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What happens when Christians receive communion? Is it an object lesson that helps us remember what Jesus did for us on the cross? Is it a symbolic meal that expresses believers' unity in the body of Christ? Is it a personal time of prayer and reflection? Or is the Lord's Supper all of these things yet so much more?
How we answer those questions will, to a large measure, depend on the theological tradition from which we come. In the Reformed tradition, we have understood the New Testament to teach that the Lord's Supper is a true means of God's sanctifying grace that sustains the believer's faith by feeding him with the body and blood of Christ in heaven.
What is received in the communion meal?
Writing to the church at Corinth, the apostle Paul explains that the communion meal had a deeper and more profound significance than many of the Corinthians – some to their own peril – had realized. Far from being an empty ritual, the Lord's Supper allows the believer to commune with the risen and exalted Christ in heaven. Warning them against the idolatrous practice of frequenting sacrificial meals in pagan temples (a popular custom in the city of Corinth), Paul reminds the members of the Corinthian church about the nature of the Supper: "The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation [Greek: koinonia] in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?" (1 Cor 10.16 ESV) It was naïve for God's covenant people to assume that they could participate in pagan religious meals – even if only for cultural purposes – and also participate in a holy meal that affords koinonia with the body and blood of Christ himself. "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?" (1 Cor 10.21-22 ESV)
The word koinonia in verse 16 means far more than mere fellowship. It also highlights our union with and communal sharing in the actual body and blood of Christ. There is both a vertical and horizontal dimension of koinonia. The vertical dimension is our koinonia with the physical and glorified Christ in heaven (v.16). The horizontal dimension is our koinonia with one another in the church (v.17). The vertical dimension is the basis of the horizontal dimension. To put it another way, we enjoy life in the body of Christ (i.e. the church) because we receive life from the body and blood of Christ as he gives himself to us in the communion meal.
This view of receiving the body and blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper was codified in the Reformed confessions and catechisms. For example, we confess in Article 35 of the Belgic Confession (1561) that
as certainly as we receive and hold this sacrament in our hands and eat and drink the same with our mouths, by which our life is afterwards nourished, we also do certainly receive by faith (which is the hand and mouth of our soul) the true body and blood of Christ our only Savior in our souls, for the support of our spiritual life…We err not when we say that what is eaten and drunk by us is the proper and natural body and the proper blood of Christ. But the manner of our partaking of the same is not by the mouth, but by the Spirit through faith. Thus, then, though Christ always sits at the right hand of his Father in the heavens, he does not cease to make us partakers of himself by faith. This feast is a spiritual table, at which Christ communicates himself with all his benefits to us, and gives us there to enjoy both himself and the merits of his sufferings and death: nourishing, strengthening, and comforting our poor comfortless souls by the eating of his flesh, quickening and refreshing them by the drinking of his blood. (Bold emphasis mine.)
Thus, the question of what is received in the Lord's Supper is not a debate between Lutheran and Reformed Christians. Both believe and confess that it is a true means of grace whereby we receive the body and blood of Christ for the spiritual nourishment of our souls. It is not a mere reminder of a divine gift; it is a divine gift.
How and Where is this received?
Before we answer the important questions of how and where the body and blood of Christ is receive in the communion meal, a little church history will be helpful.
The early church understood that somehow – albeit mysteriously – the believer receives the body and blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper. This is one of the reasons why the early church practiced weekly communion: it was understood that the Supper is a real means of grace for the Christian. In the Middle Ages (that period from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the Renaissance in the 15th century), the doctrine of transubstantiation began to develop in the west. This is the belief that, during the Lord's Supper, the elements of bread and wine become the physical body and blood of Christ during the mass. The word "transubstantiation" comes from a distinction made by the ancient philosopher Aristotle who said that all things can be divided into its substance (what a thing actually is) and its accidents (what a thing appears to be). Applying this distinction to the Lord's Supper, the Roman Catholic Church developed the teaching of transubstantiation: the substance (but not accidents) of the bread and wine are transformed into the body and blood of Christ. In other words, the elements still look, taste, and smell like bread and wine, but, in their essence, are supernaturally changed into our Savior's body and blood. This doctrine was mentioned in 1215 by the Fourth Lateran Council, but did not become official Roman Catholic dogma until 1551 at the Council of Trent.
Two early Protestant Reformers, Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), sharply critiqued this doctrine. Yet, they did so from different perspectives. For Luther, the Roman mass amounted to an act of works-righteousness since it carried the notion of offering Christ to God in a Eucharistic sacrifice, and then getting something back from God in return. Zwingli, on the other hand, was primarily concerned about idolatry in worship, which the Roman mass seemed to promote given the adoration of the host.
In 1529, Luther and Zwingli met for a colloquy in the German city of Marburg in an attempt to bring greater unity to the German and Swiss wings of the Reformation. Both men agreed that the communion meal is not a sacrifice. They both agreed that Christians should partake of the Supper for their spiritual benefit. Where they disagreed, however, was on the matter of what was received. Luther affirmed that the body and blood of Christ are received in the Supper because Jesus said of the meal, "This is my body" and "this is my blood" (Matt 26.26-28). Zwingli denied this on the grounds that Christ ascended into heaven where he remains until the Last Day. For Zwingli, the Supper offered the believer a helpful commemoration of the death of Christ, but did not communicate the body and blood of the Lord to the one who partakes.
It is important to understand that, for Zwingli, the body and blood of Christ are not that important for the Christian now since Christ is omnipresent in his divinity. He held to a dualistic view of spirit and matter. For example, in one of his writings he said, "For faith springs not from things accessible to sense nor are they objects of faith…Faith draws us to the invisible and fixes our hope on that."[1] In other words, for Zwingli, it is Christ's divinity that matters, not his humanity. He even went so far as to say, "Christ is our salvation by virtue of that part of his nature by which he came down from heaven, not of that by which he was born of an immaculate virgin, though he had to suffer and die by this part."[2] Thus, Luther and Zwingli not only had different views of the Lord's Supper, they had different views of the person of Christ. Sadly, this left the Protestant Reformation divided on the doctrine of the sacrament.
