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Monday, January 30, 2012
A Deer and a Snake
A nice person on the internet site Reddit.com suggested that I try painting on a surface smoother than canvas, so I did. It was nice not to fuss with the little dimples inherent in canvas.
I'm pretty happy with the composition and the color palette. Though, if I painted this over again, I might take the time to draw out and paint in each little leaf on the trees individually in a thick double coat. But, I think I'm happy enough with this that I'll leave it alone and take my lesson on to the next painting.
The mister got the creative bug at 2:00am Sunday morning and started singing his heart out in his not-sound-proof studio, so I was up too. With not much else to do at such an indecent hour of the morning, I got several new paintings sketched out -- all on bristol. A little robot and a portrait of a panda bear are now on the docket for this week! I'm crossing my fingers that they look as cute painted as they do sketched in pencil!
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Love this! I love how the colors are muted except for the rich red of the snake. Very pretty.ReplyDelete
Love your animals! So cute! And the red of the snake really makes the whole color palette.....perfect....yes, that#s the right word.ReplyDelete
This is great...i love the shadows and of course the snake..must be friend and not foe as the deer looks so comfortable withitwraped around it...xxxReplyDelete
Wonderful painting, loving the beautiful contrast of colours. Happy PPF, Annette xReplyDelete
Wonderfully done ~ love it! ~namaste,carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF ~ReplyDelete
Fabulous piece! Love the contrast and the adorable deer.ReplyDelete
I love the contrast of the animals in addition to the contrasting colors. There's something a little unsettling about it (in the best possible way - the way that makes you stop and ponder). the deer looks so serene, but could easily be seconds away from being squeezed by that snake. or perhaps they coexist peacefully.ReplyDelete
So wonderful and peaceful.ReplyDelete
Such harmony! :)
Happy PPF!!
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Love how you do animals. I had not thought about painting on bristol board. It sure works well for you.ReplyDelete
The color palette is perfect!! How beautiful!ReplyDelete
I too love the contrast of colors. Your painting really captured my attention. Love it.ReplyDelete
It's a wonderful painting... I like the colors. Happy PPF!ReplyDelete
Wow intersting subject. I do love the colors and shadows. Great art.ReplyDelete
Ahhhh, this is wonderful, I love it!ReplyDelete
Just stopping by to say hello and share some PPF love!ReplyDelete
How did you ever think of this subject? Are you the deer and your husband the snake for waking you up?! LOL! Just kidding, as I know you didn't do this painting during the night. I like the fact that you kept it simplified, very appealing.ReplyDelete
Wow, I've just discovered your beautiful blog! Just a question - how do the neighbours react to 2am singing?ReplyDelete
Your life sounds so gorgeous!
Happily, we have a brick house, a good amount of side yard, and neighbors on both sides with hearing problems -- the perfect house for a musician!


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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - Pictures by Badmintonphoto (archive)
Christinna Pedersen-Kamilla Rytter Juhl (below), who captured their first BWF OSIM World Superseries women's doubles crown when they won the Maybank Malaysia Open last month, will have their work cut out at the Yonex All England Championships.
The Danish pair will have to face the top two pairs in the world – Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang and Zhao Yunlei-Tian Qing – who missed the Malaysia Open, when they compete in the final Superseries Premier tournament before the end of the qualification period to the London Olympics ends in May.
The Europeans are seeded seventh for the All England and have been drawn in the bottom half where they are likely to meet second seeds Zhao Yunlei-Tian Qing in the quarter-finals.
Also in their half of the draw are third seeds Ha Jung Eun-Kim Min Jung of South Korea and sixth seeded Japanese duo Shizuka Matsuo-Mami Naito.
World champions Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang will be one of five world champions in action in Birmingham. The others are Lin Dan (men's singles), Wang Yihan (women's singles), Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (men's doubles) and Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (mixed doubles).
Of the five world champions, only Lin Dan (left), will not be the top seed in England as he has to contend with archrival Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who defeated him in last year's final.
World No. 1 Chong Wei, who also won this tournament in 2010, is aiming to be the first Malaysian since the late Wong Peng Soon (1950-1952) to win a hattrick of All England crowns.
The draw has been kind to Chong Wei as two other Chinese stars – Chen Long (third seed) and Chen Jin (fifth seed) – are in the bottom half with Lin Dan.
Chong Wei will begin his defence with a match against former world junior champion Wang Zhengming and has former champion Peter Gade of Denmark, Sho Sasaki of Japan and Lee Hyun Il of South Korea in his half of the draw.
Fourth seed Gade, who is fighting to maintain his position as the world No. 4, needs a good run in the tournament to fend off the challenge.
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Jellicoe, (Patricia) Ann
(Patricia) Ann Jellicoe 1927–
English dramatist.
Jellicoe is an experimental playwright who works in the "theater of demonstration" where action is considered more important than words. Her visceral approach to drama emphasizes movement and sounds rather than language in its traditional communicative sense. Jellicoe's plays reflect her belief that humans are ruled more by emotion than intellect.
Jellicoe's first play, The Sport of My Mad Mother (1958), which centers on a group of teenagers given to outbursts of violent behavior, sparked interest because of its fragmented structure, and the extensive use of chants, drumbeats, and meaningless phrases. Critics found little substance beyond the novelties of the play. Her next play, The Knack (1961), however, proved to be a popular and critical success. The play revolves around three intelligent young men who become ruled by their sexual feelings when an attractive young woman enters their lives. Most critics felt Jellicoe's non-narrated action worked well in this comedy of manners.
