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Lots of digital marketers are talking smack about ecommerce SEO these days.
"There's too much competition," they say.
"It's difficult to get anything ranked nowadays," they'll tell you.
But that's not true. There are still strategies you can follow that will get your product detail pages to the top of the search results.
In this guide, I'll show you how to use ecommerce SEO to increase sales.
This article outlines nine essential steps to successful ecommerce SEO:
- Do Dynamic Optimization
- Practice internal linking
- Fix technical SEO issues
- Create ecommerce content
- Block bad links
- Create a review generation strategy
- Use schema markup
- Build a brand
- Practice distributed ecommerce
1. Do Dynamic Optimization
This isn't an option. You must practice dynamic optimization if you want your site to rank.
If you're unfamiliar with dynamic optimization, it's a means of optimizing dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of pages all at once.
How do you do that? With the aid of a template.
Each page displays content based on a template. When you update the template, you're updating all the pages that use the template at once.
It's not only a time-saver, it can also land your website at the top of the search engine results pages (SERPs).
Let's say you're selling baseball caps online. You offer caps with different sizes and colors.
Obviously, you'd want category pages that represent all possible combinations. For example, you'd want a category page for "red XL baseball caps" and another category page for "blue small baseball caps."
Now, you could create all of the category pages manually. But then you'd have to do that for each size/color combination.
That's not efficient.
On the other hand, if you use a template, you could create a template with a title like "(color) (size) Baseball Caps."
Then, you'd just substitute different colors and sizes at the appropriate place in the title.
Obviously, the category page itself would only show baseball caps that match the criteria in the title.
That's a simplistic example of dynamic optimization. But it gives you an idea of how you can use it to generate lots of optimized web pages with very little effort.
Keep in mind: you don't just optimize the title with dynamic optimization, either. You also optimize the H1 tags, image tags, and content. It's a great way to create thousands of unique pages on the fly.
You'll also find that dynamic optimization will increase your click-through rate (CTR) and overall conversions in addition to improving your exposure in the search results.
Final note: once you've rolled out your dynamic optimization strategy, make sure you test it.
For example, if you find that you've updated a thousand pages for one template and it increased the CTR by a percentage point, you should probably roll out the change you made on that template to other templates.
On the other hand, if you find that a change you made to just one template decreased your engagements, consider rolling that change back.
2. Practice Internal Linking for Ecommerce SEO
The easiest links you'll ever get to your website will come from your own website. Unfortunately, many SEOs still fail to practice good internal linking strategies.
That's especially true when it comes to ecommerce SEO.
For starters, make sure that you're linking from the home page. That's a great way to increase the prestige of some of your more important pages.
Also, link to your own site from your global header and footer.
If you're running a website that's similar to most, you'll likely use the same header and footer for all your pages. Use that digital real estate to link to important pages on your site.
Additionally, go with a shallow linking strategy. In other words, make sure Googlebot can get to any page on your site quickly.
If it takes Google 17 jumps to get to a product detail page, it's not likely that page will get a very high rank.
Next, avoid putting more than 200-300 links on a single page.
Why? Because if you have too many links on one page, Google tends to devalue the links.
Learn the art of page-sculpting. That's a strategy that digital marketers use to place internal links on pages so they earn the proper link weight.
If you get too conservative with your page-sculpting, you'll end up with too many pages. If you get too liberal, you'll end up with too many links on a single page.
It's important to strike just the right balance.
Next, you should also link to all your subcategories within each category page. That's one way to make sure that Google finds all your products and their associated categories.
Also, if you have copy on a category page, make sure to internally link to other categories at the same level. Link to product pages as well, but only lower in the copy.
Finally, put links on product detail pages as well. Beyond adding related product links, also link to similar categories and subcategories.
3. Fix Technical SEO Issues
Unfortunately, plenty of ecommerce websites have technical SEO issues. If yours is one of them, fix those problems today.
First, make sure your search pages are blocked so they don't get picked up by Google.
Your website probably includes a search bar that appears on every page. Visitors can type keywords into the search bar and look for items of interest.
The problem is that the search usually generates a unique URL with request parameters. Make sure the URL is blocked in your robots.txt file.
Likewise, ensure that your faceted navigation is blocked as well.
If you're unfamiliar with faceted navigation, it's a feature that you (probably) have on your website that enables visitors to filter their results based on price, color, size, etc.
Again, that kind of navigation uses a URL that you want blocked to the search spiders. Those pages shouldn't get indexed.
Be careful with pagination as well. Google has already deprecated the use of rel/next and rel/prev, so if you're still using those tags, get rid of them.
Also, infinite scrollers might pose a problem with ecommerce SEO. Those are web pages that keep "expanding" vertically as the visitor scrolls down.
The issue with those pages is that some search bots might have trouble with the scrolling part. So they can't traverse links that appear only after scrolling.
Next, make sure you're using sitemaps.
Remember, though, sitemaps can only contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs.. If you have more than 50,000 URLs you need to index, use sitemap indexes.
Finally, avoid product level duplicate content.
It's easy to include duplicate content on an ecommerce website. In fact, you may already have it if you just copied and pasted the product descriptions from the manufacturer.
The problem is that many other ecommerce site webmasters who are selling the same products copy the descriptions as well. As a result. you've got the same content on your website that's on dozens of other sites.
That's duplicate content. And it will make it difficult to rank your ecommerce website.
Also, when you have different product detail pages for the same product with different attributes, you'll often publish duplicate content as well.
For example, if your description for a blue baseball cap is the same as your description for a red baseball cap but they both appear on different pages, you've got duplicate content.
4. Create Ecommerce Content
Yes, you need to do content marketing with ecommerce sites. That's in addition to your ecommerce SEO.
Why? Because it will attract more people to your site.
Be careful with content marketing, though. You don't want to optimize your content for keywords that should lead people to your ecommerce product detail pages.
For example, the keyword "blue XL baseball caps" should point to a category page or a product detail page. If you write an article optimized for "blue XL baseball caps," you'll take visitors away from the ecommerce side of the site.
That could lower your sales.
Also, some strategists create too many categories. If you do that, you'll end up with thin content.
Google doesn't like to rank thin content towards the top of the SERPs.
You should also include content on your category pages. That gives Google more insight about the kinds of products within that category.
Be careful with putting too much content on the cat pages, though. If you write an article on a category page, Google will treat the page as… an article.
In other words, it won't get ranked as a category page on an ecommerce site. That could hurt your sales as well.
For more on this, I wrote a full guide on ecommerce copywriting. Check it out here.
5. Block Bad Links for Ecommerce SEO
It's still a great idea to block bad links.
That's true even if you didn't solicit the bad links. Google might think you're practicing some kind of link spam and penalize your site accordingly.
How do you block bad links? With the disavow tool.
Fortunately, it's easy to use. You can access it from within Google Search Console.
Keep in mind: blocking bad links isn't a one-and-done process. You'll need to do it on a bi-weekly or monthly basis.
If you let it go, you could wake up one day with a nightmare on your hands when you find Google has penalized your site because of link spam.
And while we're talking about links, you should not only block the bad links, but you should also aggressively pursue good links as well.
Ecommerce sites need a healthy backlink profile just like traditional info sites.
6. Create a Review Generation Strategy
When you're shopping online and see a product you'd like to buy, what do you normally do?
If you're like many other people, you'll check the price, take a look at the image from different angles, read the product description, and… check the reviews.
You'll almost always check the reviews, won't you?
Your website visitors are no different than you are when it comes to shopping online. They want to see positive reviews.
That's why you should pursue a review generation strategy that lets people know your products have delivered for other customers in the past.
Also: the more positive reviews you generate that are unique, the more likely you'll get a good rank in the search engines.
As for how you ask for those reviews, there are a few strategies you can try, but emails are a good place to start for ecommerce SEO.
This doesn't have to be an extravagant ask. After a customer makes a purchase, follow up a few days later via email to ask how they're liking the product, if they have any questions, and, if satisfied, to kindly leave a review or star rating.
Simple, straightforward, and to the point.
Even better, the process can be automated through the use of tools like Shopper Approved and BirdEye.
7. Use Schema Markup
One of the best ways to outrank your competitors is to use technology that Google loves but that others aren't using. One of those technologies might be schema markup.
