health in urban children from the Industrial Revolution (18th-19th C), England. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27(2): 217-229.
- Gowland, R. L. (2017). Embodied Identities in Roman Britain: A Bioarchaeological Approach. Britannia 48: 175-194.
- Andre Stewart, Nicolas, Fernanda Gerlach, Raquel, Gowland, Rebecca L., Gron, Kurt & Montgomery, Janet (2017). Sex determination of human remains from peptides in tooth enamel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(52): 13649-13654.
- Errickson, D., Grueso, I., Griffith, S., Setchell, J., Thompson, T. J. U., Thompson, C. E. L. & Gowland, R. L. (2017). Towards a best practice for the use of active non-contact surface scanning to record human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 27(4): 650-661.
- Roberts, C. A., Caffell, A., Filipek-Ogden, K., Gowland, R. L. & Jakob, T. (2016). 'Til Poison Phosphorous Brought them Death' A potentially occupationally-related disease in a post-medieval skeleton from north-east England. International Journal of Paleopathology 13: 39-48.
- Arthur, N., Gowland, R. L. & Redfern, R. C. (2016). Coming of age in Roman Britain: osteological evidence for pubertal timing. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 159(4): 698-713.
- Thompson, T.J.U., Szigeti, J., Gowland, R.L. & Witcher, R.E. (2016). Death on the frontier: military cremation practices in the north of Roman Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 10: 828-836.
- Gowland, R. L. (2016). Elder abuse: evaluating the potentials and problems of diagnosis in the archaeological record. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26(3): 514-523.
- Griffith, S., Thompson, C. E., Thompson, T. J. U. & Gowland, R. L. (2016). Experimental abrasion of water submerged bone: The influence of bombardment by different sediment classes on microabrasion rate. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 10: 15-29.
- Shaw, Heidi, Montgomery, Janet, Redfern, Rebecca, Gowland, Rebecca & Evans, Jane (2016). Identifying migrants in Roman London using lead and strontium stable isotopes. Journal of Archaeological Science 66: 57-68.
- Booth, T., Redfern, R. C. & Gowland, R. L. (2016). Immaculate conceptions: Micro-CT analysis of diagenesis in Romano-British infant skeletons. Journal of Archaeological Science 74: 124-134.
- Kendall, R., Hendy, J., Collins, M. J., Millard, A. R. & Gowland, R. L. (2016). Poor preservation of antibodies in archaeological human bone and dentine. STAR: Science and Technology of Archaeological Research 2(1): 15-24.
- Kendall, R., Kendall, E., Macleod, I., Gowland, R. L. & Beaumont, J. (2015). An unusual exostotic lesion of the maxillary sinus from Roman Lincoln. International Journal of Paleopathology 11: 45-50.
- Gowland, R. L. (2015). Entangled lives: Implications of the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis for bioarchaeology and the life course. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158(4): 530-540.
- Gilmour, R. L., Gowland, R. L., Roberts, C. A., Bernert, Z., Klara Kiss, K & Lassanyi, G. (2015). Gendered Differences in Accidental Trauma to Upper and Lower Limb Bones at Aquincum, Roman Hungary. International Journal of Paleopathology 11: 75-91.
- Millett, M. & Gowland, Rebecca (2015). Infant and child burials rites in Roman Britain: a study from East Yorkshire. Britannia 46: 171-189.
- Craps, D. & Gowland, R. L. (2015). The proximal ulna as an additional diagnostic feature of advanced rheumatoid arthritis. International Journal of Paleopathology 10: 26-30.
- Newman, S. L. & Gowland, R. L. (2015). The Use of Non-Adult Vertebral Dimensions as Indicators of Growth Disruption and Non-Specific Health Stress in Skeletal Populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158(1): 155-164.
- Gowland, R. L., Chamberlain, A. & Redfern, R. C. (2014). On the brink of being: re-evaluating infanticide and infant burial in Roman Britain. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 96: 69-88.
