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Tal- och språkutveckling är den process där barn tillägnar sig sitt första talade språk, sitt modersmål. Detta skall inte förväxlas med språkinlärning, som handlar om senare inlärning av andra språk. Språkutvecklingen pågår även efter att språket inlärts och innefattar även utvecklingen och det naturliga åldrandet av språket.

Före det talade språket
Spädbarns språkutveckling tar vid långt innan de själva börjar använda det talade (eller tecknade) språket. Hur den faktiska språkutvecklingen förhåller sig till övrig kommunikation är inte helt klarlagt. Redan vid födelsen kan spädbarn göra sig förstådda av sin omgivning med hjälp av miner och skrik. Innan barn behärskar det talade språket använder de olika sätt att kommunicera med sin omgivning, bland dessa finns gester, miner, skrik, joller och framförallt kroppsspråk.

Varför börjar barn tala?
Hur och varför barn tillägnar sig ett språk är fortfarande inte helt klart, men det finns många teorier i ämnet. En teori är att barn redan tidigt i sin utveckling uppfattar olika tonfall, känslor och signaler som förmedlas genom språket. Detta gör det talade språket tilltalande och väcker ett intresse hos barnet. Huruvida så kallat barnriktat tal, där man bland annat ändrar sitt röstläge, talar i korta meningar och upprepar sig är främjande för små barns språkutveckling är omdebatterat. Vissa anser att detta hämmar barnet i dess utveckling. Andra menar att det barnriktade talet är ett sätt att göra språket mer intressant och lättare för barnet att ta emot det.

Barns tidiga tal- och språkutveckling: Produktion
Vid cirka fyra års ålder har den grundläggande språkutvecklingen blivit klar för de flesta barn. Både i uttal och i grammatik kan barn vid den åldern ha nästan samma kunskap som vuxna. Man brukar tala om att barn har olika språksatser i åldern mellan ett och tre. Vid ett års ålder är man i ettordssatsen, två år i tvåordssatsen och tre år i treordssatsen eller i längre meningar. Man kan även vara tidig eller sen i denna språkutveckling.

Barn utvecklas olika snabbt, då exempelvis en treåring kan tala "rent" och tala med långa meningar kan en annan treåring inte tala "rent" utan har ett outvecklat uttal och har precis börjat sätta ihop treordssatser. Vissa barn har en försenad eller avvikande tal- och språkutveckling, oftast vet man inte varför. Språkförsening kan i vissa fall bero på arvsanlag, en allmän utvecklingsförsening, att man har en kontaktstörning, olika sociala faktorer till exempel bristande stimulans eller så kan man ha en sorts skada som drabbar funktioner väsentligt för språket och talmotoriken. De olika åldersangivelserna nedan är alltså ungefärliga.

För avvikelser såsom försening, se specifik språkstörning.

3–4 månader
I denna ålder kommunicerar barn mycket genom joller. Barnet kan ännu inte göra andra språkljud då dess svalg och angränsande organ inte är fullständigt utvecklade. Joller är ofta ett tecken på välbefinnande.

6–7 månader
Struphuvet växer hos barnet. Detta gör att barnet har fysiska förutsättningar att uttala vokaler. Lite senare kan barnet också uttala konsonanter.

9 månader
Långa jollerramsor med upprepningar är vanliga, exempelvis Ma-ma-ma-ma eller Ba-ba-ba-ba.

10–12 månader
Vid omkring ett års ålder brukar barn yttra sitt första ord. Det första ordet är ofta uppbyggt av enkla språkljud där någon av konsonanterna m, p, n, t eller d ingår. De första orden brukar i de flesta fall vara ett substantiv eller beteckna en person, exempelvis "lampa" eller "mamma". De talade orden brukar ofta vara instabila och uttalas olika vid olika tillfällen.

1–2 år
Här börjar barnet med ett till två ord som senare utvecklas till ca tjugo ord. Vid närmare två års ålder börjar barnet tala i enkla satser genom att kombinera två ord. Den egenskap som gör att vi kan sätta ihop små enheter till större (syntax) gör mänskliga språk så oerhört kraftfulla i termer av uttrycksfullhet. Till exempel "mamma" och "boll" kan kombineras till "mamma boll", något som barnet tidigare som bäst kunnat förmedla med ett av orden (vilket antagligen ger större utrymme för tolkning). När barn klarar att sätta ihop två ord kan man argumentera för att de tagit ett av de viktigaste sprången i språkutvecklingen.

2–3 år
I denna ålder kommer barnet in i en mycket aktiv språkperiod. Vid omkring två och två och ett halvt års ålder börjar barnet att använda tre till fyra ord tillsammans och bildar då små meningar. Vid denna ålder har barnets ordförråd ökat till ca 200-300 ord. Vid denna ålder används mest verb och substantiv i språket, barnet benämner även sig själv med sitt namn och inte pronomen, till exempel "Lisa gå ut". Det börjar även använda frågan "Vad är det?" och börjar förstå att föremål har namn.

3–4 år
Vid tre års ålder börjar barnets ordförråd växa snabbt och närmar sig runt tusen ord och dennas vokabulär har utvecklats. Barnet strävar även vid denna ålder att medvetet lära sig nya ord. Barnet börjar även säga "jag" om sig själv. Det ställer även många frågor som det redan vet svaret på, detta är ett sätt att kontrollera det egna språket. Barnet använder sina första räkneord vid denna ålder och böjer orden riktigare. Ordlekar, rim och ramsor är saker som roar barn även om de inte förstår dem.

4–5 år
Barnet börjar vid denna ålder tala rent och med fullständiga satser. Det har ett ordförråd som ligger på ca 1500-2000 ord. Det är under denna period barn är som mest språkligt aktiva, och frågor som "hur?" och "varför?" når sin topp då de vill kontrollera sina egna formuleringar. Barnet både kommenterar och talar mycket, nästan hela tiden under sina aktiviteter. Vid denna ålder tycker de även om lekar med ord och rytm, och att använda svåra och krångliga ord är intressant. Barnet har även lärt sig att bemästra språket så bra att det kan använda detta samtidigt som det håller på med olika aktiviteter som t.ex. att äta.

5–6 år
Barnet ställer mer frågor om sådant det vill ha svar på, inte på sådant det redan vet svaret på. Barnets ordförråd har även ökat till ca 2200 ord men ökar nu inte lika snabbt som tidigare. Barnets språkflöde är mer kontrollerat nu och har övergått i ett mer vuxet språk. Vid denna ålder kan barnet även följa med i en berättelse, återberätta den och förklara vad det hört och sett.

Hur man utvecklar språket med hjälp av digitala verktyg
Barns språkutveckling börjar redan i tidig ålder, först joller som sedan blir till något som inte gör att förstå för att sedan säga och därefter meningar. Hur barns språkutveckling framskrider är individuellt och skiljer sig därför från barn till barn. Barns språk utvecklas hela tiden t.ex. vid matsituationer och speciellt på förskolan där barn tillbringar många timmar om dagen. När barn som inte lärt sig prata riktigt ännu börjar förskolan träffar de andra barn som har utvecklat sitt språk mer och kan då lära av dem.

Pedagogerna på förskolan kan hjälpa barnen i deras fortsatta språkutveckling med t.ex. ett större ordförråd och lära sig skriva. En ipad med appar som fokuserar på barns språk är ett alternativ till arbetet med barns språkutveckling, pedagogerna behöver motivera ett barn för att ta till vara barnets kunskaper. Barn intresserar sig för språk samt reflekterar över hur andra barn alternativt deras föräldrar pratar. Ipad med appar på andra språk alternativt svenska ord översatta till ett annat språk intresserar barnen. (Lunneblad, J 2009) beskriver barn som intresserar sig för språk, igenkänningsfaktorn är hög då barn känner en person som är flerspråkig.

