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Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion - 'Speaking Dance'
by Ramsay Burt
October 18, 2006 -- The Place, London
There were no preliminaries in "Speaking Dance". The two men just walked on stage, sat down, and immediately began a duel of words: 'left', 'right' 'left', 'right', 'left', 'right' in quick succession as if chasing each other's tails. Fast, light, precise -- it sounded like a tongue twister and indeed the seemingly endless, unpredictable repetitions mutated: 'left' became 'lift', 'stop', 'step', and 'stamp' emerged. Just when I was thinking that 'Speaking Dance' would entirely consist of speaking these rhythmically complex repetitions of words that describe movements, the performers added a short movement sequence that involved deftly rubbing the forearm with the opposite hand, and a quick burst of rhythmic clapping soon followed.
Other unexpected elements were added throughout the piece. Fargion sang Italian folk songs in a light, untrained but precisely modulated voice, accompanying himself with fast clapping. While he did this, he watched Burrows dance a series of slashing and swiping movements he performed with his arms. The movement pulled him forwards, almost off balance. There seemed to be cues in the movement sequence that made Fargion stop singing and start a new verse, or stop altogether. Here, as elsewhere, there seemed to be a game-like structure. There were sections of singing or speaking to pre-recorded music --on a piano, an accordion, or what sounded like a simple Cassio keyboard with drum and bass. For a couple of short, energetic sections they played breathlessly on small mouth organs.
On a formal, abstract level the piece used repetitions of small, largely ordinary words, actions, and musical themes to create seemingly endless yet quirkily unpredictable, game-like patterns of events. On another level, the piece was very funny -- or at least the Dance Umbrella audience at the Place thought so, laughing almost from the start. This is the third piece that Burrows and Fargion have made and performed together -- the other pieces are "Both Sitting Duet"(2003) and "Silent Dance" (2005). I guess that many of the London audience came with expectations from having enjoyed the first two pieces so much.
But what made them laugh? The silliness of these plain, simple actions combined with a great sense of comic timing and quirky surprises accounted for much of the laughter. Some of the sequences were almost childish. One, for example, seemed to be a variant on the game 'Stone, Paper, Scissors'. When Fargion said 'chicken', 'yes', 'come', or 'stop', Burrows had to make the corresponding hand gesture -- chicken's head, thumbs up, wave forward, or open palm held up. While they are not of course stand-up comedians, the two must know they can be funny and have undoubtedly decided to deliberately exploit this. My favourite moment was when they shouted 'shake', 'flip', 'crash', and other onomatopoeic words to a well-known Bach chorale that had been recorded on a keyboard with painfully slow drum and bass.
We in the audience also laughed because Burrows and Fargion's manner somehow conveyed that it was safe to do so. A number of people writing about earlier parts of what has become a trilogy have observed that it is lovely to see two men relating so warmly together on stage and displaying such generosity towards one another. This is clearly at least in part a result of their working practices. Burrows is a dancer while Fargion is a composer. Each of the three pieces has explored different ways of allowing them to perform together on equal terms despite their different abilities.
"Both Sitting Duets" took as its starting point a score for a piece for piano and violin by Morton Feldman, each dancer performing movements set to one of the instrumental parts. They had decided that both would sit for the entire piece because this reduced the range of movement possibilities in a way that made the gap between Burrows and Fargion's dance experience less significant. Each had a score written in a notebook which they followed while performing "Both Sitting Duet" and "Speaking Dance". Dancers usually learn the whole piece, however long, by heart, whereas musicians invariably use scores. Fargion had to perform "Silent Dance" from memory without one. The piece was, of course, far from silent, with both performers singing or counting through sequences of unpredictable repetitions. In "Speaking Dance", Burrows had more dance-like material while Fargion did more singing and playing of music. There was also a musical game sequence where the dancers listened to a piano melody and had to choose to sing a note from it while naming it -- 'A flat', 'B flat', 'C', 'D', 'E flat', etc.
Unpredictable repetitions are a feature of all three pieces, coming from Burrows and Fargion's long-term fascination with Morton Feldman's music. Feldman's uneven, unpredictable repetitions disorient the listener, making it difficult to get a sense of the piece's formal organization. They direct attention instead, to its length and sense of scale. Feldman was more interested in enveloping environments in which listeners experience music from 'inside' a composition. I often seem to start off watching Burrows's pieces by trying to work out what the rules governing the composition are, but when I have given up, because these are never clear, I find myself becoming absorbed in the piece's overall ambience.
In the post-show discussion, Burrows suggested that now that all three pieces have been made, they have a surprisingly classical, musical form. The first introduces a set of premises, the second is a slow and meditative exploration of possibilities introduced but not addressed in the first, while the third is fast and sums up the themes and ideas from the first two.
When asked what his influences are, Burrows named an Oxfordshire Morris dancing team and a piece "Gestures in Red" that Douglas Dunn performed at Riverside Studios in the first Dance Umbrella Festival back in 1978. This piece totally divided the audience -- some walking out, one after loudly calling it a load of rubbish, others sticking with it and applauding strongly at the end. (What Burrows didn't mention was that he himself, at the time dancing with the Royal Ballet, had also performed an early piece in that first festival.)
It is a mistake to think that conceptually challenging or innovative works like this trilogy deliberately go out of their way to contradict conventional expectations for the sake of it or in order to be fashionable. Work that pulls one out of one's comfort zone can make one aware of ideas and experiences one wouldn't otherwise encounter.
