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Re: New MailerLite GDPR Features (Part 2 of 3): Opt-in Forms

Chris Cree — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:51:57 -0000

The EU claims that their GDPR law applies to US based organizations who have EU subscribers. However, it's just like their claim that US based merchants selling digital products to EU customers are liable for VAT. The EU has no jurisdiction in the US, so there's no enforcement mechanism to back up their claim.

That said, I'm not a lawyer. And since our organization has a physical presence in the UK, we are doing all we can to comply with GDPR. I appreciate MailerLite being proactive with this issue.

Re: Would Jesus join #Resist?

Chris Cree — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 06:00:55 -0000

I don't think it's as simple as, "keep my Lord out of politics." It's true that Jesus' kingdom is not of this world. At the same time we believers do have a responsibility to actively pursue manifesting his Kingdom in the world around us.

Why else would Jesus have responded the way he did when the disciples asked him to teach them how to pray like he does? "Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven..."

If we are to be praying for the Kingdom of God to manifest and for God's will to be done on earth just as it is in heaven, then how can it be wrong to attempt to influence the direction of government towards policies that line up with what Jesus said the Kingdom of God is like?

I realize no earthly government will ever do things perfectly. But they sure can do a great many things better than they are. Besides, the main problem we have today is that the church effectively retreated inside the four walls of the church house and left the culture to it's on devices. Is it any wonder our culture is such a mess when the church refuses to be the salt and light that we are called to be in the world?

Re: The World—Better or Worse? | Charis Bible College

Chris Cree — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:03:41 -0000

Actually the truth we never hear reported in the news is that in many measurable ways things are far better for much of the world than they have ever been. This well researched article is very encouraging on that front. http://cree.link/notsobad

Re: 5 Wordpress Plugins to Help Increase Your Traffic - Growtraffic Blog

Chris Cree — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:38:04 -0000

It should be pointed out that Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin has a fantastic XML sitemap built in making the Google XLM sitemap plugin redundant.

Re: Driving Into the Sunset

Chris Cree — Tue, 20 May 2014 16:22:29 -0000

Congratulations on the next leg of your journey, Scott. When I first heard you had joined Ford I remember wondering if a big company like that would be able to embrace a listening/dialog approach to social media that you are passionate for. Fortunately they did embrace your approach and as a result we were all able to see how fruitful it could be for them.

Re: Robert W. Ramey - By Jay Nordlinger - The Corner - National Review Online

Chris Cree — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:40:52 -0000

When I was in Naval Aviation in the early 90's the old timers said A3D stood for "all three dead" as it was prone to mechanical failures and notoriously difficult plane to get out of because it lacked ejection seats.

Re: Is Spotify Bilking Recording Artists?

Chris Cree — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:31:16 -0000

Pandora says they are paying out a decent amount of royalties with over 800 artists earning $10K or more and over 2,000 artists earning $50K or more. http://blog.pandora.com/pan...

The thing about the web and streaming audio is that actual listens can be measured and tracked. Artists will get paid based on how much they are actually being listened to. Not only that, but there is evidence that folks who listen to streaming services end up purchasing more recorded music than average.

Re: Is Spotify Bilking Recording Artists?

Chris Cree — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:23:41 -0000

Pandora says they are paying out a decent amount of royalties with over 800 artists earning $10K or more and over 2,000 artists earning

Re: Leadership in the Face of Waldo – Video

Chris Cree — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:39:02 -0000

Heya Chris! Sorry I didn't get back to you. It kind of dropped off my scan. We're in the apartments at 30th and Garden of the Gods so we're fine. Had to evacuate for about a week-ish. Know 2 families up in Mountain Shadows who lost their homes. Both landed on their feet.

Re: Comments

Chris Cree — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:34:37 -0000

I'm seeing a sea of liberal bashers invading the site now that the comments are no longer moderated. The NRO comment threads are quickly turning into the TownHall.com comments and it's a sad thing. There trolls run about with flame throwers tearing down every civil person who foolishly attempts to engage.

NRO has been a welcome relief from that scene. But those sunny days may be numbered. :(

Re: PR VP for Chick-fil-A has died; Left responds with viciousness

Chris Cree — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:22:07 -0000

John, the New Testament has a ton to say about relationships in general and marriage in particular. Here are a few if you care to look them up. You see I figure it's better for you to go look at the source documents in context than to have me pull things out. ;)

Matthew 19:1-9
Mark 10:2-10
1 Corinthians chapter 7
Ephesians 5:22-31
Hebrews 13:4

You may notice that a consistent thing through out those marriage passages is that they talk about one man and one woman.

Re: Leadership in the Face of Waldo – Video

Chris Cree — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:53:58 -0000

Thanks for posting this, Chris. It was right after the Mayor broke in with that announcement that my wife said, "I see flames on the ridge across the street." Things got a little intense from there.

Re: Taking Other People’s Word For It

Chris Cree — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:12:18 -0000

One big problem is that our education system is teaching people how to learn rather than how to think. Being able to regurgitate back facts and knowledge is the key to getting good grades in school instead of critical thinking.

