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What Are Holy Orders?
The sacrament of holy orders is conferred in three ranks of clergy: bishops, priests, and deacons.
Bishops (episkopos, έπισκοπη) have the care of multiple congregations and appoint, ordain, and discipline priests and deacons. They sometimes appear to be called "evangelists" in the New Testament. Examples of first-century bishops include Timothy and Titus (1 Tim. 5:19-22; 2 Tim. 4:5; Titus 1:5).
Priests (presbuteros, πρεσβύτερος) are also known as "presbyters" or "elders." In fact, the English term "priest" is simply a contraction of the Greek word presbuteros. They have the responsibility of teaching, governing, and providing the sacraments in a given congregation (1 Tim. 5:17; Jas. 5:14-15).
Deacons (diakoneo, διακονέω) are the assistants of the bishops and are responsible for teaching and administering certain Church tasks, such as the distribution of food (Acts 6:1-6).
In the apostolic age, the terms for these offices were still somewhat fluid. Sometimes a term would be used in a technical sense as the title for an office, sometimes not. This non-technical use of the terms even exists today, as when the term is used in many churches (both Protestant and Catholic) to refer to either ordained ministers (as in "My minister visited him") or non-ordained individuals. (In a Protestant church one might hear "He is a worship minister," while in a Catholic church one might hear "He is an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion.")
Thus, in the apostolic age Paul sometimes described himself as a diakonos ("servant" or "minister"; cf. 2 Cor. 3:6, 6:4, 11:23; Eph. 3:7), even though he held an office much higher than that of a deacon, that of apostle.
Similarly, on one occasion Peter described himself as a "fellow elder," [1 Pet. 5:1] even though he, being an apostle, also had a much higher office than that of an ordinary elder.
The term for bishop, episcopos ejpiskophv ("overseer"), was also fluid in meaning. Sometimes it designated the overseer of an individual congregation (the priest), sometimes the person who was the overseer of all the congregations in a city or area (the bishop or evangelist), and sometimes simply the highest-ranking clergyman in the local church—who could be an apostle, if one were staying there at the time.
Although the terms "bishop," "priest," and "deacon" were somewhat fluid in the apostolic age, by the beginning of the second century they had achieved the fixed form in which they are used today to designate the three offices whose functions are clearly distinct in the New Testament.
As the following quotations illustrate, the early Church Fathers recognized all three offices and regarded them as essential to the Church's structure. Especially significant are the letters of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, who traveled from his home city to Rome, where he was executed around A.D. 110. On the way he wrote letters to the churches he passed. Each of these churches possessed the same threefold ministry. Without this threefold ministry, Ignatius said, a group cannot be called a church.
"Now, therefore, it has been my privilege to see you in the person of your God-inspired bishop, Damas; and in the persons of your worthy presbyters, Bassus and Apollonius; and my fellow-servant, the deacon, Zotion. What a delight is his company! For he is subject to the bishop as to the grace of God, and to the presbytery as to the law of Jesus Christ."
—Letter to the Magnesians 2, A.D. 110
"Take care to do all things in harmony with God, with the bishop presiding in the place of God, and with the presbyters in the place of the council of the apostles, and with the deacons, who are most dear to me, entrusted with the business of Jesus Christ, who was with the Father from the beginning and is at last made manifest."
—ibid., 6:1
"Take care, therefore, to be confirmed in the decrees of the Lord and of the apostles, in order that in everything you do, you may prosper in body and in soul, in faith and in love, in Son and in Father and in Spirit, in beginning and in end, together with your most reverend bishop; and with that fittingly woven spiritual crown, the presbytery; and with the deacons, men of God. Be subject to the bishop and to one another as Jesus Christ was subject to the Father, and the apostles were subject to Christ and to the Father; so that there may be unity in both body and spirit."
—ibid., 13:1-2
"Indeed, when you submit to the bishop as you would to Jesus Christ, it is clear to me that you are living not in the manner of men but as Jesus Christ, who died for us, that through faith in his death you might escape dying. It is necessary, therefore—and such is your practice that you do nothing without the bishop, and that you be subject also to the presbytery, as to the apostles of Jesus Christ our hope, in whom we shall be found, if we live in him. It is necessary also that the deacons, the dispensers of the mysteries [sacraments] of Jesus Christ, be in every way pleasing to all men. For they are not the deacons of food and drink, but servants of the Church of God. They must therefore guard against blame as against fire."
—Letter to the Trallians 2:1-3, A.D. 110
"In like manner let everyone respect the deacons as they would respect Jesus Christ, and just as they respect the bishop as a type of the Father, and the presbyters as the council of God and college of the apostles. Without these, it cannot be called a church. I am confident that you accept this, for I have received the exemplar of your love and have it with me in the person of your bishop. His very demeanor is a great lesson and his meekness is his strength. I believe that even the godless do respect him."
—ibid., 3:1-2
"He that is within the sanctuary is pure; but he that is outside the sanctuary is not pure. In other words, anyone who acts without the bishop and the presbytery and the deacons does not have a clear conscience."
"I cried out while I was in your midst, I spoke with a loud voice, the voice of God: 'Give heed to the bishop and the presbytery and the deacons.' Some suspect me of saying this because I had previous knowledge of the division certain persons had caused; but he for whom I am in chains is my witness that I had no knowledge of this from any man. It was the Spirit who kept preaching these words, 'Do nothing without the bishop, keep your body as the temple of God, love unity, flee from divisions, be imitators of Jesus Christ, as he was imitator of the Father.'"
—Letter to the Philadelphians 7:1-2, A.D. 110
Clement of Alexandria
"A multitude of other pieces of advice to particular persons is written in the holy books: some for presbyters, some for bishops and deacons; and others for widows, of whom we shall have opportunity to speak elsewhere."
—Pædagogus (The Instructor) 3:12:97:2, A.D. 191
"Even here in the Church the gradations of bishops, presbyters, and deacons happen to be imitations, in my opinion, of the angelic glory and of that arrangement which, the scriptures say, awaits those who have followed in the footsteps of the apostles and who have lived in complete righteousness according to the gospel."
—Stromata 6:13:107:2, A.D. 208
"When a deacon is to be ordained, he is chosen after the fashion of those things said above, the bishop alone in like manner imposing his hands upon him as we have prescribed. In the ordaining of a deacon, this is the reason why the bishop alone is to impose his hands upon him: he is not ordained to the priesthood, but to serve the bishop and to fulfill the bishop's command. He has no part in the council of the clergy, but is to attend to his own duties and is to acquaint the bishop with such matters as are needful …
"On a presbyter, however, let the presbyters impose their hands because of the common and like Spirit of the clergy. Even so, the presbyter has only the power to receive [the Spirit], and not the power to give [the Spirit]. That is why a presbyter does not ordain the clergy; for at the ordaining of a presbyter, he but seals while the bishop ordains.
"Over a deacon, then, let the bishop speak thus: 'O God, who have created all things and have set them in order through your Word; Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom you sent to minister to your will and to make clear to us your desires, grant the Holy Spirit of grace and care and diligence to this your servant, whom you have chosen to serve the Church and to offer in your holy places the gifts which are offered to you by your chosen high priests, so that he may serve with a pure heart and without blame, and that, ever giving praise to you, he may be accounted by your good will as worthy of this high office: through your Son Jesus Christ, through whom be glory and honor to you, to the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit, in your holy Church, both now and through the ages of ages. Amen.'"
—The Apostolic Tradition 8, A.D. 215
"Not fornication only, but even marriages make us unfit for ecclesiastical honors; for neither a bishop, nor a presbyter, nor a deacon, nor a widow is able to be twice married."
—Homilies on Luke 17, A.D. 234
Council of Elvira
"Bishops, presbyters, and deacons may not leave their own places for the sake of commerce, nor are they to be traveling about the provinces, frequenting the markets for their own profit. Certainly for the procuring of their own necessities they can send a boy or a freedman or a hireling or a friend or whomever, but, if they wish to engage in business, let them do so within the province."
—Canon 19, A.D. 300
Council of Nicaea I
"It has come to the attention of this holy and great synod that in some places and cities deacons give communion to presbyters, although neither canon nor custom allows this, namely that those who have no authority to offer should give the body of Christ to those who do offer. Moreover it has become known that some of the deacons now receive the eucharist even before the bishops. All these practices must be suppressed. Deacons must remain within their own limits, knowing that they are the ministers of the bishop and subordinate to the presbyters. Let them receive the eucharist according to their order after the presbyters from the hands of the bishop or the presbyter."
"[In Philippians 1:1 Paul says,] 'To the co-bishops and deacons.' What does this mean? Were there plural bishops of some city? Certainly not! It is the presbyters that [Paul] calls by this title; for these titles were then interchangeable, and the bishop is even called a deacon. That is why, when writing to Timothy, he says, 'Fulfill your diaconate' [2 Tim. 4:5], although Timothy was then a bishop. That he was in fact a bishop is clear when Paul says to him, 'Lay hands on no man lightly' [1 Tim. 5:22], and again, 'Which was given you with the laying on of hands of the presbytery' [1 Tim. 4:14], and presbyters would not have ordained a bishop."
—Homilies on Philippians 1:1, A.D. 402
Patrick of Ireland
"I, Patrick, the sinner, am the most rustic and the least of all the faithful … had for my father Calpornius, a deacon, a son of Potitus, a priest, who belonged to the village of Bannavem Taberniae … At that time I was barely sixteen years of age … and I was led into captivity in Ireland with many thousands of persons, in accordance with our deserts, for we turned away from God, and kept not his commandments, and were not obedient to our priests, who were wont to admonish us for our salvation."
—Confession of St. Patrick 1, A.D. 452
"I, Patrick, the sinner, unlearned as everybody knows, avow that I have been established a bishop in Ireland. Most assuredly I believe that I have received from God what I am. And so I dwell in the midst of barbarous heaths, a stranger and an exile for the love of God."
—Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus 1, A.D. 452
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Study Finds That Tech Fails People Every Week
Monday, 22nd January 2018: Nearly one in two people say technology fails them once a week or more, a new study commissioned by CRITICAL Software has revealed.
