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Snapshots: Jim and Jennifer Vyhnak and the Vermont Ukulele Society
BRISTOL — After a day of luaus and roving through Hawaii's scenic vistas, Jim and Jennifer Vyhnak ducked into the first place they saw with air conditioning: Scotty's Music shop in Kalaheo, Hawaii. Not only did the shop have air conditioning, but hanging just beyond the door were walls of peculiar-looking instruments. The shop owner immediately plucked one of the "miniature guitars" off the wall and handed it to the couple."Almost every tourist gets a ukulele," she told Jim. "But few ever actually play it."The first strum across a ukulele's neck is unexpected. It is the sound of unrelenting joy; Jim's knees jumped and bounced and he could feel his heart rise up.Jennifer and Jim left the store empty handed, the melody of the strange little instrument plucking at their heartstrings. As the day slipped away, the couple, in a moment of "we just have to have it," called the store to reserve the first ukulele they laid their hands on "as if they didn't have a whole wall full of them or 40 more in the back room," Jim said.The next day, Jim and Jennifer picked up the instrument and began to finger the beginnings of a famous song by Hawaiian musician Israel Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'ole, a mix between "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" — the idea is said to have come to him in a dream.Now, the Bristol, Vt., couple has taken their love of that little instrument to new lengths, founding the Vermont Ukulele Society and organizing the first ever Vermont Ukulele Festival, which took place in early August. <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="300" id="soundslider"><param name="movie" value="http://addisonindependent.com/SoundSlides/snapshots ukulele/publish_to_web/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml&embed_width=400&embed_height=300" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#333333" /><embed src="http://addisonindependent.com/SoundSlides/snapshots ukulele/publish_to_web/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml&embed_width=400&embed_height=300" quality="high" bgcolor="#333333" width="400" height="300" menu="false" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>The approachable nature of the ukulele and its four little strings has carried the instrument's melody across time. During the 19th century Portuguese immigrants brought the small guitar-like instrument to Hawaii where native islanders and their royalty both fell in love with it. And though the meaning of the word "ukulele" is disputed these days, when the queen of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani, saw the instrument she called it "the gift that came home.""We love that one," said Jennifer. "It certainly is a gift."Other more European translations say the word means "jumping flea." Jim said that meaning may be derivative of the way the musician's fingers jump on the strings, or strumming the strings like you're shaking a flee off your palm, or finally the way the Portuguese musicians would jump about while they were playing the instrument.The ukulele gained popularity in the U.S. during the early 20th century and became popular in Europe where most people play a cross between a banjo and a ukulele, a banjolele, which is popular with jazz bands and sounds more percussive than the traditional wooden figure-eight shaped ukulele. Some of the most valuable ukuleles, which may cost thousands of dollars, are made from koa, a Hawaiian wood known for its fine tone and attractive color and figure.And it's the ukulele's strange appearance that attracts people to it initially, said Jennifer. "It's like, oh, there's that cute little instrument again! So you're drawn to it by its looks."As a child in East Orange, N.J., Jennifer remembers seeing a ukulele around the house. Jennifer's mother was mostly alone with the children, while her husband served in the Navy and spent more time away from home. She remembers her mother sitting down to play the ukulele."For Mom, I think the ukulele was her source of sanity, it was a way to reconnect to something that was joyful inside of herself," said Jennifer. "There is something about the instrument that does create a joyful, comforting feeling to the people that play it. So I think for her, it was her therapy."Jim didn't grow up playing musical instruments, though. After Jim's parents, as children, were forced by their schools to play instruments they could not choose, they did not want to subject him to the same painful experience. He was never encouraged to take a music lesson as a boy — and when his natural curiosity brought him close to music later in life, people were eager to discourage him, saying if he did not begin playing at a young age, he will never learn. But in college, Jim devoured every musical theory application class, appreciation class, anything he could get his hands on. Still, they told him "Jim, there are two kinds of people — people that make music and there are people who listen to music.""And that was horrifying to me, absolutely horrifying!" Jim said.It wasn't until Jim began learning old tunes on his first ukulele that the melodies from his childhood were lifted into memory. As he learned to play the ukulele, he remembered the old Hawaiian albums his mother used to play loudly when she cleaned the house."