John Calvin (1509-1564) came along a little later. Whereas Luther and Zwingli were first generation Reformers, Calvin was a second generation Reformer who had the advantage of reflecting on Luther and Zwingli's debate at Marburg as well as their writings. His position on the Lord's Supper, which we find in his Institutes, commentaries, treatises, sermons, and reflected in the Belgic Confession and Heidelberg Catechism (1563), was, like all of his theology, based on careful exegesis of the Scriptures. But it was also shaped by the famous disagreement between Luther and Zwingli in 1529.
Against Zwingli, he affirmed a true feeding on the very body and blood of Christ in the Lord's Supper. This put Calvin much closer to Luther than to Zwingli. Along with other leading Reformed theologians of the sixteenth century, such as Peter Martyr Vermigli, Martin Bucer, and Wolfgang Musculus, Calvin affirmed with Luther the statement distinctio sed non separatio (distinct, but not separate). He refused to separate the sign (the bread and the wine) from the reality it signified (the body and blood of Christ). Yet, contra Luther, he did not confuse the sign with the reality it signified.
This brings us to the questions of how and where do we receive the real body and blood of Christ in the communion meal. Calvin and the Reformed tradition have understood the New Testament to teach that Christ gives himself to us as our food and drink by the agency of the Holy Spirit when we receive the sacrament in faith. Says Calvin, "The Spirit makes things which are widely separated by space to be united with each other, and accordingly causes life from the flesh of Christ to reach us from heaven."[3]
A Glorious and Mysterious Act of the Triune God
It is not that Christ comes down from heaven in the Lord's Supper, but rather that the Spirit causes us to commune with the body and blood of Christ when we receive the sacrament in the Divine Service. As Michael Horton has put it, "Because of the Spirit, who unites us to Christ in the first place, there can be a real communication of Christ's person and work to the church (pace Zwingli), yet without bringing Christ down to an earthly altar (pace Rome and Luther)."[4] It is the Holy Spirit who makes it possible for believers on earth to receive the whole Christ in heaven, which is where our Lord has remained since his ascension (Luke 24.51; Acts 1.9-10; Heb 4.14). It is in heaven where Christ not only reigns, having "sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high" (Heb 1.3), but also serves as our great high priest, "a minister in the holy places, in the true tabernacle that the Lord set up, not man" (Heb 8.2). It is there in the true tabernacle, where Christ has "seated us with him in the heavenly places" (Eph 2.6), that he properly feeds and nourishes us with his body and blood, even as we receive the bread and wine on earth.
This is a glorious act of the Holy Trinity. God the Father renews his covenant with us, announcing his promises to us in the gospel of his Son, with whom we then commune in the covenant meal by the work of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, it is a great mystery, and we must avoid the temptation to rationalize or explain what God has kept hidden from us. Yet, what God has revealed we joyfully believe, namely, that Christ gives himself to us in the communion meal every week.
Blessed Assurance
The Holy Spirit provides this meal to us each week to increase our faith in Christ and strengthen our assurance of salvation in him. As we receive the bread and wine in faith, our hearts are lifted up to heaven where we are seated in the heavenlies. Our souls are nourished by the body and blood of Christ as we enjoy konoinia with him. When we come to his Table, the Lord Jesus says to us: "I have given Myself for you! Take, eat, remember, and believe. I have given My body to preserve your souls to eternal life and raise your bodies from the dead. I have shed My blood for a complete forgiveness of all your sins. I am present with you now in my Word and sacrament. Come and receive!"
The fact that Christ feeds our souls with his body and blood in the Lord's Supper should cause believers to desire this meal frequently. Christ has given this meal to us to give us relief from our doubts, temptations, and anxieties. The early Italian reformer Benedetto da Mantova put it this way:
When the Christian feels these anxieties [doubt, temptation, fear], let him return frequently to celebrate the holy sacrament with a good heart and with stout courage. Let him receive it devoutly. Let him say in his heart and answer his enemies thus: 'I confess I have deserved a thousand hells and eternal deaths because of the great sins I have committed. But when I reflect on this heavenly sacrament which I receive now, I am assured of the forgiveness of all my past misdoings and of my atonement with God for all time.
If I look to my own deeds, there is no doubt that I must acknowledge myself to be a sinner and condemn myself. Nor will my conscience ever be quiet if I am tempted to think my sins are pardoned because of my good deeds. But when I look to the promises and covenant of God, He assures me of the forgiveness of my sins by the blood of Jesus Christ; I am certain of this, for he has made promises and covenants which cannot lie or deceive. Through this steadfast faith, I become righteous by Christ's righteousness. [5]
The Lord's Supper is not an empty ritual or just another opportunity for Christians to do something in worship. It is nothing less than Christ giving himself to his people as our food and drink. God has publicly declared his peace treaty with sinners through the proclamation of his gospel and the administration of his sacraments. So come, believing and repentant sinners, taste and see that the Lord is good!
[1] Zwingli, Commentary on True and False Religion, 214.
[2] Ibid., 204.
[3] John Calvin, "The Best Method of Obtaining Concord," in Selected Works of John Calvin: Tracts and Letters, vol. 2, trans. Henry Beveridge, ed. Henry Beveridge and Jules Bonnet (repr., Grand Rapids: Baker, 1983), 578.
[4] Michael Horton, People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008), 129.
[5] Benedetto da Mantova, Il Beneficio di Cristo, 1543. Translation mine.


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Great answers...I like that your hubby is in charge of the stockings! Faith quote is perect! Have a wonderful wednesday!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your prayers for my niece. She is having a bone marrow transplant three days before Christmas.ReplyDelete
My girls would never forget the stockings...I think they prefer them to the bigger gifts : )
Love the Faith quote, and I must confess that I almost wrote in my blog post that FAITH is a girl's name. Now you've proved me right.ReplyDelete
Your post was such a delight to read.
ATCHAFALAYA SWAMP PHOTOS is my link for today. Hope you can find time to visit with me.
Just read this HODGEPODGE on another page, too. I enjoyed all your answers. Curious why you don't decorate your bedroom for Christmas? Faith is a beautiful name. You were lucky to be blessed with it. What takes your breath away, filled me with joy, when I read your answer. Once upon a time, I viewed winter like that. Take care.ReplyDelete
I don't know why I don't decorate it. I guess because my mom never did, so I didn't think of it until I started reading everyone else's answers. =)ReplyDelete
Enjoyed your answers and thanks for that tidbit of info in your Random...interesting. I would be honored for you to use the punch recipe. I love it because you can do it ahead of time and not worry about it, just don't forget to take it out of the freezer(surely I am not speaking from experience, hahaha)and it tastes so good!ReplyDelete
until next time...nel
How interesting, didn't know that about the Twelve Days of Christmas.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by, always fun to met a new blogging buddy.
- AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Aren't there 365 days in a year?? Or do you take away one for Christmas?ReplyDelete
I saw the one day missing too and assumed they didn't count Christmas because everyone always gets presents on Christmas! ;-)ReplyDelete

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Dr. Tiao's overarching hypothesis is that biliary atresia results from the infection of cholangiocytes by a virus triggering immune-mediated biliary obstruction. His focus is to determine the mechanisms used by RRV to infect cholangiocytes, how RRV undergoes replication within the cholangiocyte, and how infected cholangiocytes modify the microenvironment, activating the immune system resulting in biliary obstruction. Determination of the mechanistic basis of these inter-related events is essential to understanding the pathogenesis of virus induced BA. By focusing on the basis for the viral insult in the initiation of biliary atresia, he has defined an area of independence from Dr. Jorge Bezerra, his primary research mentor.
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MD: University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, 1990.
Residency: Loyola University, Maywood, IL, 1991-1992; Senior Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-1997; Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997-1998.
Fellowships: Research Fellow, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1992-1995; Transplant Surgery Fellow, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2002; Pediatric Surgery Fellow, Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-2000.
Certification: Pediatric Surgeon, 2000; Transplant Surgeon, 2002.
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Meyers RL, Tiao GM, Dunn SP, Langham Jr, MR. Liver transplantation in the management of unresectable hepatoblastoma in children. Front Biosci (Elite Ed). 2012 Jan;E4:1293-302.
Shin CR, Nathan J, Alonso M, Yazigi N, Kocoshis S, Tiao G, Davies SM. Incidence of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease and donor T-cell chimerism after small bowel or combined organ transplantation. J Pediatr Surg. 2011;46:1732-8.
Fernandez KS, Baum R, Fung B, Yeager N, Leonis MA, Wagner LM, Tiao G, Ross ME. Chemoresistant Hepatoblastoma in a Patient with Mosaic Trisomy 18 Treated with Orthotopic Liver Transplantation. Peditr Blood Cancer. 2011;56:498-500.
Superina R, Magee J, Brandt M, Healey P, Tiao G, Ryckman F, Karrer F, Iyer K, Fecteau A, West K, Burns R, Flake A, Hammin L, Lowell J, Dillon P, Columbani P, Ricketts R, Yun L, Moore J, Kasper W. Childhood Liver Research and Education Network. AnnSurg. 2011.
Bondoc A, Taylor J, Alonso M, Nathan, J, Wang Y, Balistreri W, Bezerra J, Ryckman F, Tiao G. The Beneficial Impact of Revision of Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia: An Institutional Study. AnnSurg. 2012;255(3):570-6.
Wang W, Donnelly B, Bondoc A, Mohanty SK, McNeal M, Ward R, Sestak K, Zheng S, Tiao G. The rhesus rotavirus gene encoding VP4 is a major determinant in the pathogenesis of biliary atresia in newborn mice. J Virol. 2011 Sep;85(17):9069-77.
Jafri M, Donnelly B, Bondoc A, Allen S, Tiao G. Cholangiocyte secretion of chemokines in experimental biliary atresia. J Pediatr Surg. 2009;44(3):500-7.
Bondoc AJ, Jafri MA, Donnelly B, Mohanty SK, McNeal MM, Ward, RL, Tiao GM. Prevention of the murine model of biliary atresia after live rotavirus vaccination of dams. J Pediatr Surg. 2009;44(8):1479-90.
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Title: Wild Arms - Thinpak Collection
Volume: DVD
Running time: 550
Distributor: ADV Films
Release date: 2005-10-11
Suggested retail price: $39.98
Age rating: 15+
ARMS – mysterious, ultra-rare weapons of almost unbelievable power. So how did Sheyenne Rainstorm come into possession of one? More importantly, how did the twenty-five year old gunslinger end up in the body of a five year old boy? These are questions Dr. Kiel Aronnax would like to see answered. Sheyenne just wants to find his original body. On the other hand, fortune hunters Loretta Oratorio and Crimson Noble Mirabelle are only interested in treasure. So why, with the whole wide, wild west to travel, do they keep bumping into each other? They'll dodge gunfighters, con-artists, dragons and crazed librarians in search of clues to solve the riddle of the ARMS. Don't miss the action packed series of Wild Arms!
Produced by animation studio extraordinaire Bee Train (Noir), Wild Arms is based on the popular Playstation video game series of the same name. The story takes place in a "wild west" inspired future, where a select group of people are able to control powerful weapons through their genetics. Sheyenne is the best of the breed, which is why sinister forces have taken his body for cloning and transferred his personality into the body of a five year old!
A DVD-only release including all 22 episodes of the anime series, presented in both English 2.0 and Japanese 2.0 with English subtitles.
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Sibel and I gave an interview on Peter B Collins show today. You can download it here if you are interested. (about 25 mins.)
We talked, in part, about whether Waxman's reluctance to hold hearings might be due to the fact that there are some Democratic ex-congressmen involved in the bribery scam.
Sibel says that there are at least two democrats involved - I said that Stephen Solarz' name comes up in the case.
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There are numerous extra-curricular programs offered to students at St Joseph the Worker.
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The commercial harvest of kangaroos in South Australia is regulated by state and commonwealth legislation. A quota report is prepared annually for endorsement by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, before being submitted to the Commonwealth Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
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View the 2016 quota report for commercial harvest of kangaroos.
Annual quotas are set for commercial kangaroo harvest based on the results of an annual aerial survey of kangaroo populations. Aerial surveys of kangaroo populations in the South Australia have been running annually since 1978, covering a survey area of approximately 207,000km2.
The survey is conducted using standard methodology for the aerial survey of kangaroos. Two trained observers seated in the rear seats of the aircraft count kangaroos on the ground in 5km unit lengths. Observers count kangaroos, emus and goats (and other large species of interest, such as camels or horses) within 200m wide strips either side of the aircraft.
To obtain regional density estimates for each kangaroo species, observer tallies are later added and corrected for visibility bias using correction factors for temperature and vegetation cover.