The OnePoll survey of 2,000 people also found that only half of people think the tech in their lives is properly tested before being sold, despite 98% stating that the reliability of the tech they use is important.
95% of people say that having technology properly tested by industry experts is important – much more than those who stress the importance of the brand behind the tech (73%), where it was purchased (70%), or where it was made (61%).
The study also found that people prefer to use tested technology that is proven to work over tech that is completely new. 52% of people say that using the latest and newest forms of technology is important to them, while 95% of people say that technology that's proven to work is important.
When asked what the most important reason for technology needing to be reliable is, 61% of people identify safety or security as their main concern, with the next most important reason being ease of use (11%).
Nuno Silva, CRITICAL Software's Chief Test Engineer, said: "For all the awe-inspiring developments, people still seem to have concerns about the reliability of the technology we use in our lives. The pressure to release new technologies can sometimes come at a cost to reliability. The problem with this is that more and more technologies are becoming critical to our day-to-day lives, impacting things like safety and security, and the consequences of getting these things wrong can be catastrophic."
95% of people say that some form of safety-accreditation is important to them when assessing the reliability of tech. A whopping 91% state that they would be concerned about using tech that had no safety accreditation.
Half of people say that a high price point offers them little reassurance that an item of technology is reliable. 71% say that celebrity endorsement does little to persuade them too, suggesting that companies wanting to build trust would be better off focusing on properly testing tech and providing guarantees, evidence and safety-accreditations.
Nuno Silva, CRITICAL Software, added: "Today, more and more technologies are being used in important systems. For example, modern cars include complex systems that are increasingly responsible for safety features and banks use advanced security technologies to protect online systems. As these kinds of technologies have a bigger impact on our lives, the importance of ensuring they are reliable is more important than ever."
When asked about the future, 42% of people believe technology will be more reliable, 42% think it will remain the same and only 6% of people think that technology will become less reliable. 10% say they are not sure.
Find out more about how to ensure tech is reliable by visiting testyourtech.net
For more information, please contact Ciara Mulkerrins via [email protected] or +44 (0)23 8011 1355.
About Test Your Tech:
Test Your Tech is a campaign designed to raise awareness of the importance of testing technology properly to ensure it is reliable and safe to use. A study of 2,000 individuals explores people's attitudes to technology and what steps can be taken to ensure that it is fit for purpose. www.testyourtech.net
About CRITICAL Software:
CRITICAL Software is an international company providing dependable solutions, services and technologies for safety, mission and business-critical information systems, helping to ensure its clients meet the most demanding quality standards for software safety, performance and reliability. Its data engineering products and services also provide clients with the information they need to manage their important assets, helping them to achieve better business performance.
Founded in Portugal in 1998, CRITICAL Software currently has offices in Coimbra, Lisbon and Porto, the UK (Southampton), Germany (Munich) and the USA (California). The company operates a quality management system certified to CMMI® Level 5, ISO 9001:2008, EN 9100, AQAP 2110 and 2210 (NATO), and adheres to the standards set out by ISO 12207 and ISO 15504 (SPICE). For more information, visit www.criticalsoftware.com
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Martin Weiss: You Are Being Forewarned – Again – About an Imminent Financial Megashock!
So says Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. (www.moneyandmarkets.com) in edited (marginally) excerpts from his original article*.
Now, starting with last week's edition, we are [fore]warning you of ANOTHER Lehman-type megashock.
A new telltale sign – bank runs, the final nail in the coffin of any modern economy – are spreading among the PIIGS countries of Europe — and possibly beyond.
In Portugal, Ireland, Italy or even France, banks are vulnerable to similar outflows and, once the stampede strikes more than two or three major countries, you could see bank runs all across Europe.
[Does all of the above] sound familiar? It should, because last year we witnessed a very similar contagion when investors stampeded from the bonds of the weakest European countries. Much like today, the first to be attacked was Greece, the weakest link in the chain. Then, Spain, Portugal, Italy and even France got hit hard. Soon, nearly all of Europe was infected, prompting its central bankers to suddenly break their solemn vows of monetary piety and print more than $1 trillion worth of new euros but now, despite all those efforts, they're facing a new contagion of a second kind — by bank depositors.
How Dangerous Are Bank Runs?
Bank runs are far more infectious, and dangerous, than investor stampedes – they spill out onto the streets and onto the airwaves and invoke frightening flashbacks to the Great Depression – and they immediately threaten the entire banking system.
I repeat: It was just last Monday that I showed you how Europe and the U.S. are now on a collision course with a second Lehman-type megashock and here we are today, only seven days later, with the snowball of events bringing us a few steps closer.
Will This Time Be Worse Than 2008?
Politicians and investors all over the world are now trying to prepare for the inevitable consequences. What they don't seem to realize is that the next major megashock could be more severe than the Lehman Brothers failure.
In 2008, it was strictly individual financial institutions that were on the edge of collapse. Today, entire nations are on the brink.
In 2008, the U.S. federal deficit of the prior fiscal year was $161 billion. Today, it's $1.327 trillion, or 8.2 times larger.
In 2008, most of the megabanks at the epicenter of the crisis were in the United States. Today, although some U.S. megabanks are still taking excessive risk, it's primarily the far LARGER European banks that are in the most trouble. In fact the weak European banks are so large, their total assets are greater than the total assets of ALL U.S. commercial banks combined.
In 2008, governments had not yet deployed their "big gun" cures for the debt crisis. So they still had the firing power to squelch the crisis with a series of unprecedented rescues. Today, we have seen the rapidly diminishing returns — or outright failure — of nearly every possible stimulus plan, bailout deal or austerity measures known to man.
In 2008, governments encountered little public resistance to major new policy initiatives. Today, millions of citizens are rebelling at the polls — or on the streets — in France, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and even Germany.
Most important, until late 2008, central banks restricted their role to traditional manipulation of interest rates. Now, however, four of the most powerful central banks in the world (the Fed, ECB, BOE and BOJ) have departed radically from tradition and embarked on the greatest wave of money printing in the history of mankind.
What REALLY Happened During – and After – the Lehman Collapse?
Lehman's assets were too sick — so diseased, in fact, even the federal government didn't want to touch them with a 10-foot pole. Nor were there any private buyers remotely interested in a shotgun marriage.
Foreshadowing the public rebellion that would later bust onto the scene in the Tea Party movement, there was a new sentiment on Wall Street that was previously unheard of: a small, but vocal, minority was getting sick and tired of bailouts. "Let them fail," they said. "Teach those bastards a lesson!" was the new rallying cry.
For the Fed chairman and Treasury secretary, it was the long-dreaded day of reckoning. It was the fateful moment in history that demanded a life-or-death decision regarding one of the biggest financial institutions in the world — bigger than General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler put together. Should they save it? Or should they let it fail? Their decision: make a break with the past – let Lehman fail.
As in the prior Bear Stearns failure, America's largest banking conglomerate (JPMorgan Chase) promptly appeared on the scene and swooped up the outstanding trades and, as with Bear Stearns, the Fed acted as a backstop. Lehman's demise was unique, however, because it was thrown into bankruptcy and put on the chopping block for liquidation.
A major U.S. money market fund, the Reserve Primary Fund, immediately suffered a direct hit in its portfolio from exposure to Lehman securities, pushing its share value below $1 — an unprecedented event that spread panic in the entire industry.
Money funds, mutual funds and other institutions refused to buy the short-term IOUs (commercial paper) that thousands of companies rely on for ready cash.
All over the world, investors recoiled in horror, abandoning short-term credit markets — the lifeblood of the global financial system.
Borrowing costs went through the roof.
The entire world seemed like it was coming unglued.
plus trillions more in bailouts and for other sweeping guarantees.
Governments of the UK and the European Union followed a similar pattern and everywhere, both inside and outside of government, apologists for these mega-rescues argued that it was "the lesser of the evils," the only way to save the world from an even direr fate.
Yes, with trillions in bailouts since the 2008 debt crisis, the governments of the U.S. and Europe were able to calm the waters and restore credit markets but no government anywhere can create wealth and prosperity with worthless paper, and no government can repeal the laws of gravity or change the laws of thermodynamics.
When investors sell bad government bonds, the value of those bonds must plunge, making it next to impossible for those governments to borrow. When savers run to safety, money must flood from the weakest banks to the strongest, making it impossible for the weak banks to survive. That's what is happening now, and what will continue to happen in the weeks ahead, until (and unless) the authorities unleash a new wave of money printing that makes previous waves look puny by comparison.
Stand by for our team's specific instructions on how to protect yourself and profit.
1. Something Very Scary Could Be Just Months Away! Got Gold?
I think it's important that everybody has a reasonable allocation of gold in their portfolio because…we could be just a few months away from something that is really very scary, and if that happens, gold will go a lot higher.
3. Here's the "No BS" Situation with Europe – and Its BAD!
On the surface things may appear to be calm, but I don't think the European crisis is anywhere near its conclusion. Losses still have to be taken from Ireland, Spain, Portugal and possibly even Italy…There are a number of ways out of Europe's problems. One of them is higher inflation…[which] is going to be very positive for gold… because the central banks will be under pressure to print.
The definition of insanity is to continue doing something that goes wrong, without contemplating that there could be a different course of action…[and we] are heading deeper and deeper into insanity…we are just getting deeper and deeper into problems leaving our children and grandchildren with loans that could well take decades to finish (paying) off. I fear we are now stoking up the conditions, at some point in the future, for serious inflation.
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from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.http import Http404
from ckeditor_uploader.fields import RichTextUploadingField

