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Amazon Popular Mini Vacuum Cleaner And Blower

Amazon Popular Mini Vacuum Cleaner And Blower

Payment Type: L/C,T/T,Paypal,Western Union
Min. Order: 1000 Piece/Pieces
Delivery Time: 20 Days

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    Model No.: hk6027

    Classification: Hand-held Vacuum Cleaner

    Type: Cyclone

    Application: Wet and Dry

    Purpose of Use: For Home Use

    Filtration: Dust Cup Filter

    Feature: Without Bag

    Cyclone Dust Collector: Centrifugal Cyclone

    Certification: EMC, CE, RoHS

    Function: Stick Control

    Product Size: 66*185mm

    Battery Capacity: 2000mAh

    Power: 35W

    Input: DC5V 1A

    Charging Time: About 4H

    Using Time: About 20mins

    Material: ABS + Electronic Component

    Noise: ≤75dB

    RPM: 26000-29000r/min

    Net Weight: About 335g

Additional Info

    Packaging: 1pc/box,30boxec/ctn

    Productivity: 90000pcs/month

    Brand: Honk,Lingdong

    Transportation: Ocean,Air

    Place of Origin: China

    Supply Ability: 90000pcs/month

    Certificate: CE,ISO,EMC,FCC,ROHS,REACH

    HS Code: 8508110000

    Port: Shenzhen,Shanghai,Ningbo

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Amazon Popular Mini Vacuum Cleaner And Blower

The upgraded Handheld Vacuum Cleaner for 2019 and this mini vacuum cleaner is popular on Amazon and Walmart. This Computer Vacuum Cleaner has Suction and blowing dual function, which not only has a strong cyclone suction and could be used on both carpet and hard floor, but also could be used as a dust blower. One end of the machine is connected to the suction nozzle for vacuuming, while the other end is connected to the nozzle for blowing dust.

This table vacuum cleaner can be used for cleaning hidden dirty of notebook keyboard, printer, pet food, office, kitchen table, or other small household appliances.

This Portable Vacuum Cleaner can be used for cleaning car vent, dashboard, storage cabinet, sand, dust, paper, food debris, and so on.

Wireless Handheld Vacuum cleaner: this Small Vacuum Cleaner power supplied by usb port, which is very easy and convenient to use and store.

Easy to use: this mini Cyclone Vacuum cleaners’ filter can be washed by water. Just open the dust pot and take it out, then wash it clean and reuse after it dry.

This mini handheld vacuum cleaner is a good home helper for you. As a small portable vacuum cleaner, it is very easy and convenient to use and to store everywhere you like.

Product Name Amazon Popular Mini Vacuum Cleaner And Blower
Item number HK-6027
Product size 66*185mm
Battery capacity 2000MAH
Power 35W
Input DC5V 1A
Charging time About 4H
Using time About 20mins
Material ABS + electronic component
Noise ≤75dB
RPM 26000-29000r/min
Net weight About 335g
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Q:Are you a factory or a trade company ?

A:We are factory for 14 years in shenzhen and also run trade business thoughtout the world.

Q:what's your MOQ ?

A:The MOQ is 2000pcs if you need OEM order, small order also can be accepted.

Q:Sample time ? Free or charge and refundable?

A:About 2-5 days for sample after payment received ,sample fee will be returned after the order.

Q:How to pay the sample fee ?

A: Paypal ,western union or T/T will be accepted

Q:Can we choose the color we like and print logo on the product and package ?

A:Of course you can, pls provide the pantone color number and your artwork.

Q:How much for the logo print on the product ?

A: $0.04/color/spot will be added.

Q:How about the production time and shipping means ?

A: 20-25 days will be needed after the sample and deposit confirmed ,shipping by air (door to door )or by sea(FOB shenzhen or HK ).

Q: How's your payment terms ?

A:Mostly T/T 30% deposit before production and 70% balance before shippment. L/C is also can be accepted.

Q:What's the products warranty time ? How will you do when it goes wrong during the warranty ?

A: We provide 6 months warranty ,during this time it goes wrong not by human. pls provide us pictures ,we will give you the credit note for the next order usage.

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Understanding Fly Spray Labels

Better fly control at the barn starts with choosing the right repellent and using it correctly.

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Fly spray tends to fall into the category of “things we use regularly, but don’t necessarily understand.”

If you’ve owned a horse for any length of time, you’ve no doubt used your share of fly spray. But do you know how to decipher active ingredients? Are you confident about choosing the most effective product for your horse’s needs? And perhaps most importantly, are you applying it correctly?

Fly repellents may not be rocket science, but a great deal of scientific research goes into developing formulas, dosage and application rates. Read on for a quick lesson in fly sprays that will allow you to make informed choices and more effectively protect your horse.

Effective Selection

“When you see the number of diseases transmitted by flies and mosquitoes, you want to make sure you provide a level of protection you’re confident in,” says Amy Cairy, marketing manager of the equine division at W.F. Young, Inc., makers of Absorbine products.

Scan the shelves at your favorite equine supply store and you might be overwhelmed by the fly repellent sprays available. How do you know which one will be most effective for your horse? There are a few key things to consider:

  • The type of pests you need to repel/kill
  • How long the product needs to last
  • Your horse’s environment

For example, if your horse is working regularly during warm months, he’ll be sweating, so you’ll want a water-resistant formula designed to work under those conditions. Do you need protection against mosquitoes? Make sure the product is also effective against these pests. Is your horse on pasture where you can’t spray him every day? In those situations, you want a long-lasting product.

Water- or Oil-Based?

Fly sprays are either made with a water or oil base. Some labels state this clearly, but if you aren’t sure, just look for the words “petroleum distillate” in the active ingredients listing. Those two words clearly tell you that it’s an oil-based product.

“A manufacturer’s decision to use a water-based or oil-based solvent system depends on the active ingredients in the formula, because some ingredients are not soluble in water,” explains Casey White, an entomologist (scientist who focuses on insects) and director of product development at Farnam’s Research and Development facility in Dallas, Texas.

White adds that the residual activity of some ingredients can be enhanced by using either water or oil, so that also plays a role in formulation.

One advantage of oil-based fly sprays is that they quickly stick to the hair coat and provide rapid knockdown of pests. A disadvantage is that oil-based products tend to attract dust and dirt; they may also be irritating to the skin of sensitive horses.

Water-based products tend to be less irritating and dirt won’t stick to them. But they break down easier under environmental conditions (sun, rain, sweat, et cetera), so if the product is water-based, it usually contains synergists, which are chemical agents that help active ingredients last longer and work more effectively.

Commonly used synergists include piperonyl butoxide (PBO), butoxypolypropylene glycol, and N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK 264).

Understanding Ingredients

By law, every fly spray label must list the product’s active ingredients, which are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

“Any product that contains an EPA-registered active ingredient has to be registered with the EPA,” says White. “Documentation on the formula is filed with the EPA, along with studies that support the claims the product makes and studies that analyze the concentration of active ingredients.”

“The larger type on the label tells you what the product does, but manufacturers can’t just say whatever they want,” says Cairy. “Fly sprays are highly regulated for safety and efficacy by the EPA, and the language used on label claims is equally regulated.”

The section that lists “active” ingredients refers to those ingredients with insecticide (killing) and repellent properties. Active ingredients can be both natural and synthetic.

Pyrethrins are one of the most common active natural ingredients and are derived from a species of chrysanthemum. Pyrethroids are synthetic forms of pyrethrins. The most common pyrethroids are permethrin, cypermethrin, tetramethrin and resmethrin.

“Both pyrethrins and pyrethroids have a long track record for effectiveness and animal safety on horses,” says Cairy. Because synthetic active ingredients last longer than natural active ingredients, the most effective fly repellent products often feature a combination of both natural and synthetic active ingredients.

Inactive ingredients make up the greatest percentage of any fly spray, and these don’t have to be listed individually. Depending on the product, this base may also contain coat conditioner and sunscreen.

Going Natural

There are a variety of repellents on the market that use natural ingredients as opposed to chemicals. Those ingredients typically include essential oils such as citronella, geraniol, eucalyptus, thyme, cedar oil, lemongrass, rosemary oil, and others.

Although quite effective for a short period of time, these ingredients break down more quickly than chemicals, so you’ll need to reapply a natural fly spray fairly often, usually after eight hours.

Natural sprays don’t contain insecticides and are intended to repel insect pests, not kill them. They can be a useful choice during seasons when the fly population is not at its peak.

“Don’t expect natural fly sprays to work the same or as long as their chemical counterparts,” advises Cairy. “They tend to repel for a short duration and don’t actually kill pests.”