An annual report detailing the previous calendar year's commercial kangaroo harvest is prepared and submitted to the Commonwealth each March. This report provides information on the previous year's quotas and harvest rates, any use of special quota, and details of research involvement. This report also provides details about compliance actions undertaken.
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O'Neill prepared to go on attack against Vienna
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has promised a bold approach to try and overturn the first-leg deficit against Rapid Vienna in Thursday night's Europa League tie.
Villa lost last week's clash in Vienna 1-0 - conceding the goal after just 16 seconds. It has left them with it all to do in front of their own fans at Villa Park - especially as they know that conceding a goal would mean them having to score three to get past the Austrians.
O'Neill said: "Obviously we are at a disadvantage. We will have to go with all guns blazing in the game mindful of the fact that then we might end up having to score three to win. It is a game to be careful about but by the same token not to be too cautious.
"Vienna will present difficulties to us. But the confidence we got from the win over Liverpool on Monday will stand us in good stead.
"It could happen that we might well concede an early goal but we have shown in the past that we can come back from a deficit."
Villa's bid to score the goals they need to get past Vienna could be boosted by the return of striker John Carew who has missed the first three games of the season through injury and illness. Winger Ashley Young also hopes to recover from a knee problem that he suffered during the 3-1 win at Liverpool on Monday.
After such a high-tempo performance at Anfield, O'Neill admits he may have to make changes to his side but accepts that will not be easy.
He added: "We will have another look at the team. It is a difficult balance trying to change the side around without losing cohesion and still trying to win competitive games. But there will be one or two after the exertions of Monday night I will have a look to see how they are.
"Ashley Young, for instance, came off at the end. He is still uncomfortable but is feeling better than right after the Liverpool game."
Villa defender Habib Beye thinks that the momentum built up by the success at Anfield could hold the key to seeing off the challenge of Vienna.
Beye, who joined Villa in a £2.5m deal from Newcastle United last month, said: "The way we played at Liverpool we showed our quality and how we can fight with the top four. We do need to do it week and week out as it is of no use doing it just for one game.
"It will be a tough game against Vienna because when we played away it was difficult. They have a strong team and scored an important early goal which made us chase the game. But I feel we have the quality to win the game and progress into the qualifying stage."


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When Dead.net's Dead Covers Project began a month or so ago, I thought to myself, "OK, this could be fun. I hope a few folks send in videos, 'cause it'll be embarrassing if no one does." I further thought, "I'll watch them all, then maybe recommend a few I particularly like in my blog." Well, I'm here to report that after three two-hour headphone sessions on three different days, plus a bunch of scattered listenings of four or five in a sitting, I'm not even close to having heard them all, or even most of them. What an incredible response there has been, and more are comin' in every day. This is so cool!
But I did want to make a few observations about the DCP and, yes, hip you to a few that have grabbed my attention so far. The Powers That Be at Rhino/Dead.net have their own favorites they're promoting every day in February on the home page, and perhaps theirs and mine will overlap here and there. But what the hell, you folks need all the help you can get wading through the sheer volume of stuff that's been posted.
First of all, hats off to anyone who had the cojones to actually post a video. Most of you are not professional musicians—some are, obviously—and it takes real courage to "lay it on the line" (to quote "Candyman"), baring your soul singing and playing these songs we all love so much. After all, there's no prize money to be won, no spot on Grateful Dead Idol to be earned. We're just having fun, digging each other. (But wouldn't it be great if someone got "discovered" as a result of posting a video here? And hopefully not for being the next William Hung!)
The range of musical skills on display in the dozens of videos is amazing—everything from novice strummers to virtuosos. There are some simple voice-and-guitar versions of songs that are as inspired as full-band, jammed-out, fingers-flying workouts by established groups. There are blown lyrics, clams galore, singers who are melody-challenged or singing and playing in different keys. What can I say? Music is hard, and as we all know, the Grateful Dead were guilty of every one of those infractions many times. I would never be so rude as to point to any examples ("no naming and shaming," we used to say as parents of young kids), but a few are pretty hilarious. Some have evidently never heard the expression "Take two!"
The audio and video quality is similarly disparate, which is to be expected when people are using everything from iPads to smartphones to a wide range of cheap and expensive video cameras—usually a single one mounted on a tripod, often far away from the stage to capture the entire band in the shot. A number of entries came in without live video; instead they go a more conceptual route, interspersing still photos of their band or shots of outer space or whatever seemed like it worked with the music. There is a long tradition of that on YouTube (as well as using a single static image with music playing over it), so if you have the attention span to listen, you might unearth some gems among those, too. Audio from a distant camera can be dodgy, depending on the room and how loud the musicians are playing, but even a soundboard feed is no guarantee of good mix.
One thing I really got off on is the tremendous variety of settings this music gets played in. Aside from innumerable living rooms, bedrooms and basements—many appointed with Grateful Dead art and memorabilia—there is a staggering array of venues, from low stages in public parks, to small clubs with tiny stages, to echo-y warehouse spaces, restaurants, cafés, breweries (indoors and out), wineries, barns, a recording studio, even a bowling alley (OK, that one, Scarlet Mountain's "Cassidy," wasn't one they posted for the DCP, but I found it when I looked for more by the band). It's fun watching the crowds dance to the music or listening attentively or singing along (or doing all three). And when it is just a solo performer self-shot in a room, it's interesting to see up-close how they embody the song and communicate the emotional content of the lyrics. A lot of soulful folks out there! There's considerable geographic diversity, too—we are, in fact, everywhere.
Most common songs? Hard to say. We'll have to wait for DCPbase to come out! There are a lot of versions of "Ripple," as you might expect (hey, even I can play that one), along with multiples of "Jack Straw," "Sugaree," "Deal," "Scarlet Begonias" and "Dark Star." But there are also versions of "China Doll," "Comes a Time," "So Many Roads," a solo piano version of "Mountains of the Moon," you-name-it; plus all sorts of songs that the Dead and Garcia covered—everything counts! Many serious regionally popular Dead cover bands are represented, from Cubensis to Double Dose to Forgotten Space, and they are, by and large, all talented, but most of the people in the DCP are just your friends and neighbors who said, "What hell, I love this song and want to share it with my Dead Head brothers and sisters."