If you're unfamiliar with schema markup, it's a library of tags you can use to tell the search engines a little bit more about the content on your page. It's especially useful for ecommerce SEO.
For starters, you should use the review markup. It will highlight your reviews for the search engines.
And if you want to know why that's important, see Point #6 above.
Beyond that, though, you should also use the logo markup (to promote your brand) and breadcrumb markup (for navigation).
Finally, you should use the product markup on your product detail pages.
8. Build a Brand
It's not enough to just publish product detail pages and optimize a site for ecommerce content. You'll need to build your brand as well. That means you'll need to invest some money in advertising.
Keep in mind, that's not just advertising for specific products (although that has a place, too). You should run ads that promote your business as well.
Inform people about your brand and tell them why they should buy from you.
Additionally, do some PR. Since plenty of ecommerce sites aren't investing any time or money in PR, you might find that doing so gives you a competitive advantage.
9. Practice Distributed Ecommerce
Okay, you have a great website. Is that the only place online where people can find your products?
If so, consider expanding.
You can sell products on websites hosted by Amazon, Walmart, Target, and others. You don't need to confine your marketing to your own virtual shop.
Sure, those other sites will take a piece of the pie. But in the process of marketing through other channels, you'll promote your brand.
So you're selling something and getting the word out about your business at the same time. What's not to love about that?
Wrapping Up Ecommerce SEO
There you have it. Follow the nine steps listed above and you'll push your ecommerce SEO to the limit.
Remember, though: always be on the lookout for new ways to gain exposure. Although these steps are a great starting point, you'll have to build on them later on.


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The world's oceans are vast and boundless, and its spectacular and innumerable diversity of sea creatures and plants may seem immune from human harm. But as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the United Nations conference on oceans last year, our seas and its inhabitants are "now under threat as never before."
The human footprint has pushed marine species numbers to the "brink of collapse." The constant consumption of plastics has turned our oceans into a dumping ground. And the burning of fossil fuels has fueled ocean heating, leading to dire consequences such as declining oxygen levels in the oceans, coral bleaching and sea level rise.
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More Than 40 Companies Sign Onto Historic UK Plastics Pact
In a historic move, more than 40 UK companies have signed up to fight plastic pollution as part of the UK Plastics Pact, The Independent reported Wednesday.
The pact, which officially launches today, is a groundbreaking alliance of companies, non-governmental organizations and governments working to transform packaging in the UK by 2025.
- Two Major Food Companies Announce War on Packaging Waste ›
- U.S. Plastics Pact Vows to Make All Plastic Packaging Recyclable by 2025 - EcoWatch ›
World's First Collapsible, Reusable Straw Fits Right On Your Keychain
Straws suck—literally and figuratively. Americans throw away 500 million of these single-use plastics everyday day, clogging landfills, polluting oceans and causing harm to aquatic creatures.
And while reusable straws made of bamboo or metal already exist on the market, the Santa Fe-based team at FinalStraw have invented the world's first collapsible, reusable straw you can conveniently attach to your keychain so you won't forget to bring your own when you're on the go.
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7 Ways to Launch Your Own Anti-Plastics Movement
By Bibi Farber
We have a whole world of plastic that needs to be replaced with other biodegradable materials. We have come to rely on this indestructible modern material for every single facet of daily life.
The food you ate today was probably sold in plastic packaging, the vehicle you transport yourself in has plastic components, be that a car, bus, bike, train, plane, boat, kayak ... the computer you are reading this article on, even the charger and the wall socket protector … just look around.
Ditch Plastic Lunches: Stand Up for Zero-Waste Schools
Carrots in a Ziploc
Grapes in a bag
Sandwich in saran wrap, with a "fresh daily" tag
Water bottle snuggled by an extra pair of socks
Plastic straw
Chips to gnaw
Juice in a box
That's an average American kids lunch stuffed in a school bag, with enough plastic packaging to wallpaper the classroom. Once it comes to school lunch, we don't practice what we preach, so let's unpackage what we teach.
How California Became America's First State to Ban Plastic Bags
By Matt Davis
California's environmental protections are not for sale. That's the message California voters sent to out-of-state plastic bag manufacturers when they upheld Proposition 67 by 53 to 47 percent in November. But how did the Golden State manage to win a state-wide bag ban against a national political backdrop that went the other way?

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Mozart, Young Artist in Salzburg
Part 2 of 5 of your Concert Notes
We're following CPR Classical's Great Composers Series on Mozart
We like to give you Concert Notes. Why? CPR Classical's Scott O'Neil says it best…
"I'm convinced that the music itself has an inherent, aesthetic beauty to it, but when we understand the stories – certainly in the case of the tumultuous life of Wolfgang Mozart – but also the context that the music was written, not only do we understand the music better, but the music – the individual pieces themselves – sound more beautiful."
Wolfgang returns home after a long trip, but Salzburg is very different when he returns. So begin his 'lost' years.
Opportunities in Salzburg where too small for someone of young Wolfgang's talents. A new archbishop made cuts in musical performance lengths, didn't replace musicians who left, and favored Italian musicians over native Austrians. There was also no opera or theatre companies at the time. Wolfgang is consigned to writing serenades and church music.
However, this is also a prolific time for Mozart. He wrote 11 masses at this time. Though many are not performed today, these were very important for his development. He further develops the four-note idea in the second movement of his first symphony, as mentioned in part one. He uses this idea in the Credo for his Missa Brevis, K. 192. Listen for it in the opening movement of this recording:
Mozart composes no piano music during these Salzburg years. However, he later travels to Munich, where he suddenly produces 6 piano sonatas. In one of these works, he describes himself playing it. Rather than the strictly straight timing usually heard, Mozart does something very different. He plays the left hand completely straight, but he plays the right with rubato (meaning 'stolen time'). The right hand may start late and have to 'catch up' to the left over time, for example. Wolfgang brags about being able to do this in a letter to his father.
Wolfgang becomes stir crazy during this time working for the archbishop and leaves Salzburg. His family pins their hopes on Wolfgang's finding a job in another city that pays well enough that they all can move with him. The flaw in the plan: should Wolfgang fall in love and get married, that likely won't happen.
Wolfgang is now 22 years old, but his mother accompanies him as he travels to find work. She does this in order to keep tabs on him so he doesn't ruin the family's plan. However, when Wolfgang travels to Mannheim to look for work, he meets Aloysia Weber and falls in love with her. (She is the sister of then 15 year old Constanze, whom Mozart will later marry.)
Mannheim has a musical scene which should be very fertile ground for Mozart, but there are no vacancies for him to fill. He alters his writing style to fit the 'sturm und drang' ('storm and stress') style in use there, writing his Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 – 1 of only 2 symphonies Mozart will write in a minor key. But it is to no avail.
He next plans to take Aloysia with him to Italy, where he will build her into a prima donna (the chief female singer in an opera or opera company). However, Wolfgang's father intervenes. Leopold writes a series of sometimes dramatic letters to Wolfgang to stop his plans with Aloysia. Leopold tells Wolfgang that all the training instilled in Wolfgang and all the effort to build up his career is now a debt to be paid, and his family's welfare depends on him.
In response, Wolfgang abandons his plans for Italy with Aloysia, and at his father's urging, leaves Mannheim for Paris to look for work, with his mother joining him. There again, Wolfgang finds no job. His reputation as a child prodigy performer is working against him, as he's not seen for being a composer. He again changes his writing style to fit the Paris music scene, writing his Symphony No. 31, K. 297/300a 'Paris'. In it, he is giving the people of Paris the sorts of things they love, and the work is a huge success (though he writes home mockingly about the style). But, still no job offer.
Wolfgang's mother, now 57, had said upon leaving Mannheim that she really shouldn't be travelling any longer. The two end up staying in a north-facing room in Paris with never enough coal, she doesn't speak the peoples' language, and she is constantly chilled. She is miserable. She catches cold and becomes very ill. By the time a doctor arrives, it is too late, and she dies. Not long after her death, Mozart writes his Symphonia Concertante, K. 364. The second movement gives voice to Mozart's grief:
His mother's death marks a turning point for Wolfgang. Everything has changed for Wolfgang, with his mother gone, trying for various sorts of jobs and coming up empty, altering his writing style, and now his father orders him home to Salzburg so he is not left living alone in Paris. Leopold angrily blames Wolfgang for Wolfgang's mother's death.