from wquests import common_functions

class WebQuest(models.Model):
    creator_ref = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING, verbose_name="Creator")
    parent_quest_ref = models.ForeignKey('WebQuest', on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING, verbose_name="Parent quest", blank=True, default=None, null=True)
    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.pk)
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return "/IMPLEMENT_FUNCTION_ABSOLUTE_URL"
    def fill_last_version(self, request):
        my = common_functions.get_value_or_none(request.GET, 'my')
        if (not my) or (not request.user.is_authenticated) or self.creator_ref != request.user:
            self.web_quest_version = WebQuestVersion.objects.filter(web_quest_ref = self.pk).filter(published=True).order_by('-version')[0]
        else:
            self.web_quest_version = WebQuestVersion.objects.filter(web_quest_ref = self.pk).order_by('-version')[0]
    def get_last_changed_webquests(request):
        my = common_functions.get_value_or_none(request.GET, 'my')
        theme = common_functions.get_value_or_none(request.GET, 'theme')
        if not my:
            if theme is not None and theme != "" and theme != 0:
                web_quest_versions = WebQuestVersion.objects.filter(theme=int(theme)).filter(published = True).order_by('-version').order_by('-createdon').values_list('web_quest_ref', flat=True).distinct()
            else:
                web_quest_versions = WebQuestVersion.objects.filter(published = True).order_by('-version').order_by('-createdon').values_list('web_quest_ref', flat=True).distinct()
            return WebQuest.objects.filter(pk__in=[web_quest_version for web_quest_version in web_quest_versions])
        else:
            if not request.user.is_authenticated:
                raise Http404("You are not authorized!")
            if theme is not None and theme != "" and theme != 0:
                web_quest_versions = WebQuestVersion.objects.filter(theme=int(theme)).order_by('-version').order_by('-createdon').values_list('web_quest_ref', flat=True).distinct()
            else:
                web_quest_versions = WebQuestVersion.objects.order_by('-version').order_by('-createdon').values_list('web_quest_ref', flat=True).distinct()
            return WebQuest.objects.filter(creator_ref=request.user).filter(pk__in=[web_quest_version for web_quest_version in web_quest_versions])
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = 'Web-quest'
        verbose_name_plural = 'Web-quests'

class WebQuestVersion(models.Model):
    web_quest_ref = models.ForeignKey('WebQuest', on_delete=models.CASCADE, verbose_name='Web-quest')
    language = models.CharField(max_length=4, blank=True, default=None, verbose_name="Language")
    version = models.FloatField(default=0.0, verbose_name="Version")
    createdon = models.DateField(verbose_name="Date of creation", auto_now_add=True)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name="Name")
    published = models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name="Published")
    theme = models.IntegerField(default=0, verbose_name="Theme")
    def __str__(self):
        wq = WebQuest.objects.get(pk=self.web_quest_ref.pk)
        return str(wq) + ' : ' + self.name + ' ' + self.language + ' ' + str(self.version)
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return "/IMPLEMENT_FUNCTION_ABSOLUTE_URL"
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = 'Web-quest version'
        verbose_name_plural = 'Web-quest versions'

class WebQuestVersionSection(models.Model):
    web_quest_version_ref = models.ForeignKey('WebQuestVersion', on_delete=models.CASCADE, verbose_name='Web-quest version')
    order = models.IntegerField(verbose_name='Order number', blank=True, default=0)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, default=None, verbose_name='Title')
    rtcontent = RichTextUploadingField(default=None, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name="Content of section")
    def __str__(self):
        wqv = WebQuestVersion.objects.get(pk=self.web_quest_version_ref.pk)
        return str(wqv) + ' : ' + self.title
    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return "/IMPLEMENT_FUNCTION_ABSOLUTE_URL"
    class Meta:
        verbose_name = 'Web-quest version section'
        verbose_name_plural = 'Web-quest version sections'