[The neighbors] knew when she was cleaning because it was all Hawaiian music all afternoon," he said.Today, the couple has brought the ukulele's restorative melody to the area through the Vermont Ukulele Society. After the pair returned from Hawaii in 2006, they wanted to find other people to practice with. So they posted a sign at the Bristol Cliffs music store and it wasn't until a few months later that two people responded. The new group started to meet in Lincoln once every other week."We thought there would be only two of three other players in Vermont," said Jim. But as they continued to post notice about their meetings in the music store, more people contacted them.The couple, with help from other Vermont Ukulele Society members, just put on the first Vermont Ukulele Festival on Aug. 1 and 2 at Carol's Hungry Mind Café in Middlebury where people played and conducted workshops. They plan on making it an annual event in Addison County.The group's members now teach beginner lessons for children and adults. They also offer classes through the Bristol Recreation Center. Along with performing locally at talent shows, Jennifer and Jim play at the Living Well Community Care Home in Bristol and Project Independence in Middlebury."When you play for older people, they remember stars like Ukulele "Ike" (Cliff Edwards - the voice of Jiminy Cricket), Roy Smeck and George Formby playing ukulele," said Jim.The couple has even played with Marilyn Monroe's ukulele teacher, Bill Tapia, now 101 years old, who has strummed with the likes of Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Elvis Presley.For older folks, learning a musical instrument or learning a language are two of the best things you can do to keep your mind active," said Jim. Many of the chords are one-finger or two-finger chords, he said, and many older individuals with stroke damage are able to learn the instrument as part of their rehabilitation. It's part of growing old gracefully," Jim said.The couple has both experienced first hand what music can do for the brain. For many years, Jim was the director of the Brain Injury Association of Vermont. And in 2005, Jennifer experienced a bad concussion. She said the ukulele has helped in her recovery. For the developmentally disabled adult who lives with Jim and Jennifer, the music provides another form of therapy."It's really great healing therapy for those of us who might have health challenges," Jennifer said.And, Jennifer added, because the ukulele is so easy to learn, she has noticed that its popularity is gaining momentum, especially in difficult times."When there's a lot of war or economic upheaval, where there's a lot that people are worried about in the world, it seems that the little ukulele starts to come up and gain some popularity."They call it the instrument of the people, said Jennifer.Looking back into history, Jim recounted the times of financial trouble or war where the ukulele came into popularity. After the Civil War, he said, ragtime music and early jazz was played with the ukulele. And after World War I came the "roaring twenties," when musicians played ukuleles in double-breasted pinstriped suits and fedoras. Then the Great Depression in the 1930s produced Tin Pan Alley music, and after World War II, the famous Arthur Godfrey boomed across the radio and TV on his baritone ukulele. When Vietnam rolled around, said Jim, Tiny Tim kept the four-stringed spirit alive.Though the ukulele's popularity died out with the rise of rock' n' roll, Jim said the instrument is making a comeback in these troubling times."So it's our theory that the ukulele seems to come up when people need a respite, they need to have a place to get together with other people and just create some simple joyful times for ourselves," said Jennifer.Jennifer and Jim hope to expand their ukulele experience in the future. Jim is now thinking about becoming a luthier, a person who makes ukuleles. He made his first ukulele from a kit made of mahogany. He plans on making his ukuleles solely out of Vermont woods — cherry, maple, butternut and walnut. Jennifer paints decorative "non-playing" ukuleles, which she will sell out of a store she plans to open in their house in Bristol called Ukulele Garden."We're growing in all sorts of directions," Jennifer said. "This is the dream, this is one of the fun dreams we're working towards. The opportunities have been popping up effortlessly, it's nothing that we've really had to plan, it just very organically has been coming up through our lives."And in some ways, said Jennifer, she really feels the ukulele chose them.Visit the Vermont Ukulele Society's website at: www.vtukes.webs.com


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, the most crack project on sf.net I've ever seen. Apparently the author believes that if you zip an MP3 file with a password (or
it, that is what Monolith does), the resulting file is not copyrighted by the copyright holder of the song, as it
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What colour are your bits?
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Hmm, Behdad! Did you first read the articles on copyright philosophy and then listened to all the Hayedeh on your playlist. Or was it reverse?! Take care of your self dude! (j/k)
posted by
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I'm the author of the "Colour" article and would be interested to know what parts of it you think are "inaccurate on the CS side".
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Hey Pooya. I normally resonate between Bob Dylan and Hayedeh...!!!
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I guess that's something like resonating between bugzilla's OO bugs and copyright philosophy articles. (j/k again!)
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Hi, Great link and notes. Do you happen to know what would be the criteria for Google Code Jam's "Qualification Round" ?
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Monia, it's a programming assignment. If you register, there are practice assignments you can take to get the feel of it.
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Ok, here is my comments about the Colour article.
There are statistical tests you can do; for instance, if you look at the file and discover that it contains a copy of the works of Shakespeare, then it doesn't look much like you would expect randomly generated numbers to look. But it could still be randomly generated. The test tells you whether the file has the statistical properties expected from randomly generated files, not whether the file really is randomly generated or not.
This is true as an statement, but the part "The test tells you whether the file has the statistical properties expected from randomly generated files" is ignoring a very important point here, that is, a radom number generator doesn't have to be a
random number generator. The works of Shakespeare don't look much like randomly generated data if you are thinking about ASCII encoding and a uniform random number generator, but they don't look as bad when you consider a Markov-based random number generator trained on a huge pile of old English text (not including Shakespear's at all.)