Burrows and Fargion are mature, thoughtful performers with enormous experience. There didn't seem to me to be anything self-indulgent about "Speaking Dance". Much of it looked tricky to do at the fast, energetic pace they set themselves. Some sections seemed to have an almost strained intensity that I found strangely moving. Burrows and Fargion seem to have got in touch with some basic and fundamental truths about relationships -- between each other and between themselves as performers and us in the audience. This is what, in my view, makes "Speaking Dance" such a fine work.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Why women are not allowed to lit pyre during cremation?
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Women are not included in the Hindu cremation not because of any gender discrimination but because they are considered emotionally more sensitive then men & there is a tendency that they will weep at the place of cremation. Tears are considered as pollutant during the cremation according to Hindu Vedas plus there are other issues attached with females which are considered to be polluting in the Vedas,ReplyDelete
So women are not included in the Cremation but they have their rites to perform while the deceased body is being taken out of the house for cremation.
There is no such issue as discrimination as I see. Even in other religions, some tasks are strictly to be done by men. This is how the religions are. A women can't dig your grave Sir! There has to be an undertaker & undertaker by virtue of nature are not women.Replies
Thanks a lot for your comment and initiating the discussion. If you read the post carefully, I already offered this explanation as a reason how this custom originated. Woen are considered as "emotionally more sensitive" but that doesnt mean all of them are, I have seem many women who are emotionally very strong and many men who are emotionally very sensitive or weak, one can not generalize this behavior, it varies from person to person.Delete
This whole concept of male lighting pyre to get moksha has created heavy bias towards desire of having male child in Indian society and this is how discrimination creeps in, slowly traditions like these develop people's mindset and before we know they turn into heavy bias against particular gender or section of society, there are many examples like this.
And why women can't dig grave? What is problem, they are capable of doing all jobs which men can do, so why not in this case if they want to do it? May be you can not see discrimination here but I can see it clearly.
- AnonymousDecember 1, 2016 at 12:08 PM
Me and my sister being the only daughter in the family when my father died my son and my husband being the only male in the family did the cremation.since my son was only 4 years old then he was uncomfortable to go since he is more attached to me and when i urged to go along with him people never said anything i was allowed in the cremation ground. People openly accept it these days may be not in villages.Delete
Thanks for sharing your experience. Good to see that things are changing, if women continue to fight for their rights, society has to do away with all discriminatory practices, it will take some time, but I am sure one day, it will happen.Delete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2016 at 5:17 AM
I'm from Trinidad and last December I performed the last rites for my deceased mother. I'm her only daughter and I just turned 28 at the time. My mother had two brothers and one nephew however she hadn't lived well with them & that basically flat out refused to perform any rites for her. They opted to just attend the funeral. My mother was a practicing Hindu, born a bramhin I remember last year when she died, feeling very alone. I'm a very strong female, my father was never in the picture ever since I was born, so I grew up never relying on a man, so placing the kind of importance on a man to perform certain functions for the funeral seemed like an embarrassing burden /request on my male family members, though, due to tradition I did ask anyway & was declined. So basically from the moment my mother died at the hospital, I was with her body,I signed all of her documents, I, alongside my 26yr old female cousin went to the morgue with the local Hindu funeral company personnel to identify & release her to them. It took one day to organize her funeral, which I paid for, chose wooden casket, cosmetics, clothes & whatever else the funeral home required, plus I had to register the death, get the relevant death certificate and cremation license, and purchase all of the funeral/puja requirements (no man involved yet)Delete
I remember my pundit being so immensely conflicted as he was a very "by the book" man, so allowing me to perform her final rites was basically unprecedented over here, and I would've been his first ever. he pleaded with the male relatives & when he met no success, on the day of the funeral he told me to wear something white, I'm going to perform it. So I had to offer pinders, I traveled in the hearse with her body to the cremation site, I walked barefooted At the cremation site (that was insane to me but I guess men do it) I did everything a man was supposed to do that day. I walked around the funeral pyre, I recited chants, I lit my mother's body on fire. Literally, the process here is to place a flaming stick on the deceased's Face/mouth as the body is encased in a 6ft rectangular wooden funeral pyre.It was kind of morbid,but I did as instructed. At one point during the funeral I think my eyes welled up with tears but because so many eyes were on my I just held them back, so the bit about females being emotional, I honestly wasn't a teary mess even though I was sad, I was just numb or something I can't say.