Kooperativt/kollaborativt lärande
Studier har genomförts på Stockholms universitet om kooperativt/kollaborativt lärande. De provade ett sätt som många förskolor uppskattar, arbete i mindre grupper kring lärplattan. Barnen sitter i mindre grupper och lär sig hur appen fungerar. De kan börja med att lyssna på ljud och byta bild i appen med "Mamma Mu" sagan. Sedan kan de ta kort på vad de vill och sätta in dem i sagan. De apparna som används är t.ex. "Drawing pad", pusselappar, "PuppetPals" som ger möjlighet till att ta kort på barnen och sätta in dem i olika bakgrunder. Detta sätt att arbeta bidrar till samtal i barngruppen för att kommentera det som har gjorts. "Kids games" handlar om att gissa ordet, sortera och bestämma vad som ska bort, denna app används i stora grupper för språkutvecklingen.

Efter studien hittades de fördelar inom språkutveckling i det kooperativa/kollaborativa lärandet. Det kooperativa/ kollaborativa lärande har specifika fördelar exempelvis att den bidrar till att aktivera det individuella tänkandet, barnen utvecklade ett gemensamt språk och påpekade att lärplattan är till för att lära, och perso

Utveckling av språklig förmåga enligt studier från Stockholms universitet
I en studie från Stockholms universitet visar det att när det kommer till språkutveckling fick de fram en bild som liknar det som besvarades kring de matematiska aktiviteterna som utvärderats, det finns inget som schemaläggs och om det skall likna något schema sker detta genom samlingar. Några lyfter fram att småbarn inte har något språk istället för att beskriva och exemplifiera språkrelaterade aktiviteter. Dock är det tydligt från enkäterna att ett flertal ur personalen anser att även barnens språkliga förmåga har utvecklats med hjälp av lärplattornas appar. Man har bland annat angivit att man observerat barnen "fått begrepp och ord som inte brukar vara aktuella i de vardagliga samtalen" och att man arbetat med läsande, berättelser, drama, reflektion samt rim och ramsor på olika språk.

Barns tidiga tal- och språkutveckling: Perception

0–6 månader
Kan skilja mellan alla språkljud.

6 månader
Språkspecifik perception av vokaler.

8 månader
Upptäcker typiska betoningsmönster i ord.

9 månader
Känner igen språkspecifika ljudkombinationer.

11 månader
Nedgång i uppfattning av konsonanter hos främmandespråk. Ökning i uppfattning av konsonanter i förstaspråken.

BVC-kontroller
Nedan nämns de kontroller som görs på barnavårdscentralen som berör språkliga förmågor. Förekommer det svårigheter remitteras barnet till logoped för utredning av dem.

18 månader.
 Hur många aktiva ord har barnet? Minst 8-10 ord ska förekomma.
 CHAT-formulär (görs på vissa ställen). Test av tidig kommunikationsförmåga, såsom hur väl barnet följer en annan persons uppmärksamhetsfokus (joint attention).
3 år
 Språkförståelse. Skattas genom frågor till föräldrarna.
 Grammatisk utveckling. Minst 3-ordsmeningar och korta meningar ska förekomma i barnets tal.
4 år
 Fonologi. Hur barnets ljudsystem utvecklats, se fonologisk utveckling.
 Allmän utvecklingsbedömning. Motorik, syn, hörsel m.m.
5 år
 "Skolmognad". Uppmärksamhet. Uppföljning av tidigare osäkerheter kring språkförmågorna.

Se även
 Barnspråk
 Fonologisk utveckling
Metalingvistisk medvetenhet
 Specifik språkstörning
 Språkbad

Referenser
 Arnquist, Anders: Barns språkutveckling, Studentlitteratur, Lund
 Söderbergh, Ragnhild: Barnets tidiga språkutveckling, LiberLäromedel, Lund
 Permer, Karin: Barnet och det talande språket, 1987
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 Coull, Mia (2006) Språket sitter i kroppen, Tidskrift: Vi föräldrar 2006:1 s.44-45
 Zamore, Maria (2003) Titta, han snackar, Tidskrift: Vi föräldrar 3003:4 s.68-70
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Chole is one of my favourite recipes. I have posted one resto style recipe earlier. Variations in recipes give a different as well as an equally delectable taste to the same. This variation turned out equally delicious, hence sharing the same below. Of course I have added my favourite khada masala powder here too and the credit of this khada masala powder that I follow goes to my favourite chef, VISHNU MANOHAR SIR. It's because of the addition of this masala along with other spices the chole gets its perfect finger licking flavour.It's very quick and easy to make and can be stored in an airtight bottle. I prepare in small quantities enough for about 4 times use so that the flavour stays intact.Shall be sharing khada masala powder recipe too.
1/4th cup kabuli chana(chick peas) : clean, wash and soak the kabuli chana in water for 7 to 8 hours or overnite.Next day rinse again,drain the water and add 11/2 cups water and a pinch of soda and pressure cook until pressure is released once (I have used desi kabuli chana which are small in size, hence required to cook only for one whistle). Pressure cooking time depends on size and type of chole. The chole should become soft but not mushy. Discard the water and keep aside to cool.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan add bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, badi elaichi, saute till you get its aroma, then add the onion paste, saute on low flame, till the raw flavour of the onion diminishes. This will take some time. If you feel the paste is sticking to the bottom of the pan, add another 1/2 tbsp oil. A sign that the onion paste is cooked, is oil will start leaving the sides and it'll start changing colour.
Then add ginger garlic coriander leaves paste,saute well till the raw flavour diminishes,add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, saute well,chopped tomato, saute well, add cooked chole, stir well. Add coriander powder, cumin powder, khada masala powder, mix well. Then add amchur powder,kasuri methi,salt,stir well.
Then add water to get an even consistency. Saute well and let it boil. Sprinkle a pinch of khada masala for flavour, mix well and switch off the flame.
Serve hot chole with puris/ bhature or kulcha and yes they taste great with vegetable pulao too.
The flavour of khada masala may vary due to size of star anise, cardamoms used. So first add 1 tsp of khada masala powder check the taste of chole and then add more if required.
1/4th cup kabuli chana soaked in water gives approximately 3/4th cup of kabuli chana. This may vary.
The recipe that I follow for Khada Masala is by Chef Vishnu Manohar. This recipe is a keeper.Thanks to Chef Vishnu Manohar for sharing. Adding 1 tsp of this masala powder along with other spices enhances the taste of masala bhat, pulavs,veg biryani and punjabi recipes to the maximum.
Grind all ingredients above to a fine powder and keep in an airtight container. This proportion gives approximately 4 tsp khada masala powder. Store the powder in an air tight container. We always use khada masala to prepare pulav, biryani, masale bhath etc. Adding a tsp of this powder enhances the flavour of rice.
Absolutely spot on ! Looks so delicious !!


