Allison Jane Ambrosio and Bryant Mitchell Conkling were married Feb. 22 at District Winery, a restaurant and events space in Washington. The Rev. Anne Flynn, an Episcopal deacon and friend of the bride’s family, officiated. Ms. Ambrosio, 31, is a senior program manager at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, a health care research funding organization…
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Emily Ann Boening and Alan Robert MacGregor Boyes were married Feb. 22 at the Fathom Gallery, an events space in Washington. Michael Kelley, a friend of the couple, received authorization from the District of Columbia to officiate. The bride, 35, is a foreign affairs officer in the counterterrorism bureau at the Department of State in…
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Michele Kaitlyn Leddy and John Otley Middlebrooks were married Feb. 22 at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York. The Rev. Joseph Hagan, a Roman Catholic priest, officiated. On March 14, the groom’s father is to lead the couple in a second ceremony where they are to exchange vows at the St. Regis…
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Chiara Campana and Dr. Cameron Joseph Kemal were married Feb. 22 at Our Lady of Pompeii Church in New York. The Rev. Angelo Plodari, a Roman Catholic priest, officiated, with the Rev. Michael Simone, also a Roman Catholic priest, participating. Ms. Campana, 29, is pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences in the department of pharmacology…
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Christiana Rose Gavis and Jeffrey Aaron Hall were married Feb. 22 at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington. Dr. Bobby Jamieson, a Baptist pastor, officiated. Ms. Gavis, 32, is a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting in McLean, Va. She graduated from the University of Virginia, and received an M.B.A. from U.C.L.A. She is a daughter…
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Half of young Australian women experience sexually-related personal distress, with one in five women having at least one female sexual dysfunction (FSD), new research by Monash University shows. A study conducted by the Women’s Health Research Program at Monash University has reported, for the first time, an overall picture of the sexual wellbeing of Australian…
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Following the recent withdrawal of standardized assessments, children with intellectual disabilities at special schools in the UK are again being treated differently to children at mainstream schools, says a new study from researchers at The Open University. Published in Disability & Society, the peer-reviewed research shows there is currently no national progress levels for children…
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Kelsey Nicole Vasquez and Cameron Coursey Sorensen were married Feb. 22 at Sandy Creek Ranch, which is owned by the groom’s parents, in New Ulm, Texas. Paul C. Sorensen, the groom’s father, who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride, 28, is a commercial banker with J.P. Morgan in Houston. She…
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Shirley Lupton Berry and Zachary Joseph Masminster were married Feb. 22 at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, an events space in Brooklyn. Christopher Burney, a Universal Life minister and friend of the couple, officiated. The bride, 31, is a software engineer for Xandr, the advertising and analytics division of AT&T, in Manhattan. She graduated from Yale.…
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A sprawling new exhibition devoted to — and imagined by — Christian Louboutin, the shoe designer famous for red soles, is opening this week at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris. Less a retrospective of his 30-plus-year career than a highly personal tour through the twisting, expansive corridors of a creative mind, the…
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