It's not even correct to say "the probability of this being from a random generator is very low" because that's not true
It actually is true for most random number generators. The statement however is not a very informative one, as it holds for too many sequences. For example, with a uniform random number generator, the probability of
sequence of length N-bits being generated from it is the same very low value 2^-N.
- it either was or was not randomly generated, that's not open to probability.
This is an statistician's view. There is another view, called
the Bayesian view
that actually assigns a probability as degree to which a person believes a proposition. This is a very intuitive notion. For example, if you have not be in Vancouver yesterday and have not read or heard any news, you cannot answer the question "did it rain in Vancouver yesterday" with certainty, but given the time of the year, you have an idea of what the answer possibly is. If it's in the winter, I would say there's a 70% probability that it rained yesterday in Vancouver, while in the summer, that will be less than 10%.
The same is true about the question of "was this text generated by a random number generator?". You definitely can tell by seeing the text. If it's the works of Shakespeare, you would say the probability that this text has been generated by a random number generator is very very low. If it looks like total garbage, you would say "yes, it's quite possible that the data is generated from a uniform random number generator". To understand how this works, one can go back and use the Bayes rule: given that you have a copy of the works of Shakespear in a file in your computer, is it coming from a uniform random number generator, or somebody copied it from another file? The probability of the random number generator generating this file is less than 2^-10,000 given the file is a few pages long. On the other hand, if someone copies a random file off the internet for you, the probability that it's works of Shakespear (given that we know that is available somewhere on the internet) is greater than 2^-100 (assuming gazillions of computers with gazillions of file on each). Comparing those two numbers, you deduce that the probability that the file you have has been generated by the random number generator is essentially zero.
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Well, I'm disappointed that you characterized my entire article as "inaccurate" based on one paragraph, and I don't think even that paragraph is inaccurate. Yes, a copy of the complete works of Shakespeare will look more plausible as random number generator output if you assume a generator with an output distribution slanted towards English text of that era, instead of uniform over some larger set, like same-length binary files. But it still won't be plausible that a random generator with any significant amount of entropy in its output will generate Hamlet (the exact text, not just "something similar to Hamlet") without being specifically designed to do so.
As for the Bayesian interpretation of probability:
- I am aware there are multiple interpretations possible.
- I do not subscribe to the one you describe, and I do not agree that it's easier to understand. If you want to assign a number to how much you believe a statement, great, but then it's important to be clear that the uncertainty is in your understanding of whether the event occurred, not in whether the event
actually did
- It isn't relevant to what my article was about.
- Rewriting it in the terminology of Bayesian probability would not affect the conclusions I drew.
- In an informal article that is not about the philosophy of probability theory, I don't think it's necessary or useful to attempt to present some kind of balanced exposition of ways to interpret the meaning of probability including significant coverage of interpretations I don't agree with myself.
- I'm not sure that this "debate" even matters, because it seems rather metaphysical. If I'm building for instance a data compressor, my code is going to wind up doing the same thing regardless of whether I believe that the input file is a random oracle with certain probabilities of generating ones or zeroes, or a fixed non-random string about which I am uncertain whether the next unread bit is a one or a zero. Since it appears to depend on our personal beliefs, not on anything we could verify by experiment, and there doesn't seem to be any experimental outcome that would cause either of us to change our views of what probability
, when you get right down to it, I think this is a religious question, not a scientific one.
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An Arkan Sonney (Manx for hedgehog - no connection with actual meaning) is a type of faery found in Isle of Man, Avalon or Brazil (while on vacation). It was believed that all Arkan Sonneys were the wives of Satan and should be burned without mercy. This was shouted on the streets by a crazy Christian monk. Unfortunately, there were Arkan Sonneys within earshot, so they killed him.
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To those of you who didn't read the above content (I mean LACK OF CONTENT! WE DON'T HAVE CONTENT! WE'RE CONTENT-FREE!), Arkan Sonneys, for their disliking of water, take a mudbath twice a week for self-cleaning.
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The Arkan Sonneys' genitalia are not devolved for this reason. However, since the invention of drunkenness, evolution (or God, if you will) had given these pig-fae the ability of making their genitalia grow only when preparing to reproduce (like erections!), common to those aliens, you know, from that joke...
- Once upon a time there was a couple of Americans who were visited by two martians, who were also a couple. Both wanting to study the other's civilization's mode of mating, the human woman took the alien man and the human man went with the alien woman. In that same night, when doing love, the woman found out that by pulling the alien's ear, his dick would grow longer. So, during sex, she would always pull his ear. In the next morning, the woman met her husband and asked if he liked the experience. He swore and said: 'Damn, that f***ing bitch didn't stop pulling my freakin' ear!'
An Arkan Sonney is a wonderful pet, particularly because it brings good luck. They are the second most sold magical pets next to the leprechauns. Because, contrary to popular belief, when you capture an Arkan Sonney, you will always find a piece of silver in your pocket (big deal! with a leprechaun, you find a huge pot of gold every Tuesday).