A downward spiral has begun in Wolfgang's and Leopold's relationship.
More tomorrow!
This concert week, we're listening to CPR Classical's podcast series on Mozart. You can find the entire series here: http://www.cpr.org/classical/podcast/cpr-the-great-composers. Read along as we write excerpts from this podcast.
Featured image credit: Portrait of the young Mozart, attributed to Saverio Dalla Rosa in 1770 at the Melk Abbey [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMozart_at_Melk09.jpg
The Longmont Chorale performs, "Requiem: Mozart's Last Words" on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 3PM at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont. The Chorale and guest soloists are accompanied by instrumentalists from the Longmont Symphony Orchestra.
The Longmont Chorale is a nonprofit Longmont choral group, an SATB choir which performs four major concerts in Longmont each season. Concert tickets and information are both available at LongmontChorale.org/Tickets.


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Kimberly Hearne
Clay City Elementary
Resource Teacher / Educational Consultant
Phone: (606) 663-3315
My name is Kimberly Hearne and I am the Clay City Elementary Resource Teacher / Educational Consultant. I have been blessed to call Powell County my home and have taught here for 9 years! I am a Morehead State University graduate with certification in K-5 Regular Education & K-12 Learning & Behavior Disorders. I earned my Masters of Arts Education: Special Education through Union College.
I look forward to working with your child during the 2017-2018 school year. Please contact me if you have questions. I am always open for suggestions and comments too!


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Qingdao limits residents to one dog per household
A summary of the top news in Chinese society and culture for June 9, 2017. Part of the daily SupChina news roundup "Islamic State claims to have killed two Chinese teachers."
The city of Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong Province released new regulations on June 8 that limit dog ownership to just one per household, according to the Guardian. In an interview in the Beijing News (in Chinese), a police official explained that the rules were spurred by "more and more people raising dogs, which has led to some dogs disturbing residents, and even injuring people." The official also noted that the rules were "based on the approach adopted by other cities." Beijing introduced a similar policy in 2006, and Shanghai introduced a law on dog ownership in 2011.
The new rules allow residents who already have more than one dog to keep them, as long as they are registered with the city and have been immunized. Unregistered or unimmunized dogs, however, should be taken to to the city's pet adoption agencies. The new rules also establish fines for the abandonment, mistreatment, and slaughtering of dogs, imposing an initial fine of 2,000 yuan ($295) on rule breakers. In addition, around 40 "ferocious" dog breeds are banned in the city under the new rules, including pit bulls, Doberman pinschers, and Tibetan mastiffs.
The newly implemented policy was welcomed by many internet users (in Chinese) on the social media platform Weibo, with one commenter writing, "Nothing wrong with these rules. In fact, I want more restrictions on dog ownership." Others found the regulations "cruel." One person wrote, "Despite being such a big country, China still lacks laws to protect those lives that have been abandoned or abused. Rather, it keeps coming up with more restrictions. This is so inhumane!"
- Interpol called in after woman who allegedly filmed sex acts with animals skips NZ / New Zealand Herald
Zhu Yingchun (Chinese characters unknown) is "alleged to have filmed herself performing sexual acts with kittens and rabbits and captured those acts on film," sometimes killing the animals in the process. Zhu was living in New Zealand, but the Herald says it discovered she had left "on a Shanghai-bound flight in the early hours of Thursday, April 20."
Zhu's odd tastes — or line of business — recall the 2006 circulation of photos and video of a woman in Heilongjiang Province using her high-heeled shoes to crush a kitten to death. Her identity was exposed by huge numbers of internet users in the first famous case of what came to be known as a human flesh search engine. The woman issued a public apology (don't click on that link if you're fainthearted about photos).
- Locals fired up over China's largest waste incinerator / Sixth Tone
"As garbage piles up, NIMBY protesters take Shenzhen government to court over plans for mammoth new waste-to-energy plant."
- Suspected rhino horns worth HK$500,000 seized at Hong Kong airport / SCMP
"Products found hidden inside luggage of traveler from Johannesburg after three similar seizures in March."
- China-censored version of 'Alien: Covenant' has next to no alien in it / China Film Insider


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Each heartbeat leads Joss closer a shocking truth that will change everything.
Joss Olstad has finally talked her clingy, stoner mom into springing Joss from her stifling private school and into the labyrinth of a prestigious Brooklyn public high. Searching for "a way out, a way in, and something I can't even put into words, yet" Joss longs to find missing pieces of herself she lost when the father she never met died on a faraway road in India. All she has of him is a painted box he made. Joss is also itching to escape the hippie hell of her mother's bong shop, and the hypocrisy that is her life. With her honey skin, and long brown hair, she passes for white, even though she's half Indian. This culturally diverse school will be her chance to find out who she really is.
Day one, and Joss is terrified by how different things are. Has she made a horrible mistake? Before long, she gets into the pace. Her sights are set on her own "Bobcat in black denim", the tall, handsome Will Torres. She's met Katya too, a popular glam queen, who's a blast to hang out with. She's even joined an Indian Culture Club, who invites her to live music clubs. Life is perfect!
Or is it? Her friend, Katya starts acting like a royal slut, her mom's flinging insults and lies at her, and the Club girls are pressuring Joss to reveal her sketchy pedigree. Joss finds herself spinning stories about her past to fill in the holes. Even Will becomes leery of her. And the Personal Iconography class that Joss signed on for because kids claimed the teacher was "nuts in a good way" is the toughest class she's ever taken. In it, Joss starts to make her own, heart-shaped boxes, with private messages in them. They help guide her forward. Not only is she forced to figure out who she is beyond the "nice girl" she always hid behind, her search leads her to the fringes of the outer boroughs, to a scary industrial section of Queens, and a shocking family secret that changes everything.
In just a few days, I've morphed from nice girl into floozy guy magnet. Some guys in my old school said I was pretty but this is extreme. Maybe my new amber perfume contains some pungent pheromone operating on a purely animal level. If encouraged, Trenton would, no doubt, be a wild beast. Eek.
"So, chica? Wake up! Whaddya say?" Trenton musses my hair. The pressure of his hand feels good and bad. His breath on me smells of glazed donuts. How to tell him without hurting him that I don't like him "that way."
"There you are." Another male voice pumps my hormones big-time.
"Will!" I leap away from Trenton. But not before Will notices, because his body curls in on itself, wounded. He strolls in anyway, tries to be blasé. His eyes fix on Trenton, and Trenton stares right back. They're two male dogs, ready to pounce.
Trenton breaks the stare first. He springs up, shoots an imaginary basket and bounce-steps on over to the CD rack. "Hey, bro' I was just asking Joss here, to recommend some tunes. I don't know nothin' about world music." Trenton's tone suddenly shifts to sheepish. He's caved in to Will, the alpha dog.
"Is that so?" Will takes his time approaching the shop counter.
I have to be the bold one, need to fix it. "Hey, Will." I come around to the front. "I'm really happy to see you."
His speckled eyes meet mine, open a door in me and fill it with warmth. I feel the prick of tears. Stupid girl, you almost blew it.
"I'm happy to see you too." Will takes my hands and squeezes them. Oskar's touch was creepy-crawly, Trenton's was what a brother's might be, Will's is liquid magic.
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The importance of self-care and how to do it
Today, 23rd August, would have been my mum's 85th birthday. It is the first one she has not been here for since her passing six months ago. I often wish I could see her, but especially today. Last week was my dad's birthday and as we sat in my mum and dad's favourite restaurant, I said mum should be sitting there, and dad said, yes, she's missing out.
Missing out… that made me think. Yes, of course she is missing out, as her life would have probably gone on if she hadn't got those mini strokes and vascular dementia. Our lives can, and are, ripped from us with or without suffering first. We simply MUST make the most of what we have. We must try to live our best lives; to be good to others', but especially good to ourselves via self-care. I talk a lot about self-care as a counsellor and do try to practice what I preach! 😊
Self-care validates our life on this planet.
