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Unanswered: How to enable the icon after the textfield
Hi all, Iam using Extjs 4.1
I want to display an image after a text field. For this i have used the following code.
The image was coming perfectly. But the problem is when i focused on this textfield or when i place the mouse over that image, that image is being disabled.
And also , i want to show a tooltip for this image.
xtype: 'trigger',
fieldLabel: 'Srinivas',
triggerCls: 'trigger',
the css is :
<style type = "text/css" >
.x-form-trigger-wrap .trigger{background-image:url(delete.png);cursor:pointer;background-repeat: no-repeat;}
Can any body help me in solving this issue...
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Have a look at x-form-trigger-over
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Thanks for your reply Scottmartin.
x-form-trigger-over is not working.

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Opera switching to WebKit
Interesting time for Opera ...
I wonder if it might soon be a Sencha Touch / EstJS support platform?
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"On the same day as announcing that Opera has 300 million users, we're also announcing that for all new products Opera will use WebKit as its rendering engine and V8 as its JavaScript engine. ..... The first product will be for Smartphones, which we'll demonstrate at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the end of the month. Opera Desktop and other products will transition later."
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Vern Williams: A Teacher's Thoughts on the Common Core
The New York Times recently held a symposium to air different thoughts about national education standards and tests, called the Common Core. One author who participated joins the School Reform News podcast to expound on his essay. Middle school math teacher Vern Williams has sat on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel and developed honors math curriculum for the school where he has taught for approximately 30 years in Fairfax, Virginia. He explains why good, experienced teachers ignore education fads, why education officials should consult more teachers when crafting policies and why they often don't pick the best teachers to consult, and his opinion of Common Core standards and tests.


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Denise Robinson
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Denise Robinson is a minor character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. She is Carl Johnson's first girlfriend and possibly a prostitute.
She wears a football jersey with Growler written on the back. Denise lives in Ganton, Los Santos, and is a supporter of the Grove Street Families. She first meets Carl Johnson during the mission Burning Desire, where CJ, on the orders of Officer Frank Tenpenny, sets fire to set of houses belonging to Vagos members. Denise, who is inside one of the homes, cries for help and is rescued by Carl. They then begin to date.
Denise, as a Grove Street Families member, enjoys doing drive-by shootings on the Ballas and Los Santos Vagos. She does not mind what Carl looks like, and is normally at her home between 16:00 and 06:00 (4:00 PM and 6:00 AM).
Early Life
Denise grew up in Ganton Courts and later relocated to a house next to Grove Street and became a prostitute. She mentions that she had 3 kids in the past, but gave them away to foster care.
Date Types
Food Date
Denise prefers to go to either a fast food restaurant (such as Cluckin' Bell) or in Ten Green Bottles, a bar just northwest of her home. She also hates diners, restaurants and Burger Shot but likes to go to The Well Stacked Pizza Co.
Dancing Date
Denise prefers to go to Alhambra, a club on the edge of Idlewood, Los Santos. (Note: if Carl takes Denise to Alhambra and the dancing date has not been requested, it's treated the same as a visit to Ten Green Bottles, with the same cut scene.)
Driving Date
Denise likes the area surrounding her house like Ganton and Idlewood and does not mind how fast or slow you drive.
"Alternative date"
The alternative date for Denise is to do a drive-by on other gangs in Los Santos, whether it be at cars or a group of people. Allowing Denise to do a drive-by will normally make her happy and you will not fail the original date she sets you at the start.
The alternative date can be completed instead of performing the original intended dates, like dancing, however it is combined with the driving date (i.e. Denise's "fun" meter will increase after she's shot at someone).
Note: if Denise asks to do a drive-by after you've taken over 100% of the gang territories in Los Santos, she won't shoot at any Grove Street gang members.
Denise should start inviting you in for coffee after dates when your relationship with her is at about 40%.
Denise rewards Carl when the relationship reaches 50%, by giving him the keys to her green Hustler (which is only available during the times she is at home). At 100%, Denise gives Carl a Pimp Suit, which is a light blue suit with a pair of shoes.
Mission Appearances
- GTA San Andreas
- Burning Desire
- A Home in the Hills (Pedestrian(s) share(s) Denise's character model)
- Although all girlfriends may call Carl asking for a date, Denise does it more than the others.
- There is a Grand Theft Auto: Vice City poster inside of Denise's house, although this can only be seen through the Hot Coffee mod.
- Her license plate on the green Hustler says "HOMEGIRL".
- When it comes to food dates, she is the easiest to take out because the bar is a block away while a restaurant is right in front of her home. This is the same with Katie Zhan.
- Sometimes during the game, if the player ever listens to Radio Los Santos, they might hear her asking Carl to see her because she's desperate. The DJ then complains that shoutouts like those should end up on Lonely Hearts, and not there.
- On her driving date she will tell CJ random facts about her such as "I had three kids, but I gave them away."
- You can unlock her Hustler without having 50% progress by using another car to push it into your garage and letting the door close.
- It is possible that Denise is a prostitute, because she was seen with the Los Santos Vagos, alongside the fact she gives CJ a Pimp Suit once he reach 100% progress with her. It is also suggested by her car which is a "Hustler", which is slang for a pimp.
- There is a pedestrian with the same model as Denise in the mission A Home In The Hills. Killing the pedestrian does not affect your relationship with Denise, however.
- Much like other girlfriends, Carl may encounter a criminal with Denise's model in the Vigilante mission, as seen in this video.
- After The Green Sabre, at which point Carl is based for a time outside of Los Santos, he no longer has any obligations towards Denise: he will not receive nagging phone calls, nor will his progress decrease, so long as he stays outside of Los Santos. If he reenters the city (except during a mission), the progress bar will reappear (and go up and down accordingly) and Denise will attempt to phone him again. This also applies when Carl reestablishes his base in Los Santos near the end of the game (dating Denise during the riots is possible, if dangerous to both Carl and Denise). Carl has the option to continue dating her, but there is no storyline-related obligation to do so.
- She is the easiest girlfriend to date as she is not picky and the establishments are near, in comparison to Helena Wankstein, who lives in a ranch far from any establishment.
- If you harm Denise during a date, she will gun the player down using a Micro Uzi, which is used to drive-by enemy gangs. She will drop the gun if she is killed during gameplay.


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The mayors of Kentucky's two largest cities called on state lawmakers to enact reforms that would help curb pension obligations that are crippling annual budgets in Lexington and Louisville.
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray says pension payments have ballooned over the last decade and now account for 20 percent of the city's annual budget. Lexington's obligations were just 6 percent of the budget in 2000.
Gray says stock market losses, people living longer and governments underfunding pension commitments have contributed to the shortfalls. Lexington's pension system is governed by state laws.
Mayor Greg Fischer says Louisville's pension obligations account for 15 percent of its general fund, which has risen nine percent since in the last seven years.
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Sickboy Syndrome: Five Great Comedians Who've Lost It
There's a scene in 1996's Trainspotting where Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Sickboy (Jonny Lee Miller) sit on a grassy knoll shooting BBs at a dog's rectum and discussing the slow decline in quality of the James Bond films. By way of explanation, Sickboy offers the following platitude:
Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.
Renton: What do you mean?
Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it... and then you lose it... and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...
Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.
Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just... shite.
Renton: So who else?
Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...
Renton: OK, OK, so what's the point you're trying to make?
