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January 2021 Southern MD Civil War Round Table Meeting

January 12, 2021

The Southern Maryland Civil War Round Table is pleased to announce that its January meeting will take place virtually on Tuesday January 12, 2021 at 7:00pm from your computer. Due to continuing concerns over the COVID 19 virus and in the interest of member health and safety, we are moving our meeting on line for the immediate future. Members should be checking their email for directions on how to connect to the meeting on January 12, 2021 at 7pm. Not a member! Please reach out to us at bsunderland@somdcwrt.org to learn how to become a member.

Guest Speaker:  Gene Schmiel

Tonight we welcome back author Gene Schmiel. who spoke to us in December 2018 about Union General Jacob Cox. In this evening’s presentation, Mr. Schmiel will introduce us to fifty notable women from the Civil War from his book “Civil War Women: Underestimated and Indispensable”. Harriet Tubman. Clara Barton. Sojourner Truth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. These and many other women, including the less well-known like Kady Brownlow, Elizabeth Van Lew, Susie King Taylor, and Sister Anthony O’Connell, were important actors who had a significant influence on the United States during the Civil War. They campaigned for abolition, they nursed the wounded soldiers, and some of them even fought on battlefields. At the time they were underestimated because of the social norms of the era. But over time they came to be seen as indispensable in many fields, not only nursing, but also, strangely enough, espionage. Their actions were critical in changing the mindset of the nation as to the worth and role of women, as well as the formerly-enslaved, and it would never be the same. There are obviously more than 50 such women, but this talk will re-introduce you to many who in the author’s view were particularly important and influential.

Gene Schmiel is a student of the Civil War whose book, Citizen-General: Jacob Dolson Cox and the Civil War Era, was published in 2014 by Ohio University Press.  The book, a History Book Club selection, was deemed “best biography of the year” by Civil War Books and Authors. Subsequently, Gene has spoken to many Civil War Round Tables, including that of Southern Maryland.

Gene holds a Ph. D. degree from The Ohio State University and was an assistant professor of History at St. Francis University (PA)  before becoming  a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State.

Early in 2020 Gene began work on a series of books entitled, CIVIL WAR PERSONALITIES, 50 AT A TIME, and one of them, “Civil War Women: Underestimated and Indispensable,”  will be the subject of his talk  Each book highlights 50 people via short essays highlighting their impact on the Civil War era.  Using period photographs and other information from the era, such as political cartoons, the books bring to life these interesting personalities.  Each essay also includes a reading list for further information.  The books are:

Civil War Trailblazers and Troublemakers

Civil War Rogues, Rascals, and Rapscallions

Civil War Political Generals in Blue and Grey

Civil War Women: Underestimated and Indispensable

Civil War Unsung Heroes and Other Key People “Behind the Scenes.”

The books are available via :https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00HV4SSWK or you can email Gene at geneofva@gmail.com to arrange for purchase of an autographed copy.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns at bsunderland@somdcwrt.org or at 443-975-9142. We look forward to seeing you!


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It feels only right that if I am going to take the time to share the facts and science around an essential oil that I would share why this oil is important from my experience.  I think of lavender as a gateway oil, it’s comfortable and feels like a safe place to start using oils in your home and life.  If you’re anything like me I began my education in medicinal aromatherapy thinking of lavender in a diffuser in a spa like environment. That’s where I thought oil usage began and ended but in reality when we use oils we are discovering a source of health and wellness that had been around for centuries and lavender was part of that history.  I personally feel like it represents home, mother earth, safety and femininity. Of course as I write this I have a bottle next to me and am checking in with this lovely supportive oil.  She is calming and soothing to the body and the mind and emotions.  I personally love using lavender when I am experiencing stress or emotionally challenging times.  Place a few drops of my palm, rub my hands together, inhale deeply and place my palms over my heart. The act of self love in caring for my emotions, slowing down combined with the supportive aroma interacting with my body’s emotional center (the limbic system) is very calming.  My recommendation is to get a bottle of lavender and create a ritual that supports your emotional and mental health.  When you do purchase a bottle please, please, please make sure it is pure and therapeutic grade because if you haven’t tried a pure and therapeutic version of lavender you haven’t tried lavender – yet.

You will hear me say this over and over but it can’t be over emphasized, it is imperative that when you select an essential oil that it be pure and therapeutic grade.  There is a spectrum of oils out there and if you have picked up a bottle of lavender at your grocery store chances are it could be made of synthetic fragrance or adulterated with a carrier oil. if this the oil you have tried you haven’t yet received the many powerful effects and support essential oils have to offer. It is for this reason that I choose Doterra. I have taken time to get to know the ethos of this company and its founders and owners.  They are truly doing things “the right way”  and can show you through science that they are holding themselves to a high level because its the right thing to do but also because they want to ensure there is scientific efficacy in the product that they create and curate for its purity and effectiveness.

It seems like when you talk essential oil most everyone thinks of lavender.  Why not? its a pretty amazing oil and been used for centuries – you know its biblical. Essential oil such as Lavender is most commonly used in aromatherapy. The flower and the oil of lavender are also used to make medicine. This herb is native from Northern Africa and the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean.

In foods and beverages, lavender is used as a flavor component. It also used in pharmaceutical products and as a fragrance ingredient in cosmetics, perfumes, soaps and even for home decorations. Its uses are endless and for good reason  -lavender has many amazing uses.

The fragrance from the oils of the lavender plant is believed to help promote wellness and calmness that helps reduce stress, anxiety and depression. Yes, please.

Lavender is much more than just pretty and calming. It is one of the most powerful remedies in the plant world, offering both physical and emotional relief for problems as varied as burns, migraines, insomnia, insect bites, skin problems, infections, stress and nervous tension. It owes this amazing spectrum of healing powers to its complex chemical makeup.

A Few more benefits of Lavender Essential Oil

Increased sleep quality

Lavender oil is probably best known for its calming or sleep inducing effects. By adding a few drops of lavender oil to your pillow every evening before bed you can drift off to dreamland and get a good night’s rest. In a study lavender was shown to, “improved quality of daytime wakefulness and more sustained sleep at night.” (NIH, 2013)

Reduced anxiety

Lavender can also help reduce anxiety levels. Inhalation of lavender essential oil daily for 15 days has been shown to reduce levels of anxiety. In a scientific study a lavender supplement was tested against conventional anti anxiety medication and the lavender supplement was found to be effective in place of the conventional medications. (NCBI, 2013)

Heal Wounds

It has wound-healing properties, studies have shown that lavender stimulates the production of collagen in the skin and increases fibroblasts which also encourages collagen production. (NCBI, 2016) When applied to a minor wound, it can help promote healing by helping the minor wound to contract and speed up the process of tissue repair.  Add 4 drops of lavender oil to 10gm of vitamin e cream or coconut oil and apply to the minor wound.

Treating Skin

One of my favorite ways to use lavender topically is for skin care.  It is my go to when there is any minor skin irritation. Lavender oil has many uses for treating the skin. Use for acne, soothes eczema and dry skin, skin lightening and for face wrinkles

It naturally reduces inflammation, lessens pain, and cleans the surface of the skin. You can use lavender oil on your face, legs, and hands.

When used in aromatherapy

  • It is reported to reduce stress by relaxing the brain waves.
  • It reduces cortisol levels that contribute to the stress hormone.
  • Support the immune system by helping relieve feelings of stress that can weaken health
  • Lavender is believed to help balance hormones, to reduce feelings of nervous tension
  • Due to its calming and relaxing properties, it can work as a sleep aid for those suffering from insomnia.

