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Q: Can't remove front from permalinks for custom taxonomy category page I've made a custom post type called 'portfolio' and a custom taxonomy called 'portfolio-categorie'. While I see the new categories in my pages, I have a problem removing the 'front' from the url structure. My preferred url would be domain.com/portfolio/category-name/ or domain.com/portfolio/categorie/catergory-name would also be an option.
In my permalink settings I have this as a structure (used for blog): /blog/%postname%/
When I visit a custom taxonomy category page, I get a 404 error page. I did rewrite the permalinks.
If I change the with_front to 'with_front' => false WordPress returns a page but with the url /blog/portfolio/portfolio-name/
What am I doing wrong?
My code so far:
function custom_post_type() {

    $labels = array(
        'name'                  => _x( 'Portfolio', 'Post Type General Name', 'text_domain' ),
        'singular_name'         => _x( 'Project', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'text_domain' ),
        'menu_name'             => __( 'Portfolio', 'text_domain' ),
        'name_admin_bar'        => __( 'Portfolio', 'text_domain' ),
        'archives'              => __( 'Item Archives', 'text_domain' ),
        'parent_item_colon'     => __( 'Parent Item:', 'text_domain' ),
        'all_items'             => __( 'Alle Projecten', 'text_domain' ),
        'add_new_item'          => __( 'Voeg nieuw Project toe', 'text_domain' ),
        'add_new'               => __( 'Voeg toe', 'text_domain' ),
        'new_item'              => __( 'Nieuw Project', 'text_domain' ),
        'edit_item'             => __( 'Bewerk Project', 'text_domain' ),
        'update_item'           => __( 'Pas Project aan', 'text_domain' ),
        'view_item'             => __( 'Bekijk Project', 'text_domain' ),
        'search_items'          => __( 'Doorzoek Project', 'text_domain' ),
        'not_found'             => __( 'Niet gevonden', 'text_domain' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'    => __( 'Niet gevonden in de prullenmand', 'text_domain' ),
        'featured_image'        => __( 'Project Hoofdafbeelding', 'text_domain' ),
        'set_featured_image'    => __( 'Stel Hoofdafbeelding in', 'text_domain' ),
        'remove_featured_image' => __( 'Verwijder hoofdafbeelding', 'text_domain' ),
        'use_featured_image'    => __( 'Gebruik als hoofdafbeelding', 'text_domain' ),
        'insert_into_item'      => __( 'Voeg toe aan project', 'text_domain' ),
        'uploaded_to_this_item' => __( 'Geupload naar dit project', 'text_domain' ),
        'items_list'            => __( 'Project lijst', 'text_domain' ),
        'items_list_navigation' => __( 'Project navigatie', 'text_domain' ),
        'filter_items_list'     => __( 'Filter project lijst', 'text_domain' ),
    );
    $args = array(
        'label'                 => __( 'Portfolio', 'text_domain' ),
        'description'           => __( 'Recente projecten', 'text_domain' ),
        'labels'                => $labels,
        'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', ),
        'hierarchical'          => true,
        'public'                => true,
        'show_ui'               => true,
        'show_in_menu'          => true,
        'menu_position'         => 5,
        'menu_icon'             => 'dashicons-images-alt',
        'show_in_admin_bar'     => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'     => true,
        'can_export'            => true,
        'has_archive'           => true,
        'exclude_from_search'   => false,
        'publicly_queryable'    => true,
        'capability_type'       => 'page',
        'rewrite'               => array( 'with_front' => false ),
    );
    register_post_type( 'portfolio', $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );

function portfolio_custom_taxonomy() {

  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'Categorieën', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'Categorie', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Zoek categorieën' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'Alle categorieën' ),
    'parent_item' => __( 'Bovenliggende categorie' ),
    'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Bovenliggende categorie:' ),
    'edit_item' => __( 'Bewerk categorie' ),
    'update_item' => __( 'Update categorie' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Nieuwe categorie toevoegen' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'Nieuwe categorie' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Categorieën' ),
  );

  register_taxonomy('portfolio-categorie', 'portfolio', array(
    'hierarchical' => true,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'show_admin_column' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'portfolio', 'with_front' => false ),
  ));
}

add_action( 'init', 'portfolio_custom_taxonomy', 0 );

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: To get the URL like example.tld/portfolio/PORTFOLIO-CATEGORY-NAME/PORTFOLIO-NAME/ do the following.
Change rewrite for the custom post type to
'rewrite' => array(
    'slug'       => 'portfolio/%portfolio-categorie%',
    'with_front' => false
),

Change rewrite for the custom taxonomy to
'rewrite' => array(
    'with_front' => false
),

Use post_type_link filter to replace %portfolio-categorie% with the actual taxonomy term:
add_filter( 'post_type_link', 'my_portfolio_permalink', 10, 4 );

function my_portfolio_permalink( $post_link, $post, $leavename, $sample ) {
    if ( false !== strpos( $post_link, '%portfolio-categorie%' ) ) {

        $portfolio_cat_term = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'portfolio-categorie' );

        if ( !empty( $portfolio_cat_term ) ) {
            $post_link = str_replace( '%portfolio-categorie%', array_pop( $portfolio_cat_term )->
        slug, $post_link );
        } else {
            $post_link = str_replace( '%portfolio-categorie%', 'uncategorized', $post_link );
        }
    }
    return $post_link;
}

