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Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has ridiculed China's Communist Party for wanting to control his reincarnation, saying the government is "pretending" to know more about the system than he does.
The Buddhist leader's comments to the New York Times on Thursday come amid fear that the Chinese government will use the issue of the Dalai Lama's succession to split Tibetan Buddhism, with one new Dalai Lama named by exiles and one by the government after his death.
"The Chinese Communist Party is pretending that they know more about the reincarnation system than the Dalai Lama," the Dalai Lama, who recently turned 80, told the New York Times in an interview.
China says the tradition must continue and it must approve the next Dalai Lama.
The Nobel Peace laureate said his biggest concern was that China would name the next Dalai Lama, saying "the precedent has been set", the New York Times said.
The Dalai Lama "hinted that he would hold some kind of referendum among Tibetan exiles, and consultations among Tibetans within China" about his succession, saying the issue would be formally resolved around his 90th birthday, the newspaper said.
The Dalai Lama praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, the newspaper said. He also said Xi's mother was "very religious, a very devout Buddhist," and noted Xi himself had spoken positively of Buddhism.


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San Francisco's first black woman-owned dispensary nears grand opening in Bayview
Reese Benton, of Posh Green Collective, at last year's Outside Lands festival. | Photo: Posh Green Collective/Instagram
By Meaghan M. Mitchell - Published on June 02, 2020.
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Reese Benton, born and raised in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood, will make history this month as the first black woman to own a cannabis dispensary in the city.
Benton was originally set to open Bayview-based Posh Green Retail Store (828 Innes Ave.) today. But she's now delaying plans to host the official grand opening celebration until later this month, in conjunction with neighboring business Cafe Alma.
The journey to this point has been a long and turbulent one for Benton. She said the idea for the business started with a contentious breakup with a boyfriend who owned a dispensary.
"After we parted ways, he banned me from his dispensary," she said. "I went to other places, but was either disappointed in the customer service or found it hard to select what I wanted. So I decided to open a store, find the best products possible, and provide an excellent service to the community."
From flowers to oils, lotions, and accessories, Posh's menu offers a variety of cannabis products selected by Benton. "Consider us the Nordstrom of dispensaries," she said.
Outside Posh Green. | Photo: Meaghan M. Mitchell/Hoodline
A longtime advocate for racial equity within the cannabis industry, Benton has pushed for policies that ensure people of color are placed in a position of power in the industry, and have access to opportunities for ownership.
"Reese has been a selfless partner with the City for years, advocating not only for her right to participate fully in this now semi-legal economy, but also rightfully demanding that we make space for other Black-owned leadership in San Francisco's cannabis industry," said Brittni Chicuata, Acting Chief of Staff for the SF Human Rights Commission.
Chicuata was previously a legislative aide in District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen's office, where she wrote the ordinance to create San Francisco's cannabis equity program. Benton was among the cannabis growers, business owners, and advocates who contributed to the legislation.
The cannabis equity program, which went into effect in 2018, is meant to help people impacted by the war on drugs enter the legal cannabis market. That includes Benton, whose father was incarcerated for selling drugs and whose mother was a drug user.
Inside Posh Green. | Photo: Courtesy of Reese Benton
With the help of the equity program, Benton was able to transition from running a medically licensed cannabis delivery service to a full-service dispensary. But she had to overcome fierce opposition, and financial and legal challenges, to get there.
In 2019, the 2,020 square-foot retail space, located on the ground floor of a residential building, was initially set to open on "Weed Wednesday" — a cannabis industry promotion that takes place the day before Thanksgiving.
But a resident who lives in the building organized a petition against Benton, resulting in an injunction that delayed the store's opening.
"I spent thousands of dollars on hiring employees, and had to lay them off the next week," Benton said.
She said the store's front windows were smashed by an older white man; she received threatening letters, and had people taking photos of her trash.
"It was hurtful," Benton said. "I feel like these people put all this time and energy into making sure I didn't have a store, when they could have used that money to invest in their community."
With support from a lawyer and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent, the injunction was lifted on April 3. But Benton had to pay rent on the empty space for two more months, as she worked to navigate the city's new COVID-19 restrictions for dispensaries. She now has three employees.
"Reese has been working very hard to open a business that will provide a service the community has been requesting," District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton told Hoodline. "She has had to endure several obstacles, and it is good to see another black woman business owner come into the community."
Despite the setbacks, Benton is determined to advocate for women of color to become part of the industry.
"I don't give up," Benton said. "I give myself 24 hours to be emotional, and then I keep going. As African-American women, we are told not to be competitive in the business world, and that's why some of us aren't successful. We are trained to be oppressed. I believe it's important to be aware that there will be obstacles, but we should never feel like we aren't good enough."
Chicuata said the city has to do more to level the playing field for entrepreneurs like Benton.
"Reese cannot be the model that we hold up as a sign of a job well done or progress made," Chicuata said. "The fact that she is the first and only Black woman [to be a] sole proprietor of a cannabis business, four years after legalization, should make clear how much more work we need to do."
$1.9 Million Chinatown relief measure passes Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a relief measure that would pay ailing Chinatown restaurants nearly $2 million to serve up meals for their neighbors in need. Read More
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An autobiographical essay titled "The Hard Crowd" by novelist Rachel Kushner, published in last week's New Yorker, offers some vivid snapshots of several long-gone Tenderloin bars, including one with a convalescing person in a bed in back. Read More
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Milk Club holds MLK Day tribute at Castro's 'Hibernia Beach' honoring community leaders
Yesterday the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club (Milk Club) held a Martin Luther King Jr. Day tribute at Castro's Bank of America (501 Castro St.), commonly referred to as 'Hibernia Beach,' honoring the civil rights icon and the passing of recent community members. Read More
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Christopher Anderson: Bleu Blanc Rouge
Christopher Anderson (*1970, Kelowna, Canada), a member of Magnum Photos, is one of the most influential contemporary photographers. He first gained recognition in 1999 when he boarded a small boat with 44 Haitian immigrants trying to sail to America. The boat sank in the Caribbean. For his images, he received the Robert Capa Gold Medal. Since then, Anderson's work has defied categorization as he slips between the worlds of documentary, art, commercial and fashion photography. He was New York Magazine's first ever "Photographer in Residence" and won the World Press Photo contest in 2007 and 2008. The images in Bleu Blanc Rouge, taken in the United States, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany, include portraits, candid moments, and still lifes. Recurring visual elements as the color red, forms and patterns, or a certain light tie the images together to a playful and poetic series. Presented in a magazine-like style, the particular intimacy of Anderson's images enchants the viewer in an instant.
Title: Bleu Blanc Rouge
Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 2018
Author: Christopher Anderson, Nadine Barth
Photographer: Christopher Anderson
Graphic Design: Natalie Shields
Size: 36 x 27 cm, 32 pages