So there are the facts, a little inspiration for putting this oil to work in your life  and a little story about how I use this oil in my life.  Above all else, please be good to yourself and make your health and wellness a priority.  I know if you are reading this you are looking for a way to be more empowered and proactive about your health and the quality of your life and i am so excited that you are here.  Please do reach out if there is anything that you need along your journey – we are here to support.


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Polio Free India : a dream realized…

polio13th January 2014 , India : With no case of polio reported since the last three years India is all set to be declared polio today. “The last polio case in India was reported on January 13, 2011 from the state of West Bengal . “

For India once thought to be one of the most difficult nations to achieve polio control (on account of severe resistance to the polio drops from various pockets ) the feat marks a remarkable historical landmark for public health .The dream to have a “Polio Free India” clearly shows the potential of what can be achieved in the public health arena if there is a collective will from public health physicians, clinicians, NGO’s , religious leaders ,the press ,politicians and policy makers.

Being declared polio free officially would mean that any further cases of polio detected would be due to re-infection imported from outside. And this is where the crux of the matter remains. Pakistan and Afghanistan India’s two north-west neighbors continue to report high number of cases . Figure Below

Cases of Polio : GPEI Website

Remaining “Polio-free” will be the biggest challenge for India . Political will and strategies to prevent importing the disease as well as intense continued surveillance for all the time till these nations too achieve polio free status is important. It is easy to loose the momentum and go slack on surveillance once the notion of the goal being achieved set in. .The problems in global polio eradication is as much social , political and cultural as is scientific. The Executive Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is supposed to meet from 20th to 25th January and concrete steps to this direction is something to look forward for India.

Read More about Polio Eradication : Status and Challenges  (Click : Open Access )

Photo Courtesy : http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-4415954257/slideshow

4 thoughts on “Polio Free India : a dream realized…

  1. Indeed an Achievement Accomplished… A Significant Public Health Milestone Achieved, one which had long been Visualized, yet unachieved… !!!!
    Hope this Victory calls for many others in Various so far uncovered Areas of Indian Public Health !!!

  2. All said and done, as we see the numbers prove, it means nothing to eradicate polio at a country level because importation of cases is a reality. But still, it is a huge win for the public health system in India. I still cannot imagine the logistics that must have gone into making this possible; the mind boggles!

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sILENzIO Interconnect, Loudspeaker, USB and AC power cables

For quite some time prior to this review of the new sILENzIO über cables from Danish manufacturer ZenSati, I had been using as part of my reference system the superb flagship Seraphim cables. These unusual cable designs of multiple air-suspended twisted gold plated solid core conductors were resoundingly neutral, nourishingly musical, beautifully assembled and ‘bling’ enough to fit into the most beautiful high-end system contexts (and yes, to many enthusiasts the cosmetic aspect is actually quite important, especially at the price point). Up until that point, the Seraphim cables were ZenSati’s top-level offering while sILENzIO, now an independent line of über cables, was but a twinkle in company Founder Mark Johansen’s third eye. Fast-forward a couple of years and right now, after several months within my reference rig where they often managed to dislocate my jaw, I give you sILENzIO…

Silence is Golden

So, having enjoyed tremendous commercial success and media acclaim across the board, where to next for the creative and inspired ZenSati Founder Mark Johansen? Expansion of the ZenSati product lines became the immediate target with the aim of offering further value at the entry level while also expanding horizons at the high-end. The former was more than thoroughly dealt with via the recently-released, and extremely promising, Zorro line of cables. The latter now sees the sILENzIO (yes, that’s the word configuration…) range, which lands smack in the ultra-high-end space, with the line offering a complete loom from source to loudspeakers.

The full cable loom (including substantial USB and digital cables bigger than the thickest speaker cables) which was sent for review is not only physically commanding but also beautifully styled and constructed. And yet, as I visualise sILENzIO while writing, both those terms seem understatements. Your first experience with the cables upon receiving them would be the presentation… oh, not just of the cables themselves, oh no, but of the packaging too. A large black piano finish wooden case – with black velvet lining, no less – houses each individual cable; the heavily-stencilled gold ‘sILENzIO’ logo taking up almost the full width of the top cover. These glamorous supermodels proudly announce their top hierarchy in the catwalk of über cables.

Open sesame and the jewellery inside greets with a powerful impression of luxury. The brilliant golden jackets, the metal logo-embossed dress trims (scratch-protected with tight-fitting plastic sleeves), the connector quality, etc. So, given the visual delights, the reputation of the parent company and the lofty price point, sILENzIO promises performance.

What does all this overt flamboyance have to do with sonic quality? Fair question. Despite the fact that, as will be discussed later in the review, some aspects of the styling may also influence sound quality, the sILENzIO product package enjoys the benefits of good artistic design. As an analogy, you could liken it to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a top-level Lamborghini, or Ferrari, then feasting your eyes on the flowing, organic lines, the velour and high-grade leather trims throughout the interior, the carbon fibre, steel and brushed aluminium accents, etc. It’s to be expected in a product that aims at the very best in its class. It’s a luxury item. With a price ticket to match.

The materials choice, connector quality, finish and flawless construction applied to sILENzIO will find pride of place along with the most deeply-patterned veneers, the glossiest of piano finishes, the most skilfully machined and luxuriously brushed aluminium… it proudly boasts its intent with an unapologetic stance. But sILENzIO is not just about physical exquisiteness; it’s also about care and intelligence in design as far as the transfer of musical information from A-to-B.

On that last point. Some audio enthusiasts may question these expensive cables’ function. Their viewpoint is likely to be that electrons are carried, and arrive, in the same way whether by an entry level straightforward copper-based cable or via extravagant designs such as sILENzIO’s or any number of very high-end marques’. That may be so in terms of signal transmission from A-to-B, but let me tell you right now that, in terms of the music that ultimately projects from your speakers, sILENzIO is on an elevated level way beyond the mere norm. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves…

Johansen has chosen the excellent top-level connectors from Japan’s Furutech for the AC and XLRs. The RCAs, which are among the best I’ve used as far as quality and consistency in terms of grip around the socket (not too loose, not too tight but just right Goldilocks), are custom ZenSati designs as used in Seraphim. While some components may be sourced from around the world, the sILENzIO cables are hand-made by ZenSati technicians in Denmark.

While Johansen will not divulge too much in terms of the actual construction of the sILENzIO cables, he did reveal information on the cable make-up. The bespoke “Fine-Litz” conductor configuration makes for an overall large gauge/diameter. Copper conductors with silver shield are used in a specific air dielectric topology. The distance between conductor runs and the desire to maintain the air dielectric makes for a large and stiff cable.

I asked Johansen to provide some further background:

The sILENzIO uses wide gauge and is very heavy, yes. The reason is that sILENzIO is full of copper and silver for the shield, and the conductors too. The correct dimension of dielectric is a part of the concept. All sILENzIO are fully shielded. The IC, Digital and USB are shielded with braid to keep them as flexible as possible.