- Penny-Mason, Bennjamin J & Gowland, Rebecca L (2014). The Children of the Reformation: Childhood Palaeoepidemiology in Britain, ad 1000–1700. Medieval Archaeology 58(1): 162-194.
- DeBattista, R, Thompson, T J U, Thompson, C E & Gowland, R L (2013). A comparison of surface features on submerged and non-submerged bone using scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 20(6): 770-776.
- Redfern, R, Gowland, R & Powell, L (2013). La sante des enfants sous l'Empire romain. Dossiers d'Archaeologie 356: 80-83.
- Henderson, CY, Craps, DD, Caffell, AC, Millard, AR & Gowland, R (2013). Occupational mobility in 19th Century rural England: the interpretation of entheseal changes. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23(2): 197-210.
- Gowland, R.L. & Western, A.G. (2012). Morbidity in the Marshes: Using Spatial Epidemiology to Investigate Skeletal Evidence for Malaria in Anglo-Saxon England (AD410-1050). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147(2): 301-311.
- Thompson, C. E. L., Ball, S., Thompson, T. J. U. & Gowland, R. L. (2011). The abrasion of modern and archaeological bone by mobile sediments: the importance of transport modes. Journal of Archaeological Science 38: 784-793.
- Gowland, R. L. & Redfern, R. C. (2010). Childhood health in the Roman World: perspectives from the centre and margin of the Empire. Childhood in the Past: An International Journal 3(1): 15-42.
- Gowland, R. (2007). Age, ageism and osteological bias: the evidence from late Roman Britain. Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplementary Series 65: 153-169.
- Gowland, R. (2007). Beyond ethnicity: symbols of identity in fourth to sixth century AD England. Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 14: 56-65.
- Lewis, M. E. & Gowland, R. L. (2007). Brief and precarious lives: infant mortality in contrasting sites from medieval and post-medieval England (AD 850-1859). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 134(1): 117-129.
- Samworth, R. & Gowland, R. (2007). Estimation of adult skeletal age-at-death: statistical assumptions and applications. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 17(2): 174-188.
- Gowland, R. & Chamberlain, A.T. (2005). Detecting plague: palaeodemographic characterisation of a catastrophic death assemblage. Antiquity 79(303): 146-157.
- Gowland, R. L. & Chamberlain, A.T. (2002). A Bayesian Approach to Ageing Perinatal Skeletal Material from Archaeological Sites: Implications for the Evidence for Infanticide in Roman-Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science 29(6): 677-685.
Related Links
Selected Grants
- 2015: People and Place in the Kingdom of Northumbria AD 300 - 800 (£275742.00 from Leverhulme Trust)
- 2008: One NorthEast Pathfinder: Body Location and Recovery in Forensic Contexts (£39,000)
- 2014: Children of the Revolution: Health Inequalities during Industrialisation in the North of England (18th-19th Centuries) (£9396.60 from The British Academy)
- 2010: Investigating morbidity and malaria in Anglo-Saxon wetland environments (£7485.00 from The British Academy)


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Friday, April 5, 2013
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Welcome to my "new" EdTech blog. I say "new" because I'm definitely not new to blogging or social media, but this IS a new space for me to organize ideas, inspiration, and resources that I find and use related to education. I have several different blogs that I post to for different personal facets of my life, and I felt it was time that my professional passions also had their own space.
My name is Lesley, and I'm an Instructional Technology Specialist in Indiana. I'm formerly a classroom teacher, (4th grade, kindergarten, and middle school computers) and these days I work closely with teachers to help integrate the use of technology to support best practices, standards, and the engagement of students.
Don't be shy! I'm also on Twitter, regularly following and participating on the #edtech and #edchat hashtags, where all of the gems in the online education universe seem to be found. It's a great place to connect with other educators and learn about new tools and ways that people are using technology in their classrooms.
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It's a darker red than it looks in this picture, not so tomato. It'll be very useful, I've got a few things that it goes very nicely with.