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Oct 9th 2012, 14 of us attended the Bob Dylan & His Band concert. 12 of us, family and friends, came from all directions and met for a quick dinner before the concert. We all weren't sitting together, but under the same roof.
Most of us had never seen Dylan live before. I saw Bob at least 25 years ago in Edmonton and he was great. My Uncle has seen him at least 4 times, and must have liked him enough to go so many times.
Bob is Bob...you never know what you will get and only Bob can do whatever he wants, because he's Bob Dylan. He is a 71 year old legend.
Mark Knopfler (63) opened the show promptly at 7:30pm. He has an 8 piece band and an unbelievable deep voice.
I can definitely say without a doubt that Knopfler was Dire Straits! His sound was exactly like Dire Straits with a heavy dose of a Scottish Celtic flavour added.
Mark played mostly songs from his new album. I didn't recognize many, but they were good. The string instruments were amazing. Everything from violins, mandolins, Bass, ukuleles, flutes and something that resembled bag pipes.
What a versatile bunch of incredible musicians! Knopfler is one of the most respected finger-style guitarists of the modern rock era. He's still got it!
Now let's get to Dylan. Dylan came out with his 6 piece band all wearing dark grey suits. He even bills them as "His Band".
For instance, the set-up of the band! All I can say is it was bizarre, but did make sense as the show went on. The whole band stood or sat facing him on one side, squished together, barely moving.
He was at the piano facing them, not the audience. Why? Because they have no clue how he is going to play a song or which song for that matter.
Bob can never perform a song the same way twice. Against his rules, this is not new; he has done that his entire career. THE BAND has to watch him like a hawk.
Only Bob Dylan can reinvent and rearrange his lyrics and his music. Every note of it! If anyone else tried that, I think he would be mad.
We accepted all of this until the last song…no one, not even Bob Dylan should mess with "Blowin' in the Wind", I mean really!!
He was well into the second verse before I even knew it was "Blowin' in the Wind." Who does that? Bob Dylan, that's who.
One comment heard after the show sums it up best. "Well now what can I say, it was BOB in all his Bobness."
People mostly seemed happy they attended the "madness or the uniqueness".
More importantly, what would our Brad think? Well I can only guess at that. I think Brad would have thought it was just so cool that we all made time in our busy day to meet, enjoy each others company and attend the concert.
I think Brad would have said, "I think Bob was great". I only say this because in 2011 Brad and some of the same friends attended an April Wine concert.
Trust me, we were rolling our eyes. Their "Hey Day" was definitely in the 70's. The sound...well, it frightened me and I used to love April Wine. But all Brad could say was, "they were great, I loved them!" He was serious.
That's Brad! Brad would have said, "It's Bob Dylan, anyone who is anyone has played with Bob at one time or another in their music career, and Dylan can get away with anything". He's a legend! Over 450 released songs. What a career!
In hind sight, we are all thinking "that's probably a darn good thing" If it was any indication on how he rearranged "Blowin' in the Wind" well, who knows what "Forever Young" would have sounded like.
This song, the version we all grew up with from the album Planet Waves (1974) is the one and only version. There is NO messing with this song from my stand point even if you are Bob Dylan. It just has too much meaning for me. Maybe Bob would understand. Those lyrics…..they are just meant for Bradley, for us.
Many things are a blur to me, but I do remember family and close friends spent many hours in meetings with the Church convincing them to have this song by Bob Dylan playing. That was huge to me, I wasn't going to bend. Copywright laws meant absolutely nothing to me!
I still believe Brad was in the 9th seat, and I also believe Brad recognized every song Dylan sung. I also think Brad was the force behind Dylan's harmonica playing! Why? Because one thing Dylan did do was play that harmonica, and play it extremely well.
Thank you everyone, who came out the evening of Oct 9th, 2012 for Bradley.
We LOVE you Brad, could you give Kole and Thad a hug for us?