To give you some ideas I will talk about my self-care efforts…
Self-care for me right now consists of a few things. Some have been longer term and others I have introduced since my mum's passing, like choosing to give up smoking cigarettes. (It has been incredibly hard, but it's been five months already!)
I took up the bereavement counselling offered by the palliative care team who made my mums last hours comfortable, despite comments that could have put me off. It's helping me with all aspects of my life and a huge amount has come out in just 3 sessions. All stuff that had been pushed back due to the stressful and non-stop events of the last 5 years, and a whole lifetime so it seems.
If I suddenly burst into tears over a memory or a song that reminds me of mum, I do not berate myself, I remain in the moment, appreciate the emotions and the memory, and let it pass.
I make sure I have time to eat properly, and don't stuff down junk food on the hop.
I am able to say no, if I need to.
I appreciate that that my thoughts and emotions are my own – I do not compare or feel I should deal with things in a certain way. I go at my own pace.
I do not worry what other people think of me. Of course, I do care, but worry is another matter entirely. I essentially can be myself and not what I think people want me to be. Some evidence of this is my collection of tattoos and not being ashamed of my loud laugh! Ha ha ha.
Sparing lots of time to play with my animals or watch my fish 😊
I've started reading again; it's relaxing! 😊
I listen to my body… Actually this one needs work! I tend to hear what it's saying but do it anyway, causing a bad back or stomach ache etc. However, I do my back exercises if I need to and have baths or rub in peppermint cream, so I'm halfway there.
I like to dress how I like, and keep my nails neat etc.
I practise expressive writing as self-therapy.
Being optimistic.
I practise mindfulness.
Spend plenty of time outdoors. I remember when I could barely go out due to anxiety and paranoia, and don't ever want to go there again. I love the outdoors!
I make time to socialise – I love a chat!
Having lots of potted plants inside and out. I have no garden, but I create a garden and I love it.
Getting jobs done at my own pace; the washing up can wait sometimes! 😊 But, generally keeping my home nice so I have a pleasant, comfortable area in which to live, surrounded by things I love. (Living in a shared home can make this harder, but it's important to always have a space that is just yours, with your things, so you have some personal space)
Flossing my teeth – mmm getting a bit boring now!!! I could go on, but you get the idea.
There are lots of other things I could be doing that I am not, and although they are on my 'to change' list, I don't beat myself up about not doing them. Small steps.
Have a think what you do for self-care and maybe there are a few more things you could add to further enhance your life. What do you like doing? Imagine you are someone else that you really care about – what advice would you give them? Whatever it is, take that advice for yourself and do it. If we take care of ourselves, we can take better care of others and have more to give, so anyone who thinks self-care is a selfish act (many do, especially mothers) it is the opposite. If not for yourself, take care of yourself for those you care about.
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I shouldn't call it chaos, for it truly wasn't.
Yesterday the full cast was called for a blocking and choreography rehearsal. This means about thirty people in and around one room. Chaotic and confusing? Perhaps. But the good thing is the room was abuzz with the energy of the production. Some groups were learning choreography with me, some were reviewing on their own. Some smaller groups were working on set design, costume fittings, props. Individual actors were doing character work together. Some were simply watching the process.
We certainly couldn't get much focused work done if every rehearsal were like this. But I think it's important to establish this collective energy early on. And also to keep everyone in touch with the production as it develops.
In the big sense of things, we choreographed "Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen" (this includes the "Gaily Tripping" section. It looks great. But so much more was done than just this.


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From sense poll ("head") for "uniform tax per individual"; from sense poll ("voting place") for "tax required to vote".
poll tax (plural poll taxes)
- A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
- (US) A tax that must be paid in order to vote.
Usage notes[edit]
- In the US, generally used today to refer to taxes that must be paid in order to vote, with high risk of confusion if used for "head tax". Further, the term has strong negative connotations, due to these taxes discriminating against blacks – see Jim Crow laws.
- In the UK, the term was used for the tax levied in England which lead to the Peasants' Revolt in 1381. It was then applied to the Community Charge, a tax for local government services that was abolished in 1993.
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If you want an extra-strong metal bed frame that will prevent sagging of your mattress and ensure extended mattress life, then the Zinus Modern Studio Platform 3000H Mattress Foundation is one of the best options. It's stylish, stable, supportive, comfortable, and durable. You can use the spring foam, latex, and memory foam mattresses on it. Added headboard will provide extra support and comfort to the users.
The 14 inch bed frame is the most strong and powerful unit of the Zinus Platform Bed Series. With a classic design, it blends in your mattress easily. As a modern day manufacture, it's equipped with every possible feature of a modern bed frame.
Although this is not the best user appreciated unit of the series, the optimum support and comfort you get from it will make you bound to appreciate it.
Zinus Modern Studio Platform 3000H Mattress Foundation: At A Glance
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14 inches Steel frame with 10 wooden slats;
- Black metal frame finish with headboard;
- 12 inches clearance under the foundation;
- Added foam tape on the frame;
- Perfect Zinus bed frame assembly instructions;
- Multi sizes- Twin, Full, Queen, King, CalKing;
- Home delivery and 5-year limited warranty;
Key Findings of the Zinus Modern Studio Platform 3000H Review: Why Should You Buy It?
The Zinus 3000H is a high-quality metal mattress foundation that will guarantee you to get a stable, sound, and comfortable night sleep. You can use the unit to accommodate your mattress for a long time. It's strong, durable, and economical choice that won't need much time to assemble as well. While testing, we considered every possible angle that should have been being dealt with. The result is pretty simple, but we think you should know a bit more about that. This Zinus Bed Frame Review is actually written for that purpose.
Durable Steel Metal Construction
The frame is made of durable 6000 series steel. It has 14 height with 10 evenly spaced slats. The overall dimensions of the queen size are 81.2 x 60 x 38 inches with a weight of 71 pounds. The frame is strong and durable. The frame strength is nearly 1.5 times more than the most appreciated Platform Series mattress Zinus 2000H. It's strong, but sometimes found poor connectivity between the metal joints. This is obviously unexpected from such a sturdy product. However, it can challenge any other mattress foundation concerning the strength. An added headboard makes it more supportive.
Thin Yet Even Slat
There are 10 slats are pretty evenly placed with a 4 inches space between one to another. Although we don't give concentration on the slat issue, it's not a good practice. For instance, there is a 4 inches spacing in this mattress; if your mattress doesn't fit perfectly with this space, then you should avoid to buy it. Otherwise, you might fall less stability and discomfort.
Whether the slat space is perfect for your mattress depends on issues like- mattress type, weight, and responsiveness. You should observe these crucially. And, the mattress you are using should have instructions in its manual about the permitted spacing and other things. However, the slats used in this Zinus metal bed frame is a bit thin yet even, supportive, and durable.
Under Bed Storage Space
It has 14 inches height from the leg to the frame, which indicates that you will get an underneath space of 12 inches approximately. It's a large space as there is no bar in between. You can use the full area for your storage purposes. Storing anything like suitcases, backpacks, and stuffs within that height level is very easy under the bed.
Quick and Simple Assembly
As per the Zinus Bed Frame assembly instructions, there is no worth-mentioning difference concerning the assembly of the Zinus 3000H with other Platform Series mattress foundations. That means you just need to follow the guideline written simply without any complicated direction. For your better understanding, we can state the lines given for the Platform 2000H Foundation-
"The Zinus Bed Frame instructions concerning the assembly are precise and enough written, so users don't feel any sort of confusion to understand that. Actually, the assembly itself isn't hard at all. You can do it without reading the manual. If you carefully check the structure and adjoining points of the frame, you will understand easily and feel no complication to complete that. Within few minutes you can put together the parts of the mattress frame."
Home Delivery, Warranty and Support
You will get the mattress foundation under home delivery feature guaranteed by the manufacturer. For that, you don't need to spend extra money, what you need is just to place an order. The Zinus Metal Platform Bed comes with a 5-year limited warranty, which guarantees any sort of repair or replacement as necessary. The customer service is really nice. With 7 days in a week service system, they will solve your problem cordially.
User Complaints: What You Should Consider
We already have said that it has a satisfactory user impression record yet not the best. The goods in it have made it a good choice for the users, although there are one or two better product in this line. But, you should keep one thing in mind that none of those Platform Series Foundations is as strong as this Zinus Modern Studio Platform 3000H Metal Bed Frame. However, for your better understanding to choose the right one for you, we have brought out the negatives of this product.