Since The Knack, Jellicoe has concentrated on directing community and children's theater groups, although her somewhat conventional biography play Shelley, or The Idealist (1965) met with modest success. In all her works, Jellicoe stresses improvisation and free form as she attempts to expand the possibilities of theater.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 85-88 and Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 13.)
The London Times
[In The Sport of My Mad Mother, Ann Jellicoe] gallantly attempts to give poetic expression to the predicament of a generation ruled by fear. It is unfortunate that she appears to see life in a series of newspaper clichés.
A world of fear, she insists, must develop the Teddy Boy mentality. The grown-ups play with atom bombs, the kids with knives and guns. The kids are violent, they are cruel, and to find themselves "killers" would give them a moment of proud ecstasy. But they are always looking over their shoulders, hopeful that someone strong enough to lead them will appear, fearful lest their eyes should encounter not the wished-for leader but some truly awful surprise.
This kind of aimlessness is not easy to dramatize; and Miss Jellicoe, though she is not without skill in working arresting rhythms into the basic English of her dialogue, gives us a rather gritty evening of expressionism which sheds no special illumination on its theme and is not particularly entertaining.The fundamental trouble is that the theme itself can be adequately expressed in a very few words, and when they have been said it only remains for them to be amplified by a number of bleak diagrammatic indications. Miss Jellicoe has denied herself anything in the way of a story and the characters have no power to develop, except as part of a moving diagram. Some of these movements are surprising enough to hold the eye, but they do not often get through to the mind.
"Court Theatre," in The London Times, February 26, 1958, p. 3.
Alan Brien
Miss Ann Jellicoe in The Sport of My Mad Mother has written what might be called 'a modern surrealist fantasy': an exercise in theatrical collage. Just as the painters tacked scraps of newspaper and torn menus on to their canvas, she has worked into her text the chanted directions from a home permanent-wave kit and a pastiche of a rock-'n'-roll song. The intention in each case is presumably the same—to prove that the most intractable gobbets of the real world can be transmuted by art into art. And she has similarly taken the surface appearance of some contemporary characters—an American social worker, an Australian hell-cat, two South London Teds and their doxy—and pressed them into service as symbols….
Unlike some critics I see absolutely no objection in principle to mixing in every kind of stage convention. The characters talk sometimes to each other, sometimes to the audience, sometimes to a drummer on the side of the stage, and sometimes to the stage-hands and electricians. They sing, dance, chant in unison, moan in couplets. They mime, mug and declaim. It is all rather like the last drunken night of University revue—full of old jokes, crude props, high spirits and low comedy. And often the effect is very funny—sometimes even rather eerie and arresting. But as a play with any precise relevance to any human problem, dilemma or situation, The Sport of My Mad Mother is a flop.
The production is not at fault. Miss Jellicoe has devised some ingenious and spectacular...
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T. C. Worsley
[In The Sport of My Mad Mother, Miss Jellicoe] is attempting to evoke the world of adolescence in a modern city setting, and she succeeds by a variety of wholly acceptable non-naturalistic devices. The two boys and girls go through their motions of boredom, swagger, funk, hate; they seem to exist in some limbo of unformed fantasy, without any specific myth to give their fantasy shape: they are filled with an undirected aggression for which their setting provides no outlet; they are waiting for something or someone to provide them with some reason—any reason at all—for doing the next thing. And since there is nothing in the ethos of contemporary life to provide this reason, they seize on any—even the slightest—pretext for galvanising themselves into some activity. These spasmodic bursts of action Miss Jellicoe works up very well; most of them—since the aggression in these children has gone sour for want of using—are acts of cruelty or violence. Sometimes they break into a spontaneous dance, but more often they turn on each other, or persecute the local half-wit, or, in the most sustained sequence of this first half, set on a clean-cut, clean-limbed young American who is wandering round their city streets, 'innocently' trying to find the reason for their state of mind.
These staccato outbursts may be accompanied by a young man on the forestage with a set of drums, and the dialogue is vibrant and taut, but as...
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THE TIMES, London
Whatever one expected next from the author of that strange and disturbing play The Sport of my Mad Mother (the piece itself permitted an infinitude of speculation) it would hardly have been a comedy of manners. And yet that is precisely what Miss Ann Jellicoe's new play [The Knack] is….
No dramatist depends less than Miss Jellicoe on the actual words used and more on the circumstances of their using. The texts of her plays are scarcely more than blueprints for the cast and director, for in the "theatre of demonstration" she has evolved what happens (emotionally as well as physically) counts for much more than what is said. This seems at first to make her works difficult and remote from the traditions of the British theatre (certainly it accounts for the mystification with which The Sport of my Mad Mother was greeted) but on reflection she turns out simply to be doing much the same as Mr. Noel Coward, for example, did many years ago when he allowed the hero and heroine of Private Lives to play what was in effect a passionate love scene while apparently discussing the possible resemblance of the Taj Mahal to a biscuit box. The only difference is that what in Mr. Coward was an incidental effect is here used continuously, to create a play beyond and virtually independent of most that the actors actually say.
What The Knack says, then, is often insignificant; what it is about is quite a different matter. Briefly (for it is a brief though close-packed play) it is about three men who do respectively too well, all right, and not well enough where women are concerned, and about the effect that the arrival in the house (rented by the least successful) where they all live of a jolielaide innocent looking for the Y.W.C.A. has on their relations with each other. The various tensions and jealousies set up are cunningly mapped out by Miss Jellicoe…. [The] whole evening is so funny that the audience forgets to think it advanced, which must surely be exactly what Miss Jellicoe always intended.
"Drama beyond the Spoken Word," in The Times, London (© Times Newspapers Limited 1961), October 10, 1961, p. 16.