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2016 at 5:18 AM
I waited till she was properly cremated with my aunts & uncles. Oh, I remember the pundit telling me that I had to personally shovel her ashes before dawn the next morning. Can you imagine, me driving to this dark desolate cremation site and shoveling up her ashes by myself & pushing a wheelbarrow into a bushy creepy lonely shadowy jetty & throwing her ashes into a river? Maybe you could but I couldn't lol....I sort of disobeyed the pundit in this regard & organized with the funeral home to provide me with a "cleanup team" so that I could have a little help while I performed the rituals. Plus the pundit required me to pick out a few bones from her chest & perform rituals over it. Looking at the ashy debris, it was really hard for me to tell what was what, let alone specifically pick out chest bones! Luckily for me, my two uncles & my aunt decided to accompany me the following morning to the cremation site, honestly it was a welcome surprise as my uncles had done those rites before, so I ended up with a lot of help! About 6 wheelbarrow trips to the river and back,i had completed that aspect of the cremation process.i basically fasted for the entire 2 week period, I think the pundit wanted me to live on sweet rice & fruits but I am an insulin-dependant diabetic and that wasn't a feasible diet for me to be on health-wise. This isn't a gender related issues though, as men can suffer from the same lol....I remember on the 11th day of the "shaving", I had to cut my hair, but thankfully I didn't have to shave it off lol....I think my pundits were concerned that as a female, I would be "impure" if I somehow had to menstruate during the mourning period, as this would be considered unclean & would potentially derail the whole process but I also have pcos, therefore in my case I hadn't seen a period for months, if not, a year lolDelete
I know this was a long story but this was definitely a defining experience in my life as I'm honoured to perform something so sacred for my mother as truly, being the only child to a single parent,it felt right in my heart to perform those last rites, the only problem according to Hinduism was that I wasn't a male
Thanks a lot for sharing your story. I salute to your courage and conviction. I am really proud of the courage you showed to perform last rites of your mother. People like you are the torch bearers of social change. You are a social reformer and I applaud your actions. Thanks again for sharing your experience.Delete
petforming of last rites of a dead person is one of the most noble work (performing karma) a person can ever do.
As long as my elder brother was alive (died on june 2013) he performed the last rites of our mother and father.
When my 3rd elder died at age of 62 (she being unmarried) i took the initiate to perform her last rites (which has given me imense satisfation then anything in the world.My stupid other 2 elder sisters thought of giving me some money for this valueable yeomen service the next day thru my elder sisters son which i felt very angry and did not comment being just 5th day.i thought and told my wife are they trying to pay for her hasthi )i did it as love and effection and so no amount on earth can balance this noble act.
So one should be afraid to perform such a noble service.
in war and other remote places i think were the dead persons corpse cannot be for sone reason be sent to their home its the co soldiers who does these noble cause
- AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 11:43 AM
A similar blog like this I have read few years back. Commented their also.ReplyDelete
There is two reasons as per me: women r too sensitive n women may be having period.
Now, not all women r too sensitive. So many women r headstrong. Second, earlier sanitary napkins were not there. Also general weakness. So woman were given rest time. Many kept outside house. But now sanitary napkins r there...person can still be clean even if blood is oozing. But many people will say no. So it is ultimately upon woman. Many woman in my life r against doing prayer when in period. Cremation is far off thing.Replies
Thanks a lot for visiting the blog and sharing your thoughts. I already wrote in post that there might have been some valid reason when this rule was introduced but this doesn't make any sense now so it should be abandoned. I wrote separate post about worshiping during menstruation have a look at it,Delete
please go through comments section also to see what people think about this problem.
I don't think its entirely up to women, because we still live in male dominated society and so unless they get support from society it will not be easy to break these traditions or unwritten rules. I hope slowly they (women) will be aware of their rights and will demand total equality not a pseudo-equality.
Support is something everyone should stop begging for... There's enough support if you dig around, but people, in this case woman, have habit of complaining.... It's like murgi pahele ki anda... Instead of abandoning this practice, women should just start following what is right... Enough of spoon feedingDelete
I agree Vishnu that they need to fight for their won rights and learn to stand up for what they believe is right. But from my personal experience I know that there are many who don't even know that there can be alternative to the life which they are living, they all think that as a woman (or as a man) they are destined to live particular type of life and no one can change that. Some times they need support to stand firm in environment totally hostile to them, this can be because of so many reasons, lack of education, awareness or patriarchal culture, social pressure, etc. There is enough support in some societies but not everywhere that's why we cant generalize to say that there is enough support everywhere. We need to do our job after all its all up to women whether they want to fight their own battle or not, and lets hope that they decide to fight it one their own with little or no help.Delete
I too strongly feel there is a discrimination associated with this custom. Think of a person who doesnt have a son and even grandson. In such a situation, people prefer relying on an outsider to do this ritual instead of the daugther being allowed to. I feel its a shame. Daughters are no less than sons, and I feel they can be emotionally strong too. It should be a matter of personal choice rather than a hard n fast rule. Time for changing mindsets please and not letting daughters be a burden always.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks a lot Neha for visiting the blog and sharing your views, once more and more people like us will start raising objections to such discriminatory practices then only these customs will change. You are absolutely right when you say that 'daughters are no less than son, and such discriminatory traditions need to go so that people can really see this. I am glad that people are becoming aware about their rights and raising objection to discriminatory traditions like this, slowly we will eradicate discrimination from society (or at least minimize it). Thanks.Delete
I am a girl and I have lit the funeral pyre after my father passed away. All the religious rites done on the 10th day, 12th day and on one year completion (Shraaddh) were also done by me. I was 22 years old at that time. Being an only daughter with no close male cousins, I and my mother took this decision. All the responsibilities of my family after his death have come upon on my shoulders. I feel conducting his last rites were just a beginning of my responsibilities. And I am proud that I did not rely on any other male family member for the same. There were people applauding me for this decision and there were also some criticizing it. I neither care about the criticism nor the praises. It was my duty as a daughter towards my father. I am sure he would be proud of me. If a daughter can be a legal heir to the familial property, she can also share the duties expected only from a son. Emotional strength is the only requirement for doing this. Societal pressure against women participating in these rites was, is and will always be there. But it is up to the woman to not let the society dictate what is right and wrong. I believe if she has the emotional strength to carry out the last rites of her loved one then she is courageous enough to stand up against such prejudices.ReplyDeleteReplies
First of all huge thanks for sharing your experience on blog. I salute you for your courage and ability to stand for your beliefs, you can see that very few have this ability. It is people like you who initiate the positive change, it's people like you who challenge discrimination and fight against it. It is not easy to take such decisions which go against conventional social norm at such emotionally delicate situation, you definitely deserve all the praise which you are getting. As you said there will be some who might criticize but these people criticize anything which doesn't suit their taste so better to ignore them.Delete
I wish all females think the way you think, as you said they need to become emotionally strong and not to let society dictate what is right and wrong for them. Once again I applaud for your courage and determination and thanks you for sharing your experience on blog, comments like this give me immense courage to continue this fight against discrimination. Thanks a lot.