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Q: angularjs routing / html5mode and htaccess giving 404 error I am building my first angularjs app in 1.6x and my router is resulting in a 404 errors
my router looks like this:
app.config(function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
    $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
    $routeProvider
    .when('/account', {
        templateUrl: 'views/account/welcome.html',
    }) //works
    .when('/account/emails', {
        templateUrl: 'views/account/email.html',
        controller: 'emailController'
    }) //404 error
    .when('/account/wallet', {
        templateUrl: 'views/account/wallet.html',
    }) //404 error
    .when('/account/settings', {
        templateUrl: 'views/account/settings.html',
    }) //404 error
    .when('/account/logout', {
        templateUrl: 'views/account/logout.html',
    }) //404 error
    .otherwise({
        redirectTo: '/'
    }) //works
});

and my htaccess looks like this:
Options +FollowSymLinks

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c>

    RewriteEngine On
    Options FollowSymLinks
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /#/$1 [L]

</ifModule>

So my router works correctly within the app, but if my browser address is at say //localhost/account/emailsor a similar path and I refresh the page, I get a 404 error. This also happens when I address the path directly from the browser.
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RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

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What is period poverty?
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Period poverty is a lack of access to menstrual products, education, hygiene facilities, waste management, or a combination of these. It affects an estimated 500 million people worldwide.
The above information is from a study that BMC Women's Health published in 2021.
People who experience period poverty are unable to purchase the menstrual products they need, and, in many cases, this means that they cannot go to school or work or otherwise participate in daily life.
Period poverty causes physical, mental, and emotional challenges. It can make people feel shame for menstruating, and the stigma surrounding periods prevents individuals from talking about it.
Read more to learn about what period poverty is, how it affects people, how to break the stigma around menstruation, and more.
Below, we list some period poverty statistics:
Globally, an estimated 500 million people who menstruate lack access to menstrual products and hygiene facilities.
There are an estimated 16.9 million people who menstruate living in poverty in the United States.
A study involving college-aged individuals who menstruate reported that 14.2% had experienced period poverty in the past year. An additional 10.0% experienced it every month.
Research found that almost two-thirds of women in the U.S. with a low income could not afford menstrual products in the last year, while nearly half sometimes had to choose between buying food or menstrual products.
As of June 2019, 35 states in the U.S. taxed menstrual products at rates between 4.7%, in Hawaii, and 9.9%, in Louisiana.
Period poverty refers to the social, economic, political, and cultural barriers to menstrual products, education, and sanitation.
Although period poverty is a widespread problem, there is a lack of research on the topic. In 2019, experts from academic institutions, NGOs, governments, UN organizations, and elsewhere came together to form the Global Menstrual Collective to solve this issue.
The Global Menstrual Collective defines menstrual health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in relation to the menstrual cycle." It notes that people should have:
access to information about menstruation, life changes, and hygiene practices
the ability to care for themselves during menstruation
access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services
the ability to receive a diagnosis for menstrual cycle disorders and access to healthcare
a positive, supportive environment in which to make informed decisions
the ability to participate in all aspects of life, such as going to work and school
Period poverty can affect people in a variety of ways. It can make them feel embarrassed about or ashamed of their periods, and it causes young people to miss out on school due to a lack of menstrual products.
Being unable to manage their period with the appropriate menstrual products can make people feel upset, distressed, and uncomfortable. Research has found that a lack of access to these products can negatively affect someone's mental health.
For instance, a study of college-attending women found that 68.1% of participants who experienced period poverty had symptoms of moderate-to-severe depression. They also had higher rates of depression than the participants who did not experience period poverty.
However, it is important to note that in populations with high income inequality, having a low income is associated with higher rates of depression. Many people living in period poverty also fall into this group. Therefore, although people who cannot access menstrual products may have higher rates of depression, it is not possible to conclude that period poverty directly causes the depression.
People unable to access menstrual products have reported using rags, toilet paper, and children's diapers. Some people have also used the menstrual products they did have for longer than intended.
Using these alternative products puts individuals at higher risk of urogenital infections, which are infections of the urinary and genital systems. These infections include urinary tract infections and bacterial vaginosis.
Using products longer than intended can also be dangerous. Leaving a tampon in for too long can increase a person's risk of toxic shock syndrome, a rare but dangerous infection.
Period poverty can prevent people from participating in the workforce, which can have significant economic implications for them and their families.
A study in Bangladesh showed that 73% of women missed work for an average of 6 days a month. However, when the HERproject delivered sanitary pads and implemented a behavior change work-based intervention, absenteeism dropped.
People who menstruate can have a negative experience of school or college if they are uncomfortable, distracted, or unable to participate due to menstrual leakage and odor.
This experience can have long-term consequences. Poor school attendance affects a person's future earning potential, self-esteem, health outcomes, and sense of control.
The issue of period poverty is shrouded in stigma. Although period poverty is a global public health crisis, the shame surrounding menstruation means that it goes largely unaddressed.
Many cultures see menstruation as dirty and something that people should hide. Campaigners want to shift the focus to the fact that menstruating is biologically normal and healthy.
The shame associated with periods prevents people from talking about them. This leads to a lack of dialogue regarding access to menstruation products, the tax on these products, and even the ingredients that they include.
There is also stigma around the experience of menstruating as a trans person.
Many sources still describe menstruation as being a woman-only experience, but this is not true. Many people who are not women menstruate, and not all women menstruate. Being conscious of using the right language to discuss period poverty is crucial in recognizing all people who menstruate.
This belief that only women get periods means that trans people often experience additional challenges. For instance, they may find that only insertion-based products are available in public restrooms, there are no disposal receptacles in bathroom stalls, and there is a lack of access to free menstrual products through school.
It is important to talk openly — and inclusively — about period poverty to improve menstruation experiences for everyone.
People who live in low income countries, particularly in parts of the Global South, may experience greater period poverty.
Older research from 2008 showed that in southeast Asia, many workplaces had inadequate workplace environments for menstruation hygiene. Among workplaces in Cambodia, for instance, a quarter did not have toilets.
This lack of facilities in workplaces led to an estimated 13.8 million and 1.5 million workday absences in the Philippines and Vietnam, respectively.
Many African countries — including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Nigeria — have a lack of access to safe, clean, private spaces for menstrual hygiene, according to a 2019 report.
Access to sanitary pads varies among countries. Due to lack of access, the following percentage of menstruators in each country do not use sanitary pads:
Kinshasa: 17%
Kenya: 14%
Ghana: 10%
Ethiopia: 41%
Nigeria: 37%
Uganda: 36%
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) surveyed menstruators in Kenya. Those who did not have access to menstrual products relied on pieces of blanket, chicken feathers, old rags, newspapers, and mud.
Period poverty is a global public health crisis requiring serious attention. Some ways in which people can combat period poverty include:
National advocacy: Menstruators need the support of their governments to provide adequate infrastructure and access to affordable menstrual products.
Increased education and knowledge sharing: Knowledge sharing between organizations, in communities, and in schools can include menstruators in the conversation and provide education without stigma.
The private sector: Businesses can provide information and access to facilities and products, contribute to destigmatizing menstruation, and integrate menstruation management into their policies.
Evidence-informed charitable programs: Programs can educate menstruators, provide necessary products, and support people and their communities.
Further research: More research is necessary on the effects of period poverty and how to combat it.
Legislation: Protective legislation can ensure affordable access to proper facilities and menstrual hygiene products. Governments can also reduce taxes on menstrual products, making them more affordable.
Period poverty refers to a lack of access to menstrual products, sanitation facilities, and adequate education. This widespread issue affects an estimated 500 million people worldwide.
Those experiencing period poverty may have mental health challenges and physical health risks. They may also miss school or work and have low self-esteem. The stigma surrounding periods prevents people from openly discussing the issue, and the stigma is even greater for trans individuals who menstruate.
People can contribute to ending period poverty through national advocacy, charitable programs, legislative changes, improved education and access, and further research.


