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The mayor and Coun. Eli El-Chantiry don't expect much to change in West Carleton during the boundary review process.
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2020 boundary review underway
By Jake Davies - West Carleton Online
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WEST CARLETON – Last Friday (Dec. 20) City of Ottawa staff outlined the process and timeline as the planned ward boundary review begins early in the New Year and finishes near the end.
In a memo to city council delivered Friday, city staff outlined the first phase in the proposed boundary review – a process that may re-draw the boundaries of West Carleton-March. Although, neither Coun. Eli El-Chantiry or Mayor Jim Watson think that will happen.
Last June, the Finance and Economic Development committee (FEDCO) approved a staff recommendation to undertake a request for proposals to retain an independent consultant to review the boundaries of Ottawa's 23 wards. As the boundary review falls under the 2020 budget year, the outcome for the request for proposals wasn't brought forward for consideration until the New Year. The last City of Ottawa boundary review happend in 2005.
"The first phase of the ward boundary review will be public consultation regarding current ward boundaries, which is scheduled for (the first two quarters) of 2020," city staff said. "This phase includes consultation with all members of council and will result in an information report setting out new ward boundary options. It is expected the information report will be brought forward to council in the second quarter."
The timeline for the City of Ottawa's ward boundary review includes a draft in the second quarter of 2020 and the final approved in the fourth quarter.
Staff will then form a draft boundary map based on the input received from both the public consultation and the city-hired independent consultations.
"Following another round of public consultation regarding the new ward boundary options, including further consultation with all members of council, it is anticipated that a final report with recommendations regarding new ward boundaries will be (available to be) considered by council in the fourth quarter of 2020."
Staff submitted a report to council last week called the City of Ottawa Ward Boundary Review (2019-2029) with a timeline and greater details of the project.
"As described in the staff report the ward boundary review provides an opportunity to establish ward boundaries in time for the 2022 Municipal Elections," staff said. "Further details with respect to consultation with members of council and members of the public will be provided in the New Year."
West Carleton Online spoke with both Coun. El-Chantiry and Mayor Watson June 7 at the Mayor's Rural Expo at City Hall on the proposed boundary review and what it might mean to West Carleton.
Ward 5 has the smallest population of all the wards and shares borders with the heavily populated Kanata North Ward. Boundary review always considers the population load on individual councillors and regularly looks to 'even up' that distribution.
Neither the councillor or mayor expect the ward boundary review process will have much of an effect on West Carleton.
"There is no appetite to reduce the rural ward," El-Chantiry told West Carleton Online at the time. "As you can appreciate my ward, West Carleton-March is larger than the City of Calgary by 50-square-kilometres. It takes me an hour and 15 minutes to go from one end to the other. We are a very diversified ward. Farmland, agriculture, you name it. We have growth in small towns, rural economic development, so to suggest amalgamation or get lumped with some urban residents, that would really lose the flavour, not the identity so much, but the culture of West Carleton."
Rural residents fear the adding of urban populations upsets the political balance and renders rural voices silent in elections. Residents saw this in both the recent federal and provincial elections when a large chunk of Kanata was added to West Carleton's riding under the name Kanata-Carleton. It was easier, more time efficient with a bigger payoff for politicians to focus their door-knocking in the dense Kanata sections of the riding during the election campaign. It meant the urban demographic's issues were more valuable.
Mayor Watson said the process will not add councillors to the city but says will respect Ottawa's rural areas as well.
"What we're trying to do is rejig the balance where a ward like Barrhaven has 50 or 60,000 people and another ward might have 25 or 30,000," Watson told West Carleton Online last June. "So, can we tweak it and at the same time keep the rural character of the four rural wards? I'm very much committed to that. So, it may mean a portion of one ward adds on to another ward, but I would very much want to ensure the majority of the people in a rural ward are rural residents."
In Friday's memo, city staff also released the successful tender for the ward boundary review consultation work.
"I can advise that Beate Bowron Etcetera Inc., in association with The Davidson Group and Hemson Consulting Ltd., has been selected as the successful proponent for the ward boundary review," city clerk Rick O'Connor said. "This follows council's approval in the 2020 budget of the financial implications resulting from the outcome of a recent Request for Proposal (RFP) process undertaken in accordance with council direction, as described in a Sept. 13 memo to council."
The consultant team, led by Bowron, will be responsible for conducting the ward boundary review, including broad engagement and consultation with members of the public, members of council, communities and key stakeholders, and developing ward boundary options and recommendations for council's consideration.
"The team will also act as an expert witness at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) and Ontario Divisional Court, if necessary," O'Connor said. "Members of the consultant team have extensive experience conducting successful comprehensive ward boundary reviews."
Beate Bowron Etcetera previously partnered with The Davidson Group on the City of Toronto's review in 2014-2016 and the City of Ottawa's review in 2004-2005. Hemson Consulting Ltd. worked with Beate Bowron Etcetera and The Davidson Group on a ward boundary review in the City of Vaughan in 2016-2017, and the team is also completing an Electoral System Review for the Town of Aurora
"The successful proponent's bid received the highest technical and financial scores among two RFP responses reviewed and evaluated by designates for the city clerk, the city solicitor and the general manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department, supported by the Supply Branch of the Corporate Services Department," O'Connor said. "The Davidson Group and Beate Bowron Etcetera are leaders in preparing ward boundary reviews in Ontario. They first developed and applied their successful approach to reviewing ward boundaries during the 2005 City of Ottawa Ward Boundary Review."
Since then, major clients of the firms have included the York Region District School Board, the City of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board. More recently, the two firms have partnered with Hemson Consulting for the City of Vaughan Ward Boundary Review and for the Town of Aurora Electoral System Review.
All three principals for the Ottawa Ward Boundary Review have over 30 years' experience, are Registered Professional Planners in Ontario and have successfully defended their work before the Ontario Municipal Board (now Local Planning Appeal Tribunal) and the courts.
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For a better understanding of the neurobiology of premature and delayed ejaculation and its treatments, it is a prerequisite to have some basic knowledge of what is happening in serotonergic neurons in the central nervous system (1,2).
Serotonergic neurons originate in the raphe nuclei and adjacent reticular formation in the brainstem. There is a clear dichotomy in the serotonergic (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system neuronal cell groups (1). A rostral part with cell-bodies in the midbrain and rostral pons projecting to the forebrain and a caudal part with cell-bodies predominantly in the medulla oblongata with projections to the spinal cord. In the forebrain and spinal cord, the serotoner-gic neurons contact other serotonergic neurons. The location of connection is the synaps, in which the neurotransmitter serotonin provides information from one neuron to another. After its fabrication in the cell-body, serotonin runs through the serotonergic neuron to the presynaptic membrane, through which it is released into the synaps. In the synaps, serotonin proceeds to receptors at the opposite neuron (postsynaptic receptors) and after it has contacted these receptors serotonin runs back to the presynaptic membrane. Through the activity of serotonin transporters (5-HTT) in the presynaptic membrane, serotonin is brought back into the presynaptic neuron. The process of serotonin release and its action on postsynaptic receptors is called serotonergic neurotransmission.