Mark JohansensILENzIO's Mark Johansen charming snakes

I wanted to know what Johansen was aiming to improve from the already excellent Seraphim cables and also wanted some insight into the workings at ZenSati:

I realised a few things on the ZenSati Seraphim could be improved. Even though ZenSati Seraphim is an extremely good cable series, I thought could get the background to be even quieter. With sILENzIO’s design I found that target was reachable. There was also a specific need and demand for shielded cables in some extreme setups. That’s why I invested to produce the sILENzIO line. A sILENzIO power cord takes just under one day to assemble and building it in Denmark is a very expensive endeavour. So what we do is, we collect and coordinate the orders and optimise the production. A set of sILENzIO speaker cables can take up to two days to assemble. All assembling, packing and shipping is in Denmark. We have asked our distributors what they thought if we moved production to east Europe or even Asia but this is a big ‘No Go’. The philosophy is that it is Danish ideas, design, concept and assembly. We do have suppliers around the world, as many famous brands in our business have. I collaborate with different engineers, depending on the project and product. All are ZenSati ApS. We do also have non-disclosure agreements with our suppliers and their engineers. The main ideas, philosophy and final decisions have always been coming from myself.

I use live music for my ultimate testing. I have always activated my imagination on how the real instrument or voice in a piece of music or song sounds. It’ not easy. You have to maintain your reference constantly and that’s why I go to concerts, the opera, jazz clubs, when friends are playing or singing. I also listen to my reference music on different systems with different cabling to confirm I’m on the right track and how that connects to my emotions. ZenSati stands for (Zen) “Strong Knowledge” and (Sati) for “Truthfulness”. And that is so for me.

The Sounds of Silence

Installing the full sILENzIO loom takes some pre-thought and may even necessitate some rearranging of your component configuration and distance from the nearest wall. These cables are physically large and quite stiff – it’s in the nature of the design. Most unyielding of all are the AC cables, of which I needed several to power my entire system. This meant angling and directing the heavy AC cables through loops and wide arcs and weighing down lightweight components such as the Totaldac d1-core dual power supplies, lest they be suspended in mid-air. To a lesser extent, some acrobatics were required to guide the interconnecting cables (including a digital cable carrying S/PDIF signal from transport to DAC) from components spread across two SGR Signature racks while the speaker cables were easily-enough guided on a long arc from Gryphon’s Antileon EVO to the Wilson Alexia Series 2. Unless you’re a reviewer or a compulsive gear swapper, you’ll only need to go through this exercise once. Thank Goodness.

The cables had been run-in by the affable George Fracchia proprietor of ZenSati Australia who, of course, distributes sILENzIO cables. Once the system was fired-up and music flowed, from the very first track on, all that muscle- and cable-flexing athleticism was immediately forgotten. Here I had a sonic presentation that has been unmatched by any cable loom I’ve tested, reviewed or owned in all my years of reviewing professionally. I’ll go on to describe specific performance aspects attributed to my music selections but, to start off with, I’d like to comment on my immediate impression regarding the sILENzIO cables as conduits of ultra-purity, tonal neutrality and resolute transparency.

Playing acoustic instruments instigated a rather radical re-evaluation of the importance of cable design and its interplay within the context of a highly-resolving system. Piano, acoustic guitars and percussion instruments – and any other unamplified instrumental recording – gained a heightened sense of authenticity. In my well-balanced system (now more than ever with the mix of gear at hand) the physicality and solidity of these instruments was stunning. I’m talking oodles of detail, micro-dynamics that revealed all manner of nuance and a timbrel faithfulness and presence that turned every long into-the-wee-hours listening session into pure enjoyment (once seated, in the early stages of auditioning, I found it difficult to tear myself away from the music being reproduced via this sILENzIO-tied system).

Elgar Cello Concerto as interpreted by Du Pré under Sir John Barbirolli with the London Symphony Orchestra was pure delight. By the way, this almost unplayable LP was brought back to life recently – as was much of my collection – via Vinyl Record Cleaning’s ESP system. Now, with sILENzIO in place, bow on string and the utter accuracy of the tone of the cello were recreated to a level I had not experienced before. It’s that extra 0.1 percent (my nonsensical figure just for illustration purposes…) over other excellent cables that is subtle yet totally noticeable and on-going enjoyable. Du Pré’s playing technique, her instrument’s colour and the textural content of wood, string/gut and rosin possessed a clarity and crisp detail that was astounding while never straying into any form of brightness. So well captured and now reproduced, the hollowness of the cello’s internal cavity rang with deep wood resonances unheard prior.

Nuanced guitar techniques as displayed by Phil Keagy throughout his Acoustic Sketches album were a revelation. The sILENzIO cables provided all the subtlety in Keagy’s plucking while extending his instrument’s harmonics and providing that sense of ‘body’, of image density. There was exemplary decay and ‘air’ around the notes. The transient attack of fingers on strings was mesmerising and, in fact, that ‘speed’ of rhythm applies throughout the frequency range. Again, the realness of the reproduction is state-of-the-art. It’s a spooky presence thing; you suddenly realise that sILENzIO allows your system to give… more. It’s yet another small step closer to the real thing.

If you own Bruce Cockburn’s sublime The Charity of Night, do yourself a favour and re-examine the last number “Strange Waters”. As the track opens, a slow-building percussive crescendo emanates from the very far corners of a massive soundstage (height, depth and width), slowly approaches the plane of the speakers and then washes over you with tremendous dynamism, punch and depth. And as the guitar solo kicks in mid-way, sILENzIO allows the communication and the build-up of this emotive composition in a way that totally immerses. Again, this was evidence of sILENzIO’s power to translate electrons into music that provides tremendous pleasure and connects emotionally.

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a cable with a clearer, more extended and bell-like top-end. Sure, there’ll be cables – even comparatively inexpensive ones – that will give you treble clarity but few will provide the vitality, separation and crispness at hand here. Cymbals are just delightful, sweet and accurately placed in terms of height and image depth (drum kits are usually towards the rear of the stage, after all) and won’t be artificially projected forward in the manner presented by lesser cables.

No matter what, sILENzIO is about neutrality, verisimilitude and absolute faithfulness to the recording. In every, and I mean every area of performance, the sILENzIO loom improved the music experience. Again, it allows your electronics and speakers to project a clearer, sweeter and purer top-end, a tighter and more nuanced bass, dynamic quickness, a wider, taller, deeper soundstage, more fulsome images, etc. In situ within your high-end system, sILENzIO cables authenticate and endorse the musicians’ intent. Full stop.

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  • Speakers — Wilson Audio Alexia Series 2, Axis Loudspeakers VoiceBox S (nearfield monitor)
  • Amplifier — Gryphon Audio Antileon EVO
  • Preamplifier — Supratek Cortese, Lightspeed Attenuator LDR passive
  • SourcesDigital: Yamaha CD-S2100 used as transport, Totaldac d1-core DAC, MacBook with BitPerfect software, AIFF files. Analogue: Michell Engineering Orbe with Gert Pedersen Level 3 modifications and Origin Live Ultra upgraded motor, Trans-Fi Terminator air bearing linear-tracking arm, Shelter Harmony cartridge, REDGUM Audio RGPH2 phono stage
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  • Cables — sILENzIO loom, Vermouth Audio Black Pearl Mk.II loom
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  • Miscellaneous — Les Davis Audio Viscoelastic CLD discs, Nordost Sort Kone BC

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Fire in the Cathedral

I am writing the morning after the horrific fire that threatened the very structure of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. In the aftermath, I have been listening to the various talking heads making their observations about this stunning moment along with the cultural implications. “It will be rebuilt” seems to be the headline.

My mind has gone to another fire. It was a fire that I witnessed many moons ago, in a place not so far away.