Sick Boy: All I'm trying to do is help you understand that The Name of The Rose is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.
Renton: What about The Untouchables?
Sick Boy: I don't rate that at all.
Renton: Despite the Academy Award?
Sick Boy: That means fuck all. It's a sympathy vote.
Renton: Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?
Sick Boy: Yeah.
Renton: That's your theory?
Sick Boy: Yeah. Beautifully fucking illustrated.
Well, actually, it was more like "Sowae allgit old an' cannoe hackitaymoe," thanks to the pair's impenetrable Scottish brogues. And sure, the philosophy's been expressed elsewhere-probably by philosophers, I can't be bothered to check; and most definitely by Neil Young ("It's better to burn out than to fade away"). But I can't think of anyone who's put it as succinctly or as cruelly:
You get older. You can't hack it anymore.
In the pages that follow, we've put forward five comedians who, at one point in their otherwise stellar careers, started to age, as tends to happen. There was a time when their names were spoken in hushed, revered tones. Then, at some point, they became That Old Guy Who Voices The Groundhog in That Shitty Kid's Movie.
Tragically, it's doomed to happen to us all, at some point (getting older, not voicing cartoon groundhogs). Read on to find out when it happened to them.


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Emporia State Track & Field Has Outstanding Weekend
Posted: 5:07 PM May 12, 2013
Reporter: ESU, posted by Kinch O'Kelley
May 12, 2013 - On a near perfect day for track and field Emporia State recorded 17 provisional and one automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships at the Sam Williams Qualifier at Witten Track/Welch Stadium. The highlight of the meet, however, was Kawayne Fisher of Jamaica running the seventh fastest time in the world this year in the 100m.
Fisher's time of 10.04 was IAAF wind-aided with a 3.8 wind but was within the NCAA Division II legal limit of 4.0 and helped pull Hornets Shjuan Richardson and Derwin Hall to NCAA provisional qualifying times. Richardson ran a career best of 10.40 to move up to 16th on the national D-II list. An All-American wide receiver for the Hornets, he is now also ranked in the top ten among all divisions of football players. Hall clocked a career best 10.43 in the wind aided prelims and came back with a legal 10.57 as the Hornet running back provisionally qualified for the national championships and moved into the top 20 on the football/track athlete list at 100m.
Gannon Mack officially punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships with an automatic time of 14.08 in the 110m hurdles.
Dwayne Wall made a big jump in the triple jump with a mark of 49-06.50 (15.10m) to move up to 16th on the national list. It was PR of over a foot and a half for the senior.
Donald Wilcox tied his career best with a wind-aided 24-06.25 (7.47 but had four other jumps in his series hit the provisional mark.
Vincent Howze had a season's best 21.22 in the 200m to provisional and move up to 27th on the national list.
The men's foursome of Hall, Howze, Andrew Etheridge and Richardson turned in the final provisional for the Hornet men running a 41.15 in the 400m relay.
Carmen King moved up to third on the Emporia State all-time list with a wind aided 19-07.00 (5.97m) but hit a legal jump of 18-06.00 (5.94m) to move into the top 15 nationally. Peyton Weiss and Nikki Wetstein both hit provisional qualifiers in the long jump as well.
Wetstein again broke her won school record and moved up to 15th nationally with a 13.80 in the 10m hurdles.
Marqueita Marisette moved up to 29th in the nation with an outdoor personal best to 55.76 to move to fourth all-time at Emporia State
Marisette, Jackie Jacobs, Weiss and King ran the fourth fastest time in Emporia State history, 46.60, to become the 16th ranked school in the 400m relay this season.
The Hornet women also got provisional qualifiers from Maggie Wilson and Alaina Fairbanks in the pole vault and Misty Lowe in the shot put, however all three had previously recorded better marks.
Two-time US Olympian Muna Lee won the 100m with a time of 11.39 to break the meet record.
There were a total of 55 provisional marks – 28 by men and 27 by women - just by Division II athletes and two automatic performances at the last chance for D-II athletes to qualify for the national championships in two weeks in Pueblo, Colo. Including non-Division II athletes there were a total of 88 marks that eclipsed the provisional mark and ten that hit the automatic mark.
In other action for the Hornet track and field team, Payson Maydew won the decathlon at the Oklahoma Baptist Last Chance meet on Thursday and Friday in Shawnee, Okla. His total of 6,719 points moved him to 14th on the national list.
Emporia State will now wait until Tuesday to find out which athletes will advance to the NCAA Division II National Championships in Pueblo, Colo. on May 23-25. Four Hornets have already punched their ticket to Pueblo with automatic marks this season. Briar Ploude is fourth in the nation in the men's high jump, Sara Dunkin is fifth in the nation in the women's javelin while Andrew Etheridge is sixth and Gannon Mack tenth in the men's 110m hurdles.
Women's 100 Meters Results
7 Kellie, Carrie 12.85
8 Rottinghaus, Nicole 12.97
11 Clark, Callie 13.39
Women's 400 Meters Results
1 Marisette, Marqueita-P 55.76
2 Kunkel, Lindsay 58.77
3 Jacobs, Jackie 1:00.05
Women's 100m Hurdle Results
2 Wetstein, Nikki-P 13.80
6 Wells, Jaycee 15.20
2 Wetstein, Nikki-P 13.83
6 Wells, Jaycee 15.13
Women's 4 x 100m Relay Results
1 Emporia State-P 46.61
Marisette,Marqueita; Jacobs,Jackie; Weiss,Peyton; King,Carmen
Women's Pole Vault Results
6 Wilson, Maggie-P 3.51m 11'06.25"
6 Fairbanks, Alaina-P 3.51m 11'06.25"
12 Orth, Tiffany 3.21m 10'06.25"
Women's Long Jump Results
2 King, Carmen-P 5.97m 19'07.00"
3 Wetstein, Nikki-P 5.79m 19'00.00"
4 Weiss, Peyton-P 5.78m 18'11.75"
Women's Shot Put Results
5 Lowe, Misty-P 13.72m 45'00.25"
Men's 100 Meters Results
4 Richardson, Shjuan-P 10.40
7 Hall, Derwin-P 10.57
4 Hall, Derwin-P 10.43
5 Richardson, Shjuan-P 10.45
12 Gellinger, Brian 10.84
Men's 200 Meters Results
2 Howze, Vincent-P 21.22
8 Gellinger, Brian 22.12
Men's 110m Hurdle Results
3 Mack, Gannon-A 14.08
6 Swalley, Tyler 14.70
3 Mack, Gannon-P 14.30
5 Swalley, Tyler-P 14.52
Men's 4 x 100m Relay Results
1 Emporia State-P 41.15
Hall,Derwin; Howze,Vincent; Etheridge,Andrew; Richardson,Shjuan
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Results
1 Emporia St. 3:17.67
Mack,Gannon; Proctor,Ashton; Thurston,John; Howze,Vincent
Men's High Jump Results
3 Calleja, Marcus 1.99m 6'06.25"
Men's Long Jump Results
1 Wilcox, Donald-P 7.47m 24'06.25"
Men's Triple Jump Results
2 Wall, Dwayne-P 15.10m 49'06.50"
Men's Shot Put Results
4 SanMartin, Lucas 15.52m 50'11.00"
Men's Discus Results
9 Klenda, Nick 46.69m 153'02.50"
OBU Last Chance Meet
1 Maydew,Payson 6,719 points
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Fort Riley's senior commander says community partnerships are key when it comes to providing support for soldiers and their families as the Army positions itself for the future.