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Brushes Without Fame
( A Three Hour Documentary Series )
Producer/ Director /Writer
Don Mizell
St Clair Bourne
"Nobody Knows My Name"
During the slavery period African captives were denied recognition of individual identity. Yet these individuals still produced specific craftworks of the very highest quality, crafts which are now nonetheless considered priceless.
... but everybody knows my work ...
The movie opens . . . at an auction in Sotheby's today, focusing on craftworks made by the hands of anonymous slaves from the antebellum South. A visual montage of slaves creating these works segues to news clippings from the period advertising trade in these slave craftsmen. Then there follow further examples of celebrated houses, furniture, and quilts in the antebellum South. Also, the story of Quilts and their crucial role as hidden signposts on the Underground Railroad will be featured.
'The Tragic Mulatto'
The first paintings by African Americans were by half-white sons of slave masters. As such, they were given privileges as house Negroes not accorded to the field Negroes who were the unsung craftsmen out in the barn, whose faces and names remain invisible to us even now. These are names and faces we do know — artists such as Patrick Reason, Joshua Johnston, Julien Hudson, Robert Douglas. The first Black painters painted their masters, then abolitionists, and then Black men. And, while their works are not as valued as the work of the craftsmen, today, they and their work are no less significant in understanding the story of African American art in the context of the American Experience. This is the seed of the color-caste/class cleavage which has plagued the Black community ever since.
The story of Edward Bannister symbolizes the plight of 'free' African American artists at the time in a nutshell. It summarizes the dilemma facing African American achievement writ large. Edward Bannister reads in the newspaper that Black folks really don't have the faculties to paint, that Blacks don't have the refined faculties to paint. So Bannister decides he is going to become a painter. He goes to Philadelphia, where he manages to gain admission to the School of Fine Arts. Bannister was just determined to prove them wrong and starts painting incredible things. He gets the support of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and important abolitionists. He becomes celebrated. The bottom line: Bannister enters into a contest at an art expo — and wins. However, the presenters don't know he's Black. Therefore, when he goes to the expo to accept the award they won't let him in the front. He goes around to the back. They won't let him in. They send him the award.
Edmonia Lewis' story is another telling example.
Episode 1: Part 2
'I've Known Rivers' / 'No Place to Be Somebody'/ Man Without a Country'
I've Known Rivers'
The second half-hour covers from The Civil War to the 1920s — when the African captives were emancipated, and 'freed' so that they could create whatever art they chose. The film interestingly notes that African American artists immediately stopped painting white people, both masters and abolitionists, as they had before the Civil War.
But instead of painting themselves, African American Artists turned away from portraits of human beings to landscapes in nature which was all the rage in the world of art in both America and Europe. (A whole movement had developed, the first movement toward an American painting, as distinct from European painting was led by Homer Winslow, Thomas Eaton, as they began to paint American landscapes from a new perspective.)
Painters such as R. Duncanson, G. Tyler Brown, N. Primus, C. Porter embraced the Great outdoors as it represented a kind of 'freedom' that the social strictures of society indoors were not prepared to permit. Moreover, the magnificent beauty of Nature was not something that required white tutelage or permission to embrace — nor was it unfamiliar to Africans in their native land, or in the fieldwork as American captives. Indeed, nature knew no color; the country fields were for all — until, again, others came along insisting otherwise.
'No Place To Be Somebody'
With Westward Expansion to the frontier, the great open spaces quickly became 'No Place to Be Somebody' for these artists. It was time to move along, perhaps to another country or another continent even. E. Warburg, M. Warick, W.E. Scott. So, ironically many artists flee to Europe, even if it is the continent the race-mongering white 'Americans' just came from.
Meanwhile, negative, caricatured, images of Blacks dominated the media of the day, making it difficult, if not impossible, for those who would depict Blacks in a more dignified manner to be given a fair opportunity to have their work valued or even viewed.
'Man Without a Country'
For the African American painter, time in Europe was de rigueur even if they would still be 'A Man Without a Country'. Ironically, it's better in many ways important to their art. That's where and when they begin to absorb some of the insights and methods of the creative revolution and innovations taking place in Europe occasioned by the advent of photography.
Photography could replicate reality better than a painting. Artists were now throwing off the yoke of realism in portraiture and landscape representation as de rigueur evidence of superior painting and moved in reaction toward Impressionism, which was the deconstruction of exact representation of reality. Photography undermined the perception that painting exactly what one sees in reality is the highest level of art and opened up the possibility to paint what one thinks, that what is seen with the mind's eye is actually a superior level of creative expression, artistically speaking.
Henry O. Tanner, W.E. Scott, Laura Waring, all absorbed the innovations in Paris. By the early 1900s these had formed a small community of sorts who upon their return en masse after WWI spearheaded the first great age of African American painting, an integral outgrowth of the emerging New Negro philosophy of Alain Locke and WEB DuBois and the Harlem Renaissance.
'Invisible Man' / 'The New Negro' / —'I Am Somebody'
Invisible Man' / 'The New Negro' / 'I Am Somebody'
This episode explores the emergence for the first time of African American painting as a significant force in African American life and the art world. Coincidental with the New Negro/Harlem Renaissance phenomenon, African American artists just back from Europe began to make a more profound claim to visual art in America. Finally there is a critical mass of great artists making great art, art increasingly important to the nation and the world of art (although as is often the case, scarcely recognized at the time as either).
The William H. Johnson story is illustrative of the ongoing dilemma. William H. Johnson wanders around Denmark, crazy after returning from South Carolina. William H. Johnson, from South Carolina, goes to Denmark, marries a white woman. He remains there, becomes an unbelievable painter, celebrated in Europe. Then he comes back home to South Carolina. He's out in the street on the sidewalk in the still segregated South painting a brothel. Black man was supposed to get off the sidewalk in the South, and he's out there with an easel. "What are you doing?" He's painting a brothel downtown. They beat him up, throw him in jail, and run him out of town. That leads to a mental deterioration.
Beauford Delaney, Alma Thomas, Horace Pippin, Clementine Hunter, Lois Mailou Jones, Archibald Motley.
The story of the Harmon Foundation, a crucial patron of Black artists for a brief, but pivotal time will be highlighted.. The issue of patronage is one of the key factors in assessing the evolution of the art. If you don't have patrons, then you can't do the work.
The patronage of the federal government for the first time becomes relevant through the WPA. The next phase is the beginning of the generation of Black artists that we know now and consider now as the most important of the 20th century coming out of the WPA. There is an entire history of incredible murals — all left-wing, leftist, radical versions of history — that the federal government (through the WPA) financed.
Aaron Douglas, Sargent Claude Johnson, Hale Woodruff, Palmer Hayden, Charles Alston, Charles White, William Artis.Black artists collaborate with social realists and left-leaning progressive white artists and begin to paint inspired ideological-based themes about the history of African Americans on murals.
Making public art financed by the government, artists without a color/caste pedigree took advantage and, exposed to the opportunity to be painters as a result of this, went on to become recognized, albeit belatedly, as some of the greatest of the last half of the 20th Century:
One was Jacob Lawrence, who didn't know anything about it until he was taken under the wing of Augusta Savage who 'showed him the ropes'. These artists came from nowhere, from the lowest social echelon, for the first time, because before that it was all bourgeois, and they are the ones that became the great ones ultimately — purely as a function of the government's patronage.
Having reached a critical mass in the sheer number of artists pursuing their craft, there was a quantum leap in the level of creative achievement as well as the scope, and so sculpture, lithograph, woodcut, etc., became areas of tremendous achievements.Richmond Barthé, Augusta Savage, Selma Burke, Joseph Porter.
The Role of the Black College in supporting and limiting progress is examined. Howard's Alain Locke, Atlanta's WEB DuBois, Hampton's Alan Lowenstein are key figures in the development of the art.
Unlike with Blues or jazz, the Black community did not generally support African American visual art. Some say the condescending air of superiority affected by the bourgeois mulatto was a key reason; it was a delimiting factor in any case.

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Q: Wpf WebView with Proxy I am trying to build app with webview(Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.Controls.WebView) that loads page with proxy.
Firstly, I need to change proxy programmatically (to set ip, port, username and password).
Is there a way to set manual proxy setting in webview?
Second when I used for IE proxy setting in webview, DNS Resolution is performed via my company internet.
Why is it trying to resolve DNS though application is going through Proxy?
So is there a way to solve this dns problems in webview?

A: I solved by replace webview.navigate with webview.source.


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The view from my sofa
Uncle Vic and Auntie Rita were close friends of my mum and dad. So Uncle Vic was one of those uncles who get the courtesy title because what else are you going to call an adult when you're a small child – Vic? Unthinkable. "Mr Spencer"? Too formal for someone you play cards and have tea and watch the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special with every Boxing Day, one year at their house, the next at ours.
But Uncle Vic was a teacher too, and had that unshakeable aura of command that all teachers had, in those days, so you had to mind your Ps and Qs a bit with him, too. He taught, and was either Deputy Head or Head, at Upperthorpe School, and a choirmaster, and organiser of a school football league. Talking to children and being obeyed was what he did.
It broke him, in the end, as it does to so many teachers: the job gets harder and the burden gets greater and the respect reduces, so I don't think he exactly had a Goodbye Mr Chips retirement and some of the joy of the work was taken from him – but along the way he changed lives.
He changed mine. When I was a child I knew I wanted to be something (in the days when there was a real question whether a girl would want to have "a career" at all or would simply get married, as if that was an answer). And I was the first person in my family to go to grammar school (and, later, to university) so I didn't have much idea of WHAT I wanted "to be", so like generations of working class kids I said I wanted to be a teacher, because that was the only class of professional with whom I ever came into contact (except vicars, and that wasn't an aspiration for a girl then, remember).
Before I went to university, Uncle Vic arranged for me to do some work experience at his school, at some kind of summer school. And yes, I went in all shiny-eyed and full of myself, and yes, I came out knowing that, whatever else I wanted to be, a teacher wasn't it. Aunty Rita and Uncle Vic were the adults who treated me seriously when I was a child; spoke to me as you would speak to another adult and not in that "talking to children" voice people adopt, taught me that I could aspire, if I could think what I was aspiring to; taught me I could think, but I had to think about the process involved.
There are other family memories of him, of course. The one I remember most vividly is when his mother, Lily Spencer, who had been a stalwart at St Bartholomew's all my life, died. Uncle Vic turned up on the doorstep, and even a child could see that he scarcely knew what to do with himself. And dad invited him in, and they stood in the lounge talking about the chimney breast dad was taking down and talking about the brickwork and plastering and anything but the reason he was there; the first time I saw that sometimes language isn't all about the words at all.
Dad was best man at Vic and Rita's wedding on St Bartholomew's Day at St Bartholomew's church 56 years ago. Mum remembers him as organist and choirmaster at St Barts – before my time – and one day when the choir was being particularly tentative a loud voice from the organ calling out "SING!!" Kim, my sister, remembers the Christmas card games and how Uncle Vic always reminded us of Eric Morecambe – something about his appearance, and of course the same wicked sense of humour.
I asked my nephew, wondering if the "speaker to children" role had impinged on his childhood, too, but he said he remembered "a positive aura but that's it, I'm afraid". But that's it, I think. Just think how many lives a teacher touches. And a good teacher (and I have no doubt he was a good teacher) touches multitudes: Upperthorpe, the choir, the football. Like John Watson to Sherlock Holmes, a good teacher is a conductor of light. If that's the case, Uncle Vic was a sky full of stars.
July 6, 2014 Wendy Bradley
← Nope
Middle Aged Blues →
Nothing ever happens to me
Bored now
Day Seven: Out of Order
Day Six: Culture Fail
Rob Wood on The Abominable Bride
Wendy Bradley on The Abominable Bride
Stephen Matthews on Anything goes
Athena Labrador on Kobayashi Maru
Hundred thousand