There is normally a sort of equilibrium in the serotonergic neurotransmission system due to remarkable mechanisms. If too much serotonin is released from the presynaptic neuron into the synaps, the so-called 5-HT1B autoreceptors, located in the presynaptic membrane, become activated. Their activation results in a diminished release of serotonin in the synaps. Consequently, the equilibrium is restored. This feedback mechanism of the cell, where the released 5-HT inhibits its own release, is a frequently occurring principle in neurotransmitter regulation and can allow the system with the possibility to prevent overstimulation of postsynaptic receptors (1).
However, serotonergic neurotransmission becomes seriously disturbed by the action of serotonergic antidepressants. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) block the 5-HT transporters, both in the presynaptic membrane and around the cell-body. As a consequence, serotonin concentration increases outside the cell-body and in the synapses. Owing to the increased serotonin levels, 5-HT1A autoreceptors at the surface of the cell-body and 5-HT1B auto-receptors in the presynaptic membrane become activated. The activation of both the somatodendritic 5-HT1A autoreceptors and the presynaptic 5-HT1B auto-receptors results in an inhibition of 5-HT release into the synaptic cleft. Consequently, serotonin concentration in the synaps diminishes but remains slightly increased due to blockage of the 5-HT transporters leading to some stimulation of all postsynaptic 5-HT receptors. After some days, the 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B autoreceptors become desensitized resulting in a diminished inhibitory action of these receptors to 5-HT release. Consequently, serotonin again becomes released into the synaps. However, due to the SSRI-induced continuous blockade of the 5-HT transporters, serotonin cannot get back into the presynaptic neuron, and as a consequence serotonin levels in the synaps become higher. This increased serotoneric neurotransmission exerts a stronger effect on all post-synaptic receptors. It is the action of those postsynaptic receptors that determines the clinical effects of the SSRIs.
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Record rice aid of over 253,300 tonnes distributed in 2021
More than 253,300 tonnes of rice aid worth over 2.9 trillion VND (126.35 million USD) had been allocated to help people alleviate the impacts of natural disasters and diseases this year, said the General Department of State Reserves at a press conference held on December 23.
Rice aid comes for Vietnamese-Cambodians under COVID-19 lockdown
Monday, April 26, 2021 11:36
The first rice packages to help Vietnamese-Cambodian families living in areas under lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, arrived in Preah Sihanouk city of the province of the same name on April 25.
Over 1,127 tonnes of rice aid heading to Quang Binh for Tet
Thursday, February 04, 2021 18:04
More than 1,127 tonnes of rice from the national reserve will be handed over to the central province of Quang Binh between February 3 and 7, to help local people during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Government allocates rice for disaster-hit central provinces
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Finance to allocate more than 4,303 tonnes of rice from the national reserve for residents affected by recent storms and floods in three central provinces.
Government provides more rice aid for central provinces
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide 6,500 tonnes of rice from the national reserve for four central provinces to assist people affected by the recent flooding.
Over 954 tonnes of rice aid sent to drought-hit Ninh Thuan
More than 954 tonnes of rice from the national reserve were sent to the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on October 13 and 14 to assist local people in drought-plagued areas.
Six localities get rice aid
Monday, January 20, 2020 21:58
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to provide food aid for six provinces on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Cao Bang, Binh Dinh provinces to get rice aid
Friday, January 03, 2020 21:36
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has approved the granting of rice from the national reserves to Cao Bang and Binh Dinh provinces to help needy people and those who were affected by storms and flooding.
Over 110,700 tonnes of rice from reserve allocated to localities
Over 110,700 tonnes of rice worth more than 1 trillion VND from the national reserve have been allocated to localities to support people after natural disasters, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival and in forest plantation projects, and students living in especially disadvantaged areas, since the beginning of this year.
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha presents rice to Mozambique
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee recently handed over 100 tonnes of rice to Mozambique in Maputo to aid people affected by tropical storms in the country's central region.
PM approves rice aid for flood-hit residents
Saturday, September 07, 2019 15:40
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide 2,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid to residents in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Ha Tinh who suffered from serious flooding.
Rice aid reaches over 520,000 impoverished people ahead of Tet
Sunday, February 03, 2019 15:19
The Government allocated some 7,800 tonnes of rice to more than 520,000 impoverished people across the nation ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
Over 120,000 tonnes of rice sent as relief to needy localities
The General Department of State Reserve under the Ministry of Finance has provided 120,428 tonnes of rice worth about 1.18 trillion VND (50.74 million USD) to needy people in localities nationwide throughout 2018.
Thailand spends nearly 3 billion USD supporting rice sector
Friday, July 27, 2018 17:58
The Thai Government has approved a rice aid package worth 97.95 billion THB (2.94 billion USD) for the 2018-19 crop, aiming to encourage farmers to delay their paddy sales and improve harvesting and price quality.
Almost 536 tonnes of rice offered to northern Ha Giang province
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 21:54
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide nearly 536 tonnes of rice as aid to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang during the between-crop period of 2018.
Thanh Hoa: Rice aid for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged students
Friday, March 09, 2018 14:28
Nearly 20,000 disadvantaged students in the central province of Thanh Hoa will receive rice support in the second semester of the 2017-2018 academic year as decided by the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee.
Dak Nong to grant rice to disadvantaged students
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong will grant nearly 470 tonnes of rice to students and high schools of villages and communes struggling against extreme difficulties for 2017-2018.
Rice aid approved to support disadvantaged residents on Tet
Wednesday, February 07, 2018 10:00
The PM has assigned the Finance Ministry to provide over 5,504 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as food aid to seven localities on the occasion of Tet holiday, which is several days left.
Storm-affected residents in Son La to receive rice aid
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has entrusted the MpF to provide rice from the national reserves to the northern mountainous province of Son La to aid local people affected by recent storms and floods.
Poor people in Quang Binh, Soc Trang receive rice for Tet
The Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate nearly 1,700 tonnes of rice for the central province of Quang Binh and the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to support their poor residents during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.