- Squeaks: Manufacturer has claimed the frame to be noise-free, but we cannot agree with this. Form good numbers of users we have received the complaints that it produces noise. We were so curious to know whether their complaints are right or wrong. While testing, we have found that the frame unit is noisy at the time of rough bed activities. Other than that, there is no big deal;
- Thin Slats: 10 slats are evenly placed to provide the mattress a perfect setup. But, some of the users have complained that they found the slats less supportive because of being comparatively thin. What do we think? It's simple, we don't think this is that much serious like they claimed, and still, we don't disagree with their complaints;
- Beam Dents: It has been reported that the side beams are dented and we found that true in some cases;
- Weak Center Leg: One of the common complaints against the Platform 3000H is that there is a design flaw concerning the center leg. Due to that flaw, the center leg is not that much strong as it should be;
- Poor Connectivity: Due to the design flaw or poor quality control, there you might see poor connectivity between the adjoining parts. Some of the users have to face the problem. This is a shame for the manufacturer, we think;
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Q: We can see a center leg in the queen size. Does it same as regards the twin?
A: No, there is no center leg or center support beam for the twin size Platform 3000H.
- Q: Can I use risers to raise it up for making more space under the bed?
A: You can do it. But, we suggest you not to do, because that thing will surely be a reason for voiding the warranty.
- Q: What are the differences between the 3000H model and the 2000H model?
A: No, it doesn't come. But, you should buy it and use regularly for the durability of the topper. The main difference between them is height- 2000H is 10 inches and 3000H is 14 inches. Other than that, there is no serious difference that we found through our analysis.
Concluding Remarks
What do you think as you have gone through the Zinus Bed Frame Review? If you want us to say something to conclude our analysis, we would love to say that it's a stunner in its category. Despite few flaws, it can satisfy you by fulfilling your demands.
We understand, the flaws create disturbances for some of the users, but they haven't reached that point when you can call them deal-breaker. Overall, the unit is durable and easy to assemble. It comes in several sizes and a good fit for different types of mattresses.
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Considerations to Make When Purchasing Health Supplements
Your body is a very complex body and to maintain it in perfect health, you need to exercise a balanced diet to avoid opening yourself to diseases that can easily attack when you feel yourself poorly. It is true that you are a busy person who is always working and might not have time to think about what you consume daily but it will cost you dearly in the long run because will spend a lot of money in the hospital and therefore the need to take precautions. The best thing is there are healthy supplementary products that you can buy if you find yourself that you need to supplement what you are eating. However, before you engage yourself in supplementary products, it is important to learn that the supplementary products you buy cannot be a substitute to a proper meal and therefore you should still ensure that you maintain a proper diet daily. When buying supplementary products, it is important that you be careful because supplementary products are many in the market. Given in this article are some tips that can help you purchase health supplementary products.
If it is your first thing to enter into the use of health supplements, you should seek advice. It is important that you consult with your doctor before you can purchase the supplementary products from the market because sometimes they will give you advice on which product to buy if it is for treatment of a specific disease or to improve your overall health. This is because there are different types of supplementary products that you can buy in the market and that is why you need to understand which product you are going to buy avoid making mistakes that many people make when shopping for health supplements. You can also rely on other sources of information such as the Internet where you can learn the benefits of using specific supplementary products and when to use.
It is very important that before purchasing a health supplement that you consider the expiry date. Purchasing a supplementary product that is expired or is almost expiring will be a great mistake because it will be ineffective. You should also consider your budget as you go shopping because different supplementary products will cost differently.
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Barbados took home the Regional Four Day competition title with an emphatic victory over Leewards Islands. Barbados had begun the final round of league games at No. 2, seven points behind Trinidad & Tobago. They needed to win big, and hope that T&T did not do the same; both happened. While Barbados breezed past Leewards with an innings win, T&T could only draw with bottom-placed Guyana. That meant Barbados shot to 82 points - while T&T finished on 80 - and claimed their 22nd regional first-class title.*
Both teams will now join Windward Islands and Jamaica in the knock-out stage of the tournament, which is played for the honour of taking home the Headley-Weekes Trophy. Barbados will take on Jamaica in the first semi, while T&T and Windward will clash in the second.
Barbados' win was set up by fifties from Kraigg Brathwaite and Omar Phillips, as well as a seven-wicket match-haul from Ashley Nurse. Leeward Islands, batting first, were skittled out for 94 in the first innings, as Nurse finished with 4 for 24 to run through the line-up in 34.4 overs.
Barbados then made further inroads, as Brathwaite (92) and Phillips (79) batted Leeward Islands out of the game by forging a 146-run opening stand which set them up nicely. Legspinner Anthony Martin claimed five wickets, but handy contributions from Barbados' middle and lower order lifted them to 326, earning a lead of 232.
Leewards Islands would've hoped for a better show with the bat in the second innings, but barring a 60 from Devon Thomas, they had very little to cheer about. Fidel Edwards snared four scalps, while Nurse picked up a further three wickets to end Leeward Islands' innings at 183 and complete the win.
Jamaica sailed into the semi-finals with a 59-run win over Combined Campuses and Colleges, who also had a chance to make it to the last four. Carlton Baugh struck fifties in each innings and Nikita Miller finished with a match haul of eight wickets to set up the win.
Baugh's 57 and a late rally from Miller and Jerome Taylor helped Jamaica reach 182 in the first innings before Miller's five-for skittled CCC for 161.
Baugh fashioned another rescue act for Jamaica in the second innings, scoring 78 off 105 to haul the team from 94 for 5 to 215. Combined with their 21-run lead, Jamaica set CCC a 237-run target and, in spite of early wickets, the latter kept their chances alive through a 67-run partnership between Chadwick Walton and Raymon Reifer.
Things unravelled for CCC soon after Reifer departed. Offspinner John Campbell turned the match in Jamaica's favour by dismissing Walton for 30 and triggering a slide that saw CCC lose their last six wickets for 22 runs. Campbell picked up four of those wickets and Miller took 3 for 61 in the innings to secure Jamaica's semi-final place early on the fourth day.
Legspinner Devendra Bishoo was the star of the drawn match between Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago, finishing with a match-haul of 15 wickets, including nine in the first innings. T&T had already qualified to compete for the Headley-Weekes Trophy, but the result - coupled with Barbados' - meant they had lost the first-class crown that was well within reach before this round of games. The result also did little to change Guyana's fortunes - they remained rooted at the bottom of the table.
T&T, batting first, were propelled by fifties from Evin Lewis (64) and Darren Bravo (61). Most of their batsmen made starts, but could not push on for a big score, as Bishoo delivered blows at regular intervals to end their innings at 294, with him completing a personal-best 9 for 78 in first-class cricket.
Guyana were tottering in their first innings at 89 for 5 owing to a four-for from Amit Jaggernauth, but Leon Johnson (78), Christopher Barnwell (50) and Zaheer Mohamed (58) all chipped in with half-centuries to lift the score to a respectable 282.
Bishoo then continued from where he left off in the first innings, collecting six scalps in the second to run through T&T for 212 in 59.4 overs, with Jason Mohammmed the team's top-scorer with 33.
Guyana were set 225 for victory in 40 overs, with T&T probably hoping they would go for it and enhance T&T's chances of an outright win - both, in the game and in the competition. But Guyana settled for a draw. The score was 80 for 3 when the umpires called stumps, and Barbados were champions.
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The Village of St. Jacobs is a beloved destination steeped in history and set in a charming location along the Conestoga River,
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The Village of St Jacobs beckons with quiet charm, yet stores are brimming with irresistible clothing, décor, jewelry, original crafts showcasing contemporary style, gourmet foods, coffee, and craft beer. Merchants are friendly; they're business owners and crafters. Most shops are open all year. Whether you are coming from the Kitchener-Waterloo area, nearby Toronto, or from farther afield, be sure to visit.
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Rail culture knows no limits in St Jacobs. St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway, an expansive O-scale model railway complete with mesmerizing night scene, will magically transport you to the 1950s. Check hours of operation for show dates.
A train panorama in the Mill's basement depicting a bygone era is also noteworthy.