Mr. Breck lived just down the block from us where I live, quite a few years ago. We went to several of his garage sales over the years, really a nice man. He also was the honorary Mayor of our city for years. Everytime we pass his house, we think about him.
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82.
Breck died Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after a long illness, his wife, Diane, announced on the website The Big Valley Writing Desk.
A native of Haverhill, Mass., Breck was also a regular on the TV Westerns "Maverick" and "Black Saddle." He had guest roles on series from the 1950s through the early 2000s including "Perry Mason," ''The Virginian" and "Fantasy Island."
His film appearances include "Thunder Road," ''I Want to Live!" and "Benji."
Breck was best known for his role as hot-tempered rancher Nick Barkley on "The Big Valley," which aired from 1965 to 1969.
He and his wife were longtime Vancouver residents.
He was my favorite character... really liked him. I hope he's in a better place and we'll sure miss him.
Mr. Breck moved out of our area quite a few years ago, I presume he lived in Bristish Columbia after he lived here. His home near me was only 2 blocks down our cross street to a street called Whiteoak, about a 5 mnute walk. We all live in what they call RA property, which is zoned rural/agriculture where we can all have horses and farm animals. This part of the San Fernando Valley was all like that at one time, all was for rural living, and built on old oragnge groves. Most lots they retained many of the orange trees. Mr. Brecks property was one of the larger lots, I think they are more like 1-2 acres, with about a 3 to 4000 sq ft home. It was a very nice place, but nothing you would clasify as a mansion. In Los Angles these are called Ranch style homes. In those years people rode their horses all around, there were many lots and places to ride, but it is all built up now, mostly all residential. Over the years we have had to fight and fight to keep our zoning, as developers wanted to buy out the bigger lots, tear them down and squeeze condominium projects on them.
We no longer have our horses, they lived long lives and passed away here. At one time we had 2 horses, chickens, some geese, our dogs and cats. OUr back yard was set up like an riding arena. Nobody on our block has horses anymore, but we are still allowed if we wanted to, our corrals are empty. I'm sure Mr. Breck got tired of being pushed out, and he left for green fields and "valleys". He was a TV star, but just a regular guy off the screen. He was one who was lucky, made it big in a hit western that still runs today, and fans always loved him. I think Mr. Breck was smart, invested when he had money in his home, and planned to let the money he made when it was his moment, work for him.
To be honest, when Big Valley was a show, before we moved into this neighborhood, I never watched the show very often. He was a very nice man whenever we saw him at his garage sales.