This is problematic, because the pet shop workers refuse to sell the Arkan Sonneys to get silver for their own. This leads the Arkan Sonney to throw silver pieces at the seller's crotch so it can escape.
The ones that actually manage to buy an Arkan Sonney are disturbed by the pet's constant slobbering and snoring. Arkan Sonneys are also known for wanting to sing really loud Death Metal at night, so most Arkan Sonneys are usually freed to the wild (through the toilet).
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Like their cousins, the gremlins, Arkan Sonneys are able to travel through the internet. Which you don't know is that there is an army of Arkan Sonneys in this article, ready to attack. For reading this sentences, they have infiltrated your mind (which, by the way, eliminates your chances of going to Heaven) and are attacking your body. Yes, wait...
...almost there...
...Yes. You now have AIDS.
See Also[edit]
- Goblins - prankster spirits, might reproduce with Arkan Sonneys.
- Hobgoblins - gay goblins. Do not reproduce with Arkan Sonneys.
- Spider Pig - looks a little bit like Arkan Sonneys.
- Phoenix - eats Arkan Sonneys.
- AAAAAAAAA! - the philosophy of the Arkan Sonneys.
- Groundskeeper Willie - also eats Arkan Sonneys.
- Flying Spaghetti Monster - creator of Arkan Sonneys.
- Flying Pigs - look like Arkan Sonneys.
- Oscar Wilde - has nothing to do with Arkan Sonneys.
- Davy Jones - also has nothing to do with Arkan Sonneys.


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32 comments:
- Stuart said...
It may not be a sin, but surely it's illegal...
- July 18, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Elephantschild said...
I think I need a Benedryl. That's a lot of flowers.
- July 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM
One need only add a unicorn and a gaggle of rainbows and one will have achieved Episcopal high church 2010.
- July 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Is it just me or are most - if all all - of these abominations from the Episcopal Church?
I'm Orthodox, but I really do believe the best response is to mercilessly mock them.
Rather like one should respond to their liturgy for pets, or the idea of opening women's monastic orders to male bishops.
- July 18, 2010 at 9:39 PM
"Anonymous said...
Is it just me or are most - if all all - of these abominations from the Episcopal Church?"
Yeah, what's up with that?
Really like the new look for the website.
- July 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Christopher Johnson said...
The Catholics occasionally come up with some good entries. There's even one entry here somewhere or other that my contributor told me was Orthodox and Lutherans are represented here more than once. But I spent the first 48 years of my 54 years as an Episcopalian so I'm not piling one but I have to honestly say that my old church retired this trophy.
- July 19, 2010 at 1:06 AM
It kinda' looks like a Kindergarten teacher's weekend gig.
I was just wondering if it isn't just a bit "girlie" for one of these wannabe "priests"?
- July 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM
The 10:34 post above by a different "Anonymous" reminds me of what I thought when I first saw the photos of KJS in her purple haze vestments: like a little girl playing dress-up in her daddy's clothes. And you can take "daddy" however you like. This set is, indeed, very girlie.
- July 19, 2010 at 3:25 PM
I see Holly Hobbie got ordained.
- July 19, 2010 at 9:30 PM
- Untamed Shrew said...
My childhood bedspread looked EXACTLY like that. Honest.
- July 20, 2010 at 6:43 AM
This is the legend in her own mind Elizabeth Kaeton (blog: 'Telling Secrets').
The blogs, 'Stand Firm in Faith' and 'VirtueOnline', have some interesting stories about her.
The Holy Cross means little to her it seems; rather,
The Divine Venutian Holosphere (or 'circles' to you) is the preferred object of worship she preaches. (see her blog)
- July 20, 2010 at 12:17 PM
The ultimate irony here is, of course, that the subject of ridicule actually has this site listed on her blogroll . . . I think we're doing her a service, pointing out her liturgical errors. Maybe she'll comment and thank us!
- July 20, 2010 at 12:44 PM
"...having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them..."
- July 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM
"Cruel Crewel"
- July 21, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Somewhere in the US there is a bathroom missing its shower curtain and window treatments.
- July 21, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- Elizabeth Kaeton said...
Boyz, Boyz, Boyz. Your jealousy is showing. Very unseemly. Very un-Anglican. Indeed, very un-Christian.
- July 22, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Elizabeth - we're not all boyz here. There are even liberals who enjoy this site. And I fail to see what is "un Christian" about telling the truth. Has TEC gone so PC that disagreement is perceived as not Christian? The woos factor from TEC is stunning - it's as disingenuous as Fox news calling Obama a racist.
I'm a girl, a liberal, loathe Episcopal priest Barbie, think what you're wearing destroys any credibility in what you might write or say, and after 20 plus years working in parishes, have walked away from going to church because of this kind of hubris and disconnect.
PS - I am posted as "Anonymous" because when I use my real name, it does not get posted on this site. But we have many mutual friends of FB.