Brigadier General Don MacWillie addressed members of the local business community and military spouses Wednesday during the luncheon with the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce's Military Relations Committee at the Clarion Hotel.
MacWillie gave the crowd an update on Fort Riley and the changes coming to the installation and the surrounding areas as the war continues to die down in Afghanistan.
Five thousand Fort Riley soldiers are currently deployed around the world, he said. Members of the 1st Infantry Division are seven months into their rotation as the head of Regional Command East in eastern Afghanistan, transitioning power to the Afghan Armed Forces.
MacWillie says the majority of deployed soldiers' families stayed in this area while their loved ones are overseas, which positively impacts the local economy.
"As the senior commander of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, we really wanted to hear from him as the representative how our community can interact with Fort Riley, build strong military families who are not dependent on our services but integrate into our community in the best way possible. We want to be military inclusive and not just military friendly," Alison Pulcher, Military Community Liaison. .
As the Army draws down, MacWillie said there will also be less construction on Fort Riley and a smaller civilian and contractor workforce.
He encouraged business leaders to "hire a hero," saying "more and younger" veterans will be transitioning into the civilian workforce.
He called the 1st Infantry Division "the most modern division in the world," equipped with the latest technology the Army has to offer which he says means Fort Riley is "positioned well for the future."
He also added the the capability to deploy troops rapidly and efficiently is a big asset for Fort Riley.


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AIC's Executive Director, Ben Johnson, was quoted in this recent ABC-Univision article:
"Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will remain at her post during President Obama's second term, a development that could have implications for the debate over immigration reform.
Officials from the White House and the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to ABC/Univision on Monday that Napolitano will stay in her current job...
'I think with Secretary Napolitano as the head of the Department of Homeland Security, it certainly is very hard to argue that the Obama administration isn't serious about enforcement. She has been very aggressive in enforcing the law,' said Benjamin Johnson, the executive director of the American Immigration Council in Washington, D.C. 'She's bringing a lot of credibility and a lot of experience in making the case that we've done enforcement, and it's time to start thinking about other areas of immigration policy that have to be changed.'"
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today announced rosters and coaches for the 2014 Reese's® Division II College All-Star game, which will be played as part of the 2014 NCAA® Division II Men's Basketball Championship. Reese's is the official candy partner of the NCAA.
After a stellar senior campaign, Anderson University standout guard Chandler Hash has been invited to participate in the annual contest. The Reese's Division II College All-Star game will be played on Friday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. (EDT, at The Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.
The teams are composed of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight regions in Division II and four at-large selections. The Reese's All-Star game is being played during the 2014 NCAA Men's Division II Elite Eight.
Hash, the South Atlantic Conference Tournament MVP, earned National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) First-Team All-District accolades and Daktronics All-Region First Team honors after being named first-team all-conference for the second consecutive year.
The Greer, S.C. native, helped lead Anderson to its fourth NCAA Southeast Region Tournament appearance in five seasons, while leading the conference and ranking fifth in the nation in scoring at 24.3 points per game. His 778 total points is tops in NCAA Division II this season and marks the second-highest single-season total in league history.
Hash wrapped up his stellar three-year career in third place on Anderson's all-time scoring list with 1,537 career points and his career-high 44-point outburst in the Trojans' win over Coker in the 2014 Food Lion SAC Tournament ranks seventh in the league all-time for points scored in a single game.
"This is another amazing honor for Chandler that's well deserved," said Anderson head coach Jason Taylor. "I want to thank Rick Leddy, the NABC, and all those that helped in putting the all-star team together for giving Chandler this opportunity. I could not be more proud to have him representing Anderson University and the Southeast Region against the best players in the country. I also must admit that I am selfishly excited that I get the opportunity to watch him compete one more time in an Anderson University uniform."
The game will feature a pair of outstanding former coaches, Wayne Boultinghouse and Steve Newton, both with ties to Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana. Boultinghouse played at the University of Evansville as a player with Jerry Sloan on NCAA Division II championship teams in 1964 and 1965 and was an assistant coach when the Purple Aces won the 1971 Division II title. Boultinghouse coached Southern Indiana (then Indiana State University Evansville), leading the Screaming Eagles to the Division II championship game in 1978. He later coached for six seasons at Kentucky Wesleyan with three Great Lakes Valley Conference championships and four NCAA tournament berths.
Newton was an assistant coach at the University of New Orleans, runner-up to Evansville for the 1975 NCAA Division II title. He was the head coach at Murray State from 1985-91 and led the Racers to four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference titles and postseason tournament appearances. Newton was the head coach at the University of South Carolina from 1991-93. He joined the USI staff as director of athletics in 1995 and retired from that position in 2001.
Here are the rosters for the 2014 Reese's Division II College All-Star game:
Reese's EAST ALL-STAR TEAM – Coach: Wayne Boultinghouse
No. Name Ht/Wt. Pos. College/University Hometown
2 Aaron Nelson 6-8/249 F USI Chicago Hts., Ill.
4 Chuck Guy 6-0/165 G Tarleton State Fort Worth, Texas
5 Rod Camphor 6-3/200 G Southwestern Oklahoma Baltimore, Md.
12 Lawrence Thomas 5-9/145 G USI Springfield, Ill.
15 Ishmael Hollis 6-8/189 F North Georgia Buford, Ga.
22 Vincent Bailey 6-7/245 F Lincoln Memorial Jennings, Fla.
23 Xavier Humphrey 6-6/200 F Charleston (WV) Wake Forest, N.C.
32 Greg Kahlig 6-6/215 F Findlay Fort Recovery, Ohio
43 Ellis Cooper 6-3/215 F Franklin Pierce Northampton, Mass.
52 Dominykas Milka 6-8/270 C St. Rose Ridgewood, N.Y.
Reese's WEST ALL-STAR TEAM – Coach: Steve Newton
No. Name Ht./Wt. Pos. College/University Hometown
1 Rashaun Claiborne 6-4/190 G North Alabama Darrow, La.
2 DeShaun Cooper 5-8/165 G Northwest Missouri State St. Louis, Mo.
5 Mike Carlson 6-9/200 F Truman State Superior, Wis.
10 Marcel Souberbielle 6-8/200 F IUP Montevideo, Uruguay
12 Chandler Hash 6-0/165 G Anderson (SC) Greer, S.C.
25 Willie Readus 6-7/265 F/C Delta State Morton, Miss.
32 Mark McLaughlin 6-6/212 G Central Washington Bothell, Wash.
33 Kenny Williams 6-7/225 F Angelo State St. Louis, Mo.
34 Marquis Addison 6-4/180 G Missouri Southern Olathe, Kan.
44 Austin Bragg 6-9/205 F/C Western Washington Longview, WA
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TAKE ACTION NOW! << Click on this link to sign our petition calling for the repeal of discriminatory nationality laws.
Born and raised in Lebanon to a Lebanese mother, Nour was married off at age 15 to a relative of her father in Egypt. Her parents were scared that since she is not entitled to claim Lebanese citizenship through her mother, she would not be able to stay in Lebanon as an adult or have access to further education or work, leaving her vulnerable.