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Keffi – The Emir of Keffi in Nasarawa State, Dr Shehu Chindo-Yamusa 11, on Friday urged foreign and local investors to set up industries in the emirate.
He said this when the Executive Director, USA-Africa Chamber of Commerce, Dr Gladys Loggin-Folorunsho, led some investors on a courtesy visit to the palace in Keffi.
Chido-Yamusa said that such industries would provide employment opportunities to the teeming unemployed youths in the area and reduce the menace of rural-urban migration.
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Speaking earlier, Loggin-Folorunsho said they were in the palace to congratulate the royal father on his appointment to the throne of his fore fathers, and to wish him long life in sound health.
She assured the emir of their readiness to invest in the emirate.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Burundi's Ambassador at large to Nigeria, Dr Clyder Rivers was among the personalities on the entourage.


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That's why I'm so excited about RETHINK LEADERSHIP 2019, a premier event, concurrent with the Orange Conference, that brings Senior Leaders from across the globe together for three exceptional days. At RL19, you'll hear all new TED-style talks and interviews from world-class leaders and thinkers in an experience tailor-made for Lead Pastors, Executive Pastors and Campus Pastors.
But even more than content, you'll get access and connection. It's a small event. You get to talk to many of the leaders who usually hang out in the green room and the breakout stream is designed to answer YOUR questions. Plus—we seat you around tables so you can forge new friendships with leaders of rapidly growing churches who are trying to do what you do.
I hope to see you in ATLANTA on MAY 1-3 for content, conversations and community unlike any other leadership event in the country. You'll go home with more than ideas. You'll go home with a fresh network working together to solve the biggest challenges facing your church and the Church.
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Reggie Joiner is the founder and CEO of Orange, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to influence those who influence the next generation. Orange provides resources and training for churches and organizations that create environments for parents, kids and teenagers. Prior to Orange, Joiner co-founded North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, with Andy Stanley. During his 11 years as the executive director of family ministry, he developed a new concept for relevant ministry for children, teenagers, and married adults. If you end up road tripping with him across the country on Orange Tour, be prepared to stop at every antique store along the way. He has found a way to wear orange for 3,453 days and counting. Joiner has authored and co-authored books including, Think Orange, The Think Orange Handbook, Zombies, Football, and the Gospel, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Parenting Beyond Your Capacity, Lead Small, and Creating a Lead Small Culture. Joiner and his wife Debbie live in Cumming, Georgia, and have four children: Reggie Paul, Hannah, Sarah, and Rebekah.
Carey Nieuwhof is founding pastor of Connexus Church and is author of several books, including his latest best-selling work, Lasting Impact: 7 Powerful Conversations That Will Help Your Church Grow. Carey speaks to church leaders around the world about leadership, change and personal growth. He writes one of today's most widely read church leadership blogs at CareyNieuwhof.com and hosts two podcasts—the top-rated Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, where he interviews some of today's best leaders, and the Canadian Church Leader's Podcast, where he helps Canadian church leaders reach people. His podcasts and blogs are accessed by millions of leaders each year.
Brad Lomenick is a producer, speaker, advisor, and author of H3 Leadership: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle., along with his first book The Catalyst Leader. He is the former longtime president of Catalyst, one of the most recognized leadership conference movements in the world. Lomenick has more than two decades of experience convening and inspiring leaders in conference experiences, along with working alongside and interviewing some of the most influential leaders in the world, including notable voices such as Jim Collins, Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, John Maxwell, and Malcolm Gladwell, among others. His work has been featured in Time, Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, Inc., Fast Company and more.
Dharius Daniels is a cultural architect and trendsetter for his generation. He is the founder and Lead Pastor of Change Church, a vibrant ministry that impacts people of all ages, socioeconomic classes, and ethnic backgrounds. Pastor Dharius has developed a Breathtaking Ministry concept that describes the standard of excellence: a standard that is apparent in his commitment not only to ministry but also to education. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Dr. Dharius is a certified personal coach with a versatile gift who speaks frequently in seminaries and churches across the country. He is married to Shameka Daniels and they are the proud parents of two sons, Dharius Seth and Gabriel Micah.
Mike Foster is an author, speaker, and nationally recognized expert in helping people take ownership of their not-so-perfect stories. Over the past 15 years, he has inspired individuals to dream new dreams, break free from past hurts, and find purpose in their pain. Through his books, workshops, and best-selling group curriculum, Mike teaches people how to crush shame and live each day as God's beloved. He has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox News, The Daily Show, and in the New York Times. He lives in San Diego and can be found online at www.secondchance.org.
Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of "50 Women to Watch", Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or co-author of a number of books including Growing Young, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum. Kara lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband, Dave, who is a medical device engineer, and their children, Nathan, Krista, and Jessica.
Jon is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. For 20 years he's helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their stories, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he's spoken to hundreds of thousands of people across the country at events for companies such as Microsoft, Whirlpool, and Comedy Central. Featured regularly on national media, Jon has been seen on CNN, Fox News, Good Day LA, and several other key outlets. He's also written for Time, the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Reader's Digest, and MSNBC. In addition, Jon is also a big proponent of social media with blogs that have been read by 4 million people and more than 285,000 Twitter followers. Jon lives with his wife Jenny and two daughters in Franklin, Tennessee.
Danielle Strickland loves Jesus. And she loves people. Her aggressive compassion has loved people firsthand in countries all over the world where she has embraced, learned, cared, evangelized, taught, and exhorted individuals and crowds to surrender to the boundless love of our great God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. She has sought to cultivate authentic Christian community in deprived neighborhoods. Danielle is the author of Just Imagine: The Social Justice Agenda, Challenging Evil: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Radical Justice, The Liberating Truth: How Jesus Empowers Women, A Beautiful Mess: How God Recreates Our Lives, and Boundless; Living Life in Overflow. Danielle is passionately committed to seeing God's Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven, is married, and is the mother of three boys.
Nona Jones is recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on building The Kingdom through social technology, motivating thousands of church leaders each year to reimagine social media as a strategic tool for ministry. She coined the term "Social Ministry" and helped build and lead Facebook's global Faith-Based Partnerships strategy. She most recently served as Secretary of the Florida Juvenile Justice Association Board of Directors and on the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. A sought-after public speaker, she has delivered keynote addresses for the United Nations and Attorney General Loretta Lynch. She holds a Bachelor in Communications and Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida. In addition to Nona's professional and civic work, she and her husband lead Open Door Ministries in Gainesville, Florida. She is an accomplished vocalist, songwriter, worship leader and author. She is also the proud mother of two boys.