It was Conyers, a sleepy town, a short hour east of Atlanta. The setting was a Trappist monastery, constructed by the monks in a design that was based on a abbey in France.

We were gathered in darkness, in the middle of a grain field, in the chill of the deep night. It was the end of Holy Saturday, the day of “inbetween”, when Jesus was said to have descended into Hell, to break the bonds of death, and to set free those were captive.

The day before, we had followed Jesus to the Cross, to witness his ignoble crucifixion on the hard wood of the cross, after being betrayed and abandoned by friends. He went to the Cross, after having been turned over by religious leaders due to fears around his assault on their traditions and authority. Led to the Cross, he was condemned to death by the Roman government authority, the Empire of that time, because of the fear of another political uprising. “Crucify him” was the chant of the mob on this day. Sounds like some chants I’ve heard recently. And we were there, we participated.

Good Friday is the instant replay of this event, as the Church trots out the old, old story of Jesus’ death, his last words, and even breathing his last frail human breath, “It is finished…”. In certain traditions, the Cross is brought in with the corpus of a beaten, bloodied Jesus which is put before us “to survey” as the hymn goes. Some traditions offer the experiential moment of coming forward and kissing the feet of the corpus of Jesus. Others offer a bare black cross to symbolize the moment of abandonment, desperation, and futility. Good Friday ironically drags us to the foot of the Cross and leaves us there. This is high drama.

And so, we have languished and suffered with the Crucified Lord for a day. The “inbetween” day of Holy Saturday is a time that we don’t really know what to do with it.

But on this night, after sundown, we gather. Gathered in the chill of the night, our souls shivering with the undeniable truth of our own mortality, we come, not knowing what for and what awaits us.

The Church, the ekklesia, the Greek for “a people called out”, meets together, for what else can we do. Like the Parisians gathered, unplanned, unscheduled on the Seine, in the fading glow of the Cathedral, with the smell of old wood burning in the nostrils, we gather.

This is the night that the Church has learned to announce the most improbable Truth in the face of the undeniable reality of Death. On that particular night that I am remembering, the Abbot of the monastery lights the “new fire” of Easter, using flint, a loose bundle of dry straw, and a prayer. The fire is lit and  used to light the Paschal Candle, an enormous candle that will be carried through the field, up the hill to the darkened church building.

Arriving at the front of the church building, the Abbot raps three times on the huge massive oak doors with his crozier, his staff, Slowly, slowly, the doors creak open, revealing a darkness that I can still remember. I remember thinking of the dark mine that Tennessee Ernie Ford used to sing about when I was a boy, dark as a dungeon. That singular light made its way into the church, pausing, as the leader chanted the ancient words, The Light of Christ, at which point the people responded, Thanks be to God.

The Paschal Candle was carried in slowly,  its singular flame issuing forth an amazing radiance, breaking into the overwhelming darkness. An experiential procession moves into the heart of darkness, as we, the trembling faithful, followed in faith.

In the middle of the church, the procession paused, as again the affirmation was sounded, The Light of Christ, and again with the response, Thanks be to God. The light and shadows played tag as the flickering candle threatened to go out, in spite of high liturgical planning.

Finally, the procession reached the front of the church, as the leader turned to face the following crowd. And this time, with a more triumphant tone, fueled by the journey and relief at arrival, the leader acclaimed, The Light of Christ, and again the response, Thanks be to God.

As the Paschal Candle was placed carefully into the brass holder, attendants lit candles from the lone flame and began to move among to people, sharing this light with their neighbors. Slowly, the cavernous darkness progressively is illumined by the communal collection of candle power.

All of us filled that space with our flickering candles of faith, as we listened to the ancient chant, the Exultet, recounting the  cosmic drama of God’s love, overcoming death. We heard the biblical story of God’s original Incarnation in Creation, pausing as the
Creator assesses the work:  TOV, it is good, Then follows other Hebrew stories of God’s faithfulness, recounting that presence through the past, even to this moment.

This culminates with the reading of one of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’s Resurrection. We hear the story once again, passed on from the original witnesses, the women, passed on to the disciples who had their own experience of the Risen Christ. These stories were passed on to others, and finally written down in four different accounts that were continually recounted among the faithful, and read, even in this particular gathering.

As the reading of the Gospel account is concluded, there is silence. A deafening silence, an open space of time, hung suspended between despair and hope.

And then there is Light. Just like that first morning of Creation, a brightness breaks over us. Originally it was the Creator, but on this night, it’s a hidden bespeckled brother monk, throwing the main switch at the aging fuse box, definitely a potential flaw in the human design. But, thanks be to God, and the Southern Company, it worked.

Flooding that very space, the full effect of light breaks into the darkness, blinding us in its brightness. The leader exclaims the words we had been waiting for: Alleluia, Christ is Risen! and we respond, The Lord is Risen Indeed, Alleluia.

Looking into the faces of my companions and those other people gathered, our eyes were dancing with surprise, shining with hope, with a joy, with a deep connection with something much bigger than we were at the beginning of the night.

Now, let me confess. I had been going to church since I left my mother’s womb. I was even on the cradle roll, placed in the nursery at a Baptist church, hanging out with another baby, Tommy, who would become my friend later in a youth group. I went to church on Easter Sunday with my family, listening to the strains of “He Arose” which Baptists sing obligatorily each Easter. Once, I even rolled out of bed to attend the Easter Sunrise Service. Have mercy!

But I never had the experience I had on that night at Easter Vigil in the unlikely place of a Trappist monastery. I experienced a joy that I had only heard  others talk about. And let me be clear, this might not be your cup of tea. You may love the blast of a horn section enabled hymn,  a bombastic Widor voluntary on a pipe organ, or the simple phrasing of a heart-felt praise song. Or your jam might be that of an oratorical pyrotechnic flurry, rhapsodically proclaiming the power of the Almighty. Whatever brings you light and good news is a good thing regardless of how.  But my sense is, we all experience a darkness at times. We suddenly grasp our mortality, or rather, we are grabbed by it. We need to find a source for our hope and our faith that will see us through our particular dark night.

For me, it was the new fire of Easter lit in the darkness of night, set in the smelling ripeness of a freshly mowed cow pasture on the Trappist monastery grounds. That’s how I roll.

Some years later, I was designated to carry that new fire into the Episcopal Cathedral in Atlanta, the first Easter after my ordination. I was honored to join those in the line of folks who have chanted the ancient verse, The Light of Christ, and carry it into the dark, foreboding tomb of the Cathedral of St. Philip, set on a hill in Buckhead.

Fire in the Cathedral has a very specific meaning to me.

Fire in the Cathedral for me conveys a hope that I needed and has a positive vibe.

Fire in the Cathedral is a experience that I look forward to every Spring as the Earth awakens and rebirth begins.

But an uncontrolled fire in the Cathedral in Paris brings despair, a deep sense of loss. Perhaps it ignites our deepest fear of chaos, of randomness that threatens our sense of meaning. And yet, even as the fire was burning, destroying, charring, the faithful gathered, carrying their stories and singing their songs, leaning into the night with hope.

Those pilgrims, gathered in their dark night, have the temerity to proclaim that Christ is Risen, the bold notion that the Christ  reigns over death, that Christ brings hope where despair threatens. Alleluia indeed!

The Light of Christ. Thanks be to God.

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The 99 sex that is best Guidelines of them all. The greatest recommendations, sultriest bedroom techniques, and a lot of astonishing advice you ought to shake your between-the-sheets up routine.