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After a show I musically directed with family & founding father of Earth Wind & Fire.
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One of my promo reels
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Onstage in Los Angeles opening for Dr. Dre & Tone Loc with Liza-songwriting/ music theory colleague.
Teaching a voice student powerful breathing warm-ups in my home studio in NOHO Arts District.
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Guitar, Keyboards & Vocal student, Gunnar Sizemore and parents w/ band members of Kiss
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Artwork designed by a student.
A student going over lyrics during a singing lesson in my home studio in NOHO Arts District
Backstage with a voice student after her performance in Hollywood.
Teaching a 5 yr old voice student.
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On the scene of a video shoot with a female vocal group I musically direct.
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An amazing guitar, voice, piano, & songwriting student, Raye
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Singing With My 2 Favorite Sister Singer Students, Ever-2012
working the stacked 1-3-5 vocal harmony during a private group singing session
House of Blues-Hollywood on Easter
Annabelle J. Aug 29, 2019
Piano · Online
Super patient and very good with kids. Added on guitar lessons as I see us being long term students.
Cole S. Aug 13, 2019
Piano · In studio
Gregory is a great teacher, he is so patient! He has a great way of getting through to the student. My son really enjoys going to piano. 🎹
Victoria B. May 14, 2019
Singing · In home
Gregory was great! Looking forward to the next lesson :0)
Stéphane B. Dec 3, 2018
Ukulele · Online
Great first class! Thanks Gregory
Jondren H. Jul 16, 2018
Singing · In studio
Gregory is an awesome guy who's very good at making you feel comfortable as he teaches. You can definitely see his passion for music!
Ben W. Jun 12, 2018
After studying singing off and on for more than 30 years, i won't be surprised if anyone calls him the best singing teacher in Los Angeles. He has the best sets of vocal exercise which can relax your voice, build your resonance, and help you hit your notes accurately in your range. Very very happy to have him teaching me.
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Liza Mar 10, 2018
Guitar · Online
My son loves working with Greg. He is patient, creative and encouraging. We are so happy with the lessons.
Rebecca Feb 4, 2018
Guitar · In home
I learned SO much in this first lesson! I'm so grateful! Can't wait for the next one!
Joey Gabra Jul 8, 2016
Music Recording · In home
The first lesson was really great and informative.
Greg was easy to talk to and very knowledgable...and was able to show me some really great things to help me work better in my recording studio.
Tresa Brown Mar 3, 2016
Music Theory · In studio
Gregory Valens Luv is a phenomenal vocal coach. He's very detailed in teaching you structure of the body to relax you and open you up for singing. I love his technique. I find myself very relaxed and limber which brings out the best in me. He's very creative and shares various types of vocalizations to help you with every style of music. He's also got a sweet spirit and that makes it very enjoyable to come to class.
Max G. Jan 29, 2016
Great teacher, with advanced knowledge and skill in his profession.
Gene Jan 29, 2016
I have taken guitar lessons with Greg. He is very patient and takes extra care to make sure that I understand the concepts in the lesson before moving on. He is able to determine a student's experience level and skill set, and teach at any level from beginner to advanced. One of the things that I appreciate very much from Greg is that he has helped me develop my own unique style. My playing and songwriting skills have improved dramatically. Much thanks to Greg. I highly recommend him.
Erikka I. Nov 12, 2015
Greg is a fantastic teacher who clearly loves music. He makes classes fun and is very encouraging. I felt I was hopeless at music to start and when we concluded lessons I felt like I could actually sing.
Erik Nov 12, 2015
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Hayden M. Jul 18, 2015
Piano · In home
Gregory was patient and energetic. Cry son had a good time.
Rick M. Jul 15, 2015
It was a very good first lesson. Thanks, Gregory.
Adam M. Aug 13, 2014
Gregory is a great teacher! Clearly has a love for what he does and teaching others his craft. He's super supportive and brings a great energy to your lessons. More than willing to go above and beyond for his students. He helped me immensely with my voice.
laurie M. Mar 6, 2014
Very good, supportive, and knowledgeable my kids love him
Melodie H. Feb 27, 2014
Guitar ·
Great with kids
My 11 year-old son recently started electric guitar lessons with Greg. I am impressed with how patient and personable he is with kids. Thanks to Greg, my son is have a positive learning experience that's both fun and interactive. I would highly recommend him for music related lessons if you have children.
A very impressed parent
Space O. Feb 16, 2014
Singing ·
Excelllent Music and Voice teacher
Studying with Greg was a wonderful experience. I'd sung as a teenager in choir and had studied music as a child. As an adult I wanted to study voice for creative outlet and found Greg through a friend. He got me started immediately on vocal exercises, some music theory to train my ear and we selected songs that I was interested in. I broke through some 'blocks' I had about singing in front of another person and really made progress. I feel much more confident with expressing myself through my voice. Incidentally, I saw Greg perform with one of his students who got a recording contract -- he's a wonderful musician on guitar, piano and voice. A pleasure to watch and then bring that back to the lessons. I highly recommend him as a teacher !
Vincent R. Jan 26, 2014
Gregory took me from not knowing how to play a thing to playing guitar and singing in a band in just under a year.
I didn't know what to expect from Gregory because the teachers teaching my friends all taught the same and they didn't want to practice all that much. Greg has worked with some of my idols/ rock stars and he doesn't fool around-he gets you into what you really need to know to get to where you want to go, fast. Thank God for Gregory ValensLuv being my teacher. My friends are thinking about switching to him. I highly recommend him. He's professional, well dressed, punctual, polite and knows what he's doing. Hemay be a little more expensive than the average teacher, but you get what you pay for.
J. C. Jan 1, 2014
Gregory is truely a wonderful teacher
In all honesty I can't say enough good things about Gregory's teaching. He is technically excellent, patient, generous, very knowledgeable, and a great deal of fun.
dorit C. Dec 29, 2013
Really have enjoyed working with Gregory
It has been a dream of mine to become a friend to my voice and let it delight me. Years ago I took voice lessons and remembered how freeing that experience was. When I found Gregory and started lessons it all came back, the feeling of opening, of expansion, of joy. Gregory has taught me much about my capacity to sing, skills to develop my voice and most importantly hoe to expand out to the world through song. It has been a delight to work work with him over a two year period. He is knowledgable, sensitive and very encouraging.
Tony J. Dec 18, 2013
Gregory V is the best, ever!
I didn't realize all the opportunities that were waiting for me when I began lessons with Greg. I started so I could learn guitar, but before long we were practicing vocals, bass, songwriting, music theory, piano, and singers yoga! Greg is well educated in all fields of music, and any questions you have he can more than likely help you with. Music to him isn't just a skill, but a way of life. ~ Train Girl ~ guitar, voice, piano & bass student
Gregory V. Nov 27, 2013
An awesome Voice & Guitar Instructor!
My daughter took voice lessons with Gregory around 6 years ago but for us it's as if it was yesterday. We will never forget his amazing spirit and his incredible talent. Gregory is complety connected and immersed in his lessons. He makes his students feel special while at the same time developing their voices. The results are immediate and as a matter a fact my daughters friend which I thought to be tone deaf took a lesson and the transformation was incredible. I can not say enough about him as a person or as a teacher!
Geraldine R.
Voice, Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar Instructor
Jan 1986 - Present
V.L. Voice & Music
I've been studying music since the age of 4 and teaching since 15.
B.A. Music Composition, Credits toward M.A. Music Education
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Music Education/ Composition
Duquesne University School Of Music
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California School-Age Consortium
A course completed while teaching voice & music at an after-school program for children & teens in NoHo Arts District.
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Music Teachers' Association of California
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Broadcast Music Inc.
One of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In FY 2013, BMI collected more than $944 million in licensing fees and distributed $814 million in royalties.
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How Many Miles to CWC?
Not many students get to meet the author of their Leaving Certificate text but just before the Mid-Term Break (Tuesday 10th, February) 31 members of Rhetoric were present to hear Jennifer Johnston, author of How Many Miles to Babylon? in the James Joyce Library. School Librarian Ms Jane O'Loughlin takes up the tale…
An opportunity to discuss and engage with the text in the company of its creator is a rare occurrence. Ms Johnston spoke about her early schooling, where creative writing was actively encouraged. She then gave the boys some background to the writing of the text and read an extract before an engaging Q&A session. She was humorous, open and frank with the boys and no question or opinion was off limits.
Understanding the characters of her work was – she insisted – as much the reader's interpretation as her own intention. Ms Johnston encouraged the boys to form their own opinions and not to be constrained by 'study notes'. When one student expressed his incomprehension at the book's ending, she encouraged him to elaborate and then highlighted the context of the situation, a position in which she hoped none would find themselves.
Heroism and 'coming of age' Ms Johnston emphasised, were at the heart of the novel. Perhaps Rhetoric has a few more miles to go before they can truly grasp the novel's core and its status as a classic work. They are to be commended for their openness, engagement and level of questioning. The session was a truly educational experience from one of Ireland's literary greats. We are hugely grateful to the evergreen Ms Johnston for her visit and wish her well with her current writing project.
Mr Shane Heslin, Hugh Patrick Tunney and Cesare Trozzi are pictured above with Ms Johnston following the talk.
Jane O'Loughlin, School Librarian
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80S FASHION ONLINE
The 1980s Fashion Blog featuring party costume ideas and advice for adults. Plus, a look back at 80s fashion.
Vyvyan Basterd Young Ones Punk Costume
Vyvyan Basterd Punk Costume
Ready-Made Vyvyan Basterd Costume
Out of all the 80s costumes available, there's nothing that provides quite as much fun as a punk costume. Punk fashion was created as an anti-establishment and anti-materialistic statement, and this gives you the freedom to go crazy with your look. You can rip your clothes, add safety pins, belts and chains and generally go wild!
There were too many different punk styles to feature here in one blog post, but we can have fun recreating a very memorable one, at least.
If you're feeling too lazy to create a fancy dress costume from scratch, you can opt for a ready-made one instead. The one featured here is representing my favourite character from The Young Ones comedy series,Vyvyan Basterd who was, of course, played brilliantly by Ade Edmondson. The outfit includes a denim-look waistcoat, T-shirt, wig with orange hair and bracelets for your wrists. Unfortunately, it doesn't include the trousers, but you can always add a pair of old denim jeans and add a few extra rips to them.
The costume is missing the chain and padlock that Vyvyan wore around his neck, but you should be able to find a small one in a pound store or DIY store.
Create Your Own Vyvyan Basterd Costume
Creating your own outfit will enable you to make your look more unique, therefore, reducing to chances of someone else turning up at the 80s fancy dress party/event in exactly the same costume.
Denim Waistcoat
Low Cost Denim Waistcoat by Zicac
This waistcoat is excellent value and the ratings are pretty positive on Amazon. Reviews suggest it is on the small side, so I would order a size up on your normal size. Vyvyan never used the buttons anyway, so you won't need to button it up, thankfully.
By adding some punk-themed button badges to the waistcoat you can easily create your own 80s punk style, and there are oodles of them at Amazon.
Motorhead T-shirt
Vyvyan could sometimes be seen wearing a Motorhead Everything Louder Than Everyone Else album art T-shirt. This official tee is highly rated by customers and very reasonably priced.
Official Motorhead Everything Louder T-shirt
Saxon First Album T-shirt
The anarchic punk also wore a Saxon debut album art T-shirt in at least two episodes, and he appeared to wear kit whenever he threw a party, as in the episode Interesting. Finding a first album T-shirt has been more difficult than anticipated, but there are a couple of sellers on ebay selling brand new shirts, as I write.
Saxon First Album T-shirt at ebay
Scumbag College T-shirt
A fun, alternative idea would be to wear a T-shirt representing the classic episode where the Young Ones went on University Challenge as Scumbag College.
Scumbag College The Young Ones T-shirt Scumbag College London T-shirt for Adults
Vyvyan Basterd Wig
A wig comes with the ready-made costume, but if you're creating your own then I'm afraid there is no official wig available.
However, this orange spiky punk wig is close his hair style and pretty low cost for a wig.
Orange Punk Wig
That's just about it - you're ready to party!
Punk Anarchist Costume for Men
How to Create an 80s Punk Costume
80s fancy dress ideas for men at simplyeighties.com
Blondie - Debbie Harry - 70s and 80s Fashion Photos
Back in my school days (yes, it was a long, long time ago!) many kids associated Blondie purely with lead singer Debbie Harry, although Blondie was actually a band, and a damn fine one, too. It's not hard to see why. After all, she oozed sex appeal and became a style icon, and many of her looks can still be seen on the high street today.
Harry's designer friend Stephen Sprouse can claim responsibility for many of those looks. He created every style you can imagine using denim, black leather biker jackets, camoflauge, wayfarer and aviator shades, pink and girly styles, nautical stripes, animal print catsuits - the list goes on!
I find it amusing that in 1998 Britney Spears caused controversy by wearing a school uniform for her video "Hit Me Baby One More Time". How quickly we forget that Debbie Harry had done this two decades earlier!
After forming in 1974, Blondie became pioneers of the punk and new wave scene. However, it wasn't until 197…
Create an 80s Party Girl Costume
For this post I'm going to show you how to quickly piece together a costume similar to the one featured above, or create your own variation of it. The main focus of the outfit is the 80s Party Girl T-shirt which has eye-catching, Katharine Hamnett style block lettering in neon colours. Now, you can, of course, use different accessories to create many looks based around the tee. Let me show you how to create the look from top to toe.
The T-shirt
Obviously, this is the main component and I've linked to ebay above where there are usually at least a couple of suppliers selling the tee. If you're from the UK then you can also buy the shirt at Amazon. In the United States, there are many suppliers selling tees based on the slogan at Amazon.com.
Shirts and sweatshirts were often worn off one shoulder and were over-sized, sometimes doubling-up as a dress. I recommend ordering at least a size-up to ensure you achieve a loose look. You can buy T-shirts that are designed to be worn o…
Create a Tina Turner 1980s Fancy Dress Costume
Ask anyone to name a few great female singers from the 80s and it's highly likely that they will mention Tina Turner. This lady was huge back in the eighties, with hits including What's Love Got To Do With Itand We Don't Need Another Hero, to name but a few.
If you want to be simply the best dressed person at a fancy dress party, then why not try this gorgeous, shiny Tina Turner dress featured above? If you're going to an 80s or pop star themed party then this costume is ideal but it can, of course, be used for other fancy dress events.
Although I have linked to the U.S. Amazon store, the costume is not available here, sadly, although you will find a range of wigs and a couple of suitable dresses. However, there are costumes available on ebay, and the prices are very decent. This link will work in any English speaking country.
You can buy an even more authentic-looking dress from Amazon, I remember two very different gold dress that Tina wore back in the 80s, one of …
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This paper discusses the importance of control in free software. Its main argument is that while software rests on a computational logic the impact on organisations is ambiguous. Computational control allows surveillance but embedded in free software it forms the basis for free collaboration.
This paper explores the forms of control involved in the production of free software. Free software is often praised as the vanguard for decentralised forms of production. Much of the enthusiasm draws from the perceived lack of hierarchies and control in the organisation of free software. Existing research has highlighted governance, hierarchies and power laws in commons-based peer production. This paper adds an additional perspective by discussing flexible forms of control in the collaborative production of free software. It focuses on the specific characteristics concerning the ethic of collaboration and coordination of production in The Document Foundation, the home of the free office suite LibreOffice, which defines itself as an independent self-organising meritocratic free software organisation. The major contribution of this paper is to describe how the organisation The Document Foundation and the production of LibreOffice rests on a software logic that allows tracking and close control of a collaborative production process. It shows that a 'softwarization of culture' (Berry, 2015) has specific features and repercussions but the organisations that emerge can operate differently depending on the social and cultural contexts. Tracking, embedded in the ethic of free software, offers close control of a collaborative process allows while it also offers exit points of this organisational control when it is embedded in the fundamental freedoms of free software. References Berry, D. M. (2015). Critical theory and the digital. New York: Bloomsbury.