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Our law firm has over 7 decades of collective experience in personal injury law. Roy Dwyer has won numerous trials across the state over his career. He is an active member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates, where he works to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of trial practice. Obtaining a membership in ABOTA is no easy task, as it requires the utmost professionalism and skill.
Tim Williams is the lead trial attorney in the firm, and takes more cases to trial each year than most other personal injury attorneys in the state. He serves on numerous Oregon State Bar committees, serves on the Oregon State Bar House of Delegates, and is on the Board of Governors for the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. He is also an author, writing on legal topics for both the Oregon State Bar as well as the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. Moreover, he lectures on trial techniques to attorneys across the state.
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We take the time to listen, and try to respond quickly to your concerns. We encourage a dialogue between our law firm and our clients. Our attorneys and staff have an open door policy, making ourselves available to meet with our clients whenever they request. Working with you as you recover from your injuries, we develop your legal case to its best potential and obtain fair compensation for your claim.
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Gabrielle had walked into the Dublin Scientology centre as part of a school project, and within months she was working on staff. For all her time cold-calling, auditing oth ers, answering phone as Dianetics (staff were instructed not to mention Scientology) and pushing flyers through letter boxes she was rewarded with a €2 coin.
While in the organisation she received coaching on how to handle her friends and family. The final straw came when she was being pressured to take out a loan for a €3,000 course. Her ethics officer supposed that her mother might be the suppressive influence that was holding her back. She left soon after and, in hindsight, continues to wonder how she missed all the warning signs.
The YouTube account of a Dublin ex-Scientologist who recently left. She tells of her time inside and how it drew her in. She promises not to become the Irish equivalent of Magoo.


Download the version you want to install from here.
Navigate to the folder were the .sh file was downloaded.
Give executable permissions to the .sh file.
Use the Graphical Installer to do the installation.
while installing Netbeans 6.9.1 on Ubuntu is the same for Netbeans 7. Netbeans needs Sun JDK to work, otherwise even the installation wizard (GUI) does not appear.
Read more details about the problem and how to solve it in the post about Netbeans 6.9.1.
The installation wizard (GUI) did not appear at all.
So, I checked if I had "Java" installed and checked that everything is "good":.
As you can see, I had OpenJDK installed..
For some reason, which I don't know, I had already installed the Sun JDK, but not removed the OpenJDK, or at least set the java to point to the Sun version.
And then, everything worked fine..
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Created on Mar 12, 2013

@author: chrispiech
'''
import os
import numpy
from scipy.sparse import lil_matrix
from scipy.io import mmread, mmwrite

from PathImporter import PathImporter
from FileSystem import FileSystem

FULL_MATRIX_ZIP = 'ast_1_3.gz'
FULL_MATRIX = 'ast_1_3.txt'
SMALL_MATRIX = 'ast_1_1.txt'
TEST_MATRIX = 'test.txt'

CUTTOFF = 5

class Runner(object):

    def loadDistanceMatrix(self, fileName):
        dataDir = FileSystem.getDataDir('distanceMatrix')
        path = os.path.join(dataDir, fileName)
        print 'load matrix: ' + path
        return numpy.loadtxt(path)

    def getOutFilePath(self, matrixName):
        outFileDir = FileSystem.getDataDir('distanceMatrix')
        outFileName = matrixName + '.sparse' + str(CUTTOFF)
        outFilePath = os.path.join(outFileDir, outFileName)
        #return open(outFilePath, 'w')
        return outFilePath

    def saveSparseMatrix(self, matrixName):
        print 'graph connected components'
        distanceMatrix = self.loadDistanceMatrix(matrixName)
        distanceMatrix[distanceMatrix > CUTTOFF] = 0
        sparseMatrix = lil_matrix(distanceMatrix)
        outFilePath = self.getOutFilePath(matrixName)
        mmwrite(outFilePath, sparseMatrix)

    def run(self):
        self.saveSparseMatrix(SMALL_MATRIX)
        print'done'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    Runner().run()

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If you've ever found yourself sitting on a train or in a café or hotel room wishing you could watch something on your TV at home, the TV Anytime feature found on many 2016 Panasonic TVs is a dream come true. It lets you access your TV's tuners or USB recordings over the Internet using your tablet or smartphone and the new Panasonic Media Center App – Free Download available for iOS and Android devices.
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The new Panasonic In-house TV streaming feature means you can now stream live Freeview TV from one TV to other TVs, tablets or smartphones.
Since your main TV is equipped with two Freeview tuners, you can watch one TV show on the main TV while someone else watches a different programme on a second TV.
The main TV converts Freeview broadcast signals so they can be sent via wifi to any compatible client devices – TVs, tablets or smartphones – that share your home network.


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1,216 People Benefit From BPA Resettlement Programme
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Some 1,216 people at Bui and its catchment area have benefited from the arranged resettlement programme by the Bui Power Authority (BPA) for eight communities which were affected by the construction of the hydroelectric dam and its reservoir.
The resettlement was necessitated by the fact that six out of the eight communities fell within the area of permanent inundation. Although Dokokyina would not be inundated, there was the need for them to be relocated because the community was going to be surrounded on three sides by the reservoir (south, east and west), and large parts of their land, which they used for cultivation, grazing, hunting and collection of forest products, was also going to be submerged.
The BPA resettlement programme also involved the relocation of the Bui Camp, the dilapidated residence of the Game and Wildlife Officers assigned to protect the Bui National park.
BPA, recognizing that displacement of people could pose social challenges that needed to be understood for development of durable solution, pursued an Environmental and Social Impact Mitigation Measures stipulated in a Resettlement Planning Framework (January 2007) for the Bui Hydroelectric Project.
This report outlined the processes and principles for resettlement to achieve the objectives of improving the living conditions and creating economic opportunities for the affected people.
The main elements of the Resettlement & Community Support Program which was agreed between BPA and the Project Affected People after consultations included improved houses (Room for Room + kitchen + bathroom + living room), Community Center, Education, Electricity, Potable Water, Road, Health, Livelihood Enhancement Phase 1 of the program include toilet facilities and compensation for loss of economic trees at LVB rates.
The residents also got grants of GH¢100 for relocation being the allowance given to each member of the affected communities to mitigate the incidental costs and inconvenience of relocation. Another facility is a GH¢50 to till new farm and temporary income support of GH¢100 per month per household, for one year.
Speaking in a separate interview with The New Crusading GUIDE to find out his over view of the whole resettlement programme, the Bui Chief, Nana Kwadwo Wuo II said he and his people were happy about the whole process and they have now settled-in at their new environment. He indicated that before the process began, they took a tour to the Akosombo area where resettlement for a dam purpose was first conducted and comparing it to what they have today at Bui, it is safe to say that theirs was a massive improvement and the communities were happily living together in harmony.
Apart from the accommodation, the livelihood of the people who were affected by the project has been restored through the provision of new farmlands whilst the fisher folks also go fishing inside the Bui reservoir.
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made with inspiration from toccata and fugue in d minor in mind.
I like this one, has good haunted like classicness i liked how it started and ended.
... On opposite day! Very awesome job, it sounds just as a horror piece should! It's mysterious, suspenceful, and just all around awesome.