I came away feeling heartened that so many people care enough about this music that they want to play it, whether alone or with others, and that in every corner of our nation, people young and old are enjoying these songs and the musicians who perform them.
So, without further ado, here are 15 DCP videos I really enjoyed, in no particular order. A few I've included for their quirkiness:
Craig Yarborough: "China Doll." Beautifully played instrumental version using acoustic guitar, mandolin and live looped parts
Kind Buds: "Mystery Train." Love the double-entendre of the name of this acoustic duo, who perform the Elvis and JG classic at the Warwick Winery northwest of NYC.
Grant's Tomb: "Scarlet Begonias." Spicy version featuring trumpet, two trombones and alto sax (along with regular rock instrumentation) from this Upper West Side Manhattan group.
Damia Timoner: "Cassidy." Stunning solo nylon-string guitar instrumental version has a bit of a Rodrigo/"Concierto De Aranjuez" vibe. Nicely shot and edited. Turns out Damia is from Millorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands.
Billy Brown: "Valerie." I included this because it's a great, underrated Garcia-Hunter blues that doesn't get played much. It's just Brown's smoky vocals and acoustic guitar. Nice!
Punk is Dead: "Hell in a Bucket." OK, this is way out of left field, more interesting than good. This group plays speedy punk versions of Dead tunes. Their "Friend of Devil," also submitted, is twice as fast as this. I like their logo, too—a safety pin inside a Stealie.
Cosmic Charlies: "Uncle John's Band" > "Playing in the Band." I'm giving these guys a shout-out because they're based in England and they play damn fine Grateful Dead. Not sure what their connection to soccer is, but this was a gig for the Cockfoster's Football Club in the London borough of Enfield.
Bandofjimis: "Morning Dew." As far as I can discern, the "Band of Jimis" is just one guy; can't find a real name. This dude is quite a spectacular guitarist, and he tears it up on this explosive instrumental version of the "Dew," on which he plays Strat against a pre-recorded acoustic track. Don't miss it!
Brandon McCoy: "The Golden Road." This gets my award for Most Original Interpretation. McCoy is a phenomenal acoustic finger-picker; shades of Michael Hedges and others of that ilk. He completely rearranges this song so that it's barely recognizable in terms of chords or tune, but it's still fabulous.
Sabertooth: "Uncle John's Band." Here's another instrumental that's quite original. The group seems to be two saxes, drums and organ (and organ bass), and the featured track is from a gig the Green Mill Lounge on Chicago. Unfortunately, the crowd is overly chatty ("Hey, morons, STFU… It's 'Uncle John's Band,' man!), but it's still cool.
Hal Weeks: "Terrapin." I'm fudging a bit here. Weeks actually entered a few other songs to the DCP, but I had seen this one a couple of months ago and liked it so much, I thought I'd offer it as a better example of what Weeks, an earnest autoharp player with a pleasing voice, can do.
Free Music Orchestra: "Fire on the Mountain." I guess I like instrumentals. Playing live at the River Street Jazz Café in Plains, PA, this loose quartet—guitar, violin, bass and drums—sort of ambles onto the stage, messes around with their instruments, limbering up, then eases into a dynamic jam that eventually becomes "FOTM." It has a relaxed but intense vibe I really dig, and I love the combination of electric guitar and violin.
The Electricians: "That's It for the Other One." I saw this East Coast group when they played in Northern California a few months ago and was really knocked out, especially by their much-heralded lead guitarist, John Zias. In fact, I watched the gig from which this long, spacey version of "TIFTOO" was broadcast live on the Internet, as it was happening. Now you can, too.
Sycamore Slough String Band: "New Speedway Boogie." The SSSB is a new all-acoustic quartet (guitar, bass, mandolin, fiddle) led by radio host/writer/musician David Gans. This thoroughly professional video—multiple cameras, high-quality mikes; shot in a recording studio—was recorded at their first rehearsal and features a boldly original string band take on the Hunter-Garcia classic. (Full disclosure: David is a close friend, but I wouldn't be recommending this unless I thought it was good.)
Forgotten Space: "The Golden Road" > "Dark Star" > "The Golden Road." These guys get it. Performing at Poor David's Pub in Dallas, the North Texas group does a fine job on the bouncy "Golden Road" before launching into a '69-ish "Dark Star" that's both nuanced and exciting.* * *
Lastly, BJ props go to two of the videos selected by TPTB at Rhino/Dead.net. In case you missed it, the Rev Tor Band's "Ripple" is such a charming video, you have to see it. It's shot at a place called Java Joe's Café in Lanesboro, MA, a funky little diner/café where the piano player (who's excellent!) has his electronic keyboard up on the counter, the drummer is playing a snare with brushes, and the guitarist/singer and standup bassist are right on top of the folks eating and having coffee there. And I also recommend roxypuzzlepatch's ukulele-and-voice version of "Tennessee Jed," wherein a cute hippie girl (Stephanie Kotars) sounds as if she's channeling Memphis Minnie… in Honolulu!
I'll list a handful of new favorites at the end of each blog this month. Now you tell me which ones I should be checking out!


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Then we stopped to have a picnic lunch at a park and just made it into our vehicle when it started to sprinkle. As we're filling up with gas, the radio announces a severe thunderstorm with nickel size hail coming so we high-tail it out of there. They said the storm was pretty much stationary over the Rapid City area which made us happy because we wanted to stop in Wall Drug. When we arrived in Wall Drug, it was hot and sunny. After an hour, the sky was becoming dark blue. The storm was coming so we high-tailed it out of there. Wish we could have spent more time there, though. Hayley got her first Black Hills Gold and silver ring. She's pretty happy about that.
We finally got home about 9 pm. We were all very tired and glad to be home! :)


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FKF CEO fronted to replace Musonye at Cecafa
Football Kenya Federation CEO Robert Muthomi has been lined up to replace long serving Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye, Goal can reveal.
The development follows a meeting held on Wednesday in Uganda attended by a number of federation Presidents from the region where Musonye was conspicuously missing. Speaking to Goal, Musonye read mischief in Wednesday meeting and challenged federation bosses to convene a proper meeting instead of hiding with malice.
"I understand that a meeting was convened by FA bosses in Uganda on Wednesday but the whole thing happened without my consent as Cecafa Secretary General. I know that there is a plan to replace me from the organization but how I wish that the process was done in a proper and transparent manner."