All females are bold. It is just that who has courage to fight and who doesn't. When my Nana and Nani passed away, my mom did the cremation and other rituals, me and my younger sister were with her. It is a matter of being speaking for yourself.
- AnonymousJune 21, 2014 at 12:22 PM
Women have to encourage and laud other women who gather the courage to carry out the cremation and carry out shraddh ceremonies. My only daughter will be our legal heir and i really hope that she will be carrying out the cremation and all the procedures for us after our death. I am unsure about the pandits available in society who will support this. A list of such pandits or purohits if added to the blog will be a good resource.ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree with you that women rather entire society needs to support women to challenge such gender discriminatory practices. Recently Pankaja Munde took this bold step and it was highlighted in media, I hope this helps many other females who are willing to take this step.Delete
I am sure most pandits wont have any objection to woman doing last rights of any dead person, mostly they care about their honorarium (dakshina) so I don't this it will be an issue. If family (a key factor in this) and society is supportive then we can bring this change.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2015 at 7:35 AM
i am from Mauritius. i went to the crematorium and i was insulted by the pandit in front of everyone because i attended the funeral of my grandmother. i think we, women we should fight for our rights and remove this kind of injustice.Delete
I'm the only child and did funeral rights for my parents. I was denied however to do the 1st mth prayer in Shiv temple for my dad. I find it ridiculous.ReplyDelete
The priest argued with me so much extensively though just 11mths ago I did this rites for my mum. I couldn't bother to argue so I let my husband carry out the ceremony instead.
My question is in which book does it say females shouldn't carry out these rites? I just need written proof. That's all.
Thank you in advance.
- AnonymousJune 3, 2016 at 1:26 AM
Vinay ji thz so much i am very impresses abt this article but one dought abt it as per hindu religion some controverses is their on this issuse,what are they??plz try to conduct some workshops on it.ReplyDelete
I am living in a male dominated family and i have no boy child so facing some problems
I am just waiting for a day "SOCIETY WITHOUT GENDER DESCRIMINATION"
PLZ give publicity and send vast whatsapp mesgs on wrong myths on this issuse(vinay ji i am poor in english pardon me if wrote any wrong)
I'm not denying the consideration given to females in this matter but when there is no option,like in my case (I'm the only child), priests or relatives making a big fuss about not allowing us to do the ceremony is rather absurd.ReplyDelete
Times are changing. Many have only one child. We have to be flexible. Females are strong gender too.
To assume we are still the same old gentle creatures who can fend for ourselves is very backdated.
I have one daughter too myself. An only child. And she is a strong girl mentally who understands death is just as wonderful as life itself.
It's important to teach and train children to be a strong character. It is a female,after all, who brings up her son and make him a MAN. She trains him to be strong and resilient and responsible.
A woman in many ways are stronger than men emotionally.
Hindu religion is science basically. And Hindu religion has MAHASHAKTI depicted in the former of a woman.
Old traditions like this should be revised and updated. I love my tradition and religion but I feel useless when I'm told I cannot do my last rites for my parents.
It's not fair for me and it's definitely not fair for my parents.
My soul will NEVER accept anyone else doing my last rites except by my child.
Would you?