Shireen is not allowed to register her Jordanian-born children on her Jordanian passport because their father is from another country. She has a troubled marriage and is terrified that her husband will take the children back to his country, leaving her with few and arduous options to get them back or have access to them. She, too, thinks of marrying off her daughter early in order to give her the sense of security that she herself lacks.
In these two examples, had Nour's father rather than her mother been Lebanese and Shireen's husband rather than Shireen been Jordanian, the children would have had an automatic right to citizenship and would not face consequences, such as child marriage, which can result from discriminatory nationality laws.
Equality Now's report (accessible here) documents a wide range of harmful consequences and calls on governments to remove all discrimination against women in passing on their nationality to their husbands and children. It highlights those countries, detailed in the graph below, where women do not have the same rights as men to convey their nationality, engendering much hardship for the families concerned. Please add your voice to the call for change by signing the petition.
Mali: Under the Code of Persons and the Family, Malian women can now pass their nationality to their foreign spouse on the same basis as Malian men.
Senegal: On 25 June 2013, Parliament voted into law bill No. 03/2013 amending Law No. 61-10 of 7 March 1961 on Nationality to grant Senegalese women the same rights as men to transfer their nationality to their husband and children.
Bahamas: On 8 July 2013, the Constitutional Committee recommended that the new Constitution, to be voted on in 2014, include "the amendment of the citizenship provisions to achieve gender-neutrality and full equality between men and women with respect to the acquisition or transmission of their nationality."
Austria: On 1 August 2013, changes to the nationality law came into effect so that the unmarried father of a child born to a non-Austrian national can now transmit his Austrian nationality without fulfilling additional requirements beyond proof of paternity. The only requirement now is for paternity to be recognized by the father or a court within 8 weeks of the birth of the child, but if this is not done there is also a provision for easier acquisition by the child of Austrian citizenship.
Jordan: On 12 January 2014, the Government of Jordan gave approval for regulations to grant the foreign spouses of Jordanian women and their children certain civil rights, including residence permits and improved access to state medical care facilities, education and work in the private sector. No changes have been proposed to amend the still discriminatory nationality law.
Vanuatu: On 16 January 2014, parliament granted married women the right to pass their nationality to their foreign spouse on the same terms as married men with its assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 39 of 2013, which amended the Citizenship Act [CAP 112].
Denmark: On 25 June 2014, the government granted unmarried fathers the same rights as unmarried mothers to transfer their nationality to their children born abroad after 1 July 2014, with the amendment by Act No. 729 of the Consolidated Act on Danish Nationality, Act No. 442 of 7 June 2004.
Suriname: On 10 July 2014 Suriname's National Assembly passed legislation amending Law No. 4 of 24 November 1975 granting Surinamese women the same rights as men to pass their nationality to their children and spouses.
Niger: On 8 December 2014, Law No. 2014-60 of 5 November 2014 modifying the Nationality Code came into effect so that in Niger now married women can now pass their nationality to their foreign spouse on an equal basis with men.
Unmarried woman cannot pass to child born in country
Bahrainy, Brunei·, Burundiy·, Iran, Jordan#, Kuwait*, Lebanon#, Libyaǂ·, Nepal·, Omanǂ, Qatar, Saudi Arabiay,
Senegalǂ·, Somalia¤, Surinamey·, Syrian Arab Republicy, Swazilandy, United Arab Emirates#^
Unmarried woman cannot pass to child born outside country
Bahrainy, Brunei, Burundiy·, Iran, Iraqǂ·, Jordan, Kuwait*, Lebanony, Liberia·, Libya·, Mauritania·, Nepal·, Omanǂ, Qatar, Saudi Arabiay,
Senegalǂ·, Sierra Leone·, Somalia¤, Surinamey·, Swazilandy, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia·, United Arab Emirates#
Married woman cannot pass to child born in country
Bahrainy, Brunei·, Burundiy, Iran+, Jordan#, Kiribati·, Kuwait¥, Lebanon#z, Libyaǂ·, Madagascarǂ, Nepal·, Omanǂ, Qatar, Saudi Arabia·,
Senegalǂ·, Somalia¤, Suriname·, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates#^
Married woman cannot pass to child born outside country
Bahamas·, Bahrainy, Barbados, Brunei, Burundiy·, Iran+, Iraqǂ·, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanonz, Liberia·§, Libya·, Madagascarǂ, Malaysia·, Mauritania·, Nepal·, Omanǂ, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegalǂ·, Sierra Leone·, Somalia¤, Suriname·, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia·, United Arab Emirates#^
Married woman cannot pass to husband1
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin°, Brunei, Burundi°, Cameroon°, Central African Republic, Comoros°, Congo (Republic of), Egypt, Guatemala, Guinea°, Iran, Iraq°, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Mali°, Mauritania°, Morocco°, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saint Luciax, Saint Vincent & Grenadinesx, Saudi Arabia, Senegal°, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia¤, Sudan», Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand°, Togo°«, Tunisia°, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Yemen
Unmarried father of child born abroad cannot pass to child without additional requirements2
Austria, Denmark, United States of America
y Unless father unknown or has repudiated/not acknowledged the child
ǂ Unless father stateless or unknown
# Unless father unknown, without nationality or fatherhood not substantiated
* Not by right, but possible by decree issued by the Minister of the Interior if father unknown or not legally established
· Except under certain conditions
¤ In June 2012, Somalia drafted a Constitution providing for equality between men and women with an indication the nationality law will be amended accordingly
^ A December 2011 decree allows Emirati women married to non-nationals to pass citizenship to their children once the child reaches maturity
+ There is suggestion that citizenship is possible at age 18 for children born of Iranian women and non-national men. Several restrictions are placed on women marrying at all. For example, women need government permission to marry non-national men and Moslem women are explicitly forbidden from marrying non-Moslem men
¥ Unless mother irrevocably divorced/foreign father deceased and child resident in Kuwait until reaches majority
§ The Liberian Constitution provides that either parent can pass nationality to their children, but the nationality law restricts this. A new draft nationality law published at the end of 2012 proposes amendments to conform to the Constitution
» Sudanese mothers, unlike fathers, have to go through the process of expressly applying for citizenship for their children, which causes additional hardship, but the law provides technical equality hence the omission of Sudan from the other categories
« The Togolese nationality law discriminates against Togolese mothers passing their nationality to their children, but the Constitution and Children's Act both provide for equal rights, hence the omission of Togo from the other categories
° Husband can apply for naturalisation under normal procedures with reduced or waived conditions
z Unless by permission of Head of State after acquiring foreign nationality and reapplying for Lebanese nationality within one year of dissolution of marriage/maturity of child and living in Lebanon
x Possible for wives to pass nationality to non-national husbands, subject to proviso that Minister can refuse on reasonable grounds
1 This does not list countries where neither wife nor husband has additional rights to pass citizenship to their non-national spouse
2 More than proof of paternity


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All the Multiplayer info you can poke a stick at
Hi all,
Well the flood gate's have well and truly opened this week in regards to Multiplayer info, we've been given the new class system, weapons details, attachments, how the killstreaks will work, new game type's and how the in game scoring system works.
There's simply too much to list so I'll put the basics down here and link the sites at the bottom for more info if you feel like reading it all.