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Installing a dropped kerb in Sarehole can make a huge improvement to accessing your property as well as helping to ensure people do not park in front of your driveway.

A dropped kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway and it is a legal requirement to have a dropped kerb in Sarehole if you want to drive across the pavement onto your property.

You can either apply to your local council for permission for a dropped kerb outside your property or we can apply to your local authority on your behalf.

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The space shuttle had many scenarios with combinations of SSMEs or SRB failures where there was no planned survivable abort available because of a variety of factors (aerodynamics, energy, g forces, etc.). Does Dragon have any of these limitations?

I'm referring mainly to something wrong with Falcon like engine failures.

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    $\begingroup$ I think you need to further specify the question to make it answerable. The Dragon capsule does, of course, have limitations in providing a survivable environment for the occupants. Those are partly different from those of the shuttle because of the difference in design but no vehicle is perfectly survivable. If all the parachutes fail the capsule is nothing more than an uncomfortable coffin. $\endgroup$ – GittingGud Jan 25 '20 at 9:53
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    $\begingroup$ @GittingGud: I think the intent of the question is to ask whether there are parts of a mission where there is no plan for a survivable abort, not whether such a planned abort might be attempted and fail. That was certainly the case for the shuttle. $\endgroup$ – user21103 Jan 25 '20 at 12:38
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    $\begingroup$ I doubt if a "non-survivable abort" could be called as "abort". Maybe "controlled self-destruction" would be a better terminology for that. $\endgroup$ – peterh Jan 25 '20 at 18:14
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    $\begingroup$ @tfb This makes a lot more sense, thanks for the clarification I just got the question wrong. But I think the question should be edited nonetheless for clarification. $\endgroup$ – GittingGud Jan 25 '20 at 20:46
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    $\begingroup$ Unsourced speculation: a possible case where a launch escape may be hampered is if the Falcon 9’s engines were stuck at full-throttle at the end of their burn. Based on the in-flight abort footage, it looks like the Dragon might have only a little bit more acceleration available during a launch abort than the Falcon 9 at full thrust, so it might not be able to get far enough away from a problematic booster during the final portion of the booster burn. $\endgroup$ – CourageousPotato Jan 25 '20 at 21:30

No. One of NASA's requirements for Crew Dragon and Starliner is that they are able to provide a full envelope abort window for the launch. The CCTS shall provide abort capability from the launch pad until orbit insertion to protect for the following ascent failure scenarios (minimum list):

a. Complete loss of ascent thrust/propulsion.

b. Loss of attitude or flight path control.

c. Catastrophic event on pad or in flight

From NASA's Commercial Crew Transportation System Certification Requirements

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Jinx Removing?

BREAKING NEWS: Yoshi/Dino Puppy lives!

Cue angry parent of a teenager voice: How was your little adventure away from home, chicken? Huh? Oh, you’re HUNGRY?! Oh, you poor thing. WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!

Today after work, Chris was working out front while I supervised our four remaining chickens in the backyard (and by this, I mean drank beer, read a book, and rubbed chicken bellies… tough life, I know). Our neighbor Stuart comes over: “Hey, did you lose a rooster?” Chris affirms that we have, in fact, lost a chicken.

Apparently, Yoshi/Dino Puppy/that gray one made it out of our fenced in area of the backyard and through the one crack in our privacy fence, across the street, past countless neighbors’ dogs, over two other fences, and into Stuart’s backyard neighbors’ place – to weather a gigantic storm and two nights out on her own.

If I wasn’t so glad to see the dang bird, I’d wring her neck! Instead, we locked her in the run, let her chow down on chicken kibble for a bit, then let her peruse the yard with the rest of the girls. They were all immediately back to normal with her there. The flock is complete again.

I mean this in the kindest, most loving mama hen sort of way, but… BITCH ASS CHICKEN. Seriously, though… chicken lockdown is in effect.

And thank you for all the kind words on our last post. In honor of (maybe) removing our chicken jinx (maybe?!), I give you Jawbreaker’s “Jinx Removing.”

We’re too smart to watch TV, we’re too dumb to make believe this is all we want from life. I’m too dumb to talk to you, you’re so quick to listen to me. I’m saying nothing you don’t know.

3 thoughts on “Jinx Removing?

  1. So glad to see she’s safe and sound! Too bad chicken’s can write. I’d love to read about her outside-the-fence adventures. (And then, of course, I’d totally scold her for freaking you out, because, honestly, chicken mamas need back-up!)

    • We are SO curious about her little adventure away from home. Was that as far as she got? Or did she cruise all over the ‘hood, only to end up there? We had huge storms roll through Monday (like, massive flooding on the streets around us)… was she just hunkered down somewhere? When Chris found her, she was just strutting around these people’s backyard, foraging away. Obviously, she’s a tougher cookie than we thought (or just damn lucky).

      Sigh… chickens.

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Canadian Space Society ads Major Corporate Sponsor

Just in time for its annual Canadian Space Summit the Canadian Space Society has added software Industry heavyweight Analytical Graphics, Inc (AGI) as a major corporate sponsor to the ranks of its contributors. AGI provides software for timely and cost-effective development of advanced space, defense and intelligence applications.

“We are excited to have AGI as our first international corporate member under the new corporate membership program. AGI has long had operations in Canada and is already well-connected with the various Canadian space companies, universities and government departments. It demonstrates the confidence they have in the Society to further connect them with the space community and promote their efforts,” remarked CSS president Kevin Shortt.
“We’ve been supporting the Canadian space industry since 1993 as the Canadian Space Agency was our first adopter; it just makes sense for us to support the Canadian Space Society as its first international member,” said Scott Light, AGI Regional Director. “It is a double-bonus for us to also be able to support the CSS Annual Summit this year, and we are looking forward to informative presentations and exciting networking opportunities.”
The Canadian Space Summit is scheduled for November 19-21 in Ottawa.

About Marc Boucher

Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media Inc. and CEO and co-founder of SpaceRef Interactive Inc. Boucher has 20 years working in various roles in the space industry and a total of 28 years as a technology entrepreneur including creating Maple Square, Canada's first internet directory and search engine.

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Polar Communications and Weather Satellite Project One Step Closer to Reality

The Canadian government today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) Project signalling that is prepared to move forward with a project seen as crucial in ensuring Canada’s sovereignty over the Canadian arctic and would provide reliable 24/7 tactical narrowband and wideband communication, weather imaging and space weather monitoring.

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Canadian LIDAR Technology

Laser technology has the image of being as futuristic as space travel itself, but lasers are being used for many purposes beyond their science fiction role as a weapon. And Canadian industry is taking a leading role in developing lasers for space applications.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong in the Second World War

Hong Kong, an area of 410 square miles on the south coast of China became part of the British Empire as a result of the Treaty of Nanking (1842). On the 1st July, 1898, Hong Kong was leased to Britain for a period of 99 years.

The day after Pearl Harbor the Japanese Army attacked the colony and although British forces provided valiant resistance they were forced to surrender on 25th December 1941.

British forces recaptured Hong Kong on 30th August 1945. During the Chinese Civil War a large number of refugees entered Hong Kong and the population of the colony increased from one to four and half million between 1946 and 1949.

Hong Kong became an increasingly prosperous centre for the manufacturing production of domestic and electrical goods, international commerce and banking.