The exit from our Fairy-Tale wedding. We felt like movie stars.
As you are already aware, DIY is an an acronym for do-it-yourself. When I say DIY, I basically mean that we chose not have our wedding at a an event center or venue. You know, one where the bulk of the planning and execution is carried out for you by people who have all the necessary resources right at their fingertips. (Wow, that's sounds kinda nice, actually.) Instead, we planned and carried out most of everything ourselves. This means laboriously researching for local vendors, planning out how everything aligns to your budget, and then working to piece everything together to make it happen. So why were we crazy enough to do it this way? Well, let me tell you a secret.... I'm somewhat of a glutton for punishment.
Okay, Okay, let me tell you the real reason. A DIY wedding can help save you a lot of money. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on an all inclusive wedding at a wedding venue, we opted for saving money for our honeymoon and spending money on updating the home. We felt like it was a better investment. So, we tore down the old dilapidated deck, and built a brand new, beefed-up, larger deck. We also spent money landscaping the front of the house. We rented equipment to help clean up the woods and yard. We bought grass seed to fill in the holes in our yard. We paid to have our carpets cleaned and made a few, small updates to the house. Do you see where this is going? For the cost of renting a wedding venue, we now have something we can keep and continue to love and ultimately provide a return when the home is sold.
We also chose to do everything ourselves, because in the end, along with the cost savings, the wedding turned out to be uniquely "us" and was exactly what we wanted in the first place…. the decor, the atmosphere, the food.... We felt that we may not have achieved this by using a venue. We wanted an outdoor wedding, and most places we looked at moved you inside immediately after the ceremony. This is simply not what we wanted... We wanted to be outside all night and not shuffled around. This is why we chose to have a backyard event.
Now, I'll have to admit, a DIY wedding is not for everyone. While it sounds nice to be able to save money, there is a trade off. It requires a huge time commitment and can be extremely stressful. I had to take a lot of time off of work and I even gave up my hobbies for quite a while in order to get things done. If you are someone who does not have the luxury of a lot of time on your hands (like I do *rolls eyes*), or does not do well with handling multiple projects at once (who me?), or is simply not a take-the-bull-the-horns kind of person (no cowgirls here), paying for a venue is a better choice. By the end of it all, I was kicking, screaming, pulling my hair out, snapping at my fiance, and otherwise a total wreck and ready for it all to be over. That never happens to brides who get married in an event center, right? Anyway, enough with the negativity. Let me show you our amazing backyard wedding! Enjoy!!
I also wanted tons of mason jar lanterns everywhere. Yes, EVERYWHERE. I shopped on ebay and browsed thrift stores but could only find a few at a time. At ten or so dollars for each ebay listing, I may have ended up spending a small fortune. Patience certainly proves to be a virtue and I was lucky enough to come across a guy on Craigslist that was cleaning out his barn and had about 60 of them. He sold them to me for $30. I was able to string tons of lanterns from our cherry trees as well as place a good many of them all over our deck.
We had many Mason jars lining the railing of our deck.
Aside from the beautifully lit backyard, one of the most important pieces to me was the arbor under which we would stand. I wanted it to be a rustic, hand built arbor for us to stand beneath while saying our vows. At first I thought that I would build it myself. I most likely could have, but I also had a ton of other things to do, so I asked my super-talented uncle, who loves (as he calls it) "wood art" to help me. I sent some pictures of what I had in mind and what I liked. He got right to work collecting pieces from his woods and made an arbor that blew my socks off. He certainly has an eye for design and I have to say, it was more beautiful than I could imagine.
The arbor, right after my uncle set it up. We needed to send this picture to my aunts so they could plan the flowers, hence my uncles tip-toes and elongated posture... He's making himself tall like our preacher.
My dad and cousin securing the arbor with wire for my aunts. The flowers were pretty heavy. My fiance and I had been climbing ladders all week, narrowly escaping serious injury. My dad on a ladder scared the bejeezus out of me!
In the final weeks leading up to my big day, I was beginning to stress about not having a plan for flowers. I knew mostly what I wanted, but had not taken the necessary steps to line it up. That's when my aunt called me to tell me that she and my other aunt (her sister) were going to do all the work for me! Whew (*Wipes forehead*).... just in time! All my amazingly-awesome flower arrangements were put together by my two aunts. This required a ton of planning and work on their part. They designed and created the flowers for my arbor, the center pieces for my tables, my bouquet, corsages for the ladies, boutonnieres for the men, and all the other arrangements sprinkled throughout. These two ladies, along with my arbor-constructing uncle, share my tastes when it comes to design. I sent some pictures of what I had in mind, and again, my family comes through and tops my expectations! The flowers for the arbor were perfect and exactly what I had in mind.... and take a look at my bouquet. Is it not to die for? I'd say my fiance's boutonniere was quite dapper as well!
The aunts, discussing the flower arrangements. It was getting down to the wire... they completed the decorating without a moment to spare!
The cousins, recruited by my aunts, arranging the center pieces. YAY for cousins!!
Kelly (right) has got this whipped! Her mom was a florist at one time.
One of the most important and often the most expensive element of any wedding is food. This is where we REALLY lucked up, and are forever indebted. My fiance and I knew we wanted excellent food that fit our outdoor theme, but we couldn't quite figure out how to hire a caterer that could offer us something that fell somewhere along that fine line of gourmet and casual. We were expecting this to be the biggest challenge; But fortunately for us, it fell right into our lap. Our buddies Carlos and David are starting a Bar-B-Q catering business and offered to do our wedding as a way for them to do a trial run. They offered to prepare all the food and all we would need to do is buy it. So, off to Sam's we went, and for an easy $600, were able to feed our 100 guests. Easy Squeezy, as my hubby likes to say. These two guys showed up at my house at around 4:30 in the morning and cooked all stinkin' day. The Bar-B-Q was delectable and many people commented to us later that it was the best they'd ever had. Their catering business is called Blue Moon BBQ and they are highly recommended. I encourage you to try it by hiring them for your next event!!! We had leftovers for days afterwards so that we could relive the experience again and again.
Not only did we luck up in having the food cooked free of charge, but we also had David's lovely wife offer to make our cake for us as well. We opted to go with cupcakes on a cupcake stand so that our guests could try her different flavors.... We had Red-Velvet, Key-Lime, Raspberry, Coconut, Chocolate, and Vanilla. It was sooooo difficult to choose a flavor, so some guests had one of each! Why not? On the top layer of the stand was the cutest (and tastiest) cake with tiny flowers. The entire display was done in our wedding colors. The cake's flowers were teal and the flowers accenting the stand were orange. Adorable! She also made us an extra cake for us to freeze for our anniversary as well.
Another expensive element of weddings is choosing to serve alcohol. We kept the this simple (and cheaper) by serving only beer and wine. We also allowed the guests the option of bring their own alcohol (which some of them did) and also allowing them to serve themselves, for the most part, what we were offering... they get more drunk that way. While we went with a cheaper, more basic wine, we wanted to offer our guests something unique in the way of beer. You may have already read about Michael's beer on my last blog post, but I can't say this enough.... Michael makes great beer. Please take the time to read more about it here. Offering our guests something locally brewed fell right in line with the atmosphere that we were going for.
We went back and forth on how to do the music. Because we live in a neighborhood, we were a little reluctant to hire a DJ and we weren't sure we wanted to pay several hundred dollars for that anyway. We decided that it may be better to just play background music from our iPod. But then how would there be dancing? I mean, it could happen, but it's best to have a personality to interact with the crowd. This it where it pays off to have a high-energy (read: Crazy) college YouTube star as a cousin. Meet Robbie, my handsome second cousin who attends Valdosta State University and is somewhat of an internet sensation on campus. (Click here to go to his channel, but please click at your own risk, and make sure no children are in the room.... you've been warned). I asked Robbie to queue the songs on the iPod and interact with the people on the dance floor. My arbor-constructing (and did I mention guitarist in multiple bands) uncle provided the music equipment so Robbie could do his thing. So much for keeping the music down.... sorry neighbors.
What's more awesome than having a friend with the coolest car in the world? Having a friend that will drive you off into the sunset in his coolest car in the world. The car was parked, hidden in the garage all night where we figured no one would notice it being there. We did this for two reasons: One, to surprise our guests with a show-boat exit. And Two, to keep people from trying to decorate it. I mean, would you want shaving cream and aluminum cans all over your car if it looked like this? No.
A great portion of our wedding needs were unavailable to us from family and friends, so we reached out to several local business to hire services and rent equipment. We rented tables, chairs, a smoker, and an outdoor restroom.... no, not a port-a-potty... an actual outdoor restroom. I hired someone to make the near-impossible snowmobile groom's cake. I also hired my hair stylist to do my hair and makeup. We hired a guitarist to play during the ceremony, and also hired a professional photographer. We hired a coordinator to carry out the evening events and to provide some servers for dinner and a clean up crew afterwards. This was very helpful, and I do not recommend that you try to host your wedding without some sort of personnel to help the evening flow properly.
Whelp, that's all folks. There's your thirty-thousand foot view of what it can mean to have a backyard wedding. Obviously, it can be a huge undertaking. It is important that you have your family and friends on board to help you. It makes all the difference in the world. I want to thank everyone who helped out to make our day special.
If you have any questions or would like some insight on having your own backyard wedding, or if you would like to share your own experiences, please comment below. I LOVE comments! Also, I would be happy to provide links for all the local businesses that were a part of my day. Please let me know if you'd like me to link something to your page.
Oh, and one last thing: One of the greatest things about my DIY/DIO weddings was that it inspired my to start Calligraphy by Kristen. After all, what good is a do-it-yourself wedding if you don't have do-it-yourself invitations and hand lettered envelopes to go with it? Read about The Mystery behind the History here.
Thanks so much for reading. Now enjoy some more pictures!
The Koi. They matched our teal and orange wedding.
My beautiful tea length wedding dress. I went short because I'd be in the grass all night!
The snowmobile cake by Heidi's Cake Creations. It took me forever to find someone who was up to the challenge. Many people turned me down, stating that they couldn't do it. This cake was made to look just like my husband's actual Arctic Cat.
We wrote love letters to each other and sealed it away with a bottle of wine. We'll open it on our 5 year anniversary.
You may kiss the bride.... under her beautiful arbor.
The Bar-B-Q pulled pork and chicken from Blue Moon BBQ.
Mason jar center pieces. Rose and orchid bouquet.
Annie, the dog. She's been with me since I was 16. She'll be 16 herself this year.
I'm so thrilled that you shared the blog of your wedding with me. It was wonderful to see it all set up. It was beautiful, as were you! Congratulations once again and thank you for allowing me to be involved in a small way with your celebration. I am tickled to have a nice picture of the cake too!
Thanks Heidi!! Your compliments are very sweet and I appreciate it. The cake was so amazing and people were very impressed with how true to life it was. You are such a talented person! I will be recommending you to my friends.
Loved the blog, well written and AMAZING Pictures! I loved being there and enjoyed being the DJ!
Thanks Robbie! We had such a great time having you as our DJ! It was a blast and I think it turned out really well! It was awesome seeing you and I can't wait to see you again..... very soon! Love You!
Thanks for ready and Tweeting, Tracy! I love Tweets! We were so fortunate to have such great photographers there to capture our special day. You do wonderful work!
Glad you got a picture of the Koi since they were instrumental in running us a little late with the flowers. We thought it would be easy to purchase a couple of fish in town, but instead it turned into a full blown mission. We are so thankful to Kelly and all the other family and friends who helped us finish in time. You will be happy to know the Koi (Kristen & Phil) now reside in Aunt Brenda's pond.
You and Phil are remarkable! With the DIY wedding, you were able to have so many special touches probably cost prohibited in a traditional wedding. It was a gutsy move but you two prevailed beautifully!
I thought the Koi picture was adorable, so I had to included it. I had no idea that you guys were bringing fish! And I certainly had no idea until later that it was getting a little stressful out there. I guess the bride is not supposed to be aware of things like that, so you guys did a great job of keeping it together. Thank you so much for all your help in making our day so gorgeous!
Your wedding was amazing Kristen & Phil. To us, it just happened yesterday. God bless, we agree with your words, totally.
Tracy, tweeted this 4 months ago......., she found this 4 months sooner! Awww For God's Sakes Cmon!!!!!
It's the big day, the day of your wedding. You've planned everything so that it will go just perfectly, including the dress, the caterer, the cake, and the flowers. However, there may be one thing you have not thought about. How are you and your out-of-town guests going to get to the wedding hall? Are they all going to hop in your car? Are they going to arrive in a taxi? Are they going to take the bus? No, no and no. That's why you need a wedding transportation service for your big day.