There's allot of info here but all in all I think they've simplified it allot from MW3. Killstreaks dont have 3 tiers to choose from, no more weapon proficiency, no more death streaks, you've got 10 points to play with then creating a class, overall I think it looks great but time will tell how the game itself actually plays.
The major things to note:
RCXD's are definitely back, this time they are called RCC's.
Perks no longer effect your gun, only attachments effect the performance of your gun. ie there is no quickdraw or steady aim perk.
Blind-Eye are Ghost have been split again like there were in MW3. The great thing is that they only work when you are moving. So if you like to camp then your shit out of luck sorry guys.
Killstreaks are now scorestreaks and you can earn points by attempting bomb plants, capturing domination points and all that stuff. There's no support of specialist killstreaks in BO2, just the one killstreaks list containing 22 killstreaks.
Weapon proficiency's no longer exist, all weapon modifications are through attachments.
As rumoured create a class is now setup using 10 points, each item uses 1 point such as 1 perk, 1 grenade, 1 primary, 1 secondary until you've used up all your 10 points.
New thing called Wildcards that give you a little bit of flexibility with your 10 points to set up a class (see below for wildcard options)
Assault rifles
Type 25
Mk 48
Sniper Rifles
Chicom CQB
Skorpio EVO III
Assault Shield (Metal riot shield that can be planted into the ground as makeshift cover)
FHJ-18 AA (Vehicle lock-on, two rockets)
Lethal Slot
Combat axe
Bouncing Betty
Reflex sight
ACOG sight
Target Finder (Paints red squares around hostiles)
Hybrid Optic
Fast Mag
Fore Grip
Laser Sight
Adjustable Stock
Millimetre Scanner
Grenade Launcher
Select Fire Mode
FMJ Rounds
Extended Clip
Tactical slot
Black Hat PDA (Get close to enemy equipment and point this data pad at it to hack it and turn it against enemies. Takes ages to hack though!)
Smoke grenade
Sensor grenade
Concussion grenade
Shock charge (a throwable stick that emits an electric shock across a surface, rooting targets to the spot)
Tactical Insertion
Wildcards (Bend the rules of the 'Pick 10′ system slightly)
Perk 1 Greed (Lets you choose a second perk from tier 1)
Perk 2 Greed
Perk 3 Greed
Primary Gunfighter
Secondary Gunfighter
Danger Close
Perks (Note: Perks can no longer go pro)
Tier 1
Ghost (Now only hides you from UAVs when you are moving)
Flak Jacket
Blind Eye
Tier 2
Cold Blooded
Hard Wired
Fast Hands
Tier 3
Dead Silence
Tactical Mask
Extreme Conditioning
RCC — 325 points — A remote-controlled car packed with explosives.
UAV — 375 points — Shows enemies on the mini-map.
Hunter Killer — 400 points — Airborne drone that seeks out and destroys a nearby target.
Care Package — 450 points — Air drop a random Scorestreak.
Counter-UAV — 475 points — Temporarily disables enemy radar.
Guardian — 500 points — Projects microwave field which stuns and impairs enemies.
Hellstorm Missile — 525 points — An air-to-surface missile which can be scattered into a cluster bomb whilefalling.
Lightning Strike — 550 points — Launch a coordinated lightning strike on three locations.
Death Machine — 600 points — Your own personal handheld mini-gun.
Sentry Gun — 650 points — An automatic sentry gun which can be remote-controlled.
War Machine — 700 points — Grenade launcher with rapid, semi-automatic firing.
Dragonfire — 725 points — Remote-controlled quad-rotor with lightweight machine gun.
AGR — 800 points — Air drop an autonomous ground robot that searches for and destroys enemies and can be remote controlled.
Stealth Chopper — 850 points — Call in a stealth helicopter which does not appear on the enemy's mini-map.
Orbital VSAT — 900 points — Shows both enemy position and direction on the mini-map, cannot be shot down.
Escort Drone — 1000 points — Get personal air support from an escort drone.
Warthog — 1025 points — Jet aircraft that provides close air support with several strafe runs.
EMP Systems — 1050 points — Temporarily disables enemy electronics.
Lodestar — 1150 points — Lase missile targets remotely from the Lodestar.
VTOL Warship — 1200 points — Be the gunner of a powerful VTOL Warship.
Canine Unit — 1275 points — Attack dogs that hunt down the enemy.
Swarm — 1400 points — Call in a swarm of lethal Hunter Killer drones that search and destroy enemies.
GamesCom sheds light on revamped 'Black Ops 2' point and perk system - Long Island Video Game Industry | Examiner.com
The Escapist : Shoutcasting Black Ops 2
'Black Ops 2' and Treyarch's new rules for Call of Duty multiplayer | The Verge
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer ditches kill streaks, embraces e-sports, first screenshots • News • Eurogamer.net
Black Ops 2 multiplayer hands-on: the future starts here | VG247
Black Ops 2: Official perks & gun list revealed, new Create-a-class explained | VG247
Black Ops 2 replaces killstreaks with "score streaks" | VG247
Ill have to read later, i want to absorb all this info. Have to work today and heading off now....BUMMER! :_(
Fantasic, all very welcomed info and great news! Can't wait :)
problem with ghost now... how am i ment to ninja defuse?
Like come on... im not going to run around in circles... :P
Does anyone know how many point streaks you can pick?
looking more and more like TF2 every day... ;)
Hi all,
Some more interesting bits of info on Black Ops 2 Multiplayer, once again the info they have released all sounds awesome, like they are actually listening for a change. Still no word on what kind of server control we'll have. If you cbf reading it all then the best bits are:
No more deathstreaks, but a "Revenge Voice" instead. No more Last Stand, Final Stand, Second chance in any way shape or form.
This has to be one of the best pieces of news I've heard about BO2 :)
Killstreaks loop around, if you reach the max killstreak then it loops to the beginning and you start again. You can earn the same killstreak again as long as you used it the first time around. In other words, you dont need to die to re-set your killstreak count.
Aggressive players gain more points than defensive players, ie you get more points for capturing a flag in CTF than you would if you were defending one.
Seems as if there is unlimited sprint in BO2.
There is a new system for unlocking gear as you gain levels and prestiges via use of tokens, 1 token unlocks 1 thing. get to 55 levels and you'll have received 55 tokens. When you prestige you get a token than lets you permanently unlock 1 item for every prestige afterwards. Much the same as "unlock gear" in MW3.
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Here is an example. I have bought this theme but it is a theme, not a plugin and really limits the use case of wordpress.
I have also looked at GD Star Rating, but it is designed to let user review comments and posts, what I am looking for is turning comments into reviews, where the review include both some text and a rating. IE. The comment is a review of a product (Amazon style) not the comment can be reviewed by readers (GD Star Rating style).
Is it possible to do this?
Update: the review-it theme which is using GD star is really close to what I want, but it doesn't show the reviews with the comments, it only shows the aggregate of the user reviews. Example here: http://botchweed.com/review/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-review/
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Lamborghini's Sesto Elemento concept car will go into production at a price of about $2.2 million. Only 20 will be built, and if you buy one you won't be able to drive it on the street. It won't have airbags or other safety equipment required for legal use on roads in the U.S. or Europe. This car is strictly for use on a track.
(CBS News) LOS ANGELES - The fully-loaded muscle car has long been a symbol of red-blooded American manhood. However, the cars aren't changing, but who's designing them is.