Finally, Waterloo Central Railway operates recreational passenger and event trains between the farmers' market, St. Jacobs and Township of Woolwich. Climb aboard and enjoy the ride.
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Throughout the township, over 80 kilometers of trails await you to walk, cycle or ski in the
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In St. Jacobs, meander alongside the mill race on a 2 km link of the Trans Canada Trail located behind the Mill or gather at the trailhead at the east end of the Municiple Parking lot. While there, be on the look out for a surprising and unusual marble sculpture which celebrates the art of quilting in the area.
Nature-lovers can discover 20 favourite birding trails in the Grand River watershed while cycling enthusiasts can explore local suggestions for on-road cycling routes in Woolwich Township.
With a history of more than 20 years, Drayton Entertainment continues to deliver an outstanding playbill year round. St Jacobs is proud to be home to two of their six venues throughout the province, with one location in the St. Jacobs Market District (pictured) and another in the village of St. Jacobs.
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Find traditional homemade breads, pies, and places to eat; stock up on local maple syrup, and find regionally sourced meats and cheeses. Follow the aroma of fresh roast coffee or savour the latest on tap at a local craft brewery.
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You don't have to be a campaign donor or corporate executive to get an audience with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. But it doesn't hurt..
Walker received contributions from employees or political action committees at more than half of the 130-plus companies that appear in his official calendars, according to an analysis by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
These employees and PACs gave Walker at least $1.5 million since May 2009, just after he declared his candidacy for governor.
"Wisconsin is Open for Business," the Republican governor proclaimed in a press release on the night he was elected. His calendars from January 2011 through January 2012 bear out this stance, revealing a steady stream of contacts with top company officials.
The analysis suggested that big donors got more access. Three-quarters of all PACs that have given Walker at least $20,000 are associated with companies that show up on his calendar. In contrast, about a quarter of the PAC donors that gave under $20,000 are listed.
Companies and their executives appear in Walker's calendars in jobs announcements, factory tours, check presentations, phone calls and private meetings -- sometimes labeled "no media," as with 3M and Caterpillar Inc.
The list includes many big businesses, such as Harley-Davidson, IBM, Northwestern Mutual, Johnsonville Sausage, Walgreens and Uline. No one company dominated Walker's time: Leading the list, with four contacts, was Ashley Furniture, based in Arcadia, Wis
And I don't even need to analyze it for you. Walker's spokesman, Cullen "Mr. Immunity" Werwie does it for me:
Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, said the governor's calendars reflect his priorities.Obviously, his priority is the big money people and not the people of Wisconsin.


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This week's Hype Podcast is our 150th anniversary! We talk Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Netflix, Supergirl, Wynonna Earp and much more.
If you like what you hear, consider supporting Hype Podcast on Patreon for even more pop culture content and special features! This week, we're releasing a bonus discussion about Harry Potter, available to ALL listeners. Thanks to everyone who's supported us so far!
How We Hype:
– Marama and Pam discuss some new music from Halsey, Lorde and Fleet Foxes.
– The Han Solo movie loses its directors, Ron Howard takes over direction + Lucasfilm is "not satisfied" with Alden Ehrenreich. What is going on?!
– Some of us are worried about Batgirl after reading Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman script
– There's a Pitch Perfect 3 teaser trailer
– HBO is not releasing GoT s7 screeners to the press, in fear of spoilers, despite the entire season synopsis already being out there
– The Downton Abbey movie is aiming to film next year
– Freeform just pulled the plug on the Greek revival of our dreams, whyyyyy
– The long-rumored SPN spinoff Wayward Sisters to get backdoor pilot
– Netflix cancels Girlboss
– The Sherlock creators are tackling Dracula next
– Supergirl gets new showrunners for season 3
– John Green's next book unveiled: Turtles All the Way Down arrives this October.
TV Show of the Week:
– Selina reviews Netflix's Anne With an E and last week's Wynonna Earp
– Marama is all about GLOW.
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Hype Podcast talks the Black Panther and Coco trailers, the negative The Mummy reviews, Orange is the New Black and much more.
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Selina, Pam and Marama talk Harry Styles, Game of Thrones, Mamma Mia, His Dark Materials, The 100 and much more.
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Wash off Resistant 1-Component Structural Adhesives
The application of crash durable structural adhesives in modern cars design, to improve the driving durability, the overall vehicle stiffness, the crash resistance and to make real light weight constructions feasible is significantly gaining in importance. 1-component systems are already introduced in the market and used in automotive industries. Usually the use of these bonds in automotive industries is limited by a relatively low wash off resistance in the pre-treatment tanks of the paint shop. If no additional actions are taken, there is a severe risk of wash off of the adhesives up to the partial loss in functionality. Respectively contamination of the pre-treatment tanks and aftereffects damage the surface of the coated cars. To avoid wash off a thermal process (oven) to pre-gel the adhesive in the flanges of the Body-In-White (BIW)- bodies before entering the pre-treatment utility is necessary. This is a save but cost intensive solution.


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-By Pranil Tailor. Actor-Presenter Jay Soni is popular for his powerful roles in Sasural Genda Phool, Bhaag Bakool Bhaag to name a few. Jay has been constantly entertaining his fans with his mesmerizing performance and will be soon debuting in the world of Gujarati Cinema with Rajat Kirti Chaudhari's Lamboo Rastoo opposite Ishqbaaz starrer Shrenu Parikh. The film will hit the big ...Read More »
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By- Smritika Srivastava. RJ-Actor and Host Pritam Singh who is a former contestant of Bigg Boss and also seen in Nach Baliye 8 is now all set to make his theatre debut with Hindi romantic play titled 'Blind Date.' It's a story about a girl name Dhara who is full of life, travel freak who wants to explore over all the ...Read More »
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Impress your blind date While choosing your date outfit, it is mostly like dressing up for any another occasion. You keep the place, the time of the day and weather in mind. You want to be comfortable but appropriately dressed; you will be perceived based on this. What do you want to say about yourself? Decide and dress accordingly. Keep ...Read More »


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"Our Legacy, Our Future, Our Hope" Campaign launched
"Our Legacy, Our Future, Our Hope" Campaign launched
"Our Legacy, Our Future, Our Hope'
campaign seeks $14 million to support the Priesthood
ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 30, 2013 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester today launched the public phase of a major fundraising initiative called Our Legacy, Our Future, Our Hope, a $14 million capital campaign aimed at supporting the Priesthood now and in the future.
More than 110,000 Catholic households in the 12-county Diocese will be asked to contribute to the campaign, which seeks:
- $7 million to ensure the Diocese has sufficient funds to properly educate an ever-increasing number of men seeking ordination to the priesthood. From but one or two candidates a few years ago, the Diocese now has 25 seminarians and pre-seminarians, with even more expected. At a cost of $40,000 per seminarian per year over six years of required preparation at seminaries, an increase in the seminarian education fund is greatly needed. The Diocese, like many others, shoulders this cost, believing that financial impediments should not stand in the way of a man's call to serve God as a priest.
- $7 million to ensure the Diocese's senior priests, after serving faithfully for decades, will have an adequate stipend to support them in their retirement. Due to shifting market and demographic trends, the Priests Pension Trust is underfunded. Funds are needed to meet current and projected needs.
Before he retired in September 2012, Bishop Emeritus Matthew H. Clark began the leadership-giving phase of the campaign. Over the course of many months, Bishop Clark traveled throughout the Diocese, meeting privately with donors.
As a result of his efforts, more than 300 families and individuals have contributed $10.7 million towards the $14 million goal.
Now, the public phase of the campaign offers an opportunity for all Catholics to take part in this important cause and help raise the additional funds needed.
Besides responding to pledge materials mailed to their households, families can give securely online at www.dor.org. All donors, regardless of the amount pledged, will have up to three years to fulfill their pledge.
"I ask that all Catholics in our Diocese read this information upon receiving it. I ask that they pray on it. And I ask that, as best as they can, they give generously to these two important causes," said Most Rev. Robert Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse, who was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese until Bishop Clark's successor is named by the Vatican at a later date.
