An understanding of trends is a fundamental skill for anyone working in the fashion industry. In this book Gwyneth Holland and Rae Jones look at how to produce a well-researched trend, from initial inspiration to concrete idea and, eventually, real product. Illustrated throughout with insights from practising trend forecasters and industry insiders, it is an invaluable guide for fashion students and practitioners alike.

Unbeknownst to him, Benny, a four year old is the object of contention between two strong-willed females in his family. One is Sylvia, the woman he has lived with his entire life and he knows as mother. The other is Isabella, the oldest child in the family and Benny's birth mother who he affectionately calls Issie. After Sylvia accidently sweetens tea with LSD laced sugar cubes while at Issie's apartment, she and her husband decide Benny is not safe in her care. Determined that she will not be separated from Benny, Issie, with the help of three odd ball friends, Dennis the dwarf, and Slim and Jim the midget Siamese twins, spirit Benny away while the family is at church. Dennis and the twins have a problem that Issie wasn't aware of - they owe a crime boss for a large supply of marijuana they took. The crime boss sends two of his men to find them to collect. When it's discovered they don't have the money nor the supply the crime boss decides to place all of them in a rigged wrestling tour, taking on a volunteer from the audience who happens to be working for the crime boss. Benny has to pretend he is a midget because Issie doesn't want them knowing he is a child. Along the way deep friendships develop. Benny wants to find a way to free himself and Issie from the crime bosses clutches and thinks he knows how once he discovers by accident that a walking stick Dennis carries with him is capable of belching fire and causing damage.

As a competitive swimmer as a child, Rae learned quickly that holding her breath was the best way to win. It was also the best way to drown. In this poignant memoir she whispers her story breathlessly to your ears. From the fizz of champagne, to the waves of the ocean, she swims these stories together through space and time. Weaving in the water, each swell of her body holds a memory, each chapter is a bubble released from the darkness of the deep, and each breath is necessary.

Ms. Jones humorously talks about finances and budgets like she talks about diets. Almost everyone needs to work on both, but prefers to avoid the topic if at all possible. She specifically targets the 20 and 30-something age group and how they can best get a handle on their finances now and create wealth. This book is chock full of easy to read information, worksheets and baby steps for those who think budgets are too hard to follow. She emphasizes a spending plan, eliminating debt and her secret way to get almost $5k of free money and have close to $20k in your pocket in 10 years. This is a must-read book for anyone who's looking for a little basic financial information and a whole lot of courage. The book is condensed, the points are concise and the reading is FUN. Highly recommend for anyone thinking (and/or stressing) about their money.

22 papers from the conference aeGoing over Old Ground: Perspectives on Archaeological, Geophysical and Geochemical Survey in ScotlandAe, held at the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, August 2003. Contents: (1) The Scottish Archaeological Geophysics Database - some preliminary findings (Christine Rennie); (2) Recent geophysical surveys at Roman forts in Central Scotland (Richard Jones, Alan Leslie and Paul Johnson, with Geoff Bailey); (3) Magnetic Stones - an investigation of the recumbent stone circle at Rothiemay, Banffshire (Arnold Aspinall); (4) Geophysical Investigation of Battle Moss Stone Rows (Louise McAllan); (5) Geophysical Surveys at an Industrial Archaeological site in Fife (Richard Bates and M Duff); (6) Geomagnetic surveys over cropmarks in the environs of Traprain Law, East Lothian (Duncan Hale, Colin Haselgrove and Leon Fitts); (7) Echoes of the Past: Geophysical surveys in Scottish waters and beyond (Martin Dean); (8) Geophysical survey on the M74 (Iain Banks); (9) Testing the use of multi-spectral imagery for detecting buried archaeology in sand dune-dominated systems (Tom Dawson and Sandy Winterbottom); (10) Establishing patterns of coastal evolution - the role of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Archaeology (Alistair F Rennie and James D Hansom); (11) A pedological approach to reconstructing land-use and settlement form in the Hebrides: Lessons for the future (J. A. Entwistle, K. J. W. McCaffrey and R. A. Dodgshon); (12) Evaluating the use of multi-element soil analysis as an aid to archaeological interpretation (Clare Wilson, Donald Davidson and Malcolm Cresser); (13) Classifying later prehistory in Wigtownshire, South-West Scotland: a geophysical exploration (Tessa Poller); (14) The Upper Clyde Valley: Success? (Lorna Sharpe); (15) Sinking into Old Ground - Ground Probing Radar in the Scottish Wetlands (Erica Utsi); (16) Geophysical Survey below peat? - A simple magnetic susceptibility method (Adrian Challands); (17) The requirements for archiving geophysical survey information in Scotland (Peter McKeague); (18) Geophysical Survey from the Unit Management Perspective: a view from Scotland (Alan Leslie and Iain Banks); (19) Birsay and Skaill, Orkney: landscape survey 2003 (David Griffiths); (20) Inside the mound: geophysical investigations of the Scatness Iron-age Broch, Shetland (Armin Schmidt, Tim Sutherland and Steve Dockrill); (21) Geophysical Survey at the Orkney World Heritage Site (John Gater, Dan Sheil, Nick Card and Susan Ovenden); (22) Geophysics and the management of a designed historical landscape: a case study at Dunkeld (Dan Kellogg and Richard Jones).