Keep in mind that just because a product contains natural ingredients, some horses can still be sensitive. Any time you use a fly spray—natural or chemical—that you haven’t used before, you should spray a small test area on your horse’s body first. Wait a few hours and check to make sure there are no adverse reactions before you thoroughly spray his entire body with the label’s recommended amount of product.

Save or Splurge

There’s a very good reason some fly sprays cost two or three times more than others. It all comes down to the level of active ingredients. Both White and Cairy recommend comparing the percentage of active ingredients on product labels in order to make an informed buying decision.

Two fly sprays may contain the exact same active ingredients, but at significantly different levels.

“With fly sprays, the levels of active ingredients are really what you’re paying for,” says Cairy. “If brand A contains 0.10 percent permethrin and brand B contains 0.50 percent permethrin, that means there’s five times more of the active ingredient in brand B. Continue this comparison for each of the active ingredients listed, and also look for the number of active ingredients.”

Follow Label Directions

OK, ‘fess up. When was the last time you actually read the complete label on a bottle of fly spray?

Taking a few minutes to do so is important, and following label directions can make all the difference in how well the product works. White finds that horse owners frequently under-apply fly spray and then complain that it doesn’t work well or last as long as expected.

For example, the label on a product may state that it can last for 14 days. But for this to happen, you must apply it exactly as indicated in the directions.

“There’s a lot of research that goes into dosage and application rate to make sure we get enough applied to meet the label claims,” says White. “Fly spray labels are written precisely and according to the data generated for that product through the development process. It’s important to read and follow label directions carefully both from a safety point and to get the most out of the product.”

Let’s say the manufacturer’s label specifies applying 1 ounce of product. Short of measuring the fly spray each time, how can you determine how much you’re using?

Cairy did a little investigating into this, actually spraying a product into a measuring cup and counting the sprays. It took about 45 sprays of the bottle to measure 1 ounce, which was the amount this particular label stated was needed to give the protection and efficacy claimed by the product.

In addition to using the correct amount, the product must be applied properly in order to work as described. This means not spraying product onto a horse covered in dirt and loose hair.

Take an extra minute or two to brush the horse before spraying. The closer the product is to the hair coat, the better the chance of getting even coverage that stays on the horse. To avoid any chance of getting spray in the eyes, apply product to the horse’s face with a rag, or use a roll-on repellent.

By reading the ingredient listings and directions carefully on the product before you purchase it and during use, you will get the results you paid for and expected. Spray smart and you and your horse can enjoy a (relatively) fly-free summer.

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By Angelos Loizou, ISHC

The consequences of the global economic crisis on the tourism industry and citizens in societies dependent on it are governed by the same fundamental principles. However, we can’t ignore the diversity between regions and countries where tourism revenues are the primary source of domestic wealth, such as southeastern and southwestern European countries, as well as many Mediterranean countries in northern Africa.


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How to Personalize Your eCommerce Store Experience

Microsoft’s new retail playbook is out, and they’re calling 2020 for personalized customer experience. Eight in 10 shoppers are more likely to buy when retailers offer relevant suggestions and remember their past purchases. Shoppers who click on personalized recommendations are more likely to come back to your online store.

Now’s the time to start creating a personalized experience for your customers.

Ready to earn repeat business and stay competitive? Here are the basics on personalization in eCommerce and how to get started with your online store.

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Why Is Personalization Such a Big Deal Now?

You can thank Big Data for the personalization trend. There’s so much information available about how customers behave that it’s easier than ever to create an individualized shopping experience…

…unless we look back at the days when local shopkeepers knew all their customers in real life. Not many people today want their choices limited to what’s behind the counter at the town mercantile. But people do love to be recognized by the stores they shop with, whether they’re on Main Street or online.

Data-driven eCommerce personalization creates the same positive responses as knowing your local customers. For example, Microsoft’s 2020 Retail Trends Playbook notes that 91% of consumers say they’re more likely to shop with merchants that know who they are, remember what they’ve bought and make recommendations and offers tailored to their interests and needs.

In the competitive world of online retail, customer loyalty is crucial. And personalization can help build that loyalty from the very first visit. A Salesforce report cited by Microsoft found that “37% of shoppers who clicked a personalized recommendation during their first visit came back.” Among shoppers who didn’t click a recommendation, less than 20% returned.

What Does “Personalized Customer Experience” Mean?

First, know that personalizing the customer experience (CX) is different from personalizing specific products. The goal here is to let each customer know you know them. There are two main ways to do this, per Microsoft: personalized outreach and anticipatory support. Both depend on your ability to collect, organize and analyze customer data.

Where does your customer data come from? All the interactions (touchpoints) your customers have with your store can help you personalize their experience. That includes purchases, returns, product searches, customer service inquiries and more.

But your store isn’t the only place where customers can interact with your brand. Email campaigns, web searches, social media posts, mobile ads and other touchpoints outside your store can also give you useful data.

For example, Customer A has bought a dozen t-shirts from your store, but today she clicked through your social media post about your new line of hoodies. You might want to follow up with hoodie recommendations in her size and preferred colors when she visits again. You might also want to send her an email offer for a hoodie discount.

In-store recommendations and email offers based on behavior and preferences are types of personalized outreach. More than half of U.S. shoppers say they like personalized messages from retailers and sign up for them, according to Microsoft. That means more than half of consumers are willing to share information you need so you can offer them things they want.

What about anticipatory support? Anticipatory support can be as simple as an email offer for the new batteries your customer will probably need soon for the portable Bluetooth speaker they bought a few months ago. Or it can be as complex as Amazon’s 2018 patent that lets its voice assistant, Alexa, tell if users are sick based on their speech patterns and then offer to shop for medicines for them.

Another type of anticipatory support is the virtual shopping assistant. This type of chatbot can help customers find what they want quickly without having to navigate your store, just as a salesperson would in a physical store.

Plugins and Tools for Personalizing Your Customer Experience

There are lots of tools you can use to personalize your online store’s CX. Here are a few to consider.

WP-Chatbot is free. It integrates with your WordPress site, Facebook Business page and Messenger account to send personalized recommendations for your product pages and help customers select items.

Acobot AI Chatbot is an inexpensive ($9 to $29 per month) option for stores that don’t rely on Facebook. Acobot acts like a virtual shop assistant and makes personalized product recommendations that get more accurate over time, as the bot’s AI gets more data to work with.

Customer relationship management tools collect, track and analyze all your customer data, then help you use that data to personalize offers and recommendations. A good eCommerce CRM includes customer purchase tracking, personalized marketing capabilities and a recommendation engine. Three of the most popular options are:

  1. Zero BS CRM. This inexpensive ($11-$30 per month) CRM integrates with WooCommerce and other eCommerce platforms to collect data, show customer behavior and total purchases, segment customers for better email campaigns, and trigger email campaigns based on purchases.
  2. Metrilo has a higher price point ($119-$299 per month). Like Zero BS, Metrilo integrates with multiple eCommerce platforms. Its least expensive Essentials plan lets you see new customer and repeat customer behavior. It also lets you send individual email offers tailored to the customer’s device type, like personalized newsletters, offers, cart abandonment reminders and product recommendations.
  3. If you’ve got more room in your budget for powerful personalization tools, Pure Clarity (starts at $299 per month) lets you turn over your personalization to the app’s AI. Pure Clarity pulls data from on- and off-site customer behavior to provide real-time, dynamic product recommendations and personalized offers and campaigns.

Whichever personalization tools you try, be sure to benchmark your key metrics first (repeat customers, order value, offer click-throughs, etc.) so you can see how effective they are at getting your customers to come back to your store and buy more.

Ready to set up your first online store? Check out HostGator’s intuitive website builder. The eCommerce plan supports full eCommerce functionality, along with customizable store templates and free 24/7/365 support.


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History Cosy atmosphere & authentic charm

With its mythical and legendary past, the Hôtel de la Vanoise in Pralognan is an establishment with a very strong identity.

Built in 1875, more familiarly known as he Auberge du Père Favre, it was the first hotel in Pralognan.

The hotel has been expanded, restored, recently renovated and classified as a 3-star hotel.

Now the ideal and not-to-be-missed establishment for mountain activities in both summer and winter in a pretty mountain resort in the heart of the Massif de la Vanoise.

Our 32 bright and authentic Savoyard style rooms, refined decoration with secure Wi-Fi internet connection,give you all the comfort you need for a wonderful stay.

Your room will be available from 3pm on the day of your arrival.

Feel free to contact us via the chatbot to help you choose and enjoy your stay to the full.

Lounge & Wine Bar Cocooning...

It is the perfect and unforgettable place to begin and prolong your evenings. A real haven of well-being.