The weather is a bit warmer today so I'm thinking about being able to wear summer skirts and dresses. One thing I will be doing which is totally unfashionable is that I will wear sheer tights (pantyhose). I really do not like the fashion of wearing dresses/skirts with bare legs, unless you are on the beach that is. Most women's legs are not perfect and sheer tights help hide imperfections. It's rarely hot enough here to make this a problem with overheating.


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To Clayarters-
Let's do it again-exchange mugs in the Clay Art suite at the NCECA
convention.(The NCECA Conference is March 21-25 1999, Denver,Colorado)
1. make a mug-(no bigger than 9"x9"x9") actually make 2 and donate one to
the NCECA scholarship fund.
2. Please tape your card or your name to the outside of the donated mug and
put anotherloose card on the inside of the mug to be used for the
3. Bring your mugs to the NCECA convention
4. Drop off your Clayart mug at the Clayart Hospitality room.
5 On Friday afternoon come to the Clayart room(Mark Adams Hotel) at 6pm
and pick up your new mug made by another Clayart member.
6. It is not possible to take part in this exchange unless you plan to be
at the convention.
Have a friend bring your mug if you are not going to NCECA and exchange it
for you or particiapte in the stay at home exchange officated by
Chris Schafale
Here is the list of the participants from last year's exchange....let's
add your name this year!
Margaret Arial,Louis Ballard,Laura Baror,John Barrymore,Bobbi Bassett,
Sandra (Sande) Benscoter,Valerie Bennett, Tim Berg, Mary Beth Bishop,
Linda Blossom,Maud Boliman,John Britt,Barbara Brown,Tom Buck,Richard
Burkett, Miki Caldwell,Millie Carpentar,Melissa Carpenter, Lisa Cecere,Joy
Keith Chervenacke, Alice Chittenden, Season Claus,Nan Cofin-Welty,
Harriet Coleman,Jim Connell,Sam Cuttell,Jane Danic, Edna Delany,
Jane Dennic,Kristin Doner,Gail Dapogny Sandra Dwiggins,Bacia Edleman,
Heide Elliot,Judith Enright,Jackie Fagan,Ann Fallis-Elliot, Andi Fasimpaur,
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Cheri Glaser,Kathleen Gordon, Douglas Gray,Janet Harper,Carol Haythorn,
Mark Heinmann, Bonnie Hellman,Caroline Henderson, Kim Hohlmayer,
Brenda Hunter,Sue Hutton,Mel Jacobson,Jeff James,David Jenkins,John Jensen,
Johnathan Kaplan, Deni Karpowich, Viki Katz,Louis Katz,Marc Kiessling,
Pam Kohler-Camp,Jan Kolanda,Masato Kuboki, Greg Lamont,Terrance Lazaroff,
Lori Leary,Jean Lehman, Harriet Levy,Paul Lewing,Barbara Lewis,
Jenni Lexan,Janice Lipuma, Cheryl Litman,Michelle Lowe,Tim Malm,
Lee Marshall,Barbara Marshall,Barbara Mazur,David McBeth,Kathy McDonald,
Jeanne Melchior,Jackie Melissas,Cara Moczygemba,Joe Molinaro,
Sylvia Mondloch,Robert Moore, Wendy Moore,John Neeling, Dale Neese,
Diana Pancioli,Amber Pelish,Vincent Pitelka,Pine Hill Pottery,Pete Pinnell,
Dannon Rhudy, Ron Roy,Andi Runt,Harvy Sadow,Jim Bob Salazar,
Marcia Selsor,Ben Shelton,Rick Sherman ,Majorie Shore,Paula Sibrack,
Leah Simmons,Jessica Sletten, Sandi Southwell,Liz Spurlock,
Leslie StClair,Marianne Stebenne,Art Stilson,Donna Symons,
Sandra Tesar,Phyliss Tilton,Ann Tschoverner,George Van Ostrand,John Voheres,
Jan Walker,Paul Watkins,Kenneth Westfall,Sue Wheeler,Kurt Wild,Liz Willoughby,
Ed Yonkman,Bev Zimmeran
If you have any other questions or concerns please contact me.