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Media|New Snapchat Channel to Look at Final Leg of Presidential Campaign
New Snapchat Channel to Look at Final Leg of Presidential Campaign
Jim VandeHei is unveiling We The People, a Snapchat Discover channel focused on the final stages of the presidential campaign.CreditCreditT.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
By Sydney Ember
Jim VandeHei's new media company, which he says is intended for dedicated news consumers, is scheduled to make its debut early next year. In the meantime, Mr. VandeHei, one of the founders of Politico, is keeping himself occupied with a more plebeian venture: a Snapchat channel.
On Sunday, he and NowThis, a company that makes short videos for social platforms, introduced We The People, a Snapchat Discover channel focused on the final stages of the presidential campaign. It is running Sunday through Thursday until the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.
Mr. VandeHei will provide editorial guidance for the channel, while NowThis, which already has its own Snapchat channel, will create the content.
The channel is separate from Mr. VandeHei's new media company, as yet unnamed, which has raised $10 million and will cover a wide range of subjects, including technology, business, media and politics. But there is a link between the two: Kenneth Lerer's firm, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, is an investor in both NowThis, whose short videos are all over social platforms including Facebook and Instagram, and Mr. VandeHei's new company.
"As we were discussing that new company, we also were discussing this new product," Mr. Lerer, one of the founders of The Huffington Post, said about We the People. NowThis is providing the money for the channel.
Mr. VandeHei said he viewed the Snapchat channel as an experiment that, if successful, could potentially "inform what we do with our new media company."
The channel also underscores a bigger shift in the media industry. Over the last few years, Facebook has had little competition when it comes to wooing both established publishers and newer media companies that want access to the platform's vast user base and sophisticated targeting capabilities.
Increasingly, however, publishers are viewing Snapchat as another viable distribution channel. Many, including BuzzFeed, The Wall Street Journal and Cosmopolitan magazine, have flocked to Snapchat Discover, where they can publish videos, graphics and text within the mobile app.
"Snapchat is now, and will grow to be, another very significant avenue to distribute content," said Mr. Lerer, who is also the executive chairman of BuzzFeed. "If you have an opportunity now to get on the Discover platform, you take it."
Mr. VandeHei's Snapchat channel is different from other Discover channels in that it will focus on one topic for an extended period of time. "The channels that we've launched to date have been around broader subject matters," said Nick Bell, vice president of content for Snapchat. "This is very specific and very pointed."
(Snapchat does have Specials — Discover channels that tend to focus on one topic and are live for only one or two days. Mr. Bell described those more as "one-offs.")
Mr. VandeHei did not define measures of success for the channel, but, he said, "we're all curious to see how big an audience we can get" and whether users will return day after day.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Snapchat Venture Focuses on Campaign's End. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe
Potent Critiques of NBC Forum Raise Stakes for Moderators
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September 25, 2017 / 2:01 PM / 2 years ago
Asymmetrical cuts by Japan's Ujoh close Milan Fashion Week
Giulia Segreti
MILAN (Reuters) - Milan Fashion Week wrapped up on Monday with clean, asymmetrical cuts from Japan's Ujoh by designer Mitsuru Nishizaki, an enthusiast of the Italian fashion capital where he made his debut two years ago.
Ujoh, established in Tokyo, showcased in Milan in 2015 a collection at an event for emerging international designers, sponsored by Italy's national fashion association. Nishizaki held his first show last year, with the patronage of fashion scion Giorgio Armani, a great supporter of young creative talents.
"Milan is where I really started and it is a valid platform for emerging designers... it is good because young people can confront themselves with other people and other countries," Nishizaki told reporters.
After spending time in his home country he said he intended to go back to what he called "the international wave".
Designs for Ujoh's spring summer 2018 collection were mainly asymmetrical, with layered looks and elegant masculine styles.
"I believe that asymmetric cutting particularly fits spring.. with a balance attained thanks to the use of light fabrics," Nishizaki said.
Slits in the sleeves, open cuts and parts of clothes bunched by drawcord created simple overlaying effects.
Styles were mainly in the colours of black, white and navy blue, with splashes of magenta red, gold, camel and flower pattern prints in beige and light blue and red.
Models wore one shoulder overalls, parachute-style light raincoats, zigzag cut vests, oversize shirts and coats with wide pockets.
"It's been a positive and particularly rich week, with shows by big names as well as young talents, like Ujoh," Italy's fashion association President Carlo Capasa told Reuters.
He added that the six-day fashion extravaganza in the Italian fashion capital - with almost 160 collections showcased and a multitude of presentations and events - had made Milan more relevant on the international fashion scene.
"What do you want more than this? It has been the most beautiful Fashion Week Milan has hosted in the last years," Capasa added.
Reporting by Giulia Segreti, editing by Ed Osmond