In winter, by the fireplace, take a seat on one of our cosy and comfortable sofas.
Lovers of good wine will delight in our exceptional wine menu. Here,  in the spirit of the anglo-American concept of “Bring Your Own Bottle”, you can take it from the bar to the restaurant for dinner.

Whatever the season, enjoy a delicious moment over a glass of wine, a traditional aperitif, one of our delicious cocktails – with or without alcohol – and our varied aperitif boards with local products to share.  A real treat!

Pool Time together...

Meeting up for an aperitif around a game of pool is a ritual In mountain resorts. Tempted?
Good humour and laughs guaranteed for fun time with friends.

Mountain library Relaxation...

For lovers of reading and beautiful books.

A peaceful place that invites you into the enchanted world of the mountains, the Savoie and its wonderful and inspiring nature – summer or winter. Read and dream with your eyes open!

Games room Warmth...

A space for creating memories.
We all remember card games with family or friends, and board games with our parents and grandparents.

Children and teenagers will also be able to challenge them on more familiar terrain: an XBOX 360 console!

From traditional and legendary games to the latest trends, there is something for every generation.

To start the day Our breakfast buffet

Nearby A 2 minute walk from the hotel

  • Shops
  • Skijoring
  • Via ferrata
  • Cinema
  • Olympic ice skating rink
  • Zip line
  • Pony rides
  • Bowling
  • Curling
  • Downhill ski slopes
  • Relaxation area with panoramic view of the mountains
  • Typical small market on Tuesdays and Fridays
  • Cross-country skiing trails
  • Spa
  • Indoor climbing wall


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Glacier skiing at its best

If you want to ski a glacier while in Engelberg, you should not miss Steinberg. But we recommend bringing a mountain guide. Keep reading to learn more about glacier skiing on Steinberg!

How to get to and from Steinberg

From Engelberg you take the Titlis Express lift, followed by Titlis Rotair. When you are up on the mountain, it is easy to get to Steinberg. Go out on the first snow field to the left, heading towards the ski system.

Do not go out on Steinberg on a whim. This route involves challenging skiing on a glacier. At the bottom of the mountainside you will reach a lake, from which it is easy to find the lift.

What is skiing on Steinberg like?

Steinberg takes you across a glacier and offers a memorable skiing experience. On your way down to Trübsee there are various tracks you could take. But the classic S-track is the least difficult alternative. And it leads you around most of the areas with perilous crevasses in the glacier.

Once you can find your way around Steinberg the skiing is pleasant, with snowfields mixed with more challenging terrain. This is varied and breath-taking skiing, but not something you should take on by yourself.

Good to know

This can be good to keep in mind if you are curious about skiing on Steinberg:

  • There are crevasses in the Steinberg glacier, and a significant risk of falling.
  • Respect fog and bad visibility, as you might get lost.
  • Going with a mountain guide is highly recommended.

Facts about Steinberg

  • Level of difficulty: Medium
  • Duration: 16 minutes
  • Peak: 3039 m a.s.l.
  • Descent: 1275 m
  • Distance: 4,5 km
  • Terrain: Glacier, open snow fields mixed with difficult terrain.

Skiing near Steinberg

Would you like to learn about ski runs close to Steinberg? See all our guides for skiing in Engelberg.


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Miramar Group Unveils Name and Logo of First Small Designer Lifestyle Hotel

Miramar Group's hotel development project on 388 Jaffe Road in Wanchai will be named Mira Moon, the second hotel within the expanding Mira portfolio. With the building nearing completion, anticipation is growing for the hotel's scheduled opening in early December 2012.

Miramar "The name Mira Moon was chosen to expand and leverage upon the already successful Mira brand and also represent the design concept which is a modern interpretation of the Moon Festival fairytale," stated Mr. Romain Chan, Group General Manager of Miramar Group. "Through a unique design and engaging interactions with our service team, every guest will take away a magical experience delivered through a sense of theatrical drama, spectacular surroundings, and impeccable service."
According to traditional Chinese folklore, the Moon Festival fairytale is about Chang'e, a woman who took the elixir of immortality, flew to the moon and became the beautiful Moon Goddess living alongside the Jade Rabbit. The Moon Festival is one of the most celebrated occasions in China and Hong Kong, where children and adults alike admire the full moon, spotting the Jade Rabbit amongst its markings. With the silhouette of the Jade Rabbit cast upon the full moon, the logo of Mira Moon will reflect this revered moment throughout the year.
Incorporating his signature Dutch influences into this classic Chinese legend, renowned designer Marcel Wanders and Yoo Design Studio cleverly bring the fairytale to life by romantically expressing the characters through Chinese antique furniture, fabrics, and prints. Showcasing distinctive design characteristics that stand in bold contrast to the more standardised hotels, Mira Moon is a member of Design Hotels™ and will appeal to those guests craving a unique experience.
Mira Moon is situated within the bustling district of Wanchai and consists of 90 contemporary guestrooms and 1 penthouse suite. Located in the heart of Jaffe Road, just a stone's throw away from Wanchai and Causeway Bay MTR Stations, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, major tourist attractions and the prime shopping precinct surrounding Times Square, Mira Moon is convenient for both business and leisure travellers.
"We want to introduce a new kind of modern cultural lifestyle into Chinese society," said Mr. Martin Lee, Managing Director of Miramar Group. "This is much more than just 'new is better'. This is about creating cultural context."
By providing a less formal environment and letting people be who they want to be, Mira Moon is a lifestyle hotel that does just that.

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Shoreline Park: Hike, Golf, and Sail in Mountain View

Nestled in the bayside landscape of Mountain View, California, Shoreline Park is a 750-acre, multi-purpose recreational area with rolling grassy hills, a saltwater lake, paved creek-side trails, restaurant, wildlife habitat areas, special event facilities, and a golf course. The park offers the community a place to gather, explore nature, and enjoy outdoor activities, such as walking, biking, windsurfing, sailing, jogging, and bird watching.

Open from 6 am until 30 minutes after sundown, seven days a week.

No park admission. Prices vary per activity.

  • July Fourth Fireworks
  • February Fundays
  • Easter Bunny & Egg Extravaganza
  • Annual Shoreline Pumpkin Splash

  • Golf
  • Cycling
  • Dining
  • Jogging/Walking
  • Bird Watching
  • Special Events
  • Kite Flying
  • Boating
  • Water Sports

  • Where can I host special events at Shoreline Park?

    Shoreline Park is an ideal venue for special events in Mountain View.  On days the house is not open for tours, the Rengstorff House is available to rent for events, banquets, meetings and social gatherings. There are also banquet rooms and smaller break-out spaces perfect for parties, corporate retreats, and events from 10 to 300 people. In-house catering is required for all events, and there is a minimum rental time of 3 hours.
  • What wildlife can I expect to see at Shoreline Park?

    Filled with woodlands and tidal marsh, Shoreline Park is ideal to explore acres and acres of wildlife and distinct types of birds. Providing an estuary environment, visitors are sure to enjoy observing ad identifying bird species, including endangered pelicans, egrets, herons, wrens and the protected Burrowing Owl.

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Have you had a problem with Maggots?

This site gets an average of 300 visits a day from people who have questions on how to get rid of maggots.

You may think that’s weird, but believe it or not, it’s easy to get maggots, and you don’t have to have a dirty house.

If you’re thinking how people could possibly get maggots, it’s really quite easy. Perhaps you missed the garbage disposal pickup day, or your cat has killed a bird that you weren’t aware of. Or, as happened in our complex, a neighbour ran over a bullfrog and didn’t pick up the dead body, and the flies had a FEAST.

So it may not even be your problem!

Because of the number of visitors seeking help, I decided to move the information over to a new website dedicated to maggots.

If you’d like to take a look, go to www.maggots.co.za

And, if you happen to land on this page looking for help on how to get rid of maggots, the main article on the new site to take a look at is this one:

A Definitive Guide to Getting Rid of Maggots

Ant Poison that REALLY gets rid of ants

We’re being taken over by ants in our house. But I think I’ve found the cure!

You can’t see the ants, but drop a piece of food on the floor and wait 5 minutes. The food will either be gone, or covered in ants and on it’s way to being gone.

So I splashed out today. I paid R240 for imported Ant Poison. That’s a LOT in my opinion, especially for a 280 gram jar.

But it looks like it works like a charm.

Continue reading “Ant Poison that REALLY gets rid of ants”

Frog Droppings

Have you ever wondered what frog droppings look like? Do you really care? You might if you’d seen something that you previously thought were rat droppings, so here are a couple of photos to put your mind at ease.

In my other posts about how to get rid of frogs I talk about how it’s really just a case of making them choose somewhere else to live.