I was stopped forcefully even to enter the crematorium. So many close relatives were against it. Even womenReplyDeleteReplies
This is result of strong hold of patriarchal society, both men and women have become flag holders of that culture. We all need to speak up and claim our rights, no one is going to had it over to us, it won't be easy, but will never happen if we all don't try. So keep trying, don't give up.Delete
Enter your comment...Yes vinay jee u plz start workshops on this topic so many women who are single daughters to parents can gain about all the rituals of last rites of their parents. They can have the knowledge of technical issues about this and open hearted men also can support women than qReplyDeleteReplies
I don't think any workshop will help, we need to spread awareness. Women need to be aware of their own rights, responsibilities and strengths. They need to demand their rightful place in society, they need to control their own destiny and break away from outdated cultural restraint and discriminatory traditions imposed on them. Only women can do it, others can help or assist, but they need to initiate this movement.Delete
- Mitali GargOctober 21, 2016 at 12:12 PM
But then i read in the other article that long hair attracts negative energy so if that would happen it can cause harm to us. I mean what actually should be considered just. At points we feel it's okay to allow women to light a pyre but on the other hand this raises a big question on what would happen if negative energy gets attracted to those long black hair.They also say that if girls want to get to the funerals they do have an option but it comes along with a mandatory condition that is get your hair shaved. Is it appropriate??ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Mitali for sharing your concern. Energy is energy, we perceive it as a negative or a positive. Law of conservation of energy is the only thing we need to know, our hair have nothing to do with what type of energy we attract (if at all we attract any). Shaving one's hair after death in family is a personal choice, many do it, but many don't, so it is not a mandatory ritual. Many other religions allow females during dead body burial, but nothing wrong happens to them. Why? think about it.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2017 at 3:02 PM
I was born as a Hindu, but not sure if I believe in any one of these ancient formalities including the Death. For one, I believe we should all donate our useful organs including the skull and bones to the Medical Institutions for research and harvest the organs for others including skin graft etc and students to learn anatomy. All regions are invented by men when there was no idea on using organs or blood transfusion etc and following that is simply wasting a body that still some use, but to be burnt and that too polluting river Ganges the most polluted river, called very sacred Now on the issue of equality of women, all religion being male inventions have treated all women as baby making machines and lust or maid services all along sanctified by Religion that Women too consider as Holy without realization their status as maid to clean temples or Mosques or Churches and cooking food and cleaning there? So I feel this whole discussion is beating around the bush or at the symptoms and not the disease? So lighting the pyre should be available to women as well and the thought one goes to Moksha (what is that? Do U believe anything in real world except if its connected to religion?), that too after death (so much affinity for the dead body by the dead? Can not believe? How do we know what is happening to our body after death and why worry about it? Every body wants to go to heaven but no one wants to die:-) How about polluting the air and earth with dead bodies burnt or burred? What annoys me most is that connecting religion to God as if God asked the Men to ill treat women as 3rd rate citizens including female infanticides? That is a symptom generated from Religion, resulting in treating women as inferior specimen but needed for lust, with NO rights? What a charade? How on earth women get equality without eliminating the root cause? Pathetic..... SambamoorthyReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for sharing your views. I do agree with most of the points you mentioned in your comment, but issue here is not personal beliefs, but how to introduce concept of equality and remove gender bias from our society one step at a time. Any change takes time; social, political, or nay other. We need to start with the system what we have and work on it. To understand is not to condone, but to explain and try not to make the same mistakes which our ancestors have made. Thanks again for sharing your views, I really appreciate it.Delete
After reading all your comments, I am moved truly. Last year I lost my mother-in-law and I was the only woman who was standing beside all the male members in the family. During the ceremony I saw my husband and other close members of the family crying and in tears. So I ask this question that doesn't the tears of male pollute the area?ReplyDelete
Secondly,I believe for ages women have given in to the male physical forces. So in this respect if we have to change something then we need female priests who will not support but instead allow women to perform the cremation. Some may laugh at this proposition, but I feel charity begins at home. Even every parent who has a single girl child in their lives and has no male member in the family, they should legally give write it down that their daughters can perform the cremation. That is how we can small changes. I myself being a single girl child in the family, I always think who is going to perform the last rites of my parents,even though they r still alive. I understand it might be emotional and some may become furious but some people in society have to understand that we r not here to fight instead we r here to do the right and equal things for both genders.Replies
Thanks a lot Alina for sharing your thoughts, your suggestion is very pertinent and should be considered by all who are interested to bring this social change where women will have equal rites to perform last rites of their parents like men. We all can contribute to bring that change by taking one small step at a time. Thanks again for sharing your ideas.Delete
Today I feel so proud of my parents that they have treated us equal, we have seen our our grandmother cremation, Uncles's cremation.ReplyDelete
And after marriage it is really surprising that people say me & my husband that there is no need to follow the 13 days Ritual... why because this is girl side death so according to that we dont have to follow any ritual, we are just allowed to cry Huh!! Though my family has told us to follow.... But it is really surprising where are we... Does marriage change everything Your relation, your surname, your house!!! Thankfully I have good Parents supporting husband... But what about others....
Has anyone seen GodReplyDelete


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For some obscure reason, my SSH login was taking a long time to verify. At first I didn't realise because I've been using my Android phone the whole time, but then I tried it on a LAN connection and it still had the same issue.
The problem would go like this:
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This is pretty darn slow, especially since I'm connected via a gigabit LAN connection and Wireless N300.
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sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
At the end, paste this in:
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UseDNS no
Save and exit.
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172. I'm unemployed but would rather sit on my butt and play video games than look for a job. 173. I come from a southern, highly religious family and have chosen to keep a major part of my life secret from my family for now.174. I have a serious taste for older men.175. I had a happy childhood. All things considered, yeah.176. I have an unhealthy obsession with certain child actors.177. I am an only child.178. I have more than five different lotions on my desk right now.179. I have a more active online social life than IRL.180. Sometimes, I actually like my job. 181. I love animals, and have had at least one pet.182. I love writing letters. 183. I haven't had sex with a lot of people, but I've had a really wide range of sexual experiences with those few. 184. I don't bleed, I percolate.185. I sleep the entire day but am awake all night long.186. My two children were born in the same month. 187. I like the taste of blood.188. I do not know how to swim.189. I know how to shoot a gun!190. I am currently pregnant with my first baby! 191. I flew to another state when I was underage without asking/telling my parents.192. I've experienced natural childbirth. 193. I am a HUGE "Sex and the City" fan.194. I am currently experiencing physical pain 195. I've lost time at work this week because my car was encased in an ice flow.196. I'm looking for a new job that I actually like.197. I am OCD about at least one thing.198. I have a child named after a fictional or mythological character.199. I have made something homeade for someone else :)
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"FOR 28 years Gordon Park thought he had got away with murder. As the body of the wife he had bludgeoned to death rotted undiscovered at the bottom of Coniston Water, he very nearly did.