Hurricane Force 5 rotates both clockwise and counter-clockwise while you sit on motorcycle-like seats facing outward. This giant 24-passenger hurricane-shaped disc will arc from side to side on an almost 5-story high half-pipe track while rotating at 14 revolutions per minute. This innovative attraction is a first-of-its-kind in the state.


This Swedish styled Akvavit is copper-pot distilled in small batches and then rested in Rye Barrels giving it a distinctive oak, liquorice and orange note on the nose and a rich caramel warmth on the palate with lingering vanilla, liquorice and a subtle spicy chocolate finish. Perfect for sharing!
Suggested uses: perfect served as a traditional Scandinavian shot, this smooth spirit can also find its way into more modern cocktails. When served from the freezer, its thicker viscosity makes this barrel aged Akvavit an inviting aperitif and/or digestif and the perfect base for a variety of creative craft cocktails.
Pinkster is a contemporary British gin distilled with five botanicals and hand steeped with 3 additional aromatics post distillation including fresh Cambridge raspberries. Pinkster makes a refreshingly different G&T and elevates any cocktail with a dry, slightly citrus nose. Our delicate flavour appeals both to seasoned gin drinkers and recent converts.
Make no mistake, this isn't your grandpa's gin.
Strain over ice, garnish with bitter orange and enjoy!
The Zalto Bordeaux glass is specifically designed to showcase full-bodied wines with strong character and pungent tannins.
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Zalto glassware provides an unparalleled experience for a wine lover of any pedigree. Hand crafted, showcasing family techniques perfected over six generations, these mouth blown masterpieces are lead free, dishwasher safe and robust enough to be used for your every day needs.
The Zalto Burgundy glass truly makes a statement and is for those who love deep and layered wines. Its generous bowl is as expressive as the wine it's meant to carry. This is by far our best selling glass for birthdays and gifting meant to inspire.
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Zalto glassware provides an unparalleled experience for a wine lover of any pedigree. Hand crafted and showcasing family techniques perfected over six generations, these mouth blown masterpieces are lead free, dishwasher safe and robust enough to be used for your every day needs.


Patients who used the technology—which included a Bluetooth-enabled weight scale, Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure cuff, and mobile tablet with a symptom-tracking app that sent information directly to their physician each weekday—had lower symptom severity than participants who had standard weekly visits with their doctors.
"Our study generated evidence on how newer technologies can be integrated into cancer care relatively easily and improve patient outcomes without interfering too much in a person's daily life," said lead study author Susan K. Peterson, Ph.D., professor, Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. "This study was done during a rather intense period in the patients' care for head and neck cancer. The system helped their physicians to provide valuable support that ultimately resulted in lower symptom severity."
For the CYCORE group, physicians reviewed data from the app and sensor transmissions remotely each weekday and could intervene in a person's care if necessary. Both CYCORE and usual care participants had weekly in-person doctor visits.


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The Week — Jan. 17: The Victoria kiss is back
The Victoria kiss is back, A scrappy outlook on life and Finding Fillipoff
Danielle Pope
"Alison and Byron" became 2011 award winners for this Victoria-centric smooch in the Kiss in the City contest.
The Victoria kiss is back
Pull out the flavoured lip gloss, Victoria.
The fourth-annual "Kiss in the City" contest is back starting this week, and the Downtown Victoria Business Association is again asking couples young and old, gay and straight, even human and pet to smooch a pose in the downtown core for some impressive Valentine's Day prizes.
"There is a treasure trove of romantic places in Victoria, and just looking at last years' competitors can show you that," says Ken Kelly, general manager of the DVBA. "We're really trying to pull everyone into that romantic mind set this time of year, and awards are handed out on Valentine's Day — so have your pyjamas packed!"
To enter the free contest, upload a 2013 photo of you and your Valentine within the downtown core by midnight on Sun., Feb. 3, to the DVBA Facebook page. Entries (non-professional, only) will be judged by a panel of five local "romance experts," who will choose the top 10 images to open for public voting. The photo with the top votes by noon on Feb. 14 will win this year's grand prize: a one-night stay in the Fairmont Empress' Gold Room, including access to the Gold Lounge and dinner for two at the Bengal Lounge, chocolates from Roger's Chocolates, flowers from Poppies Floral Art, jewelry from Violette Boutique and two passes to the Odeon Cineplex. The second and third-place photos will receive chocolates from Roger's, tickets to the Odeon Cineplex and dinner for two at Veneto Tapa Lounge.
Kelly says the key is to "be innovative, be fanciful and be passionate" — judges will be looking for location, creativity and, of course, romance.
"When you look at the romantic appeal of downtown, we really have some incredible locations, and we've had some lovely entries," says Kelly. "You have one more year to get that sizzling kiss recognized."
For contest rules and to upload your kiss, visit facebook.com/DowntownVictoria.
A scrappy outlook on life
It's almost time to round up the scraps, as Victoria prepares to implement its new waste program.
Starting in mid-January, all households currently on the garbage-only waste program will be delivered a standard 120-litre "Green Bin," a small kitchen catcher, a sized "Grey Bin" that each household selected this past summer, a "how-to" guide for the new program and a new collection schedule.
To anoint the event, the City of Victoria has received four new trucks that will pick up both kitchen scraps and garbage starting this February. The trucks will run on natural gas and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, all while enabling Victoria to keep kitchen scraps out of Hartland Landfill.
Learn more about what the city is in for through a video about the new Kitchen Scraps and Garbage Program: victoria.ca/greenbin.
Finding Fillipoff
Emma Fillipoff turned 27 a weekend ago, but if or how she celebrated remains a mystery for the hundreds of locals, police and the mother who is still in Victoria looking for her.
More than 20 officers from VicPD have been on the case since Fillipoff went missing on Nov. 28. While both police and mother Shelley Fillipoff have reason to believe she is likely still alive and in hiding, the VicPD diving team began searching the waters of the inner harbour last week. A number of tips and sightings have come in from the Langford and Metchosin areas, and Shelley is asking anyone with a shed or cabin to take a look inside and see if Emma is hiding out. She also asks those who believe they see Emma to go up and ask if it's her, stating this is the only way they can get a confirmed sighting.
"We are going back to square one and re-interviewing and talking to people again with very different kinds of questions," she told media.
Fillipoff is expected to return as a cook at Red Fish Blue Fish on Feb. 1. If she does, Shelley says it will be the happiest day of her life. If not, she may consider heading home for a while after that.
"I know it's going to change the lives of many people [if she appears at work]," she says. "If she doesn't show up, it just means the search must go on."
For information and pictures of Emma, visit the 'Help Find Emma Fillipoff' page on Facebook, at facebook.com/helpfindemmafillipoff. M
B.C. Transit settles with bus union, one-day strike averted
The Week — Jan. 24: More outrage needed


mats in place to prevent movement during training.
as a spring board and the Air Roll for balance exercises or learning flips.
These soft, bouncy and close to the ground tracks make gym exercises fun and safe for kids.
Exercises become more effective due to the individual pressure adjustments.