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Musonye added, "Why is that only three nations – Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda - are fighting for my downfall? I understand that the three have decided to gang up against me but for how long will they do this? Who told them that I want to die in office as Cecafa secretary general?"
Musonye urged Cecafa members to respect the body's constitution saying it should be followed to the letter. "We have a constitution that states only the secretary can convene a meeting. So what happened that they went on to hold a meeting in Kampala without informing me? Those are cheap politics that cannot take football anywhere. Kenya is leading in the fight to unseat me from office and I already know the person they have earmarked to take over from me."
Goal understands that federation bosses including Football Kenya Federation's Nick Mwendwa plotted for Musonye's exit with Muthomi now being the favourite candidate for the position that is preserved for Kenya under Cecafa constitution. The 'vacant' position left by Muthomi at FKF will be advertised soon but Goal understands that Local Organizing Committee director for Chan 2018 tournament Herbart Mwachiro, has an upper hand in clinching the appointment.


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On the Friday before Thanksgiving, all of us at KR+H were very grateful to be invited to tour three homes in which KR+H's work resides. What a wonderful opportunity for our craftspeople to see their work integrated with the talented work of others and so appreciated by the people who live in these homes.
The first stop was in Boston's Back Bay on Beacon Street. There was much of our work to see here - interior columns, kitchen cabinetry, paneling, a banquette with a beautifully designed and crafted table, and more. We admired the work of interior designer Terry Gregory (who joined us on our tour!) as well as the work of Stefco Builders.
In the coming months we plan to have professional photographs of this home to show you...stay tuned! Here are some photos from our tour...
Another pride and joy for all of us at KR+H is being a part of the loving restoration of this barn in Lincoln. On this project we worked with the homeowners, Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects, interior designer Manuel de Santaren, and Colonial Barn Restoration.
Our final destination was another lovingly restored barn - this one being a new home in Concord for two wonderful people, Sandy and Sally. Both Sandy and Sally greeted us with open arms.
After touring the restoration of their barn, we went upstairs to Sally's new music studio where tables were set for us to have lunch together. Sally, a gifted sopranist, sang lyrics of a song for us by Hildegard of Bingen, the twelfth-century Benedictine nun, visionary, herbalist, and composer. What an enchanting moment of poetry, melody, and creativity! What a memorable ending to our tour!
The kitchen's design was enormously inspired by the family and the history of this barn. KR+H's Karla Monkevich, along with Paul Reidt, worked in close collaboration with Sally and Sandy. Thank you to Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects for bringing us to this project! We were delighted to work once again with J. W. Adams Construction.
Many thanks to our wonderfully gifted craftspeople and all the people we are so fortunate to work with! Special thanks to Maureen, our office manager (and fairy godmother) and Dan, our shop manager, who put our tour together; and to Dan's dad, Gordon, who drove one of the vans to take us on our field trip.
We'll be posting more stories with pictures about all these projects. Thank you for joining us on our tour!


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His influential 1906 novel, The Jungle, changed the face of the meatpacking industry in the USA in the early 20th century, finally leading to the establishment of the FDA. Now apparently FDA is controlled by food company lobbyists (read works of Eric Schlosser, of The Fast Food Nation fame).
Anyway, has the mainstream media really changed in the last 100 years? Is Newsweek dying because there are no readers for it, or is it that the powers that be have media like Google and Yahoo to do what Newsweek and Time did for them for 70-80 years or so (that is to chaperon public opinion).
Here are some quotes from Sinclair on the US media and journalists that still seem relevant:
It happens, curiously enough, that I have met socially half a dozen members of the [Los Angeles] Times staff. They are cynical worldlings, doing a work which they despise, and doing it because they believe that life is a matter of "dog eat dog." I met the lady, Alma Whitaker, who had written the account of my Friday Morning Club lecture. She had enjoyed the lecture, she said, but afterwards had gone to the managing editor and inquired how I was to be handled; she took it for granted that I would understand this, and would regard it tolerantly. I explained to her the embarrassments of an author in relation to an unpaid grocer's bill. As a result of what she had written about me, I had not been invited by any other woman's club in Southern California.
Also I met one of the high editors of the Times, an important personage whom they feature. Talking about the question of journalistic integrity, he said: "Sinclair, it has been so long since I have written anything that I believed that I don't think I would know the sensation."
My answer was: "I have been writing on public questions for twenty years, and I can say that I have never written a single word that I did not believe."
Sinclair on page 400 of The Brass Check:
As I have said, I know several of the men and women who help to edit [The Los Angeles Times]. These men and women will read this book, and I now request the general public to step outside for a few moments, while I address these editors privately. I speak, not in my own voice, but in that of an old-time journalist, venerated in his day, John Swinton, editor of the New York Tribune. He is answering, at a banquet of his fellow editors, the toast: "An Independent Press":
There is no such thing in America as an independent press, unless it is in the country towns.
You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to writes (sic) his honest opinions, and if you did you know beforehand that it would never appear in print.
I am paid one hundred and fifty dollars a week for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with--others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things--and any of you who would be so foolish as to write his honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job.
The business of the New York journalist is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his race and his country for his daily bread.
You know this and I know it, and what folly is this to be toasting an "Independent Press."
We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping-jacks; they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes.


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Our featured blogger this week is one adventurous girl! Not only does she hike, but she also does wallclimbing! Talk about a strong female - and she's just in high school!
"♥ JAM!LA ♥", while relatively new in the blogging world of Sanriotown, already shows a lot of promise. Jamila has a lot of fun stories to share about her life, and even includes pictures of the adventures she's had, like her wall climbing and hiking in Bryce Canyon. Like your typical teen, she also loves pop culture, especially music and TV shows, which she talks about in her blog. Her entries are light and fun, but her tone also invites you to read more to know about her stories.
You can check out her blog at http://blog.sanriotown.com/ninjababi:hellokitty.com/. You can congratulate her too, because she's set to graduate from high school soon. Congratulations, Jamila!


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Dine Out in Southern Arizona to Suppress Violence
Save the date: April 22, 2015Dine out to help support victimsof sexual violence.
Dine out at participating restaurant for Dine Out for Safety and a percentage of proceeds will be donated to support Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault (SACASA) on April 22nd.