- July 22, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Elizabeth Kaeton said...
Dear Anonymous - First let me say that you can always sign your name at the bottom of your post before you "hit" send. That way, even though blogger will not record your name, it will be recorded in the body of your comment.
As for these vestments, well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is it not? Some like classic Renaissance style like Michelangelo, others like a more modern style like van Gogh, others like cubist style like Picasso. Beyond personal taste in art, all these artists glorify God with their expressions of the beauty of God's creation.
The artist who designed and created the vestments for "the Green Season" is Colleen Hintz, founder and owner of Fruit of the Vine. She is very talented and very creative, having made vestments for Bishops Singh, Croneberger and Beckwith, as well as many ordained priests and deacons. The cope she made for Bishop Croneberger is particularly spectacular. It depicts scenes from the riches of God's bounty in the Diocese of Newark. All of her vestments are made with creativity inspired by the Spirit, careful thought and prayers of discernment All of her works are intended to glorify God in each their own way.
Do visit her web page. You will see all of the vestments I mentioned above, in addition to her series of quilts she made which depict the patterns used as signals and directions for those traveling the Underground Railroad. If you contact her, she will come to your church or civic organizations with a presentation that is both educational and inspiring.
At the very least, her web page will give some of those who frequent this blog a place to empty the venom some of you all obviously carry about ordained women in particular and The Episcopal Church in general.
I have placed this blog on my blog roll and visit it occasionally as a way to keep in touch with the sad reality of this particular time in our church. And, I admit, from time to time, to look at some of what the brothers and sisters in Christian community (not all of whom are Episcopalian) have, inspired by the Holy Spirit, fashioned or commissioned to express their relationship with God through Christ Jesus.
Yes, from time to time I gasp and think, "Oh dear." I do that when I look at works of art in museums, too. That does not diminish one iota the work of the artist.
If some of you wish to take your displeasure over the artistic works and make that a commentary on whatever it is that makes you angry or unhappy about The Episcopal Church or ordained women, that neither diminishes the church or the status of ordained women nor the credibility of either. It is only a reflection on you.
I hope you find peace.
I look forward to learning your identity - especially if we are FB friends.
- July 23, 2010 at 7:39 AM
I wonder whether the wannabe "priestess" in the picture is the owner of a flower shop?
- July 23, 2010 at 9:03 AM
I was going to leave a post that suggested two unicorns for the table piece and one for the vestment
but then I read the post from Elizabeth Kaeton
I have to admit Ms. Kaeton speaks eloquently about this type of vestment art.
But what I thinks she fairs to understand,
some of us think this kind of art belongs in post modern museums and not as a part of worship.
- July 23, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Gail F said...
I read what she had to say. It's still ugly.
- July 23, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- WeepingCross said...
You see, Ms Kaeton, your comment shows that you completely misunderstand both what I think is the purpose of this blog and why some of us cringe at some of what turns up in so much modern worship. Put simply, the Christian liturgy isn't a vehicle for artistic self-expression; for making points of our own, however worthy they may be. It's one of the chief means by which God remakes us and refashions us into something like what we could be. It isn't ours to take over for our own purposes. The fact that all your eloquence is devoted to arguing the other way around is exactly the problem.
- July 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Christopher Johnson said...
Ms. Kaeton? Let me try once again. It's not supposed to be about you. When I look at you, I don't care even a little bit about what you think is significant or interesting or meaningful.
I really don't want to have to figure out your symbolism, I haven't got the time. When you process in, your only job is to direct ALL my attention to HIM.
That's it.
- July 24, 2010 at 5:30 PM
I'm straining to identify the humility.
- July 25, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- James said...
Of the many types of "should be a sin" vestments I've seen in my 52 years, this is not that bad. Not to my preference, but it's not that bad. And yes, I'm' an Episcopalian with GOOD taste.
- July 25, 2010 at 7:56 PM
I have a difficult time thinking of that as a liturgical vestment. Vestments are not supposed to reflect the whims of the designer or the wearer.
- July 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Beverley said...
Shame on you, Elizabeth, for invoking and accusing malice against ordained women as some sort of defence here. As one, I find it extraordinary that that is the reading you get from this. This is not a woman thing. Nor is it a lesbian thing.
Perhaps you haven't seen the scores of men who are represented on this site as well. In fact, they outnumber us.
The simple fact, as stated by those before me, is that you have perverted altogether the meaning and purpose of liturgical vestments. Though, perhaps, it should be said that the perversion begins with the invention of these so-called 'liturgical seasons'. What's the point of creating these colourful diversions from the actual lectionary? Are the 'seasons' thought up just so priests have the opportunity to disgrace themselves this way? I'm just titillated by what will be donned when 'gay rights' season or 'immigration rights' season rolls around. Good God.