I did that by waiting for the frogs to leave their holes and then filling it up with river sand. Of course that means you’ll either have to wait until night time for them to come out, or force them out…

I forced them out by filling the holes with water. but it took a long time because apparently frogs can breathe a little through their skin…

Continue reading “Frog Droppings”

Get rid of Fruit Flies around the house

Another reader of this site was kind enough to leave a tip for getting rid of fruit flies in the house.

Karen had this to say:

For those dealing with the annoyance of fruit flies in the home, because we DO like keeping a number of fresh fruits and vegetables around the house, my younger brother has stumbled upon this remedy:

Pour a little wine into a cup.
Dip the tip of your finger into bubbly dish detergent and drip a drop or two into the cup of wine and swish it around.
Change the cup of fly-wine every few days until your problem is gone.

Works like a charm!!

After a little email exchange, Karen explained the reason this seems to work:

… I know it works.  My brother and father have had problems with the fruit flies and this worked for them both.

The amount of detergent is very little [we are not talking about drops of soap, but drops of soapy liquid as when you wash your dishes and the bubbles fall off].

The reason it works is because the surface tension of the liquid is broken.  The fruitflies would typically be able to stand on wine and drink it, but the soap changes the tension and the fruit flies fall in when they expect to stand on the surface.

Thanks Karen.

If you have your own tips or tricks, feel free to leave a comment, use the contact form, or if you’re a subscriber to this site by email, just hit reply.

How to get rid of Maggots

I’m sure everybody’s sick of maggots!

Thanks to Julie, a reader who left a comment on the above post, we have this “definitive guide to getting rid of Maggots“.

She browsed for hours and hours and wrote a summary of what she has seen to be the most common resolutions to the problem of having maggots.

And with her permission, I’ve posted what she found. There is a lot of information to digest, so hopefully it proves helpful

And, if you’ve read the comments on the post about getting rid of maggots, you’ll know it’s a common problem. So use a solution from the list below, and know that you are not alone!

Continue reading “How to get rid of Maggots”

Here is a story from Jakki that was quite well written and made for an interesting read. Because I’ve closed the comments on my “Killing Maggots” article, feel free to leave your own story as a comment below this one…

Your webpage was quite helpful in understanding a situation where I had a kitchen invasion of maggots.

This is a summary:

Our home is built on a concrete foundation. The maggots were found coming out of a 1/3 inch gap between a ceramic tile floor and drywall behind the oven. I will leave out all the drama behind finding the source. I could not get to the nest of maggots so I had to let nature take its course.

Hot shot wasp killer with permethrin works to kill maggots, but it takes a long time to work. It is also a repellent. The drawback? Once the Hot Shot dries, it stops working as a repellent and killer. The maggots crawl right over the dried Hot Shot for Wasps. That is the only product that worked to kill.
Continue reading “Maggots”

Homemade Fly Trap

I’ve spoken to many people who’ve wanted to know how to make a homemade fly trap.

Some of them didn’t even realise how easy it was. And, because most people tend to have the ingredients already, it can be cheaper than the cheap fly traps from Builder’s Warehouse or Amazon.com (check out these traps on Amazon, some starting from $4! – Amazon.com Fly Traps).

So, are you curious as to how to make one?

What you need:

Empty 2 litre plastic coke bottle
1.5 cups of water
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of vinegar
+/- 1m of string
Small piece of meat (OPTIONAL)
Serving spoon of Syrup (OPTIONAL)
Continue reading “Homemade Fly Trap”


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Pulte Construction Subcontractors Fined for Employee Misclassification

February 14, 2012

In recent employee misclassification news that Howard Law's managing attorney Vincent Howard has been watching, Massachusetts State Attorney General Martha Coakley and the State's Office of Labor and Workforce Development recently fined six subcontractors for Pulte Homes development sites over $540,000 in fines and penalties, for engaging in widespread employee misclassification, and failing to properly pay workers at the construction sites.

The employee misclassification enforcement action, focusing on projects of a single builder of homes, was reportedly one of the largest in recent history. The six Pulte subcontractors were reportedly charged with misclassifying workers as independent contractors--a move often used by employers in order to avoid paying unemployment taxes, and to get away with illegal business practices.

According to the Attorney General's office, the workers at the Pulte sites, many of whom were Brazilian immigrants, were not paid minimum wages or overtime compensation for many weeks of work. The back wages were found to have totaled over $190,000. Coakley's office stated that all workers in the state deserve to be fairly paid with the wages that they deserve, including overtime payment.

As Vincent Howard has frequently discussed in our Newport Beach employment lawyers blog, employment misclassification is a problematic workplace issue that often preys on vulnerable, low wage workers who are unaware of their employment rights. Employee misclassification robs workers of important employment protections and benefits, like overtime and minimum wage payments, rest breaks and meal periods, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, and family and medical leave, among other important benefits.

Under federal law, employees must receive the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, for all hours worked. These employees must also receive overtime payment that totals one and a half times their hourly pay rates, when working over forty hours in a week.

The state's Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification reportedly coordinated the investigation--fining and ordering the subcontractors to compensate workers with back pay. The Attorney General's office reported that Nunes Brothers Construction was fined $112,500, and ordered to pay $99,086.75 to 23 workers, Five Stars Construction was fined $30,000 and ordered to compensate two workers with $30,700, AM Construction Services was fined $22,500, and ordered to pay four workers $15,331.50, Seven Seas Group were fined $20,075 and ordered to compensate five workers with $10,333, and Two Brothers Construction was fined $34,500 and ordered to pay six workers $34,751.50.

Our attorneys at Howard Law, PC are committed to representing employees who have experienced Orange County wage and hour violations. Contact Vincent Howard, managing partner of Howard Law, and our Costa Mesa-based labor and employment team today, for a free consultation about your employment rights.

State Fines Pulte Homes contractors in pay case, The Boston Globe, January 19, 2012

Subcontractors Ordered to Pay for Natick Jobs,, January 18, 2012

Related Web Resources:

U.S. Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Department of Labor (DOL): Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

Related Blog Posts:

Audit Associates Gain Certification for Conditional Collective Action--in Employee Misclassification Lawsuit, California Employment Lawyers Blog, January 10, 2012

DOL Wage and Hour Investigation Forces South Florida Restaurants To Pay Nearly $700K in Back Wages, California Employment Lawyers Blog, December 5, 2011

DOL Continues Long Island Wage and Hour Enforcement Initiative to Stop FLSA Violations, California Employment Lawyers Blog, December 3, 2011

Trucking Companies Settle Wage and Hour Lawsuit for Over $225K, California Employment Lawyers Blog, November 29, 2011

Tennessee Restaurants To Pay Overtime Back Wages for Willful and Repeated FLSA Violations, California Employment Lawyers Blog, November 11, 2011

DOL Continues to Track Down Federal Wage and Hour Law Violations in the Workplace, California Employment Lawyers Blog, September 8, 2011

CA Wage and Hour Lawsuit Settlement--66 Japanese Employees to Receive $145K in Overtime Back Wages, California Employment Lawyers Blog, August 22, 2011

Another DOL Investigation Brings Restaurant Employees $275K in Overtime Back Wages, California Employment Lawyers Blog, July 18, 2011

"White Collar" Exemptions under the FLSA , California Employment Lawyers Blog, November 12, 2010

Contractor Accused of Cheating Workers and Government By Violating Wage and Hour Laws, California Employment Lawyers Blog, May 11, 2010


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Advanced Design, Fabrication, and Testing

January 3 to January 20, 1966

January 3

An OMSF memorandum spelled out operational constraints for Apollo experimenters to prevent experiment-generated operational problems. The author, E. E. Christensen, investigated the area at the request of NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight George E. Mueller and developed some general conclusions, based on experience gained in the Gemini experiments program.

Christensen said the following items should be considered:

  1. The experimenter should be required to produce all hardware and paperwork on schedule or resign himself to the fact that the experiment would be deferred to a later flight.
  2. Training hardware should be identical to flight hardware except for flight certification documentation.
  3. The experimenter should be informed that control fuel and power resources are limited aboard the spacecraft and his requirements should specify minimum usage.
  4. The experimenter should be informed that recording and telemetry facilities are definitely limited and he should provide for alternate modes of data collection.
  5. The experimenter should be requested to submit, as early as possible, detailed operational requirements, including timeline data, to MSC for inclusion in the flight plan and to allow a maximum time for solution of operational problems.
  6. The experimenter should indicate both minimum and optimum experiment data requirements to allow mission planners some latitude in mission design.
  7. The experimenter should be informed that every effort would be made to fly assigned experiments, but that certain prime mission requirements might be generated in flight and take precedence. In this event NASA would make every effort to reassign a deleted experiment to a later mission.
  8. The experimenter should be informed that flight crew prime mission time demands can be exacting and that experiments requiring conscious efforts on the part of the crew may have to be compromised so as not to interfere with primary mission objectives.
Christensen suggested that NASA Headquarters could assist by providing guidance to MSC regarding the assignment of experiment priorities on each mission and the extent of allowable degradation of experimentation. He indicated that he felt the following experiments appeared to contain potential operational problems: S5, Synoptic Terrain Photography; M9A, Human Otolith Function; S14, Frog Otolith Function; S16, Trapped Particles Asymmetry; S17, X-ray Astronomy; and S18, Micrometeorite Collection.