Bamber Gascoigne
The Knack provides a fascinating comparison with Play with a Tiger…. Both plays are written by women, both of whom can be described as 'new wave' dramatists; and both are about sexual callousness. Yet the two plays could hardly be more different. In Play with a Tiger Doris Lessing has a story to tell about one particular love affair and the pain of it. She wants to tell it naturalistically, but she also wants her play to have the clear markings of wider 'significance.'… We have to know the exact relationships between the minor and major characters—where did they meet, how long ago, why are they here now? We have to know in detail what is causing the representative noises in the street. Even the dramatic pool of orange light has to be explained (it comes from the street lamp shining through the window when the interior lights are off)….
Ann Jellicoe is a more instinctive playwright. In The Knack she also wants to write a play of general significance, but she decides for this reason to make its whole tone general, almost abstract. But since she doesn't want her play to seem arty or expressionistic—as it would if presented, say, on three stilted rostra of differing heights and one kidney-shaped podium—she, too, makes her naturalistic excuses. But she makes them briefly and economically at the very beginning of the play and then never needs to return to them. Her permanent setting is a bare room,...
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John Russell Taylor
[The Sport of My Mad Mother] was a complete commercial disaster; from the critics it received slightly more approval than from playgoers, but on the whole not very much. Even so, one or two critics recognized that Ann Jellicoe was trying, not yet with complete success admittedly, to do something quite new in the English theatre: to make her play primarily something which happened in front of its audience and made its effect as a totality, rather than a piece of neatly carpentered literary craftsmanship which would 'read well' and work only by way of its dialogue's appeal to the mind.
The script of The Sport of My Mad Mother, in fact, makes very little sense just read cold: it is simply...
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Harold Clurman
[The Knack] is a ripple in that "new wave" of English writing which has enlivened the London stage since 1956. To say the least, it is fun.
I identify it in this unassuming fashion because, as with many plays of its kind, there is a temptation to treat it as esoteric. It might be preferable, to begin with, to view The Knack strictly as entertainment—as one might judge an extended but on the whole well-sustained revue sketch. (p. 88)
The play is what the French might call a clown show; it never states a case. It is "crazy"; yet its characters' eccentricity—for example, when three of them enact the playing of a piano on a bedspring—is not so remote from the actual...
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THE TIMES, London
Ann Jellicoe's play [Shelley] … will come as a surprise to those who associate her simply with verbally experimental studies of the teenage scene.
But, like her two previous plays, it is the work of a writer mainly concerned with overhauling theatrical form. In The Knack content took second place to speech rhythms; and in Shelley she seems much less concerned with saying anything of interest about the poet than with putting Victorian melodrama back on its feet.
It is a rather self-conscious exercise. Actors in the programme are listed as "heavy", "walking gentleman", "general utility", and other Victorian theatrical categories.
Some of the...
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Irving Wardle
Until last night this was just a funny story: a classic comedy of misunderstanding between an avant-garde artist and a blinkered institution—as if someone had commissioned Baudelaire to write a book on gardening. [But the new production of The Rising Generation] has now shown that Miss Jellicoe, at least, knew exactly what she was doing. The events are monstrous—but so are those that children imagine for themselves: and the way they develop amounts to a projection of childhood free-association in broad-scale theatrical terms.
The production (cut down to a mere cast of 150) opened with an assault on the audience by an army of cleaning ladies who then formed up on stage raised Nuremburg...
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Irving Wardle
Ann Jellicoe's new play [The Giveaway] is a farce about a family who win a ten years' supply of cornflakes as a competition prize and there are two ways of looking at it: either as the calculated attempt of an experimental writer to turn out a commercially profitable piece: or as an honest and logical effort to extend her work into popular territory.
I have no hesitation in taking the second view. Miss Jellicoe, whatever her critical reputation, has never sought out the avant-garde public. Her interest, among other things, is in the traditional broad theatrical categories, and when she is on top of her form (as in The Knack and The Rising Generation) there is no one like her for...
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John Simon
The English theater has developed a brand of Absurdism of its own, more socially conscious, more concerned with quaint but real types, more prosaic than its French counterpart. In the plays of N. F. Simpson, Henry Livings, Ann Jellicoe and a few others, the Absurd has been domesticated: it has been swathed in flannels and tweeds, a pipe has been stuck in its mouth, and it has even developed a taste for tea. Certainly the amount of tea consumed in Ann Jellicoe's The Knack compares favorably with the quantity ingested in a play by James Bridie, J. B. Priestley or whoever the current West End favorite may be. But Miss Jellicoe strains her tea through some curiously barren, bizarrely monochromatic, almost...
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Allen Saddler
Community Theatre is one of those new concepts where a critic treads warily, if at all. Is it to be judged as a piece of theatre, or does it come under the Arts Council dictum for community arts, 'participation more important than the product?' How can you view a piece of work when the quality of performance is a secondary consideration?
The Reckoning succeeds on both counts and spoils the discussion. As a piece of theatre it is exciting, dramatic and experimental, and as a piece of community art it seems to have involved at least 200 people directly in performing and backstage functions and to have aroused the interest of a large section of the population of Lyme Regis.
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The golfing advice continues with our series, "Tips from a Golf Pro." In the latest installment, Bud Taylor, director of golf at Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, has some advice to help golfers transition from northerly bentgrass greens to putting on South Florida's bermudagrass lies.
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Players returning from a summer spent on bentgrass and poa annua greens will find different putting surfaces in South Florida, where most greens are bermudagrass. Because this variety of grass grows horizontally along the ground, "grain"—or the direction the grass grows—comes into play more prominently. It's important that golfers recognize how this affects the ball.