Bishop Cunningham added, "I know the good and gracious people of God share my pride at our priests, who serve them at every stage of their lives, in good times and the sad times. I know they would wish for their aging priests a secure retirement, priests I might add who continue to help out as much as they can well into their 70s, 80s and even 90s. And I know all Catholics, as well, have prayed hard for more priests to come our way. Those prayers are being answered with this infusion of new seminarians. We must support these men as much as we can."


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Well, another Summer Ball has been and gone and how did it go…..
We had lots of dancing, a bit of trickery from the magicians, some lovely food, prizes sponsored by 'Nourish' for the best dressed male and female (well done Luke and Jess!!), glitter art, henna tattoos, a fantastic raffle with some great prizes and best of all- happy smiling faces everywhere!!
A big thank to all the staff that were there on the night- without you we certainly couldn't have done it!!
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By Ben Herman, Youth and Government Member
As a member of the YMCA from an early age, I spent a lot of time involved in Y activities during my childhood. One program always stood out among the rest as the most prestigious and well known in my mind. This was the Stingers Swim Team. But how did this program rise to such a high level in our community and even gain regional and statewide attention? Find out in this second historical article made in celebration of 150 years of the Cortland YMCA.
In the early years of the Cortland YMCA, the facilities that the organization met in did not have swimming facilities. This changed when the YMCA moved into their own building for the first time. The new building, which was built in 1914, hosted many things that had been lacking in the old rented buildings, including a modest 18 X 42-foot pool. This was relatively rare in the United States at the time as pools did not see a boom in sales until after World War 2. With the first recorded lessons being given in 1920, the YMCA created a tradition of providing high-level swimming experiences to the Cortland community.
However, the pool did have some limitations to it. First, he was not heated and therefore could not be used in the winter. Additionally, it was not a regulation length pool, so organizing a competitive swimming team was not an easy task. Despite these problems, the Cortland YMCA's first recorded swimming campaign was in 1958. The numbers on the swim team stayed small until the opening of a new YMCA building. After years of planning and execution, the Tompkins Street location of the Cortland YMCA opened in 1967. This opening led to an explosion of the swim team, as the new building had a regulation-sized, year-round pool.
During the early years of competition, boys and girls had separate teams. The boys were known as simply the YM Swim Team, while the girls were called the YMCA Dolphins. The girls earned a lot of the early success of the program, winning their first district championship in 1968. The next year, the girls state swim meet was held at the Cortland YMCA. Eventually, the two swim teams combined into one, and by 1974 a unified Cortland swim team emerged. It was at this time the team adopted its current name, the Stingers. The years that follow this event mark the emergence of the Cortland YMCA swim program on a regional and national stage.
This surge was started in 1977 when the Cortland YMCA's 9 and 10-year-old boys squad took home Cortland's first ever state title. This achievement was followed up the next year by an incredible record set by swimmer Dave McNeil. McNeil became the first youth swimmer in New York State to win three separate events in the State Championships. His performance helped lead the 11 and 12-year-old Cortland boys to a second place finish in that year's State Championships. The team, led by Coach Dick Williams, helped establish the legacy of the Stingers program as a whole as it created a tradition of success for future teams to follow. Evidence of this growth in the team comes from the number of swimmers increasing from 27 in Williams' first year as a coach, to averaging 60 in his 14th year of coaching. The popularity of the team in the area led to Cortland being selected to host the 1982 State Championships. The next year that same powerful team ended up finishing 8th in the national swim meet that consisted of over 400 teams.
Since then, the Cortland Stingers have continued to enjoy great success. Still, Cortland swimmers set records and win regional, state and national titles. Despite Cortland's small size, the Stingers have gained recognition for being able to compete with larger teams and enter each swim season one of the teams to beat.
The swim team also fills a deeper role in the community as well. This core program of the Cortland YMCA helps promote both the healthy living and youth development aspects of the Y's cause. In addition, the hard work that each kid must put forth to succeed on the team helps develop self-confidence and self-discipline. Finally, the team fosters a competitive spirit that leaves the desire for success imprinted on each member of the team. Even with a foundation in physical activity, the Cortland Stingers Swim Team, with its tradition of success, serve a greater purpose for Cortland youth.


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Matthew W. Bates. Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2019. 272 pp. $17.99.
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If one wonders what Hiroo Onoda of World War II has to do with the gospel-allegiance should pick up Matthew W. Bates' newest book Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ. Already his former book Saved by Allegiance Alone (Baker Academic 2017) has stirred the evangelical soul. Gospel Allegiance brings the conversation forward, and a third book on the topic is in prospect. Definitions of pistis, charis, and other key terms in their first century context are dealt with throughout the book. A key passage for the overall study is Ephesians 2:8-10 (which in my formal studies was usually reduced to Eph 2:8-9).
The author does not shy away from critiquing "popular" evangelical pastor-theologians like John MacArthur, John Piper, Matt Chandler, or R.C. Sproul. He also is not afraid of critiquing the Catholic Church for introducing concepts foreign to the biblical gospel. Further, Bates is in good company with people like Joshua W. Jipp (e.g. Christ Is King: Paul's Royal Ideology), Scot McKnight (e.g. The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited), and John M.G. Barclay (Paul and the Gift).
In his introduction Bates states that by having finished the book one should be able to understand more precisely "the gospel and its relationship to faith, grace, and works" (119). I say: promise given, promise kept. A must read for anyone passionate about truth, the church, the gospel and (should I dare say it?) – the Christ.
Being a Chirstian, a student of the New Testament, and a cross-cultural worker I find it strange that such a "basic concept" like the gospel is still misunderstood (even by myself!). Bates' study truly brings us to terms with the biblical account.
Some claim that "justification by faith" is the heart of the gospel. Bates admonishes us to think hard and search the Scriptures. Some would say that the cross is the climax of the gospel. Bates argues that the climax is "the enthronement of Jesus" (182). Some distinguish even separate salvation and disciple ship. Bates holds them together by allegiance to king Jesus (334).
One of the features which I like most throughout the book is the Christo-centric view presented. The gospel is what God has done in Jesus. Once we make our faith part of the gospel it "becomes about personal trust rather than the Christ's action" (455). For this we need to pay closer attention to the apostolic witness: Mk 1:14-15; Lk 4:18-19; Rom 1:3-4; 1 Cor 15:3-5 (one could even go a lot further here; see McKnight); 2 Tim 2:8 (as well as the speeches in Acts and Phil 2:6-11). "Jesus is both the primary herald of the gospel and its principal subject" (519).
But not to spoil everything, I suggest you follow the once heard voice by Augustine: "Pick up and read!"
Table of Contents
Part 1: Discovering Gospel Allegiance
1. Getting the Gospel Right
2. Not Faith but Allegiance
3. The Full Gospel of the King
Bridge: Gospel Clarified–Gospel Mobilized
Part 2: Advancing Gospel Allegiance
4. Grace in Six Dimensions
5. Faith Is Body Out
6. How Works Are Saving
7. Taking the Allegiance Challenge
Appendix 1: Gospel-Allegiance Summary Chart
Appendix 2: Guide for Further Conversation


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DELTA — A true Canadian champion is helping the Delta Sports Hall of Fame celebrate 10 years of sports achievement.
Olympian Elizabeth Gleadle will deliver the keynote address as the Delta Sports Hall of Fame recognizes a new class of inductees at its gala banquet on Oct. 17.
Gleadle, the Canadian record holder in javelin, has represented Canada numerous times in international competition, most notably in the 2012 Olympics in London, where she qualified for the final and finished 12th. Gleadle won the 2015 Pan American Games gold medal in Toronto, beating a very strong field including US record holder Kara Winger.
"We are so excited to welcome Liz to the banquet," said Rick Lewall, Delta Sports Hall of Fame president. "She is a dynamic speaker and Olympian who not only represented Canada in London but has also qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her insights into becoming a world-class athlete will be a great message for those that are able to join us at the banquet.
"It should be a wonderful night celebrating so many accomplishments."
The gala will be held at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Tickets are on sale for the banquet and can be purchased by calling the Delta Gymnastics Society at 604-943-0460.
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Jacqueline Dee Parker is an artist and a poet who was born in New York City and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in creative writing with a secondary emphasis in painting and drawing from Louisiana State University. Ann Connelly Fine Art (LA), Diane Birdsall Gallery (CT), and Hooks-Epstein Gallery (TX), represent her work, and she is an artist member of the Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art.