Memorandum, Christensen to Director, Apollo Program, "Operational constraints for Apollo experiments/ experimenters," January 3, 1966.

January 3

MSC directed International Latex Corporation to use the following cross section of materials in fabricating the A6L thermal meteoroid garment, outside to inside: One layer of six-ounce Nomex cloth; seven layers of H.R.C. super-insulation, starting with one-fourth mil aluminized mylar and alternating with 1.5-mil unwoven dacron spacers; two layers of seven-ounce neoprene rip stop nylon (one side coated with neoprene).

TWX, Richard S. Johnston, MSC, to International Latex Corporation, January 3, 1966; TWX, Richard S. Johnston, MSC, to International Latex Corporation, January 20, 1966.

January 3

Contractor personnel began an exercise to identify problem areas associated with activity within the LEM. Subjects using pressurized suits and portable life support systems ran through various cockpit procedures in the LEM mockup. Evaluations would continue during the week of January 10, using astronauts. The purpose of the exercise was to identify and gather data on problem areas in support of the Critical Design Review scheduled to be held at Grumman in late January.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, December 30, 1965-January 6, 1966."

January 3-7

The Preliminary Design Review for the Block II pressure garment assembly was held at International Latex Corporation.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 6-13, 1966."

January 3-14

The LEM landing gear subsystem was reviewed during the LEM Critical Design Review at MSC and Grumman. The review disclosed no major design inadequacies of the landing gear. The review included: lunar landing performance, structural and mechanical design, structural and thermal analysis, overall subsystem test program including results of tests to date, and conformance of landing gear design to LEM specifications.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 20-27, 1965."

January 5

The Apollo Joint Operations Group (JOG) was disestablished by its cochairmen. JOG had been established in February 1964 to exchange up-to- date status information on operational problems and to provide a means for their solution.

Subsequent to the establishment of JOG, responsibility for the Panel Review Board was transferred to the Apollo Program Director, and the Operations Management Group and Operations Executive Group were established. Those activities satisfied the requirements of both the Apollo Program Director and Mission Operations Director and provided the operational problem status and solution capability.

Letter, from Chairmen, Apollo Joint Operations Group, to Permanent Membership, Apollo Joint Operations Group, "Disestablishment of the Apollo Joint Operations Group," sgd. Samuel C. Phillips and E. E. Christensen, January 5, 1966.

January 6-13

The 500-second limitation for the Block I service propulsion system SPS engine qualification program was increased to 600 seconds for the last three altitude qualification tests. The spacecraft 020 SPS mission duty cycle required a 310-second burn and a 205-second burn. Discussions with Systems Engineering Division indicated that the long SPS burns were needed to support a full-duration S-IVB mission and there was little likelihood the requirement could be modified. The Block II engine delivery schedules prohibited obtaining a Block II engine in time to support spacecraft 020.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 6-13, 1966."

January 6-13

Apparently the only available spacecraft-LEM-adapter SLA thermal coating material which would meet the emissivity requirements for LEM flights was 24-carat gold. North American Tulsa, Oklahoma was predicting 18-week and 10-week schedule slips, respectively, for the first two Block 11 SLAs and a $10-12 million cost impact. A meeting would be held at Tulsa January 17 between North American, Grumman, and MSC to determine the course of the action to be taken.

January 7

George M. Low, Deputy Director of MSC, outlined the general purpose and plans for the Lunar Sample Receiving Laboratory during a telephone conversation with Oran W. Nicks, NASA Director of Lunar and Planetary Programs:

Memorandum, Director, Lunar and Planetary Programs, to Distr., "Telephone Conversation with Mr. George Low on January 7, 1966, re Lunar Sample Receiving Laboratory," January 10, 1966.

January 8-11

The first fuel cell system test at White Sands Test Facility was conducted successfully. Primary objectives were: 1 to verify the capability of the ground support equipment and operational checkout procedure to start up, operate, and shut down a single fuel cell power plant; and 2 to evaluate fuel cell operations during cold gimbaling of the service propulsion engine.

TWX, Martin L. Raines, Manager MSC WSTF, to MSC, "Preliminary Report, First Fuel Cell System Test at WSTF," January 11, 1966.

January 10

Soviet life-support systems used in Vostok and Voskhod spacecraft appeared to use a sodium superoxide compound as a source of oxygen, A. W. Petrocelli, General Dynamics Corporation, told Missiles and Rockets. Petrocelli estimated the Russians had published three times more basic research papers than U.S. scientists on these materials and were continuing efforts to improve life-support systems by studying compounds such as new superoxides, peroxides, and ozonides. He also said they were searching for better carbon dioxide absorbers.

Missiles and Rockets, p. 33, January 10, 1966.

January 13

A decision made at a Program Management Review eliminated the requirement for a land impact program for the CM to support Block I flights. Post-abort CM land impact for Saturn IB launches had been eliminated from Complex 37 by changes to the sequence timers in the launch escape system abort mode. The Certification Test Specification and related Certification Test Requirements would reflect the new Block II land impact requirements.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 20-27, 1965."

January 13-20

Mission requirements for AS-503 were reviewed to determine if the LEM test objectives which caused the crew to be in the LEM at high altitudes (3,704 to 12,964 km [2,000 to 7,000 nm]) could be deleted. The reason for keeping the crew out of the LEM at those altitudes was the possibility they might be exposed to a total radiation dose which might prevent them from flying a later lunar mission.

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 13-20, 1965."

January 13-20

The service propulsion subsystem (SPS) maximum total burn time was set at 515 sec for Mission AS-502, instead of 385 sec. The higher limit was expected to be attained due to the Block I testing burn time being extended to 600 sec. An SPS propellant loading of 16,783 kg (37,000 lbs) and the 515-sec burn limit had been included in the Apollo Mission Data Specifications, which was in the publication cycle for support of the AS-502 Reference Trajectory.

January 13-20

The LEM electrical power system use of the primary structure as the electrical ground return was approved after Grumman presentations were made to ASPO and Engineering and Development personnel. The descent-stage batteries would not use a descent-stage structure ground to preclude current flow through the pyrotechnic interstage nut and bolt assemblies. The ascent and descent stage batteries would be grounded to primary structure in the near vicinity of the ascent-stage batteries. In addition, several selected manually operated solenoids would ground. All other subsystems would remain grounded to the "single-point" vehicle ground. This change would be implemented by Grumman with no cost or schedule impact and would effect a weight savings of approximately 7.7 kg (17 lbs).

January 13-27

Hamilton Standard Division was directed by Crew Systems Division to use a 2.27-kg (5-lbs) battery for all flight hardware if the power inputs indicated that it would meet the four-hr mission. The battery on order currently weighed 2.44 kg (5.4 lbs). This resulted in an inert weight saving of l.45 kg (3.2 lbs) and a total saving on the LEM and CSM of 5.44 kg (12 lbs).

MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 20-27, 1965."

January 14

The Grumman contract revision, converting the contract to cost-plus-incentive-fee, was signed. The period of the contract was extended through December 1969.

"Quarterly Progress Report No. 1," LPR-10-52, p. 2.

January 20

Apollo Mission A-004 was successfully accomplished at White Sands Missile Range. This was the first flight test utilizing the Apollo Block I type spacecraft and the sixth and final test of the Apollo CSM development program at WSMR. Primary test objectives were:

  1. to demonstrate satisfactory launch escape vehicle performance for an abort in the power-on, tumbling boundary region; and
  2. to demonstrate the structural integrity of the launch escape vehicle airframe for an abort in the power-on, tumbling boundary region. The Little Joe II launch vehicle boosted the 4,536-kg 5-ton unmanned spacecraft to a 24-km (15-mi) altitude.
The only significant anomaly recorded was loss of RE telemetry about two seconds after abort.

TWX, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, to Distr., "MSC Apollo Mission A-004 (LJ II/SC 002) flight status," sgd. John Lobb for Joseph F. Shea, January 22, 1966; MSC, "ASPO Weekly Management Report, January 20-27, 1965."