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Off and running
By wsmith@mihomepaper.com | on June 10, 2021
Principal Rob Steinhaus (right) edged out Sheriff Chris Swanson for the win. Photos by Ben Gagnon
FLUSHING — Central Elementary students were treated to an entertaining footrace between Central Elementary Principal Rob Steinhaus and Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson at the school's Field Day main event on Monday. Despite a game effort from Swanson, Steinhaus pulled away at the end to win the race, which was a 50-yard dash on the drive to Raider Field next to the baseball diamond.
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office also provided a radar speed trailer for Field Day so that students could see how fast they were running in race events. Colin Coulter, a physical education teacher at Central Elementary School, reached out to the Sheriff's Office on social media to see if the school could borrow a radar speed trailer from the department for the day.
"I saw on Facebook that another school district had a radar speed trailer for Field Day, so I thought that would be a cool thing to have here at our Field Day," Coulter said. "I tweeted at the Sheriff's Department…and it just kind of took off from there."
Colin Coulter (left) and Rob Steinhaus (right) with the radar speed trailer.
As part of the deal to secure the trailer, Principal Steinhaus agreed to challenge Swanson to the race.
In addition to testing out the radar speed trailer, students enjoyed team games, relays and an obstacle course. — B.G.


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Carolyn Cooper | David versus Goliath in Discovery Bay | Commentary
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By jamaicagleanerdotcom	 On Dec 8, 2019
The Bible story about the clash between the giant Goliath and the youth David came to mind when I heard the latest development in the conflict between Guardsman Hospitality Ltd. and environmental activists in Discovery Bay.
Lee Arbouin, president of the Community Development Committee (CDC), as well as another resident of the town are being sued by Guardsman Hospitality Ltd. for defamation and damages to the tune of US$1,872,000.00, representing one year's earnings that the company claims to have lost.
Lee Arbouin is a retired educator. She was an inspector of schools in the United Kingdom. She is not wealthy. Most of the members of the CDC are senior citizens. Many of them are returning residents who have come home to spend their hard-earned retirement years in peace. They really don't want to make any trouble. They enjoy the simple pleasure of going to the beach. And they want to ensure that they can continue to do so. They are also looking out for all the children who enjoy the beach so much, especially during the holidays!
These civic-minded citizens are committed to doing whatever they can to protect beautiful Discovery Bay from environmental degradation. Not just for themselves, but for generations to come. That's why the members of the CDC have engaged in peaceful protests for many months, trying to bring public attention to their concerns.
I first heard about the group in June last year when I was sitting in for Mutabaruka on his 'Steppin Razor' programme on IRIE FM. Lee called in to the show asking for help to get their message across to a wide public.
JUST ONE FLAT STONE
The power dynamic between the Discovery Bay community activists and Guardsman Hospitality Ltd. is clearly unequal. The private company is rather wealthy and can afford to hire expensive lawyers to defend its interests. Unquestionably, it has the economic and social might to completely defeat the CDC. Like the Philistine Goliath, Guardsman Hospitality Ltd. possesses all the necessary armaments for the legal battle.
Goliath is described in this way in I Samuel 17, Common English Bible: "A champion named Goliath from Gath came out from the Philistine camp. He was more than nine feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore bronze scale-armor weighing one hundred twenty-five pounds. He had bronze plates on his shins, and a bronze scimitar hung on his back. His spear shaft was as strong as the bar on a weaver's loom, and its iron head weighed fifteen pounds. His shield-bearer walked in front of him."
By contrast, David could not even manage to wear the armour King Saul put on him. It was far too heavy. He took off the coat and the bronze helmet; and put down the sword. Instead, he went to a stream and picked up five flat stones as ammunition for his slingshot.
When Goliath took a good look at David, he got angry and shouted, "Am I some sort of dog that you come at me with sticks?…Come here," he said to David, "and I'll feed your flesh to the wild birds and the wild animals!"
David calmly responded, "You are coming against me with sword, spear, and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of heavenly forces…"
The very first stone David fired at Goliath clapped him in the middle of his forehead. And that was that. He used Goliath's own sword to cut off the Philistine's head.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY
That story has a lovely moral. Might is not always right. And weighty, high-powered weapons can be defeated by low-level technology.
All the same, community activists in Discovery Bay are not depending on a slingshot and a pebble to defend themselves in court. They have hired an eminent lawyer who, in the circumstances, is willing to work with them according to their means.
The CDC has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover the cost of their legal fees. Their target is US$10,000.00. That should not be too hard to achieve. All it takes is for 1,000 people to give US$10 each. And many of us at home and in the Diaspora can afford to give more. The Discovery Bay community activists are depending on citizens of good will to put their money where their mouth is.
Here is an opportunity to make a difference. Instead of forcing the CDC and, in particular, Lee Arbouin, to bear the full cost of legal defence, we can share the burden. To find the link, go on the GoFundMe site and search for 'To defend lawsuit from dolphinarium'.
The fight shouldn't be left to small groups of activists who are willing to lay themselves on the line.
Powerful government agencies that are responsible for environmental planning should also support the CDC, whether they gave approval or not, but they should support discourse on the environment.
– Carolyn Cooper, PhD, is a specialist on culture and development. Email feedback to columns@gleanerjm.com and karokupa@gmail.com
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I guess I assumed for $16 dollars the piece of fish would be bigger. Six ounces is pretty small for the money. I should have checked twice before ordering. The picture makes it look bigger. To me it looked closer to 3 ounces. I will weigh it when thawed.