FINALLY~ I manage to reach the restaurant on a bright sunny day! To those who prayed for me and the roti babi, thanks alot~!!! Haha!!!
We reach Yut Kee Restaurant at 12-1pm... That time was office lunch hour... Everyone was queuing up in front of the restaurant waiting for tables.... Wow~ You can see how successful this restaurant is! And for your information, the owner of the restaurant is Hainanese... ^_^ That's why got alot of Hainan style food.
So hard only manage to wait for empty tables to sit down... And our order sure is "ROTI BABI" lo~!!! LOLsssss.... Sounds so rude the name. Beside the famous roti babi, we also ordered pork chop, belacan fried rice and toast bread!
Kei: Really not bad!!!! I like the outside layer of the bread!
the restaurant sooo pack neh >.< reali nit some patient if wanna try it out..


Using Shopify as a platform for your ecommerce store has a lot of benefits. One of them is an app store that offers everything under the sun. However, starting out, it can be a little daunting to wade through all of the options. We've gone ahead and pulled out the 15 must-have Shopify apps we believe will help your online store grow.
Did you know that 35% of online purchases start with a Google search? If your store isn't optimized for search engines, you might be losing a great deal of traffic to your website.
SEO can get tricky, especially if you're new to it. To take some of the weight off your shoulders, make use of the available tools to automate the major search optimization tasks. Remember that all the small things you do add up to one, big result – your search engine presence.
What does this app do? Plug in SEO checks your online store for on-page SEO problems. The app checks page titles, headings, meta descriptions, site speed, blog post structure, content freshness, and other elements that may be affecting your website's performance on search engines.
Price: Free. Upgraded plans from $20/month.
Email marketing is still going strong and unless we stop using emails altogether, it's unlikely to change anytime soon. So it's definitely not something you'll want to overlook in your marketing efforts either. Growing your email marketing list takes time, but there are plenty of automation tools to make it easier for you.
What does this app do? Sumo provides an entire suite of tools that help you capture emails and build up your email list fast. From pop-ups to scroll boxes, and smart bars to welcome mats, Sumo has it all. It integrates with most email service providers, so it's very likely yours will be included in the list too.
Price: Free. Upgraded plans from $24/month.
P.S. We have an entire blog post in which we share email sign up form hacks that can help you double your subscriber list.
Once you've converted your visitors into subscribers, it's time to transform them into loyal customers. There are loads of email service providers that can help you do that. But if you're looking for a tool that not only offers a variety of useful features, but is also capable of scaling together with your business, Omnisend is for you.
What does this app do? Omnisend lets you create beautiful campaigns, build automation workflows (including several channels other than email too), target your customers with smart segmentation, and much more.
Price: Free. Upgraded plans from $16/month.
If your email campaigns aren't performing as well as you'd like them to, and you think you've tried every tip out there to make your emails better, it's time to try a new communication channel. I'm talking about web push notifications.
This communication channel lets you reach out to customers in a timely, personalized, and automated way. Besides, web push notifications have higher conversion results in comparison to emails.
Price: Free. Upgraded plans from $19/month.
A happy customer usually shares his positive experience with 9 other people. The best part, referred customers tend to spend 10-25% more on their first order, they also repeat their purchases more often, and are likely to share their positive shopping experience with friends and family.
What does this app do? ReferralCandy helps you set up a referral program in just a few minutes. This app automates almost everything, including reward payouts delivery, referral reminders, and post-purchase notifications.
Price: Free 30 day trial. Plans from $49/month.
Acquiring a new customer is 5 to 25 times more expensive than selling to an existing one. So Instead of concentrating only on landing new customers, start working on customer retention. One of the most popular ways to transform one-time shoppers into loyal customers is setting up and running your own rewards program.
What does this app do? Smile.io gives you an opportunity to create and manage reward programs with loyalty points, customer referrals, and VIP tiers. This app integrates with the biggest ecommerce and social platforms, email, and customer relationship management (CRM) service providers.
Price: Free. Upgraded plans from $59/month.
We, humans, are social creatures driven by herd instinct – if others are doing it, it must be good! Or if no one else is doing it, there must be something wrong. That's why it's so important to have social proof that lets interested buyers see reviews/recommendations from others about how awesome your product is.
What does this app do? Yotpo aggregates your product reviews, photos, and Q&As, and displays them on your store. Social reviews like this will attract visitors' attention, build trust, and increase conversions.
Price: Free. Request a quote for upgraded plans.
Adding new products to your store is both exciting and stressful. You can never know whether the new addition will be as successful as you think.
Before introducing a new product to the permanent collection, create buzz around it by launching a pre-order campaign. This will give you a better idea whether the new product is in demand and what number of sales you can expect.
With Printful, if a product doesn't sell well, you don't lose anything since we fulfill your order on-demand.
What does this app do? Pre-Order Manager can replace your regular "Add to Cart" (or "Out of Stock") button with "Pre-Order," which lets you sell products even when they're not quite on your store yet.