Aaron Tru is not a smart person.
Back in March, Tru challenged UFC fighter Ronda Rousey to a fight, claiming he didn't think she had enough strength to take down a man. Rousey flipped Tru over her back and accidentally broke his ribs in three seconds.
Obviously, the next logical thing for Tru to do was to ask heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum to kick him, because that was going to go so much better than the last time he challenged a UFC fighter.
Even when that press makes you look like an idiot.


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O grant my heart love!
In the hearts of all the three worlds.
O beautiful One, You abide.
Do fulfil this body, vital, mind and heart of mine.
Taking shelter at Your Feet divine.
With the hope to transform this sombre world.
This is not my game, this is Your own world-game.
I bow to You again and again.
Today capture and claim my heart for good.
The life divine shall dawn.
Each human life shall smile.
Loving this world of ours.
Inside of me is the beauty of endless forms.
As Your own, very own.
All beauty am I, immutable am I.
I drink my ambrosia all alone.
the Duet of this world.
And death pangs, if not You?
Always I seek for ever-transcending Truth.
This Truth transcends itself in Infinity's Light.
In the heart of the Ocean of Delight.
Alas, I cannot house Infinity.
No words have I, no hope have I.
Long lost have I my reminiscence-light.
Has made me see the great Silence-Light.
All human lives are dear to me.
Nobody is a stranger to me.
My soul-garment and my own peace-vest.


Rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
Rayon is produced from naturally occurring polmers and therefore it is not a synthetic fiber, but a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
Georges Audemars developed the first "artificial silk" about 1855, but his method was impractical for commercial use. Hilaire de Charbonnet, Comte de Chardonnay, patented "Chardonnay silk" in 1884, but it was so inflammable it had no safe use. Finally, in 1894, Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, and Clayton Beadle patented the first safe and practical artificial silk, which they named "viscose." Avtex Fibers Incorporated began selling their formulation in 1910 in the United States. The name "rayon" was adopted in 1924, with "viscose" being used for the viscous organic liquid used to make both rayon and cellophane. In Europe, though, the fabric itself became known as "viscose," which has been ruled an acceptable alternative term for rayon by the Federal Trade Commission.
Rayon was only produced as a filament fiber until the 1930s when it was discovered that broken waste rayon could be used in staple fiber. The physical properties of rayon were unchanged until the development of high-tenacity rayon in the 1940s. Further research and development led to the creation of high-wet-modulus rayon (HWM rayon) in the 1950s .
Rayon is a very versatile fiber and has the same comfort properties as other natural fibers and can imitate the feel and texture of silk, wool, cotton and linen. The fibers are easily dyed in a wide range of colors. Rayon fabrics are soft, smooth, cool, comfortable, and highly absorbent, but they do not insulate body heat making them ideal for use in hot and humid climates . The durability and appearance retention of regular rayon are low, especially when wet; also rayon has the lowest elastic recovery of any fiber. However, HWM rayon is much stronger and exhibits higher durability and appearance retention. Recommended care for regular rayon is dry-cleaning only, HWM Rayon can also be machine washed .
A sample of rayon from a skirt, photographed with a macro lens.
Another skirt with a different texture.
A blouse with a texture similar to the second.
Regular rayon has lengthwise lines called striations and its cross-section is an indented circular shape. The cross-sections of HWM and cupra rayon are rounder. Filament Rayon yarns vary from 80 to 980 filaments per yarn and vary in size from 40 to 5000 denier. Staple fibers range from 1.5 to 15 denier and are mechanically or chemically crimped. Rayon fibers are naturally very bright, but the addition of delustering pigments cuts down on this natural brightness .
WHITE CRUMB: The pressed sheets are crumbled or shredded to produce what is known as "white crumb"
YELLOW CRUMB: Xanthation changes the chemical makeup of the cellulose mixture and the resulting product is now called "yellow crumb"
CUTTING: If filament fibers are desired the process ends here. The filaments are cut down when producing staple fibers .
High Wet Modulus rayon (HWM) is a modified version of viscose that has a greater strength when wet. It also has the ability to be mercerized like cotton. HWM rayons are also known as "polynosic" or can be identified by the trade name MODAL .
High Tenacity rayon is another modified version of viscose that has almost twice the strength of HWM. This type of rayon is typically used for industrial purposes such as tire cord .
Cupramonium rayon has properties similar to viscose but during production, the cellulose is combined with copper and ammonia (Schweizer's reagent). Due to the environmental effects of this production method, cupramonium rayon is no longer produced in the United States .


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Q: java regex for finding the matching string My string pattern is
"hbfj-nbsp-nbsp-wsefj-f-ejsf-sdfh-sjkf-df-sdjfk-sdfhb-jdgh-nbsp-djg-hdr"

I have tried this pattern "(\\w+)-(\\w+)-(\\w+)-(\\w+)" but it gives exact match. Required is match 0 to 3 times "hbfj-" these type of string.

A: Try use this regex: string.matches("^(\\w+(-|$)){0,3}$")

A: I think you want to extract the first hyphen separated words (up to 4):
String words = str.replaceAll("^(\\w+(-\\w){0,3})?.*", "$1");

This will return a blank if nothing suitable found.


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In New Jersey: Full-time and part-time cognitive rehabilitation therapists needed to provide one-to-one cognitive rehabilitation therapy and other community re-entry services to persons with brain injuries in the clients' home and communities. Responsibilities include:
Developing individualized program plans to improve the client's functional capabilities in one or more of the following domains: self-care, household management, community mobility, educational activities, vocational activities, parenting, and community involvement.
Implementing treatment plans and providing ongoing assessment of the individual's progress and needs.
Interfacing with family members, other providers, and case managers.
Encouraging the participation of the client in community activities, to promote improved psychosocial behavior and/or cognitive-communication skills and vocational performance.
Preparing daily notes and monthly progress reports.
Positions are available in Southern and Northern New Jersey. A master's degree, licensure/certification, and experience in brain injury rehabilitation are preferred. A car is required. Community Skills Program offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health care benefits. Reply to COGVOCREHAB@aol.com. Please, no phone calls! Click here for our Employment Application, which you can print, complete, and fax to (610) 376-3392.
In Pennsylvania: Part-time and full-time cognitive rehabilitation therapists needed immediately in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, and York counties, for a non-residential community-based brain injury rehab program. Master's degree and experience in brain injury rehab are preferred. Car required; services are delivered in our clients' home, community and/or workplace. Please send resume and salary history to Sally Kneipp, Ph.D., CRC, director, Community Skills Program, 1150 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite 210, Wyomissing, PA 19610, fax to (610) 376-3392, or e-mail to PACOGVOCREHAB@aol.com. Please, no phone calls! Click here for our Employment Application, which you can print, complete, and fax, or mail to the address above.
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For decades, Community Skills Program has been a provider of vocational services for the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, other organizations, and private insurance companies. Community Skills Program currently offers individual and group services to the OVR district offices in Harrisburg, Norristown, Philadelphia, Reading, and York. New OVR initiatives (particularly pre-employment transition services) are underway to fulfill the mission of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Part-time and full-time vocational counselors/employment specialists are needed immediately to work with individuals with a variety of disabilities, particularly persons with Asperger's, mental health disorders, and brain injuries. A master's degree, certification as a rehabilitation counselor or employment support professional, and experience in job development and placement are preferred; a bachelor's degree in a human services or rehabilitation discipline is the minimum requirement. Please send resume and salary history to Sally Kneipp, Ph.D., CRC, director, Community Skills Program, 1150 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite 210, Wyomissing, PA 19610, fax to (610) 376-3392, or e-mail to PACOGVOCREHAB@aol.com. Please, no phone calls! Click here for our Employment Application, which you can print, complete, and fax, or mail to the address above.
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Dr. Robert Poppenga is Professor of Clinical Veterinary Toxicology and Section Head, Toxicology Laboratory at the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis. He has been at UCD since 2004.
He received his DVM and PhD degrees from the University of Illinois (Go Illini!). He is board-certified by the American Board of Veterinary Toxicology and has served that organization in a number of roles including President. He has almost 30 years of experience as a diagnostic veterinary toxicologist including previous faculty and diagnostic laboratory positions at Michigan State University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is author or co-author on over 150 scientific manuscripts and textbook chapters.
He is active in a number of professional organizations including the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (former Executive Board member), the American Veterinary Medical Association (former member of the Committee on Environmental Issues), the American Association of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Society of Toxicology.
The Toxicology Laboratory at CAHFS is one of the busiest of its kind in the world and offers comprehensive diagnostic toxicology testing. His research interests include diagnostic veterinary toxicology, wildlife toxicology, and development of biomarkers for chemical exposure. He teaches veterinary toxicology to veterinary students at the School of Veterinary Medicine and advises Residents in diagnostic veterinary toxicology at CAHFS.