The statistics of sexual violence are shocking and SACASA works tirelessly in Southern Arizona to end sexual assault and respond to the needs of those who are affected by violence. SACASA and local Tuscon restaurants have paired up to help those in need. On April 22nd, restaurants in the Tucson metro area have agreed to donate a portion of sales to SACASA in an effort to increase awareness about their vital services. 100% of the proceeds will stay in the local community to support survivors of sexual violence.
The following restaurants are participating in Dining Out for Safety. Click the link for their website to view menus, location, and hours.
-Mother Hubbard's Cafe -Delectables Restaurant & Catering -Jackson Tavern -Mama's Hawaiian Bar-B-Cue (all 4 locations) -Noble Hops -Poppy Kitchen -Vero Amore (both 2 locations) -The Coronet -Cafe 54 -Gourmet Girls Gluten Free Bakery & Bistro -Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink
Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault relies heavily on individual and corporate contributions to maintain the quality and efficiency of their programs which help make our Southern Arizona community a safer, healthier place to live. Dining Out for Safety makes a positive impact for victims in Southern Arizona, while enjoying local restaurants.


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I love being a mom. Don't get me wrong. My kids are hilariously awesome and awesomely hilarious and are the sweetest, most adorable and loving little things I've ever met. I adore them.
But let's get real about the physical toll they've taken on me for a moment.
Pregnancy is no joke. Your body does all sorts of unbelievable things to care for and nurture the little life growing inside you – it's amazing!!! But it leaves you in a not-so-pretty place.
I wasn't quite prepared for the postpartum mom body when my first child was born. I put on the "going home" outfit I had packed in the hospital bag, took one look in the mirror and thought, " Nope!" I ended up going home in the same outfit I arrived in – minus the weight of the baby, amniotic fluid & my pride. (I did better the next two times when I just planned to leave in something hideous and huge.) Cute new mom? Not here. Please just look at the baby!
Thankfully, breastfeeding burns an extra ten million calories per day (okay, okay… just several hundred, but I'll take it!). I refer to it as nature's liposuction. I figured with breastfeeding and a hardcore workout schedule, I couldn't be stopped! I'd get that pre-baby body back for sure!!
I remember one conversation with my dad when we were over for dinner a few months after my son was born:
Dad: You're really doing well with this weight loss. You look like you've lost 20 pounds!
Me: Well – I had gained 42!
Dad: …… and you look like you've lost 20.
Gee…. Thanks…. I think….
Anyway, I did it. Mom got her body back. And then some! I had a six pack (really! I walked around the house in sports bras to make sure my husband knew AT ALL TIMES how amazing and fit I was!). I would wake up at 4:30 am to workout before heading in to work. On weekends I'd wake up, run 10 miles, come home, shower, and jump back into bed with the rest of my lazy family that was still asleep.
But do you know what you get when you have a great body you always want to show off to your husband?? You get pregnant….. Again. After all that hard work!!! I didn't know if I had the energy or willpower to start all over again!
I promised myself this time I'd gain less weight! This time I'd be one of those gorgeous 8-month pregnant women who still go jogging by the waterfront.
40 lbs seems to be my magic pregnancy weight gain number. And try as I might, the weight was harder to lose with baby #2. I injured both knees & still can't run like I used to. (I have a referral for physical therapy – but ain't nobody got time for that!) And I was perpetually exhausted from raising two kids and working full time. Wake up at 4:30 to work out? Forget that noise!!
My low point came when I *almost* wore maternity pants to my second's first birthday party.
Eventually I did it again. I dropped off those last pounds. Success!!! I looked great, felt great, was fit…..
….. And pregnant again….
I do love my body and appreciate that I have been able to carry and deliver three amazing babies! But at some point, I really would love to fit in my pants again –because, let's be honest, with three kiddos now I don't think I can even afford to replace my wardrobe!


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Humanitarian hush money
The generous aid given to the Palestinians through various channels is the reward offered by Western states in exchange for the tolerance they show toward Israeli apartheid.There is something embarrassing, even humiliating, about the pairs, trios and flocks of off-roadvehicles that rush to the site of a disaster. Their foreign-language-speaking passengers emerge in order to carefully record the damage, assess the aid required and then consider how to provide it. Afterward they publish their findings and conclusions in internal reports and in glossy brochures with spectacular images, because suffering is photogenic.The international jeep teams that reach every corner of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip live off a calamity that is 100-percent man-made, a fact that multiplies the cynicism of the scenario. The tanker trucks of drinking water they fund regularly, the food packages they distribute every few weeks or months and the tents pitched every week on the ruins of a demolished home add up to another Israeli success: compressing and shrinking the Palestinian issue from a battle for freedom, independence and rights to a question of charity and relief, of international donations and their timing. The "needy" Palestinians who receive donations of water, food and tents in Hammamat al-Maleh, Beit Lahia and Shoafat are needy because regular Israelis - the cream of the state and state-religious school systems, high-ranking career army officers - who can look forward to a splendid civilian future in high-tech or public service specialize in abusing them. What, if not abuse, is a pipe across your land in Al Farisya, in the northern Jordan Valley, that brings water to Jewish homes built on your village's land, but from which you are forbidden to take so much as a drop? What, if not maltreatment, is the routine shooting at people who support themselves by fishing or collecting junk? And what, if not sadism, is evicting people from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan and refusing to register children on their Jerusalemite mothers' identity cards?The audience for all the reports describing these abuses and written by these dedicated teams is senior diplomats stationed in Brussels, European capital cities and in North America. The information is supposed to be passed on to foreign ministers and governments. Much of it presumably does. But these governments have made a conscious political decision to cling to hypocrisy and to refrain from political intervention. Instead, they merely pay to put out a few fires.This, too, is a huge Israeli success: The constant, daily international preoccupation with the consequences of Israel's domination over the Palestinians and its takeover of their lands is humanitarian rather than political. Against their will, these dedicated participants in the humanitarian effort are a fig leaf for Western states that support Palestinian rights and independence on paper while accepting Israel's apartheid in practice. Apartheid generates the Palestinian charity cases for whose sake important conferences are held and from which many Palestinian and foreign bureaucrats make a (good) living. The generous aid to the Palestinians through various channels is the reward offered by Western states in exchange for the tolerance they show toward Israeli apartheid and the encouragement they give it, in the form of close defense ties, upgraded trade relations and cultural and scientific exchanges.