But yesterday, after a ten-week trial at Manchester Crown Court, the retired village schoolmaster from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was jailed for life after being found guilty of murdering his wife Carol, 30, in July 1976.
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"Sylvia A. Earle, the National Geographic Society's explorer-in-residence, encountered a disturbing change of scene late last year when she returned to scuba dive at one of her favorite haunts. Heads of centuries-old coral in a reef off the Dutch isle of Bonaire, just north of Venezuela, had always provided a dazzling backdrop for darting Caribbean fish. Now, she saw patches of coral - once yellow, electric green, purple, and brown - bleached to the point where "they looked just like snowballs."
Although still alive, the reef "looked sick," recalls Earle, a former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Potato-Crusted Chicken
7 comments:
- liz said...
I keep wanting to try all your recipes, which makes posting a challange for me cos all my *new* ones are yours! I love this- this looks so good, brilliant idea with potato flakes. I never would have thought of that.
- May 22, 2007 at 6:21 PM
- Janice said...
Looks wonderful!
- May 23, 2007 at 9:30 AM
- krisnkrew said...
This looks so good. I'm glad that you have this site. It's great dinner ideas for me, plus I love how it's gluten free, but I know that my whole family will eat too it. Thanks and keep it up!
- May 25, 2007 at 3:33 PM
- Melony said...
Krisnkrew-I'm glad you like it!
- May 25, 2007 at 3:40 PM
- It's just me... said...
Hi Liz and Melony!
Well our family officially started GF living!
I've started by tweaking my 'usual' recipes - but last night I made this and it was a huge hit!
I'm gonna be using your stuff a lot!
Thanks again!
- October 20, 2007 at 10:49 AM
- Darryl said...
mmmm... sooo gooood.
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Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Convicted webcam spy Dharun Ravi, found guilty of spying on his gay roommate Tyler Clementi while the two were students at Rutgers University, was sentenced to thirty days in jail, community service, and a fine.
Clementi committed suicide in 2010 when he learned of a video Ravi had of the gay student kissing another man. For the complete story visit: http://wibx950.com/rutgers-student-sentenced-in-webcam-spying-case/.
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Imagine what things will be like in Los Angeles when the City of Angels finally gets its own football team City residents will have a team to fawn over
The Del Mar Racetrack in San Diego is the perfect place to take in world-class Thoroughbred racing as well as the beautiful Southern California weather. The races are only the beginning of the fun as Bing Crosby Season means plenty of other great ways to spend your day at Del Mar
All time racing records were being broken every few seconds at the Auto Raceway in Pomona. The 51st annual Auto Club NHRA finals were held on November 15, 2015 at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona California. This was the perfect day for racing
The NFL is one of the most exciting and entertaining sporting leagues in the world and millions of people tune in to watch the sport on a weekly basis. Since 2007, at least one regular season fixture has been held at London's Wembley Stadium. As the sport's popularity has grown across the Atlantic, more games have been held in the United Kingdom
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino will host 156 couples as they declare their love on the run during the Run Thru Wedding Ceremony at the GEICO Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon & ½ Marathon on Sunday, Nov.15th between approx. 5:40 p.m. and 6:00 pm
After more than 76 hours of competition, the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Final Table at the Rio in Las Vegas is down to just three players who will vie for the most prestigious title in poker and a top prize of $7,683,346
While brick and mortar establishments are subject to strict licensing restrictions, the future of online gambling is looking bright. In Ontario, provincial gambling regulators now license provincial gaming sites, which it is estimated will bring in tens of millions of dollars per year for the Canadian government
The newly opened Pete Rose Bar and Grill features Rose's sports memorabilia, 32 high-def TVs with the DIRECTVSPORTS PAK, and a unique menu developed by Chef Brian Littlejohn including Cincinnati Chili, Philly Cheese Steak and Expos Poutine
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Pecan pie is one of my all-time favourite puds. With a teeth-achingly sweet filling and dense, crunchy crust … one piece is never enough. That's why this raw, natural version has made its way into my fridge lately. I guarantee it will satisfy your craving for something sweet in a more lasting way, without the crash. Stash a couple of squares in your lunchbox for the 4pm slump.
This recipe is adapted from Madeleine Shaw's Pecan Pie Bites in her first book, Get The Glow. I really like Madeleine Shaw's food philosophy. Her approach is a sensible, fuss-free one in a world of overly-health conscious superfood-worshippers. Her books are fab for anyone who has made it beyond the reintroduction stage of the low FODMAP diet, with countless nuggets of relevant advice. She writes with an acute awareness of digestion issues having suffered with IBS herself, and her recipes are nutritious and light without leaving you feeling deprived. If you have a few alternative stapes such as buckwheat flour and ground almonds, which, let's face it, if you've been following the low FODMAP diet for any amount of time you probably have acquired, most of her recipes will be accessible to you. She's just released her second book, Ready, Set, Glow – which arrived at my door yesterday, and I can't wait to test out some more of her inspiring recipes.