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Forensic science or forensic sciences? What's the big deal?
Forensic science has arguably been having something of an identity crisis, and part of this identity crisis stems from the nomenclature we use to define it. 'Forensic Science' and 'the Forensic Sciences' are often used interchangeably (and I've jotted down my thoughts on 'forensics' here if you're brave enough to go there!). This doesn't seem like it needs to be or should be a major issue, and certainly not one to get too over excited about (the only difference is an 's' after all), but over the last few years I've come to realise that it's actually a really big deal.
It's a big deal because names matter. The term we use to name our discipline will define what that discipline is and critically what it will become. The impact of a name can have significant ramifications. A name not only defines a discipline, but it shapes the perspectives of both those within and those outside the discipline. A name is integral to the identity of a discipline, and that identity lays the foundation for what a discipline is and what it is considered to be for, and also has the power to set a trajectory for how the discipline evolves and develops. Paulo Freire (1968) observed that naming the world is a model for changing the world. So, the name of a discipline is absolutely core to its credibility, strategic importance and to its future (not least because how strategically important a discipline is considered to be will have a bearing on the type and amounts of resources and funding that are made available for its development).
Forensic sciences?
Forensic science is often considered to be a patchwork of sciences that can be applied to forensic questions. As such it is often referred to as the 'forensic sciences' to convey the premise that it is a multidisciplinary field that takes methods and techniques from 'parent' or 'core' sciences and applies them to 'forensic' questions. The term 'forensic sciences' communicates a collection of applied 'core sciences' and therefore a 'field of interest', rather than a clearly defined discipline in its own right. Taking this approach is attractive because it can help us to achieve the answers we need to the 'what' and 'who' questions in crime detection ('what is this particle made of?', 'who left this DNA profile?'). It also often results in valuable developments in terms of technological advances to help us get those answers more quickly and accurately (just consider the impact of rapid DNA analysis in a custody suite, or real time fingerprint analysis).
However, there are two issues with this approach or 'model' of Forensic Science. First technologies are transposed in to a 'forensic' problem without sufficient regard for the specific context in forensic reconstruction. A classic example is the development of a great new technique for detecting trace amounts of material to distinguish between materials derived originally from different locations or different people. But the new technique requires a long sample preparation time, and an expensive piece of equipment that is not currently in standard forensic science labs. The cost implication of both of these attributes is likely to make the use of this breakthrough new technique unlikely (at least in the short term, and almost certainly for routine cases). The second issue is that considering Forensic Science as the 'forensic sciences' removes the possibility of a coherent and truly interdisciplinary approach for the scientific endeavour of crime reconstruction and evaluation. It presents a very narrow view of Forensic Science, and one that constrains us to a domain with a limited range of activities, and prevents a full consideration and appreciation of the contribution of science to the complex ecosystem of the justice system.
But more than that, it denies what Forensic Science (no 's'!) has (in my view) become in more recent years, which is a clearly defined discipline with all the hallmarks of a distinct 'subject'. It has a broadly understood name (there are job titles and building names that include 'forensic science'), a large number of university courses, a professional society, as well as a published body of literature with distinct research methods and hypotheses.
Forensic science has developed into a coherent distinct discipline that has common principles and processes across its different domains (such as DNA, trace evidence, digital evidence). As a single discipline (albeit a truly interdisciplinary one) of Forensic Science,
it is possible for it to articulate its distinctive research methods and evidence base that underpin the consistent, reproducible and transparent applications of its principles, processes and activities in practice.
it is much more able to address the complex ecosystem within which forensic reconstructions take place and address the whole process from crime scene to court.
it is able to articulate the priorities for both technological developments to answer the questions of 'what' and 'who' as well as the foundational research that will answer the 'how' and 'when' and also fuel the development of new theory and lay foundations for the advances of the future (for why this is important check out my TED talk).
we are better equipped to face new developments with the potential and exponential growth of digital evidence and 'big data', because we can situate digital evidence within an overarching common framework with shared principles, processes and activities (for more on this see the really insightful report on this from OSAC), and ensure that in those pioneering activities we can learn from our history and better equip Forensic Science for the future.
So what is in a name? As it turns out, a lot. Considering Forensic Science as a distinct unified discipline will direct the course it takes in the future. As an 'applied field' of 'forensic sciences' that 'borrows' approaches, breakthroughs and technological developments from 'core sciences' and applies them to 'forensic questions' we are limited to addressing the 'what' and the 'who' questions we face. Those are of course incredibly important questions to be addressing, but they need to be answered with a full appreciation of the forensic context. For the answers to be relevant in practice, they need to take account of all the complexities of the multi-faceted, multi-stakeholder environment within which forensic science necessarily operates. Forensic science is certainly not less than that.
But it needs to be so much more than that if it is going to offer the full spectrum and capability of science to the holistic and complex ecosystem of the justice system. Forensic Science as a distinct discipline, with its clear overarching and defined principles, processes and activities, and unique research methods (that address both technological advances as well as foundational research to underpin theoretical advances, future technological developments and the application of the science to forensic reconstruction), is the future we need. And all of that is in a name.
This blog discusses some of the ideas published in this recent Forensic Science International Synergy paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X19301445
A little of my interdisciplinary journey so far...sand dunes to forensic science
Five reflections from the World Economic Forum Global Future Council Annual Meeting
Forensics? What's in a word?
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DEWA outlines expansion…
DEWA outlines expansion Plans Until 2031
The state-owned Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has outlined expansion plans for the energy and water infrastructure based on demand forecasts until 2031.
They include investing nearly $11 billion on capital expenditure in the next five years. Investments will also be made in the expansion of renewable and clean energy projects.
At present, DEWA provides electricity and water services to more than 3.5 million people living in Dubai according to the highest standards of reliability, availability, efficiency, and quality. This number is expected to reach 5.8 million by 2040.
Even DEWA's power generation capacity has reached 14,117 megawatts (MW) and 490 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of desalinated water. DEWA keeps pace with the growing demand for energy and water in Dubai and has been playing a key role in the Emirate's efforts to increase the share of clean and renewable energy in line with the Dubai's Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and Dubai's Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050 which aims to provide 100% of Dubai's energy production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050.
Meeting Demand Forecast
"We work in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide an advanced infrastructure that contributes to Dubai's position as a preferred destination for living, working, investing, and visiting. It also meets the growing demand for electricity and water services according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency, and quality," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
"We will continue to implement pioneering projects to diversify Dubai's clean and renewable energy sources to include all available technologies in Dubai to achieve the wise leadership's vision for a brighter and more sustainable future for generations to come," he added.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which DEWA is implementing, is the largest single-site solar park in the world using the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, with a planned capacity of 5,000MW by 2030.
The current production capacity of the Solar Park has reached 1,627MW using PV panels. DEWA is implementing other projects at the Solar Park with a total of 1,233MW using PV and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Clean energy share in Dubai's energy mix has reached 11.5% and is expected to reach 14% by the end of 2022.
Jebel Ali P&D Complex
DEWA's Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Complex is one of the key pillars to providing Dubai with high-quality, efficient and reliable electricity and water services.
The complex has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the largest single-site natural gas power generation facility in the world, at a capacity of 9,547MW. DEWA currently has 43 Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) water desalination units with a total production capacity of 427 MIGD of water at the D-, E-, G-, K-, L, and M Stations.
It also has 2 SWRO plants with a production capacity of 63 MIGD. DEWA's total production capacity of desalinated water is 490 MIGD.
H-Station Power Plant
The H-Station Power Plant in Al Aweer is one of DEWA's key projects to meet the reserve margin criterion set for peak electricity demand in Dubai. The station's current installed capacity is 1,996MW of electricity.
Hassyan Power Complex
The current production capacity of the Hassyan Power Complex, which runs on natural gas, has reached 1,800MW, using the IPP model. A further 600MW will be added in 2023. This will raise the capacity of the Complex to 2,400MW.
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Världsmästerskapen i hastighetsåkning på skridskor 2004 avgjordes i Vikingskipet i Hamar, Norge under perioden 7-8 februari 2004:

Nederländernas Renate Groenewold och USA:s Chad Hedrick blev världsmästare.