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ICON UK - an update (it's going well!)
Well, it's been just under 2 weeks since we announced ICON UK. I'll admit - there was some in-trepidation here as we launched it. LUGs have been around a long time, would our new name scare people off?
Well, it seems not! In the last two weeks we've already had nearly 80 attendees sign up and 6 sponsors (with more waiting in the wings to be added to the site). It seems that our vision of an all inclusive IBM user group event has been well received. Either that, or Brighton was a good choice of city!
In fact, I think that this years' signup rate is rivalling some of our best attended conferences yet. Which prompts me to ask - have you registered? Have you sponsored? I suspect that we will 'sell out' this year - so if you'd like to take part in the largest UK IBM user group event, then make sure you get yourself registered sooner rather than later! And if your company has s product or service in the IBM sector and you want to market it direct to your customers, then get in touch about sponsorship.
Of course, with ICON UK setup and ready to go, we also have a date and venue for No Fix. There's still alot left to do there - but once I get some free time (or someone volunteers...) we'll get that website up too. I have been somewhat distracted lately ;-)


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Nerdy phoenix, see you in another 500 years.
Now I can go peek at the others. Everytime I missed a chance to participate, I didn't check out the others. I miss that community so much. Flickr and Illustration Friday are my favorite places on the web. Encouraging, inspirational, exciting. Thanks guys for that.
**** Today I've been a bum and a half because my friend is hooked to this show that I first told her about, Dexter. It's different than I thought it would be. Dark but comical. Pulls you in, much too interesting.
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You can be articulate, gregarious, the finest after dinner speaker, suave and sophisticated, witty and always with a quick turn of phrase but amid the heady and complex environment of a media interview, a real cerebral battleground, even the best can slip up and produce that damaging but newsworthy soundbite. Then, all your fine words and sound arguments are wasted. It's so easily done but can be also easily mitigated against. Here, several tips to avoid those "I want my life back" moments:
1. You or your PR/Press office get that phone call requesting an inteview. Seriously analyse the offer and the interviewer. Interviews are a good thing, don't go away thinking anything else, but closely examine each interview request and do some research on the journalist – what's their objective, do they have an agenda, what have they reported before?
2. Consider the "what's in it for me" question. You need to know your own objectives. Without knowing that, how can you measure your success or ROI after a media engagement? If doing the interview doesn't service your objectives, then consider why you're doing it at all. As we said, generally interviews are a good thing, especially when they serve the interests of all parties – you, your organisation, the journalist and the public. If not, alarm bells should be ringing.
3. Contextualize. You are unlikely to be giving an interview in isolation, others will be talking – in the media, on the internet, in pubs and cafes. Be aware of the situational context you are entering, including who your audience is and how they see the world. Claiming one thing but being unaware that others are seeing it very differently will place you in a far from influential position – even if you are speaking fact. It's the 'nothing to see here' factor when it's obvious there is quite a bit to see.
4. Plan it. Based on your objectives, develop messages to service them (not just say the right thing). Identify supporting ideas, get hold of supporting information, identify your 'red lines', seek out newsworthy soundbites, garner and be utterly sure of critical facts. Prepare for obvious and tangential questions. This is where a bloody great big whiteboard comes into its own and writing down your thoughts and ideas wil help mentally anchor your plan in your head.
5. Practice, practice, practice. It's an old cliche but if you fail to prepare, you are prepared to fail. Do serious Q&A and make sure that whoever is helping you gives you a hard time – if you are senior in your organisation, they have to be confident enough to deliver a little truth to power. Further, that Q&A (as well as your planning) must not be ego-centric, it must be coming from a perspective outside the organisation. What is obvious to you may not be obvious to others and vice versa. To this end, an external mentor or media trainer may be worthwhile investing in. And it's not just about your words – visuals, or non-verbal communication, have to be practiced.
Investing time (if you've the luxury) in all of the above is vital. A good PR/press office will have a lot of this already done beforehand, although obviously not all. Take the time and the interview will go smoothly, as long as you use the usual tips and tricks of media interview conduct (bridging, rhetoric, using figures, soundbiting etc). But just two other things to do during the inteview:
6. Listen. Journalists and the public can easily recognise when you're in transmission mode and it will annoy them. They both want a flowing dialogue, with reasonable responses to reasonable questions. If it's apparent you're not listening, you're on the way to alienating them, regardless of what you say.
7. Think before you speak. Your first answer may not always be the best. If you've planned and practised, it probably will be but just pause to check. If the interview is a pre-record, then time is on your side – even ask for a break before you answer, if need be.
The research, preparation and planning can pay huge dividends in interviews but unfortunately too few invest in it. Those minutes in front of a camera or microphone can only be quality and service your needs if hours have been spent beforehand preparing. And remember that if you're fortunate enough to have a team to help you, use them, or call in others who can. There's no need to deal with this alone, after all, millions may be involved on the other side of the process.


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Mechanical Properties of ZnS NanobeltsNano Letters
Publication Date10-12-2005
Document TypeArticle
AbstractMechanical properties of ZnS nanobelts were measured at room temperature by direct nanoindentation experiments. It was found that the ZnS nanobelts achieve 79% increase in hardness but 52% decrease in elastic modulus compared to bulk ZnS. The nanobelts were found to exhibit creep under indentation. Indentation cracking was preferred along the belt growth direction. Indentation deformation behavior and fracture mechanisms of the ZnS nanobelts are discussed in conjunction with their crystalline structure, size effect, and surface-to-volume ratio.
Citation InformationXiaodong Li, Xinnan Wang, Qihua Xiong and Peter C. Eklund. "Mechanical Properties of ZnS Nanobelts" Nano Letters Vol. 5 Iss. 10 (2005) p. 1982 - 1986
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaodong_li/129/


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It's good to see how you guys are doing! Vincent sure is cute.
I can't believe how grown up he is!!! Kids are so funny, I wonder why he didn't want to be buzz. I am so glad you finally posted!
awwww so cute!!! I'll remeber when I have a husband to never put my kids costume on his feet. lol
I think that Anthony should have put on the entire costume hee hee. Once Shae put on some bunny ears to help Elise with the same problem. I have a picture of him with the grouchiest look on his face and bunny ears on his head. Those pics are the best for memories. Thanks for posting yours.