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Logistics and Air Traffic Management (MA)

Department Economics

Course content and objectives

From the many different fields of Logistics and Air Traffic Management, particularly those are taught that require a high degree of system-related, integrated understanding of complex issues. Besides technical and business competences, the master’s program at Anhalt University also focuses on intercultural communication and the ability to coordinate and manage projects. Later work at an international airport or a global logistics company requires open-minded managers who can work together with people from diverse backgrounds and education levels.

After successful completion of the degree, there are many different possibilities for working in companies in the air traffic and logistics industry: With a master’s degree in Logistics and Air Traffic Management, graduates can work in the industrial sector and design international logistics systems or in staff departments that are responsible for planning logistics. Work in corporate management, a strategy department, or in business consulting is possible just as is doctoral work at a university.

  • Completed university degree in Business Studies or comparable degree programs
  • Overall grades of 3.0 or better (German grading scale) go into the selection process
  • Overall grades of lower than 3.0 cannot be admitted
  • Letter of motivation

Career Opportunities

With the master degree, graduates open up abroad spectrum of perspectives:

  • Formation of international logistics systems
  • Logistics planning and staff departments
  • Company management and strategy departments
  • Companies in the aviation industry
  • "Classic" management consultancies
  • In-house consulting of industrial companies
  • Possibility of doctorate (at a university)


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Javascript Basics Part 10

By Mark Kahn

Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame

You've probably heard the term "AJAX" thrown around recently. Basically it's a fancy name for a technology that's been around for years. Over the past year or so, however, AJAX-style JavaScript has become increasingly popular among many developers and we're starting to see some amazing things come from it. Google Maps and GMail are two of the most well known AJAX applications, but companies all over the web are starting to incorporate it into their sites.

AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript And XML. All it really consists of is JavaScript, just like you would have in any other application, and an XMLHTTP connection to your web server. That's it! The general idea is that when you need to pull data from a server you can just go and get the specific data you need instead of refreshing the entire page.

To start with, AJAX almost always relies on a server-side language such as PHP or ASP. When your users need to get new data, the JavaScript requests it, and the server will probably query a database and then return the data. This data can be returned in several forms. If it is structured, then you will generally have XML or JSON data. If it is very simple data (such as getting a description for an item), you will often see people just writing that data directly to the AJAX response.

Creating an XMLHttp Object

The first thing we need to do when creating an AJAX request is to create an XMLHTTP object. Netscape/Firefox, Opera and other browsers have this object built-in. Internet Explorer uses an ActiveXObject. So we create one function that works for all of these browsers:
	var getXMLHttpObj = function(){ return new XMLHttpRequest(); }
} else {
	var getXMLHttpObj = function(){
		var activeXObjects = ['Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
		'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP', 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'];
		for(var i=0; i<activeXObjects.length; i++){
				return new ActiveXObject(activeXObjects[i]);
Any browser that supports the XMLHttpRequest object (including IE7 when it is released) will use this built-in object. Internet explorer 6 and earlier will fail back to Microsoft's XMLHttp ActiveX object. Microsoft has many different versions of this object so we will try them all, starting with the newest one.

Now that we have our XMLHttp object, we will place a request to our server:

var oXml = getXMLHttpObj();

oXml.open('GET', 'getData.php', true);
oXml.onreadystatechange = processingFunction;

function processingFunction(){
	if(oXml.readyState!=4) return; // our request is not done

	// we process the results here.  More on that later!
After the creation of our XMLHttp object, there are 4 additional steps. First we specify the details of our connection with the .open function. The .open function takes 3 arguments: The request type, the URL and a flag that tells the object whether or not to run asynchrounously.

The first argument, the request type, is almost always GET or POST. If you are retreiving data this will usually be GET and if you are submitting a form with AJAX this will often be POST.

The asynchrounous flag is a little different than almost anything else in JavaScript. If this flag is set to false our code continues like any other piece of code, that is it waits for our XMLHttp object to finish doing its thing before moving on. If, however, this flag is set to true, our code continues doing whatever we have after our request. Whenever the request state changes the function defined by onreadystatechange is called.

What's the difference? Well if the async flag is set to false, your browser will completely lock while the request is downloading. If you absolutely need the data before doing anything else, do this. If the flag is set to true then the user can continue to use the webpage, but there is no gaurantee as to when the request comes back. It could come back in 1/2 sec or it could come back in 1 minute. It all depends on what your server is doing and the end user's connection.

When everything is ready to go we send the request. Then we wait. If we are running our request sync with our processing function, defined with onreadystatechange, it will be called several times. It is actually called whenever the state of our request changes. There are various states such as sending and loading data, but all we care about is whether or not the data is done downloading. If the readyState == 4, our request is done, so in any other case we just exit the function.

Now we have our data...but wait, what data do we have?

XML vs JSON vs Text

There are generally three possible ways in which to return your data: XML, JSON or plain text. If you are retreiving data from a database you will probably want to use XML or JSON. Neither is necessarily better than the other. XML is a very widely accepted standard and as such, there are many applications out there that work with XML files. JSON is a newer idea, but is catching on quickly. It is also usually easier to read (for a human) and takes up a bit less bandwidth to send.

Let's say we are writing an application to manage contacts. Our server might be returning a list of people's information. The same data can be expressed in XML or JSON:

		<person firstname="Joe" lastname="Smith" phone="555-1212" />
		<person firstname="Sam" lastname="Stevens" phone="123-4567" />
	{"firstname":"Joe", "lastname":"Smith",   "phone":"555-1212"},
	{"firstname":"Sam", "lastname":"Stevens", "phone":"123-4567"}
You may notice that the XML notation looks suspiciously like HTML. Well for the most part, it is. HTML and XML are both tag-based languages and they can even be parsed the same way (see the 6th article in this series for more information).

Further, the JSON notation looks suspiciously like plain ordinary JavaScript. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and as such it is just plain ordinary JavaScript.

Either notation can just be sent as plain text from your web server. None of the spacing included in these examples is necessary except for the single spaces between attribute names in the person tags (in the XML version).

The XML format is a collection of tags, very similiar to HTML. You can have any number of tags nested in one-another and each tag can have any number of attributes: ie firstname, lastname and phone in the example above. There are a few things to watch out for, however:

  • Every tag must have a closing tag. <contacts>, for example, is closed with </contacts> below it. The person tags are self-contained. The /> at the end effectively acts as an extra closing tag. We could just as easily have written one of these as: <person ...></person>.
  • XML has a limited character set that you can use. Specifically the following characters are not valid in nodes or attributes and must be replaced:
    • & --> &
    • < --> <
    • > --> >
    • " --> "
    • ' --> '
    The node <group name="Bill & Paul" />, for example, is invalid and must be replaced with <group name="Bill & Paul" />
  • Data coming from your server must be sent with a content-type of text/xml. If you are retrieving a file with an .xml extension this should happen automatically. If you are retrieving data from a script, you must set this manually:
    • For PHP, add the following:
      <?php header('Content-type: text/xml'); ?>
    • For ASP, add:
      <% response.contentType = "text/xml" %>
    • For all other languages, add the equivalent content-type header
    If this header is not set, the responseXML property of the XMLHttp object will be empty (this property will be explained shortly).

JSON has similiar rules to follow, and full documentation on the notation can be viewed at json.org. Simplified, however:

  • Objects start and end with { and } characters respectively
  • Arrays start and end with [ and ] characters respectively
  • All strings are enclosed in double quotes, "
  • " characters in string must be escaped: \"
Put simply, a JSON string has to represent a valid JavaScript object.

Now we will look at how we can parse this data. For the time being, we are just going to create a script to tell us how many contacts we have and alert their information. Let's start with the XML version by returning to a previous piece of code that we left open:

function processingFunction(){
	if(oXml.readyState!=4) return; // our request is not done

	// we process the results here.  More on that later!
Once our script gets into the body of our function, the XMLHttp request is done. The XMLHttp object has two methods to return data: responseXML and responseText. Since we are working with an XML file at the moment, we want to use responseXML:
function processingFunction(){
	if(oXml.readyState!=4) return;

	var xmlDoc   = oXml.responseXML;
	var contacts = xmlDoc.selectNodes('/xml/contacts/person');

	alert('There are '+contacts.length+' contacts!');

	for(var i=0; i<contacts.length; i++){
		alert('Contact #'+(i+1)+':\n\n'+
				'First Name: '+contacts[i].getAttribute('firstname')+'\n'+
				'Last Name:  '+contacts[i].getAttribute('lastname') +'\n'+
				'Phone #:    '+contacts[i].getAttribute('phone')    +'\n');
We get 3 alerts here. One that tells us there are two contacts, and two more that have the contact information for each person.