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Alla 24 deltagare åkte de tre första distanserna; 12 åkare deltog sedan inte på fjärde distansen. Dessa 12 åkare utsågs genom ställningen vid på den längsta av de tre distanserna, samt total ställning efter alla tre distanser, samt följande jämförelser:

 De 12 främsta på båda listorna kvalificerade sig.
 För att kunna ta ut 12 åkare, ranordnades åkarna sedan upp i ordning efter sina bästa resultat på vardera lista. Kunde man ändå inte avgöra, hade totalställning företräde framför resultat på längsta distansen.

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You don't want to have an argument after 10 PM in a London bus. You just don't want. Because an argument could become a fight. And who knows what else.
This is the starting point of Misty, Arinze Kene's show. The initial metaphor is really beautiful. London at night is shown on a big screen as seen from an airplane. London pulses of life. And we are the red cells but we have to careful, because there are viruses too, ready to attack.
Arinze's performance is rich and physically magnetic. There is music, rap, poems, police brutality, gentrification, and much more. He has a great stage presence; his acting is captivating and full of life; the two musicians (one on the left, one on the fight) help to create an engaging atmosphere. The shows is defined as "gig theatre, spoken word, live art and direct address" and my impression is that all these things and all the topics were probably too many to put together and they would need to be better integrated and amalgamated to give a sense of continuity to the show that I missed.


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I recently took up Cross-fit training for two reasons: I was overweight and out of shape. I could tell that there were things I should be able to do with ease, even at fifty-five, which wore me out. I'm now in better shape, (but I'm still a bit overweight).
The point is that I'm not ready to give up being an active person, but I knew that if I didn't do something about it I wasn't going to have any choice; the cardiovascular ability wasn't going to be there. I had two basic problems with personal fitness: a sedentary job and a diet full of sugar. I needed to get off my duff and change the way I ate.
"Back in 1822 the average person ate only 6.3 lbs of sugar per year, compared to 130 lbs of sugar in 2012. That's more than 20 times as much sugar in our modern diet! No wonder we are bigger than ever… some form of refined sugar is included in virtually every single processed food … it's important to cut those processed and packaged convenience foods out of your diet.
Who hasn't tried to lose weight and failed? The reasons always go back to a poor diet and lack of exercise. We eat too many convenience foods, which are full of unhealthy calories, and we sit when we should stand, ride when we should walk, and relax when we should be working out.
A similar phenomenon can happen in our spiritual lives. It's one the Apostle Paul warned his protégé', Timothy, about in 1 Timothy 4:7-8.
In a spiritual sense, Paul was warning Tim away from "convenience foods for the soul," i.e. godless myths and old wives' tales, and urging him to spiritual exercise.
Spiritual convenience foods clog the shelves today, just as they did then. The feel-good spirituality that teaches that God is more interested in our happiness than our holiness comes to mind along with the gospel of success, and some of the more spectacular doomsday predictions.
These things are distractions. They aren't preparing God's people to take on the demands of following Christ in a culture increasingly hostile to the gospel. They aren't preparing us to deal with unethical behavior in business, professional, and church settings. They aren't helping us lead our families wisely and well as they face corruption in schools and social environments.
With that in mind I offer four tips for training your soul.
First, build strong, transparent relationships with godly friends. Find a few people who are committed to obeying Christ no matter what, and commit to meet regularly to discuss the Scriptures, sharpen and pray for each other.
Second, commit to regular intake of solid food: read scripture, study hard books, things that force you to work your mental muscles. Turn off the T.V., put down the smartphone, and learn to think biblically about life.
Third, learn the art of listening prayer. Be still before the Lord and tell him that you are listening, that you want him to lead you and that when he does, you will obey. The Transforming Friendship, by James Houston, is an excellent resource, along with many others.
Fourth, master your time. Jesus was very intentional about time. He talked quite a bit about God's timing. He did things at certain times and did not do other things at certain times. He did not allow himself to be blown about, to drift with the currents of the times or the whims of his disciples or followers or even his enemies. His no was as ready as his yes. He was very much the master of his schedule. Learn to be the master of yours.
In the coming years it is going to be more difficult to be a committed follower of Christ in this country than at any time in the past. Spiritually flabby, unfit Christians will not be up to the challenge. Time to do some serious soul training.


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Q: Cakephp passing a parameter from index page Is it possible to pass value as a variable in the index page?
for example, "/app/User/1"
In the controller, I would want something like this
public function index($id = null){
...
}

In Cakephp, it will give an error and saying "Error: The action 1 is not defined in controller"

A: That error is because you're missing the action part of the url
Try /app/users/index/1
Note the plural on the controller part. The $id is passed to the action as you want with that.

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Die Liste der Monuments historiques in Sainte-Colombe (Seine-et-Marne) führt die Monuments historiques in der französischen Gemeinde Sainte-Colombe auf.

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Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Editions, Band 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7, S. 1270.

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 Monuments historiques (Bauwerke) in Sainte-Colombe (Seine-et-Marne) in der Base Mérimée des französischen Kultusministeriums
 Monuments historiques (Objekte) in Sainte-Colombe (Seine-et-Marne) in der Base Palissy des französischen Kultusministeriums