Having been a fan of these raw 'cheesecake' style desserts for a little while, I couldn't resist adapting her Pecan Pie Bites into a low FODMAP, mini cake version. Whether you bring the dish to a party in pie form or slice it into mini slabs to take to work – this pie is one to try. Swap out honey and dates for maple syrup (agave would work too) if you malabsorb fructose.
you will need:
For the crust:
2 x tbsp maple syrup / agave syrup / golden syrup (or 150g x pitted dates if you don't malabsorb fructose, soaked in a bowl of just-boiled water)
100g x pecans
50g x almonds
50g x desiccated coconut
5 x tbsp coconut oil
pinch of salt
For the filling:
250g x pecans
1 x tsp cinnamon
50ml x almond milk
2 x tbsp maple syrup (or honey, or 1 x tbsp of agave)
If you don't malabsorb fructose, you can use honey and dates in this recipe – making it more nutritious. Begin by soaking 300g of dates in just-boiled water, then taking half of your soaking dates and chopping roughly into small bits. Blitz these, plus 100g of pecans, the almonds, the desiccated coconut, 1 tbsp of coconut oil and a pinch of salt together to form a crust. If you're not using dates, simply substitute for maple, agave or golden syrup. You just need a sweet ingredient that binds the rest of the crust ingredients together.
Once you have a consistency that will hold when pressed, push into a round springform cake tin or shallow dish with your fingers. Pop in the freezer for five minutes to set.
To make the filling, blitz the remaining dates (or your chosen syrup) with the filling ingredients, reserving a few roughly chopped pecans. Pour over the crust and scatter the pecans over the top. Pop in the fridge to set, and then slice as you fancy or chop into squares for a tasty treat on the go.


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- Programs GCSE, A-Level, Pre-U
- Location Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Age 11-18 years
- English language
- Type of school School board coeducation
- Number of students 634 people
- At B & B – 507
- Accommodation Pensions (one-, two-, three-five bedded rooms)
- Cost per year: £ 34,071 board
This classic boarding school is targeted on training to higher education. Rugby School is perfect for children, who need to become independent, to learn to make the right decisions in life.
Besides Rugby school can boast of its excellent equipment. In the main building of information-technology center, design center and art, theater with 250 seats, where the school talent night, the center for discos, karaoke and other entertainment events. Besides 25-meter swimming pool, a sports hall for badminton, volleyball and basketball, tennis and squash courts, a football field and a field for the game of Rugby will allow to keep yourself in top form and have a great time.
Highly skilled personnel working in the school, one of them is custom dissertation writing services. On 8 students accounted for 1 employee of the school. Academically the school is very strong. Every year a large number of graduates goes to Oxford and Cambridge. Famous for a strong teaching staff, as well as the brilliant faculties of music, drama and visual arts.
Sport and pleasure
For more than 400 years of its existence, the school has gained a lot of worthy traditions and is highly regarded in the country and abroad, not only for its academic achievements:
Athletics, basketball, badminton, canoeing, cricket, cross country, fencing, fitness, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, martial arts, rounders, rugby, sailing, shooting, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball.
Mugs and clubs:
Astronomy, choreography, chess, choir, computers, discussions, theater, cinema, first aid, orchestra, philately, photography, sculpture, horse riding, skiing.
The discipline of the traditional private boarding dignity as drill is part of the English national pedagogical traditions. During smoking, the presence of alcohol in the room, disrespectful treatment of the teacher, disobeying the regime in Rugby instantly expelled. Control of Drug in Rugby subjected to all visitors and students leave school for the holidays. Being late for lessons and other activities are also not permissible for the English, but the punishment is usually milder. Fans of late in Rugby as punishment forced to wash the school premises.
Entry Requirements
Enrollment in a school for boys and girls is allowed in the 13 years old as a result of the general entrance exam or the school. For those who live in other countries there is an interview about the progress report and specifically selected tests.
About the Author: Luc Breton is a student. He is a sportsman.


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Prospect Park Gateway Design Competition
Can you think of a better way to greet visitors to Prospect Park than police barricades?
Call for Entries:
Create a New Gateway to Prospect Park at Third Street
A Design Challenge from the Park Slope Civic Council
The Park Slope Civic Council is sponsoring a design competition for a new Third Street entrance gateway to Prospect Park, to replace the existing New York City standard movable barriers, and it will be a highly visible, significant new architectural element of the Park.
The Park
Prospect Park is a 585-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. The masterpiece of famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who also designed Central Park, Prospect Park features the 90-acre Long Meadow, the 60-acre Lake and Brooklyn's only forest.
The new design will address the following criteria:
•Provide an attractive, contemporary, contextually appropriate, and visually clear entrance gateway, with a sculptural, graphic, and functional contribution to the Park perimeter.
•Enhance the pedestrian and bicycle access, and provide a welcoming symbolic entry gate to Prospect Park
.•Provide bike lane access. There is a new bike lane on Prospect Park West, which ties into the existing bike pathways on the Park Roadway.
•Provide a barrier to automotive traffic (the Third Street entrance roadway is now permanently closed to nonemergency, non-Parks vehicles).
•Provide the ability for one person to open and close the barricades as needed to allow emergency and/or Parks vehicle access 24/7
.•Potential prototype for future use at all Park entrances/exits, creating a uniform appearance and easier maintenance and replacement parts
DEADLINE is OCT 25...
Click on this to go to this site for all the info: Prospect Park Gateway Comp.
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I know I titled this post "Get Well Soon," but it could also be titled...watercolor background attempt number 1 of 1,000,000. I don't know why I've taken so long to jump on the watercolor bandwagon, but I've done it. So far I'm kind of hanging out towards the back of the bandwagon, but I feel like it will only be a matter of time before I am driving the darn thing.