If the grass is a little brown on one side of the cup, that's the direction the grain is growing. The ball will have a tendency, especially as it slows down, to break toward this side.
Secondly, if you notice the bermudagrass appears "shiny" or a very light green from some angles, this indicates you are viewing the green when it is down-grain and the grass is growing away from you. Putts from these angles will be faster than putts into the grain, so adjust accordingly.
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As director of golf at Old Palm Golf Club, Bud Taylor is in charge of all things golf, from tournament and instruction to upkeep and maintenance. The immaculate play and top-notch instruction pays dividends to the hard work Taylor puts in. An approbation of his work comes through not only the superb play of the course and its members but also through PGA Tour and European Tour professional Louis Oostheizen, an Old Palm resident who holds the current World Golf Ranking of 12. The impact of Old Palm is limited to such a professional golfer as Oosheizen, whose game takes him around the world for most of the year, but during the offseason it is not a rarity to find him tinkering with his game at Old Palm's Golf Studio.
Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Taylor started a career in golf soon after graduating from Kentucky's Morehead State University, becoming a PGA of America Certified Master Professional. Before taking the reigns at Old Palm in 2009, Taylor was the director of golf at PGA of America's golf club and all-around golfer's utopia, PGA Village in St. Lucie.


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Heart disease is a common condition in cats and is believed to be one of the most common causes of death among middle-aged felines, a veterinary cardiologist recently told the Chicago Tribune.
According to VCA Animal Hospitals, cardiomyopathy is the most common type of feline heart disease and there are three forms. They are: hypertrophic, dilated, and intermediate or restrictive cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which involves an abnormal thickening of the heart, is the most common form of heart disease in cats.
Cat owners should know that many animals do not show signs of illness in the early stages of disease.
Often cats will alter their activity levels to those that they can cope with, which make it difficult to diagnose cardiomyopathy until it is quite advanced," veterinarian Dr. Ernest Ward told VCA Animal Hospitals.
Signs your veterinarian may detect, according to WebMD Pets, include increased heart or respiratory rate or heart murmurs in cats. Cats with heart disease will often exhibit clinical signs of decreased appetite and weight loss.
As the disease progresses, cats may also develop congestive heart failure, thromboembolic disease and hypertension.
Diagnosing this cat illness often involves chest x-rays, cardiac ultrasound and electrocardiography (ECG). However, the Chicago Tribune reports that some owners refuse additional tests for their cats because of the cost.
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The festival will kick off Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. with a screening of short films of Kentucky interest. Films will include short dramas, comedies and documentaries. Local filmmakers Zach Bales, Brandon McCane and Jim Stout have their films screened on Friday night. There will also be an entry from the Appalachian Media Institute entitled Embracing Culture: Appalachian Art.
On Saturday morning at 11 a.m., a slate of extraordinary foreign films will be presented. The Winter Shorts Film Festival will present entertaining films from France, Spain, Finland and Iraq. These entries will include films that incorporate animation with live action.
Screenings continue on Saturday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. with entries by emerging teen filmmakers. Films from Wayne County High School's video class will make up the bulk of the early afternoon selections. These include films by Nicholas Kidd and Vachiravitch Sirinimitwong. Among the entries will be fascinating explorations into the art of claymation.
On Saturday afternoon at 3:15 p.m., the festival will feature domestic films from Chicago, Los Angeles, Florida, Ohio and Tennessee. This session will offer a variety of unique comedies and experimental works.
Saturday evening's sessions will offer a variety of all the entries. Films by Iridescent Pictures, the Appalachian Media Institute and Wayne County High School students will be presented. There will also be foreign entries, including the American debut of the Spanish thriller, Starting From Zero. The festival will conclude with an awards ceremony honoring outstanding independent films.
The 2013 Winter Shorts Film Festival will also include filmmaking workshops and forums with the attending filmmakers. All of the activities of this event are free of charge and open to the public.
For further information concerning the Winter Shorts Film festival, contact Steve Cleberg at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may receive regular updates from the Winter Shorts Film Festival Facebook page. Updates regarding Somerset Community College Theatre & Film may also be obtained by "liking" SCC Theatre and Film page on Facebook.


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Unlike projections of future climate disruption, these changes are happening now.York Times, the U.K.s Daily Telegraph, and several scientific journals. And though the arguments of global warming skeptics have been widely discredited, they seem to have created enough of a gray area to provide cover for the Canadian government not to initiate management plans that might help some polar bear populations weather the warming that is destroying their icy habitat.
The Canadian government has not adopted a plan to help polar bears adjust to a warming world.study did not link the future decline of polar bears to a loss of sea ice. Taylor is a global warming skeptic who has criticized the U.S. decision to list the species as threatened, has stated that CO2 emissions are not causing Arctic warming, and has claimed that — other than the Arctic — the globe has been cooling since 2000. All of his contentions are contradicted by facts or disputed by the vast majority of climate scientists and polar bear experts.


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What do Jun Lozada, Sandra Cam, Vidal Doble, and Primitivo Mijares have in common? They're all whistleblowers whose guts enabled the nation to know about illegalities happening either in their offices or in their line of business.
Jun Lozada was of course the trusted associate of former National Economic and Development Authority Secretary-General Romulo Neri who was privy to acts of corruption in projects that passed the scrutiny of the NEDA. He is remembered as the one asked by Neri to inform proponents of the botched NBN-ZTE deal to "moderate their greed". Such moderation was required apparently because the amount of "tong-pats" or padding for the project was equivalent to 100 percent of the cost of the proposed network.