which got so many positive reviews and comments and this year he's on a rampage with instrumentals from hit singles such as Phyno – if to say, Olamide – Wavy Level and now this sizzling single by Flavor titled "Catch You". Y'all should listen to this. He's got too much sauce. follow @eazibitz on Instagram, Twitter & Snapchat for more sound bursters.


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Neidingen ist ein Ortsteil von Beuron, liegt an der jungen Donau und hat rund 100 Einwohner.

Lage
Neidingen liegt im Naturpark Obere Donau. Hier entspringt die Talmühlequelle. Die Bahnstrecke Tuttlingen–Inzigkofen und die Landesstraße 277 führen durch den Ort.

Geschichte
1390 wurde Neidingen zum ersten Mal urkundlich erwähnt. Damals gehörte es zur Herrschaft Falkenstein, wobei Teile auch unter der Herrschaft Hausen lagen. Danach kommt es mit Hausen im Tal zu Vorderösterreich. 1805 wurde es württembergisch, 1810 badisch. Am 1. Januar 1974 erfolgte die Eingemeindung der Gemeinde Hausen im Tal nach Beuron.

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten

Bauwerke
 Auf Neidinger Gemarkung befindet sich die St.-Agatha-Kapelle.
 Außerdem befindet sich hier die abgegangene Burg Auchtbühl.
 Historischer Brunnen
 Deutsche Land Rover Sammlung, Ausstellung von alten Land Rover

Naturdenkmale
 In unmittelbarer Nähe zum Ort befindet sich der bekannte Schaufelsen (). Er ist mit 120 Metern Höhe der höchste Felsen Deutschlands nördlich der Alpen. Das Klettern an ihm ist großteils verboten. Für den Klettersport freigegeben ist der Traumfels, die Hölle und der Blicklefels, alle ebenfalls östlich von Unterneidingen.
 Das Wurzelwerk der Dorflinde wurde beim Ausbau der Dorfstraße schwer beschädigt, worauf hin die Neidinger Bürger den Baum so lange regelmäßig gossen, bis er sich wieder selbst mit Wasser versorgen konnte.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
In den 1970er Jahren war der Fernsehempfang in Neidingen wegen der ungünstigen topographischen Lage erschwert, weshalb sich die Neidinger zusammenschlossen und eine Gemeinschaftsantennenanlage auf einem der umliegenden Felsen bauten. Die Antenne war über 10 Jahre lang in Betrieb und wurde erst abgeschaltet, als die Satellitentechnik einen reibungslosen Empfang möglich machte.

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Landkreis Sigmaringen
Ort an der Donau
Geographie (Beuron)
Ersterwähnung 1390
Ort auf der Schwäbischen Alb

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As the new year ushered in declarations of change from those seeking self-improvement, it also marked a change in part of Canada's copyright law process.
As of January 1, 2015, a "notice-and-notice" process has come into effect and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are now obligated to pass notices from copyright holders on to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses suspected of copyright infringement.
Previously, ISPs could chose to forward on such notices at their own discretion. Additionally, ISPs must keep records relating to the suspected infringement for a minimum of six months.
In simpler terms this change means that if a copyright holder finds that someone is infringing on their copyright, they can now send a notice to the service provider who must then pass it on to the user suspected of copyright infringement.
An example would be a record label seeing that someone is illegally downloading their music and sending a notice to the ISP being used to do the downloading. The ISP now has to pass the notice on to the user who is doing the illegal downloading.
This new process marks the implementation of the final element within the Copyright Modernization Act that the Conservative Government introduced and passed in September of 2011 and which received Royal Assent in June of 2012.
All things considered, the "notice-and-notice" process is a minor change in the system. Copyright holders have been sending these notices to ISPs for ages, and most ISPs have already been passing them on to their users, this change just sets that last step in stone.
The notices themselves do not indicate immediate legal action, but are meant to serve as a warning that a copyright holder is aware of copyright infringing activity at an IP address and there is the potential that legal action may be taken.
ISPs still have no obligation to give out the personal contact information of their users unless they are legally requested to do so by a court order when a lawsuit is launched by a copyright holder. Much of the time the notices in Canada are released in the hopes that an acknowledgement of the infringing activity will encourage users to stop of their own accord.
As always, copyright is a topic of much discussion, and this change is no exception. TekSavvy, an ISP based in Chatham, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec is one of the many ISPs to comment on the change.
Other service providers such as Rogers and Bell have released similar statements indicating that they will be following the new rules but that customer privacy will remain protected.
In the end, most internet users, even those who may download copyrighted materials in a less-than-legal fashion, will not likely see any result of the change as the main intent of the notice-and-notice process is to target those who provide the copyrighted content for download.


Oil companies have jumped on the bandwagon of promotion of democracy and human rights, but without sufficient expertise in local conditions. What works in one country may backfire in another. Azeri democrats want the oil industry to stop propping up the Aliev regime and talk to them instead, but for an Iranian democratic politician, support from Western oil companies is the kiss of death. However, in both countries democrats call for more transparency.


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The Minot train derailment occurred just west of Minot, North Dakota, United States, on January 18, 2002, when a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed, spreading ammonia gas across the city, delaying rescue operations. The cause was found to be small fatigue cracks in the rails and joint bars, not detectable by the inspection routines then enforced by Canadian Pacific.

Derailment
At about 1:37 a.m. CST, 31 cars of a 112-car Canadian Pacific train derailed about four miles west of the city center, in a development called Tierrecita Vallejo in Harrison Township in Ward County. Five tanker cars carrying anhydrous ammonia ruptured, releasing a cloud of caustic, poisonous gas over the city. Soon after the derailment, a large area around the derailed train was evacuated, and residents in the remainder of the city were told to stay indoors. The accident killed one person, caused serious injuries to 11 more (including both of the train's crew members), and caused minor injuries to 322 others.

Response
Dispatchers told residents to close doors and windows, boil water, and cover their faces with wet cloths to counteract the ammonia.