As in any show dedicated to the automobile, the car is the star. But sharing the spotlight for this 2013 Mustang GT is the team behind it: 40 women who work in the auto industry, banding together to create, design and install every part.
Cars aren't just a hobby. They're a passion.
"My very favorite car is my own car, a 1955 Studebaker Champion," said Kristin Cline. For her, it was a whim at first.
"I bought the car knowing nothing," she said. "I had never changed a tire, never changed oil."
Now she's rebuilding engines. "This is the project that I'm working on right now. It's a 1960 Ford Falcon."
Cline once had visions of medical school. And now, "my dream is to one day own my own garage," she said.
Rachel De Barros is a mechanic currently building four cars. Her favorite? "A '51 Ford F-1. How can you not have a Sanford & Son truck! I mean, it's awesome!"
As for crew chief Kellie Colf: "A '68 Firebird. I will never part with it, not ever. I will be buried in that car."
As they blaze a trail, they deal with stereotypes.
"'Oh, so your man is letting you drive his car. How special!' And little do they know I've done all the work myself, and really (whispers), 'It's my car!'"
"I've gone so far at various times in the past as to have a license plate that says HERS," said Colf.
The completed Mustang is also defying gender roles.
"Everybody thinks if a woman's gonna customize a car, it's gonna be pink, it's gonna be cute," said De Barros. "We like to build some pretty bad monsters as well! And I'd like not to put some fuzzy dice on there."
"Underneath, they've got themselves nearly a race car," said Colf, "and nobody's going to be expecting that"
Someone's about to find out. The Mustang sold at auction this week for $46,000, and the money is going to a scholarship fund to help future designers -- men and women.


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Huntsman Mocks Bachmann $2 Gas Promise As Not From 'The Real World'
Last week, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she could get gas prices below $2 a gallon. Experts said the only way that would happen is if we went back into a deep recession, which of course might well happen if the Tea Party extremist became president and enforced her slash and burn policies.
Yesterday, Jon Huntsman, who continues to play the role of truth teller in the race, mocked Bachmann for her voodoo economics on ABC's This Week:
"I just don't know what — what world that comment would come from, you know? We live in the real world. It's grounded in reality. And gas prices just aren't going to rebound like that.
"But just as we are in a static world, that is completely unrealistic. And, again, it's talking about things that, you know, may pander to a particular group or sound good at the time, but it just simply is not founded in reality."
Explaining that the Tea Party's economics is not founded in reality wins Hunstman big points for honesty, but whether it is a winning political strategy in the hotly contested race remains to be seen.
Below are old comments from the earlier Facebook commenting system:
- Mark Jewett · Top Commenter · Northern Illinois University
I almost choked! A member of the Fascist Party that actually has a grasp of reality?
4 · Like · Reply · Subscribe · Monday at 9:35am
Peter S. Mizla · Top Commenter · Vernon, Connecticut
Despite Huntsman's admitting that 'humans play a role in climate change' the rest of his views are only 'less fascist' then the rest of the republican party.
3 · Like · Reply · Monday at 10:02am
Tracy Schario · GWU
He could be the dark horse candidate. But he's eloquent, cultured and sensible.
1 · Like · Reply · Monday at 8:02pm
Mark Jewett · Top Commenter · Northern Illinois University
It's unfortunate that this delusional guy actually thinks he has a chance. Eloquent, cultured and sensible are 3 adjectives that are not usually something that gets you elected in the Fascist Party. Those with those qualities are, as far as I can see, are looked upon with disdain in that Party. Adjectives that come to mind for a successful Fascist candidate are : Mono-Syllabic, brutish, racist, backward, stupid…you get the point.
Marie Harris · Top Commenter
Huntsman really doesn't stand a chance – the teabaggers would never vote for him as the moderate GOP are overwhelmed by the etremists.
But, I enjoy hearing a GOP disparage his own party members for their ignorance, their record, their statements and their belligerence.
3 · Like · Reply · Subscribe · Monday at 10:06am
Peter S. Mizla · Top Commenter · Vernon, Connecticut
The arrogance of just about all republicans is suffocating.
1 · Like · Reply · Monday at 10:33am
Jim Vijay · University of Florida
Wow! If Bachmann knows of a way to reduce the price of gas to $2/gallon, but refuses to reveal how unless she is elected President, she is costing the entire USA hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Most of those dollars go abroad – adding to our trade deficit.
What hootspa! What a hoot, ya?
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I like Huntsman but he might as well be a Communist in the current Republican party he has no chance of winning any primary. That's how far right they have gone.
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I don't know if it would help, but it would be fair to throw some support in Huntsman's direction. Wouldn't it be preferable if all candidates in the general election were, at least, sane?
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Peter S. Mizla · Top Commenter · Vernon, Connecticut
Huntsman has views now in the 21st century that are hopelessly out of date- by 30 years.
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And the views of the other GOP candidates are from what era? They seem to be a recipe for a lead-in to the second great depression. Economics as if Keynes had never wrote …
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Christopher Winter · University of Iowa
Links to a good video from /Hardball/.
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Mike twotwo · Top Commenter (signed in using Hotmail)
A real pleasure to see that Huntsman isn't following the script. Now Perry and Bachman will have to waste time defending their lunacies, Huntsman gets to lob more facts at them, and the reporters will love it. (btw, the log in here to comment is getting more and more difficult).
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it's so much fun seeing R's take these brutal reality-checks from one of their own for a change.
maybe mr. huntsman will inspire some of the press corps to go ahead and do their job, rather than cower in fear of R reprisal.
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Arne Perschel · Friends with Joseph Romm
Is their strategy to pave the way for a more 'moderate' Republican? Maybe Sarah Palin? Compared to these goofball candidates, Palin actually looks intelligent!
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Huntsman's doing the work Obama should be doing in dismantling the GOP's slate of perverts, racists, idiot fundies, nutbags, sociopaths and liars.
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I learned that if two groups were eating in two different rooms but even one person could see someone in the other room, then they could have one zimun (I thought this was in Masechet Brachot, but I can't find it). Could this extend to video-chat?
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If three men pre-arranged to sit down and eat together over a video-chat, is there any reason they shouldn't have a zimun?
Voice over the internet is halachically considered an echo. Brachot and prayer can not be said over the internet, nor can you listen to a shofar blast over the phone etc. (source http://www.chaburas.org/ramkol.html )
That would be a reason to not do a mizuman over video-chat.
As to the question of if you are "allowed" to do a mezuman over an echo / video chat, I am not sure. See here and here for the debate.
According to the Tzitz Eliezer, one can fulfill the mitzvot of reading the Torah, blowing the shofar, and hearing the megillah via telephone or radio. See his famous tshuva (8:11) http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14507&st=&pgnum=53
His permission is if there is no other way or in a case (such as a large hospital) where it is not practical to accomplish the mitzvah for a lot of people without using a microphone. So I would suggest that perhaps in this case of eating together online, since there is no other way to accomplish the mitzvah except via microphone, then it would be permitted.


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Whether you're a parent who's kid brought home a pillow sack of candy
Or someone who overestimated their ToT's this year. What do you do with an extra full grocery bag of candy?
Seriously, we already picked through and got the stuff we want... what do we do now?
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I'd eat almost all of it, and what I really don't like I pass on to my mom, or take to my job and let the customers eat.
I always hand out stuff I like to eat anyway, so it's never an issue, and with no kids, no pillow-case full of candy!