In 1984 the British government agreed, in return for guarantees about civil and economic freedoms, to hand back all of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

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Last updated: 16th December, 2001

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(1) George Orwell, BBC radio broadcast (20th December 1941)

The Japanese successes are still very serious for us. At present the pressure of Japanese troops has died down in Malaya, where heavy casualties have been inflicted upon them. Large Indian reinforcements have been landed in Rangoon. The Governor of Hong Kong states that heavy fighting is in progress, on the island itself.

In all this we must remember that the Japanese power, though great, can only aim at a rapid outright victory. The three Axis powers together can produce 60 million tons of steel every year, whereas the USA alone can produce about 88 million. This in itself is not a striking difference. But Japan cannot send help to Germany, and Germany cannot send help to Japan. For the Japanese only produce 7 million tons of steel a year. For steel, as for many other things, they must depend on the stores they have ready.

If the Japanese seem to be making a wild attempt, we must remember that many of them think it their duty to their Emperor, who is their God, to conquer the whole world. This is not a new idea in Japan. Hideyoshi when he died in 1598 was trying to conquer the whole world known to him, and he knew about India and Persia. It was because he failed that Japan closed the country to all foreigners.

In January of this year, to take a recent example, a manifesto appeared in the Japanese press signed by Japanese Admirals and Generals stating that it was Japan's mission to set Burma and India free. Japan was of course to do this by conquering them. What it would be like to be free under the heel of Japan the Chinese can tell us, and the Koreans.


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Genevie Romy. Worksheets. April 12th , 2021.

This will include counting to ten, recognizing shapes and colors, being able to hold a pencil or crayon properly, and coloring in without scribbling. Basic math concepts such as recognizing patterns, understanding quantity and some simple addition and subtraction will be useful. By the time your child is ready for kindergarten or school, they should be able to recognize their own name and other simple written words. The sounds of each letter of the alphabet should be familiar to your child, and they should understand the principle of reading from left to right, which way to hold a book, and possibly even be starting to read three and four-letter words.

Schools use worksheet from printing to cursive writing of letters to writing of words. There are also online help to show the children how to exactly form a letter or word. After showing the students or children the way of writing, you can print the worksheets and give them practices on how to write exactly the right way. Children will be interested to do the activity because they had fun watching the software that you showed them. Worksheet is not just for practice. Teachers can also let their students do a group activity through worksheets. Through this, students will learn how to bond and work with their classmates as one team. Teachers may also make worksheet activities as a contest. The prizes at hand will inspire and motivate students to perform well and learn their lessons.

The Worksheet Deactivate event is similar to the Worksheet Deactivate event; it also works on many different versions of Excel. This event is designed to run a script of code when a user selects any other worksheet. This event has no required or optional parameters. If the first worksheet is selected and someone selects another worksheet, than the first worksheet will run its Deactivate event. This can be used to hide unused worksheets after they are done be used. The Worksheet Before Double Click event will run a script of code when a user double clicks on that specific worksheet. This event will work on all versions of Excel. This can be useful if you want to run a macro for a certain cell every time you double click on that cell. You can also use this event to load a macro any time you double click anywhere in the worksheet.

The most important thing about these math worksheets is that they are used for tutoring and not for the main course studies. That is why they are used by tutors to offer remedial tuition and by parents at home so that they can offer their kids extra tuition to sharpen their skills. Math is known to be difficult and is often a headache for the young and so the math worksheets come in handy in helping resolve this problem. Thanks to the sites over the internet that offer free printable math worksheets, you do not need to worry about the cost of purchasing one, maybe only the ink cost. So don’t go making excuses for not being able to access a math work sheet.

Homeschool worksheets have pros and cons that depend on the type of material the worksheet deals with. One advantage is that worksheets are very handy if you want to give your child something to do. Some types of worksheets are very easy to grade and can be completed without much input from you. Worksheets can also give you a good idea of how much your child was able to understand of the subject matter. While worksheets for homeschool can assist in home schooling, they cannot take the place of a proper homeschool curriculum. One disadvantage they have is that they often focus on one subject area only, without integrating the whole curriculum. They can also be simplistic and give the impression that the student understands more than he actually does.

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Microsoft Excel Worksheets have built-in events that can run visual basic code based on certain action taken by the user within that specific worksheet. These worksheet events allow the users of Microsoft Excel to run code after activating a worksheet or before deactivating a worksheet. These events also allow users the ability to run a code every time a user changes data within a cell or selects a new range of cells. Newer versions of Excel have even created events that allow code to be run when tables and pivot tables are updated or refreshed. The Worksheet Activate event is a Microsoft Excel event that works on many different versions of Excel. It designed to run a script of code every time the specific worksheet is activated. This event has no required or optional parameters. This event can be used to show a hidden a worksheet upon its activation or it can pop up a login or data form.

Once downloaded, you can customize the math worksheet to suit your kid. The level of the child in school will determine the look and content of the worksheet. Use the school textbook that your child uses at school as a reference guide to help you in the creation of the math worksheet. This will ensure that the worksheet is totally relevant to the kid and will help the child improve his or her grades in school. The math worksheet is not only for the young children in kindergarten and early primary school; they are also used for tutoring high school and university students to keep the students’ math skills sharp. The sites that offer these worksheets have helped a lot and this resource is now a common thing to use for all kinds and levels of educators. The formats for the worksheets differ according to the level and content of the worksheets. For the young kids it is preferable to have the worksheet in large print, while the older students commonly use the small print ones that are simple and uncluttered.

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Sweet and Savory Crockpot Meatballs (Grape Jelly Meatballs)

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I like to pretend that I am in the know when it comes to what makes for a delicious dish and what makes for a dish worth open-hand throwing across the room.  If someone told me that the secret to killer crockpot meatballs was a jar of grape jelly, I’d probably spit out my filet mignon and make a mental note to never trust a single recommendation that person ever made.  And yet!  And yet!  Turns out those cocktail meatballs that I swooned over at every single potluck and holiday party were made with (you guessed it) grape ‘effin jelly.  That same vile stuff that I eschewed as the evil mistress of peanut butter in the PB and J.  And yes, I hate PB and J, but that’s for another day.

Crock Pot Grape Jelly MeatballsAfter a little research on the infamous grape jelly crockpot meatball, I learned that the classic combination of the purple gelatinous action with some Heinz chili sauce was literally all that was added to the mix to make the perfect blend of sweet, spicy and savory.  Not one to mess with success, I decided to stick to the traditional mix and jelly and chili, but after a trip to the store, my mind started to wander.  What about this Thai Kitchen Chili and Ginger sauce?  And how about some Adobo seasoning?  And what about a shot of Worchestershire?  Well, my darlings, my culinary tinkering was a path to success, even though the ingredient list read like a nightmarishly gross recipe for disaster.  But I can’t be bothered with that.  I’m too busy feasting on these glorious little orbs of goodness, fully believing that every weird ingredient combo deserves a chance.

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7 oz. of Thai sweet chili and ginger sauce
1 16 oz. jar of grape jelly
2 cans of beef gravy
frozen cocktail meatballs (buy a bag from Costco and fit as many as you can in your crockpot, leaving room for sauce)
1 tbs. of Worchestershire sauce
1 tsp. of Adobo seasoning

Get ready for this one.  It’s going to be *really* difficult.  Dump everything in a crock pot and turn on low.  Cook for 4 hours.  Eat.


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6 Reasons Learning Guitar Is Hard (And What to Do About Them)

The author is a guitarist and bassist with over 35 years of experience as a musician.

Why is learning to play guitar so hard?

Why is learning to play guitar so hard?