Emergency response to the disaster was disorganized. Local emergency managers did not activate the city's radio-based Emergency Alert System. The public siren system failed during the event and the 911 telephone system became overloaded. Because it was the middle of the night, there were few people at local radio stations, all operated by Clear Channel with mostly automated programming. No formal emergency warnings were issued for several hours while Minot officials located station managers at home. North Dakota's public radio network, Prairie Public Broadcasting, was notified and did broadcast warnings to citizens.

The incident has been cited as an example of the physical dangers of media consolidation and the cost-cutting practice of not keeping overnight staff at stations. Even without activation of the Emergency Alert System, a live announcer would still have been able to warn citizens of the emergency via the traditional means of the broadcast signal and an on-air microphone. As local stations were running in automated mode, there was nobody on-site to interrupt programming and issue warnings concerning the disaster.

By the morning of January 18, the cloud was dissipating, but covered a wider area of the city. Governor John Hoeven arrived on a North Dakota National Guard helicopter to survey the disaster, landing near Dakota Square Mall for a brief press conference.

Investigation
The accident was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The NTSB determined that the train crew was operating their train at the appropriate speed through the region and adhering to operating procedures, and did not have alcohol or drugs in their system. Therefore, crew training or operation were ruled out as factors. The NTSB found evidence at the derailment site of fatigue cracking on the rail and on joint bars used to connect sections of track together. The joint bar failed, followed by failure of the rail itself, causing the train to derail. The NTSB determined that the railway was using visual inspection to inspect tracks in the area, and that this was inadequate to identify small fatigue cracks. As a result, the NTSB determined the probable cause of the derailment to be ineffective Canadian Pacific inspection and maintenance procedures, which resulted in failure to replace cracked joint bars before they fractured.

Coverage and aftermath
The derailment made national news in the United States and Canada, though the CP involvement perhaps encouraged broader coverage in the latter. CBC reporters were on the scene the day of the disaster, and filed reports on the aftermath on the national news programs throughout the week, while ABC News provided only a short clip the day of the disaster.

Cleanup operations began around 24 hours after the wreck, as soon as the gas cloud had dissipated enough to allow workers to safely get near the train. As part of the operations, CP removed ammonia-contaminated ice from the Souris River to avoid further environmental damage. After the disaster, CP opened a claims office in Minot to avoid a larger lawsuit. Residents were offered $250.00 each as a settlement, waiving their rights to pursue a claim in court.

The NTSB estimated that the accident caused over $2 million in damages, and another $8 million in environmental cleanup costs.

Following the incident, the Minot city council imposed a speed limit on trains passing through the city.

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What If You Stopped Stressing About Your Body?
Recently as I worked in a coffee shop while traveling with my husband, I sat near a group of women who continually ridiculed their bodies along with those of acquaintances not at the table. I don't think they truly understood the power of their words or the fact that it sounded so shallow for an outsider to hear them stress so much about their physical appearance. But I was convicted in the same moment, because I've done the same. Many times.
I used to stress so much over my body. For years I didn't nourish it properly and literally ran my tail off. I counted calories, ate sugar free icecream like it was my job (seriously like a gallon per week). Then for years after that I competed in fitness competitions and forced myself to eat nothing but clean food all of the time and ate 5 meals per day no matter how much Tupperware I had to pack when traveling or how much I didn't even feel like eating another meal. Neither left me happy or fulfilled. EVEN when I had accomplished that "perfect" physique that I'd been waiting for and finally had a rounded booty. I didn't feel I had arrived, instead I felt the burden of what it would take to maintain.
I knew that I obsessed far too much about my body. I knew that I put far too much energy into the way I looked in photos (and that was BEFORE the age of social media), but I didn't know what to do about it. I knew that it wasn't healthy to obsess over food when I had great opportunities to travel and do fun things, but I couldn't break it on my own. I just couldn't do it!
The Lord worked. I can't say that all of a sudden I didn't care so much about my appearance, but I can say that he gave me new important responsibilities and roles that required more of my attention. I can't tell you that I never linger in the mirror nitpicking, but it's far less often. How did it happen? Slowly. Very slowly. Namely I became a Mom and a business owner. God showed me that my significance was far greater than my physique.
I began to recognize that my body didn't take up so much of my focus anymore. I also began to realize that the less I stressed, the better I felt and the better I felt the more confident I became and with more confidence, I felt more comfortable in my own skin and my own body. It all kind of all happened at once.
I have accepted the fact that I don't have the mental space to design workouts and meals around them to aid in hypertrophy of my glutes in order to shape that rounded booty again. And truthfully I don't WANT to spend my brain power on my body. But what I can do is practice healthy habits day after day that optimize my health and keep my body strong for the things that I want to accomplish with my life and for taking care of my family.
What's that balance for you? How can you pursue health and feeling well and energized without become obsessive? The truth is, I don't have the answer for you. What I do know, is that when we focus so much on shallow "wants", we completely lose sight of God's best for us.
Do not hear me the wrong way. I am NOT saying that you shouldn't pursue health. Yes, we need to take care of our bodies. Yes, we need the stress relief. Yes, we need a few minutes to ourselves. We've got to value ourselves to make those changes worthwhile because, newsflash, they take energy. SO, let's take all of that energy we've been spending obsessing and shaming ourselves and put it to work.
Pray First. Act Second. Evaluate third. God's got you and He's got this.
I would love to hear from you. What's your struggle? What's your hang up? Where do you need prayer?


This crazy guy visits us daily, looking in our window from time-to-time but mostly busying himself making trip after trip down the sidewalk to manage his nuts. Apparently it takes somewhere around 15 runs a day to carry your nuts back and forth from your tree to your hiding place in the potted plants . . . .
No name yet for this squirrel, outside of "small but cute distraction!"


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This year Xavier has partnered with Enterprise Rent-a-Car to provide vehicles to students through the WeCar program.
rented for $8 per hour or $58 per day or on weekends for $9 per hour and $63 per day. Overnight rental costs $35 on the weekdays and $40 on the weekends. The cost of gas and insurance is included in the price. The first 200 miles are free and after that it costs $.35 per mile. After a student reserves a car online, he or she can gain entrance into the car with their membership card. Once the student is done with the vehicle, he or she returns it to its parking spot. "WeCar is a great addition to the Xavier first year and overall experience," SGA President Seth Walsh said. "I'm very excited to see it take off this year."


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 Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland in Nordrhein-Westfalen
 National Vehicle Register, das nationale Fahrzeugeinstellungsregister für Schienenfahrzeuge
 Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR
 Naval Vessel Rules, Zertifizierungsregelwerk für Schiffe
 Netzwerkvideorekorder, ein Aufzeichnungsgerät für Videostreams von Netzwerkkameras
 Novair, schwedische Fluggesellschaft (ICAO-Code)

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Author: Nathan Cofnas
Deplatforming Won't Work
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Last year Robert Bowers shot up a synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing eleven people. Before committing this atrocity he wrote on Gab: "HIAS [Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society] likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in." Gab is a Twitter alternative used by many neo-Nazis and alt-righters who have been (or know they would be) banned from actual Twitter. The unintended—but entirely predictable—consequence of throwing extremists off Twitter has been to create a large community of exiles on Gab. In Gabland, it is people who question Jewish conspiracy theories or the idea that the US should be a white ethnostate who are considered "trolls." A similar community is developing on the YouTube alternative BitChute, whose Alexa ranking is rising quickly. Bowers's threat of imminent violence ("Screw your optics, I'm going in") didn't alarm any of his fellow extremists on Gab. What if he had written the same thing on Twitter? Someone would have been much more likely to contact the …
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When Accusations Lose Their Bite
About a week ago, ABC canceled one of its most popular shows, "Last Man Standing" starring conservative comedian Tim Allen. This appears to be the belated consequence of a smear campaign directed against Allen in March, after he explained to Jimmy Kimmel why he was nervous talking about his involvement in Trump's inauguration: "You gotta be real careful [in Hollywood]. You know, you get beat up if you don't believe what everybody believes. It's like 30s Germany." Steven Goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, spearheaded the backlash. He asked: "Tim, have you lost your mind?" Apparently Allen's comment "trivializes the horrors imposed on Jews in Nazi Germany," and he needs to "leave [his] bubble to apologize to the Jewish people." Just two months before Allen's comments on Jimmy Kimmel, however, we find an interesting report in the Huffington Post: "Goldstein told HuffPost it would be hyperbolic and irresponsible to compare Trump's actions to the Holocaust's mass murders. 'However, it would be equally irresponsible not to point out the similarities between …
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As the sun sets on 2017, we look back in gratitude on another year gone by, and look forward to the coming dawn of 2018 with a renewed sense of hope. Gratitude and Hope are the foundations on which we should build our lives. Gratitude for all that we have accomplished and for all the things that God has bestowed upon us. And Hope for all the goals that we would like to accomplish in the times to come.
Have a great Christmas and a Blessed Year Ahead !