The reality is, as also has been said, that vestments are to supersede your identity and personality. They can be ornate, sure, but really ought to remind someone of something actually liturgical or even vaguely Christian, don't you think? You may have just as well walked in and said Mass in your civvies, because these are clearly more about you than God.
Also, do you really expect that any successors of yours at your parish would ever share your enthusiasm for something so clearly of a very personal and particular taste? I wouldn't want to be the one to be handed down an entire sacristy closet of these.
- July 26, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Wonders what vestments Jesus and his followers wore at the first supper...
They had no lace I'm sure, and, in light of the purported tastes here, I'm sure would be seen as tasteless, tacky, and/or disrespectful of "worship", which, if I'm not mistaken, is a take off on an informal gathering of friends for dinner.
Vestments are basically preposterous in all forms.
- July 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Of course Jesus didn't need special clothing. Read Chris' post above. Vestments are the uniforms that clergy wear to direct our attention to...JESUS.
Even having said that, I know of nobody on this blog who would consider ridiculing a plain white alb.
- July 29, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Um, Ms. Kaeton, it is your right to believe what ever you want. Likewise, we have the same right. If you find this blog un-Christian, fine.....move on then.
- July 30, 2010 at 2:35 PM
Yeah the vestments are over the top and then some. Get over it.
OOooooohhhh it's a woman in those vestments. Get over it. Episcopalians ordain them. (And Roman Catholics, watch out: the current favorite for next pope wants to reopen that conversation....)
First thing I saw when I looked at this one was the lack of a proper amice to cover the clerical collar. Aesthetics aside, that's the major "liturgical violation" in this pic.
Priorities, people... priorities.
- July 30, 2010 at 7:57 PM
The Episcopal Church needs more Portuguese lesbians, not less!
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Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES)
The University of Texas at Austin
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The period of slightly over a half-century, beginning with the emergence of digital computing and the introduction of finite element methods in the midtwentieth century and ending in the current age of computer modeling and simulation, is but a heart beat in millennia of human existence. But, it is a period of enormous historical significance. During it, the foundations of engineering and science were permanently changed. The traditional heuristic and approximate methods of the past have been rendered obsolete and displaced by quantitative methods for handling models of engineering systems and physical phenomena governed by partial differential equations and, now, by discrete models as well. This has resulted in a revolution of engineering, impacting all aspects of analysis and design, changing the foundations of engineering education, and lifting computer modeling and simulation to the level of a third pillar of scientific discovery.
This lecture attempts to answer the question: What's next? What, in particular, can be inferred from the rapid move to miniaturization in many technological areas, the dramatic advances in data-intensive computing, the growing use of imaging, sensors, and feedback control systems in guiding simulations, the widespread interest in the analysis of biological systems and in the simulation of events that take place at cellular and molecular levels, the dramatic progress in biomedical applications, advances in nanomanufacturing, and, in all of these areas, the move toward the development of methods to quantify uncertainties in engineering predictions? One picture that emerges is that engineering analysis itself will become more broadly based and will require interdisciplinary approaches to a multitude of problems that bridge traditional engineering fields. There will arise more frequently a need for models that bridge several spatial and temporal scales, that couple finite element methods to models of microscale events, that are guided by imaging and other data processing systems, and that demand a higher level of specificity in the quality of predictions, their uncertainty, and their variability with uncertain data. Several examples are given to illustrate these issues and to help provide a forecast of computational engineering in 2020.
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Dr. Oden is an Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding Director of that Institute, which was created in January of 2003 as an expansion of the Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, also directed by Oden for over a decade. The Institute supports broad interdisciplinary research and academic programs in computational engineering and sciences, involving four colleges and 17 academic departments within UT Austin.
Oden holds the Cockrell Family Regents' Chair in Engineering and the Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Centennial Chair in Computer Systems at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Oden is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the National Academies of Engineering of Mexico and of Brazil. He is also a member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He serves on numerous national and international organizational, scientific, and advisory committees including the NSF Blue Ribbon Panel on Simulation-Based Engineering Science and the Task Force on Cyber Science and Grand Challenge Communities and Virtual Organizations. He is an Editor of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and serves on the editorial board of 28 scientific journals.
Dr. Oden has worked extensively on the mathematical theory and implementation of numerical methods applied to problems in solid and fluid mechanics and, particularly, nonlinear continuum mechanics and, in recent years, multi-scale modeling, stochastic systems, and uncertainty quantification. He is an author or editor of over 500 scientific works, including 53 books. He has advised 34 M.S. students and 42 Ph.D. students. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his research accomplishments including the Title of Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques from the French government, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal, Melvin R. Lohmann Medal, Theodore von Karman Medal, John von Neumann Medal, Newton-Gauss Congress Medal, the Stephen P. Timoshenko Medal, and the O.C. Zienkiewicz Medal. He has received five honorary doctorates, Honoris Causa, from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; the Faculte Polytechnique, Belgium; Cracow University of Technology, Poland; the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan in France; and the Presidential Citation from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Liverpool make enquiry for Eintracht Frankfurt defender Carlos Zambrano
Liverpool have enquired about Eintracht Frankfurt defender Carlos Zambrano, the German club have revealed.