Prior to life in Louisiana, Parker lived and worked as a freelance graphic layout artist in New York City, Boston, and Detroit. Her poems appear in literary journals and anthologies, including Atlanta Review, The Southern Review, Chelsea, and American Diaspora: Poetry of Exile, among others. Parker's visual work resides in private and corporate collections, including IBM, Iberia Bank, and Republic Finance, and has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and other venues around the U.S. She lives in Baton Rouge with her husband, cellist Dennis Parker, and their children.


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Midnight cooking adventures! It's 2:00AM and I'm currently attempting to stew up some lamb curry--although I seem to have not gotten enough lamb, so most of it will end up being be onion and carrot...took a long nap after coming home and eating a really light and quick dinner, not waking up until like midnight. Feels great! Like I'm back at Munger in Stanford having the time of my life and trying to learn how to live by myself. Difference is that I am now much much much better at cooking (not saying much)...Now I'll have this lamb curry to eat before going back to sleep, and then I'll pack the leftovers to use as a dinner before MtG drafting tomorrow. Whee!
Work stuff continues to be work stuff...there was quite an interesting development today! Juicy, juicy~ More importantly, I was tearing it up as Makoto in 3rd Strike, only losing a match when I started trolling and picked SA3 instead of SA1. I've switched to using SA1 lately, with great results...it's sad not having as much EX meter but being able to actually land supers (usually from a karakusa) is great. I still have to look for more karakusa opportunities and just go for the karakusa more often after resets, after dashbacks, after knockdowns, even after hayates, so that's something that I still need to work on. I actually pulled off a dashback->kara-karakusa today on their wakeup which felt super-pro. :D After watching Kuroda's Makoto (sort of an unconventional style) I realized it's probably good if I do less gung-ho guessing with my play. Sometimes it's fine, like on their wakeup I should probably just go for cr lk into hayate sometimes even though it's a free punish if they block. But there are other situations where I could just be more conservative and play safer, focus on reacting well and spacing/poking them out. Turn it into less of a guessing game...just make sure to hit all of the easy punishes with cr mp into hayate, or whatever.
Going to go get my hair trimmed at Saga salon at some point soon! I keep on considering something like trying to color the ends of my hair...but maybe let's just stick to first things first now. ^^;
Finally broke my streak of bad play in MtG, it feels like. Drafted last week and although reading signals was really weird I think I ended up falling in a good spot and ended up 2-0-1 after the first match went to time (I got paired down). I made a misplay in the 3rd match but it ended up being OK. I got knocked out of the playoffs bracket at work after finishing 5th or 6th in pools...but that wasn't really any fault of mine, I think my play was fine. Game 1 he just curved out and ran over me with RW aggro stuff, so I sided in a bunch of more defensive guys, trying to also lower my curve. Game 2 I had an interesting decision where he was at 6 with an untapped (just played) sprinting warbrute on the board (5/4, must attack each turn). He is tapped out and my board is 2 1/1 goblin tokens and a 5/4 feral krushok. I am at 21 or 22, have summit prowler (4/3) in my hand and he has like 3 cards in hand or something. I have two lines of play here: one is to just attack with everything, which forces him to trade sprinting warbrute for my krushok, he goes down to 4 and i play prowler. I do have sarkhan's rage in my deck so that is relevant, but I'm pretty sure in the end the better play is to just play summit prowler and pass. Then next turn he attacks with warbrute and I take it which is fine since I've got life to spare, and he loses unless he plays 2 blockers, or has a blocker and a removal spell. Warbrute is effectively gone as a blocker from that point on which is good since I'm way ahead on the race.
So I take that line, he attacks with warbrute and I take it as planned, then he plays a morph and passes with 3 mana up. I draw a land and now I have another interesting decision, do I go for the kill? If I attack and he has nothing then he is just dead on board so he loses. If he has something, I'm guessing it's a removal spell of some sort--my best guess was sandblast but thinking about it again I should have also considered tail slash since that is slightly more likely (number of DTK packs is greater than FRF). Even with sandblast though, he has to sandblast my krushok and then chump with his morph, which is great for me. I make the attack but then get 2-for-1d as he flips his morph--it's Hidden Dragonslayer, so he destroys my krushok, trades with my summit prowler, and gains 1 net life and I'm behind on board now. I don't draw enough gas and it's over. Still the right play though, I just needed to "make him have it" and unfortunately he did. Actually, thinking back, I guess I should have also considered atarka efreet--if I attack into that, he flips it up, trades with krushok and kills a goblin, but he also goes down to 1 and is again dead next turn unless he has 2 things, so I would have still made the same attack in that case. *shrug* can't play around rares, what are you gonna do?
My mom bought me a meat thermometer! Woo-hoo! I've got wine for cooking now as well. Ready to try cooking a legit steak again--maybe this time I'll get one from Whole Foods or something. The meat thermometer will help a lot! So useful! Haha, if I want to really go all the way though, I'd ask for one of those beer coolers (I'm sure we have one at home) and do the whole ghetto sous vide cooking thing. I donno if that's REALLY worth the effort though, maybe it's good enough if I just use the oven. Man, cooking steaks is so extremely complicated...
I ordered my pair of monitor speakers! Finally! I went all out, partly because I've been putting this off for so long. Ended up settling for the Yamaha HS8s, which are pretty massive. They are LEGIT speakers, apparently the pair weighs like 50 lbs together or something, lol. It's going to be a whole different world when I get to listen to my mixes on these! Excited for them to come in! Have to go and find the right cables to hook em up though. The cool thing is that the music commissions I'm doing for Mysterious Space have been helping to pay for those, so that's nice--self-funding hobbies, yay!
Progress has continued on the Journey cosplay sewing project! I finally bit the bullet and did away with the whole convertible cloak<->dress idea, as it just wasn't going to work out...so it's just a dress now. I'm still going to go with the toggle buttons on the front, as I think that's just really cool, not to mention convenient for putting it on and taking it off.
Seems like I always keep on thanking people for what they've done, and apologizing for mistakes I've made. Always living in the past, I guess...but that's not really anything new.
Rhythm Gunner has gotten a lot of positive feedback! I haven't really gotten a chance to sit down and add new content and features to it, but...that's actually fine, as my priority right now is the Journey cosplay. One thing at a time! Sigh...I still have to finish working on the Journey plate that I didn't finish at Fireworks Ceramics...maybe this weekend? Don't worry though, Rhythm Gunner is definitely good enough that it deserves more work. Come to think of it, even Ripple Runner could use more content, but...ehh, the 6 stages that are there are probably good enough.
Went to a different WCS venue yesterday! (Monday night) Went to Dance Boulevard down in San Jose...it's a farther commute but not too bad since it's after traffic dies down a bit. I had already paid for the lesson over at Stanford WCS but apparently Dance Boulevard was free that night because of national dance week, so I decided to go check it out. It was nice! Richard Kear's class was pretty clear and helpful, and...since the dancers are actually OK it was much easier to actually see whether I was doing it right or not (still tricky sometimes). The dance was fun as well! It's a better crowd--just more people and more actually-good dancers, which is super nice. I'll definitely be heading back there again--it's just what I was looking for!
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Midnight cooking adventures! It's 2:00AM and I'm currently attempting to stew up some lamb curry--although I seem to have not gotten enough lamb, so most of it will end up being be onion and carrot...took a long nap after coming home and eating a really light and quick dinner, not waking up until like midnight. Feels great! Like I'm back at Munger in Stanford having the time of my life and trying to learn how to live by myself. Difference is that I am now much much much better at cooking (not saying much)...Now I'll have this lamb curry to eat before going back to sleep, and then I'll pack the leftovers to use as a dinner before MtG drafting tomorrow. Whee!
Thursday, April 16, 2015
In the dark of night, when everyone is fast asleep
I find myself thinking of you again.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Ludum Dare 32 is only 48 hours away, yikes!
Final round theme voting is up...here were my choices:
Hopefully we get something good! From here on out I'm gonna be posting LD updates on the LD site itself (check http://ludumdare.com/compo/author/ddrkirbyisq/) and crosslinking as usual instead of posting here. Still have to make my "I'm In" post and think about what my goals are for this time around :)


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