You can turn on/off and schedule pre-orders for certain products or for the whole store. The list of all pre-orders will show up in the admin panel, so you can easily handle them as you see fit.
Price: Free 1-day trial. Upgraded plan from $24.95/month.
Getting visitors to your website requires a lot of hard work. Unfortunately, in many cases, that hard work goes to waste because most visitors – at least 98% – leave the website without buying a product or subscribing to your mailing list. In fact, most of them never return.
What does this app do? OptiMonk is an on-site message toolkit that captures the attention of a leaving visitor by displaying a pop-up. Depending on your strategy, you can showcase a special deal or lead magnet to keep the users on your site or encourage them to sign up for your newsletter.
Price: Free 14 day trial. Upgraded plans from $29/month.
Did you know that 96% of visitors that come to your website aren't ready to buy? Let's be honest – we all window shop, especially online. So instead of urging your visitors to take the plunge and hit that "Add to Cart" button, let them save their dream products for later.
What does this app do? Wishlist Plus increases the chances of window shoppers converting into actual shoppers by letting them favorite or save the items they like. The app remembers them for a later time when the visitor is ready to buy.
Price: Free 14 day trial. Upgraded plans start from $9.99/month.
Your customers will always have questions. Some of these questions will be recurring. To save yourself some precious time, you should address the most popular customer concerns in an FAQ page on your website.
What does this app do? HelpCenter lets you create a searchable, branded, and easy-to-navigate FAQ page on your website.
To start an ecommerce business you need two things: an internet connection and a good idea that you believe in. You can sell something you made yourself. But if you want to simplify shop operations, you should import products from suppliers, just keep in mind there might be several other shops offering the same products as you.
There's one more option – you can create unique designs and have them printed on-demand on print products. If you're interested in the latter, then you might want to give print-on-demand a go.
What does this app do? Printful gives you an opportunity to sell your unique designs on a variety of printed products. Most importantly, it will print and ship every order that comes into your store, completely automatically.
If you source products from a supplier, you can store them at Printful's warehouse, and leave fulfillment of all your orders entirely to us.
Price: Free to install – only pay when an order comes in.
Selling online has its perks, but it isn't entirely perfect. One of the biggest problems shoppers can face is uncertainty about a product's quality. It can be hard to tell what a product's fabric texture might feel like or whether the sizing is accurate.
That's why online shoppers are so curious to see how your products look in real life: unedited, true-to-size, and on different people.
What does this app do? Socialphotos gathers your customers' product photos from popular social networks using a website widget or hashtags. You get to decide which of these photos make it to your website.
Sharing user-generated photos on your website give you an opportunity not only gain more social proof, but also build a stronger connection with your audience as they get to be part of your brand's success.
Price: Free 30 day trial. Upgraded plans from $10/month.
Managing social media accounts is not as difficult as it is time-consuming. You have to always be online if you want to effectively respond to every little change that might affect your account's performance.
Most online stores would benefit from an extra pair of hands to overlook their Facebook and Instagram ads and posts. Lucky for you, there's a way you can automate this process without having to hire anyone.
What does this app do? Kit helps you create Facebook and Instagram ads and social posts to increase traffic (and hopefully conversions) to your site. Working with Kit is like talking to a friend – the app communicates with you via Facebook Messenger or SMS, reminding you about ad/repromo opportunities and setting them up for you.
If you look at successful ecommerce websites, you'll notice almost all of them have an Instagram feed that displays a number of their latest posts. Showcasing your Instafeed expands the reach of your social updates and boosts product visibility. It can also increase your sales.
What does this app do? Snapppt lets you share product images on your storefront in a gallery and add links to the products pictured there. When buyers browse the pictures and see something they like, they can simply click on the link, and a pop-up with the featured products appears.
The Shopify app store can be your best business partner if you know which apps are worth your time and money. Hopefully, this list has helped you find something you hadn't heard of before. And if it has inspired you to start using Shopify, sign up for a 14-day trial run.
Did we miss any great apps? Let us know in the comments!
I actually don't have experience with either! But maybe somebody else can chime in.
Its a great list of apps for Shopify stores. I just wanted to add one more tool which is very important for the stores to increase sales and improve customer engagement. And its real-time analytics tool. Although Shopify analytics is really good in reporting for your store but one thing it lacks on is real-time data analytics. I know they are providing live view data now but there are certain issues of granularity. And all the reports of Shopify analytics are not available to all stores. You need to take a higher plan in order to use all the reports. This is quite costly for small and medium businesses. We at IQLECT is launching an advanced e-commerce analytics tool which will work in real-time. It will have predictive analytics features inbuilt AI and ML capability.