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'Walking Dead' actor Scott Wilson, who played Hershel, has died
Wilson was also known for his role in "In Cold Blood."
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The first episode of the new season of 'The Walking Dead' will run nearly 90 minutesAdrienne Bankert reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.Michael Tran/Getty Images, FILE
Scott Wilson, the actor who played Hershel Greene On "The Walking Dead" has died, the show announced late Saturday night on Twitter.
"We are deeply saddened to report that Scott Wilson, the incredible actor who played Hershel on #TheWalkingDead, has passed away at the age of 76," posted "The Walking Dead."
The show's AMC account said Wilson's character "lived at the emotional core" of "The Walking Dead."
"Scott will be remembered as a great actor and an even better person," said a statement posted on the Walking Dead AMC account. "The character he embodied on The Walking Dead, Hershel, lived at the emotional core of the show. Our hearts go out to his wife, family, friends and to the millions of fans who loved him."
In addition to his role as Hershel in the hit zombie apocalypse show, he was known for parts earlier in his career in the films, "In Cold Blood" and "In the Heat of the Night," both in 1967.
Scott Wilson of "The Walking Dead" attends SCAD Presents aTVfest at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta on Feb. 8, 2014 in Atlanta.
Scott Wilson of "The Walking Dead" attends SCAD Presents aTVfest at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta on Feb. 8, 2014 in Atlanta.Rick Diamond/Getty Images, FILE
One of "The Walking Dead's" executive producers, Gale Anne Hurd, tweeted that "Scott was one of the greats, both as an actor and a man."
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After a near-fatal cycling accident, aspiring Olympic athlete Charlotte Roach set up online fitness club Rabble.
Young Olympic hopeful Charlotte Roach, who survived a near-fatal cycling accident, wants sports to be accessible to all. The 30-year-old is the founder of Rabble, a rowdy and energetic fitness community that helps people get fit without noticing. Rabble is both popular among players and personal trainers and PE teachers looking to increase their income potential. Rabble are currently training 80 instructors a month and are on track to be training 400 a month by the end of 2019. Today, we quiz Charlotte on her business journey.
I came up with the idea when… I realised that the last thing I wanted was to commit myself to going to the gym once a day for the rest of my life. There had to be a better way of staying active in a way that I could look forwards to it rather than dread it, and thus be happy to build into my lifestyle long term.
The biggest challenge is… educating the market. We've created a unique new concept that makes your workouts so much fun that you don't even realise you're working out. But no one else is running gamified fitness classes, so we have to make people aware that fitness can be this much fun.
The average day is spent… helping to grow our communities, creating new games and playing them!
The team consists of... a range of experts from banking, to digital marketing and many skilled instructors and fantastic players.
My favourite quote is… Ships are safe in the harbour, but that's not what ships are built for.
I am where I am today because of… a preference for action over talking and a desire to make the world a better place.
The best advice I've been given... just do it.
In five years I'd like to be… playing games across the globe and seeing a change in the perception from that of a chore, to the highlight of the day.
The thing no one ever tells you about running your own business online... It's one thing to have an idea, but you can never prepare for the reality - which is what it's all about.
The websites I most frequently use are... Rabble, The Daily Mash which keeps me amused daily and Meetup, a great online source of local authentic communities.
Our biggest mistake and what it taught us… don't compromise on people. If you work with great people you can't go wrong!
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What is the difference between Kiev and Kyiv?
Which one? Kiev or Kyiv? We don't write Roma for Rome, but we do now write Mumbai rather than Bombay. And really, there's not a lot of difference between the pronunciation of Kiev and Kyiv, at least when I read them.
Transliterations can do some damage to the 'authentic' spellings, particularly when there's a letter in the original that doesn't exist in the other language. "Kiev" is transliterated from Russian, the official language of late USSR. It is also the language many residents speak natively or at least very well. "Kyiv" is transliterated from Ukrainian, which is the official language of Ukraine. It is also the language of historic Ukraine of which Kyiv is the capital.
How did the confusion arise? Well, Kiev is the recognized transliteration of the name of the city in Russian, and also the old Ukrainian name which has been used for centuries (by the likes of national hero, Taras Shevchenko, no less) right back to the times of Kievan Rus. Kyiv meanwhile is the transliteration of the modern Ukrainian name of the city and the official name as far as all legal and political issues are concerned. Following the establishment of an independent Ukraine in 1991, there was a move by many Ukrainians to favour Kyiv as it symbolized a departure from all things Russian, and indeed Kyiv is now used by the UN and many other official bodies as the correct name.
To our mind, both the strongest and the most problematic argument for change lies in the claim that Ukraine itself has asserted that Kyiv is its preferred spelling and has urged the popularisation of that spelling. However, English-speakers are by and large still more familiar with Kiev. This is due, in part, to almost every major news organization sticking with the conventional spelling.


To those of you out there who are appreciators of innovation in gaming, allow me to say this: If you missed out on Culdcept, I truly feel badly for you. A PS2 title of virtually non-existent sales, Culdcept built a small but loyal fan following purely on the sheer originality of its concept. For those who did miss it, it's essentially one part Monopoly and one part Magic: The Gathering. Characters would circle a game board, on which there were all sorts of different tiles, each of which represented elements. You were also provided cards of various sorts, which could represent various monsters and items and could be used in a number of ways. When you landed on tiles, if they were unoccupied, you could lay a monster card at that location to "own" it. If another player landed on this space, they either had to pay out magic points or fight the card with a card monster of their own. Item and spell cards could be used to swing the hand of Lady Luck into your favor (dice rolls dictated how far you could move, and luck of the draw what cards you got, so luck played a very big role in the game) or to aid monster cards in battle. It was, in short, a deeply involved and highly awesome game.
Namco Bandai understands, apparently, as they're seeing fit to bring us the latest chapter of this series, courtesy of the Xbox 360. From all indications, (if Google translations work properly), you take on the role of a young man who is told by a disembodied voice to save his world from destruction. To do so, of course, you're going to have to use the cards, which come from the book of Culdcept, a book of the gods whose power can be wielded by Cepters, AKA you. The fundamental concepts of the series seem to be largely intact, which should please fans immensely.
Gameplay, so far, also appears to be as it's always been. If the images supplied so far are any indication, the game will immediately be familiar to fans: as noted above, you'll move around a game board of sorts, fighting Cepters with your various cards to establish dominance over them. It's been announced that Culdcept Saga will contain a whopping 400 cards, which should keep those looking to build the ultimate deck or collect every last card busy for ages. One thing that is new, that should please a lot of players, is the announced Xbox Live online play, which will allow you to play against Cepters for dominance. How this will be implemented is yet to be seen, but the game is fully designed for multiplayer support, and will support four-player matches with card-wagering, so however it works, it should be fantastic.
Visually, Culdcept looks quite reasonable; while it's unknown what sort of HD capability it will support, the visuals we've seen so far look reasonable. The game board looks far better than the PS2 counterpart, and character models and effects look to be well done so far. The major attraction, visually, is the card art; cards in Culdcept were all hand-drawn artworks that were absolutely stunning in their detail and quality. From what's been shown so far, the art should be outstanding once again, as what's been presented already looks very nice.
Culdcept Saga debuted recently in Japan (early November), though it has yet to have a firm release date established for its US release. You can bet we're excited for its release, and when new information becomes available, we'll keep you up-to-date.


I was talking to the manager of a radio station about a fundraising special he'd aired.
"It got no response," he said. "So we re-made it and it worked great."
I asked him what was wrong with the original program.
Why didn't they call in? Bad production?
"No, the production values were just fine."
He made a goofy, unctuous expression; his voice dropped down about an octave, and he said with way too much expression, Would you find it in your heart to give a special gift? The F and the T in "gift" were exaggeratedly over-enunciated. He was parodying the way radio professionals sometimes talk.
"It wasn't authentic," he concluded (in a normal voice). "It was too pretty."
He went on to talk about how commercial radio has a distinct sound: Well-modulated voices, blended together with tasteful, unobtrusive music. It sounds nice, but in the process, it fades into background sound for listeners much of the time.
If you want to be heard, you have to sound different.
You'll defeat yourself if you strive for perfect professional congruence with the surrounding material.
How many millions of hours are spent making fundraising exactly wrong -- but nice and professional?
Our donors get marketed to all day. You'll do better if you don't seem to be part of that noise. Don't be too pretty.