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Advice for Women
Breakup Songs For Men
Best Breakup Songs That Will Make You Cry After a Breakup
A breakup is a fact of life to which our near ones or we can fall prey anytime. Those lucky ones who have not endured such a hard time may seem futile to listen to sad music when faced with a breakup; they feel it will only instigate more suffering. But the fact is, under different situations, tragic songs play different roles. Looking at sad songs of various dimensions willfully alter your perception of their effect. Sad songs can certainly remind you of your lover after a breakup. Still, once again, it will make you remember your capacity to love profoundly and enjoy those lovely memories before understanding what went wrong and going on in life again. When the split is due to betrayal, listening to sad music will encourage you to be a new person and remember how good you can be while ensuring that nobody takes advantage of you again. But if it makes you sad and weeps, then you can only let your tears spill freely because your spirit will be cleansed as the final drop comes, and it will give you a special power to go forward in life, leaving your history behind.
Why Are the Greatest Breakup Songs Sad and Unhappy?
Okay, so you and your girlfriend just broke up, and you're sad about it. You just want to curl up in a ball, put "your song" on – or some other song that reminds you of her – and be forever sad about it, don't you? It's the only natural reaction. All of us have heard about some person who has listened two or three hundred times to Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains in California" after they broke up with their ex. Breaking up is a difficult, tough thing. This isn't the best thing to do, though.
After a breakup, what is the best thing to do? Well, after the big breakup confrontation, it's locking yourself up in your room and picking up an awesome breakup song, putting the volume into full blast, and just drowning yourself in the melody. There. There. That should have made you forget the name of that heartless woman. Great breakup songs can vary from upbeat songs of cheerful power to slow songs of sorrow to angry songs full of rage. Any breakup playlist would consist of those genres. While some guys are a bit reluctant to take this route because it could lead to emotional turmoil, the ups and downs of a breakup will allow you to get in touch with every beautiful melody and passionate lyrics. Each song will evoke some emotional reaction that will help you grieve and eventually move on.
You need to listen to some of the music that would help you get over her if you want to do that. And that is the smartest thing for you to do right now, even though you want to get back together with her. No one wants to be with the miserable man who's lying around and listening to mopey songs. Not your ex, not your friends, not your girlfriends of the future, not anyone. It's all right to be depressed about the breakup, but you need to keep an eye on the future, and the only positive thing you can do about yourself is to get over her soon. You would want to consider trying out some of these breakup songs to do so.
Sad breakup songs have an incredible capacity of arousing thoughts, digging in never forgetting those missed moments. These are the memories you wouldn't give up for anything on earth. It's fantastic how the lyrics in the songs will make you experience your past again along with their calming tunes and know the importance of the sweet moments spent together that would only allow you to remember those precious moments for the rest of your lives while reassuring you that it's not the end of the world.
So the next time you hear someone listening to a sad breakup song, don't tell them they're behaving like a miserable loser because sad songs have an amazing way of clearing the soul of suffering and can bring an improved character to the surface.
The Top 10 Best Breakup Songs for Guys
Your family and friends, even the most patient ones, will finally get fed up with your constant wailing and frequent calls sniveling over your breakup. Luckily, though, there is a song for every reason, one that appeals to the soul. It's the beauty of a good breakup song that soaks your eyes in tears effectively, wraps you in a tight hug, and doesn't leave your side until you feel good and ready again. Breakup songs play a strong and successful role in mending the fractured heart post-breakup.
The best breakup songs would encourage you to move on and forget about the woman. Breakups are painful, but it can be tougher often to stay in a relationship that doesn't fit. There are times when things simply don't work out, and the only choice you have is to let go.
Since it's tough to cope with a breakup, here are 10 time-tested breakup songs that might help you forget about your ex-girlfriend and move on.
#1 – Vitamin C's… "Me, Myself, and I" "I ain't got nobody that I can depend on, just me myself, and I 2 4 6 8 Why don't you appreciate me?"
Sometimes it's just not worth being in a relationship, particularly if the woman you're with doesn't value you. You waste more time thinking or complaining over it than loving being in a relationship with each other. You need to wake up now that she's gone and know that you really can't count on her and that you're better off on your own or pursuing someone else that deserves you.
#2 – Avril Lavigne's… "Happy Ending" "It's nice to know that you were there. Thanks for acting as you cared And making me feel like I was the only one, It's nice to know we had it all, thanks for watching as I fall And let me know we were done."
It's sarcastic. But yes, sometimes, especially if you get dumped by someone you thought you could trust, you can't help it. If you think it's really difficult, you may not be so upset about the breakup. You might be angrier because she forced the issue and left you, and you let that happen. But what's done is done, and you shouldn't have any worries about the relationship ending if your woman was inconsiderate and treated you like you don't matter at all.
#3 – Phil Collins'… "Against All Odds" "How can you just walk away from me When all I can do is watch you leave? Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain You're the only one who really knew me at all."
This song takes us to the stage where we are left fractured, destroyed, and depressed by a breakup in our lives. This number is such a soulful ballad. Via this song, the hitmaker also wants to remind us that getting back together is achievable even though the chances are not all in our favor. It's totally worth taking a shot.
#4 – Leona Lewis's… "Better in Time" "Thought I couldn't live without you, it's going to hurt when it heals too, It'll all get better in time And even though I really love you, I'm going to smile cause I deserve to, It'll all get better in time."
Whether you have done the dumping or have been dumped, breakups are hard to deal with. "Better in Time" by Leona Lewis is one of the best breakup songs out there because it tells us that things will get better no matter how hard it is at first. You still love her, but that doesn't mean you should always be sad. You owe it to yourself to be able to smile and move on with life.
#5 – Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton's… "I Will Always Love You" "If I should stay I would only be in your way So I'll go, but I know I'll think of you every step of the way."
Because of our unfathomable admiration for Kevin Costner, "I Will Always Love You" is a very relevant song. Exes everywhere can also identify with this song. It teaches us that the feelings of love cannot be cut off by a breakup - well, at least some of the time. Love still exists even after the relationship has ended. It makes reuniting possible and probable.
#6 – Cake's… "I Will Survive" "At first, I was afraid I could never live without you by my side But then I spent so many nights Just thinking how you'd done me wrong I grew strong I learned how to get along."
Remember how you felt about your love life in that last song? As if it should have been saved? Get those thoughts out of your head! No matter if you get back together or stay apart, this breakup was the very healthiest choice for your relationship and yourself. The idea should be hammered back into your brain by this tune.
#7 – Dean Martin's… "Return to Me" "Return to me Oh, my dear, I'm so lonely Hurry back, hurry back Oh, my love, hurry back. I'm yours."
Back in the 50s and 60s, this guy right here changed the definition of cool in America. Although no one would ever visualize him as someone begging, "Return to Me" portrays a guy full of sadness and imploring for his love to come back. Even though the song may be all about a lover away on tour, it can still apply to a breakup.
#8 – Question Mark & The Mysterians'… "96 Tears" "You're way on top now since you left me But watch out now, I'm gonna get there And then I'm gonna put you way down here And you'll start crying ninety-six tears Cry, cry"
One of the greatest songs ever written. The singer tells the story of his breakup and has a plan to get her back and hurt her just as much as she hurt him. It's not really nice, but wouldn't it make you feel a little better knowing that she was feeling even worse if you were feeling this bad right now?
#9 – All-American Rejects'… "Gives You Hell" "When you see my face Hope it gives you hell When you walk my way Hope it gives you hell."
This song has so many intense emotions that right now, you think they're your own words. You don't want her to know what she did to you right now, or ever. You miss her, but that's not what you need her to remember. You want her to see the new confidence you, head held high because you want her to think about how bad she messed up. You want to give her hell for it.
#10 – Wilco's… "Either Way" "Maybe you still love me, and maybe you don't Either you will or you won't Maybe you just need some time alone I will try to understand Everything has its plan."
It is a lovely song that reinforces the idea that whatever ends up happening is surely not up to you and that it's all for the greater good. You can attempt to fight this breakup, but you ultimately don't know whether or not you're going to get back together. You either will or won't. Don't try and sweat it.
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The X-rayed Hamlet
John Potts sees a work-in-progress showing of Robert Lepage's multimedia Shakespeare at ISEA 95
Attending Robert Lepage's Elsinore is like watching Citizen Kane for the first time. Or more accurately, it's like seeing Citizen Kane in 1941 for the first time. Lepage's one-man multimedia version of Hamlet is a virtuoso exploration of a developing technological form; like Kane, it fuses astonishing technique and original artistic vision.
Elsinore premiered in Montreal in November; Lepage presented the first three acts to participants at ISEA in September. The work's melding of performance and technology (video, computer-generated visuals, sampled and digitally treated sound) is an indication of the way Lepage is heading. In Quebec City he has acquired an old fire hall which he is converting into La Caserne—a multimedia laboratory equipped with satellite links and technology designed for live interactive performance.
The greatest virtue of Elsinore is not its array of technology. This is no production hypnotised by its own apparatus: Lepage is an artist first, technician second. Many of the other works presented at ISEA, particularly in the performance and sound fields, suffered from a heavy-handed over-use of digital techniques. Computers programmed to "play" genetic codes as music; performances swamped with digital delay and a deluge of samples; onslaughts of computer noise in the absurd name of the "post-human"…these and other travesties were vindication of Jacques Attali's maudlin prophecy of the 1970s. The artist as cybernetician, he warned, "is transcended by his own tools". Too often at ISEA we were left with barren sounds and spectacles: the machine playing itself.
Elsinore, then, was an enormous relief. Here was an artist who deployed technology in pursuit of an aesthetic goal. Lepage has focussed on Hamlet's famous indecisiveness, narrowing the action into his own solitary person, using the technology to externalise the poetry and drama of the protagonist's thought. The result, as Lepage claims, is an "X-rayed" Hamlet. While the action apparently takes place in the protagonist's head, it occasionally has the look of an encephalogram."
Lepage plays every character, with the exception of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who are "played" by observation video cameras. The two hapless rascals are represented by their points-of-view: we see Lepage as Hamlet from the different perspectives of the cameras, projected onto screens. Digital audio treatment allows Lepage to play Claudius (his natural pitch lowered a tone or so) and Gertrude and Ophelia (raised in pitch). The dexterity of the audio technician in rapidly switching between "voices" is one of the many marvels of this production.
The presiding marvel, however, is that none of these techniques appears gimmicky; each has an integral function in the work. A Claudius speech is accompanied by a green voice analysis wave-form, projected onto Lepage's face: this adds to the mood evoked by the character. The set is washed with grey-blue video, summoning an emotional landscape to parallel the Elsinore setting.
The music score is played live by composer Robert Caux, seated at the foot of the stage with his keyboards and equipment. The sound design incorporates synthesiser effects, quasi-period music (sampled lutes), and treatment of Lepage's voice. The latter technique is especially effective, sampling a phrase or key word, looping and detuning it, superimposing the treatment over Lepage's speech. The effect is used sparingly and with a poetic grace that could serve as a model for the use of sampled sound in performance.
Like Orson Welles, Lepage is at heart an illusionist; Elsinore is full of ingenious tricks achieved with minimal means. Hamlet's doublet, undone, becomes Ophelia's dress, which, with lighting effects and malleable stage, becomes the pond in which she drowns. Lepage uses some brazenly low-tech tricks in this hi-tech show; creaky stage machinery is at deliberate odds with the seamless electronics. A vigorous dialogue between Hamlet and Claudius is achieved via a simple block of wood as stage prop, serving as, alternatively, stool and footrest.
And, finally, the whole thing would fall in an over-ambitious heap if Lepage couldn't act. But—most emphatically—he can (in both English and French.) His Hamlet is convincing : quiet, controlled, complex. Neither Olivier-effete nor Gibson-blustery, his is a Hamlet of the interior. And he's not too bad at all the other characters as well.
Elsinore received a tremendous ovation at ISEA, as a work-in-progress. Such a momentous project deserves to be seen around the world. Australians can take heart that Lepage, who has toured here with Needles and Opium and Bluebeard, at least has us in mind. In describing the virtues of his new hi-tech lab, he told a Montreal magazine: "We will be working via satellite, experimenting with performances that take into account that when it's midnight in Quebec, it's noon in Australia."
RealTime issue #10 Dec-Jan 1995 pg. 21
© John Potts; for permission to reproduce apply to realtime@realtimearts.net