Sandra Cam was the one who called our attention to presidential son Mikey Arroyo's benefitting from the illegal numbers game, jueteng. Through her testimony, we knew how the incumbent representative of security guards in Congress and former presidential son received proceeds from jueteng in the august hall of Congress.
Vidal Doble for his part risked life and limb when he told the nation that as an intelligence officer, he had the original of the "Hello Garci" recordings – authenticating hence what we suspected all along: that President Gloria Arroyo cheated in the 2004 presidential election.
Primitivo Mijares, on the other hand, was a close associate of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He wrote what has become a bestseller book, "the conjugal dictatorship", detailing the excesses of the former dictator and his spouse. Without a doubt, the book opened the minds of many to abuses of the dictatorship. Mijares, and later, one of his sons, were later killed. Until today, no one has been charged, much more punished, for these murders.
From our experience with these individuals, we know the inherent value of whistleblowers. More often than not, shenanigans in government commit crimes that only they and their close associates know about. Unless those in the know actually surface and detail what they know, the public would not be aware of these infractions.
Whistleblowers though, unlike state witnesses, currently have no protection in this country. Under the Witness Protection Program or under the Rules of Court provision on discharge of state witnesses, witnesses whose testimonies are indispensable in proving the commission of a crime, provided they do not appear to be the guiltiest, are entitled to testimonial immunity. This means that their admission into the WPP or their discharge as state witnesses comes with an incentive in the form of the state desisting from holding them responsible for the crimes that they would be helping to prove in court.
Whistleblowers, on the other hand, because their testimonies oftentimes are not indispensible or because of the secrecy, they appear to be among the guiltiest, cannot qualify for the WPP or for discharge as state witnesses. This explains why the Ombudsman has recently charged Jun Lozada with cases for corruption involving other transactions in the government office that he once headed. And yet, quite unfairly for whistleblowers, they do the exact same thing that those accorded immunity by our existing rules: they reveal the truth in order to give effect to public accountability.
The international trend today recognizes the need to provide protection to whistleblowers distinct from protection given to witnesses or discharge accorded to state witnesses. For instance, the UN Convention on Corruption calls on countries to "provide appropriate measures to protect" whistleblowers. Similar provisions are found in the European Union's Civil and Criminal Law Conventions on Corruption, the African Union Convention on Corruption and the Latin American Convention on Corruption.
Likewise, an increasing number of countries have now passed legislation according both immunity and protection to whistle blowers. Furthermore, Transparency International's Recommended Principles for Whistleblowing Legislation further asks states to incentivize whistle blowing and to provide rewards to those who will be whistleblowers.
In the Philippines, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has a pending bill to provide these badly needed protection and incentives to whistleblowers. According to the good senator:
"Whistleblowers automatically expect retaliation for their honesty. They are usually accused of being malcontents trying to profit from their accusations. The fear generated by retaliations creates a chilling effect on the willingness of people to come forward and expose wrongdoing,"
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Herb Garlic Bread
- 6 large garlic cloves, chopped
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- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup good olive oil
- 1 large baguette
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the garlic, parsley, basil, salt and pepper in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until finely minced. Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and parsley mixture and cook for 1 minute, until the garlic is tender but not browned. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Slice the baguette lengthwise down the center, but not all the way through, and spoon the garlic mixture into the bread. Place the bread on a sheet pan and bake for 8 minutes. Slice diagonally and serve warm.
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Help please! Big time Rails newbie smack in the middle of trying to make production level changes...long story...
So I'm trying to connect to two different databases, within one application... I've read on how to do this, but it only gets me so far (as in assuming I know what I'm doing! Ha!)...
The object is to validate if a user exists in, first, the prime database, and, if not, check to see if they exist in the legacy database...at which point the member is redirected to a partner site.
I have all of this working specific to the prime database, it's when I then try to validate in the legacy database that the wheels fall off the wagon.
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A Boeing 787 test crew from the Boeing factory is landing at this hour (11:30 a.m. EST Feb. 10) with a strong sense of accomplishment. Not only did they get all the data the engineers need, they amused themselves by following a path that, once retained on flight tracking software, forms a perfect "787" and the logo. (Now that the crew has landed, you may have to click on the map to see the drawing their route makes. This is not the first time Boeing test aircraft have written things in the sky with their routemap.) Thanks to Flight Aware for discovering this.
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Here's how RW members rated this race (1044 votes).
In short: Great race from start to finishDate of review: November 16, 2014
In short: 11 out of 10In full: Excellent event. Massive thanks for a great marathon. From the event organisers to the great spectators, marshals were spot on, scenary and finish was fantastic, goody bag was grand. Date of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Brilliant day outIn full: Fantastic organisation, beautiful scenery and perfect running weather all made this an exceptional race , with a new PB as well. Congratulations to all who entered and a big thank you to the organisers.Date of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Loved it! In full: All the marshals and officials were brilliant - amazingly friendly, helpful and genuinely supportive despite having to be out for hours and hours (waiting for me!). You get some stretches without any spectators on the rural bits but mostly there are spectators and they were great.Date of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Must-do raceIn full: Great organisation, fantastic supportive marshalls, nice and flat (PB for me but it was my first marathon!). A great race and now I have the marathon bug I'll be back!Date of review: November 16, 2014
In full: My 5th time at Chester and 3rd time running a PB on the course. I come back every year as it is a fast course and well organised race. Apart from the course and marshalling it is the little touches like technical T-Shirt, great marshalling, personal greeting at the finish. It would be nice if they could flatten the hill at mile 24 and keep that stretch flat ;) Date of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Can't wait for next yearIn full: Brilliant race, great scenery, lots of water and energy stations, looking forward to next year already!Date of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Great fun - never thought I would say that about 26.2 milesIn full: excellent race, the organisation and friendly atmosphere made sure that nothing could spoil the race. Definately will be back next yearDate of review: November 16, 2014
In short: Great people, great race, great placeIn full: Great scenery, weather, local support and a couple of little testing undulations. Will definitely be back for next year! Everyone was so friendly too.Date of review: November 16, 2014
In full: I had read the reviews from last year, heard from other runners how great this race was, but it surpassed all my expectations.I LOVED IT, even though my legs were like jelly in the last few miles!!The atmosphere was great, it felt like you were running with old friends to keep you going, talking to all different people along the way. A great finish, amazing goody bag, great T Shirt, all in all I'll be back next year for sure. Well done to the organisers, all the marshals and Chester for a memorable experience and a PB...Date of review: November 16, 2014
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Elbit Systems, Sharp Aviation Establish South Korea-Based Joint Venture
Haifa, Israel-based defense electronics manufacturer Elbit Systems and Korean aviation services company Sharp Aviation K have established an avionics maintenance joint venture, Sharp Elbit Systems Aerospace (SESA), in Seoul, South Korea.