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One Step Forward For Women In The Unites States Military Forces
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Women in the United States have long fought for the right to be included in many facets of society, from the right to vote to breaking into professions like the medical field and other traditionally all-male fields to getting females elected to major government offices. But one of the most intriguing questions of integration has yet to be fully answered, to equally allow women to have the right, the honor, and the privilege of serving and defending their country as part of the United States Armed Forces. Being in the military means prestige, honor, pride, and the sheer satisfaction that comes along with engaging what is considered one of the most valiant and traditionally revered professions on the face of the Earth.
There has always been and Submarine Leadership continues to be considerable debate in this country as to exactly what extent women should be allowed to serve their country, and what the effects and trade-offs of such integration might be. Sex scandals such as what happened at the Las Vegas' Tailhook convention in 1991, where dozens of servicewomen were accosted and sexually molested by servicemen or the misconduct of former Lt. Kelly Flinn, the Air Force's first female B-52 bomber pilot, who faced court-martial in 1997 for military charges of adultery, have served to raise questions about military integration. Can female and male military personnel be combined without the military losing some of its effectiveness? Can women be as good at being soldiers, sailors, naval aviators and fighter pilots as men? Should women be allowed in the line of fire and in direct combat? What role should sexual harassment and fraternization play in the combination of women into the military?
The real question, essentially, is whether or not women can serve in any military capacity at all. The issue the United States faces at present is to decide for itself whether or not women should be allowed in combat. That is, in every major war until World War II, thousands of women served in the military in traditional roles such as nurses, office staff, and the like. But as WWII broke out, sheer need, often the best equal opportunity employer, led to the creation of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the Navy's Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES), the Coast Guard's Semper Paratus: Always Ready (SPARs), which is their motto. The Marines and what was to later become the Air Force also began to accept women applicants, (Moskos 2).
In 1976, the three service academies; the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Military Academy all accepted their first class of women. While it was long debated whether women could compete and excel in the kind of environment that service academies are known for, at least the scholastic questions were answered when one of the female cadets at West Point was recently named the valedictorian of her graduating class.
In October 1997, the United States government dedicated a new memorial at the Arlington War Memorial in Arlington, VA. Named the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, it was the first national monument of its kind that, like Arlington itself, recognized those who fought and died in the protection of their country. Women have faced two fights when it came to the Armed Services, the first being the right and honor of serving their country and secondly on the battlefield itself. While women are now capable of being both enlisted personnel and officers in the military, a new question arises – should the role of women in the military finally be expanded to allow them to fight for their country in direct combat?
Many experts argue that when it comes to women in the military, there are over-riding reasons why the proverbial line must be drawn when it comes to making women part of America's combat force. Among the most strenuous objections to the proposed integration comes from male officers and enlisted men themselves, whose primary fear is that this proposed change would have the potentially cataclysmic effect of significantly weakening the effectiveness of the U.S. military.
They say that this change could cause a decline in the cohesion and the effectiveness of the troops, elements that could quite literally mean the difference between life and death. Among the reasons commonly cited for their belief that the nation's defenses would suffer are: a belief that women are simply physically incapable of the tasks and strains that come along with combat, the risk of sexual misconduct that accompanies the combination in close proximity of young men and young women for long periods of time, the incalculable expense of accommodating women onboard combat vessels, and the risks and consequences of pregnancy.
In a report to Congress entitled "Summary of Presidential Commission Findings and Record in Support of Alternative Views", it was pointed out that the need for a superior military, which are the needs of the nation, must outweigh any civil rights claim no matter how noble or seemingly justified. "Civil society protects individual rights, but the military, which protects civil society, must be governed by different rules, civilian society forbids employment discrimination, but lives and combat missions might be put at risk by service members who cannot meet the demands of the battlefield, the military must be able to choose those most able to survive, fight and win," (Congress 1, 75).
Most studies show that women are biologically weaker than men. They are smaller in stature and have weaker skeletons and upper bodies and cannot do as much as men. Combat not only pushes people to their emotional and mental limits, it can also be inordinately physically demanding as well. A test of Army officer candidates showed that "only one woman out of 100 could meet a physical standard achieved by 60 out of 100 men," (Congress 2, 59).
Likewise there is the question of whether or not women would be able to handle the physical strain of fighter planes. "Aviators on combat missions must maintain situational awareness on all sides while coping with repeated exposure to high G force; i.e., up to 9Gs in the Air Force, 7.5Gs in Navy aircraft," (Congress 1, 77). It has not yet been proven whether or not the female body can sustain exposure to this severe stress for long periods of time, but it is believed that very few women are strong enough to survive this magnitude of force.
It is also believed that women generally are less able to lift large weights than men because of their smaller upper bodies. Heavy lifting jobs onboard ship such as the transportation of bombs and missiles which previously were done by four men are now assigned to teams of five or six people of mixed gender to do the same task, (Congress 1, 176). On board ship, they say, this kind of redistribution of manpower is not only expensive, it is nearly tactically impossible. At sea, every man counts, and having two people do one man's job is not an option. Likewise in the Army, cadets and soldiers often need to carry almost 100 pounds of weight over rough terrain for several miles, both in training and in battle. People argue that the physical inferiority of women would make them costs rather than assets in the ranks of combat.
It is said that when he was asked what he thought of the Battle of the Sexes, Gerald Ford said that there could never truly be a Battle of the Sexes as long as there is so much "sleeping with the enemy". This points out what people say is a real fact of life, if you put men and women together for long periods of time, even if there is no actual sexual misconduct, the risk and implication of impropriety will always exist. A recently released science-fiction movie, Starship Troopers, portrayed a futuristic view of the Armed Forces, including a scene where men and women who were about to go into combat together even shared communal showers with no stigmatism whatsoever.
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Posted: 1/12/2012 4:56:15 PM 1
From: Sammamish, Washington
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I'm a little surprised after all these years that we haven't seen more jazz standards performed on the theremin. A lot of jazz features monophonic instruments (e.g. vocals, trumpet, trombone, etc.), and many of those pieces would be well suited for theremin. We have heard Summertime, jazzy versions of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and Caravan, so there's proof it's not impossible.
Some other suitable songs that come to mind are Invitation, Naima, and Misty.
What else? Who is going to take up the jazz theremin challenge?
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mollydad
From: Nashville, TN, USA
Hi, Jason...