Then, I'm even more horrible and I buy it at 1/2 or 75% off after Halloween, but then I only have to buy what I like :)
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The wife gave all ours away so I'll never know.
After it's all been picked over at home, I take it to work. Nothing stays in the kitchen at work for more than a day, I swear they are vultures.
I have given it to our local food pantry. I know that it is not a healthy food, but I figure that maybe someone can use it in a Christmas stocking or as a treat for birthdays, etc. There is also a collection for our Troops:
if you want to have it sent on to them.
I crushed up butterfingers on my pan of brownies today, but that only works if you have a bunch of the same thing.
For the popular Mars/M&M company candies (choosing only ones with orange, yellow, brown wrappers without any halloween logo), I take fall colored tissue paper (about 3 layers of different color cut into approx 12" x 12"), pile some candy in the middle, tie it up with fall colored ribbon then give out around Thanksgiving for various "thank you's" (i.e. babysitter, swim coach, bus driver, mailman, UPS guy, etc). I'll include a hand signed "Thank you" tag on it.
I send mine to Afghanistan or the local Fisher House.
I take it to work and share with my co-workers.
Save it for next year...
Getting rid of it at work tomorrow.
Another vote for work. I saw some interesting recipes on msn a few days ago but I'm too lazy to look them up. :)
One option I've seen lately: http://now.msn.com/jimmy-kimmel-i-ate-your-candy-gag-still-funny
Haha. The little girl at the end is so sweet:
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SFB 2010 The Little MermaidCasts and reviews
Posted 22 March 2010 - 11:51 AM
Added later: Just got an email from the company. "There are no plans to film this ballet at the moment."
Posted 22 March 2010 - 06:32 PM
Here's the reply I received from Chloe Veltman:
I wrote a couple of emails and have just been told that the dvd of Hamburg Ballet performing The Little Mermaid is not available for the public. It sounds as if it is a filmed dvd used as an additional record of the ballet.
Added later: Just got an email from the company. "There are no plans to film this ballet at the moment."
Oh well.
Chloe Veltman has left a new comment on the post "Taking a Childrens Tale to Dark New DepthsNEW YOR...":
Hello Margaret
The DVD isn't available for public viewing -- Because I had to file my story in advance of the opening of the ballet at the weekend, the press department at SF Ballet kindly allowed me to come in to the office to view a DVD of the Hamburg performance.
Best wishes
Posted by Chloe Veltman to work at March 22, 2010 9:14 AM
It's interesting too that on another board there are some rapturous comments about Sarah Van Patten's performance on Sunday afternoon. I'm going to be seeing both Tan and Van Patten over the weekend.
Posted 22 March 2010 - 07:56 PM
Here's a link to an English translation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. With the exception of the Poet and the Poet/Prince love story, Neumeier seems to keep pretty close to the original.
All one has to do is research the origins of the story by H.C. Andersen to understand that Disney (who most assume invented the story) didn't tell his story.
Posted 23 March 2010 - 07:48 AM
It's interesting too that on another board there are some rapturous comments about Sarah Van Patten's performance on Sunday afternoon. I'm going to be seeing both Tan and Van Patten over the weekend.
I'll be very interested to hear your comments on both performances!
I found a couple more reviews if anyone is interested:
Rachel Howard of San Francisco Classical Voice http://sfcv.org/revi...s-under-the-sea
and Ann Murphy of the San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercuryne...ent/ci_14732376
Posted 27 March 2010 - 06:32 PM
Cast: Sarah Van Pattan:Mermaid; Pierre Francois Vilanoba:The Prince; The Princess:Vanessa Zahorian;Sea Witch:Garen Scribner;Poet:Pascal Molat.
John Neumeier's the Little Mermaid is about as far from Disney as a work of art can get. Nor is it Hans Christian Andersen Danny Kaye style... it's Hans Christian Andersen, tortured gay man in love with a straight man who just got married and doesn't really give Hans' infatuation a second though style. That one. So he then wrote a heartbreaking story about the ultimate outsider whose profound love for a man wasn't returned and it killed their bodily existence. Someone who is completely divorced from their body (Andersen was pretty much a gay man who died a virgin despite an unconsummated infatuation with Jenny Lind) And this story provides the basis for one of the most striking and moving ballet/theater performances I've ever seen.
It's a curious combination of a lot of styles and, of course, Neumeier's dark dramatic choreography. Some sections really reminded me of Antony Tudor ballets. Others reminded me of Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs. Sometimes I felt as if I was watching a silent film with Lilian Gish or a butoh performance. The end reminded me a lot of Graham's Clytemnestra. And in the middle of it all is the role of a lifetime for the right dancer. I know Yuan Yuan got wonderful reviews and opening night... but I can not imagine should could have performed this better than Sarah Van Patten.
Van Patten is an incredible actress... I've seen this hinted at in a lot of roles, but here, she's just amazing. Sometimes she's a bratty teenager, other times a spirit of beauty, sometimes ET the extra-terrestrial, Petrushka, other times the aforementioned Lillian Gish playing the Little Match Girl. She is at once heart breaking and miraculous and, not to put any other dancers down, I can't them doing this role as well as her. One thing Van Patten has is completely convincing look of goofiness, vulnerability and awkwardness which I don't see either Tan nor Feijoo having to the same degree. Van Patten's incredible performance in the claustrophobic room scene at the beginning of the second half was burned into my heart and mind. Her incredible solo at the end, after she's unable to murder the man she loves had me crying. I don't cry at the ballet too often. If you see her doing it at some point in the future, bring a good pair of opera glasses, because her face and eyes are miraculous.
Close behind was Molat's Poet. The Poet (basically Andersen) mirrors much of what goes on in the ballet. It sounds hokey but it works brilliantly here. His self-loathing, sense of failure, helplessness and need to express himself come through beautifully. Garen Scribner was the Sea Witch... a wild combination of Carabosse, Michael Clark (the punk Nijinsky) and the late performance artist Leigh Bowery. It has to be the more queertastic/off the wall characters I've ever seen at SF Ballet (which can be kind of stodgy and... um, heterosexual at times). His incredible dance with the Little Mermaid towards the end involving the knife is one you won't forget. Nor his S&M crew always shadowing him and doing his dirty work. The most incredible scene of all was when the Little Mermaid loses her fin and gets her legs. First off, a warning, it is an incredibly brutal scene... almost more like a rape than an act of magic. It has a violent power which both revulses and attracts. You realize it's a pact with the devil and truly understand what she's going through for the love of her human. I just kept finding myself saying "girl, please don't do this, please, it's NOT worth it."
And then there's the humans. Needless to say, Neumeier doesn't have a high regard for the human race. They are boring and vapid and petty and vain. The main iconography for the Prince, the man the Little Mermaid is destroying her body for, is a golf club. I didn't need this production to cement my dislike of golfers in general (sorry, I'm bigoted) and golf culture... but if you don't feel like cramming that golf club down his throat by the end of it... you're inhuman. Vilanoba looks gorgeous (as usual), plays the unconscious vapidity perfectly and was a wonder in the storm scene where he's rescued by the mermaid. Along with the Prince was Vanessa Zahorian as the Princess... basically a spoiled debutante who moves through the world with a sense of privilege the Little Mermaid will never have. Zahorian gets it dead on. In the second act, she's joined by a corps of, what almost look like a group of Jackie Kennedys (well, in fuller skirts) with pillbox hats and a righteous belief the world is made for them. The male corps, the sailers, provide more eye candy (in a very homoerotic, muscular way in their first act dance) and as an officer corps at the prince and princesses' wedding, a counterpart for the pillbox girls.