Kathleen Gordon
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A New Wave of Restaurant Furniture
13 August 2015
Melbourne's appetite for hip new eateries creates a constant need for innovation in interior design.
Bar Sur Loup
The challenge is to enhance the timeless, reinvent the out-dated, and keep everything in harmony. Principal of Design Studio Biasol, Jean-Pierre Biasol, prides himself on providing creative direction from concept to completion. James Richardson Furniture was involved as a furniture supplier to produce three such venues that show bold initiative in Melbourne restaurant furniture.
Bar Sur Loup is situated in the Bulleen Road shopping strip in North Balwyn. This area has seen endless iterations of retail and hospitality, so a standard French patisserie would hold little novelty. "My clients wanted to modernise the cliché of the French patisserie," says Jean-Pierre. "They wanted to avoid the more stale, traditional elements, yet retain a French feel." This is expressed through touches like custom painted socks on the James Richardson chairs and a deference to warm white and red tones.
Bar Sur Loup
The choice of material is crucial to any commercial interior – maintaining functionality while keeping all pieces in context. For Bar Sur Loup, Jean Pierre used French Oak in the shelving and tables to sustain the theme. "It's very visual. There are merchandising shelves and the restaurant is segregated into its different parts, with the patisserie and an ice cream cart effect for the ice creamery."
Il Gambero
The brief for Il Gambero in Carlton's Lygon Street was a little different. As an Italian restaurant on a strip full of them, it had the difficult task of standing out while staying true to its forty-year history, and attract new customers. "We basically needed to retarget the market audience, while modernising and reintroducing a younger, generative clientele."
Il Gambero
Jean-Pierre achieved this dichotomy of old and new by using contrasting material and colour palettes. For example, the wall claddings are locally sourced and rough-sawn, while the tables were lighter and dressed. "This has maintained the traditionalism of the Italian restaurant, but enhanced it to be modern and current."
Lucky Penny
Lucky Penny in Chapel Street, South Yarra required something closer to a complete transformation. It was once the site of restaurant/bar/nightspot Kazbar, which, in Jean-Pierre's words, had been a great bar in its time but had slipped in the last five to ten years, tarnishing its reputation. The challenge was to reinvent it as a cool café that sheds its previous roots and stands out on the busy retail strip. "We had to create an interior that was unpretentious and humble, yet powerful enough to challenge local perceptions? We wanted to resurface the venue to separate it from its previous existence."
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When you take that leap of faith into running and owning your own business so many people pat you on the back, applaud you for your foresight and admire your determination.
No-one actually says out right, what the hell are you letting yourself in for?
Then soon enough come the sleepless nights, the bags under the eyes and even the grey hairs, it's as if you have aged ten years in just one.
Running any business is stressful but running a Hotel can at times be a living nightmare. Fourteen years ago we dragged our young family, kicking and screaming into the hospitality trade, not the life we had mapped out, more just a crazy whim. So with rose tinted glasses off we set.
First hassle and still ongoing is staffing, oh boy, this never gets any easier. To offer a high standard you have to have all staff in all areas.
That is staff who are clean, polite, trustworthy, hard working, team players, don't depend on drink or drugs to get them through a normal eight hour day and that can actually communicate.
They assume we are all fish and chips, wear flat caps and have the wife locked up in the barnNicky Knight
Easy you would think, oh no. You would think if you had an interview you would at least brush your hair or even turn up, that would be a start.
Why, with everyone having a mobile phone, can some not even let you know they are not coming?
Then every now and then that one wonderful person walks through the door and genuinely restores your faith in humanity.
You thank your lucky stars, hire them there and then and threaten them with bodily harm should they ever think about leaving.