Natalie Mossin is Associate Partner in Smith, an external R&D agency for the building industry. She is also the President of the Architects' Association, member of the board of EKJ Consulting Engeneers A/S and a member of Realdanias Representatives. As such she has extensive experience with formulation and communication of new agendas for the construction on the strategic as well as the political level.
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Silver 925 ring with a GEMSTONE SPHERE. It's a combination of an organic silver ring with a precious stone ball. The ring is really strong, you can were it every day.
The ring is special by the fine imprints, this is inspired by an antique pendant. The ring is signed on the inside with my master-stamp and completely made in Sterling silver.
The ring comes in a nice jewel box with certificate and can be gift wrapped!


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Home > News > Medway Council gives green light to development at Lodge Hill
Friday 5th September 2014
Last night Medway Council voted to grant planning permission for 5,000 houses at Lodge Hill.
Lodge Hill, a former military site near Chattenden, holds one of our highest legal protections for wildlife and is home to species such as the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, Brown banded carder bee and Dingy skipper butterfly, amongst others.
The application has been strongly opposed by Buglife as it puts rare bugs under threat and if the development goes ahead it will lead to one of the largest losses in history of a Site of Special Scientific Interest. As well as failing to comply with national and local planning policies in place to protect the environment, there are major flaws in the environmental information submitted with the application. This has prevented an accurate assessment of this development's impact on wildlife at Lodge Hill, including rare and endangered bugs, from taking place.
Alice Farr, Planning Manager said "This decision is extremely disappointing and could set a dangerous precedent for nature. The site is legally protected and is clearly fantastic for wildlife. Species such as the Brown banded carder bee can be found onsite. Over 60% of all Bumblebee species are in decline and numbers of Brown banded carder bees have more than halved in the last 25 years. We need to offer a life-line to these species rather than further reducing their habitats and making survival even harder."
The decision to grant planning permission is despite objections from Buglife, Kent Wildlife Trust and the RSPB. It also goes against advice from Natural England and will have to be referred to the Secretary of State for final decision.


Lessons from Life: No one has yet invented a time machine that will allow us to travel forward or backwards in time. I doubt they ever will because, as I understand it, you have to exceed the speed of light to slow down or reverse time.
Quite awhile ago I had a strong feeling of regret that I could not go back in time as I watched the movie "The Graduate." That movie was the definitive statement for thousands of young people like myself in the late 1960's caught in the tangle of confused feelings about adulthood and relationships. As I watched it again twenty plus years forward of those feelings, I felt a sudden ache to go back and re-live them. It was painful to realize again that you can never go back to the past. Once we go through a moment in time, it fades into a memory.
As I write these words, we in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States are only about eight hours away from a brand new year. My wife and I are planning to bring in the new year at a church concert. This will be quite different from my new year's eve experiences of the past when I was looking for some fantastic experience to lift me to some emotional height.
If we look at the year that is passing, we may be tempted to look back with longing and wish we could re-live some parts of it again. As we do, we have to acknowledge again that the best way we can re-live those parts is through looking at our diary entries. This helps recall details that would otherwise slip away. It also helps recall some of the feelings we had as we went through them.
I really don't think I would use a time machine if one were ever invented. Once through my life is going to be enough. I do however like to treasure those special moments like the Christmas three years ago when I proposed to my current wife. She took her time in replying but she eventually said "yes" and made my life complete.
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Increasingly, the multiplicity of products, services, and values, and the diversity of interests from different resource users and groups, is being acknowledged as vital for sustainable use. This calls for a shift from protection to sustainable use and to resource-user focus. The aim of this study is to identify the spatial occurrence of livelihood values through participatory resource mapping, their changes over time and alternatives for sustainable management. A participatory resource mapping study was conducted with local community, including important stakeholders in Ekondo-Titi subregion of Cameroon. The research technique which focused on gender revealed different patterns of forest resources and changes on the landscape. The study concludes that the importance of resources varies between men and women in Ekondo-Titi subregion of Cameroon, implying that resources may have multipurpose functions, but its exact role depends on the needs of the user groups that utilize them. The divergence of opinion on certain resources is a clear indication of preferences that are gender motivated. The study also revealed that the greatest impact of land use change is the conversion of forest land into agriculture.


Classical radio station Kol HaMusica on Friday broadcast Wagner's Twilight of the gods" (Gotterdammerung) despite the country's boycott, prompting a number of complaints from listeners.
"In 1849, Richard Wagner began to formulate his revolutionary ideas about opera as a result of anarchist political activity, and gave rise to a new artistic form merging poetry and drama… we will listen to the final act of Twilight of Gods," Avishai Pelchi, the program's presenter, said by way of introduction.
Wagner, whose grandiose and nationalistic 19th-century literary and musical work is infused with anti-Semitism, misogyny and proto-Nazi ideas of racial purity, was Adolf Hitler's favourite composer.
While there is no law in Israel banning the German composer's works from being played, orchestras and venues refrain from doing so because of the public outcry and disturbances accompanying past attempts.
Several attempts in Israel have been made to break the boycott, including by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1981, but they orchestra faced a backlash for the decision.
"This is out of an understanding of the pain such a broadcast would evoke among the Holocaust survivors in our audience," she said in a statement.
"The (musical) editor erred in his artistic choice to play the piece, and it was a wrong public decision," she said.
Kan's Friday misfortunes, however, did not end with their editor's controversial choice.
A "technical failure" during the Goetterdaemmerung broadcast caused some 40 seconds of silence, after which the rest of the piece was played.
"It might have been the hand of fate," the spokeswoman said.
"The issue is being examined, and we apologise for it too," she added, rejecting conspiracy theories of external intervention to silence Wagner.
Jonathan Livny, an attorney and head of the Israel Wagner Society, "welcomed" the public radio Wagner broadcast.
"We're not playing the composer's opinions, rather the wonderful music he created," said Livny, whose father was a Holocaust survivor.
"Whoever doesn't want to hear the music can always turn the radio off," he said.


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Francis Clement Kelley (October 23, 1870 – February 1, 1948) was a Canadian-born Catholic bishop. He was the second Bishop of Oklahoma City, as well as an author and diplomat. He was a Catholic priest for 54 years, and bishop for 23 years.

Early life
Francis Clement Kelley was born in Vernon River, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to John and Mary Kelley. His sister was poet Lucy Gertrude Clarkin. He was educated at St. Dunstan's College, Prince Edward Island, and ordained a priest for the diocese of Detroit, Michigan, in 1893.
Father Kelley served as a military chaplain during the Spanish–American War, as a captain with the Michigan National Guard. He was later promoted to the rank of colonel. Kelley served as vice commander general of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, a veterans' group, for five years.

While pastor in Lapeer, Michigan in 1905, he founded the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States with the help of James Edward Quigley, Archbishop of Chicago. Kelley was elected its first president. The Extension Society continues to promote the mission of the Catholic Church in rural and mission areas of the United States. Kelley also founded and edited the quarterly Extension Magazine, which had more than 3 million subscribers during his administration. In addition to his editorial duties, he authored numerous books.

As a diplomat, Kelley represented the bishops of Mexico during the World War I Peace Conference in Paris. He also initiated unofficial negotiations between the Vatican and the Italian government for a settlement of the Roman Question. Two years after the war, Kelley was sent to England by the Vatican to settle postwar differences over German and American missions. As president of the Extension Society, Kelley also represented the Mexican bishops during the Carranza Revolution. He established a seminary in Texas for exiled Mexican seminarians and clergy.

Episcopacy

Kelley was consecrated Bishop of Oklahoma in 1924. During his years as Bishop, he successfully resisted the agitation of the KKK and continued his work as the "Extension Bishop." Like other missionary dioceses in the country, Oklahoma received funds from the Catholic Extension to build and to furnish churches. In 1931, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church became the new cathedral for the diocese, which had become the Diocese of Oklahoma City-Tulsa in 1930.

In 1932, Kelley succeeded Bishop Joseph H. Conroy of Ogdensburg, New York as Chairman of the Bishops Catholic Committee on Scouting. Under his leadership the Catholic Committee expanded to include 22 Archbishops and Bishops, one from each Ecclesiastical Province in the United States. In 1934 the American hierarchy approved a "Plan of Cooperation" recognizing Scouting as serving the church's interest in the spiritual welfare of Catholic youth, and approving it as an approved youth program in the Church.  Bishop Kelly was recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with the Silver Buffalo Award in 1939, the first member of the catholic clergy to be so recognized.

Death and legacy
Bishop Kelley died in Oklahoma City on February 1, 1948, aged 77.

Bishop Kelley High School (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Bishop Kelley Catholic School (in Lapeer, Michigan) are named for Bishop Francis Kelley.