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Q: How to access context data with useContext in the root/Parent entry? Here's the codesandbox.
I can successfully get and set context data through the children components. but why I can't access them in the parent?
const App: React.FC = () => {
  const context = useContext(MyContext)
  return (

      <MyContextProvider>
        <Comp1 />
        <Comp2 />

          Result inside: {context.selection}

      </MyContextProvider>

        Result outside: {context.selection}

  );
}

Here's the children component.
const Comp1 = () => {
    const context = useContext(MyContext)
    return (

current: {context.selection}

            <button onClick={() => context.setSelection && context.setSelection(123)}>Set to '123'</button>

    )
}

and here's the context file.
interface MyContextProviderType {
    children: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]
}

interface ContextProps {
    selection: string
    setSelection: Function
}

export const MyContext = createContext<Partial<ContextProps>>({})

export const MyContextProvider = ({children}: MyContextProviderType) => {
    const [selection, setSelection] = useState('')
    return (
        <MyContext.Provider value={{selection, setSelection}}>
            {children}
        </MyContext.Provider>
    )
}

Appreciate for the help!

A: The component that calls
useContext(MyContext)

has to have a matching provider higher in the tree.
otherwise, the value will be whatever you initialized the context with.
In this case this empty object:
createContext<Partial<ContextProps>>({})

You could render your App component inside the provider to make your sandbox work
<MyContextProvider><App /></MyContextProvider>


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HELR Volume 39, Issue 2 Available Online!
July 12, 2015 by Harvard Law Development
We are pleased to present our online readership with Issue 2 of the 39th Volume of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
The latest issue of ELR begins with a detailed examination of the interagency consultation process under the Endangered Species Act, which empowers the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to review other federal agencies' decisions to ensure they will not jeopardize endangered species. As Prof. Travis Brandon explains, the lack of public comment in interagency consultations means that the Services are likely to get a skewed view of the potential harm created by federal agency action, a fact which courts should take into account when reviewing their decisions under the ESA.
39.2 also includes several articles analyzing legal issues surrounding climate-change policy, just in time for the UNFCCC negotiations in Paris this December. Prof. Arden Rowell describes the rise of regulatory analyses which justify agency regulation by referencing the global cost of carbon emissions, rather than limiting themselves to domestic considerations. As California continues to pass first-of-its-kind legislation intended to internalize the cost of carbon emissions in fuel production, Prof. Jeffrey Schmitt proposes a new test to determine whether such laws have an unconstitutional extraterritorial effect. Turning to the utilities sector, Shelly Welton, the former Deputy Director of Columbia's Center for Climate Change Law, discusses the failure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promote innovation in energy efficiency, storage, demand response, and distributed generation. And Prof. David Wirth argues that the President has substantial power to join and implement a multilateral treaty on climate action, such as might come out of the Paris conference, without congressional action.
Finally, this issue includes a Comment on CTS Corp. v. Waldburger from Michael Barclay, who graduated from HLS this year and has served as an article editor for ELR. In CTS Corp., the Supreme Court ruled that CERCLA, which preempts statutes of limitation, does not also preempt statutes of repose. (Statutes of repose bar suits brought too long after a defendant's last act, rather than turning on the plaintiff's discovery of harm, as statutes of limitation do.) The Comment discusses the case's practical and legal consequences, particularly as regard plaintiffs who could be barred from suing under CERCLA or similar laws because the harm from an environmental pollutant took too long to manifest.


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Final election results
On Friday, the TSE released the final election results for the election of deputies to the National Assembly. The FMLN will have 35 seats (a gain of 3), ARENA will have 32 seats (a loss of 2) and the PCN will have 11 seats, making the PCN the swing voting bloc in the legislature. The Christian Democrats won 5 seats and Democratic Change scored one. The FMLN obtained 42.5% of the valid votes cast and ARENA earned 38.4%. Some 2.2 million Salvadorans turned out to vote, a participation rate of 54%.
In San Salvador, Norman Quijano of ARENA obtained 86,569 votes (49.8%) and incumbent mayor Violeta Menjivar received 80,789 votes.
If you want the election results boiled down all the way to the individual voting table, you can see them at the TSE web site.
Thanks for the update,
Now all we are waiting on is the presidential Election.
I believe that the FMLN will lose this election for the Presidency.
When I was in El Salvador for some work stuff.
I asked around and some did not care for FMLN plus the war is too recent. Just my guess,
They may have won the seats but they will not take the capitol vote ARENA!elsalvador
The numerical truth of the elections reveals the following:
-Mauricio Funes IS NOT HAVING AN OBAMA EFECT AND IS NOT THE GREAT VOTE MAKING MACHINE HE HAS SOLD HIMSELF AS.
-Mauricio Funes has been lied to by his strategists and the UCA-led polls which tried to place him as a salvadoran obama.
-Whoever wins the presidential election (probably in a second round) will not have a wide margin of victory and, therefore, will lack a great margin of political capital to exploit. And will have to pact for governance.
-There is space for the participation of many more people in the presidential election given the participation figures shown last sunday. Therefore, the presidential elections' results could surprise the fmln giving ARENA the victory. Or the other way around.
-The final word from now on, rests on the Salvadoran people, and the polls have been discredited, at least those favoring Funes.
-The orderly and non violent conclusion of our elections, should make us SALVADORANS think about stopping that dreadful and self emasculating, useless tendency to keep on requesting and allowing foreign observers to certify our civic duty, and our political maturity. There should be no space for ANY foreign intervention in our affairs.
-- total number of votes FMLN/CD/FDR
-- total number of votes ARENA/PCN
IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!!
The FMLN won the highest share of votes of any party in the five legislative elections held after1994.
There is some level of fear for some Salvadorian that do not want the FMLN to win. And I have heard of people in the business sector about talking of leaving the country and go else where, not neccesarily the US, but some country that is free from that kind of influence. I wish the salvadorian peple best of luck in bringing democracy back, on the table with out some other ideology of form of government.
Among the cantones in El Salvador, I have seen a lot of support for the FMLN. I have also been very impressed with the fairness and work of the UCA. Perhaps one ought to wait to see the election results before condemning the polls.
Fairness from UCA?
Come on, their polls said that Ms Menjivar had a 15 point lead. Quijano won.
They say Funes has the same lead, I'm just saying... be prepared to accept Mr. Avila as your new president-elect and future president. Mr. Avila just got about 300,000 votes overnight... people who were voting for PCN and PDC will not vote for FMLN. They might see ARENA as the lesser of two evils, but still the votes will favour ARENA.
The DUI lists people as Salvadorenos and Salvadoreans not Salvadorans or Salvadorians. Come to think of it it is better that we have more than one name, as there is not one proper way to describe Salvadoreans.