Looking at the same script using our JSON text:

function processingFunction(){
	if(oXml.readyState!=4) return;

	var json = eval('('+oXml.responseText+')');

	alert('There are '+json.contacts.length+' contacts!');

	for(var i=0; i<json.contacts.length; i++){
		alert('Contact #'+(i+1)+':\n\n'+
			'First Name: '+json.contacts[i].firstname+'\n'+
			'Last Name:  '+json.contacts[i].lastname +'\n'+
			'Phone #:    '+json.contacts[i].phone    +'\n');
As you can see, JSON strings can be transformed into a JavaScript by simply using the eval() command, built in to JavaScript. You should only do this, however, if you completely trust the source of the data. If you do not (if it is coming from anyone other than yourself), you should run it through a JSON Parser just to be safe.

Finally you could elect to return your data in any other straight text format you choose instead of XML or JSON. If you do this you will have to figure out how to parse the data, however. If you only have one piece of data however, such as a comment, this may be a viable option for you.

As for which one to use: XML vs JSON? There's not a whole lot of difference here. XML is a more wide spread format and is transferable to almost any system. If your project is going to be working with external sources, you would probably use XML. JSON is, however, a bit easier to understand and in general it is faster to develop code for than XML. If you are using this for a personal project or starting a new project that doesn't need to interface with other applications, JSON is definitely worth consideration.

A contact list example

You actually have all the tools you need to start writing AJAX applications, but we'll go through a fairly simple example. We are going to write a data grid that pulls the data from three different JSON files. For simplicity, these files have already been generated. In practice these files would likely be generated on the fly by a server-side script.

File 1, File 2, File 3

These files will serve all the data for our AJAX Contact list. Building the contact list is actually very straight-forward: we create a TABLE to hold all of our contacts, and a function to empty and re-populate that table. That's all.

			First Name
			Last Name
			Phone #
function loadContactListPage(n){
	var oXML = getXMLHttpObj();
	oXML.open('GET', '/img/10_json_file'+n+'.txt', true);
	oXML.onreadystatechange = function(){ doneLoading(oXML); }

function doneLoading(oXML){
	if(oXML.readyState!=4) return;

	var json  = eval('('+oXML.responseText+')');
	var table = document.getElementById('contactListTable');

	for(var i=table.childNodes.length-1; i>0; i--){

	for(var i=0; i<json.contacts.length; i++){
		var tr  = document.createElement('TR');
		var td1 = document.createElement('TD');
		var td2 = document.createElement('TD');
		var td3 = document.createElement('TD');

		tr.style.backgroundColor = i%2?'#FFF':'#E6E6E6';

First Name Last Name Phone #
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3

As you can see from the example above, this is all fairly straight-forward. The majority of our code is actually just needed to create the new rows in our table.

AJAX can be an incredibly useful tool. You can use it to validate forms before submitting them, you can use it to pull data, as in this example, or to do any of a million things you might come up with. It usually shouldn't be the focus of your website, however. In general you should make sure your site is accessible even if people have JavaScript turned off, but there are always some necessary exceptions to this rule.

Enjoy! Our next article is going to be covering JavaScript error handling. See you then!

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Live from DMEXCO: 3 Digital Marketing Trends to Follow for 2016

Live from DMEXCO: 3 Digital Marketing Trends to Follow for 2016

Par : HUB Institute
17 septembre 2015
Temps de lecture : 1 min
Suresh Vittal, Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategy for Adobe Marketing Cloud, highlights the three major digital trends that are going to impact enterprises and brands in 2016 for the HUB Institute at DMEXCO in Cologne, Germany.

1 - Digital marketing principles should go beyond the digital marketing department and resonate throughout the company

Some principles that digital marketers have been using for years like personalization, measurement and real time decision-making are universal and should spread across departments in order to provide an optimal customer experience. Indeed, an optimal customer experience is the result of the effort of the company as a whole.

2 - Programmatic should actually be redefined

Programmatic is often mistaken for RTB (Real Time Bidding) but that definition is restrictive. Programmatic can help brands identify who their customers / audiences are as well as where and how to engage them. It can also provide transparency regarding the performance and ROI of advertising campaigns. Finally it can help brands optimize their ‘creative’ with every purchase that they do, on every bid that they make.

3 - Distribution and availability of data and insights at the point of experience

Companies are massively replacing or rebuilding their data warehouse in an attempt to bring structured and unstructured data together. Nevertheless, it is important not to forget what data is meant for: producing insights. Furthermore, these insights should be used in real time at the point(s) of experience to facilitate and improve customer experience.

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03/09/2015 6:43 AM AEST | Updated 15/07/2016 12:51 PM AEST

Morning Rituals Can Have A Huge Impact On Your Life

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Unmade bed in the morning

You've hit snooze five times -- ruling out the possibility of washing your hair -- again. You remember that important midday meeting while running out the door -- making you wish you'd ironed your shirt (there's no time to actually do it). And those people who manage to make it to the gym at the crack of dawn? Well they’re just overachievers.

Sound familiar? Mornings can be a mad scramble, but they can also set you up for a positive and productive day. Nespresso has done some research into Aussie morning rituals to discover that 7 in 10 Australians state their morning ritual is important in ensuring that they have a positive start to the day. Yet 8 in 10 say that at times they feel so rushed that they don’t take the time to prepare for the day.

Changing your morning ritual --and your attitude toward it -- can have a huge impact on your whole life. Dr Suzy Green, Clinical and Coaching Psychologist and Founder of The Positivity Institute offers these 10 tips on how Aussies can have more mindful mornings. Better yet, you don't have to do all 10.

1. Commit time to having a morning ritual

Spend some time considering your motivation for implementing a positive morning ritual -- which of your core values would motivate you to wake earlier and make time? Is it because you value your health, success or general wellbeing? Research tells us that unless we’re really clear on the benefits of change and they outweigh the costs, we’re unlikely to create meaningful change.

2. Avoid the snooze button

Make a no-snooze commitment! It might be a challenge at first, but it can take up to two months to make or break a habit so make sure to stick with it. Make your mornings easier by preparing your clothing, gym kit and to-do list before you go to bed. This will allow you to remove any minor decision-making and instead focus on setting a positive mindset for the day.

3. Master meditation

John Kabat-Zinn, researcher and creator of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction recommends that you top and tail your day with mindfulness meditation. If you’re new to the idea mediation, ease yourself into. Find a quiet space and shut out the stresses of the outside world for a couple of minutes, while focusing on your breathing, body and emotions. Even five minutes will do wonders. As you become more comfortable, you can increase the time you spend doing this and adjust according to your own morning ritual.

4. Salute the sun

Have you ever heard the saying “flexible body, flexible mind”? Work towards achieving a flexible body by learning some simple yoga poses or stretches that you can do when you wake up. While doing your stretches, imagine that your mind is also being stretched. Not only will your body thank you for it, but it will also help you avoid that snooze button.

If you don't have a mountain handy your living room will do

5. Set your intention

Coming out of your meditation and stretches, think about setting an intention for the day. This could be something specific that you want to accomplish, or a personal quality that you want to further develop -- such as patience. Write down your intention on a note and keep it in your wallet or on your desk so you’re constantly reminded of it. Intentions can sink into your unconscious, thereby priming you to act on it, without you even being aware that you’re doing so.

6. Cull your to-do list

Don’t over do your to-do list -- overpromising will only lead to stress. Instead, select some “small wins” for the day -- perhaps the top three activities you’d like to achieve. Our brains like to work to targets, so if you can take five minutes to prioritise the important tasks for the day, you’re more likely to achieve them. There’s also no better feeling than ticking off completed tasks!

7. Write it out

Journal writing is a great way to express emotions, particularly for those of us who find it hard to talk about feelings. Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way believes that the act of creating a few “morning pages” of longhand writing helps you clear the mind in preparation for the day ahead. Morning pages provide clarity, comfort, as well as prioritise and synchronize the day at hand. Like a shower for the mind, they help to wash off anything on the surface -- or just under the surface -- to give you a fresh start to the day.

You might want to make sure your pencil is sharp

8. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude

Gratitude is simple, powerful, and scientifically proven to boost your mood. Use a journal to identify five things that you’re grateful for every day -- think about the small things like sitting in the sun for 10 minutes or enjoying a cup of coffee with a friend.

9. Uplift yourself

Take a moment to read or listen something uplifting or inspiring. Research from the Positive Emotions Lab shows that positive moods lead to increased creativity, improved immune function and greater resilience. Listen to your favourite tunes while getting ready, or read a daily affirmation to spark some positivity for the day.