Different departments in hotels bring many different staffing problems, to work up front you have to be approachable, presentable and be everyone's friend and at times their councellor also, which means you cannot have any problems of your own.
To work in housekeeping you have to have utmost discretion, with many shenanigans going on, what happens in housekeeping stays in housekeeping.
Then there is the kitchen, why oh why do people put themselves through that as a profession I will never know.
Your stress levels go from zero to pyscho in the matter of minutes, the customer of course is always right, but you try telling that to a chef.
But once your team of staff are in place, calmness is restored and then the true beauty of a small business comes to the forefront.
As a working boss, hands on, you lead from the front, not expecting anyone to do something you wouldn't do yourself (apart from sort the cellar of course). It really is a privilege to head a hotel team that have each other's backs.
So your staff are in place then come the customers, and what a diverse group of guests a hotel can attract, especially in the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors with a steam railway running through its surroundings.
We have the walkers, the train spotters, the lovers, the adulterers, the alcoholics, the groups, the weddings, the funeral ashes scatterers and then we have the people who just don't get North Yorkshire. They assume we are all fish and chips, wear flat caps (nothing at all wrong with flat caps) and have the wife locked up in the barn!
We take great delight in proving them wrong and even offer them a knife and fork at dinner should they so wish.
We look at it as a challenge that by the time they leave our gorgeous hotel they will be converted and that Yorkshire will be in their soul.
You literally see the stress lines disappear, the shoulders drop and the smile come through, we call it the Mallyan Magic or the Black Sheep Beer, not sure quite which has more of an effect.
This of course is without touching on the financial side of running a business where you have to have a fantastic relationship with your bank or "Personal Business Manager" because when the monies are tight as I promise you they are at times, you will need a helping hand especially when the ceiling falls in due to a leak or the old faithful boiler blows up or even when the roof needs redoing.
These are the times when you question your sanity, when you think why not convert it into a Care Home or even a kennels, or even just give it away.
But then with a level head a plan is hatched and you begin to see that it really isn't all that bad.
That's when me as an irrational, over emotional person who takes every thing very personal takes a back seat and my business minded husband steps in.
Why do we do it?
Because we are a little bit crazy I guess, would we do it all over again?
Of course we would, will we continue – as long as the smile stays in place, the wine stays cold and the guests keep walking through the door, the Mallyan is here for the duration.


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It's almost against the CHOW ethic to require a reason to sit down to food made by Los Angeles chefs like Suzanne Goin, Susan Feniger, Dahlia Narvaez, Robert Luna, and more. But we'll give you one—in fact, we'll give you 20,000. That's how many children were born as a result of sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide. Foundation Rwanda was formed to support the women and children affected by these horrible crimes, and the Evening of Food & Fotos is a biannual event (in Los Angeles and New York) that brings together a slew of fantastic chefs, delicious food cooked by them, and an exhibition of portraits of the women and children of Rwanda by Newsweek photographer Jonathan Torgovnik. Here are some of the food highlights:
Dahlia Narvaez, Osteria Mozza: Butterscotch budino with rosemary–pine nut biscotti
Suzanne Goin, Lucques, AOC, Tavern: Spring vegetable farro tabbouleh with crumbled feta
Suzanne Tracht, Jar: Lamb croissant with yogurt dipping sauce
Zoe Nathan, Huckleberry Bakery and Café: Braised brisket with fresh-baked ciabatta
Justin Mi, The Lobsta Truck: Lobsta rolls
Susan Feniger, Street: Edamame salad with fresh seaweed, soy nuts, and Korean miso dressing
This year's West Coast event is this Thursday, April 7, at the Paley Center for Media. All proceeds will go to supporting education for the children born of rape in the Rwandan genocide. Tickets cost $125 in advance ($150 at the door), but they're offering a special two-for-one deal plus a $20 Gilt City LA gift card (for new members only). And CHOW readers will get an additional $20 gift card from Porta Via Beverly Hills.