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Joscelyn: A Tale of the Revolution >> Chapter XVIII: Pretty, but Pernicious Prattle >> Page 177
Novel (Romance) | The Reprint Company | 1975, 1976
Transcription JOSCELYN177
ing, he told that you spoke, and he made fun of your speech, and
spoke of you contemptuously, and called you a pitiful fellow."
"Ha! said he that?"
"That he did; and I could stand- it no longer. Then I up and gave
him a piece of my mind. And so he moved off the very next day,
and a good riddance of bad rubbish. I don't care if I never see him
again."
The love-making was all over for that day.
The facts reported by Angelica were undoubtedly facts. The con-
versation had taken place, and the language had been used, with some
exceptions, very nearly as reported. But the sup pressio yeri the
absence of those details which would have made all these facts in-
nocuous�had necessarily the full effect of the suggestio falsi. The
suggestio falsi was also there, in the narrative, but it was hardly
designed by the speaker. In her passion, at the time, when she heard
the last conversation, she had confounded "poor fellow," and "it
was a pitiable exhibition," as used by Stephen, as with merely "pitiful
fellow," and her jealousy had construed the tone of sympathy and
commiseration, with that of scorn and contempt. This was all due,
not to any deliberate purpose to misrepresent, but simply because of
her prejudice against Stephen, which, wrongheadedly, but naturally
enough, in the case of a silly creature like herself, looking on her
lover as a miracle, was impatient of the superiority apparent in the
language of the speaker, and under the influence of these blinding
prejudices, she had failed to note, in the first conversation, that
Stephen had spoken favorably of Walter's abilities, though he had
added : "I fear, from what I have seen of him, that he labors under
that `infirmity of purpose' with which Lady Macbeth reproaches her
lord; and that he will never do anything at the right moment, in the
right place, and under the right inspiration."
It was easy for the silly girl, thus blinded by her prejudices and
passions, to fall into the errors which she made, and to reverse the
truth in the whole character of her relation.*
* This is no fiction. The facts, as reported, are of real occurrence, within my own period and circle of acquaintance. The result had nearly been a duel, a l'outrance, which was, with difficulty, arrested. It required but an opportunity for explanation to put all the parties rectos in curia. The difficulties in the way of an explanation are very great usually, where a lady is in the case, it being a point of honor among gentlemen not to suffer the names of ladies to be involved in any such controversies. It may safely be presumed that one half of the murderous duels fought among men are due to just such miserable representations by silly or malicious people.


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Our County has developed training sessions for new and current Precinct Committee People to attend this month, as well as in June. This training is for you to learn one of the most important tools to be successful in your role; VAN. The officers of the county and HD41 urge you to attend a training session to help broaden your knowledge of this resource.
Voter Access Network, (VAN), is an online resource that is essential to managing your precincts. To enhance your knowledge of this tool, there are several training classes happening for all PCP's of the County. Whether needing a refresher or as someone who has never used the tool before, HD41 PCP's should be scheduling this opportunity as soon as possible. In your role as a PCP, you are asked to use VAN for reaching out to other Democrats in your precinct, as well as other purposes.
The training dates are noted below. Each class will be limited to 10 people to allow for concentrated instruction. Bring a laptop. Do not bring your iPad or Tablet, as these do not work well with VAN, Also bring a notebook for your note taking. If you do not own a laptop, please note this in your RSVP. Once known, the trainers will try to accommodate you onto one of the PC's in the office.
Please choose three (3) dates that will work for you from the following list. Once decided, please send an email to [email protected]. Once sent, County leadership will slot you on one of your desired dates, as well as create your log in credential to VAN. The training is available if you have never used VAN or if you would like a refresher course. If none of these dates work for you, county leadership work with you to set up sessions that will work.
All training classes will be held at the Arapahoe Democratic Office, 10730 E. Bethany Drive, Suite 240, Aurora 80014.
If any further questions, please reach out to our Chair, Jeff Moser.