It was Pamelia Kurstin's perfomances of Lush Life and Autumn Leaves that got me intersted in theremin....Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ywH1Vj8_U
My goal is to play a wide variety of styles, including improvisation in several of these styles, but that's off in the future a ways. Right now I'm grinding hard trying to improve my technical fundamentals...jcn
omhoge
From: Kingston, NY
>> 'm a little surprised after all these years that we haven't seen more jazz standards performed on the theremin
Part of it may be copyrights, most of the standars sre with full reserved rights for recorded release. I hear more jass theremin live, material is usually covered by the venue's ASCAP. Jon B. does some. and,
Have you listened to Kip Rosser's stuff? That is his speciality and he's damn good at it!
check out The Man I Love:
http://www.performancekr.com/theremin/tplayer.php?r=%3C?%20echo%20random(1,100000);%20?%3E
Kip does most of the standards in performance including jazz versions of Disney songs which are wild. The best is hearing him improv. live with his pianist.
Posted: 1/13/2012 11:36:48 AM 4
From: Canada
You can't play jazz on a theremin. There are a number of musical idioms that the theremin just doesn't fit into: Rock & Roll, Country and Jazz are perhaps three of the most obvious. I've seen people play the didgeridoo and the kazoo with a jazz combo and it works for a couple of minutes as a novelty effect but, like the theremin, they are unlikely to be a big hit on Bourbon Street.
In the jazz I have heard that includes a theremin, the thereminist has played in the traditional way while the other instruments supply the jazz feel. Sure, you can do a jazz rendition of OVER THE RAINBOW - hell, you can do a jazz rendition of O, HOLY NIGHT - but the theremin is a one-trick pony and regardless of whether it is playing with a jazz trio or the Boston Pops, it's going to do pretty much the same thing because it really can't do anything else.
Then there's the question of "What is jazz?" There are so many kinds of music these days calling themselves "jazz" of one sort or another, that the term has become impossible to define. There are even types of "free jazz" and "experimental jazz" that don't use any of the elements usually associated with jazz, including rhythm! These days, "It's jazz if you say it's jazz".
I think a lot of experimentalists have decided to call what they are doing "jazz" in order to lend a cool credibility and wider acceptability to their music.
It is popular in the theremin community to believe that the theremin can play any kind of music and that it is limited only by the imagination of the thereminist. That is a generous and all-inclusive philosophy, and I can see why so many people subscribe to it. Unfortunately, it's wrong. The theremin is limited by its own innate inability to do certain things, and trying to make it play jazz is like trying to force Cinderella's delicate glass slipper onto Drusilla's great hoof.
Drusilla, of course, will insist that it's a perfect fit because she wants to marry the prince.
Yes, the theremin is a one-trick pony but that trick is so spectacular and unique that it is quite magical when it is done well. We do not do the theremin a favor trying to demonstrate its versatility by forcing it to do things it can't do. On the contrary, I think we do the theremin a disservice and end up marginalizing it even more than it already is. LESS IS MORE.
I've heard lots of theremin fans say that the theremin works beautifully in jazz, but I have never heard a jazz fan say it.
From: In between the Pitch and Volume hand ~ New England
Peter... you are a dream bubble popper lol.
But I do agree with you and clara that less is more. That might be why the theremin somehow found me, the genre i like to do is dream/ambient and the theremin is perfect for this genre. I do add some theremin to my music but I do it in a manner that is suiting to the theremin and doesn't sound like it is not blending (at least i think I accomplish that). If I cannot find the right effect or the results desired end up being not what I expected, then I do not persue...
Thomas Grillo
From: Jackson Mississippi
I think it's safer to say that not "all" jazz is playable on theremin.
If you've not managed to master the art of crisp articulation, then you're not going to be able to play medium rate jazz works. I won't even think about the faster works.
I have found that if you avoid works like Dixieland, and fast modern works, you could actually do a decent job on the older slower works. That's assuming you're having a go at works by 20th century artists' works.
Copyright issues, and not being able to afford licensures for all the stuff I'd like to work with keep me limited to working on the works I've been composing on my own, or working with others on.
Keep it slow, to medium, and keep it within reason in the way of ability to tune with. Some jazz works are so "out there" in the way of chord structures, that it's impractical to add theremin to. (Not that I haven't at least explored it for my self.)
I tend to stick to composing works that sound more like the slow to medium rate World War II era jazz. I prefer more conventional chord structures which are more pleasing to the ear.
No, not all jazz can be played on theremin, but I think it's wrong to say that "no" jazz can be played on theremin.
On the other hand, not "all" theremins are suitable for jazz. To play some forms of jazz, the theremin should have the right voice for it. In some cases, you might want a theremin with a brassy, horn tone. In other cases, a more wood-wind tone or even a string tone would be called for. But that just depends on the type of jazz being played.
Thomas, I think that the kind of jazz that works on the theremin is, at least as far as the theremin is concerned, not "jazz" at all. Pamelia's AUTUMN LEAVES we think of as jazz because the piano is being played in a soft jazz style with all the classic jazz riffs, arpeggios and harmonies appropriate for that sound.
The theremin itself is not doing anything that could be characterized as jazz.
When we talk about "jazz theremin" perhaps what we need to ask ourselves is whether, if we were to remove the background accompaniment, the solo "a cappella" theremin could still be considered JAZZ.
When I think about a genre of music I listen to the "whole ensemble" to determine what genre a "piece" is. If you take ANY instrument and just play that by itself it could be hard to decipher what genre they are actually playing.
Thomas - I like your thoughts. "Jazz" means a wide range of things. I chose to focus on vocal jazz tunes in my original post to scope down the conversation a bit to a particular style/subset of jazz.
I think it's important to try many styles of music on an instrument. Maybe we haven't heard many examples yet (I personally haven't listened to Kip's jazz music yet to hear what he's doing), but that doesn't mean someone isn't going to push the envelope.
coalport - I like that last thought... What qualities of performance would make a solo theremin part "jazzy" to you? What's it missing in your mind?
Posted: 1/14/2012 11:44:30 AM 10
Amey: "If you take ANY instrument and just play that by itself it could be hard to decipher what genre they are actually playing".
If we were to take a traditional instrument, like the clarinet, that is commonly used for both classical music and jazz, we would hear immediately that what the instrument is required to do in Mozart's clarinet concerto is very different from what Artie Shaw or Benny Goodman did with the same instrument when they played jazz. New techniques had to be developed by clarinetists themselves in order to make the instrument weep and wail and hoot and shout and do all the wonderful things that the clarinet is capable of and that are demanded by the jazz idiom.
The theremin can't do these things. Changes of timbre, attack, spitfire series of notes and jazz embellishments etc., simply aren't possible on the instrument. I'm all for pushing the envelope but no one is going to be able to get the theremin to do something that is beyond its capabilities. What we end up doing instead, is revealing the limitations of the instrument while making ourselves look a bit goofballish!
Amey, IMNSHO, in your own work you have respected the natural limitations of the theremin and have used it with taste, restraint, and good musical judgment. Others have not been so judicious. In their desire to push the envelope they've pushed the instrument, and themselves, over the brink. They think they're flying but they're in freefall!
As thereminists, I think we need to be more objective than we are in regard to the instrument we love. I have seen unbelievably bad performances cheered and applauded by fellow theremin players either because they don't know how bad the playing was, or because they think they must be supportive come hell or high water.
Nobody wants to be a heterodyne fly in the ointment.
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