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Reds boss Brendan Rodgers looks set to revamp his backline in the summer, with veteran Jamie Carragher hanging up his boots and Martin Skrtel linked with a move away.
Swansea skipper Ashley Williams is reportedly on the Anfield club's radar, although it appears Rodgers is prepared to cast his net wider in the search for defensive recruits.
Bruno Hubner, a director at Eintracht Frankfurt, has revealed the Merseysiders have made a tentative approach for Peru international Zambrano.
The 23-year-old came through the youth academy at fellow Bundesliga outfit Schalke, though he left the club in 2010 for St Pauli in order to secure regular first-team football.
After two years with the Hamburg-based club he moved to Frankfurt last summer, playing his part in a fine campaign for Armin Veh's men to date.
The club are currently riding high in fourth place in the Bundesiga after earning promotion from Bundesliga 2 only last season.
"There's interest from Liverpool in Carlos Zambrano," said Hubner. "They have asked about him, but there has not been an offer yet."


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Did you know that feed water with high alkalinity will substantially raise the medium Ph in the rhizopshere no matter what the Ph of the input water is???
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding over ph and alkalinity. I seem to remember posting on this a while back but this article seems a tad more informative and easier to understand.
I would think this info to be more useful to those of us that rely on groundwater aquifers or well water supplies that dont get tested or get treated to adjust total alkalinity.
Recently, some growers have expressed concern about the "high pH" of their irrigation water and its potential adverse effects on plants. The purpose of this article is to allay some of these concerns by pointing out the difference between "high pH" and "high alkalinity".
Alkalinity and pH are two important factors in determining the suitability of water for irrigating plants. pH is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) in water or other liquids. In general, water for irrigation should have a pH b etween 5.0 and 7.0. Water with pH below 7.0 is termed "acidic" and water with pH above 7.0 is termed "basic"; pH 7.0 is "neutral".
Sometimes the term "alkaline" is used instead of "basic" and often "alkaline" is confused with "alkalinity". Alkalinity is a measure of the water's ability to neutralize acidity. An alkalinity test measures the level of bicarbonates, carbonates, and hydroxides in water and test results are generally expressed as "ppm of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)". The desirable range f or irrigation water is 0 to 100 ppm calcium carbonate. Levels between 30 and 60 ppm are considered optimum for most plants.
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The Opera House was abuzz with young voices last week as hundreds of children crowded into the building for a week of music, dance and design events.
On Monday 30 May, 400 children and their families came to the free family open day. They took part in activities on a watery theme 'from the river to the sea' – dancing, singing, playing music, designing sets. One fortunate dad was selected for a complete makeover and transformed into the evil owl-king sorcerer Von Rothbart from the ballet classic Swan Lake, complete with feathery black Mohican and full white face paint.
Auditorium transformed into blue oasis
The Royal Opera House's huge amphitheatre gallery was unrecognisable on the day - transformed into a blue oasis where sound artist Duncan Chapman and singer Isabel Jones created an improvised soundscape. They processed recordings of water-related opera and ballet repertoire and live recordings of the families dipping a gong in water, blowing bubbles and speaking and singing into microphones. Listen to some of the sounds.
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Former West Bridgewater police officer Thomas Richmond is among four West Bridgewater police officers to settle with the town after filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
WEST BRIDGEWATER – Former police officer Thomas Richmond is among four West Bridgewater police officers to settle with the town after filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
The most recent settlement, signed by selectmen in November, requires the town to pay $125,000 in a gender and disability discrimination case filed by former police officer Joyce Graf.
Graf, 57, filed a complaint in 2009 with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. That complaint alleged discrimination based on disability and gender.
It also claimed there had been on-the-job retaliation against her because of previous discrimination complaint she had filed with the state agency.
In total, Graf has won $160,000 in settlements from the town. Those settlements are paid by the town's insurance carrier.
The most recent settlement will award Graf $95,000, and provide $30,000 to cover legal fees accrued by the commission's counsel during Graf's first case filed in 2006.
Other settlements of discrimination complaints involving the Police Department were paid to Richmond in 2011, to former Lt. Raymund Rogers in 2008, and to former Sgt. Philip Tuck in 2007. They, like Graf, had filed discrimination complaints with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Three of the four former officers – Graf, Richmond and Rogers – filed their discrimination complaints while reporting to Clark, who has been police chief since September 2004. Tuck filed complaints in 2001 while reporting to former Police Chief Robert Kominsky, who retired in August 2004.
Richmond and his attorney, Tim Burke of Needham, received a lump sum of $100,000 in his settlement, according to the settlement agreement released Monday by Burke to The Enterprise. Burke released the agreement after the town refused to disclose the amount despite several written requests by The Enterprise.