Re: Rediscovering the Sabbath

Chris Cree — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:11:45 -0000

It's important to remember that we are under an entirely different covenant than Israel was (and still is). Their covenant was basically "if you do these actions, you will see these results - both blessings and curses." (See Deuteronomy 28 for a huge list of blessings and curses.)

Our covenant is entirely based on the work of Jesus. He is the fulfillment of the law. Once we believe in our hearts that he was raised from the dead and actually say out loud that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9-10) then we get Jesus' righteousness put in our account. It's as if we are constantly fulfilling all the points of the law just like Jesus did, regardless of our actions.

Our faith in Jesus entitles us to all the blessings and exempts us from every curse under the law. However, if we go back to the "Egypt" of keeping rules, such as the Sabbath, looking for a blessing then we fall back under the Old Covenant of the Law. (Galatians 2:18-20)

All that to say it's not about keeping the Sabbath so much as it is resting in the Lord. Rest is a good thing for sure. We have this overwhelming tendency towards striving. Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden light. We forget that and make it way harder than it needs to be. Sometimes though it can almost be an effort to stop striving and rest in Christ.

Re: Feb. 29th New Facebook: 6 Things you Need to Know

Chris Cree — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:33:16 -0000

I think the lists feature will be my favorite change once I have the time to go through and assign my friends to different lists. That is one of those things that is much easier to do along the way rather than go back through and do after the fact.

I'm not so keen on the news ticker because I don't see anyway to pause it or turn it off. It's a little overwhelming to me.

All in all it seems to me the changes are designed to keep more people actually on the Facebook site rather than accessing via apps and whatnot. From that perspective they all make sense to me.

Re: Feb. 29th New Facebook: 6 Things you Need to Know

Chris Cree — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:33:16 -0000

I'm not so keen on the news ticker because I don't see anyway to pause it or turn it off. It's a little overwhelming to me.

All in all it seems to me the changes are designed to keep more people actually on the Facebook site rather than accessing via apps and whatnot. From that perspective they all make sense to me.

Re: The Great Ghost Posting Scandal

Chris Cree — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:28:15 -0000

I'm curious why you are choosing to delete the entire post rather than simply replace the URL in his links there with a # and add a disclaimer to the top of that post which points back here?

Re: Reality To Soon Set In On Google+

Chris Cree — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:28:27 -0000

"People’s time spent online is not a zero-sum game."

That's true. But a person's time is. What surprises me is right in line with another of your observations. Before last week Twitter was the service I engaged with the most. Now I find my time being split between G+ and Facebook. Twitter is getting the short end of my time, mainly because I'm seeing more engagement and conversations on G+.

if you had asked me before I started on G+ I would have been sure Facebook would be the one I neglected first. Twitter should be very concerned.

Re: Google Sparks – Great for Surfacing and Promoting Relevant Content

Chris Cree — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:01:12 -0000

Heya Robyn! On the thumbnail issue, it is probably something weird with Thesis. I had a similar issue with Genesis with FB and found this plugin sorted it out for me so that my Genesis themed sites pulled the correct thumbnails through to FB: http://cree.me/k4e92i Hope that helps, though I'm not sure that fix will work for G+ yet.

Re: Getting Started With Google Plus

Chris Cree — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:19:00 -0000

I'm wondering what one has to do to get into the "Bacon Filchers" circle. ;)

Re: 7 Evernote Resources You May Not Know About

Chris Cree — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:03:45 -0000

I started using Evernote a bit over a year ago. Before I had little text files all over my computers with client notes in them. If I was on my laptop invariably the info I needed was on my desktop and vice versa.

Evernote has made it easy for me to find what I need no matter what device I'm using. And I never have to think, "now what folder did I save that note in again?"

Re: On Memorial Day -- A Plan for National Service

Chris Cree — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:33:48 -0000

As a Navy vet, I see way more bad things than good coming from compulsory military service. The issue isn't service, but attitude. We've brought up a generation with an entitlement mindset. They don't understand that liberty comes with a price. Refuse to pay it and it slowly slips away. Forcing them to put on a uniform will only breed resentment and reduce the effectiveness of our military.

Re: What did you want to be when you were a kid?

Chris Cree — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:56:52 -0000

Gorgeous was a veterinary technician and worked in zoo medicine (at places like Bush Gardens) for 20 years. I'm just saying!. ;)

Re: But Enough About Me

Chris Cree — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:41:08 -0000

Unfortunately most business people are looking at directly connected ROI which is next to impossible to measure in the short term when it comes to relational marketing. They fixate on the transactions because they are what put money in their pockets and they are what can be measured.

Relational marketing is a long term play that can reap huge rewards down the road. Too many businesses are in desperate need for sales right now to truly believe there's value in doing it the right way.

Re: 10 Tools that Keep the Virtual Lyons Den Tame

Chris Cree — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:46:09 -0000

Gotta say I've given up on GoDaddy after their latest distasteful Superbowl commercials. Between that and the upsell barrage that you mentioned I decided to become a domain reseller so I don't have to give them any more of my money.