Elbit will retain 19 percent of the ownership in Sharp Elbit Systems, with a growth option to 50 percent. SESA will offer maintenance, repair and manufacture of advanced military avionics for existing and future projects, including the Korean Light Attack Helicopter (LAH) and the Korean Future Fighter (KFX).
"SESA will offer the Korean aerospace market advanced solutions and systems, made in Korea and based on Elbit Systems' technological portfolio and Sharp Aviation K's vast experience in aviation and avionics, strong local presence and deep understanding of the Korean market," said Soon-Suk Pailk, president and CEO of Sharp Aviation K.
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Neumann will add rugby as a club sport for the 2012-13 season.
According to Director of Athletics and Recreation Chuck Sack, "We are excited to add the rugby club to our community. We feel this will be wonderful fit between Neumann University and this sport."
Geoff Karabin will be the head coach for the new program. Sack shared, "Geoff brings a great deal of experience to our new club program. We are looking forward to building a top level rugby club for the Neumann University community."
Coach Karabin has an L1 referee certification and was named the head referee at the Boys' Pennsylvania High School State Championship in 2011. Through his athletic career, Karabin earned six awards in rugby and cross country. He was inducted into the Loyola Ignation Athletic Society at Loyola College for excellence both in the classroom and on the field.
"I look forward to leading a Neumann University rugby team that will focus on building character and spirit via a commitment to athletic excellence," said coach Karabin. "This is an exciting chapter in Neumann's history and all of us on the team will strive to represent Neumann well."
Coach Karabin graduated from Loyola in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy. He then received two master's degrees in Philosophy from Katholieke Universiteit (2003) and Villanova University (2007). Karabin is currently an instructor at Neumann University, Lincoln University and Villanova University. He was awarded his Ph.D. from Villanova in May 2012.
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quote FeanorYou forgot GV :/Clans that aren't on this thread are:
Shadows of Destruction
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AE(Not sure what the acronym stands for)
Shadows of Destruction is the best of these. A very talented clan.
Ultima Legion is more of a SSB clan but has a few good members.
Symmetric Chaos is chaos. Not a nice environment.
AE is like SDs little brother clan. Second best clan out of these.
These are active clans, I didn't mention non active ones.
quote KhinhazzardFrom what I've seen, there are 4 clans that are active on this forum:I want to join a clan... is there an active clan recruiting members?
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Gregg writes:
"The truth, however, is rather more complex. One factor at work is economic globalization. Businesses fed up with unions who think that their industry should be immune from competition are now in a position to move their operations elsewhere — ranging from the southern states of America, to China, India, and other developing countries — where people and governments enthusiastically welcome the influx of knowledge, capital, and jobs. In this regard, it's always struck me as ironic that unions in developed countries regularly act in ways that essentially hamper economic and employment growth in developing nations. So much for the "international solidarity of workers." Comradeship apparently stops at the Rio Grande. (more…)


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We've started a new feature on sacbee.com called The Links List. Plainly stated, it's a list of links to stories, videos, photos or blog postings that you might find useful, funny or entertaining. You can find it on the right side of our home page.
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Friday, February 10, 2012 - Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) are on a search for talented and dynamic individuals with a passion for the sport to fill three vacancies at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The BWF headquarters is situated at the heart of the shopping and entertainment district in Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Bintang. The successful applicants will join a multi-cultural team of staff from Canada, Denmark, England, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
With the rapid commercial growth and grassroots development of the sport, challenging opportunities in the Events, Development and Communications departments at the BWF are available for candidates with suitable skills set, relentless dedication and a positive can-do attitude.
The job specifications of these vacancies are available on this page, do note the application deadlines for each position.
A small number of internship positions are also available from time to time throughout the year in these departments for those aspiring to work in sports management and administration, and in search of some relevant experience and exposure. Typically, shared accommodation and a monthly stipend will be available for selected interns.
Do contact the relevant departments below for details of the intern specifications and potential intern projects:
Events - Mr Darren Parks (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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3 April: A lovely, peaceful oasis on a wonderful island. Great welcome, wonderful food and lots of personal attention. There's nothing more to ask for!
6 April: Splendid stay in this beautiful house. Warm and friendly welcome, great service, superb food made this a memorable stay. Well worth a return visit when the weather is better. Many thanks.