Tuck received a settlement of $72,500 and Rogers received a settlement that gave him a $5,000 lump sum – plus an annual payment of $2,174.76, which he will get for the rest of his life, in addition to his pension.


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By Tom Withers | Associated Press
BEREA -- Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden's injured right thumb will not require surgery, and he could be back on the field sooner than expected.
Assuming, that is, coach Rob Chudzinski decides to put him out there.
Weeden visited a hand specialist on Thursday and was told there no further damage and that he doesn't need an operation. Chudzinski said it was "highly unlikely" Weeden will need surgery and that his status will be re-evaluated next week.
"As soon as he's cleared we'll have to evaluate what status he is, whether he's 100 percent or 80 or 90," he said Friday. "We'll play it by ear as it goes."
Weeden was not available for comment. As practice wrapped up inside the team's indoor field house, Weeden, wearing a black immobilizing brace on his right hand, shagged footballs as quarterbacks Brian Hoyer and Jason Campbell took turns trying to hit the goal post's crossbar from 50 yards.
Weeden injured his thumb in the fourth quarter of last week's 14-6 loss at Baltimore. He smashed his thumb on the helmet of left guard John Greco while throwing a pass and had to leave the game for treatment and X-rays. Campbell played the Browns' final offensive series as they dropped to 0-2.
On Wednesday, Chudzinski surprisingly named Hoyer, who had been listed as Cleveland's No. 3 quarterback since the start of training camp, as his starter for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings. Chudzinski said he picked Hoyer over Campbell because "where we're at offensively now, the things that the does well fits what we need."
Chudzinski then added that Weeden's starting job was not guaranteed when he returned, yet another startling development later trumped by the Browns trading star running back Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a first-round draft pick next year.
Weeden seemed stunned to learn his job wouldn't be waiting for him when he got back, and the second-year QB tried to downplay the significance of Chudzinski's comments.
"I don't worry about that stuff," he said.
Chudzinski said Friday that he has spoken to Weeden about the situation and the 29-year-old understands the situation. Chudzinski said even if Weeden returns earlier than expected, it would have no bearing on which quarterback plays.
"Well, not really," Chudzinski said. "We're just going to take it week by week and see where he's at and where we're at. He's played two games, I'd love to see more of him."
Weeden has completed 47-of-86 passes for 516 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions. He has never gotten the full support from Cleveland's new regime, which may have shown its intent to draft a quarterback in the first round next year by dealing Richardson for a future pick. The Browns will have 10 selections next year, enough ammunition to move up in the draft if needed.
—Former Browns president Mike Holmgren criticized the team's decision to deal Richardson. In a radio interview, Holmgren said he would quit as coach if his team traded its best offensive player. "Philosophically, if I am the coach and someone came in anywhere and did that, I'd say 'OK, fire me, or I'm going to quit. Or we're going to both go into the owner and talk about this and then we'll see who's still standing.'" Current Browns CEO Joe Banner fired back at Holmgren. "Mike's entitled to his opinion," Banner said in a radio interview. "He ran the team for three years and was able to do what he believed in. It's our turn trying to do what we think is right. Obviously we wouldn't have done this if we agreed with his comments."


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FAO statistics division has developed a Food Balance Sheet Excel software (Model) to:1. complement country-level training workshops in SUA/FBS methodologies and provide them with practical experience of compiling and creating their own SUA and FBS: and
2. enable data sharing of FAOSTAT data with countries, in a structured model framework that allows them to understand how data are processed in the SUA and the final FBS results are derived, as well as providing ESS with feedback on the accuracy of the data. Taking into consideration the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: Principle 10 - International statistical co-operationThe sharing of information and practices, as well as co-operation in the joint development of statistical standards, international statistical activities etc., is an essential ingredient for continuous improvement of the quality and range of official statistics in all countries and the efficiency of their production.
3. To help countries use the model and produce their own national FBS, in line with FAO methodology and commodity classification standards, to improve the coherence of FBS produced by FAO and national statistical offices.
4. To aid countries in eventually becoming self-sufficient to complete SUA and FBS in the future, as well as submitting the results directly back to FAO, in a format which can be easily read by FAOSTAT.
What is it?• The SUA Excel workbook contains a series of worksheets containing SUA data over a number of years. • Most of the data for each SUA year is self-contained within the respective year's worksheet.• The SUA workbook has been designed to capture all of the data required to compile a complete SUA that can be used to produce a Food Balance Sheet.
What does it do?Closely replicates the functionality of FAOSTAT, as for example, users can:1. Input official and estimated data for commodities.2. Adjust calculated elements such as extraction rates, waste and seeding rates.3. Edit country-specific nutritional factors.In addition, the spreadsheet model provides the following possibilities:4. Generate a new SUA year.5. Create a Food Balance Sheet.6. Carry out basic data validation checks to reduce the risk of errors.
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