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Solar Energy & Battery Storage Solutions (SEBSS) is a Queensland based, community focused enterprise specialising in solar energy generation, storage, application and utilisation for the residential, agricultural, farming and commercial/industrial sectors. Paul Reynolds, founder of SEBSS, has been working with Australian farmers for more than 10 years (being a dairy farmer until 25 years ago).
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SEBSS overall system approach, from the energy source to the load side, yields the best energy management scenario where energy and equipment costs and overall efficiency are optimised.
SEBSS a Clean Energy Council (CEC) Approved Solar Retailer.
SEBSS is a member of the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
SEBSS Capabilities
SEBSS offers consultation, design, installation, trouble-shooting and servicing of solar and renewable energy equipment for both 'grid-tied' and 'off-grid' systems, with and without energy storage, for a wide range of applications.
Our installed systems range from a few hundred watts through to many thousand kW capacity. SEBSS has a team of dedicated and innovative electricians and employ as a consultant a former university academic Dr. Kame Khouzam. Our ability to undertake research & development in solar energy is one of SEBSS's particular assets.
We also offer educational seminars and presentations on the fundamentals of electricity, solar electric systems employing photovoltaic and wind power.
SEBSS employ licensed electricians ensuring work of the highest quality, and adhering to industry standards and guidelines.
Also read SEBSS testimonials and commendations
SEBSS founder Paul Reynolds
Born in Toowoomba and raised on the family Lockyer Valley dairy farm, in the early 2000s Paul sold the farm returning to Toowoomba where he gained work.
From 2008 he worked for a commercial solar company in Brisbane. And in 2011 he submitted a proposal to the Queensland Dairy Organisation (QDO) to install solar systems on dairy farms assisting dairy farmers reduce their energy costs. Seeing his QDO proposal accepted Paul established the solar company Australian All Energy Solutions Pty Ltd. After installing approx 300 systems for dairy farmers he then focused on small crop farmers running cold rooms - to help them reduce their energy bills.
Later Paul also submitted a proposal to the MTAQ to be their preferred solar installer for their members where he installed numerous solar power systems. In 2016 Paul established the domestic arm of his business, continuing to work in both the domestic and commercial fields for solar and battery storage.
Paul lives in Toowoomba and works an area from Toowoomba West and Rockhampton West, visiting people to discuss their energy requirements and sizing systems to suit their needs. Paul meets with business owners to discuss their power bills and quantify tariff usage to design a solar system that will reduce grid consumption and become more efficient in producing energy from a solar system. This is based on payback and return on investment to reduce outgoings and enhance your bottom line.
Solar Energy & Battery Storage Solutions (SEBSS) is a progressive solar energy and battery storage company assisting businesses to reduce their grid dependence and energy costs.
Dr Kame Khouzam
SEBSS consultant Dr. Kame Y. Khouzam
Dr. Kame Y. Khouzam was born in Cairo, Egypt. After receiving a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Honours) in 1977, he developed passion and interest in Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, and Renewable Energy and their applications. He received his M.Sc. in solar thermodynamic energy conversion in 1983 and in 1989 he received his PhD. in Photovoltaics (PV) in Ohio, in 1989. In the same year, he was recognised among the top International Students in American Colleges and Universities.
Among Dr. Khouzam achievements is his work on PV Electrolysis, which earned him the Australian National Sustainable Energy Award in 2001. He has also developed a Solar System for drying agriculture produce using liquid desiccant dehumidification in 2008. He has authored numerous publications, articles, technical papers and consulting reports in energy efficiency, energy and load management, optimum matching of PV systems and battery modelling.
Dr. Khouzam was an A/Prof. at Cleveland State University before joining Queensland University in Technology in 1991 where he taught subjects in electrical circuits, theory of electric machines, energy generation, transmission, distribution and utilisation and Photovoltaic Engineering and Fundamentals of Solar Radiation until he retirement in 2011.
Upon his retirement he joined forces with Solar Energy and PV Enthusiasts to offer consulting, design and installation of a wide variety of PV Systems for Grid and Off Grid Applications. Dr Khouzam has become a very respected and sought after presenter of solar seminars to rural and regional professionals throughout Australia.
Kame Y. Khouzam
B.Sc. (E.E. Honour), M.Sc. (Soar Thermal), PhD (PV).
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Mr JWW Influencer Profile
These are all of the social media channels where Mr JWW is active. Social Reach (1,037,269) is the total audience size Mr JWW has across all platforms.
Name/Title: Mr JWW
Categories: auto
Blog: https://mrjww.com/
Contact Page: https://mrjww.com/#contact
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrjww/
Instagram Followers: 344,000 - (Updated: 21 Dec 2020)
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Comparison shopping engines are a great way to market and generate sales for your online store.
If you are unfamiliar with comparison shopping engines(CSE), CSE's are sites that aggregate product listings, prices and product descriptions from a large number of merchants in order to help shoppers make informed buying decisions.
Chances are, you've already used comparison shopping sites in the past and just didn't realize it.
For example when I do a product search on Google, I'm often presented with a bunch of vendors all at once in order to find the lowest price. And whenever I click on one of the listings, I'm taken directly to the shop owner's website where he/she pays the CSE a cost per click for the referral of my business.
These types of advertisements are also called product listing ads or PLAs for short.
Anyway, a comparison shopping engine allows a shopper to compare the prices and products from a large number of vendors in order to help them shop more efficiently.
And guess what? Comparison shopping engines are an excellent place to market your goods to new customers.
If your products meet any of the following criteria, using CSEs or Product Listing Ads can be extremely profitable.
Your value proposition is well expressed – If you can adequately convey the value add for your products, your conversion rate will be high on the CSEs.
You have awesome photos – The photos you use on a CSE are crucial in attracting customers to click on your items.
Even if you are unsure if your products meet the following criteria, you should still give the comparison shopping engines a try. If they end up being profitable, then great. Otherwise, you can stop using them at anytime.
How Do Comparison Shopping Engines Work?
The reason why CSEs are so awesome is because the conversion rates tend to be much higher than other forms of marketing.
For example, last month my conversion rate for Google Shopping was over 30% higher than my conversion rate with Google Adwords.
Why do CSEs tend to perform better than other pay per click services?
It's because all the prices, photos and product descriptions are presented to a customer BEFORE they click on the ad.
As a result, when a customer clicks on the link that leads to your shop, there's a very high probability that they are interested in your product and they want to buy.
In this article, I will go over some best practices when listing your products on the Comparison Shopping Engines.
Then I will provide you with an in depth review of the most popular shopping sites based on data from my own online store. Enjoy!
Note: There used to be many more comparison engines out there but they have since died out or consolidated. For example, Shopzilla, PriceGrabber, Bizrate and Become.com are now owned by a company called Connexity. TheFind.com and Pronto have pretty much disappeared.
Almost all of the comparison shopping engines work in a similar way. You need to generate a data feed, which is a file that contains all of your products, images, descriptions, prices etc… in a single document. Most popular shopping carts can generate this for you automatically.
For example, Big Commerce, Shopify, and Open Cart all have facilities to generate product feeds for the more popular CSEs.
This feed file is then transmitted to the comparison engine in one of 2 ways. One, you can FTP the file directly. Or, you can place the file on your server and have the CSE grab it at set intervals.
Once you have your product feed setup, your goods will be displayed online and you will pay a fee whenever someone clicks on a product. Usually the fee varies depending on the type of product and how much you are willing to bid on a particular set of goods.
Does this sound pretty straightforward? On the surface it's simple but as with everything in life, it's easy to make mistakes if you don't know what you are doing.
Here's a list of best practices that I've amassed over the years while using these services.
Not listing sold out products may sound like common sense but it's not and I'll tell you why. Most shopping carts offer plugins or special code that will automatically generate the product feed for you.
However depending on what cart you use, the automatically generated feed might include items that are either sold out or have very low quantities left in stock.
You really need to check. For example, the default product feed for my shopping cart displays goods that are active but might be completely sold out.
As a result, it's like throwing money in the garbage can when someone clicks on a link to your shop and you can't complete the sale.
In addition because the shopping feeds may not be updated very often (sometimes as long as once a month), it's important to only list goods where you have a significant quantity on hand that is unlikely to sell out.
As people start clicking on links from the comparison shopping engines to your online store, it's important to track where these customers are coming from. By default, Google Analytics already tags incoming links with a referral source.
However, certain CSEs may list your products on many sites and the clicks can be coming from all over the place.
For example, Shopzilla has at least 3 other partner sites and sometimes it's hard to tell which CSE is responsible for the click. The only way to definitively tell where a click originates from is to specifically tag the link.
In order to tag your links for Google Analytics, I recommend using the Google URL builder.
By entering in the parameters displayed above, Google's URL builder will generate a unique URL with tagging info so you know exactly where your clicks are coming from.
Once you've tagged your links, your analytics reports will clearly indicate the source of CSE traffic.
The other reason to tag all of your links is to make sure that your click reports line up with what you are getting charged by the CSE. If the clicks that you are paying for don't match your analytics reports, that means that the CSE might be charging you for fraudulent clicks.
While you might think this is rare, it's actually happened to me several times already with well known CSEs.
Needless to say, you have to stay on top of things, otherwise you could waste a lot of money.
I make it a habit of checking my ROI at least once a month. As you gather enough data about your sales, you'll notice that certain products sell well on certain CSEs and other products perform lousy.
If you see product clicks that simply aren't selling, it's in your best interests to remove these products from your data feed altogether.
On the flip side, if you notice certain products are selling very well, you may want to increase your click bids in order to expose that product to more traffic and more customers.