9 April: First class attention – delicious cuisine – thank you.
13 April: It is a privilege to stay in your lovely home surrounded by such beautiful things. Delicious food too!
14 April: what a lovely place, a pleasure to stay here.
14 April: Stunning. Many thanks.
16 April: The most fantastic weekend. Every special touch was an improvement beyond perfection.
20 April: Wonderful stay – look forward to visiting again!
20 April: Our four nights here have been so comfortable and we were looked after so well – the dinners were delicious – innovative and artistic and were much enjoyed – than you for a lovely stay – enjoyed the 'bird life'!!!
21 April: thank you for the wild green garlic soup! We had a wonderful stay and enjoyed staying in The Byre.
21 April: enjoyed our stay. Next time we'll stay for a few nights to enjoy the whole area.
23 April: Excellent!!
25 April: Even better than last time. The attention to detail is wonderful. You see things of beauty wherever you look. Thank you very much.
25 April: What a wonderful setting, marvellous food and attentive care. We enjoyed the Byre and will definitely be back.
28 April: Surroundings exquisite, food amazing, attention to detail second to none. Beautiful hotel with very friendly staff. It is twenty two years since our last visit but we will most certainly return sooner than that.
28 April: Thank you for a wonderful stay. The hotel and its setting is wonderful. Delicious food and glorious sunshine provided.
15 May: The usual high standard – warm welcome, discreet service, comfortable room and excellent food – just what we have come to expect at Kilmichael.
15 May: A warm welcome, delicious, well-presented food, attractive and comfortable accommodation, lovely house and gardens in a beautiful setting, and not forgetting all the fowl, especially Jock the territorial turkey – thank you to everyone for making our stay so enjoyable
17 May: A lovely stay, Warm welcome, beautiful food and accommodation. Thank you to all for making our stay excellent.
21 May: Excellent as always. Look forward to our next visit.
21 May: Thank you. A truly delightful place, very restorative
24 May: Once again an exceptional visit, with exquisite food!
26 May: Heaven! Thank you so much.
28 May: Thank you for thinking of everything for our comfort, even a bumpy road to shake up the liver! Many thanks.
29 May: Thank you so much for everything!!! What a wonderful place to stay on our first (but not last) visit to Arran!!!!.
31 May: Thank you! Excellent service. See you again soon.
2 June: We all had a wonderful stay, thank you very much! Hopefully we can stay a bit longer next time.
4 June: What wonderful hospitality. A gracious and delicious experience. We hope to return to stay and enjoy.
5 June: Excellent hotel, top facilities.
6 June: Wonderful hotel. Many thanks. Do hope to return.
8 June: An oasis of tranquillity and a place of much warmth and comfort. Thank you.
10 June: Thank you. The warmth and beauty of Kilmichael clearly are the results of a 'labour of love'. We will always return here in our mind's eye.
11 June: This was a most enjoyable evening. Thank you very much.
12 June: Wonderful accommodation, hospitality and surroundings. Many thanks.
17 June: Exquisite!
17 June: FAB-U-LOUS! Elegant and refined ~ glorious peacocks and topnotch accommodation and food. Thanks to all.
17 June: Beautiful place, quiet, elegant. Wonderful food. Thank you.
18 June: A treat to find such friendliness alongside true elegance.
18 June: We loved your home and your feathered family and appreciated the stylish comforts and the warm hospitality – an experience we'll remember fondly.
19 June: Food – excellent! Service as one would expect, but sadly, rarely receives these days. Ambiance perfect! Many thanks.
21 June: This is the longest day of the year, but nonetheless too short a time remains for our superlatives! The pleasures of Kilmichael House are manifold: a beautiful setting; handsome architecture; welcoming peacocks and a noble table. We enjoyed every minute in our exquisite suite, at the delectable table, and in the company of our delightful host. Staff excellent! Breakfast, drinks and dinner were luscious.
24 June: We have had a truly memorable 3 days at Kilmichael. The very high standards of the comfort, cuisine, welcoming attitude of all the staff plus the magnificent environmental setting all contributed to our happy memories. I am sure both the South African and Scottish members of our party will return.
24 June: Simply the best! And thanks for the eggs.
24 June: Thank you for another wonderful stay. We had a lovely relaxing stay, great service, wonderful food and gardens! A top family holiday once again!
26 June: Thank you for a great stay. Attention to details was second to none and the food was fantastic.
26 June: We're so happy to have discovered your Country House Hotel and the Isle of Arran.
30 June: A wonderful few days staying with you, culminating in a marvellous dinner – the trio of gooseberry desserts will live long in the memory. Thank you in particular for the trouble you took over the gluten – it was much appreciated.
2 July: If only time would stand still like the clock in the corner. Kilmichael is a rare breed, indeed.
2 July: Many beautiful sights to see right here at Kilmichael – we thank you for your hospitality and hope to return again! Accommodation and cuisine were top notch – Again, many thanks!
3 July: What an absolutely FABULOUS stay here at your extraordinary inn!! We couldn't have hoped for a more beautiful , perfect place to stay for the beginning of our Scottish honeymoon! Thank you all for making it SO very special. We can't wait to return!!
4 July: You have offered us an exquisite holiday – elegant and simple. The dinner was quite extraordinary – we will keep the memory of it for many years. The Isle of Arran is a special place – we are so happy to have found it.
5 July: Thank you for these three days I got in your beautiful house. I will be carrying the memory in my heart forever. I hope all the best will come to you. I hope I will be back one day.
8 July: The warmth and hospitality that Kilmichael House provides is second to none... the food was superb.
9 July: Thank you for the most memorable stay in your beautiful home! I love everything you do. From the 'wee' things to the grand. I just want to linger here! Not surprised to see my Blue Italian Spode. My first taste of whisky just so we could use the little decanter set. All the accoutrements in the breakfast room were greatly admired! Well, I could go on and on ... so wonderful to chat with you last night. Thank you for taking the time.