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Blood Drenched Altars (1933) is an historical overview of Catholicism in Mexico. Problem Island (1937), is a science fiction novel set on a tropical Island where a Lost Race is found. In Pack Rat: A Metaphoric Phantasy (1942), rats parody humans, but lack souls.
 The Last Battle of the Gods (1907)
 The City and the World (1913, 1919)
 The Book of Red and Yellow: Being a Story of Blood and a Yellow Streak (1915)
 Letters to Jack (1917)
 Charred Wood (1917) (published under the name of Myles Murdach)
 Dominus Vobiscus (1922)
 Story of Extension (1922)

References

External links
 Homepage of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma
 Homepage of The Sooner Catholic Online.
 Saint Benedict Center

1870 births
1948 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Oklahoma City
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Canadian emigrants to the United States
People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic


Watsonian sidecars have developed a new subframe that enables the British manufacturer to fit a larger choice of sidecars to a wider range of motorcycles.
Traditionally tubular 'arms' from the sidecar chassis are bolted directly to the bike's frame. However, this system limits the choice of mounting points for the fitter, which can make attaching a sidecar a long, costly and occasionally impossible task. So Watsonian designed a tubular sub-frame, which is inserted between the motorcycle and sidecar, allowing the arms to be fitted anywhere along its length. This not only increases options for fitting, but also improves the transfer of weight from sidecar to motorcycle, for more consistent load-bearing.
The combination pictured is a Watsonian GP700, in DL trim with a 10″ alloy wheel, fitted to a Suzuki GSX1400. The wide-bodied GP700 is designed to carry and adult + child or two children. With more than 100 years experience, Watsonian offer fittings for a wide range of both modern and classic motorcycles, a factory fitting service and tuition for novice drivers.


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Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Go is available now for $299
An LTE model is on the way too
By Ian Carlos Campbell / @soupsthename
Jul 15, 2021, 5:18 PM UTC |
Samsung's new entry-level Chrome OS laptop, the $299 Galaxy Chromebook Go, is available to purchase now at Samsung's website and other retailers. While only the Wi-Fi model is available Thursday, Samsung plans to offer an LTE model in the coming weeks, which should be a nice extra perk for web browsing on the go.
The Galaxy Chromebook Go's modest price seems to be reflected in its features. It's got a 14-inch 1366 x 768 HD display, a definite step down from the 4K OLED panel that shipped on the $549 Galaxy Chromebook 2. It's also working with an Intel Celeron N4500 processor and 4GB of RAM, which probably won't set the world on fire, but should be enough for casual Chrome use.
The Galaxy Chromebook Go features USB-C ports and a USB-A 3.2 port.
Samsung claims the Galaxy Chromebook Go's 5480mAh battery should last 12 hours on a single charge, which in comparison to the Chromebook 2's around seven-hour battery life (in our tests) is great, but also is probably related to the differences in display and processors between the two models. Internal storage comes in at 32GB (expandable if you've got a microSD card handy) and the Chromebook Go includes one USB-A 3.2 port, two USB-C ports, a headphone jack, and a microSD card reader.
You can check out our Chromebook guide if you're in the market for a new lightweight laptop, but if Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook Go speaks to you (and you're not waiting for LTE), you can purchase it now from Samsung's store.
YouTube says it's fixing the bug that let someone fake a new oldest video


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Do Sunscreens Cause Cancer?
Jun 12, 2018 Harriet A. Hall, MDCancer, Pharmaceuticals, Science-based Medicine Blogautism, coral reefs, Elizabeth Plourde, endocrine disruptors, melanoma, nanoparticles, precautionary principle, skin cancer, sunscreens, UVA, UVB
The diagnostic characteristics of melanoma A reader asked me to look into the claims that sunscreens cause cancer, especially the claims made by Elizabeth Plourde. When our own Scott Gavura evaluated sunscreens, he concluded: The data on sunscreen use and cancer risk are complex, but on balance suggest that the short-term and long-terms benefits of
Why Do Things That Are Unlikely to Harm Us Get the Most Attention?
Feb 28, 2017 Harriet A. Hall, MDBook Reviews, Cancer, Herbs and supplements, Science-based Medicine Blogaristolochia, BPA, cancer, cell phones, cognitive pitfalls, endocrine disruptors, environmental research, human papillomavirus, Kabat, risk
We are very bad at assessing risk, often giving the most attention to the things that are least likely to harm us. Geoffrey Kabat's new book teaches us how to think more clearly about scientific studies of environmental health risks. Sharks get a lot of bad press and inspire a lot of fear, but in
Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?
Dec 9, 2014 Harriet A. Hall, MDBook Reviews, Critical thinking, Public Health, Science-based Medicine Blog, Skeptical Inquirercarcinogens, confirmation bias, endocrine disruptors, food safety, pesticides, precautionary principle, Toxins
I think everyone would agree that it would not be a good idea to put pesticides in a saltshaker and add them to our food at the table. But there is little agreement when it comes to their use in agriculture. How much gets into our food? What are the effects on our health? On
Phthalates and BPA: Of Mice and Men
Dec 13, 2011 Harriet A. Hall, MDPolitics and Regulation, Public Health, Science-based Medicine BlogBPA, cans, endocrine disruptors, environmental chemicals, phthalates
Is your soup poisoning you? In a recent study subjects who ate canned vegetable soup had markedly increased levels of BPA in their urine compared to those who ate freshly prepared soup. We are constantly bombarded with alarmist warnings about the dangerous chemicals in the products we use. Especially BPA (Bisphenol A) and phthalates. Beware
"The Disappearing Male" – A Pinch of Science, a Pound of Speculation
Sep 1, 2009 Harriet A. Hall, MDMovie/video review, Science-based Medicine Blogendocrine disruptors, hypospadias, infertility, males, sex ratios, sperm count, testicular cancer, The Disappearing Male
A documentary film entitled "The Disappearing Male" was first shown on CBC in June, 2009. It can be viewed online here: Part I, Part II, Part III Some of its rhetoric is reminiscent of Chicken Little: "Where have all the boys gone?" "Millions of males are disappearing." "We're on the Titanic and we see the


Penny stocks are something that anyone who is interested in investing, but does not have a great deal of spare cash might want to look into. They can be purchased for less than $5 apiece. Figuring out how to buy penny stocks is not all that difficult.
Some investors prefer to use an online broker to handle the sales. While this is a viable option, it is not always the best option. There is some risk associated with the use of the online broker. The risk decreases dramatically if the person takes the time to research the various options and makes sure that they are using a broker with a good reputation instead of someone who offers a discount rate.
While penny stock trading effectively, it's very important that one be familiar with the basic use of stop losses. Stop losses are positions you place before a trade that exit a trade at a loss for you if the asset starts to move in a negative direction. This makes it a great way out of a trade should things start to get ugly in the markets. So how does one master these?


Are business cards a thing of the past? Is social media an effective way to network?
I'm new to the world of networking through social media and I'll be the first to admit that its a bit overwhelming at times. There are so many "dos and don'ts" and the lists of best practices and lessons learned are never ending.
I'd used Facebook and Pintrest to post pictures and keep in touch with family and friends and I kept my LinkedIn profile up to date. I've experienced some moderate success with my personal blog without promoting it beyond my Facebook friends. However the concept of using these platforms to network and actually "connect" with people for business seemed a little absurd.
When I stop and think about it, it should have made sense a long time ago. Over the past few years some great friendships began on one of my favorite community sites for triathletes. Many of the people I met through the discussion forums are now my Facebook friends and some of us have even had the opportunity to meet in real life.
For the past couple of months I've been immersed in reading about and trying different social media networking strategies on for size. My LinkedIn profile has been tweaked at least a dozen times, my Twitter following went from zero to almost 300 in a matter of a few weeks, and my Klout score has bounced around like a super-ball.
I also took the plunge and not only joined a few groups on LinkedIn and Facebook, I started commenting on discussions in them. It fascinates me how you can get a sense of a person based on how they interact in a discussion group and by what kind of information they share. It seems to me, and I could be wrong, that there are a lot of people who use social media to gather followers, ask questions, and promote their own interests more than they share and engage.
Last night one of the members posted a comment about networking events that generated a lively discussion about networking tools, including business cards. Some folks think they're not important and others think they will always be around. One thing everyone agreed on is that it doesn't do much good to collect a stack of business cards if there isn't a real connection.
One comment led to another and soon we were sharing networking tips and making connections by confessing to storing business cards in shoebox containers for more than a few years.
My new connection was the first to admit the dirty little secret.
Her comment made me laugh out loud and look up her twitter profile at the same time, I felt a "connection coming on." I added my twitter account, @sitesthatwork, to the Secret Team list and followed @NewContact on Twitter.
And that's how it happens. A connection is made and information is exchanged, and good things start to happen. The connection may lead to nothing more than exchanging mutually beneficial information or it may lead to a joint project, or business referrals and sometimes it may turn into nothing (just like in 'real life'). The key is to focus on genuine exchanges and not on accumulating a shoebox full of business cards or a massive number of followers.
Its kind of funny if you think about it. If you don't network through social media in a meaningful way and just focus on gathering followers and fans its not much different than walking out with a stack of business cards at the end of a 'networking' event.
Is the exchange of business cards at networking events dead? My guess is, not any time soon.
Is social media an effective way to network? I believe it is, if you do it right.
There's always been good and bad networking. I think what has changed is that we can now network with people all over the world – at any time of day or night rather than being confined to networking lunches and conferences and the like.
Yep! Very new to social media, my background is in managing websites from a user experience standpoint and for the past 4 years in SEO. It's become very apparent to me that SEO and SMM need to go hand in hand for a successful Internet marketing strategy.