Often times, figuring out your selling trends takes several months and a lot of trial and error. But you need to stay on top of things and react accordingly.
It's also worth noting that many automated shopping cart data feeds do not allow you to mix and match products from your online store.
So if you purposely want to exclude certain items, you may have to edit the code that generates your product feed directly. In general, it pays to understand how your feed is generated so you can make edits if needed.
After all, every comparison shopping engine has its own feed format and may require slight modifications to your feed generator.
Finally, be wary of CSEs that have affiliate programs for blogs and other publishers. Often times, if your product ads end up on a blog, the conversion rate will be much lower.
In fact, I would be extremely careful when signing up for any CSE that runs a publisher affiliate program as most CSEs won't let you turn this "feature" off.
I've been using comparison shopping engines to market my online store for many years now and today I'm going to share my experiences with you.
IMO, there are way too many "general" articles out there that don't give a good picture of what it's like to actually use a CSE from the perspective of a small business owner.
So today, I'm going to provide you with my personal review of Google Shopping, Bing Shopping, Shopping.com and Nextag based on real data from my own shop.
Editor's Note: The comparison shopping landscape has changed drastically in the past several years. This article will be updated frequently as new developments occur. My data for this post was taken from December 2017.
Also, the results that I'm presenting are very specific to my online wedding linens store and should not be taken as fact. Every store may achieve different results depending on what they sell and the results I'm reporting here should be taken with a grain of salt.
Google Shopping was the very first CSE that I ever tried and I started using them back when it was a free service called Froogle. Google Shopping is easily the best CSE in terms of click volume and customer reach.
The best thing about Google Shopping is that almost every single shopping cart supports the Google feed format out of the box so you have to do very little work in order to submit your products online.
And even if you screw up your product feed, there's a nifty feed testing tool which gives you instant feedback in case you have errors with your submission. As a result, getting your products uploaded to Google Shopping is a snap and extremely easy to do.
Once you have everything setup, your products will start showing up in the search results and on various shopping sites. You can also implement other nifty features like dynamic product level retargeting and all functionality is nicely integrated into Google's Adwords interface.
My conversion rate for Google Shopping was easily the best out of all the CSEs I've used.
Right now, I'm getting between a 5-7X return on ad spend.
Here's a snapshot of my campaigns (Dec 2017).
In addition to the high conversion rate, Google Shopping produces the highest volume of conversions compared to all of the other CSEs reviewed in this post by a significant margin.
If you decide to use any of the CSEs, Google Shopping should be your top choice.
Note: There are many ways to optimize and refine your Google Shopping campaigns which I cover in my online course but I will also be publishing a more in depth blog post shortly. Stay tuned!
If you are getting good results with Google Shopping, then it's a no brainer to try Bing Shopping. Even though Bing search only has 20%+ market share, it actually converts quite well and can be cheaper than Google.
When I first started using Bing, I saw immediate results. And here's what's funny about Bing. It is basically a clone of Google Shopping.
In fact, Bing lets you import all of your Google campaigns at the click of a mouse. It takes 5 minutes!
As you can see, I'm getting a 6.59X return on ad spend which is pretty good!
The upshot is that Bing is a great way to generate some additional sales at a very high ROI. But don't expect a large volume of sales as Bing is significantly smaller than Google in terms of market share.
Note: Take these numbers with a grain of salt as there are many variables at play. For example, if I were to set my bids 18.5% higher, I'd probably get more conversions at the expense of ROI. Your mileage will vary.
In most of the comparison shopping reviews that I've read online, Nextag falls into the top 3 or 4. And prior to 2017, I was running Nextag pretty religiously and getting decent results (more details on this in a bit).
In terms of implementation, the merchant interface is fairly intuitive and I didn't have any problems navigating and setting up my product feed.
However because Nextag has its own unique feed format and does not accept Google's feed, I had to setup my own feed from complete scratch. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't that big of a deal but it did take me about an hour to get everything correct.
Ideally, even if a CSE does accept Google's product feed format, you should always generate your own targeted product feed so your products get listed in the proper categories.
For example, most CSE's have their own distinct product taxonomy which may not necessarily translate correctly across different shopping platforms.
When I first started using Nextag back in 2013, I listed every single one of my products online with minimum bids and these were the results I got out of the box.
Not only did Nextag perform much worse than Google Shopping, Bing and pretty much all the other CSEs I tried but I didn't even make a profit on the listings.
The other thing that I noticed was that the minimum CPCs for Nextag were much higher than the other CSEs I reviewed.
Anyway, I took a closer look at my analytics data for Nextag and something immediately jumped out at me. It turns out that there were several categories of products that I listed that received clicks but zero sales.
As you can see from the numbers above, the conversion rates and ROI were much better once I stopped listing the non-sellers.
This just goes to show that certain CSEs cater to certain classes of products and that you really need to use your data to determine whether the ROI is worth it.
I ran Nextag ads profitably until 2016 when I ran into some major issues with click fraud. All of sudden I was getting a flood of clicks out of nowhere that were not converting after being really happy with the platform in the past.
When I tried to debug the problem, I discovered that bots were randomly clicking on links and I was getting charged for them. When I complained to their support, they told me there were no anomalies.
Now I could have spent a lot of time collecting more proof and trying to get my money back but ultimately, I opted to stop using them altogether. A while ago, I tried running Nextag ads again, but the conversion numbers haven't been the same.
For historical purposes, here are my lifetime conversion rates with Nextag before they tanked.
Shopping.com is also one of those CSE's that consistently ranks in the top 5. They are owned by Ebay and as a result, their listings can sometimes be seen below Ebay auctions which helps with your products' visibility.
In terms of implementation, the setup and navigation is fairly intuitive and I had no problems getting everything setup properly.
Once again, I had to create my own feed from scratch. If your cart doesn't support a Shopping.com feed out of the box, you'll need to get someone to code it up.
When I first started using Shopping.com in 2013, I listed all of my products with the minimum CPCs and my numbers were fairly decent out of the box.
And for several years I was impressed with Shopping.com's performance. Out of all of the CSEs not named Google and Bing, Shopping.com sent a lot more traffic (Over an order of magnitude more than Nextag).
And for the sheer amount of conversions that Shopping.com was sending my way, it was well worth the cost. At its peak, I was getting a 5.1% conversion rate with a ROAS of between 4-5X.
But just like with Nextag, something happened in 2016. All of sudden, my traffic surged but my conversions did not.
While I was getting 4-5% conversion rates before They all of a sudden tanked to .34%!
The amount of clicks from January to June 2016 doubled from the 2015 holiday season. This is not normal. Traffic drastically slows down in the beginning of the year.
When I looked deeper into the traffic I was getting, guess what I discovered…more BOTS! When I showed Shopping.com the traffic patterns, they denied all click fraud allegations and recommended that I install their conversion optimizer.
The comparison shopping engines are a great way to increase sales for your online store. Because the conversion rates are so high, you can potentially get a lot of bang for your buck by advertising on these services.
Several years ago, I was using The Find, Pronto, Shopzilla, Pricegrabber among others… but the landscape has changed dramatically over the years.
Right now, Google and Bing are the only CSE's that I'm currently using but I'm experimenting with Shopping.com again to see if anything has changed.
Bot traffic is a huge problem and right now, I only trust Google and Microsoft to have decent fraud solutions in place.
I'll update this post when I have more data.
I don't have time to read this now but I'm bookmarking it for later when I try this with my shop. Thanks!
As always, I enjoy reading your valuable contents. CSEs traffic has a big jump in 2012, it is wise for e-commerce owners to spend time to learn how to leverage these engines and boost the sales.
how do u manage all the different data feeds? do u manage yourself or go with a management service? is there any resources that you recommend either way?
I wrote little scripts to handle the feeds myself. It's not that big of a deal. If you want you can pay a company to handle all of that for you for a monthly fee.
thx for the quick response. are there any guides on how to write these scripts? im on a shoestring budget. i can't afford the feed management services.
How many shopping engines are you currently using to generate traffic?
i always thought about how those cse's generate money and that i should use them when i decide to open a shop. however your in-depth article provided me with more then i even expected. i didn't even know about the google url tagging thing. thx.
New reader on your blog. Really appreciate all the contents you put in here. Extremely helpful and informative. Thank you!
Regarding this article, I was looking at the Google URL Builder and I'm a bit confused about where I should paste that link once it is generated (for my Shopping.com campaign). I talked to a Google Rep and the guy told me to put the link in my store. However, my logic tells me that wouldn't make any sense since how can I track clicks from Shopping.com if the URL is on my website. Any chance you can clarify about that?
Thank you in advance Steve. Keep up the good work.
You should use these tagged urls in your shopping.com feed file and definitely not on your own website.
Around 20% of e-commerce traffic for all sorts of product categories come from price comparison engines, so they play a key role for e-commerce retailers.
Great article. I enjoy and learn so much from each of them. Your comparison articles are so helpful. In your article on email marketing services you did not include Constant Contact and I would appreciate your thoughts and feedback on them. Thank you very much.
Steve, your article was perfect but you should try to add some more information also. For example, lead generation, mail marketing, paid campaigns etc. These will be really helpful to us. Thank you.
BOT clicks are bad enough, but we just figured out that shopping.com is sending us actual bogus orders . . . lots of them. It makes their analytics look great (which is why we kept using them . . . good return on investment, or so we thought). But when we saw a pattern begin to develop, and looked deeper, we discovered that virtually EVERY order they have sent us for a long, long time has been false. We catch them on the back end through our standard screening process, but never would have believed that virtually ALL of them are being generated by Shopping.com. This is fraud. We are not pleased.
Very helpful to the people who are building their own business.