I used some distress inks to create the background. I raided my kids' art supply cabinet and borrowed some the watercolor paper that I had bought them from Target. It's definitely not perfect, but it was fun to try and I already have at least 4 more backgrounds done. Get ready!!! More watercolored backgrounds to come. I used my Copics to color in the little medicine bottles and bird. I'm not brave enough yet to try watercoloring images.
- Lawn Fawn - Get Well Soon
- Copic Sketch Markers
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks...(I can't remember the exact color combo...I'm sorry.)
- Tiny Hearts - Die from PPI Shakers + Sprinkles Kit (I die cut the hearts out of white cardstock and colored them using my Copics)


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A+, Network+ and Security+ open the gates to career success.
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Recommended skills/prerequisites: Network+ certification + 2 years' experience in IT administration
with a focus on security technologies
Required exams: One exam: SY0-401
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Nonfiction: Creative Life; Nonfiction: Arts/Crafts
Cheryl Stahle's conversational writing style in Slices of Life makes me feel as if she is sitting across the table at Panera, explaining the whys and wherefores of a memoir writing project. She breaks the process into bite-sized chunks, introducing a few concepts at a time. Several simple, sometimes quirky, and surprisingly deep writing prompts follow each section, further softened and embellished with delightful hand-drawn graphics. None of the exercises take more than a few minutes to complete—unless you become intrigued and keep writing.
Although this book does not go into depth on any topic, Stahle does a thorough job of covering the basics in this compact space. Her hand-drawn illustrations warm the text and diagrams and tips add impact to the text. The format of tables and tips is slightly clunky in the eBook version, but that's a price I'm willing to pay for the convenience of the eBook.
She moves smoothly from reasons to write through organization and basic writing skills to tips on self-publishing your completed memoir, for one reader or the world. The writing prompts—ten minute "sprints" and three minute "dashes"—seem so simple and manageable that you may not realize you are writing short vignettes all along as you work your way through the book. By the time you get to the section on writing skills, you may be surprised to discover that you've already written a pile of stories, ten minutes at a time.
The primary strength of the book is the imaginative, provocative exercises which would work equally well as journaling prompts. Even if you have no interest in writing a memoir, working through the exercises in the book is guaranteed to deliver fresh new perspectives on your life.
Cheryl Stahle, founder of Your Best Writing Group, is a long-time writer and editor. Having published memoirs in Adoptions Today, Single Parenting and an anthology entitled And the Wind Was No Longer Cold, Cheryl specializes in finding the tiny gems of life and polishing them into vibrant stories. Cheryl's writing has also appeared in the Montgomery County Times Herald and she is a regular contributor to Writers Get Together and is a featured author for Bucks Happenings Hometown Hero column.
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Car accidents can be devastating. Defective components, improper maintenance and reckless driving are just a few of the most common reasons for auto accidents, of whom young people are frequent victims. If you've been involved in an auto accident, it's imperative that you take legal action as soon as possible. Insurance companies will stop at nothing to prevent you from claiming personal injury damages, making experienced counsel invaluable.
First Things First
The first thing you should do following a car or motorcycle accident is see a doctor. Even if you doubt the severity of your injury, there's no sense in gambling with your safety and future health. It's also imperative that you take down as much information as possible regarding your accident, including names, pictures and contact information. You never know when any one of these things may come in handy down the road.
How Much is My Case Worth?
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Added Complications for Motorcyclists
Recovering damages for motorcycle accidents can be tricky due to the difficulty of determining causation. While another driver may be held responsible, a crash can sometimes occur due to a defective part, such as a speed wobble. Injuries may also result from a defectively designed helmet. Since motorcycle accidents are uniquely challenging to litigate, you need to consult an experienced personal injury attorney as soon as possible.
Working Tirelessly on Behalf of Corpus Christi Clients
Having defended South Texas residents for more than 20 years, personal injury attorney Joe Brad Brock is well accustomed to the complexities of auto accident litigation in Corpus Christi, San Antonio and throughout South Texas. If you or someone you care about is currently struggling with a car or motorcycle-related injury, schedule your free consultation with Joe Brad as soon as possible.


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This traditional two-story home design is truly a mansion, with plenty of living space for your growing family. The striking brick facade gives way to a remarkable floor plan. The two-story foyer is flanked by a quiet study and the formal dining room. The sunken living room is warmed by a fireplace, and opens to a spacious backyard terrace. The island kitchen includes a step-in pantry and a butler's pantry to facilitate cooking and serving. The secluded master suite boasts a private bath and an amazing spa room! Four bedrooms are found on the upper floor, along with a den and a gym. You'll appreciate the railed balcony that overlooks the spaces below.


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It seems that my home has turned into a science laboratory. I have soap curing above my kitchen cupboards, herbs being infused into oils, different herbs drying on screens, and many variations of oils and butters in my cupboards.
And it's fun.
Yesterday, I was so happy to find plantain throughout my yard and who knew that silly weed actually has medicinal uses and you can also eat it! I remember playing with plantain leaves as a child, trying to pull the leaf off the little veins that run through it.
This morning my neighbor cut a bag full of comfrey for me and that joined the other herbs drying in my sunroom. I'm starting to think I need a room just to myself because my experiments and projects are taking over every area of the house.
Or maybe Dan and the kids would be willing to live in one room? ;-)