There are so many scenes which stand out in this production... the opening (all silent, no music) involving Andersen's love object getting married, the storm, the incredible transformation scene, the perverse and sarcastic ship scene, Van Patten's tour de force at the beginning of the second act and the maddening wedding. It's all incredibly vivid.
That is not to say there aren't some dead moments. The first half alone is 1hr 20mins and, before the transformation scene, there were a few times I was NOT liking Lera Auerbach's atonal marathon (nor about 10 mins which could have been cut... but I don't think Neumeier plays that game). The score livens up a lot starting with the transformation scene. The score has some definite high points... I loved, again, the transformation scene, the sailor's dance, and ship scene and all of the second half. Again, there was a lot of not terribly interesting music earlier in the first half. There are some witty musical quotes throughout the piece which always surprised me wafting through and then vanishing. Mostly, it is a dark score and I wondered if a little more variety would have made it even more powerful.
Neumeier also designed the brilliant set. Especially loved the light tubes which create the waves and the Mermaid's bedroom which looks like something from the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Special mention has to be made of what is maybe my favorite scene change of all time... when they literally change the angle of the ship onstage in open view. Scenic magic which reminded me a lot of Robert Wilson's work like Einstein on the Beach. Neumeier also designed the witty costumes which feature both retro camp and a sense of wickidness which reminded me of the costumes in "The Hard Nut"... only darker.
This is an incredible new work to have in their repertory. I'm glad Helgi is actually taking some chances this year and bringing some pieces with a more post-modern edge. I can't imagine how wonderful the Little Mermaid must be to perform and it is a real stretch.
Apart from a few flat stretches in the first half, the Little Mermaid offers the darkest kind of magic and the most sublime expression of unrequited love. If you can see it with Van Patten... so much the better, but just see it. How very sad there are only 2 more performances of it left this season.
Posted 28 March 2010 - 11:51 AM
It sounds like SF Ballet did really well with The Little Mermaid in ticket sales and the crowds certainly must have liked it what with all the standing ovations I read about in the reviews. Someday I'd like to go see The Little Mermaid, now that I'm prepared for what I'd be seeing!
Posted 29 March 2010 - 07:43 PM
On Sunday I saw Yuan Yuan Tan's performance and while she couldn't match Van Patten's emotional intensity, this was by far the best thing I've ever seen Tan do. She was astonishing in the underwater scene -- perfect for that rippling flexibility she has. Her land-based mermaid was less successful that Van Patten's -- Tan seemed more fully human -- albeit frail, breakable. But given that Tan isn't known as a actress, she came through emotionally, though without Van Patten's subtle shadings.
A detail I liked about both performances -- not sure if it was deliberate or not -- but in Part II, when the mermaid is on land with her new legs, while all the other female characters wore new, shiny pointe shoes, the mermaid's shoes were old, dirty, frayed -- as if she's been given second hand feet.
Overall I enjoyed the ballet a lot more than expected, although I have to agree with some of the criticisms voiced here and elsewhere. It's hard to believe the story couldn't be considerably streamlined, even with the addition of the Poet. Some bits simply went on too long for the limited value they added to the story -- the sailors, some of the shipboard; entertaining, yes, but really not necessary. By the end, it felt like Neumeier was throwing in everything, including apparently some refugees from Halloween at Hamburger Mary's. Ultimately, I decided just to accept the ballet on its own terms for what it is (eccentric), and not worry about what it isn't (Swan Lake) -- helped a lot.
Before the performance, I went to the Meet the Artist interview with Pascal Molat. A couple of tidbits about next season: Molat said he was looking forward to playing the Poet in The Little Mermaid again next year, so it sounds like it will be back. Also, he mentioned that Wayne McGregor would be at SFB next season, although he didn't say for what, new ballet or staging something existing. And after the interview was over, Molat introduced his new baby boy, who is named -- are you ready for this -- Matisse. Little Matisse (who's about four months old) glared at the audience for a few seconds and then broke into one of those baby smiles that reduces 200 intelligent adults to puddles of jelly. Tough act to follow.
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The performance began with the Brass' favorite intro "A Closer Walk with Thee" in a somewhat different fashion from their traditional entrance. The escalator from the hall's lower exhibit level transported the group to the main concourse where they moved to the main stage.
"Brass instruments from C.G. Conn and Vincent Bach have been the long-time choice of top professionals around the world," says John Stoner, President of Conn-Selmer. "Having the most well-known and respected brass quintet choosing our instruments says a lot about our craftsmanship. Giving our dealers the chance to hear these instruments performed by the Canadian Brass will further substantiate our position as the market's choice for professional instruments."
The dealer event included tours of the Eastlake brass facility; leadership, product, and financial training from members of the Conn-Selmer executive team; employee development training from the Disney Institute; a special education roundtable; and special evening receptions at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Severance Hall, the home of the Cleveland Orchestra.
For more information on Conn-Selmer, visit www.conn-selmer.com. For more information on the Canadian Brass, visit www.canadianbrass.com. To see a video clip of the Canadian Brass performing "A Closer Walk with Thee" at the dealer event, click here.
About Conn-Selmer
Conn-Selmer, under a portfolio of brands, is the leading manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments for student, amateur, and professional use. With a tradition of innovation, and superior musical performance, brands such as Vincent Bach, CG Conn, King, Holton, Selmer, Armstrong, Leblanc, Ludwig, Musser, Scherl & Roth, Glaesel, and William Lewis have earned a legacy of respect unparalleled by any other builders. Conn-Selmer is also the North American distributor of Selmer Paris woodwinds, the US distributor of Yanagisawa saxophones, and the global distributor of the Jiggs pBone (the world's only plastic trombone). With a focus on quality craftsmanship, Conn-Selmer operates US production facilities in Elkhart, IN, Cleveland, OH, Eastlake, OH, Lagrange, IL, and Monroe, NC. Through its educational outreach team, led by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Conn-Selmer is the industry leader in providing support and advocacy tools specifically tailored to music education. For more information on the complete line of instruments, services, and support available from Conn-Selmer, visit www.conn-selmer.com.


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I'm quite new to bikes. I have a Schrader valve bike with deflated wheels. When I try to pump it up. I take off the protective cap, then there is a valve secured down by a nut (there is another nut securing it to the actual wheel) I then put the pump onto the bit of valve poking up and lock it in. I can then pump it completely with about 5 pushes of the pump. Once it is complete I unlock the bike pump off of the valve, at that moment all the air rushes out immediately (10 seconds) even if I put the protective cap on. What does this mean??
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From these three, which one you have?
Case ①:
Schrader valve
Check if the inner part (valve) is properly installed (tight enough). If is and still loose air — you need to change the valve or the inner tube, the problem is with one of them.
Case ②:
Presta valve
You need to unlock the valve before pumping, or you will pump air only into you pumps' hose. After pumping don't forget to lock the valve back.
Case ③:
Woods (Dunlop) valve
Very old system. Check inner parts (steel needle and rubber tube) for damages, rubber tube can degrade flexibility with years → air loss.