11 July: Thank you – just what I wanted – a perfect week with mum.
11 July: I shall return in spirit if not in body!
12 July: Just for the record, everyone, I climbed Goat Fell 30 years ago (July 1981). Yesterday I stood on the summit again. Together with this wonderful, peaceful house, it's made my holiday. Everything was superb.
14 July: Thank you for a wonderful few days. The food was superb! (Lemon curd was to die for!) We hope to return soon.
20 July: Thank you again for a memorable stay. Breakfast was excellent. Will definitely be back.
21 July: Thank you for a memorable evening. Exquisite food and beautiful surroundings. Enjoyed meeting you and walking round the beautiful gardens. Look forward to our next visit.
22 July: Thank you for making our first visit to Arran so memorable with everyone so friendly and such exquisite cuisine.
23 July: We feel very privileged to have stayed in your magnificent home.
28 July: Gosh, what a sublime setting! Bit good! Lovely staff, real sweeties. Loved 'Mr Spot' aka Giuseppe the Dog. And not forgetting the Peacock Family, Chickens and the Guard Geese!
29 July: after having enjoyed such an exquisite and memorable week with you on our first visit to the island, three conclusions are obvious:
29 July: Thank you for a fantastic break. The food has been wonderful and everyone so friendly and attentive. Now back to the real world!
30 July: The Isle of Arran is beautiful and the Kilmichael is a jewel in its crown.
31 July: Many thanks – good food, excellent walks, beautiful sunbathing – an amazing island.
1 August: What a surprise; visiting Arran for the third year and then staying in such a beautiful 'home' and splendid surroundings! It was a warm welcome, a lovely stay in the Dovecote. Lovely, sweet staff, excellent food. We'll be back!
6 August: Thank you so much for another lovely stay with you. All was delightful in every department. The garden has matured with great style and design.
6 August: In a busy life we all need a perfect little oasis. Kilmichael has been such a place. Thank you everyone. We hope to return.
6 August: A brief idyllic time with a lifelong memory to treasure. Thak you so much.
8 August: Arriving tired and stressed, you treated us so thoughtfully, lighting the log fire and allowing us to accustom ourselves to the house. Kilmichael is charming. Your service attentive and yet discreet, the food delicious. We look forward to being able to return. Inspired by the bold hearts of the geese, we must leave the healing tranquillity of Kilmichael and seek our way in the world once again.
11 August: Perfect in every way. Will return!
13 August: Thank you for looking after us all so well!
13 August: A lovely time!
13 August: You've made these couple of days the most special ones we could have imagined. On our first year engagement anniversary we wanted to celebrate and with your lovely hotel and staff we will remember it forever.
14 August: Idyllic location, food amazing. Very peaceful break.
14 August: Fabulous hotel and food Michelin quality. Thank you.
17 August: A serene sojourn in this elegant setting with beautiful gardens, peacocks, geese, flowers, then rooms with every detail so sensitively attended to. We will come again.
18 August: We'll certainly be back – a wonderful place to stay.
19 August: What a fantastic place to celebrate our 55th Wedding Anniversary on this delightful Isle. Superb food beautifully presented with good and friendly (except for the geese!!) people. Thank you.
19 August: Ma première nuit en Ecosse ..en droit genial pour cette première experience. Un accueil et une service professionel, amical et en toute simplicité. Un souvenir impérissable!
23 August: Very much enjoyed my stay. Did all the walks I intended doing. The standard of accommodation and food is exemplary. The staff are very courteous and welcoming.
27 August: Charming host and staff! The most comfortable room and a delicious dinner and breakfast. Beautiful gardens and fowls. Thank you Kilmichael.
29 August: A divine honeymoon in an acme of luxury. Thank you very much.
31 August: We only found Kilmichael by chance but we are delighted that we did. You have created a very beautiful and elegant home for your guests to share and provided such courteous and warm attention. Thank you.
4 September: Superb. Kilmichael lived up to every one of its five stars. Setting idyllic, cuisine could not be bettered (says my French fiancée); and service was excellent. Perhaps the greatest compliment is to say that we didn't feel we were in a hotel. It felt like we were personal guests in a private house – guests of the Laird!
9 September: Had a sparkling birthday (thank you) and three wonderful days. Thanks for a happy stay as always.
9 September: Very delicious food, a lovely garden and enjoyable poultry!
10 September: Just to reiterate everything that has already been said – absolutely superb
10 September: Very pleased. Food, accommodation and staff first rate. Look forward to coming back.
16 September: Thank you for another wonderful holiday.
17 September: We have enjoyed being with you. Lovely rooms.
17 September: 18 years after our honeymoon – here, we have renewed our vows and thanks to the beautiful place that is Kilmichael House we have had a memorable and perfect stay.
20 September: Most enjoyable stay at Kilmichael Country House.
23 September: thanks to everyone at Kilmichael for making our stay so happy and enjoyable.
29 September: a most comfortable and enjoyable stay. Food excellent and a very friendly welcome. Hope to come back.
31 September: another wonderful and relaxing stay – I shall ask my GP to issue a regular holiday on prescription!
1 October: Excellent stay. Comfortable bed. Good food.
3 October: A very enjoyable stay. Thank you.
3 October: A warm welcome, lovely surroundings and wonderful food. What more could anyone ask?
3 October: Wonderful surprise – beautiful surroundings, fascinating history and very comfortable stay. Thank you for sharing your home and for the welcome.
And more from 2010... >
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