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Declan Patton's Warrington future is clarified
Warrington Wolves confirm Declan Patton departure
Declan Patton. Picture by Mike Boden
DECLAN Patton's time at Warrington Wolves is at an end.
The half-back's contract with his hometown club expired in November and club officials have confirmed to the Guardian that his deal has not been renewed.
Former Cardinal Newman High School pupil Patton, 25, has spent his entire professional career with The Wire having come through the club's academy to make his first-team debut in 2015.
He leaves having made 106 Warrington appearances – only four of which came during the 2020 campaign. Those games have yielded 16 tries and 143 goals, including one of each during the 2016 Super League Grand Final defeat to Wigan Warriors.
Patton helped The Wire win the 2019 Challenge Cup while starting as the team's only recognised half-back in the final win over St Helens and also featured in the previous year's Wembley loss to Catalans Dragons.


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David served on the Board of Governors for the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia from 1999 to 2005. In 2005, he assumed the managing member position of Flaherty's Wheeling office. In 2008, he served as a court-appointed "McKenzie Friend" in a complex lands trust act case in Southampton, Great Britain. In 2009, David represented West Virginia's largest hospital in appeals before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States, which raised important issues regarding the proper application of the civil immunity provisions of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act.
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Q: Use nodemon or supervisor to reload only the files without restart all the server - WebStorm I just took a look to this tutorial: How can I run nodemon from within WebStorm?
I'm wondering how reload only the files updated and don't restart the entire server instance.
I'm wondering also if it's possible to don't break a debug breakpoint, because for the moment the entire server is restarted and if I'm following instruction step by step using the debogguer, I lost the track.
By the way, there are my ways to use them with webstorm, it's particularly tricky with supervisor. Because it needs to get the app.js and everything as parameters.
Supervisor: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByzbHcAxmCyvTGdHOWJSTTYzNWs/edit
Nodemon: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByzbHcAxmCyvdVQ3azFhSlV0dEU/edit

A: You can use modules like hotswap to reload files when they change.
It can cause memory leaks and other stuff, but it's working fine for development.


Spring of Water Christian Learning Center is blessed with a highly active, committed, enthusiastic Parent Association (called the Parent Council), which through their volunteer efforts make a major contribution to the life of the school. All SOWCLC parents are automatically members of the Parents Association and are always welcome at all Parent Council Meetings, events and activities.
This important position assumes communication between the Parent Council and all Parents. This person takes notes at the monthly meetings, writes them up, and sends them to Ms. Sophia to distribute to all parents through emails.


California Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, patriarch of California's powerful political dynasty, meets with President John F. Kennedy at the White House, April 4, 1961. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
As Jerry Brown nears the end of his record fourth term as California governor, his final months are swathed in nostalgia, superlatives, and retrospectives on a remarkable five decades in politics.
But few people look back far enough: to the pivotal election 60 years ago that unintentionally spawned his father's governorship and the Brown family dynasty.
In 1958, two of California's most powerful and popular Republicans tried to swap jobs—the governor ran for a U.S. Senate seat while the Senator tried to be elected governor. The epic failure of the "Big Switch" opened the door for an ambitious San Francisco Democrat named Edmund G. Brown, who seized the unusual moment to change the political narrative in California—and in the United States. The ramifications of Brown's victory have resonated ever since, not only through his own political career but that of his son, Jerry, the longest-tenured governor in California history.
Although California today is considered reliably Democratic, in the 1950s, it was a Republican stronghold. On paper, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in rapidly growing postwar California, but state government had been solidly Republican for decades. Between 1896 and 1958, Culbert Olson was the one Democrat elected governor, and he left office in 1943, a one-term chief executive of little note.
One of the mechanisms that helped Republicans stay in power was the open primary. Candidates could run in both party primaries, and party affiliation was not even noted on the ballot until 1954. As a result, incumbent Republicans could win both lines and run unopposed in the general election.
Edmund G. Brown, known to all but his mother as Pat, had been elected attorney general in 1950, the only Democrat to hold statewide office. He rejected entreaties to run for governor in 1954 against the well-liked Goodwin "Goodie" Knight, who had moved up from lieutenant governor when Earl Warren was appointed chief justice of the United States. Attorney General Brown played it safe, coasting to re-election with the second-highest vote total in state history.
The top vote getter in California was also a Bay Area politician: Republican U.S. Senator William Knowland. He was scion of a prominent Oakland family that owned the Tribune, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, prominent conservative, and presidential hopeful.
In January 1957, Knowland upended the political calculus in California by announcing he would give up his Senate seat the following year to challenge fellow Republican Knight for the party's gubernatorial nomination. Knowland's strategy was to defeat the moderate Knight, move the party to the right, establish himself as the state's favorite son, and thwart the presidential aspirations of another California Republican, Vice President Richard Nixon.
Knowland's daughters later confirmed in oral history interviews the widespread speculation that accompanied his surprise decision: Knowland believed he could not be elected president from the Senate. So his ambition drove him to run for governor, even against a well-liked incumbent of his own party.
Democrat Pat Brown agonized for months. Should he run for reelection yet again as attorney general, a safe bet and a job he loved? Or jump into the governor's race and hope to exploit the Knight-Knowland fight? Or run for the U.S. Senate seat now open because of Knowland's run for governor?
But Pat Brown had earlier made a secret pact with Congressman Clair Engle, a Democrat from California's far north: If Engle ran for Senate, Brown would run for governor. Engle had announced his candidacy for Senate. After months of indecision, Brown declared in October 1957 that he would run for governor.
In retrospect, the election would be viewed as the inflection point when California became a two-party state and Pat Brown became a national figure, who would leave an enormous imprint on his state.
Although Knowland was a potential rival, Nixon intervened in an effort to unify the fractured party. He began backdoor overtures to force Knight to pull out of the gubernatorial race. Knight's wife, Virginia, bitterly and vividly recalled years later the rainy night that Clint Mosher, political editor for the San Francisco Examiner, came to visit the Governor's Mansion. Mosher was friends with both Knight and Nixon. He came to deliver a message to Knight: If he stayed in the governor's race, Nixon would campaign against him in every county.
As Knight later described his predicament: "I had no choice. I was like a man in the middle of the ocean, standing on the deck of a burning ship." In November, he announced he would run for Knowland's Senate seat.
Democrats had a field day with the Big Switch: Knowland was a gubernatorial candidate who knew more about Taiwan than Sacramento, and Knight was a Senate candidate forced into a race he never wanted to make.
Though Democrats were initially dismayed when Knight pulled out and Republicans avoided a bitter primary fight, the Big Switch turned into a fiasco for Republicans. Knight was treated so shabbily that Republicans abandoned Knowland in disgust, and the beneficiary was Pat Brown.
The primary results revealed the depth of the defections: Brown won 22 percent of the Republican vote, while Knowland only won 14 percent of the Democratic vote. Since Democrats outnumbered Republicans to begin with, that meant Knowland faced an uphill climb in the general election.
The bad blood between Knowland and Knight worsened, driven in part by Knowland's support for an anti-union "right to work" ballot proposition, which would deny unions the right to require membership as a condition of employment. In the end, Knight refused to endorse Knowland.
"My husband knew that if the Republican party went against labor, the working people, it would lose," Virginia Knight recalled in her oral history for the state archives. She remembered her husband warning, "in speech after speech: 'Don't do this, Republicans! It's a blueprint for disaster!'" Not only did California labor unions throw their support behind the Democratic candidate; Brown benefitted from a $1 million campaign waged by national labor organizations that viewed California as a bellwether.
The internecine warfare among Republicans made Pat Brown's nice guy image even more appealing. As they fought with each other, Brown barnstormed the state; he believed there was no one he could not win over if they met face to face.
On election day, more than 79 percent of the registered voters showed up at the polls, a California record for a non-presidential election. Brown won the governorship by a million-vote margin, led a Democratic sweep, and ushered in a new political era in the Golden State. For the first time since 1889, Democrats won six out of seven statewide offices and the U.S. Senate seat, which went to Engle, control of both houses of the state legislature, and majority of the congressional delegation. The victory also gave Democrats control over reapportionment in 1961, when the state would add seven congressional seats.
On the night of Nov. 4, 1958, as the results became clear, the authorities at Sacred Heart Seminary made a rare exception to the rules that barred newspapers, magazines, television, or any news of the outside world. They allowed 20-year-old junior seminarian Edmund G. Brown Jr. to watch the lone television, to see his father's victory speech.
Miriam Pawel is the author of The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation.


Mental illness is a global crisis, with an estimated 30% worldwide suffering, and over two thirds not getting the critical help needed. And, if the untreated disease isn't enough of a burden, patients are faced with the crippling stigma that is attached to mental health disorders. Analysis of literature and film typically categorizes the mentally ill into three categories: 1) they're homicidal maniacs that need to be feared, 2) their world is seen from a child's perspective and they need to be cared for, and 3) they're simply too weak of character so someone should make their choices for them.
Managing the disease, and the cultural stereotyping, can be a challenge for patients, but one solid step forward begins with proper self-care. Learning to make good choices for both the body and the mind are critical to well-being, but because problems with decision making already stand as a barrier for patients with mental health disorders, matters are bit more difficult. Overcoming these challenges will be critical to your success. Let's look at some personal care strategies.
Exercise. As hard as getting motivated for exercise may be when you're in the depths of depression or dealing with anxiety issues, it couldn't be a better time for you. Numerous studies have linked exercise with healthful benefits to the mind and the body. Mayo Clinic suggests that a strong exercise program will, release endorphins stimulating your own sense of well-being, help you gain confidence, take your mind off other worries, provide strong social connections which also have health benefits, and teach you how to deal with your illness in a more healthy way.
Eat Healthy. Much is said about diet and physical health, but diet and mental health is equally as important. Try these five foods for better mental health: 1) Fatty Fish, 2) Whole Grains, 3) Lean Protein, 4) Leafy Greens, and 5) Yogurt with Active Cultures.
Music. The last decade has seen a huge increase in the use of musical therapy in clinical settings. "Music very much has a way of enhancing quality of life and can, in addition, promote recovery," says Joanne Lowey, co-editor of the journal Music and Medicine. Focusing on self-care is one of the most important things you can do to improve your mental health. If you allow your self-care to fall by the wayside, larger problems can erupt – including substance abuse or suicidal thoughts. Surround yourself with support groups with like-minded people, don't isolate yourself, don't self-doubt, don't feel shame. Your illness doesn't define you; what defines you is how you manage your illness.