The Oxford Byzantine Society is a graduate student run organisation which provides support and information for graduate students of Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Oxford University. It also provides opportunities for graduate students to present their work to their peers from institutions across the globe and acts as a hub for the sharing of information about job opportunities, studentships, conferences and seminars as well as publications and resources. Members of the society in Oxford can also expect to meet for drinks, dinners and trips.
We operate two mailing lists. The Byzness contains useful information about scholarly opportunities in the world of Byzantine and Late Antique studies, as broadly defined as possible. The Oxford Listings are sent out during term-time, and provide information about upcoming Byzantine-themed seminars, lectures, and reading groups around Oxford. If you would like to join either mailing list, please visit their linked Google Group pages and select "Join this group".
Further information on the Society's activities for the academic year 2018-19, as well as useful resources for LABS freshers can be found here.


It's time to take profit on an underweight position in government bonds. In most geographies benchmark interest rates have been drifting higher over 2018.
This drift has been most pronounced in the US, where 10-year interest rates started the year at 2.4% and are now just over 3.2%, resulting in a loss for Treasury bond investors of just over 4%.
With the US economy powering ahead and inflation still at bay, it has been mainly the 'real' interest rate that has increased over this time. That is, the interest rate not directly affected by inflation expectations, derived from inflation-protected Treasuries, as figure 1 illustrates.
The recent increases in real interest rates are partially a result of comments made by the Federal Reserve Chair, Jay Powell that the current policy rate is far from 'neutral'.
The path of interest rates implied within the yield curve, both near and distant, has been reappraised as a result.
This move has left Treasuries closer to a fair value in our view.
Simply comparing the market pricing for where the policy rate is expected to settle in 10-year's time with an academic estimation of a nominal equilibrium rate, we see this gap has now been closed (figure 2).
Looking through the lens of monetary policy, as central bankers do, it is the real interest rate that really matters in terms of impact on the economy.
When recessions hit, central banks tend to reduce policy rates thereby lowering real short term interest rates, sometimes even pushing them into negative territory, in an attempt to influence investing and spending behavior.
During the most recent financial crisis, the Federal Reserve even applied a purchase program ('Operation Twist') to flatten the yield curve, so influencing longer-term yields.
However, the reverse is also true of course.
When real interest rates rise, as they now have in the US, it should tighten financial conditions.
The substantial appreciation of the US dollar seen over this year should actually have a similar, additive effect on conditions in the US economy.
However, higher interest rates allied to a stronger exchange rate do not have to send the economy into reverse, but the pace of change in conditions that these combined moves can inflict on the economy can have important implications for central bankers.
For interest rates across the curve to move substantially higher from this point, we would likely need to see inflation expectations respond to the risk of an inflation overshoot.
We are certainly seeing inflationary pressures gathering momentum a little in the US economy, but not yet to the degree that would see a continuing underweight in the government bond market being rewarded.
In our tactical asset allocation, deviations from the SAA holdings reflect our conviction that a market will head in a certain direction.
We have long held the view that interest rates in the US are likely to rise over time, faster than markets had been anticipating.
Given the recent rise in yields, we feel a fair bit of this story has now been priced-in and have been taking profits by closing underweight positions in developed markets government bonds in our tactical portfolios.


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COVID-19: Vancouver Islander celebrates 90th birthday with Model T ride as neighbours line streets
Michael Briones
Pauline Gray waves to her neighbours while on a special ride in a 1930 Model T on her 90th birthday. (Michael Briones photo)
A bagpiper leads Pauline Gray's ride in a classic Model T to celebrate her 90th birthday. Neighbours lined up the streets to greet her on her special day. (Michael Briones photo
Madonna Avenue residents in Nanoose Bay line up the streets to greet Pauline Gray who was given a special ride in a 1930 Model T on her 90th birthday. (Michael Briones photo)
Pauline Gray gets a special ride in a 1930 Model T on her 90th birthday. (Michael Briones photo)
Pauline Gray wanted to have a big bash to celebrate her 90th birthday but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic derailed those plans.
The Nanoose Bay resident was disappointed but friends and neighbours still came up with something special for her birthday on Thursday, April 2.
Gray was given a special ride on a Model T, owned by her friend Jim Cormier. The classic vehicle was made in 1930 which happens to be the year Gray was born.
"It's as old as her," said Cormier. "We had offer this ride to her when she turns 90. And with the lockdown happening, we just wanted to give her something really special."
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A bagpiper led the vintage car along Madrona Avenue and as they drove by, Gray's neighbours lined the streets to greet her. Some sang 'Happy Birthday' and that had Gray in tears, unable to hide her emotions.
"She was ecstactic," said Francesca Dawe, who organized the special celebration. "She had so much fun. She's a really an outgoing lady. So this is a big day. She was so disappointed when all of this happened and she realized that she couldn't have a party. We just wanted to make sure that we do something for her special day. She got to celebrate.
"It wasn't quite what she had imagined. But I think she realized how many people wanted to come out and say 'Happy Birthday' to her. At the end of the day, she was thrilled."
Michael.Briones@pqbnews.com
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Cinema City Velký Špalíček je první multikino na území statutárního města Brna a zároveň technicky nejvyspělejší kino na území Brna. Nachází se ve druhém patře obchodního centra Velký Špalíček, v katastrálním území Město Brno, v městské části Brno-střed.

Do doby otevření multikina Velký Špalíček měli obyvatelé Brna k dispozici multikino v obchodním a zábavním centrum Olympia Brno v sousedním městě Modřice. Multikino Velký Špalíček bylo otevřeno spolu s obchodním centrem 1. září 2001 a původně patřilo společnosti Ster Century, která je roku 2002 odprodala společnosti Palace Cinemas. Její kina v Česku, Maďarsku a na Slovensku byla v roce 2011 odkoupena společností Cinema City.

Multikino, vybavené zvukovými systémy Dolby Stereo SR, Dolby Digital a DTS, má 7 plně klimatizovaných kinosálů o celkové kapacitě 1 413 sedadel. Otevření multikina vedlo k zániku řady brněnských kin.

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