Why Is the Guitar So Hard to Learn?

One reason learning to play guitar is hard is because new players are asking their fingers and hands to perform complex tasks that don’t come naturally. It gets easier with practice, just as learning the motor movements required to write with a pencil is difficult for a child but becomes second nature.

Sometimes the physical issues that come with learning guitar pose the most challenge to new players. These range from fingertip pain caused by fretting notes on steel strings, to sore hands from trying to stretch to form chord shapes, to neck and back pain from the weight of the instrument around your shoulders.

Then there are the mental challenges. Memorizing notes, chords and scales may seem difficult at first. But again, if you put your mind to it, you can learn all the basic chords needed to learn guitar in no time.

In this article, we will look at many of the common issues that make learning the guitar so frustrating as well as some solutions to those problems.

1. The Guitar Is Physically Hard to Play

New players often experience frustration because it seems impossible to make their hands and fingers perform the tasks expected to learn guitar. Newbies may not form chord shapes correctly, or they may struggle to press the strings to the fretboard. In worst-case situations, they may experience pain in their wrists, shoulders, or back.

First a heads up: If you are experiencing pain during or after practicing guitar, my first piece of advice is to talk to your doctor about it. Believe it or not, you can injure yourself playing guitar. Most commonly, these are overuse injuries that require a little rest and ice, but in some situations, they can be very serious. Better safe than sorry. Talk to your doctor.

To give yourself a good chance of avoiding these issues, learn to play with good form and posture. I always suggest that new guitar players practice guitar using classical guitar playing position—no matter what style of music they play. Classical musicians use this posture because it puts them in the most efficient and ergonomic position.

Many new players do the exact opposite. They play with sloppy form, or while holding the instrument in a bad position. Because of this, they struggle to fret chords and notes correctly and their progress comes to a halt.

There is one very important thing to realize about learning guitar or any new motor skill: you get better at what you practice. That means, if you practice a skill correctly you will get better at it. However, it also means if you practice a skill incorrectly, you will only get better at doing it incorrectly.

2. Learning Guitar Chords Is Too Hard

Learning guitar chords is tough for two reasons. First, you have to remember where your fingers go. Then, you have to make your hand do what your brain is telling it to do. This alone makes many new players quit the guitar. It might seem hard, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll wonder why you ever had an issue.

You can make your life easier if you don’t load yourself up with a bunch of chords and expect to learn them all at once. Instead, try mastering two or three a week, and don’t move on until you get them down. If you work hard at it, you can probably memorize more than three chord shapes every week. However, your physical limitations as a new player may slow you down.

Remember, you get better at what you practice. From a guitar perspective, this means you have to take things slowly. If you are having trouble fretting a chord correctly, keep at it until you get it right. Don’t move on, happy enough that you can play it with sloppy form. That will only lead to problems you need to correct later.

Some new players struggle with the mechanics of fretting guitar chords.

Some new players struggle with the mechanics of fretting guitar chords.

3. Guitar Scales Are Confusing and Difficult

Guitar scales aren’t just hard to play; they are also intimidating for new players. There are so many of them, and each one has several patterns to learn. Where do you even start?

First off, if you are new to guitar, I would suggest you don’t even worry about scales for a while. You can and should practice dexterity drills like the Chromatic Exercise, but in the beginning, I would put my focus on mastering all the most important open chords and barre chords.

After a while, when you are ready to learn scales, there is no better method than repetition. Start with the major scale and learn all five patterns and how they fit together. Then play them over and over (and over and over). Running through scales is not only a great way to learn and get comfortable with scale patterns, but it also helps you work on both fretting and picking hand dexterity.

Repetition is the key when it comes to learning guitar chords and scales. You can even practice the motor movements of playing scales with your guitar unplugged while you are watching television. Just remember, you get better at what you practice, so always practice with good form.

4. Music Theory Is Boring

It sure is. It is also incredibly useful. Once you have the hang of physically playing the instrument, the study of music theory is well worth your time. It teaches you the why of music and helps you put together many of the pieces that make little sense.

But none of that matters if you’d rather cover yourself in bacon and wrestle a bear than sit down and learn the stuff.

The key is to learn in bite-sized chunks. Find a good, comprehensive book, website, or video series, and work your way through it a little at a time. You might go over one new concept a day, or once a week. Move at whatever pace you like, but keep moving.

Many people find it easier to learn this way, anyway. Small pieces of information are easier to process and remember. Once you fully understand something, move on to something new.

One benefit of hiring a guitar teacher is that they will guide you through this process. A good teacher will move you along at your own pace and make sure you understand what’s happening before you advance.

If you are learning by yourself, you will have to arrange this on your own. It takes a little more discipline, but you can absolutely teach yourself music theory.

5. Learning Songs on Guitar Is Tough

No matter how you go about it, learning new music is tough when you are just starting out on guitar. Learning to read sheet music is an adventure on its own. However, most guitar players can get by learning new songs with tablature, a system of notating music that is super easy to learn and use.

Even so, it’s a slog, and depending on what you are trying to learn, it might seem impossible.

I remember looking at the tab from a Van Halen song when I was first starting out and thinking I will never, ever, be able to understand it. It was the same intimidating feeling I got as a first-grader when I would look at my sixth-grade neighbors’ math textbook.

But I did learn how to do math at a sixth-grade level (I say proudly) and, though it was quite a bit harder, I did eventually learn Van Halen songs. You will too, so go easy on yourself.

Also, understand that I didn’t start with Van Halen. I started with easy songs with chords I could play. Find some of those songs and start learning them. Many famous bands like AC/DC, Green Day, and even Metallica use very simple chords throughout many of their most famous riffs.

Bands like AC/DC have many songs beginners can learn with a little patience.

Bands like AC/DC have many songs beginners can learn with a little patience.

6. Better Guitar Players Are Intimidating

New guitar players often feel like they aren’t progressing fast enough. They may compare themselves to their friends, who are more skilled. Or, they may even look at famous guitarists and feel like it is impossible ever to get that good. This discourages many new players and drives them to quit.

You need to flip this one around. Players who are better than you shouldn’t make you feel bad. You can learn from these people. Whether they are your friends, the big-shot guitarists around town, or superstar guitarists, they set the standard for you to meet and exceed. There is no need to feel intimidated or frustrated. To get where they are today, they once stood where you are. They are proof you can do it too!

From a practical standpoint, ask yourself how badly you want to get good at guitar. If you only want to play a little to impress people at parties, there is no reason to care about anyone being better than you. However, if you want to be great at guitar (or anything else) you need to put in the work.

Are you willing to give up television, video games, movies, or bumming around with your buddies so you can spend more time practicing the guitar? If you plan to compare yourself to the best in the world, the answer had better be yes.

Yes, You Can Learn to Play Guitar!

Of course you can! It is simply a matter of putting in the time and effort. For some people, it comes easier than others. They may have a better aptitude for music, or they may have more free time. But that isn’t any reason to give up on your own quest to learn to play guitar.

Even if you learn at a slower pace, even if you take extra time to teach your fingers to obey the commands of your brain, or even if you only have a few minutes every day to practice, don’t give up.

Time is going to pass, anyway. Think of the progress you can make in a year!

Yes, learning to play guitar is hard sometimes, but the result is worthwhile.

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Screamin’ Danger IPA: Made in Collaboration with Coheed and Cambria

Screamin’ Danger IPA: Made in Collaboration with Coheed and Cambria

It started with a tweet. It ended with a kick-ass beer.