10. Give yourself a morning heart-starter

Enjoy five minutes to yourself over your morning coffee. Most of us already enjoy a morning brew, but taking the time to treat ourselves and gather our thoughts sets us up for the perfect day ahead. Think of it as your calm before pressing the “go” button for the day.


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This 'Dancing With The Stars' Proposal Will Warm Your Heart

Longtime couple Sasha Farber and Emma Slater are engaged! ❤

Dancing with the Stars” pro Emma Slater might have gotten eliminated from the competition, but she probably doesn’t mind too much any more.

A week after Slater and her dance partner, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), were sent home from the show, she returned to perform a contemporary routine with her boyfriend and fellow “DWTS” pro Sasha Farber.

What she didn’t know was that the performance was really part of a surprise proposal.

“I’ve wanted to do this for such a long time,” Farber said following the routine. “I love you so, so much. Will you marry me?”

Slater said yes and soon after, the entire “DWTS” cast rushed on stage.

“I will never forget this moment,” Slater said in an Instagram post later. “Best day of my life.”

I will never forget this moment, the best day of my life. I'm engaged to @sashafarber1!!!!!!💍 @dancingabc

A photo posted by Emma Slater (@emmaslaterdance) on

Watch the whole adorably schmaltzy moment in the video above, and check out the ring in the photo below.

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Deadly Data Gaps: How Lack Of Information Harms Refugee Policy Making

Women collect aid in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.
Women collect aid in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.

Why doesn’t the humanitarian system have a way to collect real-time information about refugee populations, needs and aid? We speak to Galen Englund from the ONE Campaign about the data gaps and how they harm policy making for refugees.

THE U.N. REFUGEE Agency recently released its annual estimate of the world’s displaced population: 65.6 million. This figure is primarily based on data provided by governments, each using their own definitions and data collection methods.

This leaves ample space for inconsistencies and data gaps. South Africa, for example, reported 463,900 asylum seekers in 20141.1 million in 2015 and then just 218,300 last year. But the number of people had not fluctuated that wildly. What did change was how asylum seekers are counted.

National estimates can also obscure entire groups of people, like internally displaced groups that governments don’t want to acknowledge, notes Galen Englund, who analyzes humanitarian data at the ONE Campaign advocacy organization.

Over the past year, Englund has been digging into the data on refugees and displaced populations for the ONE Campaign. It was an uphill battle. He collected figures from 67 reports that used 356 differently worded metrics in order to identify the needs of displaced populations. “Frequently information is not there, or it’s siloed within organizations, or there’s too much bureaucratic red tape around it, or it just hasn’t been collected yet,” he said.

His research resulted in a displacement tracking platform called Movement, which compiles various U.N. data, and a briefing paper outlining displacement data gaps that concludes: “The information architecture of humanitarian aid is not fit for purpose.” We spoke to Englund about his findings.

Refugees Deeply: In the course of your research, what did you find to be the most troubling gaps in the availability of data on refugees and displaced populations?

Galen Englund: There’s several layers of massive data gaps that all coincide with each other. Probably the most troubling for me is not being able to understand at a granular level where refugees and displaced people are inside of countries, and the transition between when someone leaves their home and becomes displaced, and when they actually cross international borders and become refugees or asylum seekers. That’s an incredibly difficult transition to track, and one that there’s inadequate data on right now.

There’s also a great likelihood that a lot of people are missing in those figures, particularly internally displaced people. A lot of the data is not disaggregated. In some places you can’t tell, out of the number of refugees in a country, how many are women and how many are children. It’s very, very difficult to base a broader response without that level of data.

Another gap is that most humanitarian needs overviews collected by U.N.OCHA [Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] don’t reflect the number of refugees and displaced people vis–à–vis the broader populace of the country. Those numbers are so rough-hewn a lot of the time that if someone were to really scrutinize them, especially given the toxic political climate towards development and humanitarian aid right now, they may start to crumble a bit.

Refugees Deeply: How does not distinguishing between the needs of the general population and the displaced or refugee population harm policy making?

Englund: Part of the larger debate in the E.U. right now is on linking humanitarian and development aid to migration. That comes with all of its own political problems, but you also may not be making the best case for aid if you can’t show how many people might soon become displaced if you do not deliver certain aid at this moment.

Refugees Deeply: So while making the case for aid as a response to migration, if you can’t provide evidence of how that aid works, then you’re making policy in the dark?

Englund: Absolutely. Look at some of the E.U.-funded programs in Sudan at the moment that are targeting displaced populations from Eritrea, some of whom have been living there for 10 to 20 years. These E.U. aid policies are coming in supposedly to tackle migration, but the targeting and disbursement of that is really shoddy, because there’s not an understanding of other populations in need of humanitarian assistance.

Refugees Deeply: What about the quality of humanitarian data being collected? Where do you see bad quality data informing bad policies?

Englund: Let’s compare two different situations. In Syria, there is pretty good quality data on the ground because there’s a lot of funding that’s gone into Syria, particularly into better monitoring efforts. Generally, assistance in Syria is fairly well targeted and coordinated by U.N. OCHA.That allows for efficient delivery of aid despite an incredibly hostile environment.

If you look at aid provisioning in Yemen or South Sudan, the picture of who needs what and where they are is very disordered. On the policy side, that leads to problematic provisioning decisions, but also leads to broader political issues as well. Yemen has the largest number of people that will likely be displaced by conflict very soon, after Syria, and yet it’s getting minimal attention compared to Syria. I would love to be able to see predictive systems that could show, if you don’t try to stop the war in Yemen today, here’s where 17 million people might begin to flee.

Those sort of calculations are not possible without high-quality, granular data, and I think that has great impact on policy. In a charged environment, you have to create unimpeachable, data-driven arguments.

The long-term policy implications are that situations get ignored that otherwise might be paid a lot more attention if you could say, “These are the long-term implications if you don’t act today.” That means a lot of people die.

Refugees Deeply: On donor transparency, you mentioned that little progress has been made in over a year since the World Humanitarian Summit and the so-called Grand Bargain. What is standing in the way of progress?

Englund: Greater transparency does create more overheads, but I think the question is more of a political one. Most government donor organizations, to be candid, are afraid of the fact that too few projects are actually evaluated and fully tracked. There’s a fear that greater transparency would mean possibly exposing projects that aren’t performing as well as they ought to be. That’s a foolish fear, because greater transparency can lead to much more efficient systems.

The second reason is that a lot of humanitarian assistance is politically driven. A lot of flows to countries are based on political decisions and not necessarily ones based on need. Greater disclosure means that donors have to face up to that.

There were a lot of useful commitments that were made at the World Humanitarian Summit. I think as long as that political will continues – I know it’s faltering a bit at the moment – the onus is on civil society to continue to pressure donors.

There is legitimate concern for sensitive projects that are being funded in Turkey, Syria or South Sudan, where revealing more granular, sub-country data might actually harm the beneficiaries. My answer to that is you can aggregate up a few levels. You still disclose, but you don’t show exactly where something is.

Refugees Deeply: What are you hoping the Movement platform will achieve by bringing together this information on populations, funds and needs?

Englund: The main thing that we want people to come away with is that situations where the largest numbers of people in need are direly underfunded compared to other situations, particularly Yemen, South Sudan and even Nigeria.

Another key takeaway is showing that much of the world’s population of displaced people are living in the most fragile countries, next door or very close to their own. That’s an important point that’s often neglected.

The last point is that we can’t show a more nuanced picture with the existing data right now. We’re drawing attention to that data gap to say, “Here’s hopefully how we can bridge that, and people that are working on bridging it.”

Refugees Deeply: What will it take for the humanitarian and aid sector, as diverse and as unwieldy as it is, to really deal with the state of the information architecture that you describe?

Englund: There are good efforts going on, like OCHA Center for Humanitarian Data and the U.N.’s Expert Group on Refugee Statistics. There are some interesting pilots like 4Mi, backed by the Danish Refugee Council.

But inevitably, with the largest humanitarian organizations, you run into a lot of siloing between agencies competing for scant resources and a lot of institutional and bureaucratic blockades, despite the efforts of people who are attempting reform. On the U.N. side, I think you would need to see a strong push from the highest levels of leadership, ideally in partnership with private or government organizations that have a lot of tech know-how.

For the smaller humanitarian organizations, it will be continuing to develop better internal data practices through safeguarding data while disclosing as much as possible. On the governmental and funders side, they have to put money towards data gathering, technology, and high-quality monitoring and evaluation. Frequently, that piece is missing.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

NOTE: The ONE Campaign has previously sponsored content on News Deeply.

The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the ONE Campaign.

This article originally appeared on Refugees Deeply. For weekly updates and analysis about refugee issues, you can sign up to the Refugees Deeply email list.