If you were unaware, yours truly and both our brewers, Steve Ilnicki and James Evans, are HUGE Coheed and Cambria fans. Many days, the brewhouse is bumpin’ to the tracks of Coheed while brand new beers go from recipe to reality. It makes for a pretty productive work environment, I have to admit. In fact, Spoonwood’s Double IPA, Good Eye Sniper, earned its name from a lyric in the song A Favor House Atlantic from Coheed’s album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3.

Coheed and Cambria is currently on tour and will be performing at Stage AE in Pittsburgh’s North Shore on March 1st. With their trip to Pittsburgh, I thought it would be cool to invite the band down to Spoonwood for a surprise visit to meet Steve and James. So, I sent a tweet to the band’s Twitter account to see if there was any chance I could pull this off. Within the next few hours, what I visualized as a simple visit to the brewery became a collaborative effort to brew another Coheed-inspired beer!

The beer’s name, Screamin’ Danger, is derived from a lyric in Island, the lead track on Coheed’s newest album The Color Before The Sun and was chosen by the band. The label artwork (seen below) was provided by Coheed as well and compiled to create an aesthetically awesome finished design by Jason Collins. Jason is also behind the label you’ll see in our bottle release of 2 Minutes to Midnight, our collaboration beer with Caliente Pizza & Draft House, in the upcoming weeks.

Screamin' Danger Label

Screamin’ Danger is now pouring in the Spoonwood taproom and will be distributed on a limited basis to our draft accounts across Pittsburgh in the upcoming weeks. It is currently one of eight Spoonwood offerings being featured in our February Tap Takeover with Pig Iron Public House in Cranberry.

In addition, a special Screamin’ Danger bottle release will be headed your way in March. And, for those attending Coheed’s show on March 1st, we are aiming to have Screamin’ Danger on tap for your consumption while enjoying Coheed’s performance. Stay tuned for details on that.

On behalf of all of us at Spoonwood, we’d like to thank Coheed and Cambria and their management team for getting together with us to make this beer come to life. It goes without saying that we are all anxiously awaiting showtime in March. But at least we’ve got a hoppy beer to keep us company as we count down the days to concert time!

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What I’m Watching Saturday

The non-exhaustive list (all times Eastern):

  • Troy @ GT, on in select parts of southern Alabama, 1:30: Well, I’ll be there.
  • LSU @ Auburn, CBS, 3:30: Tigers win! Seriously, though, an interesting matchup between the two best teams in the SEC West. Slight edge to AU due to not being in Baton Rouge. I’ll be rooting for AU, due to childhood loyalties.
  • Miami @ Louisville, ABC, 3:30: Old Big East vs. New Big East! Either Miami’s defense dominates or the final score will be 50-45. (I don’t think Louisville has a good defense, and I don’t think Miami is as bad as they were at FSU.) So if Miami fails to dominate definsively, the team with the last possesion wins.
  • Clemson @ FSU, ESPN, 7:45: I probably wouldn’t ordinarly be interested in the Bowden Bowl, but this has conference implications (though both teams are not in Tech’s division). A true test for both teams – if Clemson wins this game, they’re on the inside track for their division, I’d say.
  • Florida @ Tennessee, CBS, 8:00: So CBS is getting into this primetime act, eh? Beats the pants off ABC’s game – I saw Bill Callahan on ESPN Thursday night and he looked down right depressed talking about his game. I think UF or UGA is on the inside track for SEC East, but Tennessee can make a statement here (in terms of the SEC, they already beat down Cal).
  • TAMU vs. Army, ESPN2, 9:00: Dad went to USMA, and Bobby Ross is their coach. (FYI: He coached Tech to their 1990 National Title.)


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Shooting The 3 is an exclusive SportsbyBrooks.com feature in which a sports media figure fields three questions posed by SbB.

Today’s sports media figure is SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL reporter John Ourand.

John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal

John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal

Ourand is the gold standard of sports business reporters and is one of the most-read and influential journalists in the sports media industry.

His daily and weekly reporting – which emanates from a variety of platforms and includes a newly-launched newsletter – is consumed by virtually every top sports media executive connected to the business of commercial spectator sports.

Ourand, who has been pushing out relevant, oft-breaking sports media and business news with maddening consistency since he joined SportsBusiness Journal in 2006, focuses much of his current reporting on the most important sector in the sports business industry: live sports broadcast rights.

SbB Question #1:

Cash-rich Apple is launching a new streaming service that includes original programming. What is the chance that Apple will bolster that service by acquiring the broadcast rights to high-profile sporting events? To this point, what has prevented Apple and other tech goliaths like Amazon, Google and Facebook from aggressively pursuing such rights?

John Ourand:

I am skeptical that these digital companies will bid serious money during the next period of sports media negotiations. They may wind up with a small package here or there. But it seems unlikely that something like “Monday Night Football” or NHL playoff games will move exclusively to a digital company.

Apple and Netflix executives have been open about their lack of desire to bid on sports rights. Facebook pared back its MLB deal this year. Google has not been particularly active so far.

The wild card is Amazon, which already has an NFL deal, some interesting international deals and deep pockets.

My guess is that any digital company that really wants to be involved with sports will partner with a network to get it done.

Or, because these companies are big enough, they could simply buy an existing network.

Word is that Apple executives had talked internally about buying Disney a few years ago — talks that went nowhere. But such a deal would have given Apple ownership of ESPN and instantly made them a serious player in sports media.

SbB Question #2:

Considering the rise of legalized sports gambling and the fact that a sports media outlet has never made such reporting a point of emphasis, do you think there is a market for a sports media outlet that relies mostly on reporting breaking sports news?

John Ourand:

Sports TV stations have moved away from breaking sports news because there is too much competition from iPhones, etc. Nobody waits for the highlight or sports news on TV anymore when they can call them up almost instantly.

I view gambling programming the same way. I find it difficult to believe that hardcore gamblers will watch a gambling show on ESPN or Fox. That’s how networks are treating gambling-related shows today.

For the most part, they are producing studio shows with big personalities geared toward the casual or non-bettors. Gambling programming will evolve. But I don’t expect mainstream TV networks to start producing gambling shows that attracts a hard-core betting audience.

SbB Question #3:

What impact does an announcing team have when it comes to the actual ratings and bottom line revenue of a live sports broadcast?

John Ourand:

Game announcers have zero impact on ratings.

That’s not just my opinion. It’s the opinion of virtually every sports media executive I’ve contacted.

There is a small list of announcers — John Madden and Tony Romo are two — who will keep viewers tuned into games longer. But I’ve never seen any evidence that people pick games to watch based on the announcer.

On the other hand, people are more apt to turn off the TV if they are not invested in the teams and the announcers are not so good, which means that networks can’t go cheap when hiring for the booth.

SbB BONUS Question:

What is DAZN’s long-term content strategy in the United States – and who is the individual(s) behind it?

John Ourand:

DAZN’s long-term strategy is to expand global markets — it already has a healthy business in Germany, Italy, Japan. In the United States, DAZN is content to wait until it can bid on big-time sports rights, then they will aggressively try to convince leagues to sell streaming rights to the pay service.

John Skipper, who is running DAZN signed a 3 year/$300 million deal for an MLB whiparound show.

At an SBJ conference earlier this month, he said that deal was “pretty clearly intended to send a signal that we’re interested in the major sports in this country. They don’t happen to have their live events available, but we basically hung up a sign for that show.”